Summer Sessions 2026: Stunt Brothers Review Their Favourite Episodes

In Episode 74, the Stunt Brothers talk about the unbearable heat outside, and how difficult it would be sitting and teaching in an un-air-conditioned classroom during the last days of the school year. With the heat cranking up and teachers everywhere getting ready to box up their rooms for the summer, our duo begin to think about their own summer plans and decide to look back at their catalog of 73 episodes and pull together a collection of each of their 5 favourites. Kicking things off for this summer series, the Stunt Brother’s dive into Roy’s number 5 pick: Episode 3, Keeping Healthy and Fit. On this inaugural field trip, our duo head out to meet Andrea Brennan a practicing kinesiologist, strength and conditioning coach, and founder of Kinected Strength. So, grab a cold drink, find some AC, and let's get into it!

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STS With The Stunt Brothers

Speaker 1 0:05

Good afternoon, podcast listeners everywhere. Welcome to After the Bell, a Stunt Brothers production. I'm Martin Stuible.

Speaker 2 0:13

And I'm Roy Hunt, and we share your pain, having taught a combined 70 years. 70 years. I know. Wow. So get out your marking, organize your supplies, or just pour yourself a coffee. I think I need something stronger. That's okay. Okay. And listen, engage, and interact with After the Bell, a podcast for you, the hardworking, dedicated teacher who wants free lesson plans, free advice, and a free meal.

Speaker 1 0:36

Well, I always show up for a free meal. Well, there we go. Here we are. June 29th.

Speaker 2 0:45

What?

Speaker 1 0:46

June 29th. You made it.

Speaker 2 0:48

Ah there's lots of teachers out there who made it. And they're still going at. And they're still going. I know that. I mean, my my heart goes out to those people who are still packing up. In their hot classrooms. In their hot classrooms. Because I don't think we have any air-conditioned schools in North Vancouver. Trevor Burrus, Jr.

Speaker 1 1:05

No.

Speaker 2 1:05

No. And I know in the few weeks that I was in the classroom before the end of school, it just got every day that I was there has got hotter.

Speaker 1 1:15

This weather right now is already hot, and we haven't even hit midsummer yet. I know.

Speaker 2 1:19

I know.

Speaker 1 1:22

And you know, I mean I certainly was back for a few days and you always tell people, hey, you're done. You're done on Friday.

Speaker 2 1:28

Yeah.

Speaker 1 1:29

But you you're not, because you've got to get yourself ready for next year. And you want to walk out of there with some feeling of okay, good. Yeah, I think everything's under control.

Speaker 2 1:36

You can't just walk away like you walk away from your house.

Speaker 1 1:40

And then you spend two, three weeks just you know unwinding, trying to get yourself into a mental state where you can now enjoy the summer. But it is here. We hope you're gonna enjoy it. Yes. This is episode 74. What? 74.

unknown 1:55

Wow.

Speaker 1 1:55

I know. We're hitting the summer. So we are actually gonna we're gonna unwind a bit.

Speaker 2 2:01

We're gonna unwind a little bit.

Speaker 1 2:02

And uh repackage a few things so that we can have a bit of a break. But there still will be a stunt brothers connection every Monday.

Speaker 2 2:09

It's kind of like how people right now are probably putting things in boxes. We're gonna box this.

Speaker 1 2:14

This is kind of a box set. I like it. It's a box set of our favorite Stunt Brother After the Bell episodes. Yes. And each of us we've chosen five each. Five each. I was amazed. We chose five different ones.

Speaker 2 2:29

We did. I don't know what that says about us, uh. other than the fact that we have different interests. Or um maybe you picked all the ones that you thought you did the best job on. Yeah. I don't know.

Speaker 1 2:40

I picked all the ones that I think I did the best job on. I think we had different reasons, right? Yes. Some of them are radio, so I could say you look really good. Yes.

Speaker 2 2:49

Yes, yes. I sound really good in that one. Yep.

