#77 - Should YOU quit the gym?

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.

Well, welcome everyone. It is Monday, September 21st. I'm so excited you're here. Welcome. I'm Jorge and welcome to the Jorge Cruise Show. Uh, September 21st, ah, a magical day. One of my favorite shows, actually there's two, back on the air today. My girl Kelly Clarkson, met her, gosh, back in 2005 when she was just coming off of American Idol. Um, And congratulations to her. Her season starts today. So tune into that. And my girl Wendy Williams in New York also starting today. So shout out to both my favorite girls and clients. So Monday, what do we got here for the week? What do we got going on? Well, so many of you have been sending me text messages. You know, I have a texting community, have been DMing me on Instagram, have been sending me messages through Facebook Messenger. Regardless of how you reach out to me, there's a big question out there. Last month, I was preparing 8 Minutes Live. We launched this month, and this is my training website. It's where I train all my clients online. We have access to all the eating information as well. A lot of you have been asking, well, Jorge, if I join your 8 Minutes Live, can I also get coaching from you on nutrition? So absolutely. But what we're gonna talk about today is your number one question, this idea of gyms. Do I need to do your 8-minute exercises in a gym? Do I need equipment? Do I need dumbbells even? Simple things. We're going to talk about that because I want you to leave today's show with some confidence knowing that you and a gym or equipment that's expensive is something you don't need to invest in. There are other things you need to invest in like yourself, going to bed, waking up at the right time, maybe working out with me, some simple things. But you don't need a lot of expensive things and you don't need to use a gym. As much as I go to a gym on occasion and I love a gym, You don't need it anymore. You truly don't. You can use your own body weight. We're going to talk about that today as your strength training tool, your own body weight easily. So we're going to talk about that today. Now the show is brought to you by 8minuteslive.com. That is where I train my clients. And simply check that out. We are live right now. Just go to 8, the number 8, minuteslive.com. I'm thrilled we're live. If you're interested in working with me privately, you can also do private coaching there, things that I do with like Sonya Morgan or Durinda Medley in New York. You can do that. I only have about 3 spots open. And I only work with 10 people worldwide at one time. So if you're interested, whether it's one-on-one or in a group setting, check out 8 Minutes Live. Love to have you join me. And again, we're going to talk about how that works today and how you don't need a gym and you don't need equipment. We're also brought to you by Zero Hunger Water. This is my passion project, kind of my legacy, I feel, that I hope I can leave a mark in the world. 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Whether you're doing HIIT training, regular strength training, yoga, walking, do you need that? It's fall now. It's getting a little cooler. October's around the corner. You're like, "I don't know if I even want to walk outside." Gyms are open. You know, they're partly open in San Diego. The one I go to here in San Diego, in Pacific Beach, is an outdoor gym. So some of those gyms will always be open because they're outside. Made, but some of them are indoors. You know, do you want a treadmill? Do you need equipment? Do you want a Peloton? Do you want to buy new dumbbells or kettlebells? So here's what I want to tell you right now. Please hear me on this, so important. If you're someone who wants to transform their health, please know that you do not need a gym and you do not need equipment. All you need is a plan. What did our ancestors have 10,000 years ago? There were no dumbbells, Yes or no, right? There were no gyms. So I want you to be free of gyms. And so we have an affirmation today. I'm going to say it once. This is something I had to tell to Sonja Morgan. I'm going to post a picture of Sonja and I doing one of my favorite exercises. It requires no equipment, no gyms. It's called the plank. Do you guys know the plank? I'll be posting it on Insta as soon as this shows up so you can see it, because I worked with Sonja last year and had the best time with her, whether it was outdoors in Central Park or indoors in her home, or we'd go to Equinox gyms. We'd do pure yoga, all this stuff. But you don't need equipment, you know. And as a yoga instructor myself, we know how much we can use our own body weight. Now, there's an ancient exercise method that goes back 10,000 years, sometimes even more. So people say older than that, and you don't need equipment. So I want you to be free of that. So listen to these words right now, all right? It says, I am free of the gym. You're like, whoa, that's deep. I want you to know that if you want to have permission from Jorge Cruise, your trainer, right now to let go of your gym membership, to not just put it on hold but to say, you know what, I'm going to take a break and I'm going to cancel my membership, you can do that. And if you were buying some sort of fancy equipment or going to spend $3,000 or $4,000 on a Peloton, there's no need. You don't need that either. So let's say this together 3 times. This is your affirmation for freedom right now and for confidence, because I can tell you as a trainer for 2 decades, over 25 years now training people in a gym. You don't need the equipment that's in there, as much as it's great. And I'm not saying you don't need a gym if, if you choose to have a gym because it's something you enjoy, that's fine. But you don't need it to lose weight, to transform your life, to get control of your life, to build lean muscle, to do high-intensity interval training. You just need your own body weight. You'll see the pictures I did with Sonia. Basic things like planks. Whether you have sore wrists or not, you can do them. We can modify things using your own body weight. So let's do this right now, 3 times. Here it is, say it with me. Stand tall, look, look yourself in the mirror if you can, if you're in front of a mirror, and say the following. Say, I am free of gyms. It's kind of profound. I know the gyms aren't gonna like me, but it's okay. Again, I am free of gyms. One more time. I am free of gyms. Put a little asterisk there and say, and of expensive equipment. I mean, if you want to keep your dumbbells— I have clients that use dumbbells, but you don't need them. You really don't. And what you need is just your own body weight. And so this whole week I'm going to talk about HIIT training and how I work out and what you need, because that was one of your biggest questions. It's like, Oh gosh, it's so expensive. Gyms, I need equipment. I want to work with you, Jorge, but I do have to buy more stuff. You don't have to buy anything. If anything, you can sell that old treadmill unless you like it. Now again, please let me be clear right now. If you have a gym membership and you enjoy it, I am not saying cancel it. I'm just saying if you're not using it and it's expensive, or you think you want to join a gym, but you're uncomfortable going to a gym because of the social environment, because of the health environments, because of COVID-19. You're free of it. You don't need it anymore. You can work out. This whole 8MinuteLive.com program I created during COVID-19 was created because all my clients, whether it was Sonia Morgan, Dorinda Medley, or my online clients, or my readers of books, none of us could go to the gym. And now the gyms are kind of opening up. People are asking, do I need more more of this, and you don't. So realize that you are free of that as of today. Tune in tomorrow where I talk about what you can do in place of that. I teased it right now with the plank. We're going to talk more about the plank tomorrow and what other exercises you can do using your own body weight. Make sure to check out my Instagram, go to instagram.com/jorgecruise, and share this message of freedom, I hope, and of, of just common sense that you can use your own body weight. All right guys, have a beautiful Beautiful Monday, and I'll see you tomorrow. Take care. Peace and purpose. 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, uh, 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, uh, 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 gonna 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, 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, but this is free. And I'm gonna 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 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.