Anna Kaiser: Flex And The City with Kelly’s Personal Trainer

Summary

Episode Summary: Anna Kaiser: Flex And The City with Kelly’s Personal Trainer

Podcast Information:

• Title: Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa
• Host: Kelly Ripa
• Episode: Anna Kaiser: Flex And The City with Kelly’s Personal Trainer
• Release Date: June 11, 2025
• Description: Kelly Ripa delves into unfiltered and candid conversations with friends and experts about topics that matter most to her, beyond the camera's lens.

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Introduction

In this engaging episode of "Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa," Kelly welcomes Anna Kaiser, a renowned global fitness star and her personal trainer, to discuss comprehensive fitness strategies, addressing everything from strength training to hormonal health. Joined by her co-hosts Albert Bianchini and Jan Chalet, Kelly transforms the show into an interactive platform, opening phone lines to tackle listeners' pressing fitness questions.

Main Discussion

Integrating Strength and Cardio Training

Anna Kaiser emphasizes the importance of combining strength training with cardiovascular exercises to achieve optimal fitness and overall health.

Anna Kaiser [05:01]: "Cardiorespiratory health is incredibly important. It's going to make sure that we're delivering oxygen to our lungs and our heart and our muscles."

She explains that integrating High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and plyometrics can enhance both muscle development and cardiovascular endurance, making workouts more efficient and effective.

Training Across All Planes of Motion

Anna highlights the necessity of training the body in multiple planes of motion to prevent injuries and ensure functional strength for daily activities.

Anna Kaiser [07:15]: "We should be training our lateral plane side to side. We should be training across the midline and getting our body ready and strong for anything."

Hormonal Health and Fitness

The conversation delves into the impact of hormonal changes, especially during menopause, on fitness routines. Anna advises listeners to undergo regular hormone panels and adjust their workouts and nutrition accordingly.

Anna Kaiser [37:48]: "0.8 to 1 gram of protein per pound of weight is super important and that will make a big, big difference."

Sustainable Fitness Practices

Kelly and Anna discuss sustainable fitness habits, stressing the importance of scheduling workouts, accountability, and starting at a comfortable level to build consistency.

Anna Kaiser [15:06]: "Scheduling it into your week. First and foremost, it is a non-negotiable. You're gonna show up three days a week."

Q&A Highlights

Caller: Caroline from Connecticut [28:55]

• Question: Balancing fitness with being a working mom of three young children.
• Anna’s Advice: Utilize flexible workout options like home-based HIIT sessions and involve children in light exercises to make fitness a family activity.

Anna Kaiser [31:07]: "You just find that time in your way. It can literally be 23 minutes when you have that space open to you."

Caller: Jamie from Utah [33:55]

• Question: Managing energy levels and motivation during menopause while maintaining an active lifestyle.
• Anna’s Advice: Incorporate HIIT with strength training, ensure adequate protein intake post-workout, and undergo hormone level assessments to tailor fitness plans effectively.

Jan Chalet [36:14]: "You have to, like, figure a way around that."

Caller: Donna from Long Island [39:05]

• Question: Incorporating fitness into daily routines and the importance of strength training alongside cardio.
• Anna’s Advice: Combine strength and cardio exercises within the same session to maximize benefits and maintain metabolic health, especially when using medications like GLP1s.

Anna Kaiser [47:45]: "The fitter you are, the faster your heart rate recovers."

Key Insights and Expert Advice

• Strength Training as a Foundation: Resistance training is crucial for building muscle mass, which in turn supports a higher metabolic rate and better overall health.

• Cardio is Essential: Contrary to popular belief, cardio should not be dismissed in favor of strength training. Both are necessary for comprehensive fitness.

• Holistic Approach: Fitness is not just physical but also involves understanding and managing hormonal health, especially during life transitions like menopause.

• Adaptability: Fitness routines should be adaptable to accommodate personal schedules, life changes, and physical capabilities.

• Accountability and Consistency: Scheduling workouts and having accountability partners can significantly enhance consistency and commitment to fitness goals.

Notable Quotes

• Anna Kaiser [07:15]: "We should be training our lateral plane side to side. We should be training across the midline and getting our body ready and strong for anything."

• Anna Kaiser [15:06]: "Scheduling it into your week. First and foremost, it is a non-negotiable. You're gonna show up three days a week."

• Anna Kaiser [37:48]: "0.8 to 1 gram of protein per pound of weight is super important and that will make a big, big difference."

• Kelly Ripa [38:12]: "Don't use with other Tirzepatide containing products or any GLP1 receptor agonist medicines."

(Note: The above quotes are illustrative examples based on the transcript and timestamps.)

Conclusions

The episode underscores a balanced and informed approach to fitness, advocating for the integration of strength and cardio training, mindful nutrition, and hormonal health management. Anna Kaiser's expertise, combined with Kelly's relatable hosting, provides listeners with actionable strategies to enhance their fitness journeys sustainably. The interactive Q&A segment further personalizes the advice, addressing real-life challenges faced by the audience.

Listeners are encouraged to prioritize consistency, seek professional guidance for hormonal health, and embrace a holistic approach to fitness that adapts to their evolving needs.

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Additional Resources Mentioned:

• Anna Kaiser’s App: The Space with Anna Kaiser – Available on the Apple Store and Google Play.
• Fitness Programs: Integrative HIIT and strength training routines designed by Anna Kaiser.

Note: Advertisements and promotional segments within the transcript have been excluded to focus solely on the substantive content of the episode.

Transcript

[Kelly Ripa]

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[Anna Kaiser]

Bands are a great place to start because any kind of resistance will make a dent. You gotta start building muscle, pushing against, pulling against resistance. Absolutely.

[Jan Chalet]

You give me a bands routine, will you do it? I'll incorporate it into my. Only if you give it to me.

[Albert Bianchini]

How many push ups do you do?

[Jan Chalet]

I don't do push ups.

[Unknown]

He doesn't do any strength training.

[Albert Bianchini]

We just felt any push ups. I like watching when Albert gets.

[Jan Chalet]

I know this may be an old reference.

[Anna Kaiser]

No, but wait.

[Jan Chalet]

This may be an old reference. Can I reference the musical, the Music Man? Pick a little tug.

[Albert Bianchini]

A little.

[Jan Chalet]

Tug A lot. Pick a little more. That's what I hear every time it starts.

[Anna Kaiser]

Wait, wait, hold on.

[Jan Chalet]

Chirping at it. Chirping in the room.

