1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,720 By the way, somebody comment in the last video we were singing 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,760 Just Another Manic Monday and apparently we didn't get the the 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,080 artist correct. Just oh, that I I bet you I said 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,200 it was Carly Simon, but I was off. 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,920 Yeah, I forget what they said it was. 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,200 Incorrect. I was thinking of a different 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:17,440 song. Yeah. 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:19,800 Yeah, yeah, that's what they said. 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,440 OK, they comment so. Thanks for that. 10 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,480 Yeah, people are listening to our singing man, what's what's a 11 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,800 good song that we can we can sing as like just the intro. 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,680 It's just a standard song, the. Wheels on the bus Good, no? 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,720 Yeah, I don't know about that one. 14 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,680 How's your experiment going? Experiment's going good. 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,080 It I guess technically may be over. 16 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,240 So Nick and I and I guess Mike Muscle may have been doing it 17 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,000 too. But we've already gathered a 18 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,480 bunch of data and we all may be kind of calling it now two weeks 19 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,440 in and the original study was done on A5 week basis. 20 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,520 But everything that we were looking to solve and figure out, 21 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,800 we've kind of gathered the data from already. 22 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,120 So we're probably going to call it and then we'll record a 23 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,800 podcast going over the all the results. 24 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,640 But I got blood work before I started and then this past month 25 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,400 yesterday. So I'll have two weeks without 26 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,720 deviation at the four to one, 4000 plus calories, 9% of 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,280 calories coming from protein. And I'll have the blood work 28 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,200 back probably tomorrow. Sweet. 29 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:26,880 So I'll be able to do a deep dive. 30 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,560 I'll do a deep dive on this podcast, kind of going into all 31 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,120 the findings. But it's been interesting. 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,280 However, today I'm excited to eat some protein. 33 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,760 Do you feel like it was conclusive after only two weeks? 34 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,840 You figured out what you were set out to figure out. 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:46,040 Yeah, I wouldn't recommend doing this as a long term approach to 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,760 anything unless you're needing to use therapeutic ketogenic 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,600 dieting for like cancer or something like that. 38 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,240 But from like a bodybuilding standpoint for you and I, I 39 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,080 think it would be good. I wrote about this in my 7th SET 40 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,400 Sunday newsletter. But like if you're in a building 41 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,840 phase and like in phase seven of my protocol, for instance, your 42 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,960 protein's up higher, oftentimes at a one to one ratio, your 43 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,400 calories are up higher. And if you get too aggressive 44 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,600 with the protein, you'll start putting on unnecessary body fat, 45 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,200 as I've disclosed before. But I think if you do this, so 46 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,160 for instance, let's say my maintenance intake is 3000 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,440 calories. Throughout this experiment, I've 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,280 been at 4000, so 1000 above baseline. 49 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,040 If I'm in a building phase and wanted to, you know, if I was 50 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,600 hitting a plateau or putting on unnecessary body fat or just, 51 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,200 you know, feeling a little taxed from that higher intake. 52 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,200 What I could do is on a, you know, 6 to 8 week basis, have a 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,520 scheduled deload. On a six to eight week basis, I 54 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,840 could have a week or a week and 1/2 at the four to one or an 55 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,880 extended fast because I think extended fasting has a place in 56 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,840 a building phase. So you're giving your digestive 57 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,320 system a breather. But I think from a metabolic 58 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,400 standpoint, if I'm baseline at 3000 and in a building phase, 59 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,000 I'm at like 3500 for instance. So a reasonable surplus if I 60 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:12,040 wanted to have a week at 3500 at the 4:00 to 1:00, that would or 61 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,000 maybe even higher, maybe 4000 calories at that 4 to 1. 62 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,320 So same calories or higher. But at that ratio, it would 63 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,960 effectively increase my metabolic rate without resulting 64 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,360 in adverse body fat tissue gain. And it would also give my 65 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,200 digestive system a break from the higher protein. 