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Grains and legumes can be super tricky to add to your diet. First of all, based on your dietary needs, you may or no may not be able to consume them. Then, there is a right way and a wrong way to include them in your meals. It takes time, preparation, and organizing your life around it, but have no fear because we'll cover all of that for you in this episode. In addition, Devon researched the healthiest cultures around the world and not only how they prepare their grains and legumes, but what other foods make up the majority of their diet and what kind of lifestyle they live that aides them in living to be over 100 years old. Specifically, we'll talk about the following places: Icaria Okinawa Japan Singapore South Korea Iceland If you do have an autoimmune disease, IBS, SIBO, Celiac disease, or Crohn's disease don't include grains, pseudo grains, or legumes to your diet at any cost.    Click here for the entire show notes Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitnes

David Allen, the author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity helps you ask the question: Are you spinning in your head with all the things going on in your life and you believe you just need to manage your time better? David will show you that it’s not about time management but about finding space in your head to think. It’s about understanding what outcomes you are committed to making and what actions you need to take. You will learn how to organize your life to reduce stress and create more space for creativity. Ahh.. that sounds good!   Click here for the original show notes Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge starting April 23

  Adam and Vanessa Lambert of Bee the Wellness Podcast join Rob in this episode. Together, Adam and Vanessa have the credentials of a Certified Personal Trainer, Catalyst Athletics Certified Weightlifting Coach, and BioForce Certified Conditioning Coach. For nearly 10 years, they have been helping clients improve their lives by focusing on the fundamentals of strength & conditioning, mindfulness, and nutrition. It is there goal that each and every single client can walk away with the knowledge they need to integrate these pillars into their lives to lead a life full of wellness and become their best selves. Not only do they offer personal coaching services, but they also lead retreats and adventures from all around the world including California, Peru, Costa Rica, and the African Safari to further help people discover their expanded selves. In this week's episode, Adam, Vanessa, and Rob talk about: How we've built our own individual foundations of health.  What helped Adam and Vanessa start and get so in

Learn about the origins of the Paleo diet and Dr. Cordain's research; what are some of the myths about Paleo vs. the true facts; and most of all, how Paleo compares to other diets such as a Plant-based diet or the low-carb Ketogenic Diet. I could’ve gone on an on talking about the Paleo Diet with Dr. Cordain in this interview! Click here for the full show notes from the original episode Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review  Join our Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group Sign up for our Transition Challenge for the Sky Fit Challenge OR Sign up for the SFC starting on April 23, 2018!

Probiotics, Enzymes, hydrochloric acid (HCl) and why they're important for our digestive system. - Naturally through foods or with supplementation. On this week's episode, we are giving our full attention to the digestive system and teaching you all that you need to know about it and how to take care of it. By the end of this episode, you will be fully equipped with the knowledge of how different foods can negatively affect your gut and what you can do to both heal and support your gut back to good health. By taking a close look at probiotics, enzymes, and hydrochloric acid (HCl), we will cover the following areas: Diet - nutritious foods that will support your natural gut microbiome Finding the root cause of your gut problem Supplements that will help your body heal   Click here for the entire show notes Leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge starting April 23, 2018!

Click here for the original show notes for this episode! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group! Sign up for our next Sky Fit Challenge!   Host Rob and his wife Devon discuss “Weight Lifting for Women”. For our male listeners, it will help you understand your lady’s worries and even a give you a sense of how to help her make that transition to some heavier lifting. For our lady listeners, it will clarify some myths and lessen your fears about beginning a workout program in the testosterone filled gym. You’ll even learn when in your cycle you should start a diet and exercise program to get the best results.

