223. Improving your martial arts training
What does it take to be successful in martial arts or fitness? How do you improve your martial arts or training regiment? Oscar Agramonte and I sit down to discuss the philosophy and actions that have helped us in our kung fu and fitness journeys.
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222. Katherine Spiers on Food History
Katherine Spiers is a food history expert and former journalist. She is also the host of top-rated food history podcast Smart Mouth, which explores the fascinating history behind all of our favorite foods and ingredients.
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221. The rise of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes amidst covid19
Anti-Asian racism has risen at an alarming rate since the start of the pandemic. We are now facing a time in which our elderly community is being targeted and have even suffered death due to these attacks.
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220. Brett Jones on conspiracy theories and redefining strength training
Brett teaches Functional Movement Systems (FMS), and kettlebells as the Director of Education for StrongFirst. Brett is a wealth of information on all things fitness. We discuss common issues and stereotypes with strength training and fitness.
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219. How to safely drop 2 sizes in 8 weeks!
In this episode, Oscar Agramonte shares tips on how to drop 2 sizes in 8 weeks and achieve fat loss safely!
Oscar Agramonte is both a kung fu Sifu at the Wah Lum Temple and a personal trainer at Control Your Health. He recently began this 8-week fitness challenge with his clients. We discuss nutrition, habit building, strength workouts, and metabolic training.
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ICYMI: 218. Chinese New Year traditions and new year goal setting
The Year of the Rat is the first zodiac sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac animals, the quick-witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on a ride to cross the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line, so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals.
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217. Dan John on hard work, revolutions and America
Dan John is a world-renowned strength coach and mentor to many in the fitness industry. In this episode, Dan discusses the importance of doing the work! Whether it applies to strength training, kung fu, or education… there are no shortcuts in life.
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216. Greg Rucka on writing, hope and accountability
Greg shares his process for writing through the mixture of emotions and upcoming projects such as: Lazarus, Black Magick and The Old Guard.
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215. ICYMI Best of: Oscar Agramonte on Health and Fitness Goals (New Year resolutions)
How can you stick to your New Year resolutions? Should we make resolutions, or are we just setting ourselves up for failure? Oscar Agramonte of Control Your Health discusses the common pitfalls of setting resolutions and how we can avoid them.
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214. ICYMI Best of: The Greg Rucka and Mimi Chan origin story
In this episode we discuss the Mimi Chan and Greg Rucka origin story. I thought it would be fun to share how we met and how we ended up where we are today.
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213. ICYMI Best of: What does it mean to be a kung fu sifu?
What is the meaning of the word Sifu or Shifu? Kung fu practitioners around the world have used this term to describe their teachers, but what does it truly mean to be a kung fu sifu?
Oscar Agramonte and I have a conversation about what the word ‘Sifu’ means to us and how it relates to our Wah Lum Kung Fu System.
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