The Student Fitness Experts Podcast
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Join the Co-Founders of Student Fitness Experts and fitness veterans, Karen Gilbert & Farrah Zweig, as they bring you years of wisdom and experience about everything you need to understand today's students to help them become successful, strong and empowered young adults. Along with expert guests, the goal of the Student Fitness Expert podcast is to empower & educate anyone that works with kids in a way that benefits the whole child.
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Episode 33: Fundamental Movement Skills Part 3
August 31, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 15.3 MB“If you really try to give too much instruction at this age, you can really cause a child to struggle later on. So, just being supportive and motivating them to do the best of their abilities is really what we're going for.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. Fundamental movement skills are important through the ages of two ...
Episode 32: Fundamental Movement Skills Part 2
August 24, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 17.5 MB“If I can feel them pushing down on my hands, if they're able to do it, when they're holding my hands, then we can kind of progress from there to kind of get an understanding of why they are struggling with doing it.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In Part Two of the Fundamental Movement Skills Series, Karen and Farah di...
Episode 31: Fundamental Movement Skills Part 1
August 18, 2021 15:29 - 18 minutes - 10.5 MB“As they [children] continue to grow, they keep building these little blocks on top of each one. And that's what enables them to be able to do these more complicated skills as they get older.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In Part One of the Fundamental Movement Skills Series, Karen and Farah explain fundamental movemen...
Episode 30: What Does Fearless Mean To You?
July 06, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB“No matter how successful you are or whatever success means to you, you can always benefit from a mentor- learning and growing, there's always so much more to do.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is an intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. Fearless is a term we use in this podcast a lot - it’s one of our favorite things to ask our guests! From being fearless in the fac...
Episode 29: Understanding Different Types of Learning
June 15, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB“If they're struggling to gain a skill, and you directly focus in a way that they learn really well, it might be a much easier way for them to at least understand what you want them to do, and then have a greater willingness to want to keep trying.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is an intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In an entertaining and informative episode,...
Episode 28: Why is Mentorship SO Important
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB“No matter how successful you are or whatever success means to you, you can always benefit from a mentor- learning and growing, there's always so much more to do.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is an intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. Having a mentor in the early stages of your child’s adolescence could phenomenally help their overall development. That is why in ...
Episode 27: Stress Vs Stressor & What they do to us
June 03, 2021 13:15 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB“No matter what struggle or challenge that we're going through, we will come out stronger on the other side.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In today’s episode, Karen and Farah talk about stress and break down the various coping strategies for stress. While we as adults struggle to deal with everyday anxiety and express ...
Episode 26: Cosmic Wisdom Coaching | Teen Specialist , Robin Wald
May 11, 2021 04:42 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB“It’s okay to fail, you're learning. It's not about perfectionism, it's about bringing joyfulness to it.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is an intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In an enlightening conversation today, meet Robin Wald, an expert coach, teacher, and educator. Robin walks us through her fulfilling life journey into becoming a certified wellness coach ...
Episode 25 What Fitness For the whole Child Actually Mean?
May 03, 2021 14:37 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB“Leaving in the space and the opportunity to try everything so that they can learn what works for them is definitely what they're going to need.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is an intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In today’s episode, Karen and Farah break down the concept of the whole child and talk about the importance of social-emotional learning in children....
Episode 24 : Why Play is So Important?
April 20, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBK & F_Play_Show Notes “Encouraging children to go outside in all weather builds resilience, but more importantly, it saves them from spending their life, merely tolerating the bad days in favor of a handful of good ones.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. How can you make your children more adaptable to the different chal...
Episode 23: K & F Our Values
April 13, 2021 04:30 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB“If there was an opportunity for connection and understanding, there would have been an opportunity for inclusivity.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. Today, Karen and Farah discuss the primary goals of their program- community and inclusivity, and also their shadow value of connection. They discuss today why connection ha...
Episode 22: K & F Why
April 06, 2021 14:56 - 18 minutes - 42.7 MB“Your strengths have ultimately come from all the challenges that you've learned.” The Student Fitness Experts podcast is a very intentional venture that aims to create a playful movement to help students grow up with inner confidence and self-awareness and a healthy body and mind. In this episode, Karen and Farah open up about their “why” to start their podcast and certification program. We imbibe a lot of wisdom from Simon Sinek’s theory about building an infinite mindset and learn wh...
