WEBVTT - Alex Flint: Exercises for longevity 0:00:05.721 --> 0:00:42.001 You're listening to the Weekend Collective podcast from news talk s. 0:00:45.241 --> 0:00:48.081 Y's welcome back. This is the Weekend Collective. A little 0:00:48.081 --> 0:00:49.881 bit of the rolling stance to get us going there. 0:00:50.401 --> 0:00:51.441 I think we're gonna have to have a bit of 0:00:51.481 --> 0:00:53.161 satisfaction later on. I think we're gonna have to get 0:00:53.161 --> 0:00:54.921 sick with the theme on the old rock front and 0:00:55.001 --> 0:00:56.641 we'll welcome back anyway. 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But right now it is time 0:01:24.801 --> 0:01:28.641 for the Health Hub and before we introduce our guest, 0:01:28.641 --> 0:01:30.641 the theme that we're looking at are a couple of 0:01:30.721 --> 0:01:34.841 themes to one, whether you can actually exercise and eat 0:01:35.321 --> 0:01:38.761 and have an exercise and a lifestyle regime where you 0:01:38.801 --> 0:01:41.121 can maybe try and give yourself a chance of mimicking 0:01:41.121 --> 0:01:42.641 those people who may know, the people who live in 0:01:42.681 --> 0:01:44.521 the green and what is it not the green zone 0:01:44.641 --> 0:01:46.961 the blue zones around the world. You know, the Mediterranean 0:01:47.001 --> 0:01:49.161 diet and you see these people they live to over 0:01:49.161 --> 0:01:51.041 one hundred And I mean, is it just genetics or 0:01:51.081 --> 0:01:53.721 is it just eating copious amounts of olives? Because all 0:01:53.761 --> 0:01:56.521 I think is the Mediterranean diet if you don't like olives. 0:01:56.481 --> 0:01:59.241 But anyway, that's a very simplistic and ignorant take from me. 0:01:59.641 --> 0:02:04.041 But also the question around as you get older, you 0:02:04.161 --> 0:02:05.961 may be sitting there thinking, you know what, I've had 0:02:05.961 --> 0:02:08.241 this sort of sedentary lifestyle, but I've left it too late. 0:02:09.241 --> 0:02:12.001 Is there such a thing as leaving it too late 0:02:12.161 --> 0:02:15.041 to actually get yourself in order? And this is all 0:02:15.081 --> 0:02:17.641 to do with longevity as well. I'm living longer, But 0:02:18.601 --> 0:02:21.481 have you got to a point where you think, oh, look, 0:02:21.521 --> 0:02:24.001 it's just too late to turn things back physically or 0:02:24.241 --> 0:02:27.281 are you one of those people who's actually made a 0:02:27.321 --> 0:02:29.401 fitness come back. You know you thought, oh my goodness, 0:02:29.441 --> 0:02:31.881 I've left it till I don't know, my fifties, sixties, seventies, 0:02:31.921 --> 0:02:34.161 I don't know. And I have seen people have turned 0:02:34.201 --> 0:02:36.601 their lives around, I think even in their seventies. So 0:02:37.201 --> 0:02:39.881 have you done it? And if you've got any questions, 0:02:39.921 --> 0:02:41.561 because I think that's one of the big questions for 0:02:41.601 --> 0:02:44.001 people around fitness is off and we feel, oh, I've 0:02:44.041 --> 0:02:46.201 let myself slip, I've left it too late. Well, we've 0:02:46.201 --> 0:02:49.361 got the perfect guest in the studio. Of course, he 0:02:49.601 --> 0:02:52.841 does deal with sometimes some more mature exercises, but he's 0:02:52.841 --> 0:02:55.881 also helped people turn their lives around who may have 0:02:55.921 --> 0:02:57.761 had days of glory. I mean we all had days 0:02:57.761 --> 0:02:59.801 of glory, didn't we. When you're in your teens, you 0:02:59.841 --> 0:03:01.801 know you've played for this team or that team I 0:03:01.921 --> 0:03:04.881 played for the third fifteen or and you look back 0:03:04.881 --> 0:03:06.521 and I'm never going to get in that shape again. 