1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 1: I am Tom holland this is Fitness Disrupted and it's 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: time to talk about that Peloton commercial. Now. I waited. 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: I waited a couple of weeks because it's kind of 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: like when you're right that email when you're angry and 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: you will have the twenty four hour rule. Well, I 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: needed to sit back and wait, even though I wanted 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: to respond right away. It's time. It's time now, enough 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: time has elapsed, enough has been said and done, and 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: kind of you know, the jury has spoken, and now 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to speak, and I'm gonna tell you why 12 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: that Peloton commercial is exactly why this show is so important. 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: It's exactly why this show is so important. It's gonna 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 1: be a quick one, and I'm gonna basically give you 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: four or five reasons why the complaints against that commercial 16 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: and why they are so wrong, so wrong, and the 17 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: outrage towards that commercial is exactly what is wrong with 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: fitness and exercise and the perception of both. All right, 19 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: and the one line and you listen normally for shows, 20 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: there's a lot of research I do, and I'm looking 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: at studies and I'm taking copious notes and then I'm 22 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: distilling them down because I want to bore you to death, 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: but I want to give you just this show. Yeah, 24 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: I have some notes, but it's in my head. This 25 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: is thirty years of being in this business. This is 26 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: the psychology training I've had along with all the years 27 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: of doing all the stuff I've done in the fitness industry. 28 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: It comes right to this. It comes right to this. 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: And let me just say that I work with competitor 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: companies to Peloton, so I have nothing to do with Peloton, 31 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: but I have everything to do with defending against the 32 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: outrage because it plays into everything I talk about on 33 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: this show. All Right, the line I wrote down is 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: very simple. One of the major issues most people many 35 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: people had about the ad was it promotes unhealthy views 36 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: on an unhealthy body image, unhealthy views just from the 37 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: get go. You know what's unhealthy is being overweight. If 38 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: you don't believe me, listen to the show I've done 39 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: on that has nothing to do with loving yourself. But 40 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: every pound we are over our ideal weight leads to 41 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: a whole host of potential negative health issues. Increased risks 42 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: of cancer, diabetes, all of those things you want to 43 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: know what they are listening to a show. Listen to 44 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: the show I did on body image and weight. Nothing 45 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: to do with body image. But being unhealthy is not 46 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: necessarily being skinny or not. We're gonna talk about that, 47 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: because just because you're skinny doesn't mean you're healthy. And 48 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm getting ahead of myself a little bit. I'm getting 49 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: ahead of myself. I'm gonna get really worked up because 50 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: this is everything, and this is this is the Twitter world, 51 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: this is the outrage culture. And let me tell you 52 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: that political correctness is literally killing us when it comes 53 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: to this. I don't care about politics and all that 54 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I care about fitness and health and 55 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: helping people live better, with longer, feel better, all of 56 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. And political correctness you you will not. 57 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: I will not allow political correctness. And it sleeped into 58 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: my new book and I put my foot down right 59 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: away because it was actually going to decrease the belief 60 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: people had, the science. It was gonna decrease their ability 61 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: to achieve their best bodies and their best lives. And 62 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: when I say best bodies, I mean healthy. Okay, let 63 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: me say one final time. Carrying excess weight has major 64 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: issues carrying excess weight. It's really bad on your joints. 65 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: Listen to the show. You think running is bad for 66 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: your joints? No carrying around excess weight twenty four hours 67 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: a day, that is really challenging on your joints. So 68 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: we want to be a healthy weight, healthy healthy, not skinny, 69 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: not overweight. I don't even use the term fat. I 70 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: hate you, don't. You are not fat. You have fat. 71 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: Let me say it again, you are not fat, you 72 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: have fat, and we all need to get down to 73 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: our healthiest weight. So let me just go right to 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: four different reasons why people got annoyed cost. So I 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: get it. I made fun of the commercials back when 76 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: they first came out because they're these idealized houses. And 77 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: you know, there was a great twitter uh line or 78 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: what do you call it. Let's see, I'm getting worked up. 79 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: There's a whole backlash. One guy wrote really funny tweets 80 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: about all the different commercials and how just picture perfect 81 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: it was, and and listen, I laughed because he was right. 