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The Fit & Free Podcast

The Fit & Free Podcast

Hosted by: Laura Swingler

The Fit & Free Podcast is for the women who want it all. To feel strong and confident in their bodies as well as enjoying a sneaky marg on a Friday night. I'm an exercise physiologist and sports nutritionist, here...

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80. What if a calorie deficit WASN’T the fastest way to reach your body goals?

What if a calorie deficit WASN’T the fastest way to reaching your body goals?   What if all this time you’ve been focusing on trying to eat low calories, and burn calories with your exercise, when that’s actually...
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79. How to ACTUALLY TONE UP your body without un-doing your progress.

There’s a HUGE misconception out there that I’ve been seeing all over my TikTok comments, and that’s that people think that:   “If you just lose weight, you’re gonna get a toned body”   I want to challenge that...
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78. The secret to nailing your exercise so that you see WEEKLY toning progress

When people don't see results with their bodies, typically the FIRST conclusion they jump to is that their NUTRITION is the problem. This might be true in some cases, but in A LOT of cases, it's actually their...
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77. How I'm building my BEST BODY yet, in 2024, and how YOU can too!

Just because your Pilates instructor looks super lean & toned, doesn't mean that if YOU do Pilates, you will also have that body. âŹ‡ïž Just because someone looks the way they do in that specific moment, doesn’t mean...
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76. How to put an END to bad body image days, with Sig Fisher

42% of girls are already thinking about losing weight in primary school đŸ˜± 50-70% of girls are not satisfied with certain parts of their bodies by the time they reach middle school.   How's THAT for some terrifying...
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75. How to change your self-talk to MAXIMISE results in your body, with Psychologist Kim Edwards

In this episode I sit down with psychologist (and former client!) Kim Edwards. We had an amazing conversation about the missing piece that SO many women are missing when it comes to reaching their physique goals,...
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74. How Overcoming my Addiction to MyFitnessPal allowed me Lose Fat & Build Muscle

I used to be ADDICTED to MyFitnessPal. đŸ˜± I'd set my target at 1500 a day... and that was it! I HAD to reach those numbers every single day...   On the days I'd eat under 1500 I'd be SO proud and happy with...
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73. The NUMBER 1 thing that caused a Quantum Leap in my Body Composition

A few years ago I was doing ALLLL the right things with my nutrition and exercise... I was showing up with my exercise daily I was eating in a calorie deficit. I was cutting out food that would undo my progress I was...
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72. From eating low cals & burning off her food with nothing to show for it, TO a mother of 2, a business owner, AND SHE'S NEVER LOOKED BETTER - with ExPhys Karla Bosnar

Strap in for a raw & honest conversation!    I sat down with fellow exercise physiologist Karla Bosnar. We had a beautiful conversation about Karla's journey, and her struggles with her body, food & with...
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71. 30 lessons from 30 years - PART 2

As you can see by the title of this episode, it is the SECOND part in my 30 lessons from 30 years series. This episode is going to be a flow on from the last episode, so if you haven’t listened to that I highly...
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70. 30 lessons from 30 years - PART I

I turned 30 this month, and to celebrate that, I decided to share with you the 30 biggest lessons I've learned to date. 🎉   I think this might have been one of my favourite episodes to plan and record! When I sat down...
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69. Losing Weight & Toning Up: The Smart Way! with Robyn Shaw

This week I'm brining on special guest Robyn Shaw. Robyn has over 7 years of experience as an online coach, and it was SO great having this conversation with her, because we have so many aligned values when it comes...
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