Michael Jordan was the best player in the world in 1990. He had been for 5 years... but he could not get past the Detroit Pistons.

Why was he- the only player on the Bulls that year that decided he needed a professional fitness coach? He was the best player in the world.

He knew he needed to put on muscle, strength, and and improve his endurance to get better.

What can you do in 2021 to get better, to get healthier?

Sit back relax and enjoy the show!

-Bryan Wisdom

Back in the 90’s I used to go to a gym call Spectrum Club in Manhattan Beach, California. 

I still remember how it looked and felt inside. The gym had nice chromed plated dumbbells, free weights, a basketball court, a smoothie bar and office rooms for staff.

What’s interesting is I very clearly remember how the trainers used to coach clients.

Every new customer would get a tour of the studio with a trainer and then the trainer would take out some worksheets and a calculator and using the worst frame of reference…

The 1985 food pyramid as the gospel truth.

They would calculate how many calories you should eat.

Now, out of this process the best advice was the paper and pen advice.

They would say let’s track your calories for the next week and hit your daily numbers.

What do you think the follow-through was with clients tracking their calories on a paper and pen and using a calculator to add up all their totals… about ZERO.

Now the world of calories has changed a lot in the last 25 years. For starters the food pyramid was thrown out the window.

Eating a lot of processed bread to lose weight was one of the biggest lies of the decade.

What still holds true all these years later is knowing roughly how many calories you are consuming.

With high tech apps… this is very easy to do.

Now I know what you might be saying… I’m not tech savvy?

In 2019 you could get away with that. In 2020 with the pandemic everyone has had to learn to use things like Zoom and other virtual platforms.

So now is the time to use some of these cool apps to get fitter and healthier in 2020.

We are having our clients track their calories this week using MyFitnessPal.

Go to the app store and download MyFitnessPal, set up your account with your email when asked get started go to the home screen… tap Diary (food).

Watch the short video where I walk you through the process.

In conclusion, let’s track your calories from Monday to Saturday this week.

Don’t worry about what you’re eating and “What should I be eating?”

Just track so that we can see what a normal day looks like for you.

We will match that number up with your calories burned.

Bryan “90’s” Wisdom

P.S. If you have another tracking app you like better

 stick with that one…

A few other ones I have heard good things about are LoseiT and Noom.

Knowing how many calories you consume daily is only part of the equation. The other important metric is how many calories are you burning? (not to mention what kind of food you are eating)

Understanding how to match your exercise with your calorie consumption is a key factor in staying healthy for a lifetime.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

-Bryan Wisdom

Covid 19 has lasted 7 months and in our last presidential debate one side said we are going into a "Dark Winter." What can we do about it?

How can we use this as an opportunity to get healthier?

Hear what my successful clients have done over the last 7 months, and what you can do too.

Enjoy the show,

Bryan Wisdom

The concerns and fears about this pandemic has led to many of us staying inside.

Not exercising like we have in the past. 

The short-term comfortable of food or drink has worn off. 

Now time has passed and one thing is clear. This “THING” is not going away quickly AND some depression or even despair may have set in.

What are we to do?

The retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink is asked this question all the time when it comes to starting a fitness program or just getting into shape.

“Where do I start. How do I start.”

His answer is so simple, yet from him with the certainty in his tone of voice… he’s easy to believe.

“HERE, AND NOW!”

You start here and now. You don’t over think. You get after it and good things will come.

Well said Jocko.

What do you need to get started with… here and now? 

What’s important to you?

Bryan “following Jocko’s advice” Wisdom

I recently got back from a week-long trip to the Outer Banks.

The time was well spent with my family. Reading a local magazine…

3 of the most common killers in OBX were listed. In a world where everyone is concerned about stats I thought these would be interesting…

The first one is Rip Tides. Rip tides counted 19 fatalities in 2018 and 19 fatalities in 2019 in the Outer Banks alone.

The second killer were storm surges and the final killer that got 4 people in 2019 was lightning strikes.

You might be thinking where’s the shark fatalities. To my knowledge there weren’t any in 2019 in OBX.

These 3 killers are concerns for everyone and I go into detail about how you can handle yourself on my latest podcast episode at the Wisdom Movement Method,

but more important than these 3 killers is the way we are treating our bodies during these extreme times...

Now how does this related to us… Now is the time to strengthen our immune systems. In a world where strengthening our immune systems is mission critical… now is the time.

Be there for your family and friends by taking good care of yourself.

Bryan “rested” Wisdom

P.S. If we can help... reach out to us at (704) 658-1522 option 2

MJ's Last Dance showcased his 1998 final season with the Chicago Bulls. I was a big fan at the time.

I was also injured and coming to grips with my own injuries and a new path for my life.

Hear how Michael Jordan influenced me and the vision quest I embarked on.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!

-Bryan Wisdom

I feel a certain appreciation for the methaphor behind a lighthouse. 

My friend Brad Robinson just did a Ted Talk on this idea of a lighthouse and a harbor is a safe place for loved ones to come back to.

I immediately felt like he hit the nail on the head with this idea AND in the coming months my goal is for my business to be a Safehaven for you.

I'll explain in the podcast... enjoy!

see link if you are interested in listening to Brad Robinson's TedTalk below.

copy the link in your URL bar and watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjLuX8ph3_w

-Bryan Wisdom

I sit down with Russ Yeager, fitness expert, multiple fitness studio owner, and great guy.

He shares his origin story, how he got into fitness, he's father's blessing, struggles in 2008 and what he's doing in 2020.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

-Bryan Wisdom

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Boo shares his origin story, overcoming challenges running his business during 2008 when 17 of 18 studios went out of business around him.

How has he overcome ups and downs of the fitness industry and become one of the top fitness studios in the country?

Finally, he shares how VIRTUAL TRAINING is going now. How his clients are liking LIVE 1:1 virtual personal training.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show,

-Bryan Wisdom

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