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Episode 474: Zarina Del Mar: Why Walking is the Best Exercise You're Ignoring
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Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
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Hey, friends. You're listening to Fitness Friday on the Habits and 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. Before we dive into today's ep, I want to thank our sponsor, Momentous. When your goal is healthspan living better and longer, there are very few non negotiables. One of them quality. And when it comes to supplements designed for high performers, nobody does it better than Momentous. Momentous goes all in on NSF certification, which means every single batch is tested for heavy metals, harmful additives and label accuracy. And that's why they're trusted by all 32 NFL teams and top collegiate sports dietitians across the country. Here's the thing. They don't sell every supplement under the sun because they believe in nailing the basics with rock solid consistency. And those basics are protein and creatine. Momentous sources Creapure, the purest form of creatine monohydrate available and an absolute must for both men and women who want peak physical and cognitive performance. So if you're serious about leveling up, go to livemomentous.com and use code Jen for 20% off. Just act now. Start today. Jen for 20% off livemomentous.com I think there's a lot of misconceptions. Give me a couple other myths in the fitness business.
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In a fitness business.
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In the fitness world.
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In the fitness world. Okay, so calories in, calories out. I realized that it doesn't work at all because first of all, it's not suitable for me, for my lifestyle. I don't want to count calories even if I have these beautiful apps where I need to put the photos or like describe my my meal. And our body is constructed more complex than just calories in, calories out because you may not even move. You. You consume food and you spend. Let's say it depends. But 12, 1200 or 1500 depends on your parameters. Calories per day without moving at all. I don't think that you need to count calories and heavy lifting and sprints. You need to practice. You need to find the best way, the best types of movement for yourself. Just your appropriate time, your appropriate way of movement. You don't need to listen to.
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You're saying a myth is heavy weight.
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And yeah, that is the only way to stay healthy, to get toned and sculpted Body. Maybe they're selling something, maybe they really believe. But many, many people, they are praying for research. It's like, oh, that's recent research telling, we need this and we need that. I am making a research now understand the subject of the research. Who are these people? I was going to say men or women. So you cannot rely just on research without practicing.
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And I think most people unfortunately are selling something. And so when they're selling their own programs, they're going to like gear that whatever their real is to the program that they're sending, selling, right? So if it's a supplement, they're going to say you need the best, you know, calcium. If it's, you know, strength training, you need heavy weight. I think that, to be totally honest, I think the best, best, best, best exercise on the planet is just plain walking. It's free. You don't need much, you just need your legs. It's the best mood enhancer. It's the best way to, you know, just get the circulation going. And like, because it's not sexy or fun, people think it's not enough.
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It is free.
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So I say it's free. And it's like, it's the easiest thing in the world.
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Like, but you need to make some mobility because we have these bad patterns, bad walking patterns, movement patterns. Like even me, I feel flexibility and mobility is super important to support yourself. Like before walking and after, just intuitively, what do you feel where you feel tapped, tension. Work on this part of your body. Just move in the way you can move.
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Well, I think over. I think flexibility and mobility are extremely important, right? Because, but I'm saying to get someone from going from zero to something, just go for a walk, right? And I think like that to me is a gateway drug to all the other fitness modalities out there, right? If you're not even able to go for a walk around your block, then we have a problem, right? Like to me, if you can shift the way you think, like your, your, your, like how you feel and, and how you, how your mood is, go for a walk and that will lead you as like a ripple effect. Once you feel a little bit better about that, then you can work, work on your flexibility. Then you can work on maybe like getting a little stronger by doing this weight or doing like gentle movement, right? But like, people have to like, you gotta meet them where they are. And the problem is what's all the, all the attention and money and popularity around wellness trends and fitness trends and longevity hacks? We are a society and a Nation that's fatter than ever, more unhealthy than ever, more miserable and lonely than ever, which, what is that telling us, right? Like, all this noise is just noise. Nobody's actually doing the thing that they should be doing, which is really kind of a problem in itself. So like to under compl, not over complicate it. Just tell people to go for a walk and then from there, you know, maybe just drink some more water, like. But people are looking for magic pills and then it's a sad. I just think that like, so much time and energy is being spent on something that really doesn't require any of these fans, you know, for people like you and I, like, we're already at a certain place and level and we love it and we're doing everything. So then you can like supplement with like all the other accoutrements. But for people who are doing nothing.
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Like walk and these people who are doing nothing, they usually send me messages like, prove me is it safe. Show me that it is absolutely safe. And it will bring what safe you're walking. Like any of my advice or any of my movement in respect of movement. So the one who doesn't do anything, they prefer to sit and to criticize.
