#120: How to Bring Up a Lagging Body Part, How to Overcome Lower Back Pain

After talking about the Super Bowl, and my life for a bit, I talk about sodium intake, and if you really need to eliminate it from your life. Importance of sodium (6:32)

After talking about going golfing in the Winter, Alone on Netflix, and reviving my Kindle, I talk about what you need to know before going to the gym for the first time and how you can start this year off the right way. What to know before your first day in the gym (6:00) How to start the year off on the right foot (15:38)

After talking about the past few weeks which involved a trip to Buffalo for the Chicago Blackhawks game, family parties, and going to Barrie for Snow Tubing, I talk about why you need to stop weighing yourself with a traditional scale and you can change your eating for the better this year. Why you need to stop relying on the scale (8:01) How to change your eating this year (12:54)

After talking about Christmas holidays, I talk about what you can do to improve your sleep and what exactly to do when you’re too stressed to workout. How to improve sleep (9:24) What to do when you’re too stressed to workout (21:35)

After talking about why rest is important, the Movati Gala, and iOS 17.2 with the Journal update, I talk about how you can eat better to improve your skin health and how to sit less and be more active. Eating better for skin health (6:38) Sitting less and being more active (13:06)

After talking about why protein shakes might be more necessary than you think, and some family life, I talk about why and how to drink more water and how to get back into exercise after some time off. Why and how to drink more water (8:31) How to get back into exercise after a break (17:20)

After talking about Hawaii again, I talk about how to use intermittent fasting properly and the benefits of regular sauna use. Using IF to lose weight properly (10:48) Benefits of sauna (18:28)

After talking about why getting outside is important for your health, my trip to Hawaii, and Ted Lasso, I talk about how you can build aesthetically pleasing shoulders and the best strategy to lose body fat and gain muscle mass. How to build great shoulders (8:15) Best strategy to lose fat and gain weight (16:01)

After talking about how to prevent sickness, my journey to Pittsburgh for the Chicago Blackhawks game, and the rest of my week, I talk about why compound exercises are so important and tweaking the diet to lose weight and burn fat. Why compound lifts are key (15:08) Diet adjustments to succeed (22:54)

After talking about what to do when you’re mentally drained, an interesting party, and the recent Apple iPhone event, I talk about how to train properly with minimal equipment and what to do when clients don’t listen to you. How to train with minimal equipment (10:15) What to do when clients don’t listen (15:31)