GHUTV LIVE! Health Trends & Hacks

Hello, welcome to our monthly Get Healthy UTTV Q&A. I'm Kris Freytag, and I'm here with my wonderful sidekick, Sam Camernesi Fuller. How are you? Something like that. Good, how are you?

It's a mouthful. How are you? Sam Cam- Yeah, just- Affectionately known as Sam Cam. We'll keep it that way. wow, I can't believe it's February.

I'm actually, I'm glad it's February. Like, goodbye. Let's- Let's- Ready for a, a new month. We live in Minnesota, and we're kind of sick of the cold and the dark, and we're ready for some change, right? Yeah, absolutely.

here we are at the Q&A. We take questions, of course, all hour. I need to turn that noise off on my computer. but today, we, we kind of thought we'd talk about health hacks and fitness hacks, and things that people are doing out there, and is it smart? Is it not smart?

What do I think about it? What does Sam think about it? because there's a lot out in the media- Yeah and social media in particular. And quite honestly, I think one of the things that has been interesting for me lately in my age group is coming to the realization that not everything is real. Yeah.

That there is a lot of AI out there. Some of the videos that you're watching out there maybe aren't even real, and so you start to go, "Who do I trust? What do I believe in?" Yeah. I'll preface this by saying Sam and I are not doctors. Nope.

I am a certified health coach, personal trainer, but I cannot, answer any questions that you maybe should take to your doctors. We'll have to see about that. But let's just dig into some of the stuff going around. I've been hearing a lot about a whole bunch of different health hacks. Let's start with people's questions.

I have some that I want to bring up- Yeah because I'm like, "Oh, my God, if you've heard this out here, this is ridiculous!" But- But- And some things that are good- I'd say there are some, some good ones. Some really good things, and I do try to try a lot of things- Yeah and be a guinea pig, to know, okay, do I like this? Do I not like that, this? And some things have been pleasantly surprising, and others not so much. So anyway, if you by the way, we have a whole bunch of Q&As.

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So just throwing that out there. Okay, let's get going, Sam. All right. On this one, a bunch of people had asked all the hype on creatine, especially as someone that is over 60. so let's talk about- Ugh, that sounds horrible, over 60.

I know. let's talk about creatine, and then, if you have any suggestions on what type of creatine someone over 60 should be using. okay, so I just wrote a whole article. We should put the link- Mm-hmm in the, in the chat because so many people ask this question, I'm like, "I'm just gonna put it all on paper," paper, if you will- on the internet, and, so that you guys can read it. So you can go to that, to that blog and read everything about why I finally started taking it, why I'm not stopping, et cetera.

So when I grew up in the era of Well, let's just say, when I was really in the thick of, like, fitness, and my kids were growing up, and they were asking me about creatine, the boys would come home from school and be like, "Mom, we want to use creatine." Now, I didn't know anything about it at the time, and at the time, there was a lot of myths going on about creatine, that you're gonna bulk up, that you're gonna gain water weight, that you're gonna feel bloated, or that you have to have a loading phase, all this kind of stuff. Well, now creatine is the most studied supplement out there. It is deemed very safe. It is good for both men and women of all ages, and beyond the fact that it does give you a better muscle pump- Mm-hmm there are a lot of cognitive benefits that are coming out now. People saying, like, or scientists saying there are some benefits to your cognitive And when you get to be 60, anytime you hear something benefits your cognitive health I'm like, "I'm in." Jumping on the bandwagon.

I'm, I'm in it. Mm-hmm. so it's great for muscle support. what I experienced, I honestly was afraid that I was gonna gain- Mm-hmm five pounds of mu- of water weight, 'cause what's happening is, it, it gives you intercellular, intercellular pump inside the muscle. It's ga- putting water into the muscle.

But what people associate it with is they're gonna get bloated, like A- and that's kind of like, the kind of inflammation underneath the skin- Yeah that bloating. So that is not what happens. What it's doing is it's putting some water into the muscle, which actually can make you look a little bit more muscular, to be to be honest. It also makes those muscles a little bit more powerful. So it really does give you muscle support without the bulk.

I started, by the way, back on August 1st. That was my I remember I told you I said- She knows the date. August 1st, I'm starting on creatine. And I was kind of waiting to see what would happen. Nothing happened, besides the fact that I started feeling a little better.

Now, it is not a miracle, so it was like I didn't have this, "Oh, my God, look at me, I'm Hercules," kind of a moment, but I had just subtle things. Like, for me, one of the things was my knees. My knees have always been okay, but, like, in lunges, sometimes they would just be a little, rickety, if you will. And all of a sudden, I was like, "My knees don't really- Yeah feel that, you know, that bad anymore." So I was kind of into that. I started feeling a slightly better muscle pump.

Now, I'm talking it took two to three months, too, because it takes time for it to saturate in the muscle, and you have to be consistent. You can't take creatine on Monday and forget till Friday. Yeah. You have to take it every single day. And the, the timing doesn't matter.

You don't have to take it every morning or right after your workout or Take it whenever you can. Mm-hmm. But be consistent. I felt like I could push a little heavier weights, but part of that is also me trying harder, you know? Mm-hmm.

And so, um- like I said, it's not gonna be a miracle. I feel like it does start to give you a little bit of notice in tone and strength, but again, not being a miracle. I feel better. I'm also really doing it for the cognitive. Like, if there are some long-term cognitive benefits, and there's no harm, it's been proven to have no harm, great.

now, what type of creatine? It's up to you, whether it is a gummy, a powder, whatever works in your life. I kind of shied away from the powder. I tried the powder, and it was very chalky, and I already use my AG1- Yeah. I use collagen powder.

I use a couple o- like, I use this mushroom powder that's this complex of immunity stuff, and I'm like, "I don't want another powder- " Powder, yeah to mix up and put in anything. I sometimes use Perfect Aminos, and, and so I was like, "I'm done with the powders." And the gummies, I'd heard of this company Create from a friend who actually knows the people who are involved with the beginning of Create, and he's- he told me, "You know, it's third-party tested. They really are effi- their, their efficacy has been proven. They're- they've got a lot of, like, open-door policy about all of their science." Mm-hmm. So I was like, "All right," 'cause the one thing you do worry about is, like, gummies, you can worry if they're just, you know, sugar cubes, like gumdrops.

That, that is very true. Yeah, so, I started taking the Create creatine gummies. I love the way they taste. They're just a few calories. I don't even know, they probably have, like, 20 calories or something.

I take them every morning. I'm really consistent 'cause it's super easy. My husband and I just keep it right near to our, our coffee pot, so, like, I open them up, take them, and make my coffee. and it's just been more consistent for me, easy to travel with. I put them in a baggie, take them with me when I'm traveling.

I'm not carrying all these powders, with me. traveling with powders always makes me so nervous. Right? I know it's not, but, like, it's You have all these little baggies. I've been stopped.

Oh, so have I. Yeah. So adding more- And they open them up, and they swipe them, and you're like- Yeah "Oh, for God's sake, this is protein powder," but- You're like, "This is embarrassing." So that's why I landed on the gummies. That's what's been good for me. Is that what you need to take?

No, but I do love the Create creatine gummies. Mm-hmm. We have Obviously, we have links for you. Yep. So, you know, that, that's my experience.

