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Length: ~2hr30min, 12 lessons

My rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

My one-liner takeaway: A healthy life is about a lot more than just lifting weights and looking good.

I hadn’t heard of Joe Holder before this Masterclass. He’s a master trainer with Nike and an extremely wholesome and thoughtful guy. Throughout the videos he explains his philosophy for personal fitness and wellness. His holistic approach goes beyond the aesthetics and focuses on understanding your values. He does focus the bulk of the course on physical exercise paired with a primer on nutrition and an articulation of the importance and meaning of recovery. The course includes three half-hour long workout sessions focused on mobility, strength, and HIIT.

Joe explains much of what I’ve already known in simple terms for an audience that may not have nerded out on exercise theory. Unlike most trainers at gyms, he doesn’t introduce complicated movements or have the listener feel boxed in with diet restrictions. Instead he provides simple frameworks that are easy to remember and apply. One area that I’m glad he touched on was evangelizing the value of quantitative and qualitative data. I’ve found this to be one of the most game-changer adjustments to my routine. Here’s a template of my log on Airtable (you’ll have to make a free account). I would’ve loved an additional hour of non-workout content, but overall thrilled that this was made available.

If you’d like to hear it directly from Joe, check out his course here. As of now there are over 100 instructors to learn from, with more being added every week!

This review is part of a larger series, where I try learning from every single course within the catalog. Find my full list here.