82 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get into all that right now, but 83 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: he was so the cost. So we're getting offended that 84 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: this guy gave his wife an expensive gift. Well, why 85 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: isn't the backlash to anything else? It's only exercise, right, 86 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: How many car commercials are there at the Christmas time 87 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: where a guy gives his wife a car that is 88 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: worth a heck of a lot more than So it's 89 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: obviously not the expense, it's the exercise component. So we're 90 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: we're we're working our way down this list right now. 91 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: So the cost, I get it, you want to go? Uh? 92 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: You know I gagged at the commercials when they first 93 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: came out. This this picture perfect. Yeah, but let's let's 94 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: be aspirational too, right, But yeah, they were kind of 95 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: over the top. But this is exercise people, Okay, so 96 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: the cost is obviously not that there's no backlash to 97 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: anything else. Diamonds, we could have all these give your 98 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: give your wife really expensive jewelry. Okay, that's okay, But 99 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: suddenly the cost, we gotta take cost out of the equation. 100 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: Obviously not the main driving force behind the outrage. And 101 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: then dread. Now this is really important. And the woman 102 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: who was in the commercial even said that it was 103 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: all about her eyebrows, that she looked so worried, and 104 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: I get that, but first of all, don't play amateur 105 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: psychologists and try to read into what she Listen to 106 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: what she says in the commercial right, she's excited, she 107 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: wanted it. You what the nerves come from from someone 108 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: who's been in the industry. And I will say this 109 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: every show a really long time, because that's really important. Okay, 110 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: I've been in this. This is my job. I'm not 111 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: I'm not a waiter. I'm not going This is not 112 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: a stepping stone to something else. This is why I've 113 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: done for the majority of my life is exercised. So 114 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: you know what the dread is from. It's the same 115 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: people who are worried to go into a spin class, 116 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: a cycling class. So many people are worried about that. 117 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: I listened to so many people talking about how they 118 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: would say, I would love to take X class, but 119 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: I'm worried. They don't want to look stupid, they don't 120 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: think they can do it, they think it's gonna be 121 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: really challenging. That's how I interpreted her dread. It's scary 122 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: exercise for so many people. It's not about time. It's 123 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: not about all those other excuses that you've all given 124 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: for so many years that I've debunked, all the butts 125 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: are gone, she's scared to do it, she's doing something different, 126 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: she's going outside her comfort zone. These are all good things. 127 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: And to have other people her reasoning, get over yourself, people, 128 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: because this is fitness. We're not putting her into diamonds. 129 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: We're not putting her into a car. This is gonna 130 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: lead to my last couple of lists. And it is 131 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: not just about weight loss, about how you look. And 132 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: this is the Instagram world of the lunacy that I 133 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: can get a master's degree in every single top exercise certification. 134 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: But someone on Instagram who puts herself in a bikini 135 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: and has two thousand followers, suddenly they're a fitness expert. Okay, 136 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: that should be where the outrage is. But these same 137 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: people who are screaming bloody murder about this are the 138 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: same people that that I would argue many of them 139 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: who listen to those people. It's not about being skinny. 140 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: Skinny does not equate healthy. And we do not exercise 141 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: how many times and that's fine. The main focus of 142 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: my career, what I'm preaching going forward is that the 143 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:57,119 Speaker 1: benefit of exercises, not just weight loss. That woman doesn't 144 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: get on the boy so in other words, if she's 145 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: and she's done, she doesn't need exercise, she's skinny. The 146 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: outrage should be that she doesn't exercise because she's skinny. 