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Speaker: Anywho, guys, you know me. I'm Glick. We got my boy Rick, a.k.a. LDR in the building. Little dumb retard. EPG, bitch. Go shit right.
Speaker: And um we are venturing into the interview game here on the sports show. So without further ado, I don't want to leave him hanging out too far.
Speaker: Or too long back. Make the dude feel like he's not welcome or some dumb shit. Yeah, right. I know. he's gonna He's about to come on here and embarrass the hell out of You guys suck.
Speaker: But Mr. Bidcraft from Crafted Iron. What's up, guys? Fitness slash like motivational trainer guy. You do a little bit of... Both worlds.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah, pretty much. like I kind of feel like all all that kind of stuff like kind of goes handin hand in hand. If you don't get up here, right it's kind of hard to to stick to any of that kind of stuff or anything in general. So I like to push both.
Speaker: Oh, yeah. yeah Well, we definitely appreciate you popping up and hanging out tonight. tonight Today with us. ah shit It's been a long couple of days. It happens,
Speaker: um That's why I didn't come up last night. Yeah, right. I did two shows yesterday. ah But real quick, just so everybody knows, where can they find you at on social media? ah Pretty much everything's just crafted.iron. Instagram's kind of the main thing.
Speaker: TikTok, I'm kind of been on and off on there. I have a YouTube. i don't really put much on there. Something I'm working on doing, but pretty much Instagram. as i bun on Same thing.
Speaker: Do it for the gram. ah Yeah, you got to. I think so. There we go. Hopefully I spun that out.
Speaker: Yeah, man. Kind of focus on that one that one on social media. Yeah, man. Boosted oven and and Yeah, you know, it's like they're they all kind of got – they're all a little bit different, so I kind of feel like ah just trying to get one down. And um Instagram kind of seems ah the kind of the way to go for what I'm doing.
Speaker: That's kind of where I seem like a lot of guys kind of seem to follow. So I've just been – I've been successful at it. So that's just kind of the area I'm kind of focused on for for right now. If you're going to start an OnlyFans, TikTok is where it's at, though. Let me tell I know, man. it's in there I'm thinking about it, but I don't know, man.
Speaker: yeah Money to be made is a lucrative market. People will pay for some weird things. Put it that way. yeah Believe me, I know. I've seen it.
Speaker: It's wild. yeah it's ah It's not as easy as people make it out to me, though. statistics statistics evening There you go, MK.
Speaker: okay And Chattersbox, you guys have any questions that you want to ask, feel free to to drop your questions in the chat. Obviously, keep it, you know, don't be a dick at the end of the day.
Speaker: um who Right out the gate, from from watching some of your videos and stuff and listening to some of the things that you' you've said and whatnot, you haven't always been ah ah as in shape or mentally clear-minded as you are now? we Have you?
Speaker: ah ah I would say most of my 20s, especially the first half, it was kind of a a blur. really me I kind of get away from the whole drinking thing until year and a half. i finally let it go. It was kind of like one of the last little things I was kind of holding on to.
Speaker: And I wasn't like to the point where it was like a problem where it was like Monday through Friday. I was good like weekend was still was still an issue. And so I kind of finally had to let it go. But yeah, that's I was a lot of times I was the kind of the guy that would just kind of give up half ass everything. Definitely dabbling a little bit of everything when it came to just about probably drugs and having my wild stretch where I was doing all those things multiple days out of the week or more.
Speaker: um and I just slowly kind of like one day it's kind of like, what the hell am I doing with my life? Where am I going? Nothing's happened. This is like, all I'm going have is cool stories. I'm going to be like, yeah, man, we did this and this and I have nothing else to show other than I had some cool stories.
Speaker: You know what mean? And maybe a scar. Maybe a scar or two. And everyone's still looking at like, this guy's 50 and he's still doing this kind of thing. So that's kind of where I that kind of like first kind of started like kind of motivating them.
Speaker: ah you know, to go ahead in the right direction. Um, I kind of always, I always, fitness was kind of always an element, but I didn't always take it so seriously. Uh, weirdly enough, actually when a lot of, when I was in my heaviest drug group, so was actually a personal trainer in the gym, which was kind of weird. oh wow Um, yeah.
Speaker: guess it depends on what drug you're using. If you're a Coke head, it makes sense. Yeah. So that's kind of what it was. It was kind of a Coke head heavy drinking at that, that particular time. So, um, sort of worked out, sort of didn't work out. Uh,
Speaker: depending look at it. Well, oxymoronic there. Yeah. was, yeah. um But yeah, and it's kind of like, don't know, the last thing I think, The biggest flip I really had, like, especially up here, was kind of like when my daughter kind of came around, I started like more and more kind of assessing where I was at. And I'm like, damn, like, I got this little person now who's going to be paying attention to everything I'm doing.
Speaker: So I like kind of slowly it's been ah it's definitely been a work in progress, but I've just kind of like changed how I like thought um about everything, you know, my outlook. um just because I want to provide the best example like I can for her. And I'm like, you know what? I can't sit there and still be that guy like stumbling and over you know tables, you know drunk and and that kind of thing like that, missing work.
Speaker: telling her that she can go do all these things like that. Yet I'm Mr. I was very negative person too. So I was always like everything, you know, everything's against me kind of attitude kind of like that. And so it's something I had to like really work on and change. And you know, now, now I take like everything that's kind of negative that happens to me and you know, okay, what can I learn from this? Okay. Even if it was out of my hands, out of my control, like what can I take from this? What can I learn from it? Cause it really is a lesson. If you really think about it and just about everything, if you really think about it, sometimes it might be a little difficult.
Speaker: Uh, Um, but yeah, I mean, I was just kind of like, just completely kind of flipped my perspective, my outlook, how I think about things, how I push my things, how I, how I let things, um,
Speaker: affect me and in a sense. I used to, you know, just anything happened to me. I got a flat tire in a day. That'd be the end of my day. And I'd be going on and on and on. And that'd be my excuse. All right, well, I'm going to get fucked up at the end of the day.
Speaker: um You know, and now it's, you know, it's how you like kind of react and control. Now for me, that's, I mean, it'll suck, but it's it's not going to be the end of the world for me. It's not going to ruin my day. um i think 2024 actually was kind of cool um in a sense of it really put that whole, like kind of new mindset I had ah together. I had,
Speaker: So pretty massive like water damage happened to my house. So I have pretty much went a whole year without like a kitchen. So i was having to spend way more money on like food, different things like that. had my uncle pass away. it was kind of like a second father to me for many years. So it was just like just and then there's a lot of little things in there. So was a really challenging year.
Speaker: And in the past, that's something I really would have broken, like fucking went heavy into drinking, went off of like my diet, missed maybe some of my training, things like that. And I stuck to everything and then I kept going and I didn't really, you know, you know, you're human. So I had my moments, of course, where it was like, yeah, shit, this sucks. And, you know, but I didn't stay there.
Speaker: And um so it was kind of kind of cool to see that that. The things I've been working on, things I've built actually are actually working and it's actually going in the right direction by having such a challenging year.
Speaker: um And I, you know, I learned a lot from it. I'll say that much. So, yeah, it's been an interesting journey. Almost validates all your struggles. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker: Exactly. 100%. That change of mindset is ah is a powerful thing. I mean, I just recently been to going through that the last couple of years, Mike. quote unquote journey to mental health and whatnot like that.
Speaker: And that was one of the hardest things was to stop putting those little things. It was like you said, the flat tire rule in your day or, and you know, like, yeah, this happened, but what can I learn from it? You know, where, where can I, you know, where can I go from it from here?
Speaker: That was, that was a struggle, man. So to get, you know, to get past that and be able to turn that corner and take those negatives and not let them affect you because I was the same way. I mean, yeah,
Speaker: I would have a bad day at work. It's like, fuck it. I'm home. We're going to do a show tonight. I'm going to get hammered. you know Yeah. Yeah. those Definitely. I can relate to that. Then you get hammered. It's three o'clock in the morning and you're ordering $40 worth of food from Taco Bell.
Speaker: Bro, I totally feel attacked right now. I totally feel attacked right now because a couple of years ago, in my depression phase to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo, went through a bottle of tequila and then ordered $80 worth of Mexican food, slipped and fell in the bathroom and broke a rib. but Way to go. When do you know you have a drinking problem? When you're consuming an entire bottle in like a six hour fucking live stream.
Speaker: Good job. yeah Good job, buddy. No, I totally get that. man that's that's That's one of those signals. And it's wild what I don't know how old your daughter is. I'm assuming that you know from social, she's she's younger.
Speaker: Yeah, she's three kids. She's going to turn actually four this month. oh, so you just got you got a baby. My youngest will be turning 12. He's got a fun one that doesn't talk back. Yeah. yeah My oldest one will be 20 in April. so one um But it's it's funny it's funny you know how you know kids will kids will do that to you, man. they they They rewire you in the way you think. Maybe not right off the... you know Initially, when my oldest daughter was born, I
Speaker: I changed a lot of my bad habits, but then I got him under control. But then as life went on and, you know, dealing with different things, it hard, but going through a divorce and having the kids by my side and having my kids that were like looking up to me, like, all right, this is where, you know, I either break and lose everything or I show the kids, look, you can stumble. And that's, you know, it took me about a year or so. And then it was like, all right, let me get better for these guys. Yeah.
Speaker: you Yeah. um And they were my driving force to show them like, look, just because, you know, life just kicks you, gives you the ultimate kick in the dick and hits that reset button because I went from having everything to literally starting back over again.
Speaker: yeah Like I was back at, like I was an 18 year old kid fresh out of high school. It was like, hey that's hard. it reset button But, you know, my kids have been right there beside me the whole time. They're like, seem like that didn't give up, man. Dad kept going.
Speaker: yeah So like that's, that's, that's cool. And you can show your kids like, look, life's a bitch at the end of the It really is I think that's, that's huge, you know? And um I mean, I think a lot of the, like the stuff too, that I stress, like it used to be like, ah for sure. Like, I think it's probably with anybody with anything really, but like for me, like the whole working out thing, bodybuilding was just about looks and,
Speaker: And now, like after I've been doing it over the years and the like the mindset kind of flipped that I've had, ah kind of realized how much like stuff it it kind of like teaches you about life. Like it kind of like, OK, well, for one, it's like you have to be disciplined, right, to get results.
Speaker: So you need to be disciplined in almost any area of life really to to kind of get somewhere. It doesn't matter what it is, your job, whatever is in life. You have to have some sort of level of discipline, right? Commitment. You got to be able to like consistently show up on a regular basis. So it kind of like teaches you a lot of habits that you need to have.
Speaker: um to kind of be successful in any area of life. The way I kind of look at it, if you give up, obviously you're not gonna get the results. So it's it's ah it's a difficult thing. and it's one of those things, if you can push through, you can have other things now that happen in life and be like, well, that was I was able to push through this. So it kind of helps you build that resiliency and,
Speaker: in a lot of different areas. So that's kind of like, I kind of push that more than it is like, yeah, you're sure you're going to get healthy. You'll look better. You'll feel better. But ah it's like, for me, it's like a lot of that stuff that actually teaches you if you actually stick to it, um, can really carry over into other areas. And that's kind of like what, what I really like pushing about it.
Speaker: Yeah. I think that's where, I think, I think I can speak for Rick and I both. I think that's where we kind of stumble and fall is that consistency. Like, yeah, I was, I was back in the gym,
Speaker: And I was doing really good. i was going on a regular basis and and whatnot. and And it's not so much that i like I have no aspirations of having muscles on top of muscles. I just want to lose some weight and be in better shape. because oh yeah older and and And when I put on weight, I can feel it in my body. My back hurts more. My knees hurt more. But I've also got busted up back and knee and stuff like that. And ankle. We're getting different sports and other.
Speaker: various activities from when I was younger from hurting myself. So, you know, won't loop but then there's that little hiccup. Like I had a little hiccup where it's no big secret. I'm looking for a new job. I'm currently unemployed. So now it's like my mind got focused on finding a new job. and It was like, oh, I'll go to the gym tomorrow. I need to buckle down and put job at well.
Speaker: I can do that. ah yeah I can still put in applications and go to the, but it's, my mind was like locked up. So it's just like, I kind of lost yeah that motivation to go because now it's like, uh, I got bills to pay. That's more important than, than my goodness.
Speaker: go ahead so I've, I've been listening and not to take away from what you're saying or anything but I've been listening to a, have you listened to the any of David Goggins books? I have not. I mean, I've definitely listened to some of his podcasts and I do listen to a lot of people that are kind in that same mind frame.
Speaker: So one of the things he said is if you need motivation to make a change, you don't want to make that change bad enough. hundred percent. I couldn't agree more with that. Yeah. um You know, I think too, a lot of times I think we get so like programmed life, like any little hiccup comes up in life. All right, well, I'm not going to do this.
Speaker: You like immediately want to like go away from whatever those hard things are that you need to do in life that are maybe going to help you better yourself. ah You immediately want to drop that you know and go to whatever that that comfort is, whether it's like food, alcohol, whatever it is. like you You immediately like...
Speaker: That's just how people are, like, kind of programmed. So it it really does take a lot a lot of times when you have those those hiccups or those difficult things to, like, kind of stay on task, so those things that are, you know, maybe not so easy for your life, you know?
Speaker: don't know for sure. I mean, I will say it's one thing that I've been able to stay pretty consistent on. I mean, I still drink. Don't get me wrong. I drink on Saturday nights. But that was always my go-to.
Speaker: And life ain't going way it's supposed to be. I'm fucking. you know It was kind of like when I lost my job, I came home. Now that night I did. I told my fiance, I just want to drunk tonight. Okay, let's get drunk.
Speaker: You know, oh and but you know, there was, you know, I was i was drinking. I didn't get into the drugs or anything like that. I always hear clear of this, but even just five years, four five years ago, I was drinking four or five days a week.
Speaker: yeah we were yeah and and then I was, i just, I hit a point where it was just like, man, this sucks. I don't want to not drink, but um you know now I do it on Saturdays. We do a show on Saturday nights, and it's kind of like, it's Saturday, this is cut loose, let's have fun, and I drink on Saturday nights.
Speaker: Sometimes I drink pretty heavily. Last night I only had like six beers, bro. Some nights, Saturdays get a little carried away, and Sundays are are rough to make it to the podcast on time.
Speaker: And then some Saturday nights. yeah Yeah, last time it was super low-key. Yeah, we could sit there and talk for five, six hours, and we might drink five, six beers the whole time. Yeah.
Speaker: so But I know Rick yells at me all the time. I'm like, I'm not giving up drinking. I mean, I'll go to the gym and whatnot, and I'll work out, and I'll exercise, but I'm not totally giving up drinking 100%.
Speaker: So when I lost all my weight pre-COVID, when I dropped that 100 pounds pre-COVID, I didn't quit drinking. Yeah. But I worked out enough to make up for the calories and everything that I was consuming drinking. I was twice a day at the gym. I mean, you remember, Glick, I was i was there at 4.30 in the morning till 5.30 in the morning. and Then I was there again at night from 6.30 at night till 8 o'clock at night. And this was every single day, you know, six days a week. i was We had Sundays were rest days because we drank Saturday nights.
Speaker: And I could eat or drink anything I wanted and was still losing weight and and doing it right at the gym. It just might have taken me a little longer to get moving that morning at the gym.
Speaker: Once I got in and got caught that alcohol sweating out of me, you know, it was Here we go. you know We're ready to rock and roll. And you know before, like I just said, pre-COVID, I put down, I managed to lose 100 pounds in about 17 months.
Speaker: And it was strictly, everybody's like, oh, go see the doctor, get put on the shot or the pill. What was the fucking pill that they were giving out? I can't remember what the hell it was called. Everybody currently, the thing is, it was Zempick.
Speaker: yeah yeah Yeah. They looked they were giving out a pill. It was a form of meth, basically, is what it was. ah and know what you're talking about. and know it's hard but They wanted to put me on it, and I'm like, no, fuck, no that's a I'll be dependent on it. and i'm not trying to So I did it the old school way. you know I hunkered down and and just...
Speaker: started hammering at the gym and eating right. And, you know, the only days I would allow myself like a pasta meal was leg day because you really, you know, you hit, you tend to hit leg day a lot harder than most other days oh yeah because the average person, your legs take a lot more beating to get worked out because you use them all day, every day, moving around, you know, it's a muscle that you have to absolutely push harder to get to feel you know like i've had like days where i felt like i pushed so hard and i didn't feel nothing and i'm like what the hell then i've had other ones where i changed up the routine and was just hammering and then the next day i'm like wobble walking like a newborn baby deer because my thighs and my hamstrings and my knees and i'm like oh my god what did i do and i didn't work out any harder or any longer it was just a different workout that stressed different muscles than the other ones always did
Speaker: Yeah, 100%. so The legs can definitely, like for the exact reason that you say, because you use them so much, they definitely can adapt a little bit quicker than some of i feel like some of the other body parts, just because the fact you're, like said, you're on them all the time. So they definitely need more stress.
Speaker: And then just the fact that generally that's usually going to be the biggest body part that you're going to have. you know So it takes a lot more to like really break those down versus, I mean, like your arms, like... you know, yeah there's a lot less to your arms. It don't take much to really break them down. Like if you really know what you're doing, you can smash out a really good arm workout like 20 minutes, really, if you know what you're doing. So, uh, versus there, you know, feel a lot harder to say that you could do that with your legs.
Speaker: So. Yeah. It's, uh, But and then so I would allow my carb days, my quote unquote cheat days on my leg days. Yeah. And I would eat pasta. But that was that that also stems from wrestling in high school. We were always taught, you know, the night before a ah heavy wrestling match the next day, eat carbs. So your body's got the fuel to do what you need to do. So coming off a leg day, I would go home and I would make a pasta for dinner and that would recharge me to get ready to go for the next day.
Speaker: So it was just, I carried a lot of things from wrestling in high school over and some good, some not so good. Yeah. The ability, the ability in high school to cut 11 pounds in six hours is not healthy. No. But when you have to make weight for your meat, you will do what you like.
Speaker: Yeah. I remember wrapping garbage bags around my midsection, my arms and my legs and putting on a jogging suit and just running for, Three hours and just you take you take them off and sweat's just pouring out like it's a faucet.
