The days of sitting down with a good book to learn new information and acquire knowledge has been replaced by the age of technology. We no longer have to set aside hours to highlight and dissect literature when you can find everything you need to know on your way to work as your sitting in traffic. Podcasts and videos make it easier to learn information in a shorter period of time and with more convenience than ever. The popularity of podcasts is growing daily, with the number of active podcasts up to 700,000. There is definitely something for everyone from yoga philosophy to nutrition or comedy. We put together a list of our top 10 picks for best Health and Fitness podcasts this year.
1.The Ultimate Health
Jesse and Marni teach and inspire you to reach your maximum potential in the realm of health. They interview world-class experts in the health & wellness community. Topics include lifestyle, nutrition, fitness, self-help, sleep, meditation, and spirituality. Jesse and Marni also tackle a health topic they are passionate about during their Focus Friday episodes. Either way, you’re in for a treat!
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2. Food Psych with Christy Harrison
Food Psych Podcast, hosted by Christy Harrison, RD, MPH, CDN, aims to breakdown women's disordered relationships with food, body image, size acceptance, and more. She opens up about her own journey with disordered eating and offers tips to help others improve their relationships with food and body image.
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3. The Rich Roll
This is Brian’s story. It’s a story about one dynamic man’s quest to live and be better. It’s a conversation about a capsized American Dream. It’s about the search for happiness, fulfillment, contentedness and purpose. How these things we seek most simply cannot be found in the material. And why the path forward is achieved only through an elevation of consciousness.
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4. 20 Minute Fitness
20 Minute Fitness presents you with the latest news in health and fitness. In just 20 minutes, learn all you need to know about nutrition, developing an exercise routine, and keeping your body in tip top shape.
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5. Nutrition Matters
With an emphasis on creating positive relationships with food, host Paige Smathers, a registered dietitian and nutritionist, interviews experts as well as folks who have overcome eating disorders, weight struggles, and more. You'll get helpful, actionable advice on all things nutrition, like how to maintain a healthy relationship with food through the holiday season and how to feel happy during your health journey.
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6. TEDTalks Health
TEDTalks Health is our go-to source for daily health habits and new medical breakthroughs. Doctors and researchers present their discoveries onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events, and partner events across the globe.
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7. The Dumbbells
Comedians Eugene Cordero and Ryan Stranger host this podcast about personal fitness. Laugh along as they chat about “Training Dirty, Eating Clean and Living In-Between.”
Both hosts each have the uncommon distinction of having worked professionally in both fitness and comedy – have truly found their calling with their podcast.
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8. Bulletproof Radio
Bulletproof Executive Radio was born out of a fifteen-year single-minded crusade to upgrade the human being using every available technology. It distills the knowledge of world-class MDs, biochemists, Olympic nutritionists, meditation experts, and more than $1M spent on personal self-experiments. From private brain EEG facilities hidden in a Canadian forest to remote monasteries in Tibet, from Silicon Valley to the Andes, high tech entrepreneur Dave Asprey used hacking techniques and tried everything himself, obsessively focused on discovering: What are the simplest things you can do to be better at everything
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9. Move Your DNA
Katy Bowman is a biomechanist, author, and a leader in the Movement Movement “for conversations on how movement affects not only the shapes of our bodies but the shape of our life.” Get up and get moving with this podcast.
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10. Ali on the Run Show
Whether you’re an avid runner or just starting out with dreams of running a marathon, you'll find Ali on the Run both useful and inspiring. Host Ali Feller sits down with everyday runners, professional marathoners, and entrepreneurs in the running world to learn what has driven them and glean some applicable life lessons.
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