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Faithful Fitness By Better Daily

Faithful Fitness By Better Daily

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Welcome to Faithful Fitness, where we train our bodies and strengthen our faith!
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This channel is dedicated to Bible-based fitness, health, and mindset growth so you can honor God through disciplined stewardship.What You’ll Find Here:

🔥 Workouts & Training Tips – Get stronger with faith-driven fitness.
📖 Biblical Health & Stewardship – Align scripture & science for lasting wellness.
🎙️ Inspiring Interviews – Hear from health & fitness experts from all over the globe.
🚀 Community Challenges – 40 days of fitness, faith, and transformation in community!

Your body is a temple (1 Cor. 6:19-20)—let’s train hard, pray harder, and grow 1% better daily!📌 Subscribe Now & Join the Movement!💥

Pre-order Is Open! Reserve your copy of "Faithful Fitness" Today! https://betterdaily.live/devo

#FaithfulFitness #my1percent #GIGAfit

*You can also catch episodes from Defining Dad Bod and Better Daily Live (2017-now) in this archive!

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-by-better-daily--5150768/support.Copyright The Betterment Co Cristianismo Desarrollo Personal Espiritualidad Higiene y Vida Saludable Ministerio y Evangelismo Éxito Personal
Episodios
  • “How Sound Theology Shapes Real Discipleship (and Real Muscles)”

    “How Sound Theology Shapes Real Discipleship (and Real Muscles)”
    Nov 13 2025
    🧠 Episode Summary
    Coach Alex reconnects with longtime friend and former training partner Gabe Aguirre—now an itinerant preacher and theological content creator—to unpack the vital link between biblical depth, spiritual endurance, and embodied faith.

    They explore why expositional preaching is essential for growing deep spiritual roots, how to guard against modern Gnosticism that separates body and spirit, and what bodybuilding can teach us about stewardship and discipline under Christ’s lordship.

    By the end of this episode, you’ll understand how good theology makes strong disciples—and strong bodies serve eternal purposes.

    🧩 Main Discussion Themes
    -What “Expositional Preaching” really means (and why it’s missing in most churches)
    -The danger of “milk-only” Christianity vs. the meat of the Word
    -Rooting your faith deeply enough to withstand trials and lies
    -How theology forms the foundation of resilience in suffering
    -Modern Gnosticism: how the church has unconsciously separated body and spirit
    -The role of bodybuilding and fitness in spiritual growth and stewardship
    -Avoiding idolatry in both ministry and the gym
    -Doing all things unto the glory of God, including your workouts

    🕒 Timestamped Outline
    00:00 — Pre-show banter & nine-year reunion
    01:40 — Why Alex invited Gabe: Faith + Theology + Fitness
    03:30 — Defining “Expositional Preaching” (and why it matters)
    06:10 — Milk vs. Meat: Growing past spiritual infancy
    08:30 — Why the church needs deeper teaching, not diluted faith
    10:45 — The “Gates of Hell” passage reexamined – offense vs. defense
    13:50 — Commentary study, seminary insights, and tools for laypeople
    16:00 — Shallow roots vs. deep roots: The parable of the sower in real life
    18:30 — Why theology matters in times of suffering and loss
    22:15 — Sound doctrine as protection against despair and false teaching
    26:45 — The Bible’s depth: “shallow enough for a child, deep enough for a lifetime”
    30:00 — Milk preaching doesn’t prepare for suffering
    32:45 — Scripture misused: coffee mugs and context
    35:00 — America’s spiritual turning point & hunger for truth
    38:00 — Taking territory back from hell – the church on offense
    40:15 — Gen Z, biblical illiteracy, and the cost of losing the Word
    43:00 — The 95% problem: Living on fresh media instead of ancient truth
    46:00 — Psalms 1: being rooted by rivers of living water
    48:00 — Scripture stands the test of time – Acts & Gamaliel’s warning
    49:30 — Transition: the body as a theological battleground
    51:00 — Bodybuilding as discipline, not vanity
    53:30 — Stewardship, idolatry, and keeping Christ first in fitness
    56:00 — The “artist’s eye” of bodybuilding – perfection as devotion
    58:00 — Discipline, suffering, and spiritual transformation through training
    01:01:00 — Bringing Christ into every part of life—24/7 discipleship
    01:03:00 — Gabe’s final exhortation: Avoid idolatry; glorify God in all things
    01:04:30 — Closing prayer for Gabe & his ministry
    01:05:30 — Outro: “Train Hard, Pray Harder.”

    🏃‍♂️ Move Forward Today
    ✅Get Coach Alex's new book today! Faithful Fitness Devotional (40-Day Guide): https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com
    ✅Join the BetterDaily community! Faith And Fitness Foundations: https://betterdaily.live/beginner
    ✅ Read one passage of Scripture expositionally—word by word, context by context
    ✅ Reflect: Are there areas where your fitness or goals have become idols?
    ✅ Set your alarm 30 minutes earlier tomorrow to be in the Word before the world
    ✅ Invite a brother or sister in Christ to train or study with you this week
    ✅ Subscribe to Expositor99 for deeper theological insights

    🔗 Featured Guest Resources
    📺 YouTube: Expositor99
    📖 Recommended Study Tools: ESV Study Bible, NIV Theological Study Bible 🎧 Faithful Fitness Devotional: FaithfulFitnessDevo.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-by-better-daily--5150768/support.
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  • Embodiment vs. Simulation: Fitness in the Age of AI

    Embodiment vs. Simulation: Fitness in the Age of AI
    Nov 6 2025
    📖 Episode Summary
    In an age of artificial intelligence, digital simulation, and disembodied experiences, it’s easy to lose touch with what makes us truly human. We outsource more than ever—our thinking, our remembering, even our relationships.