[Albert Bianchini]

Somebody gotta cue me or do I cue myself? Cue yourself. Okay. All right. We are back with another live episode of let's Talk off Camera, everyone. Woohoo. Today we are opening the phone lines and tackling all your burning fitness questions. Fitness, it's a hot button word, Jan. Trust me, you're gonna wanna stretch those fingers and call in because we have. Global fitness star. That's right, I said it. Global fitness star Anna Kaiser in the house, literally sitting to my immediate left. I'm a little terrified. We are fresh from a workout and I have a theory about today's workout. I have a theory that Anna beat the crap out of me especially hard today because for some reason, I don't know, you wanted me to have it fresh in my mind.

[Anna Kaiser]

To be your best. To be at your best.

[Albert Bianchini]

Today I was taking your body. Three minutes.

[Anna Kaiser]

Your body literally cannot support you. It's just now you can just function with your head and Your words. There's nothing left.

[Albert Bianchini]

I had. I. Exactly. There's nothing left. I can't find my words. It is so hard. Okay, if you're wondering about finally conquering that stubborn belly fat, menopause metabolism. Oh, do I know that? Or even breaking through a fitness plateau, call in because Anna knows her shit. I'm not kidding. She's an authority. She's ready to answer your questions. Before we begin, Albert and Jan, let's have at it. Any fitness questions, Jan?

[Unknown]

I think Albert should have some fitness questions.

[Jan Chalet]

No, I think Jan has some fitness.

[Unknown]

We've been fighting all day.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yes, I see that.

[Jan Chalet]

I don't have any problems, Jan. I'm very physically fit. I work out every day, 45 minutes in the morning, like, devoted. So my. Here's my one fitness question for you.

[Anna Kaiser]

Oh, just one?

[Jan Chalet]

One. It's the main one. Why, when you work out with a trainer, do they not shut the F up?

[Anna Kaiser]

Oh, that's so funny.

[Albert Bianchini]

That's why you should be working out with Anna. She barely speaks to me except to say, you know, get your ass up.

[Jan Chalet]

But Anna, for the most part, they just talk. It's like they just want to make small talk.

[Anna Kaiser]

We gotta keep you in the room. We need to make sure you're focused on form and exactly what you're doing. Your brain isn't, you know, going off into what you're gonna eat after the workout or. I don't know.

[Albert Bianchini]

I also think it's those virtual instructors.

[Jan Chalet]

You realize you got a bunch of person every time. It's like your owns. They just keep going, just keep talking.

[Anna Kaiser]

Well, there is a difference between someone who's really focused on you and your training and someone who's there for personality and to motivate people to just show up. Right.

[Jan Chalet]

That's my big problem. That was my only question for you, Anna.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. Yes.

[Unknown]

No. So I was a runner my whole life, and most recently, I changed my whole workout, maybe because I'm past 50, and I started doing more weights and doing Pilates almost daily. And so my question is, do I need to bring back in some of that cardio? I mean, I think Pilates does have some cardio in it, but I'm really enjoying this. Like, I'm really enjoying what's going on. And I feel good.

[Anna Kaiser]

Great. I'm so glad you're doing the strength training. It's very important. But, yes, you need to have cardio in your workout. Cardiorespiratory health is incredibly important. Some say is the number one indicator of health. It's going to make sure that we're delivering oxygen to our lungs and our heart and our muscles. And it's important to challenge your body, you know, on all planes of motion, beyond just strength training. And it doesn't have to be on a cardio machine or it doesn't have to be running. You can get it through hiit training or through plyometrics or adding intervals into your strength training workout. So it's more efficient that way and more effective, truly more effective. And as we age, we want to really build muscle and not just maintain, like type 1 muscle fibers that you're using in endurance type exercises like running, spinning, low impact, dancing, high rep, low weight, but really challenging our muscles.

[Albert Bianchini]

I think that Jan should come and work out with us like one or two days a week. Just like. Because it is. So here's the thing I was saying the best way I can describe Anna's training, her fitness training, is that it's been how many years?

[Anna Kaiser]

Fifteen.

[Albert Bianchini]

Fifteen years. And I've never gotten bored once. I'm always challeng I initially I just liked it because I felt so good. Like, I liked what it did for me mentally more than anything. The physical aspect and the way my body changed and the way I've watched my muscles develop over these 15 years has been the added benefit. And we've changed as I've grown older. We've really changed my workout. And I say we meaning Anna. I do nothing. I just follow what she tells me. But I've never gotten bored, which is the first time and only time I can say that about anything I've done. I've never gotten bored. It's always a challenge. And I like seeing things now like I like seeing at my age, muscles developing where I didn't think I would ever develop a muscle like that, to me, is exciting. Is that exciting?

[Anna Kaiser]

Absolutely. Oh, my gosh.

[Albert Bianchini]

When I see you, is it exciting for you? You see a muscle develop on my.

[Anna Kaiser]

Body, I get exciting to work at. When she does something that she hasn't been able to do before or picks up on a new piece of choreography, depending on where she is in her, you know, she comes in with a lot. She has so much going on in her day, and coming into that space and being present can sometimes take a few minutes. So I sort of gauge it. What. Where are we today? What's happening today? And is cardio possible? Or maybe she fell asleep in the car on the way there. And so we're gonna start with some strength training. We're gonna get her in the room. And then we're gonna add the intervals at the end of the workout. Yeah, she's.

[Albert Bianchini]

When her body sees how googly my eyes look, like if I look googly eyed, she's like, were you sleeping on the way up here? And I'm like, I think I hide it so well. I'm like, she's never gonna know. I just was sound asleep. And you always know. And you either ease me in or we hit the ground. It depends.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes, depends. Sometimes I'm like, we just gotta go. Music is really important. Working with your body on all planes of motion. So what I found when I was developing this technique is that most workouts and strength. So I like to pair strength with power. Most workouts are built in the sagittal plane. So front to back. So you're running, you're swimming, you're doing burpees, you're doing pushups, you're doing bicep curls. It's all in this one plane of motion. Ellipticals. That is the way that we walk through life every day. We shouldn't also be training our body even more on that plane of motion. We should be training the lateral plane side to side. We should be training across the midline and getting our body ready and strong for anything. Because if we're only training in that one plane of motion, then we go, you know, let's say we're 50 and we go and turn to pick up a heavy, a heavy bag of groceries and we throw our back out because our body isn't trained to function that way. So really thinking about different ways to challenge the body on all planes of motion. And then, you know, one day we'll do muscular endurance where it's high rep, low weight. The next day we'll do hiit training where we're really adding that power element and challenging her heart rate to recover quickly and building more lean muscle. And then the next day we're doing cardio dance intervals and challenging her mind to really retain and which doesn't retain anymore.

[Albert Bianchini]

One muscle we have in the neural.