0:03:06.561 --> 0:03:08.881 But he is involved in turning people around, and he 0:03:08.961 --> 0:03:11.481 is the founder and coach at Body Talk. And his 0:03:11.641 --> 0:03:14.601 name is almost need a drum roll after that introduction 0:03:14.681 --> 0:03:16.401 as Alex Fluint Gaday, Alex A game. 0:03:16.241 --> 0:03:18.281 Good a ten. Thank you for that kind introduction. 0:03:19.001 --> 0:03:21.481 But that is your business. It's I mean, I guess 0:03:21.481 --> 0:03:25.601 if you're involved in fitness, we are by definition just 0:03:25.641 --> 0:03:28.081 about everyone's trying to turn something around, aren't they. 0:03:28.401 --> 0:03:32.281 They are. It's a very positive industry to work in. Basically, 0:03:32.281 --> 0:03:34.201 everyone that walks through the door that I see at 0:03:34.201 --> 0:03:37.201 my gym is there for self improvement, which is a 0:03:37.201 --> 0:03:39.161 great thing to be a part of. But yep, everyone's 0:03:39.241 --> 0:03:42.281 looking to turn something around, whether it's their on field performance, 0:03:42.361 --> 0:03:46.121 their half marathon time, maybe it's their cholesterols too high, 0:03:46.321 --> 0:03:49.241 or they their knees don't work quite like they used to. 0:03:49.481 --> 0:03:51.681 And they're all really good things that we can chase 0:03:51.721 --> 0:03:52.761 through healthy lifestyles. 0:03:52.761 --> 0:03:54.601 Speaking of turning things around, I'm not sure that's quite 0:03:54.641 --> 0:03:57.961 the right segue for me to say it. But when 0:03:58.001 --> 0:04:00.841 we met, I mean, you're a you are a very 0:04:00.881 --> 0:04:03.441 fit looking man, but you look like you've you look 0:04:03.481 --> 0:04:05.721 like you've lost a few kilos or something. I did 0:04:05.841 --> 0:04:09.281 notice that. Not that I'm tracking your fitness, you tracked mine. 0:04:09.321 --> 0:04:11.321 And you know, stick me on that. What's that thing 0:04:11.361 --> 0:04:13.321 I swiveled around on It measus all your body fat 0:04:13.321 --> 0:04:13.721 and stuff. 0:04:14.081 --> 0:04:14.881 Three D scanner. 0:04:14.961 --> 0:04:18.361 Yeah, that's fun, isn't it? Anyway? What are you up to? 0:04:18.401 --> 0:04:20.561 You look like you have you dropped the weights or something, 0:04:20.681 --> 0:04:21.721 or you're toning down. 0:04:21.921 --> 0:04:25.561 Yeah. Well, up until twenty twenty two, I competed in 0:04:25.681 --> 0:04:27.241 powerlifting in master's powerlifting. 0:04:27.361 --> 0:04:27.641 Love it. 0:04:27.721 --> 0:04:31.241 I love strength sports and weightlifting in general, and I 0:04:31.281 --> 0:04:35.241 was competing internationally up until then. But unfortunately my body 0:04:35.401 --> 0:04:37.761 just started to fail me with that really sort of 0:04:37.801 --> 0:04:40.801 extreme approach, which, like any sport, you know, there's there's healthy, 0:04:40.841 --> 0:04:43.161 and there's optimum, and then there's the extreme that you 0:04:43.201 --> 0:04:45.961 need to be at for your sport. So unfortunately I 0:04:45.961 --> 0:04:46.921 had to sort of give it away. 0:04:47.281 --> 0:04:50.401 Does that mean that there's is that maybe a twinge 0:04:50.441 --> 0:04:52.161 here and a twinge there, and you think, oh, you 0:04:52.201 --> 0:04:54.361 know what, I might have to just tone it down. 0:04:54.241 --> 0:04:57.961 About Yeah, especially my poor old hip is not what 0:04:58.001 --> 0:05:01.241 it used to be. And that's largely just I mean, 0:05:01.281 --> 0:05:03.401 when you compete in any sport, you're trying to get 0:05:03.441 --> 0:05:05.601 the absolute most out of your body. Actually I just 0:05:05.641 --> 0:05:08.681 can't do that really really super heavy lifting, so I've 0:05:08.681 --> 0:05:11.081 stopped doing that. I still weight train three times a week, 0:05:11.121 --> 0:05:13.881 but