1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: I get a gang hope you bloody terrific. So today 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: is not really anything. In fact, I was going to say, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: it's not mind blowing. It's not on any level mind blowing. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: It's a really simple idea, a simple concept, and the 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: idea that I'm going to share with you. You might 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: want to give it a burl, give it a run 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: for its money or lack of money, or you might 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: want to try and use this very simple approach in 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: another way. But sometimes I surprise myself how much I 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: can complicate shit. So me, the exercise scientist who owned 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: multiple gyms and train thousands of people, and you know, 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: who is allegedly somewhat knowledgeable and moderately intelligent from time 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: to time, how hard I can make shit? And it 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: dawned on me. Well, it didn't dawn on me. My 15 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: phone told me so I had. I had no bloody 16 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: personal epiphany where I just came to some realization. But 17 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: I looked at my phone recently, which I hadn't looked 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: at for a while in terms of my step count. 19 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: And if you've got a well i've got an iPhone 20 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: on no phone, guru, But I think most phones, if 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: you're carrying them, kind of count your steps, and it 22 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: told me that. My phone told me. It came up 23 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: and alert and it said you are walking less steps 24 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: than on average this time last year, or something to 25 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: that effect. And I went, what the what does that mean? 26 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: And so I went in and went into the old bit, 27 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: behind the front bit, the back bit. If I get 28 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: too technical, like I'm very tech savvy, you might not be, 29 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: so I'll keep it simple. I'm being facetious, of course. 30 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: So I went in and it told me that I 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: was doing on average. I don't even want to say this, 32 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: four and a half thousand steps a day for the 33 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: last two weeks or something. Now, I will admit that 34 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: lately this is no excuse. This is just part of 35 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: my reality. Lately, I've sat a lot. I've been at 36 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: my desk a lot. I'm at my desk right now. 37 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: Every time I record a podcast, I'm at this desk. 38 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: I can stand, but generally I sit down and ask 39 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: why I just fucking do? I should stand more? And 40 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: with my research, with my study with Zoom, meetings, with 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: the plothora of things that I do on a given day, 42 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: even when I go and I meet somebody for a 43 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: caf for a cafe for a coffee at a cafe 44 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: and a chat. Of course, it's a sit down affair, 45 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: and then you think on top of that, you lyne 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: down Friday hour tonight, give or take. Even when I 47 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: go to the gym, generally speaking, I'm sitting on a 48 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: motorbike or sitting in a car, and so on and 49 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: so on, and then even sometimes between sets I'm sitting. 50 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: Bottom line was, I just became aware of how little 51 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: steps I was taking and made a decision to change 52 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: that anyway, So I set myself a goal straight away. 53 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: I went, this is shit. I should be doing more 54 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: than this. And my goal was I'm just going to 55 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: walk rock bottom ten thousand steps a day, and I said, 56 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to do it for a week, obviously with 57 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: an intention. Well not obviously, of course. Some people just 58 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: go a week and that's it. I said, I was 59 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: going to myself, I was going to do a week, 60 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: and that was going to be a platform. My intention 61 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: was to go beyond the week. So this was I 62 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: think it was now twenty days or nineteen days ago. 63 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: It was a while ago. I could look in my steps, 64 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: but it's somewhere past two weeks, not quite three weeks. 65 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: But anyway, my steps have gone from just under five 66 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: thousand to around fifteen thousand. Some days, I'm doing twelve 67 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: some days. Yesterday I did nineteen and a half thousand, 68 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: just because I did. I was had and lots of 69 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: things that I could do that I could do walking. 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: I'll explain that in a moment. But anyway, about on 71 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: average tripled my steps. Now here's what I love. And 72 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: I know this is not fucking groundbreaking, but the truth 73 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: is that most of us just don't do it. I 74 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: know that it is more than obvious to say that 75 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: walking is good for us. And I don't have any 76 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: data on this, but I would think that as a generation, 77 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: probably this generation walks less than the previous generation, and 78 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: that generation probably walked less than the one before. Because 79 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: life these days, and I'm generalizing here, but it is 80 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: so easy, it is so convenient. We have so many 81 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: things that allow us to not walk, to be able 82 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: to sit or lie or be at some kind of 83 00:04:54,440 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: workstation or whatever whatever resource or tool that helps us 84 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: to be less active or stops us from being more active. 