[Anna Kaiser]

Pathways really helps with dementia. They did this 10 year study on. It was in the New England Journal of Medicine. They did a 10 year study on men and women over the age of 75. And reading helped about 30 plus percent. Crossword puzzles, 40 something percent. Learning dance in the moment improved cognitive function by 75%. I mean really, it is magical. So we definitely have that in our program too.

[Unknown]

I love that if you can't afford an Anna, like, I just love that there's so much online now too. All of these things that you're talking about. People can go online and find videos or, or source, you know, you don't have to have a trainer, you can find it yourself.

[Albert Bianchini]

Anna has online classes. Yeah.

[Unknown]

So that's what's amazing. Like I just, it's accessible to everybody.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Anna Kaiser]

The programming is really important. If you're gonna make the time to do something, you should know that it's getting you somewhere. And you're not just literally and figuratively spinning your wheels. Like you are getting stronger, you are challenging your body and you're making the time to do it. And it can be added directly into your calendar or you can show up with a friend. There are classes where the program is already created for you.

[Albert Bianchini]

And also I just feel like you have to just start at any place where you're comfortable. If it's a walk, then take a walk. If you walk 10 minutes tomorrow, then walk 15 minutes the next day, then walk a half an hour the next day, then who knows, maybe you'll feel like adding some plyometrics, some pushups and sit ups. Maybe, you know, it's like you just, People get overwhelmed. I was like this when I started working out. I didn't know where to begin. So I, I, so I like, I kept pushing it off, like not deprioritizing that. Like, I don't need to do that. I didn't, I don't need to, you know, I'm talking, I'm going back like 30 years, 30 years ago. I was like, I don't need to do that. I'll just go on a diet. Like that was like the big, you know, it was big diet culture in the like early 90s. It was like, just eat fat free cream cheese and your problems are solved. You know, Snack wells. Snack wells, snack.

[Anna Kaiser]

Well, problem solving, problems are solved.

[Albert Bianchini]

Low calories and you know, and so I didn't know how to begin, but I began slowly with like just the basics. But then when I met my girl here, she really, she changed my life. Albert, are you sure you don't have any questions?

[Jan Chalet]

No, but I do want to comment on something. Anna, my. So everyone, there's a lot of dementia and Alzheimer's that runs in my family. And so my mom's aunt, Aunt Flo, may she rest in peace.

[Albert Bianchini]

May she rest in peace.

[Jan Chalet]

Rest in peace. She, when she was 65, went to her doctor and her doctor said to her, listen, I want you walking 45 minutes a day for the rest of your life. And I don't want you to skip a day. Weather, whatever. And she ended up moving to California with my cousin. Didn't miss a day and lived to, like, mid-90s, sharp as attack. Until the day she passed away in the. In whatever the weather was. And guess where she was. She was in Palm Springs.

[Albert Bianchini]

Palm Springs, where everyone lives.

[Jan Chalet]

It was such a good. I mean, her sisters. Because she had three sisters, all of them developed Alzheimer's and had dementia except for her.

[Anna Kaiser]

Wow.

[Jan Chalet]

And that's an incredible.

[Anna Kaiser]

Exercise is medicine.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. And didn't. Wasn't a lot. She just walked every day.

[Anna Kaiser]

There was an article that came out. Well, there was a study done around colon cancer and recovering from colon cancer. And they actually found that exercise helped with recovery for colon cancer. And it was just. It. It just happened three days ago. And it was a huge breakthrough in science that now doctors are going to prescribe exercise for patients who are recovering from colon cancer.

[Albert Bianchini]

Anna's married to a doctor, and so I'm like, they're the perfect couple. Like, they just know everything about everything.

[Jan Chalet]

A hot doctor. Let's say a hot doctor.

[Albert Bianchini]

He's also a hot doctor. Dr. Carlos is very hot. Not gonna lie. Dr. Carlos is a hottie.

[Anna Kaiser]

Hottie. Not just a hottie.

[Albert Bianchini]

Very hotties. They're like young, hot.

[Jan Chalet]

They're really nice hot doctors.

[Albert Bianchini]

Young hot dogs.

[Anna Kaiser]

They're so nice. Such a good guy.

[Albert Bianchini]

I just want to point out Summer is here. Anna and I have some, like, I want to get your thoughts on, like, people who are like, oh, my gosh, summer's around the corner. I better quickly get into summer body shape. What are your thoughts on that? Can it be done? Is it possible?

[Anna Kaiser]

It's just never a good idea to put that much pressure on yourself. Well, one thing you can do if you really want to go for it, just start. Start. Intense, but start. But short and small in your schedule, three days a week, go for sprints. And it doesn't have to be uphill. It could just be sprinting. But you're gonna sprint as hard as you can for 30 seconds. If you're a woman, you're gonna recover for a minute and a half. If you're a man, you're gonna recover for two and a half minutes, and you're gonna do it again five times. That's it. And then afterwards, you're gonna hold a side plank for as long as you can hold it. And then you're gonna hold the other side for as long as you can hold it. And if you do that, that'll be a good Jump start.

[Albert Bianchini]

Is that all we have to do? Why the hell are we doing all this other stuff? But there's a world of, like, fitness trends, a lot of quick fixes, a lot of diet culture out there. What do you believe are the sort of tried and true non negotiable elements of achieving sustainable fitness?

[Anna Kaiser]

Scheduling it into your week. First and foremost, it is a non negotiable. You're gonna show up three days a week. I don't care if it's for 10 minutes, for 30 minutes, for 45 minutes. We have been working out at the same time. You know this the same time every day for 15 years. It's wild because it is a non negotiable, non negotiable for all parts of you. It is the way to prevent disease, to keep your body strong, to function in the world. For you, it is the most important thing you can do for yourself. So that's where you start. And then you need to find someone to meet you there or to call you or text you before and afterwards to make sure you did it and to hold you accountable because it's hard to do.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, I thought you were like. To call you before and after to make sure you're still okay.

[Unknown]

I find even when I come home from work and I'm exhausted, right. Sometimes and it's such a pain to like, I'm like, oh, my God, I have to work out. But I always have more energy after I work out. Like if I just do it, if I just get myself there and. And I have this whole theory about exercises like sex. If you just do it afterwards, you're gonna be like, oh, yeah, that's why.

[Anna Kaiser]

I did it 100%.

[Unknown]

It is, it is. Like, now my husband's gonna make me.

[Albert Bianchini]

Have sex with him. Now you're. Now you've just pledged to have sex with him.

[Unknown]

It gives me more energy and I feel I sleep better. Everything's better. Everything is better.

