Episode 438: Tara LaFerrara: Why Quitting Alcohol Is Your Secret Weapon for Better Fitness
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What is Fitness Friday on Habits & Hustle all about?
Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits & Hustle. Crush it! Hey friends, you're listening to Fitness Friday on the Habits & Hustle podcast, where myself and my friends share quick and very actionable advice for you becoming your healthiest self. So stay tuned and let me know how you leveled up. What's your take on intermittent fasting for women? I don't have enough information to give my opinion on that. However, I personally am not someone that would do that. How about alcohol and body composition? This is a hard, unpopular opinion for a lot of people, I'm sure. Alcohol is poison. It's straight up just shouldn't be drank. I don't drink it at all anymore. It's empty calories. It makes you feel like shit. Speaking of sleep, like it's going to make you sleep like shit. I work with a lot of women in perimenopause and menopause. It will make your symptoms 100 times worse.
Why is alcohol considered detrimental to fitness and health?
Like that is a proven scientific fact. If you want to feel better and healthier, I would say one of the first things you should do is maybe not even give up, but just lighten how much you are currently drinking. Now, listen, you're preaching to the converted. I don't drink at all. To me, it's the biggest waste of calories ever. I'd rather eat the drink any day of the week. And what it does to your skin and to your body is horrendous. It also ages you 20 years. I mean, people I look at who are like 45 who are drinkers versus not, massive difference.
What are the visible effects of alcohol on aging and body composition?
massive difference you know the bloating the just in terms of this overall what it's just it's the worst thing you can do like i agree like smoke a joint instead of uh honestly then other than then take it like drinking a glass of wine i mean i'm not i'm not saying do either one but if you're gonna if you're gonna pick your poison i'd rather you pick that my opinion
Yeah, although I will say as someone that is California sober, marijuana is not poison. Alcohol is.
Well, I was going to say that, too. I don't think it's poison at all. But it's how you consume it, though, right? Like if you're smoking it, it's not so great for you. If you're vaping it, it's not so great for you. If you eat it, I guess it's much better for you. Or take a gummy. That's way better for you. Yeah, but then you have to look at like sometimes they put flavorings or something in those too. I mean, if you look at the grand scheme of what you consume, how can you take out just like small things that can make you feel better in general? So for me, my first thing was alcohol. I'm never going to give up a chocolate chip cookie, but I will give up alcohol.
How does alcohol impact sleep and what are the benefits of quitting?
Oh, my God. I could not agree. By the way, if there's more calories and empty shit in a glass of wine, it's all sugar. You're basically drinking sugar. Yeah. Versus having a chocolate. It's like so much more satiating. But I guess there are people out there who don't care about food and they like alcohol. Not me. That's not me, but... But also it's very important to note that there's a lot of people that say, oh, well, I just drink one glass or I just have this. What is that? That's not big of a deal. And it's like, no, you're right. It's not that big of a deal. But that one glass of wine will still interrupt your REM sleep. It will still hinder you the next day. Even if you think it does nothing for you or it actually makes you relax, it actually does the opposite in your brain. So important to note.
Oh, yeah. I think the number one thing people should stop doing if they want to look fit and be fit and be healthy is eliminate alcohol 100%. Worst thing they can possibly do for their bodies, for their overall, for their skin, for their looks, for everything. And also that people don't even realize that like you may think that, oh, you know, I'm not sleeping well, but that's what that you end up eating more because of it. You end up making bad choices because of it. You're not like the ripple effect is so terrible. Yeah. Okay, one more question. And then we're going to like wrap mobility. Let's talk about mobility.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Fitness Friday on Habits & Hustle all about?
0:01–1:09
2
Why is alcohol considered detrimental to fitness and health?
1:09–1:50
3
What are the visible effects of alcohol on aging and body composition?
1:50–2:52
4
How does alcohol impact sleep and what are the benefits of quitting?
2:52–4:14
5
Why is joint mobility crucial as we age?
4:14–5:01
6
How can you incorporate mobility exercises into your routine?
5:01–11:32
Speakers
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