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What is going on? 
Y'all Robert Sykes Keto 

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savage.com And in today's 
episode I've got my lovely wife 

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Crystal Sykes, and this is 
episode 600. 

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So I figured I'd do it like a 
little update video with her on 

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everything going on in our life 
right now. 

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We've got the talk about her 
powerlifting meet. 

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She just competed in her first 
ever powerlifting meets. 

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We talked about that. 
We talked about my competition 

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prep because that is well 
underway right now. 

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I've got my first competition 
coming up in like a week and a 

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half. 
Talk about the 50 mile March 

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that I'm doing this weekend to 
raise awareness for veterans. 

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We talked about homesteading, 
the garden, the chickens, the 

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pigs, the fencing, all the good 
homesteading stuff to talk about

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Rigel, some updates on him. 
He's 15 months old now, so just 

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want to kind of bring you up to 
speed on what we're doing from a

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parenting standpoint there and 
his growth and what he's been 

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able to accomplish since the 
last time we spoke. 

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So all kinds of good things. 
I'm super excited about this 

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episode. 600 is in the books. 
Y'all, thank you all so very 

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much for listening and I hope 
you enjoyed this episode. 

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So without further delay, sit 
back, relax and enjoy the 

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conversation with my lovely wife
Crystal 

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and we are live baby doll. 
How you doing? 

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I'm. 
Good. 

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You're so loud in my ears. 
I know, I know. 

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Episode 600. 
Let's talk about that for a 

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second. 
This is episode 600 of the Keto 

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Savage Podcast. 
That is kind of crazy. 

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That's a pretty big milestone. 
I'm proud of that. 500 was a big

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milestone. 
We did a podcast together then. 

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Have we done one together at 
every 100th episode? 

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I can't. 
Remember, I don't think we have.

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I think we started at like 4 or 
five or something like that. 

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This is episode 600. 
Yeah, it's pretty wild. 

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That's crazy. 
I've literally. 

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I started the podcast in 2016 
and started being consistent 

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with publishing I think twice a 
week in 2018 at some point. 

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And I've kept that up and it's 
grown slowly but surely. 

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And my podcasting is probably my
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communicating with my audience 
because I bring on interesting 

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people here. 
But I don't know how the 

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podcasting, podcasting algorithm
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But people seem to like my 
podcast which is cool. 

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So all y'all listening right 
now. 

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Thank you for listening. 
I appreciate you. 

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How you doing babe? 
I'm. 

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Great. 
We have a little hit list of 

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things that we want to cover 
today on this episode 600. 

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And I want to start off with 
your powerlifting meet. 

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So you did a powerlifting meet, 
I guess two weekends ago now, 

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right? 
Two weekends? 

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Yep. 
Not us. 

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Yeah. 
Yeah, at one week. 

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I mean, it was a week ago, yeah,
you just finished your last 

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little deload week post 
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So you've been training with the
powerlifting structure for the 

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past how many weeks, 20 months? 
Like 7 or 8 months somewhere in 

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there. 
I don't know exactly how many 

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weeks, seven or eight months. 
And you've been working with 

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Connie Nightingale. 
Connie Bigani, The one and only 

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Connie. 
Bigani is her Instagram 

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username. 
Check out the podcast I did with

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her a while back. 
I don't do it over her since 

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since you powerlifted with her, 
that'd be kind of a cool 

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episode. 
Yeah, she wants me to get on her

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podcast. 
She also has a really great 

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podcast, but she wants me to get
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like. 
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that with the powerlifting. 
So yeah, that'd be kind of cool.

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So let's dive into powerlifting 
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You last stepped on stage from a
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when you competed in your figure
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I stepped on stage proposed to 
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And that was the last time 
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powerlift or up until this 
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So that's a quite a quite a big 
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Did you did you get the bug to 
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on there? 
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The mindset? 
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The mind thought, well, right 
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got married. 
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Then I had a little recovery 
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And then it was like Rigel was, 
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old. 
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sitting in this circle of I 
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myself, like I'm working out, 
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Like, I want to treat my body 
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need to be the latest person 
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going to want to have another 
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And you know, I just, you are 
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man alive. 
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said that, but. 
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goal. 
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very first started working out, 
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do powerlifting. 
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in Spokane when it was still 
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father and a daughter or a coach
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And they came out to me and 
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thought about doing 
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And I was like, I literally just
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So I have not. 
And they were like, you really 

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should consider it, like with 
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much you're lifting, like how 
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now. 
Like, you should definitely 

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think about doing it. 
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moment, like it has been in the 
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like something I would enjoy. 
And so I just decided to jump in

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on like and do it. 
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out to her because she started 
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just thought, OK, well. 
You know who do you suggest I 

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follow Is there any like 
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suggest blah blah blah blah 
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And and she was. 
I said, well, would you actually

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like, consider coaching me like 
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though I know that's like not 
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does do like workout plans and 
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like that, which is great, but 
she I actually want her to. 

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Prepped me for a meat, so it was
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I was a Guinea pig and now we're
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We love it. 
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you're incredibly strong. 
You have a very impressive power

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to weight ratio. 
I've always said that about you.

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I mean you're you were deadlifts
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ago, which is kind of crazy 
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average weight. 
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you got in a 135 for the figure 
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One 27127 What was I thinking 
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And then when you were pregnant,
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One, Let's see. 
I was at 160 I think, right 159.

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17170 something like that and 
then post pregnancy you got down

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One, it was like, yeah, 145 ish,
Yeah, but you're lifting, you 

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know, over your body weight and 
everything, which is super 

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impressive as a female. 
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like I said, is more than double
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super impressive. 
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were drawn to powerlifting, but 
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figure competition and a powder 
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I've only done the bodybuilding.
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So you've kind of got a taste of
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different from a training in a 
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They're non comparable. 
Like, they're just so different.

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So like bodybuilding, it's like,
you know, you go, you hit your 

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workouts, it's fun. 
You kind of can do whatever you 

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want. 
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the strategic plan per se, Like 
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bit of leeway with it. 
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of more in like a strength 
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So you kind of do want to hit 
certain weights, certain 

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percentages, things like that at
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you're going to like compete. 
Regularly and I kind of like the

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structure of that like I like to
know like I need to do this 

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because of XY&Z. 
This is going to help me with 

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this move well but like I like 
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Like it seems very orderly and I
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About with bodybuilding, I'd say
the prep is a lot harder. 

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You're in a prep for a lot 
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In bodybuilding you're you're 
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far as like trying to become 
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With powerlifting, some people 
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have to cut. 
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like maintain, you're eating 
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and things like that. 
So just very different when it 

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comes to like nutrition. 
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I stayed Keto and all that. 
But it's very different as far 

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as like what you're doing with 
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There really isn't much with 
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always encouraged, but like 
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with cardio. 
I just it is just very 

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different. 
Yeah, it's kind of like polar 

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opposite into the spectrum. 
Like with bodybuilding, you're 

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trying to build as much muscle 
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which is what you're also trying
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building, more strength, focus, 
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So there is kind of some cross 
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much muscle as you build and get
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Where's the powerlifting? 
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strength, and you're not really 
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composition per se. 
Yeah, that's exactly it. 

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And with powerlifting, you can 
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You know, you can compete once 
every quarter, things like that.

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Whereas with bodybuilding, you 
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especially if you're a natural 
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maybe a few shows. 
In one season and then take a 

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couple of years off while 
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build lane mass with 
powerlifting, you're, you know, 

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you want to give yourself like a
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that around your meet today. 
But really, you can compete 

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several times per year. 
So that's kind of like a fun 

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aspect of powerlifting, too. 
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And like, from a training 
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intuitively as a body. 
But like I I view that as an 

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art. 
Like I'm sculpting lagging body 

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parts. 
I'm training those specifically 

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in different ways, but I'm not 
really ever structuring my 

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training routine. 
You can, but I don't ever really

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structure my based off of like 
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that. 
Like I don't have a technical 

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training plan In that regard. 
My nutrition is super technical,

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my training is more intuitive. 
With you, the nutrition is more 

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intuitive and your training is 
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Yeah, and the I I I do feel like
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that I've gone through like. 
I had no idea what to expect. 

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A lot of people are like all 
power lifters do, is like 5 by 

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fives, 3 by threes, blah, blah, 
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And that's like total baloney 
because maybe some of them do. 

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But like I was doing high volume
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my strengths cycle, like high 
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And then like we tapered it down
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But like at one point I was 
doing like nine sets of two reps

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but these? 
Two reps are like super heavy. 

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And then you're doing things 
like heavy holds where you're 

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literally just walking the 
weight out, holding it for 10 

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seconds and walking it back in. 
And it seems like silly stuff. 

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But like when you really start 
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sense, like to do those things. 
And I never knew what to think 

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about powerlifting and like that
as a sport, But having trained 

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the way that I have, I really 
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And like I don't see it as like 
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All they do is take like 5 
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That's that's really not a 
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Like we're not taking 5-10 
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very, very end, right before I 
meet, you know, on that notice, 

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let's kind of dive into some of 
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because there's certainly a lot 
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bodybuilding. 
There's probably equally as much

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dogma in the sport of 
powerlifting, some of which 

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holds true, some of which is 
certainly not applicable to, you

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know, you fall on a ketogenic 
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nutrition. 
So when we were there, this is 

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kind of funny too because like 
when I'm backstage with the 

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competitors at the bodybuilding 
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rice cakes and putting peanut 
butter and Jelly and honey and 

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stuff on them. 
And that was pretty much the 

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same case at the powerlifting. 
Me, like everybody had a like 

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one guy had a massive, like, 
like wholesale size box of Rice 

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Krispies. 
He was chowing down on that. 

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Everybody had like the Harbour 
Hard, Hard, Reboro. 

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How do you say that candy? 
Oh yeah, like the little gummy 

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bears, gummy bear things bunch 
like gushers and stuff like 

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that. 
And it's like everybody's 

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sucking down. 
They're doing like one single 

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repetition. 
They're sucking down all this 

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sugar and you didn't do any that
stuff. 

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Like you literally were fueled. 
You had bacon and eggs that 

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morning and then you had like 
1/4 of a keto brick 

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intermittently throughout the 
day. 

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I tried like you were pretty 
full your stuff. 

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Yeah, I had been like, really? 
Eating a ton like the last month

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and so and and my nerves got to 
me on meat day. 

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So I was just like I was trying 
so hard to eat but it was just 

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like oh I cannot get anything 
in. 

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When you get that adrenaline 
pump and your nerves are it's 

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like there's no appetite like 
you're in sympathetic nervous 

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system. 
Your body is like not thinking 

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about food. 
Yeah. 

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So that was interesting to see 
for sure but it didn't look like

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you had any issues with energy. 
You were a little bit worried 

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about proper you know fueling as
because of pre workout. 