now I've decided I want to run a marathon, 0:05:14.001 --> 0:05:17.081 so hence all my weight is dropping off. 0:05:17.121 --> 0:05:17.721 But a lot of that. 0:05:17.801 --> 0:05:21.481 Actually, scarily, there is a reasonablemount of muscle mass that's 0:05:21.521 --> 0:05:22.881 come off for me as well. But yeah, I'm about 0:05:22.881 --> 0:05:24.201 ten kilos lighter than Wow. 0:05:24.361 --> 0:05:26.321 Are you changing the way you're ex I mean, obviously 0:05:26.801 --> 0:05:29.321 getting rid of from marathon is one thing. Are you 0:05:29.441 --> 0:05:32.401 changing the way you do weights as well for the marathon? 0:05:32.681 --> 0:05:32.881 Yeah? 0:05:33.001 --> 0:05:35.561 Yeah, So my weight training has become a lot more. 0:05:36.601 --> 0:05:38.841 I'd say it's like a supporting role now. So I 0:05:39.521 --> 0:05:42.441 view it as something which is keeping my body together 0:05:42.561 --> 0:05:44.601 so that I can stay on the on the road. 0:05:44.761 --> 0:05:47.841 So I do a lot more kind of prehab and rehabilitation, 0:05:48.001 --> 0:05:51.001 soul work and functional strengths just to make sure that 0:05:51.561 --> 0:05:54.121 all the things that running can kind of I guess 0:05:54.121 --> 0:05:56.441 bang up a little bit in your hamstrings, you lower back, 0:05:56.481 --> 0:05:59.561 your glutes, you're upper back miles. Yeah, I do a 0:06:00.161 --> 0:06:02.361 lot of strength working that. But still there is still 0:06:02.881 --> 0:06:05.681 probably some stuff that we'll talk about later today, some 0:06:05.761 --> 0:06:08.081 key lifts that you want to keep in your your regime, 0:06:08.121 --> 0:06:09.401 regardless of whatelse what else. 0:06:09.841 --> 0:06:11.561 I'm just making a note of that right now. Actually 0:06:11.561 --> 0:06:13.401 it's funny, but so how long are you giving yourself 0:06:13.441 --> 0:06:14.281 to train for the marathon? 0:06:15.441 --> 0:06:19.481 Specifically about sixteen weeks. But I've been at it a 0:06:19.521 --> 0:06:22.001 bit longer than that. I'd run a half marathon. At 0:06:22.001 --> 0:06:23.801 the end of last year I did the Queenstown half 0:06:23.801 --> 0:06:26.641 Marathon and then I did the the Auckland Waterfront one. 0:06:26.641 --> 0:06:27.961 So I've been at it for a while, but I'm 0:06:28.361 --> 0:06:32.361 sixteen weeks. Honestly, it's a It's the total opposite end 0:06:32.401 --> 0:06:35.161 of the spectrum to strength sports. And I still I've 0:06:35.361 --> 0:06:37.561 run twenty four k today and I still think, how 0:06:37.841 --> 0:06:40.721 am I ever going to get that's some forty two kilometers. 0:06:40.761 --> 0:06:41.881 I've not built a low way. 0:06:42.641 --> 0:06:45.041 Actually, funny thing is I when I arrived at work, 0:06:45.081 --> 0:06:46.401 I often go and to have a chat at the 0:06:46.441 --> 0:06:48.281 news desk just say you know what's going on? One 0:06:48.281 --> 0:06:50.361 of the what's you know? What are the exciting stories 0:06:50.361 --> 0:06:53.641 of the day, and our news director Danakha I said, 0:06:53.681 --> 0:06:56.881 I find it. Didn't see you last weekend, And all 0:06:56.921 --> 0:06:59.121 I do is I just I don't think I've ever 0:06:59.121 --> 0:07:01.961 seen down standing up because she's always at the news 0:07:01.961 --> 0:07:03.761 desk working hard, and she said, I was are way down. 0:07:03.921 --> 0:07:08.001 I did the rot Room marathon last week Wow, and 0:07:08.121 --> 0:07:11.601 it's it's you know, But she seems to the way 0:07:11.641 --> 0:07:13.881 she described it. I wouldn't say she found it effortless. 0:07:13.921 --> 0:07:16.001 She talked about how heart it was, but she did 0:07:16.041 --> 0:07:19.961 sort of discovery did the marathon. That's incredible. Even trumpet it, 0:07:19.961 --> 0:07:22.241 it's just like, you know whatever, just drop that in there. 