Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club.

One of the best parts of this podcast, the fitness newsletter,

and the Pump app is that there are so many ways to get feedback from all of you because I see your questions and comments and that helps me keep my ear to the ground and see what's getting you going and holding you back.

One thing I know holding you back is that so many

gurus and influences share conflicting information

and you get into the weeds and end up frozen with analysis paralysis.

I love pranks.

So I thought about doing an April Fool's Day email and podcast. But going through wellness, social media for an hour

is better than any joke I could ever write. Here are some actual posts you might find.

Daniel showed me some guy claiming you should eat rawball testicles to optimize your hormones.

For years I've seen people claiming you can detox your body with $200 worth of juices.

I saw a video of someone saying to eat bacon instead of using sunscreen.

There are dozens of pills claiming

they can magically melt fat from your body.

Still trying to understand this one,

but I was told someone says you should let sunshine into your anus so you have more energy and

you even have people saying you can't drink your morning coffee until you've been awake

for many hours. I think this defeats the whole purpose of morning coffee.

Not a single one of these is an April fool's joke. They're all real, but don't confuse real with true.

Many are meant to sell you something, the shortcut you need to finally discover fitness.

I'm sure some of these influences mean well. But the result of all of this

information is a lot of people who don't know where to get started. Even when

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