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So we started playing around 
with a few things in the weeks 

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leading up to your meat and we 
got it dialed into what was, 

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what was the preworkout formula 
that we concocted for you. 

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So it was L carnitine creatine 
electrolytes and then a little 

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bit of beta hydroxy butyrate in 
a ketone Ester mct oil and 

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that's. 
It pure protein. 

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Pure Pure Pump Protein Pure Pump
is the prework it, yeah. 

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So it was caffeine basically 
just a caffeine like 200 

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milligrams or something like 
that. 

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And that was all you had is a a 
pre workout concoction and that 

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seemed to work pretty well for 
you from a feeling standpoint. 

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Yeah, I was super concerned 
about it before because we had 

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done A1 Rep Max day like where I
did squat, bench, deadlift and 

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that's always the order you go 
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meet day. 
And like I kind of like bonked 

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when it came to bench. 
Like, I felt so good with squats

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and then like all of a sudden 
with bench, I was like, wow, 

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this was in the weeks leading up
to. 

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It, yeah, yeah. 
And then with my deadlifts I got

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like the energy back up again. 
And I was really kind of 

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concerned that my bench wasn't 
gonna be as good. 

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But then I asked Robert, I'm 
like, what do I do? 

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Like I need to figure something 
out. 

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And he's like you're gonna put, 
I got, I got a little little 

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concern there's a little tiff 
action going on there because 

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she was on the fence about man, 
all these power lifters are 

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recommended. 
I was coming on the fence. 

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I was just I I You're saying 
this is what everybody else was 

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doing? 
Yes. 

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And it's working for them. 
Is there a reason it wouldn't 

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work for me? 
Yeah, and and it was like, OK, 

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this is working for everyone 
else. 

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How do I make it work for me? 
Like, how? 

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Do what? 
Like, what can I do? 

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And Robert's like, you're gonna 
go eat honey, aren't you? 

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And I'm like, no, I just have 
zero idea, like, what I can do 

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that would do the same exact 
thing for me. 

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Because as someone who's been 
keto for, what, 7 years now, 

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seven years, seven years, it's 
like, I don't think having 

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something sugary is going to 
actually benefit me. 

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Like, I may actually not feel, 
well, like, it might totally 

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throw my body off. 
So I'm like. 

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What do I need to do? 
And Robert was like, you're 

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going to put this and this and 
this and this and this together 

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and then try it. 
And like, I went into the gym 

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the next day and I was like, I 
feel so good. 

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Like everyone needs to this 
preworkout mix if they're going 

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to do this. 
Like, I felt so good and like I 

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did that on my meet day and my 
bench was my best lift. 

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So it definitely worked. 
Yeah. 

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See, I like that because I get, 
I get it all the time like you 

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got to have carbs if you're 
going to compete at a high level

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in this sport. 
Or maybe not that sport, but 

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definitely this sport. 
I'm like, no, you just got to 

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get deeply fat adapted and they 
get things dialed in from a fat 

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metabolism standpoint and you 
are solid and you were solid. 

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So let's talk about the actual 
meat. 

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So we get there the day before 
you check in your gear because 

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you were competing in a natural 
federation and you were doing it

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raw, so you had to check in on 
your gear. 

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They make sure that you're not, 
you know, hiding some specialty 

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spacesuit science sleeves or 
something that makes you look 

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twice as much. 
You have to have like cotton 

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only or polyester only, like 
undershirt underwear. 

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You have to have a certain type 
of socks. 

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You have to have a singlet, but 
it has to be like the right all 

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the right things. 
So you have to check everything 

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in. 
You're checking your belts, your

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wrist wraps your shoes. 
Like all that kind of stuff in. 

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So you go in, check it all. 
Then they like measure your 

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height on like when you're doing
squats and when you're doing 

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bench. 
So that when it's your turn to 

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go out, they can just move it 
knowing exactly your dimensions 

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of like where you your stuff 
needs to be set up and then you 

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do your weigh ins. 
So I did my weigh ins and then I

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hit my weigh ins. 
What was your official weight on

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show today actually? 
The day before, I don't 

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remember. 
I didn't weigh myself at home 

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and I. 
They did in kilograms. 

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And I was like, whatever, if I 
as long as I hit it, I don't 

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care what I am, but probably 
like 145 something. 

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Yeah. 
And then the day of the meet, 

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let's talk about the lift. 
So like you said, you did squat 

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first and you get 3 attempts 
with all lifts. 

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And then if you get all three 
lifts, you go for national 

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record, then you can do a fourth
attempt. 

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But you were doing squat first. 
What was your opener? 

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Gosh, don't ask me the numbers. 
Like, I, like can't even with my

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brain. 
All right, we'll just do the, 

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the final rest, the one people 
care about. 

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What was your final squad? 
I think it was two 55255. 

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Think so. 
And you were going low. 

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So like a lot of the power 
lifters, I mean like to to make 

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it count you gotta get 3 white 
lights. 

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They have a judge in front of 
you and a judge on either side 

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of you to make sure you're 
hitting depth, all that good 

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stuff. 
And then you know you have to go

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parallel. 
You were going below parallel 

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because they haven't trained. 
We always go below parallel, 

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which is good because it just 
ensures that there's no question

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there. 
So you were hitting 255 on your 

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last trip for squat, which is 
awesome. 

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And then bench what you don't 
bench. 

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Let's say I did try for a higher
squat, my third attempt, and I 

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did fail it. 
I don't remember what I went for

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though. 
I went above what I wanted to. 

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I went above what I thought I 
could because I wanted to push 

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it a little bit, 275 or. 
Something. 

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Yeah, something like that, 74 
maybe? 

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And I was very close to getting 
it. 

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I I got down and up and then 
like right, I just got to a 

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sticking point and I couldn't 
get it up. 

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So anyways and then bench you 
go, bench goes next. 

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And so I did my opener my second
and my third was 165, which I 

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had done that previously in the 
gym. 

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So I really wanted to get a 
higher weight than that. 

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But I also didn't want to push 
it too crazy, like I didn't want

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to like try and do anything and 
then it not work out too well. 

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But with that one, apparently. 
It's a pretty good lift for me. 

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So it's a pretty good lift for 
my weight range in like my 

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whatever my weight range I 
guess, but you set a state 

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record. 
Yeah. 

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So I set a state record in that 
federation, So it's kind of like

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a newer federation. 
So they're kind of like it's 

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NPL. 
NPL Yeah. 

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Which is National Powerlifting 
League, I think, yeah. 

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And my goal, my next goal would 
be is going to be to go into a 

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larger meet, a larger 
federation. 

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That one was really fun. 
I'm so glad I did. 

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It was like such a great time. 
But I think I can be a little 

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bit more challenging to myself 
if I do one of the other 

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federation. 
So I think we're going to lean 

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towards that. 
Um, but yeah. 

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And then, uh, and then 
deadlifts. 

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We went and did that. 
And, uh, I was kind of bummed 

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with my deadlifts. 
Like I was pretty mad at myself,

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actually. 
I felt maybe a little bit, like 

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my adrenaline had kind of 
dropped a little bit by that 

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point. 
And it. 

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Was along like there was there 
was not that many competitors. 

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There's like 20, yeah. 
But like everybody's doing 3 

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attempts for three different 
lifts and there's like 20 

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minutes in between each 
different lift. 

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So I mean, you're literally 
there all day long. 

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Yeah. 
And so I was, I think I was just

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getting to look a little bit 
worn and which I'm kind of 

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bummed to say. 
Like that's what I really do 

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feel like what was happening, 
cuz I I lived at that bar and I 

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was like, well that was really 
heavy, yeah. 

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So I did my my opener and then I
actually failed my next two 

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lifts, which I was really bummed
about, but. 

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I now know that that was maybe 
too large of a jump and then 

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they used a little bit different
bars and different weights and 

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things like that. 
So I think I just need to 

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account for that next time. 
And just what was the official 

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lift? 
The first one or the another one

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you got, I wanna say it. 
Was bad that I can't remember 

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these two 7265, Yeah, 265. 
I think so. 

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It was 265 or something 
somewhere around 300 before here

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lifting, so it is frustrating 
for sure. 

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It is. 
But you know, like that's the 

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thing, is like Connie and Joe. 
Joe Davis is our friend. 

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He lives in Missouri. 
He actually came down to be my 

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word handler. 
Handler for my meat. 

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So Connie was actually speaking 
at a convention the weekend of 

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my meet. 
So Joe came down and Handler 

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really just like helps you 
figure out like what time, like 

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when you need to warm up, what 
how exactly you need to warm up,

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when you need to eat, when you 
need to drink your preworkout, 

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when you're doing bench press, 
they can actually lift off for 

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you. 
So he was here doing that with 

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me. 
And what was it going with that 

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you were talking about the 
lifts, the lift that you got, 

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like the the weight that you 
got? 

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And you're talking about Joe. 
Yeah, I'm the one in prep right 

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now. 
What you doing? 

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You're taking enough calories. 
You shouldn't be fading out like

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this. 
Oh my gosh, that's funny. 

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I can't even remember. 
Yeah, Joe's awesome. 

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Joe's one of my clients. 
He's also a powerlifter. 

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He did a bodybuilding show with 
me as a nutrition coach and then

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he kind of reciprocated. 
It was like acting as your 

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handler for this meet. 
Yeah. 

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So Joe and Connie both like 
Joe's done powerlifting a lot 

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and Connie obviously has to. 
And they both were saying, like,

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your PR in the gym is not even 
comparable to a PR on a show 

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day. 
And I will totally agree to 

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that. 
Like, at first I was like, 

452
00:22:34,330 --> 00:22:36,410
that's silly. 
You can lift the weight, you can

453
00:22:36,410 --> 00:22:38,970
lift the weight. 
But like on show day, you have 

454
00:22:38,970 --> 00:22:42,970
crazy adrenaline running through
your body and you're obviously 

455
00:22:42,970 --> 00:22:45,650
you're like peaked for it. 
But you also have 3 judges 

456
00:22:45,650 --> 00:22:47,330
sitting there watching and 
making sure that you're doing 

457
00:22:47,330 --> 00:22:50,210
everything right. 
If you'll have 3 white lights. 

458
00:22:50,210 --> 00:22:53,090
If you get 2 red lights, you 
failed your lift. 

459
00:22:53,990 --> 00:22:57,030
So you can try that weight 
again, but you you can't go 

460
00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:58,110
down. 
You failed it. 

461
00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:59,350
Yeah, you can't go down and 
wait. 

