Welcome back to Get Fit Guy.

This week I was inspired by an email from a listener in France.

Well, I'm guessing France because he didn't actually say, but I do have exceptional Googling skills.

I do always like to reminisce on something great about places

that listeners email in from. If I've been there in France, well, a couple of years ago,

I took my Australian Shepherd or Berger Australian for my French fans, Maverick on a road trip

to Barcelona from the UK. We stopped off in Paris, Bordeaux, Carcassonne,

Lyon and Montpellier. And my overwhelming memory of France is wondering what on earth they're doing to the

bread over there, because it is absolutely unreal.

Even the bread at the highway gas stations is freshly baked and delicious.

Okay, on to the email.

Hello, Kevin.

First of all, a big thanks for all your content.

I'm a long-term listener of the Get Fit Guy podcast, and I really like your fact-based, scientific and rigorous approach to fitness and life in general. I would like

your opinion on my training approach. I started resistance training seriously a bit more than two

years ago when I turned 30.

Indeed, my 30th birthday came with chronic back pain as a present.

So I started to strengthen my core and back.

Then I decided to extend my workouts to full body training because why not?

Besides being more time consuming, I don't see any good reason not to do this.

You are correct. I identified three goals for different timescales. Long-term goal, which is to stay physically fit for as long as possible, enjoy my favourite activities across my lifespan. Mid-term goal,

get better at my favourite sports, skiing, ski

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