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Faithful Fitness With Coach Alex VanHouten

Faithful Fitness With Coach Alex VanHouten

By: Coach Alex VanHouten
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Welcome to Faithful Fitness—discipleship for the body.

Coach Alex here. This isn’t about chasing aesthetics or quick fixes.

It’s about becoming a better steward of the body God has entrusted to you—through truth, discipline, and daily obedience. Each episode sits at the intersection of faith, physiology, and formation—where Scripture and science work together to build strength that actually lasts.

What You’ll Find Here:
💪 Training & Nutrition That Works
Simple, effective strategies rooted in exercise science—not trends.
📖 Biblical Stewardship & Identity
Learn what it means to honor God with your body in a culture that treats it casually.
🎙️ Conversations That Sharpen You
Interviews with leaders in health, performance, and faith—applied through a Christian lens.
🔥 Challenges & Community
Join structured seasons like Faithful40 and Shred—where growth happens with others, not alone.

Your body isn’t separate from your faith.
It’s one of the primary places your faith is lived out. “You are not your own… therefore honor God with your body.” — 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 If you’re tired of starting over…

If you know you’re capable of more…
If you’re ready to build discipline that actually sticks— You’re in the right place. Train hard. Pray harder. Get 1% better—daily.

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Episodes
  • Your Family Isn’t Lazy—It’s Exhausted | Faithful Family, Part 3

    Your Family Isn’t Lazy—It’s Exhausted | Faithful Family, Part 3
    Oct 8 2026
    What if your family’s biggest health problem isn’t laziness—but hurry?

    n Part 3 of the Faithful Family series, Coach Alex VanHouten explores the overlooked side of family fitness: recovery. From sleep and screen habits to overscheduled calendars and the pressure to keep producing, this episode asks a challenging question: If your children copied your relationship with work, stress, and rest, would you be happy for them?

    With exercise science, biblical wisdom, and honest stories from raising two boys, Alex explores:
    • Why growing stronger requires both challenge and recovery.
    • How our phone habits shape what our children do with quiet moments.
    • Why boredom can create room for creativity, connection, and prayer.
    • When saying no to a good opportunity becomes an act of faithful parenting.
    • How rest helps us trust God beyond what we can accomplish.
    Plus, take on one simple challenge this week: protect an hour of family time with no screens, no agenda, and nothing to prove.Teach your children to work hard—and teach them how to stop.

    Take Your Next StepDoes your family need another health goal—or room to recover?

    Start with the Faithful Fitness Health and Habits Profile to take an honest look at your habits, recognize where you’re strong, and identify what needs attention.Then register for our next live Faithful Fitness seminar with Coach Alex and his wife, Christin, a registered dietitian. Bring your questions about picky eaters, busy schedules, screens, stress, and building a healthier household together.

    Complete your Profile and register for the seminar:
    faithfulfitness.co/assessment

    Know a parent who’s running on empty? Share this episode with them.

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    34 mins
  • Why the Church Should Care About Fitness

    Why the Church Should Care About Fitness
    Oct 1 2026
    What if sports and fitness could become more than recreation?

    What if they could become a doorway for discipleship, outreach, family formation, and community connection?In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with Travis Vaughn from Upward to talk about the powerful intersection of faith, fitness, sports ministry, and the local church.

    Travis shares the mission behind Upward, including how sports create opportunities for churches to connect with families who may never walk through the sanctuary doors but are willing to walk through the gym door or field gate.He also opens up about his own fitness journey—from running in college, stepping away from the sport, gaining 90 pounds, and eventually spending seven years chasing a Boston Marathon qualifying time.

    Together, Travis and Alex talk about perseverance, injuries, fatherhood, setting an example, knowing your “why,” and why adult fitness may be one of the next big discipleship opportunities for the church.This conversation is for runners, walkers, parents, pastors, coaches, ministry leaders, and anyone who believes the body God gave us should serve more than ourselves.

    Episode Notes-

    Travis Vaughn serves with Upward, where he helps oversee market research, product development, marketing, and the Upward Running initiative.Early in the conversation, Travis explains that Upward’s data shows 41% of kids coming through their sports experiences are not connected to a local church. Coach Alex and Travis discuss why that matters for outreach, community, and the Great Commission.Travis shares how each player brings an average of three people to games, giving churches repeated opportunities to welcome families, build relationships, and expose kids and parents to devotionals and gospel-centered community.

