The Better Basics Podcast

What Can Your Body Do? (Not What Does It Look Like?)


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Hot Topic: The New American Food Guidelines & Pyramid

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Main Course: Most fitness content trains you to treat your body like a decoration — something to judge, fix, and constantly “improve” in the mirror. In this episode, we flip that narrative and ask a better question: what can my body do? We break down why looks-first goals make fitness fragile (and why they’re so easy to quit on), how capability-based training builds real confidence, and we give you a “capabilities menu” of goals to choose from — strength, cardio, mobility, and fun skills that actually make life better. You’ll hear a couple real stories, plus a simple framework to pick ONE target, build a plan around it, and track progress like a scoreboard. Because the goal isn’t a perfect body — it’s a body that works.

Q&A: If you could change ONE thing about the American food environment, what would it be?

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The Better Basics PodcastBy Matt Stone and Dylan Waldhuetter