1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland, and this is Fitness Disrupted. I 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 1: am currently working on my sixth book proposal for such 4 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: seventh if you count the fact that I did two 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: editions of my triathlon book, The Twelve Week Triathlete, so 6 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: updated that book, so six or seven depending And this 7 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: one is different. This one is different in that it 8 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: is my first non prescriptive book, so it's not about 9 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: running a marathon or doing a triathlon or going to 10 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: the gym. It doesn't give you workouts or training plans 11 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: to follow, and I'm super excited. It's kind of a 12 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: hybrid of well. One book in in particular that I 13 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: started working on way back when wasn't the right time 14 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: one publisher wanted it. But it's it's it's about the 15 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: fitness industry in general in totality. The working title right 16 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: now is the Truth about Fitness and Insiders look at 17 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: the gym's gurus, machines and more. You've heard many of 18 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: my thoughts that will be in the book on this podcast, 19 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: and as I'm putting this proposal together, working out at 20 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: home versus working out in the gym is obviously a 21 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: topic and something I talked about because I've spent my 22 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: lifetime doing both. But I spent a crazy a man 23 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: of my life within the four walls of a gem, 24 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: of many gems, of my own gym, one that I owned. 25 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: I always said I wouldn't do. But what kind of 26 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: moved me to make this a podcast is my changing 27 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: thoughts on working at at home versus the gem, how 28 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: they have evolved over the years and for many reasons 29 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: which I'm going to give you in a second. And 30 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: as I say frequently, something's wrong, something's wrong. We shouldn't 31 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: be in the state we're in as far as health 32 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: and wellness, given all that we have, given the number 33 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: of people that go to a gym, given all the 34 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: advances in science, in research, in equipment and technology, we 35 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: shouldn't be getting worse as a society, as a as 36 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: a as a world community with lifespan and obesity and 37 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: quality of life and disease. And so as I work 38 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: on this proposal and think of how we look at 39 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: the gym and we value the gym, that needs to change. 40 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: That's a huge part. But I'm gonna talk about it's 41 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: not to be all end all you've heard me say 42 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: this before, if you've listened to prior podcasts. Sure, it's 43 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: a start, and it's a good thing, and it leads 44 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: to other things. But you can go to the gym 45 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: five days a week. You can go to the gym 46 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: twice a day, five days a week and be unhealthy 47 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: and be not happy unhappy. So like everything else, when 48 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: you look at it with a an educated and experienced 49 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: it, it it depends. And so that's what I'm going to discuss, 50 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: even deeper today than I have in the past, working 51 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: at at home versus working out in the gym, the differences, 52 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: the benefits. I'm gonna pull it all together and say, 53 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: because of the characteristics, now, the unique characteristics of both, 54 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: I think for many people, hybrid model is the way 55 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: to go. All right, So that's what we're gonna talk about, 56 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: working at home versus the gym. If you're on the fence, 57 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: if you're still trying to figure it out, as so 58 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: many people are. Motivation, that's what this show is about. 59 00:04:50,960 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: All right, quick break, we'll be right back, And we 60 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: are back. And another reason I wanted to do this show, 61 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: it's because of the time of year it is. As 62 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: I record this coming up on the new year, and 63 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: I think back to many many years ago when I 64 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: was a trainer in the gym, and you salivated at 65 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: this time of the year because you knew what the 66 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: opportunity was to make more money. And I will talk 67 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: about this in depth in the Truth About Fitness book, 68 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: The Gym World, The Trainer World. How brutal that business is, 69 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: how brutal it is to be a trainer. You don't 70 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: get paid by the hour. You get paid if you 71 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 1: train people. And think about that, if your client doesn't 72 00:05:55,279 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: show up, you don't get paid. You know, it's crazy. 73 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I'm gonna getting amped up. This book 74 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: is gonna be good. Uh. There were gyms I worked at, 75 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: one in particular, where on more than one occasion, I 76 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: sold a fifty pack of training sessions, fifty pack, thousands 77 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: and thousands of dollars to a client who never showed up. 78 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: And you know how much I got paid for that 79 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: zero little insight into the insanity of how certain gym's 80 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: work and how brutal it is to be a trainer 81 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: and to make a career as a trainer. Now, many 82 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: many years ago, I said, while I enjoyed personal training, immensely. 83 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: Even with all those challenges, I wanted to do much 84 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: more the books and the videos and the consulting and 85 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: the uh you know, podcasts and things like that. So 86 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: it's in and of itself if that's your only revenue stream, 87 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: which it is for many people, that's challenging, all right, 88 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: But we put way too much emphasis on going to 89 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: the gym as far as health and wellness. At this 90 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: time of year, that's where I started New Year's resolutions. 