Click here for the entire show notes Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge starting April 23!   On this week's episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, we have the Creator the MELT Method, Sue Hitzmann, joining us today to share how we can elevate pain. Sue is also a nationally recognized educator, manual therapist, exercise physiologist, and founding member of the Fascia Research Society and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The MELT Method. In this week's episode, you will learn all about: How she created the MELT Method and how it can help elevate chronic pain. What connective tissue is and why it's so important to pay attention to it. The differences between acute pain, chronic pain, and sudden chronic pain. Why diet and exercise don't help improve the state of the connective tissue but worsen it if they don't approach the root of their pain. The most common areas where your body is still

Check out the show notes from the original podcast episode with Mary! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge starting in April 2018!   On this #TBT episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast we look back at our interview with Paleo Chef, Mary Shenouda. Mary shares her views on the Paleo diet and how it can evolve to work for anyone. We find out how changing your diet can literally save your life, how eating bacon can help you drop 30 pounds and why actors are douche bags. If you’d like to check out what Mary is up to, go to her website, www.PaleoChef.com or follow @paleochef on Instagram and Twitter. If your interested in picking up an awesome cookbook, check out Summer Eats.

Click here for the entire show notes Please leave a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Community Sing up for the next Sky Fit Challenge happening April 2018   On this episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, we're giving our full attention to one of the three macronutrients along with carbohydrates and fats: PROTEIN. No matter your stance on nutrition (whether you're Paleo, Keto, or Vegetarian), we can all agree on one thing - You should never drastically lower your intake of proteins. In this episode, we'll discuss the following topics and teach you all you need to know about the following proteins: How much protein you should consume every day. What proteins are made up of and why we need them to help keep our body functioning.  Foods that have the highest content of protein and which ones are the best sources. Differences in protein supplements - Protein Concentrate vs. Protein Isolate. We'll also uncover several different sources of protein including: Meat Pl

Click here for the original show notes from the episode, How to Get to Ketosis.  Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review  Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for our next Sky Fit Challenge   About this #TBT episode: Rob and Devon talked with their friend and Ketogenic Diet expert, Kristen Mancinelli. Not only is she highly knowledgeable about Ketogenic, but Kristen also has a solid background in Paleo and has written about both diets in various publications. Kristen shared a lot of great information on the Open Sky Fitness podcast this week. Share shared her own experience with the Ketogenic Diet; what it was like to reach the stage of Ketosis; how many carbs a person should take in on a daily basis; and what are the right and wrong foods to eat while on the diet. We were also able to answer some of our listeners’ questions about the topic such as: Can an athlete or active person follow a Ketogenic Diet? and Can you follow a Ketogenic Diet with a busy schedule and still try

Click here for the entire show notes! Please leave us a review or subscribe to the podcast at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group! Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge!   This is a very special episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast. Recently, one of the members of our Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group on Facebook, Jen Shipp, shared that she has lost 150 pounds over the last two years and we really wanted to share her story with everyone. You'll be so inspired by Jen's story and discover why it's not so complicated to live a healthier lifestyle after all and it doesn't have to be as complicated as what big diet brands are selling you.  Before Jen shares her awesome story, Devon and I discussed the various different types of olive oil and what's the difference between light, pure, virgin, and extra virgin. Plus, you'll find out whether or not what you're buying at the store is the real deal or not.

Click here for the original episode's show notes Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge starting on April 23, 2018   Without even realizing it, our eating habits may have been passed down to us from our grandparents and parents. What we ate as a child and maybe even now can go generations back. Fortunately, we have the awesome opportunity to stop the poor nutrition pattern and transition into making healthier choices. In this episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, Rob and Devon discuss generational nutrition. Children pay a lot of attention to what their parents do including what they eat and their relationship with food. Today, Rob and Devon explore how parents can be a positive or negative influence on their child’s future eating habits. However, parents also have to ability to improve their family’s health. Learn what simple changes parents can make to help the entire family become healthy and how to te

Click here for the full show notes! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge starting April 2018   This week on the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, Devon and myself are going to go over an awesome method to help you build the strong muscles you want: Time Under Tension (TUT) workouts with tempo exercises. Building muscles is just one benefit of these workouts, but they can also help you: Have more control over your lifts and movements. Achieve a full range of motion. Increase the amount of time to heal the body. Prevent injuries from ever happening.   Doing TUT workouts is really going to help impact your progress; especially if you're new to lifting. As a beginner, there's nothing better than slowing down and really focusing on your form.   What You'll Learn In this episode, we'll also discuss:   Connective tissue: what it is and why it's so important. 3 different types of muscle contractions you need to know ab

