Dr. Clay Ardoin And Moe Schlachter - Understanding Your ‘Why’ To Sustain Healthy Habits [Episode 74]

Dr. Clay Ardoin is a physical therapist who uses his manual therapy skills, teachings in physical therapy, continued studies in functional movement diagnostics, as well as strength and conditioning, to bridge the gap between rehabilitation and returning to performance training.

Moe Schlachter is a registered nutritionist and dietician who obtained his Masters of Nutrition degree at Texas Woman’s University. He is a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES formerly known as CDE).

Today, Dr. Clay Ardoin and Moe Schlachter join the show to discuss New Year’s Resolutions, strategies to maintain those resolutions throughout the year, the importance of nutrition and exercise and how to differentiate between pain and soreness when working out.

Key Takeaways

01:31 – Dr. Clay Ardoin & Moe Schlachter join the show to share motivational techniques to maintain New Year’s Resolutions

10:58 – Moe provides his thoughts on nutrition and dieting during the New Year

15:04 – Advice Dr. Clay & Moe would give to those looking to lose 10-15 pounds

17:56 – Dr. Clay and Moe share their approaches to addressing low-back pain and other chronic pain

22:06 – Differentiating between pain and soreness while working out

25:25 – Dr. Flowers thanks Dr. Clay Ardoin & Moe Schlachter for joining today’s show and lets listeners know where they can connect with them

Tweetable Quotes

“It’s hard. It’s hard to change habits. It’s hard to change behaviors. That’s one thing to make sure people understand is that not many people can see this through. So, the fact that you’re willing to get this started is at least a step in the right direction.” (07:30) (Dr. Clay Ardoin)

“I like to tell people to remember why you got started. The ‘why’ is really important, because motivation will fade at the end of the day. What is your ‘why?’ Weeks go by, months go by and things can become a little faded. You can almost forget why you started. And, if people are telling you to do this and you’re doing it for them, you really have to do it for yourself and those changes have to come from within. It does become hard to stay with your goals but you just have to go back and say, ‘This is why I’m doing this,’ and it helps you get back on track.” (10:04) (Dr. Clay Ardoin)

“There’s research on this. There’s a 2020 study that showed that an action-oriented goal or a process-oriented goal has a higher statistical chance of sticking than an avoidance-oriented goal.” (11:59) (Moe Schlachter)

“Can you get up ten minutes earlier and do something? You don’t need to block out two hours in the middle of your day, maybe it’s twenty minutes before your day starts and twenty minutes before you go to bed. That can make a huge difference over the course of weeks and months.” (17:39) (Dr. Clay Ardoin)

“Regardless of where a person’s diet is at a given moment, there’s always this opportunity to increase anti-inflammatory foods.” (20:44) (Moe Schlachter)

“A lot of it is just having conversations and building that rapport with the patients. It’s even more important than the exercise itself. You have to be able to build that trust.” (23:15) (Dr. Clay Ardoin)

Resources Mentioned

JFlowers Health Institute – https://jflowershealth.com

JFlowers Health Institute Contact – [phone]

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