1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland, and this is Fitness Disrupted. So 3 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: I was at a hockey tournament away from home a 4 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: while back, and we're going out to dinner, the hockey 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: team doing some car pooling, and I had a bunch 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: of kids and a bunch of parents and we're all 7 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: jumping in my truck, my suv, And when we got in, 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: one of the moms looked around and remarked at how 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: clean the truck was. Now, let me say that I 10 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: am not someone who won't let you eat in my truck. 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: I am not someone who doesn't get it dirty. I 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: have two dogs, two labs that are in the truck 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: just about every day, and when they are in the truck, 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: they're wet and dirty from swimming and going in the woods. 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: And I'm doing car pools frequently and a lot to kids, 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: lots of eating and drinking. And I'm not someone who 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: says you can't. And so why is it that clean? Well, 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: it goes to everything I preach here on Fitness Disrupted. 19 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: It goes to excessive moderation. And when you start to 20 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: embrace that concept and the other ones I talk about. 21 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: You will see that it applies to fitness, and it 22 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: applies to nutrition, and it applies to so many facets 23 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: of our lives. End it makes it easier, not harder. 24 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: The alternative is harder. And so this fit tip is 25 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: about car washes, consistency, and change. I love alliteration if 26 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: you haven't caught on yet from the titles of many 27 00:01:53,240 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: of my podcasts. But there's so much in my truck 28 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: and car washes and consistency and change that we can 29 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: apply to exercise, nutrition and living our best bibs, right, 30 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: And it's about doing a little bit a lot rather 31 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: than a lot a little bit. So let me just 32 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: give you this perfect analogy for this fit tip. Two. 33 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: Reinforce how much I believe in and practice excessive moderation 34 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: and everything I do because it works, all right. So 35 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 1: I got the new truck actually probably a year ago, 36 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: not even yeah, maybe a little over a year ago. 37 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: And as I like to say, there's a great meme. 38 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: I don't have O c D. Doesn't mean that it's 39 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: like I don't have O c D. I just like 40 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: putting things in there. They used an expletive place I'm 41 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: not going to. But there is a difference between being 42 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: my mom was over the top. I would argue with 43 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: with Klein litness, but when you have six boys you 44 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: kind of need uh that that's a whole different ball 45 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: of act, right, But no, I just believe in maintenance 46 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: and consistency and not letting things get to a point. 47 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: I'm getting ahead of myself, as I often do when 48 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: you have to make major change, and oftentimes you can't 49 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: because you didn't do the things that I'm going to outline. 50 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: So the analogy is simple. Car wash opened up really 51 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: close to my house, less than a mile, probably half 52 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: a mile, and that is extremely important. And a bunch 53 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: of these factors align exactly with things like Jim's. So 54 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: when people ask me Tom what Jim should I join? 55 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: My first question is which one is closest to your 56 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: house or where you work? Where? Where are you going 57 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: to go from? Are you gonna go from your house? 58 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: You're you gonna go from your work? Okay, which is 59 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: closest because that is the most important thing relative to 60 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: how frequently you go. It's not how expensive, it is, 61 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: not how much you like it, And like literally a 62 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: mile can make a difference. And many of you know 63 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: that you've experienced that already you've joined those gyms that 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: you haven't gone to, and you thought, well, this is 65 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: two miles from my house I'm gonna go, or two 66 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: miles from my work I'm gonna go. Can't be that far. 67 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: That can be far, and it's different for everyone. What's 68 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: too far? But if this was a mile farther away 69 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: from my house and not in my normal path that 70 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm going out every day, I wouldn't have done it. 71 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: Because this leads to number two. So you got the 72 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: closeness right location, location, location, And then they have a 73 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: monthly unlimited car wash fee you can pay for this, 74 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: you know, gets taken off your credit card, debit card, 75 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: whatever every month unlimited. When I see unlimited, I'm like, 76 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: I'm in. But it's not cheap. It's not expensive, but 77 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: it's as expensive as what, just like a gym, how 78 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: frequently you go. And so this car wash, the monthly 79 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: fee is about a little less than two car washes. 80 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,559 Speaker 1: So if you go three times a month, you're already 81 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: ahead of the game. Now I don't go three times, 82 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: so on I go a minimum pretty much of eight. 83 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: So I go every Friday to have it cleaned from 84 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,239 Speaker 1: the prior week and ready for the weekend because again 85 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: often traveling, doing sports, whatever, and then Monday cleaned up 86 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: for the week. So get it ready for the weekend, 87 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: get it ready for the week, and then if there's 88 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: snow generally in the winter, I might go again on Wednesday. 89 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: So minimum generally of eight times a month. So when 90 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: you take that monthly fee, which is enough to make 91 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: me want to go, I'm not wasting that money. There's 92 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: no way. I'm not going a minimum of well eight, 93 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: but at the very least three. But I've never gotten 94 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: that low because I don't want to waste my money. 95 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: Same exact concept as a gym. When I owned the gym, 96 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: which I always said I would never do, I started 97 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: out with a hundred dollar monthly rate, hundred dollars Connecticut gym, 98 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: twelve square feet, full service classes, the whole nine yards. 