Speaker 1 2:52

Got a face for radio. Yes. Yes, you do. But there are ten of them because you're off for ten weeks now. And hopefully you will get some of that actually off. And so we each of us are going to reveal our top five, and we're going to go week by week. So this week it's all you because we're starting with your number five. So what's your number five today? Trevor Burrus, Jr.

Speaker 2 3:12

My number five today is uh episode three from season one: staying healthy and keeping fit. We interviewed Andrea Brennan from Kinected Strength. She's a kinesiologist and strength conditioning coach. I really enjoyed uh that interview with her. We did it in her home. Uh we had a bit of trouble trying to find her home. I remember that. Yes. And and I think it it really has a great connection for me because uh um Andrea was the one who helped to keep me fit and and and helped me keep conditioned so that when I did get the call for my hip replacement, I was in great shape. My recovery was unbelievable. It was fast. In under two weeks I'm out without uh without any assistance.

Speaker 1 4:04

And I know because of that episode, people heard it and some of them looked up Kinected Strength and went there and uh got involved with them. And I know one of them is my wife. Oh, yeah and getting all kinds of personal training.

Speaker 2 4:18

So that's one that I uh encourage our listeners to uh listen to again or listen to for the first time.

Speaker 1 4:23

So if you're by the pool in the garden, wherever you are, you're going for a jog, a walk, a hike, here's your chance to hear episode what what number was it? Episode three. Excellent. Here it is. Season one. Take care, everyone.

Roy's #5: Episode 3 from January 27, 2025

Speaker 1 4:38

Well, Martin, here we are, episode three. I'm enjoying these so much, right? And it's amazing, episode three, and we're getting more and more listeners. Yes, I'm amazed. It's wonderful to see. The numbers are going up, and people are listening and they're sharing it. And please do share. And you know, check out our website, Sunbrothers.ca, and share this podcast.

Speaker 2 4:58

Yeah. You know, and working together, uh this isn't new for us. Uh we've taught together and we've been on stage together. We've done local theater together. We've done local theater. So uh we're used to uh having makeup on, uh we're used to being uh in dresses, and uh can't think of anything that would really rattle us.

Speaker 1 5:21

Not at all. And you know, if those who have seen us on stage uh find that a reason to listen to our podcast, well, that's fantastic.

Speaker 2 5:29

If it gets us a few more listeners, I'm in. We will take it. Absolutely. So how have you been doing? Well, fine, thanks. I um notice that I just have a lot more energy right now. Even though I've been going into classrooms as a TTOC, I still, you know, I'm feeling good, feeling like I have a lot of energy, and I've been getting to the gym and staying fit.

Speaker 1 5:51

That's good, because you had a few physical challenges, didn't you?

Speaker 2 5:54

Uh yes, I did.

Speaker 1 5:56

Tell our listeners a bit about that.

Speaker 2 5:57

Last year, uh uh I'm gonna say it was January, the second week of June, uh, I was called in to have a full hip replacement. Wow. Now, before that time, and in waiting to get the replacement, I dedicated myself to being as fit as possible uh before the surgery. And uh as a result of that uh that dedication towards the fitness, my recovery was uh fast. Yeah, and uh I'm today I'm in great shape and I have no problems moving. I have no. I I had a cane, yeah. Uh and I had to get driven to work until I had my surgery. But I do have to say, one of the the greatest things that I did was I uh enlisted the um a personal trainer to help me in getting ready for my operation. And I think that she would be an excellent guest for us.

Speaker 1 7:11

Yeah, I think she's gonna come on and we're gonna make her part of a segment for sure. And I think it kind of fits the theme. I think I'm as I talk to you, thinking the theme of today's episode should be about the physical demands of this job. Yes. Like people talk about lesson planning and all the other things, marking, but it's a very physical job. It really it really is. And whether you're a primary teacher having to go up and down with students all day and go down to their level, right? If you're a PE teacher, a science teacher in high school, there's so much movement going on that it takes its toll on the human body, right? And you you you can attest to that, right? Yes. So I think uh I think that would be great. And there's the nugget sound.

