#70 - MOVE FIT: I THINK FIT TO GUARANTEE A FLAT BELLY FOR LIFE.

Happy, happy, happy, happy Friday! What's up everyone? It is July 10th, it is Friday. The weekend is almost here. Welcome, I'm Jorge Cruise and welcome to the Jorge Cruise Show. This show, if you don't know what it is about and you're new to it, is really about achieving what I call peak performance living. And for me, that simply means living your life on your terms so you can work better, play better, and enjoy life doing the things you love. I mean, that's what this is all about. It's really about giving you the confidence to do that every single day. So literally, literally, like my, uh, my nutrition mentor Mark Sisson says, you literally are playing, you're living your life, and you just drop dead. There's no disease, you know, as we all should go peacefully in our sleep. But let's not talk about dropping dead quite yet, guys. On today's show, we're talking about, I think, the most important secret and the thing that most fitness trainers, nutritionists overlook. And, you know, I've been doing this for over 20 years, and in my 25 years of being a trainer and working with every celebrity that is super busy. I can tell you this is the thing a lot of people overlook. It's called think fit. For me, it is the, the one thing that will sabotage any workout that I teach, you know. And I teach a lot of interval training, and I'm hoping a lot of you are on day 5 of our 19-day challenge, my clients. If you're not a client and you're following along through the show, I'm hoping that you're utilizing a lot of this week's show videos on YouTube, on my YouTube channel. And also, if you're just listening on Apple Podcasts, that's great as well. But definitely YouTube has more visual for the food demos and the workouts, because really it's all about putting it all together. And there are really only 3 steps, and today's the 3rd and final step. But I really want to kind of throw a twist in here and make it the 1st step, because I believe as much as interval training is important and as much as eating fit is important and learning about intermittent fasting, thinking fit is really number 1. Because if you can teach yourself to think in a way that gives you absolute confidence and certainty in what you're doing, you will always always have a flat belly for the rest of your life. And you'll also have a level of, of fitness and, and confidence that comes from this because a lot of people that I work with lose that edge. And then as much as they have the gym memberships, the workout equipment in their house, it ends up going in the garage with cobwebs and they don't work out. And as much as they know better, they eat the Pop-Tarts, if you know what I mean. And they start eating the wrong foods and then it's this downward spiral. So on today's show, the affirmation is, is really cool. I'll read it to you in a minute. But it's all about really giving you the edge. And I think it's step 1 to true, long-lasting health and fitness. And so we're gonna talk about thinking fit, and it kinda connects to everything we've been doing this week. So welcome to the Jorge Cruise Show. I'm thrilled you guys are here. It's the best one, I think, yet. Now we're brought to you by my website, and today's the last day to fill out my 2020 survey and get in exchange as my thank you my Belly Fat Cure online course that I'm sending out late tonight to all of you guys. So you have it in your box. If you're up late, you'll get it. I'd probably go out around 9 Pacific time because I'm, I'm waiting because it's really for you guys to open up in the morning, I'm hoping. And I want to get as many people to fill out our survey. So if you have not done this, all you have to do is go to JorgeCruise.com. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, it's J-O-R-G-E-C-R-U-I-S-E.com. Click at the top of the page. 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He has also used this avocado oil to make the most, I would say, premium brand avocado-based salad dressings and mayonnaise, because 99.9% of all dressings in the U.S. and in most the Western world are made with something that is really inflammatory, and it's called canola oil. Have you guys heard of canola oil? Really, really bad for your health. Or soybean oil, incredibly inflammatory. Or the one that's the most common, that's the cheapest to get by the bucket, you know, at any big warehouse, is corn oil. But all these are used because they're inexpensive to make these dressings. We use it because it tastes fine, you know, but unfortunately when it goes into our body, it's damaging and it causes inflammation, it causes belly fat. So what Mark did was create this company that literally makes the best salad and mayonnaise, and he's giving all of us free mayonnaise. 