I'm really loving it. I've talked to some other women my age now who have all kind of jumped on the bandwagon, and they've all said the same thing, "I'm feeling kind of good," subtly good. Nobody's had this crazy change. and then you will hear, though, people are like, "Oh, well, I'm gonna bodybuild or whatever, so I'm gonna quadruple the dose." I don't know anything about that. Yeah.

They recommend five, grams a day. That's where I am. Awesome. okay, what are your insights on mushroom coffee? so mushrooms are quite powerful and good for the immune system, and there's a lot of benefit to mushrooms.

Again, always trust the company you're buying from. Yeah. Do you believe in their product? Do they have third-party testing? Is there somebody behind the product that you trust, and you've done some research on?

So, and then the hardest thing is, though, like I said, on social media, it's gotten brutal out there. Like, if there is a mushroom company that wants to beat out the other mushroom company- Yeah they might start be talking smack about- Uh-oh the first one, and then you go, "Oh, I just heard XYZ's a bad company." Well, the video you're watching, was AI or what? Right. It's just so you almost have to just find people that you trust, hopefully you trust me, where you can be like, "Okay, have you done the research? What do you know?" and, and take it from there.

But mushrooms are super healthy, so really great. Mushroom coffee, I, I don't know. Do you have a favorite, or do you- So, like, they make I add a powder. I have a mushroom powder that's a complex of seven different mushrooms recommended from Dr. Hyman.

I buy it on Amazon, so it's called Seven, and I wish I c- you know, you know when you look at a brand- I was like, I don't know if I know this one every day, you look at a brand every day, but you can't pronounce the word? It's like S-I-M-E-T-S or- Oh, is it this one? Yeah. I buy it all the time. This one.

See, it says purchased. Yep, S- St- Stamets, Seven, and it's a mushroom, powder that has seven species in the little powder. It doesn't taste like mushroom, so I just add that to my protein shake or my AG1, I usually my AG1 every morning. but coffee, like when you get coffee beans that have mushrooms in them, I don't know anything about that. Like, I've seen some literally coffee beans that they say it's mushroom coffee, and I, I d- I have no idea how they make that or what that is.

Yeah, I mean, and I don't do coffee, so- But it is healthy. Just like you hear about bulletproof coffee. Is that healthy? Well, typically, like, the person who came up with bulletproof coffee was trying to combine fats with their coffee to stay fuller longer 'cause they weren't eating breakfast. Well, hey, yeah, put some, you know, medium-chain triglycerides in your coffee.

Tastes good and keeps you full. That's fine. I will drop that link for those of you who are interested in the mushroom supplement that Kris takes and, uh- I've been taking it for years, and so has my husband, and it was It came as a recommendation from Dr. Hyman for immunity, so I love it. Awesome.

what are your thoughts on AI-driven meal planning? I have heard that it's great. I mean, honestly, AI can do almost anything for you if you teach it about you. You have to feed it, yeah. And you have to feed it the right prompts.

That has been something I've been learning about, and something else I've been learning about is the different AIs do different things. So there's some that are very good for, like, spreadsheets, some that are good for research, some that are good for writing. and then I've also heard lately that ChatGPT isn't always correct. Mm-hmm. And ChatGPT will tell you what you want to hear.

Yep. so you kind of have to be harsh and be like, "Don't tell me what I wanna hear. Tell me the truth." You know, "Verify your resources." You kind of have to put ChatGPT, I guess, a little bit- Through the wringer? Yeah, through the wringer. But there are You know, there's Gemini, there's Grok, there's, like, all the different kinds, so- Everyone has their own, yeah.

And it, it's gotten so smart. I have heard people who say, "I go in, I tell them, 'Okay, these are my macros. This is how many people I'm cooking for. This is the food I like. Help me source the recipes.

Help me source what I need to do.'" And I'm like, "Holy cow," you know? Yeah, I mean, it definitely takes the guessing out of it. If you're If that's not something that you're good at, I would say, or have time for, like, definitely do it. I mean, I sit down on Sundays, and I talk with my husband about, like, what we're gonna do, but, like, that's kind of our, you know, our system or whatever. We like doing it, but if you're like, "I don't like doing it," or, "I don't really know," like, you feed it the information, you can definitely use it.

Yeah.... So I say, "Yay!" I mean- People have been asking me, and I don't know if you've been asked this question, like, "Are you using AI to write your workouts yet?" I haven't yet. Have you? Me neither. No.

I, I personally think that what we do Like, my, my husband did it once, but it's very, "Do a squat, do a bicep curl- Yes where, like, we're doing more group fitness, as we like to call it, and we do a lot of compound movements. It's not really feeding you that yet, so I feel like we, we might get bored, just because of what we do. Yeah, no. But, no, I have not. And my husband has also used it.

Yeah. And he's gotten a workout that comes and says, like, "Do 10 squats, 10 lunges- Yep 10 deadlifts, overhead press- 10 overhead, yeah blah, blah, blah," and he's like, "Ah, I did this great workout." Great, but that's not the type of workouts we do. That we do, yeah. And I like to create my own workouts. Like, I have a system, as I know Sam does- Mm-hmm where I'm trying to figure out, "Okay, how am I gonna use the whole body during this?" I love total body workouts.

I wanna get as much strength as I can- Yep with sometimes, ah, single moves, sometimes compound moves. And I know enough, as you do, it's like I can By the time I prompt AI- I could have written a workout I, I could have written three workouts. Right. I, I just like, I joke, I'm like, "I'm still using my brain." You know, 'cause I do think that, like, helps us, too, and when I write it down, then I teach it, and I know what I'm doing, you know? And- So, like, it kind of preps you to the, to the point that, like, who's to say that ChatGPT is better than me or better than you?

Right. Like, I feel like I'd probably write a better workout than- I think so like, where is, where is Mr. and Mrs. Chat getting their info? And not for group fitness workouts.

which fitness gadgets or wearables are actually worth investing in right now? There's a lot on the market. yeah, that's a tough one, because- like, I feel like I have a love-hate relationship with wearables. I've been wearing an Apple Watch for years as Sam, you changed. I changed.

You have a Garmin? I have a Garmin, yep. Okay. But, like, a wearable watch that gives you data- I really like this for my daily steps. I also like it because it has my calendar on it, the weather, everything, so it's kinda like just a quick look.

however, I wear an Oura Ring, which is on my thumb at this exact moment. It's one of those things, it's too loose in the winter on my forefinger, and- it slides off. But in the summer, when your fingers are a little bit more sw- like, swollen- Swollen I guess is the word, it stays just fine. But they say to put it on, like, usually most people- The pointer finger wear it on the pointer finger or the middle finger. I love my Oura Ring because of the sleep data is so intense.

Like, and I was sick last week for the first time in a long time, and I opened up my Oura app, and it was Normally, the Oura app is blue, and immediate- or bluish-black, and I opened it, and it was red. And it said, "You have a fever. This is what's happening in your body. You need to rest." I was like, "Holy moly!" "You know, it knows." I love the sleep data, the deep sleep, the REM. I love the, ah, readiness score.

I love some of the other really detailed data that the Oura Ring gives me. But at the same time, I was just talking to my sister while I was on the way to the studio today, and I said, "Oh, my gosh, my Oura Ring literally said to me this morning, 'You haven't been sleeping. Is something wrong with you?'" And I'm like, "Ugh, what?" "What? What do you mean?" "What?" And I haven't slept well this week, though, so it's right. Yeah.