[Anna Kaiser]

After exercise, There's a magic 15 minute window. If you can make it to 15 minutes, it gets easier after that. But try to do at least 15 minutes and then say, okay, I think I can keep going. Or, that's enough for today. Your body will tell you.

[Albert Bianchini]

But that 15 minute, I always feel like right at the end of our workout, and it's every day, right at the end of our workout, I'm like, oh, I finally got it. Now I can push through and do. I can do, I can do an hour. And then I'm like, no, I already did the hour. But it's like, at the end is when I really feel like I finally understood what we were trying to do.

[Jan Chalet]

That's funny.

[Anna Kaiser]

You have the energy to go through the rest of your day. I mean, we always say. I remember Mark saying, what are you guys training so hard for?

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah, what are you training for? He always. He used to joke. He's like, I don't know what sport you're gonna enter in the Olympics, but you're gonna get the gold medal. Whatever. Whenever they make up, he's like, whenever they figure out whatever this event is, you and Anna are gonna be gold medalists in that event. Cause he couldn't, like, fig. Figure out what it was. He just likes to watch it. He's tried it. He thinks it's too hard.

[Anna Kaiser]

It's too hard for Mark.

[Albert Bianchini]

Too hard for him.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. But it is. It is so important for us to show up for that, because we are training for life. That's what we're doing. We're training for life.

[Albert Bianchini]

What do you think?

[Anna Kaiser]

For you to run up the Empire State Building stairs.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, yes. You remember that?

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. And to do that race in heels and to do the Cirque du Soleil. Like, there are things that are thrown at you and at everyone every day that you're like, how am I gonna get through this?

[Albert Bianchini]

I do think there's something to that. That people rely on me for my day job. My. My day. My day job. They always know that they can rely on me to just jump in and do whatever the thing is. Like, they don't really worry as to whether or not I'm gonna be able to do the thing.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

Having said that, I really don't enjoy records. I don't enjoy wearing spandex on TV. I just. @ a certain point, I feel like I've earned the right to not wear spandex on tv.

[Unknown]

And you are like. You're thin, but you are so strong.

[Anna Kaiser]

So strong.

[Unknown]

You're so strong. It's incredible.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah, I'm really muscular. I mean, it's the one thing I will say is that I look. It's. I'm one of these weird people. I actually look thinner in clothes than I do naked. Cause naked I look kind of jacked. And the biggest compliment. Not that I've been naked in front of him, but I was wearing a tank top at the breakfast table. Tank top and pajama bottoms. And our youngest son, we were at his graduation. He's like, mom, you're jacked. And I was like, joaquin, coming from you, that is a real Bonafide compliment.

[Jan Chalet]

You are.

[Albert Bianchini]

But I work hard at it, definitely. And I also think that, like, getting my hormones back in order, like, doing HRT helped a ton because. Because my. You. You. And Anna has known me through postpartum, through perimenopause, menopause, like nursing kids. She's known my body at all different facets and parts of my life, and. And it's like a roller coaster, and it's a journey. And anytime your hormones are out of line, you have to, like, figure a way around that.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes, it's a thing, but you show up. That is what is so hard to do, is you show up for every single one of those workouts, and you show up for you, you show up for me, and I think that's what's most important and gotten you through that. And some days you show up and it's not possible to do a crazy workout. We do what you can do that day, and I think that's really important to tell people, too, is that we don't go hard all the time.

[Albert Bianchini]

I walked in. I walked in one day in a full. Like, I was just not present. And Anna, I'm not kidding, lowered the lights in the studio, put a towel over my head, and laid me down on a yoga mat. And she goes, I just want you to rest for a few minutes. And literally left me there for the entire. You just. I took a nap, but the towel was over my face. It was nice and dark in the room, and I was just thinking, this is what I needed. I needed a recovery day. I want to talk about Albert.

[Jan Chalet]

Yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

Is it okay? We want to talk about ozempic GLP1, how these medications are changing the fitness industry. What. What do. What is your opinion? Do you have an opinion?

[Anna Kaiser]

Oh, absolutely. So it's changed the fitness industry a lot because now people are pausing workouts or pausing cardio because they think, oh, I've lost the weight. I don't need to do cardio. Because cardio has been misrepresented as a way to lose weight, when really it is a way to keep your body healthy. It decreases inflammation, increases cell turnover, gives you more energy, helps with your metabolism, and it helps build muscle, too. If done the right way, it is an amazing. It really is medicine. Exercise is medicine. And cardio specifically is so important to keep your heart strong, your cardiorespiratory system strong, and we should continue doing that. But anyway, so the other thing I would say about GLP1s is we are not doing enough strength training. And Carlos and I Talked to a friend of ours who is an internal medicine doctor and he makes sure it can be wonderful for a lot of people. And I don't think that trainers should say, oh, I can't believe she's on or oh, this is not great. Embrace it. Don't lie to your trainer. First and foremost, please tell them that you are on a GLB one. Yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

Because they, your trainer will know anyway. Like if you're not.

[Anna Kaiser]

I always know. I always know.

[Albert Bianchini]

If you can't do the workout, if.

[Anna Kaiser]

You stop being capable of things like power based or strength based exercises, it's very obvious that something is going on and you should have a conversation about it because your workout should change, you should do more heavy lifting and strength training. You should eat more protein and fat to support your lean muscle development. Because what I'm seeing is that people are running to GLP1s to lose the weight, but they're not doing it in a healthy way. So what happens is, yes, they're not getting enough calories, they're not getting enough protein and their body is going to their bones. We've seen osteoporosis, it's going to their muscles, their metabolism is going to crash. Because for every pound of muscle in your body, you are burning 50 calories at rest without doing anything. So if you maintain that muscle, you will be burning more calories, you can eat more. So if you, let's say, have 90 pounds of muscle, you train, you train, you train, you're now at 100 pounds of muscle. Your endocrinologist can do these scans. You are burning an additional 500 calories a day. Right. Without doing anything, as long as you maintain that. So it really is an investment in long term health and metabolic health, increasing your metabolism. If you are going on these drugs and you're not strength training, building muscle, doing plyometrics, strengthening your bones, things like jumping, explosive movement, sprinting, that's going to help with bone density, it's going to build muscles more quickly. Work on fast twitch, which I work on a lot with Kelly because she is mostly type 1. She can go forever.

[Albert Bianchini]

She's an endurance athlete. Anna told me today, she's like, you're a slow twitch athlete. And I was like, I was like, what does that mean?

[Anna Kaiser]

There's a whole, we can go into a whole conversation about that. But really at the heart of it, talk to your trainer, make sure you're doing a strength training program to support building muscle. You're eating to support that as well. Because otherwise the other side of that.

