Welcome back to Get Fit Guy. I'm a firm believer in the idea that the most important and meaningful thing I can do with this podcast is to give you all tools, tools with which you'll be able to think critically about fitness advice you're reading or listening

to or seeing. Since we're all on an unstoppable ride into entropy where even the universe

will fall into a dark, cold, featureless state, at some point I will no longer be the get-fit

guy. What then? Well, hopefully, then you can

use the tools I've shared to analyze and assess fitness information and make informed, well-placed

choices. If I just came on here every week and gave definitive answers, of which there are none,

by the way, then it wouldn't be of long-term use, only short-term.

So this week, I'm going to give you an insight into how my mind works and see if you agree.

I'd love to hear everyone's ideas.

So make sure to email me at get- fit guy at quick and dirty tips.com.

And while I'm on that topic, I'm all for discourse,

but sending me a message that just says BS in response to an episode

doesn't really bring anything to the conversation.

But thanks, Mark Mark for the message.

So a few days ago, as I was doom-scrolling the Instagrams, I came across a video from my fitness influencer which said, you're only ever a few months away from being a completely different person.

Now, of course, I know what he's trying to say here, come to my gym or by my program, and a whole new aesthetic awaits you.

But that's not what's being said. A few months from being a completely different person. Sounds like something fun to dig into. So what

makes a person? Well, according to various sources, a person is any entity with the moral right

of self-determination and a personal identity. Now, this idea of a personal identity is an old one and the subject of

mania thought experiment. Here's an idea for you. You're on trial for murder. And your defense?

You are not the murderer because the murderer was a different person. Yes, The murderer is right-handed, just like you,

and even has the same fingerprints as you.

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