Episodes

Season 1 Juna Gjata Season 1 Juna Gjata

Weight Stigma, the Best Cardio, and Mindset

Today, we continue our conversation about what we have learned from six years of hosting this podcast. Last time, we went over all our food epiphanies. Today, we go through how the podcast has changed our approach to weight and weight stigma, exercise, relationships, and mindset.

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How Not to Hate Cardio with World-Renowned Coach Joel Jamieson

Today, we speak to world-renowned coach Joel Jamieson about all things cardio. We love to talk about resistance training on this show, but it’s finally time to show cardio some love. Joel tells us all about why cardio is one of the most important activities we should be doing for our health. We go through what the different heart rate zones are, how cardiovascular training is different from resistance training, how you can balance the two, and how cardiovascular training changes your mitochondria.

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Why You Shouldn't Stress About Exercise

Today, we interview Professor Dan Lieberman all about why exercise doesn't have to be that stressful or complicated. A look at exercise through the anthropological perspective, and why its normal to not "feel like it" sometimes. Find out the answers to questions like: is sitting actually that bad for you, how much do we need to exercise, is there such a thing as exercising too much, and more.

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Cardio, Lifting… or BOTH? The Best Exercise for Weight Loss, Health and Longevity

We usually think of stress as a "bad" thing, something to be avoided--but is stress actually bad for our health? How does stress affect our eating and our food choices? Why do some of us gain weight when we get stressed, while others lose weight? This week, we talk to Professor Daryl O'Connor of University of Leeds all about stress, food, and our waistlines.

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The Magic of NON-Exercise

The metabolism may seem like a magical concept: some people eat whatever they want and don’t gain weight. Others so much as look at a dessert and feel the pounds creeping on. But what do we know about our metabolism? Can it speed up? Can it slow down? Does yo-yo dieting damage our metabolisms? On this episode, Juna and Eddie talk to Dr. Herman Pontzer, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University all about the ins and outs of human energy expenditure, and what hunter gatherer tribes can teach us about how our metabolism works.

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