100th Episode Roundup

Can you believe that it has been two years and 100 episodes since the former Get-Fit Guy, Ben Greenfield, handed me the keys to this fitness kingdom? It’s true. What’s the old saying: time flies when you are on a treadmill? No, that can’t be right.

Anyway, in those two years, 100 episodes and 40-some blog posts, I have gone undercover to investigate some of the latest trends and fads in fitness, I have dug into some lesser known exercise techniques (like Cryotherapy), investigated some of the latest research (Do Fitness Trackers Lead to Better Fitness, for example), and broken down some complicated exercises into their basic components (8 Steps to Doing a Burpee). And of course, I have answered many reader’s questions about fitness and movement (like when reader Aaron asked How to Build Strong and Pain-Free Feet). Although, there are some questions readers searched for that I haven't answered. Not because I don't want to, but because ... well, you'll see.

Popular Search Terms

I asked the Quick and Dirty Tips team to find me some of the terms readers and listeners have used in their Google searches that inevitably lead them to the Get-Fit Guy webpage. Boy oh boy, am I glad I did! The things we ask Google when we're trying to find answers sometimes look strange, but believe it or not, I've released episodes to cover them. Here are some highlights:

"muscles of the arm"

Although I have never written a post that was simply a list of the muscles in the arms (because that sounds terribly boring), the article Go From Push-up Zero to Push-up Hero was the most popular post about the arms in general. In that one we dove into how doing a simple push-up can work out your chest, shoulders, arms, core, glutes, and legs. So why aren't you doing them right now?

"carbs after workout"

Carbs aren't really my area. Seeing as I am a movement and fitness professional, not a dietitian, I tend to leave the nutrition stuff to the Nutrition Diva (my friend and fellow podcaster here on the Quick...

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