Fitness & Fishnets

In this episode, Nikki and Jenn talk about some of the biggest myths circling the internet in the fitness, yoga, and Pilates spaces and why Jenn hates hip thrusts.  They discuss: What the research says about hip thrusts and why it's not the penultimate exercise for building bigger glutes or performing better. The misconception that certain alignments will prevent or promote injury. Why overpronation may not be a problem for runners and what the current research suggests about the "best" way to run. The value of sensory input and why posture "correction" may not be an effective method of pain management or prevention for hypermobile people. Why fear mongering makes for effective marketing and poor outcomes. Join our list to get hypermobility specific resources! To connect with Jenn and learn more about her work: Visit her website jennpilotti.com Buy her book BodyMindMovement Sign up for a free online course with Jenn Connect with Nikki + other links mention in the episode: Join her list for free workouts

In this episode, Nikki chats with strength coach and physical therapy assistant Meghan Ramos about how to get started with strength training, what to do if you have pain or are coming back from an injury, and what is required to achieve progressive overload. They discuss: Where to start and how to pick your weights if you are brand new to strength training Considerations for strength training if you have pain or are coming back from an injury The role of strength training in avoided re-injury and returning to activities better than before Why progressive overload is important for building or maintain bone and muscle, what it is, and how to use it in a strength program To purchase PUSH IT visit https://naablevy.com/push-it-real-good-official2/ Follow Meghan on Instagram @strongerwithmeghan Follow Nikki on Instagram @naablevy

In this episode, Nikki chats with yoga teacher Adrienne Johnson about considerations for practicing yoga when you have hypermobility or pain. They discuss: Adrienne's personal experiencing starting yoga not realizing that she was hypermobile and how she changed her practice to account for her hypermobility and be able to practice without pain. The importance of strength training to cross train for yoga - especially if you are hypermobile. Why the largest range of motion may not be the best option for you even if you're able to go there Active versus passive stretching. How props can help you feel where you are in the poses, increase proprioceptive input / body awareness, and decrease the experience of pain. Connect with Adrienne Adrienne's website + the sign up link for her Strong n' Mobile Hips Free Challenge: thelionesstouch.com  Follow Adrienne on Instagram @thelionesstouch Connect with Nikki Sign up for free strength for hypermobility resources: strengthforhypermobility.com Follow Nikki on Instagram @na

Nikki chats with Amanda Thebe about how to approach strength and nutrition during peri-menopause and menopause.  They dig into:  Fitness and nutrition myths The importance of strength training and how to get started The benefits of a moderate approach to strength and nutrition ...and more. Connect with Amanda Thebe Website: AmandaThebe.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/amanda.thebe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amandathebex Podcast: www.amandathebe.com BOOK: Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too!www.amandathebe.com/books Connect with Nikki Naab-Levy Nikki’s IG: @naablevy  Access Nikki’s FREE What You Should Know About Protein Webinar + Protein Guide

Nikki chats with Meredith Mack and Jennifer Schwartz about what functional fitness actually means and how marketing has influenced our perception of “functional.” They also discuss how functional is relative to the individual and not a universal way of training and how it often involves exercises or applications that you wouldn’t necessarily assume you need.  Subscribe and listen to the Think Fit Be Fit Podcast Network, including Peach Pit Fitness with Jenn and Meredith. (thinkfitbefitpodcast.com) Episodes of the Think Fit Be Fit Podcast that Nikki has been or contributed to include: Ep 137: Context Matters | Fitness Influencers with Nikki Naab-Levy  Ep 138: Nikki Naab-Levy on Exercise Safety Cues That Don’t Work Connect with Jennifer Simone Schwartz Jenn’s IG: @Jennifer_Simone_Schwartz  Jenn’s Website   Connect with Meredith Mack Merdith’s IG: @Meredith_Mack   Connect with Nikki Naab-Levy Nikki’s IG: @naablevy  Join Nikki’s Email List

In this episode, Nikki chats with yoga teacher and educator Trisha Durham about the idea of listening to your body and why without context, it often isn't very helpful. They discuss: How this has become an overused statement in many yoga, Pilates, and fitness classes and alternative cues that may be less confusing for students Why there is no one size fits all approach to yoga or fitness The value of personal agency and how you can invite more of it into your classes or movement practice Why you don't have to suffer for something to be effective Connect with Trisha Instagram: @ohtrisha Website: Trisha.yoga Buy Trisha's book Movement Snacks Read Trisha's article Listen to Your Body. No Not Like That! Connect with Nikki Sign up for Nikki & Isabelle's FREE neurodynamics class with the replay! Learn more about Total Package Instagram: @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcast Merch If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes. You can also support the podca

