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In this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, Matt sits down with healthcare and insurance expert Eric Hannah to unpack why health insurance has become so expensive and confusing—and how employers and individuals can navigate the system more effectively. They discuss hidden healthcare costs, wasteful pricing differences, misaligned financial incentives, self-funded employer health plans, direct primary care, and ways to shop for prescriptions. Eric emphasizes that health insurance is fundamentally a tool for financing medical care, not a guarantee that every healthcare service will be affordable or efficient. The conversation highlights the importance of price transparency, building a relationship with a primary care provider, asking better questions before agreeing to treatment, and using healthcare benefits strategically. Their shared vision is a system that delivers better care, lower costs, and greater accountability through smarter choices, aligned incentives, and improved technology.#HealthInsurance  #HealthcareSystem  #HealthcareCosts  #PreventiveHealth  #HealthAndWellness ontargetliving.com

In this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, Matt sits down with Tina Marsh Dalton, a Wake Forest University professor and health economist, to explore why the U.S. spends so much on healthcare while continuing to struggle with chronic disease. Tina explains how the healthcare system evolved from addressing infectious diseases to specializing in medical treatment, and why today's growing need for chronic disease prevention requires a different approach. They discuss rising healthcare costs, insurance incentives, the limitations of clinical trials for long-term health outcomes, and emerging models like direct primary care. The central message: healthcare and health are not the same thing. Building a healthier future will require prioritizing prevention, improving access to personalized care, and taking greater responsibility for everyday health choices.#HealthAndWellness #HealthcareReform #PreventiveHealthcare #Longevity #HealthyLiving ontargetliving.com

In this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, Matt and Chris explore how to simplify movement and make it a sustainable part of everyday life. They discuss why people struggle to stay active, including time constraints, lack of knowledge, and the belief that exercise has to be exhausting or time-consuming. Matt shares a practical approach to lifelong movement built around five key elements: dynamic warm-ups, restorative movements, cardiovascular activity, strength training, and play. They emphasize the importance of mobility, balance, proper technique, and body awareness while encouraging listeners to build simple, consistent habits that support longevity, prevent limitations, and improve both physical and mental health. The central message: movement doesn't have to be complicated to change your future health.#HealthAndWellness #HealthyAging #Fitness #Longevity #PersonalGrowth ontargetliving.com

In this Rest, Eat, Move episode, Chris answers a series of unscripted questions about his lifelong approach to health, fitness, nutrition, recovery, and longevity. He shares his non-negotiable daily habits—including hydration, wheatgrass, cod liver oil, oatmeal, mobility work, and strength training—while reflecting on lessons learned from decades of bodybuilding. The conversation also covers overtraining and recovery, body weight and hydration, social media and health misinformation, the evolution of his workout routine, TRT and steroids, macronutrients, and his philosophy that sustainable health comes from consistent habits rather than extreme hacks. A recurring theme is curiosity, prevention, and learning how to apply health science practically. #Health #Wellness #Longevity #Nutrition #Fitness ontargetliving.com

This episode of Rest, Eat, Move explores why no single health marker—whether Apo B, LDL, insulin, calcium score, cortisol, or another lab value—should be viewed in isolation. The conversation argues for looking at trends and the “big picture,” combining blood work with foundational measures such as resting heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, sleep, nutrition, movement, and how you actually feel. Matt and Chris emphasize shifting from simply reacting to abnormal numbers toward understanding what may be driving them and focusing on sustainable behaviors that support long-term health.#HealthAndWellness #HeartHealth #Cholesterol #ApoB #HealthyLivingontargetliving.com

Episode 330 of Rest, Eat, Move explores why knowing what to do for better health isn't enough—we have to value the outcome enough to change our behavior. Matt explains how habitual beliefs are shaped by our experiences, environment, and the people around us, and how those beliefs drive the habits that ultimately determine our health outcomes. Using examples from sleep, movement, nutrition, phone use, and his grandparents' strong sense of what they valued, he challenges listeners to ask three questions: Do I truly value this? Do I believe the action will make a meaningful difference? And what's getting in the way? The episode ultimately encourages greater self-awareness, finding a personal “why,” and being willing to make small but intentional sacrifices today for better health and longevity tomorrow.#Health #Wellness #HealthyHabits #Longevity #Mindsetontargetliving.com

This episode explores the hidden impact of chronic stress, mental exhaustion, and poor recovery habits in modern life. Matt explains how constant stimulation from phones, information overload, and lack of intentional rest are keeping people trapped in “fight or flight” mode, affecting sleep, digestion, anxiety, focus, and long-term health. Through practical tools like breathwork, sleep planning, micro-breaks, movement, magnesium-rich nutrition, and reclaiming personal “space,” the episode emphasizes that recovery is not a luxury but a daily practice. The core message is that stress is often less about external circumstances and more about how we react—and that small, consistent habits can dramatically improve mental clarity, emotional regulation, and overall well-being.  #StressRelief #MentalHealth #SleepBetter #SelfImprovement #nervoussystem  ontargetliving.com

