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Marriage Fit

Chris & Annie Mellomarriagefit.libsyn.com
Our MarriageFit episodes focus on 5 life priorities—faith, finance, family, fitness and fun—from the perspective of a man, woman, and a couple. We hope that through our experiences as a couple and as coaches, we can relate to you about some of the very real challenges in life. We're Chris and Annie Mello, enjoy our podcast.
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91. Distractions = Destruction

Religious leader David O. McKay said, "The world steps aside for the man or woman who knows where he or she is going" If being crystal clear on your goals and dreams is a superpower then the opposite to destroy your goals and dreams is DISTRACTIONS! Join us as we unpack this POWERFUL topic on how to minimize distraction and 'strength train' focus for the greater good. ********************************* Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼 "Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not...

May 28, 202437 min

90. Tell Me the Truth!... Are You REALLY Committed?

The number thing with anything in your life; fitness, finances, relationships, career, or any aspiration you may have is... HONESTY! In world of bright lights, fast techonolgy, information and motivation at our fingertips it can be so easy to get lost in all the noise and hype and not really understand what we want and why we want it. Just because it looks like everyone around us is winning doesn't mean we have too (and really they aren't winning anyway). When we meet with a prospect initially o...

May 14, 202440 min

89. Leading a Life of Leadership (w/ Guest John Meyer)

The best way to lead others, i.e. your family, company, friends, community is by leading yourself first. We tackle this topic with a Sioux Falls expert (and our friend) John Meyer. John Meyer has a decorated history in leadership roles as the founder of 9 Clouds, Lemonly, and now Leadmore and Leadership South Dakota. In this episode we unpack... Are Leaders born or made? How your superpowers are a blessing and a burden. Why there is no finish line in living a life of leadership And much more! **...

Apr 30, 202451 min

88. The TOP 6 Truly Healthy Habits

You can be fit and not healthy but you can't be healthy without being fit. We are fitness trainers but if we actually succeed with a client they become more than fit they become healthy. Last episode we discussed the three types of fitness goals: Look, Feel, and Perform; today we discuss the 6 ways to become truly healthy (and its nothing about going to the gym). #1 - Disconnect (limit) from all media. #2 - Eat dinner with your family. #3 - Seek Coaching or therapy. #4 - Spend lots of time outdo...

Apr 16, 202434 min

87. How We GUARANTEE Results...

Every physical body is unique. But the requirements to success are the same. Training programs are tried and proven to work. We measure results in fitness is 3 ways. How to you Look. How to Feel. How you Perform. Join us in this conversation and understand how we can guarantee results and how you can achieve the results you are looking for. ********************************* Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼 "Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. A...

Apr 02, 202436 min

86. Stop Back Pain Before It Starts...

We are getting more fitness specific in this episode. Even though we are not physical therapist or doctors we are students of movement and have over 20 years of human movement experience. In those 20 years we have found that injuries, surgies, shots, etc... can not only be prevented or avoided with a lot of lifestyle, nutritional, and behavioral habits. Join us in the impactful conversation! ********************************* Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼 "Life is too short to spend out of...

Mar 19, 202432 min

85. What has more Power? (Pain vs. Pleasure)

We have a real talk in today's episode about how to not only uncover what is holding you back from taking action but understand how to uncover why you are not leveling up your health, fitness, and life. Growth requires discomfort. And as human beings we try to avoid discomfort because it's UNCOMFORTABLE! But in the pain is where you can develop the power to change. In this episode we discuss how we how we have developed empathy for ourselves and how we've learned how to communicate with each oth...

Mar 05, 202433 min

84. Transformation Time (w/ guest Addie Graham-Kramer)

One of the biggest joy's of being in the Fitness industry is watching someone transformation. And it's not just a physical transformation but a mental/emotional transformation. We brought in our friend and follow entreprenuer Addie Graham-Kramer with The Event Company in Sioux Falls to sit down and talk about all things leadership, parenting, and what it takes to transform your business, body, and overall life. It's a great conversation with the hope you all have hard conversations in life to ma...

Feb 20, 202454 min

83. Your Environment is More Important than you Think

You can get to a goal faster by yourself. However you can achieve much more with a team. We've always said the top 2 ways to change your identidy and how you view yourself is by the books you read and the people you associate with on a regualar basis. If you are doing everything you can and not where you want to be it may be time to look around the people you are surrounding yourself with. Do they encourage you? Do they push you? Do they support you? People need people and if you are hanging out...

Feb 06, 202437 min

82. Don't Fail This Year. Set Yourself Up for Success

Allow me to provide you with some stats about New Years Resolutions (NYR)... 122.8 Million Americans have a NYR 95% are Health, Fitness, Diet related 78% actually quit by February 1st of that same year. Do you set big goals at the beginning of each year and end of finding yourself falling short? If you are in the Sioux Falls area and ready to big the cycle of failing your New Years Resolutions join us for a live workshop at our facility . Let us help turn it around this year. On Feburary 13th fr...

