7 Things EVERY Healthy Guy Does (COPY THESE!)

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Summary

TLDRIn this insightful episode, Jeff Cavaliere offers practical health advice and debunks common fitness myths. He emphasizes that having low body fat or visible abs should not be the sole measure of health, as other factors like nutrition, body signals, and overall fitness play crucial roles. The seven habits he recommends include maintaining a broad perspective on physique health, achieving the ability to do pull-ups as it indicates core strength and lean muscle mass, committing to resistance training to maintain strength, and working on the 'ility trio'—mobility, flexibility, and stability—to preserve joint function. Furthermore, he advises improving VO2 Max through interval training, embracing a sustainable and enjoyable lifestyle of eating rather than temporary diets, and prioritizing protein for muscle maintenance and energy. Additionally, mental health is highlighted as a vital component of overall well-being. As a unique test for stability, he challenges viewers to put on socks and shoes while balancing on one leg. Jeff underscores that these habits lead to healthier lives and emphasizes the importance of adopting a balanced, practical, and long-term approach to fitness.

Takeaways

  • 🧐 Don't rely solely on six-pack abs as a health indicator.
  • 💪 Achieving pull-ups shows core and overall strength.
  • 🏋️ Commit to progressive resistance training for strength maintenance.
  • 🧘‍♂️ Focus on the 'ility trio': mobility, flexibility, and stability.
  • 💨 VO2 Max improvements indicate better aerobic fitness.
  • 🍽️ Adopt a sustainable eating lifestyle instead of temporary diets.
  • 🥚 Prioritize protein intake for muscle maintenance and nutrition.
  • 🧠 Consider mental health as part of your health routine.
  • 🦶 Test your stability by putting on socks on one leg.
  • 🕰️ Consistency in exercise routines reflects commitment to health.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with a humorous list of so-called health tips that are clearly exaggerated and intended for comedic effect, including carb-restricted diets, regular juice fasting, maintaining high testosterone levels, frequent cold plunges, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, extremely low body fat levels, and injecting beaver tranquilizer. The presenter, however, refutes these as genuine health advice and instead advises a broader assessment of health beyond just physical appearances like six-pack abs, emphasizing the importance of overall well-being, which can be misrepresented by low body fat alone.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:13:10

    The speaker continues by highlighting realistic indicators of good health: the ability to perform physical exercises like pull-ups suggests fitness levels. Emphasizing resistance training as a key component to health, the speaker describes the benefits of various forms of exercise, including weight lifting, calisthenics, and the importance of consistency in workout routines regardless of style. Additionally, the narrative shifts to the concept of the 'ility trio'—mobility, flexibility, and stability—citing their importance in sustaining joint and muscle function as one ages. These aspects of fitness help prevent common aging problems and maintain overall bodily function and balance, thus contributing significantly to one's health. The speaker also underscores the significance of mental health, advising engagement in activities that enhance one's mental resilience alongside physical health efforts.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • What is the focus of the video?

    The focus is on providing seven habits for achieving better health and fitness.

  • What is the first habit mentioned for better health?

    The first habit is not to associate low body fat or six-pack abs solely with health.

  • What is progressive resistance training?

    It's training where you gradually increase the resistance against your body, like weight training or calisthenics.

  • Why are pull-ups considered a good indicator of health?

    Because they assess core strength, grip strength, and the lean mass to fat ratio.

  • What is the 'ility trio'?

    It includes mobility, flexibility, and stability, essential for joint function and overall physical health.

  • How does one improve their VO2 Max according to the video?

    By engaging in high-intensity interval training to improve aerobic fitness.

  • What is important about the focus on protein?

    Prioritizing protein helps build muscle even in a caloric deficit and supports overall nutrition.

  • Why does the expert advise against focusing on diets?

    Diets are temporary; instead, find a sustainable lifestyle of eating you enjoy.

  • What does the video say about mental health?

    Mental health is important and should be addressed through therapy, meditation, or self-help practices.

  • What is a simple test for maintaining balance and stability?

    Attempting to put on socks and shoes standing on one leg without losing balance.

