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Movement Is Medicine: What If the Cure You're Looking For Is Simply to Move?
What if the key to healing your body, boosting your mood, and extending your life isn't found in a pill, but in something you've been doing since the day you were born? Movement isn't just exercise—it's powerful medicine, and science is finally catching up to what ancient wisdom has known for centuries.
Harvard Medical School research confirms that regular movement reduces chronic disease risk by up to 50% and early death risk by 30%. Even more striking, a groundbreaking 2023 study tracking 90,000 adults found that just 35 minutes of moderate activity per week—a mere five minutes daily—lowers dementia risk by 41%. The benefits only increase from there, with 20 minutes daily cutting risk by a remarkable 69%.
When you move, your brain releases a cascade of beneficial chemicals that act like natural antidepressants. It creates BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor)—essentially "Miracle-Gro" for your neurons—fostering new brain cell connections and protecting against cognitive decline. The Mayo Clinic has found movement can be as effective as medication for mild to moderate depression, without the side effects.
This isn't about grueling workouts or hitting the gym. The world's longest-living people in "Blue Zones" don't exercise formally—they simply incorporate natural movement throughout their day. Dancing, walking, gardening, cooking, even laughing (which burns about 40 calories in 15 minutes) all count as medicine for your body and mind.
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And I'm going to try to hula hoop without hula hooping, without the hula hoop at all, just the movements, just the gyrations. Everywhere I go, everywhere I go, just little gyrations.
Speaker 2:Oh, you're going to be that creepy dude huh, sir, are you okay?
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm just hula hooping in my mind. I'm trying to set a record. I will not stop.
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Speaker 2:I got nothing. I got nothing. You're supposed to say something I forgot I love you. I love you too. All right, what if I told you that the key to healing your body, boosting your mood and extending your life isn't in a pill? Would you believe this?
Speaker 1:I would believe it.
Speaker 2:But what if I told you it was in the way that you move?
Speaker 1:It's not in a pill, it's in the bounce.
Speaker 2:It's in that way, you move it's in the bounce, step roll bounce.
Speaker 1:In regards to potency. More bounce to the ounce right.
Speaker 2:You got to get more bounce to the ounce.
Speaker 1:That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, we are going to talk about. Movement is medicine. That's the name of the show today, and it's not just a catchy line, it is literally backed by science.
Speaker 1:Backed by science, honey.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and we're going to break it down on why movement is more than just exercise. It's the most natural, free and powerful prescription for better health, and we have the science to back it up, and also a lot of ancient wisdom way before science was science.
Speaker 1:You got some science, I got science. What you got for science.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, let's start with the first one Harvard Medical School.
Speaker 1:Whoa, Harvard Medical School. That's not no JC stuff. This is some top of the line right.
Speaker 2:It's not community college, yeah, so Harvard has found that regular physical activity reduces the risk of chronic disease by up to 50% and cuts the risk of early death by as much as 30%.
Speaker 1:Those are some nice numbers.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this is a 2020 study.
Speaker 1:That's impressive. That's impressive.
Speaker 2:So yeah.
Speaker 1:Well, I am a huge, huge, huge fan of moving the body. Huge Move the body, move the body, you move the body, you move everything right. And there's most certainly a movement and mental health connection right, there's a mind-body connection in regards to the movement process and your brain, on movement, is like your body, on a natural high. It releases endorphins, reduces stress hormones and even creates new brain cells.
Speaker 2:That's wild right.
Speaker 1:I mean, I want new brain cells. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Yes, I love that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and having dealt with who doesn't?
Speaker 1:I'm saying, yes, I love that, yeah, and, and you know, having dealt with who doesn't, who doesn't Exactly and and having dealt with anxiety off and on, I am a huge fan also of moving and that, in my opinion, is the best way of of combating those things. And you know. But also, I'm going to come with some science. Oh, you got some science. All right, it may not be Harvard, but it's just the Mayo Clinic in American Psychological Association. Okay, it may not be the same, but they have a study out that shows that movement is as effective as antidepressants for mild to moderate depression. And anyone who has ever dealt with mild or moderate depression, it sucks Like there's no way of getting out of it other than moving your body. So get up. I mean moving for just 10 minutes can reduce stress and improve mood. I mean 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes.