462
00:23:00,390 --> 00:23:04,230
I I only over the whole meet. 
I only got 1 red light which 

463
00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:08,150
made me super happy and I don't 
even know why I got the red 

464
00:23:08,150 --> 00:23:10,950
lights. 
I forgot to ask them, but except

465
00:23:10,950 --> 00:23:13,390
for the two, the three that you 
failed the ones. 

466
00:23:13,470 --> 00:23:16,270
I just failed those but I they 
didn't say like bad technique or

467
00:23:16,270 --> 00:23:20,470
anything like that because. 
But that was really like, I was 

468
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:23,470
happy to leave that with just 
the one red light. 

469
00:23:23,510 --> 00:23:25,750
But yeah, anyways, but it like 
it. 

470
00:23:25,910 --> 00:23:31,710
A PR like the gym PR, like I've 
gotten 300, I've got 295 several

471
00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:34,950
times. 
It's like it's frustrating 

472
00:23:34,990 --> 00:23:37,630
because you know you can do it, 
but it's just such a different 

473
00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:40,470
expectation on yourself on a 
neat day. 

474
00:23:40,850 --> 00:23:44,210
Like it's it is just different. 
So people are like, oh, I can 

475
00:23:44,330 --> 00:23:47,530
look over here than you, but 
it's like you don't have someone

476
00:23:47,530 --> 00:23:50,970
telling you like, yeah bro, 
you're that's a half, half 

477
00:23:50,970 --> 00:23:53,370
squad, you know, or whatever. 
Yeah, this was your first one. 

478
00:23:53,370 --> 00:23:56,450
So you get like no perspective 
of it up to this point. 

479
00:23:56,450 --> 00:23:59,770
So you you're more nervous, 
you're more anxious, like all 

480
00:23:59,770 --> 00:24:01,090
those things are going on. 
Yeah. 

481
00:24:01,370 --> 00:24:03,970
So it was pretty cool. 
Like, it's cool for me. 

482
00:24:04,330 --> 00:24:06,170
I was, I was handling rides the 
whole time. 

483
00:24:06,170 --> 00:24:08,780
That was his handler, but it was
cool for me to see you 

484
00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:11,540
competitive again and just like 
the excitement that comes with 

485
00:24:11,540 --> 00:24:12,860
that. 
So I'm super proud of you. 

486
00:24:12,860 --> 00:24:16,540
I think you kicked ass and I'm 
excited to see it again. 

487
00:24:16,820 --> 00:24:18,100
Thanks. 
Yeah, that's The thing is I'm 

488
00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:20,900
going to be doing it again. 
I'm super excited about the next

489
00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:22,620
time, Yeah. 
And you're going to do 

490
00:24:22,940 --> 00:24:26,810
tentatively one in what do we 
say, what do we say February? 

491
00:24:27,170 --> 00:24:29,210
January, February. 
Yeah, January, February. 

492
00:24:29,290 --> 00:24:30,810
We're not talking about anything
after that. 

493
00:24:30,850 --> 00:24:34,170
All right, so we keep all that 
under ramps for the time being. 

494
00:24:34,170 --> 00:24:35,650
But yeah, very proud of you, 
babe. 

495
00:24:35,810 --> 00:24:37,290
I think it's you're super 
impressive. 

496
00:24:37,290 --> 00:24:40,290
You have most certainly earned 
the title of Lady Savage. 

497
00:24:40,290 --> 00:24:43,050
One of the coolest things I 
think, about the whole meet was 

498
00:24:43,050 --> 00:24:46,530
that you would go, you know, 
beat a state record and bench 

499
00:24:46,530 --> 00:24:49,130
and then like you would walk 
over and breastfeed Rigel before

500
00:24:49,130 --> 00:24:52,130
you started doing deadlifts. 
You know, like, that's hardcore 

501
00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:52,490
right? 
There. 

502
00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:53,850
You were keto throughout the 
whole thing. 

503
00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:57,880
You know, kicking butt with the 
lifts, being a mom at the same 

504
00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,960
time. 
Like pretty impressive stuff. 

505
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,440
Pretty impressive stuff. 
So that's the pound of anything 

506
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,400
else on the pound of me. 
Nope, that was it. 

507
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,680
That was lost. 
Your Rd. for listening. 

508
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,880
All right, now let's dive into 
my prep. 

509
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,360
All right. 
My Robert and I have been like 

510
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,240
polar. 
I have been eating twice the 

511
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,880
amount that Robert has. 
You've definitely been eating 

512
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,280
and you're like, Oh my gosh, I'm
so stuffed, I don't want another

513
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,040
bite. 
And then you like, look over at 

514
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,690
me like for, you know, 
confirmation. 

515
00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,330
And I'm like, yeah, what are you
looking at me for? 

516
00:25:28,210 --> 00:25:32,050
Because that's not the case. 
Don't know the feeling, but 

517
00:25:32,050 --> 00:25:34,010
honestly, so this is the time of
this recording. 

518
00:25:34,010 --> 00:25:37,250
This is week 21 that we're in. 
So I started prep on April 3rd. 

519
00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:40,450
We're 2121 weeks in at this 
point. 

520
00:25:40,690 --> 00:25:44,130
And I feel pretty good about how
everything's gone. 

521
00:25:44,130 --> 00:25:48,010
Like, I am honestly blown away 
at how smooth this prep has gone

522
00:25:48,010 --> 00:25:49,810
this far. 
This has been the easiest prep 

523
00:25:49,810 --> 00:25:53,940
for me by far, and I don't feel 
like I've been an asshole with 

524
00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:55,260
anybody. 
Have I been an asshole? 

525
00:25:55,260 --> 00:25:56,660
You're gonna be the true judge 
of character there. 

526
00:25:56,940 --> 00:25:58,060
You've actually been really 
good. 

527
00:25:58,060 --> 00:26:00,700
What did I say the other day? 
I don't know. 

528
00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:06,900
Like it. 
I said something like, I don't 

529
00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:08,500
remember. 
I remember you were asking me 

530
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:12,540
about that, and I was like, no, 
you've just been, like, focused.

531
00:26:12,980 --> 00:26:14,980
No bullshit. 
Yeah, yeah. 

532
00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:18,520
No BS Yeah, I'm definitely 
focused right now, for sure. 

533
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,320
Like, I I have a routine. 
I I've got like a a nighttime 

534
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,840
routine, a morning routine. 
I adhere to it strictly, but I 

535
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,240
haven't been unpleasant to 
anybody. 

536
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,600
Like, I've been super on point 
with the crew. 

537
00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:31,200
I don't know. 
What do you think? 

538
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,440
Chip chips record this right 
now. 

539
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,360
He gives me that. 
He gives me a thumbs up. 

540
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,360
Haven't been an asshole to him. 
I feel like like in the past I 

541
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,240
vividly recall just being very 
irritable. 

542
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,120
Like to the point where if 
somebody looks at me funky, I 

543
00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:45,600
just want to like rip their head
off. 

544
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,720
Yeah, Robert has not gotten on 
to me about my eating this time.

545
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,120
Last time I was eating nuts and 
like, he was like. 

546
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:53,720
You have got to stop eating 
those. 

547
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,760
Like, why? 
She's like, go in the other room

548
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,840
and eat them. 
I'm like, OK, yeah, I had them 

549
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,000
then. 
Not this prep. 

550
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,120
Like it has been totally 
different and like, I feel so. 

551
00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,080
Busy, But like, you've held it 
together really well. 

552
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,200
Yeah. 
And I feel like like I'm 

553
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,600
mentally sharp, stuck. 
I'm still podcasting every 

554
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,320
single day, multiple podcasts a 
day. 

555
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,400
I'm staying on top of all my 
business, you know, requirements

556
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,760
and responsibilities. 
I'm just getting everything done

557
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,570
really efficiently, really 
focused, and I'm doing it in a 

558
00:27:23,570 --> 00:27:26,930
pleasant state of mind, which I 
think is just liberating for 

559
00:27:26,930 --> 00:27:28,610
sure. 
And honestly, like I've enjoyed 

560
00:27:28,610 --> 00:27:30,730
the workouts, like Chip and our 
training together every morning.

561
00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:34,410
I haven't dreaded the workouts. 
It's just been. 

562
00:27:34,410 --> 00:27:36,530
I think, honestly there's a 
couple things to play here. 

563
00:27:36,770 --> 00:27:39,770
One is that this is the first 
prep I've done during the summer

564
00:27:39,770 --> 00:27:42,650
months instead of doing like a 
spring show and prepping to the 

565
00:27:42,650 --> 00:27:45,570
winter. 
So I think I'm much more active,

566
00:27:45,570 --> 00:27:47,770
Like my neat activity is way 
higher because there's more 

567
00:27:47,770 --> 00:27:50,580
hours of daylight. 
I'm just much busier, so I'm 

568
00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:53,900
leaning out more effortlessly, 
it seems in that regard. 

569
00:27:54,260 --> 00:27:57,980
And then my nutrition's dialed 
in like I've got this whole keto

570
00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:01,340
thing figured out, so that's 
been streamlined. 

571
00:28:01,340 --> 00:28:03,300
My meal preps been super 
straightforward. 

572
00:28:03,300 --> 00:28:05,500
You're prepping all my meals. 
I've got the macros calculated 

573
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:08,380
every single week. 
We get a routine there and 

574
00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:10,740
haven't lost any strength 
whatsoever. 

575
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,200
So yeah, I feel like 1,000,000 
bucks. 

576
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,080
And this is the first prep that 
we've done with a kid, you know,

577
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,480
And like a lot of people would 
hear that like, Oh my gosh, it 

578
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,720
sounds like tornado perfect 
storm. 

579
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,520
But honestly, having Rigels made
it better, Like, I can have a 

580
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,360
rough day and they come home and
see him smiling. 

581
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,880
It's like that's all that 
matters right here, you know? 

582
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,350
So it's been positive. 
That is one thing about both of 

583
00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:35,150
us. 
Like I was saying about that the

584
00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:36,870
other day, I was like, man, I 
need to make a post on that 

585
00:28:36,870 --> 00:28:40,150
because people give you so many 
excuses. 

586
00:28:40,150 --> 00:28:42,790
Just wait till this. 
Just wait till that. 

587
00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:46,270
Just wait till you have kids. 
And that was like the most 

588
00:28:46,270 --> 00:28:47,870
recent one. 
Just you guys, just wait until 

589
00:28:47,870 --> 00:28:50,350
you have kids. 
And it's like, I just competed 

590
00:28:50,350 --> 00:28:52,630
in powerlifting a year after I 
had my kid. 

591
00:28:53,070 --> 00:28:56,670
Not only did I have him, but I 
also had a C-section. 

592
00:28:56,670 --> 00:28:59,270
So it's like I had a I had like 
a major abdominal surgery and 

593
00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:03,500
I'm powerlifting, you know? 
In and then Roberts in the 

594
00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:06,740
middle of a prep right now and 
can be the leanest man alive. 