91 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: Gyms are packed. You say, I'm going to get healthier, 92 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: and what does that mean? I'm going to the gym. 93 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: Okay to start, but it's a flawed goal for so 94 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: many for all the reasons I'm gonna give you again 95 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: because the number one reason people give we're not exercising 96 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: his lack of time. So now we're getting into the 97 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: differences between working out at the gym and working out 98 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: at home, and which should you do? Yeah, those two 99 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: words are gonna come up over and over again on 100 00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: this podcast. It depends depends on many different factors, all right, 101 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: But I want you to stop. If you're one of 102 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: these people who has tried over the years to go 103 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: to the gym at the especially at New Year's and 104 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: it hasn't worked. Stop trying that method or try a 105 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: hybrid methodist. I'm going to bring up because again, there 106 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: are twenty four hours in the day, seven days in 107 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: the week. You can go to the gym every day, 108 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:38,359 Speaker 1: seven days a week not be healthy. It's about consistency, 109 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: it's about intensity, it's about quality of your workouts. All right, 110 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna jump right into it. I'm just gonna 111 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: do it quick comparison again of the benefits and the 112 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: differences between the gym and working at at home, especially 113 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: thanks to two things, COVID and fitness technology. Those two 114 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: things have completely changed this discussion. And yes, I constantly 115 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: date myself and say, when I started in this industry, 116 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,719 Speaker 1: there was no Internet, there was no Zoom, there was 117 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: no fitness tech. There's a heart rate monitor, there's pretty 118 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: much it that was, you know, complex. And I used 119 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: to have a revenue stream where I used to go 120 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: to people's homes and help them set up there heart 121 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: rate monitor and teach them how to use it. And 122 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: now it's insane. Fitness technology in the privacy of your 123 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: own home is insane. And you couple that with COVID 124 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: and two aspects of COVID. By the way, COVID should 125 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: have done two things. It remains to be seen. We're 126 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: still coming out of it as I record this, but 127 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: it taught people the value and ability and the convenience, 128 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: all the things I'm going to talk about again. When 129 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: it comes to exercising at home, it was forced because 130 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: of COVID. The second factor that remains to be seen, 131 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: and unfortunately I know, thanks to human nature it will 132 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: get less and less. Is that you would hope if 133 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: you're in my position, that COVID taught us what the 134 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: value of being healthy, the value of exercise to strengthen 135 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: our immune system, the value of healthy eating to prevent disease, 136 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: the value of being at a healthy weight, if for 137 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: no other reason than to not die when something like 138 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: COVID comes around, because the top two risk factors as 139 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: of now we're age and being overweight. And there's a 140 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: brand new study that I will talk about. It's not 141 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: been hasn't been peer reviewed yet, but it's still bears discussion. 142 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: And what this study is saying is that it's the 143 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: fat cells themselves that may be the very one of 144 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: the mechanisms by which COVID effects the overweight the fat 145 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: cells themselves. So having more fat cells is problematic, bigger 146 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: fat cells having more body fat. So I know human nature, 147 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: having been in this business for so long and watched 148 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: people's motivations and and what motivates when it comes to 149 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: exercise and eating healthy. Fear of death is not one 150 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: of them. It's not strong enough. But let's hope it 151 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: resonates a little bit more even when this pandemic is over. 152 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: Because that's just of how our brains work. We tend 153 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: to forget pregnancy pain, racing, you know, endurance racing pain. 154 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: We can part mentalize it and we put it away. Okay, 155 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: so talking about I had to it's important. I had 156 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: to go there. So the gym, let's just go over 157 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: the factors again so you can start to see what 158 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: you need to do, what will work for you, and 159 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: why you choose one or the other or both for 160 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: your health and wellness plan. So first and foremost in 161 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: my list, I have that it's somewhere else to go. 162 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: You know, there's a popular gym chain that I had 163 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:43,359 Speaker 1: a problem with their advertising campaign because it was essentially 164 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: come here because your family is not But I get it, 165 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: not how I would want to advertise and market my 166 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: wellness facility. But I get it, especially mothers and fathers 167 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: and you know, depending on you know, where you work 168 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: and and your job and things like that, many people 169 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: go to the gym to get away. They don't want 170 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: to exercise at home. Totally understandable. That may be one 171 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: reason do