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It's a fact, 91% of us have a dangerous amount of belly fat. And it isn't just unsightly. When you have too much belly fat, you're more likely to suffer from aches and pains, low energy, memory loss, and poor sleep, which prevents you from performing your best at work, spending true quality time with your loved ones, and simply enjoying life. The good news is that you can cure belly fat and immediately start to work better, reduce pain, improve memory, and sleep better using simple shortcuts I've gathered. Hi, my name is Jorge Cruise, and I'm known as the 8-Minute Life Strategist to the world's busiest celebrities. I've been a fitness, nutrition, and high-performance high-performance living strategist for over 25 years, and you may have seen my work with Oprah Winfrey, Khloe Kardashian, President Clinton, Tyra Banks, Dr. Oz, Tony Robbins, or even Steve Harvey. My passion to find the best science-backed fitness shortcuts has allowed me to write over 30 books and become a multiple New York Times bestselling author with over 9 million books in print, and I know I can help you too. Welcome to the Jorge Cruise Show. All right, Friday. I love Fridays. It's my day before the weekend. I always see my kids on the weekends. I have two teenagers, one's 16, one's 13, Parker and Owen. You guys have seen them on my Instagram and they're the best sons in the world. I love these guys. And we have some fun family times and family dinners. So hopefully you're gonna have a great weekend as well to relax in San Diego. It's going to be in the upper 80s inland in San Diego. If you were to come to Southern California and LA as well, over 90 degrees. They say in some parts 100. So literally we are melting here, and hopefully you guys are staying cool and healthy. COVID-19 is still out there, but obviously, uh, take good care of yourselves because the weekend is going to be great. And I hope it's going to be a time for you to integrate a lot of what we've been talking about. Now, like I said, we've been talking about the Belly Fat Cure all this week. We started off with proper hydration, that was on Monday's show. Then we went to intermittent fasting, then we talked about how to break the— I saved the best for last, but it really is the first step that I saved for last because a lot of times people don't want to hear this, but I will tell you that your mindset, the way you think, is the number one thing that will sabotage you, not your spouse, partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, kids, uh, job, boss, uh, maybe you're 50, maybe you're 20, whatever it is, you're too young, you're too old, none of that will sabotage you. I have clients in their 80s and 90s. My dad was almost 90 and living this lifestyle. So I can tell you, you can do this. But the thing is, do you believe you can? Because if you can do it, then you will do it. And if you can turn in— something I learned years ago from Tony Robbins, I want to give him credit— you can take your shoulds You know, because I should do this. I should do intermittent fasting. I should do interval training. I should go to bed at 8:30, 9 o'clock, or at least by 10. I should fast. But you take your shoulds and nothing happens. You know, you kind of should all over yourself, no pun intended there. But the goal is to take your shoulds and turn them into musts. Because if you can make that happen today and have an aha moment with me here, I think what will happen is you'll have a level of certainty. And that's all really making a decision is, and its Latin root decision means to cut off, to decide. In Latin, that means to cut off, kind of like burning a bridge and just giving you one direction to go. And I'll tell you, a lot of times the only thing that holds us back is fear. Fear of failure, fear that we can't do this. And so my hope is that you can understand that as much as what I presented is very easy to do all this week, and if you're signing up for the Belly Factor course, you'll receive that tonight and you can try it and start it on Monday, review it over the weekend. What I feel is the one saboteur is this topic thinking fit. And so the affirmation we're going to do, I'm going to put it back on the screen. I'm going to say it 3 times. I'm going to have you do it with me 3 times. And then what we're going to do is I'm going to talk about what you can do to create a feeling of certainty in your body that will give you the edge. And a part of it comes with physiology, the way you stand, the way you breathe. Because a lot of times you can look at someone without even knowing their face and you see them slouched down and kind of like whatever, they're looking down, and you can tell this person is not happy. They're feeling sad, depressed, overwhelmed, all these things. And then you can see someone, you know, I remember the Super Bowl with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, and these ladies had fire. They didn't even have confidence. They were lit up