Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong. I'm the new Get Fit Guy.

And in addition to getting a new Get Fit Guy this week, you'll also notice that the show has some new artwork as well.

We're currently undergoing an update to all the

quick and dirty tips podcast designs, but rest assured that the show's quick and practical

format with expert content is staying exactly the same. Now, in this episode, I'm going to examine

what exactly we mean when we refer to fitness, or when we talk about someone being fit, or in my case, what I mean when I say that I'm going to get you fit.

Now, the word fitness is a bit of a catch-all.

I mean, seeing as there is no less than three distinct components to

fitness, and that includes cardiovascular fitness, strength, and flexibility, and summing those

rather complicated topics up in one word is a bit reductionist, to say the least. If you look up the

word fitness in a dictionary, pick a dictionary,

any dictionary will do, you will find a plethora of definitions, depending on what category,

medical, historical, or biological that you choose. These three are the definitions that

resonated well with me and work the best for our purposes here today.

Number one, the capability of the body of distributing inhaled oxygen to muscle tissue

during increased physical effort.

Number two, the state or condition of being physically sound and healthy, especially as the results of exercise and proper

nutrition. And number three, the degree of adaptation of an organism to its environment determined

by its genetic constitution. Now, I find it interesting that none of these definitions include

six-pack abs, the ability

to run 42.2 kilometers, or 26.1 miles, in a herd, or having less than 6% body fat as a criteria.

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