WEBVTT - The Morning Show with Thom Brennaman -- 1/6/26 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:04.720 Mike McConnell music here today. We got to start getting 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.520 Mike to come on from time to time. I was 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:09.639 talking about that with Brian Combs a little while ago, 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.000 just to get his thoughts on stuff that's happened in 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:16.880 and around town, or around the country or around the world. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.880 I know that Mike just had some surgery on one 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.440 of his feet and got to check in with him 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:27.440 later today see how he's coming along. Two or three 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:32.159 stories that have caught my attention over about the last 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:35.080 twenty four hours. So do you want the good news 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.400 or the bad news first? Sean McMahon, I'm gonna let 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.760 you pick. We'll start with the good news. Start on 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.239 a good note, the good news, okay, so well, let's go. 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:46.600 Let's go good bad And then somewhere in between, how's 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:51.800 that sound good news? The nuts All Foundation and what 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.160 a job they do. Of course, all this started by 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:57.840 the late, great, our beloved friend I knew him so well, 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:02.920 my dad's partner for forty plus years, Joe Nuxall, and 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:08.680 that organization, that foundation has continued doing what he started 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:13.480 and taken it to an entirely new level. The Nucshall 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:18.800 Foundation has reached a milestone in its Hope Center fundraising campaign, 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:23.559 surpassing its million dollar goal by raising one point twenty 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.319 five million for the construction of the Hope Center. Now, 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:30.480 what is the Hope Center. The Hope Center is a 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:36.720 year round indoor recreational facility designed for athletes with physical 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:42.880 and developmental disabilities. The facility will be built at the 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:47.320 site of the Joe Nuxall Miracle League Fields in Fairfield 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:53.080 over on grow Lane. I have said before that every 0:01:53.160 --> 0:02:01.280 parent should take their children during the summertime to the 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:06.120 Joe Knuxall Miracle Lead Fields. All of us. I don't 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.000 care who you are. We're all guilty of just taking 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:13.200 the small things. But the most important things for granted, 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:17.800 Number one are health. The health of our children and 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.520 whether or not they are interested in sports. Maybe they 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:23.680 just get out there because you want them to play soccer, 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.799 to get a little exercise. They're able to walk, they're 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.720 able to run, they're able to do all of those things. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:34.880 Think and so often I'm guilty. So I'm not pointing 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.000 any fingers. Believe me, it's hard looking in the mirror 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:41.320 sometimes of just taking these things for granted. The Hope 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:48.080 Center will be a year round indoor recreational facility designed 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:53.240 for those athletes thirty one thousand square feet. They plan 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.919 to break ground this year. The site will include an 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.560 arena for new sports and events that will provide a 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:05.280 permanent location for the Butler County Special Olympics. They'll have 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:11.800 a multi perse purpose recreation room with accessible fitness equipment 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:17.600 such as a wheelchair, accessible zip line, a ball pit, 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.679 a one hundred and fifty person community room, a concession 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:28.560 stand with workforce development opportunity for the special needs community, 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.640 and it will also serve as the permanent headquarters for 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:38.440 the Nusall Foundation. They got a one million dollar gift 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.640 from the Hatton Foundation. A matching gift came along with 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.840 it at the end of December, so that's a major 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.480 boost to that campaign. And look, you can go to 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:52.920 the Knucksall Foundation their website. Tyler Bradshaw does such a 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:58.080 great job handling being the frontman for the organization. Kim 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:04.120 Nuxall Bonnie Nucsall is Joe Knuxall's son, and he has 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.720 just taken this thing to a whole new level. And 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:11.680 the things that they are doing out there for people 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:17.400 who are less fortunate than we are is just simply amazing, 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:21.680 and I urge you, I plead with you, take a 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.360 couple of hours out of a summer day and go 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:29.359 up there and watch those children suffering from either a 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:34.159 mental disability or a physical disability to be able to 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:42.400 go and play in a baseball game. It will bring 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.640 tears to your eyes, I promise you, And it will 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:51.640 bring perhaps center us a little bit more into understanding 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:56.640 the most important and appreciating the most important things that 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.760 we are given and that our children are given. Okay, 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:06.640 now another story that caught my eye. I asked Sean McMahon, 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.839 our producer, a minute ago, does he know what doom 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:15.440 scrolling is. I had never heard this term until last 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.360 night when I started to read this article in Epic Health. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:25.560 Doom scrolling late at night increases suicide risk, but texting 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.320 someone at three o'clock in the morning apparently does not 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.080 have the same effect. This is a new study that 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.200 just came out. So maybe you have a teenager or 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:38.279 a child who has some kind of anxiety, depression, maybe 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.360 thoughts of suicide. One of the worst things they can 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:48.039 do is doom scroll at night. A new study of 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:53.000 both kids and adults at high risk for suicide found 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:58.640 that what people do on their phone after dark shapes 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:03.840 how they feel the next day. Quote from Brook Ammerman, 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:07.839 a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison, and 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.839 she is the co author of this study, nighttime phone 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:17.960 behavior isn't uniformly harmful. How people are using their phone 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:23.800 maybe the thing that really matters. She said, we expected 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:28.160 that nighttime use was going to be problematic, but the 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:32.800 middle of the night active engagement, finding that it was 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:38.240 associated with lower next day risk was the most interesting. 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:42.040 So what they did is they over four weeks, they 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:47.039 tracked seventy nine adults in South Bend, Indiana, fifty four women, 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:51.360 twenty five men, the average age thirty five, all of 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:58.840 whom had recently experienced suicidal thoughts or suicidal behaviors. So 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.120 what researchers would do is they would take screenshots of 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:06.640 the phone activity every few seconds and then categorized their 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:12.640 screen use as either passive or active. Now, some screen 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.320 activities demand little thought or movement your browsing news feeds, 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:21.720 watching short videos, while others require more engagement, like messaging, typing, 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:26.800 searching online. Participants completed daily surveys about their mood and 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:32.400 any thoughts of suicide. And it came as no surprise 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.440 on this part that those who did not use their 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:40.480 phone seven to nine hours overnight typically uninterrupted sleep right, 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:46.600 reported the fewest suicidal thoughts or plans. This was closely 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:51.320 followed by people with four to seven hours of phone 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:56.960 free time showing a higher risk, suggesting that shortened or 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:05.080 disrupted sleep increase is your vulnerable ability. And you know, 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.000 we were talking yesterday about how another study had just 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.760 come out that outside of smoking, the thing that can 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:17.400 determine your life expectancy even more. This study showed than 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:23.520 what we eat, how frequently we exercise, that the amount 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:29.720 of sleep we get was the second biggest area of 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:35.040 shortening our lives. If we don't get enough sleep after smoking, 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.160 and then the phones in this study are adding another 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:45.520 layer of disruption. It's being called in this study the 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.440 enemy of sleep. It's an easy distraction. You know about 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:53.480 that blue light which suppresses your melatonin. That's the hormone 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:58.040 that gets you into quote unquote nighttime mode, right, and 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:02.640 then your whole circadian rhythm is off. So, if you 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.600 are an adult and has had a history of some 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.760 mental issues, maybe you have a teenager with a history 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:12.320 of some mental issues, depression, anxiety, all those kinds of things. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:19.080 Take away the phone at night, take it away entirely, 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:24.320 put it away if you're an adult. Third story that 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.200 caught my eye, and this is you know, maybe for 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:31.720 those that are thinking about advertising, because that is such 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.840 a fascinating world to me. I mean, people like Procter 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.960 and Gamble. They have study after study after study of 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.640 psychologically how we think when we walk into stores, what 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.320 we're looking at, what's the level of it on the shelf, 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:49.200 all these kinds of things. Advertising comes in many, many 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:53.440 different forms. I was surprised to learn now most of 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:59.800 the podcast out there right, for example, has audio and video, 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:07.120 but new research shutties comparing audio and video advertising are 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:15.360 showing greater effectiveness and return on investment for audio only. 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:21.679 So a joint effort from an audio specialist agency, Oxford 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:25.839 Rose Okay, they went out and they examined more than 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:31.600 one thousand podcast campaigns across over one hundred brands and 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.520 found that spending a million dollars on a YouTube podcast 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.080 resulted in a loss of two hundred and fifty thousand 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:47.480 dollars versus an audio podcast campaign. Put another way, a 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:52.480 YouTube podcast views are eighteen to twenty five percent less 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:59.800 effective at driving purchases than audio podcast Now some of 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:05.559 the reasons why audio listeners often seek out content intentionally 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:11.080 and they foster stronger host connections, while YouTube viewers tend 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:16.600 to be passive and algorithm driven. Two, audio podcast listeners 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:22.240 are often focused on the host voice and recommendations, which 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:27.160 apparently creates a more intimate and persuasive environment. And then 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:33.680 number three, YouTube audiences don't pay as much attention due 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:40.800 to either multitasking or a distracting visual element, making ads 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:46.160 feel less personal. I don't know about you, but you 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.840 know everybody you talk to. And I've done a podcast, 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:51.600 I did one with my son. I'd like to do 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.679 another one with my dad and my son. But I've 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.520 always felt like, you know, paying attention to everybody else, 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.840 that you had to have the video with it, that 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.719 that's where we are. And I remember just a few 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.280 years ago, a number of years ago now, having this 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.800 conversation with my old partner on the Reds Games. He 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.920 still does a game, Chris Welsh, and you know, he 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.720 was telling me that the future of radio is dead, 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.559 all this kind of thing, but in fact we are 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:24.040 finding out and this isn't some self serving kind of 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.040 a thing that I'm bringing up here. It's just that 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:31.680 I think a lot of people out there told us, us, 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:36.360 the population in general, that the future of radio compared 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:39.280 to video and being able to look at things on 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:42.840 our phones and all this kind of stuff, that people 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:46.640 wanted the video. They don't want the audio anymore. But apparently, 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:50.960 if you are an advertiser and you're making a decision 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:57.320 between video and audio, that for the amount of money 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:01.280 that you pay for that advertising, and it's considerably less 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.439 on radio or a podcast than it is saying buying 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:12.160 a TV commercial or even buying a video podcast, that 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:18.480 your return on that based on the audience is an 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:24.200 enormously higher return from an audio standpoint than it is 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:31.120 from a podcast which has audio and video. I find 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:35.920 this stuff so interesting at any rate. Coming up at 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.880 eight thirty eight, we have Julie Isfording. Now, look, we 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:43.520 know that a lot of people come to New year 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.839 and I think it was seventy nine percent we were 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:51.160 talking about it just before New Year's Day. Seventy nine 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:55.240 percent of the people who make New Year's resolutions focus 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:58.439 on their physical health. They want to get healthier, want 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.320 to get in better shape, right. I mean, you've been there, 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.840 I've been there, We've all been there. Fewer than ten 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.720 percent actually stick with it of the seventy nine percent 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.720 that make that commitment. That's what studies show after about 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:16.120 three months. Okay, but let's say that you're gonna do it, 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:17.720 and I believe you're gonna do it. If you say 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:19.840 you're gonna do it, I believe you. So let's go 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.360 and make it happen. But if you're thinking about going 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.240 to the gym you've never been before. Maybe you're going 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:33.000 to a yoga class, right, become more flexible, body feel better. 