[Albert Bianchini]

Is, we have to take a commercial break, but we have so many people that want to talk to you. When we return, Anna is ready to take some calls and we're going to turn the show over to you. Yes, you dear listeners, for all your fitness questions for me or for Anna, but I don't know what I'm going to tell you. So mostly Anna will. You can ask me, but Anna will answer. And we'll be right back after this. If you know anything about me, it's that I love to do laundry. It just gives me such satisfaction. But did you also know that skincare can start in the laundry room? The first step of a sensitive skincare routine is choosing the right laundry detergent. Allfree Clear is the number one detergent brand recommended by dermatologists for sensitive skin. Allfree Clear is 100% free of dyes and fragrance allergens. It provides an effective clean that's gentle on the skin while removing impurities like dirt and body oil that can irritate your skin. It's made with eight carefully selected ingredients to fight stains and be gentle on skin. How great is that? All Free Clear has been a game changer for me. It leaves my clothes feeling fresh and my skin feeling happy. I especially love that it doesn't give my laundry a strong artificial odor like some other brands. You know what I mean? For an effective skin friendly clean wash with All Free Clear, as temperatures rise, it's the perfect time to refresh your wardrobe with not just summer essentials but versatile pieces for every season ahead. Quince pieces are timeless, lightweight and far more elevated than anything else at this price, like 100% European linen shorts and dresses, luxe swimwear, Italian leather platform sandals, and so much more. I'm loving their cotton tiered maxi dress. It's light, chic and will definitely be a summer staple for me. Everything from Quince is half the cost of similar brands because they work directly with top artisans and cut out the middlemen giving you luxury without the markup. Give your summer closet an upgrade with Quince. Go to quince.comoffcamera for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. That's Q-U-I-N-E.comoffcamera to get free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.comoff camera whether you're all about simple mascara and gloss or you love to play with bold shapes and colors with Thrive cosmetics, there's always a favorite for your every look, like their Infinity waterproof eyeliner that comes in bold and classic neutral shades to complement every eye color and skin tone. And the best part, for every product purchase, Thrive donates products and funds to help communities thrive. So while I would already have bought their makeup, this makes it so much more satisfying knowing that some of the money goes to a good cause. Try your new trusty favorites with an exclusive set for our listeners. New customers can get the liquid lash extension mascara and a mini size brilliant eye brightener at a special set price with free shipping. Available at thrivecosmetics.com off camera or save more with 20% off your first [e-mail] offcamera. That's Thrive Cosmetics. C A U S e M E T-I C S.com off camera for 20% off your first order. Oh, we are back. Anna Kaiser is still in the building, everybody. Hello, fitness expert. My personal trainer, Anna Kaiser is here. She is answering all of our questions. We just discovered there's going to be a second part to this.

[Anna Kaiser]

There has to be.

[Albert Bianchini]

We have so far. There's going to be Anna versus Albert. It's Godzilla versus King Kong.

[Jan Chalet]

Which one am I?

[Anna Kaiser]

I'm not sure.

[Albert Bianchini]

You choose. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna decide which one you are. You're gonna decide who you are and then Anna's gonna combat you in any way she has to.

[Unknown]

Okay, the lines are full, so let's talk to people. Okay, so we have Caroline from Connecticut.

[Albert Bianchini]

Okay, Caroline from Connecticut, you're on with Kelly and Anna. How are you? Good.

[Caller 1]

How are you?

[Albert Bianchini]

How are you doing?

[Caller 1]

Doing great. I am both your, like, both of your number one fans. So thank you so much for having me on.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, great. It's great to talk to you. What's your question for Anna?

[Caller 1]

So I danced my whole life, all the way through college. And I remember leaving college and having a really difficult time figuring out how I was going to stay active. Because when I looked at all the classes, nothing really fit what I was interested in. So when I was watching Live with Kelly one day and Anna Kaiser was doing a segment, I really felt like I hit the jackpot because finally I found a workout that was fun and rigorous and hit every part of the body. So now, many years later, I'm a working mom to three kids under the age of six. And I have that old question that we're all maybe sick of, but how do we fit it all in and hold ourselves accountable to raising three kids, working our butt off during the day and managing to stay healthy on top of that?

[Anna Kaiser]

Such a good Question. Well, first of all, congratulations on three children and still staying on top of being a working mom. That is a huge accomplishment. And I think fitness has become more accessible and more available to people exactly like you and I since COVID because now we don't have to go into a studio, we don't have to go into a room with a personal trainer. We can literally bring them to into our home. And I created an app called the Space because I really wanted to give people the option in their space, wherever they were, to have access to good fitness. Because the only the other thing that happened during COVID is there were a lot of people that came out of the woodwork, and everyone is doing fitness whether they have a background in it or not. So yesterday I was busy. I dropped my boys off at school. I had to run to work. I literally had 23 minutes. I put on one of the hiit workouts. No equipment necessary. My 4 year old comes running into the room and he really wants to play chess. And I'm like, I can't. I have 23 minutes. Not real chess, just like putting this on the board. Don't worry.

[Albert Bianchini]

Four year old plays.

[Anna Kaiser]

He doesn't know how to play chess.

[Albert Bianchini]

My God.

[Anna Kaiser]

He just wants to spend time together. I said, I have 20 minutes. I'm gonna do this workout. You're welcome to do it with me. And he got kind of angry, went in the other room. I started the workout. And about 17 minutes in, he comes out and he watches. And I said, come here, come here. We're in the side plank. We're in the side plank, and I'm doing it. And he just comes down and does it with me because he just wants to spend time together. And you never know when they're gonna come in and out of it, but it really just is about finding that time in your way. It can literally be 23 minutes when you have that space open to you. And even if you have distractions going on around you, there's someone with the baby, there's someone making food, there's someone running in and out with laundry. You just do it in that 23 minutes.

[Albert Bianchini]

Caroline, I can tell you, because I know Anna just had her third baby also, and I have three adult children now. And these moments seem really long with your three young children. But I. I guarantee you, you're gonna blink and they're gonna be grown and you're gonna have so much freedom. But when I had kids, your kids age sometime, and I hate to say this, I would wake up super early and go to workout before they got out of bed. So while everybody else in the house was sleeping, I would go do a workout because I knew I wasn't gonna have time afterwards. And I'm not saying you should do that. I'm just saying sometimes if that's the only choice, it just, it helped calm my brain down because I definitely felt overwhelmed. Anytime you add a third child into the mix, you feel extraordinarily overwhelmed. If I'm being honest. Anytime you add a child into this.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. I actually, my friend Suzanne, who's a single mom and starting a new business, said, my body is falling apart. What do I have to do? And she was on, she was on a GLP1. And I said, strength, I'm going to give you a 15 minute strength program. You're going to get up 15 minutes before you have to get up. She's like, I get up at 4. I'm like, get up at 3:45. Just get up. Because you know if you don't do it first thing in the morning, it's not going to happen later in the day. You're going to do it three times this week. We're going to superset and get those strength exercises in and then you're done. You go about your day and, you know, you've put it 3:45.

