Coach Kev Uncensored

Breaking Through a Fitness Plateau The Dreaded fitness plateau can strike fear into the heart of the most dedicated exercise enthusiast.  Don't worry, recognize and adapt.  It's that simple! What causes a plateau? Undereating Stress Stale Workout Routine Overtraining How do I break through? Zig-zag your calorie intake Change up your workout Eat some almonds Get some sleep Take a week off Thanks to Tammy and Robyn for a great topic suggestion! The Baldo Campana Pro Am Call Rebman Recreation at v440.282.6761 for your BOGO deal and tell them you heard about the event on the Coach Kev Uncensored Podcast! When : Friday May 17th-Sunday May 20th - Tell them Coach Kev sent ya! Where : Rebman Recreation 5200 Oberlin Ave Lorain Ohio 44053 What: PBA and PBA50 Central Region Baldo Campana Open benefitting The Lorain County Kids Fund -Sponsored by The Ohio Lottery. Events-- Friday May 17th 2-4pm  PBA Practice Session 330-5PM PBA Practice Session 630PM --PRO AM Event  -Bowl with 3 different Pros, Get Photos , Autographs , win prizes..Charity Silent Auction table and Flat Screen TV Give away. 9PM --Terrible 24 Challenge - AWESOME event! A lot of fun.. previous winner won $680 for $3.00 entry! Saturday May 18th  9:00 PBA Tour Qualifying -8 Games (cut to top 16 after qualifying) 3:00PM PBA 50 Senior Tour Qualifying ( 8 games-cut to top 16) 3:00 PM PBA Tour top 16 match play. ( Best of 3 matches) 6:00 PM PBA Tour  Championship match Sunday   May 19th   10:00 am --PBA50 Senior Tour top 16 Match play 1:00 pm--PBA50 Senior Tour Championship match PRO AM is 9 pin No tap for Adults with $400 first prize based on 60 entries-Youth Pro am is 8 pin no tap. Charity Auction Table with various items including PBA Bowing balls and Autographed Items, Indians Club Seat and many other items. Are you ready for the ULTIMATE plateau buster? The Ultimate Reset - a 21 day program that can make you shed pounds, lower your cholesterol and blood pressure, increase your energy, and completely revitalize your health.  All without working out!

Episode 2 How Strong is your mental game? When you gear up to play, are you starting with an advantage or at a disadvantage?  You must believe that you have a chance to win, or at least compete well.  After all, you could defeat Roger Federer in a tennis match.  Yes.. really! Negotiate Everything! Did you know you can walk into most major retail stores and buy what you need for less than the price marked?  Now, this doesn't work every time, and a lot depends on the rapport you establish with the people working there.  If you approach the employee or manager the right way, you never know what kind of deal they will surprise you with! Besides new purchases, there are also many ways to save money in places you are already spending it.  Make sure to contact all of your service providers.  Your cell phone, television, even your local phone company have the ability to lower your monthly payments.  Tell them you are prepared to walk away and find an alternative.  Most companies would rather lose a few bucks a month instead of losing you permanently as a customer.  Remember, it NEVER hurts to ask! Links DirecTV - $29.99 a month, a FREE Genie Upgrade AND $100 in bill credit using this link!!! Dave Ramsey - Website - The Total Money Makeover - amazon.com - Audible Deepak Chopra - Golf for Enlightenment - amazon.com - Audible Graphic Solutions - For all your custom vinyl and clothing needs.

While this first podcast does not fit the format or design in mind for upcoming shows, it serves the purpose of providing some background on my personal fitness journey.  After all, who is this Coach Kev dude, and why should I listen?  What has he done? I debated for quite a while whether or not my introductory episode should include some background about me personally, or just delve straight into the topics at hand.  The original plan was to give a short intro about how I got into fitness and became a Coach, but that story ended up taking the enitre twenty minutes.  Sitting in front of the microphone for the first time, I wondered how it was possible to fill an entire twenty minute episode.  When the timer hit twenty, I honestly couldn't believe I was on the same topic. A few good lessons were learned with this first episode as well.  I have become much better with the production software, and learned a few crucial lessons during the first run.  Primarily, make a copy of your raw data and do not edit that piece!  I have a couple rough edits in the first episode.  They're not terrible, but I notice them when listening back.  Also, the music introduction is too long and will be shortened for the next episode. Show Notes In this episode of Coach Kev Uncensored we talked about the beginning of my personal fitness journey.  My wife's battle with stage-3 breast cancer was a wakeup call for our family.  Watching her fight her way to remission and then go on to nursing school inspired me to make changes in my health habits.  I was overweight, on medication for high blood pressure and my cholesterol was high.  Beginning with the Couch to 5k running program and a Bowflex, I began to get some very good results results, but with asthma, and being succeptable to pneumonia, I started looking for a cardio workout that would allow me to workout inside.  I found Shaun T's Insanity and Shakeology, and my life hasn't been the same. We also talked about what finding your "why".  People often struggle to stay on a workout program, or the term I prefer is "Personal Wellness Journey", because they are not doing it for the right reasons.  In order to be successful in your journey, it is vital to find a reason to stay on the correct path.  The consequences of failure need to be so severe that quitting is not an option.  My reason is my four children.  Although I'm over 40, and love pizza, having the energy to run and play with the little ones is worth much more to me that eating half of a large pizza because I like the taste of it.  The science of losing weight is not complicated.  Eat less/cleaner food and move more.  But first, find YOUR why. Here are the links to the products/services mentioned in this episode: Couch to 5k - This program teaches you interval running.  I credit my beginning to fitness and finishing my first 5k race to this program. Bowflex Ultimate Series - This is the system I own.  I added a ridiculous amout of muscle in my first year of working out using it. Insanity - My cardio workout program of choice during the winter. Shakeology - The meal replacement drink I have for lunch daily for the last couple of years. Graphic Solutions - Lynda is my go-to gal for ALL custom t-shirts, polo shirts, and signage for my business.  Tell her Coach Kev sent ya! Incompetech - Music for this episode provided by Kevin MacLeod

After hearing it was the Cadillac of audio editors, Today I picked up an audio editing package called Adobe Audition.  Those who really know me will think this is funny...  I can not stand not knowing how to do something on a computer!!  There is a reason I never got into video and audio editing, and it has a lot to do with the millions of controls and options built into the software that I don't understand.  I'm the expert right?  I'm the guy who answers questions.  I HATE having to watch tutorials.  The worst part is trying to figure out an advanced skill without a grasp of the application "basics".  For example:  I wanted to record a cheesy segment intro using my own voice singing in 4-part harmony.  So all you do is record the stuff and line it up, right? WRONG!  After first watching the tutorial guys pull tracks in, then stopping the video to figure that part out, then watching them select multiple audio tracks, and having to figure out how they did that.. Well, you get the idea.  Anyway, here is a stupid little clip of what I created today.  It will NOT be part of the show since it was only for testing and the recording levels were bad, but I have to admit that it is both very satisfying and a little creepy hearing myself sing 4 song parts at once.  Feel free to laugh hysterically, I did. Tech Talk_mixdown_01 I also spent a good amount of time writing down show content ideas for the podcast and installing more plugins to the website.  I've updated the about page somewhat (and I am still struggling with that one badly), installed a shopping cart even though I have nothing to sell, installed some other cool shit I have no idea what to do with, and establishing partnerships with amazon.com and audible.com, both of which have accepted me as an online partner.  Woohoo!  Welcome to the big leagues Coach! That is all. Coach Kev