with confidence, and they could light up the Super Bowl, if you know what I mean. So it's that kind of spark that makes Jennifer Lopez strong. It's what makes any superstar a superstar. You got to have that star quality. And you I'm really lucky. I've worked with so many celebrities over my career from Miss Oprah Winfrey. I was on her show when I was in my 20s to being in her magazine, to being in her books, to Steve Harvey. You know, I've met everyone. I've even worked with President Bill Clinton. And I can tell you all these celebrities have an edge. So we're going to talk about how to get that star edge that is really just a spark of incredible confidence. So we'll do that in just a minute. Let's do the affirmation right now. Let me put it up on the screen. Hear the words and visualize this, all right? It says, I think fit to guarantee a flat belly for life. I think fit to guarantee a flat belly for life. I had to throw in the for life thing because I don't want you to yo-yo on this. And remember, what you say to yourself becomes almost like an incantation or some It's almost like magic because the science has shown this, that what you say to yourself, good or bad, if you say it again and again with emotional intensity, will become reality. So that's why I'm going to ask you to do this in just a minute with emotional intensity. Let me say it one last time, the third time. I think fit to guarantee— think of that word, guarantee— a flat belly for life. Isn't that crazy? Imagine right now that you could have a flat stomach. You could look like my mentor Mark Sisson, who's 67 years young, and if you you go to his Instagram, this man has the body of a 27-year-old. You know, he's in phenomenal shape, has a full six-pack, he's got his biceps strong. We, we do a lot of podcasts, you should watch the interviews we've done. He lives life to the tilt. His goal is to make 70 the new 30, and he'll do it because, I mean, I've been following him for almost 17 years and I can tell you he's that kind of a guy. So let's do this together. I would ask you right now to stand tall. This is part of that physiology to think chest out, not puffing out, but up, shoulders back, stand tall. The spine should be straight. Pretend there's a little string on your head and pull yourself up, pull yourself up. All right guys, there it is. Pull up so you're tall, tall, strong. Take a deep breath in. Oxygen is so important for confidence. Breathe it in. Good. And say the following with me. Let's do it 3 times together. I think fit to guarantee a flat belly for life. Again, together: I think fit to guarantee a flat belly for life. One more time: I think fit to guarantee a flat belly for life. A flat belly where you have a small waist circumference. I mean, that's been my, my purpose for 20 years of being an author, 25 years being a trainer, and I feel like it is the number one indicator of health. You guys know that. And so how do we create this confidence in our body so we can believe what we just said? Now, you can do it again and again and again. You can listen to today's podcast on repeat, and I recommend that you may consider that, especially if you doubt yourself. If you, you know, if you're in your 50s almost like me— I'm 49— or 60s or 70s, or you're young, maybe you're 20 or 25. You know, I have a lot of young guys, a lot of young women that follow me because they've struggled with weight. And I struggled as an overweight little kid and an overweight high school kid, an overweight college kid. You can go to JorgeCruise.com and see all my overweight pictures, my fat pictures in the, the About Me section of our website. And you'll know that I really was overweight. I mean, I did not like my belly and I had a problem with it. I was an emotional eater for many reasons and I didn't have that confidence that I could do it, you know? And so how do you get that Jennifer Lopez kind Star quality, that star quality that makes someone a superstar. You know what? It comes from a feeling. Listen to me on this. It's a feeling of certainty. That's all it is. It's not logic. Logic will not give you confidence because logic will give you fear. If you think with your head and you lead with your head, you're gonna logically say, this is hard, this is complicated, fasting is too hard, I can't do one or two meals a day, I need to eat all throughout the day. I don't have time to work out even for 8 minutes. I'm too old. I'm too young. I'm too short. I'm too tall. Blah, blah, blah. You guys get me? You'll— that's thinking. You can't think. So promise me right now, stop thinking. Just listen to my voice, and you have to feel this feeling of certainty in your heart, in your soul, whatever you want to call it, on the inside. And think of a time where you where you were completely confident, where you had that feeling of certainty. Maybe it was a time when you were younger, maybe it was 5 years ago, maybe