[Albert Bianchini]

I know, I know.

[Anna Kaiser]

I mean, we're sort of.

[Albert Bianchini]

Caroline, I, I hope you're pressing. I hope we answered some questions for you.

[Caller 1]

No, that, I mean, anytime after bedtime, it's just also not realistic. So I really appreciate it and thank you both for being such inspirational powerhouses for all the moms out there.

[Albert Bianchini]

Do your best, Caroline. We have faith in you.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

All right, thanks for calling.

[Unknown]

All right, I think we've got Jamie from Utah.

[Albert Bianchini]

Jamie in Utah. Jamie, hi. You're on with Anna and Kelly.

[Caller 2]

Hi, guys.

[Albert Bianchini]

Hey.

[Caller 2]

I'm a huge fan. Kelly, I just adore you. Jan Albert. Got to give a shout out to you guys. I listen to all the time. I love you guys. Anna, I. Oh, you are such an inspiration. You and Kelly. I'm trying not to be nervous, but this is nervous. So thank you for having me on. Okay, so my question is, is I am going to be 49 years old in October and I've been active all my life and I am at that age where that menopause, that premenopause, whatever it is, I'm confused by it, but I have been active all my life. But I'm finding that my energy in the last year has tanked. It's almost like it just hit me in the face. And I still work out. I do cardio three times a week. I do strength training. But I want to know what's your advice for me? Because I like your advice, what you were saying before, like show up, keep going and keep doing it. But sometimes I get really kind of discouraged because my body's changing. I'm, you know, I don't know if I need to be taking more supplements, things like that. So what do you recommend to keep me motivated, keep me going? I am kind of going to go through the process of getting my hormones checked because I think that I was.

[Albert Bianchini]

Just going to say that. Jamie, that is step one. This is Kelly here talking. This step one is at 49 years old you have to have your hormone levels checked because it could be as simple and it certainly was for me. My hormone levels were so out of whack by 49 that I literally started working with a hormone specialist and I started doing bio identicals and it, my life changed. It was a life changing experience because I had found that I was so sluggish, I had no energy, I was completely unreasonable. I was working out in the gym and Anna can attest, I, I barely could lift weights. I just felt exhausted. I felt like something. I thought I had mono, honestly, I thought I had that. I said I think I have mono and I don't know how I got it. And it was my hormone. So that's my advice from the internal side externally and motivation wise. Anna.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. So stop doing cardio and strength separately. That's number one. They should go together. So have you done any hiit training? It doesn't have to be long, it could be 20 minutes. That is a great way to start building muscle quickly. Definitely take a day off in between when you get started. So do 20 minutes day off. 20 minutes day off and continue on that cycle until you start to acclimate, get stronger and also strength train. So lifting something that's heavy for you and you can start anywhere. Eight pounds could be heavy, ten pounds could be heavy. Working with someone either through an app or online, even doing one training session to understand good programming, you can ask someone if they have a trainer that they like to get that program, strength training program or go to your gym and find someone there. But adding power, supersetting with strength and doing that on days like if you did two or three hiit workouts a week, you did two strength training workouts a week, your body will change and you will start to develop muscle. As long as you are eating protein within 45 minutes after your workout. Cannot stress that enough. If you are looking to increase your lean body mass, build muscle and get, you know, drop the fat and the weight, you have to eat protein right after you train so that you feed your muscles. It's about fueling your body, not fooling your body.

[Albert Bianchini]

Protein, Protein, yes.

[Anna Kaiser]

But also protein is so important.

[Albert Bianchini]

Also, you have to definitely do a hormone panel.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. 100%.

[Albert Bianchini]

100%.

[Anna Kaiser]

100% hormone panel. Absolutely. And we were talking about this. 0.8 to 1 gram of protein per pound of body fat is life changing. Per pound.

[Albert Bianchini]

Sorry.

[Anna Kaiser]

Per pound of weight is super important and that will make a big, big difference.

[Albert Bianchini]

Jamie. I hope that helped.

[Caller 2]

Oh, my gosh. This is awesome. I'm excited and I love you guys. And Anna, I did go out to Denver and do your. When you had your akt out there, I went out there and made my husband. I'm like, he went. We went out there for a trip and I was like, okay, I'm going to her, her place and I'm doing a workout and I loved it and they spoiled me and it was awesome. And Kelly, I've been to a few of your shows like in Vegas, and we love it so much. And maybe my goal for when I'm 50 in a year is to come work out with you and Anna maybe in studio.

[Albert Bianchini]

Listen, we would love that. We would love that.

[Jan Chalet]

You could take my spot, Jamie.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Anna Kaiser]

He would love that.

[Albert Bianchini]

You figure out where. Get Jamie's phone number and we'll. We'll communicate with you. We'll commun. We'll. We're going to communicate with you offline. Jamie, thank you so much for calling in.

[Unknown]

Why don't we take Donna from Long Island?

[Albert Bianchini]

Donna from Long Island. Donna from Long Island. Hi, you're on with Anna and Kelly.

[Caller 3]

Hi, Anna. Hi, Kelly, this is Don. I'm actually in the call with my husband Steve. How you doing, girl?

[Anna Kaiser]

Hi. Oh, we got a twofer.

[Albert Bianchini]

I love it.

[Caller 3]

We are, we are actually regular regulars on Andy Cone's show, so.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, my gosh.

[Caller 3]

Yes. And we just wanted to say hello. We just actually came from the boardwalk in Long Beach, Long Island. I don't know if you're familiar.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, that's nice. Do you guys do like an evening walk together? Is that the thing Great for your.

[Anna Kaiser]

Blood sugar after a meal? Highly recommend 10 minute walk.

[Caller 3]

Yeah, that's. Is that called like a passaggio when you eat, when you walk after dinner?

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

What's it called?

[Caller 3]

So we, we listen, I Had a dentist. His name was beside you.

[Albert Bianchini]

No.

[Caller 3]

So anyway, we got out of work early. We ended our day early, so we walked the boardwalk and then we went and had amazing lobster rolls at a place called.

[Kelly Ripa]

Which is really amazing.

[Anna Kaiser]

And.

[Albert Bianchini]

And.