Speaker 2 7:51

That's right. That's a the nugget is a takeaway, something that you can use in your classroom or something you could think about and then say, Hey, I do that already.

Speaker 1 8:00

Well, our theme for today is clearly about the physical demands of the job. Are there things you did to help yourself stay physically active throughout the day?

Speaker 2 8:10

Well, at my very first school in North Vancouver, I cycled to school every day. It was about a 12-kilometer cycle. We did that together.

Speaker 1 8:19

We did that, worked at Dorothy Linus then. That's right. I often you would come over from Vancouver over Second Arrows. That's right. And then meet me at the bottom of the parkway, and we'd cycle, and I did about 12K too. That's right.

Speaker 2 8:30

And it was wonderful because it it built in that activity in the day. I I loved it.

Speaker 1 8:36

But not everybody can cycle to work, you agree? That's right. Yeah. So are there other things you did to help stay physical during the day? Oh, definitely.

Speaker 2 8:45

Uh, my students loved playing a game called Mr. Hunt Hunt. Funny, I play Mr. Stuible Hunt. Well, Mr. Hunt Hunt was pretty important to them. Yeah. And in Mr. Hunt Hunt, it's a tag game where one person is it and everybody else runs. Yes. So I, Mr. Hunt, would chase my students down and tag them. And for every each student that I tagged then became it too. Uh they absolutely loved it. Uh the idea of being chased by their teacher w and uh trying to outrun their teacher uh was exciting for them. Uh I was quite strategic because as I got later into my career, I realized that my students were way faster than I could be. But uh I knew how to get to them and they were always surprised.

Speaker 1 9:40

So my solution to that was like for years I did grade seven. I could always beat them in a race from one end of the field to the other.

Speaker 2 9:47

Yes.

Speaker 1 9:48

Until a certain point. And then when that happened, I I moved down to grade four and five. The point of this is that you have to find ways throughout the day to be a participant in some of the activities you do with your class. That's right. Right. And it doesn't have to be Mr. Stuible or Mr. Hunt Hunt, right? No. It doesn't have to be um right run a race and try to see who wins. But there always are small ways. I mean, I often would put on music just to have a little music break at two o'clock, and you know, you know, kids at two o'clock sometimes. It's kind of the antsy time. So I would join them and we'd put on some disco music just for five minutes. But uh it was looking after their physical health and well-being and clearing their minds, but it did the same for me. So I think often when you do things that are beneficial for the students, if you can participate in them as well, it benefits the benefits you because you need a brain break, a movement break, just as much as your students do. Yeah.

Speaker 2 10:44

I know that uh I had a class that I taught um an initial morning qigung uh movement to, and they loved it. And it was the the whole idea was to energize yourself before starting the day. Um this the one class, they loved it. I tried it with another class. No, not so much.

Speaker 1 11:07

And that's the thing about this job, right? Sometimes it's an art, not a science. And what works for one class doesn't work for the classic. So you try something new. So these are what we do, but we would love to hear as well from our listeners some different things they do throughout the day to help with the physical nature of the job, right?

Speaker 2 11:23

Yeah, I would love to know what other people do and uh how successful they are.

Speaker 1 11:28

Yeah, be wonderful. What's that sound? What's that sound? And there's the sound of the homework boy. Yes, homework. Let's have a look. It looks like it's a field trip. Yes, no, homework for you, Mr. This is our first field trip. I'm quite excited. We're gonna be very excited about this too. We're gonna leave this box and we're gonna head outside for on a field trip. And I think listeners, whether they're teachers or not, are gonna learn lots about the side. Yes, there's gonna be something really special in this for everyone. Absolutely. So, and I think you have a connection. So you could tell us a little bit about I can.

