RX'D Radio - E631: Exercises Aren't Good or Bad. You're Asking the Wrong Question.
George’s Podcast Reflection Notes. Listened on January 31st 2026
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Social Media Is A Context-Free Mirror. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
Social media is a mirror that amplifies context-free fitness content and harms understanding.
Use principles-based filters to quickly contextualize short-form fitness claims.
Match The Exercise To The Job. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Ask: what is the tool and what job do I need it to do before labeling an exercise good or bad.
- Choose the exercise that best fits the person, task, frequency, and load.
Solve Today’s Biggest Problem First. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Timing and priority determine whether an intervention is worth doing now.
- Ask if the problem is a ‘today problem’ before chasing complex solutions.
Progress From Basics To Complexity. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Strip complex issues back to fundamentals and master basic movement before adding complexity.
- Progress complexity only after the person reliably executes simpler patterns.
Prioritize The Big Rocks First. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Prioritize sleep, diet, and daily movement over chasing niche fixes for pain.
- Put more effort into these ‘big rocks’ because they yield faster, larger returns.
Fitness Builds Compounding Physical Equity. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Building fitness is an investment that compounds; early effort yields easier maintenance later.
- Homeostasis resists change, so initial effort creates a new, easier-to-maintain baseline.
Precision Enables Complexity. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Precision governs how complex a task you can handle; increase precision before adding complexity.
- Train execution accuracy so complex exercises become achievable and efficient.
Use Progressions Toward High-Skill Moves. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Use regressions and intermediate variations to build toward complex target exercises like walking lunges.
- Choose progressions that train the same qualities while matching the client’s current skill and time budget.
Explain The Long-Term Returns Clearly. | Listen To This Clip from the episode
- Communicate principles simply to clients so they understand long-term returns and the effort required.
- Teach clients that initial hard work yields durable benefits and easier maintenance later.