#453 BONUS SHOW: 7 "Bare Minimum" Fitness/Longevity Standards I Will Try To Maintain...FOREVER!
Jan 4, 2024
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The podcast discusses the host's health issues and diagnosis, along with a positive update. It also covers the seven bare minimum fitness and longevity standards that the speaker hopes to maintain forever, emphasizing the importance of relative strength and mobility. The chapter explores the sitting rising test as a mobility standard and highlights practical fitness benchmarks for overall health and longevity.
The podcast discusses the challenges and treatments for post-viral vocal cord paralysis, highlighting the speaker's personal experience with vocal cord paralysis and the time it took to regain strength in his voice.
The podcast introduces a set of 7 "Bare Minimum" Fitness/Longevity Standards, emphasizing the importance of periodically testing and adjusting training programs to meet these standards for a well-rounded level of health and fitness.
Deep dives
Gym owner's journey to build a world-renowned brand
The podcast episode follows the story of a gym owner who started with a small space and worked hard to build a world-renowned brand in the sports performance industry. The speaker emphasizes the determination and effort put into the journey of turning a small gym into a successful business.
Dealing with vocal cord paralysis
The speaker shares personal experiences with vocal cord paralysis, discussing the worries and uncertainty that arose when he mysteriously lost his voice and the time it took to regain strength in his voice. The speaker highlights the condition known as post-viral vocal cord paralysis and the challenges and treatments associated with it.
Maintaining fitness and well-roundedness through standards
The podcast episode introduces a set of standards for maintaining a well-rounded fitness level and promoting longevity. These standards include being able to perform 40 unbroken full range push-ups, completing 20 full-range goblet squats with 50% of body weight, achieving a two-minute hang from a chin-up bar, performing a sitting-rising test with good mobility, broad jumping one's height, running a mile in under 10 minutes, and maintaining a belly circumference that is half of one's height in inches or less.
Importance of periodically testing fitness standards
The podcast emphasizes the importance of periodically testing one's fitness standards to assess progress and identify areas for improvement. The speaker suggests that if an individual cannot meet the bare minimum standards in certain areas, adjustments to training programs may be necessary, focusing on those specific areas to maintain a well-rounded level of health and fitness.
Surprise! Surprise! After telling his audience that he'd be taking the week off [to rest his voice] Joe D. hops on the mic for this "bonus" edition of the Industrial Strength Show! He spends the first 10 minutes of the podcast updating the audience on the doctor's diagnosis of his "mystery laryngitis", along with the results of his recent skin biopsy. He then reads the first winning iTunes review of 2024 before getting into this week's main show topic: The 7 "Bare Minimum" Fitness/Longevity Standards That Joe Is Going To Try To Maintain...FOREVER! *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps goto www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com.