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Why Your Body Feels Like It's Failing · Harder Than Life

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  We spend all our energy hunting for what's wrong with our bodies.
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  Today, I want to show you the signs that things are actually going right for you.
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  The high achievers problem list, the guy that's always out here, Mr. Fix-It.
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  They get their blood work done.
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  Maybe you have a bad knee.
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  Maybe you have a little bit of a beer belly.
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  Maybe it's a muffin top.
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  All you notice is those negative things.
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  This is me, guys.
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  This is me to a T. You don't notice the good things.
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  Never count the wins, or at least you don't take long enough to enjoy those wins.
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  Yeah, I know you're feeling me.
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  There are four signs you can test at home in two minutes, and I'm going to...
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  Some sound stupid, like putting your socks on, standing up.
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  And the last one...
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  involves getting off the floor and it's the one that research cares about most.
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  I'm going to save that one till the end, but stay with me because I checked these on myself.
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  I'm 50 coming up on 51 in another month.
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  And I'll tell you which one I lost in my forties and had to earn back
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  Again, this is my experience.
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  I'm not a doctor.
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  This isn't medical advice, but everything I do, every mistake I've made, every error, every faux pas, every thing I've done wrong, I bring the heart of the life nation and hopefully wise people learn from my mistakes.
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  By the end, you'll have a score of one out of four, a number to beat next month, and a reason to stop beating yourself up about the wrong things.
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  Just a reminder, I'm Kelly Siegel, and this is our solo Thursday, Harder Than Life, Just You and Me, reminding you the show is growing fast.
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  So please, before we start, I want you to share this.
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  Hit follow on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or now Amazon is streaming these.
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  So if you want to retest this next month, please share it because everybody's gonna be talking about it, man.
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  So.
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  I'm going to start off with a story.
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  And it's a personal one because I get it all the time.
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  People DM me.
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  People are commenting in social media that I only look the way I do because I'm on steroids.
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  I've said this many times.
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  I'm not, but
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  I take peptides, test.TRT.
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  I have enhancements.
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  I'm not trying to say I'm not.
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  But keep in mind, inbox is full of people.
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  I call these undercover fans because what's missing in them, they see in me and it just gets upset.
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  So I really do wish that I could just take a bunch of steroids and look like this.
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  A mentor once told me something I've forgotten.
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  Where we are right now was once the goal years ago.
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  So the point isn't about, I'm not talking about the haters and people that I don't care about that stuff.
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  So the, I just want to point out how fast we forget our own progress, especially you high achievers that are listening.
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  We run in that deficit model.
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  We find a gap, we fix the gap and we find the next gap.
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  It's the proverbial goal posts.
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  Keep moving.
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  It's great for business.
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  but it's tough on the body, man.
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  I did it last year with those 555 workouts.
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  It was insane.
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  The progress though is easily forgotten.
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  If you only measure what's broken, your body is always failing you, even when it's winning.
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  You say, you're just focused.
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  That's just an old negative.
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  Focus on what's negative.
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  You're going to get more negativity.
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  So please don't do this.
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  And not every signal is a warning.
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  Some of them are wins you've been walking past
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  So I want you to set the rule of the game, which is there's signals, not a diagnosis.
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  Today, as a matter of fact, I had to slow down my workout because my back was starting to hurt.
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  Particular things I was doing for legs, I have really tight hamstrings.
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  And they therefore tug on my lower back.
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  And we were doing some crazy hamstrings.
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  And then we did some jump box jumps.
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  I just said, hey, it's a signal, man.
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  I need to stretch more, which is going to be my next story that I'm actually stealing.
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  So if something hurts or worries you, monitor it.
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  And if it persists, go to a doctor's and get it checked out.
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  I want you not to be stupid.
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  And this is the first test we're going to hit.
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  And it's the sock test that I know it sounds dumb, but it's very difficult for me.
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  This is the one I lost in my 40s.
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  And it was, I literally couldn't stand up.
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  and put my socks on.
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  I couldn't bend over because my aforementioned hamstrings were too tight.
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  So the test one is, can you put your socks on while standing up?
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  30 years in the gym, I'm strong as can be.
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  And in my 40s, I realized I couldn't put my sock on.
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  There was tons and tons of strength.
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  And I realized, how do you fix it?
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  Stretching.