Speaker: And you manage to drop six, seven pounds in three hours. Not healthy, but yeah only needed to do it but you only needed to do it for that 45 seconds of stepping on the scale to make weight. Then you could go and eat whatever the fuck you wanted after that.
Speaker: Yeah. Can't do that at 38 years old now. I'd probably die. and sweat out things I actually need in my body. Right.
Speaker: Oh, there goes my kidney. It just fell out of my elbow. that's It's definitely not the best ah the best approach, especially as you you get ah get older. That's for damn sure. When you're a teenager, you know you can get away with that kind of stuff. yeah Yeah. With your body change.
Speaker: When I lost all that weight, I think I was in, what was it? like Probably, well, COVID was what, three years ago now? It ended. Oh, man. 2020? 2020? So I was doing it before. was doing it before COVID.
Speaker: And then they closed the gyms and left all the fast food restaurants open because that was good. yeah But we won't get into all that conspiracy theory shit. I had the complete opposite.
Speaker: During COVID, I was able to lose a ton of money because I started, because I mean, granted, I go to Planet Fitness, you know, The only thing that changed with them was theyd they were no longer 24 hours. and yeah And it was, it was, it was a weird setup at the gym.
Speaker: um Yeah. i Take your squirt bottle and wipe everything off on your own. Take your own square model with you but it's a squirt bottle. Yeah. I mean, I had the opposite effect during COVID. I was still able to go to the gym and I actually, it was around that time that I lost a bunch of weight and,
Speaker: yeah In the last two years, i year, year and a half or whatever, I put it all back on because I got that comfy engagement, way you know happy relationship, weight gain.
Speaker: So i was struggling to try to get back in the gym. And it's like, all right, I got to get that same focus and energy that I had prior, you know when be you know just just before my divorce and just after.
Speaker: And then that I had a little like a one year or so break in there. And then I got back into the gym and was like, I need to get that focus and energy back again. i've now Now I've got a 13-year-old who is up my ass about getting healthier. And that's because, sadly, at 13 years old, he's dealing with bullshit bullies at school. And it's like, bro.
Speaker: how do these These kids are picking on you about the fact that your hair is curly. like You don't have control over that. no so you You give them a little extra weight and that that's just something else for them to grab onto. yeah that's just feel free fire you know and it you know and i told the other day,
Speaker: at five foot eight hundred and seventy five hundred and eighty pounds you're not a ba like you're a big kid but you're not a beck kid yeah you know that's i but and I believe if you look at the specs, he's what? Probably 20 pounds heavy for a 5'8 tall? Probably. He's out.
Speaker: depending on like field im sure and every yeah You know, and so, so he's up my ass constantly. He's in the chatterbox too. He's up my ass. He's like, Oh, did you walk today? Oh, how, what should I eat here? And how should I, you know, how should I do this? And what do I need to, what do I need to focus on with my eating and blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's like, right, dude, I got, I got you on some things, but other things I don't know.
Speaker: So I'm just doing what I can to help him. And it's kind of pushing me like, all right, dude, you need to get up off your lazy ass and go do something now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I mean, don't know. This is some people it sets in and it kind of works, but you got to, you know, to a certain point, like how many, you know, 70, 80 year olds you see that are massively overweight that are around.
Speaker: That's the way I look at it. So it's like, ah you know, how long do you actually want to be around for your family, your kids, things like that. So that's always something to take a taking into consideration if you're finding, you know, hard for motivation or to get going. It's like, how long do you want to be around for them?
Speaker: That's something like to really, you know, think about. How long you want to fuck up your kid's life? jerry so for for What was it?
Speaker: Where was... I'm trying to think of how to word this. Sometimes words are hard around here. Because you started... You're the founder of Crafted Iron.
Speaker: where was that Was that something you always wanted to do? You said that you were a personal trainer before, prior. Was that something always wanted to do, was own your own... i don't know if you're shooting for a gym facility if you already have one um where you can have people come in. And is that something you've always wanted to do with the, with the fitness journey?
Speaker: Yeah, I'm not, I'm, I definitely don't have one right now, but that is something that I've always kind of had ah aspirations for. I don't know. I just kind of got away from the whole, like, like coaching, like helping people out for, for quite quite a while, but it was like kind of the one of the one times that i I felt like I did work and actually like enjoyed it.
Speaker: So for, I felt like, you know i mean? Like, I felt like I needed to get back to that and, you know, and try to kind of build something and out of that. Because I don't know, like, I feel like if you got something that you actually like doing for, like, work, it's not really work.
Speaker: Because you're going to something that you enjoy on a regular basis. So it was kind of like my whole thing, like, that I want to get built up. And then plus, I was just kind of thinking about, like, until my daughter gets a little bit older and stuff like that. She's got more stuff going on. You I'm still working, like, a regular job.
Speaker: I'm going to be missing out on a lot of stuff. Cause you know, most, most of the time I'm working nine, 10 hours at my regular job, but you know, on top of like pushing this whole, like, you know, online fitness business and everything like that. So, um, I'm hoping by the time she gets a little bit older, I'll finally actually have it going and actually have some more time on my hand to kind of still actually be there for a lot of stuff.
Speaker: Um, do you do a lot of your training and whatnot with, I've seen some stuff on, uh, on, your Instagram graham and whatnot. Um, do you do but all your training? Is it basically online or do you have anything where you meet up in person with people?
Speaker: Um, not too much, uh, in-person stuff right now, to be honest. Um, I just got a couple like family members that like come in and once they saw me kind of doing this, they started like getting back into fitness. And, uh, my brother-in-law, he does like go work out with me on pretty much on a, on a regular basis. And he kind of got back into working out after he'd kind of completely just stopped for years and kind of, kind of got out of shape for him sort of thing. So, um,
Speaker: but yeah I don't really do too much in-person. majority of it is just all online. so here like where are you Where are you actually based on? like Where do you actually live? ah so I'm actually in California in this place called like Santa Maria.
Speaker: don't know how familiar you guys are or aren't. um Pretty close to Santa Barbara. Poor guy in California. sorry right sorry Sorry about it. Sorry Yeah, had to get up early this morning.
Speaker: yeah I didn't realize you were out in California. i mess ja mar I'm up and moving around this morning. That's all good. but my yeah even Even on the weekends, my daughter, she knows like I'm going to be home, so she gets up early and like wakes me up early. so i'm already i'm up i don't She's ready to party.
Speaker: I don't get much sleep on the weekends. it She's like, Dad, sun's up, gun's up. Let's do this. Exactly. yeah she's like She's ready to go. ah It was ah last weekend. It kind of cracked me up.
Speaker: All a sudden, you know you get that feeling when like someone's like looking at you? yeah I kind of like i kind of like wake up, and she's like right there, hands on her chest, and she looks at me like in the face. She's like, Pepe, want to go to my kitchen? like, right away. and I was like, whoa. I was like, okay, okay, okay. Make your breakfast. Make your breakfast, Dad. Let's go. Yeah, she was ready to rock.
Speaker: so yeah Give it a few more years. She'll grow out of that face. I can't say that. what's it Why is 13 and he's still up 7 o'clock? Boom. On the fucking nose. Cash, my youngest, he gets up early, but he doesn't bother nobody. but He gets up. and No, they reach an age where they don't need to wake you up.
Speaker: Yeah, he he gets up, gets his breakfast, watches whatever YouTube he's watching, and then he eats what he's done. He plays video games, and and he's gotten to the point now where he's like,
Speaker: do I have to wait for everybody else to wake up before I go outside? I'm like, if your friends are outside, bro, go outside, Because that kid wants to be outside. yeah like just Especially like today. It's gorgeous out today, man. Yesterday was kind of shitty.
Speaker: It's gorgeous out today. and rain here It's like, yeah, dude, go outside, man. Fucking enjoy life, man. My daughters, however, they might still be in bed at this point. I haven't seen or heard it either one of them rumbling around, being mean to me yet. so That's the other thing you got to look forward to having a daughter. Eventually, she's going reach an age where she's just mean to you, bro. Starts around the teenage years, man.
Speaker: Starts around the teenage years because mine's 14 and she's she's ruthless. My middle daughter still does that. Come ah come and stand over the bed. like In the mornings, my alarm doesn't because get up, take her to school.
Speaker: And my alarm's set differently for hers. And if she feels like I'm over sleeping, she just comes and stands over the bed like a creeper. and i And doesn't say anything, doesn't do anything, and I open my eye, and it's like, whoa! You're gonna get stabbed. you Stop doing that to me. she's a or you know We're already afraid she's gonna become our serial killer anyways, but it's like, just stop doing that. you You're 15, almost 16. Stop doing that me. Just yell from down the fucking hall like most TV kids do.
Speaker: Bang on the door or something, you know? No, but... um With the the joys of the joys of ah ah ah parenting.
Speaker: Like I said, they're they're fun when they're younger. they turn into the the puberty monster. it's it's It's funny you just mentioned the joys of parenting because my memory just, on one of my memories on Facebook just popped up of a video that I posted years ago and you'll be able you'll be able to agree with this having a three-year-old.
Speaker: Your days of using the bathroom and solace and silence are gone. oh They are gone. You'd be sitting in there red face trying to squeeze out a stink pickle and the kid's like, what are you doing, dad?
Speaker: I'm baking a cake. What fuck does it look like I'm doing? And they have no care. They just walk through the door. Let's go ahead in here. my my she literally gets pissed if the door is locked. Like she starts banging on her. Yeah. yeah Like that. You don't you don't get it. You've got probably, I'd say probably three to four more years before that'll stop.
Speaker: And you'll actually get that 15, 20 minutes of time to yourself to just Do your thing. But it was funny that you mentioned the joys of parenting because that was how that video started with me going, those of you without kids, enjoy it. Those of you with kids, here's a joys of parenting moment.
Speaker: Yeah. Your life is no longer your life. Yeah. Like speaking of that, I was like, it's probably been about a year now because my daughter's like completely potty trained, but like she was kind of going through that, that stretching, you know, the like the little like potty training style, like toilets that they have.
Speaker: So we had one downstairs in the bathroom and I was in there and she comes in, she looks at me and she goes, puppy, I got a poop too. And I was like, okay. And she sits down on it. And the weirdest thing, she's across from me, and I'm sitting there, and all sudden, I'm like, what the fuck? This is so weird. I'm literally staring into someone else's eyes. We're both pushing and having a conversation at the same time. Every of them a million years I ever think I would be doing something like this. 38 years old, and the way that my bathroom lines up next to my bedroom, the dog gets out of bed and stares at me while I'm doing it. And like, bro, fuck off.
Speaker: You just did this outside. It's my turn Go away. i didn't watch you, you creepy bitch.
Speaker: Oh, the joy of coping. And then that goes along with with the the whole health thing, too. You know, the healthier you get... The more regular you become and then that's very true not so amazing it is.
Speaker: Yeah. So ah to war I had to warn Wyatt about that because he's he's low he's pushing on this diet thing. He's trying to lose some weight and gain some muscle. So he's going lower carb, higher protein. I said, bro, wait till you get the protein farts and the protein poops because – You ain't never heard the expression peel the paint off the wall.
Speaker: So you've had a hundred gram protein day and that bitch hits you the next day. And you're like, well, it's your own eyes going to be water and sitting there. You better hope you can hold that in when you're in class. Cause you let one of them. Staring is caring, bro. Let her eat.
Speaker: but so So to to go, to I just, I know we kind of sidetracked a little bit. I see there's a question from Wally in the chat. Wally asked, what's the best, that what's what what best works to help with arthritis in the knees?
Speaker: um I mean, I would say definitely not not ah like an expert as far as like arthritis and everything like that, but um definitely getting something for your joints like a glucosamine, chondroitin, MSN. So that would that's going to, for one, help with the joints, but just – movement, strengthening the areas around. So, you know, you want to strengthen, you know, obviously you've got the arthritis of the knee. So you're going to want to help strengthen the quads, the calves, the hamstrings, everything around that. And just, you know, make sure you're still trying to move it without, you know, pushing yourself too far to the point where you're actually like causing damage. But,
Speaker: I think the main thing is it's just like any anything when you get get older, period, you know, it's something you stop using it, it's going to get worse. So that's the main thing is to to continue to keep moving.
Speaker: Definitely get some of like that joint stuff because it's going to help. Collagen is another good thing that's going to help as far as like with the lubrication of the the joints. So especially something like that. You know, a lot of it's just the you know the joints not moving as well. So taking all those supplements to to help kind of like ah counter some of the the effects that you're you're getting from arthritis.
Speaker: Definitely help with that. And your day year for something that I've always heard is like like guys with arthritis, gout, anything like that. Your diet will help watch. Oh, yeah. There are certain foods that will cause inflammation, other foods that will help alleviate inflammation.
Speaker: And so when your arthritis is flared up, it's ultimately, it's ah ultimately it is all that stiffness is the inflammation around it. That's causing the pressure in it to not want to work and everything.
Speaker: So adjusting your diet accordingly to eat less food that creates and causes the inflammation, which is 90% of your processed foods do not help with inflammation at all in any way.
Speaker: i mean, but most, yeah. I mean, it just most, uh, health issues in general, you're going to make, make worse by eating those types of foods and adding the inflammation. doesn't matter what it is where you've got a heart issue, you know, any of that type of stuff, diabetes, any of that crap, you're just going to make it worse by doing that. So you're hundred percent right with, with that type of stuff too.
Speaker: Definitely going to make it flare up more. ah You know, I've heard that I've heard that like, if you look at how a grocery store is laid out, You go, when you walk into the grocery store, stay to the outside of the store because everything in the middle is what's bad for you. And that's why they put it directly in your face.
Speaker: It's kind of true. one hundred percent. how we land out Yeah. Your veggies, your fruits, your meats, your good dairy, all that. It's all around the outside of the store, except for the corner that's full of alcohol. And if clicks in there, it's definitely good for him.
Speaker: That's the good part of the store. That's the best part of the store. How you doing? I've always i'm always heard that they it's a marketing ploy that they use. They lay it out like that because when you walk in the store, the fastest way between two points is a straight line. So if you walk straight in, you're looking at all that processed food that is quick, it's easy, although it's unhealthy.
Speaker: And a lot of people don't want to take the time to walk around the outside to look at, you know, they go, they'll cut through the middle aisles to go to the milk. Oh, look, there's a thing of cookies. We'll grab these, you know on their walk past.
Speaker: Yeah. that so s yeah I never thought about that, but you're 100% right. It literally is laid laid out like that. and I even think about when I'm at the store, most of the time I'm walking on the outside edges to to to get the stuff that I need. so that that's kind of that's That's a trip. yeah I heard that years ago. and and i buy Every grocery store that I go to, first time going there, I look at it and I'm like,
Speaker: No shit, this is exact. Like all your your fresh vegetables, your fresh fruits, your meats, especially your meats. You know, your good dairy, not your shitty dairy. You know, it's all the shitty dairy is typically in the little like coolers in the middle of the aisle back by the good dairy.
Speaker: Yeah. Yep. That's crazy. Yeah. 100% is literally set up that in that way. I've never thought about it. But yeah, 100% right. All the good stuff's on the outside. All the the crap stuff's right there in front of your face, right down the middle.
Speaker: Never thought about that. But yeah, that's crazy. Yeah. i don't think i just say I don't think I've ever heard that before. I think a lot of people are going to be looking at the grocery store a little bit differently yeah now. Yeah, and i'm thinking I was even thinking in my head some of the other spots that I you know i haven't been into in years, but I used to go to it regular basis. I'm like, yeah, every single one of them, they're all laid out that way.
Speaker: Every single one of them. so So do you follow do you follow a semi-strict like dieting regimen or anything? like are you Do you lean more towards the carnivore type of diet where you're eating more meats and less carbs and fruits and more meats and veggies kind of a deal? Because I know some fruits like pineapples and apples and stuff, well, not so much apples, but pineapples and you know ah bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, a lot of those have a lot of natural sugars in them that...
Speaker: combat a lot of what you're doing, even though they are simple sugars in your body can break them down relatively easy versus your cookies, which are your complex sugars in your body struggles. So do you stick to more of a, a, a meat, a veggie and a starch on your plate for dinner? Or do you just stick more meat? Well, I mean, do you have a dieting regimen you follow?
Speaker: Yeah, so um to a point, um i do i do more of like a kind of like a macro calorie-based thing. So it's all kind of based around the the macros. I don't know for the people that are not listening, it's just your protein, carbs, and fats when I say that.
Speaker: And then ah the calories. So right now, I'm kind of more like a maintenance slight like a bolt thing. So I have a set amount of calories that I that i go for that I eat. And then I have a certain amount of protein, carbs, and fats that I eat.
Speaker: And then... I do, like as far as like kind of like you're talking about, like like fruits and different things like that, I kind of do have them like more planned out. I have them usually closer to like my workouts and things like that because I'm going to make use of them right away um going into the workouts.
Speaker: um I do still you know eat certain foods that I want to eat. It's not like ah like on a regular basis, like I never touch this again, kind of thing like that. it's just It's just in moderations and now. Instead of having five slices of pizza, you might have one and a half.
Speaker: Yeah, exactly. Or let's say like here and there, I don't do this on like a regular basis, but let's say like for whatever reason, I feel like I just, I just need to need, like I've been sticking some real strict for a while and I feel I just need to, need to get off for a minute.
Speaker: I will literally do what I kind of call banking my calories, which what I have a lot of my clients do on like a holidays and stuff like that. Like I have them just eat like one to two high protein meals. So they save the majority of their calories for later on in the day.
Speaker: So that that way when they go like, Yeah. So that way they go like whatever. So, you know it's Thanksgiving. It's like that. You know, they're not going so far out of their diet or let's say they know, OK, I got like twelve hundred calories left over.
Speaker: If I put this, this, this on my plate kind of thing like that. so it just kind of like yeah makes it to where it's not to as bad. Like, let's say you stuck in eight your regular food that you normally do. And then you go have that pig out kind of thing like that.
Speaker: you know you're gonna go a lot more backwards. So I do have like my moments sometimes where I'll do something like that when I really feel like I just kind of need to break it up a little bit. But yeah, for the majority of it, most most of my meals is gonna have some kind of like meat based, something high protein in there.
Speaker: um As far as when it comes to the carbs, when I'm in a stage where I'm at right now, I have a higher amount of carbs when I'm cutting. I definitely lower the carbs. I'm somebody that's kind of real sensitive carbs. I blowed up super quick from like carbs.