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    so you want to be healthy that's great
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    and I'm here to help you because I have
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    the list right here seven things that
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    every healthy guy does that all you need
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    to do is copy so take out your notepad
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    and a pencil and let's go through these
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    okay number one read along with me
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    please you have to follow a carb
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    restricted diet okay number
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    two juice fast once every six weeks okay
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    very specifically six weeks a month and
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    a half next have testosterone levels
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    greater than 850 nog per deciliter if
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    you don't know what yours is you can
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    always test that and find that out
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    number four cold plunge six out of seven
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    days per week A lot of people are doing
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    that you should too number five perform
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    hyperbaric oxygen therapy before bed a
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    little bit complicated I'll tell you how
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    to do that in a second number six have
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    sub 6% body fat levels I could speak
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    from experience there I'll tell you why
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    you should as well and number seven they
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    inject 200 milligrams of lowgrade beaver
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    tranquilizer
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    daily God damn you
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    Bernice wait a second Beaver
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    tranquilizer wait Jesse isn't that what
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    did you put that list together okay
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    that's all but let's go through
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    the real list what are seven things that
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    you could do to ensure that you are
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    healthy or at least healthier than you
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    are today well the first thing is you're
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    not going to find healthy people
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    actually associating sixpack ABS or low
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    body fat levels with health because it's
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    only one piece of the puzzle sure having
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    six-pack abs would mean that you have
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    low body fat levels but is that the
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    whole picture no so what you want to do
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    is be more Broad in terms of how you're
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    assessing your overall physique because
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    you could have six-pack abs but at the
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    same time have your hair falling out
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    have brittle nails maybe even yellow
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    jaist eyes and think that you're healthy
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    cuz you see a six-pack in the mirror
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    when I would argue you are definitely
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    not same token maybe you're at slightly
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    higher body fat levels the ABS are not
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    so visible but you run ultramarathons
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    every weekend you're on no medications
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    and you have no nutritional deficits
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    who's the real healthy one here now I'm
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    not saying to turn a blind eye to your
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    body because all the things I just
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    mentioned are indicators of overall
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    health check the status of your nails
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    check the status of your hair pay
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    attention to those signals when they
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    start to happen turn around and look
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    behind at what you left in the toilet
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    every single morning because all these
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    things are good indicators but don't
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    just use your six-pack abs as the main
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    defining metric for whether or not
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    you're healthy or not number two healthy
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    people and I know some of you guys might
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    hate me for this but let me explain
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    you're all going to be able to do at
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    least five pull-ups and I understand
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    that pull-ups become a lot more
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    challenging the heavier you become but I
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    will give you an example here Brian Shaw
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    world's strongest man he can do over six
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    Pull-Ups at a body weight you ready of
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    420 lbs and here's proof of it now if
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    you didn't believe me why is it that
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    pull-ups are such a great indicator of
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    overall health because they tell a lot
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    about your overall capabilities number
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    one to do a pull-up you have to have a
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    strong core to be able to hold yourself
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    up on that bar especially as you become
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    heavier and heavier you need to have
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    good grip strength you need to be able
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    to execute good upper body pulling
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    strength to pull yourself up from a dead
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    hang you need to be able to get through
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    full range emotion at your shoulders to
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    be able to assume the position of doing
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    the pull-up but I will say this you also
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    probably need to be had a good
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    percentage of body fat to Le Mass ratio
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    to be able to do them effectively and
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    that means they're a good indicator of
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    whether or not you're carrying too much
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    body fat right now because the people
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    that are going to struggle with pull-ups
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    especially as they get heavier are the
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    people that are carrying excess body fat
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    and aren't just heavily mused even the
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    heavily muscle people will be able to do
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    this but if you can't it's likely
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    because you don't have enough lean
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    muscle mass and you're going to need to
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    fix that the third thing that people do
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    along those lines if you're going to be
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    healthy you're GNA have to resistance
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    train I didn't specifically say weight
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    training I didn't specifically say using
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    bands you need to be doing some sort of
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    progressive resistance training so if
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    you like bands use them but try to
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    continue to get stronger at them if you
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    prefer calisthenics do it but