595
00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:11,660
So it's like I don't think you 
tell us that, don't tell me I 

596
00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:13,780
can't do something, I'm a prove 
you wrong. 

597
00:29:13,860 --> 00:29:16,620
That's the thing for like me, 
I'm not out to prove people 

598
00:29:16,620 --> 00:29:18,580
wrong. 
I'm just like, I'm going to keep

599
00:29:18,580 --> 00:29:20,940
doing my thing and you'll just 
see that you're wrong. 

600
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:24,580
You know, like maybe that maybe 
that is the truth for you and 

601
00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:25,900
but that is not the truth for 
me. 

602
00:29:25,900 --> 00:29:28,700
And it like that needs to stop 
being the narrative like. 

603
00:29:29,260 --> 00:29:30,820
That that is the truth for 
everyone. 

604
00:29:30,820 --> 00:29:33,180
Or people are just gonna start 
believing it and then think 

605
00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:35,620
like, oh, once you become a 
parent, you can't do anything 

606
00:29:35,620 --> 00:29:38,740
because you have a kid. 
It's like, no, you can figure it

607
00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:41,940
out. 
And like Rigel doesn't, Rigel's 

608
00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:43,940
not watched by anyone but me and
Robert. 

609
00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:47,380
So like, right now he's being 
watched by Ellen. 

610
00:29:47,380 --> 00:29:49,140
But that happens on a very rare 
occasion. 

611
00:29:49,140 --> 00:29:52,100
Now, yeah, we don't take him to 
daycare like there's no, you 

612
00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:54,860
know, we just, we just make it 
happen. 

613
00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:57,410
Yeah, we get after it. 
Like the only limitations you 

614
00:29:57,410 --> 00:29:59,770
put, the only limitations you 
have in your life, the ones you 

615
00:29:59,770 --> 00:30:01,570
put on yourself. 
Like I set out and said, hey, 

616
00:30:01,570 --> 00:30:02,770
I'm gonna be looking to spend 
alive. 

617
00:30:02,770 --> 00:30:04,250
I'm gonna make it happen. 
You said you're gonna do a 

618
00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:05,610
powerlifting meet. 
You made it happen. 

619
00:30:06,090 --> 00:30:08,530
And we're being great parents, 
keeping up with everything else 

620
00:30:08,530 --> 00:30:11,250
we have to do in tandem. 
So yeah. 

621
00:30:11,530 --> 00:30:13,890
Back to your prep. 
I didn't want to like no, no, 

622
00:30:13,930 --> 00:30:17,050
no. 
Totally fun in seeing how I'm 

623
00:30:17,050 --> 00:30:19,810
looking now. 
You feel confident building 

624
00:30:19,810 --> 00:30:22,530
spent alive. 
Yeah, 100%. 

625
00:30:22,570 --> 00:30:25,410
Yeah, there's one other guy 
that's like, supposed to be the 

626
00:30:25,410 --> 00:30:27,730
leanest man alive. 
And, like, he does look really 

627
00:30:27,730 --> 00:30:30,490
lean. 
But, like, I mean, I feel like 

628
00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:32,610
you already got him beat. 
Yeah, yeah, I'm. 

629
00:30:32,650 --> 00:30:35,330
I'm bringing like a whole nother
level of conditioning with this 

630
00:30:35,330 --> 00:30:37,410
go around. 
One person that always comments 

631
00:30:37,450 --> 00:30:42,810
on your stuff and it's like you 
just you can't beat whatever and

632
00:30:42,810 --> 00:30:44,450
they like tagged the person then
like. 

633
00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:47,110
Are you not seeing the same guy 
I'm seeing? 

634
00:30:47,110 --> 00:30:48,870
Cuz I'm pretty sure he's already
done it, you know? 

635
00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:51,670
Yeah, I'm I'm going broke on 
this one. 

636
00:30:51,670 --> 00:30:53,790
Like it's going all that and I'm
taking away all the 

637
00:30:53,790 --> 00:30:56,830
distractions. 
I'm literally sleeping in a 

638
00:30:56,830 --> 00:31:00,150
different room than Crystal. 
Yeah, that sounds terrible to 

639
00:31:00,150 --> 00:31:01,790
like everyone else, but it's 
not. 

640
00:31:01,790 --> 00:31:05,110
It does sound bad, but a little 
context here that just recently 

641
00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:07,790
started and I was not. 
I don't get very much sleep 

642
00:31:07,790 --> 00:31:09,950
anyways. 
Like, I literally, my routine is

643
00:31:09,950 --> 00:31:11,990
I wake up at 3:00 in the 
morning, I come immediately into

644
00:31:11,990 --> 00:31:15,380
the warehouse and I start 
working on things and I don't 

645
00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:17,860
get to bed until like nine, 
9:30. 

646
00:31:18,140 --> 00:31:20,220
So the sleep quantity is pretty 
limited. 

647
00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:23,460
So I have to maximize sleep 
quality, and the only way for me

648
00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:25,260
to do that was just sleep in a 
different bed. 

649
00:31:25,260 --> 00:31:28,060
So that's what we're doing right
now. 

650
00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:32,380
Uh, which is not the greatest 
for a intimate standpoint, but 

651
00:31:32,380 --> 00:31:33,860
I. 
Mean literally when we're 

652
00:31:33,860 --> 00:31:35,180
sleeping though. 
Like we're sleeping? 

653
00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:43,700
Yeah, you do stuff outside of 
sleep time you don't like. 

654
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:46,140
I don't know. 
Like, people think like, oh, 

655
00:31:46,140 --> 00:31:47,260
you're sleeping in separate 
beds. 

656
00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:48,540
That means like, everything is 
separate. 

657
00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:50,620
It's like, no, we literally 
sleep in separate beds. 

658
00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:53,180
Like, yeah, we're doing extra 
things, like going on a walk to 

659
00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:55,060
get like, Robert's getting ready
for the 50 mile March, which 

660
00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:56,180
we'll talk about in just a 
minute. 

661
00:31:56,540 --> 00:31:58,980
But we've been walking together 
a lot more, so we're actually 

662
00:31:58,980 --> 00:32:02,300
getting more time together, 
doing other things. 

663
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,060
We don't have to sleep side by 
side, if that makes sense. 

664
00:32:05,180 --> 00:32:08,500
Yeah, and like Rigel's got his 
own room, he's got his own bed, 

665
00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:12,300
he's got his own thing going for
him, but like if he is fussy or 

666
00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:14,890
needs a breastfeed or something,
we'll bring him into the our 

667
00:32:14,890 --> 00:32:16,410
room at some point throughout 
the night. 

668
00:32:16,410 --> 00:32:18,810
And like he was kicking me and 
stuff and just like anytime 

669
00:32:18,810 --> 00:32:21,410
Crystal's moving around to go 
check on him, I'm waking up my 

670
00:32:21,410 --> 00:32:24,970
sleeps getting hindered. 
So yeah, we started sleeping in 

671
00:32:24,970 --> 00:32:29,610
separate beds and I literally 
saw a 2X improvement in my aura 

672
00:32:29,610 --> 00:32:32,050
and garment sleep data literally
overnight. 

673
00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:34,850
So I just have to keep reminding
on like I haven't slept in the 

674
00:32:34,850 --> 00:32:37,530
night in 15 months. 
Yeah, no, you're hardcore for 

675
00:32:37,530 --> 00:32:39,210
sure. 
But I can't sacrifice sleep. 

676
00:32:39,250 --> 00:32:41,130
I sacrifice everything else. 
I gotta. 

677
00:32:41,290 --> 00:32:44,670
I gotta try and improve sleep 
quality and the meals have all 

678
00:32:44,670 --> 00:32:46,790
been super streamlined too. 
Like, I'm doing one meal a day 

679
00:32:46,790 --> 00:32:47,990
right now. 
You're prepping all those are 

680
00:32:47,990 --> 00:32:49,390
doing like a souffle kind of 
thing. 

681
00:32:49,390 --> 00:32:53,510
So eat one keto brick a day. 
Plus, this one meal, which is 

682
00:32:53,510 --> 00:32:57,750
basically at this point in the 
prep, consists of wild salmon, 

683
00:32:58,190 --> 00:33:03,070
axis venison, eggs, egg whites 
and that's it, right? 

684
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:05,590
Yeah. 
So we just bake that into one 

685
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:08,870
big Tupperware and I eat that 
with my brick and I'm like on 

686
00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:11,300
top of the world after that. 
So that's been good. 

687
00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:14,260
We did our first ketogenic 
caloric refeed last week. 

688
00:33:14,540 --> 00:33:16,180
So we did the refeed pizza 
there. 

689
00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:19,740
My body soaked that up. 
The sodium was on point, the 

690
00:33:19,740 --> 00:33:22,900
macros were on point, the 
vascularity improved, the muscle

691
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:25,500
fullness improved, everything 
was markedly improved. 

692
00:33:25,820 --> 00:33:28,460
So I feel like very confident 
about that. 

693
00:33:28,820 --> 00:33:32,940
The only not chink of the armor 
so to speak with the only big 

694
00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:36,660
variable question mark that I 
have right now is this 50 mile 

695
00:33:36,660 --> 00:33:38,660
March which is taking place this
week. 

696
00:33:38,980 --> 00:33:41,610
So it is a Tuesday. 
The time of this recording is 

697
00:33:41,610 --> 00:33:45,730
gonna go live on Friday, and 
then I am driving with Crystal 

698
00:33:45,730 --> 00:33:50,330
and Rigel in our rig to Omaha. 
We're going to walk 50 miles to 

699
00:33:50,330 --> 00:33:53,770
raise money and awareness for 
veterans and then literally the 

700
00:33:53,770 --> 00:33:55,650
day after the March is peak 
week. 

701
00:33:55,650 --> 00:33:58,530
So that's kind of crazy. 
I don't know any of the 

702
00:33:58,530 --> 00:34:02,370
competitors doing that. 
Yeah, it's a I'm a little bit, 

703
00:34:02,610 --> 00:34:04,010
I'm a little bit worried about 
them. 

704
00:34:04,570 --> 00:34:06,930
It's going to be fine, but I am 
a little worried about them. 

705
00:34:06,930 --> 00:34:08,330
It's going to be fine. 
Let's be the third year that 

706
00:34:08,330 --> 00:34:10,770
I've done, the 50 mile March, 
the 1st year I was on crutches 

707
00:34:10,770 --> 00:34:13,290
for a week, so hopefully that 
doesn't happen. 

708
00:34:13,290 --> 00:34:14,650
That's going to really screw up 
my peak week. 