Speaker: So like yeah like, it's like night and day. If you see me where I don't have any carbs for a while, I will literally look all like more sucked up. And the next thing you know, I'll have like a good carb side meal and it's literally like, I just fill right up.
Speaker: So I'm real sensitive with that. You're rocking beer gut right after it. And you feel like you're rocking a beer gut right after. Yeah. Oh, I got unbuttoned my jeans. Yeah. So, yeah. So, I mean, it's just like, I don't have like a, ah like a set, like, Oh, I only eat this or that or that.
Speaker: I just kind of, I kind of have some guidelines. Like just, I always try to get like some kind of high protein meat in there. um Usually for for what I need, it ends up working out somewhere between like say six to eight ounces of whatever meat.
Speaker: And then, like I said, the carbohydrates just kind of varies between the time of day when I'm doing. um And then like I said, of whether I'm cutting or bulking kind of thing as well. um But yeah. Go ahead.
Speaker: good Sorry. I was going to say, I just feel like um the like the kind of tracking the macros and the calories is really the best best way to go because then you know 100% what's going on in your body. like you know yeah I mean, um this is i like to use the example. it's a little exaggeration, but like you can eat clean foods and still get fucking overweight. like you like if you Let's say you ate fucking 10 pounds of carrots every single day. They're good for you. You still ate 10 pounds if you didn't earn 10 pounds of carrots. If you didn't earn 10 pounds of carrots, you're not going to lose any weight.
Speaker: Exactly. So that's just kind of the point I'm getting at. So obviously, it's If you ate cleaner foods, it's better than eating a bunch of shit foods and having too much of it, but you're still not going get it out. 10 pounds of carrots is 10 pounds of cookies. It's the same thing.
Speaker: yeah Yeah. Yeah. You just might get a couple more health health issues off of the the cookies versus the the carrots, but it's still in the overall goal seems if you're trying to lose weight, you're still, you know what mean?
Speaker: still gonna So one thing one thing that I struggled with when I was losing a lot of weight was I would plateau. And and I'll tell you right now, man, if you've ever had to lose a bulk amount of weight, a plateau is the most discouraging thing that you can ever encounter when you're trying to lose weight because you will hit a weight and you will just be – it doesn't matter how much you – and I learned You can change up your workout a thousand times.
Speaker: You just can't break past it. So I talked to, and i don't know if you've ever heard of this. It's called a ah nutrition shock is what they call what the doctor that I talked to called it. And basically he told me, he said, i want you to go out this weekend and I want you to eat like total shit.
Speaker: He said, I want you to go out. I want you drink some beers, have some pizza, have some wings, you know, take the weekend off from from a heavy workout and just eat like shit and then start back fresh on Monday.
Speaker: Because you you almost it almost shocks your metabolism because you reintroduce that stuff that your metabolism used to function on. And I did it that weekend. and And the next week I hit it just like I normally did.
Speaker: And instantly I fell right through that plateau and started back on the downward slope again. no Cause you have to shock your body back in cause it develops routine and habit. Yeah, no, um, no, that's, that's a lot of times too. Like, uh, when I, when I am setting up my, like, uh, my client's, uh,
Speaker: diet program or anything like that, I usually don't put too steep of a deficit for that reason because let like' let's say you start off and you put yourself in a ah thousand calorie deficit, right? You'll lose a lot of weight initially, but your metabolism gonna slow down so much quicker because you put it such a drastic thing and it thinks you're starving.
Speaker: So when you go down slowly in that, you also, you don't you don't have as much of a plateau as when you kind of go down slowly. And I also do implement that after they've been, like a lot of my clients have been doing it for,
Speaker: a decent period of time, I do have those cheat meals thrown in for that exact reason too. kind of gives it like a little jumpstart to the metabolism. I do it for myself as as well. When I'm doing like a pretty gnarly cuts, I have like a cheat meal thrown there and it's for that exact reason.
Speaker: And sometimes not even just the ah always a cheat meal needed, but just upping the calories for a period of time is enough to kind of get that jumpstart back going on the on the metabolism going back in the downward direction. But nutrition shock is not a terrible thing.
Speaker: No, if you're far enough in, like if you're going to, if you're going to start you to decide, oh, two weeks in, oh, I need to have this nutrition shock. i need to have this big old. No, yeah. And you're, you're bound, to you're bound for failure right off the bat. hundred percent. Yeah.
Speaker: No, it's, it's, it's, it's kind of when you've been in the thick of things for, for a bit and you've been going for a while and you know what i mean? And we're, uh, I, I throw that in a lot of, when my clients say, okay, we've been adjusting the calories, hasn't moved, hasn't moved.
Speaker: And, you know, unless they're lying to me about like sticking to their diet and everything like that. But like when I've actually, I know they've been doing it. I can see they're logging all their meals, all their foods, everything's been there. They haven't been snacking and stuff like that.
Speaker: That's generally kind of what it needs. The metabolism just kind of slowed down and we need a little little shock on it. So yeah, a hundred percent, ah not not a bad thing to do. um I think the main thing is just kind of have it a little more set because you can literally get, have that where it gets out of control too. I've had people that just go too far with it too. So, you know, sometimes I will literally even just program them. We're like, all right, you got an extra 500 calories for the day.
Speaker: um Do whatever the hell you want that extra 500 calories kind of thing like that. yeah um But I really, I mean, one of the, the, things that I think people neglect the most is just, just really tracking those calories um and those macros, because that way, you know how much is going in. So otherwise, like, and then, and then not always will be necessarily a hundred percent accurate, but let's say whatever 1500 calories, you know, that you put in 1500 calories, maybe it's a little more, a little less, but let's say, okay, i didn't lose weight.
Speaker: for two weeks in a row eating 1500 so now i'm gonna drop to 1450 or whatever so now then it starts moving the needle so that's that's one of the main reasons why i go uh there and then just too it's easy way to know the the protein for ah not only just muscle recovery and everything like that, it helps with like the metabolism. So having that high amount as well, it takes more to digest those actual calories going in. So another reason why i implement it, so and having the right amount going in there you know helps with the recovery, plus it'll help with the metabolism, losing weight, everything like that, being more full.
Speaker: so
Speaker: Now, yeah, examples. Metabolism boosts, like have you... and So this is something that I heard. It's like start your day off when you – so the word breakfast is a combination of two words. It's break and you're fast. You're breaking that overnight fast where your body wasn't consuming any food.
Speaker: And I had been told um a good thing that helps with that, kickstart to that metabolism, is citrus, like citrusy fruits. Like put lemon in your water and drink – like if you can get an infuser bottle that's got the little thing inside that you put your your fruit in.
Speaker: Get that, let it sit for a couple minutes in the morning, then drink, just just drink that before you drink anything else or consume anything else because the lemon is a natural metabolism booster. Yeah. Do you know about certain foods that will help with that kind of stuff or whatever?
Speaker: um wouldn't necessarily it's so much like ah a metabolism booster as it just kind of sets everything right, like within your gut and everything like that. I actually...
Speaker: like I do recommend the doing the like the lemon. I do it with some like apple cider vinegar, as nasty as it is with some like lemon, but just for like overall like gut health. So when you get your your digestion and everything working properly, you're not holding onto as much crap. Things are getting ran through better and they're getting put into a better spot.
Speaker: Um, I wouldn't say there's like really necessarily like a food that's like, Oh, okay. You eat this and you're going to boost your metabolism. So, uh, like so much like that, but there is things like you can start your day off. Um, like for, for instance, like with like the apple cider vinegar, that dude won the lottery. Just so we're clear the comment, he won the lottery because six eggs right now is worth its fucking weight in gold.
Speaker: Yeah. I've got four dozen in the fridge. Fuck everybody. I'll take best offer. Let's see what you got. Come at me, bro. I might be looking for a new Lamborghini here shortly.
Speaker: Not that i can fit in it, but I can still own it. Those are not designed for six foot tall, 370 pound dudes. not yeah ah Those eggs are gold right now. um was ah Costco, not that long ago I was in there.
Speaker: They're still affordable kind of there. Yeah, kind of. But they had a It's like two or three pallets when I got in there and I didn't go in there right away. And then I went in there and it was almost ah down to the bottom.
Speaker: And we ended up, my daughter broke like two of the eggs and and in like one of the packs that we got. So we asked for another one and they went back. And this was probably 10 minutes later and there were none left. So we just took the eggs with the broken broken deal in there.
Speaker: Yeah, you're down too. So what? Yeah. yeah but yeah I went to Costco with my boss, not not this Friday, but the Friday before. because i'm not i don't have the room or the storage to bulk shop like that.
Speaker: and but We've been talking about the meat deals that you can get at Costco. and So we went in there and he got me 3.08 pounds of filet mignon for 70 bucks.
Speaker: And I was going to cook them last weekend for the kids and I, and I got the steak out and I'm like this thing's like this thick. So I was like, nope, we've cut it right down in half. So now instead of eight instead of four steaks, I have eight steaks.
Speaker: And I'm like, at no point did the three of us, my 13-year-old, my 14-year-old, and myself need to consume three pounds of filet mignon in one meal. like There was no no reason to eat 70 pounds of steak in one meal.
Speaker: that's ah That's quite a bit, for sure. But he got he got eggs, and they had him in those two dozen egg cartons. And they were like, I think they were like $8 for $2 or whatever it was.
Speaker: Whereas right now, if i go if I get on my Kroger app or my even Walmart and I order eggs, they're almost $7 a dozen in Georgia. Damn. Now, I know everything in Cali is more expensive than here, but still, like that's it I don't know what the hell happened to the price of eggs, but I got $4 if anybody wants to trade their house for my eggs. Just i just saying.
Speaker: Yeah, don't I don't know. what I don't know what caused that jump either. It was just seemed like out of left field all of sudden for a second you couldn't get eggs. And then all of a sudden like the price was just through the roof. I was told that it was because we had a bird flu outbreak and they ordered like a million or something like that. A million chickens euthanized for fear of it or something like that. I don't know.
Speaker: But if you've got a laying chicken, you are golden right now. Like, if you've got eggs at your house, you are a lucky SOB right this minute. It boiled down to supply and demand. They had that and bird flu, chicken flu, whatever. It was something like a billion chickens had to be put down.
Speaker: And we have an egg farm. We have a pretty large egg farm here where I'm at. And according to the news and whatnot, they lost over 75% of their chickens. It's funny that you have an egg farm and I have the chicken finger farm.
Speaker: Well, they do a little bit of everything. i don't know what them weird Germans are doing anymore at this point. All my mass all the chickens around here go for slaughter. They're not for eggs. They all go to Tyson and and all that.
Speaker: Yeah, so I know they took that. They took a massive hit. So when you take that hit, that supply and demand, obviously supply is limited. So we still got to make our profit. We got to make that bottom dollar.
Speaker: and then But, you know, as as the chickens reproduce and everything, I think the the price of eggs will be coming back down here before long because it doesn't take long for chickens to reproduce and and reach maturity age to start Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. that That makes sense. so Yeah. That probably won't laugh last long, but hopefully it does last. Might be able to. Oh, we got eggs. I didn't even know. It $6 for a dozen eggs at Aldi's yesterday. $6 for an Aldi's. It's fucking Aldi's.
Speaker: Yeah. well You can only buy two dozen. You're only allowed to buy two dozen. They only allowed you buy. So. Yeah. And correct me if I'm wrong. This is just going off of what I learned the last time I did a whole weight loss thing.
Speaker: Cuts of meat matter in what you're putting in your body too. you know Just getting hamburger is not... you know If you're trying to do something more... Pushing more towards the carnivore side, um I'm just going to eat a lot of hamburger. It's not the same as if you eat a cut of steak or anything like that. Because...
Speaker: you know it's just the quality of the meat and how easy your body can break it down. do you know? Oh, yeah. Yeah, digestion is so huge. um Not to mention, too, it's it's good just to even have a mixture the the meats because a lot of them have like different nutrients in there. A lot of people, i think, don't realize, yeah, there's protein in them, but I don't think a lot of people realize like how much like vitamins, minerals, amino acids are in there.
Speaker: And all those different types of meats have different ones, so that's why I like i like to have a i like to have a mix-up. I like to make sure that I have obviously the chicken because it's the lean, it's it's the leanest, it's gonna be the highest in protein, but I make sure that I still have some sort of steak and I also make sure that I have some sort of like like a ground, kind of ground beef usually. And if you get your hand on some venison. I'm not a killer, the I don't know if you guys have ever grabbed those like tubes.
Speaker: from Costco, they have a 10 pound in Walmart. Yeah. Yeah. It was like a 10 pound tube for like 50 bucks. And I was like, considering their stakes, at least over here, the stakes are like for like three, four pounds. Like, let's say like a Chuck steak, it's like 46 bucks for like three or four pounds versus a 10 pounds of that. And it was like a 90, 10,
Speaker: um I thought that was a pretty killer deal. But yeah, I mean, overall, just having a good mixture mixture of that um is really huge. You don't, want like you said, want to just eat hamburger. Generally, a lot of times, too, that's to the one that's a lower protein, a little bit less on the on the vitamins and the minerals, little higher in the fats. Kind of what's left over after they take all the good cuts out of the cow. Exactly. So you you want to get a good mixture, for sure, of all the different meats.
Speaker: And my, my kid right there just said something about salmon being the healthiest meat, one of the healthiest. um yeah How much fish do you incorporate into your diet? Yeah, no, it's, um it's, good it's got a ah good amount of protein and it's usually got the the type of fat that you want in your body.
Speaker: the the the healthy the healthy fats that you want you want to get in your body. So it's actually good to have some sort of fish in your body. Like if you're not getting like a supplement with like fish oils or like the the omega ah type of oils, flax yeah oil, that type of stuff like that. You can get that same stuff.
Speaker: Yep. You get that same stuff from the fish. ah I mean, I would recommend if you can, you got the time, throw in and at least once a week somewhere and having a ah cut or two like salmon or something like that. I'll tell you what, man. A tuna steak, a tuna steak that I didn't never, I never knew it was a thing until I bought one one time.
Speaker: Yeah. A tuna steak steered on the grill. It's actually really good. Pepper and lemon juice is great. Fucking delicious. Yeah. And tuna is one of the fish that you can consume raw or cooked.
Speaker: So you don't have to, oh, it's got to be cooked to a certain extent. No, you can eat it. You can take a bite out of a fucking tuna if you want to. ah it's not gonna It's not going to hurt you like eating a raw steak would hurt you. Or eating raw chicken. you know the The fish I've learned has a lot of A lot more fish can be consumed a lot differently.
Speaker: Now, there are some that do require being cooked to certain temperatures and stuff like that to avoid different parasites and sicknesses and stuff. But if if how much fish do you do you incorporate into your diet, do you think?
Speaker: um You know, I'm kind of – honestly, I'm kind of on and off on that. I get a little like ah when I'm in the stage where I'm at right now, like with the ah like bulking kind of maintaining sort of stage, I'm a little less strict on it just because a lot of times I'm eating more food. So I'm generally going to get what I need in.
Speaker: um from all ah from everything I'm consuming. But when like i'm more of a cut state, I definitely probably have like salmon once to twice a week just because I'm not getting as much calories in and I'm not grabbing it from all these different areas of some of the stuff I need, especially when it comes to those healthier fats. So that's when I do do like to throw it in. Right now, not a crap, though, just for, like I said,
Speaker: like Who's our billionaire in the chatterbox that's got all this money for a half dozen eggs and casey steaks and everything? like Who's our billionaire hanging out with us today? That's that that's that's our that's that's our boy, Zanfels.
Speaker: Resident money bags. Yeah, we're going to have to make a trip to Missouri. He said, bring the family. You guys get VIP treatment here at the Lucas Oil Motorsports Speedway.
Speaker: I said, hell So I also know that like you've so you've touched on good fats and bad fats. And people a lot of times look at labels and they go trans fats and saturated fats and don't understand the difference in those things. Yeah.
Speaker: is it Isn't it the trans fats that are the relatively good ones and the saturated ones are the the bad ones? Isn't that how that works? ah You know, I believe so. Honestly, I haven't really looked into that or read read up on it.
Speaker: um Because avocado has a lot of good fats that your body really needs to consume. But I can't remember what type of fats they are. Yeah, you know... I'm kind of spacing out on that right now, to be honest, too.
Speaker: mean, we have the old Google box if we need it, but... Google it. It's the French say, Google it. I feel like there's... Just allude me right now. feel like there's one more type fat on top of that. You don't know that.
Speaker: I know... I didn't know that was the big thing back then. I think both of them, you want to get a little bit less side of that. um now i'm but I'm hitting up the Google box. Hold on
Speaker: nice on. For your clients, when you know you guys are doing everything basically online. Do you set them up with a workout plan, a workout regimen that you send them? Or do you guys do like virtual workouts? Do you do you offer like virtual workouts or anything like that where you can work out FaceTime, you know, together or anything? How how do you sit i i I haven't had to yet, but i've I've had, I've told clients that I will do that, especially when some them are really struggling with like their form and maybe not understanding the exercise.
Speaker: um But yeah, most of it's just like a program. I have, I build an actual like workout program depending on their goal. And then I literally have it inside of like an app. and then it gets set up in a calendar and what they do for each day and then they have to to log it. So I kind of generally will have like a whole like kind of like mindset program that I have them do each day.
Speaker: um They have a certain like diet meals that there's there and everything gets logged in for each and every day. And so if they they don't hit it, then I can tell, hey, what the hell's going on? How come you didn't get your workout in? How come you didn't, you know, and so on like that. that's kind of how I i run that really oh help make where I keep them really accountable.
Speaker: know what's going on. That was going to my next question was, did you have, do you have an app for you? Yeah. this ah yeah You kind of answered that. Yeah. Yeah. So that makes it a little bit easier to track things and whatnot. I, I know like for me, I, you know, like I said, I just go to Planet Fitness, but through the app, they have everything where you can track everything and,
Speaker: barcode in on each device and it tracks your your workout and stuff like that and I just don't pay no attention I just do my thing I have my routine that I do half of them don't work anyways I do have an answer to that question that we just discussed though um You have MUFAs, which is monounsaturated fats, are about 75% of what are in avocados, and those are called good fats.