85 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: I guess what I've done is I've started to get up. 86 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: So I'm generally at the cafe at six fifteen, six 87 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: point thirty at the latest. So what I'm doing is 88 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: I'm getting up earlier and i'm I'm I'm either riding 89 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: my scooter or one of my bikes to the When 90 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: I say scooter, I don't mean the stand on bloody 91 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: silly things. I mean a motorbike, scooter or one of 92 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: my bikes. Anyway, I get to the cafe and then 93 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: from there I go for a walk or I just 94 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: walk to the cafe, but because the cafe is near 95 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: the beach, often I'll just ride down there. Then I'll 96 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: go from there. I'll do a thirty minute walk to 97 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: the beach and around the back, and then I still 98 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: arrive at the cafe at sixteen or six fifteen, and 99 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: I do my things. Sometimes another little walk after that. 100 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: Then I'll come home. If not, I'll walk there and 101 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: do that and walk home as well. The bottom line 102 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: is by breakfast most days, so by around eight eight 103 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: fifteen most days, I've now done or I'm now doing 104 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: on average about rock bottom seven sometimes ten thousand steps 105 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: by the time eight o'clock comes. Typically I would think 106 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: it's closer to eight thousand, and I've been thinking about 107 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: so how do I just increase my movement? How do 108 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: I just walk more without because obviously walking takes time 109 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: and we don't we can't all go, you know what, 110 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to walk for two and a half hours 111 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,679 Speaker 1: a day when we don't have two and a half 112 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: hours a day spare on top of our current engagements 113 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: and priorities commitments. So a few a couple of weeks ago, 114 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: it was about so I'd done a fair bit of 115 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: walking and I had a I think it was a 116 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: seven fifteen. I've been out early earlier, I got up earlier, 117 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: I walked about five or six, I had mccaffee. I 118 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: was back home at seven and I I think I 119 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: had a seven fifteen to eight fifteen coaching session with 120 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: someone that I coach periodically, and it's on Zoom. Most of, 121 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: not most half my coaching sessions are on Zoom. And 122 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: I sent this person a message and I went, hey, 123 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: would you be okay if instead of we do it 124 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: on Zoom, we do it on WhatsApp, videod WhatsApp, I 125 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: have What'sapp? And they went, yeah, no drama. So I 126 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: headed outside. It was a beautiful day. I rang them 127 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: or a video, called them on WhatsApp. I had over 128 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: ear headphones on. Yes, I paid attention to the road 129 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: and traffic, but I didn't walk on the road. I 130 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: walked on paths. Ended up going to the beach. I 131 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: did about a five or six k loop from my 132 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: house and back. I spoke to that person for an hour. 133 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: I walked in that time, I would think around seven 134 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: thousand steps or something like that, six and a half, 135 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: seven thousand steps. I got paid quite well for the hour. 136 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: So I got home and I thought to myself, it's 137 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: eight fifteen. I've had a coffee, I've done two walks. 138 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: One of the walks I got actually paid to go on. 139 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: Here's another thing I was thinking. I had an awareness. 140 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: And I've done this pretty much every day since. Where 141 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: I'm I'm now doing meetings, I'm now doing coaching sessions. 142 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm now doing study. I'll explain how I do that. 143 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm now studying while I'm walk walking. And here's the 144 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: thing that I didn't expect. I didn't think about. I guess, well, 145 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: therefore I didn't expect it. My brain, in some ways, 146 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: my brain is better when i'm moving. I feel like 147 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: I'm a bit sharper. I feel, you know, like even 148 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: when I present. I did a gig three days ago 149 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: for agl as I record this three days ago, and 150 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: if anyone I was in that audience and listening to this, 151 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: they will tell you that I do not stand still. 152 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: I do not sit down. I do not stand still. 153 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: I move the whole time. And I find when I 154 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: am I don't know why I didn't fucking apply this 155 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: to my other work earlier, but I find when I 156 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: am moving, I think better, I have more clarity. I 157 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: think my cognitive function is five or ten percent better. 