    The conversation then turns personal as Travis tells the story of his running journey. After running in high school and college, he stopped running for more than a decade, gained about 90 pounds, and eventually hit a “fed up” point that moved him back toward health.Travis also shares the long, difficult road toward qualifying for Boston, including Achilles tendinopathy, a meniscus root tear, surgery, setbacks, and finally running his qualifying time in brutal weather.

    Coach Alex and Travis talk about what keeps people going when fitness gets hard: knowing your why, setting goals, and keeping your word even when the journey takes longer than expected.

    The second half of the episode explores Upward Running, the challenge of adult fitness ministry, and why churches may need a bigger vision for physical stewardship.

    Coach Alex and Travis wrestle honestly with the question: why is it often easier for churches to organize sports for kids than to help adults steward their bodies well?

    The episode closes with Travis encouraging listeners to pursue something challenging, goal-oriented, and meaningful—something that pushes them beyond comfort and helps them grow.

    If this conversation stirred something in you about your own health, habits, and stewardship, take the next step with the Faithful Fitness Health and Habits Profile.https://faithfulfitness.co/assessment

    Also, check out Upward’s recent project, Upward Running

    Upward Running

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    57 mins
  • Stop Eating Less | Menopause in the Light, Part 3

    Stop Eating Less | Menopause in the Light, Part 3
    Aug 13 2026
    When your body begins changing during perimenopause and menopause, the fitness industry's answer is usually predictable:
    Eat less.
    Cut the carbs.
    Skip breakfast.
    Fast longer.
    Do more cardio.

    But what if eating less isn't actually the strategy your body needs?

    In Part 3 of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex Van Houten turns to nutrition—and challenges the idea that midlife health is simply about making the number on the scale smaller.Menopause changes physiology, but it doesn't erase physiology.

    Energy balance still matters. But so do muscle mass, protein intake, sleep, training, insulin sensitivity, food quality, recovery, and the hormonal changes influencing where and how your body stores fat.The goal isn't just weight loss.The goal is to build and maintain a woman who is strong, capable, metabolically healthy, resilient, well-nourished, and ready to serve.

    In this episode, Coach Alex breaks down:
    • Why dramatically cutting calories can backfire during menopause
    • The difference between weight loss and improving body composition
    • Why protein becomes increasingly important as women age
    • A practical strategy for getting enough protein throughout the day
    • Why carbohydrates aren't the enemy
    • The difference between food and fuel
    • How whole, nutrient-dense foods can simplify your nutrition
    • Fiber, calcium, vitamin D, healthy fats, and bone health
    • Intermittent fasting and when it may—or may not—serve you
    • Why breakfast can be a powerful opportunity for better nutrition
    • Alcohol, sleep, and taking an honest inventory of your habits
    • Creatine and supplements during menopause
    • Iron considerations during perimenopause
    • Why you should be skeptical of products promising to “balance your hormones”
    • How husbands and families can support women without becoming the “food police”
    • A biblical perspective on food, gratitude, self-control, and stewardship
    Coach Alex also offers a simple framework for building meals:
    Start with protein.
    Add plants.
    Add fuel according to your activity.
    Pay attention to your fats.
    Nothing exotic.
    Nothing magical.
    Just a repeatable strategy that can still work next year.

    As 1 Corinthians 10:31 reminds us: “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God.”

    Food isn't God.Food isn't the enemy. It's provision—and something we are called to receive with gratitude and steward with wisdom.

    TAKE THE NEXT STEP

    If you're navigating perimenopause or menopause and know it's time to make a change, Coach Alex wants to help you identify where you are now and what deserves your attention first.

    Go to: faithfulfitness.co/menopause
    Complete the Faithful Fitness Assessment and claim your seat for the upcoming live seminar.You'll learn how to take your current starting point and build a practical plan for getting meaningful results over the next 30 days—without miracle supplements, crash diets, or internet gimmicks.
    Take the assessment and reserve your seat: faithfulfitness.co/menopause

    Next week: Menopause in the Light, Part 4 — hormone replacement therapy, sleep, sexual health, supplements, peptides, medical care, and how to know when it's time to ask for more help.

    Train hard. Pray harder.

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    44 mins
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