Speaker: um and Then you have polyunsaturated fats, which are your omega-3s, your omega-6s, and your fatty acids. Then you have your saturated fats, which are the bad ones. Yeah. So there's the answer to that question.
Speaker: Yeah, I knew it was – that's what I was like. i'm pretty sure it was like three types, but I just – It's been so long since I've actually got all the saturated fats that you want more of than the saturated fats. Yeah.
Speaker: And the trans fats are the fake ones that they make to put into stuff. Yeah. I knew that i knew the trans were bad and and in the and the saturated sounded bad. I couldn't remember might with easy what the healthy ones were.
Speaker: I knew there was one more like the technical name. The Google box helped us. Yeah. Good old Google, right? um But yeah so that's that's the fact you're definitely going find like those avocados, like ah the fish, the different stuff like that that that you're going to want to get. That's going to be actually healthy for overall, for fuel, for your hormones, different things like that in the body to get it all functioning. Yeah, your hormones, not just horny goat weed chatterbox.
Speaker: Don't rely on that to keep your hormones up. um So this is something that I've always struggled with. You know, I know that using free weights versus machines is significantly better for you in your workout because you use different muscles that the machine doesn't help the target.
Speaker: Like you don't use, you might use them a little bit, but you don't use them as much on a machine as you do in the free weight aspect. I have always shied away from free weights for two reasons. One, i don't, I don't know proper form and such like that. So I was actually going to suggest, you know, if if, if you ever find yourself looking for something to post, you know, potentially post the form of how to use certain free weights and how to do certain workouts, because I know the fastest way to screw yourself up at the gym is to have bad form on free weights and pull something, break something, tweak something, do something hundred percent, you know, and that'll set you back so much farther than just not even going
Speaker: Because now you have to nurse an injury on top of whatever else you were already struggling with. Pain is gain. do what now? Pain is gain.
Speaker: That's true, but when you can't walk because you tweaked up your back, there is no gain. when you ah Walk it out. Yeah. walk it um So as somebody who struggles with sciatica, a lot of like deadlifts and stuff like that.
Speaker: One simple wrong movement in the form can literally put me down for two weeks. Yeah. um You know, if I get that if I get that nerve rubbed off that muscle the wrong way, I'm done. Like I will drop right there in the gym.
Speaker: Somebody is going have to drag me out of there by my arms and pour me into my truck to get home. So do you do you do anything with helping people learn the proper form on using weights and stuff like that?
Speaker: ah Yeah, yeah, definitely. um um'm I'm huge about that because I did exactly what you guys said of when I was younger, ah trying to lift heavy.
Speaker: without actually knowing the proper form. And I now have, I have both my shoulders kind of messed up. um My right's pretty bad right now. My left, i've I've kind of got that healed up, but I did all that. So I do really stress for them quite a bit.
Speaker: um i always with like my clients, if they're not understanding something, I either give them a video of me doing it and and working them through it, or I find a video of someone that really actually knows what they're talking about and get that over because you can really, as you said, you can really screw yourself up.
Speaker: And even say maybe you don't screw yourself up. Initially, you get down the road where you start getting stronger and stronger and stronger. you're eventually going to hurt yourself because you're doing the wrong form. Not to mention if you actually truly are trying to like actually build some muscle and some size, a lot of times when you don't have the proper form, you're not even stressing the right areas of the muscle like that. You can be putting into other areas. You can be using your whole body, which is not going to be the like best if you're actually like truly actually trying to like put on some size and muscle.
Speaker: You know, I've, the best example i always heard was if you're doing curls and you're trying to work your biceps, pressuring off of your elbows is going to do more damage than, than you will stress in those muscles because you'll actually create like tennis elbow or inflammation around the joint and such like that. and like, we'd already talked about inflammation and whatnot like that. So.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. No, I, I can't stress enough, like a proper form. I mean, a lot of times, I think people always, there's still that kind of like conception, like, oh, I got to lift heavy if I want to get size or I want to get big or that kind of thing like that. And it's like reality, you'd be better off. You put more size on if you actually just focus on really learning the form, the technique and get it down.
Speaker: um And the other thing I was to say, kind of like what you were talking about, like as as far as like the free weights versus their weight, Um, definitely want to learn proper form, but if like, if you don't know what you're doing, the good thing about the machines that kind of differs, like you can get good working of the muscle, but a lot of times it's only working in a certain part of like that muscle, but the stability, you get a lot of stability out of those machines. So if you are, let's say kind of in a position where you have an injury or you don't really know what you're doing, a great way to like kind of get into that point where you start getting, um, the muscle built a little bit like that is definitely like kind of working a little bit, little bit of both.
Speaker: And if you really do have to stick to machines, a lot of those machines will have the different angles. um If you're in a like a really big gym. So like, let's say whatever you're doing chest, they have multiple different machines. So if you you hit those aregied and grips at least yeah the different grips, you get the different angles and things like that. a lot of times you will still be able to get the the muscle.
Speaker: um You'll just, you won't be getting a, as much uh building as much stability and like the kind of like the joints the tendons the ligaments and stuff like that as you would just like went kind of doing the free weights but i think it's better than uh doing nothing great way if you don't have any in there or you have an injury it's really a great way to still be able to to to uh you know work out without causing any damage to yourself so So i had I have an injury, a very common one in weightlifting is I have a distal tendon rupture. I don't have any bicep right here.
Speaker: My bicep starts here and goes up. yeah so that did that came from a work injury, but I will tell you right now, trying to get back into doing anything with my left arm curls, you know, bench press anything.
Speaker: One of the big struggles is because the arm was immobilized for so long. And it even happens just if I take a ah a cup and I, or a cup of water something, I hold it too long in the same spot, that muscle will cramp so fast because it was immobilized for so long.
Speaker: But now I don't, I don't trust myself so much. in maintaining form with the free weights and everybody's always like oh just ask somebody at the gym nobody as much as and people argue all the time but they don't mind a lot of guys do mind they don't want to be bothered in the middle of their their workout to try and help some some new guy who doesn't know what the fuck he's doing you know and they used to have trainers at planet fitness now since covid when they cut staff down They don't have the trainers anymore to help you learn how to do things. And the app only shows you so much in the animation.
Speaker: i think I think it depends on on on the Planet Fitness. I know like mine personally, they still have couple trainers that float around, however. Very limited hours, though. and Unfortunately, some of the trainers are in worse shape than some of the people that are in there. So it's like, do you really want to take advice? you know Yeah. yeah like it's it's It's like, ah it's like you would you take advice from ah you know to get off crack from a crackhead? you know kind of big This is how you quit doing crack.
Speaker: And it's funny because I'm a big dude, and I i know everything I need to do. But for me, it's just doing it. It's getting there is beside the yeah it's putting aside the time to do it.
Speaker: you know And for all intents and purposes, you know I get home from a 10-hour workday and I'm like, once I get home, I don't want to fucking leave again because I'm in sales. So I people all day long.
Speaker: By the time I get home, I'm fucking done peopleing. I don't want to sit there and wait on somebody at the gym to get out of my fucking way. i don't want to deal with the crowds. But with their hours changed... Planet Fitness, you know some some of them, they're not open the overnight anymore, and they don't open until 5 o'clock in the morning. It's like, fuck, man. now i can't I can't do that because get to be to work by 6. I can't work out from 5 to 6. I can't get that hour in that I'm looking for.
Speaker: it's just there's There's always some sort of an excuse, I find. and I'll tell you, the I'm the first one to make that excuse a lot of the times, but you know, having done this once, it's just a matter of developing that habit.
Speaker: And what is it? They say it takes like 14 days to develop a habit. Yeah. ah A lot times too, I try to like, I try to like kind of hammer it into people. like, you gotta, to really get it going, you gotta kind of treat it the same way as you would as like, okay, I gotta go to my job today or I gotta to brush my teeth. I gotta pick up my kids, whatever, whatever those stuff are that you have to do that, you know, that like there's no way around it.
Speaker: You gotta start treating it that same way so that you can kind of like kind of build that habits. You just, treat it as like, uh, something I can do, or you know what mean? You don't treat it as like something you have to do no matter what.
Speaker: It's really easy to just kind of fall out of it. So I, I, that's, that's how I get, try to to get people is just to kind of treat it the same way as whatever that stuff that you have to do, no matter what, every single day, you have to treat it that same, same exact way.
Speaker: You have to, you know, you can't just put it off or like one of those things that, you know, okay, if I can, I can, if I can't, what else? Yeah. It's all in the mindset.
Speaker: It is. I'd say 80% of the battle is the mind. Yeah. to To be honest, like most of the time, like you get, when would you get someone like me, like, yeah, i have the like the nutritional knowledge. I have the the workout knowledge and all like that. But like, you can find all that shit online. What it really comes down to more than anything is having someone holding you accountable all the time to actually do those things. in And the application, like you were just saying yourself, like, you know what you need to do, but it comes down to like holding yourself accountable and the actual application of it. And that's where I think people fail the most more than anything is, is there on that area.
Speaker: Yeah. And you said you do help with like meal planning and stuff like that, right? Yeah. That's where my biggest struggle, no BSing, my biggest struggle is the meal planning part.
Speaker: Because I get burnt out after so many days of the same, you know, grilled chicken and green beans, grilled chicken and carrots, grilled chicken. I i can Three, four days of grilled chicken, I'm like, fuck, I need something else.
Speaker: I need to find a different way to cook it or something other than just that. Yeah. Yeah, no, I... um Especially, you know, everybody kind of gets that way, but some people can kind of tolerate sticking on something for longer than others.
Speaker: But like sometimes I will literally just give like a couple of different variations for like ah each each meal meal they have. Like, okay, you got like these couple options. You can do this. You can put these couple sauces on here like that. So that way you're not just getting stuck in the same freaking thing over and over because that that can't, especially when you're somebody that went from like eating whatever the fuck you want on a regular basis all the time. And now,
Speaker: You can only eat this thing, not having even some sort of change up. can be really hard. So I, I try to like, that's something I try to like, make sure that there's multiple like options so that that way, you know, you're not just stuck eating the exact same thing all the time. Like, are you going to have the same variation as you would probably when you're eating whatever the fuck you want? Of course not. But you know, having some kind of variation, a little bit of change up, uh, it's definitely very helpful for sure. But you got to put in, you got to put in the time to be able to enjoy, like you said, the the eating, whatever you want. Like I said, when I was doing two days at the gym, six days a week, I can eat anything I wanted.
Speaker: yeah Because I was working it off so much, you know, and I was, I was driving trucks. I was, I was hauling roll offs. I was in and out of the truck 60 times a day, you know, walking around job sites, climbing on things, you know, and so when you're doing that kind of activity, know,
Speaker: You know, you can eat whatever you want because you're going to burn it off. But again, in in in eating whatever you want, don't go out and eat a whole fucking pizza. Yeah. Three pieces of that pizza, you know, cut smaller and you're good.
Speaker: It's yeah moderation is huge. A lot people are like, oh, yeah, I could live off a steak. Yeah. But eating a 16 ounce steak five days a week is not good for you. yeah Eat an eight or a 10 ounce steak five days a week and then we'll talk about it. Yeah, speak I mean, so it all just depends, too, on, like, where you're at, your goals, what you're trying to do, too.
Speaker: If you're trying to cut, you know, it's then you need a calorie deficit, ultimately. You need a calorie deficit. But if you're if you're living in a calorie deficit and you're not active,
Speaker: that calorie deficit's not doing you any good ultimately. No, you it's, I mean, it will to point. You're just making yourself suffer. Yeah, you're just making yourself suffer with, like, like you want to create, you can want a calorie deficit, but you want some of that obviously but to be created from activity, not just freaking food, because you're going to get to point where you're going be so starving, it's unbearable, regardless of whether you're working out or not. So, yeah, you want to have a nice balance there. You're just going to freaking kill yourself.
Speaker: And then, You know, a lot of people and from what I've learned is a lot of people fail because they put themselves in a situation where they are fucking miserable. Ultimately. Yeah. You know, yeah they they go to all in. It's like, okay, let's, uh, um, I shouldn't say to all in, but they like, they go right off the bat. They go into like, okay, I'm gonna eat 1200 calories.
Speaker: this amount of grams of protein, this amount of this, like this. And it's like, you've been doing whatever you wanted for years. You haven't done any type of activity. You've been consuming almost 5,000 calories a day with this much protein.
Speaker: Now you're going to try and go down to 1,200 a day. Like, yeah. And you're going to change It's like coming a caffeine too. You're not just going to be eating whatever the hell you want. You're going be eating this meal to get this amount ah and so on. So like sometimes, especially what, you know, if you're doing it on your own, I tell people like, start slow. Like, all right, don't drink your calories anymore.
Speaker: Cut out, like start eating the sugar free ah versus the regular and start getting the fat free versus the regular. It's like those little differences right there. Starting out, you can lose a decent amount of weight just by starting to do that and go start going for a walk.
Speaker: I'm doing 16 pounds just by cutting energy drinks out. Because like you drinking my calories was my biggest issue. I would drink two cups of coffee in the morning.
Speaker: I would drink three Monsters throughout the course of the day I was averaging like 1,600 milligrams of caffeine a day. And when I tried to go down to like none, just the two cups of coffee, the shakes, the headaches, the withdrawals, you go...
Speaker: you know Your body is going to go through withdrawal when you shock it with something and deprive it of something it's used to having. So yes, you have to start small or you're going to be miserable.
Speaker: you don't yeah You don't quit meth after 10 years of doing meth just by quitting meth without going through suffering. Yeah, right. And the same thing goes with caffeine. Caffeine is a synthetic methamphetamine, ultimately. It it is an upper...
Speaker: So when you're used to functioning at that high level of caffeine and then you go down to no caffeine, you're like, your body hates you. and you Moderation, man.
Speaker: That's what I'm hearing. That's what I'm hearing when it comes to when it comes to fitness and and weight loss and and whatnot. You hear everybody say moderation. Yeah. That's what it is. Don't go to the extreme one way or the other. You know what I mean? Yeah. like The way I look at it, like the majority of the time,
Speaker: you wanna eat better, but it's not like you have to like, okay, I'm never gonna be able to eat my favorite food again or that like that. Like that's too far too. yeah Like there's there's a there's a nice happy medium that well you're gonna get the outcome you want still to be able to to to live live as well and have so you know the certain things that you want in life as as well.
Speaker: And I think for the average guy, like myself, and I'll speak for myself personally, I'm not trying to i'm not trying to look like you, Ben. nothing wrong i mean You look amazing. you like like You're fucking shredded.
Speaker: I am totally. Too bad he's in California. and but Vacation what? Maybe you we're just a little bit. You're like, where did you say you live I'm in Ohio. He's on his phone Googling flights. How much is this going to me?
Speaker: How much will it cost to get to Ohio? You know, me, i'm I'm more just, I just want to lose some weight. I don't want to be shredded. I just want to be a better, you know, so ah um ah I'm one of those fortunate ones where i can, like, if I'm working out, as long as I'm active, I'm going to lose and um and i'm ah And I'm like, i love I love the machines mainly because I know I don't have the proper form.
Speaker: But I've also got a busted up shoulder and a busted up back and and whatnot. And I have found when I use the free weights, I'm more inclined to hurt myself or be to a point where it's not necessarily an injury, but it's like, oh, fucking sore. I don't want to go to today.
Speaker: I don't want to go. and I'll go tomorrow. I'm going to. I'm to rest up because my back hurts my shoulder hurts. So I like the machines because of that. They do give you that stability, whatever. um I know Planet, my Planet Fitness, again, i can't speak for all of them because I only go to mine for the most part.
Speaker: Last year, they just updated all their machines. and And like the chest press, you get all the different variations on the back. Like you said, you can move it around. so So I find that for me, for the average person, and being me,
Speaker: that that That workout and slightly changing my eating habits work out to, you know, not I'm not being a complete fat pig and whatnot. Like I used to be, you know, to Taco Bell and spend $20 and be like, right, what do you want?
Speaker: you know there Yeah. Now it's like, if I get Taco Bell, I'm getting, I have a set thing that I get, you know, yeah, so. I think it boils down to moderation, but what would your recommendation be for somebody who's not necessarily looking to get absolutely shredded?
Speaker: I mean, i mean, for, for when you're just looking for like the aspect of like trying to be healthy, um you know, work out three, three, four days a week, I'd say, um you know, a certain amount of, you know,
Speaker: days out of the week, you know, cut back on, on some of the stuff that you, you know, you truly have a tendency to go to town on. Um, you know, you want to get a little more specific in it and you could track your calories, uh, macros, uh, to a point and then kind of still fit in certain things that you, you want to eat in there.
Speaker: Um, and then just on the other days that you to maybe don't work out, just throw a 30, 40 minute walk and do little, just some sort of activity on a regular basis. Cause a lot, a lot of what kills people, if they just don't do anything at all.
Speaker: Walking is one of the best exercises that you can do, actually, for your body. I agree, man. i yeah I literally half of my... like I do cardio, but the majority of what how I keep my cardio up is just me making sure I walk a certain amount ah throughout the day. You're a three-year-old.
Speaker: Yeah, that helps a lot. for These track, they make smart watches that are 1,000% affordable that track 100% of your steps a day. yeah um some are Some are obviously more accurate than others, but...
Speaker: you know If you can just just hit your steps every day, ah your step goal. and I know a guy, Mark Marzaki, lost 160 pounds, and all he did was walk every day.
Speaker: Each week, he would up the distance he walked. He would up the distance he walked. He would set aside the time and just walk and walk. yeah I met one of my neighbors last summer. he had He had got some bad news health-wise, and he's not able to actually physically work out, unfortunately.
Speaker: But that's how I met one of my neighbors. I'd seen this dude just constantly walking every day. And I was out on the patio one night. i think I was grilling. And walked by, hey, how you doing, man? I was like, good yeah, man. We started chatting up.
Speaker: And he but it was like six months that he had started walking. He had lost like 30 pounds. And he's like, this is all I do is as i walk. And I was like, I wondered why I always see you just wandering around the neighborhood.
Speaker: And it's like, you know, yeah, I'm just out walking because that's all I can do. Exercise wipes because of my health issues. He's a little bit older guy, but um I was just actually just talking to him the other day and he looks like a totally different person because he's been doing it now for about a year and a half.
