On this episode of Health Gig, we are thrilled to be joined by author, speaker, and motivator, Cathy Richards. Cathy is the author of Boom: 6 Steps to a Longer, Healthier Life, which provides practical tips for exercise, eating healthy, and living longer. An exercise physiologist with more than 20 years experience as a wellness coach, Cathy has worked with college students, corporate executives, busy moms and older adults. Her unique and never too early, never too late approach to lifelong vitality capitalizes on the connections between these exciting stages of life, and we are so honored Cathy could discuss her work with us for Health Gig.

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Show Notes

[2:34] The first step is your mindset.
[4:09] There are all kinds of things that we can gain from staying strong as we age.
[4:45] The average American between the ages of 20 and 80 loses 50% of their leg strength.
[5:12] When you notice needing to push off with your hands to get out of a chair, you know, you've lost muscle mass that is going to impact your daily life.
[5:26] We lose most of our muscle mass because of the gradual inactivity that typically comes with aging, not because the muscles themselves start to shrink all by themselves.
[6:17] Injuries...we're going to have them really whether we exercise or not is what's going to happen as we age, and the difference is are they going to be the ones that you're going to bounce back from?
[6:51] The human body is not going to adapt to anything that's not required of it very often.
[8:21] It's OK to "exercise", and I use the air quotes, to do something active almost every day. But we don't want to do the overly strenuous things that put a lot of pressure on a joints day in and day out.
[10:59] Those of us who are less flexible avoid stretching, and we needed the most.
[16:06] It's not supposed to be about deprivation, it's supposed to be about what are the good foods.
[16:55] You can't out exercise a bad diet.
[20:24] The levels are designed for you to turn the dial up or turn the dial down based on the day, the week, the month, the phase of life, so that you don't ever have to feel like I'm just not exercising at all.
[21:12] There are a couple extra things that are benefits that we might not always link to exercise, and that's brain fitness.
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“Exercise is the magic pill. We as a society lean so heavily on medications, and yet exercise has more benefits than any of those medications in more far reaching areas of our life." - Cathy Richards
“One of my biggest tips is to track your food. If you even track your food for three days, your eyeballs will burst wide open and you'll be like, ‘That's how what I was eating was stacking up.’ And you will make changes just based on that." - Cathy Richards
“When we do something we haven't done before...your body will tell you the next day. It might not be as severe as a pulled hamstring, but you'll typically be sore because you surprised your body." - Cathy Richards

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Ep. 123 The Magic Pill with Cathy Richards- Speaker, Motivator, Author, Strategist

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