you go. Second reason is you may not 172 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: have room. Now, even as I write this, years ago, 173 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: that would have made sense much more sense because equipment 174 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: was large and it was expensive. Those two things are 175 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 1: no longer the case. And one of my favorite groups 176 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: to follow on social media is well the two home 177 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: Jim groups and garage Jim's. There are some of the 178 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: coolest garage gym's ever. And the discussion they're having right 179 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: now at this time when we're mid December, is that 180 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: they're not going back to the gym, and those people 181 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: are so excited. So, yeah, you may not have room, 182 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: most likely you do, and you may not have room 183 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: for a lot of equipment. You may not have room 184 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: for you know, one big piece, but you have room 185 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: to do abdominal exercises, core exercises, body weight exercises somewhere. 186 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, I understand the room argument. But that's another 187 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: one that today is not what it was, and it 188 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: is not half as strong, not one tenth as strong 189 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: as it was twenty years ago, ten years ago. All right. 190 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: Another reason you go to the gym is one of 191 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: the reasons I go. When I go, you like the 192 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: energy of the people that are there, you know, to 193 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: go down into your home gym. And I've used this 194 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: term before, you know, try athletes and runners often referred 195 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: to the home gym as the paint cave. And as 196 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: I say now, you can't even really call it the 197 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: paint cave anymore because it was painful, because you had 198 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: no way to entertain yourself, and it was dark, and 199 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: it was, you know, miserable to go down and spend 200 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: two or three hours on a stationary bike or longer, 201 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: or run on a treadmill for an hour or two 202 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: or longer, when all you had was a big TV 203 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: if you were lucky, hooked up to a cable box 204 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: if you were lucky. Now, totally different. These home gyms 205 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: are incredible and you don't have to show out a 206 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: lot of money. But I want some energy every now 207 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: and again, not all the time. The times I want 208 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: to do it myself by myself, and that's the home 209 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: gym time where that's the outside workout, and then there's 210 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: a camaraderie. Again, I owned a ten plus square foot 211 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: full service gym for a couple of years, so they 212 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: would never do it, and I've done it all now. 213 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: But I saw, you know, the camaraderie that so many 214 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: gym goers have, especially as you get older. Right, I'm 215 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: actually the opposite. I enjoyed the camaraderie more when I 216 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: was younger. Now I'm a little more ornery and want 217 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: to be by myself more often, But I like going 218 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: there and having the energy, so I want the people 219 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: around me, don't necessarily want to interact. That's who I am, 220 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: all right. Another reason you may go to the gym 221 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: is along with that camaraderie is a spotter. You may 222 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: be lifting heavy, you know again back in the day, 223 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: I was lifting heavier and so bench press squats. You know, 224 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: if you're that person power lifter, you can still do 225 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: it at home. Don't think you can't. And if you 226 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: don't think you can join one of those garage Jim 227 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: groups and see the incredible setups that these people have 228 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: and for little you know, inexpensively put together. They're constantly 229 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: sharing like Craigslist listings and getting equipment for pennies on 230 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: the dollars sometimes all right, Another reason for the gym 231 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: the difference is the classes in person, back to the 232 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: camaraderie and the energy. You may want to go. There's 233 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: a huge power. I used to love teaching group cycling 234 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: and the other classes, but especially group cycling, and I 235 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: taught boot camp and I taught ABS classes, and there's 236 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: something magical about what can happen in a group exercise class. 237 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: Goes to the psychology, the sports psychology of all that 238 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: stuff is not the same. To do it over zoom, 239 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: It's just not. It's something, but it's different. And so yoga, zoomba, 240 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: bar classes, group cycling classes. You may want to go 241 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: do that in person, totally get it. You may go 242 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: because you want a wide variety of equipment. That's another 243 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: reason I would go. You want all the different cardio options. 244 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: You know, one day you want to use the elliptical, 245 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: another day you want to use the Jacob's ladder, the 246 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: stair master, and run on a treadmill, run on a 247 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: would wait treadmill. You know. The gym I do go 248 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: to now and I generally go when my kids are 249 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: playing hockey because it's all one complex complex. Uh, when 250 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: they practice, I work out, so maximizing my time. And 251 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: it's close to home. To be honest, I mean it's 252 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: we live really close to this facility, so I could 253 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: very well still go home. It's not like I'm you know, 254 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: driving thirty minutes. But it gives me that variation, all right. 255 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: So more equipment options. Uh, my gym even has pelotons. 