TLPP: Fitness Expert Jason Gagne

I sat down with Jason Gagne, fitness trainer and creator of the 90-day beginner program Good 2 Go Body. Jason has been training people for over 20 years and specializes in beginners — the people who've been told they're not in good enough shape to start working out.

Check out Jason's 90-day program → https://good2go.podia.com/good2go/ibk0g (Every sign-up puts a few bucks in my pocket. Thank you. )

Here's what we got into:

Three things you need to get in shape. Sleep. 100–128oz of water a day. A 20-minute walk. Everything else is built on top of those three basics — and most people are skipping all three and wondering why they're not getting results.

Consistency beats intensity. The human body responds to consistency far more than intensity.

You're only in shape for the gym. Most people who work out regularly are fit for the specific movements they do at the gym — and nothing else. Jason calls this "gym functionality." He built Good 2 Go Body around functional training, so your body is ready for anything: softball, hiking, chasing your kids, not throwing your back out moving furniture.

Fitness influencers are lying to you. Most of what you see on Instagram is either athletes whose full-time job is their body, or guys making trips to Mexico for gear. Comparing yourself to that as a beginner isn't motivation — it's a trap.

Don't change your diet and your exercise at the same time. Jason's take: People know how to eat. They don't need another nutrition program — they need to build the exercise habit first, get their first results, and then the nutrition questions start answering themselves naturally.

The 85/90 rule. 85–90% of what you eat should be real food — meat, vegetables, fruit, and seeds. The other 10–15%? Deep fry a Twinkie and put it on a hot dog. You're not working out to be a monk. You're working out so the Twinkie doesn't matter.

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Intro: Jason Gagne and Good 2 Go Body 03:00 — Why 20-day intense programs set beginners up to fail 07:00 — The three basics everyone skips: sleep, water, walking 10:00 — Consistency vs. intensity: why 25% every day beats 90% three times a week 14:00 — Gym functionality vs. functional training — what's the difference? 18:00 — Pilates, yoga, and the small muscles nobody talks about 22:00 — Fitness influencers, gear, and the Instagram trap 26:00 — Nutrition: don't change everything at once 30:00 — The 85/90 rule — and why the Twinkie is fine 35:00 — How 40-year-olds today look nothing like 40-year-olds used to

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