Street Parking Podcast

Julian and Miranda Alcaraz

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The podcast that dives into the Street Parking program, community and lifestyle. Hosted by Miranda Alcaraz and Julian Alcaraz, featuring guest coaches, Street Parking members and more.

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208 episodes

Accountability: taking ownership of what you CAN control

* The focus now is ACCOUNTABILITY. *   * No one is coming to save you. Your life is 100% your responsibility. At SP we believe in controlling what we can control - and we know that we are able to control a lot more than most people want to admit.   We know that blaming others, our genetics, or our current circumstances for all of our problems is a waste of time.  We seek ways that we can respond to - or improve our situation.  Even if those actions are small.  Even if it’s just re-framing the way we look at things - until we are better able to take action. On this podcast, Co-Founder Miranda Alcaraz talks one of Street Parkings Core Values, Accountability. 

1h 0m
Mar 20
The keys to approaching Street Parking workouts

This week Miranda hops on to give some information about the Street Parking workouts and framework - to help you be as successful as possible with your workouts.  Some of this info is a bit different than other CrossFit based programming you may have used (or still use).  From the inception of SP, we have set out to create our own culture in certain aspects. Thank you for trusting us with your Fitness.  We hope you enjoy and that you find consistency in your fitness!  

42m
Jan 24
Why 30 Days of #800gChallenge? | Street Parking Nutrition

Molly and EC talk all things #800g Challenge!

19m
Jan 13
2024 Vision for Street Parking Podcast

In our latest podcast episode, Miranda dives into 2 of Street Parking's core values that will be the driving message and mission for the community in 2024:  GROWTH SIMPLE. NOT EASY.  Over the next few weeks we will be hearing more about these - as well as the other values that our team is excited to share with you.

30m
Jan 09
Paleo, Potato Hack Diet and Proper Nutrition: Getting to know EC Synkowski of OptimizeMe Nutrition

Miranda sits down with EC Synkowski of OptimizeMe Nutrition, a company dedicated to making nutrition easy through B2B/B2C digital education products and corporate wellness programs. The mission of OptimizeMe Nutrition is to provide solutions for anyone to improve their weight, health, and overall wellbeing through sustainable diet methods. Thousands have used her #800gChallenge®, a diet free of restrictive rules, to eat healthily and have reported weight loss, increased energy, improved performance and more!  They catch up on old times and give some hints at what is to come for the Street Parking Community!

1h 6m
Dec 19, 2023
On the road, off the Grid and In the community: 2023 In The Wild Tour Recap

In 2023 Street Parking has been on tour taking our fitness, our van, our team, and of course some gear and guaranteed good times around the U.S. to connect with the community at events, meetups and experiences In the Wild like we’ve never done before. Join Miranda and Kaitlin as they relive the energy and camaraderie that fuel our community. 

1h 13m
Nov 20, 2023
Why You Need to Keep It Simple, Not Easy

Tune in and learn how we navigate the often over complicated fitness world with a fresh perspective, recognizing that while it may be simple, it's certainly not easy.   Remember, fitness doesn't have to be complicated – it just has to work. Join Miranda for this episode and start applying the simple not easy approach.

35m
Oct 18, 2023
Getting Started with a Fitness and Health Routine For: Pre-K

A CHILD IN THE PRESCHOOL YOUTH AGE RANGE GENERALLY HAS THE ATTENTION SPAN, PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH, AND MOTIVATION DEVELOPED TO START INTRODUCING FITNESS AND WELLNESS-SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES. The Preschool Youth age is when kids start to learn how to take turns… but they generally want to be first and focus mostly on themselves and their little world. As they move through these preschool years, they become more willing and excited to try new tasks, are more motivated by playing with their peers, and begin to notice the world around them. Imitation and copying becomes more prevalent, mainly in movement patterns, behaviors, and play. By the end of the preschool age, they want to please friends and adults or coaches and be liked, can follow more simple rules to games, seek independence, can coordinate but also be equally as demanding. They start to understand first and last and turn-taking (and the preferences that go with this), and they know the difference between pretend and real, are beginning to understand time, and so much more.   

13m
Jul 12, 2023
Nutrition Basics in the Summer

Summer is filled with fun, sun, travel, and many social functions. It's a time of year when it's hard to maintain consistency with your nutrition habits because of a lack of routine and more socializing opportunities. The habits you worked on so hard in the first part of the year start to slip away or get put entirely on the back burner until the fall.  But it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing approach to your nutrition in the summer months. There are still plenty of simple habits you can maintain, even in less-than-ideal circumstances, that will go a long way. So, regardless of how long you have been focusing on your nutrition (whether you committed a while ago or want to start building some better habits), we have some tips for you to help you master the basics with your nutrition and maintain success through the summer months.  