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    progressively try to handle more and
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    more challenging variations of the
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    exercises that you're doing the easiest
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    way to do this is just by simply lifting
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    weights and always trying to increase
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    the amount of weight that you're lifting
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    because I will tell you as you get older
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    you're going to get weak weaker it's a
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    fact of life science shows us that we
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    lose strength with each progressing
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    decade but you can fight that battle if
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    you work on building your strength
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    through the weight training and the
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    resistance training that you're doing
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    now I don't care what split you're
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    following I really don't you could
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    follow Push Pull legs upper body lower
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    body total body training split muscle
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    Group Training all the Bro splits they
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    all work but you have to stay consistent
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    with them and stay dedicated to a plan I
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    just talked about how your body is not a
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    sole indicator of your overall level of
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    Health but I will tell you this your
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    body is a billboard for your consistency
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    and for your commitment to what you're
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    doing you need to be committed to the
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    work that you're doing in the gym and as
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    a side effect you're actually going to
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    not just again be stronger but look
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    better so it's going to start to feed
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    itself the fourth thing that you need to
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    make sure you're doing if you want to be
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    considered healthy is you have to
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    practice what I call the ility trio okay
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    the ility trio and that is
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    mobility
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    flexibility and stability and what that
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    means is you can't just be so one
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    dimensional about loving the weight room
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    you got to make sure that you're working
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    on your range of motion maintaining the
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    flexibility of the muscles maintaining
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    the natural function of all the joints
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    in your body because all that's going to
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    happen again as you age is you're going
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    to start to lose the function of those
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    joints and muscles if you don't maximize
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    the potential in their range of motion
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    now the crazy thing is it's as simple
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    sometimes as just doing full range of
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    motion on all the exercises that you're
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    doing in the gym and yes that is a
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    strike against all the people that love
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    their lengthen partials these days
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    without realizing there's a much bigger
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    picture here at play if you go through a
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    form range of motion on all the
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    exercises that you do you will maximize
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    a lot of the muscle flexibility that you
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    have right now and minimize the loss of
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    it as you get older working on some
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    mobility in your hips or your shoulders
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    as you start to notice hey I can't even
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    reach behind my back anymore and reach
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    my hand up I can definitely not touch my
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    hands behind my back that's a problem
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    because at one point you could or I
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    can't even go down to the floor without
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    having my ankles come off of the ground
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    because I don't have good ankle Mobility
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    or hip mobility that's a problem because
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    at one time you could so you want to
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    make sure that you're maximizing that by
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    paying a little bit of attention there
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    and all this though requires that you
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    have the function and ability to be able
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    to balance your body in space and have
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    stability because I've pointed out
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    before even the strongest person person
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    in the world let's say this is not the
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    strongest but you could let's say squat
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    400 lb if I then told you to go do it on
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    a stability ball which by the way would
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    be the dumbest recommendation I
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    can ever make but I told you to do it
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    would you be able to do it anymore the
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    answer is no why because I've cut out
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    the stability I can weaken any level of
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    strength by cutting out the stability
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    you need to maintain stability to be
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    able to maximize the strength that
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    you're building in the gym in the
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    previous step so that means working on
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    your balance you want something goofy to
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    do try this it's called the old man test
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    I actually posted this about 3 or four
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    months ago most people or a lot of
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    people can't even do it your job is
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    simply to put your socks and your shoes
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    on the floor stand on one leg lean over
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    grab the sock put it on without losing
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    your balance grab the shoe put it on
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    without losing your balance and then of
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    course go and do the other side the same
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    way without ever losing your balance it
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    is a lot more demanding than you think
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    it is because you do need good glute
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    strength you do need good mobility in
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    your ankles and Mobility through your
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    feet and your midfoot but do you have
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    that or have you lost those capabilities
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    because you don't work on it anymore the
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    last thing I'll say about the ilities
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    there is also a mental ability right
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    your ability to function in life that
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    should never be overlooked look it life
