#74 - Move Fit: Morning HIIT exercise ignites my best life.

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 peak performance trainer for over 20 years, and you may have seen my work with Oprah Winfrey, Khloe Kardashian, Tyra Banks, President Clinton, Kelly Clarkson, Dr. Oz, Tony Robbins, or even Steve Harvey. My career started because in my early 20s I had no no control of my life, and experts told me I was tired and overweight because I didn't exercise enough and overate.

They were wrong.

I discovered that there are fitness shortcuts that would give you control of your life in less time. 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 get control of your life. Welcome to the Jorge Cruise Show.

Happy Wednesday, guys. It's Jorge Cruise and welcome to the show. I'm super excited you're here. It's September 9th. It is Wednesday, hump day. Happy Wednesday. Uh, I hope you're having a great middle of the week here. Uh, I know for me, I had a great class this morning with my clients, got some HIIT training in. And if you heard yesterday's show, you know, we talked about the power of HIIT training to give you control over your life. I mean, beyond, uh, losing weight and beyond burning belly fat, it's really about maximizing longevity and feeling darn good even during COVID-19. And, uh, and hopefully you also heard Monday's show where we talked to Dr. Jason Fung. And Dr. Jason Fung is literally the world's leading authority on intermittent fasting, which is kind of the diet component to what I prescribe in this 8-minute world. I call it the 8-minute life, um, and it's really about understanding that, uh, intermittent fasting is a tool for wellness. It's not about an eating disorder. And that was all discussed on Monday's show, episode—

what was it—

72. So make sure you hear 72 And yesterday was all about HIIT. And today we are talking about morning HIIT training. And I'll tell you why that's so important because so many clients say, all right, all right, I'm going to do HIIT training. This thing works. It's wonderful. I'll do it at night after work. And I'll tell you, listen to me right now. I'm looking at you. You've got to do this in the morning upon rising, ideally. Literally, it is something that will trigger your body to transform. It will give you an afterburn effect all throughout the day. But best of all, it's going to give you serotonin and dopamine all throughout the day. So it's like a Prozac. So we're going to talk about that on today's show. Today's show is brought to you by 8minutesalive.com. That's where I train my clients. And I'm super excited that next Monday, September 14th, we are launching live. It's a soft launch, but we are going to be allowing more members to join. You can find out everything you've ever wanted to know about my whole methodology by going to 8, the number 8 minutes live.com. The site is live. You can get the text alert, become part of our text family and get dialed in on Monday. I'll also be releasing a masterclass called the 8 Minute Cure. All of that for free at, uh, 8minuteslive.com. So check that out. We're also brought to you by Zero Hunger Water. Zero Hunger Water is my new baby. It's something that I've developed for myself and a lot of the celebrities I worked with in Malibu, New York City. As I'll tell you, as much as intermittent fasting is transformative, as we learned on Monday from Dr. Jason Fung, uh, shout out to Dr. Jason Fung, who also wrote the introduction to my book from 3 years ago called Cruise Control. All on intermittent fasting. But I'll tell you the truth, as much as this gives us the greatest edge out there, fasting, um, it's hard to do sometimes because of one darn thing: hunger control, a lack of it. And if you feel like because of COVID-19 you are out of control with your eating and you want that control— and it's not even about curving, uh, cravings, it's not about that. I think it's just controlling your hunger, you know. And for me, it's all been about electrolytes, about understanding the magnesium-potassium ratios that are important to superhydrate, which 90% of time I've told my clients this, it's false hunger. When you think you're hungry, it's just simply you're dehydrated. So please check out zerohungerwater.com. It's launching later this year. It's the letter Z as in zebra, zero, Z-E-R-O, zerohungerwater.com. Find out and be the first to discover more as we share more and more. It's going to be awesome. Uh, I use it every morning. I've been using it with certain clients and more to come on that, guys. And finally, we're also brought to you by Primal Kitchen. Primal Kitchen is my favorite website for avocado oil products from salad dressing to mayo, started by my mentor Mark Sisson, and they're giving us a free lemon chipotle mayonnaise if you simply go to primalkitchen.com/jorgecruise. They've been doing this for a while now, and it's amazing because this stuff is anti-inflammatory.

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I put a dollop of it on my steak every day. It is amazing. Check it out, and it's all free at primalkitchen.com/jorgecruise. With that said, let's get started, guys. Today, We're talking about the morning time, kind of a magic time for me because upon rising, you know, you set the tone for everything. You know, if you wake up feeling tired and whatever, you can restart the morning immediately upon rising. You can have a little coffee if you want to get some, hopefully some hydration with some good electrolytes, but then get to moving. And a lot of my clients will say, oh, well, I like your 8 Minute Method, but let me do it at night. Let me do it at lunch. And here's what the science has shown.

