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Alrighty eight oh nine on the Big One, seven hundred WLW Welcome to the morning show. We hope to have her last week and then I screwed up. But it's nice to have her and we thank her for her flexibility this week. Her name is fitz Kohler. She is the author of the new book Supercharge, The Exact Formula for Witness for Witness, for Fitness, for Weight Loss and Longevity Fits.

Good morning, How are you?

Oh?

Good morning, Keith, I'm spectacular.

Thank you.

I'm so sorry.

It's so cold in Cincinnati and it's where you are in Florida.

No, not even a little bit or focused on you.

Tell me about Supercharge. Why did you write this book.

Yeah, I wrote You Supercharged because I've been in the fitness industry forever and I am so desperate for folks to reach their potential.

And you know, I called it.

You Supercharge because it's about the better version of you. It's not who Kim Kardashian suggests you should be, or Tom Brady, or It's about you elevating everything in your life so you look better, you feel better, you perform better, you live as long and as well as possible. And you know, there's a simple science to it. All these people that are selling you diets and pills and powders, they're snake oil salesmen. They're vultures. You need to run

What is the exact formula? Is there an exact formula for weight loss? A lot of people this time of year, they want to drop some weight. They want to be looking good for the holidays, feeling that are going into the new year, is there an exact formula.

There absolutely is, and it's based on a very similar simple calorie calculation, meaning calories in versus calories out. And people have heard that, but here's the most simplistic form is you choose your goal weight. Let's say you want to weigh one hundred and seventy five pounds. You put a zero on the end of that immediately becomes your daily caloric budget. If you want to weigh one seventy five, the maximum amount of calories you should consume daily is

All right?

I want to get to the exercise park because I'm always amazed. I used to work nights for thirty plus years. Now I'm working in the morning. So I'm always though whether I'm working at night working during the day. Of the people who get up six o'clock in the morning, they get their kids to school, they go to work all day, and then somehow, some way they find the ability, the energy, the drive to still work out once they

Well, I've got to I think it's about a ninety page chapter called Every Exercise, where I teach you exactly how to pursue strength, cardio flexibility balance when it's frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise. And here's the deal. Those people that you see that look like they're Marvel superheroes because they exercise all the time. You know, we all have this moment of motivation. You I have a high school reunion or a date, and I want to look good.

You know you talked about that feeling you have when you do look in the mirror, and all of a sudden you're starting to see direct results. That's obviously a direct tie between physical health and mental health.

Absolutely yeah. I mean they rely so heavily on each other. I can tell you that if you are not exercising at all, you are more likely to be aired and depressed and cranky. If you are depressed or cranky, you are so much less likely to exercise, and so you kind of have to start shoving in one direction and that will help the other. If you look if you're

We're visiting with fitz Kohler, the author of You Supercharged, and she also has a website fits f I T Z n eess like fitness but just with a Z aftert dot com.

You know you.

Yourself fits went through a health scare, major health scare when you had cant talk about that journey for you.

Yeah, you know it was. It was brutal.

It was fifteen months of chemo with radiation and surgery.

It was It's just.

A really difficult, stressful experience. I was sick every single day for that long and I hit rock bottom. I had a point where my mother was shouting at me, you need to eat. You look like you were in the Holocausts. And the after I said, well, thanks mom, I'm trying. You know, I just I had choices to make. Either I could take it and let cancer and the

If really all of this is.

In your hands, it's in your control, and I you to consider supercharging yourself because I want the best for three last one of your listeners.

Before I ask you where people can find your book, I want to ask you to tell me about fitseness dot com. What can people if they're going to go check it out? What what are they going to find when they go there?

I love you for asking you know what? I have created a resource where people can come in and get all they need for free. There's a trillion articles, there's all sorts of free workout videos, there's my podcast. It's in the show. I just want people to have no excuses. So if they come to me, I'm going to make fitness understandable, attainable and fun, and I'm gonna pokem in the chest. I'm gonna boss them around. I'm very accessible.

I know you also do the introduction and the voice of a lot of triathlons, marathons, all that kind of stuff. Have you ever met Julie Isfording? I have her on every single Tuesday. She's a former winner of the La Marathon, ran in the Olympic Games for the United States. Is a marathon or many moons ago. Have you ever met Julie because she's coming up in about twenty minutes from now.

Well, here's a couple of things. Ay, I wish I met a woman whose last name was isford Ding. That's really freaking fun. I did announce the Los Angeles Marathon for many years. It sounds like she's.

Before my time, but no, I haven't.

I'm going to look her up and I'm become her best friend as quickly as possible.

Oh, you gotta meet her.

She is Cincinnati, threw and threw, born and raised here a rounded Xavier University, and then went on to fortune and fame out there in the running world. Okay, where can people find you? Supercharged?

Well?

You?

Supercharge is available at fitzness dot com. Folks, if you want autograph copies, I have a fun free gift. I put in all the books package and sent them out with left come straight to me at fitzness dot com. They are also available on Amazon and Kindle, paperback, hardcover. And you know, I want folks to know. I've rejected millions in endorsement deals from Sky Snake oil salesman, the supplements they pill, the powders. I've said, no, thank you.

Her name is much Tom, her name is Fitzkohler.

Do Supercharge the exact formula for fitness, weight loss, and longevity.

Fitz, thank you so much. For your time.

I really appreciate your flexibility to my bad on last week. I hope you have a great rest of your day today.