Speaker: And he's a totally different guy. It was a nice day and he happened to, I happened to be outside with the dog and whatnot. Hey, how's it going? I haven't seen you in a while. I said, yeah, I hide outside. I hide from me, you know? But he looked like totally different guy. He's continued up on his walking. He's like, dude, we were chatting. He was like, man, I can do so much more than I couldn't do a year ago.
Speaker: Oh, I'm sure. and i changed And he changed his eating habits a little bit. and Not that he ate bad begin with from talking to him, but he's like, I just walk. I just come out here walk around the neighborhood. Yeah, no I mean, shit the kid portion is just moving, man. Like, ah that's what I saw lot of people, like moving. like Like, literally, like, if you were, like you said, someone like yourself who does it who doesn't necessarily want to be like Mr. Bodybuilder, all shredder, everything, just wants to be healthier.
Speaker: As I said, work out three, four days a week. So you're actually working work the muscles ah to a point, using them when you may not be using them. you know walk 8-10,000 steps a day because I believe like I was reading 5-6,000 steps a day is considered sedentary so you work you walk 8-10,000 steps it really isn't that hard if you're just up and about 5,000 steps is considered sedentary?
Speaker: yeah oh my god
Speaker: um' I'm failing at life right now. I want to tell you, I'm failing miserably at fucking life. fucking miserably I'm failing. My daily goal was Let me tell you, I took this office job It's a good thing I'm a smoker or I would never have a fucking excuse to get up and walk around.
Speaker: And to go from being in a big truck and getting in and out all fucking day long to sitting in a desk chair all day, my hips, my knees, my ankles, you know, it all hurts. I find myself leaning on the desk. My shoulders start to hurt, you know.
Speaker: So this is the only time in life you'll ever hear me say, i am glad I am a smoker because it gives me an excuse to get up and walk the fuck away. Like it's terrible, terrible reason to walk away, but it is a good excuse. You know, it gives me that excuse.
Speaker: Cause it's well, you know, from the, from the fitness side of things, because you, you're, you're a dual threat over here, man. You're helping with the fitness. You're helping getting the body right. But you're also working to get the the mind right as well.
Speaker: You do a lot of motor. Your Instagram has a lot of motivational videos on it. Um, yeah. You know, uh, inspirational, you know. um but um And, of course, with that, you're going to have your haters and whatnot, but we'll get into that.
Speaker: where Where do you find your source of your your material, your content, when you're coming up with those videos? And, again, they're in my ah they're in the algorithm on our on our network is Instagram page, so they're always popping up.
Speaker: Is that stuff that you hear? Is like from life experiences and or where do you where do you get your content from? A lot of those lot of it was just me. like i not as much now I still do, but a lot of us, me just listening when I was, especially when i was trying to make like that kind of flip with my new, my needed to change my mindset.
Speaker: I was just listening to a crap ton of people that were, were talking about the stuff that I know I needed. Um, and I was just listening to a ton and then just started applying it like, okay, how does this apply in, in my life and in my area life? And then, um, you know, kind of slowly, but surely just kind of made it, made it kind of my own, my own deal as far as what it comes with the the mindset. And, um, you know, I think, uh,
Speaker: you know, everybody's probably got like a little bit a different variation of kind of what they need or where they're kind of wanting to go with it. But ultimately there's kind of like certain things and just a way of thinking that's, you know, it's going to be game game changing in your life if if you change that ah that approach to it.
Speaker: So here's the question that I'm sure you get asked quite frequently and I hate to ask it, but the economy currently sucks dick for lack of better terms. What does it cost on average to have somebody work with you for a duration of time?
Speaker: Because I know you don't do it for free. nobody Nothing in life is free except your you're you have to pay taxes. That's right. You do that for free. Yeah. um they they They say no matter what, you're paying taxes. So so what does it cost? And and this this does this affects a lot of people in their ability to get a gym membership, eat right, get a trainer, stuff like that. you know Groceries are fucking expensive. It's way cheaper to stay back.
Speaker: Yeah, no joke. And the insurance companies love it because healthy people don't make them any money. Yeah. So what does it cost on average? If I want to say reached out you an instance and hey, man, I want you to help me work on this for a month. I need i need meals. I need workout ideas. I need goals. What would it cost me to have you help me for a month?
Speaker: So for like ah a month for like for generally like everything I do, um it's actually that's like actually probably the most expensive way to go about like working with me.
Speaker: I try to usually actually draw people in with like a three month thing because that's usually like the amount of time that I find that people will kind of like they start learning it, they get it down, they get into habit. and They get a routine and that's actually where amount of time where you're probably going to see like some reasonable amount of progress depending on where you're at. Like a lot of times you only put in like a um a month.
Speaker: You're not going to, you might see some progress, but you're probably not going to see anything like game changing. We're like, holy shit. Like, look at You're also the last person that's going to see any changes in yourself because you see yourself every day.
Speaker: Yeah. So I, I, I, lot times I try to push, so I actually give like more of a, like a price price rate. Cause I generally I'll charge anywhere. If I just do like month to month, like four or 500 bucks. Whereas if I do like a three month, depending on if I'm running a special the time or not, it's any, it can be anywhere from like seven 50 to like nine 97.
Speaker: So I cut a lot of more break and and you're getting, the way I do it, I have a ah actual like call. We do ah once a week where I go sit there, we talk over everything, whether they're stuck at. So that way I can kind of like, okay, pinpoint there, um you know, check-ins. I have a check-in. We do wait, pictures, everything like that. So we can really see where the progress is kind of like moving forward.
Speaker: And then if, you know, they're having hiccups, something's not going right. They're logging it, whatever. some Certain foods out there we can make whatever adjustments you need, like kind of weekly. So it's like, you know, I was, I can remember when I was working at gym, like a lot of people, the average, I think they were paying maybe per sessions, anywhere from like 80 to a hundred bucks.
Speaker: And then you figure all you're getting is workouts with somebody. Whereas when you do it like, that's why I like the, i only for an hour yeah. That's why I didn't go back to like the approach working the gym. I liked the fact once I kind of like saw that this was a thing,
Speaker: that you could actually provide like a whole nutrition plan. You can provide a whole workout plan, um updates. You can talk to them on a regular basis, um go over everything on a regular basis. It's a lot easier to keep in contact with them and everything like that. I can actually provide a lot more versus someone just showing up to the gym. I can actually, you know, give the whole package that you actually kind of need versus, you know, just getting them in a workout like a couple times a month.
Speaker: So, yeah. Because I know like it's not it's not cheap. A lot of people are like, oh, why do they charge so much? you know Trainers especially, why do they charge so much? Because there this is this is one of those things where what is your price tag? What do you value your time at?
Speaker: you know and it's it's Some guys are full of themselves at aunts you know it's a hundred and, it's $160 for an hour of my time. yeah And all you're going to do is is yeahll ah watch me work out for...
Speaker: 45 minutes of that hour because the other 15 minutes you're gonna be telling me what i'm gonna be working out yeah is it really like does it really pay off to be worth it but in this instance it's like you said you're checking in with them i'm sure they probably have some way they can reach you at any point during the day during a work oh yeah no i uh once once i bring them someone in on a client they have my phone number so they can literally yeah anytime they can text me pretty much there you go click there's the easy way to get his digits yeah I'm already in his DM's jokes on you, Rick.
Speaker: i'm marketinging his dms jokes on you rick slid in that bitch Did he ask you for a picture your butthole yet? Because that's his thing. ah so yeah so got I know that a lot of people get discouraged immediately by price point and they don't realize everything that goes into something like you're doing. You know you are literally you're accessible. It sounds like you're accessible basically 24-7. They can send you a text or give you a call. Obviously, if you're working at a 3 o'clock in the morning, don't call this motherfucker. It's midnight at his place. He's not a 3-year-old.
Speaker: Let the motherfucker sleep. and if you If you can't let him sleep, You know, I hope you stub your fucking toe. um But so they get and they get meal plans. They get, you know, workout plans. They get conversation. Sometimes sometimes it's just a conversation about what could I change today because this part of my body hurts a lot. So how can I focus on something else?
Speaker: yeah Or it's just that covered. Like you said, the accountability factor. this is what I did today and I don't feel like I did enough. What do you think? Or this is what I did today and I think I did too much. Do you have an idea that I can do tomorrow that's not going to be quite as excessive or something like that? So it sounds like they basically would have that that all that in one shot oh yeah no and um i make constant adjustments i always tell them like hey like you did this exercise it hurts your shoulder and not in the right way like tell me um you know tell me there's good pain ill get but but we we'll we'll figure it out yeah whether it comes down to your form or maybe you just have a injury so we don't want to make it worse so it's yeah you could have an underlying you don't know about
Speaker: Exactly. So that's why I i make myself available a lot of times, so you know, sometimes too, like sometimes, like you said, just having a conversation, like, man, I don't really feel like doing it today. Like, I don't think I can. And just having me like, hey, you know, you told me you wanted to do it for this reason because your kids is looking at you and blah, blah, blah.
Speaker: Kind of give a little reminder push. And, you know, sometimes it's ah I feel like that's could be really helpful, like you said, because sometimes that's what it comes down. Just need to be held accountable.
Speaker: Yep. And that's, that's ultimately what it the accountability. You know, I learned that when I started working out, you know, Having somebody at the gym with me made going to the gym a lot more enjoyable than going there by myself.
Speaker: You know, and and gli Glick will attest to this. So when I started working out, I was doing a lot on TikTok. um I was very active on TikTok. I struggle with social anxiety. Anytime I walk into a place, I automatically think everybody in there is looking at me and judging me in bad ways.
Speaker: So going to the gym, the first six times I tried to go to the gym, I literally was in the parking lot or walking to the door and I turn around left. yeah because i'm like everybody in there is going to be looking at me they're going be judging me by my size what i'm failing at what i'm not doing well stuff like that and it took one of the ways that i found around it was i would actually live stream on tiktok while i was doing my cardio workouts and i would have an earbud in and i would answer questions if he would pop up in the question in the chat box and i remember one particular day
Speaker: I was like, I was, it was early on. I was going, I was working out. I was doing my cardio on the elliptical and I've always been a big dude. So I have knee and ankle and back issues. So the elliptical is ideal for me because it's low impact, but I still get my cardio in.
Speaker: um I started looking around the gym and you could tell that my focus was on everybody else and whether they were looking at me or not. And a friend of mine, Jason, started asking me questions in my in my comment box.
Speaker: Just the dumbest things like, hey, what kind of truck do you drive at work? What do you recommend for somebody trying to get into your line of work? you know Just something that drew my attention back to the phone and the machine and not looking around at everybody else thinking about them judging me.
Speaker: you know And so i found that having a workout partner or somebody that I can talk to or somebody who's going through it with me made it 10 times. What is the phrase? Misery loves company.
Speaker: Yeah. Going through it with me made it so much easier just fulfill the workouts and go to the gym every day and stuff like that. and And I found that going at 430 in the morning There was only two, three other people in there. So it was easier. I didn't have to worry about it. And one of them was a girl transitioning to be a guy or guy.
Speaker: So listen, they're not about to judge me for being fat. They deal with enough of it on their own. right You know, so, you know, what do you, and you're going to help to try to keep them focused on what they're doing and not thinking about the outsider. information Yeah.
Speaker: ah You know, yeah you got to think about it. Like too, like, you know, you got to think in the sense that you're not alone. Like there's a lot of people that go to that same shit. Like they're feeling like when they go there, that everyone's looking at them, but you know what?
Speaker: Almost everybody to some sort of a degree or like that kind of fills, fills that way or they feel like they're, you know, they're not living up to where, what their standards should be like that. So they feel like people are looking at them or whatever like that.
Speaker: But ultimately everyone's in there just worrying about themselves. They're probably not giving one thought to you in there. And that's what I try to like tell people, like, I know it's easier you're said than done to get that through your head. Maybe, especially if that's, you know, something you're struggling with,
Speaker: But you know, I always tell people to like the easiest way to get over something, to build confidence in the area, just fucking do it. Just yeah doing it. That's how you build the confidence. Like, you know what i mean? Like, you know, whatever, whatever it is, like if you're you're going out there and and learning a a trade or anything like that, of course you're gonna suck it at it first, but how do you build confidence? You start doing it over and over and over and you start getting confidence. She's not walking in there right away. Like I got this fucking, I can do it. You know what I mean? When you to know nothing about it.
Speaker: So it's kind of like that with anything. Um, You know, i've ah I've kind of like, it's a little twisted now, but I kind of like going and putting myself now in situations that I'm uncomfortable in because I found when I overcome it, then I start feeling more confident in. And and um believe or not, I actually don't like necessarily, I like keeping to myself a lot and not and not necessarily like being around people a lot. I'm like, that's just kind of how I grew up.
Speaker: So me putting myself on social media on a regular basis and doing these videos on a regular basis kind of puts myself in a situation that I don't like being in a regular basis, but I've actually been able to overcome it. more and more and more just because I happen it to put myself out there on a regular basis. And it's not that I can't hold a conversation or talk to people. I just i just like being by myself.
Speaker: I like keeping it myself. So like i like kind of thrusting myself in situations that I don't ah generally like like to deal with um just because I know it's probably something that I do need to deal with. And it's kind of just helped me strengthen and build up on a lot of areas.
Speaker: so Yeah, I mean, ah that's that's one of those things there. I mean, putting yourself in, you know, situations that are uncomfortable. and that's That's part of that journey that we take to get our mind right.
Speaker: um Lord knows I do it. um Believe it or not, I have like i have like really bad social anxiety and I hate like speaking public speaking.
Speaker: That's a lie. I tell people that they're like, yeah, but you podcast like yeah which podcast like five days a week, bro. It's easy to sit behind a screen, though.
Speaker: Yeah, there's a big difference when I'm sitting in my, I'm literally in my bedroom and I've got like my little corner area set up. there' There's a big difference in doing that than having to stand up in front of a crowd and look out at people and go, oh, shit. oh like Yeah.
Speaker: They're all looking at me. That's the big thing. Nobody's looking back at you on a podcast. Yeah. if they Even though they maybe walked in, you can't see them physically looking at you. So it does make it a little bit easier yeah deal with in general. Yeah. But i used to have the same issue.
Speaker: I go to the gym was, you know, everybody's looking at me. Everybody's just, then I got to the point where I put my, my earbuds in, I put my, pull my hat down and I just go to work. And it's like, I don't, I don't even, I don't even, I'm at the point now where I forget that there's even people there.
Speaker: Yeah. hard to say here I can already hear things and man, I feel like a woman on his, on his cardio. Sometimes I just jam it up. man and be like And everybody's like, what the fuck?
Speaker: Sometimes I do. Well, I know may or may not ah I may or may not have gotten in trouble for playing a podcast over to speakers at Planet Fitness one time.
Speaker: Because i they have this thing in Planet Fitness where you can download this like jukebox app and you can play whatever. Well, I had it. And and I was like, I wonder if. And I just started playing the podcast.
Speaker: And it wasn't it hard to figure out who was playing the nonsensical network. Throughout the gym, considering I'm almost always in some kind of nonsensical something apparel.
Speaker: One of the things that helped me was was a simple phrase that, you know, everybody's in that gym for the same reason. Yeah. At the end of the day, they're all there to be healthier. Exactly. No matter what stage you're at.
Speaker: Yeah, and you could be shredded. You could have muscles on your shoulders like this guy. He's still there for the same reason that me not having muscles on my shoulders, trying to lose weight is there. We're there ultimately at the end of the day for a healthier lifestyle. Yep.
Speaker: Everyone's there for the same purpose, for the same reason. And and i i guess nobody started, nobody started looking like you. They didn't, they weren't, but nobody came out of the womb part of, Hey, here the fuck I am. Yeah. With, you know, being, being muscular or cut or in great shape.
Speaker: Nobody did that. And a lot of people I know, and this is something that rings true in my head that my dad told me years ago, I didn't get as big as I am overnight.
Speaker: I'm not going to lose the weight yeah overnight. People want that instant gratification and it's not to happen. This is from, I'm 38 years old. This is from, aside from the few years in, after you know, pre COVID and wrestling through high school, this is roughly 30 years of just treating my body like shit.
Speaker: And that's how I got where I am. I'm not, it's good not going to take me 30 years to get where I want to be. No, but but it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen in 30 days either. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker: Yeah. You know a lot of people, they want that instant gratification. And I learned doing my workout. You're never going to, you're not going to physically see the changes in yourself looking in the mirror for at least six months.
Speaker: You won't. You'll see it in the scale. You'll see it in the way your clothes fit. You'll see it in, you know, the way your body feels. yeah You won't see it physically looking at yourself in the mirror.
Speaker: You're like, oh, man, I've been here for a week straight. I should, i should you know, my stomach shouldn't be bulging out no more. No, no, no. That's not how that works. It doesn't happen like that. And, you know, we have a friend, Glick and I have a mutual friend, Megan, in Pennsylvania.
Speaker: who used to be a bodybuilder. I don't know if you knew that about Bubbles. She used to be a bodybuilder. And one of the big things that she told me, and and you may agree with this, and I hope oh but I don't sound an idiot, but the battle with your belly begins in the kitchen.
Speaker: Yeah. The biggest struggle with your with with the waiter on the midsection. You can be, look at Eddie Hall, Beast, Eddie Hall. The dude is the world's strongest man how many times over.
Speaker: yeah He's got a huge stomach on him. You know, it's because the way he consumes food. Does he have a lot of muscle under it? Absolutely. Oh, yeah. Is his stomach like pushing on some dude with washboard abs?
Speaker: I guarantee it's not. I guarantee you that guy's squishy as shit. You know, but the battle with your stomach begins in the kitchen. It's what you consume and how much of it you can consume.
Speaker: Yep. hundred percent. Like I said, a 16 ounce steak five days a week is not going to do the health things for you that a 10 ounce steak five days a week is going to do. Yeah. Yeah. Now, I mean, what it comes down to is, is, is what, how much really are you putting in your body and how much are you actually moving around and doing to, you know, expelling from your body. Yeah.
Speaker: That's, that's what it really comes down to, you know, what's going in and what's going out. hey Nope. Like right now, today, I've only burned 369 calories. You know why? Because all I've done today is the fucking dishes.
Speaker: I haven't done shit today. but yeah but But it's my Sunday. It's my Sunday. Today's the day I don't do a lot. But what I should do is get up and go for a walk when we're done with this and just walk around my neighborhood for 30 minutes.
