1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland, and this is Fitness Disrupted, Five 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: Lessons you Better Learn from COVID. Sounds like another tough 4 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: love type title, and it and it is. And I'm frustrated. 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: And I often talk about what one of the many 6 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: things I love about doing this show in the way 7 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: that I do it is that when I get inspired, 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,919 Speaker 1: when I get frustrated, I do a show. So I'm 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: recording all the time. I obviously have people lined up, 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: interviews and things like that. But I read something, I hear, 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: something I experienced, something could be early in the morning, 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: late at night. My studio is close by I go 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: record a show, and this is one of those. As 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: I get ready to get together with my family for Thanksgiving, 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: COVID is raging on, and there's so much involved in this, 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: COVID and fitness and health and wellness. I thought, I 17 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: gotta do this show. And as I was preparing my 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: notes and doing research for this show, I realized that 19 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: the fifth point I'm Gonna give You needs its own show. 20 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: And it's it's a tough topic, but it shouldn't be. 21 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: And it's literally life and death. And I know many 22 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: people use that term literally, but it's literally life and death. 23 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: It's literally life and death. So I can't feel badly 24 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: about doing these shows. This is to make us all 25 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: and to make you as healthy as possible. Because those 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: who sugarcoat the truth or give you bad information, and 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: that's the majority of people in the health and wellness industry, 28 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: they're either uneducated or they're they're not telling you what 29 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: you need to know, and that can kill you. That 30 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: can that can kill you in a time like this, 31 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: and that's why it's so connected to so much. And 32 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: as I was preparing my notes for this episode, what 33 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: constantly came up as is extremes. Right, we're going through 34 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: an extreme time. This is a pandemic. And I've talked 35 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: about and done shows on the extreme events I've done, 36 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: whether it's running across the Grand Canyon, doing ultra Marathon's 37 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: Iron Man's whatever you consider extreme, it's obviously relative, but 38 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: you learn so much from those experiences. Extremes clarify things. 39 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: You know, you're in the middle of an ultra marathon, 40 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: You're in the moment. You can't look ahead, you can't 41 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: look back. As I've said so many times, and you 42 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: can't complain. I take it back, you can complain, but 43 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: it does nothing. And everyone in that race is going 44 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: through the exact same thing, the exact same course, the 45 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: exact same weather conditions. And so you get through and 46 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: you figure it out, and it puts things into perspective 47 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: and you can only focus on what's really important. And 48 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: you may even think, did I train hard enough? Did 49 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: I do the work? Because in the end, you're the 50 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: only one to blame when it comes to things like that. 51 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: So extremes teach us, hopefully we learn. And that that 52 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: is a huge part of the theme of today's show. 53 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: And and I have an interesting outro that goes to 54 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: that about human nature and how we forget. You know 55 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: that that's the that's the joke when it comes to 56 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: endurance races, especially males. You know, people will say, oh, 57 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: doing an iron Man or a marathon again, whatever you're 58 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,279 Speaker 1: challenging distances is you know, women will say it's like childbirth, 59 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: and you forget. You know, you finish a race and 60 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: you go, oh, my gosh, that was the hardest thing 61 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: I've ever done. I'm never doing that again. And then 62 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: two three a week later to three days I was 63 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: going to say a week later, you're signing up for 64 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: your next one. So that's good and a bad thing 65 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: as far as for getting pain and forgetting extreme events. 66 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: But we ultimately want to learn and come out of 67 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: it healthier, and a huge part of that is reframing. 68 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: You know, I talked about at the end of every 69 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: show how we control three things, and one of those 70 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: is our attitude. And so yes, I know this is 71 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: challenging times. And yes, listen, if you've had you know, 72 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: directly impacted by COVID and death, you know, thoughts go 73 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: out to you and and that's terrible. But we also 74 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: need to learn and and that I'm gonna give you 75 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: five lessons. Hopefully everyone is learning from these extreme times, 76 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: and the most important part of that is when the 77 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: extreme times are behind us, do you continue to practice 78 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: those less as you have learned. But this is such 79 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: a unique time for me, As I've said before, because 80 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: the five tips I'm gonna give you lessons whatever you 81 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: want to call them, I've been preaching for decades, but 82 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: it takes a pandemic to put them right in front 83 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: of us. But even that being said, you can reframe 84 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: anyway you want. In other words, you can twist the science. 