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Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

EFR 822: The Minimum Method for Building and Keeping Muscle and the Top 3 Things to Eliminate NOW for Lifelong Fat-Loss with Joey Thurman

Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

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

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Operation Podcast, Caldera Lab, and Momentous.

What if you could achieve your dream body using just minimal tools and a small amount of time each day? Join us as we chat with health, fitness, and nutrition expert Joey Thurman, who shares his "minimum method" for setting realistic goals and making sustainable changes to your lifestyle. Joey's journey through his multifaceted career and battles with clinical depression serves as an inspiring backdrop to his insights on fat loss, muscle maintenance, and the power of self-appreciation and honesty.

Throughout the interview, Joey delves into the importance of mindfulness and the detrimental effects of digital distractions on our well-being. Joey's approach to health optimization also touches on accessible methods for addressing gastrointestinal distress and the foundational aspects of sleep, hunger, recovery, energy, digestion, and stress, all of which play a crucial role in achieving long-term health goals.

We also navigate the complexities of maintaining fitness goals, even in the public eye. Joey provides thoughtful commentary on the relationship between overall health and hormonal balance while advocating for affordable and practical wellness practices. Whether discussing the pitfalls of pricey health protocols or the importance of compassion and self-care, Joey’s perspective is a refreshing reminder that less can indeed be more on the journey to a healthier, balanced life.

Follow Joey @joeythurmanfit

Follow Chase @chase_chewning

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In this episode we discuss...

(00:00) The Minimum Method

(05:04) Navigating Success and Mental Wellness

(13:51) Striving for Wellness Through Simplified Steps

(22:59) Prioritizing Time for Self-Care

(30:22) Finding Balance in Your Personal Health Journey

(34:10) Navigating Wellness Before Optimizing Health

(42:59) Health vs Optimization vs Wellness

(47:33) The "Protocol" Debate

(52:43) Belonging and Community in Wellness

(01:00:27) Maintaining Your Dream Body as Life Changes

(01:11:30) Simplicity in Achieving Wellness and Fitness

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0:00.0

The minimum method.

0:04.3

Let's talk about this concept of you don't have to have all of the tools, all the protocols, all the protocols, all the time in the world to get the body of your dreams.

0:13.2

So I mean one, what is your dream body?

0:15.8

What does that look like?

0:17.0

It might be looking like me, it might be looking like Arnold,

0:19.8

it might be just be like, you know, being able to look down and see your feet because your belly got

0:24.4

smaller how do you set your path to get to the why and it's like oh I want I want to

0:28.2

hit this goal I want to hit this but like we need we need to set these steps in place

0:31.5

to get there well what do we do we do we do need to take out?

0:36.5

Let's add more fruits and vegetables.

0:38.4

You've got a study at the University of Michigan people that added more fruits and

0:41.8

vegetables ate 500 less calories a day.

0:44.4

It took you how long to gain that 30 pounds?

0:46.7

10 years.

0:47.3

And it's going to come off in 10 days.

0:49.5

Well, just juice clung, just whatever, like and do that.

0:51.4

And the food weight is going to be down. you're going to lose the weight on the scale. But how do we talk about losing fat and maintaining muscle tissue? Like we should change the language of, I need to lose weight to, I need to lose fat and maintain as much

1:03.0

muscle as possible but most people are just trying to level up they're not trying to

1:07.3

max out what's up this is Joey Thurman health fitness nutrition experts this is

1:11.8

ever forward radio stay right here and keep moving forward.

1:15.1

Hey what's up listeners are you more than just that? Are you more than a podcast listener?

1:19.1

Maybe you have your own podcast or maybe you're looking to level up production or find a kick-ass studio to

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