Health through Strength

By this point, you know that physical activity is essential -- but how do you start?! 

Let's tackle the thing many people avoid or do wrong - strength training.  Today we talk with Kevin Cory who is the owner of Experienced Fitness gym and a professional trainer. 

 

Here are Kevin's recommended sources of information ( I have not vetted them):

 

Brad Schoenfeld, PhD

website: https://www.lookgreatnaked.com/

Twitter: @BradSchoenfeld

 

Stuart Phillips, PhD

website: https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/phillis

Twitter: @mackinprof 

 

Bill Campbell, PhD

website: https://www.billcampbellphd.com/

 

 

 

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Kevin Cory: I feel like there's no single person who would not benefit by having more strength and working out with weights.

  

Dr Sagar: Hello everyone. Today we're gonna do something a little different for this podcast. I've been hearing from people, and it seems like many folks have trouble with the actual initiation of a physical activity program, and on top of that, they're a bit intimidated by it, especially when it comes to resistance training or strength training.

We had a prior episode with Dr. Franklin, a renowned

exercise physiologist, and he thought that cardio was priority number one, and strength was priority number two, but even he. Had trouble doing the ladder. So I've brought someone in that I've known for many years and who has spent the last 14 years helping people of all walks improve physical performance.

His name's Kevin Cory Corey, and he owns the boutique gym in Westville, Ohio, known as Experience Fitness. He's also a personal trainer thanks for being here today.

Kevin Cory: Thank you. I appreciate Thanks for having me.

Dr. Sagar: Of course. first off, I'd like to ask people, what is your definition of health?

Kevin Cory: Yeah, so I think of health , as various biomarkers, various health biomarkers, cholesterol, blood pressure, A one C, your risk for

Dr. Sagar: I.

Kevin Cory: but also I think of it as strength and muscle mass as well. We've all heard about blood pressure, cholesterol. These are risk factors for disease, for dying early. But when it comes to strength, that's a rarely talked about subject. If you, as we all age, we all lose strength and muscle mass unless we intervene with strength training. And as you age, you lose muscle mass. You also lose bone density. lose the ability to control your body as well. So having more

Dr. Sagar: Mm.

Kevin Cory: allows you to move your body easier. It allows you to have denser bones. So should you actually ever fall, may not your femur or your hip. you may just merely get, a bruise, hopefully. so strength is one of those things. , I'm very passionate about that, that people should be doing more often.

I feel like there's no single person who would not benefit by having more strength and working out with weights.

Dr. Sagar: Yeah, and that's a really good point. We don't typically talk about strength. Anytime a person talks about exercise, number of one thing they're talking about is walking or running, possibly bicycling, maybe even swimming. And it's hardly ever talked about resistance training. That's an interesting take on things.

So I gotta ask you, how did that become a focus of yours? what's the role of fitness in your life? And then how did that transition into bringing that passion to other people?

I.

Kevin Cory: I grew up in a household where fitness was a high priority. My mother stayed in shape. My father was a bodybuilder. He was the amateur bodybuilder here in Ohio.