Speaker 1:Set your alarm. We all have 10 minutes. 10 minutes Move your body, and if you ain't got 10, minutes to cure your depression.
Speaker 2:Honey, honey, honey, come on.
Speaker 1:And even more. Like I said, there's mind and body, so you move your body, you're going to feel better. And there's also these massive benefits to the brain. Right? You have this concept of neuroplasticity and cognitive boosting, so you have the ability to reprogram and up-level your brain. Simply by movement, it increases what is called the brain-derived neurotrophic factor, also known as BDNF. So it's like miracle grow for your brain. Ew, but we don't like miracle grow we don't like miracle grow unless it's movement and it's in the brain.
Speaker 2:We don't like Miracle-Gro unless it's movement and it's in the brain right. It's like non-GMO, non-chemical Miracle-Gro.
Speaker 1:Yes, no, it is the real. Miracle-gro, not the fake Miracle-Gro that you're going to get in a bag that's full of poisons. This is the real Miracle-Gro.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, BDNF is like crack.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's crack right and you can generate it by moving, and regular movement also reduces the risk of Alzheimer's and cognitive decline. I've had loved ones pass away from that disease and I'm like you know what? I'm going to move my body right now.
Speaker 2:Keep it moving, honey. Keep it moving, a rolling stone gathers, no moss. You always love to say that and I'm just like okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I heard it when I was a kid and ever since then I haven't been, you know.
Speaker 2:Gathering moss. Gathering moss.
Speaker 1:I am moths free, it's nice. So we're going to give you a little empowerment tip right, so find a movement that feels good, not one that just burned calories. Right, so for me-.
Speaker 2:Not one that burns calories, yeah yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:That just burns calories. That's what I'm saying. For me, hiking, mountain biking, yoga, lifting weights all those things I get joy off of, and it also moves my body.
Speaker 2:So when you're lifting the weight you're like, hmm, yeah.
Speaker 1:You're going to get this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so you're just like. You basically have like a narrative shift, so you don't look at the weights and be like, oh, like that's work. Instead, you're like, hmm, yeah, I'm going to get that.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, oh yeah, okay, I mean, this is helpful. I'm strong enough to lift these weights. That's what it feels like.
Speaker 2:Oh wow, I'm strong enough to lift these weights, not everyone looks at it that way, and if you look at it in a negative way, then you're going to have a negative outcome. So I love that tip.
Speaker 1:It's pain now or pain later. I'll take the pain now because it's the pain now I can control, but the pain later, when you're past the point where your body is like, hey, it's starting to break down because you're not moving. That's what I want to avoid.
Speaker 2:Yeah Well, speaking of, like, growing old, is that movement is connected to more longevity.
Speaker 1:So you'll live stronger and longer with some movement. So this list is getting longer and longer, right.
Speaker 2:This is getting like exciting. I'm so excited, yeah, so if you have the ability, like, put us on your headphones and go for a walk while you're listening to this so that you get a little movement and you get some empowerment, you get some, you know, like mind food. Right now we're going to tell you why you're doing it, how to do it.
Speaker 1:Shoot, I would get like a three song playlist. Play that out loud, dance for 20 minutes. Boom, you're done.
Speaker 2:Yeah, or go for a walk, whatever you've got going on. But while you're listening to us, go for a walk.
Speaker 1:There you go.
Speaker 2:Okay. So if you want to add more years to your life, you just got to move more. It's really that simple. Want to add more years to your life, move more.
Speaker 1:I'm moving.
Speaker 2:It's that simple.
Speaker 1:As we speak, I'm tapping my foot.
Speaker 2:Shaking, my hips Shake it, shake it shake it. So if you're familiar with the blue zones, we've talked about them on our tele mirrors podcast. You can go back and listen to that. But blue zones are where the longest living people live, and the longest living people don't go to the gym, they just move naturally. So this is not us promoting some gym membership so you can move by going for a walk.