But sometimes you can let a wearable dictate- Mm-hmm you. But it connects to the Apple Watch, so it is carrying over your workouts. and every You don't have to wear it during your workouts, whatever. So I really like this ring a lot. I've heard people say they like the Whoop band.

Yep. That the Whoop band is very full of bio feedback, and I think it's the bio feedback and stuff- Mm-hmm that really matters. and I think And I would say my husband used to have AFib before he had a heart ablation, and it used to tell him everything. On his Apple Watch? Yes.

Yeah. So. There, I mean, there's a lot of good ones out there. You just kinda have to figure out what works- You have, you have to decide for you I mean, obviously, I think the most popular right now would be an Apple Watch, but Garmin is a close second. Mm-hmm.

Like, a lot of people are using the Garmin because of the GPS- Yeah and everything else. If you're, like, an outdoor runner or a walker, like, you're using more of the GPS, then I would say that's what that's for, which is why my husband switched me over. But, like, mine's basically the Apple Watch version of Garmin because I have everything else, like my texts come through- Yeah all that, so it's, it's a wearable technology. And I like real-time heart rate while I'm working out. Yep.

I like to see what my heart rate is during the workout, whereas with the Oura Ring, I would have to keep flashing the app open to find out- Right what my heart rate is, and that's irritating. I'm not gonna do that. Yeah. But I do love the feedback from the Oura Ring, so it's, it's really a decision maker. Absolutely.

what is a good protein powder? Lots of protein powders out there. I currently, for the last, like, three to four years, I've been using a protein called Naked Whey. I love it. It is naked, hence the name.

There's no additives. There's no fillers. They do have flavors, like, they do have a vanilla and a chocolate. They're not sweet. you'd wanna add a little sweetener to them.

and they have very They're not, like, an intense flavor. I don't love those protein powders where you add them, and no matter what you put with it, you can't taste it. Yeah. You know, like, I- Or it's chalky. It's too chalky or it's too something.

So Naked Whey And I don't get any stomach issues from Naked Whey. Some protein powders will leave you bloated or gassy. Yep. Really. And so I love it.

Again, you know, we can give you a link. We, we have a, on the Amazon storefront, I've got, like, everything. but that's what's been good for me. Now, I know other people I just had someone come to me with, I think it was called Promix, and I looked it up, and I'm like, "Oh, I know that guy who started Promix. I know, like, his background.

I know who he knows," and it looks like it's a really good protein powder. So there are plenty of good ones out there on the market. I would just say clean, get, get rid of If it has, like, a big ingredient list, forget it. If it's got, like, you know, Snicker flavors or Yeah, all the flavors. Probably don't need it.

You know what I mean? So it's up to you. going back to, like, our wearable, device comment, there's a couple of people asking, "Do you worry about EMFs from the wearables? or have you noticed any, like, carpal tunnel?" Some people have noticed that they've had to stop wearing them because of different issues. Yeah, that has not happened to me.

I was worried about the EMFs. I did some deep research on it- Yep with my friend Google and, um- Google Chat, and they were saying that the EMFs that come off of an Apple Watch and an Oura Ring are so small, that they have been Now, who knows? 'Cause, you know, again, who does the research, did the companies, but there is no effect on your bodies. I don't like to wear an Apple Watch at night. I don't like a watch on my wrist at night.

I don't, uh-uh. I wear the ring at night. But I've been hearing about the phone as the EMFs that you don't want next to your head. Head, yep. And so there are some EF- EMF blockers, like, there's little, like, um- pouches that you can put it in, so you can keep it next to your head.

Because if it is your alarm or it is- I don't mean your head, but, like, on your nightstand. if it is that you like to use it for your alarm or you have kids that might call you or something like that, then I, I would use an EMF blocker. I've been looking into that. Yeah. But the reality is, like, if you're carrying it in your back pocket all day and- Yeah I try to put my phone down as much as I can- Yeah and not, like, put it on my body.

On your body, yeah. what do you recommend for overall workout fitness shoes? Well, we, we talked about this. I can't say that there is one that fits all modes of exercise. No.

I love a good walking shoe that has, like, that, for lack of better words, HOKA feel to it, that big, thicker sole, really cushioned, wide toe box. And we have a brand on Amazon. I've been wearing it now for over two years. I'm obsessed with them. I love them.

I have, like, every color, and so does Sam now. Yep. and they perform like HOKAs. They're $59, so, you know, if you buy a new pair every six months or a year, it's not like you spent 140 or 60, like you would on a pair of HOKAs. So I love those.

I love those for walking. If you were running, I love them You know, if I do any running on a treadmill, I would do that. But for a, a class in a, studio or when I'm weightlifting and I'm moving laterally, I like a flat-soled shoe. Anything that has a really cushy, you could roll your ankle. Yep.

I'm always shocked at the people who are wearing those super cushioned shoes and shuffling back and forth. I'm like, "Oh, boy-" " there's room for error there." Yep. and so we currently are wearing the Lululemon, training shoe that is like a flat shoe. Yep. Flat on the bottom, so it doesn't have spikes, and it doesn't, impede your lateral motion.

we love them, but we get a discount on them, too, because we're trainers. Mm-hmm. So just finding that training shoe that I think, a little flatter, still some cushion. I stick a Dr. Scholl's insert in them, but, it still has a little cushion.

And I'm gonna give you guys this tip because I'm gonna show you right now. I have clean socks on, so this is okay. That's perfect. But the cheapest part of a shoe is an insole. The insoles are horrible.

They're usually worth, like, half a penny. Half a penny. So every shoe that I buy Here, I'm just wearing some, like, New Balance today, like a fashion shoe. I put in a Dr. S- Scholl's insert.

It gives me a little arch support. They're, like, $14 at Target, or you can get them on Amazon. It adds a little cushion. So I take out the one that came with the shoe, I put this in, and you don't have to buy a pair for every shoes. Yes.

You just slip them between your tennis shoes, and it is such a game-changer, and it makes your shoes last longer, too. So try that little hack. There's a hack for you. There's a hack for you that she really likes- and enjoys. okay, Chris, we're gonna get this one.

there are some questions, pre-asked questions, and then one just rolled in. "Do you recommend taking peptides, GLP-1s? What are your thoughts on...?" I know. We get this question all the time. I know.

We gotta ask it, but- And honestly, I don't know anything about it. I can't tell you. I'm reading the same research and not stuff that you are. When it They first came out, it was like, "Oh, my God, you're gonna lose your left eye, and fingernails are gonna fall off," and you're like, "Oh, my God, don't do it!" You know? Yeah.

And now they're saying, okay, obviously, it's been around for people who are severely diabetic, overweight, have tons of cormo- cor morb- comorbidities. and so, yes, they've been around. There are, I- Are, are there a lot of studies about it? I don't know. Now, "peptides" has become the buzzword.

Yes. So peptides aren't just GLP-1s. There's And I don't know the name of all the peptides. There's one called BPC-157, and BPC-C157 has been proven to really help heal, like, soft tissue. So if you've got sore knees or you pulled a tendon or a muscle, start taking BPC-157.