147 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: Let me say it once, what would have happened if 148 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: that woman hadn't been skinny? What would the outrage have been? Then? 149 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: So there is no winning, So there's no time to 150 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: to gift a piece of exercise equipment to somebody because 151 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: you're making a statement. Yeah, you know what the statement is. 152 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: This is the statement that I love you and that 153 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna list all the other things. Right, people, it's 154 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: not about weight loss. I'm not gifting you this piece 155 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: of exercise equipment so you can get skinny. She's already skinny. 156 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: I'm gifting you this. Let me list again, and I 157 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: will do this over and over and over and drive 158 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: it home. And it's in my new book coming out, 159 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 1: the micro Workout Plan. Even though I have the workouts, 160 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: it's the philosophy of the book that I'm most proud of. 161 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: And the philosophy of the book is exactly what this 162 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: shows doubt and is exactly why the outrage to the 163 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: Peloton commercial is absolutely just complete, perfect illustration of the 164 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: It's gonna swear, not really swear, but backwards focus we 165 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: have on exercise. Let me just go through a couple 166 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: and I've done shows on this. I just did it. 167 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: Eight ways you can monitor your progress of your exercise 168 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: program instead of the scale people. Let me list them again. 169 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: Increased heart muscle strength. You can't look at that woman 170 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: and go she's a little overweight, or she's a little underweight, 171 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: or she's perfect weight and her heart is good. Increase. 172 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: The number one killer of people is cardio vascular disease. Okay, 173 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: so the most important muscle in our body is our heart. 174 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: So everyone needs to get on that cardio. Everyone needs 175 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: to do cardio. And if I see another stupid Instagram 176 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: post or celebrity or skinny whatever person saying I don't 177 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: do any cardio, look at how I look. Okay, good, 178 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: You're gonna die early if you don't strengthen your heart 179 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 1: and do some cardio. I'm getting worked up. I'm gonna 180 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: take a break. I'm gonna take a deep breath. We're 181 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: gonna come back, and we're gonna take it from there. 182 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: All the different things other than weight loss, the reasons 183 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: you exercise. So you should never look at a person. Listen, 184 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: you are judgmental if you're looking at someone and saying 185 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: they don't need to exercise, or the husband or the 186 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 1: wife doesn't need to give to hope that the their 187 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: spouse exercises because they want them to be around a 188 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: lot longer and to be functional if they're if and 189 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: when they're around a lot longer, taking a break, taking 190 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: a breath, We'll be right back. I'm Tom honk alright, 191 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: that peloton commercial. First reason, cost. If you're annoyed about 192 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: the cost, you're being a hypocrite because diamonds cars. You know, 193 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: husband can give anything else. But if exercise is connected 194 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: to it, then it's an you if it's expensive. Secondly, dread. 195 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: Of course, she's worried, she's doing something. She's going outside 196 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: her comfort zone. You know, listen, if it were easy people, 197 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: then everyone would hit their New Year's resolutions goals. We 198 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: were just about there as I record this show. Okay, 199 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: she's worried, she's she's she's she's probably not strong. She's 200 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: Listen the number of skinnier women and men that I 201 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: worked with over the years that we're scared because they 202 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: don't have that strength. They're genetically skinny. And they don't 203 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: eat as much as the average person. That's just science, 204 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: that's energy balance. But they do get scared people. It's 205 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: like saying a model feels good about herselfs. I can't 206 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: tell you how many models and people like that I 207 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: worked with. They have the same fears and don't you know, 208 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: my gosh, put yourself in their head. That's what's outrageous 209 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: is that you get people saying, oh, this is what 210 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: this woman thinks, and this is what her husband thinks, 211 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna give me a break. Okay, give me 212 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: a break. It's exercise. So that's the third point. Then sexist, 213 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: and I will never I don't like these topics. I don't, 214 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: but this is fitness disruptive people. And whenever a topic 215 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: intersects with exercise and wellness and health, then it's my problem. 