Episode Transcript
[00:00:11] Speaker A: Happy Sunday, y'. All. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheen and Whitney on 90.7, the capstone during the month of February.
[00:00:18] Speaker B: It's Valentine's Day month.
[00:00:21] Speaker A: Yes, it is.
I don't know. And, you know, with, like, holiday stuff, I feel like stores are always one to two months ahead of them. Next holiday with candy. You know what I mean?
[00:00:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:00:35] Speaker A: I feel like I was already seeing Valentine's candy literally the day after Christmas. It was like, okay, here we go.
[00:00:42] Speaker B: You know, I'm not sad about it. I don't really care for Valentine's Day. I don't. I'm not, like, a holiday person, really, which is so sad. I should. I should change my attitude. But I do like Valentine's Day candy because I really like, like, a surprise of getting, like, the different chocolates and the different things. Like, sometimes I want to know what it is before I eat it, but then sometimes I don't. Yes, but I saw it. I had a to Walmart this morning, and I saw the Valentine's Day candy, and I was like, ooh, which Valentine's Day candy do I want to buy this year?
But do you have a favorite Valentine's Day candy?
[00:01:13] Speaker A: You know, I'm trying to think. I feel like any shaped. Any novelty shape of the Reese's stuff is always interesting because literally, there's just something different about Reese's, like Christmas trees or Easter eggs compared to an actual Reese's. I was talking to co workers about it. I don't know if it's, like, the ratio peanut butter to chocol or what the deal is.
[00:01:36] Speaker B: Well, have you noticed this past Christmas how skimpy they went on the Reese's tree or the Reese's trees, like the little Christmas trees? They were so small. And I remember thinking, I mean, is this because of inflation and everybody's having to, like, cut back and everything like that? But I was so disappointed. I'm not, like, a huge Reese's fan. I mean, I'll eat them. And I like the different, like, the Easter egg and the tree and all that. But I was really kind of bummed because it was really tight. Now, maybe I got the wrong kind. Maybe there were, like, mini trees. But I'm pretty sure that it was, like, less than what it normally is.
[00:02:09] Speaker A: It probably was the new norm. But now when you talk about chocolate assortments, I agree with you there. I think if it is a good quality brand, I do appreciate the surprise of, like, oh, what kind of chocolate this is? I do, too. However, at Christmas, and I'M pretty sure this family member doesn't listen to the show, but they had gifted us a chocolate assortment box that was from a brand I had not heard of, which is not uncommon.
But it was just not great.
I don't know, it was. There was something a little sus about it and I don't like to use words that the college kids say, but sus just kind of cracks me up.
[00:02:50] Speaker B: I don't know what that means.
[00:02:52] Speaker A: Like suspicious or sus.
[00:02:55] Speaker B: Oh my gosh. Okay, Sus. Alright.
[00:02:58] Speaker A: Yes, us. If my husband is listening, he's gonna be like, oh my gosh, did you
[00:03:02] Speaker B: really just use it? You know, two things to say about. First thing is if I'm gonna pick a brand, like a chocolate. Russell Stovers is probably like one of my favorites to just like go for. But let's go back to this word because I've never heard it. And I don't know if that's like seriously showing my age or the fact that I'm not in tune with anything anymore and I just kind of live in my own bubble. But what's another word that our students are using that I may not really be aware? Like sus. I've never heard about that.
[00:03:28] Speaker A: I'm trying to think. See, what you have an advantage though with Whitney is the fact that you are not on social media 24 like the students or just a lot of the rest of the world in general. You actually want to enjoy life and experience and live in the moment as opposed to doing everything for the gram, as I feel like many others do now. I will say that if I did not have to use it to promote some of the things for our department or as a vehicle for sharing pictures of my kids so that I'm not having to bombard people with great text all the time. I would get off of it. I would go offline, I would go offline, off the grid. I would love to do that.
[00:04:10] Speaker B: I'm not gonna lie. It's very. I. I had an Instagram for, I guess, maybe like almost two years. And at first I really liked it because I had my specific people that, you know, my friends that would follow me. I had it on private and I really liked it. And then like, I'm not gonna lie, once things started getting political, I was off it.
[00:04:29] Speaker A: Oh, sure.
[00:04:29] Speaker B: Very quickly. And so, you know, for me it was just something I didn't wanna be a part of. But I do see the value of it, which I think is kind of interesting. Leading into our topic today.
[00:04:39] Speaker A: It is.
[00:04:39] Speaker B: It kind of Perfectly. We didn't plan that. It just perfectly, you know, metamorphosized into what we're gonna talk about. Yeah.