Or it's the way Merry Christmas everyone.

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You know.

She reminded me, look, these don't have to be fitness gifts, but she's going to talk about how about healthy gifts instead of fitness gifts? All right, She's got a broad range of those you might want to think about. I'm sure a lot of you. If you're like me, maybe you have not been up to speed quite yet. With Christmas just two and a half weeks away, eight twenty two, on seven hundred WLW.

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Hi Yah Here she is.

Every Tuesday, joined by Julie Isfording and always a pleasure to have her with us.

Good morning, Jules, How are you good?

How are you doing?

I'm doing great. Did you hear the prior guest that I had on.

I sure did, I was listening to that Inner Deal. What do you think?

Well, I mean, you know, she obviously she's a go get her, been through a lot, but I guess that she makes a part of her living by, you know, doing the big introductions at big races. She talked about the La Marathon. I had said you had won that, and uh, and so I didn't know if you had doubled across here. Apparently not. We got more important things to talk about. You said it perfect when it comes to gift ideas, and I was talking about fitness ideas and you said, no, no, no, no, Tom, let's talk.

About healthy gift ideas.

With the holidays coming up, a lot of people are looking for something to do, maybe running a little behind.

Jules, what are you thinking about? What would be some good ideas?

Well, I was thinking if this was your year for giving healthier, healthy gifts to your somewhat healthy friends. So a perfect example would be, instead of giving someone a bottle of wine, how about one of those beautiful all Wall they're very famous all off water bottles. Yeah, they're thirty bucks, or the it bottle, something colorful and more importantly, put a nice note on it to like cheers to a happy year, you know, something inexpensive to bring to a party or give to a lot of your friends

I mean, I go to the take a shower last night and there's a yoga mat in my shower.

Oh she was Pollie was washing.

That's the truth.

There's a yoga mat stacked up against the shower and I'm thinking, what is going on here?

That?

So okay, here's the perfect example. So for Pollie, you could get her a new yoga mat. Obviously she needs one. If she's throwing it in the shower. But more importantly about sort of a class, you know, a free class path or packages for yoga classes.

Well, see, that's a phenomenal idea because look, and I don't mean to make this a gender exclusive kind of thing, but I think it's safe to say. And you teach yoga classes, pilates classes, that kind of thing. Well, what do you think the ratio is of your clients women to men?

Oh, you got me on that one. It's mostly women. Like I taught a class at the Art Museum Tuesday night. They teach at the Art Museum and it is mostly women. However, on the weekend to teach Sundays at ten o'clock in the morning, couples come, so it's more a couple thing. And that's how we promote it. Something to do with your spouse on a Sunday morning. And in the winter, it's not like you can go for a walk when it's twenty degree. So you know, they and they, I

Well, you know, ty those things Julie, like you were talking about. You use the example of a bottle of wine. I mean, look, there are people out there that love wine. My wife likes wine, and let's be honest about it. I mean, you know, if you're with some people and you're sharing it, that bottle might last an hour or two max. Whereas the kind of thing you're talking about can start something that will last a lifetime.

Exactly. And every time they see it and it comes to bright colors, they think of you, or more importantly, they think of the message you gave them, and that's years to a healthy year. Now they can fill that water bottle with wine every once in a while. I'm not saying you have to live a perfect life, but I am saying you could have some fun with that idea. But here we go. The underlying theme is this is going to be one of our best years ever. Like

Not to give.

These things always backfire, Like don't give self help books. That's like screaming you should change that is not a great right. And no weight loss gadgets, no skills, no meal replacements.

Just know, just know.

Another one would be supplements. That's too personal, too risky, and any kind of fix your life product. You just don't want to scream that. Everything you want to give this year has to be really positive and it can be. You know, when we say healthy, I don't just mean exercise in fitness. How about membership to the art museum. But you know what a neat gift. Even though there's yoga and pilates at you are museum, there's also seeing art. There's creativity projects for you and the family. So it

I tell you what joels you know? How women are?

You know how women are? I mean if you buy an Iman, if you buy on the pair of running shoes, are walking shoes, They'll look at you and say, oh, are you telling me I need to get out and start exercising.

Well?

Set a diamond Why don't you put a diamond bracelet in those rush?

So you know that's the other thing. What about running shoes? But on there is a trip to Greece or a trip, you know, a weekend get away at you know a B and B or let's. You know, we've always wanted to go Vermont to Vermont and hike in the you know, hike up there. So it does take research. And also you're more you're getting into more of your intimate friends and family and spouth. So those do require like a lot of good thinking, a lot of prep, and I

I think these are fabulous gift ideas. I'm gonna have to call you off the air when I know Polly isn't listening and get some more ideas from you.

Because your stuff. I mean, I sincerely mean this.

These are great ideas, especially the ones not to get because the last thing in the world you want is for best intentions, best laid plans right, and everything to go straight south right.

You try really really hard. That's why it's really important. The note really matters too, or the look you give them or when you hand it to them. It's like what's in your eyes and in your heart and that message like you know, I worked really hard on this gift, and I hope you fall in love with it, and I know, I just know that the strength of relationship. People know that the intentions are there, and that's what matters.

Well, don't bet on that one.

Jules, thank you so much and uh and I'll look forward to catching up with you again next week.

Hope you have a great rest of your day.

You too, Tom.

I love having Julius Fording each and every week. She is the best, the best. Now Fellas look U