216 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: So if you're saying it's sexist, listen, my wife works 217 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: like crazy. I don't like talking about but I'm gonna 218 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: use it because it's a perfect example, and I want 219 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: her to be around a really long time. And We've 220 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: tried different exercise she doesn't have. She works her butt 221 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: off and I got her a piece of exercise equipment 222 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: and it has given her the ability to work out 223 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: at home and get shorter workouts in everything I preach, 224 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: and she has made incredible changes. But let me go 225 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: back to the list. Okay, her muscle strength, her heart, 226 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: muscle strength, Her heart is stronger, and we know that 227 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: because I'm monitoring with her heart rate, things like that 228 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: resting heart rate, her power output for certain things. Okay, 229 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: let's go to another one, stress reduction. That was one 230 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: of the top reasons I got this piece of Exercise 231 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: Queen for my wife and have gotten her many different 232 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: pieces over the years, and she doesn't She didn't like some. 233 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: Some she liked for a short amount of time. This 234 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: one she's liking for a longer amount of time. So 235 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: it's trial and error. But I didn't get it because 236 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: she has weight to lose, or I wanted her to 237 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 1: lose weight, had zero to do, not zero. I wanted 238 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: to be a healthy weight. It's so far down the list, 239 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: not even ten. The reason I got hurt that piece. Okay, 240 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: and let's go back to the list. And this is 241 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: just a couple again non weight loss reasons. You should exercise, 242 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: strengthen your heart, decrease your stress, lower your blood pressure, 243 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: increase your mood and self esteem, people, improve your sleep. 244 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: None of these things appear on a scale. None of 245 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: these things can you see when you look at that person, 246 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: whether they're overweight, underweight, their healthy weight, improved cholesterol, try glycerides, 247 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: blood thing. This is why I mean in their backwlash. 248 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: Did that commercial came out, I was like, thank goodness, 249 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: this is exactly It gives me just that that topic 250 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: to talk about, to show again you've got it backwards, sexist, 251 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: unhealthy views. You know what's unhealthy is believing that being 252 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: a hundred pounds fifty pounds overweight is where you want 253 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: to stay. Again, I've worked with hundreds of people like 254 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: that over the decades, and my goal was to get 255 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: them off their medications, to get them down to their 256 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: healthier weights, to improve their self esteem, to improve their sleep, 257 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: to improve their blood lipid profiles, to improve their functional strength, 258 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: to lengthen their lives, and to improve the quality of 259 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: their life in those later years. A gift of exercise 260 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: is one of the greatest investments to show how much 261 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: you care about your significant other. You know what you go, 262 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not going to give them that because 263 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: I want my spouse to uh not live longer. I 264 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: don't want them to be you around. I don't want 265 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: them to feel good. I don't want them to to 266 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: sleep well. I don't want them to have good blood, 267 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: lipid profiles. I want them to have a weak heart. 268 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: Shame on you people, and that's what the Twitter world is. 269 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: I really dislike it. It's unintellectual, it's angry, it's mean, 270 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: and it's wrong. But I love you. Go ahead put 271 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: it out there people, And I'm shocked at some people 272 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: who put stuff out that's never going away. And you 273 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: show right who you are and what your philosophy and 274 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: intellect is towards certain topics. Again, this is just getting 275 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: me worked up. So it's not about the cost, not 276 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: about the dread. She should yeah, she should be worried. 277 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: You don't worried. The husband doesn't want her to be worried. Yeah, 278 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: that's that's a good. Why are we talking about their marriage? People? 279 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: People in glass houses? Seriously? All right? And then uh sexist? Yeah, 280 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: I think that says to your spouse, I really care 281 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: about you, and only just go there one time. This 282 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: wasn't a diet. All of you people were doing these 283 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: fat diets that drive me nuts and I have to 284 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: go to every party and listen and and I don't 285 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: talk about like years ago, I stopped having that discussion 286 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: with people. You could do whatever you want. I've talked 287 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: about that. Listen to other shows diet called stuff like that. 288 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: If you need a jump start, I get it. But 289 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to eat today the way I'm going to 290 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: eat twenty years from now. Excessive moderation people, So he 291 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: didn't get her a weight watchers. You know even that 292 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: something I would never get from my spouse personally. But 293 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,479 Speaker 1: what are you saying? You want them to be healthy? 