Joni Grant's guest appearances

Joni Grant

Pursue Your Spark - Fitness, Health, Mindset, Empy Nest, Life after 50, Menopause, Post-Menopause, Pilates, Sixty,

Fit is Freedom with Kelly Howard

The Over 50 Health & Wellness Podcast

OwlTail

Aging and losing strength, balance, endurance is frightening. Starting a fitness program at 50, 60, or 70 is pretty scary. The trick is to find something you love doing, or you are in love with the results. You have to want it to keep yourself going. Finding something that you love, enjoy, and repeat makes the fitness journey easier. Today, my guest is Joni Grant, a competitive powerlifter, personal trainer, and movement specialist. She wasn't always strong and fit, but quite the opposite. Joni discovered resistance training at the age of 58 and fell in love with it. Joni loves feeling strong, and that journey translated into writing her first book, Train To Age. Joni learned you can't let other people dictate to you what you can and can not do. Many people tried to tell her she couldn't lift heavy things because she was a woman. After all, Joni was too old because she did not know what she was doing. When she found the right trainer to teach her, Joni was unstoppable.  Joni says: "Who knew that picking up heavy things would lead me to leave IT, become a trainer, and write a book?"    Click here to listen! Rating, Review &amp; Follow on Apple Podcasts Heike's insights are so helpful in creating a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle! Loving every episode of the Pursue Your Spark podcast!" ← if that sounds like you, consider rating and reviewing my show here! Your action helps me support more empty-nester moms 50+ - just like you - thriving in their second-half of life. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with 5 stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Plus, if you haven't already, subscribe to the podcast. There is always something new on the feed and, if you're not subscribed, there's a chance you'll miss out. Subscribe NOW!   Links mentioned in the show:   The Empty Nest Reboot Younger Next Year The Barbell Prescription    How you can reach Joni Grant  Website  Instagram  Facebook     For more episodes, click here.

Aging and losing strength, balance, endurance is frightening. Starting a fitness program at 50, 60, or 70 is pretty scary. The trick is to find something you love doing, or you are in love with the results. You have to want it to keep yourself going. Finding something that you love, enjoy, and repeat makes the fitness journey easier. Today, my guest is Joni Grant, a competitive powerlifter, personal trainer, and movement specialist. She wasn't always strong and fit, but quite the opposite. Joni discovered resistance training at the age of 58 and fell in love with it. Joni loves feeling strong, and that journey translated into writing her first book, Train To Age. Joni learned you can't let other people dictate to you what you can and can not do. Many people tried to tell her she couldn't lift heavy things because she was a woman. After all, Joni was too old because she did not know what she was doing. When she found the right trainer to teach her, Joni was unstoppable.  Joni says: "Who knew that picking up heavy things would lead me to leave IT, become a trainer, and write a book?" <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pursue-your-spark/id1231586317?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen!</a> Rating, Review &amp; Follow on Apple Podcasts Heike's insights are so helpful in creating a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle! Loving every episode of the Pursue Your Spark podcast!" ← if that sounds like you, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pursue-your-spark/id1231586317?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">consider rating and reviewing my show here!</a> Your action helps me support more empty-nester moms 50+ - just like you - thriving in their second-half of life. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pursue-your-spark/id1231586317?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Click here,</a> scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with 5 stars, and select "Write a Review." Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Plus, if you haven't already, subscribe to the podcast. There is always something new on the feed and, if you're not subscribed, there's a chance you'll miss out. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pursue-your-spark/id1231586317?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe NOW!</a> Links mentioned in the show:  <ul> <li><a href="https://spark.heikeyates.com/sales-page1630436853622" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Empty Nest Reboot</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Younger-Next-Year-Strong-Smart_Until/dp/1523507926/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GCYL4S2FLB7W&amp;keywords=Younger+Next+Year&amp;qid=1647900435&amp;sprefix=younger+next+year%2Caps%2C82&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Younger Next Year</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Barbell-Prescription-Strength-Training-After/dp/0982522770/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28BW6GCLI3ORC&amp;keywords=The+Barbell+Prescription&amp;qid=1647900404&amp;sprefix=the+barbell+prescription%2Caps%2C56&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Barbell Prescription</a></li> </ul> How you can reach Joni Grant <ul> <li><a href="http://www.traintoage.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/traintoage/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrainToAge" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </li> </ul> <a href="https://heikeyates.com/podcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">For more episodes, click here.</a>