Speaker: yeah 100 so and it really it really it doesn't take it it doesn't take as much as people think either a lot of times uh they over complicate it and yeah there can be a lot of stuff in there but i mean to just just let that overwhelm like just the fact that you like let's say consciously making a change to eat eat better work out, move a little bit more, you're going to get so much further than if you just sat there and thought about it.
Speaker: And sure, maybe do you need to learn more about nutrition or do you need to learn more like that? Yeah, probably down the road, but just you starting out and just starting to move and do something, like just do something. for her you like First, start moving the needle, see a little bit of like results and things changing and happening, and that's going want you to actually learn it more or get the proper information that you're really going to need to get to wherever you want to go.
Speaker: But I think that's sometimes the biggest hurdle is just doing it. You know i mean? Like I call it like sometimes that improper actions, is the best action you can take is just doing it. Sadly, Nike has the best slogan and just do it.
Speaker: You know, I remember going to the gym and going, I needed just Nike today. And that was what i would say. I need a Nike today. I need to just do it because you're going to have days. And I've had days where I felt like T total shit walking in the gym.
Speaker: And I knew I'm like, this is just going to be a shitty workout. It's discouraging. I don't fucking want to be here. And then halfway through it, like a good song came on my, my music and I just started getting in the groove of things.
Speaker: And next thing I know, I was there 35 minutes longer than I planned to be. it hit a new PR on my cardio and left the gym going, holy fuck. That was a good workout today. Yeah.
Speaker: I mean, I mean, how often, like, let's say you you might be more tired, but how often you ever walked out of the gym? Like, well, fuck, I regret that. That was a fucking bad decision. I feel good mean like no one, no one walks out of there feeling worse or like, oh shit, I regret that.
Speaker: yeah Yeah. Nobody walks out there with the mindset of that was a stupid idea. Yeah. If you can, that's one of those things you can kind of put in your head. Like, you know, you know, you're going to feel better after that's a lot of times. Like even now myself doing this for years, like I definitely have my days where I still wake up and fuck, i don't want to go do this. What the fuck am I up this early?
Speaker: Going to go even harder when you're getting up at three o'clock in the morning. the next time myself You know what? You're going less grumpy. You're going to feel better. Everything's going to feel better after you go ahead and do that. So I go do it anyways.
Speaker: Yep. yeah You nailed it. Like it's just, it's getting, you know, days you don't want to wake up and go to work. You still get up and go to work. That's said. as That's what I was talking about earlier. You got to just treat it the same way you were like your job or anything like that. You have to have that same mindset towards that.
Speaker: Yep. and by By the way, Mindy, there are a lot of people that I don't want to picture naked. A lot of people I don't want to picture naked. I promise you um with that. kid There's a lot. Well, the list of what's right with him is shorter than the list what's right with him. Yeah, much shorter. is my pet sperm, so it makes sense.
Speaker: Well, he did tell us you were on the spectrum, so. and on a lot of spectrums. with going Going into this and doing this and everything like that, especially now coming onto the social media platform and whatnot, and and I've always, i learned a very valuable lesson very early on in social media, and that is don't get wrapped up in the comments.
Speaker: and and And that was even before we started growing our platform. You know, sometimes you'd watch somebody say, or look at their picture, watch their reel, whatever, and then go in the comments and you can see the assholes.
Speaker: And that would get you fired up. it's like, I don't even know this person. And I'm pissed off because this dick bag is in here running his mouth or running their mouth, whatever the case may be. For you, and I know you've got to you you've got the new thing, and i like was telling you backstage, you've got the new thing, that and it keeps coming up.
Speaker: Blue Collar Boys. Yeah. I know you're ruffling some feathers, man. How do you deal with... nothing That was the whole point of it. I'm going to have to look into this. it yeah it would be My whole thing was it was it's either going to get some people like, fuck, and need to do better or they're going to get fucking pissed.
Speaker: But that was a whole that was the kind of the whole point. I was trying to kind of like strike a strike a chord, ruffle some feathers a little bit. I may have to plan a trip to Autumn Brook, California, just so I'm close enough to go down there and throw hands with this man if it's that ruffle. It's not even really that bad. it's just it's it But it is like ah it's a Yeah. hard truth there. That's kind of the reality.
Speaker: basically hard truths out there that's kind of the reality Because I'm a maintenance mechanic as well. um I've done a ship kind of construction. So I've been around all these kind of like the people I'm talking about is the exact people that I've been around on a regular basis for years on years on years. So it's not like it's it's not like I'm just talking about- You are one of them ultimately.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. So I i see that like I work side by side with them and a lot of those excuses are the exact same ones that I hear on a regular basis or I've heard for a regular basis over the years.
Speaker: So- Yeah, no, I mean, Rick's one of them. I'm um umm one of them. I've been in construction slash maintenance pretty much since I was 13 years old. as so you know and um and and i think And I always say this too, like they're some of the most hardworking people at their job.
Speaker: So that's why I'm like, why are you not putting that same toward effort to your own self? but When I get home from working hard all day, I want to be lazy. want to play video games and eat cookies, bro. like ultimately you're working hard you're basically working hard for somebody somebody else to have whatever they're playing there.
Speaker: their vision that, uh, that, that they're going for it. And I don't know. I just feel like you know, if you don't put that same sort of effort into yourself and, you know, I'm not saying you need to take fucking eight to 10 hours a fucking day, but maybe eight to 10 hours out of a total fucking week somewhere to like put some time into yourself to, to better yourself. Even I don't even necessarily have to be like fitness. Like, i don't know, you know, whatever,
Speaker: there's gotta to be something that you want in life more than where you're at right now. And the fact that you can't take the time to set aside to build that, it doesn't have to be like working out, like in my case, or, you know, fitness business, like, fuck, don't know, you know, maybe you want to fucking make dartboards and you want to start a business. don't know. just making a random thing, but you know what I mean? fact, if you don't go for it and try to like work on it like that, you're still always, it's never going happen. You're always going to be in that same spot. So that's kind of like the feathers that I was trying to ruffle with that, with that thing. And it didn't even necessarily have to be about fitness in general.
Speaker: Yeah, youre you know, the guys get on me because they're like, Glick's a great friend to have, especially when you're going through things. It's just his vices. Fucking get over. Just do it.
Speaker: Stop being a bitch. Don't talk about it. Be about it. Because I was that guy for years. I was that guy. I want to have a podcast. I want to start a podcast. i want to have my own podcast. For years. For fucking years.
Speaker: I talked about it. and And that's all I was doing. I mean, I was doing live streaming. yeah know I was live streaming on Periscope. I was live streaming on TikTok. And And I was talking about, I want to do a podcast. I want to do a podcast. But it got to a point where, and you know, talk is cheap at the end of the day.
Speaker: Now I got to do it. Yeah. you know, I didn't realize it's it's a lot of hard work. It's not just turning on your camera and talk. There's a lot of shit that goes on behind the scenes. And there's a lot of things that I didn't know that I had to learn. And, and I taught myself how to do like editing and this, and the other thing and uploading. And I'm not a, I'm not a computer guy at the end of the day. Like,
Speaker: I'm lucky that I can turn this sumbitch on, let alone anything else. So, yeah, yeah um I'm that guy where it's like, stop fucking talking about it. You know, yeah I've been listening to you talk about it you want to quit your job and and start your own ah garage for 15 years.
Speaker: And that's all you're doing. You're just fucking in talking. Yeah. You know, where's the action? Start out. And I was that guy. Yeah. That's, that's basically like the whole point that, that, that video is, like I said, it's not necessarily directed at one thing.
Speaker: My whole point is like, I just see these guys for years, just bust their ass for like somebody else. And it's like, dude, once you like, you know, they'd never do any of the things that they talk about. They want to do or the the goals. And and a lot of times too, like a lot of my stuff, they went and did it for themselves.
Speaker: It probably put them in a better position in life too. Like in general, financially all the way around. If they just fucking went for it, it might be sucked for a little bit, but like, You know, um that that was just kind of my point. it's just like, you know, why why are you always putting in something for somebody else building for for them to build their dream when you're not building your own? You know what I mean? Like, present i of the same thing yeah, i did the same thing to my fiance. She wanted to do crafty stuff from the from the moment we started talking. She, yeah, when we were just in that just getting to know each other phase. She talked about.
Speaker: I want to do crafty stuff. I want to have my own little shop online, whatever. And talking, talking, talking and just a couple months ago. Yes, I'm tired of listening to do you talk about it. What do you need?
Speaker: what What do you need to get started? Well, I need to put it in the Amazon cart. Whatever it is you need, put it in there and I'll buy it.
Speaker: No, it sucks. No, I'm so tired of it. I know this is what you want to do and you don't want to work for somebody for the rest your life. You want to be your own boss. So just here, boom.
Speaker: and And I bought it for her. I said, now you got it. And then it was a matter of getting her to get to use it, you know. And now she's gotten, you know, a couple months later. and and i And I get on her and I'm like, um I constantly, like, I have her make shirts for me for for the network stuff.
Speaker: And now I'm like, now you got something you can post. yeah And now, like, my sister has reached out to Her son just started a business with his friends. And he was like, hey, mom, can you make our shirts?
Speaker: How much do I charge him? I don't know. him a discounted rate, but don't do it for free. I know he's your son, but you know i'm I'm paying for my shirts. You know you know you got to understand that.
Speaker: Nothing's free. yep yeah you know it's It's a business. Plus, gives you it gives you something to put on your social media. Or your son says, hey, my mom. you know We shout her out every every show we do here on the network.
Speaker: we we She's in our bio link. If you go to our bio link, her link is there. for her Facebook and Instagram. And I'm like, even if you do shirts for yourself, that's something that you can put up and show people what you're going to do. You've got proof of work. I said, it's not going to just buy the machine and And have orders out the ass. do You got to show that you're doing stuff.
Speaker: And I wear my, you know, generally, now I'm trying to get her to where I have enough shirts that every show I can wear a shirt or a hoodie and I want to get a couple cups. So every every show that i we do here that I'm a part of, I have shirts and I want to get the guys' shirts and stuff like that as well.
Speaker: But, you know, they don't have to wear them on the show. It's not like it's a uniform. Yeah. But it's something they can have, they can wear and represent. And then also be like, hey, where'd you get that? Oh, got Beauty and the Beard Creative Corner. She's on Facebook.
Speaker: Check her out. She can get it to you She can ship but you know ship wherever it needs to be shipped at the end of the day. She sent her son a care package to Italy for Christmas. hes He's in the military. Her oldest son, he's in the military.
Speaker: And she sent him some stuff over and for Christmas. So it's just like, yeah, we can, we'll ship it. And if you're local, I'll fucking hand deliver it to you if I have to. Damn it. Yeah. I don't care, but it's just a matter of just doing, just stop talking about it and whatnot.
Speaker: So I love that. And I think that's one of the cool things about your videos that you post because you can post a lot of videos and, and, and and they're not so much, you know, you do have you working out in the background and stuff like that, but they're not like this, do this, do this, do this, do this. You're to look like they are motivational. And it's like, instead of, I guess what i'm saying, they're not like fitness,
Speaker: orientated, but they are more motivationally orientated. and I think that's what caught my eye initially. It was like, okay, this is a gym guy. But at the same time, I can scroll through here, especially if I'm like dragging ass one day and it's like a little kick in the ass. Yeah. Dude, there's... I mean...
Speaker: dude this i mean There's so many people out there like just posting workout videos of themselves. And like, ah frankly, i I don't think people fucking give a shit anymore. like They don't want to see it. Like not to mention, like, I don't think I have a bad physique, but i also know there's plenty of people out there that look way better than me. And for me to just put fucking workout videos up on a regular basis all the time,
Speaker: you can get that anywhere at any time. and And generally too, it's not like a lot of times that's just going to get you people like, Oh yeah, well I want to look like that. Like most people don't want to look like that. Just want to be fucking healthier and look a little bit better for the but most part.
Speaker: um You know, and they just want to have a better overall life. So I just figured, well, you know I don't want to watch you work out, but I would love it if you would give some instructional videos on how to use the free weights.
Speaker: No joke. i going to that ah I've a couple times like started started to to do it, and then and I don't know. just got sidetracked. Sometimes I video so much fucking content, and it just goes over my head.
Speaker: Obviously, don't give away everything so people don't still need you. you know I mean, there's a hundred other things that you do for them, but you know just... For somebody like me who, you know, is trying, you know, the free weights has always been a struggle because I don't know. And I don't, yeah I've had enough fucking injuries and setbacks in my life.
Speaker: I don't want to end up hurt again. so Yeah, for sure. Yeah. they son My son had asked, what does skateboarding do for your health? And I'll answer that by, have you ever seen a fat skateboarder every in your life? Cardio, cardio, cardio, cardio.
Speaker: Yeah. Have you ever seen a skateboarder who is seriously fat? Because I can't recall one. no These guys fly. Tony Hawk goes, how high in the air to do the 900 years ago?
Speaker: They're not bad guys. That is constant cardio, constant movement. It's core. Somebody told me skateboarding's core workout is unbelievable because of the balance required. I'm sure. You're constantly working core muscles. So yeah, if you skateboard everywhere you want to go, you're not going to be a fat man. I promise. well it's kind it's kind of It's kind of like those guys that do the BMX. the I'm old.
Speaker: BMX extreme bicycling. You will never see them. that one of those guys because again you got all you know you're to control that bike and do the tricks that they're doing i imagine they're probably working out every damn muscle it' on the yeah yes oh um so yeah i mean even uh even just uh like you said go for a walk ride a bike i mean yeah there's a you know you don't just have to go like oh yeah i'm gonna have to go fucking bodybuild now and be like that like no There's so many different ways that you can you know exercise and be healthy. It's not just that you have to go in there and hit and hit the weights. There's there's you know the the old expression, there's more than one way to skin a cat, basically, kind of thing.
Speaker: There's more than one way to go out there and do it. yeah the guys told me are if you don't ones If you don't like lifting weights, find something else you like doing, but you need to do something active so you can be healthier, you know feel better, that kind of thing like that. You don't have to go about it the same approach that I do it.
Speaker: You know, I had suggested years ago when I was working out about, because you hear i hear a lot in this, I don't know how often you catch them, but stay-at-home moms that complain that they don't have time to get the workouts in or they're too busy with their kids and stuff like that and you i don't know if your wife works or anything or or works out routinely, but simple things like I told my friend Morgan, you know carrying your laundry basket up and down the stairs.
Speaker: Go fast, carry it up the stairs, carry it up down the stairs four or five times before you set it down to fold it. You know, just simple things like there are workouts that you can incorporate everything in your house.
Speaker: I know guys who are truck drivers who are carnivore diet and they're, they're losing a hundred pounds and they're an over the road truck driver. You know how hard it is to maintain a workout routine as a truck driver who lives in a small box all day, every day. And doesn't have access to gym These guys are doing dips off their front bumper They're doing push-ups off the steps of the truck They're doing they're doing ah what is that s What is that squat Where you put your the top of your foot on a step And do one leg and you just dip you know yeah They're doing those types of squats they're These guys are if Where there's a will, there's a way
Speaker: I going to say the same thing. stay-at-home mom, if you're an over-the-road truck driver, if you're, know, the girl at work all of a sudden now, every hour her watch dings and she gets up and she does 20 squats and 20 push-ups off her desk and then sits back down and goes back to work.
Speaker: Like, what the, if you're, if you want to do it, do it. Yeah. No, there's, there's, there's a way like you, you don't like, you know, maybe it is that that's the case. Like maybe you are pretty busy or like that, or, you know, even as a stay-at-home mom, but I'm guarantee you there's somewhere where you got five minutes.
Speaker: 10 minutes on and off throughout the day. Do a little bit there, do a little bit here, do a little bit there. You can still, I guarantee you can still control what you eat regardless of what situation you're in. You can always control that. I guarantee it.
Speaker: So if you're worried about eating junk food, cause your kid feeds your kid, good food, then you're eating good food. Yeah. No, no, I mean, it, there's, if if you really truly want it, there's always, there's definitely, there's always a way there's always a way.
Speaker: Sometimes you might have to take a ah weird approach. I mean, I had a stretch for a while where, um, I had an hour and a half commute back and forth from work. I worked a 12 hour shift.
Speaker: I didn't have a lot of times and i would do i did a basically where I was just doing a crap load of supersets. I had like 20, 30 minutes to work out on a regular basis and that's what I did. And you know what? I still pretty much maintain what I had. I didn't maybe necessarily make the kind of progress I made when I was doing like my regular stuff.
Speaker: but I still got it done and I, did i by no means got out of shape by like doing that. So sometimes, you know, you're going to have to make some adjustments to, to make it happen or you're not going to be able to maybe do it in the most traditional sense that, you know, you think, or you're used to, but there's always a way to like do something.
Speaker: Yeah. one on it's it's it's it's It's sometimes it's, it's baby steps, you know you don't have to do a lot.
Speaker: I've had, I had a buddy of mine that was, Years ago, him and his wife, they were big but they were bodybuilders, competition, blah, blah, blah. And he was like, and sometimes it's little things that count more than the big things. like You know don't necessarily have to go to the gym and throw up 150 pounds on the bench press, do 50.
Speaker: yeah thank you I got well one of the guys here on the network. That's his thing. I don't go to the gym because I know if I go to the gym, I'm going to be trying to throw up 200 pounds on the bench press machine. And I'm like, you're three foot seven and you weigh 165 pounds.
Speaker: You're not going to bench press 200 pounds. Shut up. But that's what I'm going to try to do. And I'm like, why? That makes no sense. is You're not going do anything other than hurt yourself. There's guys at the gym. that I go to that have been going there since I've been going there. I've been going there for four years, and their body has not changed in any way, shape, or form, but they're those guys that go in there. Now, granted, they spend the majority of the time walking around in there in sleeveless shirts, thinking they're meatheads, but then when they do work out, they're like, I want to curl 100 pounds. It's like, yeah, you do it twice.
Speaker: Good job. Congratulations. And then you walk around for 20 minutes, but you haven't changed in four years. Yeah. yeah Meanwhile, see... love little...