85 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: You can say the things that you do have control 86 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: over you don't. And that is one of the top 87 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: problems when it comes to health and wellness is that 88 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: you think you don't have control where you do. All right, 89 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: quick break, I promise you're gonna you're you're gonna learn 90 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: stuff here and and yes, it's it's some type of 91 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: tough love, if we want to call it that. But 92 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: it's the most important shows I do because it's about 93 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: living longer and being as healthy as possible. All right, 94 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: quick break, When we come back, five lessons you better 95 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: learn from COVID be right back. As I said at 96 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 1: the start, extremes are so educational. Whatever experience you have 97 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: that's an extreme experience, when you come out of it, 98 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: you're a different person. And when it's a chosen challenge, 99 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: you're different in so many good ways. You're tougher, you 100 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: have self efficacy, situational confidence. And the more you do that, 101 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: the more you go through extremes, the more you challenge 102 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: yourself in many different ways, these stronger a person you are. 103 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: And so yes, we're going through tough times. And I've 104 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: often been accused of looking at the good side too often, almost, 105 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: But that's how I am, and that's what we can control. 106 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: And I can't control the situation, but I can control 107 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: my reaction to it. And studies are really strong and 108 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: showing that a positive outlook leads to a longer life. 109 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: So you can dwell in the negative, you can say 110 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: woe is me, or you can accentuate the positive. And 111 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. So five points five lessons 112 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: that COVID darn well better teach everyone out there first 113 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: and foremost. How many times am I going to revisit this? 114 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: I have to over and over. It's not about time 115 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: when it comes to exercise. The number one excuse that 116 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: I have talked about for decades is time. I don't 117 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: have time, is what so many people say. Now I 118 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: get it, everyone's busy, But everyone's busy and the busiest people, 119 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: as I've told you that I trained back when I 120 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: was a trainer, found the time, made the time time. 121 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: You know, the line is you don't No one has time. 122 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: You make the time. But what has COVID taught us 123 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: when we got locked down? That's all you had. And 124 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: as I do this show, it's almost a year year 125 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: when on the official start date. We're getting close. But 126 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: you've had more time than ever before to exercise, and 127 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: some people have many have not, And again that's okay, 128 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: it's all learning process, but you better start taking an 129 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: honest look at your reasons for not doing it, because 130 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: it's not about time. If it were about time, there 131 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: wouldn't be something called the COVID fifteen. In other words, 132 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: the COVID fifteen, similar to the freshman fifteen. People gaining 133 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: fifteen pounds or more because they're at home with COVID 134 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: because of COVID. So it's not about time. So just 135 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: accept that and let it go. Everyone is busy, and 136 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: all of this will come together as I give you 137 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: my five points. They're all connected, as they always are. 138 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: And that's one of the problems with the fitness advice 139 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: you get is they try to parse it out, to 140 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 1: try to separate things that shouldn't be separated. And health 141 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: and wellness is connected in such a unique way that 142 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: it's about the cardio and the behavior change and the 143 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: eating well that they all are connected to each other, 144 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: and you can't just do one and have all the others. 145 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: Firing for a lifetime doesn't work, never has, never will, 146 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: and so it's not about time. Let that go. And 147 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: I know it's tough because then you have to admit 148 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: that you're not prioritizing it. There's the tough love. And 149 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: when you have those people, the trainers, the family, the 150 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: friends who just supported say yeah, you're busy, that's not 151 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: helping you. It's about being as healthy as possible. And 152 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: when I bring it all around, the final point is 153 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: going to be the most important because it's about not 154 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: dying at it's extreme and and that is what we're 155 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: going through right now. And I'm gonna give you the science, 156 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: give you a couple of studies quickly. But as I said, 157 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: as I was putting this show together, I said, you 158 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: know what that number five That is really why I 159 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: did this whole show and what got me jazz and 160 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: just you know worked up as you might be able 161 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: to tell to do this show. Uh, it needs its 162 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: own show. But let's move on. Okay, it's not about time. 163 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: It's not about time. Never was. Never was. Number two. 164 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: Have to bring this one up to just because it's 165 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: connected to the eating and the excuses. It's not that 166 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: it's hard to eat healthy when you travel. Have to 167 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: throw that in there because we're not traveling. And I've 168 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: always said I travel like crazy for work, and it's 169 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: about choices again, choices. And I used to have some 170 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: really successful clients who exercised. We're really good about that, 171 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: but they would use this excuse to top CEO celebrities. 