281: fitness and healthy living

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Radio Hour is a new idea that I’m testing out.

In each episode, I take one topic and explore multiple perspectives from past guests.

Winning the Audition was my first experiment with this type of format format.  I’d love your feedback and ideas you might have for future topics!

Today’s topic: Fitness and Healthy Living

We hear from the following nine individuals:

  1. Alex Hanna (Chicago Symphony and DePaul University)
  2. Lloyd Goldstein (Certified Music Practicioner at Moffitt Cancer Center)
  3. David Allen Moore (LA Phil and USC Thornton School of Music)
  4. Ira Gold (National Symphony and Peabody Conservatory)
  5. Paul Ellison (Rice University)
  6. Ian Hallas (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
  7. Scott Pingel (San Francisco Symphony and Conservatory)
  8. Guy Tuneh (soloist and chamber musician)
  9. Jory Herman (San Diego Symphony)

We cover the following sub-topics:

  • yoga
  • running
  • meditation
  • crossfit
  • musical athletes
  • diet
  • weight loss
  • the importance of a strong back
  • periodicity in exercise and how it might apply to practicing
  • martial arts
  • being “athletes of the small muscles”
  • balancing yourself as a person

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By Jason

An active double bass performer and teacher, Jason teaches double bass at DePaul University and served on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists for many years. Jason is the current President of the Illinois chapter of the American String Teachers Association. Jason has been a member of the Elgin Symphony since 2000 and has played with the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County for the past decade. He is a past member of the Milwaukee Ballet and IRIS Orchestra, and has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, and numerous other professional ensembles.