In this episode, Nikki chats with strength and brain based fitness coach Isabelle Barter about why it's important to find the right medical or fitness professionals to help you and why you shouldn't always believe the stories that someone else tells you about your body. They discuss: Why you should find physical therapists and wellness practitioners who understand your experience and the context of the activities that you want to return to if you have pain How medical and wellness providers can't predict the future, so if what they are saying doesn't sit well with you, it's valuable to find a second opinion Their own positive and negative experiences trying to get treatment for pain and injuries Why these narratives around exercise being dangerous are often more harmful than the injuries themselves The negative and positive impacts of being delivered a diagnosis What to look for when trying to find someone to help you rehab pain or an injury Connect with Isabelle Website: Strongerhuman.com Instagram: @stron

In this episode, Nikki chats with athletic trainer Anna Hartman about what it actually looks like to train like a professional athlete and why this idea doesn't typically align with what you need if this is not you profession. They discuss: What a professional athlete's day and workouts look like and what Anna helps them prioritize when they see her. How professional athletes often have to make trade offs where they potentially sacrifice their long term health for shorter term performance. The discrepancy between the marketing messaging of "training like an athlete" and the reality of what it means to move and perform well. Why rest, recovery, and a sense of safety are required for performance, injury prevention, and overall health + how the nervous system creates the conditions for this. Connect with Anna Instagram: @movementrev Website: movementrev.com Connect with Nikki Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips: naablevy.com/newsletter Instagram:  @naablevy Did you enjoy this interview? Make sure

In this episode Nikki chats with Pilates, yoga, and somatics teacher Erica Webb about what it means to foster self-kindness and how to escape the "should" mindset. They discuss: What it means to be kind or honest with yourself and why this practice is often difficult and uncomfortable Why it's so hard to take action towards the things that you want and strategies for moving beyond this roadblock How to reframe your "shoulds" into self talk that is more productive and less based in guilt in shame Toxic positivity and why the yoga every damn day mentality isn't sustainable or helpful Connect with Erica Instagram: @ericawebb_selfkind Website: ericawebbyoga.com.au/ SelfKind Podcast  Connect with Nikki Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips Instagram: @naablevy  If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes! You can also support the podcast by sharing it with your friends or on social media.

In this episode of the Results Not Typical Podcast, Nikki chats with joy coach and movement teacher Larissa Parson about navigating chronic illness as a movement teacher, misconceptions around pelvic health issues, and bias around women’s healthcare when seeking medical providers. They discuss: How to find joy and enjoyment in movement even when you have pain, illness, or injury The importance of choice and autonomy in all aspects of exercise, health, and self-care Bias and racism in medicine and maternal healthcare Myths and misconceptions around pelvic health issues, such as diastasis and prolapse Larissa’s experience navigating crohn’s disease as a movement teacher Connect with Larissa Instagram: @larissa_parson Website: larissaparson.com Connect with Nikki Learn more about Kettlebells Made Simple. Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips. Instagram @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcast Merch If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes. You can a

In this episode of the Results Not Typical Podcast, Nikki chats with business coach and yoga teacher Cora Geroux about how to create structure and boundaries in your business to minimize burnout. They discuss: How Cora has built in time off into her workflow and schedule The importance of having dedicated time off when you are not working on your business The "Joe Rogan" effect and how it relates to marketing How social media is about your clients and now about you Connect with Cora Instagram: @corageroux Website: https://www.corageroux.com/ Connect with Nikki: Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips at naablevy.com/newsletter Instagram @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcast Merch If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes. You can also support the podcast by sharing it with your friends or on social media.

In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates teacher, mechanical engineer, and founder of Flexia Kaleen Canevari about the unique benefits of the Pilates reformer and how it can be modernized and brought to more people with tech.  They discuss: Pilates versus strength training and how the two complement each other Why the Pilates springs are a unique form of resistance training and how they can be helpful for decreasing pain and improving flexibility and control How the Flexia smart reformer's sensor will help people track their progress in strength and flexibility, while also quantifying quality of movement Why how you feel is as important as the exercise that you do Why it was important to Kaleen to design a reformer that was easy to set up and use at home that could be adjusted to comfortably fit larger and smaller bodies Click here to learn more about the Flexia reformer holiday pre-sale and save $500 if you buy yours before January 1, 2022 (Use coupon code NIKKI for $500 off!). Connect with Kaleen: Websi

In this episode of the Results Not Typical Podcast, Nikki chats with yoga teacher Caitlin Doherty about the importance of slowing down and how it relates to self car, self acceptance, and yoga. They discuss: How capitalism, hustle culture, and perfectionism encourages us to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of productivity The power of learning to slow down and be more intentional with your workouts, movement practice, and life Why the most "productive" life isn't always your best life How to find self worth outside of what you produce and what you look like Ways to cultivate a yoga practice that is built on self acceptance and rest instead of performance Connect with Caitlin: Instagram: @caitlindohertywellness Website: https://www.caitlindohertywellness.com/ Connect with Nikki: Join Kettlebells Made Simple: naablevy.com/kettlebells-made-simple Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips at naablevy.com/newsletter Instagram @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcast Merch If you enjoy the podcast, p