709
00:34:15,290 --> 00:34:19,570
Last year I think I was hurting 
for like 48 hours, but I wasn't 

710
00:34:19,570 --> 00:34:22,170
on crutches at any point and I 
felt fine. 

711
00:34:22,170 --> 00:34:25,770
Now granted, last year I was not
in a deficit and I did do a lot 

712
00:34:25,770 --> 00:34:28,570
more walking in preparation than
I have had time to this year. 

713
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,320
So I'm a little bit worried 
there. 

714
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,040
But that's why we're walking 
now, trying to get some steps in

715
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,840
condition, my feet and see how 
it goes. 

716
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,159
But I'm not doing anything 
different with my nutrition in 

717
00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:43,400
preparation for this March 
because I want to keep all that 

718
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,840
uniform to kind of keep 
everything, you know, on track 

719
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,000
for the prep the following week 
or for the peak week the 

720
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,480
following week. 
So we shall see how it goes, but

721
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,080
the 50 mile March is awesome. 
It's not something that I wanted

722
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,040
to avoid doing because I was at 
a prep. 

723
00:34:57,450 --> 00:34:59,730
I mean every single year I've 
done it the past two years I've 

724
00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:03,210
done it like you Crest that last
hill and you get all these 

725
00:35:03,210 --> 00:35:06,170
people waiting on you and it's 
like an emotional moment. 

726
00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:09,890
Like I started crying cuz I mean
you're I I don't have any 

727
00:35:09,890 --> 00:35:12,290
military experience but I know 
all these people that I'm 

728
00:35:12,290 --> 00:35:15,090
walking alongside do like people
that are cheering us on and 

729
00:35:15,090 --> 00:35:18,410
waiting for us at the finish 
line have and it's like you are 

730
00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:22,650
marching for a cause you're 
you're we're marching through 

731
00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:24,210
the night. 
We start at 5:00 PM on Saturday.

732
00:35:24,210 --> 00:35:26,580
We March until like afternoon on
Sunday. 

733
00:35:26,580 --> 00:35:29,420
It's basically supposed to be 50
miles in 22 hours. 

734
00:35:29,780 --> 00:35:32,780
The 22 hours symbolizes the 22 
veterans that take their life 

735
00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:36,580
daily and we're just trying to 
raise money and awareness for 

736
00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:38,940
them. 
So it's a cause I feel very good

737
00:35:38,940 --> 00:35:42,300
about and I don't know, I just 
don't. 

738
00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:45,700
I didn't want to avoid it 
because of selfish endeavors. 

739
00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:49,580
I mean, because the bodybuilding
is a selfish sport and I don't 

740
00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:51,980
want to. 
That is the priority right now. 

741
00:35:51,980 --> 00:35:54,820
But I don't want to not do the 
March because of that. 

742
00:35:55,310 --> 00:36:01,390
Yeah, I feel like I told Robert 
so it was like, so I did the 

743
00:36:01,390 --> 00:36:03,670
March the 1st year. 
So Robert said it two years. 

744
00:36:03,910 --> 00:36:07,470
I did the first year and I was 
actually very, very early 

745
00:36:07,470 --> 00:36:09,030
pregnant with Rigel at that 
time. 

746
00:36:09,870 --> 00:36:14,670
But we the next year I had Rigel
and he was just like, I don't 

747
00:36:14,670 --> 00:36:17,750
know, 2-3 months old. 
Yeah. 

748
00:36:18,670 --> 00:36:20,630
And so obviously didn't do the 
March because I was 

749
00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:22,870
breastfeeding and he needed his 
Mama. 

750
00:36:24,020 --> 00:36:26,940
And I kind of just committed to,
like, I probably won't do 

751
00:36:27,460 --> 00:36:29,660
anything like this until we're 
like done having kids and 

752
00:36:29,660 --> 00:36:31,900
everything everyone's done 
breastfeeding and like being 

753
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:33,420
with me through the night, 
things like that. 

754
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:37,100
But I told Robert I was like, I 
literally cried last year 

755
00:36:37,140 --> 00:36:41,860
because I wanted so badly to be 
with them and to feel the pain 

756
00:36:41,860 --> 00:36:45,340
that they were in and like, just
and it sounds weird because it's

757
00:36:45,340 --> 00:36:48,500
like, why would you want that? 
But it's like once you've done 

758
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:52,480
it, like you know. 
Like, you are not doing it for 

759
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,000
your own brain. 
Like you're not doing it for 

760
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,200
your own benefit. 
Like there's no benefit of 

761
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,160
walking 50 miles. 
Like it kind of sucks, but 

762
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,280
you're doing it for a cause. 
Like you're doing it for a 

763
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,560
reason. 
You're doing it along friends 

764
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,040
and alongside of veterans and 
alongside of just like all these

765
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,560
people that are band together 
for A cause. 

766
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:16,480
You have people driving by you, 
honking and waving and waving 

767
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,960
flags, and at the very end you 
have. 

768
00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:23,270
All these people are there to 
help celebrate and you, all the 

769
00:37:23,270 --> 00:37:27,310
people have donated the the 
funds for these veterans and 

770
00:37:27,510 --> 00:37:30,190
last year we raised over 
$200,000 for veterans, which is 

771
00:37:30,190 --> 00:37:32,910
awesome. 
Yeah, but it's like so powerful 

772
00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:36,310
that I like, I cried because I 
couldn't be a part of it, you 

773
00:37:36,310 --> 00:37:37,950
know? 
And it was like, of course I 

774
00:37:37,950 --> 00:37:39,750
wanted to be with Rigel, but 
like. 

775
00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:41,530
It sucks to not be a part of 
that. 

776
00:37:41,530 --> 00:37:43,890
And Robert's like, yeah, I do 
not want to do that. 

777
00:37:44,210 --> 00:37:45,450
Yeah. 
Yeah. 

778
00:37:45,450 --> 00:37:47,410
There's been a couple times 
where we've been walking and 

779
00:37:47,410 --> 00:37:49,810
like, I've noticed more 
inflammation in my knees. 

780
00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:52,730
It's just like I'm on the like, 
I'm depleted right now. 

781
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:55,530
I'm in a deficit, you know, Like
my body is more susceptible to 

782
00:37:55,530 --> 00:37:57,210
injury. 
So from a bodybuilding 

783
00:37:57,210 --> 00:38:03,890
standpoint, this makes no sense.
But from a moral, ethical, you 

784
00:38:03,890 --> 00:38:07,340
know, cause speaking standpoint,
like this makes all the sense. 

785
00:38:07,780 --> 00:38:11,460
And I just want to be a part of 
it, you know, and I don't know, 

786
00:38:11,460 --> 00:38:13,860
like, I like doing things that 
are hard. 

787
00:38:13,860 --> 00:38:16,740
Last year, one of the guys that 
I've corresponded with via 

788
00:38:16,740 --> 00:38:18,140
e-mail quite a bit, his name's 
Rich. 

789
00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:21,340
His his son actually took his 
own life. 

790
00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:24,700
He was in the military. 
And Rich reached out to me and 

791
00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:27,540
said, hey man, I really admire 
you for doing this March. 

792
00:38:28,220 --> 00:38:32,420
He told me about his son. 
I marched in honor of his son 

793
00:38:32,420 --> 00:38:35,700
last year and Rich is actually 
going to do the March with us 

794
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:39,840
this year. 
And knowing that I can't not 

795
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,400
March. 
You know, like I think about 

796
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,560
Rigel and if something like what
if Rigel decided to get the 

797
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:49,320
military suffered extreme PTSD 
took his own life, Like I can't 

798
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,000
even fathom that. 
Like that. 

799
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,800
I I can't even fathom that. 
So anything that I can do to 

800
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,920
move the needle one iota to put 
things in the right direction 

801
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,760
like that is a cause worth 
fighting for, worth suffering 

802
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,960
for, worth sacrificing for. 
So I'm proud to be part of the 

803
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,950
March. 
This podcast is going live on 

804
00:39:07,950 --> 00:39:10,150
Friday and I'll put this in the 
showrooms, but anybody that 

805
00:39:10,150 --> 00:39:12,630
wants to follow along on the 
March, I think it's going to be 

806
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:15,030
live streamed. 
Good portion of it is anyways, 

807
00:39:15,350 --> 00:39:17,550
there is going to be a link in 
there to donate if you so 

808
00:39:17,550 --> 00:39:20,470
choose. 
But honestly, if you just simply

809
00:39:20,470 --> 00:39:24,230
become aware of the issue that's
at hand here and let that be on 

810
00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:27,590
the forefront of your mind as 
we're marching, that would be my

811
00:39:27,590 --> 00:39:31,790
ask there, but yeah. 
Rachel and I are going to tag 

812
00:39:31,790 --> 00:39:34,070
along. 
We're going to meet them at 

813
00:39:34,150 --> 00:39:36,980
their stops. 
So we'll hopefully get some 

814
00:39:36,980 --> 00:39:39,580
clips on some of the socials and
things like that. 

815
00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:41,780
Kind of keep your eyes up to 
date on how things are going. 

816
00:39:42,020 --> 00:39:43,980
Yeah, We're gonna have like a 
little system in place, like 

817
00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:46,940
Crystal and Rodger gonna come in
the rig, and then they're gonna 

818
00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:49,820
get my feet doctored up at every
stop, make sure I'm hydrated, 

819
00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:51,020
make sure I've got everything I 
need. 

820
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:55,460
I'll have to figure out my one 
meal timing at some point during

821
00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:56,940
that March. 
So it's gonna be a little 

822
00:39:57,220 --> 00:40:00,140
interesting in that regard, but 
we're gonna make it happen. 

823
00:40:00,140 --> 00:40:01,620
So it's gonna be good. 
It's gonna be good. 

824
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,140
Fiftymilemarch.org I think is 
the website for that. 

825
00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:08,050
All right, next topic of 
discussion. 

826
00:40:08,690 --> 00:40:11,690
The first competition, so that 
I'm doing 5 competitions this 

827
00:40:11,690 --> 00:40:14,770
year. 
The first one is the OCB 

828
00:40:14,770 --> 00:40:18,970
federation, that is the week 
after the March, the weekend. 

829
00:40:18,970 --> 00:40:23,130
So we March Saturday to Sunday. 
The 1st competition is that next

830
00:40:23,130 --> 00:40:26,970
Saturday. 
So literally the March goes into

831
00:40:26,970 --> 00:40:28,770
peak week, which is like say 
kind of crazy. 

832
00:40:28,850 --> 00:40:31,010
But this will be the first 
competition of my competitive 

833
00:40:31,010 --> 00:40:34,210
season. 
It is in Utah. 

834
00:40:34,690 --> 00:40:36,850
It's in Utah. 
I've got so many things going 

835
00:40:36,850 --> 00:40:37,930
on, haven't even made it that 
far. 