it was before COVID-19, maybe you've not had it, but think of then someone who you know embodies it. And I'm not saying think of Jennifer Lopez, but you know, she's 50. Think of someone like that, someone that's special. I think of Mark Sisson. You know, my friend Brooke Burke is someone I look to as well, even though she's female and I'm male. She's gorgeous body, she's maintained that her whole life. But she knows she is capable, and we're all capable. We come from a species that is almost 2 million years old, and we were hunters, as we talked about this week, and survivors when necessary on whatever we need to survive on. But we thrive when we can be successful. And if you have lost that momentum during COVID-19, I can tell you right now, you can reboot your life with what I'm about to tell you, because all it takes is body language with breath. It really does. So imagine the following: standing tall right now, I want you to push your hips. I can't show the camera, but I'm pushing my butt back. Tummy is tight, belly button to spine right now, guys. All right, squeeze that belly button in. All right, pull it in. Your chest, like I said a minute ago, is up a little bit. Your shoulders are back. All right, it kind of feels weird. You're like, oh, do I look weird? This is, this is the best posture for your spine. This is the way we should be walking, standing, standing, sitting, at all times. You know, you should have that nice S-shape to your spine right now. It's part of yoga. It's part of the, the training of yoga. That's why so many people in their 40s and 50s do yoga, because they've been hunched over their whole life. And when you are hunched over, guess what happens to your breathing? You lose the diaphragm that's right underneath your lungs, and it doesn't breathe well, and you become a shallow breather. So you need to become a deep breather. And in this way, you're set up for step 2, which is Breath. I wrote about this in a book called The Three Choices, about how to use breath to give you power and overcome pain and turn it into power. And if you guys haven't read that book, definitely pick it up. It's called The Three Choices, and it's powerful, you know, because breath is the next step after body is in place. And you stand with confidence even though you don't have any. Just do it. Stand tall, you know, chest out, shoulders back, tummy tight, belly button to spine right now. Do it for 1 minute right now. You got to do this with me. I don't care if you're driving, listening to me on Apple Podcast or Spotify, if you're watching it on YouTube, wherever you're at, stand the heck up right now. Yes, stand up. I'm watching you. Stand up right now. Chest out, shoulders back, spine straight. Pretend there's that little string. Pull yourself up, be up to your toes. You don't have to be standing on your tippy toes, but stand tall. And this is the way I want you to stand, like a gladiator, like a victor, not a victim. All right, and breathe. Deep breath in through your nose. And let it out through your mouth. Tummy tight when you exhale. Deep breath in, belly comes out, and exhale out. And then the final touch, a smile. You have to put a smile on. If you're watching me on YouTube, you're seeing me smile right now. Ear-to-ear smile. Because the research has shown, even if you're severely depressed and suicidal, if you do what I just asked you to do and smile and hold that in the mirror, hopefully you're still in front of a mirror, you are going to feel like a million dollars. It's just the way the body is wired. We're hardwired to let our physiology dictate our emotional state of mind. This is how you get to peak performance quick. It's a shortcut. That's why I also believe in moving in the morning upon rising. We usually, we think fit, we get out of bed, we don't dilly-dally. We get to working out because it hijacks your body with serotonin, with breath, with dopamine by exercising, doing intervals. But you can do it just by standing this way. You really can. And smiling. Imagine smiling. You're like, "I don't smile, Jorge. I don't like to smile." Well, when was the last time you smiled then? Come on, you gotta smile if you want to feel good. Because this is the key to thinking fit. Because it's hard to have a depressing thought or be angry or have anxiety if you walk this way, if you act this way. So your challenge of all today, Friday, and all throughout the weekend, and how about this? All the next 19 days, if you're doing the 19-day challenge with me, if you're one of my clients or following along here on the show, is to smile. Remember, backwards, smile is last, but do it right now. Stand tall, breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth. Breathe, no shallow breathing right now over the weekend, no shallow breathing today. And stand tall because that way you activate your diaphragm. The diaphragm's going to give you that power