0:07:22.761 --> 0:07:25.641 I have quite a few marathon runners, a lot of 0:07:25.641 --> 0:07:27.961 women that come to my gym that run marathon, and 0:07:28.041 --> 0:07:30.241 I've gained a whole new level of respect for just 0:07:30.361 --> 0:07:32.521 what it takes. You know, and it's not only the 0:07:32.601 --> 0:07:35.881 actual event, it's the training and you know, the dedication. 0:07:36.041 --> 0:07:39.121 So everyone out there that's run a marathon have huge 0:07:39.121 --> 0:07:39.761 respect for you. 0:07:39.921 --> 0:07:42.641 I think the training would be the harder part, because 0:07:43.241 --> 0:07:45.321 at least with the marath this is just I've never 0:07:45.321 --> 0:07:47.081 done one, so what do I know? But I have 0:07:47.481 --> 0:07:50.281 I think the tough days when you don't feel like 0:07:50.401 --> 0:07:52.721 doing that run, and the conditions you'd have to go 0:07:52.801 --> 0:07:55.561 out and pushing yourself. If your training on your own, 0:07:55.721 --> 0:07:58.041 as opposed to when you're in a marathon, there must 0:07:58.081 --> 0:08:02.281 be some level of emotional impetus that you get from 0:08:02.321 --> 0:08:04.241 the fact that you are one of I don't know 0:08:04.321 --> 0:08:06.041 hundreds or thouds of people doing it. 0:08:06.481 --> 0:08:08.841 Yeah, you definitely get swept up in the crowds is 0:08:08.841 --> 0:08:09.641 a huge part of it. 0:08:09.881 --> 0:08:10.121 Yeah. 0:08:10.561 --> 0:08:12.521 I think the other thing is just a discipline. You know, 0:08:12.561 --> 0:08:15.441 like every Saturday or Sunday on shaping up to do 0:08:15.481 --> 0:08:18.361 this really long run. And you know that means that 0:08:18.361 --> 0:08:19.641 there's a lot of stuff that you have to put 0:08:19.641 --> 0:08:20.041 on hold. 0:08:20.121 --> 0:08:24.201 So have you done twenty sand morning, twenty four this morning? 0:08:24.481 --> 0:08:24.641 Oh? 0:08:24.721 --> 0:08:26.841 Good, good good, I'm glad, you're glad you made it. 0:08:26.801 --> 0:08:29.721 In Yeah, why don't you just run and slower? 0:08:29.921 --> 0:08:34.641 Except hey, now, is it is it ever too late 0:08:36.361 --> 0:08:39.081 to sort yourself out? You think you've you've left it 0:08:39.121 --> 0:08:41.241 too long? I mean how late? It is too late? 0:08:43.241 --> 0:08:47.481 The best to saying I've ever heard is the best 0:08:47.481 --> 0:08:50.441 time to start, Well, it's actually come from planting a tree. 0:08:50.481 --> 0:08:52.321 The best time to plant a tree was yesterday and 0:08:52.841 --> 0:08:55.921 the second best time is today. And that's exactly the 0:08:55.961 --> 0:09:01.081 same when it comes to exercise. So while the best 0:09:01.121 --> 0:09:04.321 benefits are going to come through a build up over time, 0:09:04.441 --> 0:09:07.161 regardless of that what the style of exercise you're doing, 0:09:07.681 --> 0:09:10.721 it really is never too late. And when I was 0:09:10.721 --> 0:09:14.201 at university, I can still remember doing looking at some 0:09:14.241 --> 0:09:20.321 studies that were using some women in nursing homes that 0:09:20.361 --> 0:09:23.961 could no longer stand up, and after six short weeks 0:09:23.961 --> 0:09:27.281 of doing physical therapy and exercise, our back standing up. 0:09:27.361 --> 0:09:29.801 So if you extrapolate that out, that means that they're 0:09:29.841 --> 0:09:33.161 now more likely to be able to walk there, obviously 0:09:33.321 --> 0:09:35.881 more able to use their muscles, and from that stems 0:09:35.881 --> 0:09:39.321 a flow of maybe gaining back some independence. So that's 0:09:39.321 --> 0:09:41.961 someone you know that's in the very late stages of 0:09:42.001 --> 0:09:46.201 their life. We specialize at my gym in forties, fifties, 0:09:46.201 --> 0:09:49.641 and sixty year olds and that it is incredible the 0:09:49.681 --> 0:09:51.961 shape that people get in and we have. I can 0:09:52.001 --> 0:09:54.961 think of one lady actually who had never ever lifted 0:09:55.081 --> 0:09:57.561 a weight in her life until she was in her sixties. 