294 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: And that is one final I canna say, one final time. 295 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: Carrying around excess weight has health issues, significant cancers, diabetes, 296 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: and the list goes on and on. And number four 297 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: I've already alluded to it. But skinny. So anyone who's skinny, 298 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: anyone who has muscle, anyone who has a good physique 299 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: on the outside, should be done, should an exercise, shouldn't 300 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: go to the gym, shouldn't work at home, shouldn't go 301 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: for a walk. That's completely nuts people, And it's backwards. 302 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: It's backwards. Exercise is not primarily about weight loss. Say 303 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: it out loud with me. Okay, because that's where the 304 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: outrage started from, and it is connected to because again 305 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: went through those things quickly. If you have disagreements with me, 306 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: leave them in the comments. But there there's I want 307 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: to hear the argument against wanting your spouse to be healthy, 308 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: not skinny, and just because he's skinny. Let me say 309 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: this again. I have worked with so many skinny men 310 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: and women who were unhealthy, whose numbers were through the 311 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: roof genetically, who worse, who just couldn't do a push up, 312 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: couldn't for five minutes, their hearts aren't strong, there blood. 313 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: What can you see just instead of skinny has nothing 314 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: to do with healthy. I shouldn't say nothing being a 315 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: healthy weight. You can be underweight. I've worked with many 316 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: people where I'm putting weight on them, getting worked up. 317 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: One more quick break and then I canna pull it 318 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: all together. But this was such a great discussion, and truthfully, 319 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: I didn't hear it in the media enough. Didn't hear 320 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: the right talking heads on TV. Couple. I heard a 321 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: couple and they resonated with me, who are saying pretty 322 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: close to what I'm saying right now. I'm Tom Holland 323 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: We're talking about peloton and how skinny doesn't make you healthy, 324 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: and how everyone needs to exercise regardless, and how the 325 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: benefits the myriad benefits of exercise far away pure weight loss. 326 00:18:53,240 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: We'll be right back, all right. See, I know the 327 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: topics are right when it elevates my heart rate and 328 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: that gets me angry, as I said previous shows, because 329 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: I live my life as if I have a heart 330 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: rate monitor on and you can cut me off in 331 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: the car, you can flip me off, you can get 332 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: angry with me. I'm in control of how I react 333 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: to you, and I control my stress. Stress is a choice. 334 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: But these topics because it's about what I do, what 335 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: I am passionate about, and when this is why I 336 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: go nuts because this is literally killing people. It's literally, 337 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: like there were too many people say it's literally now 338 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: this is literally killing people. Political correctness is literally when 339 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: it comes to health and this type of backlash. So 340 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: if she's skinny, it's not right. If she's overweight, it's 341 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: not right. And the takeaway is you should never buy. 342 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying for a wife or husband either. 343 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: What if the husband people say it's like, come on, 344 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: get over yourself, you're gifting health. Don't read into the 345 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: relationship like, how dare you? It's ridiculous. And again, people 346 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: in glass houses always smokes. You know, I exercise so 347 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: my boys see me do that for a myrriad reasons. 348 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: I'm not exercising for vanity, you know. Yes, again, I 349 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: want to look good. That is so far down. It's 350 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: it's somewhere around that weight loss thing for me, because 351 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: I know that if I eat healthy of the time, 352 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: and actually there's not one thing it's not by doing 353 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: it to be a good role model to my kids. 354 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: I'm doing it to be around for as long as 355 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: I can for my kids. I'm doing it so that 356 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: when I'm eighty, I can be playing and enjoying the 357 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: things with my kids and their grandkids. You don't want 358 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: to give a bike so your spouse can be doing 359 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: the things I just spoke about. And let me let 360 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: me just backtrack one quick little bit to where the 361 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: dread comes from. That's one reason I say the future 362 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: of fitness is twofold exercising at home and shorter workouts, 363 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: and both of those things tie into this. The dread 364 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: comes from. She doesn't want to walk into a spin class, 365 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: a soul cycle class, a class where she doesn't feel 366 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: good about herself. That's why she's nervous, so she can 367 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: do it at home. So you say, wow, husband did 368 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 1: a really good thing. He understood. I'm gonna I'm gonna 369 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: pretend I know because guess what. This is what I 370 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: know people have said to me over the years. I'm 371 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 1: not guessing and this, oh god, this is a good topic. 