My husband and I started trying that last spring, and both of us, we don't know if it was placebo effect, we're like: "Ooh, that feels kinda good," you know? But then I stopped taking it. Jim still takes it, but I'm like, "I, I You know, I don't know if this Am I spending money on something that I don't need?" Yeah. It was recommended by Dr. Hyman, the, the brand that I bought, of the BPC-157.

He said it, it was very helpful for him. Okay, that being said, there are a whole bunch of other peptides. I don't know what they all are. some of them, don't be fooled, could be just hype and not even effective, you know, product that you don't need. A GLP-1, I can't tell you anything about it.

Like, I, I personally think you should see a doctor- Mm-hmm if you're going to do it. You shouldn't get one off the black market or whatever. You know, you hear people are like: "Oh, yeah, I bought it down at whatever, the hair salon." I'm like, "What?" Yeah, maybe not. Maybe not. but that's all your choices, and if you're trying to lose the last five pounds, I don't honestly know if that's going to help you lose the last five pounds.

Is it gonna help you lose 50 pounds if you're severely overweight? Probably. but again, you have to make the decision on your own. and all the other I mean, maybe I should start paying attention to some o- I, I, I will. Of all the other peptides, there I've literally seen 10, 15 different peptides being, advertised.

There's a lot. Yeah. There's definitely a lot. I think, too, the other thing that I've heard, and like curious what you've heard or thoughts, is, do you still have to have, like, a healthy lifestyle with it? You know what I'm saying?

Oh, my gosh, yes! Like, I think- There is Okay, I go on record saying this all the time. There is nothing that builds muscle besides doing the work. There is still, to this day, no pill, no powder, no portion, potion that can build muscle on your body. So maybe there's weight loss pills, we're talking about right now.

Maybe there's pills that can help your hair grow, and collagen can help with your skin, and blah, blah, blah. There is no such thing as a pill or a powder that says, "This will make your bicep grow." The only thing that makes your bicep grow is doing the work, and what you have to do is break down the muscle to let it repair and build up. Now, what repairs it? Good hydration, amino acids, which is protein, that's the food and fuel that a, that a muscle needs to repair. But to actually break down a muscle, it has to be done through work.

I always say- the fountain of youth is not a fountain, it's a dumbbell. Pick it up, right? Pick it up, yep. so for sure, you know, you've gotta do the work, and if you start doing any of these weight loss things and you aren't lifting weights, you are doing yourself such a disservice. Because typically what you're doing is you're losing your muscle while you're losing your body fat, and muscle is the secret to metabolism.

So if all of a sudden you lost 5% of your muscle, now your body is burning through less calories every day, you can't eat as much, you're not feeling the same. So you definitely need to, need to keep up the strength training, no, no question. I wanted to also mention, so peptides. I wanted So peptides are chains of amino acids, and so it's kind of the same idea as like a protein is a chain of amino acids. Peptides are smaller chains of amino acids.

So it's become a buzzword, and they can pretty much call like any amino acid chain a peptide. Yep. So that's why I'm saying there's so many different ones. Anyway, that's what I know. Awesome.

There we're putting up so many links. I, I'm- - texting her, typing her back. Her fingers are falling off. I know, 'cause I don't have access to this one, but, um- somebody did ask me about NAD today, N-A-D. I have not- I, I've been hearing about it everywhere on Instagram.

"Take NAD, it's good, it's good. Longevity, longevity." And I, I Oh, it was my sister. One of my sisters asked me that. I've spoken to two of my sisters today. Look at you, so nice.

I know. And she said, "You know, what do you think of NAD," and blah, blah, blah. I'm like, "I d- I, I don't take it." I don't know if I'm fully on board with that. I don't think it's gonna hurt you, but, I mean, you could literally throw down $1,000 a month on all this stuff. Yeah.

Oh! It can get crazy. It Yeah. So you have to pick and choose what you think is necessary for your body. For your body.

And you know what the most important thing is? Do your blood profiles. I was just about to say that. Do your blood profiles so you know what you need. Like, I do I take my blood every single year.

I do a full panel, so I know, like, how's my vitamin D? How are all my other vitamin levels? How's my hormone levels? How's, you know, my heart? How's my this, my that?

And so then I can just kind of know, like, I don't need that, like, perhaps, you know? Right. Like, you might be good in one cate- category, but you need a little bit of help in another, so. Spend your money wisely, I guess. Absolutely.

we have a member saying, "Since I turned 60, I can't believe how hard it is to lose weight. I do the calendars, and I also follow Weight Watchers. Is there a good metabolism booster for those of us over 60?" I've never really known a good metabolism booster, to be quite honest. they all are kind of like snake oil. You spend the money.

Is it really boosting your metabolism? No. You know what boosts your metabolism? Strength training. So keep your strength training up.

I do sympathize with you. Turning 60 this year was probably the hardest number that I've turned. And that's maybe why, like, in August, I started thinking to myself, "I'm gonna start taking creatine. I'm gonna start lifting a little heavier. I'm gonna make a little, few little changes," 'cause I felt that 60 coming on, and it is a little bit like, ooh, like how many dec- I maybe don't have that many decades left.

So I get that feeling, and it does get a little harder. I am slowing down a little bit. I notice it. Like, I know people say, "Oh, Chris, you're so energetic, and you can do this, and you can do that," but I notice in my own body, that things change. So, yeah, that part is harder.

Metabolism booster, m- make sure that you are lifting weights. in terms of, like, blood sugar is a really big deal. As you get older, sometimes your h- or your blood sugar gets elevated. I've always kind of had strangely elevated blood sugar, and it's, it's, it is, W- what do you call it? Genetic for me.

Genetic. Couldn't get the word out. My mom has always had, like, high blood pressure, too, but blood sugar. So, there Like, berberine is a, is a, a supplement that some people take to regulate their blood sugar. Never taken it, so I can't tell you if it does it or doesn't.

there is a supplement that I know of that's called Anti Spike. So there is this woman, she sells this, but don't even worry about what she sells. You should look into her information, 'cause she's amazing. Her name is She goes by the Glucose Goddess. her name is s- Jessica something.

She's a French scientist. She looks like she would be a fashion editor, because she's really into fashion. Yeah. But she is a brilliant woman. She studies blood sugar, and she wrote two books on glucose regulation, and she has all these hacks about how to keep your blood sugar from spiking when you eat, like, carbohydrate, carbohydrates and other things.

And it is natural for your blood sugar to spike. I mean, like, that is a natural thing to happen. By the way, your blood sugar spikes when you're working out, too, because you start burning glucose. Right. But, she has a supplement that she developed called Anti Spike, and I've watched her talk about it and shown, like, graphs of what happens in your body when you take Anti Spike before you eat.

It keeps the blood sugar from going super high, which would give you those highs and lows, and then the hunger pains quickly after. so I kind of went down a rabbit hole with that, but- that, she's, she- her two books are super interesting, so check out the Glucose Goddess. But no, there isn't, like, a metabolism booster that I'm aware of. Yeah. Coffee.

Drink some coffee, you know. A- it's all You know, at the end of the day, the, you know, you gotta kind of weed through it. Yeah, you, you really do. "Do you have any exercise routines specifically developed for people with bone health issues like osteoporosis?" So osteoporosis, it depends on who diagnosed you, when, the severity of your osteoporosis. Like, if you have osteopenia, like you're just starting to lose some bone mass, perhaps the doctor will say, "Keep doing what you're doing.