#160 - The importance of finding exercises you love /Ft. Joni Grant

Let me ask you a question. Who’s in charge of your health and wellbeing? I mean, who has ultimate responsibility for your health as you age? We’re conditioned to believe that this is the responsibility of the medical community, since after all they are the experts. They spent all those grueling years in medical school, did their internship, and have practiced medicine for a number of years and have all of that accumulated wisdom. But here’s the deal, these amazing men and women are for the most part trained and responsible for sick care and disease care. But sick care, disease care, and injury care only play a small role in how you age. In other words, they are only a small piece of the healthy aging puzzle.My guest today used a term I never heard before – in fact I think she may have coined the phrase – and that’s compliant aging. And what she means by this is too many aging people simply accept that getting weaker, losing mobility, and becoming frail and unable to enjoy life to the fullest is simply a natural part of the aging process. We blindly accept the common narrative that we’re “over the hill,” or “it’s all downhill from here.” And while aging is inevitable – in large part we get to decide HOW we age. And all of us would rather be healthy, strong, and vibrant as we age as opposed to sick and frail. My guest today is Joni Grant. Joni is the author of the book Train to Age. She is also a competitive power lifter, personal trainer, and functional aging specialist. But she wasn’t always fit of strong – in fact, quite the opposite. She was weak and overweight, had never really worked out in her entire life, and then one day a friend talked her into joining her in a CrossFit class. She wasn’t a fan of CrossFit, but she fell in love with the barbell, and began her slow journey from obese and weak to competing in powerlifting meets. Today Joni is on a mission to educate seniors that they get to decide how they age.You can connect with Joni in the following ways:Website - https://www.traintoage.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TrainToAgeEmail – joni@traintoage.comInstagram - @traintoageBook Train to Age - https://www.amazon.com/Train-Age-Fully-Joni-Grant/dp/1977246133/

Let me ask you a question. Who’s in charge of your health and wellbeing? I mean, who has ultimate responsibility for your health as you age? We’re conditioned to believe that this is the responsibility of the medical community, since after all they are the experts. They spent all those grueling years in medical school, did their internship, and have practiced medicine for a number of years and have all of that accumulated wisdom. But here’s the deal, these amazing men and women are for the most part trained and responsible for sick care and disease care. But sick care, disease care, and injury care only play a small role in how you age. In other words, they are only a small piece of the healthy aging puzzle.My guest today used a term I never heard before – in fact I think she may have coined the phrase – and that’s compliant aging. And what she means by this is too many aging people simply accept that getting weaker, losing mobility, and becoming frail and unable to enjoy life to the fullest is simply a natural part of the aging process. We blindly accept the common narrative that we’re “over the hill,” or “it’s all downhill from here.” And while aging is inevitable – in large part we get to decide HOW we age. And all of us would rather be healthy, strong, and vibrant as we age as opposed to sick and frail. My guest today is Joni Grant. Joni is the author of the book Train to Age. She is also a competitive power lifter, personal trainer, and functional aging specialist. But she wasn’t always fit of strong – in fact, quite the opposite. She was weak and overweight, had never really worked out in her entire life, and then one day a friend talked her into joining her in a CrossFit class. She wasn’t a fan of CrossFit, but she fell in love with the barbell, and began her slow journey from obese and weak to competing in powerlifting meets. Today Joni is on a mission to educate seniors that they get to decide how they age.You can connect with Joni in the following ways:Website - <a href="https://www.traintoage.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.traintoage.com/</a>Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrainToAge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/TrainToAge</a>Email – <a href="mailto:joni@traintoage.com">joni@traintoage.com</a>Instagram - @traintoageBook Train to Age - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Train-Age-Fully-Joni-Grant/dp/1977246133/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Train-Age-Fully-Joni-Grant/dp/1977246133/</a>