Thrivestry

Triggers are the event or feeling that starts a habit (bad or good), We can use triggers to help build good habits, but we can also use awareness of triggers to help us avoid the bad habits we are trying to avoid. Then we give some good examples of triggers that might help you!We also talk about a study that showed that teenagers drinking diet soda only ended up consuming almost the same number of total calories as those who drank full calorie soda. Kids who drank both diet and regular soda consumed more calories than both!  http://www.fox13news.com/consumer/drinking-diet-soda-may-make-you-gain-weight-study-suggests  

To make change in the long term, focus on short term feedback. Why keeping track of simple data points on the key things you want to change is better than the most detailed plan that goes far out into the future. The multi-tool model for fitness. What sort of things does JJ and GG track. Then we go on to talk about the problems with getting men to see the doctor and how they are trying to fix it.  How can we use this to make our gyms more inviting to men? Then GG and JJ go toe to toe about the differences in the healthcare system for women and men.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-men-wont-go-to-the-doctor-and-how-to-change-that-11556590080 

More details about our 6 week strength focuses. JJ's "thinking cap". When you should be doing the same weight, and when you should be adding weight. The differences between a 'focus' and a dedicated 'cycle'. The fact that daily gym programming shouldn't be a temperamental 'race car' and more like a daily commuter car or pick up truck. Then we talk about why lifting and metcon is better when we do the 'cardio' after the lifting portion:  https://medium.com/@SandCResearch/how-might-aerobic-exercise-reduce-gains-in-muscle-size-eb2b0c23581b and why lifting after a metcon/cardio is not ideal. 

We can use our daily routines to "insert" new habits that we know are good for us. James Clear Article here:  https://jamesclear.com/habit-stacking How does willpower work? Terms of Endearment and M&Ms. How JJ eats healthy. We talk about this article: https://www.sciencealert.com/autism-severity-cut-in-half-in-kids-who-underwent-radical-faecal-transplant-therapy . Yes... that says Poop Transplants. We talk about the limitations of this study, and what it means beyond helping ASD folks. Should you take probiotics and what are prebiotics.

Why are vacations and breaks so important? How can you be more productive while taking more breaks? What can you do to set yourself up to take a 2-3 week vacation? Fitness as a little black dress or a multitools. Seth Godin article on Freelancer vs Entrepreneur:  https://seths.blog/2019/04/a-job-without-a-boss-2/     We also go over this Yale and Oxford Study talking about how people who keep up with their fitness tend to have less 'bad' days than people just like them (who don't exercise and possibly make more money). Article here:  https://www.businessinsider.com/exercise-makes-you-happier-than-money-says-yale-and-oxford-study-2019-4  

In this episode you'll get to meet Anne Lundy. She started off as a friend of my wife, then one of my early clients 12 years ago or so. She currently coaches classes and personal training sessions and helps me with our Spark program! Then we go on to talk about a huge mental shift in how to view procrastination. It isn't that you are lazy, or busy, or have poor self control... it has to do with your feelings. Here is the article:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html 

In this episode we are going into the weeds a bit on the strength focus used in the Thrivestry main gym program. We cover:

Video version of this week's podcast so you can see the graphics: https://youtu.be/XxgptGNWA4k 

Here is an article where I talk about the strength focus in even more detail:  https://thrivestry.simplero.com/blog/16100-one-of-thrivestrys-secret-ingredients  

Then we go on to talk about the history of the Calorie (how it was invented). What are the limitations of using Calories? Why is the Calorie so entrenched in our society? Here is the full article!  https://www.1843magazine.com/features/death-of-the-calorie 

I talk with Chandler Walker, owner of Stone Age Fuel and CEO of the 'Culture of Care' service which helps people through education and mentoring from a psychology perspective. We also talk about social media, and getting out and doing fun experiences. I APOLOGIZE in advance for the audio! For some reason, the mic we used made us alternatively loud and quiet. But it is still a great episode, I swear!

The "Improving the Average" technique for creating improvement. Can we just focus on 1-2 things, and only look at the last 3-4 days, and make significant change? Can we use a simple +, -, and =, scoring system and not worry about trying to force ourselves into huge changes? What is the psychology around this method? What is the deal with the headline "My mother’s vegetarian diet contributed to her early death. We should all learn from it"  Link here: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/my-mothers-vegetarian-diet-contributed-to-her-early-death-we-should-all-learn-from-it/ 

Decision fatigue, buyers remorse, and wasting our energy on things that aren't helping us improve. How is 'buyers remorse' related to repeating the CrossFit Open workouts? 5 Reasons Why Repeating CrossFit Open Workouts Is a Bad Strategy Long Term