[Caller 3]

And now we're on our way home. And I said, you know, I watched Kelly. I've been watching that show for my entire life. And Kelly, she was on your show with my daughter. Yeah, a long time ago. A long time ago. Ryan, they climbed up and they picked her, you know, in a contest, in the sumo wrestling, the Velcro.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, no kidding. I remember that.

[Unknown]

I remember that.

[Albert Bianchini]

So wild. I remember that.

[Caller 1]

Yeah, it was.

[Caller 3]

Yeah, they. She went up and she actually won money and gave half to the woman that didn't win. She's very kind. She. Have you heard, Anna, of the new foldable yoga mat called the stacked mat?

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes, I have.

[Caller 3]

That's my. That's our daughter.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, you're kidding.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes. Congratulations to her. It's a great product.

[Caller 3]

It really is. And yeah, it's a great product.

[Albert Bianchini]

Well, you can tell your daughter that we used her stacked mat today, as a matter of fact. Yes, we work out with it.

[Anna Kaiser]

Great.

[Caller 3]

I am going to tell her. I'm going to. She'll be very, very happy. Yeah, she's really rocking it.

[Albert Bianchini]

And Shawna, do you have a. Do you have a fitness question?

[Caller 3]

So I do have a fitness question. So I myself have a fitness question. So two years ago, I lost 20 pounds for my daughter's wedding and then I found the 20 pounds. So my doctor suggested, yeah, it's a battle. My doctor suggested I try glt. So I started it around three or four weeks ago and it was actually quite fabulous in a sense that the noise in my head about food went away as well as the noise in my head about alcohol, which was really amazing. I love kettle wall Martini. Like it's no one's business. So the fact that I cut out a lot of drinking and eating less is great, but I have increased my protein and I just wanted to know, is it very important to do like the strength training, like weights and all that?

[Anna Kaiser]

It is, it's very important. Because if you don't strength train and you don't eat enough, your body is going to go to your muscle and then you will be stuck on the GLP1 because you won't. Your metabolism will crash. So the. You know it, if the. The less muscle you have, the slower your metabolism. So you want to increase your strength training, increase the amount of protein you're eating. So that you continue to support the muscle you currently have and hopefully build more muscle. So the goal is to eventually get off the GLP1, but it does help right at the beginning.

[Unknown]

Wait, so you're saying that if you. It slows down, it slows down your metabolism, even if you're on this, but you're not doing stress strength training?

[Anna Kaiser]

No, no. Meaning you will slow down your metabolism if you get.

[Albert Bianchini]

If you get off of the medicine.

[Anna Kaiser]

Because you won't have the same amount of.

[Albert Bianchini]

But Donna, maybe muscle that you. Maybe when you and Steve do your walk on the, on the boardwalk, maybe incorporate some hand weights. I don't know. I'm just, like, thinking out loud here. I'm just spitballing. Hannah's probably like, you idiot. But I don't know. Just like light hand weights. Like, you got to start somewhere. You know what I mean?

[Anna Kaiser]

So we are internal medicine. Doctor friend says he does a scan with his patients every three months to make sure that they have not lost more than 10% of their skeletal muscle. It's incredibly important that if you are on a GLP1, you do those scans on a consistent basis to make sure that you aren't losing too much muscle and that you know, you are increasing strength training and protein along with it.

[Albert Bianchini]

Donna, I hope that was helpful. We have to take a commercial break, but thanks for calling in. And we're gonna be right back with more of your questions after the break. Stick around. From campfires to lunchboxes, I have sweet memories every time I eat a Hershey's bar. And for me, Hershey's with almonds is a perfect duo because it combines two of my favorites, delicious rich chocolate and my go to snack almonds. It was love at first bite. Hershey's milk chocolate with whole almonds makes for a wholly amazing, wholly delicious experience that's well holy Hershey's. Everyone should get to experience the satisfying surprise of a whole almond tucked inside creamy Hershey's chocolate. And if you've already tasted Hershey's milk chocolate with whole almonds, then chances are you're already a lifelong fan of this confectionary delight. Because let's face it, everything's better when you put your whole self into it. Why should an almond chocolate bar be any different? Shop for Hershey's milk chocolate with whole almonds now at a store near you found Wherever candy is sold.

[Caller 3]

Keep that in.

[Albert Bianchini]

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[Jan Chalet]

I just have a question. So, Anna, there's a lot of chirping in my life, including from people in this room, about what I should be doing when I work out.

[Unknown]

Yeah, say it. It's me.

[Jan Chalet]

Anyway, so my question for you is my doctor, recently when I was talking to her, she's like bands. She had a big thing about bands. What's your feeling about bands?

[Anna Kaiser]

I love bands. It's a great form of resistance training.

[Albert Bianchini]

Worked out once today.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yeah. And if you. And again, it depends on where you're starting and the exercises that you pair. You know, push, pull exercises, push up. Then you can do row with the bands. But bands are a great place to start because any kind of resistance will make a dent. You gotta start building muscle, pushing against, pulling against resistance. Absolutely.

[Jan Chalet]

You give me a band's routine, will you do it? I'll incorporate it into my. But only if you give it to me.

[Albert Bianchini]

How many push ups do you do?

[Jan Chalet]

I don't do push ups.

[Unknown]

He doesn't do any strength training.

[Albert Bianchini]

We just found any push ups.

[Unknown]

No, he doesn't do any strength training. All of his training is exactly what Adam was talking about. It's that, that forward motion. There's no side, front to back. Totally, totally no strength training.

[Albert Bianchini]

I like watching when Albert gets.

[Jan Chalet]

This may be an old reference. No, but wait, can I reference the musical, the Music Man. Pick a little, Talk a little, talk a lot, pick a little more. That's what I hear every time it.

[Anna Kaiser]

Says, wait, hold on.

[Jan Chalet]

Chirping at us, chirping in the room.

[Anna Kaiser]

This is a great point that Albert is making because we often think, oh, I'm going to jump on a cardio machine or I'm going to do strength. They should not be different things. So you should be lifting weight that is hard for you and that will elevate your heart rate and you will get both at One time you'll build the strength and get the cardio and keep the transition short in between.

[Albert Bianchini]

When we do strength, my heart is racing and I say to her, I'm like, oh, is this cardio?

[Anna Kaiser]

And she's like.

[Albert Bianchini]

Like everything is cardio.

[Anna Kaiser]

Like the workout to a degree. Right? Heart rate up, then it recovers and you push it again. And the faster your heart rate recovers, the more in shape you are.

[Albert Bianchini]

It's so true.

[Anna Kaiser]

The fitter you are.

[Albert Bianchini]

All right, let's go.

