440: Tony Horton Shares His Secrets for Losing Weight and Getting in the Best Shape of Your Life
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2021
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/tonyhorton440
Tony Horton (IG: @tonyshorton) is the wildly popular creator of the most successful fitness program in America, P90X.
He is a world-class motivational speaker and the author of top-selling books Bring It!, Crush It! and The Big Picture.
Tony’s appeared on countless television programs as a fitness and lifestyle expert to promote healthy living through exercise and proper nutrition.
In line with his new fitness concept, Power Nation, Tony’s newest creation is his brand new supplement line, Power Life, aimed at supporting people’s health through proper nutrition.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Tony’s early days as a kid being bullied with a speech impediment
- Forming friendships in high school that last a lifetime
- The weight lifting course in college that changed his life
- Diet is as critical as exercise
- Transitioning from a pescatarian to mostly vegan diet
- Stress is a trigger for Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
- Eating inflammatory foods leads to leaky gut
- What is bilateral vestibular hypofunction?
- The new program Power of Four integrates mindfulness and meditation
- Tony’s vegan, his wife is paleo/keto... how they make it work in the kitchen
- Practicing the 5.5 breathing technique
- Yoga is perfect if you want to stay young and healthy
- Recovery phase options after intense exercise
- How Tony evolved his fitness routine over the years
- The glass is half full... your mindset matters
- Focus on living in the present moment
- A less stressful and more optimistic way to approach life
- The coaches & mentors that impacted Tony
- Personal development books help improve who you are
- Tales from a celebrity personal trainer
- The success of P90X
- Financial lessons Tony's learned along the way
- Married life with Shawna
- My purpose for getting healthy
- Workout at least 22 days per month
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Related links:
Follow Tony Horton on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Tony Horton - The Big Picture (book)
Sanjay Gupta - Keep Sharp (book)
Listen to James Nestor previously on TUHP (episode #413)
Keith Ellis - The Magic Lamp (book)
Listen to Dr. Andrew Weil previously on TUHP (episodes #295, #366 & #430)
Wayne Dyer - Your Erroneous Zones (book)
Robert Ringer - Looking Out For Number 1 (book)
Richard Carlson - Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff (book)
Listen to Deepak Chopra previously on TUHP (episode #141)
Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search For Meaning (book)
Related episodes:
Start Breathing Through Your Nose to Completely Transform Your Health | Patrick McKeown (#438)
From Mr. Universe to Mr. Marshmallow & Eventually Finding True Health With Wade Lightheart (#414)
Dr. Steven Gundry on Boosting Your Mental and Physical Energy (#404)
Rachel Hollis on Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart (#395)
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the Ultimate Health podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | I've been doing this for so many years |
| 0:03.7 | and I hate it exercise. |
| 0:05.3 | I hated being physically uncomfortable. |
| 0:08.9 | I hate running. |
| 0:10.2 | I hate the first 20 minutes of yoga, I hate it. |
| 0:13.7 | But what I love is the seconds afterward |
| 0:18.0 | and how I feel and how much energy I have |
| 0:20.0 | and how well I sleep. |
| 0:21.2 | And then I have, you know, I have this lifestyle |
| 0:23.9 | that is, it kicks the crap out of the one |
| 0:25.6 | that I had in my teens in my 20s and 30s, you know? |
| 0:27.8 | So that's my purpose. |
| 0:29.8 | My purpose is to help other people find theirs. |
| 0:32.2 | And if your purpose is spun on |
| 0:34.3 | and you know exactly what you're gonna do |
| 0:35.5 | and you're gonna do it |
| 0:36.3 | and you got to write people around you, |
| 0:37.3 | then you can change your life. |
| 0:44.3 | Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health podcast, |
| 0:46.4 | episode 440. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm Jesse Chapis and I'm here to take your help |
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