Speaker 2 12:08

And uh today on our field trip, we're uh talking with Andrea Brennan of Kinected Strength uh here in uh North Vancouver, BC. She's a practicing kinesiologist and strength training coach. I have a special connection with Andrea as she was my personal trainer and she helped coach me through a very difficult time um to get pre-surgical strength uh before having a complete hip replacement on my right hip.

Speaker 1 12:32

She worked miracles. I saw the difference, right? Yes. Absolutely.

Speaker 2 12:36

At that time, uh you know, uh before the surgery, I was uh I had a cane. Yes, and uh I was in a lot of pain. And after the surgery, uh my recovery, uh uh the exact wording from my surgeon was my recovery was amazing. And I have Andrea to thank for it.

Speaker 1 12:54

Wow. Well, let's head out and have a visit with Andrea. Yes, let's see. This is gonna be fun. It will be.

Kinected Strength's Andrea Brennan

Speaker 1 12:59

So we always start with a little bit of an icebreaker. Okay. Um just whatever pops into your mind, give us the answer. Good luck. Okay. So I'm gonna do the A B C and Rory's gonna do the one, two, three.

Speaker 13:11

Okay.

Speaker 1 13:12

All right, so A B C. Here we go. A, recess or lunch?

Speaker 13:17

Recess.

Speaker 1 13:18

Okay. B, red or blue. Red C, math or P E?

Speaker 13:26

Oh, that's a tough one. Uh P E, but I love math.

Speaker 1 13:30

Thank you. And now one, two, three. And one, two, three.

Speaker 2 13:33

Uh fiction or nonfiction?

Speaker 13:36

Fiction.

Speaker 2 13:38

Kettlebells or dumbbells.

Speaker 13:40

No, kettlebells.

Speaker 2 13:42

Uh who was your favorite teacher when you were growing up and why?

Speaker 13:47

I had in my first year of high school, I had the most amazing science teacher called Mr. Ojanahu, and I remember him to this day because he made science fun, and it was a lot of cause and effect experiments, and it just brought science to life for me, and it just created a passion for me going down into more biology. Um, and I loved every second of his classes.

Speaker 2 14:09

Wow, thank you. All right. So we would like to know what does being fit mean to you?

Speaker 14:17

That is a great question, and I would link fitness and health as being two sides of the same coin because I don't think you can have one without the other. People consider fitness as their ability maybe to do um endurance events, so they would kind of over-emphasize cardiovascular fitness, but I think there's many different components to fitness, and that would include your ability to move your joints through a healthy range of motion, your expression of strength and power, your muscle mass, um, your ability to move quickly, to catch yourself from a fall, your balance, your coordination, and also your anaerobic capacity as well. So your ability to move quickly over a short period of time. So I think fitness is multidimensional. Um, and I think to be truly fit, you have to take all of those boxes.

Speaker 1 15:07

Do you find people sometimes don't understand the difference? And that is presents complications and maybe danger.

Speaker 15:14

Absolutely. And I think people naturally gravitate to where they're successful. So if you went into a yoga class, guaranteed 90% of those people would be super bendy. If you go into the weight room at a gym, you'd find more people who gravitate to strength because that's what what they excel at. Um, so I think it's educating people to know that fitness again, it's it's got all these different components, and true fitness means that you can move well and you can move often, and you can move well for as long as possible.

Speaker 1 15:46

Okay, thank you.

Speaker 15:47

Yes.

Speaker 2 15:48

How does fitness change as we age? And is there a way to prepare ourselves for this change?

Speaker 1 15:56

Are you getting ready, Roy? Yes, I am. What about you? You're older than me.

Speaker 16:02

I think I think this is a great question, and longevity is something that I'm super passionate about. The simplest way I can term this is when we're young, we want to train. When we're older, we need to train. Training becomes a necessity. Our health and fitness becomes a necessity. Um, there are many different components to why we train, some are aesthetic reasons, but I am in favor of kind of focusing more on the functionality of exercise, what it allows our body to do. Um, and when we train later in life, we could be adding not just quality to the end of our lives, but years to the end of our lives as well. So there's so many long-term benefits to why we would train and exercise.

