Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Completely Conspicuous 228: Feel the Burn

Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Adam Tinkoff as we discuss diet and exercise. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Adam's new show Zen@10 and also the Slow Runners Club
- Adam: Think before you eat
- Jay: Hot dogs gross me out
- Food processing is a nasty business
- Keep track of what you eat for 30 days
- Mix up your workouts
- Adam: Latin dancing is a great workout
- Adam's a "carousel of crazy"
- He did Internet broadcasting in 2000 before podcasting was created
- Taking a break from Slow Runners Club podcast because of busy schedules
- Kicked off 2012 Spring Clean Reboot
- Group effort to eat better
- First week is easy, but after that it's tough to sustain
- We need to make it easy for people to exercise
- Much has changed in the last 20 years
- Harder to lose weight as you get older
- Body mass index (BMI) is useless
- Body fat percentage doesn't need to be single digits
- Adam: All diet plans fail
- Change your habits, then adjustments

- Getting into online fitness coaching
- You don't need a gym to get fit
- The Biggest Loser made weight loss inspiring
- Bonehead of the Week

Music:
The Afghan Whigs - See and Don't See

The Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Sunny Ali and the Kid - Chai
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra - Do It With a Rockstar

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!

The Afghan Whigs song is the first new recording from the band since 2006. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at TheAfghanWhigs.com.
The Alabama Shakes song is on the album Boys & Girls on ATO Records. Download the song for free as part of The ATO Spring Sampler (in exchange for your email address) at ATO Records.

The Sunny Ali and the Kid  song is a digital single available for free download at Bandcamp
The Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra song is on her forthcoming album on 8ft Records. Download the song for free from Soundcloud.

The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.

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