172 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: I travel so much. It's really, you know, it's so 173 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: hard to eat healthy. I'm like, really, you're eating at 174 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: the top restaurants on expense accounts, no, less not you're 175 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: not even paying for it half the time, or more 176 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: than half the time. It's about choices. Restaurants have salads 177 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: and chicken and fish and vegan options and whatever you want. 178 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: And when you're in a hotel room, yes there's room service, 179 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: but it's much harder to get the food than it 180 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: is when you're at home. And I've said that for years, 181 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: and now what is the pandemic taught us? Yeah, when 182 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: you're home, that's when it's challenging. You know why, because 183 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: you're house, generally speaking, is filled with food. And there 184 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: was the run on food and toilet paper and all 185 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: the craziness that happened when COVID first hit. So the 186 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: other or less than number two, it's not about where 187 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: you walk about traveling. It's not about being at home. 188 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: It's not about hard. I'll use the term challenging, but 189 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: it's not more challenging to eat healthy when you travel, 190 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: especially today. When I started in this industry decades ago, 191 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: there were not half the food options at fast food 192 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: places even that there are today. There were not all 193 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: of these juice places in every uh yeah, hotel airport 194 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: filled with different boutique healthy stores, options, juice bars, natural 195 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: There's so many options. I don't care where you are. 196 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: So that's not an excuse either, And that is what 197 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: COVID has taught us. When you're sitting at home and 198 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: you have more time than ever before, are you exercising 199 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: or are you sitting on the couch with a bag 200 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: of potato chips? Again, it sounds harsh, but we gotta 201 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: put it out there. That's what this show is about, 202 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: being honest with ourselves, and that should get you excited, 203 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: not angry, not defensive choices. It's good news, all right. 204 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: And just before I finish up with number two. When 205 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: I travel, and I've talked about this, you think ahead 206 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: like everything else. It's like meal planning, and you don't 207 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: have to do a crazy amount I'm really lazy people 208 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: when it comes to food. I'm honest about all this 209 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: stuff because I have to be. So when I'm traveling 210 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: and I know that. You know, listen, when I'm in 211 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: a hotel room and it's two am and I'm hungry, 212 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: that stinks. I don't like that. I wake up at 213 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: home usually and then I go downstairs. So you bring 214 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: stuff with you, and I've talked about I bring oatmeal 215 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: with me when I travel. I'm in hotels because I 216 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: can use usually if the microwave, and if there's not 217 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: a microwave, I use the coffee maker and the hot 218 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: water boom. I got oatmeal, and I have a special 219 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: uh it was a soup cup. I think I bought 220 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: microwave will soup cup years ago and I've kept it 221 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: ever since then. I used that for my oatmeal. Sometimes 222 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: I don't have that. You just use a cup. So 223 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: my point is oatmeal. I bring that with me. Bars, 224 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: healthy bars, perfect time, real food most of the time. Bars, 225 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: things like that awesome option when you're traveling, and traveling 226 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: also goes for you. Busy mothers or fathers who you know, 227 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: mothers who are driving all the time, fathers who are 228 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: driving all the time you're out and about perfect time 229 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: for those healthier bar options supplements, that's the time. And 230 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: finally protein shakes. I will bring single serve protein shakes. 