Jason Gagne: Getting Fit When You Think You Can't Start
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Jason Gagne on Good 2 Go Body
0:46 – A 90-day fitness program built for beginners
3:11 – Sleep, water, and a daily 20-minute walk
4:48 – Why Instagram fitness accounts mislead beginners
6:31 – "Not in shape enough to work out yet"
8:34 – Walking, softball, and a pulled hamstring
12:36 – Gym fitness vs. functional training
14:20 – Pilates, yoga, and Dorian Yates
17:50 – Small muscles, metabolism, and burning calories
19:47 – Fitness influencers and weight-loss cold pitches
21:29 – Why beginners shouldn't change diet and exercise at once
23:08 – The 85/90 rule for real food
24:34 – Eating clean and a food hangover
27:17 – Burnout from a two-hour hypertrophy app workout
29:28 – Consistency beats intensity
31:41 – The three habits to keep for life
33:43 – Aging well in your 40s
36:01 – Home workouts vs. the time cost of the gym
38:01 – Staying active on the road and on vacation
40:16 – Young athletes who warm up and stretch
42:13 – Walking it off in the '80s and wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Fitness trainer Jason Gagne, creator of the 90-day beginner program Good 2 Go Body and a trainer for over 20 years, joins Lou to talk about why 20-day intense programs set beginners up to fail, the three basics everyone skips (sleep, water, and a 20-minute walk), and why consistency beats intensity.
We also get into "gym functionality" vs. functional training, the small muscles Pilates and yoga reach, fitness influencers and the Instagram trap, why you shouldn't change your diet and your exercise at the same time, the 85/90 rule, deep-fried Twinkies on hot dogs, and why 40-year-olds today look nothing like 40-year-olds used to.