[00:04:46] Speaker A: And we're gonna leave you on a cliffhanger. I mean, we could talk about going off the grid and, you know, that would be cool. Zombie mode and survival. But we may not. You never know. But we gotta take a quick break, grab something to drink, some water, hydrate yourself, use the restroom. You are listening to Fit to Be Tied with Shannon Whitney on 90.7 cap.
[00:05:10] Speaker B: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
[00:05:18] Speaker A: Welcome back.
[00:05:18] Speaker B: You're listening to Fit to Be Tied and we're talking about zombies and living off the grid. I'm just kidding. No, we're really not. But actually, that'd kind of be fun if we, like, took this conversation to, like, what if, like, on a fitness and nutrition, like, side of things, you know, because you gotta be super fit to be against zombies and outrun em and like, whatever the things that you do. And nutrition, I mean, if you're a zombie, that could be kinda interesting. Like lean meat, you know, fat.
[00:05:41] Speaker A: Right. Like, what would you need in your bunker for survival? So what are the physical skills you want? Obviously, we need some strength and agility from a cardio perspective.
[00:05:52] Speaker B: Endurance.
[00:05:52] Speaker A: Yes. Oh, my gosh. You gotta outrun stuff. And then from food perspective, what are gonna be those shelf stable items that are gonna give you the carbs and protein and fat that you need. So we're not gonna have to do that. So maybe around Halloween next fall, we'll do that.
[00:06:08] Speaker B: That's what we're gonna do next fall. We're gonna do the zombie edition of Fit to Be Tied and we're go.
If there was a zombie apocalypse, like, how would we provide survival expertise to our people? You know what? That could be a very trendy thing. Which it kind of leads us into our topic, which I don't know if you guys have noticed, we probably sound a little better today because we are in person. We are in the studio. We are masked up, so we're still a little bit muffled, but better safe than sorry. And so we're here.
[00:06:36] Speaker A: We are.
[00:06:37] Speaker B: We're in the flesh.
[00:06:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, I know that you are existing and you're here. You look great.
[00:06:45] Speaker B: Thank you. You do too.
[00:06:46] Speaker A: Thank you, thank you, thank you. But okay, so over the past couple weeks, we've talked about New Year's resolutions. It's February. You have until the end of March to be able to call something a New Year's resolution.
But, you know, with Whitney and I, our Scope of expertise is fitness and nutrition. And as we continue this conversation and really help you shape what you might want to pursue for the year 2022 when it comes to.
We wanted to see what is trending, right?
[00:07:17] Speaker B: Yeah. What is trending? And Sheena, it was so funny, because I'm not gonna lie, we were. I mean, I'm gonna out us right now. We were supposed to have a guest on, and the guests could not be with us today. And so we kind of had to go to a plan B. But this is why we work so well, because we've been doing this for so long that we kind of know how to just talk about fitness, nutrition trends and things like that. And so I text you, Sheena, this morning, and I was like, what are we gonna talk about on the radio? And you were like, well, how about let's just Google, you know, fitness trends and things that on nutrition trends. And I was like, you know, it's kind of a good idea because if I don't know anything about getting started, that's the first thing I'm going to do is Google, because we Google everything. And so I just kind of went in and googled and, you know, surprisingly, my results were not what I expected.
And I don't know if that's an algorithm or what that is within Google, but I'm curious, you know, when we kind of start getting into this conversation and I don't even know how we want to go with it, because, again, this is the first time we talked about it, so who knows what we're going to even talk about? But my results were a little different in the sense that I was expecting. You know, I Googled Fitness Trends 2022, and it gave me, like, guidelines, but it didn't give me, like, specific, like, workouts. So, like, in my mind, I was thinking, okay, I'm gonna get, like, something like Zumba. I mean, I know Zumba's not that big a deal anymore, but like Zumba or Peloton or something like that. Well, instead it was more of a broad category. And I don't know if that was what you have found in yours. I had to dig a little. I had to kind of read and see, like, okay, what do they mean by this? And then kind of find some of these programs that are out there. But I don't know, like, your search, what did you find?
[00:08:55] Speaker A: So I had some similar issues in the sense that when I did Google hottest nutrition trends, I think I was expecting to see a lot specific to 2022. There was only like maybe one or two articles that came up at the top of the search that were related to that others. It was like for 20. 20, 2019.
And so I almost had to laugh because I was thinking, is everybody so spent from surviving this pandemic that they're like, we're not even gonna predict anything.
[00:09:28] Speaker B: We're just. We've learned our lesson from predicting whether, you know, you're gonna wear masks, not mask, you know, hybrid, whatever. I mean, it's just one of those things.
