Fitness Blast Forum: Recent Episodes
Lakeda Williams
An ode to Dear Abby from a fitness and wellness perspective. It is my passion to encourage and motivate you to be healthy and fit for a lifetime so send your fitness questions, and concerns. Let’s inspire each other to be healthy and fit. Ask the Barbell Bombshell!
It's cuddle season, your bed is calling, and your work life balance is off. With less sleep and less time as your challenge it's easy to loose the motivation to continue with your workout regimen. Maybe it's time to HIIT something different.
💪🏾Barbell Bombshell says, that workout motivation hits different when you add a little High Intensity Interval Training to continue conquering your fitness goals for the rest of the year.🏋🏾♂️
🎧Listen to the 2nd Monday Motivation episode of Season 2: “Need Motivation this week? Let's HIIT it!” where Barbell Bombshell shares the maximum health benefits of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to maintain your motivation and achieve your new year health and wellness goals.
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Happy New Year! Your goals are in place. You've been on track with your daily workouts. Now it's time to get some rest. "Whatchu talking about Barbell Bombshell?"
Barbell Bombshell suggests that you get some rest, not a nap, a rest day, in order to avoid to hitting the workout plateau. You know that time around mid February when we loose the excitement and momentum of the new year. Allowing your body and mind some time to recover from training can help you to return to your exercise regimen, renewed, refocused and ready to continue conquering your fitness goals for the rest of the year.
🎧Listen to the 1st Monday Motivation episode of Season 2: “Lost Your Motivation, Sleep on It! " where Barbell Bombshell shares the physical and mental benefits of rest days to maintain your motivation and achieve your new year health and wellness goals.
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Have you ever come to a point when you are exercising and your body says, "I'm Done!", and your mind listens? Yes! It happens to all of us! Unfortunately, it can make your workout more of a chore than a stress reliever. No worries! Barbell Bombshell suggests adding mindfulness to your exercise regimen. Keeping your mind focused, and present in the moment when you are working out will help you to feel better doing it and more satisfied when you are finished.
🎧Listen to the 8th Monday Motivation episode: “Mind your Moment when you Exercise!" where Barbell Bombshell shares 5 great benefits of practicing mindfulness during your exercise regimen to get the most out of your workouts.
🎤Be a part of the Forum! Share your health and wellness questions and/or concerns with us via DM, in the comments or leave a voice message https://anchor.fm/lakeda-williams/message and become the next featured forum episode! #fitnessmotivation #mindfulnessandexcercise #mondaymotivation #healthandwellnessforlife #fitness #healthandfitness #fitnesspodcast #fitlife #barbellbombshell
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Global Pandemic, Social injustice, election shenanigans, the passing of Chadwick Boseman, 2020 has us continuously on edge and Barbell Bombshell wants to know how have you been taking care of yourself through it all? Not just on physical level. How have you been, physically, emotionally, and spiritually? Have you checked in with yourself lately? Well, Barbell Bombshell is here to encourage you to commit to self-care. You cannot continue to be for everyone and everything if you are not here for yourself. It's time to make a personal health investment. 🎧Listen to the 7th Monday Motivation episode: “Self-care is Wellness Training!" where Barbell Bombshell defines self-care and its different types, and challenges you to do a wellness inventory on yourself. 💪🏾You can join us on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Music and Google Podcasts! Just click on the 🔗 in the bio, tune in and love! ⠀ 🎤Be a part of the Forum! Share your health and wellness questions and/or concerns with us via DM, in the comments or leave a voice message https://anchor.fm/lakeda-williams/message and become the next featured forum episode! #fitnessmotivation #mondaymotivation #healthandwellnessforlife #fitness #healthandfitness #fitnesspodcast #Staysafestayfit #barbellbombshell
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🤔 So you say that your boss wants you to return to work even though Covid 19 numbers are back on the rise. 😱 Feeling anxious yet?😰 You are not the only one. No worries, Barbell Bombshell is back to address your concerns with advice from experts, Nicole, Stacy and Mosi to help alleviate the stress!
🎧Listen to the 5th Fitness Blast Forum episode: "Stretching out the Stress: Finding Wellness Returning to Work during a Pandemic! " where Barbell Bombshell is joined with psychologist, Nicole Cammack (Black Mental Wellness), and the dynamic duo, Stacy J (The Fitlife Squad) and Mosi (Believe and Achieve Wellness) to discuss ways to find mental/emotional and physical peace in the workplace whether you are at home or you have to leave your home to go into work.
