
Ep 39 Fat Burning Fingerprint with Gary Watson
01/02/19 • 60 min
Is your health regimen not working or not doing you any good? You've tried on different diets, but you remain the same, desperate to lose weight and be fit. The thing is you may be doing it wrong because not all diets work for all. On today's episode, Coach Chris talks to Gary Watson about the importance of finding your fat burning fingerprint. If you know your fat burning fingerprint type, you would know the right food to eat and must avoid. This way it would be easier to manage your diet and live a healthy lifestyle.
“When a belief system no longer serves us for a greater good, that belief system becomes nothing more than BS!”
- Gary Watson
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Time Stamps:
01:36 Gary’s personal background, his life as a Kinesiologist and what he’s up to
06:53 Dispelling vampire myths about diets and uncovering the truths about the fat burning fingerprint
10:48 The types of fat burning fingerprint and the food you should eat or must avoid depending on your type
20:13 The importance of knowing your fat burning fingerprint type
27:54 Gary’s initial misgiving about intermittent fasting and the fascination that leads to complete belief in it
35:38 Your fat burning fingerprint type, the corresponding meals a day you should consume and the explanation that goes with it
45:34 How Gary’s day goes with a meal he designed for himself and his eating habits
50:29 All about treating yourself and cheat days
56:25 Progress versus perfection
Resources:
- Text "STRETCH” to 345-345 for the 5 Best Core Killer Exercises
- Wake The Fork Up: How to Lose 10, 15, Even 20 Pounds of Fat in 30 Days or Less by Gary Watson
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Is your health regimen not working or not doing you any good? You've tried on different diets, but you remain the same, desperate to lose weight and be fit. The thing is you may be doing it wrong because not all diets work for all. On today's episode, Coach Chris talks to Gary Watson about the importance of finding your fat burning fingerprint. If you know your fat burning fingerprint type, you would know the right food to eat and must avoid. This way it would be easier to manage your diet and live a healthy lifestyle.
“When a belief system no longer serves us for a greater good, that belief system becomes nothing more than BS!”
- Gary Watson
Subscribe to iTunes Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes!
What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast?
Time Stamps:
01:36 Gary’s personal background, his life as a Kinesiologist and what he’s up to
06:53 Dispelling vampire myths about diets and uncovering the truths about the fat burning fingerprint
10:48 The types of fat burning fingerprint and the food you should eat or must avoid depending on your type
20:13 The importance of knowing your fat burning fingerprint type
27:54 Gary’s initial misgiving about intermittent fasting and the fascination that leads to complete belief in it
35:38 Your fat burning fingerprint type, the corresponding meals a day you should consume and the explanation that goes with it
45:34 How Gary’s day goes with a meal he designed for himself and his eating habits
50:29 All about treating yourself and cheat days
56:25 Progress versus perfection
Resources:
- Text "STRETCH” to 345-345 for the 5 Best Core Killer Exercises
- Wake The Fork Up: How to Lose 10, 15, Even 20 Pounds of Fat in 30 Days or Less by Gary Watson
Connect w/ CriticalBench:
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Ep 38 One-Minute Interval Workouts with Meredith Shirk
Do you want to be fit and healthy, but don't have the time to go to the gym? Here's the thing, even if you only have a minute to spare you can transform your life and be healthy. Find out how on today’s episode as Coach Brian talks with Meredith Shirk. Meredith is a lifestyle coach, wife, mom, and founder of Svelte Training. They discuss the importance of movement and how short workouts can make a lot of difference in your health. Discover, among other things, how you can incorporate short workouts into your daily routine and make it works for you.
“ I want to be able to bend down and play with my daughter and not feel like, you know, my back’s gonna be thrown out. ”
- Meredith Shirk
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01:12 Meredith’s background in sports and how she came to build Svelte Training and where the name came from
05:19 Realizing the need for a kind of exercise for busy people who have little time but wants to be healthy
07:09 Why Meredith shifted from lifting and doing long workouts to one-minute exercises and what makes it works for her
10:48 Why short intense workouts are more effective and the best options for anyone especially busy parents
16:07 How to be successful doing short intense workouts
19:36 A great fitness workout applicable for aging men and women
23:55 Meredith's advice for people who have doubts about short workouts and think that going to the gym is the only effective way to be fit and healthy
25:46 Two ideas or mantras that Meredith instills in herself and in her clients
29:46 Looking at the future and not in the past to make a difference and transform your life
Resources
- Text "CORE” to 345-345 for the 5 Best Core Killer Exercises
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Ep 40 Optimize Your Gut Health with Wade Lightheart from BiOptimizers
Gastrointestinal diseases are still prevalent and according to statistics, as of 2018 22% of the adult population in the US suffered from it. Do you want to know why and how you can avoid it? On today’s episode, Coach Chris talks with Wade Lightheart, author, athlete, and President of BiOptimizers, a digestive health company. They delve into the digestion process and the causes of the common gastrointestinal problems and how to prevent them. Wade shares the important role of enzymes and probiotics to our gut health. Tune in and find out how you can make not only your gut healthy but your whole body as well.
“Humans are the ONLY species on the planet that eats enzyme-deficient food... We have to make more enzymes in our body to break down the food that we are eating.”
- Wade Lightheart
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Time Stamps:
01:35 Three transformative events in Wade’s life, how he started in bodybuilding, joined Mr. Universe and got sick afterward
04:59 How Wade recovered from his sickness, went back to bodybuilding better than before and made it his goal to share to the world how he improves his health and his performance
08:52 Why is gut health or digestion very important, what happens to the food that we ate and what are the causes of gastrointestinal-related disorder like indigestion and heartburn
17:54 Reasons why you're diet is not working for you and how you can know if your diet is doing you good or not - plus how the bad bacteria thrive inside our body
20:06 The important aspect of the digestion process, why it changes when you get old and the importance of probiotics and enzymes to a healthy gut and body
26:52 All about probiotics - the good bacteria- their role in our body, how we have forgotten about them or disrupt their production that led to a lot of our diseases, and are probiotic drinks or chocolate bars really effective
32:45 The Navy Seals of probiotics (the P3-OM) which fights the bad bacteria and make you more resilient against diseases, what makes it the superior probiotics and how it can make your gut and your whole body healthy - plus how it can also use to help cancer patients
45:02 Why Wade and his partner built BiOptimizers, a di
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