158 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: I think I have more creative ideas, maybe just because 159 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: my brain works a bit better, because maybe I'm getting 160 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: a bit more oxygen because I'm moving my limbs and 161 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: I'm not sitting in a chair, and also I'm out 162 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: and about, non connected somewhat to the environment, and I 163 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: think that also puts me in a different biochemical state. 164 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: I think I'm a bit happier. I think there's a 165 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: few more endorphins, a little bit more dope. I mean, 166 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: because I'm not sitting in a fucking chair looking at 167 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: a fucking gigantic screen like I am right now. Maybe 168 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: I need to do podcasts on move. There's a thought, 169 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: but anyway, I'm out and about and while I've got 170 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm holding a phone and I can see what someone's 171 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: face and they can see me. The audio is good, 172 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: the video is pretty good. Everybody that I've done this 173 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: with has been more than happy for me to do that. 174 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: I tell them what I'm doing and why, and it 175 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: makes no difference to them. They still get now with me. 176 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: They still get coaching with me. We still connect and talk, 177 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: spend time together. There's no disadvantage for them. And one 178 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: of the dudes that I do it with now I've 179 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: done two sessions with him, he's now doing the same. 180 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: So instead of sitting in his office or at home 181 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: on zoom, he's now every time we would walk together 182 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: and do it, but he's in an hour away from 183 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: where I am. So he's out and about on his phone. 184 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: He's getting in six or seven thousand steps. We're having 185 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: an hour together. I'm doing the same for me. It's 186 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: been a game changer. It's been a game changer. I'm 187 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: tell you how I'm doing my research and my study. 188 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: So you might think, well, how on earth can he 189 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: Obviously there's some stuff I can't do. But what I 190 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: have asked myself is what are all of the things 191 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: that I normally do at a desk? What are the 192 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: things that I normally do at a desk or sitting 193 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: on my ass or standing still? What are the things 194 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: that I could potentially do? Obviously we can't do everything 195 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: in that capacity, But what are the things that I 196 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: can do walking, walking and talking, or walking and listening 197 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: or walking and connecting in some way without compromising the 198 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: quality of what I'm producing, creating or doing and in 199 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: fact maybe even enhancing it. So when I get back 200 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: from a one hour walk and talk or walk and 201 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: coach or walk and meeting, when I get back, my 202 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: energy is generally better than before I started the hour. 203 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: I come back energized. I come back energized. And what 204 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: has happened to me over the last I think it's 205 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: nearly three weeks. We have a look at my phone. 206 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: Just let me just tang up right now. Wait, what's it? Heart? Health, health, 207 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: brows activity, I'm looking, I'm looking. I know this is terrible. 208 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: I know this is terrible. Okay, So I started on 209 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: I started on November eighteen, So what is that that 210 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: is that? Well? And it's December seven now, so it's 211 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: I guess it's the best part of three weeks. But 212 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 1: what has happened over the last I've done nothing different. 213 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: I haven't increased my food or decreased my food. I 214 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: know what my resting heart rate is. Normally, my resting 215 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: heart rate is normally around seventy, which is not great. 216 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: It's not terrible. My resting heart rate is normally around 217 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: seventy sixty eight. It can be seventy four, but generally 218 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: it's about but my resting heart rate, and I've only 219 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: done this the last three mornings, just out of curiosity, 220 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: not because it's a concern or a worry. But my 221 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: resting heart rate has been closer to sixty five each day, 222 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: and it's just because I've I've gone from from move 223 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: I've literally tripled my movement in terms of walking. My 224 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: energy expenditure, of course, has gone up. I can't I 225 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: can't verify this, but as somebody who's measured thousands of 226 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: people's body fat, including my own, I would say I'm 227 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: about two percent leaner. I would say I've lost one 228 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: to two percent of body fat. I've also lost a 229 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: one point five kilos, which I probably didn't need to do. 230 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: But I was eighty five give you will take. This morning, 231 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: I weighed myself out of curiosity. I was eighty three 232 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: point five, same time a day, same close, same protocol. 