0:09:57.561 --> 0:10:00.201 When she first came into our gym. It's been a 0:10:00.241 --> 0:10:03.361 slow burn for her. Her expectations probably had to be 0:10:03.401 --> 0:10:05.321 tempered a bit because I think she thought things were 0:10:05.361 --> 0:10:06.161 going to turn around. 0:10:05.961 --> 0:10:06.641 Very next week. 0:10:06.681 --> 0:10:09.961 So I'm rocking, yeah, Yeah, And she's incredible now. 0:10:10.081 --> 0:10:10.321 Yeah. 0:10:10.801 --> 0:10:12.881 My head coach and my gym Phil and I just 0:10:12.921 --> 0:10:16.241 marvel about it every day, like what she's like. Literally, 0:10:16.601 --> 0:10:20.001 I think it's like that sliding door analogy. Where would 0:10:20.001 --> 0:10:22.081 she be if she just kept on down that road 0:10:22.321 --> 0:10:25.521 and now turning it around so whether it's muscle mass, 0:10:25.561 --> 0:10:31.361 so it's cardiovascular fitness, your flexibility. Most of the research 0:10:31.401 --> 0:10:34.321 shows that well into our seventies we can still get 0:10:34.641 --> 0:10:38.961 very good improvement at some stage. Obviously, you know, once 0:10:39.001 --> 0:10:42.361 we've passed our thirties and into our forties and fifties, 0:10:42.401 --> 0:10:45.481 potentially we start to look at more kind of hold 0:10:45.481 --> 0:10:48.041 on trying to hold on to what we've got. But 0:10:48.081 --> 0:10:49.921 that really depends on where you're at at that time. 0:10:49.961 --> 0:10:52.241 So if we're talking about an All Black, you know, 0:10:52.321 --> 0:10:55.041 like they're going to they had elite levels of fitness, 0:10:55.041 --> 0:10:56.761 so for them to hold onto that over their life. 0:10:56.761 --> 0:11:00.161 But if we've got someone who's not really done much exercise, 0:11:00.521 --> 0:11:03.841 they can get huge improvements right throughout life, regardless of age. 0:11:03.961 --> 0:11:06.041 I actually wonder whether it's sometimes it's harder for the 0:11:06.081 --> 0:11:09.121 elite sports people because there's i mean the sacrifice and 0:11:09.241 --> 0:11:12.161 time sacrifice to maintain yourself in that sort of peak 0:11:12.161 --> 0:11:18.641 physical condition, and it must be exhausting. And if you 0:11:18.841 --> 0:11:20.721 get to a normal life where you sort of just 0:11:20.801 --> 0:11:24.281 tone it down, there'll be and as you will have seen, 0:11:24.401 --> 0:11:27.441 you get problems with keeping the same diet when you're 0:11:27.441 --> 0:11:29.721 not burning the same thing. Before you know, what you're 0:11:29.721 --> 0:11:31.561 looking at is not a shadow of your formal self, 0:11:31.601 --> 0:11:35.281 but about three shadows. 0:11:34.121 --> 0:11:35.201 And three chins together. 0:11:35.961 --> 0:11:38.641 I mean, in a way, I wonder if is that 0:11:38.721 --> 0:11:42.961 a harder adjustment for people who can remember the glory 0:11:43.081 --> 0:11:45.081 days and think, God, I'm a tragedy. 0:11:45.641 --> 0:11:48.921 I think it comes down actually a lot too, because obviously, 0:11:48.961 --> 0:11:52.521 once you've finished a professional sports career, you don't need 0:11:52.561 --> 0:11:58.441 the same level of physical abilities. So it depends why 0:11:58.481 --> 0:12:00.441 you're doing it after that. So if you've still got purpose, 0:12:00.521 --> 0:12:03.041 if you're someone that thrives on competition, you know that 0:12:03.481 --> 0:12:05.521 that's someone that you know if you look at Rick himccall. 