This May Help You?

In Episode 06: The Quantification Debacle, Geof and Todd discuss why they think that when it comes to your health & wellness (with the advent of technology) that we are stuck quantifying an endless number of metrics (i.e. steps, body fat percentage, metabolic rate, macronutrient intake, sleep, heart rate) that may or may not help us achieve our health goals.  More isn’t always better and just because you can measure something doesn’t mean that is useful to you.

We also discuss how, at the same time that we’re quantifying too many things that we’re also failing to put into proper context who should be using certain products and services such as chocolate milk or Gatorade and whether we should be concerned with the latest “health scare” study put out by the factoid and tidbit, cocktail party conversation fodder, “according to the latest study”, press releases that is the modern day media.  So many of these press releases leave us less informed than if we have never heard anything about the topic at all.   Geof discusses how drinking chocolate milk immediately after a workout is not a magical recovery elixir and Todd laments on the fact that not everyone needs to drink sugar water with a splash of electrolytes (Gatorade) during a workout.

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In Episode 05: What the Hell is Toning Anyways?, Geof and Todd discuss what they think “toning” is (other than marketing language), how it really doesn’t have a definition, is more of a journey than a destination, and if your goal is “to tone” what steps you might want to take to do so.  For a link to our full post on toning please click here.

In Episode 04: Nutrition Superstitions Geof and Todd discuss how even the experts (Todd) make erroneous correlations between diet and health and suggest that you critically think about some of the nutrition superstitions that you may hold.  If they provide you value (health) we say, keep them but if they could be holding you back or causing you harm, it’s time to change.  Click here to read more about our Nutrition Superstitions.

In Episode 03: What is Your Biggest Fitness Failure?, Todd and Geof talk about some of the biggest mistakes they’ve made in their own fitness journeys including some of the fads they’ve fallen for, how knowing what to do is different from actually doing it, and the lessons that we’ve learned along the way.  Click here to read more about our biggest fitness failures.

Shirtless men and spandex wearing women leaving very little to the imagination, this is "The Pornification of Fitness".  Instagram models, YouTube videos, billboards, you can't escape these ads and what they imply, that you're not good enough and need to be working towards this idea body image.  Todd & Geof discuss why these ideals are not helpful, are probably harmful, and what a more helpful approach to fitness might be instead.  Click here for our full written review of this topic.

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