Speaker 1 16:43

Do you ever find some people say, What's too late? You know, I'm I'm past it and it's just too late, and they don't want to train. And then you I guess you bring up the longevity thing and you go, I guess you say it's never too late.

Speaker 16:53

It's never too late, never too late. I I've had people walk into the gym for the first time in their 80s, and they have made progress. It's slow, mindful progress, but at the same time, it's progress. And I I I think it's finding your why. Like, why is it that you want to exercise? Um, for a lot of people, it's to stay out of assisted living, right? Or to maybe be able to play with your grandkids later in life, or um better quality years in your retirement when you finish working. So I think it's really, really important to um start exercising, no matter what your age, what your ability, what your history is, and maybe find a little help along the way.

Speaker 1 17:33

I've always been inspired by my dad who made it to 93 and just kept moving. He had bad arthritis from his 50s on, but he knew he said, you just don't stop, keep moving, and he got to stay at home to the end. And yeah, you when a parent has that moment to stay at home, you're grateful for it, right? And then we start thinking about ourselves as we face that part of our life.

Speaker 2 17:51

There you go. Yes. Uh many people have good intentions to keep fit, but they get derailed. Do you have any suggestions about how to prevent uh being derailed?

Speaker 18:04

I I would say firstly, be kind to yourself. Know that you're not alone. Uh, it happens to all of us, myself included. Um, and I guess I would want to know why. What was the cause of you falling off the wagon? Um, did you have a plan? Um, did you maybe start off with too much too soon? Like I am guilty myself of biting off more than I can choose sometimes when I have a goal in mind. Um, was your plan sustainable and conducive to your life stresses? Um, a lot of us we work hard, we have families, we have social lives, and we have to make time for exercise. And another question I would have is Did you enjoy what you were doing? Did it empower you, did it make you feel good? Um so moving on from that, I would say if you want to be successful in your exercise plan, start small, build those healthy habits, build those consistencies. Um, a lot of people would prioritize intensity over consistency, but I think if you can do even small things well, but over time you will see massive gains with that. Um, is your plan something that you can see yourself doing 20 years from now? Um, is it enjoyable? Um and I would say have a plan as well. Um, have a plan that you can um modify as needed, um that's variable for your life. And yeah, again, if you need help building that plan, I would work with a professional and just make sure it's something that you enjoy doing.

Speaker 1 19:32

I like the way you emphasize enjoy doing because some people often look to see someone else and they see someone doing some extreme sport and they think, I gotta do that. No, I don't want to do that. But small steps. Exactly.

Speaker 19:42

And like how I would train my clients, it's restorative and it's energizing. It's not about depleting you and leaving you with less energy for the rest of the day because you have to walk out of the gym, go home to your family, make dinner, whatever it is, work on your lesson plans for tomorrow. Um, it's more about restoring you and empowering you and giving you more energy to do what it is you love outside of the gym.

Speaker 1 20:05

Good. And for this next question, Roy, I I know I've watched Roy having gone through surgery, and it's been quite amazing his recovery from that and how quick it happened. And I think you were a big part of that. Yes, she was. Like, how do you approach those situations where someone has had a long in just in injury, a long-term period where they were sedentary? Yeah. How do you approach helping them get back on their feet, so to speak?

Speaker 20:28

I think it's important to identify your new baseline. So if you've had surgery, if you've had an illness, um maybe have a kid, you know, you're out of exercise for quite a while, you wouldn't necessarily jump back into where you finished um before that injury. So identifying what your new baseline is, what your new abilities are, um, maybe um building a plan that incorporates um some rehab into what you need, but also conditioning and strengthening other exercises that may not need the rehab. Again, it's about flying under the radar. Like our plates are full, so exercise should never be stressful. Um and when we get into too much stress, our nervous systems respond with more tension, more pain. So I think we can work with someone who has had some time off. Again, build it up gradually. Um, progressive overload is something that I speak a lot about to my clients, which means small progressive increases in either the weights that they do, the reps that they do, the sets that they do, or the um complexity of the exercises that they do, but over time, and it's very, very gradual. Um, and then just like I would say, be kind to yourself. Know that you're working potentially with a new body and with new abilities. And um, progress is not linear, it has its ups and downs. There's some days that you feel great, there's some days that you feel exercise is more of a challenge, and I just think at that point we still show up, but maybe we modify the session for the day and Yeah, just be kind to yourself.