  Click here for the original episode's show notes!   Please leave us a review or subscribe at http://openskyfitness.com/review   Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group   Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge coming April 2018!   This week in our #TBT episode, we're revisiting episode 68 - The Secret to Creating a Muscle Building Workout Program.   https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id734199564?mt=2&ls=1   Find out more about the three different body types, why adaptation is the key to success, and how often you should switch up your workout program.   Plus, listen and learn all about the difference between hypertrophy and strength building along with the benefits of building lean muscle mess with either workout. There's a ton of ground to cover in this episode!    

Click here for all the show notes! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group Sign up for the Sky Fit Challenge   On this week's episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, we had Health Coach of TransformationCoach.Me and Host of the Million Pound Mission Podcast, Adam Schaeuble, talk about his own weight loss journey, his 5-Year plan to creating the life he wanted and now lives every day as well as his best advice for creating a healthy strategy for life via plans like the Amazing Results Formula and the Next Level Goal Developer.   Adam is a great reminder that we're never alone in our health journey and it's people like him who will help you get the results you want because they are just so passionate about helping others.   One of the biggest factors to getting fit is your environment and Adam also shared a lot of great insight on how to help your family and loved ones start focusing on their health as well.    Before we got into the interview wi

Read the show notes from the original podcast episode here! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our awesome OSF Facebook Group here! Sign up for the next Sky Fit Challenge!   On this #TBT episode, we're discussing the myths about calorie counting by taking a look back at OSF Episode 133 - Should I Count Calories? Why or Why Not? https://apple.co/2DQE82P Discover whether or not it's really worth it keep track of your calories. Or maybe there's a better way for you to continue your health progress? Devon and I will take you step by step through the benefits and disadvantages of counting calories. If you have any further questions about it or want to learn what steps you can take to get healthy, feel free to send us a message!

Click here for the entire show notes Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group   This week, Devon and I are talking about cell phones as well as other forms of technology such as microwaves and how they can affect our health. Since the use of cell phones and other electronic devices are still relevantly new, there isn’t a lot of concrete information out there, but there have been studies with results that both favor and warn against the use of cell phones.   In these studies that we looked at, none were conducted on children; only adults. However, it’s believed that children are the most susceptible to the harmful effects of radiation from cell phone and wifi use.   In this episode, you’ll discover: How cell phone use can affect our health. Why California and other states are issuing warnings about cell phone use and presenting new bills. How cell phones and non-ionizing electromagnetic waves work and can affect the body. How long it might

Read the show notes from the original OSF episode here! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group Apply for One-On-One Coaching with either Rob or Devon   Now that it’s the new year, we’re all coming out fresh with goals and ideas for ourselves and how we’re going to make this year great. We feel like we have it all. But once we hit mid January, our fiery will and inspiration has been lost. Why is that so? How can we be so excited about a goal or idea and then it’s gone from our minds? Health and wellness is a journey that can’t be completed in 2 weeks. There is no end and we have to constantly work towards bettering ourselves. As you listen to this podcast, Rob shares his own struggles with finding himself on his health journey and he’s not done yet either. Discovering good nutrition and creating habits to exercise through out the week takes time and motivation. We can’t give up on our health goals so easily. We need to discover our inner c

Get the show notes here! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Join our Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group!   On this episode of the Open Sky Fit Podcast, we had Speaker, Author, and Naturopath, Dr. Todd Nelson, discuss how to heal inflammation, chronic pain, and why anyone experiencing health problems should come to a doctor practicing natural medicine first rather than go straight to their pre-approved by insurance company list of physicians. In this episode, you'll learn: How Dr. Nelson decides what a patient needs and how he goes about coaching them. His advice for healing from inflammation and chronic pain. Why it's best to have a coach when you're trying to recover your health. The proper use of cannabis to treat chronic pain. How to holistically got relief from chronic seasonal allergies. DOMS and how to naturally ease muscle soreness and speed up recovery time. Natural ways to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Suggestions for those with thyroid problems or CRPS - Complex Re

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