239: Josh Trent: How Technology Is Revolutionizing The Health & Wellness Industry
Legendary Life | Transform Your Body, Upgrade Your Health & Live Your Best Life
Ted Ryce
4.8 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
It's time to change the way we approach health and fitness. The days when you simply lift weights or go for a run are gone. In this episode, our guest, Josh Trent explains the benefits and risks of self-tracking and looks at: how to choose the right wearable, the biggest problems with wearable tech, tips to prevent tech addiction and much more. Listen now!
Brief Bio:
Josh Trent, NASM CPT, CES, BCS is the founder of www.wellnessforce.com and host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast, a top ranked iTunes show in Health, Self-Help, and Fitness & Nutrition that showcases world-class experts in both physical and emotional wellness.
Awarded "Top 50 Digital Health Influencers 2015" by Onalytica, Josh is a wellness content creator and coach with over 12 years in the industry. As a regular contributor to the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American Council on Exercise, and WellnessFX, Josh believes we are now in the most exciting time ever known to use new technologies for enhancing our personal wellness.
His vision for Wellness Force is to empower greater wellness in over one million lives through the channels of technology and emotion that help men and women live life well + enjoy the process.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Hearables – the new wearables (4:20)
- Biggest problems with wearable tech (6:26)
- How to stay engaged with wearables (8:57)
- How to choose the right wearable (10:58)
- Josh's top wearable picks (11:32)
- How wearables are giving virtual coaching a boost (13:17)
- Is red light therapy safe (30:12)
- Health & fitness innovations of the future (28:19)
- 5 Tips to prevent tech addiction (35:43)
Josh's Recommendations
- Fitbit Blaze
- Jawbone
- HRV4Training
- MUSE
- Sleep Timer
Ted Takeaways
1. Be clear about your intention
There are so many people out there who buy something and expect that product/service to do the work. Make sure you have the right intention when choosing a wearable device or when you purchase anything to help you get fit.
2. Have a plan
Think about what device you are going to get and what the end result you're expecting. Make sure you have a plan to get that result. Don't expect the device to do the work if you don't.
3. Find a coach
Accountability is important. A professional has the ability to get you to your goal faster and help you get the results you want. Find a coach, hire them, and then do the work to yield the results.
Resources:
Fitness Industry Technology Council
Connect with Josh:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Legendary Life Podcast. I'm your host Ted Rice. This is the show that's all about taking |
| 0:16.1 | your health, body, and life to that next level. Today I have my friend Josh Trent back on the show. |
| 0:24.6 | You may remember Josh's episode 162 breaking old habits with wellness technology where Josh came on the show and he talked to us |
| 0:36.2 | about his journey and why he ended up getting into the health and fitness industry. |
| 0:41.2 | But you may also remember my story of reaching out to Josh because once I started |
| 0:47.9 | realizing the power that technology was going to have on the health and fitness industry, I started looking around to determine |
| 0:56.3 | who should I learn from? Who's the person I should connect with to learn about all the amazing advances in technology and Josh was the |
| 1:07.4 | guy I found. Since then we've become friends although we haven't had a chance to meet up in person yet. |
| 1:14.5 | But I know it's only a matter of time, and today he's back on to talk about the advances |
| 1:19.7 | with technology and how the new wellness tech can help you get an edge on your health |
| 1:26.2 | and how it can help you achieve your health and fitness goals. |
| 1:29.9 | If you've ever tried one of those movement trackers, those step trackers, maybe you got a |
| 1:36.8 | Fitbit, maybe you got a jawbone, maybe you were using your smartphone and it didn't kind of work out for you. |
| 1:44.0 | Or maybe you didn't know what to do with all the data. |
| 1:46.5 | Well, Josh is here today to talk to you about the new advances in health |
| 1:51.3 | and wellness technology as well as how to use it because it's really about |
| 1:56.4 | your intention as Josh will talk about and he gives you practical steps on |
| 2:02.0 | exactly how to go about using these pieces of technology, |
| 2:07.7 | these powerful pieces of technology, and how to get results with them so that it stays with you so that it actually has an impact on your life, |
| 2:17.2 | a positive impact on your health. |
| 2:20.6 | So I know you're going to love this episode especially if you're playing around with a jawbone or a Fitbit right now or if you're interested in using one of those pieces of wellness technology. |
| 2:32.0 | Without further ado, let's get to the interview with Josh Trent. |
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