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:37.200 Maybe you're going to I don't know, pilates class, exercise class, 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:42.800 any kind. There are dues and don'ts about things once 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:44.960 you get in that room, and I think that's where 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.960 a lot of people get scared. If they are scared 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.840 maybe the wrong word a little intimidated. It's very intimidating. 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.160 I've walked in there and there are people that are 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.080 rolling out their mats and they know exactly what waits 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.920 to grab, and they know what bands to grab and 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:03.200 all these kinds of thing before the class starts. But 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:07.120 Julie is going to help you before you go in 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.600 there about a few things you just might want to 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.440 think about. So we're looking forward to hearing from our 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:17.480 friend Julie Isfording and it is an enormously popular segment 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:21.040 with her that we have each and every Tuesday here 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.600 on the Morning Show. So we're back with that after 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:27.200 the news. It is a twenty four on seven hundred WLW. 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.720 All right, Chuck Ingram, what's happening out there? Brother, trying 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.200 to get things to clear out a bit. Just is 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.680 starting to get better on northbound seventy five. This from 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.920 the uc Health Tramphic Center. Uc Health Weight Loss Center 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.800 offers surgical and medical OBC tocaren expertise called five one 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.880 three nine three nine two two sixty three. That's nine 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:50.040 nine twenty two sixty three. Had a wreck just before 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:51.240 the bridge. That's clear. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.600 Then a second wreck is a Kyle's. They just cleared 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.200 that one off on the right hand side. Traffic's still 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:00.520 running close to an extra twenty minutes from Donaldson into 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.840 downtown northbound four to seventy one continues heavy out of 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:07.280 Southgate southbound seventy one working with a wreck just below 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.280 Field Turtle, but traffic's improved there still slows between two 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.680 seventy five and Red Bank and southbound seventy five. Break 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.960 lights continue in and out of Lachland. Northbound seventy five 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.320 is running heavy through the Wachland Split. There's a wreck 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:25.520 on the twenty two at Union Chapel in Claremont County 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:29.400 and Westwood Northern near Montana. Chuck Ingram News Radio seven 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.320 hundred WLW. 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.920 All right our WCPO nine first onety fore casters enter 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.480 our buddy, Jennifer catching mark. It's a cloudy day, but 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.040 it's going to be a warm day. We're getting up 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.760 to fifty seven degrees. It will be a breezy day 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.560 when's expected to get anywhere from ten to twenty miles 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:49.240 per hour. Tonight we're dry, cloudy, forty. Tomorrow's sunshine mixed 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.200 with a few clouds, but a lot of sunshine. Tomorrow 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.840 is going to be really nice, fifty two degrees down 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.800 to thirty nine tomorrow night. Now Thursday, it will be 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:00.120 dry until later in the afternoon, a spotty shower or 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.600 maybe we're getting up to fifty eight tomorrow, then on 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:07.560 Friday dry during the day. Fingers crossed on that when 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:11.400 she says, and getting all the way up to sixty 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:16.800 degrees on Friday, but Friday night, Jennifer says, we're gonna 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.639 get what's called a soaking shower. So if you're going 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:23.640 out Friday night, please keep that in mind. I got 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.040 the news right around the corner. Then, Julie is fording 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:29.159 right here on the Morning Show seven hundred wl W. 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.520 All right, eight thirty eight, welcome to the Morning Show 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:45.840 here on seven hundred WLW. We're all on that magic 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:49.960 bus to get healthier, and that's why we welcome in 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:57.760 the picture of Health herself, Julie isfording, Happy New Year. 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.720 Julie is for ding new Year. 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.760 To you too. The magic bus. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.520 Huh, I like it, Yeah, magic buzs of health. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.800 Yeah, let's get on that bus. 