66 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,520 And then when I go back to a standard building phase macro 67 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,600 split, I feel like it would my body would respond favorably and 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,200 I would just be providing that stimulus that keeps my body 69 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,160 adapting in the direction I want it to. 70 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,320 In your context, you know, you've got a very long prep. 71 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,640 I mean, if you compete in November, your prep's going to 72 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,520 be like almost a year. Like it's crazy long. 73 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,720 And if you're gradually dropping calories that whole time, I mean 74 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,800 you started prep when? It was the first or second week 75 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:58,720 of January. Yeah. 76 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,560 So your calories are already down sub 2000, so pretty low and 77 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,760 you've got a long ways to go. And we're going to start doing 78 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,480 refeeds for you this week, be the first refeed week with your 79 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,840 show being in three weeks, your first show. 80 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,800 But still, if we've got several more months to go, we're running 81 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,600 out of caloric runway. But if we had an intervention 82 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,840 where at some point in that long prep, we have a week or two at, 83 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,720 you know, double the calories, maybe not double, maybe like an 84 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,160 additional 500 to 1000 calories. And your body did not put on 85 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,680 excess body fat, but it did ramp up your metabolic rate. 86 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,960 Then when we go back to that lower calorie intake, your 87 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,760 body's going to bust through any plateaus and it's going to make 88 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,080 the whole thing more sustainable for you. 89 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,920 I'm down so. Yeah, I feel like, I feel like 90 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,280 you're in a unique position because if I was, if you were 91 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:51,360 doing all this yourself and you're like, all right, I'm 92 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,640 hungry. I'm tired and depleted. 93 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,080 Let me eat an extra 1000 calories. 94 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,080 I mean, it'd be really easy to justify that in your mind 95 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,960 because you're hungry. So it's kind of cool that I'm 96 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,160 able to step back from it because I'm not experiencing 97 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,120 your hunger and I could be OK. Let me just look at the data. 98 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,920 Let me be super objective with this. 99 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,440 What's the best thing for Greg? And I think this would be a 100 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,000 viable option. So you wouldn't want to do this 101 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,560 if you have a relatively short prep. 102 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,480 But if you're doing like a 30 plus week prep like you and I 103 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,360 have done, then I could see this being a great way to like 104 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,040 lengthen that prep time in a sustainable fashion. 105 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,720 Yeah, this would be cool to see how how it comes comes out. 106 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,560 Yeah, so we'll do this with you if you're down after this first 107 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,160 show. So this will be our first peak 108 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,480 week. Try a refeed and we bumped you. 109 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:36,920 I was pretty conservative with your reef. 110 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,320 I think I've got you at what, 2120? 111 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,600 Two 100 calories. Or something like that. 112 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,760 Yeah, I think so. So not a significant surplus, 113 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,880 but those will get higher with each week we go until we hit 114 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,880 your actual peak week and then you'll do your show and then the 115 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,440 following week after your show, that's when we can experiment 116 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,280 with this protocol at the 4:00 to 1:00 and then do that for 117 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:03,920 probably 1, maybe 1 1/2 weeks. I think what I've experienced is 118 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,920 I was super hungry the first week doing this. 119 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,560 I mean I was eating 4000 calories so double your intake 120 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,200 more than double your intake. And I was complaining about 121 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,960 being hungry too. Felt bad about it 'cause. 122 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,920 You're, you know, I'll show you hunger. 123 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,560 Yeah, but I was hungry because there was so little food volume 124 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,160 at this 4 to one with so much fat. 125 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:25,640 But what I've noticed literally in the past four days, my hunger 126 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,480 is gone. My calories haven't changed, my 127 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,120 hunger is gone. So to me, that means my 128 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,000 metabolism has acclimated to this higher intake and kind of 129 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,880 stabilized. So I believe if I was to keep 130 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,200 going, I would start seeing an increase in body weight and fat 131 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:45,120 going forward, but I haven't experienced that yet. 132 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,280 So I don't think you would want to do it for longer than two 133 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,520 weeks as an intervention, especially in the context of a 134 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,800 prep. But for you, we can try it for 135 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,720 that week after your show, your first show, ramp your metabolic 136 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,600 rate back, then drop back down to higher than you are now. 137 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,520 But not, you know, as I mean, not crazy high. 138 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,280 I mean, you're at on a baseline. Was it 1718 hundred? 139 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:13,600 Yeah, 1790. 17701780. So what we do is those will keep 140 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,600 dropping. Your refeed will go into effect 141 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,720 this week. So your average for the week is 142 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,800 a little bit higher with that refeed and that'll continue to 143 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,200 be the case until your show. And they will probably bump your 144 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,720 week after show at the four to one up to about probably not 145 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:35,280 3000 calories, probably like 2500 and then from there drop to 146 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,880 2000 calories instead of 1700. So you'll have more runway now 147 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,640 with this intervention. Sweet. 