Speaker 1 22:02

Have you worked with other teachers?

Speaker 22:03

I have worked with a lot of teachers over the years.

Speaker 1 22:06

Is there a pattern to some of the things they encounter that people often don't think teaching is a physical job, right? And I think there's a lot of stresses on the body.

Speaker 22:15

Absolutely. Well, I would say the number one thing I see is stress and all the compounding factors that come. We can relate to that. Absolutely. I think the nature of the job has changed in the past 20 years. And I don't think people understand that teachers are naturally giving by nature, nurturing by nature, and the job does not finish after the bell. No, yes. And I think that that can play a lot on people's overall health, their metabolic health, how they sleep. And then also from a physical standpoint, I see a lot of repetitive injuries, a lot of repetitive stress injuries, sore necks, shoulders, hips, back, you name it. There is a physical toll to teaching. You're either sitting for long periods, correcting, or you're on your feet. You have to move objects, lift objects, and raise your arms above your head. There is a physical toll.

Speaker 1 23:04

And if you go into a primary class, you see, you know, teachers using little chairs and kneeling down, up and down, and their backs off and pay the price. Yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 23:13

And that's why I would always emphasize your physical capacity, right? And being strong enough to handle the loads that you face in your everyday life. Whether it is walking up the stairs and to the classroom or being on your feet, helping the kids, crouching down, I think this is where having a good physical well-being and health can really um help teachers in the long term.

Speaker 2 23:37

Yeah, I agree. Yeah. So are there specific exercises that you would suggest teachers do for regularly maintaining their uh wellness and their fitness?

Speaker 23:50

Uh that's a great question. Um I would wouldn't say that there's one exercise particularly that would be a one size fits all for teachers. Um, but one common thing I see is poor breathing strategies. So this is a super easy exercise that teachers can do. Um, it's just improving your ability to breathe, that fundamental movement pattern that helps you engage your core, align your spine. And um it when I see people who don't breathe properly, I see a lot of neck-shoulder tension and problems in the chain, lower back, hips. Um so a simple exercise for your listeners would be laying on your back, placing one hand on your belly, one hand on your chest, and seeing where the breath goes. Are you inflating your upper ribs? Are you shrugging your shoulders in the process? Are you using accessory muscles around the neck and chest to do so? Or are you feeling your belly back insides expand? So I would say breathing mechanics really sets the tone for your overall health as well as your ability to stabilize your trunk. Moving on from that, I would say core engagement or core activation. Um, and this is how you stabilize your trunk for all the demands of your job, whether it's picking up a box, um, crouching down to help a student, maybe um moving in P class. Um, and again, it's laying on your back and learning how to activate the right core muscles. Um and simple cues I use would be just gently pressing the base of your ribs into the floor and feeling how that turns on your muscles around your trunk. You'll notice how I don't talk about sit-ups as a core exercise. Um that is more of an abdominal exercise and would not provide any stability to your trunk. And when we do train the core, we expect that the core is trained in a neutral spine. So that's how the spine aligns itself to tolerate load. If you can develop stability around that neutral spine as well as a good core engagement, you are protecting your body against a lot of forces that you will meet in your everyday life. Another thing I would emphasize is training the posterior chain. So teachers in particular are very anterior chain dominant, so their lives are in front of them. They're marking papers, they're writing on a board. Everything is dominance to the muscles on the front side of the body, which leaves us weak on the back side of the body. So I would um really emphasize building that posterior chain so you're balancing the front and the back side of the body as well, and that can help imbalances and potentially injuries down the line.

