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So freaking cute. I have some questions to answer today. Thank you everybody for submitting them. We're going to run through them quick because it's a freaking mini. I just don't have time. Neither do you. We got to go fast. Okay. So Chrissy Bergeron Lyons asked, she says, I get bored swimming laps for more than 45 minutes. Any tips to make the workout more interesting? I believe I stole the idea of an underwater MP3 player from you and that helps. Heck yes, that does.
So yeah, swimming laps can be boring. You know, when you're on a treadmill or a Peloton or whatever, stationary bike, you can look around. You can watch TV. You can chat with people. When you're face down in the water, it's hard to do those things. So your mind, you get stuck with your mind in itself. And that's never a good thing for me. I need entertainment. I need distraction, right? So Chrissy did reveal that there are some underwater headphones, which I love.
I believe I use shocks and they're spectacular. You upload music onto the earbuds or it goes around your head. It's a little headset and the music transmits through your jaw joint. It doesn't go into your ear. It's a jaw joint. I forget the word for it. Anyways, it's a headband with a little thing that goes against both sides of your jaw joint and you hear music perfectly. Really high quality music. I love these things.
And of course, music. A great playlist is an awesome way to get you through any sort of workout. And you could be running in the desert as long as you've got ludicrous and. Blake Shelton playing in your ear, you're probably going to keep running. So music is a good start, but there are some other ways to make a swimming workout more interesting, starting with varying your strokes, right?
So you're going to do breaststroke and then you're going to do butterfly and then you're going to do backstroke and maybe side stroke. And you know, you can do different strokes. So two laps of each, that's entertaining. That mixes things up. And by mixing up your strokes. You're certainly working your body, working different muscles in different ways. So I really like that option for keeping workouts interesting.
You could also bring equipment into the mix. So as really inexpensive equipment, you could get pool noodles. There's a whole heck of a lot you can do with pool noodles and you should. You can also get underwater strength training equipment. There's big, heavy stuff, big, expensive stuff, and then some lightweight gloves that help you trap water as you're training for resistance, right? So there's a variety of different pool tools. There's kickboards, which I love. And then there's leg buoys.
And so whenever I've had a lower body injury, I get in the pool because you can't walk or spin or kick or whatever. Get in the pool with a leg buoy between my knees and then just swim, swim, swim, paddle with my arms, which is a hell of a good workout. And then of course, if you're not up for paddle, paddle, paddle with your arms, cause you torqued your shoulder, hold onto a kickboard and give your shoulder a break and give your legs a great workout. So equipment.
Another excellent choice. You could also pause and tread water. I tell you what, if you want to be very cranky in a pool, treading water is the way to go. Go to the deep end where you can't reach and just paddle for your life. Stay stationary and don't be paddle. That is really hard. That's a very, very difficult thing to do in the pool, but it's a great workout. Burns a ton of calories. There's no impact on your dainty little joints.
And it's certainly something you can do for 60 seconds between, I don't know, let's say you swim four laps and then you do 60 seconds of trading water. Swim four laps, 60 seconds. So mix it up that way. Water walking and water running is also fabulous choices for pool fitness. Aqua jogging, great. You can still run against the resistance of the water that's again, burning a lot of calories with very little impact on your joints. So I like that as an alternative to when I'm doing a pool workout.
And then my last suggestion is to get out of the pool every five minutes and do some pushups or do some squats, do something on the side of the pool that just breaks up the monotony, right? You could do so many things. Oh my gosh. With the ideas I just gave you, you could work out in the pool for five hours, Chrissy, and not be bored at all. So thank you for the great question. And I love that you're swimming.
I really do. Every time I've been injured or pregnant or sick, I go straight to the pool. It's a wonderful, comfortable place to work out without the oppressive elements of heat. And it's just so good. It's so good. I love the pool. I'm so glad you're in there. And we will be right back. Are you looking for the perfect gift for a loved one battling cancer? The Cancer Comeback series by Fitz Kohler offers hope, inspiration, and practical guidance.
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I think the Revel Series is in the mountains and people love that. My races, now it's not technically summer, but it's May races. So I'm going to give you that. The OC Marathon is one of the greatest marathon weekends in the history of the world. It has all of the elements. It's in a beautiful location with beautiful views. An extraordinary amount of, wonderful people with such happy vibes. I mean, our start lines, our finish lines are crazy at the OC Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K weekend.