99 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: Actually getting hot flashes just thinking about it again because 100 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: it was such a crazy experience that I said I 101 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: would never do. But I learned a lot. But when 102 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: people would come in, I sold memberships like crazy. And 103 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: one of the things I would say is for that 104 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: hundred dollars, you can come every day, you can come 105 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: twice a day. You can take yoga in the morning, 106 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: you can take you know, spin class the evening. You 107 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: can use all these weights like it is as expensive 108 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: as the number of times you use it. Car washes, gyms, 109 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: so many things exactly the same. No, why does a 110 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: car wash and why do jims do that? Why do 111 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: gyms have ten dollars as a monthly female bi price 112 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: high volume because they know you don't care. If you 113 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: don't go at all, you'll eat that ten bucks. Well 114 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: that's genius, I mean, and it's frightening. The number of 115 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: members of some of these gyms thousands, thousands, and if 116 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: showed up at the same time, chaos and so the 117 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: same exact concept with car wash. I'm going frequently. I'm 118 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: getting more than my money's worth. But it's convenient. It's 119 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: in my you know, common roots that I'm going. You know, 120 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: I don't have to go in a different direction, so 121 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: it's not a close it's in my flight plan, and 122 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: it's expensive. If the opposite, I don't want it to 123 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: be ten bucks because they don't go. Ah, not a 124 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: big deal. I don't have to go this Friday, don't 125 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: have to go this Monday. You go, So what's a 126 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: big deal. It's not that expensive. You're not going that's 127 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: where I'm going to end up because it's about maintenance. 128 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: It's about maintenance. I never let the car get to 129 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: the point where I have to make a major overhaul 130 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: like so many people do that New Year's well, right 131 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: before the summer, you go, look at what's happened, look 132 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: at what I've let myself get to, and now you 133 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: need to make major change. No small steps are the 134 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: best steps there are. They all lead you forward towards 135 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: your goal, and they don't get your hurt, and they're 136 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: not hard. You just have to be consistent. And so 137 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: such a perfect analogy with our bodies. Are cars. Car 138 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: wash clean it frequently, so you never get to that 139 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: point where you go, oh my gosh, no I gotta 140 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: pay two d bucks or whatever it is. Let's get 141 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: the whole thing overhauld. And here's the final kicker with that. 142 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: When you get to that point, they are oftentimes what 143 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: things you can't clean, things that won't come out right, 144 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: that candy that you let the kids, you know, eat 145 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 1: that if you had gotten it up quickly enough, it 146 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't be an issue, just like your body, but when 147 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: you let it go too long, it's exponentially more difficult 148 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: to deal with if you can deal with it at all. 149 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: Boom like, I am loving this analogy. You know, we 150 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: talked about the car analogy with fuel put on a 151 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: you know, cheap gas in get cheap performance. It's a 152 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: good one. It's been around forever, though. I like this 153 00:09:55,960 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: one even better because it has all the components not 154 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: only of gyms, but of a fitness plan in general. 155 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: And it just shows you that doing a little bit 156 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: a lot twice a week for this incredible. And I 157 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: always say I'm gonna have had done this, but another 158 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: thing just came to me. Not in my notes. I 159 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: enjoy myself. It's like I'm not the one in the 160 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: car saying to the kids, Oh, I can't have that, 161 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: don't eat that. I don't worry about it because if 162 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: there's a big spill or if something happens, I'm going 163 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: half a mile to the car Washington dealing with it 164 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: because I've already paid for it. And so there you 165 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: have it. There are no secrets, people, it's doing the simple, 166 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: basic stuff consistently that works. We are bombarded, I ambarded 167 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: with products and potions and programs that are supposedly never 168 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: been seeing for the hacks. But what No, there's nothing 169 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: that works better than consistency of the basics. But you 170 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 1: have to have those different elements convenience, actually invest enough 171 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: that it matters. That's totally counterintuitive for you. That's one 172 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: reason people. I never wanted to own a gym because 173 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: I didn't want to sell memberships in the hopes that 174 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: you didn't come. And that's the model. That's the model. 175 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: You don't make money. If you charge ten dollars and 176 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: you have a hundred members, you go out of business. 177 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: And so think about it. Car washes consistency and change 178 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: and start to utilize excessive moderation in all aspects of 179 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: your life. Oh, I feel good about that one, all right. 180 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: I love my job. Uh. If you want to reach out, complaints, comments, questions, 181 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: Tom h Fit is Instagram as well as Twitter, Please 182 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: follow the show, rate the show. I don't say that enough. 183 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: Anything you can do to support the show is greatly appreciated, 184 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: and I should be saying this hashtag fitness disrupted on 185 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: social media. I see it. I'll reach out. I love 186 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: your questions too. By the way, answer every single one 187 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: and listener mailbag shows they have the greatest audience out there. 188 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: You guys are the absolute best, the smartest, and you're 189 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: seeing results. That's one of my favorite direct message to get. Hey, Tom, 190 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: couldn't run followed your tips about strength training and stretching 191 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: and cross training and moderation and everything. And for the 192 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: first time, I'm running again. All those incredible, incredible messages. 193 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: That's what I do this for, to help all of us, 194 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: myself included, live our best lives. All right. I'm not 195 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 1: gonna waste your time, not gonna waste my time. I'm 196 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: not gonna waste your money on products or any information 197 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: that's not gonna help you achieve that. All right. If 198 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: you want to reach out, email Fitness disrupted dot com. 199 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: Go to the site. Email me through the site Fitness 200 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: disrupted dot com. And remember there are three things we 201 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,079 Speaker 1: all control, how much we move, what we put into 202 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: our mouths, and our attitudes. And that's awesome. I am 203 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: Tom Holland this is Fitness Disrupted. Believe in yourself. 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