256 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: My gym has the mirror, two of them, and so 257 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: the variation I will take advantage of. And also learning. 258 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: I try everything everything once and finally, and this is not, 259 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: by no means an exhaustive list. You may go to 260 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: work with a trainer. Awesome reason did that as a 261 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: trainer for years. So I want you to go to 262 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: the jew him and learn and get motivated by an educated, certified, 263 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,719 Speaker 1: experienced trainer who can teach you things and progress you 264 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: appropriately want that. If that's what you want, and that 265 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: is a great way to get started invest in your health, 266 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 1: make that appointment. Learn. My favorite experiences with clients, amongst many, 267 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: was that day when I was like, it's time for 268 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: you to move on. You know what you need from me. 269 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: You can go to another trainer and or you can 270 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: do it on your own too, And so don't think 271 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: that you have to go to a trainer forever unless 272 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: you want to. All right, let us take another quick break, 273 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: and when we come back that start to compare this 274 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: now to the home workouts and how totally different, as 275 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: I said, they are today. The yeah butts are gone. People, 276 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: But I'm sorry to keep breaking it to you. Yeah 277 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: but I don't have a lot of money, you haven't 278 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: off time, you know, a lot of space. They're all gone. 279 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: Quick break, We'll be right back, Yes. Comparing talking about 280 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 1: bringing at home versus the gym, it's a huge topic 281 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: today because we are still dealing with COVID. Coming out 282 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: of it, people are starting to go back to the gym. 283 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: And let me say this, I am pleasantly surprised at 284 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: how many people are going back to the gym already. 285 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: I didn't think that that would happen in the numbers 286 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: that it is right now. And so that tells us something. 287 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 1: And I think that tells us many things, including what 288 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: I just outlined, that camaraderie, all the different things, maybe 289 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: just wanting to get out of the house, not having 290 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: the space they wanted. And let me say this, the 291 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: space in your house has to be motivating to you. 292 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: It's a huge, huge part of it. And that is 293 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: one of the reasons many people go to the gym 294 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: because they just don't have that space. They don't have 295 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: the space to motivate them. That that brings the out 296 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: that desire to get on an elliptical for thirty forty 297 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: minutes or do whatever they need to do. Totally get it. 298 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: It's a really important part the sports psychology, the psychology motivation. 299 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: So I get it. But let's talk about the home now, specifically. 300 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: Number one reason you all have given for years that 301 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,479 Speaker 1: I've talked about lack of time. Now, my wife is 302 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: the single greatest example of the power of home workouts. 303 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: We are not the same. She's not a fitness person. 304 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: She is a TV producer. She works her butt off 305 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: has for decades as long as I've been in the 306 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: fitness industry. She's been producing TV, and she now does 307 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: more producing from home thanks to COVID, still goes in. 308 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: It was hesitated bring up my family here. I mean 309 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: to talk about my kids, but but my point is this. 310 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: She loves group cycling. She so rarely could get to 311 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: the gym. She works crazy hours. Thanks to bringing a 312 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: bike in the home for her and building out the 313 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 1: home gym for us, she now has well over a 314 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: thousand rides in a couple of years because of all 315 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: of those things that I bring up all the time 316 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: when it comes to home workouts, the convenience being number one, 317 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: and with the conveniences tight in what one of the 318 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: major focuses of my most recent book, the micro Workout Plan, 319 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: minutes matter. So my wife, when she has a free moment, 320 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: it maybe at nine oh five, it maybe at ten 321 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: oh five. Generally before the day gets away from her. 322 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: She starts working at seven am, and it's working into 323 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: the night, produces a nighttime show. I feel like I'm 324 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: talking about her too much right now, but she's such 325 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: a great example, and so she's not a fitness person. 326 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: She's struggled. She doesn't. She used to drive to a 327 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: town next to us. Took twenty some FID minutes to 328 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: get there, depending on traffic, and it would take another 329 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: god gosh knows how long to find a parking spot, 330 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: and there were sometimes she couldn't find one in time 331 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: to get in and do that group cycling class, and 332 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: so this was a game changer, and she is the 333 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: perfect living proof of the convenience factor, of the shorter 334 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: workouts factor. End not not the topic of today, but 335 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: how that twenty minutes or five minutes or thirty minute 336 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: workout affects so many other things, the healthy eating, the 337 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: positive mindset. So when it comes to the home, if 338 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: you're one of those people who for you know, whatever 339 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: number of reasons, can't get to the gym, doesn't want 340 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: to get to the gym, or can't do it enough, 341 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: then the home gym is for you. And the multiple 342 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: workouts that I talked about is for you. So you 343 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: may do the twenty minute bike ride in the morning 344 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: and then go back down in the evening and do 345 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: ten minutes stretch, ten minutes ABS. That's the future. And 346 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: let's just go to fitness technology. People back to the 347 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: pain cave that it was called for so many years. 