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#6 - Belief - Step One in Leading the Youth to Being Active for Life

June 10, 2022 Daniel Young and James Fitzgerald Season 1 Episode 6
#6 - Belief - Step One in Leading the Youth to Being Active for Life
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Fitness in Youth
#6 - Belief - Step One in Leading the Youth to Being Active for Life
Jun 10, 2022 Season 1 Episode 6
Daniel Young and James Fitzgerald

What is belief?

Where does it come from?

How can  you seed belief in other?

In this episode James and Dan explore the current beliefs inside the health and fitness industry and how those beliefs are preventing the youth from being active for life.

Fitness can't be used just as a tool to improve athletic performance or a fix to a bad lifestyle. It must be a daily practice done for you, because has positive effects that ripple into every part of your life.

James and Dan explore the concept of belief as well as some helpful strategies that parents, policy makers and professionals can use to help seed belief in their, kids, students or institutions.

The mission of the Fitness in Youth podcast is to;

  • Explore new ways to help make youth fitness a priority, fun, and for them
  • Empower parents, policy makers and professionals with the tools to help their communities, today
  • Elevate the intentions of the health & fitness industry, for the better (long-term)

About the hosts:

  • James Fitzgerald - OPEX Fitness
    • James FitzGerald is the founder of OPEX (Formerly OPT) and The International Center for Fitness. When not coaching, he’s a full time husband, father and fitness athlete. His 20+ years of experience and service as a strength coach/technician, tireless practice on refining energy system work, nutritional and lifestyle balancing techniques and training of other coaches has made OPEX a sought after method of bringing fitness to a higher order.
  • Dan Young - YOUNGTraining
    • Formerly a professional water polo player, Dan found an insatiable thirst for knowledge on how he could align and optimize behaviors to improve his performance as an athlete. This lead him to make the transition from athlete to coach and pay forward the knowledge and tools he acquired working under some of the industries best. His passion is working with the youth, to give them the tools to navigate their health long term and in so doing, change the landscape of the fitness industr...
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What is belief?

Where does it come from?

How can  you seed belief in other?

In this episode James and Dan explore the current beliefs inside the health and fitness industry and how those beliefs are preventing the youth from being active for life.

Fitness can't be used just as a tool to improve athletic performance or a fix to a bad lifestyle. It must be a daily practice done for you, because has positive effects that ripple into every part of your life.

James and Dan explore the concept of belief as well as some helpful strategies that parents, policy makers and professionals can use to help seed belief in their, kids, students or institutions.

The mission of the Fitness in Youth podcast is to;

  • Explore new ways to help make youth fitness a priority, fun, and for them
  • Empower parents, policy makers and professionals with the tools to help their communities, today
  • Elevate the intentions of the health & fitness industry, for the better (long-term)

About the hosts:

  • James Fitzgerald - OPEX Fitness
    • James FitzGerald is the founder of OPEX (Formerly OPT) and The International Center for Fitness. When not coaching, he’s a full time husband, father and fitness athlete. His 20+ years of experience and service as a strength coach/technician, tireless practice on refining energy system work, nutritional and lifestyle balancing techniques and training of other coaches has made OPEX a sought after method of bringing fitness to a higher order.
  • Dan Young - YOUNGTraining
    • Formerly a professional water polo player, Dan found an insatiable thirst for knowledge on how he could align and optimize behaviors to improve his performance as an athlete. This lead him to make the transition from athlete to coach and pay forward the knowledge and tools he acquired working under some of the industries best. His passion is working with the youth, to give them the tools to navigate their health long term and in so doing, change the landscape of the fitness industr...