Trainer’s Talk At The Digital Water Cooler

Selene Yeager is a top-selling professional health and fitness writer who lives what she writes as a NASM certified personal trainer, USA Cycling certified coach, elite mountain bike racer with Rare Disease Cycling, and All-American Ironman triathlete. She has authored, co-authored, and contributed to more than two dozen book titles including Get Fast, Ride Your Way Lean, and Rusch to Glory and dishes out training advice monthly as Bicycling Magazine’s “Fit Chick.” Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including Details, Shape, O, the Oprah Magazine, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Fitness, Redbook, Men’s Health, Marie Claire, Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Runner’s World, More, Cooking Light, and Cosmopolitan. Yeager was nominated for a 2007 National Magazine Award for excellence in service journalism for her work in Bicycling Magazine.

Selene Yeager is a top-selling professional health and fitness writer who lives what she writes as a NASM certified personal trainer, USA Cycling certified coach, elite mountain bike racer with Rare Disease Cycling, and All-American Ironman triathlete. She has authored, co-authored, and contributed to more than two dozen book titles including Get Fast, Ride Your Way Lean, and Rusch to Glory and dishes out training advice monthly as Bicycling Magazine’s “Fit Chick.” Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including Details, Shape, O, the Oprah Magazine, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Fitness, Redbook, Men’s Health, Marie Claire, Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Runner’s World, More, Cooking Light, and Cosmopolitan. Yeager was nominated for a 2007 National Magazine Award for excellence in service journalism for her work in Bicycling Magazine.

Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon designs curriculum for Precision Nutrition, creating “life changing, research-driven nutrition coaching for everybody”.  She also runs the website Stumptuous.com and is the author of several books including F*** Calories and Consumed.

Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon designs curriculum for Precision Nutrition, creating “life changing, research-driven nutrition coaching for everybody”. She also runs the website Stumptuous.com. She’s the author of several books including F*** Calories and Consumed.  

Dan is a former national level swimmer, a Sports Performance coach, and a Precision Nutrition lean eating coach located in Manchester UK.

Dan is a former national level swimmer, a Sports Performance coach, and a Precision Nutrition lean eating coach located in Manchester UK.

Maxine Johnson is a certified nutritional therapy practitioner and personal trainer. She has been involved in the health and fitness industry for more than 20 years as an enthusiast, a professional, and national NPC competitor. As a personal trainer she discovered that many people of all fitness levels struggled with chronic illness and often an inability to lose weight. Those who were successful at losing weight, especially those who lost more than 50 lbs, were often in worse health at the end of their weight loss than when they began, even though they weighed less. As a competitor, Maxine learned through experience the powerful effect that food and supplements had on the body both to improve strength, endurance, and improve aesthetics. Now, as a nutritional therapy practitioner, Maxine shares her expertise on weight loss and improving health naturally through food, proper supplementation, and exercise. Connect with Maxine at her website, on Facebook, or email her at maxine@templefit.com

Maxine Johnson is a certified nutritional therapy practitioner and personal trainer. She has been involved in the health and fitness industry for more than 20 years as an enthusiast, a professional, and national NPC competitor. As a personal trainer she discovered that many people of all fitness levels struggled with chronic illness and often an inability to lose weight. Those who were successful at losing weight, especially those who lost more than 50 lbs, were often in worse health at the end of their weight loss than when they began, even though they weighed less. As a competitor, Maxine learned through experience the powerful effect that food and supplements had on the body both to improve strength, endurance, and improve aesthetics. Now, as a nutritional therapy practitioner, Maxine shares her expertise on weight loss and improving health naturally through food, proper supplementation, and exercise. Connect with Maxine at her website, on Facebook, or email her at maxine@templefit.com

Jesse Brisendine is an internationally recognized life coach, personal trainer, speaker, and author who motivates, educates and inspires people worldwide. He is the founder and creator of the 1 Year 1000 Challenge and the author of the book Ouch My Heart is Broken, a Heart Break Survival Guide. Jesse has worked with 1000’s of people from all over the world. Fortune 500 business leaders, Hollywood celebrities, entrepreneurs, musicians, and many more enlist Jesse’s help to ensure their success in business, relationships, health, and in life. Jesse lives in beautiful Santa Barbara, California, and when not working Jesse can often be found hiking in the mountains or enjoying a sunset by the beach.

Jesse Brisendine is an internationally recognized life coach, personal trainer, speaker, and author who motivates, educates and inspires people worldwide. He is the founder and creator of the 1 Year 1000 Challenge and the author of the book Ouch My Heart is Broken, a Heart Break Survival Guide. Jesse has worked with 1000’s of people from all over the world. Fortune 500 business leaders, Hollywood celebrities, entrepreneurs, musicians, and many more enlist Jesse’s help to ensure their success in business, relationships, health, and in life. Jesse lives in beautiful Santa Barbara, California, and when not working Jesse can often be found hiking in the mountains or enjoying a sunset by the beach.

