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🔴 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2zVQDLO - If we're honest, most people aren't aging. They're slowly breaking. We normalize being tired in our 30s, soft in our 40s, injured in our 50s, medicated in our 60s. We're swimming in toxic food, lazy science, TikTok fitness hacks, and quick fixes that leave us weaker and more confused than ever. But the truth is brutally simple. As we get older, we're either in growth mode or decay mode. There's no neutral. What if longevity wasn't mystery or vanity, but strategy? Imagine treating muscle mass, heart strength, and metabolic health is non-negotiable assets and building a personal ecosystem that makes you stronger at 40, 50, and 60+ than you were a decade ago. That's the promise behind the goal within cutting through the noise with a system that's science backed, brutally honest and designed, designed for real lives in real, toxic world. Today we're joined by the man behind that system, Timothy Ward. Longevity expert, elite performance coach, fitness sciences leader and founder of Livestrong. He's the author of The Goat Within and is the creator of Fitness Quadrant, the framework that's been used to transform everyone from high performers to everyday men and women who refuse to slide into decay. We're going to talk about why muscle is magic, how to engineer your own longevity blueprint and what it really takes to live healthy, strong, and switched on for the long haul.

On this episode of American Real, Roger asks Timothy about the numbers regarding certain health risks. "So there's so much information and data to be really highlighted," Timothy says. "High blood pressure adds about 20 to 25% increased risk of you dying. High blood pressure. Type two diabetes is about 30%. Maybe a little bit more smoking. If you're a smoker, you have a 50% increase in dying early. Okay, serious numbers. Let me compare those to something you've never had your doctor talk to you about. We talk to you about strength and VO2 max. If you're weak, meaning you have low muscular strength and you're losing your strength as you age, you're carrying a 250% higher risk of death, 250%."

WHERE TO FIND TIMOTHY: Timothy's Book: https://a.co/d/3cjrRM6 Timothy's Website: https://fitnessquadrant.net/ - Roger L. Brooks is the founder and host of American Real and American Real Publishing Company. If you'd like to learn more about getting your book published or becoming a bestselling author, schedule a call with a member of Roger's team here ➡️ https://www.officialrogerbrooks.com/book - Get Roger's latest book, "The Power of Being Rich: 10 Essential Steps to Manifest What You Already Have" by clicking on this link: https://amzn.to/2TN0sFr - Follow Roger on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerlbrooks/

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🔴 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2zVQDLO - We talk a lot about innovation and ambition on the show, but there's a deeper operating system that determines where all that energy goes. Call it virtue. At a time when climate stress, inequality and runaway media incentives pull us toward cynicism. Three ancient ideas feel surprisingly disruptive. Courage, compassion, and redemption. Courage to tell the truth when it's inconvenient. Compassion to widen the circle of who counts and redemption. The audacity to change course personally and collectively before it's too late. Here's the question I want us to sit with today. What is the worthy role for humans? The most consequential species on Earth in the living tapestry of this planet? When power meets conscience, who wins? And can a good story actually move us from greed and self-interest towards stewardship and solidarity? We think it can. Especially when it's told with heart, with urgency, and with an innovation to act. Today we're joined by Geoffrey Holland, an Emmy Award winning writer, producer, journalist and assertive humanitarian voice for nature, people and the planet. His new novel, "Virtue: Courage-Compassion-Redemption," follows power, conscience and what it takes to change course personally and globally. It's a story that entertains while asking hard questions about media responsibility and the future we choose. Together, we'll talk craft, character, and why Geoffrey is committing book proceeds to real world activism and what he's building next.

On this episode of American Real, Roger asks Geoffrey what got him started as an active voice for nature enthusiasts. "Well, it began when I was growing up," Geoffrey says. "As a teenager, I read National Geographic stories about Jane Goodall and her exploits in Gambia Reserve in Tanzania with chimpanzees... And that just reinforced my desire to be a voice, in service of nature."

WHERE TO FIND GEOFFREY: Geoffrey's Book: https://a.co/d/6pg5kG2 Geoffrey's Website: https://www.virtueisgreen.com/ - Roger L. Brooks is the founder and host of American Real and American Real Publishing Company. If you'd like to learn more about getting your book published or becoming a bestselling author, schedule a call with a member of Roger's team here ➡️ https://www.officialrogerbrooks.com/book - Get Roger's latest book, "The Power of Being Rich: 10 Essential Steps to Manifest What You Already Have" by clicking on this link: https://amzn.to/2TN0sFr - Follow Roger on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerlbrooks/

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🔴 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2zVQDLO - How do you explore what it means to grow up in the shadows of trauma? To carry the weight of rejection and to somehow find a way through it all. Not just with scars, but with strength. That's the journey we're stepping into today. In this episode, we'll talk about post-traumatic stress syndrome, homophobia, family dysfunction, domestic violence, and the fragile but essential roads toward forgiveness and reconciliation. But this just isn't a story about pain. It's also about survival, storytelling, and the power of laughter to keep us sane. And it begins with a book. In 1978, the late Barbara Johnson, a bestselling Christian author, published a book called “Where Does a Mother Go to Resign?” Then later, the publisher changed the name to “When Your Child Breaks Your Heart.” A heartfelt but one sided account of her grief after her son came out as gay. That book touched the hearts of many, but it also told only half the story. Now, decades later, David Johnson, her son, is sharing the other half. David is an author, survivor, cinema therapist and behavior modification psychotherapist. His new book, “When All Else Fails, Blame Your Mother,” is a powerful and personal response to the narrative his mother left behind. It's an unfiltered, emotionally raw, and often hilariously biting look at trauma, family, and what it means to take your story back. He's also the founder of the Crown Bear Society and the creative force behind the YouTube channel, David The Cinema Therapist, where he uses film and humor as therapeutic tools to help others heal, especially within the LGBTQ+ community. This is a conversation about truth, about reclaiming your identity, and about how the stories we inherit don't have to define the ones we write for ourselves.

On this episode of American Real, Roger asks David what inspired the title of his book. “My mother,” David says. “My mother has written over 20 books, and I started the official Barbara Johnson Library, which lists all of her books. And also in my book it lists her books. So once we had been able to bring some repairs to our relationship, then her career took off and she just wrote. Her titles are like, ‘I'm So Glad You Told Me What I Didn't Want to Know,’ and ‘Splashes Of Joy From The Cesspools Of Life,’ she was known for her crazy titles.”

WHERE TO FIND DAVID: David’s Book: https://a.co/d/9i8alfB David’s Website: https://officialbarbarajohnsonlibrary.com/ David’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbradford/ David’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jesterdb

- Roger L. Brooks is the founder and host of American Real and American Real Publishing Company. If you'd like to learn more about getting your book published or becoming a bestselling author, schedule a call with a member of Roger's team here ➡️ https://www.officialrogerbrooks.com/book - Get Roger's latest book, "The Power of Being Rich: 10 Essential Steps to Manifest What You Already Have" by clicking on this link: https://amzn.to/2TN0sFr - Follow Roger on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerlbrooks/

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