Being Normal Will Kill You - Live AMA #21 - Clovis

Being Normal Will Kill You - Live AMA #21

Live Ask Me Anything #21 - Topics Covered:

2:33 - Special Offer Hashtags! (and Clovis groups updates) 5:32 - “Being Normal Will Kill You!" 5:48 - How I Feel About Fitness... 7:50 - Normal is not healthy! 10:13- Here’s all the things we’re going to talk about tonight. Hold onto your hat... 10:25- If this is your first Clovis video: Hey there, I’m Justin! 11:16- I can’t go anywhere without someone questioning me about this… 11:58- There’s no reason that what I do should be considered weird 12:48- Let’s talk about Papa Nault. He’s not normal either, and it’s amazing 14:06- Why is the only healthy person in the room considered the weird one?! 14:36- Let’s talk about societal norms for a minute. Dads in films and sitcoms. (not flattering) 15:45- Don’t even get me started on this “Dad-bod” shit… 16:58- The healthy guys in movies, are always assholes. (lame) 17:22- Fitness and your mental conditioning: We don’t know why we work out 18:12- Heros in movies from the 80’s (Do you feel old yet?) and the mental conditioning 19:20- “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” 20:08- “So you want to lose weight” Here’s how you’ve been conditioned to “fix” it. 21:30- This is how celebrities happen… 22:04- “If the hammer doesn’t work for you, you’re screwed. If the hammer does work for you, you’re Brad Pitt.” 22:18- Fat, sick and nearly dead is now NORMAL. 22:55- In 2018, the last thing you want to be is normal 23:20- FB Check 23:45- This is the #1 I see with parents… 24:28-You want your child to be “normal” 25:10- Here’s what our kids see thanks to our society 25:58- Basically, our kids know that being an adult sucks 26:40- We need to help our children escape this condition 27:00- I f*cking hate walking on the treadmill, WHY do I do this?! 27:23- Anyone who doesn’t support you giving your children a healthy life, they can get right on out of here. Doesn’t matter WHO they are 29:05- Are you living your life, or are you living someone else’s life? 29:19- I CARE about you, and your family, SO much… 29:57- Being normal will kill you AND make you miserable. That’s not for us. 31:30- FB Check 34:07- Don’t teach your kids to “work out” 34:40- Let your kids eat whatever they want, when they want to eat it, JUST make sure your house is a food pyramid free zone 35:49- Take a DIFFERENT approach with your kids. 36:02- You’re never going to keep doing something that you hate 36:55- The 1 to 100 approach is never going to work 37:13- Let’s talk about saving your kids from this nonsense, but strengthening YOUR awareness of it. 34:46- People work out to lose fat, yet fat loss has NOTHING to do with fitness 38:35- Fitness exists for 2 reasons: (Again, it’s not fat loss) 39:09- If you’re doing Beachbody in your living room, all it will do is make you the BEST at doing Beachbody (I don’t think that’s anyone’s goal) 41:00- There’s a different way to do this, and it’s the way we should teach our kids 42:28- Let’s talk about Functional Fitness 43:20- Every one of you need a daily movement practice. Now this can look like a lot of things 44:30- Skill training- things that you LOVE 45:09- Recreational Activities: this is key for families 46:00- Heavy resistance training- hear me out… 46:50- Let’s discuss compound movement and how to do it correctly 48:10- I don’t work out 5 days a week, because it does not work 48:25- Teach your kids to be physically active 48:45- Society’s conception of fitness is bullsh*t 49:40- Low weight, high rep training is the single fastest way to get injured. Yep, you heard me. 49:55- Competitive endurance runners at 70% higher risk of heart disease 51:08- ALL THIS TO SAY: When it comes to physical fitness, you don’t want to be normal 52:07- There is some form of physical activity that you and your family love. 52:36- Physical activity should be enjoyable, if it’s not you’re doing it wrong! 52:58- Stop doing things that OTHER people enjoy, 53:28- Don’t shove your kids in team sports if they hate them, there are other cool things to do 54:16- FB Check 54:42-Commenting on comments: "I’m a type 1 diabetic, and my doctor put me on the full Keto diet" 55:29- Jenni’s story 55:56- I don’t have a book, but here’s what I DO have for you… 56:22- Commenting on comments: “I can’t go heavy with weights, I did too much when I was younger” 56:45- Commenting on comments:“Is it better to do movement at a certain type of day?” 57:59- Commenting on comments:“My friend has a thyroid condition, what should she do?” (I’m not a doctor, or YOUR doctor, but here are my thoughts) 59:16- Please understand I am NOT anti-fitness, let’s sum this up 1:00:00- You have a muscle car, why would you only ever do the speed limit? 1:00:51- I’m not trying to help you lose weight and get healthy so you can go do CrossFit, I’m trying to make sure you can live your fullest life 1:01:55- I’m not trying to improve your bench press, Bro, I want to make you limitless 1:02:30- Physical activity should feel like PLAY 1:03:00- You cannot fathom my nerdiness, I am a psycho when it comes to mastery 1:04:33- I can help you break societal norms and bring PLAY back into your lives 1:05:26- The reason that most of you won’t “work out” is because you see dumbbells and treadmills 1:05:50- Live Q&A:
  • 1:06:08- Second opinion on the thyroid issue
  • 1:06:42- “How do I buy custom macros for myself and my son?”
  • 1:07:02- “I have no idea why my doctor put me on the ketogenic diet?”
  • 1:07:45- “My son and I both need help, my son has a lengthy medical history, how can we get your help?”
  • 1:08:32- “I’ve been following the protocol for a month and I feel like I have too much energy! Should I add more activity?”
  • 1:09:17- KetoOS… whomp whomp
  • 1:11:42- “How do I get more info?!” (Hint: These AMA’s are your BEST friend until you’re ready to buy)
  • 1:12:36- Pet food for your fur babies
  • 1:15:18- Blue zones and their diets (Hint: It’s not the standard American diet)
  • 1:16:27- How come some people thrive on foods that aren’t on our approved food list?
  • 1:18:52- “Flea and tick prevention for dogs?”
  • 1:19:48- “If I’m Italian, can I eat pasta?!”
  • 1:21:35- “What if you’re a large mixture of ethnicities?”
  • 1:21:55- Let’s not get carried away with this, it’s not a free pass…
  • 1:23:18- “How do you feel about heirloom fruits and veggies?”
  • 1:23:37- “I did 23 and Me, I cut out all those foods and no weight loss. Lots of inflammation”
  • 1:24:30- “Where can we buy well-sourced seeds?”
1:24:56- Wrap up: Just go PLAY!!

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- Join The Clovis Academy for Free! - I Am Clovis - clovis®kids - Fitness For Fat Loss... Or Not. AMA #11 - 23 and Me - Teloyears - DNA Fit
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