[00:09:35] Speaker A: Yes. But when I was perusing through and looking at multiple websites, I tried to pick the ones that were trending, for lack of better words, consistently across a lot of different websites. I feel pretty confident with that I have today. But I think it's interesting too though, what actually makes something trending, like where the powers that be.
That makes be a dark path. Yes. Because then it's the whole, like sticking it to the man or the Illuminati. Yes.
[00:10:05] Speaker B: You never know.
[00:10:05] Speaker A: Well, we got have to illuminate a specific show one day.
So just like all the things. I don't know, I just, I feel like.
And then you think about all of these different social media influencers. I think even Amazon now has a thing where you can sign up to be an Amazon influencer. So if you have X amount of like social media followers, then you can be an Amazon influencer and all the things. And I just would have never expected, oh, I'm gonna be this Amazon influencer that talks about my vegetable peeler.
[00:10:36] Speaker B: But it kind of makes sense because, you know, when you get on Amazon, you look at the, like, there are multiple people that will constantly, like the same people that always write reviews, like really good reviews. And if and if they find that, why not capitalize on it and make them into something that's only gonna help your business anyway? That's kind of crazy. I didn't even know that existed. But okay, so I think what we should do, because we have all the length of our show, I think we should kind of just go down and I say one thing. I found we talk about it and then maybe you say one thing and we talk about it. I think that might be a good way to do it.
[00:11:08] Speaker A: I like it.
[00:11:08] Speaker B: Okay, let's do it. So it's kind of interesting you're talking about coming off of the pandemic and how there wasn't a lot of information. Well, the first thing that popped up for me was obviously virtual workouts. But the other thing that popped up with virtual workouts is a hybrid option.
And I think the hybrid option comes in with, you know, there's multiple ways you can look at this. I know that what I've done in the past is I've live streamed a class so that some people can do it, you know, in the comfort of their own home or they can do it, you know, in studio. And I find it kind of interesting because it's not like we're as worried about the pandemic, at least from my perception, we're not as worried about it. We've just been more accustomed to this lifestyle. So now that we know that we can, you know, work from home here and there, or maybe we can do a quick workout in our office. That's kind of becoming the trend now to close the door, do a quick workout and have it be all virtual. Or maybe if you're a fitness facility, you can stream it. And then the other thing is, you know, thinking about like peloton and what is it? The mirror, I think, where you can like have somebody work out with you or maybe you work out with a friend virtually. So that was kind of the big thing, that was the new trend. And I don't know if I like, I mean, part of me likes it, but then as a fitness professional and just someone that works with people's bodies and moving, I need to see you up close. I need to make sure you're doing it correctly.
So I guess it has its benefits. But from a professional perspective, I don't know if I'm completely on board with it.
[00:12:35] Speaker A: Right. Well, and it's interesting how that at home workout has evolved because it's not just a matter of sticking in your Denise Austin or Richard Simmons like VHS and doing that workout at home. But there is that component that I think is the reason people like in person workouts as far as that sense of community and accountability. So with something like a peloton or whatever else, you can watch that, that workout or that class live, you can high five each other, quote, unquote, in real time through the app and everything else. So it is like an interesting hybrid. And I agree with you. It's one of those things where I am a little.
I'm still evaluating what I think about that. I'm glad it exists.
[00:13:20] Speaker B: Yeah, it's good on time if you're short on time and let's say you haven't been exercising. But if you're sedentary and you're starting to exercise, wouldn't it be more beneficial to have someone like have their actual eyes on you where you're doing it correctly and you're gonna not get injured. So that's my take. I mean, that's kind of obvious one. Okay, nutrition, let's jump over.
[00:13:39] Speaker A: Yes. Okay. So you know, in the spirit of COVID one of the ones, the things that was trending is really a diet style that was focused on your immunity. So really eating a lot of the quote unquote superfoods, a lot of your foods that are high in vitamin C or vitamin E, vitamin. So a lot of your antioxidant based things. And so I think, you know, to me as a dietitian, I have no problem with that. I have no problem. Anytime we are talking about an eating style that tells you to continue to include more health giving foods into your diet as opposed to a deprivation based style.
[00:14:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I gotcha.
[00:14:20] Speaker A: I'm a big fan.
[00:14:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I kind of like that one. It's kind of, it's nice to incorporate those things. And if it gets people eating healthier things, I think that's great.
But I wonder in your field if you had people that kind of go extreme into it so then they're not getting the other. You know, if you look at the plate, you know that.
My gov. Plate.
[00:14:39] Speaker A: Yeah, my plate.
[00:14:40] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, my plate. And so it's like you look at it and you want to make sure you have your food groups. I could see people maybe neglecting some other food groups.
