Get Fit TOGETHER - The Powerful Impact of Community on Fitness & Longevity - With Claudine Cooper
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
It’s been well documented that healthy relationships play a powerful role in influencing human health. On today’s show, you’re going to learn about how combining a strong community with healthy movement can transform lives.
Claudine Cooper has been working in the fitness industry for over 30 years, sharing her passion of creating spaces for accessible and inclusive workouts. Her free community exercise classes attract people from all over the Los Angeles area who want to improve their physical and mental health. Today, Claudine joins us on The Model Health Show to share her experiences and wisdom.
You’re going to hear how she got started working in health and fitness, the critical role of community for overall health, and her secrets to longevity. You’ll learn about the most accessible way to get started improving your fitness, the best tips to get in shape, and so much more. This interview is full of amazing insights on consistency, human connection, and real health. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- What the key to longevity is. (7:26)
- How Claudine approaches nutrition. (8:01)
- The best ways to build more activity into your existing routines. (10:29)
- Why aesthetics is a byproduct of healing movement. (14:13)
- The role community can play in promoting consistency. (18:46)
- How Claudine’s group exercise classes eliminate excuses. (19:11)
- The power of accountability. (22:19)
- How our relationships impact our overall health. (23:50)
- Why Claudine’s workouts became popular during the pandemic. (37:07)
- The #1 way to start moving your body. (41:06)
- How isolation can damage our health. (44:58)
- Why having a beginner’s mind can improve your life. (47:47)
- Three tips to get in the best shape of your life. (49:50)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.8 | For more, visit the modelhealthshow.com. |
| 0:11.3 | What is the secret to staying fit in your 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond? |
| 0:17.0 | Today you're going to find out. |
| 0:19.3 | And I got to tell you, the answer is very, very simple. |
| 0:24.9 | But within that simplicity, you're going to find all kinds of parts and things to consider. |
| 0:30.5 | And I can't tell you a better person to help us to understand these parts than our special guest today. |
| 0:39.4 | She's been working in the field of health and fitness for about 30 years, transforming lives. She's definitely transformed mine, had a big impact |
| 0:46.5 | on me and my family as well, like instantaneously. All right, so I'm so grateful to be able to |
| 0:53.1 | share this conversation with you today. |
| 0:55.0 | It is full of absolute gems, powerful insights, very practical advice. And one of the greatest |
| 1:03.4 | things that we can do is learn from people who figure some things out, who've gone before us, |
| 1:08.5 | who've paved away, who are shining a bright light. And she is an |
| 1:12.4 | absolute bright light. And I cannot wait to get into this conversation. When she arrived today, |
| 1:17.8 | I gave her a special gift bag that my wife and I put together full all kinds of goodies. But one of |
| 1:24.7 | those goodies, one of the things that I was most excited to give her, |
| 1:28.3 | were some of the new sparkling electrolyte performance drinks from Element. When it comes to health |
| 1:34.9 | and fitness and human performance, we know that electrolytes are absolutely critical. So much so |
| 1:43.4 | that trillions of processes happening in our bodies every single |
| 1:48.8 | second are run on the sodium potassium pump. Sodium and potassium are two of the most vital |
| 1:56.7 | electrolytes. These are minerals that carry an electric charge that run our body's processes. These are |
| 2:04.1 | essentially internal batteries that help our bodies to create and to manage energy. When we talk |
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