148 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,040 It'll be fun to try. Yeah, I'm excited to see how 149 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,400 that data all piles. Up and I feel pretty good about 150 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,640 it, like I feel like I'm really in tune with my body. 151 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,600 So me doing it for two weeks to figure things out, I feel very 152 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,880 confident I can apply this to your prep and it won't derail us 153 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,440 or set us back at all. I think it'll only help things. 154 00:07:58,440 --> 00:07:59,840 Yeah, this will be a whole new tool. 155 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,040 Yeah. So I'm excited about that. 156 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,480 What else is new? Not much. 157 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,440 Not much we need to get. I want to get updated lab panels 158 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,760 for you. After, after show #1 because we 159 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,880 just got them in. Oh, it's a few weeks ago. 160 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,960 A couple weeks ago. Yeah, we. 161 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,680 Did dexas too. Yeah, we could probably do them. 162 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,960 We could do blood work for you after a week after your first 163 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,240 show, because then we'll have none. 164 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,760 A week at the four to one. Sure, get blood work then. 165 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,320 I've gotten some of the results back from the lab test 166 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,960 yesterday, which is crazy man. Doing it that way through that 167 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:36,480 third party company is the way to go man. 168 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,280 I scheduled my appointment at 10:00 in the morning, walked in, 169 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,840 got all my labs drawn, was out within 10 minutes of walking in 170 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,360 the door, and then I'm already getting half the results back 171 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,320 within 20. 4 hours. It is super slick. 172 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,280 You go to the little lobby and you enter in your stuff on the 173 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,840 kiosk and they pop out, call your name and you're. 174 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,680 Yeah, I can't imagine like going to a doctor for lab panels like 175 00:08:57,680 --> 00:08:59,000 that. Just seems like a massive 176 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,840 headache. Insurances now you. 177 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,360 Used to go to a physician back home. 178 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,000 It was just my primary care doctor just for my yearly 179 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,960 checkup. I should probably start doing 180 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,040 that again. I haven't had any need to but 181 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,640 but you go there and you just. Get a checkup you've already 182 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:14,560 tested for. Right. 183 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,280 And then you go there and they say, OK, well, your 184 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,080 appointment's at 9. You go there and you sit there 185 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,720 for 30 minutes waiting to get called in and they rush you 186 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,760 through a 2 minute conversation. It's, you know, worthless. 187 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,760 No bueno. So yeah, we can get your lab 188 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,360 panels. And I've already gotten again, 189 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,800 seven of the results back. And it's weird because my lipid 190 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,800 markers didn't get, they didn't like change and I'm eating 400 191 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,280 grams of fat a day. Interesting. 192 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,200 My sex hormone binding globulin went up like 20 points though. 193 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,720 OK, So the only thing that I can think of, I can do some more 194 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:52,160 research, but I think that with the higher fat, the sex hormone 195 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:57,080 binding globin is just sticking around longer and that's why 196 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,080 it's measuring higher it's. Just showing up. 197 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,400 Yeah, that'd be my only assumption, but yeah, I'm 198 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,800 excited to get all the lab panels back and do a deep dive 199 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,200 on them. It'll be interesting. 200 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,800 Are you going to do another DEXA coming up? 201 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,920 I don't need to do another dex as frequently as you because I'm 202 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,000 not in prep right now. I mean my composition is not 203 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,360 changing as. Much, but you hop on the in body 204 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,280 pretty regularly, right? Yeah, I do the in body and then 205 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,080 I've got that withing scale at home and then I think Hume is 206 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,920 actually going to send me a scale, so I'll have 3 207 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,520 bioelectrical impedance scales that I can, you know, see how 208 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,080 they compare. So yeah, you're like. 209 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,840 A mad scientist with data. Mad sciences for sure. 210 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:35,360 I smell bacon, somebody. I do smell bacon, I just got it 211 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,200 with food. Man, that's making me hungry. 212 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,560 Crystal, Crystal's sisters in town, because we're about to 213 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:44,480 have this baby and she made rotisserie chicken last night 214 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,400 for them, and then she cooked up a bunch of bacon with Brussels 215 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:48,800 sprouts and that cast iron skillet. 216 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,400 It looked pretty good, man. It looked really good. 217 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,800 Super good. But I haven't had that much 218 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,880 protein in a long time, so I got a hankering for some chicken. 219 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,840 Yeah, soon. Some chicken wings. 220 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:02,480 Chicken wings begin. We got to work at it today. 