231 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: And now there's single serve green drinks that I bring, powders, 232 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: real food most of the time. That is the perfect time. 233 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: So it's not about traveling and being busy for it 234 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: to be difficult to eat healthy, okay, or being at home. 235 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: Being at home and having more time, that's more challenging 236 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: oftentimes for most people. Okay. And I had to throw 237 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: in just if you are traveling, look for hotels ahead 238 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: of time that have gyms or and or the exercise 239 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: equipment you want, because now you can see all that 240 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: you can find all that. You google the gym the 241 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: hotel you're going to, and you google the gym and 242 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: you look at pictures. Now enough to talk to anyone, 243 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: you can see exactly what they have, all right, and 244 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: many of them have even the home exercise equipment options 245 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: that so many people want. Not gonna give brands, but 246 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: you know where I'm going with this, So again, do 247 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: a little homework, all right. Number three so important said 248 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: it a million times, and I will say it a 249 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: million more. But if COVID hasn't taught us what that 250 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: you can get in a great workout at home. You 251 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: can get in a great workout at home. The number 252 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: of people and I love you all and I'm not 253 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: bashing you, and I get it. You know, I have 254 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: connections to fitness equipment, but I can't get you anything now. 255 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: You know there has been a run on fitness equipment 256 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: like never four And that is an awesome thing I've 257 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: been talking about for years. You can get a great 258 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: workout in the time it takes to go to the 259 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: gym at home. Shorter workouts. Just gave away number four. 260 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: But you can get into great workout at home. And 261 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: I'm not putting down Gym's spent my life in them. 262 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: Owned one said I wouldn't, but I did. Forty billion 263 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: dollar year industry though, forty billion for Gym's four for 264 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: home chips. That's going to change the question is how 265 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: many of you, how many people who are learning, who 266 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: are getting in the workouts at home now continue to 267 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: do that or go back to the gym. I think 268 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna give you a number. It don't matter, 269 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: but you can Cannon should do both. But you can 270 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: get in an awesome workout at home like never before 271 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: thanks to fitness technology, and that is great news. You know. 272 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: It's such a TV line that I have used on 273 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: every shopping channel for so many years because it's true. 274 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: In the time it takes you to go to the gym, 275 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: you could be done at home. But you have to 276 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 1: believe that minutes matter. And that gets to number four. 277 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: Let me just jump right there. Short workouts and movement matters. 278 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: That is what you should be learning from COVID as well. Sure, 279 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: you can go to the gym five days a week 280 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: for an hour at a time, but it's what you 281 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: do outside the gym that ultimately makes all the difference 282 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: in the world. You can, you know, go to a 283 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: fast food place or a coffee place after the gym 284 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,239 Speaker 1: and undo all that cardio you just did. And if 285 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: you're strength training at the gym, predominantly, if you don't 286 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: eat well and get your cardio in, you're not going 287 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: to be well balanced and healthy either. So short workouts 288 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: and I threw in movement matters because it's it's moving 289 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: throughout the day. As I record the show, I'm standing. 290 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: My body hates to be seated, and I believe that's 291 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: that's part of evolution. I believe the healthier we get, 292 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: the healthier you get, the less you want to be 293 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: on a couch. And when you do get on the couch, 294 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 1: it's because you're tired because you've you know, had a 295 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 1: long day of moving, of moving around. But we're meant 296 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: to move and we're meant to move forward throughout the day. 297 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: You know, cavemen were not going to gym's all right, 298 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: So yes, you still can do that, but COVID has 299 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 1: aut us that you don't have to. And let me 300 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: just throw in there because it's worth repeating, Jim's did 301 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,199 Speaker 1: not have your best interests in mind, which is one 302 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: of the reasons I never wanted to own one, amongst 303 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: many others. But the primary function of Jim's is to 304 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: get you to sign up and then go the heck 305 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: away and continue to pay. That's the model. If, depending 306 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: on the gym chain, showed up at the same time 307 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: of the members, there'd be chaos. So they're banking on 308 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: the fact that you don't. I don't like that. It's 309 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: not like again, I could you know, be a multimillionaire 310 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: working in the gym industry in that regard would not 311 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: make me happy at all. That's not why I'm in 312 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: this industry. It's just to make money, especially off people 313 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: not being successful at their plan. So to wrap up 314 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: number four again, and if you've listened to the podcast, 315 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: yes you've heard it before. You can hear it over 316 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: and over and over again until you start doing it, 317 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: till you make it part of your life, till you 318 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: you know, shoot me a an email or reach out 319 