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.199 Tom, Well, you're already on it. The rest of us 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.359 are sort of, you know, running behind the bus or 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:19.399 walking or crawling or something behind the bus. It ain't running. 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.399 That's a beautiful compliment, by the way. Well, I mean, 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:25.760 I'll take it, but it's not truly. I think a 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.000 lot of people are trying to get on the bus. 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.399 Well, you know, you and I talked about this before 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.639 the New Year, and that is a study show that 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:37.000 of all the quote unquote New Year's resolutions that people make, 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:41.000 seventy nine percent of them have to do with getting 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.280 in better physical shape. You talked a lot about the 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:46.880 last time we got together before the New year, about 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:48.800 you know, the mental health side of it and all 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.240 those kinds of things along with the physical health side 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:53.399 of it. Today, I want to zero in and I 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.040 love the idea the topic you came up with today, 0:18:56.080 --> 0:19:01.720 because this is one of those things things where let's 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:05.159 say your New Year's resolution is to get in better 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:08.920 physical and mental shape. But on the physical side, Okay, 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.159 I'm going to start going to the gym. I'm going 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.639 to start going to an exercise class. Part of the 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:18.280 gym or the exercise class involves a locker room. And 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:23.479 today you are going to talk about certain etiquette that 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:26.360 people might want to keep in mind before they go there, 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:29.000 because you know, before we get to your suggestions, I 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.400 got to tell you I think one of the things, 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.879 and I think I'm speaking more for men here than women, 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.119 because I can't speak for women. I've never been a woman. 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:41.320 But for men, is that when you know, say your 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:45.440 wife or your sister, or your daughter or whomever talks 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:47.560 you into coming to one of these classes, and you've 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:51.280 never been to one. Okay, walk in most times the 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:55.040 lighting is dim. You know, you walk in and there's 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.560 a mat over in that corner, a category for those there. 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:01.560 There's an area of way eats. It vary from two 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:05.600 pounds to twenty pounds. They're these bands in the room 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:09.480 and all this other story. It can be, Julie, very intimidating. 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:15.120 It really can be. And we're talking basically today about 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:18.680 how the class is. Like I teach a lot of 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.520 yoga and pilates. I teach it to art museum, and 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:27.439 I teach it at MBRA, and I consider the gym, 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:29.520 going to the gym or going to a class, it's 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:33.560 like a big playground and here we go in the 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:37.320 playground is much more crowded now. And frankly, as a teacher, 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:39.520 and I think if you talk to any teacher in 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:42.760 the city, it's a great time. I mean, here comes 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:47.080 all these new students, all these people with one thing 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:49.600 in mind. They just want to be better. And you 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.480 have all these levels that come in and the first 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:55.879 thing to realize is, just like life, everyone's at a 0:20:55.920 --> 0:21:00.640 different level. But some things to remember or like when 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.760 you come into class, just your basic things will keep 0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:07.400 you like eighty percent ahead of everyone in that room. 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:09.879 And that is your basic things. Just like when you 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:12.960 were a kid on the playground, you know, you get 0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:16.399 there on time when you bring you know, like if 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.760 you're in a yoga class, you roll out your yoga matt. 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:22.080 You don't slam it down and say, well, here I am. 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:26.800 And you know you also listen to the instructor. That's 0:21:26.960 --> 0:21:31.840 everyone's just listening, trying to understand the movement, not create. 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:34.840 This is not the time to create your own little game. 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:39.280 And if you're in the gym, what about you don't 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:42.560 drag in all your stuff, you know, your gym bag. 