Keep jumping." Yep. "Keep You know, take some calcium. Do the, do the strength training and the, you know, do some bone, some loading and, and build that bone mass." Jump training is really good for building bone mass, but if you have severe osteoporosis, you should not do any bending or twisting exercises at all, because you could just fracture. And I look at someone like my mom. She's 87.

She is pretty much immobile. Her bones are like paper. She's never exercised in her life, so she should not start severely twisting. No. Her bones will just crack in half.

So it, it depends on where you are in the continuum. We do have, on Get Healthy U, some articles about, um- exercises to avoid if you have osteoporosis- Mm-hmm. Because you should not do severe bending or twisting. and then we do have some ideas for how to build bone mass, and jump training has been very recommended, and you can literally jump at any age. I have a woman who comes to my live classes who is 84 years old, and she jumps up and down.

She's the best. And they say that it's only, like, jumping up and down 30 times a day. Like, literally, you know, do 30 jumping jacks to just get those bones, to drive some force through those bones and start the bone mass building. So, I don't have a specific workout because it depends on who you are. Yeah, definitely.

okay, this is definitely a health and fitness, like, trend. I feel like it's, it's still a trend, but it was bigger a couple of years ago. what are your thoughts on intermittent fasting? Mm-hmm. Intermittent fasting is basically the same thing as calorie restriction.

it's kind of like I've always said, I laugh so hard at everyone, meal prep. Like, I love meal prep. Mm-hmm. But meal prep is the same thing as leftovers. Absolutely.

Back in the day, we called them leftovers. Now, everyone's like, "I meal prepped." You know what I mean? So same thing, with Okay, get me back. With intermittent fasting. In- intermittent fasting.

It's another word for calorie restriction, so it's another way to say, "I'm gonna restrict my calories and not min- mindlessly eat at certain times of the day." Right. So you're being disciplined on saying, "I'm not gonna eat for 18 t- or, you know, 12 hours, 18 hours," whatever you're doing. the thing I don't like is when the in- intermittent fasters go, "I," you know, "I fast every day till 2:00 PM, and then I only eat between 2:00 and 6:00," and then they probably, like, shove- That's a lot of food in a small amount of time 2,500 calories in, in that short amount of time. Expands your stomach, ex- your blood sugar must go through the roof. You can't feel that good.

I was gonna say, you must not feel very good. Right. And so it's like I, I'm not a huge fan of intermittent fasting. It's very hard when you're on vacation, when you're traveling. Yeah.

But I am a believer in, like, doing it based on your biorhythms. So something that's been very trendy lately has been when you can, and it's not, like, all the time, w- like, a weekend if you're out to dinner or you're traveling. I was just on a vacation, so we ate dinner, you know, 7:00, 8:00. Later, yeah. But try stopping eating, you know, somewhere between 6:00 and 7:00, like, after dinner, and don't eat again until, like, 7:00 the next morning.

Yeah. So you're getting a 12-hour resting period. When you go to sleep, your stomach isn't full, so that hopefully your sleep will be a little bit better- Better because your bl- you know, body isn't trying to digest a ton of food. So that kind of, like, biorhythm fasting I think works really well, but intermittent fasting, do it if you like it, but it's not, like, a hack that's gonna make you- Right lose weight. this might not apply now, but did it ever?

do you ever train according to your menstrual cycle? I know that's a, um- It's a trend. It's a trend. Yeah. and I never did ever in my life.

Yep. I just worked out the way I wanted to work out, whether I was right in the middle of my period or whether- I was feeling really tired or bloated. And, you know, you go through the d- oh, you got the four phases and blah, blah, blah. I would say, just my personal opinion, and I've been hearing this from a lot of people, just do what works for you. Yep.

Now, of course, if you're in the middle of your period, and you've got massive headaches or, you know, your flow is huge, and you're like, "I can't go to the gym," or whatever, okay, do what works for you. But you're not hurting yourself by lifting weights. You don't have to only do yoga on the first four days of your cycle. Yeah. Or, you know, you just it, it, it- Just do what feels good in your body.

Just do what feels good. It's just, like, a day where you're like, "Oh, I might need a little bit more recovery today," you know? Like And like, it's really based on your estrogen going up and your progesterone going down. Okay, well, when you get to menopause- everything went down. Everything just tanks.

And then for those of us on HRT, we're taking estrogen, we're taking progesterone, and it's staying pretty steady. We're not letting it go up and down really. Yeah. So let I don't know. I don't, I don't think that matters.

I would do what works for your body, and then, of course, manage every, every month, differently- It's different because you're gonna feel different. Yeah. Yeah. I started seeing that, and I was like I mean, obviously, I still have mine, and it's like I, I've never had to switch it up. It's never something that I You know, if I don't feel as good that day, I might drop down, you know, in dumbbells, like, from a 12 to, you know, a 10 or something.

But I've never noticed that big of a difference where I'm like, "Oh, I have to just do yoga today because I'm," you know- Right, right "in my cycle." all right, do you think weighted vests are a good idea f- to use for walking? I do, and I see all the people going, "If your trainer told you to wear a weighted vest, they're dumb," you know? It, it's unbelievable what you see on social media. Are you gonna lose, like, 20 pounds from wearing a weighted vest? No, but the more mass that you are pushing through space and inertia, you're going to maybe burn some more calories.

It really makes the difference on the incline, so when you're going up a hill, when I'm hiking. When I am out in Arizona, and I'm hiking on a mountain, I notice my heart rate is consistently, like, 10 beats higher wearing my weighted vest. It's just that much more effort that I'm putting forward, so I'm, I'm gonna get a little extra calorie burn. It's a little bit more r- you know, on my bones, delivering a little more force to the bone, so I like it. Now, I The other day, I was I usually wear a 12-pound vest now, so- Oh, so you've upped it?

I have a 12-pound. Okay. Or do I have a 10-pound? I thought you had I started with an eight. I thought you started with an eight.

But I think maybe I went to a 10. I can't remember if it's 10 or 12. but I really, really love it. and I wear it not every day, but I wear it a lot, and it's been great for me. My husband has He started at a 10, and now he's up to a 20, and he really likes it.

But I had a really humbling experience. I had my granddaughter. We were out just on vacation, and- You have a 12-pound. I have a 12-pound. Yep.

Okay, and, I had this carrier- Mm-hmm that my daughter bought on Amazon. The thing is brilliant. So I put it around my waist, and then I bent down on the ground, and she jumped down like she was on me piggyback, but then I pulled the straps over. So she was basically riding piggyback, but I strapped her in so she wouldn't fall off. Mm-hmm.

And I was walking on the beach, and I walked two miles one direction and two miles the next direction.... 35 pounds on my back? That's- Holy bananas. That's a weighted vest. That was a weighted ve- that was rucking.

'Cause rucking is when it's all on your back- Yeah not distributed over your whole core. Yep. That was too much for me, to be honest. I was like, I had a little PTSD the next day. I'm like, "Oh, honey, we're not walking." We're not- you're not walking with me.