Jan 23, 202439 min

81. Real Talk about "Slaying the Sugar Dragon"

If you have trouble staying away from sugar, this is the episode for you! If we were to just say, "It’s as simple as getting the right protein in and managing the sugar in your diet to take those first steps toward weight loss"... Everyone would be lean and healthly, but it is simple not easy. In this episode we help unpack all things sugar and not only how to take practical steps towards improving your sugar consumption management but more so how sugar is impacted by your emotions, relationship...

Jan 09, 202440 min

80. (Part 2 of 2) of Move the Money with Sarah Kurtenbach

Join us as we dive into round 2 with Sarah Kurtenbach. After building the backstory we dive into some great topics about all things money. As our listeners know we love translating weathly principles to health and fitness. And just like fitness, being successful with money is about more than money itself. Fun questions we tackle: Biggest mistakes made by parents and kids about money. How fear impacts our relationship with money. What is more important? Love to Win? Or hate to lose? Best pro-tip ...

Dec 26, 202331 min

79. Move the Money (just like the Body) with Sarah Kurtenbach (Part 1 of 2)

We are excited to have our next guest in the studio talking about, MONEY! In 2024 our One Word for the year is, "INVEST". And what better way to end the year than with our good friend and Money Coaching Expert, Sarah Kurtenback, with moveHER Money We brought Sarah into the studio because of her expertise in educating parents and kids on the impact and importance of how money works and how to improve your relationship with money. Sarah offers so much perspective, insight, and practical tips on wh...

Dec 12, 202331 min

78. The KING of All Results in the Gym (and in Life)

If we had to pick the one thing that would unlock a lifetime of results in the FITness space it would be... CONSISTENCY! All great things happen when you put consistency in front of it. In this episode we unpack: Motivation vs. Discipline How to Auto-Regulate your motivation, intensity, and volume The Power of Creating Non-Negotiables The Power of Associations: Enviornment > Mentality ********************************* Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼 "Life is too short to spend out of sha...

Nov 28, 202335 min

77. Weight Loss is just the Beginning...

Weight loss programs work! The problem is only for so long. Unfortunately, 6 out of 7 people who have lost weight on a diet regain all the weight (and most times some additional). The National Weight Control Registry is a database with over 10,000 people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for a year and found some interesting similarities... They eat breakfast every day. Weigh themselves regularly. Stay active. In this episode, we unpack these 3 things and why they work. What we ag...

Nov 14, 202339 min

76. The CPM Story (Part 2 of 2)

We are back with Part 2 of our CPM Story! We covered a lot in Part 1 about how we got to Sioux Falls in the first place. Check out the previous episode if you missed it. In Part 2 is a wild contination of our story as we discussed why we left Sioux Falls after 2 years to go back to California. And then after another 2 years in California why the heck did we move back to Sioux Falls (AGAIN). You can read about it also here -> Why did we move back We also talk about our... Challenges in running...

Oct 31, 202332 min

75. SPECIAL Episode: The CPM Story (Part 1 of 2)

To know where we are going it's great to find out where we've been. This is a special 2-part series of the CPM Founders story. What is CPMFITness all about? How did it all start? Where is CPM going? What does CPM even stand for? Chris and Annie have been together for 22 years. It all started in the gym (shocker) and have flourished into... 20+ years in the fitness industry 16 years of marriage 3 Start up Micro Gyms CPMFITness (the 3rd startup) had 3 locations at one point. Twin Boys Moving to So...

Oct 24, 202343 min

74. Don't Live Longer... Live Better as you Age

Can you get more fit as you age? Is there a way to train longevity? People are living longer but are they living better? Join us as we unpack this topic! ********************************* Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼 "Life is too short to spend out of shape, in pain, and not functioning at your best. Are you ready to perform at the top of your game for life? Join our new Facebook group Become a Corporate Athlete. Where we provide weekly tips, motivation, and education to thrive with your...

Oct 10, 202342 min

73. How to Train Positivity

Be at your best when you are at your worst. Becoming (and staying) positive takes more then daily affirmations. What if training positivity is (conceptually) the same as training biceps, or cardio, or any other type of fitness modality? Join us as we unpack this very powerful topic that could help you get out of your rut and manage through the peaks and valleys of motivation in your fitness (or life) journey. ********************************* Peace ✌🏼 | Love 🤟🏼 | FITNESS 💪🏼 "Life is too sho...

Sep 26, 202342 min

72. Burnout, Mental Illness, and Getting Mentally Fit (w/Vaney Hariri)

In this episode we are joined in the studio by our good friend Vaney Hariri. Vaney is the co-owner and co-founder of Think 3D Solutions. Vaney brings us a fresh perspective on community involvement, creating culture, and personal responsibility on taking care of yourself mentally just like we preach on how to take care of yourself physcially. To learn more about Vaney and their consulting services you can find him... Website Facebook Instagram And there big event coming up we mentioned in the sh...

