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You have been sold a lie, and if you believe it, you’ll end up in a grave much sooner than you otherwise would’ve. It’s not your fault you fell for this lie. I have too. In fact, almost every man has fallen for it.

The lie? That in order to be a “real man,” you have to tough everything out on your own. This lie has lethal consequences: it makes you feel unworthy of your own health, it forces you to avoid intimacy with other men, and it makes vulnerability impossible.

The result? You fall into the deep abyss of loneliness… and don’t know how to get out.

It’s easy to overcomplicate your fitness journey, then get overwhelmed and give up. That’s why taking baby steps and building momentum helps.

But there’s another way it helps too…

It helps you unlock the compound effect of fitness, where you grow fitter with each day. That’s what today’s guest, Oscar, did after seeing a picture of himself that betrayed his weight.

Your mindset can either be your biggest supporter or your biggest detractor of your fitness journey. But sometimes simple mindset shifts don’t work because there’s a deeper, subconscious belief that wrecks your consistency before you even start.

Like, for example, imagine you were always picked last in gym class growing up. This creates a subconscious belief that you’re in danger, emotionally, when you exercise.

It doesn’t matter how much willpower or motivation you have. It’s impossible to become more consistent without addressing this deeper, emotional belief.

The vast majority of men with back pain, hip pain, and joint pain sit far too much on a daily basis. While sitting all day terrorizes your joints, there’s another potential cause of stiffness: Repetitive and constant movement.

Today’s guest and Man Flow Yoga Member, John, works the night shift at H-E-B. His job requires him to move constantly (he gets 18,000 steps a day when he’s working). And the constant, repetitive movements have unleashed pain, tightness, and stiffness on his back, hips, and joints.

John’s big problem (which he didn’t realize until after he joined Man Flow Yoga and dialed in his consistency) was that he never engaged his core prior to Man Flow Yoga.

Figuring out which alternative therapies to fit into your already busy day, if any at all, can be overwhelming and confusing. Especially when marketing claims overexaggerate the benefits of alternative therapies and biohacking tools.

That’s why I invited human performance specialist, Brian Mackenzie, back onto the show to help make sense of two strategies that are exploding in popularity:

Today’s guest, Man Flow Yoga Member Andy, is also a physical therapist who was cursed with genetic bad luck:

His family has a history of high cholesterol. Despite eating right and exercising consistently, Andy’s cholesterol levels have been over 200 for the past decade. And since Andy’s only in his 30s, getting on a statin which is often a lifelong medication, wasn’t an option for him.

But you know what? Andy proved that even though genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.