[00:14:47] Speaker A: Oh, absolutely. And I think too with it. And I know we'll have to take a break in a second, but you know, we can run that risk of again with social media and people wanting things to look very picturesque where what if you're balling on a budget or you know, you live in low socioeconomic lifestyle and you've got convinced in your head, oh, the only way I can eat healthy is if my salad is in this perfectly curated mason jar and I have an acai bowl.
[00:15:14] Speaker B: No.
[00:15:15] Speaker A: Let's talk about how do we make this practical and you can still get a lot of nutrition benefits. But I digress. Okay, you guys, we gotta take a quick break. We are gonna be talking about more trends. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheen and Whitney on 90.7 the capst.
[00:15:35] Speaker B: Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
All right, we're back listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney and we're talking trends. And you know, we googled the hottest fitness trends. We googled hottest nutrition trends because we were curious as to what, you know, you guys are maybe looking into as you get Started with your New Year's resolution, maybe goals, whatever that may be. I will have to say you mentioned something before the break, and it got me, like, my mind feeling.
You said balling on a budget. And then I started thinking. I went into this chamber law land in my head to where I was like, if I had unlimited resources to eat whatever I wanted, how amazing would that be to have the best chefs cook the best things that were healthy, not necessarily low calorie, but just good food. And then I just kind of had a little daydream about, man, if I could go, I love to eat good food. And so I just had this little daydream about, man, I wish it wasn't balling on a budget, but I guess that's what you got to do.
[00:16:36] Speaker A: It is, you know, and it's one of those things where especially if folks kind of idolize different celebrities and they're like, oh, my gosh, like, you know, she looks great, or they really bounce back after their baby or that movie role or whatever else. And then I have to have a reality check with myself thinking, okay, that person has a personal chef, a personal trainer, you know, their own dietitian, like, all the things. And here I am, you know, just
[00:17:03] Speaker B: Ballin on a budget.
[00:17:04] Speaker A: Yeah, Ballin on a budget. Normal Nancy. Just, here we go. You know, so how do we make that practical?
[00:17:09] Speaker B: You know? So that kind of leads me to my next trendy thing. And I'm gonna kind of group these together, just kind of for the sake of time and where we are. But we talked about celebrities and, like, them being able to do these workouts and stuff. Well, then it got me thinking, you know, what are celebrities doing? Okay. I'm always skeptical with celebrities. Okay. I don't trust them. And I'm just going to be completely frank. Maybe not all of them, but, like, they get paid to endorse these things a lot of times. Like, if the Kardashians are ever, like, endorsing something, you should run.
[00:17:40] Speaker A: Oh, Sus.
[00:17:41] Speaker B: Like, we're going to use the word Sus. Sus. Yes, you should. Maybe that's the title of this show. Sus. Yes. I like it. I need to remember that when I'm, you know, writing things. Okay. But anyway, and so I think about that. That. And I think we need to be very careful. And it's just kind of in a nutshell. I think it's good to see what's out there, but at the same time, you kind of need to be aware of, like, what you're getting yourself Into. So just a couple of things.
I'm not like, huge on name brand stuff because to be honest with you, and I don't know how this is in your field, but, like, there's new things, quote unquote, that come about.
But it's all been done before.
[00:18:17] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:18:17] Speaker B: And so there's always like, check. Try this new sensation to, you know, burn fat and, you know, tone up and lean up and like, I just don't know if there's maybe any new. There's no new exercises because the body has certain joint actions that you can do in three planes of movement. And we've kind of already know how it works because we know the skeletal system and the muscles and everything. But one thing I thought was kind of cool, and I don't know how to say it because Kelly Ripa was actually endorsing this and I don't really know, it's. It's OBE with a little, like, doodad at the top of the E. Like Obey.
[00:18:51] Speaker A: Maybe Obey Fitness.
[00:18:53] Speaker B: Obey Fitness. Yes.
[00:18:54] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:18:54] Speaker B: And so I was just kind of. She was, of course, endorsing. I think it was like, I found an article. It was like, on like, Elle or something, who knows? And it actually looked kind of cool because it's one of those streaming platforms that you pay like 20 bucks a month and they had a lot of categories. And that's what I like. I don't like it when it's just like one specific thing, but it was very similar. If you've ever taken. Taken like a Les Mills class or like Beachbody classes, how they kind of lump everything into one, you know, name, but then you have all these different categories. I thought it was kind of cool. There's a few contraindicated exercises. I saw that. I was like, ooh, I would not want a client to do those. But again, you need to have a health professional. The other one, and I don't know, this was a Queen Latifah endorsed one. I think it's called A Army. It's like two A's. Anyway, she was endorsing it. It was the same kind of thing. It was more cycle related. And then the other one. This must be like a new or like a Australian type of thing. But it was Zu Z U U. And it's basically bodyweight exercises. And so it's HIIT CrossFit type training without the strength equipment. But some of the exercises, you know, just from professional point of view, they were very good exercises.
