S9 E2: Creating healthy habits for busy people with David Birtwistle
The Food Medic
The Food Medic
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
He’s the founder and head coach of the personal online coaching company Endeavour Life, helping to integrate sustainable healthy habits into busy lives. And for those who don't know, he's also my boyfriend.
David completed his undergraduate in Strength & Conditioning Science at London’s St Mary’s University and since then has been working in the industry for over a decade, as an in-person coach and subsequently moving online to create his 6-figure online coaching company.
Find more about David on Instagram @David.Birtwistle & check out his resources and coaching services at: https://linktr.ee/david.birtwistleIn this episode:
- New Year resolutions and common mistakes when goal setting
- What David has learned from coaching clients for over 10 years
- Healthy behaviours to prioritise when short on time
- Overrated health trends and products
- Advice for people joining the gym (or returning) in January
- The importance of rest days
- Overcoming the challenges of personal training online
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Food Medic podcast. I'm your host as always Dr. Hazel Wallace. |
| 0:07.1 | So today's guest is David Berkwistle, who many of you will remember from the last season, |
| 0:12.3 | but he interviewed me then. So I'm going to interview him today. You might also know him |
| 0:17.0 | as my boyfriend. David is a highly experienced online fitness and nutrition coach. He's also |
| 0:22.4 | founder and head coach of the personal online coaching company and Debra Life, which provides |
| 0:27.7 | proper coaching for everyday people. I'm lucky to see David coach clients from all over the world |
| 0:33.0 | when it comes to their health and fitness. And so the reason I wanted to get him on the podcast |
| 0:37.4 | was to share some of that knowledge with us today. In this episode we talk about mistakes people |
| 0:43.1 | often make when it comes to new years resolutions, overrated health trends, and advice for people |
| 0:48.8 | who are starting a new health and fitness journey this year. As a small disclaimer, when we recorded |
| 0:53.8 | this episode, I had just recovered from the flu, so I sent a little bit bunged up and chasty. I hope |
| 0:58.8 | this doesn't take away from the quality of the episode. It's a brand new year and naturally many |
| 1:05.2 | of us are setting goals and resolutions for 2023. And one of my resolutions is to be more consistent, |
| 1:11.6 | work my bedtime routine, so that I can set myself up for a better sleep and recovery overall. |
| 1:17.6 | One tool I'll be using to help me with this is my Woop. Many of you will know I'm a huge fan of |
| 1:22.8 | Woop already and I've recently joined their scientific advisory board, but if you haven't heard |
| 1:28.6 | of Woop before, let me quickly explain. Woop isn't just another fitness tracker. Woop is constantly |
| 1:35.6 | measuring important metrics and vital signs like resting heart rate, heart rate variability, |
| 1:41.2 | activity levels, and sleep performance. The Woop algorithms then process all of these inputs |
| 1:47.7 | to provide you with personalized recommendations and coaching feedback to help you accomplish your |
| 1:53.3 | goals, whatever they might be. So if you're setting some goals, whether it's preparing for your first |
| 1:58.0 | half marathon or like me, trying to get more sleep, Woop are here to help each and every member in |
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