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    is difficult if you're not doing
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    something to address your ability to
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    navigate life more easily meaning
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    talking to a therapist if you can afford
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    one or using meditation or reading books
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    things that can help your own mental
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    health and I think you're losing out on
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    a great opportunity too and the
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    healthiest people will say that they're
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    mental health is always part of the
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    equation the next thing that you're
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    going to want to make sure that you
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    focus on is on maximizing your V2 Max
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    and that is a representation of your
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    overall cardiac Fitness level or your
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    aerobic fitness level so what am I
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    talking about here your ability to
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    deliver oxygen to your tissues and
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    utilize that oxygen because if you walk
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    up a flight of stairs right now and
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    you're huffing and puffing then likely
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    you're not focusing on this enough and I
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    can tell tell you the one area that I
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    probably don't do enough of is enough
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    cardio conditioning now how much time do
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    you need to spend here well the good
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    news is when you're trying to maximize
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    your V2 Max not a whole hell of a lot of
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    time you need to have high intensity
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    bance of exercise think of
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    high-intensity interval training two
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    minutes of hard high intensity activity
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    two minutes of a lower intensity
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    Activity one minute of high intensity
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    Activity one minute a lower intensity
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    activity building up your tolerance to
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    these all out maximum efforts to really
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    drive your heart rate up and teach your
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    body how to again recruit oxygen and
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    deliver it to the tissues where it can
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    actually be utilize so that you have a
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    higher capacity to do work without being
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    leveled or brought to your knees now
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    number six is one that people always
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    seem to trip up on because it's a high
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    area of focus but really in truth the
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    healthiest people in the world do not
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    diet and I know you probably spent a lot
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    of your time in your life trying to
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    decide which diet to follow but you know
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    how I feel about this already the whole
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    purpose of a diet is simply to give you
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    a plan that's a short-term fix for
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    something much bigger you need to be
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    able to solve a much longer standing
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    issue and that is you need to find a
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    lifestyle of eating that works for you
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    that you actually enjoy because you'll
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    never think about temporary solutions or
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    diets ever again if you're on a diet at
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    some point I can guarantee you you will
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    be off of that diet and the key thing
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    here is I don't care what style of
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    eating you adopt whether or not you
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    believe believe in intermittent fasting
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    or you don't whether you think you
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    should follow a vegan diet or not
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    whether you think that you should follow
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    paleo or you should be Mediterranean all
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    of it doesn't matter to me what matters
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    most to me and what should matter to you
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    is that you find an eating style that
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    you actually like I said enjoy and can
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    consistently stick to not just for the
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    next week or two or month or two or a
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    year or two but for the rest of your
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    life and the healthiest people know this
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    and they follow a nutritional plan that
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    is really providing their body with all
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    the nutrients they need gives them the
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    energy they need and it also allows them
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    the opportunity to indulge when they
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    want to and to still enjoy the things
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    that they find enjoyable you should not
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    feel as if you're depriving yourself if
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    you found the right Nutritional
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    Lifestyle again to be a lifestyle you
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    have to have the ability to do the
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    things that you still enjoy doing and
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    the last thing guys that you need to be
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    able to do is within those parameters of
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    how you eat stop focusing on the wrong
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    thing stop focusing on carbohydrates or
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    fats for years the thing I focused on
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    hyperfocused on fats does it have fat in
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    it yes I don't want it again I was a
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    product of the 80s where lowfat diets
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    were a thing instead focus on protein
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    your focus should always be on protein I
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    understand that carbohydrates present
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    the biggest challenge when it comes to
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    overeating and overindulging and causing
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    weight gain which could cause some of
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    the other problems we already talked
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    about but in terms of meeting strict
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    nutritional bare minimums your protein
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    should be there you should be aiming for
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    around a rough estimate of one gram per
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    pound of body weight because we know the
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    thing about protein is that even in
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    slight caloric deficit we can still
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    build muscle tissue if we are
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    prioritizing our protein and getting
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    enough of it we also know that even when
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    we're pursuing weight loss and we follow
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    the calories in calories out equation
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    right taking in less than we're burning
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