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Your host, Coach Ola Khalidi Alghazzouli is an ACE certified personal trainer and a functional fitness specialist. She graduated from George Mason University with a B.S in Biology and a health promotion minor. BeFit4Akhirah was founded in 2014 and officially launched in 2018 with a Ramadan Prep Package and ebook for Ramadan. We will explore health and fitness topics that will help you stay active, fit, and healthy with a purpose.
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
In this episode, we have a special guest with us, sister Noor H. Salem.
Noor Salem is an author, speaker, and a certified holistic health coach originally from North Carolina. After earning a Bachelor’s in Communications from the University of Michigan within two years, she successfully received her graduate certification as a holistic health coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world’s largest educational institution for nutrition. She is also a member of the International Association of Health Coaches.
Noor works as a holistic health coach as well as a columnist for several outlets, such as The Muslim Observer, and a freelance researcher and writer for numerous health institutes and academics. Her works include the sought-out book, "Sunnah Superfoods," a culmination of life-changing recipes and remedies, with a foreword by Dr. Waleed Basyouni, the second edition of which launched in 2018.
In this episode, we spoke about the following topics:
- Various diets that are out there and which one is the best to follow.
- How and why a Muslim should live a healthy holistic lifestyle.
- What is the sunnah super food and in details about her book?
- How to start preparing for Ramadan from today!
And much more.
Noor H. Salem mentioned AMJA which is a Council-Fiqh by Experts. It can be found at the following website:
If you are interested to check out her book and order it, please click on this link: Sunnah Superfood by Noor H. Salem on Amazon!
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Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Sara Mudallal is a parkour athlete, has a second-degree black belt, was the first hijabi to compete on American Ninja Warrior, and got featured on Women Health Magazine!
In this episode, we discussed the following topics:
- When and how did she get into parkour sport?
- Some of the early challenges she faced when she started the sport.
- Her typical workout style and lifestyle
- How she got into meal prepping
- Future goals into parkour world.
And much more!
Sara and Coach Ola both agree that it is important to live an active fit lifestyle as well as enjoy what you do. Because as soon as you enjoy what you do, especially when it comes to fitness journey, you will want to do more of it without second thoughts.
To follow Sara on social media and her parkour journey, you can find her @Sara Mudallal on all social media platforms:
My team and I are currently working on putting all of the show notes into our blog post on our website! Thank you for your patience with us as we are starting on our new podcast journey together!
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Imam Wisam Sharieff is a Quran teacher and certified radiologist who has overcome his own health difficulties. And in the past 10 years, he has been taking care of his health.
In this episode, we discussed the following topics:
- his thesis paper where he discussed Akhirah.
- The concept of controlling our breath in how it can help with Quran recitation and with our endurance training.
- How to be fit for akhirah while living this life.
- The 10-week course of Whim Hoff breathing technique.
- The body of Jannah.
And much more!
Imam Wisam Sharieff is the founder of AQL which brings in a Quranic lifestyle together in a holistic approach, which is what BeFit4Akhirah strives to do.
The Quran Revolution program opens again Jan 24th semester.
If you would like to invite Imam Wisam to your community, please email him at:
To visit AQL website, please visit here: https://aqlu.org/
To learn more about Quran Revolution, please visit: https://quranrevolution.com/
Notes about this podcast will be up on the website soon. Thank you for your patience with us as we are working on putting together podcast episodes into our website: www.befit4akhirah.com
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
In this second episode, I dive in deeper with you on how BeFit4Akhirah all came about.
The topics I have discussed in this episode are:
- How my grandmother's death woke up me from my depression and mental health struggles.
- What lectures inspired me to name my business BeFit4Akhirah
- The journey into creating BeFit4Akhirah.
- How I was able to finish my college degree with a health promotion minor.
And much more!
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I will have a blog on this post in near future as I am still in the process of working with my interns on putting together blog posts for each episode.
We are so grateful for your support.
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Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
In this episode, I, Coach Ola dive in deeper into my personal life background story that is related to why I am so passionate about mental, spiritual, and physical health.
This episode was very hard to record because it was so hard to speak about my background story, but I feel it is important to speak up about my struggles because they are still a reality among so many communities and so many souls are struggling in silence.
I, Coach Ola, want to be the voice that shares the struggles to let others know that they are not alone, and they do not need to be alone either.
This is just part one of my background story which is related to how my business's name BeFit4Akhirah came all about.
The points I covered are:
- Body image issues and at what age it started.
- Joining sports teams in high school.
- Getting rejected from a 4-year university and attending community college.
- Finding joy in fitness and weight lifting.
- Transferring to a 4-year university.
- Anxiety attacks.
- Suicidal thoughts.
And much more.
If you have benefited from this episode one way or other, I ask that you help me in spreading this message to other people by sharing with family or friends. Let's spread awareness about these misconceptions and stigma topics that are a lot of people are still struggling with and are afraid to speak up about it.
Also, do not forget to grab your free ebook on how to jump start your fitness journey to keep it for a lifetime.
How to jumpstart your fitness journey and keep it for life
Thank you so much for tunning in.
With love and respect,
Coach Ola at BeFit4Akhirah
*nasheed in the intro and outro are from soundcloud royalty-free music and artist's name is Servant of Allah.
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Welcome to the Purposeful Fitness with Coach Ola podcast. In this episode, we will hear a trailer of what this podcast will be about, when is the launch date, and what will the first three episodes be all about.
Make sure to grab your FREE guide on how to jumpstart your fitness journey that you can keep for a lifetime. In the guide, I have made it easy to read and follow through with helpful tips and tricks to maintain your fitness journey for a lifetime.
Please click on the link below to grab your copy today:
How to Jumpstart Your Fitness Journey and Keep it for Lifetime
I am super excited to have you here on this show, and I promise that we will bring you awesome episodes and much more.
Be Strong. Be Fit. BeFit4Akhirah.