Sep 15

6 Top Health and Fitness Podcasts For Health Information Junkies

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When we are not listening to workout music in the gym, we’re listening to our favorite health and fitness podcasts. We love all 6 of these podcasts because they provide solid health and fitness information via Q&A and interviews with some of the nation’s most progressive doctors and fitness professionals.

Check out these top health and fitness podcasts and let us know if we have turned you into a new fan:


 
Ben Greenfield Fitness
 
Ben Greenfield is a triathlon and fat loss coach located in the pacific northwest. Ben has a long list of credentials, including bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Idaho in sports science and exercise physiology, advanced bicycle fitting certification from Serotta, sports nutrition certification from the International Society of Sports Nutrition, and that’s just the beginning. Check out his full bio here. Ben’s clear speaking voice, authoritative Q&A style, and his ability to dig up accurate and interesting medical journal articles to support his topics make this podcast a must listen.

The Paleo Solution
 
Robb Wolf, the author of The Paleo Solution, teams up with olympic lifting coach Greg Everett in this entertaining and informative podcast. The show is mostly Q&A format with an occasional interview thrown into the mix. The best part of this podcast is the banter between Greg and Robb as they answer questions, with the frequent oscillation between humor and serious scientific information. This podcast is never boring, and always informative.

The Livin’ La Vida Low Carb Show
 
Host Jimmy Moore is a guy on a mission – to spread the word about low carb living. In 2004, Jimmy was 32 years old and weighed 410 lbs, and lost 180 lbs by eating low carb. Yet Jimmy’s show is not just about his weight loss journey. His show attracts interviews from the top doctors, bloggers, and researchers in the low carb community.

Latest in Paleo
 
Angelo Coppola produces this podcast that takes a broad overview of news and views in the paleo living community. Angelo credits the paleo lifestyle for helping him get fit, healthy, and strong in 2009. Angelo combines commentary with audio clips of interviews and talks from around the web. If you don’t have time to keep up on paleo nutrition news and you want a weekly overview, you have to check out Latest in Paleo.

Nutrition Diva
 
Monica Reinagel is a board-certified Licensed Nutritionist and a professionally-trained chef. She’s also known as the “Nutrition Diva”. Monica focuses on one topic for each podcast, so you can choose which episode to listen to based on your topic of interest

The Strength Coach Podcast
 
The Strength Coach Podcast is the official podcast of Michael Boyle’s StrengthCoach.com Coach Boyle welcomes a number of strength coaches to comment on exercise and fitness topics each week. This podcast is not for people who are new to the gym, but rather for more advanced folks who crave the information to take their performance to the next level.

Are you a fan of any of these podcasts? Let us know!

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