Episode 21: The Founder of Move, Live, Learn, Dr. Amanda Stanek
March 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBAmanda Stanek Show Notes “It is also critical that kids learn certain skills within that grade three to five window or else it becomes a lot more challenging.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. Today, we are joined by Dr. Amanda Stanek, who talks to us about the huge role of PE and fitness in a child's life. If y...
Episode 20: Educator, Coach & An Advocate, Akaylah Jaeke
March 23, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB“One of the goals that we really wanted to do with this certification is to be able to give people the skills so that they can go and be successful.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. This is a special episode of the SFE podcast. For a pleasant twist, we have our guest interviewing us today! In this episode, we are ...
Episode 19: Director of Physical Literacy for the Sport for Life Society, Drew Mitchell
March 16, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MB“If we close our minds to stuff we don't innovate, we don't grow.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. Sports and fitness does not have to be forced upon kids. Do you struggle with getting your kids enjoy their sports and physical education hours? Lucky for you our guest today knows very well how to bring fitness into th...
Episode 18: Founder of Playocracy, Lynn Campanella
March 09, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB“If recess is your break from work, that's when you should also be given a choice and allow yourself to pick what you would like to do.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. For today’s episode, we are excited to introduce to you Lynn Campanella, who’s the CEO and the Chief Play Officer at Playocracy, an organization ...
Episode 17: Founder of KidTribe and Executive Director of Kiducational, Kellee McQuinn
November 24, 2020 15:28 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBKellee McQuinn Show Notes “I'm a vessel. And I'm a translator, and I'm the best part of myself with kids.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. Have you ever thought about adapting yourself to suit your kids’ nature, or bringing them to learn in a language that fits them the best? If yes, then you’re in for a treat ...
Episode 16: Creator of Award Winning Kids in Motion show: Dance Movement and Yoga Expert, Julie Markovitz
November 17, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBJulie Markovitz Show Notes “I believe that through movement children grow and you, you can really honor the whole child through dance and movement.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In this episode of the SFE Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed Karen Golden, a professional story...
Episode 16: Creator of Award Winning Kids in Motion show: Dance Movement and Yoga Expert, Julie Markovitz
November 17, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBJulie Markovitz Show Notes “I believe that through movement children grow and you, you can really honor the whole child through dance and movement.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In today’s remarkable episode, we have with us the very gentle Julie Markovitz, who is an experienced preschool teacher, Children's...
Episode 15: National Facilitator for Welcoming Schools, Associate Editor at WeAreTeachers & Bullying Prevention Educator, Kimmie Fink
November 03, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBKimmie Fink Show Notes “I think it’s very important for coaches and all caring adults to know who is safe to talk about the child’s identity with.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In this episode of the SFE Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed veteran educator and Associate Edit...
Episode 14: Certified Trainer in Conscious Discipline. Ida Bauer
October 27, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBIda Bauer Show Notes “When you bring your best to a situation, the outcome is always better and conscious discipline teaches us how to do that.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In this episode of the SFE Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed a Certified Conscious Discipline Instr...
Episode 13: Co Founders: viral anti-racist allyship resource, Justice in June
October 20, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBJustice in June Show Notes “Inclusion is where you take this to the next level and you’re listening, and you’re learning and you’re uplifting those who don’t tend to always get the opportunity and that space.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In this episode of the SFE Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host...
Episode 12: Word artist/ storyteller/ published author/ musician founder/ Director of Creative Learning Place Inc. Karan Golden
October 13, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBKaren Golden Show Notes “Don’t worry so much about the race because it’s not important. What really is important is living in the moment and finding the positivity in life right now.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In this episode of the SFE Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed...
Episode 11: Host & Editor of Homeschool.com, Jamie Gaddy
October 06, 2020 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBShow Notes: “The point of learning preferences is to be able to customise and make for your child a unique learning situation that really fits them and their needs and motivates them.” In this episode of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed a Licensed Professional Counselor and editor of the website “homeschool.com”, Jamie Gaddy. Our guest Jamie throws light on the huge positives that home-schooling offers and how children ...