Challenging, working on range of motion while you're doing these high intensity Things, But I can't imagine that someone that sedentary could.
It's like, what was the. What was the insanity? It's like that. It's like, great workouts, they're gonna push you, but I can't imagine someone that said Terry jumping in and doing that. Yeah, I don't know. It's just, you know, be wary of these things, but I don't want to take up too much time on that. Just be wary of your celebrity endorsed workouts. I don't know if you have anything to add with nutrition.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: No, I would agree with that. You know, I think if I had to think of the celebrities where I'm like, okay, that is sus.
Definitely the Kardashians would be a red flag for me. Anything Gwyneth Palt these days really is kind of some stuff. She just kind of gets a little too whatever that I'm like, I.
I don't know.
[00:20:55] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:55] Speaker A: And it's not that I'm completely a no go. It's just I have some hesitation.
[00:20:59] Speaker B: I agree.
[00:21:00] Speaker A: Yeah. So. So there's that. So, you know, when you're talking about things kind of being reinvented in some way. So now apparently for 2022, instead of just saying that somebody is going keto. And you know, I think we know that, that that was kind of a hot thing this past year, year before. And so for those of you that don't really know the technicalities of the ketogenic diet and have just kind of thought of it as like, oh, low carb, really, for a person to go into legitimate ketosis, it's not just a matter of lowering your carbs, but you actually have to intentionally make a majority of your diet dietary fat. So that's like 70%. And it can't be a ton of protein, because if you eat too much protein, your body, because it's very resil, is going to turn that protein into the sugar and glucose that it needs. So what they're calling it now is basically a quote unquote, sugar sucks diet. So instead of saying like, oh, I'm going keto, we're going back to what I would call more of the old school low carb Atkins kind of style where you can do as much protein as you want to. But now as far as, like lowering the carbohydrates, you're just not doing a lot of refined sugars. So I feel like there's always a play on manipulating the carbs. And of course, for us as folks who interact with individuals who are typically active or athletes or whatever the case may be. We know that carbohydrates are life.
[00:22:30] Speaker B: So. Yeah, you know, that's so interesting to me because as you're telling me this, I have this flashback to when I was in college and one of my nutrition classes, of course we were talking about this and it's like, holy cow. It's the same thing, but it's reinvented with new names. It's the same thing with fitness. We've had HIIT training for forever interval training, we've had cardio classes, we've had strength training. And I mean, there are new approaches to things. And that kind of leads me into my next one. But I don't know, you just kind of really have to do your research because the fancy words, you know, the industry has made us think that carbs are bad. So now they've made us think carbs are bad. I can't eat them when real.
You do want carbs because you've already told us your brain works at its high efficiency when it's. When you've had carbs. And so people automatically start thinking, oh, I can't have carbs and start like neglecting certain food groups or eating too much fat. I can't imagine what that would entail.
[00:23:25] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, just like a block of chocolate. Leave it to exactly that. Or it's like, oh, I'm going to dip my pork rind into this like sour cream.
[00:23:36] Speaker B: That is literally the Atkins diet or whatever. Let me just eat a block of cheese because that's great for your arteries.
[00:23:41] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm like, wait a second.
[00:23:42] Speaker B: Yeah, so leaves cholesterol's not going up
[00:23:44] Speaker A: the diet industry to make people think that fruit is freaking unhealthy. So if you told people in the 50s, like, hey, one day in the future you can't eat fruit. Like, it's the devil's food. You know, like, that's insanity to me.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: You know, think about it. You know, I know this is totally going off subject, but like you said the 50s and like how, you know, people probably ate a more well balanced meal. Because if you think about, I think about like Leave it to Beaver, like watching that show and like June Cleaver would literally like make all the things from the food. I mean, that's a whole nother thing. We could go down. I should probably like, you know, say that for another day. But I mean, you are getting more from the food groups. And I don't know if people are healthier nowadays or not as healthy. It kind of would be I mean, we could definitely look and do the research, but I don't know, it's kind of interesting to think how our body types have changed as well.
[00:24:35] Speaker A: I agree. We're getting all these great feature shows.
[00:24:38] Speaker B: Oh, man. I'm just like, zombies.
Leave it to beaver. It's just crazy. We are coming up on a break. I will say this, and then, China, you can jump back on with your thoughts. One trend that I've noticed, and this is a trend I actually really, really like because as a fitness professional, I feel like I've been trying to get people to think this way with their workouts and with their bodies, and it's the rest and recover. And it's kind of trending now, which you never would ever rest and recover, ever. It was more like, more is better. Go, go, go. Work your hardest. But now they're starting to incorporate more yoga and mind body classes because they're actually seeing the benefit of recovery. And I found that on three different websites, just like a quick little search. And it was all rest and recover. And whether that was all planned, you know, if the Illuminati had it in mind to put it all on the websites, who knows? I'm just kidding, by the way. But, I mean, it kind of makes you want to.