🎤Be a part of the Forum! Share your health and wellness questions and/or concerns with us via DM, in the comments or leave a voice message (https://anchor.fm/lakeda-williams/message) and become the next featured forum episode! #fitnessmotivation #mondaymotivation #healthandwellnessforlife #fitness #healthandfitness #fitnesspodcast #Staysafestayfit
🏋🏾♀️Workout: @fitsquadfitlife @iambawellness
🔗Links for our Expert guests:
Nicole Cammack: Black Mental Wellness
www.blackmentalwellness.com
IG: @BlackMentalWellness
Stacy Julien: The Fit Life Squad
http://www.stacyjulien.com/
IG: @fitsquadfitlife
FB: @fitlifesquad
Mosi Tomlison - Believe and Achieve Wellness
IG: @iambawellness
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Uh oh, Covid-19 numbers are back on the rise and it's time to mask up everywhere.😱. Awww man, that gym workout sure hits different with a mask on! Don't worry, you don't have to cancel your gym membership yet. Barbell Bombshell has new information to help you get your workout in while continuing to protect yourself and others.
🎧Listen to the 6th Monday Motivation episode: “Mask up and Get It In: You CAN workout with a Mask on!" where Barbell Bombshell discusses how to adjust to being a masked exerciser and how to select a "just right" mask.
🎤Be a part of the Forum! Share your health and wellness questions and/or concerns with us via DM, in the comments or leave a voice message https://anchor.fm/lakeda-williams/message and become the next featured forum episode!
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🤔Ok, now, let's see: you have been quarantined for over 3 months now🦠; you have to suit up to go outside (mask, check, 😷✅ hand sanitizer, check✅); and now, your boss wants you to return to work even though COVID 19 numbers are back on the rise. 😱 Feeling anxious yet? You are not the only one. No worries, Barbell Bombshell is here to help alleviate the stress!
🎧Listen to the 5th Monday Motivation episode: "Get Up, Get Out and Get Physical! Working Out is a Stress Reliever! " where Barbell Bombshell discusses why it is important to get moving when you are feeling stressed.
🎤Be a part of the Forum! Share your health and wellness questions and/or concerns with us via DM, in the comments or leave a voice message (anchor.fm/fitnessblastforum/message) and become the next featured forum episode! #fitnessmotivation #mondaymotivation #healthandwellnessforlife #fitness #healthandfitness #fitnesspodcast
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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The coronavirus pandemic dampened all of our 2020 fitness plans, whether we were just beginning or in the midst of our exercise program. Let's see if a little inspiration from the Barbell Bombshell can start off our week with encouragement.
🎧Listen to the 4th Monday Motivation episode: "Get your Mind Right! What's your Fitness Motivation?" where Barbell Bombshell discusses how to set fitness goals, find your fitness squad, and discover your fitness "why" to help you find your motivation mojo!
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Gyms: Hey everyone we are open! Welcome back!
Barbell Bombshell: Hmmmmm...
The gyms are reopening and I am just starting to feel comfortable with my home and outside workouts. So, I'm feeling kind of lukewarm about it. I'm sure some of you feel the same way. Let's talk about it and see if we can inspire each other to come to a personal conclusion about whether our next steps are leading back to the gym.
Listen to the 3rd Monday Motivation episode: "The Gyms are Reopening! Yaay or Naay!" where Barbell Bombshell shares information that you should consider if you are going back to the gym or if you are undecided and need some information to determine if your safety comfort level is in the gym or out of it.
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It's Woman Crush Wednesday, and the Fitness Blast Forum is crushing on all women again in Episode 6 "The Sisterhood is back: Sisterly Advice to Inspire your Fitness Journey, Part 2"! Our squad is here for you!
Listen as our expert fitness sisters, Stacy Julien (The Fit Life Squad) and Rebecca Broadwater (National Figure Competitor) discuss how to find time in your life to exercise, and they share information about exercise programs like Barre and Kickboxing to inspire you to try something new!
Links for our Expert guests:
Rebecca Broadwater: National Figure Competitor/Fitness Model
IG - @rebeccabroadwater
FB - @rebecca.broadwater
Stacy Julien: The Fit Life Squad
http://www.stacyjulien.com/
IG: @fitsquadfitlife
FB: @fitlifesquad
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When I became a bodybuilding competitor, it was suggested that I add yoga to my training program. Being the young old-head, semi-flexible bombshell that I am, I tried one class and thought, nah, I'm good. Flash forward to this week, my aching back is telling a different story. I may not be a Yogi, but I think they are on to something. Stretching provides more than just improved flexibility for your body! No wonder yogi's walk around with a perpetual smile!