We're not doing that again. It w- it was really hard. So, but I, I think there is some value. It's not Again, a lot of things in fitness are just progressive little things that can all add up, and I think the one thing about fitness is that people have always gone for the big, you know, the big dramatic- Heavy hitters like, "How do I lose 10 pounds next week? How do I make my biceps look amazing next week?" Yeah.

"How do I..." You know, and it's like nothing is next week. As a matter of fact, when you are losing weight, I've always said this to all my clients from the day I started training, is the first four weeks, nobody notices your efforts. The second four weeks, only the closest people next to you might say, "Huh, something is different." Mm-hmm. It takes at least 12 weeks before anybody will say to you, "You look a little different." And they'll be like, "Wow, what are you doing?" And you're like, "What I've been doing has been going on now for three- For a while four months," yeah. you had touched on HRT, but there's a lot of questions coming in, so, can you give us your thoughts on HRT, and then does it help with night sweats?

so I started on HRT not till I was, like, 54 maybe, 53? 53, and I went through menopause around 51, 52, so I was, like, a year post, and I wasn't getting a whole ho- lot of hot flashes at that point. I had them more, like, the year before. So I can't speak to the fact that it will stop them, but I've heard that it helps with them. my younger sisters both started HRT before they've gone through menopause, which is a trend- Mm-hmm to start it before.

the thing about your hormones, your estrogen and progesterone, you can't really measure them perfectly, 'cause the day that you take the test, your hormones- It's very different can be different. And did you just take some estrogen or put a new patch on, or did you- you know, when did you use whatever? It, it can vary, so the best, ah, indicator is how you're feeling. Mm-hmm. And so I'm a huge fan of HRT if you can take it.

I feel like for protective, reasons, again, cognitive, muscles, ah, joints, everything, like, it's good for you, so I like it. I started getting some post-menopausal headaches right after I went through menopause, and I was getting these crazy headaches with or without drinking a glass of wine, and I was like, "Okay, I can't do this." We're done. Yep, and I'm not willing to stop drinking wine. I'm not a quitter. That's not for me.

That is my one thing that I just like, and I like a glass of wine. It's not like, you know- It's not like you're overindulging. But so I was just like, "I have to figure this out," and it was really my estrogen and progesterone going down. So for me, personally, I started on an estrogen cream. I did not like it, 'cause I'm, like, a little type A, and I'm like, "How do I know that I put the same amount every day?

And what if I start sweating and half of it comes off?" And, you know, I didn't like that, and, of course, I've gotten more knowledgeable since then, and I, I also know that estradiol is really the only estrogen you need- Mm-hmm and most creams are mixed with something else. So I now take the estrogen patch and have for years. I love it. I take a very low dose, but my sisters are taking higher doses, and, I took I had my hormones tested, and I'm, I'm still pretty low on my estrogen lately, and the doctor said, "Well, you could up it." And so I might. I might up the patch a little bit, but it's kind of like a, you gotta experiment with it.

Most women all take 100, milligrams of progesterone at night. That's kind of the standard prescription. Mm-hmm. It's all been deemed safe. If you read the whole New Menopause book from M- Mary Claire Haver, she speaks to the whole reason why back in 2000, whatever it was, 2 or whate- when they scared every woman into thinking that HRT caused, cancer, which it has been proven now, and they've gone back and said, "Oops, oops, we're gonna walk that back.

We were totally telling women the wrong thing." They did a massive disservice for the last couple decades to women. but yeah, I really, really believe in it. I do have a testosterone cream. You can get creams. I've heard of other people doing injections.

I'm, I'm afraid of any massive injection - Injection, yeah 'cause you can't take it back. Yeah, that's in there. yeah, so it's good for you. Yeah. testosterone is one of those things, though, that you don't You could, you can do HRT with just estrogen and progesterone.

You don't have to add the testosterone, and it, it's, you know Again, I haven't noticed anything crazy with it. Mm-hmm. I didn't notice anything really crazy with any of it. Any of it? Mm-hmm.

Yeah. And but some women, like, I keep using my sisters as examples. They're gonna call me after this. They're probably not watching, but they'll be like- You never know "Oh, my God, stop talking about us." but they, like, really noticed a difference- Yeah when they started, so. I mean, it maybe depends on your severity, too.

Like, maybe You know what I mean, like, of your symptoms prior? Mm-hmm. I don't know. okay, another fitness trend right now, the vibration plate. What are your thoughts on the vibration plate?

I wrote a whole blog on that also, so you can go there and read my whole You know, like, you know, why I believe in it, what I don't think it does, what I do think it does, because I do think it is a good tool. I sold it on QVC for years and on, ShopHQ, on home shopping, which was kind of one of my side gigs back, a decade ago. and I really believe in it, because vibration therapy has been proven to help with the nervous system, to help with circulation, to help with balance. Like, there's been a lot of really good reasons to use it, but it has never been proven to help you lose weight or give you a better muscle pump or any of those things. So don't buy it as a weight loss tool.

Buy it as a recovery tool. It can, for a lot of people, they feel really relaxed. I was just talking to someone. Were you with me? who told me this?

I don't think so. That they've been using it for sciatica. Oh, yes, someone was telling us that- Yeah and that it really has reduced their sciatica. Wow, I love to hear that. Yeah.

that's amazing. That one's a painful one, so. Yeah, 'cause that can be, really painful, and you do have to be careful with sciatica- Yep you know, and, the nerves up the hamstrings and into the back. so- and I've heard people say that it's their recovery, that they just feel super relaxed. I've heard other people feel like it gives the- reduces their muscle soreness.

Mm-hmm. It's not that big of a tool. It's like a small s- you know, briefcase, so you can put it away when you're done using it. So it has some very good benefits, but if you're, like, super healthy, and you really don't You know, you already do yoga or whatever, and you don't really need anything extra, then probably not worth it. Right.

But a l- a lot of people absolutely love it. We sold tons of them, and we sold tons of them to You know, I now laugh because I'm 60, but at the time, we were selling them to, like, 60-plus people because it was great for their circulation. Right. Well, and I laugh- People with neuropathy. Yep.

Yep, I laugh because there's so many Instagram things where it's, like, females standing on the vibration plate with their water, with their red light therapy, you know, doing all the things. Like, "This is my self-care," like, in the, in the morning, but it's so true. Like, we're trying to do all these all these things all the time. Right. okay, what Speaking of red light therapy, what are your thoughts on red light pa- therapy?

Do you use it? Again, is it a health trend, or is it something that you- Yes, I use red light therapy. I totally believe in it. You have to understand that there are two different kinds of therapy, infrared light therapy and red light therapy. Infrared light is all about pain management.

Infrared is a wavelength that can penetrate deep into your tissue, not just the epidermis or dermis. It actually can go in and help reduce muscle soreness, muscle stiffness, joint health, ligaments, tendons. So I use infrared light therapy on my back, on my joints when they hurt. That's infrared. Infrared is actually naked to the eye.

It's a wavelength you can't even see, and it's often combined with red light, 'cause red light gives a little heat. Mm-hmm. So you'll look at an infrared light therapy, the infrared is actually not the red lights. It's the white lights. Yep.

Okay, so that being said, red light therapy is being used for skin. It's being used for, ah, scalp health. Like, people are putting it on their scalp. They're putting it on their neck, décolletage, face. I actually bought a panel that goes on my neck and décolletage.