Speaker: Go ahead. see guys what is it say be You see the guy over there that's like got 30 pounds and he's on the machine, but he's there every day. He's consistent. And you watch that complete transformation from 300 pounds to like 170 pounds over the couple years or whatever. It's just like, are we not, are you not seeing what's happening here? Yeah.
Speaker: You said something a second ago about baby steps. And I love little cliche phrases. Like that's that's one of my things. Even baby steps is still steps forward. whatever you're taking Even if you're taking toddler steps.
Speaker: it's still a step forwards. It's when you Yeah, taking a step in the right direction, it's still a step regardless of how big of a step it is. Yep. i like yeah You can trip and fall halfway through your run.
Speaker: You still fell forwards. You still moved two feet forward. You know, get up and keep doing it. I mean, if you really think about it. That answers your question. Yeah, even if you run the but you were still running up and you fell upwards, so you still made progress. Now pick your ass up and don't bitch about your knees and go. Right.
Speaker: But, I mean, if you really think about it, like anything that you've ever probably been good at or successful at or anybody you've ever seen successful at, it's not like all ah they did all these crazy things, big things in one or two days and all sudden hit a home run out the park. Like it's a matter of small things daily. They're like, a lot of times it's just these little small steps and little small changes they make on a regular daily basis that end up to a big result over time.
Speaker: You know what I mean? It's not like – Most of the time, you're not going to walk, step up, and hit a big fucking home run and have a big change in your life happen and know some massive thing. like Most of the time, it's a summary little tiny things done on a regular basis.
Speaker: Like we said a little while ago, you didn't get this way overnight, you're not going to change it overnight. you know It's not going to happen in two days. and And I used to follow a page on Facebook called Couch to 5K. As soon as you stand up off the couch and take steps out your front door, you're already ahead of the guy who's still sitting on his couch.
Speaker: yeah You've already done more than that guy still sitting on his couch. Yeah, 100%. so That really is.
Speaker: and and that's it ah That's with anything in life. Like you said earlier, doesn't necessarily have to be fitness, but that's anything in life. As long as you're doing, you're winning. yeah one yeah You hate to be the guy that does it, but we've been here for two hours and I still got shit I got to do around my house, bro. I ain't ready for a work. good What do you got to do?
Speaker: Play Call of Duty? i've got I've got six chicken boobs in my refrigerator that got to be prepped up for the week. I've got to split all my stuff into my Tupperwares for the week because i am meal prepping because it is expensive as fuck.
Speaker: To buy breakfast and lunch every day. And now that I'm not drinking energy drinks anymore, i don't want to have to stop at a gas station and tempt myself to buy a Red Bull or a Monster.
Speaker: So I'd rather have breakfast made in my lunchbox and cruise right past the gas station. And it gives me an extra four minutes of sleep every day. There you go. Silver lightings, right? Finding the little benefits of silver lightings. Hey, that's some of the best ways like not do when you're trying to like stop something is just not put yourself in that situation. like Period. A recovering alcoholic, you're not going to sit in a fucking bar. Yeah. you know it's to say go to lickor stores i'm I'm going to stop smoking crack, but I'm going to hang out in this crack house in all my spare time.
Speaker: yeahp and it's It doesn't make it. im I don't want to buy monsters and Red Bulls. i I cannot put them on my grocery order. That's easy. But when I walk into a gas station routine and and I am the biggest creature of habit and I talk about this at work with my boss all the time.
Speaker: If the gas station on the left side of the road, I'm not going to it. I'll pay more to go to the one on the right side because I don't have to cross traffic twice. So if I walk into the gas station, the first thing I do is cut left to go get a monster, come back across the store, grab breakfast on the way, go to the counter.
Speaker: You know, I try if if that's if if to not buy monsters, I have to not go in the gas station. Fucking cool, man. I won't go in the gas station. I'll get I'll go. I'll go today. I'll get my cigarettes for the week. I'll get anything that I might need to get for the week.
Speaker: And yes, I know smoking is a horrible habit, but it doesn't affect my cardio. If I could smoke while I worked out, I probably would. but I'm that guy. I will split wood with an axe and a cigarette hanging out on the side of my mouth.
Speaker: yeah So, but like, if I don't have to go in there and tempt my, like going through the middle of the grocery store, if you don't have to walk down the middle of the aisles and tempt yourself with the cookies and the chips and all that, don't fucking do it.
Speaker: yeah If you don't have the willpower to not do it, which I know that's a struggle of mine, impulse buying. Man, I'm exhausted, but I know I got a cup of coffee when I get to work. I just got to make this 45-minute ride. Well, I could supplement that and just slam this monster in the first 10 minutes of that 45-minute ride.
Speaker: And then I'm fucking, I still got a cup of coffee when I get to work. No, I don't need to do that. I need to go. I need to drive right past it and get on the interstate and go. Yep, definitely. So it's that mindset, that mindset.
Speaker: Well, I know my ass is not going to do shit today. I am willing to go play Call of Duty. I actually found a new game that I am enjoying a little bit more than Call of Duty, and it's a lot less stressful on my blood pressure.
Speaker: know What's that? Sort of. It's called War Thunder. It's so World War II fighter planes doing dogfights in the I've seen that. I need to check that out. It's a computer game for sure, but it's a very long process game. It takes forever to do anything with it.
Speaker: but like that's my That's my not spending money on the weekdays when I don't have kids here. I don't need to go out and spend money, so i'll stay home and play games. yeah sundays Sundays when I came back home to Ohio from South Carolina, Sundays became my day of no social media.
Speaker: I don't want to talk to nobody. um I'm not doing anything like that. and i would a but That was my my reset day. so like Before my fiance and I moved, she moved in with me and whatnot.
Speaker: If the kids weren't here, I might go run around, do some stuff around town, whatever. Get out of the house. I still try to do it if the weather's nice. but A lot of times, it's just a lazy Sunday.
Speaker: Just chilling out around the house. I say that, and then I started doing a show on Sundays. but That was because... Ben doesn't get those. He's got a three-year-old. yeah He won't go Lazy Sunday for at least 10 more years. No, that's what I'm going to get over here.
Speaker: It's time for me to, going to be on daddy duty because my wife's been holding it down with her. So I already know it's my turn. You're going to be getting your workout in chasing the toddler around. yeah Nice.
Speaker: No, I mean, your makeup and your tea parties. hey up I still try to stay social media and stuff like that on Sundays just to reset for the week and get prepared. Wait until she starts painting your nails.
Speaker: If you need a good story for why you have your fingernails painted, I've got one to back you up. Don't worry, bro. Hey, man. i You know what? I had two daughters. My toes were painted. My fingernails, you know, my daughters are four years apart.
Speaker: So. we Came out of it and went right back into it. Yeah, when my middle one, you know, she would see my older one doing it. and She'd be like, oh, daddy, what's Austin doing? I'm like, what should paint mine I want to paint your nails.
Speaker: All right. And she'd go, here, paint my toenails because she was so much younger. shes it might might My entire half of my foot would be pink. She's like, I don't care. She's happy.
Speaker: yeah If you judge me because i' and but you know I'm a good dad and want to make fun of me, I don't care. at the end of the day. Yeah. Yes. My daughter's painted my fingernails. Deal with it. If you don't like it, that's on you. That's not on me.
Speaker: but Now you're to get bitch slapped by a dude with painted fingernails. How's that? keep Keep playing around. But, um, no, man, I do want to, I do want to say, i appreciate you coming on here, man. I know we're kind of talked about, uh,
Speaker: doing interviews and having guests on the sports show since we're diving into all aspects of the sports world. So you definitely came on here and quote unquote, pop the cherry of unnecessary roughness as far as it was, it was, it was athletic and active and everything like this. I really enjoyed this, this show. This was it good conversation. I enjoyed it. always liked doing stuff like this. so So, and feel like I know a little bit more than I questioned myself on with a lot of stuff.
Speaker: like I got some validation out of my knowledge. yeah know you ah you You have it, man. You just got to do it. thats That sounds like a more your thing than anything. I've done it once. I've just got to do it again. That's my problem. Knowing that I have to do it again is killing me.
Speaker: yeah That's my problem. was like I was on a good roll and a good routine and then I got sidetracked. and Now it's like, all tomorrow, my plan is tomorrow is to get up tomorrow morning and go to the gym and get my workout in. I'll probably actually swing through there after I drop my daughter off. like as the King of cliche sayings. I'm going to hit you with tomorrow is the day that never comes.
Speaker: No, I, you know, my problem is, is I take my daughter to school and then I, then I come home and sit down and then you should go the gym on your way home. That's what said. I'll probably get the gym up on the way home, to be honest with you.
Speaker: Uh, not that out, but i do want to try to get back into my routine, especially since currently right now, I'm not really doing much. Um, I, you know trying to, Trying to find that new new employment gig. You can devote six hours to working out.
Speaker: I am not working out for six hours a day. I'm going to tell you that right now. I'm going to get an hour, maybe two hours in. but yeah day There was days when I was heavy at the gym where I would literally be like, why am I going to go home? I could just stay here and keep working out because...
Speaker: and know I'm not tired. I don't feel like I and did enough. But then I remembered that you know a guy who used to weight train and train regularly told me, after a certain amount of time, you're literally not benefiting your body anymore. You've exhausted everything you can exhaust, and you're actually doing more harm than you are good.
Speaker: yeah So that's why people that are like, oh, I can do two hours of cardio to start my workout. Why? You get your heart rate up after 20 minutes and then maintain that heart rate, you're getting the same effect as if you ran two hours of cardio. Yep.
Speaker: Yeah. yeah but But no, man, like I said, definitely appreciate you coming up here, man. I know we we kind of had some hiccups along the way trying to, you know, we had some issues at home and, you know, trying to get you on here. But I'm glad we did. I'm glad that we stayed persistent with talking to each other. And, you know, shout out your business. Let everybody know where they can find you. And if anybody's interested in getting some help, getting getting a kick in the ass, where they can find you at.
Speaker: Yeah. The main thing is, plug like it says up there, it's just a crafted dot iron, uh, on Instagram is where I'm mainly at. So if, uh, you know, you're interested in getting like, you know, fitness mindset, uh, nutrition, coaching, everything like that, you want to get in shape, get your, get your mind, right. Um, you know, I'm the guy for it. So, uh,
Speaker: find me mainly like i said you want to get hold of me instagram but ah all my social medias are basically the same thing crafted.iron so you can find me anywhere on any of those uh best way to get a hold of me those was instagram for sure i just went and followed you on my personal instagram too so awesome uh and uh and we've and we've tagged you i tagged i tagged your facebook page on our facebook post uh for the live today and i've also got you tagged and a couple different posts on social media. So if you're following us, be like we don't have spell or can't find this guy or whatever, just go click on the highlighted freaking tag that I tagged you in our on our on our post.
Speaker: Yeah, funny enough, when i when I shared it out, it's just a picture your fucking back on your stuff. Yeah, yeah. So that was that was what got shared out to, don't know, like 20 fucking people, so.
Speaker: um So yeah, check them out. If there's anything we can do for you you know to help you, promote you, shout you out. Just let us know, man. Keep in contact. Don't be a stranger.
Speaker: If you want to come back on and and and hang out again, you're more than welcome to. shit yeah would like to i would like to chat with you again. i'm um I'm in the process. We had a show that's kind of on a little bit of a hiatus that I might be bringing back, but it was all about men's mental health.
Speaker: Yeah, that's all we talked about. That'd be awesome. Love to do that. If I can get that kick back up and going again, would love to have you come back on that show and specifically to talk about that, because it sounds like, you know, not only from what you post on social, but it sounds like you got a story to tell.
Speaker: and Yeah. A story to share. So I would love to pick your brain on that aspect. But yeah, man, like I said, you thought your stories weren't going to carry you anywhere through your wild times. And now we want to know about your stories. They're fun to talk about. I don't have, don't have any fun to talk about. You thought all you were going to have was stories and a couple of scars. And now your stories are going to make, make you even more interesting than what you already do.
Speaker: Right. Yeah. I, I, I started a men camp for men. It's men, men, men's mental health show, because Lord knows I've struggled with mental health. I know. Rick's been through it. Some of the other guys on the network and some of our other friends, we've been through it. It's a place where it's all about men.
Speaker: and and And we can talk about just whatever, you know, daily life struggles, financial relationships, and and and not worry about anybody judging or anything like that. Unfortunately, when I passed it off to a different host, ah life got the best of him. So he's a little, he's like, I don't have time. I'm like, all right, well, we'll put it on a hiatus and I'll figure out where I'm going to.
Speaker: did fill it into my time frame so I can bring it back. But I would definitely, like once I get that back up and going, if you're down for it man, I'd love to, it's in the evening time. So I don't know how that would affect your schedule, but I would love to have you back up on and talk to you about some of that stuff. But yeah, man, like I said, don't be a stranger. If you're ever wanting to pop up and hang out, let me know, man. We, we got multiple shows throughout the week here that we do different things on and anything we can do to help you ah promote.
Speaker: If you've got something coming up, if you've got discount or something that you want to promote, let us know. We'll throw it up. appreciate that. definitely appreciate that that ah anything you got any any Any final thoughts you want to say before? and You're welcome to hang out through my spiel if you want to or or you can drop down and still lift you. I know you got daddy duty calling. yeah now i can hear I think it's just about that time I can hear.
Speaker: That's another thing, by the way, we can talk about that on Mondays is you know being a new parent. dude I know um my kids are 12 and 13 and he's got older kids too. I know the struggles that you deal with on a daily basis and I know And I know Glick knows how often we question ourselves internally.
Speaker: Did I do right? Am I doing right? and And at the end of the day, we all have the same goal with our kids to make them and and teach them and give them the experience to be better than we ever were.
Speaker: That's all we want. And then we want them to be better than we were and to have a better life than we may have had and make better decisions. And that's why, like I tell my teenagers all time, I've been there.
Speaker: I wrote the fucking book you're reading. yeah Trust me when I talk to you. and And as a new dad where you're not doing so much of that with your kid, but you are, i guarantee you're internally questioning, am I doing this right? am i Am I succeeding? am i thrive Is my child thriving with the things that I am constantly showing her?
Speaker: Yeah, 100%. and So yeah, it helps to talk about it and hear from other people who've lived it that you know you're doing You're doing it. you're You're doing it. You are already succeeding. You have a regular job. You're starting a second. you know You're doing your second thing.
Speaker: You're a dad. you know you're You're keeping a happy marriage. it's so like You are already succeeding beyond what you even see right in the mirror every day. No, that's true. Because I'm divorced. My marriage failed. Yeah. so For sure.
Speaker: Mondays is definitely about that kind of stuff. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely. yeah Yeah, I'm working on it. Yeah, I know.
Speaker: it so Lazy. le me Let me lighten my load of shows that I'm doing because I was doing what? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, twice on Saturday.
Speaker: And then I added Sunday. So I was doing six, seven shows a week. And then it was like, and I'm not, and this is, we're not getting paid here yet. Yeah. yeah yeah to no means were We're still working on that. uh and then i was like now i'm doing four shows a week and then potter's like oh man i can't do this show and i'm like shit now what i do because takes a backseat for a little bit yeah nicky's gonna strangle me because i dropped to you know i moved some things around and and readjusted my schedule for podcasting and of course now that i'm not working she probably wouldn't have too much a problem but
Speaker: when I was working and go to work, come home, do a podcast almost every single night of the week, week week except for one. And then it was just like, kids are here and everything else.
Speaker: ah i yeah i' not I got to manage my time a little bit better, but, but no, nonetheless, man, like I said, definitely appreciate you coming on. um Definitely looking forward to seeing you grow, seeing, seeing crafted iron grow, we'll you know, follow each other and we'll be watching you do your thing over there. And, you know, I tell all my former guests on the music show, don't be a stranger.
Speaker: And I mean that. There's a lot of friendships that I've struck up with, with former guests that just kind of happened, you know, yeah and and and we stay in contact and, and whatnot. And I'm actually going be doing a show here, hopefully in a couple of weeks where I'm promoting a gig out in Los Angeles for one of my former guests.
Speaker: They're doing women rock LA. Part 2. It's an all-female lineup. These ladies kick ass. They are phenomenal musicians that her and another girl put together. and so I'm super excited for them and hoping to have them come back up on the music show and hang out. Who knows? You might find some new music to work out to.
Speaker: I was going to say, the a lot of the lot of the artists that that I interview, fantastic workout music. and Fantastic workout music. that, you know?
Speaker: For me anyways, because i I seem to stay more in the rock country rap wheelhouse, but even when I step outside of that, and it's out to out out of design, I listen to all types of music, but even when I step out of that, those artists still have songs that up that come up on when I'm at the gym and I'm like, oh shit, energy boost. I didn't even think that.
Speaker: yeahp like an Like an indie hot band would have something would get me popped up pumped up to the gym and it does oh yeah yeah the right music makes all the difference man yeah man but uh no yeah like i said i'll let you i'll let you jump down if you want you can go take care of uh take care your youngin and uh i just gotta do my spiel and close this bad boy out uh but definitely appreciate it man yeah no appreciate having you guys on i enjoyed the conversation and uh yeah I always enjoy conversating with people and and talking and getting their perspective. you know and ah you know
Speaker: It's always a good time. I appreciate it. Absolutely. Anytime, brother. Anytime. You're welcome back anytime. Doors always open. If you want to come back, just hit me up and be like, hey, man, what can get in this week? What's what's going on this week? We'll make it happen.
Speaker: definitely Definitely enjoyed talking to you, man. All right, guys. Well, I'm going to go take care of business. So appreciate it again having me on. Enjoy your Sunday. Have a good one, man. Appreciate it. Have fun, boss. Yep. All right. i All right.
Speaker: Ben craft from crafting crafted iron. Y'all make sure you give him a follow. Go check him out. He's definitely going to, uh, definitely, uh, going motivate you, man. You go and put a little extra something. I've been, I've been catching it. did His Instagram videos have been, uh, I'm not going to lie.
Speaker: I've been a little bit of a, a little bit of a funk, uh, but, uh, definitely couple of his videos have hit a chord on Instagram and, uh, got me re-motivated and, uh, on different things, not just going to the gym. Like, again, like you said, it's not just about fitness, you know, but definitely got my, well, spark going again and I'm motivated, uh, to, to start heading in some different directions with some things. So, but nonetheless, um,
Speaker: Real quick, Rick, I know you've got stuff to do, but real quick, I just want to touch on this because there was big breaking news. I just got to take a piss. So if you want to give me, like, talk about yourself for a second, let me take a look. I've got to take a piss like three times during the show. but but but You can go.