Hey everybody, thanks for checking out my first ever solo podcast! If you’ve listened to previous episodes of Trainer’s Talk, or if you have looked over this site, you know that all previous episodes have been interviews with other trainers. But this episode, episode 32, is all me. What got me going was an interview I read in a popular magazine geared toward personal trainers. The interview was of a popular trainer trying to market a new certification to other personal trainers. Now, I don’t know anything about this certification and it may contain some awesome content. I just felt like I was being marketed to and it rubbed me the wrong way. But…without going too much into my thoughts here in the show notes, I’ll just let the podcast speak the rest for me. Please feel free to drop me some comments and criticisms. I would love to hear from you. If you listen on iTunes or Stitcher, again comments, likes, and shares are greatly appreciated! Also contact and connect with me on my Facebook page Tom Huffman’s Calisthenics Academy Enjoy this and past and present episodes of Trainer’s Talk @ the digital Water Cooler! Tom

Reaghan Hayden is the Founder of Fit Evolution, and the creator of the Steel Strong DVD, which is changing fitness 15 minutes at a time.  Reaghan is a featured Video Fitness Trainer at Fit.net.  She is also an ACE-Certified Group Fitness Instructor, with continuing education in pre- and post-natal exercise, as well as women-over-50 fitness.  After an emergency C-section, Reaghan got herself back into shape fast, losing more than forty pounds in a month.  She is sharing what she learned with other new mothers in the Mommy Fitness program she teaches at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.  In between her husband’s deployments with a U. S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, and their family’s frequent moves, she often felt stressed and overwhelmed.  Like a lot of moms, Reaghan had stopped taking care of herself.  After her third child was born by emergency c-section, Reaghan decided to get her post-baby body Steel Strong, and now she’s sharing what worked for her with women of all ages.  Reaghan’s remarkable success as a personal trainer was featured in Natural Awakenings magazine. Reaghan’s Fit Evolution Steel Strong strength program gets results!  After 6 weeks you will see a more toned, tightened body and feel amazing.   The program consists of 12 workouts all less than 15 minutes in length.  The Steel Strong DVD will keep you motivated and on track toward fitness with 2 alternating workouts to perform six days week.  The order of exercises is key in this program because it is the reason we can see maximum results in just six short weeks. This is a fitness program that was created in a hotel room, so it can be done anywhere! No gym, equipment, or fancy footwork needed. For more information on Fit Evolution or to request Reaghan as your personal trainer, please visit her website, Facebook, Twitter, or on YouTube  or call 757-679-1431! Get Reaghan’s fitness DVD “Fit Evolution Steel Strong”!

Reaghan Hayden is the Founder of Fit Evolution, and the creator of the Steel Strong DVD, which is changing fitness 15 minutes at a time.  Reaghan is a featured Video Fitness Trainer at Fit.net.  She is also an ACE-Certified Group Fitness Instructor, with continuing education in pre- and post-natal exercise, as well as women-over-50 fitness.  After an emergency C-section, Reaghan got herself back into shape fast, losing more than forty pounds in a month.  She is sharing what she learned with other new mothers in the Mommy Fitness program she teaches at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.  In between her husband’s deployments with a U. S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, and their family’s frequent moves, she often felt stressed and overwhelmed.  Like a lot of moms, Reaghan had stopped taking care of herself.  After her third child was born by emergency c-section, Reaghan decided to get her post-baby body Steel Strong, and now she’s sharing what worked for her with women of all ages.  Reaghan’s remarkable success as a personal trainer was featured in Natural Awakenings magazine. Reaghan’s Fit Evolution Steel Strong strength program gets results!  After 6 weeks you will see a more toned, tightened body and feel amazing.   The program consists of 12 workouts all less than 15 minutes in length.  The Steel Strong DVD will keep you motivated and on track toward fitness with 2 alternating workouts to perform six days week.  The order of exercises is key in this program because it is the reason we can see maximum results in just six short weeks. This is a fitness program that was created in a hotel room, so it can be done anywhere! No gym, equipment, or fancy footwork needed. For more information on Fit Evolution or to request Reaghan as your personal trainer, please visit her website, Facebook, Twitter, or on YouTube  or call 757-679-1431! Get Reaghan’s fitness DVD “Fit Evolution Steel Strong”!