Speaker 2:Or, like Mike said, go dance. You can move by going for a walk. Or, like Mike said, go dance Like you can. You know, just free. You know like movement is actually very free. You can do it from home or anywhere that you live, as long as you have a place where you feel safe to stretch, or you know run in place, like. Some of my favorite workouts are like four minutes in their Tabatas.
Speaker 1:I have a built-in workout regime called two dogs, so every day I'm walking the dogs, no matter what.
Speaker 2:So you can walk, you can garden, you can dance, like any daily functional movement is key. There's, like, a lot of people, there's, you know, varying beliefs about this, but, like, like, the 8 000 step rule is based upon a 2023 study that found that walking 8 000 steps just a few days a week can reduce the risk of death by 50, so that's pretty crazy those are good numbers.
Speaker 1:I mean, if it was like two percent, five percent, twenty percent, I mean thirty percent, maybe 50%.
Speaker 2:Like more isn't always better either, like it's really more about consistency and doing it so that you're not like burning yourself out one day.
Speaker 1:And like this, you know, like let me just tell myself.
Speaker 2:My pattern would be like I'm going to hit it really hard and then I'm like super sore days after and I'm just like, okay, I'm going to hit it softer now. Like if I just hit it like consistent, that sounds sexual, but that's not what I'm saying. Like if I just was consistent with hitting that activity once per day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you can't hit it head on, Sometimes in the backside, sometimes side to side, you know underneath Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Speaker 2:I was like, oh, I made a mistake.
Speaker 1:I saw you reddened up. I was like, oh, I made a mistake. I saw you reddened up. I'm like I'm taking it, oh my face is turning red.
Speaker 2:Okay, the empowerment tip I have for you is to make movement a lifestyle, not a workout. So here's something that made me want to do this podcast right now. Okay, I just want to drop this real quick.
Speaker 1:Is it what the Fook?
Speaker 2:It's not a what the Fook, yet we are going to play what the Fook, but this is what made me. It's a groundbreaking study. It just came out, tracking 90,000 adults and it found that just 35 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per week Per week. Per week, that's five minutes a day.
Speaker 1:Everyone has five minutes.
Speaker 2:Everyone has five minutes. It was linked to 41% lower risk of dementia 41% lower risk of dementia.
Speaker 1:Yes, it had to be said twice.
Speaker 2:Tagging on to what you were saying, and the benefits only get better. Basically, let's say you do 70 minutes per week, so that's 10 minutes per day 63% lower risk, and 140. So that's 20 minutes per day 69% lower risk. So, like this just came out, like you know, this last week and if you're listening to this, like two weeks, um, when this comes out it'll be like two weeks old. So, yeah, you can check this out. But, like even frail older adults, those at the highest risk saw incredible benefits. Plus, every extra 30 minutes per week, lower dementia risk by 4%.
Speaker 1:So your dad, your dad has no moss.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes exactly.
Speaker 1:He's been rolling ever since he crawled on this planet, right.
Speaker 2:And he like, regularly hikes with me and we dance and he walks every day Plays tennis.
Speaker 1:he gardens.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and the thing is is that-?
Speaker 1:Cooks for himself. Everything, If you are active.
Speaker 2:If you're not sitting in a chair all day, you're going to be healthier. So if you are sitting in a chair, don't worry, we have ideas. But anyway, like official guidelines suggest 150 minutes per week. But this research which was just published in JAMA Journal of American Medical Directors Association it proves that any movement is better than none. Like any movement, like the biggest impact, going from zero to just a little exercise is going to make a huge, huge difference. And you know, if you know somebody who's had dementia or Alzheimer's, like this should inspire you to get off your boot thing.
Speaker 1:The crazy thing is is, if you look around your environment, right, you probably like your house. You probably have a really comfy couch, multiple couches, a really comfy bed, really comfy chairs. You have a lot of places where you can sit and be comfortable, which is nice, right. However, you also have to have space where you have the ability to move right, a couple steps up and down, a little walking path in the garden, something that's going to motivate you to move.
Speaker 2:So one thing that we should talk about is probably like how movement is actually medicine for pain and disease.