348 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: Can't really call it that anymore. And I laugh when 349 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: I look at the triathletes set up that they share 350 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 1: on social media. Now they've got a fan and you 351 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: know iPad, and it's hooked up to swift and they've 352 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: got like their bike on this soup and I have 353 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: many of this stuff, by the way, too, so as 354 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: I make fun of others, my point is it's not 355 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: a pain cave anymore. We have so many ways to 356 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 1: do two things, be entertained and get the most out 357 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: of our workouts. And that is so exciting. It's actually 358 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: overwhelming to someone like me. You know, just got finished 359 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: reading a bunch of studies on basically choices, having too 360 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: many choices. I'm trying to distill it down here. We 361 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: have too many options. That's a problem. That's a problem. 362 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: It's stressful for people, and then they questioned their purchase 363 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: choices and that's that's where we are and are are. 364 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: It's only gonna get worse when it comes to choices 365 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: at home. And as I say this out loud, that 366 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: shouldn't be a problem. But there's so many ways to 367 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: be entertained distracted while you exercise, as well as coached. 368 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,959 Speaker 1: And I'm just gonna go through a couple of them again. 369 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: I've consulted with a specific fitness company for gosh, I 370 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 1: think it's seven or eight years now, home exercise company. 371 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: From day one, I was screaming at them content content, content, 372 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: And this is before pelotons for everything. It's about content. 373 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: It's about people and content. A squad is a squad 374 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: to push up, to push up and tell me what 375 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: to do. Peloton did it the best out of the gate. 376 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: It's about the people, It's about the programs. Okay, and 377 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: now we have you have access to an infinite number 378 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: of people in programs. I am pitched daily more content, content, content, 379 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 1: apps and programs to be on this podcast. There's nothing 380 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: that excites me about the vast majority of them to 381 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: have them on. But you have live workouts you can 382 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: do with Peloton, Mirror Tonal, You've got Zoom workouts that 383 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: you can do with your favorite trainer from a boutique Jim. 384 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 1: You can work out one on one with a trainer 385 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: at home. You can watch your favorite streaming service. You know. 386 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: Both Les has a Journey app where you can not 387 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: only watch your favorite streaming service, you can get on 388 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,719 Speaker 1: a bike or whatever piece of cardio and watch your 389 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: favorite Netflix series and layer the workout over it so 390 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: you can be coached while you're vegging out. That's amazing people. 391 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: And one of my favorite things that I haven't done 392 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: in a while because there's so many options, is to 393 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: I'd run virtually with people in real time. So that's 394 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: Swift again. And Swift is an app platform you can 395 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: use for the bike or the run. Haven't done that 396 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: a really long time. Where you get on a treadmill, 397 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 1: you can use a footpod things like that, and you 398 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: can run on courses with other people in real time 399 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: their avatars right now. But you see, you know Joan 400 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: from Milwaukee run by you, where you pass Barry from 401 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: you know Australia who's running on the same course at 402 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: the same time. Amazing, So let's pulled allgether. What do 403 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: you do? I believe in a hybrid model. Now totally 404 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: depends on you if you're like listen, by the way, 405 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: one of the major reasons many people go to the 406 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: gyms they don't feel comfortable, they don't want to do 407 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: it in public. Awesome, you don't have to if you 408 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: have a home, you have a home gym, get your cardio, 409 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: get your strength. And I've done a bunch of podcasts 410 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: on that. You want to learn more about, you know, 411 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: the best ways to build out your home gym, listen 412 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: to those podcasts. But I think it's the hybrid model, 413 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: and it's the analogy I have used for so many years. 414 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: Now it's the movie theater slash Netflix model. I love 415 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: going to the movies. I don't go as frequently as 416 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: I used to because I'm consuming more content at home, 417 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: but I still love going. I love that shared experience. 418 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: I love getting out of the house. All those reasons 419 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: I gave at the start for why many go to 420 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: the gym, same reasons similar to go into the movie theater. 