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The purpose/benefits of your cardio workouts are: gets your blood pumping lowers your blood pressure strengthens your immune system improves your sleep supports your mental health regulates your blood sugar contributes to a healthy weight gives your brain a boost Weight loss/maintenance is on the list, but not foremost.

So there’s a story about a guy with a squeaky floor.  He tries everything but it won’t stop squeaking.  So he hires a contractor to take a look.  The contractor arrives, walks around, listens to the squeaks, then pulls his hammer and whacks one nail.  Subsequently the squeaking stops.   He bills the guy $500 and the guy complains. Why $500?  You hammered one nail?  The contractor smiles.  That was $1 for the hammering, $499 for knowing which nail. A good Trainer, inn essence, finds the nail.

Is sleep important as important as working out?  I could write a book on this, but given the confines of newsletter format I’ll share three interesting aspects of rest, and throw in some fun quotes about rest/recovery so the content doesn’t put you to sleep.  Ba-DUM-BUM!

bring it full circle. Wonder Woman is great. Sit ups suck. I deserve more insta followers and If anyone says chillax while working out at Fit they’re getting chucked. Try me.

At the start of 2022 I was 216 lbs and 16% body fat. These were both personal highs. The kind of record you don’t want to set. My pants were fitting snug. Last week I measured 204 and 9%. I changed 3 habits to lose 7% body fat.

Q: What’s the #1 habit most thin people share? A: Fidgeting: Burning calories while not exercising.  Forget Netflix and Chill.  Let’s Netflix and fidget.