Podcasts by JVB Health

JVB Health

A health and wellness podcast that discusses various health and wellness, fitness, exercise, movement, nutrition, sleep, accountability, heart rate, and other health and wellness topics

Further podcasts by James Balcom

Podcast on the topic Fitness

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Episode 47 - Nutrition and Food Diversity in 10 minutes or less from 2022-09-07T21:07:21

This begins our podcast series “JVB Health & Wellness Topics in 10”, where we discuss health and wellness related topics in 10 minutes or less.

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Episode 46 - Making Time for your Health from 2022-08-31T12:51:51

If you would like a health and wellness topic discussed and/or if you need help with your health and wellness or help with exercise or training for a race,...

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Episode 45 - Calories from 2021-11-07T03:46:47

On this episode, a discussion about Calories. What Works and What Doesn't? Does calorie counting work? What is clear is that it’s not all about calories, it’s about the type of calorie we consume...

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Episode 44 - How Do We Keep our Kids Healthy? from 2021-10-31T14:41:33

how do we keep our kids healthy? keeping our kids healthy is a constant challenge. On this episode, we talk to an 11 year old boy with high triglycerides, and discuss ways he may be able to improve...

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Episode 43 - Why is my Exercise Heart Rate so High and my Heart Rate Recovery so slow? from 2021-10-30T00:58:10

On this episode, we speak to a former client about her concerns around a very high heart rate while running and what she deems as very slow heart rate recovery. We discuss heart rate related topic...

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Episode 42 - Restructure Your Health With Accountability / JVB Challenge Launching from 2021-10-22T05:50:28

On this episode, we discuss using Accountability tools to “Restructure Your Health” as well as an upcoming JVB Challenge we are going to launch on 10-25-21, where challenge participants can set goa...

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Episode 41 - How to Lose 35 Pounds in 3 months from 2021-10-16T01:24:17

On this episode, we speak to Bob about how he lost 35 pounds in 3 months and discuss other health and wellness topics.

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Episode 40 - Warm Up? Do I really need to? from 2021-06-27T05:00:55

On this episode, we discuss (1) whether we should warm up before working out; (2) sleep; (3) the reopening of gyms; (4) exercise as meditation, and other topics This episode was recorded 6-23-21

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Episode 39 - Streaks (Don't Talk About Them, Just DO Them) from 2021-06-12T22:16:46

Using streaks as an accountability tool may help you achieve some of your goals. If you need help with accountability, email us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 38 - The UPs and DOWNs of our Health and Wellness from 2021-06-04T23:04:59

If you need help improving your health, want to lose weight, improve your bloodwork, need accountability, need somebody to train you for a running race or ...

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Episode 36 - hot yoga, nutrition, food diversity, Low energy levels, under eating, “avocado Management” alcohol, and more from 2021-05-26T03:05:57

On this podcast, we discuss hot yoga, have an In depth discussion about nutrition, food diversity, under eating, potential causes of Low energy levels and how to combat it, “avocado Management”, sl...

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Episode 35 - Back injuries, plantar fasciitis, Calcium score test, and more from 2021-05-21T05:03:34

On this episode, we discuss back injuries and how to deal with them, plantar fasciitis, a calcium score test (for the heart), and many other health and wellness topics.

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Episode 34 - Juicing, Exercise vs Non Exercise Steps, Standing Desks, Eat Fiber, Healthy Food Recommendations for Kids, Other Topics from 2021-04-24T06:44:04

Juicing vs "smoothie"’ing A brief discussion about Sanjay Gupta’s book called Keeping Sharp Movement and exercise versus non-exercise and why it’s important to focus on both, not just total Steps...

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Episode 33 - Time to be back in the office? More nyc marathon discussions; make yourself accountable to move more; and other health&wellness topics from 2021-04-19T00:26:01

Time to go back to the office to work? A discussion about how various people are thinking about it and how their companies are approaching it The benefits of moving more consistently throughout th...

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Episode 32 - Vaccines, Time to go to the Gym, Disneyworld, Eat Breakfast before 8:30am? and Motivation from 2021-04-10T16:42:40

On this podcast, we discuss the following; Promising vaccine results for 12-15 year olds; When to get a vaccine if you had Covid? Is it time to go back to the gym? Disneyworld. When is the best tim...

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Episode 31 - Run the 2021 NYC Marathon? Run 50 miles on Your 50th Birthday? And marathon/ultramarathon training tips from 2021-04-09T04:46:11

On today’s episode, we discuss whether our group will Run the 2021 NYC Marathon or defer until next year (and reasons why), a discussion with Tim, looking to go sub 2:40 in NYC 2021 and Emilio runn...

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Episode 30 - 5 things Harvard says make you live longer? Why you should floss your teeth everyday, 1 on 1 with Dwayne Update, movement, and other health and wellness topics from 2021-04-03T16:59:18

On this episode, we discuss 5 things that a 2018 Harvard study said doing consistently results in people living 10-14 years longer (exercise, eat well, maintain a healthy weight, don’t drink alcoh...

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Episode 29 - Multiple Masters, Hourly Movement, How Stress Impacts Weight, Intermittent Fasting, Home Gyms, and more from 2021-02-28T21:06:11

On this podcast, we discuss (1) setting realistic health and wellness goals considering we have “multiple masters” whereby we have both health and non health related goals that are important to us;...

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Episode 28 - Metabolism from 2021-02-13T04:46:31

Check out www.jvbwellness.com for our health pillars that may help you improve and/or maintain good health

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Episode 27 - Brenda Episode 3 (after 2 weeks) - JVB 1 on 1 coaching from 2021-02-11T03:54:10

This is the third coaching episode with Brenda after she was on the program for 2 weeks. She lost 7 pounds in the first 14 days, and during her second week...

