EFR 759: The Most Common Fitness Mistakes, Creating P90X, How to Reduce Stress, and Training Celebrities with Tony Horton

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Chase Chewning

Healthcoach, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Wellness, Fitness, Humanoptimization, Resiliency, Holistic, Highperformance, Coaching, Biohack, Health, Military, Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Health & Fitness

5 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Join me in this exciting episode where I chat with the legendary Tony Horton, the creative mind behind P90X. Known for his deep insights on fitness and wellness, Tony walks us through his personal journey of overcoming challenges as a young adult and emerging as a renowned fitness instructor. Tony explains the significance of physical fitness in mental and emotional health, and how he made his mark on Hollywood's fitness culture.

With his unique perspective, Tony shares common fitness mistakes people make and emphasizes the importance of having a purpose, a plan, and accountability. In this episode, we also delve into Tony's techniques for stress relief, such as breathwork, and how to adapt to age in fitness. This episode will inspire, motivate and challenge your views on fitness and health.

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In this episode, you will learn...

Tony Horton's journey from struggling young adult to fitness guru
Horton's training experience with Hollywood's top executives and celebrities
Significance of purpose, plan, and accountability in physical fitness
Horton's personal battle with illness and his recovery process
Use of breathwork and mindfulness as techniques for stress relief
Importance of adapting to age while maintaining a fitness regime
Horton's emphasis on pushing boundaries in physical activity
Upcoming new fitness program by Tony Horton
Insight into Horton's past fitness programs and their transformational impact
Discussion on Tony Horton's influence on Hollywood's fitness culture

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0:00.0	The following is an Operation Podcast Production.
0:04.0	Well, when I was a wee lad and I was poor and I was sad and I was depressed and I was out of shape and I was single and I was broke I didn't like those things so I joined one gym that another than another then I joined world gym and I'm watching I'm taking notes of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Lufrigo.
0:23.0	Okay.
0:24.0	47 set to chess seems extreme but okay.
0:25.0	What do you do it?
0:26.0	I go, I'm doing it in my buddy's garage.
0:28.0	So we started, I started training my boss.
0:30.0	And then I started training some people that worked on a lot and I found these two doctors that
0:33.7	I was starting to train.
0:35.1	I went, well maybe I'm a trainer now.
0:36.3	Of course I wasn't certified.
0:37.3	I didn't know anything from anything.
0:38.3	You're just the fitness guy.
0:39.9	I was just a guy working out and I was spying on everybody else in four different gyms.
0:44.0	The ripple effects of history that you don't know.
0:46.7	Tom Petty, Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, Annie Lennox, Stephen Stills,
0:51.7	Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, Joey Fittone, the bottom line is it makes
0:57.9	me a better, more productive human being and I like the way I feel and I like the way I look
1:02.0	and it helps me just it keeps my my
1:06.7	enthusiasm for my energy and enthusiasm for life up. Without it it's down with it with it, it's up, and I learned later on that that works for everybody
1:16.0	once you find the formula and you find your reason why.
1:19.0	Hey everybody, Tony Horton here, America's Fitness Clown,
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