If there's some legitimacy to it. So I don't know.
[00:25:35] Speaker A: I don't know. You know, maybe again, I hate to give so much credit to the pandemic, but people are like, hey, we have learned that we're the society that was go, go, go, and we've got to take a break. Our cells need that rest and regeneration. Our mental health, all the things which. Speaking of, speaking of, we gotta take that break. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 capstone.
[00:26:01] Speaker B: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
[00:26:07] Speaker A: Welcome back. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Shane and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. And if you are just now joining us, you have missed some good conversations because we've been talking about the trends in fitness and nutrition that we have been finding on the Internet. And there's some stuff that's not surprising, but then there is some surprising stuff which leads me to Whitney, what you just told me during the break. Now, what in the. What did you just tell me?
[00:26:35] Speaker B: Right, So I was doing, you know, my Google searches or whatever, and I found another theme that was coming up. And I don't know if you guys have heard this and if you have, I mean, power to you. More power to you, because I'm completely behind the loop on this. But apparently reverse running is trending now, okay? And at first I was like, what in the world, reverse running? I was like, people can't walk backwards. It's too hard, you know? Just kidding. You can totally do it, and you should. But I started looking it up, and because we are having muscle imbalances, the new trend is to run backwards. Now, I sat there and I thought to myself, I was like, okay, now does this make sense? And part of me is like, okay, I understand kind of the logic behind it. You're. You're loading more muscles. You're moving forward, you need to be moving backwards. We need to be twisting. We need to be moving side to side. Our body needs to move in all these planes. But then I was like, but reverse running, I don't think it's a bad thing. I just don't think you could obviously, like, run a mile backwards. So I think it's more or less, yes. You're conditioning more of your hamstrings and more of your posterior muscles, because those can tend to be a little bit weaker than, like, say, your quads, your abdominals, like, when you're running. So you're working more the posterior chain of the body, but the same time, it does pose risk that you could fall. And so our athletes run backwards.
We know that that increases stability in the joints. We know that it increases agility and just your quickness and movement. I don't think it's a bad thing to go reverse running. I just thought it was funny that that was, like, the trend. And in my mind, I'm like, who was one day like, this is going to be the new fitness trend, reverse running. Because can you just see everybody on campus running backwards? Oh, skylight zone.
[00:28:23] Speaker A: So crazy. Yeah, like you said, because when you were talking about it and I was visualizing, folks, and even when I've thought about myself kind of backwards jogging, to, like, chat with somebody for a second, just, you know, in a, like, cutesy way.
Yeah, there's that. And it's just that whole, like, okay, well, there's definitely the agility and balance that is building up there. But as far as getting heart rate up high enough to where that there was that sustainability through the running and that cardio endurance probably would not accomplish it from that. But that's really interesting, though.
[00:28:55] Speaker B: It is kind of interesting. And so if you're thinking about doing it, I say don't do it where you have a narrow sidewalk or something. Like, go to the Rec fields, do little drills and stuff. Start small, start slow. If you have a history of falling or if you're in a category like osteoporosis where you could fall and really break something, you know, that's probably not a smart idea to do. But you know, a lot of people will do really crazy things and I'm not recommending this. Next thing I'm going to say, I'm just telling you to be aware of this. Doing things backwards on cardio equipment. Don't do it because I will tell you, number one, you don't have control. Like I see people like running backwards on the cardio equipment or even walking. I mean, if you have a trainer that specifically programs you to do that and they're watching you, maybe. I don't think I'd ask my client to do that though. I see weird things on the stair steppers sometimes where I'm like, that could really be dangerous.
I get the creativity behind it. But I'm always a safety thinker. But I thought that was just so weird. Reverse running, I mean, try it, let us know. I mean, don't go crazy with it. But if you're looking to balance out running, I would suggest doing a lot of those exercises where you are prone. So that's face down like Superman's, maybe hands and knees, doing the bird dogs or spinal balance. And those are going to increase the stability and the strength of the posterior muscles in the body rather than like running backwards. I mean, I don't know, it'd be a better trade off.
[00:30:18] Speaker A: Well, see, I love your take on these things as a fitness professional because it's non biased. You are looking through the lens of a safety perspective because you're a professional as opposed to someone who you're sponsoring a specific exercise. And it seems obvious that there's no rhyme or reason to the sales pitch, but you're giving a very objective point of view when really thinking about somebody's safety. So thank you for that.
