The Better Show
Get Super Fit in 30 Days
Episode Summary
We discuss the best ways to get fit fast. We explore the most effective training techniques, the importance of sleep & nutrition for fitness, and how to deal with feeling discouraged.
Episode Notes
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Show Notes
- 3:00— Ian kicks off the show with a quote from Chris Rock on fitness.
- 5:35— March shares some research on how quickly exercise can affect your body.
- 7:46— March shares a tip on setting a reasonable near-term goal for what kind of fitness results you want to achieve.
- 8:31— March shares his fitness routine for when he was training to climb Mt. St. Helens and Darren shares his routine for training to climb Mt Rainier.
- 13:51— Ian shares his experience with getting in shape for multiple sports in high school and contrasts his experience with experience from other athletes who focused their training on a single sport.
- 19:15— arch shares a 2nd tip about ways to assessing your current level of fitness and describes a method from a Brazilian researcher about how to quickly predict a person’s risk of early death.
- 20:46— Darren, March, and Ian report their results from trying the Stand up Challenge test.
- 23:46— We introduce The Better Show “Stand up Challenge” and issue a challenge to the audience to post a video of themselves standing up with the hashtag #standupchallenge.
- 24:42— Darren and March both commit to posting a video of themselves attempting to stand up using only one leg.
- 27:31— Ian shares a resource from World Fitness Level where you can quickly get an assessment of your current fitness level by answering a few basic questions.
- 32:01— March, Ian, and Darren each share their results from the World Fitness Level test in the form of their current fitness age.
- 39:09— March shares a fitness routine that promises in 30 days to bring you to up the fitness level required to run a marathon.
- 39:44— We take a test to assess our readiness to start the 30-days to marathon training routine.
- 47:36— March picks a personal fitness goal of being fit enough to hold his breath for a long period of time in preparation for an upcoming scuba diving trip to the Azores.
- 47:57— Ian decides to get in shape for golf season so he can crush Darren on the links (even worse than he already does. #saltinthewound)
- 48:52— Darren sets a goal to be able to bike to work comfortably overcoming the hills on his route.
- 54:41— Ian discusses some elements of a training regimen for better golf fitness.
- 58:21— We discuss HIT (High Intensity Interval Training) as one of the methods for getting fit in less time.
- 59:18— Ian shares that time was a key driver behind his decision to purchase a Peloton indoor bike.
- 1:02:18— March describes the “big four” body weight exercises that you can do anywhere to maintain your overall fitness.
- 1:03:46— Ian goes into the sauna with his Apple Watch.
- 1:14:38— We come back to a favorite topic of ours on The Better Show: sleep and how it factors into an effective fitness regimen.
- 1:16:00— Ian talks about how to manage hitting the plateau.
- 1:24:37— We talk about how to avoid training injuries.
- 1:29:49— March and Darren discuss the RICE method for recovery and Darren gives a glowing endorsement for the Ice Man Cold Therapy machine.
- 1:37:24— Ian commits to working on his golf game fitness and Darren is tempted to get an Oura ring.
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