Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong. I'm the Get Fit Guy and lately I've been wondering if understanding

our genes will help us get fit and healthy. So to answer that question, I invited Dr. Dan

Reardon of fitness genes on the podcast to help us find

out.

So several years ago, I received a tiny plastic test tube in my mailbox.

So naturally, I spit in it and I put it back in the mail.

And no, this was not an elaborate practical joke. I was actually submitting my DNA

to a testing service called 23 and me. A few weeks later, I received a report telling me all about

myself, based on what they found in my genes that were contained in the saliva that I put in the

mail. There was information about my

ancestry, my hair and eye color, some of my health predispositions and risks, and even what

percentage of me is directly linked to Neanderthals. And to be honest, it's a little more than I

care to admit. Now, as exciting and fun as it was, I really

didn't find much in the way of actionable information in that report. I mean, I already knew that my

family was predominantly Eastern European and that I had blue eyes and runny earwax. I was relieved

to find out that I'm not at increased risk of macular degeneration or Alzheimer's,

but in the end, once I'd read the reports and also shared them with my sister,

since they are really relevant to her as well, I pretty much went on with my life as usual.

Now, as a fitness and movement professional, I was aware of the growing market in DNA testing

as it pertains to fitness.

I often considered signing up for services such as DNA fit or found my fitness.

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