I have horrible skin. I've had so many skin cancers. They've all been removed. I've had, like, stuff burned off me. I've got, like, spots everywhere.

I just I'm so regretful of letting them burn that stuff off me, but whatever at this point. But it supposedly helps with wrinkles and skin, like, the feeling of skin and pore size and all that. I did buy a red light mask. I, I just have not been consistent with it, because the panel for my chest, I can walk around. Like, I can put it on, and I can walk around.

I, I'm not good at doing things where I have to sit with my eyes closed for 10 minutes. And the panel for the face, I don't want to keep my eyes open. I have one that it's, like, attached to me, so I can walk around. Okay, but do you keep your eyes open? I do.

I don't See, I don't like that. But I know they say- But I don't, I don't use it often when I'm walking around. Like, I choose to do mine at night when I'm in bed, so I'm either reading or I shut my eyes, 'cause I do kind of think it puts me to sleep. It's a little bit of like- That, that could for sure be relaxation for me. And it's good for skin, tone, skin I, I don't know about tightness.

I can't speak to any of that. I, yeah. But I do think that there are some really good benefits to it. Now, I did get a panel- Yep not a mask. So the mask I got, I like, I never use it, but this panel I have And it depends on the type of lights.

Mm-hmm. So some are li- like, some face treatments will say, "Put this on for 20 minutes. Put this on for 10 minutes." Yep. The panel that I have, you only need to hold it for three minutes. Three minutes, yeah.

And it's just like a light panel. It's like the size It's a little smaller. It's, like, half of this computer screen, and you just hold it. And so I sit back in my bed, and I can just hold it there for three minutes. It only takes three minutes, and I close my eyes, and I just put the panel down and go to bed.

That's the one that I've been consistent with. The mask, for me, I haven't been. But I'm a believer in, both infrared and red light therapy. Absolutely. Um- And we do have a discount code for- I- infrared- Yep and red, through a company called LED Technologies.

We s- I, I've been working with them. I worked with them back in my home shopping days also. Mm-hmm. I've been their products are fantastic, and the efficacy of what they do and everything is amazing. But they have been sold out of the back pad.

yeah, I linked the back pad, and then you can get, any of their other products, too, 'cause you also have sold, like, the, joint wrap that you can put on, like, your elbow. Elbow, knee, shoulder, like all those. Yep, so there's a lot of good, devices on there, and then they also have face products, too- Yeah which is what you've been talking about, so. They have the red light for the beauty. Yep.

Yes. I lost the question that we just ca- got in. "What's a good clean collagen prote- collagen powder that helps you with your joints?" Joints. Collagen. Okay, so the kind of s- collagen that you use for your skin is different than the collagen you use for your joints.

Yep. Type I and III is what, like, Vital Proteins is for your skin and hair, nails, and type II collagen is what people use for their joints. I, I don't know a brand offhand for that type of collagen- Yeah but it's out there. Look for type II collagen. Again, I wrote a whole article about that, too.

and you can Vital Proteins might make a type II. That's what I'm wondering. a company called NeoCell, N-E-O-C-E-L-L, they make a type II. I know that. So, just make sure you're taking the right type, you know, for that issue.

Yeah, we'll, we'll have to take a peek at that. Yeah. going back to my questions, sorry. Oh, you were fast on that one. "What are your thoughts on cold plunging, especially as a female?" So okay, I hate cold plunging- so much.

I hate the sensation of being cold- more than anything- Yeah I think, in my whole life, to be honest. You definitely, I, I won't say complain, but, you, you don't love when it's cold. I think I was a sunflower in another life. I think I was meant to be just living under the, the, the gaze of the sun. I love to feel warm.

I hate feeling cold, so cold plunging, to me, is torture. Now, I have tried it many times, just because I've been peer-pressured into it- by my family or whatever. By your family. but I hate it.... and then Dr.

Stacy Sims came out with some studies and some information about how cold plunging for women does not need to be as cold as men. It's actually counterintuitive, like, it's not as good for you. Counter, yeah. And, sh- they- she talked about the temperature- Mm-hmm not needing to be as cold, that actually you could get a big cortisol spike. It could do some other things in your body, so sh- and you don't need to do it as long.

So she was saying, you know, for a cold plunge, 50s is okay. Mm-hmm. You don't need to be in- 30s 40s or 30s. But now I've even heard a couple of doctors that I follow say, "You don't even need to cold plunge." Like, the benefit of cold plunging is more mental clarity, courage, you know, confidence, just feeling cleansed mentally more than the physical benefit of what it's doing for your cells or your body. So I don't know.

It's always been counter- I feel like that one's a- It just hasn't felt right to me to go get cold after I've gotten warm. I'm like, "No." Yeah. I like to get really warm in the sauna, and then I just wanna melt into that warmness. Yeah. I'm not a huge fan of, like, going back and forth between the two.

Like, and the only thing with Like, I don't cold plunge right now, but, like, the only th- time when I felt that it gave me the physical was when I was, like, a collegiate athlete. Like, almost all collegiate athletes do it at some point if, if they're battling, like, an injury or something- Absolutely but that's like- 'Cause ice is good for- Recovery. Yeah. Yep, so, like, in that instance, I would say if you're, you know, battling an injury or something, like, definitely, or you're super sore to the point where you're like, "I can't walk," maybe. but, yeah, it's been interesting hearing some of those studies come out recently of, like, women don't need- Yeah to be as cold.

And they're saying that it triggers, a more intense stress response in women- Yeah than it does in men, and you don't ne- and when I All I needed to hear was, "You don't need to do it," and I'm like- Okay "Okay," said, "Okay." So then the complete opposite of that, what are your thoughts on saunas for a female? So saunas are s- are, are h- the studies, again, show that it's very healthy for you. You know, they have all these studies, Norwegians, and, they all live much longer and cleaner. so, you know, I don't have all the backing on it, but I've heard that saunas, the health benefits of saunas are real. I love the feeling of something warm.

Warm. So, like, whether it's a sauna where you get really warm or a hot tub where you get in really hot water, I just love it. So for me, that works for me. what is the next health trend you're most apt to try, if there is one, that you haven't tried already? Huh, what do you think?

I don't know. What would you- For me, like, you already do it. I have not joined the creatine trend. Mm-hmm. I'm also currently pregnant, so not gonna do that while I'm pregnant, but, I know a lot of my friends in, in my age group that are taking it, and I've just been hesitant.

Now that you've started, I'm like, "Okay, let's have her be the guinea pig." but I have a lot of friends that take it in their 30s and are enjoying it, so I would say for me, that might be the next thing I would try, but- I told Sam when I started, I said, "If I gain five pounds..." I'm gonna start weighing myself, and if I gain five pounds- I'm out. Well, and that's truly why I'm like, okay, also going through pregnancy, I'm like, "Well, I'm gonna I wanna try to lose that. I don't wanna try and gain it." Right. So I don't know, for me. I feel like it's helped me more than any other supplement I've taken, so.

Yeah. I mean, again, it's still subtle, but I do feel like it's helped me more than anything I've taken, so. I mean, again, I let you be the guinea pig on that one, so do you have one, um- Something I'm gonna try? I was looking up, like, trends, and I've seen, like, you know, just what are trends, and I s- Okay, what about this one? 75 Hard.