836
00:40:37,930 --> 00:40:40,970
So Crystal's kind of like my 
secretary at the moment. 

837
00:40:41,490 --> 00:40:44,250
She's booking all the Airbnb's, 
getting all the travel 

838
00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,290
coordinated, etcetera, etcetera.
But this will be the first 

839
00:40:46,290 --> 00:40:50,570
competition, this OCB show. 
I'm doing bodybuilding and it's 

840
00:40:50,570 --> 00:40:54,010
going to be good. 
My posing routine is not as 

841
00:40:54,010 --> 00:40:56,170
polished as I would like to be 
for this first show. 

842
00:40:56,450 --> 00:41:00,330
The mandatory poses are dialed 
in, but the routines a little 

843
00:41:00,330 --> 00:41:05,140
bit unrefined. 
So I'm just working on doing 

844
00:41:05,140 --> 00:41:07,900
everything I can as I'm able to,
but it's going to be great. 

845
00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:10,380
I'm super excited about it. 
This is not the main federation 

846
00:41:10,380 --> 00:41:13,620
I'm trying to really dial in 
for, so it's kind of like a warm

847
00:41:13,620 --> 00:41:15,460
up show, which I don't really 
recommend. 

848
00:41:15,460 --> 00:41:17,700
People think of any show as a 
warm up show because I'm going 

849
00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:20,020
in with the intent to do some 
damage and win. 

850
00:41:20,900 --> 00:41:24,460
I'm not going in for 2nd place 
like I'm going in to win, but 

851
00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:27,820
this is not the federation that 
I'm really trying to get my pro 

852
00:41:27,820 --> 00:41:32,580
card status in to really get 
dialed in, so I hope that it's. 

853
00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:35,260
He just wanted to cause more 
craziness for us as a family. 

854
00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:38,580
Exactly. 
I hope that doing this show, you

855
00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:41,020
know, this is the first time 
I've competed since 2017 because

856
00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:45,260
my 2020 endeavors got dashed 
with the, you know, pandemic. 

857
00:41:46,060 --> 00:41:49,540
So hopefully doing this first 
show will alleviate any stress, 

858
00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:52,220
remove some anxiety, just get my
feet wet back into the 

859
00:41:52,220 --> 00:41:55,740
competitive grind, and then set 
me up for success for all the 

860
00:41:55,740 --> 00:41:58,420
future shows, of which there 
will be four more. 

861
00:41:58,420 --> 00:42:02,380
So I'm doing this first one, 
then I'm doing one at the end of

862
00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:05,700
September, like 24th of 
September, something like that. 

863
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:09,260
That one's in Mass, No, New 
York, New York, NY we're driving

864
00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:12,900
to that one. 
And then I've got one of the big

865
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:15,340
shows that I'm really looking 
forward to that I've done two 

866
00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:19,580
times in the past in Washington 
state, the Washington State 

867
00:42:19,580 --> 00:42:23,220
Natural. 
And then both of those are I MB 

868
00:42:23,220 --> 00:42:26,660
FW&BF shows. 
Then there's another I MB FW&BF 

869
00:42:26,660 --> 00:42:29,180
show in New York. 
That's I think the beginning of 

870
00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:31,810
November. 
You just set that one November 

871
00:42:31,810 --> 00:42:38,850
then Washington or New York. 
New York is in, yeah, September.

872
00:42:39,170 --> 00:42:41,450
And then the Washington one in 
October. 

873
00:42:41,450 --> 00:42:45,610
Then the 4th one is in 
Massachusetts and that's in the 

874
00:42:45,610 --> 00:42:46,610
beginning of November. 
Yep. 

875
00:42:47,050 --> 00:42:49,010
And then the final show is 
Worlds. 

876
00:42:49,610 --> 00:42:53,530
That's in Seattle, WA and that's
kind of like the Super Bowl of 

877
00:42:53,530 --> 00:42:56,370
natural bodybuilding. 
So the I MB FW&BF Federation is 

878
00:42:56,370 --> 00:42:59,210
probably the strictest, most 
well respected federation. 

879
00:42:59,210 --> 00:43:01,930
In fact, it's pretty fair to say
that I got like a 10 year ban on

880
00:43:01,930 --> 00:43:05,290
all these substances. 
Some things, you know, give you 

881
00:43:05,290 --> 00:43:07,810
a lifetime ban, like they're 
they're really strict from a 

882
00:43:07,810 --> 00:43:12,210
natural bodybuilding standpoint 
and that is the most prestigious

883
00:43:12,210 --> 00:43:14,010
natural bodybuilding show in 
that federation. 

884
00:43:14,290 --> 00:43:17,170
So it's going to be incredibly 
stacked competition, but since 

885
00:43:17,170 --> 00:43:21,690
I'm doing for I MB FW&BF shows, 
I fully intend to get my pro 

886
00:43:21,690 --> 00:43:25,570
card before that world show, 
which means I'll be competing as

887
00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:27,970
a pro at that world show if all 
goes well. 

888
00:43:28,370 --> 00:43:32,530
So I'll be doing my pro debut 
this competitive Season 2 if I 

889
00:43:32,530 --> 00:43:34,770
go pro prior to that, which is 
pretty exciting as well. 

890
00:43:35,810 --> 00:43:39,730
So lots in the pipeline there. 
We got the refeeds, we got the 

891
00:43:40,130 --> 00:43:43,810
peak weeks, we got the posing, 
we got the competitive vibe, we 

892
00:43:43,810 --> 00:43:45,770
got it all coming. 
It's going to be crazy, but it's

893
00:43:45,770 --> 00:43:49,020
going to be awesome. 
Like Chris and I were like, man,

894
00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:51,260
there's not enough hours in the 
day. 

895
00:43:51,780 --> 00:43:53,980
Life is absolutely crazy right 
now. 

896
00:43:54,540 --> 00:43:55,980
But this is what we signed up 
for. 

897
00:43:55,980 --> 00:43:58,260
It's all of our own doing and 
we're just taking it one day at 

898
00:43:58,260 --> 00:43:59,580
a time and loving every minute 
of it. 

899
00:43:59,860 --> 00:44:03,220
But next year we have no plans 
and we're excited about that 

900
00:44:03,220 --> 00:44:05,140
too. 
Like, no one asked Robert to do 

901
00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:10,780
anything we need a little 
debrief for sure, so that's 

902
00:44:10,780 --> 00:44:12,980
super exciting. 
And with all these competitions,

903
00:44:13,300 --> 00:44:16,380
we're flying chip out to film 
everything. 

904
00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:20,520
Like we're going to be filming, 
you know, the the meal prep at 

905
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,200
the Airbnb. 
We're going to be filming the 

906
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,080
refeed pizza the night before. 
We're going to be filming the 

907
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:30,600
show backstage, the tanning, the
posing, the, you know, the 

908
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,880
lineup, everything, the rewards,
everything. 

909
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:35,960
All of that's going to be on 
vlogs. 

910
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,480
All of that's going to be in the
competition prep course that I'm

911
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,760
working on. 
If you listen to this podcast, 

912
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,360
you've heard me talk about the 
prep course. 

913
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,550
I'm making the world's greatest 
resource for natural 

914
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:48,350
bodybuilding or just 
bodybuilding in general 

915
00:44:48,830 --> 00:44:51,030
competitive prep. 
Like it's going to be the 

916
00:44:51,030 --> 00:44:54,390
standalone pinnacle for a prep 
resource. 

917
00:44:55,230 --> 00:44:57,470
Not sure when it's going to go 
launch, when it's going to 

918
00:44:57,470 --> 00:44:59,430
launch, but when it does, it's 
going to be just, it's going to 

919
00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:00,550
wipe everything outside of the 
water. 

920
00:45:00,550 --> 00:45:03,230
So all this is going to be 
content that's going to go into 

921
00:45:03,230 --> 00:45:04,670
that as well. 
So it's going to be really, 

922
00:45:04,670 --> 00:45:06,470
really detailed. 
I'm super excited about it. 

923
00:45:07,230 --> 00:45:09,590
Now let's talk about some 
personal home life stuff. 

924
00:45:10,550 --> 00:45:15,060
So in light of all this chaos 
that we're doing, we're still 

925
00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:18,220
having to keep up with all of 
our personal life, of which the 

926
00:45:18,220 --> 00:45:20,540
homesteading has become a pretty
big part. 

927
00:45:20,540 --> 00:45:23,580
So we've got, we got the 15 
chickens that we talked about a 

928
00:45:23,580 --> 00:45:26,540
while back, and then we had a 
predator and now we're done. 2 

929
00:45:26,540 --> 00:45:29,620
chickens we're. 
Down to 2 chickens, 2 chickens. 

930
00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:32,740
But after we record this 
podcast, you and actually going 

931
00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:34,260
to go pick up eight more 
chickens. 

932
00:45:34,260 --> 00:45:36,300
So we're going to have 10 
chickens and I think we've 

933
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:38,860
solved the predator problem, so 
that's good. 

934
00:45:39,190 --> 00:45:42,230
That we're getting these 8 
chickens from the lady that I've

935
00:45:42,230 --> 00:45:43,830
actually been purchasing eggs 
from. 

936
00:45:43,990 --> 00:45:46,710
So I'm kind of excited cuz it'll
it'll be like the same eggs that

937
00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:50,950
she takes very good care of her 
chickens and like all of the 

938
00:45:50,950 --> 00:45:53,510
animals that she has. 
So I'm really excited like kind 

939
00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:56,710
of go and like see what she has 
going on there and then take her

940
00:45:56,710 --> 00:45:58,230
8 chickens. 
Yeah, it's gonna be good. 

941
00:45:58,230 --> 00:46:00,350
For eight of her chickens. 
Yeah, eight of her chickens. 

942
00:46:01,030 --> 00:46:03,790
On top of that, one other thing 
we've been doing these past few 

943
00:46:03,790 --> 00:46:06,680
weekends is we have no free 
weekends. 

944
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,640
We're literally scheduled and 
booked out until the end of the 

945
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,640
year. 
But we had two weekends that we 

946
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:13,600
filled with my parents coming 
up. 

947
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,560
My dad brought his tractor up. 
We've been literally digging 

948
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,120
post holes, breaking through 
rock with a breaker bar because 

949
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:24,080
we have two rocks to 1 dirt 
where we live and some very 

950
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:26,920
strenuous physical activity that
most competitors are not doing 

951
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,520
this far into prep. 
But it is what it is, so that we

952
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,490
can build a fence around our 
entire property for watching my 

953
00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:36,210
parents dogs when they go sail 
around the world here shortly 

954
00:46:36,210 --> 00:46:38,730
in. 
December, which is crazy, yeah. 

