116 Unsit with Rob Jacobs and Ashley James on the Learn True Health Podcast

My guest today is inventor and fitness expert Rob Jacobs. Rob is the creator of the revolutionary Unsit Treadmill Desk. A pioneer in the fitness industry, Rob Jacobs completed UCLA’s Fitness Instructors Program in 1986 and founded The Walking Center, helping people develop a healthy habit of exercise through walking and running on treadmills. Rob is indeed a pioneer in the health industry as he launched a vegan and organic restaurant in the 1990s! In 1993 Rob co-founded  Real Food Daily restaurants with his wife, Ann Gentry. Their restaurant chain specializes in certified organic produce and product. RFD promotes sustainability by making plant-based foods appealing to mainstream restaurant patrons. In 1994 Rob co-founded the National Gym Supply, an aftermarket supplier of equipment replacement parts to over 10,000 health clubs and fitness centers worldwide. From 1994 to 2000 Rob was the Program Director for the Pritikin Longevity Center’s outpatient program in Santa Monica California. Founded in 1978, The Pritikin Center became world renown for using diet and exercise to reverse heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure For five years Rob worked with Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo, a family owned & operated organic farming business that grows, packs and ships gourmet quality certified organic cherry tomatoes and fresh culinary herbs. With his passion for helping people gain optimal fitness, Rob spent may years developing The Hayle System, a patented exercise monitoring feedback program. The Hayle System gives personalized one-to-one fitness coaching on a mass scale. Beta tested with 500 paid subscribers in Sydney Australia; The Hayle System proved successful at helping unfit people form a habit of exercise. With the accumulation of all of his knowledge and passion in the fitness industry in 2015, along with his business partner Paul Byrne, Rob Jacobs co-founded UNSIT, an innovative aspirational company working to UNSIT the world at home, in workspaces and schools. In our interview, Rob shares the negative health effects of sitting too much. His biggest advice is to walk while working by using his Unsit treadmill desk. Or, if you can not get a treadmill desk, then "set the alarm to get up and move every 20 minutes." "It's what you learn AFTER you know it all that really counts." Recommended Reading: GetUp by Dr. James Levine: http://amzn.to/2oknKUm Spark by Dr. John Ratey: http://amzn.to/2nnQ7vP Our WalkingDesk (aka: Treadmill Desk): www.unsit.com