What does it take to be a fit city? Are there things you can do in your community to help it become a healthier, more fit community?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File train_your_body/1323tb2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D
- Organization ACSM
- Guest Website American Fitness Index
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Guest Bio
Walter R. Thompson, PhD, FACSM, is a Regents' Professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health (College of Education) at Georgia State University and in the Division of Nutrition (Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions) where he also serves as the executive director of the After-School All-Stars Atlanta. He has served on the ACSM Board of Trustees and was twice elected a member of its Administrative Council.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
For the third consecutive year, Minneapolis-St. Paul is the healthiest, fittest area in the U.S. Where does your city rank?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1323tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D
- Organization ACSM
- Guest Website American Fitness Index
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Guest Bio
Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM, is a Regents' Professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health (College of Education) at Georgia State University and in the Division of Nutrition (Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions) where he also serves as the executive director of the After-School All-Stars Atlanta. He has served on the ACSM Board of Trustees and was twice elected a member of its Administrative Council. KC: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Is your back pain becoming unbearable? Surgery may or may not be the answer for you. Learn when it might be necessary.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File train_your_body/1322tb2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Hanscom, MD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Dr. David Hanscom, MD, is Seattle's leading orthopedic spine surgeon at Seattle Neuroscience Specialists with Swedish Medical Center. He is a salvage surgeon and operates only as a last resort. He specializes in complex spine problems in all areas of the spine, and has expertise in adult and pediatric spinal deformities, such as scoliosis and kyphosis. Many of his patients have had multiple prior spine surgeries. He has successfully treated hundreds of patients, non-surgically, for chronic pain.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Back pain can literally be a pain in the you-know-what. But you can control it with a few simple in-home exercises.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1322tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Hanscom, MD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Dr. David Hanscom, MD, is Seattle's leading orthopedic spine surgeon at Seattle Neuroscience Specialists with Swedish Medical Center. He is a salvage surgeon and operates only as a last resort. He specializes in complex spine problems in all areas of the spine, and has expertise in adult and pediatric spinal deformities, such as scoliosis and kyphosis. Many of his patients have had multiple prior spine surgeries. He has successfully treated hundreds of patients, non-surgically, for chronic pain.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
There are so many experts telling you which foods are healthy and which ones you shouldn't be eating. But are they right?
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File train_your_body/1321tb2d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Pamela Peeke, MD
- Organization ACSM
- Book Title The Hunger Fix: The 3-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction
- Guest Website Dr Peeke
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Guest Bio
Dr. Pamela Peeke is an internationally renowned physician, scientist and expert in the fields of nutrition, metabolism, stress and fitness. Calling herself an "edutainer," Dr. Peeke uses her trademark wit and wisdom to provide audiences with a healthy lifestyle message in such a memorable and entertaining style that she is one of the most requested physician speakers in America.
She has been named one of America's top physicians by the Consumers Research Council of America. Dr. Peeke is a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Peeke has teamed with the US Surgeon General to create the Surgeon General Walks for a Healthy and Fit Nation.
Dr Peeke is the lifestyle expert for WebMD's 90 million members, using a multimedia educational approach that includes The Everyday Fitness with Dr. Pam Peeke blogs, newsletters, podcasts and her healthy diet and lifestyle community exchange.
Dr. Peeke's newest book, The Hunger Fix: The 3-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction, launched September 21st on Katie Couric's new show, followed by Good Morning America, Nightline and a bi-coastal book tour. Within five days of launch, The Hunger Fix became a New York Times bestseller. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Have you tried everything to lose weight? Every diet, pill and fad? We have the definitive way to finally lose that weight and keep it off for good!
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File train_your_body/1321tb2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Pamela Peeke, MD
- Organization ACSM
- Book Title The Hunger Fix: The 3-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction
- Guest Website Exercise is Medicine
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Guest Bio
Dr. Pamela Peeke is an internationally renowned physician, scientist and expert in the fields of nutrition, metabolism, stress and fitness. Calling herself an "edutainer," Dr. Peeke uses her trademark wit and wisdom to provide audiences with a healthy lifestyle message in such a memorable and entertaining style that she is one of the most requested physician speakers in America.