955
00:46:38,730 --> 00:46:40,930
So soon they're both retired, 
they're going to go sail around 

956
00:46:40,930 --> 00:46:43,490
the world, and we're going to 
watch their three English 

957
00:46:43,490 --> 00:46:45,250
setters while they're gone. 
So we've been fencing in our 

958
00:46:45,250 --> 00:46:47,490
property for that. 
But then also because we're 

959
00:46:47,490 --> 00:46:51,290
going to be getting more 
livestock ourselves, probably 

960
00:46:51,850 --> 00:46:55,320
goats initially. 
I disagree. 

961
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:56,240
Hear me out. 
Hear me out. 

962
00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:57,000
I. 
Disagree. 

963
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,600
So there's we're going to do 
some cross fencing on our 

964
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,000
property. 
When you get some goats, the 

965
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,560
goats in to clear all the shrub 
brush that we don't want, then 

966
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,120
we're going to eat those goats. 
Then we're going to get pigs 

967
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:09,960
because you want pigs. 
I say we get pigs, we get goats,

968
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,160
then pigs just. 
Pigs just pick. 

969
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,840
We'll get something and then I'd
love to get some cows, but we 

970
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:18,320
don't have enough room for cows,
so we'll get goats and pigs, 

971
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,010
maybe just pigs, maybe even 
fence in the property at the 

972
00:47:21,010 --> 00:47:22,570
building because we have several
acres here. 

973
00:47:22,570 --> 00:47:24,290
We can put some lambs or 
something out there because I 

974
00:47:24,290 --> 00:47:27,210
want some room and animals, but 
the homesteading operation is 

975
00:47:27,210 --> 00:47:30,130
like taking shape. 
But we've got fence up, which is

976
00:47:30,250 --> 00:47:33,090
cool to see. 
So proud of that for sure. 

977
00:47:34,010 --> 00:47:36,130
What other homesteading 
operations we got going? 

978
00:47:36,130 --> 00:47:39,810
On we've had the garden and that
went like crazy. 

979
00:47:39,810 --> 00:47:41,970
It was so good. 
We had a lot of zucchini and 

980
00:47:41,970 --> 00:47:44,410
then our zucchini plants got 
some sort of. 

981
00:47:45,270 --> 00:47:47,590
Infection. 
There's like some sort of mold 

982
00:47:47,590 --> 00:47:50,030
or something like that that took
them over and then they just 

983
00:47:50,030 --> 00:47:53,590
completely died. 
And with that went our cucumber 

984
00:47:53,590 --> 00:47:55,830
plant as well because it was 
like kind of intertwined in 

985
00:47:55,830 --> 00:47:59,190
there. 
So that it was really great. 

986
00:47:59,190 --> 00:48:02,190
And then we went out of town and
it was just like totally died by

987
00:48:02,190 --> 00:48:05,590
the time we got back. 
So but our tomatoes and our 

988
00:48:05,590 --> 00:48:06,630
Peppers are going gang. 
Oh. 

989
00:48:06,870 --> 00:48:09,950
My gosh, our tomatoes and our 
Peppers are going wild and and 

990
00:48:09,950 --> 00:48:12,070
the strawberries are like hit 
and miss. 

991
00:48:12,150 --> 00:48:14,510
They're here. 
Yeah, like like a couple. 

992
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,800
You know, which is totally fine 
because we really don't eat that

993
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,800
many berries and stuff, but it's
kind of fun to have them. 

994
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,240
But there are a few things that 
I will do differently next year.

995
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,960
But it's been a lot of fun and 
and honestly, like, we've been 

996
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:30,440
just so busy. 
Like my tomato plants are going 

997
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,800
crazy, like I need to like clean
them all up and everything, but 

998
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,280
I just, I just can't find the 
time. 

999
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,200
Man, I don't even know. 
Like these, these tomato plants 

1000
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:40,920
are on some anabolic agents. 
For sure. 

1001
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,930
Because like, we'll pick all the
ripe tomatoes, there'll be no 

1002
00:48:43,930 --> 00:48:47,170
tomatoes in the vine, and then, 
like the next day, there's more 

1003
00:48:47,170 --> 00:48:49,170
tomatoes on the vine. 
It's like, what are they doing? 

1004
00:48:49,330 --> 00:48:52,610
Also, we have learned that you 
don't pick a tomato when it's 

1005
00:48:52,610 --> 00:48:55,130
red. 
You pick a tomato when it's 

1006
00:48:55,290 --> 00:48:58,370
starting, like when it's kind of
like that pinkish color. 

1007
00:48:58,690 --> 00:49:03,370
Yeah, it's like green turning 
yellowy reddish pinky color. 

1008
00:49:03,730 --> 00:49:05,650
And then it will ripen on your 
countertop. 

1009
00:49:05,650 --> 00:49:08,490
If you didn't know that, you buy
red tomatoes from the grocery 

1010
00:49:08,490 --> 00:49:11,410
store, but you pick them when 
they're. 

1011
00:49:11,730 --> 00:49:14,330
Not red. 
So I feel like that was a good 

1012
00:49:14,330 --> 00:49:16,610
thing I learned, yeah, cuz I 
feel like by the time they 

1013
00:49:16,690 --> 00:49:19,410
actually turned red there was 
like cuts and stuff and then 

1014
00:49:19,410 --> 00:49:23,370
like they were split and split. 
So if you were wondering on 

1015
00:49:23,370 --> 00:49:26,610
that, it's been pretty cool and 
I haven't really eaten many 

1016
00:49:26,610 --> 00:49:30,690
veggies, but I got I'll take a 
pepper and I'll have a pepper 

1017
00:49:30,690 --> 00:49:33,610
with my one meal and it's pretty
cool to eat a pepper that I grew

1018
00:49:33,930 --> 00:49:35,610
you. 
And I made a thing, a salsa. 

1019
00:49:35,610 --> 00:49:38,410
And Robert loved it. 
The salsa was the mom diggity. 

1020
00:49:38,410 --> 00:49:39,650
You got to make some more. 
I've eaten it all. 

1021
00:49:40,130 --> 00:49:42,170
But that on my meal was 
delicious. 

1022
00:49:42,210 --> 00:49:44,170
And that literally is the best 
salsa I've ever had. 

1023
00:49:44,170 --> 00:49:46,450
So they had everything we need 
to make more salsa. 

1024
00:49:46,450 --> 00:49:48,530
No, but I will. 
I can make it, Yeah. 

1025
00:49:48,530 --> 00:49:49,970
Let's make some more salsa. 
That was good. 

1026
00:49:49,970 --> 00:49:52,970
I look forward to my salsa. 
What else? 

1027
00:49:52,970 --> 00:49:56,170
Let's talk about Rigel. 
So he is 15 months now, which is

1028
00:49:56,170 --> 00:49:59,760
crazy. 15 months and he is 
growing. 

1029
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:03,240
He's becoming opinionated. 
He says Dan that all the time, 

1030
00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:05,120
which is the cutest thing in the
whole wide world. 

1031
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:09,080
Love it to pieces, but he is. 
What are some milestones? 

1032
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:12,160
So we took him into the dock not
too long ago for his, you know, 

1033
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,200
routine checkup. 
And he's like in the 99th 

1034
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,040
percentile on the growth charts,
growth charts. 

1035
00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:19,480
And the doctor, A doctor is 
pretty cool. 

1036
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,000
Like he's, he's fit, he's a 
hunter. 

1037
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,320
Like, he he speaks the same 
language. 

1038
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,450
You know, he's not keto, but 
he's like respected the fact 

1039
00:50:26,450 --> 00:50:28,690
that we're keto. 
He hasn't tried to push anything

1040
00:50:28,690 --> 00:50:30,090
on us. 
And then we walked into this 

1041
00:50:30,090 --> 00:50:32,690
last one and he saw how much 
leaner I was. 

1042
00:50:32,690 --> 00:50:35,090
Cuz I'm in prep. 
He's like, so tell me about this

1043
00:50:35,090 --> 00:50:37,770
keto thing you do. 
He's like you had to come and 

1044
00:50:37,770 --> 00:50:40,210
speak at a seminar or something 
that I'm, I'm going to host here

1045
00:50:40,210 --> 00:50:42,130
for too long. 
Maybe you can kind of enlighten 

1046
00:50:42,130 --> 00:50:44,090
some people on nutrition, like, 
yeah man, sign me up. 

1047
00:50:44,490 --> 00:50:47,890
And then Rigel was in like the 
99th percentile of all his 

1048
00:50:47,890 --> 00:50:51,100
growth metrics, and Rice was 
totally Keto. 

1049
00:50:51,140 --> 00:50:53,740
He's like, huh, that sounds 
pretty interesting as well. 

1050
00:50:53,740 --> 00:50:57,700
So maybe I'm wrong about some of
this nutrition stuff. 

1051
00:50:57,700 --> 00:50:59,620
Maybe I need to be paying a 
little more attention to Keto. 

1052
00:51:00,020 --> 00:51:02,300
So that was pretty cool for 
sure. 

1053
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:06,380
So I'm super excited about that.
And then or some other things 

1054
00:51:06,380 --> 00:51:08,460
he's walking like, yeah, he's 
been walking. 

1055
00:51:08,540 --> 00:51:10,220
Well, I guess maybe on the last 
podcast he wasn't. 

1056
00:51:10,220 --> 00:51:12,940
But yeah, he's like walking 
really fast. 

1057
00:51:13,340 --> 00:51:15,420
Like, he's so fast now. 
Yeah. 

1058
00:51:16,750 --> 00:51:18,910
He is. 
I mean, he's just, he can point 

1059
00:51:18,910 --> 00:51:22,150
out a whole bunch of body parts,
like his head and his eye and 

1060
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:24,510
his feet and like all that. 
So that's really fun. 

1061
00:51:25,390 --> 00:51:29,110
He loves books. 
I don't know. 

1062
00:51:29,110 --> 00:51:33,030
I, like, can't pull him. 
He loves he, he loves mimicking 

1063
00:51:33,030 --> 00:51:36,670
us while we're working out. 
So like, he's watching crystal 

1064
00:51:36,670 --> 00:51:38,150
squat the other day. 
So then he started squatting. 

1065
00:51:38,150 --> 00:51:40,870
When we pick up something like a
deadlift and we make a grunt, 

1066
00:51:41,270 --> 00:51:44,280
he'll pick up something like a 
white border racer and it be 

1067
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:48,160
like, you know, so it's pretty 
cute. 

1068
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,960
It's the funniest. 
He loves mowing with me, like 

1069
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:55,400
I've got a zero turn mower and 
I'll strap him in and he'll just

1070
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:58,240
like, I'll put some big old ear 
muffs on him and he just like 

1071
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,880
chills out. 
He loves me, which is pretty 

1072
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,160
cute too. 
Anytime Robert, like, goes to 

1073
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,680
the garage, he like, darts over 
to the garage door like we're 

1074
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,080
going to go mowing. 
It's so funny. 

