Fitness Food Finances

184 - At home self assessment of your health and fitness - You are probably in trouble.

Andy McCann Season 1 Episode 184

All the links
https://www.crossfitgarage.com/tspc

Garage Fitness  Online
https://www.garagefitness.online/

The Garage Games
https://www.thegaragegames.com/events/world-wide-wod-gym-resolutions-2020/

Carnivore Kickstarter
https://go.smartandsimplenutrition.com/carnivore-challenge

60 Easy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bnhSAIB53gxF0jGeZ9a2X6SSsFWy_lHNdgv_CIyVubo/edit?usp=sharing

CF OPEN
https://games.crossfit.com/article/get-ready-2025-crossfit-games-season

Living Free in Tennessee
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/

The Survival Podcast
https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/about-tspc/meet-the-expert-council

At home self health assessment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_4irbh6rPMZuPbi-yE5ihXcNvCwRseUU-aCuNjMofU4/edit?usp=sharing

Regain Mobility
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LcwLQTh5MkuE6ixvQSAbeI8r3U8a9oKmhQKn2xO5hUI/edit?usp=sharing

Adventure Races
https://www.warriorraces.com/races

Summary:

Assessing Your Health and Fitness: The host, Andy McCann, discusses the importance of assessing your health and fitness, especially as you approach 50 years old. He believes many people are overconfident about their health and unaware of their declining fitness and functionality.
At-Home Health Assessments: McCann provides a series of simple at-home tests and assessments covering nutrition, sleep, physical abilities, and aerobic capacity. These include evaluating your plate composition, hydration, sleep quality and consistency, balance, strength, and endurance.
Nutrition Considerations: McCann emphasizes the importance of reducing processed foods, added sugars, and excessive caffeine intake. He advocates for a nutrition approach focused on whole, nutrient-dense foods like eggs, meat, and vegetables.
Strength and Mobility Assessments: The tests cover lower body strength and balance (sit-to-stand, one-legged balance), core strength (plank), lower body flexibility and mobility (deep squat, sit-to-rise), and upper body strength (push-ups). McCann provides benchmarks for healthy performance on these tests.
Aerobic Capacity Assessment: The 3-minute step test is used to measure aerobic fitness by evaluating heart rate response to elevated activity and recovery time.
Encouraging Action: McCann emphasizes that the purpose of these assessments is to motivate listeners to take action and improve their health and fitness, especially as they age. He offers resources and support to help people get started.
Wider Implications: McCann discusses the broader implications of declining health and fitness, including increased risks of falls, injuries, and mortality. He encourages listeners to prioritize their health and fitness to improve their quality of life and longevity.


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CrossFit Garage (Woodstock GA)
https://crossfitgarage.com/get-started/

Garage Fitness Online - Landing page
https://www.crossfitgarage.com/garage-fitness-online

As a podcast
https://crossfitgarage.buzzsprout.com

YouTube channel with other visually videos (long and shorts)
https://www.youtube.com/@AndyMcCann42

People on this episode