    But there is one practice that cannot be simulated: fitness. In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex VanHouten explores why exercise isn’t just about health metrics or biblical stewardship of your own body.

    Fitness is an act of resistance against disembodiment. It is a bastion of reality, a practice that anchors you to your own flesh, reminds you of God’s design, and connects you with others in ways no algorithm can replicate. If you’ve ever wondered how faith, fitness, and the future collide, this is the conversation you don’t want to miss.

    🗝 Main Discussion Themes
    -The cultural drift toward disembodiment in the “Age of AI”
    -Why fitness is one of the last unmediated human experiences
    -Exercise as a practice of resistance and remembrance of being alive
    -How shared physical exertion strengthens connection and community
    -The incarnational truth: God became flesh, and our embodiment matters

    ⏱ Timestamped Outline
    0:00 — Intro: The Most Counter-Cultural Thing You Can Do
    1:45 — Reason 1: We Live in Disembodied Times 3:00 — Reason 2: Fitness Is Resistance Against Cultural Drift
    4:10 — Reason 3: Fitness Is Always Real
    5:25 — Reason 4: The Body Is Wired for Adaptation and Connection
    7:10 — Reason 5: Stewardship – Your Body as a Temple
    8:55 — Reason 6: Fitness Prepares You for the Future
    9:55 — Reason 7: It’s Really Not That Hard
    11:00 — Closing Encouragement: Don’t Outsource Your Humanity
    12:15 — Outro: Train Hard, Pray Harder

    🏃 Move Forward Today
    -Move Your Body: Do something physical today that reminds you you’re alive.
    -Train With Others: Invite someone to walk, lift, or sweat with you.
    -Reflect Spiritually: Thank God for the gift of your body — “fearfully and wonderfully made.”

    🌐 Featured Resources
    -Faithful Fitness Devotional (40-Day Guide): https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com
    -Faith And Fitness Foundations: https://betterdaily.live/beginner

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-by-better-daily--5150768/support.
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    13 m
  • Outgrowing Porn: Healing Hearts and Redeeming Sexuality with Drew Boa

    Outgrowing Porn: Healing Hearts and Redeeming Sexuality with Drew Boa
    Oct 30 2025
    ✨ Episode Summary
    In this groundbreaking episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with Drew Boa—author of Outgrow Porn and founder of Husband Material Ministries—to tackle one of the most hidden yet destructive struggles in the Church today: pornography.

    Drew combines neuroscience, psychology, and biblical truth to offer a message of hope far beyond “try harder” strategies and purity culture. Together, Alex and Drew explore how porn is not simply a moral issue but a sexualized solution to unprocessed pain—and how healing, maturity, and God’s grace provide the true path to freedom.

    This episode will challenge you, encourage you, and equip you (or someone you love) to walk in freedom, heal from shame, and redeem sexuality under the Lordship of Christ.

    📌 Main Discussion Themes
    -Why fitness, sexuality, and stewardship are inseparably linked
    -The difference between arousal and desire—and why it matters
    -Porn as a pacifier: a counterfeit solution to unprocessed pain
    -How shame becomes toxic—and how bringing it into the light disarms it
    -The failure of “purity culture” vs. the grace-driven process of healing
    -Practical tools for moving past porn and into deeper connection with God and others
    -The Church’s calling to reclaim sexual wholeness and disciple future generations

    🕒 Timestamped Outline
    00:00 – Alex’s introduction and framing: What does porn have to do with fitness?
    06:40 – Drew shares about fitness, music, and life in Colorado Springs
    08:30 – Introducing Drew Boa: author, podcaster, and Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional
    10:15 – Why porn affects stewardship of the body and faith
    12:00 – Sexuality as blessing and boundaries: fire in the fireplace analogy
    14:30 – Fighting waves vs. riding them: how to deal with sexual energy
    17:20 – Why Outgrow Porn is different from other books on the subject
    19:10 – Porn as a “sexualized solution to unprocessed pain”
    23:30 – The pacifier metaphor: outgrowing childish solutions
    27:20 – Fitness metaphor: “try harder” vs. healing foundations
    29:40 – Purity culture’s failures and the need for compassion
    31:15 – The shame cycle and how healing begins with safe connection
    36:00 – Shame: when it’s healthy, when it’s toxic, and how to bring it into light
    42:30 – Accessibility of Drew’s writing: practical tools, not academic jargon
    44:50 – Head to heart to gut: integrating all of yourself in healing
    46:50 – Drew’s hope for the Church: not just avoiding lust, but learning love
    50:20 – On offense: the Church storming the gates of hell
    52:10 – Porn as spiritual warfare—and how Christ meets us with compassion
    54:20 – Drew’s final words: “Always remember, you are God’s beloved son”
    55:20 – Alex closes in prayer over Drew, his work, and listeners

    🚀 Move Forward Today
    -Grab Coach Alex's devotional: Faithful Fitness – A 40-Day Devotional for Christian Health and Stewardship → https://Faithfulfitnessdevo.com
    -Join the Better Daily Community → https://betterdaily.live/invite
    -Get Drew’s Book: Outgrow Porn – download the free first chapter and begin your healing journey.
    -Join Husband Material: Explore Drew’s coaching, groups, and retreats at husbandmaterial.com.
    -Bring Shame into the Light: Share this episode with a trusted friend, group, or pastor—and start the conversation.
    -Remember: True fitness includes stewarding every part of your body, mind, and spirit.

    📚 Featured Guest Resources
    -Book: Outgrow Porn – Drew Boa
    -Podcast: Husband Material Podcast
    -Website: drewboa.com
    -Ministry: husbandmaterial.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-by-better-daily--5150768/support.
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