159: You Can't Out Exercise A Bad Diet (Member Interview: Dan)

Despite being consistent with his fitness for most of his adult life, Dan has an Achilles heel you might be able to relate to too: Ice cream (and other carb-heavy foods). After being tagged in a picture on Facebook, Dan had to learn the timeless lesson the hard way: You can't out exercise a bad diet. Instead of beating himself up for it, he saw it as a challenge, made a few tweaks to his diet (like intermittent fasting and being more mindful of carbs), and lost 37 pounds in a year. But then another obstacle happened: He went to his doctor for a routine checkup and learned his A1C was 11.6 and he was a type 2 diabetic! And now he's determined to be one of the few people who actually get off Metformin. Here's what Dan and I discuss in today's episode: Why exercising without addressing your diet isn't enough How he made his body, particularly his hips, feel young again (he thought he'd have to give up biking and golfing for good) The simple tweaks he made to his diet and the timing of his meals that led to him dropping 37 pounds Listen now. The highlights include: Why low impact exercise like Man Flow Yoga is a superior option if the number on your scale is too high (6:03) How to make your muscles, joints, and tendons feel 20 years younger (7:40) Dan learned the hard way that you can't out-exercise a bad diet… but here's the simple tweak he made that led to him dropping 37 pounds last year (12:36) How the "Carb Monster" slowly crept up on Dan and ratched up his A1C to 11.6 (and how he got it back down to 6.2) (13:08) The easiest way to stop feeling hungry that gets overlooked because it's too simple (16:34) Can't play golf because of your hip pain? The good news is it doesn't have to permanent when you do this… (18:18) Resources mentioned in this episode: 1. Man Flow Yoga Events: On February 28, I'm hosting a Saturday Workshop in Denver, CO. If you want to do yoga with me and get feedback in real-time, get your ticket here: 2. Man Flow Yoga: Haven't signed up yet? Start your 7-day free trial and see how yoga can eliminate aches and pains better than other types of exercise here:

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159: You Can't Out Exercise A Bad Diet (Member Interview: Dan) is an episode from The Better Man Podcast by Dean Pohlman.

This episode is 34:06 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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