Ep 14 - Dr. Heather Bergeson discusses youth sports culture and relative energy deficiency in sports (REDs)

Ep 14 - Dr. Heather Bergeson discusses youth sports culture and relative energy deficiency in sports (REDs)

Our 14th episode is an insightful discussion with Dr. Heather Bergeson, a sports medicine physician in the Twin Cities.  Dr. Bergeson’s work focuses on women’s health, particularly among female athletes.  Our conversation topics include Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (REDs), the bias in sports coaching towards body size and image over performance and the pitfalls of the American youth sports culture.  Hope you enjoy the show.  In the episode, we discuss a Tedx talk several years ago in which Dr. Bergeson challenges youth sports culture in America. You can see the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrlPuRfoGdY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrlPuRfoGdY] Details about the Tria Female Athlete summit that is also discussed in the episode can be found at https://www.healthpartners.com/institute/tria-institute/tria-continuing-medical-education/female-athlete-summit/ [https://www.healthpartners.com/institute/tria-institute/tria-continuing-medical-education/female-athlete-summit/] Please share with family and friends as we would love to have our content reach a wider audience. Thank you

Ep 13 - Day Across Minnesota (DAMn) special edition with Jason, Matt Barrett and Bernie Digman

On August 10th, the host of the Fit and Healthy?/Healthy and Fit? podcast, Jason Digman, went for a bike ride. This was not a typical bike ride though. Jason started this ride in Gary, South Dakota at midnight with the intention of getting to Hager City, Wisconsin before the end of the day as a participant in the Day Across Minnesota (DAMn).  Spoiler alert, Jason made it.  He even had a good time.  This episode is a bit different from our typical interview format as Jason and his support crew, Matt Barrett and Bernie Digman chat about the particulars of Jason's day.  We also discuss how amazing the community and vibe of this event are along with how such long distance events relate to health and fitness.   More details on the event itself can be found at https://the-damn.com A good article on the 2024 event can be found at https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/08/13/challenge-of-the-damned-242-miles-24-hours-to-bike-across-minnesota?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14kNNPCUwu729StPNzJz4vE12W2fljx-V71iqO0KkhxvLGuiHGZLTQPgE_aem_0PJ72ZNC3izDn8Bfv0Bs5A [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/08/13/challenge-of-the-damned-242-miles-24-hours-to-bike-across-minnesota?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14kNNPCUwu729StPNzJz4vE12W2fljx-V71iqO0KkhxvLGuiHGZLTQPgE_aem_0PJ72ZNC3izDn8Bfv0Bs5A] Hope you enjoy the episode.  Please review and share our podcast.

Ep 12 - Athlete and cardiac arrest survivor Scott Penticoff

We are joined this week in a conversation that literally changed how I thought about my health. Last June, our guest Scott Penticoff went out for a run. It was not unlike many other days in Scott's life. Except this day was very different for Scott. During that fateful run, Scott experienced a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest.  We talk about this day and how it changed Scott's life and conceptions of health and fitness.  For additional details on Scott's story, check out this local news article.  https://woodburymag.com/scott-penticoff-shares-his-story-with-cardiac-arrest/ [https://woodburymag.com/scott-penticoff-shares-his-story-with-cardiac-arrest/]

Ep 11 - Andrew Eccles of Loon State Physical Therapy

Andrew Eccles, DPT of Loon State Physical Therapy talks health, wellness and athletic identity with us in our 11th episode. Andrew shares some great ways to think about health and being an athlete through the lifespan.  We hope you enjoy our conversation. Apologies about some background noise in the episode, we recorded at the Loon State facility which was busy with activity during our recording.  More info at Andrew and Loon State can be found at https://www.loonstatephysicaltherapy.com

Ep 10 - Amazing Human, Nutritionist and Olympian Rasa Troup

Excited to share our 10th episode, a wide-ranging conversation with Rasa Troup of Rasa Nutrition. Rasa has lived an amazing life. She grew up in Lithuania while it was still part of the Soviet Union, emigrated to the United States to attend school and run track. She's been to the Olympics (2008 in Beijing), has kids and runs her own nutrition company.   During our conversation Rasa shares wisdom with a humility and a commitment to make things better that was truly inspiring. Hope you enjoy the episode!