17m
Jun 26, 2023
The Big Fish Foundation Recap

* Re-cap of the 30 hour event that Julian participated in as a part of this year’s Big Fish Foundation Fundraiser. *   * Every year BFF brings in Veterans across each branch of service and teams them up with athletes & celebrities to take on a 30 hour 'ordeal' together. During the 30-hour event teams perform tasks, physical challenges, and experience environmental & psychological stresses together. *   * Why? To showcase the values that enable anyone to persevere through hardship: * • Camaraderie * • Communication * • Trust * • Respect * • Service towards others *   * These are the major components that support the Big Fish Foundation mission to impact against Veteran suicide. *   * To donate: CLICK HERE

1h 7m
Jun 19, 2023
Summertime Consistency Tools Great for Coaches, Trainers, and Gym Owners

It’s well known that Street Parking is committed to providing individuals with the tools they need to take control of their fitness. But since its inception, Street Parking has also been a trusted resource to many personal trainers, school/PE/sports coaches, and gym owners who are active Street Parking members themselves. Whether through following the daily program exclusively or getting a few ideas here and there to implement in ways that make sense for their clients and communities, we love to support ANYONE who is making the world a fitter place. Are you looking for effective, creative, and simple tools to utilize with your gym members or clients? This summer we have a few specific resources (which we think are pretty great) for our members to stay engaged with the community – and excited about their fitness –  that could help YOU keep your members/clients moving and building community through the summer months!

16m
Jun 19, 2023
Leanne Britt | 2023 Street Parking Vault Member Interview

!! WARNING !! Before this podcast episode begins, we’re giving a quick content note. You’re going to be hearing from our member Leanne Britt who came to visit SPHQ to do this week’s Vault workout. Leanne has been a member since December of 2020. Some of you may recognize her name from the Members Only Facebook group and are familiar with her story which includes the loss of a child. We are deeply honored to be part of Leanne and her son Elijah’s story. Members who may be sensitive to the topic of loss of a loved one, please take note.

49m
Jun 14, 2023
Getting Started With A Fitness and Health Routine For: Kids

*Check the MILESTONE CHART for general developmental milestones to help in your implementation of activities.    “You cannot make people learn. You can only provide the right conditions for learning to happen.” – Vince Gowmon   STAGE: Building and Development GENERAL AGE RANGE: 5-12 years old  *Keep in mind age is just a starting factor. Some kids may be less experienced, less mature, have different abilities, delays, etc. that would fall into this category when considering approach to fitness and wellness.  ATTENTION SPAN: A generalized trick for this is: Age of the child x 2 or 3 = Length of attention span. If they are 5 years old, a typical range would be 5-10 or up to 15 minutes; if they are 6, a range of 6-12 or up to 24 minutes… etc. *This can change due to motivation and interest in a task, fatigue, or even time of day.  MOVEMENT TYPES: Bodyweight, gymnastics, weightlifting, sport specific.  SPECIFICALLY: Simple movements (think one direction movements — squats, press, deadlift, pull-up) as well as more complex movements (think multiple directions or skills — snatch, clean and jerk, muscle ups) still with the ability to focus on points of performance or broken down versions of movements. IMPLEMENTS: Fun, lightweight implements (ex. cones, balls, ropes); light loads (ex. kettlebells, dumbbells, medicine balls, slam balls, sleds, sand bags, PVC pipes).  TEACHING METHOD: Show and tell, shared attention, imitation, kinesthetic learning (learning by doing), auditory learning (talking about something first), visual learning (demonstrations or written content use, ex: whiteboard).   This age group is a group that generally has already been exposed to some type of fitness, whether they have participated themselves, learned about it, or watched others during their preschool discovery and exploration years. This stage is considered the building and developmental years. This stage is a longer stage with vast differences in ages: there can be huge differences in the low-end age of a 5-year-old compared to the upper-end age of a 12-year-old, but sometimes there is more similarity than readily apparent. This age group has many factors that can significantly impact the progress and participation in fitness-related activities [factors including gender, maturity, experience, motivations, skills, involvement in other activities, learning ability, growth both physically and mentally, to name a few].  

11m
Jun 12, 2023
What Is The Sisyphus Gauntlet?

