Fitness Disrupted with Tom Holland

The mind/body connection is real, and there have been many studies to help solidify this hypothesis. On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom talks about a recent study that provides more insight as to why movement is so good for your brain, and why this connection between your body's systems exist. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In order to get the most out of the adaptations that make us stronger as a result of exercise, we must mix up the way we move. In this Fit Tip, Tom gives you a simple way to get variation out of some tried and true movements to illustrate how minor variations to the same movement can result in completely different and complimentary adaptations. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom talks about a study published in JAMA Network Open entitled "Nutritional Analysis of Foods and Beverages Posted in Social Media Accounts of Highly Followed Celebrities" to help illustrate the gigantic impact that bad information has on public health and society as a whole! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are so many pre-workout supplements out there vying for your attention, all claiming that they can help you get the most out of yourself when you exercise! How do you sift through all of them to find out what works best for you? Listen to this Fitness Disrupted Fit Tip as Tom simplifies the subject of pre-workout fueling so that you can think less about what you are consuming for performance, and more about the joy of movement! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom answers your questions covering topics such as working out while sick, counting macros, the 6-second rep, how to build up slowly, cold plunges, brown fat, and getting back to running pain-free. Keep the questions coming, and Tom will answer them on the next listener mailbag episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diet, exercise and sleep work together to give us that cycle of fueling, stress and recovery that we need to live healthier lives, and on this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom welcomes Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg, PsyD to the show to discuss sleep. Dr. Scheeberg is a Fellow at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, a licensed clinical psychologist and author of "Become Your Child's Sleep Coach: The Bedtime Doctor's 5-Step Guide, Ages 3-10", and she is about to give you a crash course in sleep! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This motivational Fit Tip is all about maximizing your time! Listen as Tom talks about one of his favorite ways to get a workout in when you'd least expect it and the benefits that are inherent therein. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most famous metric used to gauge fitness gains is without a doubt the number on the scale. Tom has covered the subject before on the Fitness Disrupted podcast, but this time around he talks about the studies that highlight other metrics that reveal important revelations, especially if your goal is to reach your healthiest weight! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In fitness, as in life, the journey is the search. Discovering what you are meant to do is often not easy. Among other things, it involves time, dedication, experimentation and the ability to tune into yourself. In this inspirational episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, listen as Tom talks to track cyclist Karl Baumgart about his fitness journey, and how to find new levels of happiness though self-discovery. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The unsurprising results of the Biggest Loser study were well-publicized, and much of the narrative surrounding the findings served to tell a demotivating story. In this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom attempts to undo some of that damage by following up with two newer studies that have received less coverage, but are more important in reaching a better understanding of what is really at play here. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get your day started on the on the right foot! Tom has done shows about breakfast before, but in this short Fit Tip, he gives you the basics: 4 of his top simple fuels to use in the morning. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast is all about seasons! As winter falls upon us there is a yearning sensation to do the same workout schedule that the longer days and warm weather of summer allows. In reality, this is just not possible for most of us. Listen as Tom tells you why this is good news, and gives you a roadmap of what to work on during the winter so that you can get more out of those summer months! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fitness Disrupted Fit Tip, Tom explains cardiovascular drift. Listen to find out some important information that can help you gauge your effort and condition if you use heart rate to measure workout intensity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom takes a deeper look into the thought processes that he touched on in a previous Fit Tip, "Kenny Roger's Great Fitness Advice". Listen as Tom talks about honing the difficult, but necessary abilities to define goals, success and failure for yourself. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fitness Disrupted Fit Tip, Tom presents a challenge that will quickly illustrate the importance of time under tension and the power of simplicity - and it is something you can do right now! Listen to find out the details of this super effective and efficient movement! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fit Tip, Tom talks muscle tone. What is it exactly? How do you achieve it? Listen to find out how simple the concept actually is! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gyms have never been cheaper to join, and working out at home has never been so comfortable and effective! On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom compares working out at home to working out at the gym and sums it all up with a motivational takeaway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom lays out a huge study that attempts to gain more insight into what motivates people to go to the gym. Listen and find out Tom's takeaways that will hopefully serve to give you some insight so that you can apply these strategies to your life. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fitness Disrupted Fit Tip, Tom covers the subject of being honest with yourself so that you can get the intended results from structured workouts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, listen as Tom talks about his favorite topic; the mind-body connection and the way movement affects your well-being. When you exercise, you are choosing stress! By doing so, you expose yourself to situations in which you will have to cope with obstacles, and this is an extremely important catalyst to self-efficacy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom answers your questions! Keep them coming, and Tom will answer them on the next listener mailbag episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fit Tip, Tom gives you a bodyweight-only micro workout that is suitable for any fitness level with some unique science at play. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast Tom welcomes the creator of the MELT Method, Sue Hitzmann to the show to discuss connective tissue, movement and replenishing your love of self! All of us have the desire to feel good and movement plays a huge role in our quality of life! Listen as Tom and Sue discuss how moving in the correct way can influence a whole host of healthy adaptations. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You have to believe you have control!. In this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom uses Walter Mischel's marshmallow experiment to highlight the good news: that self control is a choice and that we can use the small victories of practicing self control to create gigantic positive changes in our physical and psychological well-being. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom has talked about how not all weight loss is equal or sustainable in the past. In this Fit Tip, he distills everything down into a quick, helpful episode and lets you know the number you should set as your goal each week, as well as some tips to follow in order to stay healthy and lose weight the sustainable way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In order to discover how to incorporate exercise into your life so that you can remain consistent, you have to get creative! What does that mean exactly? Well, on this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom welcomes Dr. Krista Scott Dixon to the show. They discuss how incorporating movement into your day can help cause a fundamental shift in your well-being. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Goals are an important aspect of your fitness routine, and on this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom uses weight lifting to highlight just how important it is to have a clear understanding of how different approaches in the gym can lead you to very different results. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes, things just aren't what they seem. When it comes to what we eat and drink, we must make informed decisions based on nutritional information, how it makes us feel and the situation in which we are taking it in. Listen to this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast as Tom uses milk as an example. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, journalist Danielle Friedman joins Tom to talk about her new book, "Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World". Listen as they discuss the evolution of women's fitness, and the struggle to defeat the myths and social structures that have prevented women from moving for decades. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom talks with Michael Easter about his new book, "The Comfort Crisis". They discuss the power of reconnecting with what we evolved to do through getting completely out of your comfort zone in an effort to emerge from the other side as a new person. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fit Tip, Tom talks about a new study highlighting some findings about one of his favorite supplements. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a curveball of a race report, Tom takes on a fundamental question; what is your outlook on a situation when things don't work out how you thought they would? There are many important nuggets brought to light in this one that you can apply to your approach to exercise, as well as life. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom answers more of your questions. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Fit Tip, Tom talks about the how to know when it's time to reach for a sports drink rather than water during a workout. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Worry, pre-race jitters, stress - no matter what you call it, your mental state surrounding an event can have a massive impact on your performance. Listen to this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast as Tom illustrates how to shift your mindset when it comes to the way you approach an event. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether you are a runner, or someone who is looking to add running to your fitness routine, this episode is all about listening to your body. Listen to learn how to interpret and apply the information that is out there to YOU! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It sounds complex, but isn't! Listen to this Fit Tip as an introduction to the biophilia hypothesis and combine it with all the other short Fit Tips that Tom has made to quickly shape your fitness philosophy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast is all about weight loss! It is the main reason that many people seek to develop a fitness routine, and there are a lot of "experts" in the fitness industry that muddy the waters when it comes to the subject. In this episode, listen as Tom talks about a brand new study that identifies a potential key driver of the obesity epidemic - and it's not rocket science! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You hear it all the time; if you want to loose weight, it's all about cardio! Although cardio exercise is an important component of fitness there are others, and they all work together in wonderful ways to create a high level of well-rounded fitness. On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom welcomes Sabrina Jo to the show to discuss her approach to inspiration and motivation that will help you shape your fitness philosophy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode isn't just for all you parents out there this Halloween, this is advice that you can apply to yourself as well; all year round! In this Fit Tip, Tom talks about taking the George Costanza approach! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's not always about winning or achieving your personal best; you can use events to achieve all different types of goals. There is a lot to be gained from the experience of approaching and competing in an event if you are open to it! It can be as simple as you, executing your plan. Listen to this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast and hear about Tom's experience in the Baystate Marathon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is always a good idea to learn from, and be inspired by people who have already done what you are striving to do. Although Tom has done a show similar to this one in the past, every journey is a little bit different. So, listen as he further explains some of the keys to weight loss in this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom explains how to know when you have achieved the goals of strength training so that you can get the most out of it and avoid injury in this Fitness Disrupted Fit Tip! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Be it for prehab, or rehab, there are things that you can do to mitigate back pain, and to improve your general well-being in the process. So if you suffer from back pain, this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast is for you! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The best training resources for the majority of us are designed by regular people, for regular people. Ali Nolan's latest book, Master the Marathon is a training guide for women that's just that - a no-frills guide to achieving your best result, while living as healthy as possible and staying injury free! On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom welcomes Ali (@alialinol on Instagram) to the show to talk about her philosophy, and to celebrate the notion that every bit of time you devote toward your fitness goal is time well spent. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When you lift heavy things correctly, you get stronger, healthier and boost your chances of staying injury free! However, simply concentrating on the number of reps that you can do is not always the most productive way to quantify your strength training routine. There are better ways to get the most out of your movements! In this Fit Tip, listen as Tom talks about the advantages of a 6 second rep. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, listen as Tom tips you off on how to gain the tools and develop the strategies and techniques that will enable you to stay your healthiest weight. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are a handful of ideas floating around as to why many people gain weight and belly fat when they drink diet soda, and truth be told, these ideas are incorrect!. Listen to this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast to find out why there is more than meets the eye when it comes to diet soda and weight gain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body; because of its inherent instability, it is susceptible to injury. In this Fit Tip, listen as Tom gives you some alternate moves to help mitigate shoulder pain and still get results, as well as the reasons behind the swaps. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Fitness Disrupted podcast, Tom tells his story of the Vermont 50K. Listen and pick up some tips as he talks about his pre-race preparation, how he tackled the event itself while dealing with a bit of adversity along the way, and how he recovered from the race the day after the event. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.