“Could what stresses you now in your life be opportunities for growth? How could you embrace the challenges that you’re going through to strengthen your personal and professional resilience?” asks Dr. Andrew Fix.

Stress often gets a bad reputation, but what if it’s actually the force that makes us stronger? In this episode, Dr. Fix unpacks how facing adversity can build resilience, using relatable examples like the struggles of sports and the deepening roots of a tree in a storm. He challenges us to rethink our perspective: Are the challenges we avoid the very ones that could help us grow? This episode will leave you with a refreshed outlook on stress and actionable ways to turn obstacles into opportunities.

Quotes

• “Ultimately, the wind is going to push and prod and challenge that tree. It’s going to cause splintering in the roots and it’s going to force and encourage those roots to dig deeper and deeper and deeper. And ultimately it’s going to strengthen that tree.” (03:40 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “We’re going to face struggles. And as a result of that, we’re going to be able to build resilience through gradually accomplishing more and more and more or tackling more and more and more of these obstacles.” (04:20 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “If we avoid stress in its entirety, and we try to live a stress-free life, if you ask me, we’re going to live a pretty unfulfilling life because we’re not going to have things that we need to build resilience from.” (06:07 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “Instead of thinking about avoiding stress, we want to embrace it. It’s an opportunity at the end of the day to build a stronger foundation, to build a more resilient mindset.” (06:43 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “What stresses now in your life could be opportunities for growth? How could you embrace the challenges that you’re going through to strengthen your personal and professional resilience?” (07:18 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

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Confidence isn’t something you stumble upon. It’s something you create. Lesley Logan, the founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com and host of Be It Till You See It, joins Dr. Andrew Fix to talk about how Pilates, belief, and community can transform not just your body, but your mindset.

What if you stop waiting for confidence to show up and start embodying the qualities of the person you want to become? Lesley shares how her journey from a Pilates skeptic to a global instructor was shaped by daily practice, resilience, and surrounding herself with a supportive community. From her athletic roots to her philosophy of “Be It Till You See It,” she reveals how small, bold steps lead to meaningful growth.

This episode touches on the power of deliberate action, the role of community in breaking through self-doubt, and the ways Pilates connects body and mind. How can stepping out of your comfort zone and leaning into belief change your life? Lesley’s story is proof that it can!

Quotes

• “I don’t believe in faking it till you make it. I believe that if I knew what to do in this situation, what would I do? If I knew how to be a confident CEO who ran a business, what would that person do? What do they worry about? How do they do this? And then I take action. I take messy action. And that’s what being it till you see it means.” (07:52 | Lesley Logan)
• “Sometimes we actually have a lot of the things that we want, but we’ve put ourselves in a position like, ‘I don’t know enough, I’m not good enough, I’m not fast enough.’ So we actually put ourselves further away from the finish line than we are.” (15:20 | Lesley Logan)
• “The comfort zone is actually quite uncomfortable if we’re really honest with ourselves. And being outside of the comfort zone is scary—absolutely—but also it’s kind of like, what could happen?” (31:01 | Lesley Logan)
• “Knowing where you want to go and then taking the first next step is all you need. A lot of people want to know all the steps in between. It is impossible. You don’t know. You also could have the roadmap, and then they are doing construction on it.” (32:21 | Lesley Logan)
• “I believe that when you do Pilates, you connect to yourself, and when you connect to yourself, you can connect more to others.” (48:49 | Lesley Logan)

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Strength is more than just muscles. It’s the foundation of health and financial savings as you age. In this episode, Dr. Andrew Fix talks about the cost of weakness, referencing a 2018 UK study that found individuals aged 71 to 80 with weaker grip strength incurred 250% higher healthcare expenses, amounting to 3.25 billion pounds annually (approximately $4 billion USD).

Grip strength emerges as a powerful predictor of overall body strength and longevity, with stronger individuals enjoying lower healthcare costs and better health outcomes. Dr. Fix challenges the assumption that all age-related health declines are inevitable, suggesting that many are the result of deconditioning rather than aging itself. Regular strength training and physical activity, he explains, can offset these declines and boost functionality, allowing older adults to rival much younger, untrained individuals in fitness and health.

Pointing out the role of exercise intensity, Dr. Fix cautions that walking alone isn’t enough for significant health gains. Instead, he advocates for challenging strength training at least twice a week, paired with adequate protein intake to support recovery and muscle growth. By prioritizing strength, listeners can improve their quality of life while potentially saving on healthcare costs in the long run.

Quotes

• “Grip strength is actually a really good measure of longevity and of overall body strength because though it is a quick measurement, you can get a very specific exact number in terms of pounds or newtons or whatever unit of measurement you’re going to use. But it’s very hard to get a strong grip and not strengthen the rest of your body.” (03:05 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “Weaker people spent more money on their health, addressing things than stronger people did. So, it is more beneficial cost-wise, price-wise, more dollars in your pocket to be stronger than it is to be weaker.” (06:00 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “Is it possible that some of what we consider normal aging, ‘Oh, that’s just part of getting old,’ is really just deconditioning?” (07:46 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “The intensity really matters. We need to be pushing it. We need to be challenging ourselves, and we need to be doing things that are hard, that require speed, that require power and strength. And those things are going to lead to positive health changes.” (10:44 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
• “What are you doing now, daily or weekly, to move the needle forward from a strength perspective? Are you recovering adequately? Are you getting adequate nutrition so that your body can do what it’s meant to do from that strength training that you’re doing? Based on research, if you do those things, you are likely to spend less money on health problems later in life than those who are weaker.” (14:38 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

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