Speaker: There was some ah breaking news in the sports world real quick. i don't want us I know we've already been here for two and a half hours, so I don't want to take up too much time.
Speaker: ah One of the things is...
Speaker: little little bit
Speaker: another another but
Speaker: ah Well, Hollywood Brown is returning to the Chiefs for a one-year deal worth up to $11 million. dollars I don't know if that's good or bad for the Chiefs. i don't think I think Brown has been a little less productive, but nonetheless.
Speaker: All right. um the the Cooper Cup and the Rams are fighting. Again, bricking out you and I were kind talking about this before the show.
Speaker: I don't know. how big of a loss this is or isn't, but Von Miller, the bills of letting him go, it's more of a name thing than anything else in my opinion. I don't think it's such a loss for us.
Speaker: He's not been as productive as he was coming out of but I think he came out of Denver. um Yeah, Denver. He has he hasn't had this season or seasons that they expected him to.
Speaker: just isn't He's not there. like He hasn't played enough games. He's constantly you know hurt or or whatever. So I don't think it's a huge loss, and it frees up a little cap space depending on what we have to eat for potentially getting another edge rusher.
Speaker: um although And one did just come on the fucking market that I would love to see Buffalo get their hands on.
Speaker: Who's that? Joey Bosa. Oh, yeah, I did see that. Yeah, man. yeah winley there That would be an addition for Buffalo for sure. Yeah. That would be an edge rush addition. It would be huge.
Speaker: Yeah, shocked that kind of shocked me that the Chargers... released Bosa, but and but probably the biggest news in the NFL that broke just a couple hours ago, I know everybody's been watching this. Everybody's been keeping an eye on it. too average every Everybody in the NFL would kill to have this man on his on their team, and if they say they wouldn't, then I'd tell them they're a fucking liar because they are.
Speaker: The Miles Garrett saga in Cleveland Brown as ah cleveland has come to an end. Miles Garrett has agreed to a record-breaking contract extension with the Browns.
Speaker: ah It is an extension that averages $40 million a year with $123.5 guaranteed. goes the ownership of your team again. However, this contract has Miles locked in until 2030.
Speaker: a however this contract has miless locked in until twenty thirty with a no trade clause.
Speaker: So you, Myles Garrett, got your payday. Congratulations. Well-deserved. I was probably one of a small handful of Cleveland Browns fans that was not mad at Myles Garrett.
Speaker: I understand why he wanted to leave. I think he deserves to win a ring somewhere, and it's not looking like it's going to be in Cleveland anytime soon. Or I think the man got deserved a huge payday.
Speaker: And I think he got a good big payday. outside it And he may never win a ring. But I'm happy to say that ah Miles is staying in Cleveland. And they've got him locked in, man, until 2030. No trade clause.
Speaker: ah And guaranteed 123.5 mil, man. So that's money well spent for Cleveland Browns. Finally. Deshaun Watson.
Speaker: testing Not money well spent. Well, and so that comes right on the heels. The Miles Garrett deal comes right on the fucking heels of Max Crosby signing the largest non-quarterback deal in NFL history.
Speaker: on Raiders. He just re-upped. I think his was like 108 million. um for a non quarterback position, that is the largest deal in in NFL history. And so this comes even on the heels of that, you know, and then you've got the trade, the release of Joey Bosa, which obviously everything you hear online is not always true. But one of the things that I had heard was that he wasn't happy that Harbaugh was trying to bring in the Michigan football scheme mentality and change around the way that he played the game.
Speaker: And it made him very happy. So he requested to be let go. he ran Yeah, but when Bosa was in Ohio State, they were winning. That's the thing. Yeah. so So, theyre ruin this again, this is just a hearsay type of deal. But rumor had that he was not happy with the way things were going for the team.
Speaker: with the mentality that came in after that. i You know, it and it could also very well be one of those things because some of these guys, man, will not let, like, some of these cats just won't let shit go. Like, bro, you are really in a good position, but you're going to be mad because Harbaugh is a Michigan guy. He wants you and he wants you to play a Michigan-style football because you went to Ohio State.
Speaker: Ah, get over it. You're in the NFL. You know, You're not at Ohio State anymore. ah Yeah, but with the skill set that Joey Bosa brings to the table, he kind of does have the ability to say, look, I don't want to play this type of football.
Speaker: Yeah, little but also at the end of the day, you've now been released. and Now you're up to the... that now you Now you're... Your...
Speaker: Future's in the hands of the football gods. I am truly surprised. And what happens if he ends up somewhere like... the Jets or the Giants or something like that where Joey Bosa, who was quote-unquote superstar, now becomes a laughingstock because he's not producing and he's not he's not as productive because he's on a shitty team.
Speaker: So that was going to be my statement. I'm really surprised that the Chargers chose to release him instead of trying to trade him.
Speaker: Like, that surprises me because there was potential... For them to... I mean, he doest he he does hold trade value. Any way you cut it, he holds a trade value.
Speaker: So... Most wants to join his brother.
Speaker: I mean... San Francisco's probably is is his brother... still yes His brother's still in San Francisco, right? I don't think he'll end up there. They won't have the money to work with that after... mean, they might have money. i They might have some money paid up now that they've I mean, Sam Wills gone. Ayoub wants to get out of there. Yeah, I don't know. I don't think they're going to break the bank on Purdy.
Speaker: ah He's going to get a goodie. I think he's going to get a nice... He's not going to make Dak Prescott money, but he'll make $40 a year. Yeah, he's going to get... yeah he's gonna he's gonna get He's going to get a payday, but they're not going to break the bank on him.
Speaker: I think you know they freed up with Debo leaving, and if they do, if Ayuk does go, I don't know if it's going to be such yet, they're going to free up more money. ah Fucking Lord knows what's going to happen with McCaffrey at this point. Jesus Christ.
Speaker: Yeah, nobody knows about Even the Lord don't know about that. Yeah. um The Bills did re re-sign Reed Ferguson and Greg Rousseau. So that's a big that's a big deal for Buffalo.
Speaker: um And they did are contract. um Is it Shakir? One of their receivers got a contract, too.
Speaker: Okay. That was kind of a big deal, too.
Speaker: so I've heard that the Titans are looking at Aaron Rodgers. Jesus Christ. Which is stupid, but whatever. I've also heard that Pittsburgh, he was going to work out with Pittsburgh this past week.
Speaker: Let him go to Pittsburgh and get smacked around and take them out of it. Every time every time I open a goddamn link from yeah ESPN and it's a free agent or a player that's let go, they're going to Pittsburgh.
Speaker: I swear, every writer at ESPN is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. think they're all just on the Tomlin dick because he Tomlins his way into the playoffs every fucking year. Yeah, it's just like Nobody is going to fucking Pittsburgh. Stop it.
Speaker: They got to figure out their Russell Fields situation. Yep. Raiders can't make the mistake of thinking. Oh, oh, oh. Lockett, gone from Seattle.
Speaker: Yeah, Lockett's gone, and Metcalf might be on the way out. That was another one. DK Metcalf, too. Yep. um that was ah That was a big one. um Isaiah Worthy from Kansas City is going to manage to stay with Kansas City because they're not going to charge him.
Speaker: I was going to say he got ah he got arrested the other day for yes you on a family member or something like that. Yep. they're not gonna they're not He's not facing charges, so Kansas City he won't release him.
Speaker: So the report here is the 49ers and Joey Bosa are having good conversations. Yep. so Also, but one more one more piece of news.
Speaker: Geno Smith to the Raiders for quarterback. Yeah, that's what i was just saying. Geno, they're warning the Raiders to not make the Raiders can't make the mistake of thinking Geno trade is enough.
Speaker: No. To elevate their team. Yep. That's true, though. like It's not just quarterback for them.
Speaker: they yeah they need
Speaker: Raiders... yeah I really want them be successful. They they need and need some help.
Speaker: i mean they Their record might say otherwise. Oh, what the fuck? The Bills freed up $4 million and against the cap, but the team is also opening to bring open to bringing him back.
Speaker: Von Miller. whats right Let him go. free up the space. Give him a smaller contract.
Speaker: and just i've seen team I've seen teams do that before. They they release somebody and then two or three days later, they, they, they re-sign them and their, their contract's smaller, but it's freed up ton of, uh, cap space.
Speaker: Yoseki staying with the Bengals, Hollywood Browns staying with Kansas city. Um, Greg Rousseau got a 40 million or four year, 80 million. That includes 54 guaranteed. Um,
Speaker: um Man, oh man. yep so Evan Ingram's on the market now. Oh, yeah? Thanks.
Speaker: So... um one holding Christian Kirk went to the Texans. yeah Go ahead. good Keep giving fucking CJ Stroud more weapons. Go ahead.
Speaker: They're going to fuck around. They're going to fuck around they're going to stack that fucking that receiving core and CJ Stroud's going to turn around and win Super Bowl with a bunch of people who everybody thought was washed up. Yep. That's what's going to happen right there. They're going to keep fucking around and yep.
Speaker: That's how that's going to go. You just need them to stay healthy and fix Yep. There's a lot going on there.
Speaker: Do what? He's got weapons for days. Oh, yeah. He's just got to keep them healthy. The Cowboys restructured Prescott's contract, freeing up $36 million in cap space.
Speaker: CD Lamb restructured as well. They're putting all their fucking eggs in that fucking Dak Prescott basket still. e That's what they do, man. That's what they've been doing. It's like, why, dude? Why are you... Yeah, Metcalf requested a trade.
Speaker: Yeah, he asked for a trade. He wants... And Lockett got released. That'd be a good fucking pick up. i be good pickup for just about anybody. Tyler Lockett.
Speaker: Oh, yeah. He's still producing. And Sam Darnold will not be franchise tagged. Nope. So. He will not.
Speaker: Nope. Devontae Adams is on the market. Minnesota's minnesota iss hoping to get JJ out there on the field next year. Well, I don think they're going to keep.
Speaker: I think they'll keep. Darnold for one year and let him play ahead of McCarthy and see what happens there.
Speaker: So.
Speaker: Let's see here.
Speaker: I mean, I'm curious to see what JJ does when he gets onto the field in the NFL level. But Minnesota would be wise to. Keep Darnold as a backup just in case.
Speaker: things don't dare you Darius Slay is now on the market too.
Speaker: That's a good corner. That'd be good cornerback for anybody to pick up right there. a Now I'm waiting to see it failing if Lazard's going to be released too. that would be fucking Wouldn't that be interesting?
Speaker: The Jets get all three of them from fucking Green Bay and now they let them all go. Right after the Aaron Rodgers thing. Yeah, because Rodgers is done. Devontae is basically done. Well, he's already been released.
Speaker: um And then, yeah man.
Speaker: I don't know where any of them are going to end up, but supposedly they're... there
Speaker: Devontae and Rodgers want to be package deal. They want to stay together, so... That's fucking stupid.
Speaker: That is stupid.
Speaker: Yeah, but some team's going to take up the Aaron Rodgers deal because they've got, but you know, they've got fucking ah Goofy McGoofer staying as their starting quarterback.
Speaker: Yeah. I mean, fucking, it wouldn't hurt Cleveland to take Rodgers. Anything's better than Watson. Yeah, it was Khalil Shakir that the Bills contracted for four-year $60 million.
Speaker: However, i did see I did see an article that I guess the the Browns are talking to Kirk Cousins. yeah so I want another one year.
Speaker: yeah I'm not sure what they're doing, ah you know, because, of course, like Shadir Sanders, I guess, Shadir Sanders, they've they've been talking to him. It almost sounds like it's basically a lock that he's going number two to Cleveland if he doesn't go number one.
Speaker: Which I don't know how I feel about that. I don't think he's not. He's held out during the combine. He's held back during the combine and said that I'll prove it to the NFL teams when I work out with them privately.
Speaker: Like, bro, you're not that fucking good. He's got that same fucking ego that his dad has at the end of the day.
Speaker: Yeah, Caleb Williams had the same ego, too, and look where that fucking landed him. In Chicago. Congratulations, Caleb Williams.
Speaker: Mind your business, Wyatt. We had some football. wes right now We're coming up on fucking yeah three hours. we are I just wanted to touch on, I didn't want to dive too much into sports, but I know there was some breaking news this weekend with the, you obviously, like I said, the biggest news being the miles. And I'm not just saying that as a Browns fan.
Speaker: I mean, it's the biggest news in the NFL right now. The miles Garrett situation, everybody's been watching it, monitoring it, especially potential landing spots, teams that are, we're probably scratching their heads going,
Speaker: If we make this trade, we're going to have to empty the bank accounts. And then they go, oh, wait, it's Cleveland. We'll give them seven seventh-round draft picks in 2045, and they'll take it.
Speaker: Yeah. um Also, big news in UFC. I think Goliath beat Alex Pereira last night for the light heavyweight championship.
Speaker: Oh, yeah, that's right. In decision after five rounds. And Justin Gaethje and Fazeev went at it in a straight out fucking boxing match, son.
Speaker: Nice. And Gaethje ended up getting the win, so now they're tied at two. So.
Speaker: Yeah, i forgot. What was that? 313 was on? Yeah, UFC 313. Yeah. you got three thirteen yeah but it was a pay-per-view, so you weren't going order it, I promise. You weren't spending 80 bucks on something you don't watch regularly.
Speaker: No, no, no. but Fight Night returns with this next Saturday. Yep. My mom and I split it, so I threw in some cash on and we both watched it. so Oh, still, there's no names in here that I recognize for Fight Night next week.
Speaker: Probably won't be. What's on the preliminary?
Speaker: Yep, I don't recognize anybody here. <unk> Too funny. It would be something you could pop on in the background on your Saturday night show. so yeah Yes, i think I think that's what I'm going to start doing for the fight nights.
Speaker: As long as there's not a WWE pay-per-view on at the same time. um but yeah so Next week, I'll have it on in the background while we're doing the show to kind of Especially we have another low-key Saturday night like we had last night. ge and yeah um It was fun. No, we still had fun, man. we We had some good conversation.
Speaker: whatnot Our boy Untrackable came up and hung out for a little bit. For actually a long while, Untrackable was up there for him. but He was up there for a hot long week.
Speaker: We were having fun, man. We were having a good cut we were having good conversations. Like I said, it doesn't always have to be wild and crazy on a Saturday night. No, I just hung out and played some video games to watch the fights and i went to bed.
Speaker: i ah we We did that. We got done. i went out, got some yeah somebody to eat. And then Nikki and I were in bed. Of course, we didn't course it was like 3 o'clock because of the time change when we went to bed. But nonetheless, but anywhoy.
Speaker: We'll wrap this up again. Shout out to Ben Craft from Crafted Iron. Thank you for coming on today. That was awesome. Definitely cool to chat with him. Folks, Joe. Definitely, ah you know, hopefully help people learn some things, you know, especially in the fitness world and whatnot. And, you know, if you guys want to, somebody that's going to help you and motivate you and train you know, hit him up.
Speaker: Let it get, you know, give him a holler over there at Crafted Iron on Instagram and see what he can do for you. In the meantime, make sure you guys are following us as well. We are everywhere. Facebook, Instagram, ah X, and TikTok shows live Monday through Sunday on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. And if you're a Twitch follower, be on the lookout for this dumbass playing Call of Duty as I continue my my camo grind. I've got four diamond guns, Rick.
Speaker: We won't talk about mine.
Speaker: Well, I've discovered... Getting the gold and getting the diamond are relatively easy. Yep, it's getting through the headshots. The headshots are the worst. Yeah, which, you know, um i I was going to start my SMG run for gold. Those are easy. no I'm just going to go ahead and get all my SMGs.
Speaker: ARs, SMGs, and g at shotguns are the easiest because yeah hip fire, but keep your aim up high. yeah And you'll get head every point blank every point blank will be a head shot.
Speaker: I was probably averaging about seven to eight, if not more, head shots a game. Yep. And if you get on and play domination with us, we'll glitch you out and you'll get like you can average like 18 a game.
Speaker: Glitch me out. So domination domination on stakeout If everybody Except if you go to the balcony And sit on the balcony And everybody else pushes through B And through the middle And we get one person in their spawn The entire other team will spawn on the middle balcony And you just sit there, side it up And just now a nice I mean you can literally Lennon, a guy Lennon we play with Dropped 28 headshots of the pistol in one match um because they literallyter And they get pissed and they'll rage quit.
Speaker: Because they spawn die, spawn die, spawn die, spawn die. Like, bodies don't finish falling before the next guy spawns and you pop him. Like, it's it's ah it's a nasty glitch. And if we do it right and pull it off, you'll get and you'll get some head shots.
Speaker: Hell yeah. Like i said, i I flew through the head shots. um Like I said, I... I was going to go ahead and move on to the SMGs, but I was like, you know what?
Speaker: I'm go and get all my assault rifles diamond, and then I'll just move on to the SMGs that way, and then I'll get them diamond, and then I'll move on to the shotguns, whatever the case may be. I don't know. i'm in no I'm in no hurry. I'm just doing it to do it at the end of the day.
Speaker: Because you're not doing anything else during the day. Pretty much. Pretty much. Pretty much. Exactly. so I'm going to go grind some today. But anyways, yeah, follow us. Facebook. 4 o'clock. I'm out. Tic-tac.
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Speaker: Or if you just want some personalized shit, Nikki will get y'all taken care of. And, uh, I don't know what anything costs. I'll have to tell you the person. but yeah man but That being said, we'll see you guys next Sunday.
Speaker: two later homemie Tune in tomorrow night. Wally will have Corey Butcher from We Broke Garage. and They're going to be talking car shit. then Tuesday, I'll be hanging out with maybe Solo from Reckless High.
Speaker: And then Friday night, Blaze and Jeff will have stand-up comedian Michael Copenhaven on their show. So we've got a week-long guest, man. we we We booked up the week pretty much with with guests. And I think Wally might have a guest on Thursday night as well. so But I'm not 100% sure. So, I mean, yeah, things are – we've got lots of guests coming up.
Speaker: So lots of new people you guys can check out and see what they're doing. But, yeah, with that being said, be good – well, be good at it, motherfuckers. Later, homies. Later. Hit this.
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