421 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: But now it's so cheap you can do both. It's 422 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 1: so cheap you can do both. You know, I travel 423 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: frequently for work and kids, sports and hockey dad. You know, 424 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: I can't believe I didn't have this idea. Sometimes I'm 425 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: slowing the uptake with certain things. But hotel gym is 426 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: not great depending on where you are, and sometimes I 427 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: would go pay a day pass, you know, find a 428 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: local gym and go pay a day pass, pay for 429 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: a day pass. Well, now, this hockey dad was like 430 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: Tom he joined one of those ten dollar Jim chains 431 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: where there are locations everywhere just for or primarily for 432 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: traveling for hockey and business. I'm like, oh my gosh, genius. 433 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: And so if you're that person, because of how inexpensive 434 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: Jim's are. Now, let me say, back in the day 435 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: and when I had my gym day passes used to 436 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: be fifty dollars at some gyms because they wanted to 437 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: discourage you from doing it, because they wanted you to 438 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: pay for a monthly or yearly subscription. Well, now because 439 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: of these lph V JIM models, you know, franchises, low price, 440 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: high volume. You can get a membership for ten bucks 441 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: twenty bucks. If you use it once a month, you're 442 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: ahead of the game. And so whether you do it 443 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: that way, whether you're someone like me who you know 444 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: when your kids are doing certain things and your gym 445 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: is close by, that's when you go. But the final 446 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: thought I want to really drive home, especially at this 447 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: time of year, your health, the success of your fitness program. 448 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna throw in one other thing. It's not 449 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: based on the number of times you go to the gym, 450 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: and it's not based on how quickly that weight comes off. 451 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: I had to throw the weight thing in because they're connected. 452 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,719 Speaker 1: The success of your fitness program is not determined by 453 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: your weight. It's important, it's connected. We want to be 454 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: a healthy weight. COVID has taught us that it's going 455 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: to teach us more I will discuss that study soon, 456 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: But don't start the new year off by setting in unattainable, 457 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: unrealistic goal of going to the gym and then feeling 458 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: like you failed and you're not healthy because he did that. 459 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: When you're when your goal, see I'm gonna go up 460 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: on a tangent goal setting. You know, people say I'm 461 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: gonna get healthier this year, no definitive, measurable types of goals, 462 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: and not just going to the gym. That used to 463 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: be the easiest, almost only way that we could recommend 464 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: it because we didn't have the home gym opportunities that 465 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: we have now. But my point is, as you're setting 466 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: goals for the new year, and when you're thinking about 467 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: home gyms versus going to the gym, start adding in 468 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: all the other stuff. I'm gonna walk outside three days 469 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: a week and walk outside five days a week with 470 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: my dogs and go, you know, play tennis. I'm going 471 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: to do this, I'm going to do that. I'm going 472 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: to do you know, three lower back workouts per week, 473 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: because you have most people have lower back issues. I'm 474 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: gonna get a set of dumbells and I'm gonna do 475 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: a full body twenty minute workout routine, and I've got 476 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: many if you need them free at home. But look 477 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: at the totality, look at the complete picture of health 478 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: and wellness. It's not about the gym part of it 479 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: can be and as big or as small as you 480 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: want it to be, because it's your journey. You need 481 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 1: to raise your heart rate, lift heavy things, and eat healthy. 482 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: Because there are three things we all control, how much 483 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: we move, what we put into our mouths, and our attitudes. 484 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: That is awesome. If you want to reach out, Tom 485 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: h Fit is Instagram and Twitter tom h Fit any 486 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: questions comments, please do not hesitate. You can go to 487 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: Fitness disrupted dot com as well email me through the site. 488 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: Please follow the show. Is that the term now keeps changing. 489 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: Tell friends, share I love what I do. Love love love. 490 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: Just got an email from someone from Mark who said 491 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: his mom just finished our first triathlon, first iron Man triathlon, 492 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: and she wanted my book Swim Bike Running that was 493 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 1: translated into is it Danish or Dutch? I believe it's Danish, 494 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: which sounds wrong. Uh, And he couldn't find a copy, 495 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: and long story short, I said, I have one copy 496 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: that they gave me back when they translated it into 497 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: different languages and I'm going to ship it off as 498 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,760 Speaker 1: soon as this recording is over. Greatest job in the world, 499 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: and my goal is to help you live your best 500 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 1: life with the greatest best information available to you. And 501 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: my only biases that bringing you the best information that 502 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: you can use to figure your path. Right enough, thank 503 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 1: you for listening. I am Tom Holland this is Fitness Disrupted. 504 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: Believe in Yourself. Fitness Disrupted is a production of I 505 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,919 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, visit 506 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: the i heart Radio, a Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 507 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:03,760 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.