In this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move Podcast, Matt explores the growing popularity of GLP-1 medications, peptides, hormone replacement therapy, TRT, and other “optimization” technologies through the lens of Limitless. The central message is to “know your numbers” and ask better health questions before reaching for an easy button—including understanding cholesterol/lipids, glucose and A1C, triglyceride-to-HDL ratio, homocysteine, inflammation, thyroid, vitamin D, kidney function, and hormone levels. The episode argues that while medications and emerging therapies can be powerful medical tools, long-term health should also focus on the fundamentals: rest, eat, move, lifestyle, sleep, exercise, nutrition, stress management, and establishing personal health baselines over time. #GLP1 #Longevity #HormoneHealth #MetabolicHealth #HealthyAging ontargetliving.com

This episode of Rest, Eat, Move breaks down what “organic” really means—and why it shouldn’t automatically be equated with healthier, safer, or higher-quality food. The discussion explains that USDA Organic is primarily a regulated production and supply-chain standard, with stronger traceability requirements introduced for organic imports in 2024. Matt compares organic, conventional, local, traditional, and “beyond organic” sourcing, using examples such as spirulina, chlorella, wheatgrass, apples, and cod liver oil. The central takeaway is that organic is one layer of quality, not the entire quality story: consumers should also consider source, processing, testing, purity, traceability, nutritional value, and the specific product. #Organic #Nutrition #HealthyEating #FoodQuality #Supplements ontargetliving.com

In this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, the focus is on the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. The conversation explores how health information, expert advice, podcasts, supplements, fitness trends, and wellness strategies can create information overload without necessarily changing behavior. Rather than focusing on what we intend to do or what we think we do, the episode challenges listeners to examine their actual behaviors over the past seven days—including sleep, nutrition, exercise, alcohol, screen time, stress, and recovery. The key message is simple: your health is built by what you repeatedly do, not by what you know.#Health#Wellness#HealthyHabits#Nutrition#Fitnessontargetliving.com

In Episode 325 of Rest, Eat, Move, Matt explores why gut health is about far more than digestion. He explains how the gut influences nutrient absorption, immune function, inflammation, and mood through the gut-brain connection, while highlighting stress and ultra-processed foods as major factors that can disrupt digestive health. The episode encourages listeners to pay closer attention to their body’s signals—from reflux and bowel changes to recurring illness, allergies, skin issues, and low energy—and to think of the gut as a “garden” that needs to be intentionally nourished and protected.#GutHealth #DigestiveHealth #Nutrition #Wellness #GutBrainConnectionontargetliving.com

This episode introduces a new monthly webinar series focused on “Nutrition Without the Hype,” aiming to cut through misinformation and quick-fix trends by returning to simple, foundational principles of health. Drawing on personal stories and decades of experience, the hosts emphasize that true nutrition is not about perfection, supplements, or chasing nutrients in isolation, but about understanding food as a system rooted in cell health, pH balance, and source. They explain how lifestyle choices—rest, stress management, movement, hydration, and whole foods close to their natural source—directly influence digestion, inflammation, gut health, mental health, and long-term vitality. The conversation challenges supplement-driven culture, highlights the power of real food (especially fruits, vegetables, healthy fats, and gut-supportive foods), and reframes nutrition as both medicine and information. Ultimately, the episode encourages listeners to build sustainable habits, focus on behavior over hype, and make small, repeatable upgrades that support lifelong health. #Nutrition #HealthyEating #WholeFoods #GutHealth #Wellness ontargetliving.com

In this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move podcast, Matt explores the viral wellness trend of "health maxing"—the pursuit of optimizing every aspect of health through protein, supplements, cold plunges, sleep tracking, fasting, wearables, and more. While many of these practices have value, he argues that chasing perfection can create unnecessary stress, anxiety, and distraction from the fundamentals of long-term health. Instead of obsessing over the latest biohacks, Matt emphasizes sustainable behavior change through self-awareness, meaningful motivation, and small, consistent habits that build a healthy lifestyle for life. #HealthMaxing #WellnessPodcast #HealthyLifestyle #BehaviorChange #RestEatMove ontargetliving.com

In this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move Podcast, Matt and his dad introduce the Eat Pyramid, a practical nutrition framework designed to simplify healthy eating through sustainable habits rather than restrictive diets. They discuss why hydration and nutrient-dense whole foods form the foundation of long-term health, challenge common misconceptions about calorie deficits and high-protein diets, and explain how processed foods can appear healthy based on nutrition labels while lacking true nutritional value. The conversation emphasizes building nutrition one step at a time, focusing on food quality, proper hydration, and filling nutrient gaps before chasing the latest health trends. #Nutrition #HealthyEating #WeightLoss #Wellness #EatPyramid ontargetliving.com

This episode explores why kidney and liver health are essential to overall wellness and longevity, highlighting how these organs quietly support the body's detoxification and filtration systems long before symptoms appear. Matt and Chris encourage listeners to monitor key health markers—especially GFR and BUN—alongside blood pressure and other routine labs, while discussing how hydration, stress, sleep, nutrition, alcohol, processed foods, and excessive supplement use may impact organ function. The conversation emphasizes taking a proactive, prevention-focused approach to support healthy kidney and liver function throughout life. #Protecting Your Kidneys & Liver #Know Your Kidney Numbers #The Silent Organ Health Crisis #Kidney Health Starts Here #Detox Starts With Function ontargetliving.com