Speaker 1 26:20

I really appreciate when you talk, because when you were talking about the breathing, it made me think that we often forget the whole body. Like we live in a world where people have consequences and they go to a doctor and they tend to focus on different parts of the body, but no one actually sees the whole body anymore. Yeah, I think that's key.

Speaker 26:35

Definitely. And and I would say whatever exercise plan you engage in, it should be a holistic approach, right? It should take into account everything that's going on in your life and like that the whole body. I have clients that come in with ankle and knee injuries, and I'm still working on their breathing patterns because this is something again that will give long-term results. Um, how they brace their core and how they walk, like carrying groceries, that's all really important for your long-term health, no matter what your injury is.

Speaker 1 27:02

And for teachers in the class, are there certain pieces of equipment they could use that could they could get to after school or just something simple without having to go to the gym?

Speaker 27:10

Yeah, of course. Well, Roy will tell you I love kettlebells. She's an expert idea. Yeah, I have spent a lot of my time uh learning how to use kettlebells properly. I've taken a number of certifications in order to be able to teach and be proficient with kettlebells. I would say they are the Swiss Army knife of exercise equipment and probably the only piece of equipment where you can train cardio, strength, balance, and teaching teacher core how to work properly all in one thing. So they're quite universal. Um and if if maybe loading your body isn't for you, I would just say learn how to move your body. Your body itself is a wonderful tool without having to go out and buy anything. Um, learn how to move your joints through the ranges comfortably. Like I said, learn how to breathe, how to brace. Uh, there are a lot of body weight exercises that you can do at home, on the floor, standing. So, yeah, I would say um, yeah, use your body. That is your number one tool. A lot of the kettlebell moves are designed to train that posterior chain. Um they're also an excellent tool for teaching how to stabilize shoulders, hips, and balance your body. Um, there's an excellent exercise called the Turkish Get Up, which is one of the best core exercises. Yeah, Roy knows that one. Uh, really good for learning how to get up and down from the floor, which brings us back to longevity. That is a life skill that we need into our 90s, how to get up and down from the floor. Maybe you've had a fall, but you need to get up from the floor. Um, I again I would say um equipment-wise, you you could go out and you can get tons of equipment, but if you don't know how to move your body well, the equipment will be useless.

Speaker 1 28:48

Yeah. Now both Roy and I were very active with our class. We'd be out there doing things all the time. Yes. How could we encourage teachers to do that in a way that works for them, to not just have the kids do an activity but participate in it?

Speaker 29:01

Yeah, I I mean I love that. I loved when my teachers were involved in the movements that we were doing and when they would play with us. And I think play is one of the most important things we can do with kids.

Speaker 1 29:12

We want to do a whole episode on play. I think we've lost that, right? I think it's so valuable. Right. Yeah.

Speaker 29:17

Um, I think I think, yeah, again, keep it playful, keep it keep kids moving. I think kids just like us are not designed to be sitting all day long. So if we can do breaks from sitting, um, movement breaks, like silly dancing, like can we get the juices flowing a little bit? Can we release some of that pent-up energy that children have? Um, but importantly, I think children model movement from what they see. So if you're in the classroom and you can move well, move often, and enjoy the movements that you do, the children will be more likely to follow in your footsteps. And going back to my experience, I spoke about Mr. Jenehu, my my first science teacher. He had us do a lot of experiments, and I've spoken to Roy about his cause and effect experiments that he does with the kids. And I think that's really important for dexterity, motor control, like how you would build something as well as like the gross motor control that you get, like um movement literacy, jumping, hopping, like I think there's so many opportunities within the classroom, and I think the children would really enjoy it as well.

Speaker 1 30:21

They do, they do, yeah.

unknown 30:22

Great.

Speaker 2 30:23

So our last question is where can people or educators, uh, you know, our listeners out there uh go to uh to improve their fitness? Where can they find uh information uh to take advantage of your expertise?

