How HIT Exercise Helps Reverse Chronic Disease

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Tim Dettmann

There is a quiet pandemic that’s going on in the world that not enough people are talking about: chronic disease.

More and more people are getting chronically ill, but what if the solution to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic conditions has actually been there all along?

In this episode, university lecturer, researcher, and physiotherapist Tim Dettmann joins us to talk about how high-intensity training can literally help save lives and extend both lifespan and healthspan, and why many HIT practitioners don’t realize the power they have to help their clients — and why that needs to change.

This is one of those episodes that is genuinely eye-opening, even if you’ve been in the health and fitness sphere for a long time — don’t miss it!

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Show Notes

02:18 – The quiet pandemic: chronic disease
04:17 – How Tim decided on what to focus on
06:22 – What fitness professionals need to NEVER forget
12:16 – The big difference between a HIT studio owner’s and a potential client’s viewpoints (and why this matters)
14:31 – The biggest reason older people don’t exercise and how this should affect your client consultations
16:09 – How does exercise help with chronic diseases (osteoporosis, heart disease, diabetes)?
24:10 – Is strength gain the least important benefit of exercise?
30:04 – Why HIT professionals need to get better at conveying the benefits of exercise by being good storytellers
35:01 – Has the medical establishment grown in its trust in the value of strength training?
37:54 – Tim cites an interesting study on how soon you can strength train after you get your sternum cracked open with an angle grinder (and what the
surprising benefits were)
40:55 – Why did strength training get the reputation of not being safe to begin with?
43:25 – A useful tip on reading strength training studies and how to use this information in your client communication
48:15 – Why Werner Kieser didn’t put mirrors in his strength training facilities (on the art and science of getting more people to exercise)
56:45 – Why supervised training matters more than you think
1:01:04 – What Tim thinks of Discover Strength’s workouts
1:04:53 – What HIT strength trainers should do for and know about their clients
1:07:37 – What’s with the growing number of HIT businesses in Australia?
1:11:07 – Why aren’t more strength training professionals using high-intensity training methods despite all the evidence of its benefits?
1:15:33 – It might be a good idea to convey the time-saving benefits of HIT in your branding and marketing