Street Parking gives its members access to tools to help you take control of your fitness every single day, from the Daily Workouts customizable for your equipment, time, and fitness level to the over fifty Extra Programs to add variety to your training. We are excited to share about a new program to add to your toolbox! Street Parking has collaborated with the co-founders of Between the Ears, Karianne and Bill Anthes, to make a very special program available to our members: The Sisyphus Gauntlet. SO WHAT IS THIS EXTRA PROGRAM ALL ABOUT? WHY IS IT NAMED THAT, AND WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? The myth of Sisyphus is about a slippery fella who cheated death twice, according to Greek mythology, by using wit and intellect. Zeus stepped in and banished Sisyphus to the underworld Hades. Sisyphus’s punishment was to push or carry a boulder up a mountain, and when he was right at the top of the mountain, the boulder would roll right back to the bottom. So he would have to hike back down and push it up again, and he did this for eternity.   There's two different ways to look at this story. One is that life is determined to be unbearable — it’s inescapable, and it's meaningless. This is a very nihilistic or apathetic outlook. The other way to look at this story says yes, life does present suffering, adversity, and obstacles, and how a person chooses to orient themselves to those realities, how they choose to engage with them and find meaning through the suffering is almost an amelioration of suffering and meaning. People can find meaning through their challenges and have a much more positive proactive approach to the inevitableness of life. Everyone will face a boulder and a hill and repeat the cycle at some point — we all will face a gauntlet.

49m
May 31, 2023
How Team Workouts Will Push You To The Next Level

Coaches Miranda, Julian, & Molly sit down and discuss the benefits and effectiveness of team workouts as well as sharing some stories from their own workouts.     For more from us: https://streetparking.com/

28m
May 23, 2023
Tips & Tricks for Getting Kids Involved in an At-Home Fitness Routine - Part 2

If you haven’t read PART 1, go check that out first to learn more about the 3 Pillars, along with the previous tips and tricks. Picking up where we left off, let’s talk about 3 More Tips for Fitness Freedom and Meeting Your Child Where They Are At: CUSTOMIZING Just like ANY other Street Parking workout, customizing and fitness freedom is the name of the game when it comes to approaching kids' workouts. You do not HAVE to do any of the workouts as written, it’s all about making adjustments as needed and simply thinking of it as a template. Don’t be afraid to be creative or allow the kids to come up with ideas — it can help them “buy in” with choices and autonomy! Ideas for how to customize: adjust the time frame, adjust the rounds, add or reduce seconds of work or rest, run it on an EMOM clock, or switch out a movement that your child WANTS to do to make it fun and motivating. The main purpose is you’re getting them moving, and that itself is a WIN! When kids are working out with you, you can customize to have your child follow your movements, or change it to a partner-style workout with a friend, peer, adult. So what about mid-workout customizations?  One of our favorite tips is to use your own watch as a timer instead of a visual timer. Why? Because if you put it on a big timer and then realize your child is NOT having fun and you need or want to adjust, it is easier to say, “1 minute left” regardless of where they are at, allow them to still work hard, but end it before it’s TOO much. It is good to push our children and show them what it looks like to do hard things, but we do not want to decrease their confidence or make them NOT want to workout again.      Full Blog

11m
May 19, 2023
Between The Ears w/ Bill and Karianne Anthes

This week on the podcast, Miranda catches up with long time friends Bill and Karianne Anthes, they dive into how they got to know one another as well as Bill and Karianne's approach to fitness and some sneak peaks into what will be coming to the Street Parking community! Between The Ears Fitness promotes physical longevity, emotional vitality, mental agility, and ultimately access to WHO you are as an individual through our movement practice. For more info on Between The Ears, check out their website.

1h 13m
May 15, 2023
Tips & Tricks for Getting Kids Involved in an At-Home Fitness Routine Part 1

PARENTS WHO VALUE HEALTH ULTIMATELY HOPE TO PASS THOSE VALUES ON TO THEIR KIDS. THERE’S A DESIRE TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, MOTIVATION, AND A LOVE FOR MOVEMENT. THERE’S A HOPE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ALLOW THEIR KIDS TO BUILD LIFELONG HEALTHY HABITS SURROUNDING HEALTH, FITNESS, AND WELLNESS. Street Parking has plenty of tips and tricks around fitness with youth, but here are three pillars that provide the foundation for our approach to programming (for all ages, but it’s especially necessary for kids and youth) and guidance on how to start.  ·   PILLAR 1: FUN — relatable, positive, motivating, relevant. ·   PILLAR 2: SIMPLE — start small, manageable, easily understood, lots of repetitions.  ·   PILLAR 3: SUCCESSFUL — empowered, build confidence, inclusion, scaling.  

9m
May 08, 2023