[00:30:43] Speaker B: Yeah, and I don't think like running backwards is gonna like ultimately make you lose weight or anything, you know what I mean? So you have to be mindful of these things. But anyway, enough of reverse running for now. Sheena, what you got?
[00:30:52] Speaker A: Yes. So the next one, I actually was really happy to see it on the list for 2022. Cause I think it's something that I've mentioned on the show before. And I actually just did a webinar for our employees with well, Bama on this topic and it's something called the mind diet. And ESS with the mind diet. U.S. news and World Report. Every year they do their rankings of various diets like best weight loss diet, best overall diet, et cetera, et cetera. So the MIND Diet is always in the top five, and it's typically behind the Mediterranean diet. The DASH Diet being a flexitarian, and the Mind Diet was basically created by clinicians to help prevent cognitive decline. Now, what's really cool about it is it's essentially a marriage between the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet diet and the DASH diet's dietary approaches to stop hypertension. So doesn't sound very sexy. But from a health perspective, in terms of cardiovascular health, very, very good. And really, with the MIND Diet, it is emphasizing certain food categories to make sure that you have a lot of antioxidants in your diet. Because when we think about our brain, our brain is one of our body's hungriest organs. It uses over 20% of the calculation calories that we need. And our brain is a really vulnerable organ because the ratio of free radicals or oxidative stress compared to antioxidants available is a little off. So we have to intentionally eat certain things in our diet, like a lot of fruits and vegetables that have that antioxidant power. So that's what the MIND Diet is all about, is making sure you're getting those antioxidants, but then also reducing foods in the diet that provide a lot of oxidative stress. And really, the biggest takeaway that I've ever given anyone with this is that if you were wanting to make one change related to your cognitive health health, it would be this combination of eat more fruits and vegetables and try to decrease fried food as much as possible, because fried food, I love me some.
[00:32:49] Speaker B: It's good.
[00:32:50] Speaker A: Yeah. I love tasting, like, French fries and all that stuff. But if you think about those foods being deep fried, it provides a lot of instability in those cells, and there's just. You just get a lot of gunk.
[00:33:03] Speaker B: Sometimes you do. And you know what, Sheena? That's great. I mean, that's such a good trend to be. I mean, just thinking about, like, how you can incorporate all the good things. And I had this epiphany, guys. I've cracked the code.
I'm going to tell you based on what we've talked about, what it seems to me is that if you move your body and you exercise and you eat from all your food groups and you eat things that are healthy and good for you, you're gonna be okay.
[00:33:30] Speaker A: You are.
[00:33:31] Speaker B: That's what I Feel like this whole theme is, it doesn't matter what diet, you tell me. Well, some of the diets are whack. Don't listen to them. Like, obviously don't just eat fat all the time. But it's a good. It's a good reminder that you need to be eating from all the food groups. Same thing with exercise. All of these things have their validity with, you know, what we do and to stay healthy. But, like, there's nothing new, right? It's like, do you know what I mean? It's almost like we just should stop talking. Everybody just make healthy choices.
[00:33:57] Speaker A: I know. And the one thing that I wish that was on this list, and in some ways I understand why it's not, is really us going back to encouraging folks to listen to their body in terms of, like, fullness and hunger cues. And also letting folks know, hey, if you're craving something in particular, it's okay to listen to that. I think we've trained ourselves so much as a society when we're thinking about the way wellness and weight loss and fitness industry of, hey, listen to all of these external cues. And we've kind of taught ourselves not to listen to what our body is actually telling us. So that's like my mic drop moment of like, hey, just listen to your body. It's okay. You can actually trust it. Or let's learn to eat in a way where your body starts giving you those cues of normalcy again so you feel like you can trust your.
[00:34:49] Speaker B: Your body. Well, and that kind of brings me thinking about social media and kind of how we talked at the beginning. Do we feel like social media is hindering us from just living and thinking and letting our bodies tell us what we need? I mean, obviously we do have some clinical things that go on, and we need a little bit more intuition and help with professional help. But, like, if we were to strip all that away, if we were to say, oh, okay, here are your guidelines. The CDC says just go be physically active 30 minutes a day to boost your mood, your metabolism, strength training, cardio, and then for you, eating, the parameters of, hey, these are healthy things, and we kept it super simple, would we be happier and would we, you know, be able to kind of let some of that go?
[00:35:33] Speaker A: I think so. Like, if somebody was on a stranded island and for the most part they had, like, a pretty good diverse set of foods where they're not, like, just forced to on something out of circumstances.
[00:35:42] Speaker B: Just coconuts? No, just coconuts. Yeah.
