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Dr. Andy Galpin

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Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

And so the reason I'm bringing that up is people say things like, well, why not do that test? It's only a couple of hundred bucks. You'll get more data and there's no harm. There is harm. There is legitimately harm, even if it's a couple of hundred dollars in a sleep tracker, a couple of hundred dollars for genetic tests.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

And so the reason I'm bringing that up is people say things like, well, why not do that test? It's only a couple of hundred bucks. You'll get more data and there's no harm. There is harm. There is legitimately harm, even if it's a couple of hundred dollars in a sleep tracker, a couple of hundred dollars for genetic tests.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

And so the reason I'm bringing that up is people say things like, well, why not do that test? It's only a couple of hundred bucks. You'll get more data and there's no harm. There is harm. There is legitimately harm, even if it's a couple of hundred dollars in a sleep tracker, a couple of hundred dollars for genetic tests.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Not gonna harm everybody, most people won't, but for some people, there is a risk here. It's not just a couple of hundred dollars. And so you need to be really careful whether you're coaching people or advising people or you're a clinician or it's you yourself. If the product or service is serving you, great, I'm all for it. Spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for all I care.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Not gonna harm everybody, most people won't, but for some people, there is a risk here. It's not just a couple of hundred dollars. And so you need to be really careful whether you're coaching people or advising people or you're a clinician or it's you yourself. If the product or service is serving you, great, I'm all for it. Spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for all I care.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Not gonna harm everybody, most people won't, but for some people, there is a risk here. It's not just a couple of hundred dollars. And so you need to be really careful whether you're coaching people or advising people or you're a clinician or it's you yourself. If the product or service is serving you, great, I'm all for it. Spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for all I care.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

If it is making things worse though, then you need to pay attention to that client. Pay attention to what they're saying and be really careful. Something as simple as a food tracker can really harm some people if they have poor associations and regulations with food. So it's not the technology. It's none of those things that I care about.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

If it is making things worse though, then you need to pay attention to that client. Pay attention to what they're saying and be really careful. Something as simple as a food tracker can really harm some people if they have poor associations and regulations with food. So it's not the technology. It's none of those things that I care about.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

If it is making things worse though, then you need to pay attention to that client. Pay attention to what they're saying and be really careful. Something as simple as a food tracker can really harm some people if they have poor associations and regulations with food. So it's not the technology. It's none of those things that I care about.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

It's just you really paying attention and realizing what's actually happening and going, oh yeah, great, great, great. We're going to take the red light away from you. Well, I realize, but no, no, no, no. But just because you right now, it's bad. Right, right, right. That's all it is. That's coaching.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

It's just you really paying attention and realizing what's actually happening and going, oh yeah, great, great, great. We're going to take the red light away from you. Well, I realize, but no, no, no, no. But just because you right now, it's bad. Right, right, right. That's all it is. That's coaching.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

It's just you really paying attention and realizing what's actually happening and going, oh yeah, great, great, great. We're going to take the red light away from you. Well, I realize, but no, no, no, no. But just because you right now, it's bad. Right, right, right. That's all it is. That's coaching.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Of course it's okay. In fact, it's, um, I mean, geez, that is a really, I hope it wasn't actually teed up that way from people. That'd be a really terrible message.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Of course it's okay. In fact, it's, um, I mean, geez, that is a really, I hope it wasn't actually teed up that way from people. That'd be a really terrible message.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Of course it's okay. In fact, it's, um, I mean, geez, that is a really, I hope it wasn't actually teed up that way from people. That'd be a really terrible message.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Yeah.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Yeah.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

Yeah.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

I'm saying other people did.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 431: Dr. Andy Galpin: Why Fitness Trackers and Bloodwork Are Misleading You

I'm saying other people did.