0:12:05.681 --> 0:12:06.321 I was about to. 0:12:06.321 --> 0:12:10.361 Say, the poster boy must be Richie mccaugh. Isn't he insufferable? 0:12:12.401 --> 0:12:16.761 We see that calling Richie? Tell us what keeps you going? 0:12:16.801 --> 0:12:20.481 Because it literally he went from being this behemoth of 0:12:20.521 --> 0:12:24.401 a flanker and world rugby legend to some of you 0:12:24.481 --> 0:12:28.281 must didn't recognize. But he's he must There must be 0:12:28.321 --> 0:12:30.561 something hard wide in him and that he just loves that. 0:12:30.921 --> 0:12:34.921 Yeah, I've never met Richie, but obviously he loves competition 0:12:35.121 --> 0:12:38.601 and challenging himself. But then on the other side of it, 0:12:38.601 --> 0:12:41.481 you know, if you've if you're very injured, if you 0:12:41.681 --> 0:12:44.841 were in that physical condition purely to play your sport, 0:12:45.201 --> 0:12:47.921 it might not be a hobby. So therefore, you know 0:12:47.961 --> 0:12:50.681 what life looks like after professional sport very it varies 0:12:50.721 --> 0:12:51.001 a lot. 0:12:51.241 --> 0:12:54.721 Well, what's the most obviously the thing is, it's not 0:12:54.801 --> 0:12:56.561 one thing to sit on your couch and think, you 0:12:56.601 --> 0:12:57.801 know what, I'm going to get up and I'm going 0:12:57.841 --> 0:12:59.241 to go see Alex. I'm going to go see a 0:12:59.241 --> 0:13:01.801 personal train and I'm going to get my life in hand. 0:13:02.521 --> 0:13:04.761 But what is the what is the most important thing? 0:13:04.761 --> 0:13:06.641 And to of the psychology of it, because it's one 0:13:06.721 --> 0:13:08.281 thing to have the ambition and have a couple of 0:13:08.321 --> 0:13:10.521 bad workouts in your back on the couch. Again, what 0:13:11.361 --> 0:13:13.801 do you see as being the common denominator mentally to 0:13:14.041 --> 0:13:16.401 make the change. 0:13:15.761 --> 0:13:17.961 It has to start with a sense of purpose as 0:13:17.961 --> 0:13:20.081 to why you're doing it and why it's important for you. 0:13:20.201 --> 0:13:22.081 If you don't have that, it's one of those we 0:13:22.121 --> 0:13:24.121 all know that we should be out walking or going 0:13:24.121 --> 0:13:26.721 to the gym, But for a lot of us, the 0:13:26.801 --> 0:13:29.081 reality is we got busy lives. We've got kids or 0:13:29.121 --> 0:13:33.321 grandkids or you know, work commitments, whatever it might be. 0:13:33.481 --> 0:13:36.681 We have a body that is you feel overwhelmed, it's 0:13:36.761 --> 0:13:38.441 out of shape, you're worried about your health, you don't 0:13:38.441 --> 0:13:40.441 know where to start. But that sense of purpose of 0:13:40.481 --> 0:13:43.801 knowing why do I want to do this? And that's 0:13:43.801 --> 0:13:46.121 some really interesting things that we'll probably talk about today, 0:13:46.241 --> 0:13:48.241 just knowing how much of a difference it can make, 0:13:49.721 --> 0:13:52.801 especially just a couple of three things, your muscle mass, 0:13:52.841 --> 0:13:56.641 your cardiovascular fitness, and your balance and agility, and what 0:13:56.761 --> 0:14:00.201 a difference that can make. Often we talk about sort 0:14:00.201 --> 0:14:02.361 of building a war chest. So unfortunately, as we get 0:14:02.361 --> 0:14:05.521 a little on, you know, we start to our risk 0:14:05.561 --> 0:14:08.441 factors for all diseases start to go up. Obviously through 0:14:08.481 --> 0:14:11.441 our fifties and sixties, we're more likely to be exposed 0:14:11.441 --> 0:14:14.641 to things. The higher your level of cardiovascular fitness, the 0:14:14.721 --> 0:14:18.081 higher your muscle mess and the better your strength are 0:14:18.121 --> 0:14:21.921 your balance and agility, the better position you are in 0:14:22.201 --> 0:14:25.081 to be able to ward off, fight and come back 0:14:25.081 --> 0:14:27.841 from those things. And that is all causes of mortality, 0:14:27.881 --> 0:14:32.401 whether it's cancer, whether it's heart disease, whether it's accidents, 0:14:32.681 --> 0:14:35.521 all of those, whether it's mental health, they're all better 0:14:35.561 --> 0:14:37.081 off when we're in great shape. 