In this episode, Nikki chats with Zach Anderson and Sarah Lacour about the commonalities between diet culture and purity culture. They discuss: How both cultures conflate diet, exercise, and weight with morality The emphasis on weight loss and policing of women's bodies in both cultures How purity culture shows up in the language of fitness culture How this narrative contributes to body dysmorphia, disordered eating, and eating disorders Zach's experience as a gay man who grew up in the Mormon church and now works in the nutrition and fitness space Sarah's experience growing up in the evangelical church and the work she has done to deconstruct it Connect with Sarah: Instagram: @deconstructingpurityculture Connect with Zach: Instagram: @motionsustained Website: https://www.motionsustained.com/ Connect with Nikki: Join Kettlebells Made Simple: naablevy.com/kettlebells-made-simple Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips at naablevy.com/newsletter Instagram @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcas

In this episode, Nikki chats with strength and nutrition coach Steph Gaudreau and fitness coach for women over 40 Robin Legat about why strength training is such a powerful tool to help women in all stages of life. They discuss: The benefits of pursuing strength training as we age if we want to maintain muscle mass, bone mass, and improve our quality of life. Why the small pink dumbbells have limitations in what they can do for you The importance of eating enough protein if you strength train and why this advice is often given Strength training for women myths that we shouldn't believe The power of focusing on something other than weight loss as a fitness goal Connect with Steph: Website: https://www.stephgaudreau.com/ Instagram: @steph_gaudreau Podcast: Listen to Your Body Podcast Connect with Robin: Website: https://www.robinlegat.com/ Instagram: @robinlegat Podcast: Seasoned Athlete Podcast Connect with Nikki and other links mentioned: Sign up for the live free restorative Pilates class with replay: ht

In this episode, Nikki chats with strength coach Isabelle Barter about how social media and celebrity plastic surgery creates unrealistic expectations for what our bodies are supposed to look like. They also discuss: The supernormal stimulus and how why it results in our attraction to exaggerated features such as large breast with a small waist The difference between pursuing aesthetics and health and why they don't always overlap How our society doesn't have a realistic perspective of what health looks like

In this episode of the Results Not Typical Podcast, Nikki chats with Kevin Moore and Beck Beverage from the Reembody Method about moving beyond the chronic pain identity. They discuss: The intersection of biomechanics and pain science and why the two are not mutually exclusive The purpose of pain, why it happens, and how we can address it physically and psychologically How practitioners can hold space for themselves and their clients who have pain and why "anti healing" may be a better approach to helping people move beyond pain The role of trauma in the experience of pain How grind culture can contribute to pain and how our society contributes to us experiencing pain Learn more about the Reembody level 1 training: https://reembody.me/product/reembody-method-apprentice-certification-level-2-rcap-2/ Reembody Website: https://reembody.me Listen + Subscribe to the Reembody Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reembody-podcast/id1365160252 Connect with Nikki: Join her list for free workouts and

In this episode of Results Not Typical Nikki chats with nutrition coach Jordana Edelstein and strength coach Isabelle Barter about body autonomy, self trust, and weight loss. They discuss: Diet culture versus education around nutrition, energy balance, and habit change The problematic aspects of weight loss within our culture, but why people should still have autonomy around their goals and what they choose to do with their bodies Their own experiences with weight loss and what they learned from them Why self trust is an essential element to repairing your relationship with yourself and food Why black and white thinking doesn't work and the benefits of living in the middle Why the scale is what should be a neutral data point, but how it goes sideways for many of us Connect with Jordana: Instagram: @jordanaedelstein Website: https://www.jordanaedelstein.com/ Connect with Isabelle: Instagram: @stronger_human Website: https://www.strongerhuman.com Connect with Nikki: Join my list: https://naablevy.com/newslett

In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates teacher Brian Linton about his experience attending his Pilates teacher training remotely during a pandemic and what it's like to be a male in a female dominated industry. They discuss: His experience pursuing his Pilates teaching training during a pandemic What originally drew him to Pilates when it's typically marketed to women and why he decided to become a teacher His insights as a new instructor Connect with Brian Say hello on Instagram @brian.a.linton Connect with Nikki: Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips at naablevy.com/newsletter Follow her on instagram @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcast Merch If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes. You can also support the podcast by sharing it with your friends or on social media.

In this episode, Nikki chats with registered dietician and author of Good Food, Bad Diet about how much diet can actually affect your hormones and the lack of scientific evidence around many popular alternative medicine hormone tests. They discuss: Why the idea of "balanced" hormones doesn't actually make sense The lack of evidence behind the Dutch test and why you should save your money How to spot red flags when someone is selling you a diet that is supposed to address or solve a hormone related issue Why the marketing behind "hormone helping" diets is typically too good to be true Connect with Abby Follow her on Instagram @langernutrition Visit her website abbylangernutrition.com Read her review of Dutch Testing Purchase her book Good Food, Bad Diet. Connect with Nikki: Join her list for free workouts and fitness tips at naablevy.com/newsletter Follow her on instagram @naablevy Purchase Results Not Typical Podcast Merch If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave a rating and review on