233 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: So the weight loss is real, and I think I'm 234 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: I think nearly all of that is fat. Not that 235 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: that's a big thing, but I suffer from I navigate 236 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: high blood pressure, which is genetic. It's not lifestyle related, 237 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: of course, but I know when my blood pressure is 238 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: lower when I take medication. I take a thing called 239 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: Averpro every day, which is a blood pressure medication, and 240 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: then after I take that, sometime later, I start to 241 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: feel lightheaded and dizzy. And that's because my blood pressure 242 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: has lowered itself naturally because of all of the additional 243 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: movement I'm doing and the energy expended through the day, 244 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: the bean on my feet there walking And so I'm 245 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: going to see how that tracks for the next two 246 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: or three weeks. But if that prevails, if that can 247 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: keeps happening, where I start it to feel like and 248 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: that's because on top of my blood pressure being lower, 249 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: I'm now taking maybe two higher dose of Averpro, which is, 250 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: like I said, my medication which might need to be adjusted. 251 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: Thanks Mum and thanks Dad for those high blood pressure genetics. Anyway, 252 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: I feel, and this is going to sound like a 253 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: sales pitch, I feel happier. I don't really get a 254 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: lot of stress anxiety, but I feel maybe calmer. And yeah, 255 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: for me, it's just been a good thing. Oh yeah, 256 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: and sleep. I'm sleeping like a fucking world champion because 257 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm moving, because I'm walking about three three and a 258 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: half times more. Yesterday I did, like I said, just 259 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: under twenty thousand steps, so, which is almost four times 260 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: what I was doing. Just because it worked out that way, 261 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: I think I'm more productive. I'm more efficient, even though 262 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: I'm taking more time to walk. Nearly at the very least, 263 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: i'm listening to a podcast or an audiobook that's teaching 264 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: me something. Every now and then, it might be something 265 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: just for entertainment and amusement. Generally, it's something that I 266 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: want to listen to because it's a topic or a 267 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: subject matter or an area that I want more knowledge on. 268 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: So I'm learning, I'm learning and walking. I'm coaching people 269 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: and walking. I'm doing business and walking. I'm studying and walking. 270 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I was going to tell you how I 271 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: do that. So what I do is I take notes 272 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: or I you know, like I'm working on multiple papers 273 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: at the moment, and a whole lot of different concepts 274 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: and terminology, and I'm always reading and rereading things from 275 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: certain papers, and sometimes I might have to read and 276 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: reread a couple of paragraphs a ten or twelve times 277 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: because it's reasonably complicated to let it sync in and 278 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: to really get it and to really remember it. So 279 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: I have a bunch of stuff like that which I 280 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: need to keep going over, and even with my own 281 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: systematic literature review that I'm doing, which is going to 282 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,479 Speaker 1: be one of the papers that I publish, you know, 283 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: writing my introduction, writing my methodology, writing, you know, all 284 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: the different bits and pieces that make up that paper. 285 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: So what I'm now doing is I'm recording. So instead 286 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: of reading the one paper or the one page or 287 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: the two pages, instead of reading them fifteen times, I'm 288 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: reading them out loud into my phone. I'm recording it. 289 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: And as I read, I pause as I'm reading, and 290 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: I give commentary and I explain and I talk about 291 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: the connections between these different ideas and concepts and you know, 292 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: my research and different outcomes. And it's like I'm giving 293 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: me a seminar. I record that, and then I go 294 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: and I listen to that, and I can listen to 295 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: it again and again, and what I wish I thought 296 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: of this earlier, by the way, But one of the 297 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: things that is true for me is that I'm a 298 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: better experiential learner and auditory learner and kinesthetic learner than 299 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: I am a what's the term, but by reading, you know, 300 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: so where a lot of people can read something, understand it, 301 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: remember it, and then bibittybobbedy boo that shit's locked in. Well, 302 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: that is not me. That is not me. For me, 303 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: it takes longer to maybe to understand it. I'm okay, 304 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: I can understand it, but to remember it and then 305 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: to have it on instant recall. I remember about a 306 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: year ago I was reading about a thing called the 307 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: false consensus effect. And I've spoken about this multiple times here, 308 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: and it's just false consensus effect is just the idea 309 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: that I think that everybody thinks like me, So everyone 310 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: thinks like me. That's a consensus. But it's called the 311 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: false consensus effect. That is a flawed idea. And I 312 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: remember reading that. I remember reading about how people think 313 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: that other people think like them, and I went of 314 