On the Health and Wellness World and Social Media

Matt Golt
Matt Golt
Jul 25, 2017 · 4 min read

Either I was blind to it beforehand because I tend to live in my own little world or while I took a year off social media there was a mass migration to various platforms by health and wellness folks, but damn, it seems overpopulated with fitness coaches. Now, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing because we need more individuals in this industry, especially those spreading the gospels of taking care of yourself. That being said though, it’s intimidating and poorly organized, I think. Therefore,

1. Why am I any different?

2. Where should you go for health information?

I won’t answer the first question, instead, over time I’ll have you construct a response for yourself. Why? Because I’m a strong believer in actions speaking louder than words. Therefore, instead of telling you what makes me different, I want my articles to do so — I want them to inspire you, videos to empower you, and curation of fitness content to point you in the right direction. After that, you’ll have the means to answer the aforementioned question. In the meantime, let me focus on question number two, as I continue to organize content, become more consistent, and reintroduce myself to the health world.

Social media is a seminal platform that will only continue to grow and evolve within our lifetime and lives. However, a problem that I see with it is how do you navigate through the fragmented information? For instance, who should you follow? Who should you listen too? Who is right? Who is wrong? Who is using you? And, who is being genuine? Now, personally, I’ll never be correct all the time, however, I do have an intent to at least aspire to connect you to the right person and information.

Now, I do have plans to do this in Montreal, however, until that’s started, here are some renowned individuals that I respect and learn from, and their information, books, and social media accounts.


Nutrition:

  1. Chef Dan Barber, farm to table chef, and scholar.

Book — The The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food.

Twitter.

Netflix: Episode 2 of Chef’s Table, Season 1.

2. Dr. John Berardi, founder of Precision Nutrition, which is the “home of the world’s top nutritional coaches”, and posits a fair and balanced approach towards nutrition and lifestyle habits.

Facebook.

Website.

3. Dr. Michael Greger, a physician, who uses evidence-based science to articulate his thoughts and facts, on nutrition, especially plant-based.

Twitter.

Book — How Not to Die.

Website.


Movement:

  1. Eric Cressey, is a widely respected strength and conditioning coach, who is known-for his work with preventing, and rehabilitating shoulder injuries, especially for baseball players. Also, was once a former powerlifter, who includes strength training into a balanced fitness program.

Website.

Twitter.

Book: The High Performance Handbook by Eric Cressey.

2. Kelly Starrett, is a California-based movement coach, that is, and has, changed the way individuals approach their workouts, through his work on teaching — how to recover from a workout through soft tissue work and technical habits. His Youtube page is highly viewed and respected.

Website.

Youtube.

Book: The Supple Leopard by Kelly Starrett.

Twitter.

3. Mike Boyle, some would call him the father of “functional training”, and he has changed the strength and conditioning and training world by bringing it out of the bodybuilding-age through advancements in technique, single-leg and arm movements, and focus on anatomy and programming.

Books: New Functional Training for Sports by Mike Boyle.

Website.

Instagram.



It’s funny, as I wrote this list, I noticed that most of these professionals have written books. Furthermore, they sold well and were highly-reviewed. That’s good evidence that they are someone you should follow, trust, and learn from, rather than some other accounts.

Lastly, please provide feedback. I’ll release this article now because I think it’ll do more good than harm, however, I noticed a few major flaws which I intend to fix in part II.

  1. It’s male dominant, which is not fair, nor right. It just appears that those are the individuals that I’ve spent time learning from, however, I intend to change that.
  2. It’s filled with two cognitive biases: I read a lot of books, therefore, most may have written books because I read it, and it’s filled with mainly strength coaches — considering it’s my background, rather than yoga, pilates and other instructors. I intend to improve on this too.

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Matt Golt

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Matt Golt

Owner of Hudson Avenue — A personal training studio that empowers you to move, look, and feel better.

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