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: on Twitter, Instagram and say, you know what, Tom, I've 320 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: been doing your short workouts and shockingly, after a certain 321 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: amount of time doing them, they work. So short workouts matter, 322 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: minutes matter, movement matters, and it feels good and it's 323 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: easier over time, significantly easier. All right, let's do a 324 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: final break because when we come back, it's my final 325 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: point and it is the most important. These are all important, 326 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: but it's this will be all end all and so 327 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna do a whole show on but I'm 328 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,199 Speaker 1: gonna touch on it here. I'm gonna try not to 329 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: get into it too much. But it's so important, it's 330 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: so important, and it's a sticky subject. But all the 331 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: most important ones in fitness and wellness are and that's 332 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: why they take advantage of you. Okay, enough, final break. 333 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: When we come back number five, we'll be right back 334 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: talking about five lessons you better learn from COVID. You're better, 335 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: We all better. It's my industry, so kind of I 336 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: kind of believe it all. But this is the most 337 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: important I often talk about and you'll read about finding 338 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: your why why do you exercise? So many people it's 339 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: weight loss? Get it, so many people, it's vanity. Get it. 340 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: Then you get into the other stuff not talked about enough, 341 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: not valued enough. But let's just get right to the extreme. 342 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: Is that work. We're in a pandemic. We're talking about extremes, 343 00:21:55,040 --> 00:22:00,719 Speaker 1: and that's where you hopefully learn the most iportant lessons. 344 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: What is the ultimate why? I mean, it feels crazy 345 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: to even say it, but the ultimate why you exercise, 346 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: why you eat healthy is so you don't die. As 347 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: the words come out of my mouth, it sounds nuts, 348 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: and it sounds nuts that it's not talked about enough, 349 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: but it's not. It's not why people exercise first and 350 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: foremost or second or third reason. And that's what the 351 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: pandemic is teaching us. And I'm gonna touch on the 352 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: science and then I'm doing a whole show on this 353 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: because it needs it. We exercise, hopefully, hopefully that's the 354 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: goal of yours. I don't I would think that you 355 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: want to not only live a really long life, but 356 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: have those years be quality years. And as I started 357 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: the show by saying it, that's what gets me so 358 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: incensed and so worked up about doing shows like this, 359 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: because those who sugarcoat the truth as I said, or 360 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: give you bad information are taking those two things away 361 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 1: from you. They're stealing years, and they are stealing quality 362 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: of life, and that is not okay. It's not okay. 363 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: Some people are doing it on purpose. Some people don't 364 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: know any better. Neither is okay to me. All right, 365 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: So it's about exercising and eating healthy so that when 366 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: a pandemic hits you are as protected as possible. You know, 367 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: the wine is going around. We are all in this together, 368 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: and I get it, and it's true. It's analogous, as 369 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: I said at the start, to being in a race. 370 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: We are all going through the same things. We all 371 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: are are experiencing the same things. But there is a 372 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: caveat Some people are doing better for a reason, and 373 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: this is where that tough love and this is where 374 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: it gets so, you know, I don't even have the 375 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: right word, but but it's a really hard discussion to have, 376 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: and it's one it maybe too soon, but I need 377 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: to have it right now because it is not preached 378 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: enough that the exercise and ultimately I'm gonna give you 379 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 1: one specific how much we weigh, is to stay alive, 380 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: much more so than vanity, much more so than the 381 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: stupidity I see day in and day out on Instagram. 382 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't realize that you know, uh, you know, 383 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: do you have all these hashtags A fit life had 384 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: to do with butts and boobs? I mean that seems 385 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: to be what you know is fitness today you get 386 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: thousand followers because you know, you take that so typical picture. 387 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: But for me people, it's about living healthy mentally and 388 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: physically and living a really long life. And one of 389 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 1: the major top risk factors for COVID is being overweight. Now, 390 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: I know many listening, that's why you listen to the show. 391 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: You overweight? I get it, That's why I do this show. 392 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: But the whole point is that when we have those 393 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: discussions about you know, you should love yourself. They did 394 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: a whole podcast on this as well, and not related 395 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: to COVID though, and regardless of how you look, you 396 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: should always love yourself, that's first and foremost. But we 397 00:25:56,240 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: can't get away from the fact that how much we 398 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: weigh severely impacts our response, our body's response and protective 399 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 1: mechanisms during a pandemic. I'm like beating around the bush 400 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: because it's it's it's it's it's a tough topic. I 401 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: know it has to be talked about. That's what these 402 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: extremes do. And as I've said, when this is all 403 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: said and done, we darn well better keep this conversation going. 