She has been named one of America's top physicians by the Consumers Research Council of America. Dr. Peeke is a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Peeke has teamed with the U.S. Surgeon General to create the Surgeon General Walks for a Healthy and Fit Nation.
Dr Peeke is the lifestyle expert for WebMD's 90 million members, using a multimedia educational approach that includes The Everyday Fitness with Dr. Pam Peeke blogs, newsletters, podcasts and her healthy diet and lifestyle community exchange.
Dr. Peeke's newest book, The Hunger Fix: The 3-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction, launched September 21st on Katie Couric's new show, followed by Good Morning America, Nightline and a bi-coastal book tour. Within 5 days of launch, The Hunger Fix became a New York Times bestseller. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Want to give a Father's Day gift that keeps on giving... and that your pop will actually use? Look no further!
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File train_your_body/1321tb2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Tom Holland, MS
- Organization ACSM
- Book Title Beat the Gym
- Guest Website Team Holland
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Guest Bio
Tom has a Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Sports Psychology. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association [NSCA-CSCS] and has also been certified by the American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM] the American Council on Exercise [ACE], the National Academy of Sports Medicine [NASM] and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America [AFAA]. Tom is a Level 3 coach with USA Cycling and is a member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He is based in CT. He is the author of several fitness books including Beat the Gym.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Can you exercise your high blood pressure away? Yes! But there are a few important safety tips to know before you begin.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1321tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Tom Holland, MS
- Organization ACSM
- Book Title Beat the Gym
- Guest Website Team Holland
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Guest Bio
Tom has a Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Sports Psychology. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association [NSCA-CSCS] and has also been certified by the American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM] the American Council on Exercise [ACE], the National Academy of Sports Medicine [NASM] and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America [AFAA]. Tom is a Level-3 coach with USA Cycling and is a member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He is based in CT. He is the author of several fitness books including Beat the Gym.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
You know running is one of the best forms of exercise out there. By becoming a dedicated runner, you might just change your life.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File train_your_body/1318tb2d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Tom Altena, EdD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Thomas Altena, Ed.D, has been an Associate Professor of Exercise and Movement Sciences at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO for the past ten years. He completed his academic degrees at Dordt College (IA), University of South Dakota, and Oklahoma State University and did postdoctoral training at University of Missouri-Columbia. He has published his research in topics that include exercise accumulation, lipids and lipoproteins and how exercise produces healthy changes in cholesterol. Furthermore, he has published research in body composition methods and fish oil supplementation. Dr. Altena has done amateur bodybuilding, ran marathons, and has competed in long-course triathlons and always seeks to discover the limits to human performance, though some of the testing is not in the lab, he uses himself as a personal lab rat. He is a single father of two active boys who participate in all the sports, perform the arts, and are successful in the classroom. If anything, Dr. Altena, knows how to strike the balance among work, family and home, exercise and competition, and play times.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Have you ever wanted to run a marathon? A triathlon? We help you get started in this difficult yet amazing journey.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File train_your_body/1318tb2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Tom Altena, EdD
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Thomas Altena, Ed.D, has been an Associate Professor of Exercise and Movement Sciences at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO for the past ten years. He completed his academic degrees at Dordt College (IA), University of South Dakota, and Oklahoma State University and did postdoctoral training at University of Missouri-Columbia. He has published his research in topics that include exercise accumulation, lipids and lipoproteins and how exercise produces healthy changes in cholesterol. Furthermore, he has published research in body composition methods and fish oil supplementation. Dr. Altena has done amateur bodybuilding, ran marathons, and has competed in long-course triathlons and always seeks to discover the limits to human performance, though some of the testing is not in the lab, he uses himself as a personal lab rat. He is a single father of two active boys who participate in all the sports, perform the arts, and are successful in the classroom. If anything, Dr. Altena, knows how to strike the balance among work, family and home, exercise and competition, and play times.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
