Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. Today's podcast features excerpts from interviews

that I've conducted with two female fitness icons, J.J. Virgin and Jillian Michaels.

Another thing these two women have in common,

beyond being repositories of knowledge on fitness, body composition, and nutrition,

is that they both will be speaking at our latest project here at Commune called luminescence. Now, luminescence is a global series of summits focused specifically on women's health and

longevity. The first event kicks off this February in Los Angeles featuring renowned female

doctors and health experts, including our dear friends, Dr. Sarah Godfried, Dr. Casey Means,

Dr. Mindy Peltz, Marianne Williamson, Kayla Barnes, Kimberly Snyder, and Dr. Robin Burson.

Skyler, my better three quarters, will be the hostess with the most as holding it down as the MC.

So the first event will take place at the legendary Sabon Theater on Saturday, February 1st, 2025.

You can find out more information at Onecommune.com

forward slash shine. Okay, JJ is a triple board certified nutrition expert and fitness OG

Hall of Famer. She's an advocate of what she calls aging powerfully, a philosophy that encourages understanding

resistance training as a means to ensure that you're strong, healthy, and fit for decades

to come.

JJ is a fierce advocate for muscle development and a critic of the traditional scale, as the number

on the scale doesn't reflect body composition,

the ratio of fat to muscle, a vastly superior metric than simply weight.

JJ stresses that lifting weights doesn't make women bulky, but instead makes them stronger,

improves metabolism, and helps to store carbohydrates in muscle

preventing fat accumulation. So here you have JJ Virgin on the importance of body composition,

resistance training, protein intake, and daily movement for overall health and metabolic flexibility.

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