If you wait to do it later in the day, 90% of us won't do it.

And you'll miss the afterburn effect that comes from high-intensity interval training where you burn stored energy throughout your body if you do it in the morning. So it activates that metabolism and you want that. And best of all, you're going to release in the morning. It's like popping a Prozac. You're going to feel great. So even if you have a stressful day ahead, you're anxious, you're overwhelmed, it turns it all off. It's a biohack that literally puts you in a state of mind where then everything else comes forward, you know, because once you get moving in the morning, then you can start thinking positively. Physically. I call it the 8-minute mind.

And then you can eat right.

It all comes from this. So the morning is what I want you to do. And I have an affirmation that I think will reinforce this so you can become an early bird with me. Now it doesn't have to be upon 4 o'clock in the morning, nothing crazy. That's what time I wake up for, 4:30. But I go live with my clients at 7 AM Pacific time. So I'm going to challenge you to start making the morning 7 AM, maybe your time. Maybe you'll be joining us on Monday for the livestream because it'll be open on Monday. But whenever you work out, make it in the morning.

I would do it before 11 AM.

As you were cutting it right till 11, it's going to be noon and it's lunchtime and forget it. Do it upon rising. My, my suggestion is roll out of bed, use the bathroom, drink a little water with electrolytes, get moving.

8 minutes is all you need.

And we talked about how to do high-intensity interval training yesterday. So listen to yesterday's show, go to my Instagram. I did a little bit I did a little demo in my gym to show you how to do 40 seconds low, 40 seconds high, 40 seconds low. It's super, super darn easy.

Uh, but you need to do it upon rising. Roll out of bed, use the bathroom, and get moving.

You're gonna be so much more successful, 90% more successful is what the science has shown, and you're gonna feel better all throughout the day. So listen to the affirmation. I've got it for you right here, and then we're gonna do it 3 times together. It's a simple one.

It says, Morning HIIT.

And remember, HIIT stands for high-intensity interval training.

So morning HIIT exercise ignites my life. Isn't that cool?

That's a word I picked out, ignites, because we want to light this up.

You want to have a great life.

Okay, so let's do this together. Stand up tall if you're seated. Imagine you have a little string in your head and pull yourself up high, right?

See if Good posture, shoulders back, chest out.

Take a deep breath, maybe in front of a mirror. It's ideally how you do an affirmation. And say the following words with me, all right?

Morning HIIT exercise ignites my best life. Again, morning HIIT exercise ignites my best life.

One more time, hear the words. Morning.

See the sun rising. See that morning, that magic light. Morning HIIT exercise ignites, ignites your life being ignited, lit up where you're, you're in charge, you're full of energy, passion, even ignites my best life. Think about that and close your eyes for a second. Think of your best life. What is that to you?

Is that where you can work, you know, and do what you need to do during COVID and not feel tired, not feeling fatigue?

And if you're retired, maybe if you're lucky, it's just to enjoy life with your loved ones where you're mobile, you're active, you can play with grandkids.

Or if you're a parent like me, you can keep up with your teenagers, right, who are 16, and 13 and surfing and hiking and all that.

What is your best life? Is it simply having the confidence to walk into a room and know that you have that edge, that confidence that comes from being fit, from feeling good on the inside?

And not from food.

Don't get me wrong, we love food because it fuels our body, but it's not, it's not for entertainment.

I mean, we use exercise as a way to play, to way to improve our health, to transform. And then hopefully you live a life where you're doing great things with loved ones, family, friends. Uh, if it's because of COVID maybe you're not seeing them, but you're doing the things you want. Maybe you're starting a business you've always wanted. Now you have the time.

So think of that best life. That's what I want to challenge you to do right now.

Because if you have that vision, you have that reason, you're going to follow through every morning. You're going to wake up with energy. You may have to wake up a little earlier, uh, right? But that means go to bed a little earlier. Try to get 7, 8 hours of sleep. We can talk about that on another show. But please, I encourage you to share this with your loved ones, uh, 2 to 3 people. Share today's show.

And if you need anything from me, any kind of help on this, text me.

My text community, it's 424-228-9548. And get all the show notes about the science behind everything we talk about at jorgecruiseshow.com. It's all there and it's all for free. All right guys, have a great rest of your day. Peace and purpose.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Hey, it's Jorge.

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. So I'd love you to join. All you have to do is text my Malibu number. It's a 424 area code number. So I'm gonna 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. I'm gonna give it to you one more time. It's area code 424-228-9548. 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. Uh, 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, uh, 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 you. 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.