Episode 10: Child Development Specialist & Therapist, Dr. Siggie Cohen.
September 29, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBShow Notes “The idea that we want to present to children is not necessarily that everybody is going to get it the same way, the same time, that it is a personal kind of learning, it is learning so we can open our mind, that we are learning so we can feel good about ourselves.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In t...
Episode 9: Licensed Professional Counselor & Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, Lisa Dion.
September 22, 2020 14:27 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB“All play is an expression of something going on in the inside of a child.” The purpose of the Student Fitness Experts Podcast series is to empower and educate anyone that works with kids, in a way that benefits the whole child to become successful, strong, and empowered young adults. In this episode of the SFE Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, Lisa Dion. With Lisa Dion, toda...
Episode 8: Lead for Special Projects and Campaigns with Physical & Health Education Canada, Ryan Fahey
September 15, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBShow Notes: In this episode of the Student Fitness Expert Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed an Expert & Leader in School Wellness and Physical Education, Ryan Fahey. Ryan enlightens the listeners by giving a useful insight into what the notions of Physical Literacy and Comprehensive School Health pertain to and how they can be incorporated in Physical Education in Schools. With the help of his diverse working experience in education, sports, and heal...
Episode 7: Parenting Coach & Licensed Marriage Therapist, Bette Alkazain.
September 08, 2020 10:30 - 46 minutes - 108 MB“The greatest gift we can give our children is the ability to cope with the inevitable difficulties of life.” On this episode of the Student Fitness Expert Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed a licensed marriage therapist and family coach, Bette Alkazain. Bette shares a unique perspective on parenting and how parents can create safe environments where the child can reflect and grow into the best version of their unique self. Bette believes if the par...
Episode 6: UCLA-Trained Pediatrician and Working Mom, Tanya Altmann.
September 08, 2020 09:30 - 35 minutes - 80.2 MBIn this episode of the Student Fitness Expert Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed a UCLA-trained pediatrician and working mom, Tanya Altmann. Dr.Tanya shares her best practices to restructure the school life of children and what role parents can play to empower their kids. Dr. Tanya also discusses the challenges schools have to face to prevent a sudden spike in cases. Tune in to learn more insights on the role of fitness for kids and the array of benef...
Episode 5 : Elite Parenting Coach & Early Childhood Consultant, Joshua Castillo
September 08, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 133 MBShow Notes: In this episode of the Student Fitness Expert Podcast, Karen Gilbert, alongside her co-host, Farah Zweig, interviewed an Elite Parenting Coach & Early Childhood Consultant, Joshua Castillo. Joshua offers a unique perspective on how she helps parents traverse challenges with kids. Her diverse experience speaks volumes about her mastery in creating a deeper connection between you and your child. Today, Joshua shares her philosophies and work style she honed over the years to pu...
Episode 4 - The Genius of Play with Jeff Harry
April 26, 2020 18:19 - 22 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this episode Karen & Farrah interview Jeff Harry where they get a front row seat on learning more about the importance of play. Jeff shares some serious "aha" moments about what he wishes he knew when he was younger. For anyone working with kids, this is a must listen!
Episode 3 -Continuing the Fitness Legacy with Fitness Icon Elaine Lalanne aka “The First Lady of Physical Fitness”
April 26, 2020 18:03 - 32 minutes - 75.3 MBElaine is 93 years young and a fitness rockstar who is still doing her daily pushups! Continuing Jack’s legacy, she shares how he inspired her to fitness while dishing candid advice and opinions as well as her own workout routine! Get motivated, stimulated and educated by Elaine’s captivating interview.
Episode 2 - What Is A Play Expert, with Brian VanDongen
April 26, 2020 17:50 - 25 minutes - 57.4 MBThis is Karen’s first time speaking with and learning from a “play expert”). Curious as to what a play expert is? Karen was too! Farrah met Brian at a Play conference and has been eager to learn more ever since. This is a very fun and playful interview that will inspire you to find your inner child and get out and play!
Ep. 1 - Meet The Co-Hosts & Founders, Karen + Farrah
September 08, 2019 00:34 - 29 minutes - 67 MBCo-hosts Karen and Farrah introduce themselves and their business, Student Fitness Experts, and explain the goals and future content of the podcast series.