Your Pursuit of Wellness Austin R Lee

This week, Shawn sits down with Your Pursuit of Wellness member and Project Manager, Trey Radcliff. Trey discusses his lifelong passion for wellness and fitness and the many lessons he has learned along the way. They go on to talk about the mental gain obtained from being committed to weight and fitness training and how different body types react to weight gain and weight loss. they finish the podcast by detailing the importance of listening to your body and switching your fitness goals to being wellness oriented.  At Your Pursuit of Wellness, (uPOW), our mission is to motivate, inspire, and inform you on your personal journey of self-fulfillment by bringing awareness to the multifaceted nature of wellness with the support of renowned experts, an encouraging community, and tried and true products.  Like and Subscribe for more Fitness and Wellness videos posted every week!  

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We are rejoined this week by none other than uPOW's Bailey Jones. Bailey discuses her personal wellness journey and how she was inspired to pursue a career in nutrition. She goes on to talk about the importance of setting S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound) goals for your fitness and wellness in order to achieve the greatest results. The team then discusses popular fad diets including Keto, Carnivore, and Juice Cleanses and the issues each one presents. Bailey is a Registered Dietitian and CSSD.


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For this week's Podcast, we interview uPOW member, Jared Sheets. Jared is usually behind the scenes writing articles and producing product reviews, but this week he goes in front of the camera to discuss his personal journey of wellness. Jared shares some key insights he has learned through his fitness pursuits and stresses the importance of being self aware of our own fitness habits and personal motivators. He goes on to talk about the pros and cons from his personal experience with the keto diet and how instead of seeking fad diets for quick weight loss, he has now turned his focus to making small sustainable wellness changes.


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For this week's podcast Austin interviews uPOW founder, Shawn Goodwin. Shawn discusses his personal journey of physical fitness and how he is striving to have wellness in his present fitness pursuits. He details the negative impacts and injuries he has suffered from intense weightlifting and shares the lessons he has learned. Shawn is an Exercise Physiologist with Indiana University Athletics and he describes the challenges collegiate athletics faced with Covid-19 and the arduous work he and the program performed in order to open sports back up while ensuring the health of the athletes. 


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To kick off Season 2 Austin, Bailey, and Shawn introduce the concept of looking at fitness through a wellness lens; fitness is viewed all too often as one dimensional when it is actually intersectional with our wellness as a whole. The team discusses the importance of having this viewpoint and they all share personal examples and anecdotes of when over focusing on their physical fitness has had negative impacts on their overall wellness. They go on to talk about learning to have a healthy, positive relationship with physical fitness has helped them to be happier and more fulfilled with both themselves and the people around them.


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Join Shawn, Lauren, Bailey, and Chase as they compete in a Valentine’s Day Special that will test just how well they know their significant others.  Listen in as they look back on their first dates, reminisce about some of their favorite memories, and air out their biggest annoyances with one another.


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