Speaker 30:40

Well, you can find us. Our website is connectedstrength.ca. Uh, we also have an Instagram as well, Connected Strength. Um, and you can send us an email if you have any questions. We'd love to hear from you if you would like to seek any advice. Um we are um planners uh and we are also educators. Education is one of our big pillars at Connected Strength because we want to teach people how to move, and then that way they can move well for as long as possible. So uh we have a blog um and we have tons of information. Um, if you're not on the North Shore, we also have an online program that people can participate in. So whether that's at home or at the gym, we do um tailored programs for individuals or we do generic programs as well.

Speaker 1 31:23

Thank you. We'll put a link on our own website, stuntbrothers.ca. And I know I'm gonna go get myself some kettlebells after this. Definitely. I have kettlebells at home. I do not. So I'm I'm a can I'm a convert.

unknown 31:36

All right.

Speaker 2 31:37

Well, thank you so much, Andrea. Um for me, it's a pleasure to see you again. And uh it's a pleasure for me to meet you. Well, thank you. Yeah, that's it. And I'm happy that our listeners were able to uh um get your expertise and hear some of our questions. And I hope this is an inspiration for our listeners to get out there and do something. Yeah, get active.

Speaker 32:02

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Speaker 1 32:03

This has been a pleasure.

Speaker 32:04

Thank you so much.

Wrap Up With Roy and Martin

Speaker 1 32:09

Well, that was a great field trip. I I'm a big fan of the field trip, and especially after hearing our guest Andrea and everything she had to offer.

Speaker 2 32:17

Yes, uh it was really good for me to see Andrea again. Um I realized after talking to her and and her steely stare at me to see if I'm still uh working out. I think I need to get back to the gym.

Speaker 1 32:31

Well, it's good to have that voice, right, in one's head. And I hear her voice saying, go explore and buy some kettlebells. Yes. Yeah, I'm quite curious about using those and incorporating them into my fitness.

Speaker 2 32:42

Yes, I love kettlebells. They're really great to use.

Speaker 1 32:45

But well done, Andrea, and thank you. And she's uh gonna share with us some further information that we will post to stumpbrothers.ca. But she also has a website.

Speaker 2 32:55

Yes, you can uh contact her at connectedstrength.com.

Speaker 1 33:00

Fantastic. That was that was great, and I look forward to further field trips in this podcast. Me too. No homework, no homeworking for sure.

Detention Hall

Speaker 1 33:13

There's the detention hall sound. So what are we gonna do about detention hall? The theme of this podcast today has been the physical demands of the job. What could we put into the detention hall?

Speaker 2 33:23

Well, I believe that every teacher has that one piece of furniture that they're asked to sit in that's wobbly or not doesn't fit just right now.

Speaker 1 33:36

I mean I've seen people sit at a chair that's meant for a six-year-old and they're sitting at their desk trying to do their report cards punched over, not so good for the back, not so good for the human body at all.

Speaker 2 33:48

There are ergonomically correct chairs out there. If you have one, that's great. If you don't have one, you should have one. It should be just right, just like Goldilocks, it should be a chair that's just right for you. And that's why we're going to put the teacher's chair into the detention hall.

Speaker 1 34:08

Throw it in.

The Final Bell

Speaker 1 34:09

And that's the bell that signals the end of episode number three. Fantastic.

Speaker 2 34:16

And it was great to have the opportunity to interview Andrea. Um she's a kinesiologist and she really knows how to help the people. And that's the uh the format of our show is wanting to help not just people, but help to help teachers.

Speaker 1 34:29

That's what this is all about. Absolutely. This podcast is organic, taking shape with each episode, building resiliency for teachers everywhere.

Speaker 2 34:38

That sounds great.

Speaker 1 34:39

And our website is stuntbrothers at.ca.

Speaker 2 34:42

That's stuntbrothers at.ca.

Speaker 1 34:45

We will chat again after the belly.