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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- And we're the most famous physical therapists
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- In our opinion of course, Bob.
- Today, in honor of the Super Bowl, Brad,
we're going to talk about five surprising habits
by NFL star Tom Brady that turn back time.
I was going to say,
turn back the hands of time,
but I'm thinking,
younger people don't even know what that is anymore.
Because they all have digital clocks.
- Right, they can't even read the analog clocks.
- Analog clocks have little hands on them.
- Right, yeah.
- The idea was that you could turn it back
means you could
make yourself younger.
- I think they get it Bob.
- Alright, alright.
By the way, Tom Brady is 41 years old
but he's going to be participating in his
ninth Super Bowl.
And the guy still plays like he's a young kid.
And these are some of the things he does to
achieve that.
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Because we are giving away,
we, what I think we are going to try doing this Brad.
We're going to give away something every week.
- Every week this year?
- Yeah, 2019.
- There you go.
- I'm going to try to give away,
we're going to try to give something away every week.
- You really can't go wrong.
- No, you can't go wrong.
- Well, let's carry on with Tom.
- Let's get started, okay.
Number one.
The first unusual, surprising habit that he does,
he gets a lot of sleep.
He goes to bed at nine o'clock
and he doesn't get up until five or six a.m.
Using the math,
that's eight or nine hours, Brad.
- Digital clock, or using analog?
- Analog.
So,
the more I read about sleep
the more I understand the importance of it.
- Sure.
- You don't want to over do it,
but you really do
it really does
make you younger.
It also extends your life.
- I guess that's not a real surprising one to me.
But, I mean, some people may--
- You're right.
Next one we're going to talk about is muscle pliability.
Now, I read his book,
The TB12 Method,
Tom Brady, 12 Method,
how to achieve a lifetime of sustained, peak performance.
And the thing he talks about over and over in this book
is muscle pliability.
Basically softening the muscles.
And he talks about how when he was,
before he started this,
he used to ache all the time.
His joints would ache
and now he's done this and he no longer has
the pain that he did before.
- And you know what?
41 years old, that high level playing football--
- Is unbelievable in the NFL.
- But that makes sense.
If you can keep the muscle pliable.
I'm thinking circulation is getting in and out of the
muscle which is going to help heal it.
Tight muscles are always associated with injuries.
If you keep them loose,
less injury as well.
- He made it even sound like he could take hits better
because the muscles are pliable.
I don't know if that's true or not
because when those big guys are coming down upon you,
I don't know if that's--
- Yeah, well he would know.
- So we've got a bunch of foam rollers here
that you can use for muscle pliability.
It's probably one of the better ways to go about,
there's other ways.
- But that's one of the main things he uses I understand.
- Yeah, he often uses a vibrating foam roller even.
- Which is a more aggressive.
- Yeah, more aggressive and they're a lot more expensive.
We like the ones from OPTP.
They're down in our favorite product
down in Amazon.
But like, let's just,
do you mind showing the hamstring, Brad?
Since you're all dressed up.
- Yes, I'll show Bob.
- These are nice ones because they are a little bit
less dense.
And they're just a little bit easier to tolerate.
- You know, if you're real,
I would assume like,
Tom Brady's using a vibrating one and that's a more
firm one, that's pretty aggressive but
it depends on you're tolerance level and
your own liking.
But this one's a little soft.
- [Bob] Usually the hamstring can tolerate it pretty well.
But if you start getting into the IT band
or you start, or you start
even getting into the quad,
it seems like that's a muscle that's a little more
difficult to tolerate.
- Or using it on your back.
My thoracic back,
I like the softer one.
You know, it's a little less muscle there.
I'm not a big, strong he-man, muscle man.
So I've got a little less muscle there.
- Yeah, we don't even like using the foam roller
on the low back which we've mentioned before.
But we like using it on the mid back.
It, we've got plenty of videos on this
so you can look it up on
how to do the muscle pliability.
I have become a big believer in it.
I think a lot of athletes,
pro athletes have really started to understand this
and are doing this now.
- Should we go to the next one?