Speaker 1:Most certainly. Well, exercise isn't just about looking good. It literally heals your body from the inside out, right From the inside out, so that the more you move, the better you feel. The better you feel, the better you. I love that. If we just look at some of the things that we deal with on a regular basis, like chronic pain and inflammation, right, movement increases circulation, right. So circulation allows the flushing out of the inflammatory toxins. So again, you can look at the couch and be like this is comfy, that will lead to some inflammation. Or you can look at the treadmill there you go, you're going to have some movement.
Speaker 2:And there are studies show that the treadmill. You just look at it and you're just like hey, you're medicine for my pain and disease.
Speaker 1:Exactly, you take your phone, put it right there, watch some Netflix you can still Netflix and chill. You can Netflix it.
Speaker 2:You just be chilling on a bike, or you could chill on a.
Speaker 1:I call it Netflix and stroll.
Speaker 2:Oh, netflix and stroll, okay, or.
Speaker 1:Netflix and pedal, oh. Netflix and stroll, Okay. Or Netflix and pedal Something Right.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:And I mean studies show you know across the board that yoga, low impact movement like walking, reduces chronic pain conditions like arthritis and other things such as that.
Speaker 2:Like in fibromyalgia, like all the.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly, all the inflammatory diseases.
Speaker 1:So if you're sitting with a lot of weight, if you're sitting with achy joints, you still have the ability to move your body right. You can still move, you can still stretch, you can still walk. And then there's the gut health. Movement also boosts your gut microbiome diversity, improving digestion and immunity. So exercise increases your natural killer cells, your body's first line of defense against illnesses. There's so many things that happen as you exercise from your gut to your muscles, to your cardiovascular system. I mean, the list goes on and on. Another empowerment tip right, swap sitting breaks for movement, snacks right, or movement breaks. So if you've been at your desk for an hour, two hours and it's break time, don't just kind of wheel back and have a break in your desk. Get up, walk to the bathroom, walk outside, walk up and down the stairs.
Speaker 2:Do some stretching. Some stretching exactly yeah even if you have stairs in your house. Just be like okay, I'm going to pick a mantra and I'm going to go up and down my stairs, you know 10 times and you know, say your mantra either out loud, if you can, if you work from home, or you know at your business.
Speaker 1:You could even look up chair yoga. Yeah, look up chair yoga yeah. Look up chair yoga and within 20 minutes you've got yourself a full workout, and you haven't even left your workplace.
Speaker 2:So let's play a quick little game here.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay. Are you up for a little? What the fook? I was looking forward to it in the beginning, so hit me up Okay. I like my mind being blown.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, in the beginning, so hit me up. Okay, I like my mind being blown. Okay, well, I know you like to plank Okay, yeah, okay, and so ready for a what the fook.
Speaker 1:Is it all about planking?
Speaker 2:About movement. Okay, it's all about movement. What the fook?
Speaker 1:All right, what the fook Bring it at me.
Speaker 2:Okay so movement. What the fook is? The longest time spent planking? What do you think it is? The longest plank, the longest plank I'd say 24 hours 24?.
Speaker 1:That would be pretty long. That would be Guinness Book right there, okay, telling on myself again.
Speaker 2:I do two and I'm shaking.
Speaker 1:After five minutes, I'm done.
Speaker 2:I did two and I'm just like oh my God, I did two.
Speaker 1:Okay, so let me redo it. Six hours.
Speaker 2:Okay, over nine hours. The world record for longest plank is nine hours 38 minutes and 47 seconds. Yikes, yes, and that was in 2023, from a man named Joseph Stalik from the Czech Republic. Oh, wow, and that's like. If you think about it, that's like an entire work day.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah.
Speaker 2:Like you planked.
Speaker 1:And here's the deal. How many hours do you think it took for him to be able to plank? For six hours, that's probably months or years worth of planking.
Speaker 2:Like what gets me is that, yes, my arms shake, but like now you know, like the more you condition you do it like the less shake. But like what gets me is if, like I have sweat and it drips on my face, I'm just like done, imagine after nine hours how much sweat you would have, like just dripping into your eyes and you know I was.
Speaker 1:I was thinking, cause we, you know we were going to be traveling very shortly uh, thinking of various on-plane workouts and I was thinking, of course you know, chair yoga and there's a couple things, but I wonder if I can get away with a plank in the in the middle aisle. What do you think?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I think let's not test it. Maybe before you get on the plane you can can do all your weird guy yoga in the corner.