Sep 12, 20231 hr 12 min

71. How to Win the Weekends

People do one of two things on the weekend... They kick their heels up by overindulging with food, fun, and drinks to cope with all the stress they've encountered over the course of the week. Turn into a weekend warrior to make up for not getting all their workouts in during the workweek. Weekends can make or break a person's health and fitness. We need to find a balance with not losing all your gains from the weekdays and not being over strict so you don't enjoy your weekends + recover from the...

Aug 29, 202342 min

70. The Case for Strength Training (and Why)

You don't have to do everything you just need to do the right thing. The health and fitness world is FULL of noise. With all the different training programs and protocols to follow. With all the different diets on the market. With all the things you think you could be doing most times you end up doing nothing. Our belief is one of the best things you can do to improve your body composition, strength, energy, and vitality is adding muscle through STRENGTH TRAINING! In this episode we breakdown th...

Aug 15, 202341 min

69. Why People Don't Become Healthy?

We have more diets, supplements, online exercise programs, and more healthier foods coming into the marketplace. So why is America getting fatter every year? Instead of telling folks too, "Eat better" or "Just start moving more" we found some underlying issues that could be the reason(s) why you are unhealthy… ENVIRONMENT; You don’t realize you are unhealthy. DECISION: You don’t really want to change. TOO HARD: You think you can start tomorrow. NOW VS. LATER: Short term pain vs. long term pleasu...

Aug 01, 202342 min

68 - Momentum (More than Motivation)

Momentum is more than motivation. Imagine something happens… Injury? Family health scare? Divorce? Lose your Job? You Move? Kids have trouble in School? Or let's flip it… You have had the best month/year ever in business or with your fitness; How do you keep crushing your goals and life? What is the difference between the winners vs. the losers... Momentum! Join us as we unpack this BIG topic! Topics Mentioned: DISC Episode 33 All or Nothing Episode 23 Jerry Seinfeld Productivity Hack: Blog | Vi...

Jul 18, 202347 min

67. Goals 101 (PLUS Summer Challenge Announcement!)

We introduce our newest Summer "Rucking" Challenge. Join us July 8 - August 10th and Ruck with Us. Rucking is walking with weights. This is the perfect summer push whether you are beginnner to exerice or super active in the gym. Check it out at ARE YOU RUCKING WITH US to sign up and learn more. Now to the topic... We all have heard this one before. However, do you know how powerful writing your goals down really is? A Harvard Business study revealed amazing statistics relating to goal setting an...

Jul 04, 202341 min

66. F.E.A.R. (A Burden or a Blessing)

False | Evidence | Appearing | Real Fear is uncomfortable and it can either burden or crush your goals and dreams. However we like to look at Fear from a different angle. What if your F.E.A.R.s are clues telling you where you need to move towards. We believe behind your true F.E.A.R. is your superpowers. F.E.A.R. can be the fuel you need to learn about who you truly are and make you take action on uncomfortable things that will lead to your ulitmate personal growth. Join us as we unpack F.E.A.R....

Jun 20, 202346 min

65. Is Real Fitness like Raising Real Kids?

I posted this question back when our twin boys were born in Oct 2018. When you become a new parent it is a gamechanger in your life. We will do ANYTHING for our new baby no matter the time, money, effort. As a parent it is our job is not only raise amazing kids but for the first couple of years KEEP THEM ALIVE! I had this revealation when the boys when in the NICU the first month after their birth, "Is raising kids like attaining Real Fitness?" The characteristics and traits it takes to be a par...

Jun 06, 202344 min

64. Making Sioux Falls the Healthiest City (w/ Mayor Paul TenHaken)

We have a mission to help make Sioux Falls the healthiest city in the US. So why don't we bring on the mayor of the city, Paul T, and get down to business! We had a great time interviewing the mayor. We talked a lot about his backstory, perspective, and life. Some of the highlights: 🔸 Who was Mayor Paul before running for office and as CEO before Click Rain 🔸 What would today's Mayor Paul tell his 21-year-old self. 🔸 How can we make the biggest impact in making a healthier Sioux Falls today? ...

May 23, 202343 min

63. What is the Best Diet? (Pros & Cons)

One of the BIGGEST questions clients constantly ask us is, "What is the best diet to do?" Now that is a loaded question! So, let's consider a few things... Everybody is unique (phenotype, genetics, health history, fitness history, etc...). Think of a diet as a tool (like a hammer, nail, saw, etc...) Your Body is a job. Find the right tool (diet) for the right job (your body). We can make nutrition as simple or as complex as we make it. Join us as our intention of this episode is to make nutritio...

May 09, 202346 min

62. Getting Good with Grief (with Father Paul Rutten)

Nobody goes through life without any scars. As we go through the up’s and down’s in life how to you handles setbacks, failures, or even LOSSES!?? One of the 5 F's in Marriage Fit is Faith and we tackle this in a major way in this episode. This is an episode unlike any other episode we’ve ever done. We were inspired by this topic after Chris’s father passing in Oct 2021. Grieving happens on small and large scales all the time. We have our friend, client, and leader in the Sioux Falls community Fa...

Apr 25, 20231 hr 3 min
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