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  So now I never start or leave without stretching at the gym.
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  But it was funny because I noticed that I was struggling.
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  I had to sit down to put my socks on.
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  So at any rate, that's the first test.
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  Can you put your sock on?
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  Stand one leg, put a sock on, switch the other sock.
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  No wall, no bed, no hopping.
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  That's the hardest part.
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  The version that I'm trying to get to is standing on one leg for 10 seconds, other foot resting behind your calf, arms on your sides, eyes straight forward.
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  It's a little bit of a balance.
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  And it was a study done in 2022 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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  It followed 1,702 people, age 51 to 75, for seven years.
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  One in five couldn't hold it for 10 seconds.
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  And they had an 85% higher risk of dying from any cause in that window.
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  Whoa, 84% higher chance of dying.
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  Oh, yeah.
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  It's not about the sock, my friends.
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  It is about balance, ankle and hip strength, and mobility all at once.
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  And frankly, it's engaging that inner core, which is quietly what makes me super duper strong.
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  And you lose it quietly, but you got to get it back on purpose.
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  So one point, remember the one to four, one point, if you did both feet clean, before you say anything, balance is trainable.
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  Brush your teeth on one leg, two minutes a day.
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  Simple, easy, lemon squeezy.
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  All right.
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  Test two.
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  Funny story.
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  The BMI body mass index says I'm overweight.
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  I'm five foot nine, 214 pounds.
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  And every BMI chart says I'm overweight because muscle weighs more than fat.
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  So I, what I want you to do is measure your waist.
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  So get a
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  tape measure, or if you already know your waist size, I want you to think about this.
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  How tall are you?
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  Again, this is second, this is the second factor.
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  I want you, your waist needs to be half, under half of your height.
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  Measure it at the belly button, relaxed, and don't suck it in.
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  My numbers in one line, 69 inches tall, half is 34 or my waist is 34 and half would have been a little bit more there.
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  So my waist is a little bit under 34.
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  So half of it is what?
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  38.
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  So I'm under half.
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  So that's good.
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  The scale would have told me the opposite story.
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  So test two is your waist measured at your belly button under half of your height.
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  If it does.
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  You passed.
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  Why this matters.
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  The scale can't tell muscle from body fat.
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  The tape can.
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  Measure your waist, not the scale.
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  Believe the numbers, not the feel-good vibes.
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  One point if you're under half.
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  So that's two points.
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  And remember, it's not that you're big boned.
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  So am I.
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  Bones don't live in your belly button, so don't give me any excuses.
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  Guys, remember too, if you've passed these two already, send this to a friend who's been beating themselves up over the scale or has talked about putting socks on.
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  Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and Amazon.
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  And thank you for sharing.
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  I'm going to keep going.
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  This is the push-up test.
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  So during the pandemic, the gyms were closed.
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  We're going to be able to do this.
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  And I did push-ups, sit-ups, jump squats.
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  I did everything I could with just body weight.
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  So my daughter asked me why I work out every day.
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  And I told her because every day tries to break me.
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  And I refuse to let it.
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  And she wants to be a strong one too.
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  She works out with me.
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  I enjoy it.
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  And I just want to remind you guys that the test is simple.
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  This is, again, I've talked about socks.
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  talked about the weight or your measurement of your waist.
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  And now we're going to talk about pushups.
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  Here's the test.
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  As many clean pushups as you can in one set.
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  If you're watching on YouTube, I'm demonstrating chest near the floor, body straight, no rest at the top, knees down is fine.
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  Count it and note that, but keep in mind, it's a full pushup.
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  So all the way down to your notes.
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  So here's the proof that I want to talk about.
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  Harvard study, 1,104 firefighters, average age around 40.
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  For 10 years, a study happened.
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  The men who could do more than 40 push-ups had a 96% lower rate of cardiovascular events than the men who could do fewer than 10.
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  That means 40 push-ups, you're probably going to be safe from
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  So can you do 40?
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  The line should be 40, guys.
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  And that's just boop, boop, boop.
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  I can rip off 100 pretty easy.
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  So can you get to 40?
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  Don't panic if you're only at eight.
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  That's your baseline.
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  We'll get you there.
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  It's not the final verdict.
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  Doesn't mean you give up.
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  That's not what we do in the Heart of the Life Nation.
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  So it just gives you a baseline.
