JJ Virgin
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I mean, you know, what could that be? And here's the thing. I think it's a hierarchy. What I see in the space that drives me bananas is that we are majoring in the minors. I'm sorry. I'm not worried about your red light therapy if you are not moving. Right. You know, you're sitting here trying to pump up your mitochondria with red light. Why don't you just do a little HIIT training?
I mean, you know, what could that be? And here's the thing. I think it's a hierarchy. What I see in the space that drives me bananas is that we are majoring in the minors. I'm sorry. I'm not worried about your red light therapy if you are not moving. Right. You know, you're sitting here trying to pump up your mitochondria with red light. Why don't you just do a little HIIT training?
I mean, you know, what could that be? And here's the thing. I think it's a hierarchy. What I see in the space that drives me bananas is that we are majoring in the minors. I'm sorry. I'm not worried about your red light therapy if you are not moving. Right. You know, you're sitting here trying to pump up your mitochondria with red light. Why don't you just do a little HIIT training?
So I think there's some things that are nice to have, but there are some foundational things that it is so clear that we need to have. And like when you come down to it, it's having skeletal muscle, That's high quality. It's strong. It's powerful. It's having a great heart that you've pushed by doing high-intensity interval training.
So I think there's some things that are nice to have, but there are some foundational things that it is so clear that we need to have. And like when you come down to it, it's having skeletal muscle, That's high quality. It's strong. It's powerful. It's having a great heart that you've pushed by doing high-intensity interval training.
So I think there's some things that are nice to have, but there are some foundational things that it is so clear that we need to have. And like when you come down to it, it's having skeletal muscle, That's high quality. It's strong. It's powerful. It's having a great heart that you've pushed by doing high-intensity interval training.
And it's moving more all throughout the day because we were meant to move. Right. I mean, how have you changed your workouts over the years? Well, it's pretty interesting. You know, when I was in graduate school, we were taught, I kid you not, we were taught, do not have people lift weights until they lose the weight.
And it's moving more all throughout the day because we were meant to move. Right. I mean, how have you changed your workouts over the years? Well, it's pretty interesting. You know, when I was in graduate school, we were taught, I kid you not, we were taught, do not have people lift weights until they lose the weight.
And it's moving more all throughout the day because we were meant to move. Right. I mean, how have you changed your workouts over the years? Well, it's pretty interesting. You know, when I was in graduate school, we were taught, I kid you not, we were taught, do not have people lift weights until they lose the weight.
Now, I was paying my way through graduate school as one of those first personal trainers. And what I quickly discovered was they weren't going to get any better unless they had them lifting weights. Like nothing was changing. Weights are like your metabolic spanks that holds everything in tighter, gets you insulin sensitive, boosts your metabolism. So I just ignored.
Now, I was paying my way through graduate school as one of those first personal trainers. And what I quickly discovered was they weren't going to get any better unless they had them lifting weights. Like nothing was changing. Weights are like your metabolic spanks that holds everything in tighter, gets you insulin sensitive, boosts your metabolism. So I just ignored.
Now, I was paying my way through graduate school as one of those first personal trainers. And what I quickly discovered was they weren't going to get any better unless they had them lifting weights. Like nothing was changing. Weights are like your metabolic spanks that holds everything in tighter, gets you insulin sensitive, boosts your metabolism. So I just ignored.
And most of my professors were like overweight, which I thought bizarre and made no sense, right? Especially when you got in the nutrition department. The exercise department, not as much as the nutrition department. And then in the nutrition department, I was taught that you could get everything you needed from a potato. From women that literally look like potatoes.
And most of my professors were like overweight, which I thought bizarre and made no sense, right? Especially when you got in the nutrition department. The exercise department, not as much as the nutrition department. And then in the nutrition department, I was taught that you could get everything you needed from a potato. From women that literally look like potatoes.
And most of my professors were like overweight, which I thought bizarre and made no sense, right? Especially when you got in the nutrition department. The exercise department, not as much as the nutrition department. And then in the nutrition department, I was taught that you could get everything you needed from a potato. From women that literally look like potatoes.
I'm like, how are we going to get optimal protein from that potato right there? Now, if we're on Mars and this is all we have, OK, fine. But other than that, I think we can do better. So I literally way back then, everything was about cardio. And at first I was doing loads and loads of cardio. And then I did a massive flip. early on into resistance training and high-intensity interval training.
I'm like, how are we going to get optimal protein from that potato right there? Now, if we're on Mars and this is all we have, OK, fine. But other than that, I think we can do better. So I literally way back then, everything was about cardio. And at first I was doing loads and loads of cardio. And then I did a massive flip. early on into resistance training and high-intensity interval training.
I'm like, how are we going to get optimal protein from that potato right there? Now, if we're on Mars and this is all we have, OK, fine. But other than that, I think we can do better. So I literally way back then, everything was about cardio. And at first I was doing loads and loads of cardio. And then I did a massive flip. early on into resistance training and high-intensity interval training.
And I never looked back, mainly because I hate doing endurance cardio. It's not fun. It takes up a lot of time. But in my 20s, I was doing a lot of it and a lot of resistance training. And what's interesting is I have more muscle. I'm stronger now than I was in my 20s because I was doing loads of cardio and loads of resistance training.
And I never looked back, mainly because I hate doing endurance cardio. It's not fun. It takes up a lot of time. But in my 20s, I was doing a lot of it and a lot of resistance training. And what's interesting is I have more muscle. I'm stronger now than I was in my 20s because I was doing loads of cardio and loads of resistance training.