Building muscle is not only crucial for maintaining an active lifestyle but also for enhancing longevity and overall health. If you're over 40, focusing on muscle development should be a priority. For those under 40, beginning now can set the foundation for better health later in life.

In previous decades, fitness trends often emphasized aesthetics over health. For example, the 'heroine chic' look of the 1990s, popularized by figures like Kate Moss, focused on thinness rather than strength. Today, our understanding of health and fitness has evolved to recognize the importance of muscle mass.

Muscle growth requires proper nutrition, particularly adequate protein intake. Simply exercising without addressing dietary needs can lead to muscle degradation rather than growth. It's crucial to consume enough protein to support muscle repair and growth, especially after workouts. 

To avoid muscle loss, known medically as Sarcopenia, one must balance exercise with a diet rich in nutrients...

Episode Overview

Sometimes when you meet someone, you feel like you've known them your whole life. Well, that's what it was like for me to meet Andrea Shaw. Known to her friends and now to me as Draya. What impressed me about her was not just her incredible physique, but also her humility, light, her personality and the kind of person that she exudes. We'll find out a lot about what sets her apart, how her mindset has taken her this far in her sport and where the rubber met the road for her in terms of her making a decision to take this route in the first place.

 “Don't let the environment control you. You control the environment and take charge of what you can.”

- Andrea Shaw 

“Pick a day! Once you take action, there's definitely going to be some sort of follow up step, or something else is going to happen to help move you into that next phase and that next dimension

- Andrea Shaw 

Episode Timestamps:

02:17 How did Andrea get started in...

EPISODE OVERVIEW

What can we do to help us get to the place that we're going? Today I'm gonna talk about seven habits that we can all take on this year that will help us get to that place. Let me start by saying, I really do believe that these are ubiquitous. These are some things that won't affect the diet you subscribe to, everybody can do these seven things, and I think everybody without exception can benefit from these seven things. Listen on!

 “Eat by color and then you’ll never have to count a calorie’’

-Mareya Ibrahim

“There's nothing more important than making yourself the healthiest that you can be, body, mind, and spirit. And when you do that, you will lift up everybody around you because you will be a shining light.’’

-Mareya Ibrahim

TIMESTAMPS

0:11                Introduction – how to get to where we’re going

5:05  ...