UrbanEx Real Talk Fitness Radio

People tell me all the time that because they work out they can now drink alcohol or eat fast food or decadent desserts or splurge every weekend. And they can. There is no law stating they cannot. At least, no written law. Still, they justify their vices with working out as if working out is all the body needs to maintain health. They believe that because they work out that they can now go and eat any way they want because they have nothing to lose. Because they are playing with the house’s money.

Are you emotionally healthy? In a technology-driven world people feel less relevant and expendable. They go to a job they hate. They're stuck in a relationship that's meaningless. They take care of a home where they feel unappreciated. They have children that feel entitled and take every loving gesture for granted. And at every turn, they're reminded where they are in life versus where they would like to be. Or worse, where they thought they'd be.

The longer you live, the more you become aware that you are not here forever. That in the grand scheme of things, you are only here for a limited time. On the average, 33,000 sunrises and sunsets is all the time you have to contribute to the story of humanity. Thus, the time and energy you use while here will either add chapters of blessings or pages that curse. You have a message, story, or experience that’s going to change the world. And I didn't need to tell you that. You’ve known it all your life. Problem is: you haven’t gotten to your dreams yet.

You've been lied to! There is nothing magical about the gym. Going to the gym or running a mile doesn't change you. The only thing that happens in the gym or during your run is the stimulation of biochemical processes; that is, the potential for change. And that potential isn't realized until hours after you leave the gym or end your run. It doesn't matter if you workout for four hours consecutively what you do with the remaining twenty hours of your day will ultimately determine whether your workout was a success or failure.

Master Trainer TiAja goes deeper in Part II, Are You Free To Be Fit by challenging all conventions regarding what it means to be healthy versus fit. Indeed, who doesn't want a nice small waistline anchored by a six-pack of abs or nice toned legs or head turning muscular arms or a manly or feminine chest or a nice physique in general? Who doesn’t want to look attractive to the opposite sex? But what does looking (quote-unquote) healthy actually have to do with being healthy? Let's keep it real. You can be healthy and fit, but just because you're (quote-unquote) fit doesn't mean you're healthy.

Language distinguishes us from other species, but it is also the very thing that controls us. Like a rat who learns to press a lever to obtain food, humans too can be conditioned to operate solely to produce rewarding and reinforcing behavior. Thus, the very idea of personal freedom is likely an illusion. Even our idea of health and fitness is predicated on language which is often not our own, but rather imposed on us by a health and fitness industry that uses punishment and reward as reinforcers to create lifetime consumers.

Master Trainer TiAja hosts UrbanEx Fitness, the inaugural broadcast which asks the question: Is the health & fitness industry making you sick? The powerful weekly broadcast aims to provide insights, not only into the health & fitness industry as a whole, but will also assist in empowering the public by sharing TiAja's 30+ years of health & fitness experience as well as his unique philosophy of training individuals from the inside out. Urban Ex Fitness believes that health is more than a six pack or a smaller dress size; that health is wholeness, the total synthesis of mind, body & soul.