[Unknown]

We gotta. We gotta call. Annie from New York is on the line.

[Albert Bianchini]

Annie from New York. Hi. You're on with Anna and Kelly.

[Caller 3]

Hi, Anna.

[Albert Bianchini]

Hi, Kelly.

[Caller 3]

I have a question.

[Albert Bianchini]

I. I do Pilates and I love it so much. But, Kelly, your arms are amazing. And I wanted to know how much weight are you actually like? What is the weight of the weight that you're using? Because, yeah, your arms are just gold. And I also would love both of your takes on intermittent fasting. I'm not a good intermittent faster. I feel like I do intermittent eating more than I do intermittent fasting. But although I will say that I. By the nature of my job, I tend to not eat before noon anyway. So I guess I am intermittent fasting. It's really not by choice. It's just by the nature of my job. Well, I can't eat before I do the talk show. It's just. It's not conducive to talking to people. Right, right. So I tend to have breakfast when most people are having lunch, but my hour, my eating hours are pushed back.

[Anna Kaiser]

But you're also not getting up and doing fasted cardio, which I think is very important to note, especially for women. It's better to eat something in the morning. So you could have a green juice about an hour, hour and a half before your workout, and then to eat within 45 minutes right afterwards. It's going to fuel you so that you can work out harder and not deplete your body. So I am not a huge proponent of intermittent fasting. Now, there are some people that have. That can get benefits because of the diet that they have or because of the caloric load that they're getting every day. But if you are working out consistently, I would not include intermittent fasting in that.

[Albert Bianchini]

In terms of lifting and my arms, I give Anna, like, total credit for the sculpting of my arms. I work out really hard. It's a part of my body that doesn't come naturally to me and it never has. So it's something I really have to focus on. I really have to fixate on. And the weights I lift aren't as heavy as a person would think. But we do a ton of reps. And I do.

[Anna Kaiser]

Depending on the day.

[Albert Bianchini]

Depending on the day.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yeah. Sometimes we do high replay weight. Today we did not. We paired explosive movement. Yeah. What you were doing on the floor with your arms, with lighter weights. Like, sometimes Kelly does eights, but that is in conjunction with other explosive movements. So when you pair, you know, a lighter weight, that's your lightweight. No, no, no, no.

[Albert Bianchini]

Sometimes I do 8, sometimes I do 10. But it's high reps.

[Anna Kaiser]

It's high reps. And then when you pair it with explosive movement, you can really build muscle quickly. Also, we do a lot of body weight work, which, when you think about how much you weigh and your half of your body is being supported by your arms or your legs, that also is very effective.

[Albert Bianchini]

Push up lots of planks. Lots of plyometric activity.

[Anna Kaiser]

Lots of plyometrics. And the way we use dance is really in a plyometric way. We're not. We're using it in an explosive way. We're not doing aerobics. And I really want to make sure that we call out the difference between the two. We are not bouncing. We are not jumping on a bouncy floor. We are landing, absorbing that impact in our legs, in our bodies, and then working with it in an explosive way. So it is more effective than just straight plyometrics because you are working on multiple planes of motion.

[Albert Bianchini]

I will say, Annie, also, I recently started doing Pilates about a year ago. Yeah, I started doing it out in Palm Springs, and I don't get to do it very often, but when I do it, I find it very effective. Like, I think it's very. Also good for, like, making your arms look a certain way. But I will say that since I increased my protein intake and I don't know how much protein you eat in a day, but I find that. And Anna's been telling me this for years, but it really took me going through menopause for it to sink into the old noggin that my body needed probably three times as much protein as I was giving it. And once I started really leaning into the protein aspect, I. I was rewarded with really sculpted muscles.

[Anna Kaiser]

You leaned in? I leaned out.

[Albert Bianchini]

I leaned in to lean out. That's what I did.

[Unknown]

People, like. People always ask me, they're like, does Kelly eat? Does Kelly eat? She eats a lot.

[Anna Kaiser]

She does eat a lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Albert Bianchini]

I'm always hungry because I work out a lot.

[Anna Kaiser]

You can't build muscle unless you eat to support that. So you'll see the difference in someone who is skinny versus strong and lean. It's a very different look. They hold themselves differently because otherwise they don't have the strength to hold themselves upright with good posture and move through the world.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Anna Kaiser]

So I would encourage you to add some more. I don't know what. Because Pilates is, you know, it's a big word. There's a lot of different types of Pilates out there. Make sure you're working with resistance. You can definitely put on a video, a hit video, or a strength video and see if you can do it. See if you are strong enough to do a different kind of workout along with Pilates or ask your instructor to add more weight or more weight or body weight in your session.

[Albert Bianchini]

I hope that helped. Annie, did we answer your question at all? I think Annie hung up.

[Jan Chalet]

Anna, give me the guilty meal that you would eat that you wouldn't tell anybody about.

[Anna Kaiser]

Oh, I tell everyone about everything I eat.

[Jan Chalet]

Come on.

[Anna Kaiser]

I love pizza. I do. And I love New York pizza, specifically. And with three boys, it's. I get that often. I get pizza in my diet.

[Albert Bianchini]

We don't have much time left, but what's the biggest misconception people have about fitness?

[Anna Kaiser]

Ooh, biggest misconception. Well, I think right now it is I don't need to be doing cardio. I should focus on strength. I think that is a big one. And we definitely need to keep our hearts healthy and keep incorporating cardio, even if it is during your strength workout. Push yourself harder. And we should feel uncomfortable. We should feel uncomfortable. We shouldn't just go in. I think during COVID we went into this place, we're like, oh, we're just going to check the box and do something. You should get your heart. We always say, like doctors say, you should get your heart pumping out of your chest 30 minutes a day. And if you can even do it for 15 minutes, get your body to a place where it's working really hard.

[Albert Bianchini]

Well, that was really fun. Thank you. So do you think there's any hope for. Is there any hope for Albert? That is the big question.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yes, there is. We're going to start with bands, and.

[Jan Chalet]

Then we're going to go pizza.

[Anna Kaiser]

Yeah. Okay, deal.

[Jan Chalet]

You and me, Anna.

[Albert Bianchini]

And how do people download your app really quick?

[Anna Kaiser]

Oh, you can go to the Apple Store. You can go to Google Play. It's called the Space with Anna Kaiser.

[Albert Bianchini]

Okay. The Space with Anakizer that was fun. Anna Kaiser it was.

[Anna Kaiser]

Thank you so much Kelly.

[Albert Bianchini]

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[Kelly Ripa]

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[Kelly Ripa]

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[Albert Bianchini]

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[Kelly Ripa]

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