- Yeah, let's go to the next one.
Number three is diet.
He eats 80 percent vegetables, and 20 percent protein.
But he also has the 80/20 rule
which I've just started reading up on, Brad.
80 percent of his diet is alkaline
and 20 percent is acidic.
And alkaline is a lot of the vegetables.
And the idea is again to keep decreased inflammation
in the body.
You read more and more about this now.
Trying to keep the inflammatory levels down.
You know, it's going to help with arthritis.
It's going to help with some of those systemic diseases
like fibromyalgia and stuff like that.
Keeping that inflammation down.
So he goes, he seeks out the foods that are
anti-inflammatory and antioxidants.
It's funny because a teammate was talking about him
and this Heath Evans, he was,
he played in like, 2008.
He said he watched Tom Brady one time
eating an omelet.
And they had put some sausages in the omelet.
He surgically removed those sausages
and would not eat them.
So, he is very dedicated and very--
- Particular.
- Yeah, very particular.
He eats little to no fruits.
Which is interesting.
There are good fruits but
there are some sugar in fruit
and if you, it's not refined sugar but
they have a high glycemic level, some of them.
The ones that are really good actually are
raspberries, blackberries, strawberries.
Those are all really good.
- I'm sold on grapefruit.
I don't care what anybody says.
Grapefruit has done me wonders.
That's just anecdotal.
- What does it help you?
- I haven't had a cold.
I eat grapefruit every day for the last
five to ten years.
I've never had a notable cold since.
But I'll probably get one next week.
- That's right, I'm sure you will now.
- But I,
you know,
I really think pretty much most fruits are going to
be good for you.
But there's better--
- I have no problem with fruits but
I think you can over do it on fruits.
I had a friend that ate fruits all the time
and he gained a lot of weight.
- Well, yeah.
- Well, you know, we're talking about Tom now.
Okay, and Tom, only whole grains and no white sugar.
The number four thing that is unusual that he strengthens,
here he is, big NFL star,
he strengthens using exercise tubing or exercise bands.
- Right here.
- So,
we have our wall anchor here.
And we have the Bodylastic.
- The Bodylastic bands are great.
- They're nice because they're anti-snap.
Again, you can see these down in our list below.
But we invented the wall anchors.
That's the device to help
hook them up to.
And Brad and I are big proponents of this.
To me, I always say, Brad,
if there's no other reason,
you should get it for posture alone.
Because,
my wife and I both,
we'll come up to this during the day and
we'll just do some of these.
And it'll work on
strengthening those posture muscles.
Because they're so important.
Prevents back, neck problems and you can keep them strong.
- Like Tom Brady, this is,
I don't know if that's all he does.
- No, he does--
- This is all I do with, I mean,
not those exercises but
this is the only resistance training I do.
With exception of push ups and pull ups.
- Yeah, it's very functional too.
You can go different patterns.
- Balance, there's a lot of great things.
And like, with Tom Brady,
you've gotta be nimble, balanced,
and toss that ball 50 yards.
While you're running backwards.
- And a big guy is chasing you.
So at number five, Brad,
you're not going to like this one at all.
- What?
- Little to no alcohol.
He doesn't drink.
And that's a little controversial in my mind because--
- I like that, it's his problem.
(laughs)
- Well, you know, it's been said,
and I've read many, many times that, you know,
one to two drinks a day per man,
and one drink for women
can actually be beneficial,
it's not even bad for you.
It's actually beneficial.
- Well, it's like anything.
Moderation.
Use good common sense and everyone
is fine with that.
- So, are you pulling for the Patriots or
you want the Rams?
What do you want?
- Well Bob, you know, I'm a Packers fan
and it's been a tough year for us
and I don't know.
But you know, you've gotta take the good with the bad.
- Right, here's a Packer's fan.
Oh sorry.
How'd that happen?
- I like Tom because he's a little older.
He's doing well.
I think I'm gonna vote for--
- I'm gonna go for the Rams then.
- Are you?
- Yeah, since you are going for the Patriots,
I'll go with the Rams.
- There you go.
- Alright, thanks for watching.