404 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: You know, there's so many different topics in the world 405 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: today where like it's always we need to have a 406 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: discussion about it. We need to have a long, long 407 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: discussion about this, and and this is one of the 408 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: ways to do it. Let me just give you some 409 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: quick numbers. Okay, quick numbers. Let me go to this study. 410 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: This one's perfect Obesity Reviews August. Okay. Obesity Reviews is 411 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: the journal and the title is Individuals with Obesity and 412 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen, a Global Perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships. 413 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: Quick Numbers International team of re Searchers found that people 414 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: with obesity who contracted STARS were one hundred and percent 415 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: more likely than people of healthy weight to land in 416 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: the hospital, more likely to be admitted to an I 417 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: c U, and forty percent more likely to die. I 418 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: even think, as oftentimes is the case, those numbers are 419 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: way low. A couple more numbers, a couple more statistics. 420 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: They found that seventy of nearly seventeen thousand patients hospitalized 421 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: with COVID nineteen were overweight seventy seven percent or obese almost. 422 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: You know, I have so many more notes saving it 423 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: for that next show. It's so important really get into 424 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 1: the science behind it. But here's one thing I'm gonna 425 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: a little foreshadowing of that show. You know, so many 426 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: different negative effects of carrying around extra weight when it 427 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: comes to COVID, and one that you know is not good, 428 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: but here it is the vaccines potentially that are developed 429 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: to address COVID nineteen will be less effective for individuals 430 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: with obesity. Why is that? One reason? They believe a 431 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 1: weakened immune system. A weakened immune system, And according to 432 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: the CDC, they've on the website, now obesity worse since 433 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: outcomes from COVID nineteen. Having obesity increases the risk of 434 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: severe illness from COVID nineteen, may triple the risk of hospitalization, 435 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: decreases lung capacity, may make ventilation more difficult, on and 436 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: on and on. So I don't want to go into 437 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: it any deeper than that we exercise so that we 438 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: don't die. That's the extreme. That should be your major y. 439 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: But you have to believe that here, you have to 440 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: believe that it matters. I had one quient years ago, 441 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: will never forget. And we were having this discussion was 442 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: about cancers, and there's so much research I was looking 443 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: at at the time onto cancers that are preventable that 444 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: that exercise and a healthy nutrition significantly lessened the likelihood 445 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: of contracting these specific cancers. She said, I don't believe it, 446 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: She said, I believe that your genetics are what they are. 447 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: You're gonna get it or you're not. And I understand 448 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: there's so many people who believe that it's not true. 449 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: And here's the line. Everyone's talking about following the science 450 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: when it comes to masks and things like that. Not 451 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: going to debate that, but what I am going to 452 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: say is, let's follow the science when it comes to 453 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: being overweight and exercise and eating healthy. Because if we 454 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: are in this altogether, and I'm wearing a mask for 455 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: other people's sake, then we're all in it together and 456 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: we all have to do what we need to do 457 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: when there's no pandemic. Does that make sense. I'm gonna 458 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: leave it at that. And one final thing this this 459 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: ah going to read a line from a doctor again 460 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: doesn't need to be named when it comes to COVID. 461 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: This is a doctor. I have many friends who are doctors. Quote, 462 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: we didn't understand early on what a major risk factor 463 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: obesity was. It's not until more recently that we've realized 464 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: the devastating impact of obesity, particularly in younger people. Finally, 465 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: this person said that may be one reason for the 466 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: devastating impact of COVID nineteen in the United States, were 467 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: of adults are obese. Again, don't want to get into 468 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: these statistics right here, but when you compare the United 469 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: States COVID deaths and things like that to countries like Japan, 470 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: where obesity rates are different and lower, you can't make 471 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: that comparison in the same way. All right. My point 472 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: is we can control so many things, So this is 473 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: a positive. I know it's it's been tough. I know 474 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: so many of you are trying to lose weight and 475 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: it's a scary time. But when this is over, and 476 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: it will be over in a certain way, right the 477 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: vaccines whatever, you know what I'm trying to say, you 478 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: better take from these lessons, take from these extremes. We're 479 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: all in this ultra marathon right now. How are you 480 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: reframing it? What are you learning from it? And do 481 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: you not want to be protected as much as possible? 