to breathe. Breathe. Now you're a power breather. Now you're a power stander. You have good posture. You're going to look 10 years younger just by doing this. That's going to make you happy, and you're going to smile. That is your homework. It's that simple to, to begin to think fit. And that is how you guarantee, guys, a flat belly for life. All right, so please help me share today's podcast with loved ones that are maybe overwhelmed with anxiety, stress, fear. They think they can do it. They, they're the ones that are always the victim, you know, they always blame everyone. It's time we take responsibility, know that the one thing we can control— what, what is it, guys? The one thing we can control, it's not other people. We can't control this economy, we can't control the government, we can't control much, but we can control what we think. And thinking fit begins by believing you can do it, by, by moving your body into that posture and say this affirmation and share it with loved ones. All right, guys, this is an important message because if you do this with every everything else we talked about the other 4 days of this week, day 5 right now, you're going to have a phenomenal start on Monday. And then you'll have my guidance with the online course. Now again, if you haven't signed up for the course, you have to fill out our survey, the 2021. Just go to jorgecruise.com, fill it out, you know the drill. You'll get a text from me, I hope. And also join my text family. You really should join that, guys. Uh, you'll see the phone number on the website. I don't want to give it out and push too much right now because we got a lot going on. I just want you to to stand tall, breathe strong, and smile. That is the formula, hacking into your biochemistry by thinking that you can do this. And as much as you think you can, remember, you can do anything you set your mind on. Anything. You can be a superstar in your own life. And that's all you have to compare yourself. Stop comparing yourself to others out there. I mean, as much as I talk about like Mark Sisson and Jennifer Lopez, let them be themselves. You be just your best self, but you can use them as a blueprint blueprint. You can mimic it, but be your best self. That's all that matters. All right? So I hope this helps tremendously. For me, it is the everything. It is step 1, thinking fit, then moving fit, then eating fit. So all that is coming out to you tonight, guys, with the Belly Factor course. I hope to hear your success on it. We're going live today at 3 PM on Facebook Pacific time, so please join me at Jorge— or at facebook.com/jorgecruise. And I hope to see you for the discussion on this topic. We do it every Monday through Friday at 3 PM for the most part. I'll, I'll announce it if I'm doing it, but 3 PM, 6 PM Eastern time. Hope to see you there live. All right, peace and purpose. Have a great rest of your Friday. Take care. Hey, it's Jorge Cruise. If you have one more minute, I wanted to address something that I think is super important, and that is if you need help with anything from the show, if you need help about losing belly fat, if you want help about intermittent fasting, if you want help about exercise, interval training, anything at all, I want you to join my Fit Family on text. It's a brand new service I've just launched. And if you really do need help, I want you to text me right now. It really is that simple. You'll be part of my texting family. I have a group of people that I work with via text and it's all for free. I'd love you to join. All you have to do is text my, uh, Malibu number. It's a 424 area code number, so I'm going to give it to you right now. Jot this down, or while you're listening, text me right now. I mean it. 424-228-9548, and you'll join my Fit Family. Let me give it to you one more time. It's area code 424-228- . Now it's going to work only in the US, so I have to say that if you're listening to our show outside of the US, sorry, no international texting yet at least. And, uh, but 80% of you in the US should be able to text me. I know if you have T-Mobile, you have to put on premium service or something like that, uh, but this is free and I'm going to be giving away a lot of my time on this texting service, a lot of free things like our Belly Fat Cure course will be announced on here. So if you've done my survey, this is how you'll get access to it. I'll be doing special livestream events only for people in my texting community, and I'll be announcing my next 19-day challenge on there as well. So really utilize this, and, and you'll get first glances from our show as well. So it'll be a great chance for us to connect, and I may even call you and FaceTime time. So kind of a fun thing. Again, the number— text me, literally do it right now— area code 424-228-9548. And I look forward to having you join my Fit Family. Take good care and God bless. Peace and purpose.