Listen to the new episode of Fitness Blast Forum “Monday Motivation: Stretching, it’s not Just a Yoga Thing”, where Barbell Bombshell shares some amazing benefits of stretching and explains why we should be stretching whether we are working out or not!
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Hey ladies, I see you! I see you putting on your superwoman cape trying to save your family and friends from a global pandemic, and organizing your community to be a voice for social justice; all while holding down the team meeting on Zoom! I see you taking care of everyone and everything, but what about you?
Superwoman had the help of the Justice League when she couldn't do it all. We have the Fitness Blast Forum Sisterhood to help you.
Episode 4, "For the Sisterhood: Sisterly Advice to inspire you Fitness Journey" is dedicated to all of you superwomen. It is time for self-care. Why not start by beginning or continuing an exercise regimen? Our expert fitness sisters Ewunike Akpan (Lotus Fitness), Stacy Julien (The Fit Life Squad) and Rebecca Broadwater (National Figure Competitor) discuss health and wellness advice and info. to help you do just that!
Links for our Expert guests:
Ewunike Akpan: Lotus Fitness
www.lotusfitness.com
IG: @LotusFitness_
FB: @lotusfitnesstraining
Rebecca Broadwater: National Figure Competitor/Fitness Model
IG - @rebeccabroadwater
FB - @rebecca.broadwater
Stacy Julien: The Fit Life Squad
http://www.stacyjulien.com/
IG: @fitsquadfitlife
FB: @fitlifesquad
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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Barbell Bombshell: Do you think I look like Arnold Schwarzenegger? Everybody: Of course not! Barbell Bombshell: So why are you afraid of strength training?
Strength training will not cause you to have big muscles like Mr. Olympia (sorry fellas). But it is important to add it to your weekly exercise regimen.
Listen to the third episode of Fitness Blast Forum: Monday Motivation where the Barbell Bombshell talks about why we all can benefit from toning and strengthening our muscles.
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Woo Hoo! Summer is right around the corner and quarantine restrictions are being lifted! Yesss!! I hear you singing. 🎶Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and it's all right!🎶 Wait, don't go running to the gym and hanging out without your masks just yet! Restrictions may be easing, but Covid 19 has not disappeared. We still need to be safe at home, as well as healthy. Episode 2, Part 2 of "When Quarantine Workouts Go Wrong" is going to help you to continue to stay at home, stay sane, and to be healthy and fit.
Listen in as Corey (trufitconsulting), Mosi (Believe&Achieve Wellness) and Stacy (Fit LifeSquad) share their expert insight about how to return to basic calisthenics and body weight exercises in lieu of the gym; including going outside (keeping social distance of course) and running, walking and/or biking! Yaay, you CAN go play in the sun! They also offer alternative healthy eating and snack suggestions like Corey's special peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
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Be a part of the Forum! Share your health and wellness questions and/or concerns with us via DM (Fitness Blast Forum IG) or leave a Voice Message and become the next featured forum episode!
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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Did you know that using a towel to pull your body across the floor is only house work, not a workout? Raise your hand if you have tried the towel challenge, push-up challenge and the chair challenge! I know, I have too! Transitioning from working out at the gym to working out at home has been interesting, challenging and sometimes entertaining. But, thanks to the "Rona" this is our new normal. Don't fret, although we are apart, we are all in this together.
Welcome to Fitness Blast Forum! In part 1 of this episode, you will meet the host, Lakeda (aka the Barbell Bombshell) and health and wellness expert guests, certified personal trainers: Stacy J. (@fitsquadfitlife), Mosi Tomlison (@iambawellness) and Corey Brown (@trufitconsultingco). Learn about each of their training specialties: Stacy incorporates mindfulness in her workouts; Corey focuses on client nutrition and wellness; and Mosi emphasizes social engagement.
Listen as they talk about what you should look for in a good in-home workout if you are a beginner, intermediate/advanced and professional/competitive exerciser. They also show love to our older Active Adults!
Links for Expert Guests:
Corey Brown - Trufit Consulting Company IG: @trufitconsultingco
Stacy Julien - The Fit Life Squad IG: @fitsquadfitlife
Mosi Tomlison - Believe and Achieve Wellness IG: @iambawellness
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lakeda-williams/message