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  Keep doing it every day until you can get it to nine and then to 10 and then 11.
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  And you'll be see.
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  You try it for two weeks.
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  I assure you, you will get stronger.
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  So this one, the third one, one point for 20 or more.
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  Notice I said, the study said 40, but I'm going to give you one point for 20 or more.
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  So write the actual number down and that's the one you're going to beat.
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  And keep in mind, I don't want to hear any excuses about your shoulders.
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  I got a bad shoulder.
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  Do them on the kitchen counter, leaning against the counter.
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  Just do them.
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  Same test, just a different angle.
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  You still get a number.
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  So one system.
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  The guy who can push himself off the floor 30 times walks into a board meeting different.
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  You know it.
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  There's one test left.
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  And it's the one that scares people the most.
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  And it's the one that research cares about the most.
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  So it's the proverbial, I'm going to leave the best for last.
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  I'm driving to Lifetime every morning and I cry.
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  Not because it's hard.
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  Because I'm full-bodied and full-minded and poor kid from eight mile on a street full of CEOs.
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  And I'm grateful.
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  So nobody hands you that.
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  It was built.
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  And I take it back one test at a time.
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  So.
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  This one is literally just being able to get off the floor.
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  So here it is again, the floor test.
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  The number four, stand in your socks, clear space, cross your feet, sit all the way down on the floor without using your hands, knees, or anything else.
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  Stand back up the same way with no hands.
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  This is so hard for me guys, because I have just a big ball of muscle.
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  Can you do it 10 times?
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  Take a point off any time you use a hand, a knee, a forearm, or side of the leg you use going down or coming up.
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  Half a point if you wobble.
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  Here's the study, and this is why I'm making you do this or asking you to do it.
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  I'm not making you do anything, but these are just easy things.
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  But there's a lot of you that can't do this.
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  It's hard for me.
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  In 2012, they studied 2002 adults age 51 to 80 for six years.
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  Every point on the test was linked to about 20% lower risk of death.
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  Scores under eight had roughly double the death rate.
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  So anybody that couldn't do eight of these up and down eight times, it would be 79% higher chance of death.
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  So this is about strength, balance, mobility, and confidence all in one move.
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  It's the move you need on the day you fail and the day you play on the floor with your grandchildren.
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  You'll thank me later.
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  One point on the four test card for eight or higher.
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  And guys, I don't want to hear that.
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  I'll hurt myself.
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  You might bonus points for if you take a video of this and send it to me, Kelly at heart of the life.com.
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  But if you have to do any of these with a couch or any crutches, you lose points and you know exactly where to start.
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  Four tests, two minutes, once a month, write the score down.
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  And why monthly?
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  It's often enough to see progress.
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  Rare enough that you actually change something between tests.
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  And why do I want you to write it down?
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  Because progress is easily forgotten.
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  And when you write something down, you commit it to memory and it means something to you.
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  And remember, where you are right now once was the goal.
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  The paper remembers when you won't.
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  But it's also a goal to move forward to.
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  So let's recap this.
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  Sock standing up.
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  Put on your sock standing up.
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  Waist under half your height.
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  Pushups.
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  Off the floor, no hands.
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  Four tests, four points.
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  Remember, four tests, two minutes, once a month, write down the score.
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  Friendly reminder, not every signal is a warning.
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  So if you can't do one of these, send me an email and we'll talk it through.
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  Kelly at heartandlife.com.
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  Summer wins you've been walking past.
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  Test these today and you'll tell me your score out of four.
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  I read them and if any of these hurt or worried you,
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  It's not a problem.
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  It's something to look into.
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  But if you can't do one of these, we might need to get you to the doctor.
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  So guys, hopefully that's it.
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  That helped you for easy tests.
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  Most of you guys are going to crush it.
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  You women will definitely kill it.
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  And I want you guys to share this with somebody and keep in mind, I'm 50 now be 51 soon.
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  This is
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  20 to 30.
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  And then everybody above that, it's for everybody.
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  Test it early, test it late and test it often.
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  If this resonated with you guys, please share or save this episode.
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  We're going to retest in a month.
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  I want you guys to send me your numbers.
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  I want to hear, I want to see four or four.
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  Email me, Kelly at Harder Life or
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  Hit me on my DMs and Instagram and four of four guys.
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  Share this, save it.
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