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Episode 26 - Dwayne Episode 2 - JVB 1 on 1 Coaching Series from 2021-02-08T06:11:12

If you want help losing weight or getting healthier, including with accountability and motivation, email us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 25 - Brenda Episode 2 - JVB 1 on 1 Coaching Series from 2021-02-01T06:11:56

If you need help getting healthier and/or losing weight, email us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 24 - JVB 1 on 1 Coaching Series - Brenda Episode 1 from 2021-01-26T04:01:43

If you are looking to lose weight, improve your overall health and wellness, and/or need exercise coaching, reach out to us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 23 - JVB 1 on 1 Coaching Series - Dwayne Episode 1 from 2021-01-23T06:07:40

If you need a coach to help you achieve your health and wellness goals and/or to lose weight, email us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 22 - A Discussion with 2 Professional Athletes from 2021-01-17T07:10:50

On this podcast, we chat with 2 professional athletes, a Center in the Indoor Football League (IFL) a Quarterback in the American Arena League (AAL). Both have aspirations to make it to the NFL s...

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Episode 21 - Blue Zone Habits from 2021-01-11T03:33:59

On this episode, we discuss the habits of centenarians from Dan Buettner’s book called “The Blue Zone Solution”, or those who live to 100 or longer as well as "blue zones", places around the world ...

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Episode 20 -VO2 Max - Why it is important from 2020-12-25T16:04:38

if you have any questions or want help assessing your VO2 Max (or how to improve it), email us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 19 - My Recent Health Scare from 2020-12-21T04:30:26

We discuss my recent health scare. A gallbladder tumor 1. A discussion about my health scare, an organ removed, and a life perspective change, all in 2 weeks (during a pandemic) 2. A discussio...

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Episode 18 - Rationalization from 2020-12-13T03:40:51

On this podcast, we discuss rationalization and how it can be healthy as well as detrimental to our health, and we provide some examples of rationalizations we typically see.

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Episode 17 - Weight Loss Discussion, The Perils of Instant Gratification Expectations from 2020-11-26T23:48:29

Want to join the zoom call and/or have any topics you want us to cover? Need a health and wellness and/or accountability coach? Email us at info@jvbwelln...

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Episode 16 - Make A Commitment from 2020-11-22T21:25:50

if you need to reach us, email us at info@jvbwellness.com

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Episode 15 - The "Tomorrow Syndrome" from 2020-11-14T06:15:29

If you would like to join one of our weekly zoom calls, please email me at info@jvbwellness.com for more info

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Episode 14 - Movement Accountability, Non Exercise Steps, Stand Up!, NO EXCUSES from 2020-10-05T03:17:33

On this episode, we discuss movement and ways to make yourself accountable to moving when not exercising. Go to the Apple App store or the Google Play Store and download the JVB Health ...

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Episode 13 - Nutrition, Ingredients, Finding a Parking Space, Supplements, Blood Work, Food Allergies, and more from 2020-09-28T03:26:24

On this podcast, we discuss nutrition, ingredients, vitamin supplements, finding a parking space (and the stress of it), blood work, food allergies, and other topics. This episode was recorded on ...

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Episode 12 - Flu Shot Views, Virtual Boston Marathon story, and children vaccinations from 2020-09-22T02:43:03

Link to the CDC website with Flu vaccine info

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/keyfacts.htm

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Episode 11 - Determination and Accomplishments from 2020-09-13T03:55:55

We mention some movies we love in this podcast. They are:

Where Dreams Go To Die

https://youtu.be/NDZdsqbcGTU

Barkley Marathons - The Race t...

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Episode 10 - Realistic Goals and a Consistent Routine from 2020-09-07T15:17:01

On this podcast, we discuss a number of topics, including but not limited a discussion about setting realistic goals, the importance of getting on a consistent routine, injuries, exerci...

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Episode 9 - Shoes from 2020-08-25T03:14:34

It’s all about the proper shoes to minimize injury risk

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Episode 8 - Weekly JVB Health&Wellness Zoom Call Replay from 8-11-2020 from 2020-08-17T00:19:58

We discuss motivation related topics on today’s episode, including motivation tactics people use to get/stay motivated

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Episode 7 - Weekly JVB Health&Wellness Zoom Call Replay from 8-5-2020 from 2020-08-07T02:05:30

Episode 7 topics (minutes:seconds) 1. Wrist based heart rate discussion (01:30) 2. Discussion with Milwaukee’s Spire Fitness owner about how they are dealing with COVID, how they are beginning t...

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Episode 6 - Weekly JVB Health&Wellness Zoom Call #3 Replay from 7-14-2020 from 2020-07-19T15:49:36

Topics on the 7-14-2020 Zoom Call Include:

1. Nutrition - Importance of reading ingredients and the process to go through when doing so

2. The difference b...

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Episode 5 - Weekly JVB Health&Wellness Zoom Call #2 Replay from 7-7-2020 from 2020-07-12T05:32:55

Topics Covered in This Podcast

1. The purpose of the JVB Health & Wellness weekly zoom calls

2. Nutrition and some principles to consider
3. A di...

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Episode 4 - Prioritize Your Health from 2019-12-02T23:02:04

To download the pdf referenced in this podcast, go to Listen

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Episode 3 - Oatmeal + 5 +4 from 2019-10-18T01:45:23

Check out the video version of this podcast at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQXy7STKbcA&t=28s<...

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Episode 2 - Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) from 2019-10-16T14:39:04

Use HRR as a way to asses your health and wellness. This episode is about how fast (or slow) our heart recovers after a workout, how to record heart rate recovery (HRR), how to interpret the resu...

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Episode 1 - JVB Health&Wellness Podcast from 2019-10-07T02:18:59

This is the first JVB Health & Wellness episode

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