1075
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:09,400
Yeah, it's the cutest thing 
ever. 

1076
00:52:10,050 --> 00:52:11,490
What else with right? 
What else we do? 

1077
00:52:12,090 --> 00:52:15,530
Still breastfeeding, Going 
strong, and he is not letting go

1078
00:52:15,530 --> 00:52:18,450
of that anytime soon. 
Yeah, but he's eating a lot of 

1079
00:52:18,450 --> 00:52:20,530
food too. 
He loves steak. 

1080
00:52:20,650 --> 00:52:24,170
Like he can put down some steak,
eats the keto brick like crazy. 

1081
00:52:24,170 --> 00:52:27,610
I made homemade chicken Nuggets 
that we have on our Yeah Savage 

1082
00:52:27,650 --> 00:52:30,730
website and he's been loving 
those this week. 

1083
00:52:30,730 --> 00:52:32,770
Yeah, the first time I've ever 
made chicken Nuggets for him. 

1084
00:52:32,770 --> 00:52:34,370
He likes him a lot. 
He loves mustard. 

1085
00:52:34,370 --> 00:52:36,770
I put some mustard on his feet 
one time and that pretty much 

1086
00:52:36,770 --> 00:52:38,570
ruined him. 
He's a mustard fanatic now. 

1087
00:52:39,970 --> 00:52:43,130
What else is he doing? 
That's pretty much. 

1088
00:52:43,170 --> 00:52:44,970
I mean like he he, I don't 
remember what we talked about 

1089
00:52:44,970 --> 00:52:48,290
him doing last time it recorded.
But he's he's just it's the 

1090
00:52:48,290 --> 00:52:51,530
coolest thing ever. 
Being a dad, being a mom, seeing

1091
00:52:51,530 --> 00:52:53,810
him grow. 
And then I'm just so blessed and

1092
00:52:53,810 --> 00:52:57,410
grateful that we have a life 
that we've built in which we 

1093
00:52:57,410 --> 00:53:00,170
don't have to take him to a 
daycare like you pretty much 

1094
00:53:00,170 --> 00:53:02,290
have him all day. 
Would you come in to work out? 

1095
00:53:02,290 --> 00:53:05,930
I get to see him at the office 
here and it's just that's the 

1096
00:53:05,930 --> 00:53:07,210
hell out of my day right there, 
you know? 

1097
00:53:07,650 --> 00:53:10,210
He's the cutest. 
He is, like, definitely getting,

1098
00:53:10,490 --> 00:53:14,170
getting to be opinionated. 
He's cutting his molars right 

1099
00:53:14,170 --> 00:53:15,010
now, too. 
Yeah. 

1100
00:53:16,210 --> 00:53:19,170
And he, like, is learning 
different, like, little things. 

1101
00:53:19,170 --> 00:53:23,130
Like, I will say like, out. 
Like, OK, let's get out. 

1102
00:53:23,130 --> 00:53:24,450
Let's get out of the bathroom. 
Out. 

1103
00:53:24,610 --> 00:53:28,370
You know, whatever. 
And now he says out, out, like, 

1104
00:53:28,530 --> 00:53:30,010
so funny. 
Oh my God, if you're trying to 

1105
00:53:30,010 --> 00:53:31,730
give him something he doesn't 
want, he lets you know he 

1106
00:53:31,730 --> 00:53:35,910
doesn't want to keep. 
Like no, no, no Not having it. 

1107
00:53:36,030 --> 00:53:39,110
He doesn't say no. 
It's like, no, no, Yeah, like 

1108
00:53:39,110 --> 00:53:42,510
shake his head like, no, it's 
pretty awesome. 

1109
00:53:42,510 --> 00:53:45,750
We bought a like a one of those 
backpack things for him. 

1110
00:53:46,150 --> 00:53:49,350
So I should be honestly wearing 
that while I'm walking, but 

1111
00:53:49,670 --> 00:53:51,190
that'd be brutal. 
So we. 

1112
00:53:51,230 --> 00:53:53,950
Like, not like a carrier. 
It's like a hiking backpack, 

1113
00:53:53,950 --> 00:53:56,510
which is so nice for the 
summertime, so like stirrups and

1114
00:53:56,510 --> 00:53:57,150
stuff. 
Want it though. 

1115
00:53:57,150 --> 00:53:58,830
He loves getting that. 
He loves checking on the 

1116
00:53:58,830 --> 00:54:00,590
chickens and like, grabbing the 
eggs. 

1117
00:54:01,030 --> 00:54:04,110
So I'm excited to get some pigs 
and go to Lambs or whatever, 

1118
00:54:04,110 --> 00:54:05,510
just like, let him see those 
too. 

1119
00:54:05,510 --> 00:54:07,950
Like, that's that's going to be 
good and that's Rigel. 

1120
00:54:07,950 --> 00:54:11,750
That's Rigel's life update. 
Anything else in our world that 

1121
00:54:11,750 --> 00:54:12,990
we have not yet touched on, 
babe? 

1122
00:54:13,430 --> 00:54:18,830
We are just, we knew going into 
2023 it was going to be wild and

1123
00:54:18,830 --> 00:54:23,190
we are in the midst of it right 
now like it is getting crazy and

1124
00:54:23,190 --> 00:54:26,710
I'm just trying to. 
Mark, one thing off at a time, 

1125
00:54:26,870 --> 00:54:28,910
one day at a time, one hour at a
time. 

1126
00:54:28,910 --> 00:54:32,830
It's just it's really, it's 
going to be a busy couple 

1127
00:54:32,830 --> 00:54:35,350
months. 
November or sorry, September, 

1128
00:54:35,350 --> 00:54:37,470
October, November is just going 
to be wild. 

1129
00:54:37,670 --> 00:54:41,830
Yeah, The prep is definitely the
priority right now, like the 

1130
00:54:41,990 --> 00:54:44,950
different competitions coming 
up, but we've got some really 

1131
00:54:44,950 --> 00:54:47,510
exciting things in the pipeline.
We get some exciting new flavors

1132
00:54:47,510 --> 00:54:48,950
that we're working on with Keto 
Brick. 

1133
00:54:49,310 --> 00:54:52,070
We've been working on one flavor
for four years and we're getting

1134
00:54:52,070 --> 00:54:54,110
that dialed in now. 
So that's super exciting. 

1135
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:58,920
It uses a different ingredient 
base and that's all I'm going to

1136
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,800
say. 
So pretty excited about that. 

1137
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,400
We've got some really popular 
flavors that are going to be 

1138
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,640
relaunching in the near future. 
I'm sure people are going to be 

1139
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:10,320
excited about that. 
We just finished the brick by 

1140
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,640
brick launch promotion. 
So everybody that took part in 

1141
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:16,200
that, we are eternally grateful.
That is always super good for us

1142
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:20,160
and just kind of honors everyone
that helped us make this initial

1143
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,160
move to the building. 
So thank you all so much for 

1144
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,790
jumping on that. 
And we're still like a lot of 

1145
00:55:24,950 --> 00:55:27,110
behind the scenes stuff like I'm
working on getting the website 

1146
00:55:27,110 --> 00:55:31,590
dialed in kind of polished, work
on this online course working 

1147
00:55:31,590 --> 00:55:33,110
on. 
We're going to start really 

1148
00:55:33,110 --> 00:55:36,750
diving into the live Savage 
component of the brand next year

1149
00:55:36,750 --> 00:55:37,870
because we don't have everything
scheduled. 

1150
00:55:37,870 --> 00:55:40,430
So we're going to start coming 
out with a lot more content 

1151
00:55:40,430 --> 00:55:44,870
around parenting, homeschooling,
homesteading, gardening, 

1152
00:55:45,950 --> 00:55:48,750
livestock management, processing
your own food. 

1153
00:55:48,750 --> 00:55:51,620
Like all that's going to be 
content that really starts 

1154
00:55:51,620 --> 00:55:54,540
coming to light next year, so 
I'm super excited about that as 

1155
00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:56,340
well. 
Yeah, I feel like I've kind of 

1156
00:55:56,340 --> 00:55:59,060
taken a step back from like a 
lot of the things I've been 

1157
00:55:59,060 --> 00:56:02,500
doing and like just trying to 
get a big picture of, like, what

1158
00:56:02,500 --> 00:56:04,300
do I want things to look like 
going forward. 

1159
00:56:04,340 --> 00:56:07,860
And so I think we're gonna dive 
into a lot of the live Savage 

1160
00:56:07,860 --> 00:56:10,940
stuff here coming soon. 
Yeah, it's gonna be good though.

1161
00:56:10,940 --> 00:56:12,820
Yeah. 
So yeah, more updates and all 

1162
00:56:12,820 --> 00:56:15,900
that as it comes. 
But that's pretty much a wrap 

1163
00:56:15,900 --> 00:56:18,860
and an update on our lives up to
this point. 

1164
00:56:18,940 --> 00:56:22,860
Episode 600 is in the books, 
baby doll. 

1165
00:56:24,020 --> 00:56:26,340
Thank you again for everything 
you've done for me with this 

1166
00:56:26,340 --> 00:56:30,380
prep, like having you prep my 
meals and just be that rock in 

1167
00:56:30,380 --> 00:56:33,180
my corner. 
I'm very, very appreciative of 

1168
00:56:33,180 --> 00:56:34,620
it and I love you with all my 
heart love. 

1169
00:56:35,100 --> 00:56:38,020
You too, For anybody that does 
not know where they find you. 

1170
00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:43,100
Instagram it's the dot lady dot 
savage. 

1171
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:47,140
And then Robert and I share a 
YouTube and Facebook under Teens

1172
00:56:47,300 --> 00:56:52,080
Teen. 
Team team, Team Savage on 

1173
00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:55,440
Facebook and Live Savage on 
YouTube and then my website 

1174
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:59,200
isladysavage.com and we do have 
Live Savage Instagram too. 

1175
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,560
Yeah, we're putting stuff on 
there slowly but surely. 

1176
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,320
And that's going to be, like 
said, where a lot of this other 

1177
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:06,360
content starts. 
So if you guys are not following

1178
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,840
at Live Savage, go do that. 
Yeah. 

1179
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:10,240
All right. 
That's a wrap. 

1180
00:57:10,240 --> 00:57:11,960
Ladies and gents, thank you all 
for tuning in. 

1181
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:13,600
Thank you, babe, for joining me 
yet again. 

1182
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:17,400
I love you, love all y'all 
listening and watching. 

1183
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,040
We will see you next time.