Yeah. Have you heard of that one? Yes, and I'm not a fan. Why are you not a fan? I think if you're younger, I say do it.

If, if you are a person who loves 75 Hard So 75 Hard is, help me out here, Sam, but I'm pretty sure it's you do two workouts. Two workouts a day. One has to be outside. and they're both Two a day? Yeah.

So two a day, one outside. You have to, eat healthy- Yep but there's s- No alcohol it's very restrictive, eating. And, yeah, and it's no alcohol. And then no alcohol, and you have to read 10 pages a day. Yep.

And you have to do something else, and for 75 days, and if you screw up one day, you have to start over on day one. Yes. So it's a mental toughness challenge. Let me tell you, maybe when I was 30, I would've taken that challenge. Like, when I was 30, I was like, "Run a marathon?

Yep, I'm gonna do that. Do a triathlon? Yep, I'm gonna do that," you know? Here- yeah, here's the plan: Choose a diet and stick with it. That means no cheat days- Okay and you have to cut out all alcohol.

Okay. two 45-minute workouts every day, and one has to be outside. Yep. Drink one gallon of water every single day. One gallon of water, that was what I was forgetting, yeah.

Yep. And then read 10 pages. 10 pages, and then f- if you're actually gonna do the 75 Hard, it does say to take a progress picture of yourself every single day. Yep. So I, for me, you know, then, then, you know, the naysayers said, "Well, how about 25 Soft?" 7- 75 Soft.

75 Soft. And 75 Soft was, and I looked it up, it 75 Soft is still 45-minute workout per day, but just one. Just one, yep. eating healthy, minimal alcohol, so a little bit easier. Drink three liters of water, read 10 pages of any book per day- Yep 'cause the other one had to be nonfiction.

It has to be, personal development. Yep. Yeah. And then you don't need to take progress pictures, and I'm like, "I'm kind of a 75 Soft kind of a girl." I could do that. I kind of, like, maybe live my life as a 75 Soft.

I was gonna say, I did it with a friend- and it was nothing different. Yeah, I, I feel like I am a 75 Soft. But at, at, at my age and, like, where I am at this point in my life, I, I don't need to prove anything to myself. Yeah. And I am in a p- position where if my kids ask me to come, they need something, I'm going.

If I could travel with my friends, I'm going. So, like, am I going to go, "No, I'm on the 75 Hard chal- Hard Challenge?" heck no, I'm not gonna. I just, I don't need, I don't need that for myself. It is a You gotta remember that that's a mental toughness thing. Yeah, it, it most certainly is.

we have someone saying, "A friend told me that microplastics can be found in clothing ma- made by companies like Athleta. Good grief." Have you heard anything about that, microplastics in, in clothing? Yes, I hear about it. They're like, "Oh, if you're wearing Lululemon, you're gonna die." I- I don't know. I mean, I don't wanna be wearing plastic on my body, but I also, like, just have to live.

Yeah. And I try not to use plastic in food. Like, I don't use plastic containers, I don't put plastic in the microwave. I don't even really use the microwave. I don't, I even, you know, inst- I do use baggies, but I try to put stuff in silicone, you know, those- Reusable Stasher reusables.

Yep. So I try to eliminate plastic. I'm not drinking from plastic water bottles, really, ever. Ever, yeah. try to use this.

So I've eliminated plastic in my life, but if you're gonna tell me now my leggings are full of plastic, like, I don't know. I haven't done a lot of research on it, 'cause I can't handle the fact that I- It's just a lot need to get rid of all my clothes. Yeah. or they, recently, the recent scare I read was your sheets. Go check your sheets.

If you have any plastic in your sheets- Oh, boy you know, you're gonna die. Yeah. And I'm like, "Oh, my God!" There's just It's so much. So I haven't honestly, I've kind of just been turning a blind eye to that. But it is something to consider.

Yeah, absolutely. And you can get, like, all-cotton leggings. You can. Mm-hmm. Problem is they bag when you sweat- When you work out in them and they get icky, and so, yeah.

And/or the squat test, they might not pass. And I'm so much an 80/20 person. I'm such a 80/20. Like, I try to do, like, 80% of the things right, and then 20% of the time, like, I'm not gonna, like, beat myself up over it. For sure.

okay, another health trend, I feel like it's not super popular right now, but it was a little bit ago, mouth taping. Have you tried it? Is it worth it? I actually did try it. Did you?

So did my husband. I'm scared. We couldn't stop laughing. We're like- "We are going to bed with tape on our mouths? What has this world become?" What are we doing?

You look like a mummy. I, I It's not for me. and- Okay he, he doesn't d- he did it more than me, and then he stopped. I, I don't like it because, well, I can breathe out my nose. I'm a pretty good nose breather.

But again, the research hasn't said, like, it's earth-shattering- Like a game-changer? or anything. It's supposedly it was gonna help you reduce your snoring if you, if you snore, but I don't know. And I, I'm not, like, somebody who's breathing through my mouth all night, so- Yeah it's not for me. And then, you know, ladies, in your 60s, I'm putting, like, lip oil on, and I'm putting- you know, hyalur- hyaluronic acid, and I'm doing all the things, and I'm using my red light.

Like, now I don't wanna put a piece of tape on my lips. Yeah. You know? I've- I have not tried this one, so. Yeah.

n- to me, not worth it. But I, I also don't snore, so I'm like- I don't snore, either. I, I think I breathe fine. I just wanted to know. Yeah, yeah.

And I don't like, like, when You remember when you used to put those whitening trays in? Yes. I would whip 'em out, you know- As fast as you can. in the middle of the night, I'd get up, and I'd be like, "Oh, I don't have them in my mouth anymore." So. what were- One more.

We're running out of time. Yes. What are your thoughts on rest days with regards to working out? I think they're super important, and the older I've gotten, the more I value my rest days. And I notice, this is something that I've noticed, that every week So, like, I kind of go hard Monday through Friday, and then typically for me, Saturday and Sunday are my rest days.

And I can notice that by, like, Thursday morning, like today, or even tomorrow, I, I just, I can tell that I'm a little inflamed. Mm-hmm. And because I've gone hard throughout the week. And w- you know, I- it's probably better to put your rest days in between. This is just the way my lifestyle is- Mm-hmm right now.

But I really look forward to my rest days, where I'm like, "I'm not gonna lift weights. I'm just gonna walk. I'm just gonna feel good. Maybe do some Pilates," you know, that kind of thing. and so I think they're super important for the recovery of your muscles, your joints, your health.

You can't go hard as we get older every single day, unless you're a trained athlete- Mm-hmm of some sort. But, but- But even then like, you use rest days, too. Mm-hmm, and I've been using them more frequently. same thing, like, I just go so hard that there are days where it's just like, "Okay, you just need to walk," because you feel inflamed. you even think about professional athletes and how much recovery that they need.

Like, everyone needs it, so. Yeah, and I t- I've noticed that lifting weights just feels so laborious, and my heart rate Biggest thing I notice is my heart rate doesn't get as high during workouts. Yeah, yep. Like, my body is, like, not allowing me to go to that point. It's telling you, oh, yeah.

It's telling you, "You've done too much." Yep. So anyway, okay, you guys, that was fun. That was a lot of questions. It was, yeah, lots of questions. remember that you can always join our Gold.

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