0:14:37.281 --> 0:14:39.881 Because I mean, for me, I always thought when I mean, 0:14:39.921 --> 0:14:41.921 I haven't been running much lately, I've probably got to 0:14:41.961 --> 0:14:44.881 get back into it. But I found that the if 0:14:44.881 --> 0:14:46.761 I thought about I've got to go for a run, 0:14:46.801 --> 0:14:49.081 and I imagined the beginning of the middle and the 0:14:49.161 --> 0:14:50.721 end of the run, I'd be like, oh goodness me. 0:14:50.841 --> 0:14:53.321 So for me, I just said, Tim, just put your 0:14:53.321 --> 0:14:55.601 shoes on and get out the door, and the rest 0:14:55.601 --> 0:14:59.481 will follow. Is there something in that of setting the 0:14:59.521 --> 0:15:02.321 most basic of tasks and then the rest follows or 0:15:02.361 --> 0:15:04.241 is that just particularly my psychology. 0:15:04.521 --> 0:15:07.481 Yeah, and it's definitely a great way to go about it. 0:15:07.521 --> 0:15:10.281 And I really think it depends. You know, you get 0:15:10.281 --> 0:15:12.681 sort of a type personalities that want to plan everything 0:15:12.721 --> 0:15:15.081 out and they you know, they're very meticulous, and other 0:15:15.121 --> 0:15:17.681 people are sort of they just enjoy the fun side 0:15:17.721 --> 0:15:19.921 of it, you know, they want to go to a class. 0:15:22.201 --> 0:15:24.481 I've seen you. I've seen the amount of resources you've 0:15:24.481 --> 0:15:26.281 got through your app on the Body Talk, and I'm 0:15:26.281 --> 0:15:29.441 thinking you're type. It's a lot of it's a lot 0:15:29.481 --> 0:15:30.561 of organization in that. 0:15:30.721 --> 0:15:33.081 Yeah. I'm definitely an exercise nerd. I just I just 0:15:33.121 --> 0:15:36.961 love it. Yeah, so my I have to have something 0:15:36.961 --> 0:15:39.121 to train towards. Hence while I'm doing a run. I 0:15:39.161 --> 0:15:42.041 find it very hard just I know that exercise is 0:15:42.041 --> 0:15:43.481 great for my health, but I need to be able 0:15:43.481 --> 0:15:47.281 to check something off, whether it's an event or there's 0:15:47.321 --> 0:15:49.641 there's got to be something there for me. But yeah, 0:15:49.681 --> 0:15:51.121 so it does come down. You know, a lot of 0:15:51.121 --> 0:15:53.041 people love the social side of it, so they go 0:15:53.121 --> 0:15:55.001 to group fitness classes and that's a great way to 0:15:55.041 --> 0:15:56.521 do so just step in the door of that group 0:15:56.521 --> 0:15:59.441 fitness class. For others, you know, the biggest barrier might 0:15:59.481 --> 0:16:01.881 be they don't have time. So, like you say, just 0:16:01.881 --> 0:16:04.401 put your shoes on and get out the door. But 0:16:04.481 --> 0:16:06.321 the worst thing can do is sit on the couch. 0:16:07.081 --> 0:16:09.841 We love your calls on this because I think every 0:16:09.841 --> 0:16:12.081 look to be honest. I think most people if you 0:16:12.121 --> 0:16:14.521 are wanting to get into shape and you're not, everyone 0:16:14.641 --> 0:16:17.041 worries that you've let yourself slip. It's not necessarily just 0:16:17.041 --> 0:16:20.081 an age question, but I use someone who's worried about 0:16:20.241 --> 0:16:23.481 getting back into exercise. And if you'd like to give 0:16:23.561 --> 0:16:26.921 us a call and pick Alex's brain if there's a question, 0:16:27.081 --> 