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:45.560 Same with classes, don't bring your stuff in, keep it 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:49.399 in the locker room. That's what they're for. And always 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:52.879 go with you know, a sense of childlike adventure. This 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:56.240 is not like there are there is no perfect way 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:59.320 to do yoga, there's no perfect way to do pilates, 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:03.160 there's no perfect way to lift weights or to ride 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:06.959 a peloton or but there's a hundred good ways. So 0:22:07.040 --> 0:22:10.800 it's like go for the good and and you know, 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:13.199 and then just think about when you were a kid 0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:17.600 on the playground. You want to wear appropriate attire and 0:22:17.640 --> 0:22:20.679 you want to remember the locker room. It's like the kids' 0:22:20.720 --> 0:22:23.439 bathroom at school. Let's not be spending a lot of 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:26.120 time in there. This is not the time for an 0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:30.320 hour shower or the time to have a full blown 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:35.000 conversation with someone. Get in, get out, get done, and 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:38.440 just you know, you can see my vibe here. It 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:42.320 really should be a happy hour, whether you know however 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:45.720 much time you spend at a class in a gym, 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:50.360 and to realize that everyone is there for the same reason, 0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:53.560 just to get better. But I mean, do you have 0:22:53.600 --> 0:22:54.280 some stories. 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:58.160 I always just go back to the to the way 0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:00.560 that I sort of preface this. Now, I will say 0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:02.560 I have been to your class. My wife and I, 0:23:02.760 --> 0:23:05.720 Polly and I have been to your class a number 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:09.920 of times. And you are someone and I'm not saying 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:13.080 this just because you're on the radio right now. You 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:16.800 are someone that when someone walks in the class and 0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:19.879 you know immediately whether you've seen this person before. You 0:23:19.920 --> 0:23:21.600 may not know whether or not they've ever been to 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:25.080 a class before, but I'm sure that you're perceptive enough 0:23:25.359 --> 0:23:28.159 that when somebody walks in and it's clearly their first 0:23:28.240 --> 0:23:30.520 or second time, and maybe they're a little unsure of 0:23:30.560 --> 0:23:33.760 some of the stuff. You're right there to answer any 0:23:33.840 --> 0:23:36.680 questions that may they may have. And that's all assuming, 0:23:36.720 --> 0:23:39.960 of course they get there a few minutes early and 0:23:40.000 --> 0:23:43.040 not walking in late to interrupt the class. But you're 0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:45.840 there to do that, you know. I think it's so 0:23:46.200 --> 0:23:51.879 important and incumbent upon the host of the class, Okay, 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:55.400 the instructor of the class to be there and available 0:23:55.640 --> 0:23:58.879 for guys like me or people like me, women like 0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:01.639 me who are looking in there and you're just not 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:05.160 sure what is all this stuff? What's it used for? 0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:08.879 Why are people getting this block over there? You know, 0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:11.040 you know what I'm saying. I mean, that stuff is 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:14.200 what teachs you from going right. 0:24:14.920 --> 0:24:18.359 So I try to get there half an hour before class, 0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:21.840 hoping that the newbies will come early and then I'll 0:24:21.880 --> 0:24:24.639 have a chance to like talk to them and get 0:24:24.720 --> 0:24:27.960 them excited. And you're right, there is a look on 0:24:28.080 --> 0:24:31.240 certain people's faces when they walk in the room. I 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:34.520 know this is our first class. Yeah, they have to 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:39.200 look at my job and I'm so happy to see people. 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:43.000 I mean, it's to me teaching, it's like this social time. 0:24:43.160 --> 0:24:46.159 You're like Julie, the host of the Love Boat was 0:24:46.200 --> 0:24:49.240 that her name, Julie. I think it was you. 0:24:50.280 --> 0:24:53.080 But I think it's so exciting to see one more 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:56.960 new student because you remember, it's not the teacher. It's 0:24:57.000 --> 0:25:00.440 not the individual students that make a class great. It's 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:04.520 the total energy in the room. So if people are 0:25:04.600 --> 0:25:08.639 having fun, they'll forget their exercising. And that's the point 0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:11.919 of all this, that exercise becomes fun. You fall in 0:25:11.960 --> 0:25:16.399 love with either a class routine. You know, you go 0:25:16.480 --> 0:25:19.840 with your buddies to a certain class and enjoy the camaraderie, 0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:24.280 you like the teacher. There's so much that goes into 0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:29.000 the enjoyment of exercise. Don't like don't stop short, like 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.359 don't go to the gym, and like being you know, 0:25:32.480 --> 0:25:35.560 try to do it alone. I think classes are great. 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:40.959 I think being in just watching other people use machines, 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:45.200 if you use machines, asking for help from the staff 0:25:46.280 --> 0:25:49.400 and but you know, and then just doing your common 0:25:49.600 --> 0:25:53.000 kindness things. Don't leave a pool of sweat on the machine. 0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:56.440 Don't camp out on the machines. How's that one someone 0:25:56.520 --> 0:25:59.359 will be doing a set or using the dumbbolls and 0:25:59.400 --> 0:26:01.560 they just stand there and then they get on their 0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:04.520 phone or sit there. It's kind of like you really 0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:05.560 need to move along. 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:08.160 Yeah, it's funny you say that, because I do see 0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:09.840 a lot of that. If you go in somewhere that 0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:12.800 maybe only has a couple of benches for a bench press, 0:26:12.840 --> 0:26:16.280 for example, and somebody's you know, doing their three sets 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:19.600