Part two of my interview with celebrity fitness coach and popular media figure, Jennifer Galardi. Jennifer is the founder of livWhole, Inc., a company dedicated to healing and happiness through holistic living. By bringing together her knowledge and experience across multiple disciplines, including fitness, nutrition, yoga and meditation, she invites everyone to join her in creating habits and routines to live a purposeful and balanced life in a beautiful, healthy and exuberant body. Jennifer is considered to be a leading influencer on yoga and fitness, as a celebrity trainer and spokesperson educating consumers about healthy living. She is the nationally recognized star of more than a dozen best-selling dance/fitness DVDs. In addition to creating workouts for Carmen Electra’s Striptease workouts, she has collaborated with talent from the hit show “So You Think You Can Dance”, Julianne Hough and the Pussycat Dolls to design their best selling titles. She has created and led workouts for Kim Kardashian’s “Fit In Your Jeans By Friday” , worked with UFC fighter Matt Hughes, and she also produces and stars in several titles under her livWhole brand. Connect with Jennifer at her website Livwhole.com, Twitter ,  Facebook , and Instagram ! Be sure and check out all of Jennifer’s DVD’s on Amazon by clicking the link below: Jennifer’s Fitness Programs

My guest today at the Digital Water Cooler was celebrity fitness coach and popular media figure, Jennifer Galardi. Jennifer is the founder of livWhole, Inc., a company dedicated to healing and happiness through holistic living. By bringing together her knowledge and experience across multiple disciplines, including fitness, nutrition, yoga and meditation, she invites everyone to join her in creating habits and routines to live a purposeful and balanced life in a beautiful, healthy and exuberant body. Jennifer is considered to be a leading influencer on yoga and fitness, as a celebrity trainer and spokesperson educating consumers about healthy living. She is the nationally recognized star of more than a dozen best-selling dance/fitness DVDs. In addition to creating workouts for Carmen Electra’s Striptease workouts, she has collaborated with talent from the hit show “So You Think You Can Dance”, Julianne Hough and the Pussycat Dolls to design their best selling titles. She has created and led workouts for Kim Kardashian’s “Fit In Your Jeans By Friday” , worked with UFC fighter Matt Hughes, and she also produces and stars in several titles under her livWhole brand. Connect with Jennifer at her website Livwhole.com, Twitter ,  Facebook , and Instagram ! Be sure and check out all of Jennifer’s DVD’s on Amazon by clicking the link below: Jennifer’s Fitness Programs

Today I’m joined at the Digital Water Cooler by personal trainer and health coach Kelly LeVeque. Kelly is an NSCA-certified personal trainer, HolisticNutritionist, and Health Coach hailing from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition with a BS from USC. Kelly graduated from Equinox Academy in 2011 and holds a 200-hour yoga classroom certification from the American Yoga School. She was recently featured on E-News Online and Loverly as a Health Expert and was named one of SHAPE magazine’s “50 Hottest Female Trainers in America 2014.” Connect with Kelly on her website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

Today I’m joined at the Digital Water Cooler by personal trainer and health coach Kelly LeVeque. Kelly is an NSCA-certified personal trainer, HolisticNutritionist, and Health Coach hailing from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition with a BS from USC. Kelly graduated from Equinox Academy in 2011 and holds a 200-hour yoga classroom certification from the American Yoga School. She was recently featured on E-News Online and Loverly as a Health Expert and was named one of SHAPE magazine’s “50 Hottest Female Trainers in America 2014.” Connect with Kelly on her website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!

Kathy is a nationally recognized ACE and NASM personal trainer as well as a former NPC figure competitor. After struggling most of her life with poor exercise and eating habits, she made up her mind at the age of 38 to get it right, and has been helping others ever since. As the mother of two children, she understands the challenges of balancing family and personal life – a personal life that should include taking care of yourself for the sake of others. She brings this insight and experience to her practice as a fitness trainer, where she specializes in one-on-one strength training performance, the design and implementation of cardio programs to meet specific goals, and personalized nutritional guidance for her clients. Connect with Kathy on her website, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! Get Kathy’s book:

Kathy is a nationally recognized ACE and NASM personal trainer as well as a former NPC figure competitor. After struggling most of her life with poor exercise and eating habits, she made up her mind at the age of 38 to get it right, and has been helping others ever since. As the mother of two children, she understands the challenges of balancing family and personal life – a personal life that should include taking care of yourself for the sake of others. She brings this insight and experience to her practice as a fitness trainer, where she specializes in one-on-one strength training performance, the design and implementation of cardio programs to meet specific goals, and personalized nutritional guidance for her clients. Connect with Kathy on her website, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! Get Kathy’s book:  

Dai Manuel is a Dad, Husband, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Professional Blogger, Social Media Strategist, Brand Architect, CrossFit Athlete & Coach, and soon to be published Author of the “WholeLife Fitness Manifesto”.  As a fitness retail entrepreneur, personal trainer, motivational speaker and all-around life enhancer, Dai has helped thousands of people reach their health and fitness goals through education, inspiration, and training. His wildly popular online exercise programs and online community have allowed him to share the idea that a sustainable healthy lifestyle is possible for everyone.  Connect with Dai for fitness, nutrition, and motivation guidance on his web site, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!  Fitness tech that Dai likes:  However, he also says that no matter what fitness tracker you choose – “pick one and be consistent.”