Speaker 1:People are always staring at you, standing on your head and stuff.
Speaker 2:Okay, number two I have five, by the way.
Speaker 1:Okay, so you ready for another. You got a plethora.
Speaker 2:I do All right. So number two of a movement what the fook. A man ran a marathon while juggling, Okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's.
Speaker 2:Wait, don't just say it like oh, that's okay. First of all, If you know how to juggle, it could be second nature. Come on Like juggling and jogging, like that's hard.
Speaker 1:That is hard, but if you do both long enough, I don't know if, like, hills were involved.
Speaker 2:Like you know, I just looked this up. Like you know, I just looked this up, Like it doesn't give you that much information.
Speaker 1:Did he drop anything?
Speaker 2:No, he finished in two hours 50 minutes and 12 seconds and he coined the term juggling.
Speaker 1:Juggling yeah, juggle, exactly what was he juggling.
Speaker 2:He was holding three different objects, but it doesn't say I'll have to look deeper into this. I love when you quiz me on the game. I'm like no, Because if it's tennis balls not impressed, Chainsaws impressed, I mean, I think anything. If he's juggling three items and he finished like a marathon, like that's, you know, like that's no easy feat.
Speaker 1:That's intense, without juggling. That requires.
Speaker 2:Like thinking you couldn't even like grab the water that people like hold on the side for you.
Speaker 1:The more I think about it, the more I think about it, exactly, the more I think about it, the more I'm going to say what the fuck?
Speaker 2:What the fuck? Okay, number three would be did you know that the human body can sprint faster than a? What?
Speaker 1:Yes, A elephant.
Speaker 2:Wait, did you really just guess that? What? Oh they can. What did I really? You were right, really, are you joking?
Speaker 1:No, I remember hearing that we can outrun elephants, and that's the only reason why we weren't squashed when we were back in primates or something like that.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, so you already knew this. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1:Well, I didn't know this Discovery Channel.
Speaker 2:I was like damn. Okay, well, elephants, they can reach a speed of 25. But, like you know, I don't think I can reach a speed of 25.
Speaker 1:But anyway, you know, like I don't, I don't think I can reach a speed of 25, but anyway, you might've been, might've been. Elephant was about ready to husk you, I know, carl Lewis.
Speaker 2:Well, apparently Usain Bolt hit 27.8 miles per hour during his record breaking a hundred meter sprint, and so you know, I don't think that most of us are going to be that. But anyway, yeah, elephants can only run 25 miles per hour, so maybe there's a chance. Yeah, anyway, maybe, maybe, yeah, maybe, but I thought that was fascinating. I had not seen that on the Discovery Channel. Okay, number four A woman hula hooped for over how long? How long do you think?
Speaker 1:Oh God, you can hula hoop for decades. So probably as long as you can stay awake, I'd say 27 hours.
Speaker 2:No, listen to this, okay. A woman hula hoop for over 100 hours straight. That's four days nonstop. Hip movement man that's four days straight.
Speaker 1:I wonder what is she married.
Speaker 2:What you're interested.
Speaker 1:No, I'm wondering if the husband has any world records, because you know 100 hours of hip movement, her name is Ginny Duen.
Speaker 2:I don't know if that's how you pronounce her last name, but she holds the world record for the longest hula hooping session. Yeah and yeah, that's four days, I mean.
Speaker 1:That's pretty hinge-y right there.
Speaker 2:Maybe she's on hinge, she's unhinged, she's just being hula hooping, all right. One last one. Hit me, okay, you and I laugh a lot, so this is making me feel really good. I'm kind of wondering why I'm not like super, super skinny, but anyway, guess how many calories you can burn just by laughing?
Speaker 1:A thousand.
Speaker 2:No, I just need to read the studies. Just read it. Studies show that laughing for 10 to 15 minutes a day, can burn up to 40 calories four that's it, yeah, but think of like how much we laugh I know yeah so, like I don't know, boom calories. Meaning, if you laugh enough, you could technically giggle your way to like weight loss.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, All day long.
