Health Update: Health Update: Delightful Run for Women adds wellness podcast spotlighting Capital Region health leaders – What Experts Say– What Experts Say.
A new companion to Albany’s Delightful Run for Women is taking shape this year in the form of a women’s wellness podcast, created by race director Kristen Hislop. The FitHer Forward Podcast launched a few months ago and highlights people in the Capital Region focused on healthier living and improving longevity.
Shot and recorded in Hislop’s home in Halfmoon, it’s Hislop’s new passion project. “My boys used to say, Why don’t you listen to podcasts? Now literally I get in the car and that’s all I do is listen to podcasts. Because it’s the education,” Hislop said.
That’s what she’s looking to do with the podcast: educate listeners on health, wellness and longevity. So far, she has interviewed health coaches, physical therapists and runners from around the Capital Region on a wide range of topics. Much of the content is women-focused. Hislop noted that most medical studies are done on men, and she said people are still learning about the different impacts diet and exercise have on women. “We can do prenatal, we can do postnatal, we can do during pregnancy, we can do menopause, perimenopause, we can do high school age, we can do the mental health side of things as well as the fitness, the cardio, the strength,” Hislop said.
She said the podcast is beneficial for everyone though. She says her interest grew after watching relatives live into their hundreds. “So I was like, okay, I have a good chance of living a long time. I wanna live the best life I can live,” Hislop said. “So I started doing more and more research and realizing there’s so much more research out there now, but we don’t all know about it.”
Hislop said she has also learned from her guests along the way.
“Some people have said things that I didn’t even know when we were talking. And it’s like, wow, that’s amazing information to get out to a community,” she said.
New episodes of FitHer Forward are released roughly every two weeks and will run all year long, not just in the lead-up to the Run for Women.