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To criticize. Those people, by the way, to me, are a lost cause. If I were you, I would just, like, not even. I would just delete that comment because there are people out there who just want to complain and be a naysayer. If people want to do something, they're going to figure out a way to do something, right? There are those people who are overwhelmed and have no idea where to start. And that's where I say just go for a walk. But there's also. There's a bunch of assholes out there who just like, just want to complain and want to be victim and don't want to do anything and will find fault in everything. You can't like worry about those people. You got to worry about all the other people in the middle. That's what I think anyway.
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Absolutely. And about walking, you're telling them this is the state of balance in your body. When you feel that you are supporting your body and your nervous system with your brain are doing their job and you don't need more. Like, if you don't want to become super big, you don't to become a bodybuilder. It is more than enough to just move all day round and to keep this level, level of physical activity. Like your brain will do everything. You don't need much, but we Are all. All or nothing. Nothing or the best shape in my life. But you can be in this, by the way.
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I'm a victim of that. You know, I sit here and I should practice what I preach sometimes because I'm an all or nothing too, right? I'm the kind of person, if I eat, like, if, if I'm eating and I've had like a thing of French fries, I'm like, forget. I'm going to have another order of French fries and I'm going to have the pizza. Like, I like, you know what I mean? Like, I have to practice. That's my thing. That's my Achilles heel. It's really hard. I'm not a good, I'm not really great with moderate, like moderation in that way. But you're right, I think we are a culture that we're going to, we're going to go extreme or we're going to like, do nothing, right? And it is so much better if we can find a place where we can like, be more in the middle and be more, you know, in moderation. What do you, what's your take on supplements? Do you take anything?
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I take vitamin D, omega 3 and some supplements for my digestion. Because now I'm curious about gut health, about gut microbiome, and I'm, I'm exploring. I'm, I'm, I'm just trying to find the best way to feel myself good. And it is just. You take notes, you take any supplements for, let's say for a month, and then just sit down and write down what's happening with you, what's happening with your digestion, what's happening with your, let's say, movements. Maybe what I've noticed when I'm doing my mobility before breakfast, I'm feeling better than after. But now many, many obgyns and professors telling that all women should have their breakfast within 30 minutes after they woke up because this is the cortisol level, et cetera, et cetera. But what I feel it is comfortable for me to do my mobility. Like, I feel that the range of motion is better when I'm doing it before breakfast without eating anything during the night. So this is like my body, I feel it. That's why I'm doing it. So the same with the supplements. Maybe you feel that you have gained, like, huge range of motion when you're taking your supplements or your mood becoming, become more stable. So rely on yourself, not on what. And of course, blood work. Like every.
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I think you have to take blood work because how do you know, if you're, if you're. People are just taking supplements willy nilly, they don't know if they even are deficient or not. And they could be taking them for like years on end and they can overdo it like I did on vitamin D. I was initially told, oh yeah, you need to take vitamin D. Okay, so I take vitamin D like everybody else and then lo and behold, I get my blood work and I'm way over in vitamin D. So that happens all the time. People need to be like they, people are just taking whatever because they're looking on social media and they're like, oh, that person is talking about that. I'll do it. Like you don't know. Like your body might, everyone's different. What you are might be deficient in or is very different than what I am versus him. And so I think we need to take control of that stuff. And don't just take supplements because someone on social media told you. And then if you take something, you should be tested every, I think every four months. Every.
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Yeah, I'm low in vitamin D, that's why I'm taking it. But I know that.
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But maybe you won't be in a year from now. Right? Like, or people start a vitamin or they take a supplement, supplement and they just keep on taking it for. That's what happened with me and the vitamin D. They can start taking something and then five years later they're still taking the same thing where they're now like over the limit. So you gotta be super careful. But. Well, thank you for being on the show.
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Thank you, thank you, Jen. Just what I can say, you need to move, guys. In a way you were born, you were structured to move. Find your joyful movement sequences, anything, maybe intuitive movement because many, many of my subscribers are telling me, oh wow. I didn't know that this is the right way of movement because I thought it was just my intuition telling me and I didn't. So many people underestimate what they are doing. But your body knows everything. I believe that it's like the main source of information, your body.
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Thank you. Where do people find you?
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I'm on Instagram. Zarina delmar. I'm on YouTube, I'm on TikTok. I'm on former Twitter. So LinkedIn. I'm everywhere, everywhere.
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Where can't we find you? I should say. Right, yeah. Well, thank you for being on the show.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Bye bye. Bye.