372 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,719 Speaker 1: That is one reason exercising at home is so powerful 373 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: and valuable to so many people. They don't have to 374 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: put on makeup, they don't have to comb their hair, 375 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: they don't have to worry about people looking at them, 376 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: especially the people who have hundred two hundred, three hundred, 377 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: five hundred pounds to loose. There is no judgments in 378 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: your basement, and you can do and should do five 379 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: minute workouts that you're not going to do at the gym. 380 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: Exercising at home. Majority of it. You still go to 381 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: the gym, as I've said, you can go outside, you 382 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: do a mix of all three. But people get in 383 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: shape at home and then they go to the gym 384 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: primarily when they feel good about themselves. You don't stop 385 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: exercising because you're suddenly skinning. You don't stop exercising. Jim Gaffigan, 386 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: I started out with him years ago. How's that joke. 387 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: He's a guy in the gym and says, who was 388 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: in great shape and says, what are you doing? You're finished? 389 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: Go home. That's a joke people, as is I'll go 390 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: there right now. The outrage to this Peloton commercial and 391 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: that's harsh, and I'm gonna couch it. Just soften it 392 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 1: a little bit and say it's the lack of information. 393 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: And that's what this show is about. Greatest gift you 394 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: can give to your spouse, to your kids is to exercise, 395 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: is to have the access to that is to do 396 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: things that are healthy, healthy, healthy, not way loss. The 397 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: weight loss will come when you start eating healthy, when 398 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: you make small changes consistently over time. I've said enough. 399 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: You probably have comments. I want to hear them. This 400 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: show had to be done. I could do twenty hours, 401 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: but I cut it down to what I thought were 402 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: the four primary reasons. It's not about cost. Stop worrying 403 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: about her being nervous. Everyone is nervous when they start 404 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: something different and scary. It's not sexist to want your 405 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: spouse to be healthy and skinny. Doesn't mean you stop 406 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 1: exercising or doesn't mean you are healthy, doesn't mean your 407 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: heart is strong, doesn't mean your blood work is good. 408 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: It's about being healthy and you can't see that in 409 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: an Instagram picture. You can't see that in a commercial. 410 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: And regardless, everyone should be moving and getting functionally strong 411 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: and eating healthy primarily you know, of the time, and 412 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: having the treats and the fun stuff if and when 413 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: you want them. All right, I'm gonna have to get 414 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: my heart right down now. I enjoyed this little cathartic 415 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: for me. And this is what this show I said 416 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: at the start, and I will say it to to 417 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 1: close it out. This is what the show is all about. 418 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: These are the topics, these are the things. This is 419 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: the reframing. It's a little education and a little reframing 420 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: and taking it back. And and you know, we live 421 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: in this world of social media where something like that 422 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: pellet the billion dollars in valuation the next day knocked 423 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: off the stock. I mean it's fine long term and 424 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: went back up. But that's the power. So this this 425 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: show is never more necessary because because there's some pretty loud, 426 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: powerful voices that are completely ridiculous and I won't let 427 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: it stand thank you for listening. I'm Tom Holland, exercise physiologist, author, 428 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,719 Speaker 1: endurance athletes and just lover of everything fitness and passionate 429 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: about it to the point that it's the only thing 430 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: that raises my heart rate in a negative way. Is 431 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: something like this, Please, if you have a couple extra minutes, 432 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: rate the show. I really appreciate the comments too. I've 433 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: taken feedback, I've done shows based on it, and uh, hey, 434 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thank you for listening. Tell your friends, 435 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: tell your family, and believe in yourself. Fitness Disrupted is 436 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: a production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from 437 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: my heart Radio, visit the I heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, 438 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.