0:16:30.721 we'd love to hear from you. But have you successfully 0:16:30.721 --> 0:16:32.881 made a fitness come back? And what's the secret to 0:16:32.961 --> 0:16:35.521 your success. What because in the end, I think it 0:16:35.561 --> 0:16:39.241 has to be a triumph of mind over matter, doesn't 0:16:39.241 --> 0:16:41.521 it if your mind's not in there, I don't know. 0:16:41.601 --> 0:16:44.961 Unless you're mindlessly just and can exercise without thinking about 0:16:44.961 --> 0:16:46.761 it too much, and you're just a creature of habit, 0:16:46.801 --> 0:16:48.961 I don't know. But we want your calls eight hundred 0:16:48.961 --> 0:16:51.121 and eighty ten eighty anything. Any other questions you've got 0:16:51.161 --> 0:16:56.321 about getting fit and diet and looking after yourself. We're 0:16:56.361 --> 0:16:59.441 with Alex Flint. He's a founder and coach at body Talk. 0:17:00.161 --> 0:17:02.961 I'm by the way, I'm Alex has currently done a 0:17:03.001 --> 0:17:06.561 program for me through the app and everything, as well 0:17:06.561 --> 0:17:07.961 as scanning me. I don't think we need to do 0:17:07.961 --> 0:17:11.041 the scanner anytime soon. I'll pup to cut out sugar first, Alex. 0:17:11.081 --> 0:17:14.521 But I can tell you that it definitely is making 0:17:14.561 --> 0:17:17.801 a difference, unless Alex OFFI is going to say, mate, 0:17:17.841 --> 0:17:20.921 you need to work harder. But we want your calls. 0:17:21.041 --> 0:17:23.241 Eight hundred eighty ten eighty text nine two nine two. 0:17:23.841 --> 0:17:26.201 It's twenty four past four News Talk s ed B. 0:17:26.361 --> 0:17:28.201 Welcome back to the health of news Talk, said B. 0:17:28.441 --> 0:17:30.041 Is it too late to turn your life around? Have 0:17:30.121 --> 0:17:32.761 you turned your life around. We're with Alex Flint, He's 0:17:32.961 --> 0:17:35.281 founder and coach at body Talk by the way, body 0:17:35.281 --> 0:17:37.481 talk dot co dot nz if you want to check 0:17:37.481 --> 0:17:40.441 out the resources they've got there, and Alex can design 0:17:40.441 --> 0:17:43.561 a program for you no matter where you are as well, 0:17:43.601 --> 0:17:46.361 which is the beauty of that app as well. But 0:17:46.601 --> 0:17:49.281 if you've got any questions for Alex eight hundred and 0:17:49.281 --> 0:17:52.721 eighty ten eighty right, let's go to Harry Gooday. 0:17:53.401 --> 0:17:54.361 So is that for Harry? 0:17:54.601 --> 0:17:57.281 Yeah, that's you, Harry Gooday good. 0:17:57.121 --> 0:18:01.601 Hey, Yeah. I wouldn't say have been a great exercise 0:18:01.761 --> 0:18:04.601 During my life. I've played a fair amount of sports, 0:18:05.761 --> 0:18:09.321 done the topway bike rice a few times. I'm seventy 0:18:09.361 --> 0:18:13.961 three years old. I'm starting to struggle with lower back 0:18:14.041 --> 0:18:19.121 pain and I just wonder if there's something that I 0:18:19.161 --> 0:18:23.961 can do to actually relieve that or improve that so 0:18:24.081 --> 0:18:32.801 that it's not such a restriction on exercise cad I Harry, Yeah, sorry, 0:18:32.841 --> 0:18:33.321 do you get that? 0:18:33.441 --> 0:18:33.681 Sorry? 0:18:34.321 --> 0:18:36.201 Yeah? I forgot to swatch alexis micro on So I 0:18:36.281 --> 0:18:37.481 started talking of my fault. 0:18:37.761 --> 0:18:40.401 Way we go, Harry, when do you get the back pain? 0:18:42.801 --> 0:18:46.441 About four months ago, I guess, and I re prior 0:18:46.481 --> 0:18:49.801 to that, I don't recall having any problems. I did 0:18:49.841 --> 0:18:52.921 have a a few years ago, probably about six or 0:18:53.001 --> 0:18:56.361 seven years ago. I helped a neighbor moose and furniture 0:18:56.441 --> 0:19:00.681 and tweak my back. I went saw a sports medicine 0:19:00.721 --> 0:19:08.121