Speaker 2:Okay, okay, come on, that was good, those were good. What the Fooks?
Speaker 1:One of them was really impressive. The other ones were okay, okay, one of them was really impressive.
Speaker 2:The other ones were okay. Okay, I have a couple more, not what the fooks, but just want to inspire you to get off your tuchus.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:Get off your butt. You know, use a standing desk Like. I have a standing desk and I love it.
Speaker 1:Take multiple breaks.
Speaker 2:Because sitting too long can change your DNA. Did you know that Mm-hmm. A sedentary lifestyle has been shown to shorten telomeres, the protective caps on your DNA, effectively accelerating aging at a cellular?
Speaker 1:level Accelerating aging. That's called spoiling.
Speaker 2:Yeah, In other words, too much sitting literally speeds up the aging process. So I don't know if you knew that, but just sharing that little tidbit and If you're sitting down, stand up, jump around for 10, 15 seconds. Yeah or sway. You know, bounce with your knees a little bit.
Speaker 1:Get that little hula hoop action.
Speaker 2:Get some hula hoop in. I mean, you don't think you have to do 100 hours you don't need the hula hoop to do the hula hoop.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:I mean, here's an idea. You could basically walk and laugh. That's what I'm saying. You can listen to our show and laugh with us and learn, but you can walk and laugh and burn more calories. So put on some comedy.
Speaker 1:Indeed.
Speaker 2:Especially if you think we're not funny, but you're probably listening to us. Who would think that You're probably not listening to us? Then I mean point blank period. Your body makes its own feel-good drug, right? Yes, because it releases endocannabinoids. You know, we actually talked about cannabinoids in one of our other podcasts and basically it's the same compounds found in cannabis. So you know, you don't have to get high, you can just exercise and get high on exercise, on movement and that that's actually a whole different system in your body that actually works with your lymphatic system yeah, and it helps to reduce pain, boost moods, enhance relaxation.
Speaker 2:It gives you a natural high without the side effects.
Speaker 1:Indeed.
Speaker 2:All right.
Speaker 1:AKA the runner's high.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that runner's high is no joke.
Speaker 1:Well, we get it when we dance.
Speaker 2:Exactly, that's what I know.
Speaker 1:You don't have to be a runner to get the runner's high. You just got to move your body.
Speaker 2:Unless an elephant is chasing me, I'm probably not running much. I'm more of a dancer, more of a glider, more of a bike rider. Yep, okay, here's your call to action Empowered Posse, it's to move your body, okay.
Speaker 1:Nice and easy.
Speaker 2:Just move your body and it's going to change your life Really. If you're able to move, let's just bring it back here for a second. You're able to move. Moving is your birthright.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Like you have a body. So March is all about the body. We're going to be talking so much about the body and it's like I don't want you to create the narrative that it's just so that you can lose weight. Obviously, that's not working for Americans. We need a different narrative. We need to see that it's about vitality, energy and living your fullest life.
Speaker 1:Indeed, the difference between survival and thriving really depends on how often you move, and I'm going to be sharing this week.
Speaker 2:How often you move, and I'm going to be sharing this week, today, as you hear this, head over to our Instagram and you're going to see videos of people in their 70s, 80s, 90s, rocking it out. Okay, and I have witnessed my parents in their 70s and 80s and they can do everything. They are so agile, they can, they can get down, they can dance. Like you know, they're having a life that they wouldn't have if they had stopped moving. Correct, so that's our call to action to you is to move your body, you know, even if, yes, like sex counts, by the way. So you're looking at me like this oh yeah, sex.
Speaker 2:Sex absolutely counts.
Speaker 1:Dancing, sex gardening, taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
Speaker 2:Even I find like sometimes, when I'm cooking like a crazy recipe and I am, like you know, moving from one side of the kitchen I mean we have a big kitchen- but, still like from you moving from one side of the kitchen and like chopping and then just going back and like you know, I'm not saying I get out of breath, but I am saying like that's movement that counts as movement, that counts as you standing up and doing something for yourself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh, certainly.
Speaker 2:So we have a challenge for you. It's the movement is medicine challenge and it is to just move five minutes per day.