And yeah, the swag is fantastic. The medals are stunning. The race director is actually a fine art artist. So he makes all of the medals himself and they're just, they're spectacular. So OC Marathon at Orange County, California, That's the first weekend of May every year. And then I announced the Fargo Marathon. I mean, I have for the past few years.
I'm not sure if I'm going to be back there this year. You may, before you register, if I'm a factor, reach out and I'll get you a good answer on that. But I think those are two incredible choices. Very different. Fargo is a lot of fun. And we just lost our race director, Mark Knutson, about a year and a half ago, which is heartbreaking. But a new company has taken it over and hopefully they do great things with it. And then that doesn't actually even get us to summer because summer is June
20th. But I would look into the Rebel series. I think you'd be very happy there. I hear nothing but good things. I've never been a part of them, but the people like them very much. And I would have good faith giving them as a recommendation. Okie dokie. Kathy Quines wants to know if I have any good exercises to help alleviate hip bursitis. Golly, Kathy's the second person that's asked me about bursitis. She said she has it on both sides and it keeps her from sleeping well.
I got to tell you, it's not my place to answer that type of question. When it comes to injuries and pain, you have to go to a medical professional. I think a physical therapist, which is a medically savvy fitness trainer for lack of a better description. But those are the folks you should be discussing your hip pain with. I wish I had a great answer for you, but I would be speaking at a turn and that's just not how I roll. stew. Sorry, Kathy, but I hope you get that resolved. And don't wait.
If you're in pain, that is preventing you from sleeping well, you should definitely call a doctor, make an appointment and get a resolution. Don't live in pain. And then hopefully there's a procedure or therapist that can help you get healthy, but you should, you definitely should. Okay, Valerie Marble, she says, you mentioned that we should not do strength training on the same area two days in a row. Is there anything we can do daily? And I love, oh, adore that she listens.
And of course, with strength training, if you're unfamiliar, in the process of strength training, if you are doing it right, if you are challenging each muscle properly, you're actually damaging the muscle. So in the process of strength training, you tear tiny muscle fibers, and then your body needs about 48 hours for those little tears to repair your body to send in the troops for the repair, rebuild.
And that's where you see the benefit. And so if, let's say you do bicep curls on Monday, you do bicep curls, bicep curls, work really hard. And then Tuesday, you do bicep curls. So Monday you did tear, tear, tear. Tuesday, you go back, tear, tear, tear. Wednesday, you go back, bicep curl, tear, tear, tear. then your body never has a chance to repair itself and you never get the benefit of the work you did with the rebuild.
And so, yes, you should not strength train on the same body part two days in a row. Now, can you work your upper body Monday and your lower body Tuesday? Absolutely. You just shouldn't work the same muscle two days in a row. But what can you do daily? Well, you can do all the cardio daily. You can swim, bike, run, pickleball, box. Mountain climb, I'm coming up with ideas of things, but anything cardiovascular you can do every day of the week.
Stretching, you can do all day, every day. You can stretch, stretch, stretch morning, afternoon, and night. And yeah, that's a good thing. That's just keeping your body limber and mobile and I approve full force. And then balance training is the same. And the process of balance training really aren't tearing down muscle fibers. So you can do balance training. You can do that multiple times a day. And for balance, I definitely say, you know, start off each day.
When you brush your teeth, automatically do it on one foot. When you're standing in the checkout lane at the grocery store or the pharmacy, do it on one foot. When you go to the gym, that's where you can do more interesting balance training, but you can and should be able to do balance training every day. So the only thing I want you to keep a separator day, a healing day and is for strength. Other than that, go for it. And then my final question for this mini, and it's such a good one.
Vince Varallo, my bestie who looped me into running Boston Marathon and then ran it with me and held my hand half the way. Hashtag I hate Vince. Vince wants to know where babies come from. And obviously Vince Varallo, the stork, the freaking stork brings those babies. And thank goodness for all the hardworking, underpaid storks out filling our beautiful families up with gorgeous children for us to love and smooch and raise. So thank you, Vince, for such a fantastic questions.
And parents, if you're afraid to have that discussion with your kids, you can just tune into the Fitz in the Show. Let them hear this episode. And I've done the work for you as usual. That's right. I just, my service knows no ends. All right. That's it. I'm keeping it short. I'm keeping it sweet because I love you. And this is a mini. If you haven't done so yet, click like, leave a review, share it with a friend. That would be so nice and get to work.
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