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: course they do. I've experienced that so many times, where 315 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: people just operate on the assumption that what they're thinking 316 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: is what someone else is thinking, or that what they're 317 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: they're thinking and saying will be easily understandable for someone else, 318 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: And that's not always the case. It's kind of like 319 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 1: that my intention will be their experience paradigm, which ain't 320 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: the truth anyway. So that that idea in psychology is 321 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: called the false consensus effect, and I remember reading that 322 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: and thinking, oh, yeah, I'm going to use that. The 323 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: next day, I was doing a talk and I went, so, 324 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: there's this thing in psychology, there's this idea and it's 325 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,479 Speaker 1: called and I couldn't remember it. I couldn't remember it. 326 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: I knew it, I knew what it was, I just 327 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: couldn't remember the term. And I'm I reckon, I reckon. 328 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: It took me two weeks for I could even just 329 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: remember that fucking term remember and so, and that for 330 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: me happens many times. But here's something also weird about me. 331 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: Once I do remember something, like once it's in, it 332 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: pretty much never leaves. And that's a that's a good 333 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: thing and a bad thing. I Mean, there's literally there's 334 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: stuff that I learned twenty five years ago in my 335 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: first degree, not twenty five, twenty yeah, wow, twenty three, 336 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: twenty four, twenty two years ago. Really there's stuff I 337 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: don't need it anymore. I could, I could, I could 338 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: delete those files. I don't need them day to day. 339 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,959 Speaker 1: I never think about that stuff. We'll talk about that stuff. 340 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: I don't need to refer to it. I don't need 341 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: to bring it up, so to speak. But that shit 342 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: is still in there. So I'm some times a slow learner, 343 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: but once it's locked in, it's locked in. But anyway, 344 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: my long winded story is this new kind of protocol 345 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: that I'm using where I'm reading, but I'm reading out 346 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: loud and I'm asking questions. So rather than just writing 347 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: the question down, what is the relationship between you know, 348 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: this focus or this construct or this idea and meta accuracy? 349 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: Rather than just reading that and contemplating that, I'm reading 350 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: that out loud, and then I will answer that question 351 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: in real time. I will record my answer and my 352 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: thoughts around that, so that then when I'm out walking, 353 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: I can listen to that and keep pondering that. So 354 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: I'm still studying, I'm still focusing on my research. I'm 355 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: still exploring and investigating ideas, albeit not sitting at my desk. 356 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: And so for me, and again I'm not recommending that 357 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: you should do that or that this is great for you, 358 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: But I got to say, I'm just really enjoying this 359 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: new thing, and I get excited because for me, as 360 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sixty one, and for me, life is 361 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: just an ongoing experiment. And I think I think every 362 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: one of you who listen to this you want to 363 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: be better at something. That's why you listen. You want 364 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: your life or your health, or your relationships, or your 365 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: mindset or your results, or your mental health, or your 366 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: operating system or your habits or your lifestyle or your 367 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: actions behaviors. You want those or some of those to 368 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: be better. And the way that we create better is 369 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: by sometimes trial and error. Let's try this. Let's try 370 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: walking and talking. Let's try walking and studying. Let's try 371 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: walking and coaching someone. This is what I've done. Anyway, 372 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: I'm not suggesting you do the same. Maybe your simple 373 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: idea or your simple concept is not walking. Maybe it's 374 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: something else, but I can't see any I don't want 375 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: to commit to forever. But as I record this today, 376 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: seventh of December twenty twenty four, two fifty one in 377 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: the PM. I can't think of any reason why I'm 378 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: going to stop this other than I can't walk, Like, 379 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: why would I? Why would I stop doing the thing? 380 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: One it's free. Two it's increasing my energy mentally, emotionally, 381 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: and physiologically. There are benefits to this. The people that 382 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: I'm talking to are getting the benefit from having me 383 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: in a better state when I'm coaching them. So there 384 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: it is. It's my simple idea. Maybe you want to 385 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: try a version of that, Maybe you want to implement 386 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,959 Speaker 1: that kind of idea with a different kind of behavior 387 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: or a different kind of variable, But nonetheless the concept 388 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: is the same. Sometimes simple is best, all right, Tim, 389 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: have a great eye Yah, love y'all, Eh,