Sal DiStefano

But oftentimes if you're like, oh my God, my knees hurt or my hip hurts or this hurts and you know you're 60 pounds overweight, you know you sit down most of the time, you know your diet's really bad and you're like, should I get surgery on this joint? try getting fit and healthy first, unless, again, there's like a major tear or whatever.

Try getting fit and healthy first because if that's not the solution, that will at the very least make the surgery far more likely to be successful. So that should be the place you go no matter what.

Try getting fit and healthy first because if that's not the solution, that will at the very least make the surgery far more likely to be successful. So that should be the place you go no matter what.

Try getting fit and healthy first because if that's not the solution, that will at the very least make the surgery far more likely to be successful. So that should be the place you go no matter what.

Water? No, no, no, no.

Water? No, no, no, no.

Water? No, no, no, no.

Oh, yeah, because he tells you when something's off.

Oh, yeah, because he tells you when something's off.

Oh, yeah, because he tells you when something's off.

No, this is a good discussion because I went, I was down in LA yesterday. So you guys know this. I was on Max Lugavere's podcast. Oh yeah, how was that? Love Max. Absolutely love Max. One of my favorite people in the world. He's a great guy. So yesterday, he was less than two weeks out from back surgery. He had disc replacement surgery. I want to say L1. I have it written down.

No, this is a good discussion because I went, I was down in LA yesterday. So you guys know this. I was on Max Lugavere's podcast. Oh yeah, how was that? Love Max. Absolutely love Max. One of my favorite people in the world. He's a great guy. So yesterday, he was less than two weeks out from back surgery. He had disc replacement surgery. I want to say L1. I have it written down.

No, this is a good discussion because I went, I was down in LA yesterday. So you guys know this. I was on Max Lugavere's podcast. Oh yeah, how was that? Love Max. Absolutely love Max. One of my favorite people in the world. He's a great guy. So yesterday, he was less than two weeks out from back surgery. He had disc replacement surgery. I want to say L1. I have it written down.

I got to see where it was. But he had it in his back. He had disc replacement surgery. And when I saw him...

I got to see where it was. But he had it in his back. He had disc replacement surgery. And when I saw him...

I got to see where it was. But he had it in his back. He had disc replacement surgery. And when I saw him...

um you know we we talked for a little bit before getting on the podcast and he goes man because okay so max fit healthy guy he's in the wellness exercises takes care of himself and he was so frustrated because he had reached out to people in our space about this surgery and there were so many people were like don't get back surgery whatever you do don't get back surgery don't do it and he was telling me how much better he feels and stuff i said you know max

um you know we we talked for a little bit before getting on the podcast and he goes man because okay so max fit healthy guy he's in the wellness exercises takes care of himself and he was so frustrated because he had reached out to people in our space about this surgery and there were so many people were like don't get back surgery whatever you do don't get back surgery don't do it and he was telling me how much better he feels and stuff i said you know max

um you know we we talked for a little bit before getting on the podcast and he goes man because okay so max fit healthy guy he's in the wellness exercises takes care of himself and he was so frustrated because he had reached out to people in our space about this surgery and there were so many people were like don't get back surgery whatever you do don't get back surgery don't do it and he was telling me how much better he feels and stuff i said you know max

The issue with surgeries are, well, first off, there's a self-selection bias of people who tend to get back surgery and they tend to not be like you, fit, healthy people. That's going to dramatically change the outcomes. When you go into surgery and you're not healthy and not fit, the outcomes are going to be worse.