482 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: Have the best race possible, the best outcome that you can, 483 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: that you can control. And I have to, you know, 484 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: back in college. Have to end with a Simpsons reference. 485 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: For those of you Simpsons fans, you'll get it. Those 486 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: of you who didn't watch it back in the I 487 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: haven't watched it in years, but very funny show was 488 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 1: you know, came out when I was in high school. 489 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: I think Tracy Holman show. Anyway, there's a Simpsons episode. 490 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: Did a little research. The title is one Fish to Fish, Blowfish, 491 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: blue Fish. It's the eleventh episode, second season, and in 492 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: this episode, Homer Simpson consumes a poisonous foogoo fish. Anyone 493 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: remember at a sushi restaurant and he's told that he 494 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: has less than twenty four hours to live. You know, 495 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: this show has been around forever for a reason. It's 496 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: not only ridiculously humorous, but the take, the the commentary 497 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: on just so many different parts of our lives truly 498 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,959 Speaker 1: incredible and deep. At the end, he's told he has 499 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: twenty four hours to live, and he finds out that 500 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: he doesn't, and he jumps up and down. Homer Simpson says, 501 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: from this day forward, I vow to live life to 502 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: its fullest. The final two minutes of the show took 503 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: a couple minutes, like ridiculously long. It's Homer Simpson sitting 504 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: on the couch watching bowling, and I had to look closely. 505 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: But eating pork rinds, a bag of pork rinds light 506 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: They even through in the word light. I get it. 507 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,239 Speaker 1: It's human nature, and that's a good and a bad thing. 508 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: As I started the show by saying, we don't want 509 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: to have the capacity to remember pain too much. That 510 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't work for us. Evolution helped us with that. But 511 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: at a time when we're not being chased by tigers 512 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: and we are so much more protected, and I have 513 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: so much more, or she should say even so much 514 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: less movement and things like that. It's a really bad thing. 515 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: So don't forget. Let's learn from what's going on right now. 516 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: Let's learn about control, and let's make ourselves as healthy 517 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: as possible. And that ultimate why is to live your longest, 518 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: healthiest life. How many times do I say this during 519 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: these podcasts? That's what it should be about, you know. 520 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 1: But try try to sell a book. I'm getting ready 521 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: to pitch my next book. And if you don't talk 522 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,879 Speaker 1: about weight loss or that payoff, what are you gonna 523 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: give me? How about living your longest life? Yeah, and 524 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: there's some books like that, but they're ridiculously hard to sell. 525 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: You want to look good, feel good, and live your 526 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: best life, and so you control these things. We all 527 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,160 Speaker 1: control how much we move, what we put into our 528 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,919 Speaker 1: mouths and our attitudes. And that's not only awesome, as 529 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: I say, it will help you live your best life, 530 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: survive pandemics. And that's really important. All right, tough topic, 531 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: but an important one. If you have not subscribed to 532 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: the show, please subscribe to the show. Amazing guests coming up, 533 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: amazing topics. If you have ideas for topics, comments, whatever, 534 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: you want to say, reach out to me Tom h 535 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: Fit at Twitter, Tom h Fit also at Instagram, Fitness 536 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: disrupted dot com. I will have hearing from all of 537 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: you around the world, great comments, questions, and again this 538 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 1: this is tough for me to to to talk about 539 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: obesity and and death, but it's connected and we're not 540 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: talking about the science, and it's science. Should love yourself regardless, 541 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: but you should also control what you can and have 542 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:41,399 Speaker 1: your best life. And being healthy tastes better than any 543 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: piece of cake. I've had the cake. I know what 544 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: it feels like to finally get the behavior change. And 545 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,919 Speaker 1: trust me, if you're not there yet, you can get 546 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,439 Speaker 1: there and when you do, you will never look back. 547 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm Tom Holland. This is Fitness to Disrupted, Believe in yourself. 548 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: Fitness Disrupted is a production of I Heart Radio. For 549 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: more podcasts from my Heart Radio, visit the I heart 550 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,960 Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your 551 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:16,760 Speaker 1: favorite shows.