In this first of two Season 1 bonus episodes, we get a bit more personal with the expert guests whose own experiences motivate and inform their professional endeavors.  

Dr. Jacob Meyer, Director of the Wellbeing & Exercise Lab at Iowa State, confides that, “My own personal struggles with depression coincided with periods when I was much less active.”

Diabetes ran in the family of Dr. Sheri Colberg, diagnosed with Type 1 at age four. The author of a dozen books on diabetes and exercise, she recounts encouraging her Type 1 grandmother on laps around the backyard from an early age.

And DPT Lisa Lowe, former able-bodied competitor now para rowing athlete and coach, describes re-adopting the sport she loved after a horrific car accident did significant damage to her legs. 

Listen in for the personal sagas of My Body Odyssey experts in these special bonus episodes. 

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SHOW NOTESExperts:

Dr. Sheri Colberg, PhD: Website, Google Scholar, Twitter, Books

Diabetes Motion

Relevant Publications

The Athlete’s Guide to Diabetes

Diabetes and Keeping Fit for Dummies

Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American College of Sports Medicine

Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

Jacob Meyer, PhD: Wellbeing and Exercise Lab, Twitter

Notable Publications:

Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior in response to COVID-19 and their associations with mental health in 3052 US adults

Association of efficacy of resistance exercise training with depressive symptoms: meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of randomized clinical trials

Dr. Lisa Russell Lowe, DPT: PowerHousePhysio 

Dr. Russell Lowe’s blog

@powerhousephy

Resources

What is Multiple Sclerosis? 

National MS Society

The prevalence of MS in the United States

What Causes MS?

Diabetes Stats - CDC

American Diabetes Association

Do I Have Prediabetes?

Prediabetes and What it Means: The Epidemiological Evidence

More at www.mybodyodyssey.com

Hear the full episodes featuring these experts:Josie & Joe in Tandem vs. Multiple Sclerosis Generational Gene: Cycling for Diabetes PreventionRowing Through Cancer, Injury, & Trauma: Three Body Odysseys at 2022 Head of the Charles 

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