Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

So I weigh out my coffee, and I pour the water in into the French press, and I put a timer on for five minutes. In those five minutes, Mel, I don't go on email. I don't go on Instagram. I don't go on the news. What I do in those five minutes is I have a strength workout in my kitchen, in my pajamas. What do you do? Well, I do a variety of things. It started off being body weights.

So I weigh out my coffee, and I pour the water in into the French press, and I put a timer on for five minutes. In those five minutes, Mel, I don't go on email. I don't go on Instagram. I don't go on the news. What I do in those five minutes is I have a strength workout in my kitchen, in my pajamas. What do you do? Well, I do a variety of things. It started off being body weights.

I do some press-ups, some calf raises, some squats. I just do a little circuit in my kitchen. And then I get the gorgeous reward of a hot cup of coffee just the way I like it.

I do some press-ups, some calf raises, some squats. I just do a little circuit in my kitchen. And then I get the gorgeous reward of a hot cup of coffee just the way I like it.

I do some press-ups, some calf raises, some squats. I just do a little circuit in my kitchen. And then I get the gorgeous reward of a hot cup of coffee just the way I like it.

Yeah, there's a video on YouTube that I've worked off my five-minute kitchen workouts. These days, I do a couple of other things. I have a kettlebell and a dumbbell in my kitchen, so sometimes I'll do some kettlebell swings, sometimes I'll do some bicep curls, whatever I feel like. But the point is, I do that five-minute strength workout every day.

Yeah, there's a video on YouTube that I've worked off my five-minute kitchen workouts. These days, I do a couple of other things. I have a kettlebell and a dumbbell in my kitchen, so sometimes I'll do some kettlebell swings, sometimes I'll do some bicep curls, whatever I feel like. But the point is, I do that five-minute strength workout every day.

Yeah, there's a video on YouTube that I've worked off my five-minute kitchen workouts. These days, I do a couple of other things. I have a kettlebell and a dumbbell in my kitchen, so sometimes I'll do some kettlebell swings, sometimes I'll do some bicep curls, whatever I feel like. But the point is, I do that five-minute strength workout every day.

I even did it this morning in my hotel room here in Boston, Mel, okay? And I'll explain why it's so important. It's what I would call my keystone habit. It's a habit that when I do it, it makes it infinitely more likely I'm gonna do other healthy choices in my day, right? Every single day, Mel, we're all asking ourselves two questions. Can I trust myself? Can I rely on myself?

I even did it this morning in my hotel room here in Boston, Mel, okay? And I'll explain why it's so important. It's what I would call my keystone habit. It's a habit that when I do it, it makes it infinitely more likely I'm gonna do other healthy choices in my day, right? Every single day, Mel, we're all asking ourselves two questions. Can I trust myself? Can I rely on myself?

I even did it this morning in my hotel room here in Boston, Mel, okay? And I'll explain why it's so important. It's what I would call my keystone habit. It's a habit that when I do it, it makes it infinitely more likely I'm gonna do other healthy choices in my day, right? Every single day, Mel, we're all asking ourselves two questions. Can I trust myself? Can I rely on myself?

What my five-minute kitchen workout does to me every single morning is it shows me that no matter how busy my work is, no matter what my wife needs from me, what my children need from me, what my elderly mother needs from me, I still found five minutes for myself. It shows me I can trust myself. I can rely on myself. Now, people might go, you know, strength workout every day.

What my five-minute kitchen workout does to me every single morning is it shows me that no matter how busy my work is, no matter what my wife needs from me, what my children need from me, what my elderly mother needs from me, I still found five minutes for myself. It shows me I can trust myself. I can rely on myself. Now, people might go, you know, strength workout every day.

What my five-minute kitchen workout does to me every single morning is it shows me that no matter how busy my work is, no matter what my wife needs from me, what my children need from me, what my elderly mother needs from me, I still found five minutes for myself. It shows me I can trust myself. I can rely on myself. Now, people might go, you know, strength workout every day.

Do you not vary it up? No, I don't vary it up, right? Especially when I started. No. Do we vary up toothbrushing? No. Right. I hope, Mel, every single person listening right now brushes their teeth for two minutes in the morning and two minutes in the evening.

Do you not vary it up? No, I don't vary it up, right? Especially when I started. No. Do we vary up toothbrushing? No. Right. I hope, Mel, every single person listening right now brushes their teeth for two minutes in the morning and two minutes in the evening.

Do you not vary it up? No, I don't vary it up, right? Especially when I started. No. Do we vary up toothbrushing? No. Right. I hope, Mel, every single person listening right now brushes their teeth for two minutes in the morning and two minutes in the evening.

100%. And with toothbrushing, the key point I want to make is that we don't apply those principles when it comes to changing our health, right? We make it so difficult and complicated. That's a theme throughout this conversation, Mel. How do we keep it simple? If your audience, Mel, if the person listening to this...

100%. And with toothbrushing, the key point I want to make is that we don't apply those principles when it comes to changing our health, right? We make it so difficult and complicated. That's a theme throughout this conversation, Mel. How do we keep it simple? If your audience, Mel, if the person listening to this...

100%. And with toothbrushing, the key point I want to make is that we don't apply those principles when it comes to changing our health, right? We make it so difficult and complicated. That's a theme throughout this conversation, Mel. How do we keep it simple? If your audience, Mel, if the person listening to this...