Speaker 1:Just five minutes.
Speaker 2:Just five minutes per day. And if you do that, we want to hear from you after 30 days, like, what did you notice? What changed for you? Like, just track that you move five minutes per day. And if you want to, you can DM us your favorite way to move. We are at the Empowerment Couple and, of course, tag your friends in our podcast shows, like, we want this message to get to more people. We want to empower you to move. And do you have anything else you want to say?
Speaker 1:I'm just going to say listen and subscribe for more life-changing empowerment tips. I like saying that you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:That's what you're going to say Listen and subscribe for my life changing tips. Uh, coming up this month we are going to be talking about your lymphatic system, because your lymphatic system has no pump. You are the pump, honey that is correct so we're going to bring you all kinds of goodness about that, and we talk about that typically in March, because this is when we really get our body moving.
Speaker 1:So March on.
Speaker 2:March on honey March in place. Whatever you gotta do, five minutes a day you could do it. Anything else you want to?
Speaker 1:say. I think that it should be known that you don't have to be an athlete to move your body. You just have to move right. You don't have to be in any certain form or fashion, you just have to move your body. And let's make movement medicine again.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, and I had this. What the fuck that I didn't include that? I was like waiting to say, like, because Mike can always dance before we get on the mic. And I was like, oh, if he says no to dancing, I'm going to read him the study and the study say I never say no, I know, I know how it works.
Speaker 1:I came here in an awful mood. Look, we're going to dance. Okay, here we go.
Speaker 2:You didn't come in an awful mood, you just came was a little tart. It wasn't sweet After we danced. You were good, I got you.
Speaker 1:I got you there, it always works.
Speaker 2:You're welcome. Well, listen, this is what I was going to say to you. We're going to end on this. Studies show that dancing regularly improves neuroplasticity, helping to prevent dementia. Neuroplasticity helping to prevent dementia it's one of the only physical activities that strengthens both your brain and your body at the same time. Did you know that?
Speaker 1:It makes sense because as you're dancing, you are actually moving your body to whatever beat. So yeah, I can see cognitively that it requires some firing in the brain.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it requires like coordination, but also that you're listening and then you're thinking about moves and sometimes you're, like you know, lip syncing, so like and let me tell you, it is really, really difficult to dance and be in a shit mood. It. So is it is.
Speaker 1:Like I was trying to hold on to mine today. That guy's like and you're like oh, we have to dance, like oh damn it. I have to let that go.
Speaker 2:Aren't you so happy that you did?
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, of course.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because this is way you're going to get so much more done this way.
Speaker 1:Indeed.
Speaker 2:And with fun. And also, I will just say that we have a Dance medicine podcast that we did a couple years back. So if you aren't dancing and this didn't inspire you, go back and listen to that.
Speaker 1:Dig in them crates. There is a plethora of information. Dig in the crates, you like that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I do like it. All right, love you. We are sending you the highest vibrations. You are held, you are loved Sending you the highest vibrations. You are held, you are loved.
Speaker 1:So, going back to that, what the fuck about the marathon juggler? Uh-huh, it kind of like destroys any and all excuse that you have. Oh, I'm juggling too much. No, no, no.
Speaker 2:This dude juggled and finished a marathon. I'm juggling too much. No, no, this dude juggled and finished a marathon. Juggling too much. Yeah, or um, like when somebody like my brother is really good at hula hooping and now I'm gonna be like, yeah, but can you do it for a hundred hours? Yeah, I'm like, here's what I want to go? I want to know who has hula hooped and juggled and run a marathon. Now that would be a what the fook.
Speaker 1:You know what would be the, what the fook.
Speaker 2:While getting chased by an elephant.
Speaker 1:Actually, whilst we travel, right, I'm going to set my own you know what the fook? And I'm going to try to hula hoop without hula hooping, without the hula hoop at all. Just the movements, just the gyrations. Everywhere I go, everywhere I go, just little gyrations.
Speaker 2:Oh, you're going to be that creepy dude, huh.
Speaker 1:Sir, are you okay? Oh, I'm just hula hooping in my mind. I'm trying to set a record. I will not stop.