[00:35:45] Speaker A: So no social media. You're completely off the Grid. How would you eat? I feel like I trust pretty well that your body would have a lot of different things because your body would be craving on the fact that, yeah, it's like, oh, I need some protein. I need some more carbs. First world problems. Yeah. I don't have this social media influencer telling me, like, don't eat that guac.
It's a carb. It's fruit, you know? Yeah. So I don't know.
[00:36:11] Speaker B: It's weird. Kind of fuel for thought, but I think it's time for a break. It is.
[00:36:14] Speaker A: Okay, you guys, we've got a last little bit, but grab something to drink. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheen and Whitney on 90.7, the capstone.
[00:36:26] Speaker B: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
Well, it's been another awesome Sunday, February, and we are closing out another show, I guess, seven years in the running.
[00:36:39] Speaker A: Yes. Right.
[00:36:40] Speaker B: Man, I can't even believe it. If you haven't heard any of our shows, like, from a long time ago, you should go listen, because I don't think we came into our stride, at least for me, until, like, this past year, like, being really comfortable on the radio.
[00:36:50] Speaker A: I agree. I don't know.
[00:36:51] Speaker B: Just going back and forth. It's been fun. But, yeah, hopefully you guys listen to us and have some ideas of what to watch out for when you're looking up trendy things on the Internet for your fitness routines and nutrition.
I did want to say there was one other thing that I didn't get to mention, and we've heard about it before, but I do want to bring this up because one of my clients actually mentioned it last week when I was teaching on the Reformer. So, you know, hula hooping has always been, like, one of those things that's, like, a craze. And we were talking about it, and I think it's awesome. And I'll tell you why.
When you move your hips and when you move your spine, you're creating that mobility. You're bringing more, like, lubrication to your joints. And we know that, like, hips get super, super tight. And so if it's fun, why not hula hoop? Now, I do know they have weighted hula hoops. I've never done that before.
And I don't know if you have, like, low back issues and things like that. I don't think I'd grab a hula hoop, you know, to do that. But it will actually make you feel better. I mean, it will loosen things up, and it's kind of fun. So hula hooping is a trend that's been around.
[00:37:56] Speaker A: Well, that is good to know, because I will just say, and I'm gonna try to be as humble as possible. I have won several hula hooping contests over my lifetime. Yes.
[00:38:07] Speaker B: Do you have videos?
[00:38:09] Speaker A: Probably. We. Actually, the last one I did was when I was a staff member at the student health center here on campus. We actually had a little contest, but, yeah, I. That's so cool. My winning started in elementary school with getting to do it the longest.
[00:38:22] Speaker B: What's your secret? Do you have a specific stance with your feet or a movement?
[00:38:27] Speaker A: I stand a little wider. And honestly, I find that once I get it going, it doesn't take a lot. I don't over gyrate, for lack of better words. Like, it kind of just finds that equilibrium, and it's like, oh, this is centered in really well.
[00:38:42] Speaker B: That is so funny that you've, like, won competitions. I don't think I've ever won anything. For anything. I don't think I've ever won anything. Oh, that's sad. Maybe we'll win, like, something for the. This radio show. Maybe not. I don't know.
[00:38:54] Speaker A: We might. You never know.
[00:38:55] Speaker B: That's so cool.
Wow. So you're a hula hooping master.
[00:38:59] Speaker A: I am, but I've never bought a weighted hula hoop. I've tried one before. Just borrowed from a friend, but I'd like to get one. But we actually have. I have several hula hoops in my office on campus because sometimes we'll use them for different things with Project Health when they're interacting with students. So after the show, I think that I might go back and go grab a hula hoop. Yeah, I might do it.
[00:39:19] Speaker B: I mean, I think it's great. Something that's fun and kind of gets you moving. And, you know, I mean, you might find something on the Internet that really kind of sparks your little attention, and you're kind of like, oh, I may want to try that. And it might. I mean, these trends could be a good thing. You never know. It could get you moving for the first time or thinking about eating some fruits and vegetables, and I don't know. I always like to think positively, you know, even though there could be some weird things out there.
[00:39:44] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. And I think too, you know, as we get into the rest of this month, we. We're actually gonna be talking about.
February is heart month, traditionally. And so when we start thinking again about those reasons and benefits for eating a certain way or being physically active, I think this is gonna hit close to home for a lot of us, and especially for us as women. We're gonna be talking more about that, but hopefully some of the things that you've heard today have brought some inspiration. Maybe some things you definitely want to x off the list for sure.
But, you guys, we've had another great Sunday together. This has been a great start to February.
You all have an amazing week. You have been listening to fit to be tied with sheen and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone.
[00:40:31] Speaker B: Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