221 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,920 That went good. You're super tired today though. 222 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,840 I'm tired, Moody, a little irritable. 223 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,600 Irritable. My body temp is all over the 224 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,080 place. Yesterday I was outside in our 225 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,400 parking lot here wearing a hoodie with a hood up drinking a 226 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,240 cup of coffee and it was 92° outside. 227 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,200 Yeah, I remember when I was working on a Gold's Gym in 228 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,800 Washington, doing a prep there before I'd work out, I would 229 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,560 have all my gear, all my clothes on, like 2 hoodies. 230 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,400 I would make cup of coffee and then I would go sit in their 231 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,840 sauna for like 10 minutes before I'd even be able to go work out. 232 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:45,080 Yeah, it's kind of crazy, but I've been running a little bit, 233 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:47,760 doing like a every day that we've been lifting here, I've 234 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,480 gone for a run. A little mile or so. 235 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,400 Yeah, I think the Dollar General back is like 1.3 miles and I'm 236 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,760 averaging like a 8 1/2 and it pays for something. 237 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,360 Trying to get my feet ready for that 50 mile March. 238 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,160 Yeah. When is that? 239 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,720 That's coming up pretty soon. August. 240 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,000 That's right, August. And The thing is, in the years 241 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,320 prior, I've always like every single day I would walk like 242 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,840 7-8, ten miles kind of conditioning my feet forward. 243 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,960 But with us having a baby any moment now, it's like, when am I 244 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,120 going to be able to justify leaving Crystal for? 245 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,720 3 or 4. Hours while I go walk every 246 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,000 single day and like it's just I don't see it happening. 247 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,720 So my feet are probably going to be miserable during the March, 248 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,600 but if I can at least run on them a little bit I can 249 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,840 hopefully hedge against some of them. 250 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,160 But they changed the route this year too, so it's all in my I 251 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,240 thought. You were saying it, is it a 252 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,280 little bit more private? Off the highway, it's like a 253 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,600 legit walking trail. It's like all, not all, but a 254 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,040 lot of it's limestone. So it should be easier on my 255 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,280 feet. So I'm hopeful that not putting 256 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,880 in as much miles as prep work is going to be totally cool. 257 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,800 Yeah. Well, there's people, I mean, 258 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,200 everyone has to prep to some extent, right? 259 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,760 You have to kind of meet some guidelines and yeah. 260 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,080 There's like a qualifier March and I already did that. 261 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:03,640 It was like a 20 mile ruck for time and I did that. 262 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,440 This is the first year I've had to qualify because I've done it 263 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,560 for five years now. This will be my fifth year, I 264 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:10,400 guess. Yeah, that'll be good. 265 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:18,000 It'll be cool to see Jamie and Ben and Joe and Jonathan because 266 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,360 they're all prep doing our show and they're all dieting down 267 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,760 too, so it'll be cool to see how they're holding up in that stage 268 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,520 of the journey. Getting close man 14 weeks down 269 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,160 for my show. Yep, that's going to be awesome. 270 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,080 Yeah, it'll be here. For you and some of the guys are 271 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,080 girls. Guys and girls are doing shows a 272 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,600 couple weeks prior right from here anyways. 273 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,880 Yeah, Ralph is. Ellen's doing my show. 274 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,320 Oh, I thought she was. Going to do 1 prior to. 275 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,200 Also, Ellen Ellen's first show will be my show. 276 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,800 So Ralph is doing yeah, Ralph will do it. 277 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:47,640 And then Joe will do that same show too, so. 278 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:49,960 Joe Davis. OK. 279 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,360 Yeah, yeah. So if you're here for that, that 280 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,480 would be great, 'cause I'm speaking at a conference that 281 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,800 weekend, so I'll miss Ralph's first show, which I hate. 282 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,320 Well, there's an OCB show in Minneapolis that weekend, the 283 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,800 13th of September, which is 2 weeks prior to your show. 284 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:05,320 And I thought about doing that one. 285 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,760 I'm, it's still kind of up in the air, but I'd have to take 286 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,680 several days off from work here, the drive back up to Minneapolis 287 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,040 and then the expenses like they add up. 288 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,040 You know, you got hotel, you have tanning, you have 289 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,440 registration, you have federation fees, you have 290 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,240 photography packages, travel, all that kind of stuff. 291 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:30,080 So I'm thinking maybe I would just go spectate Ralph and Joe 292 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,440 cuz that's local here. I can just drive to that for the 293 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,000 day. Yeah, it's in hot spring, so 294 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,880 it's like a couple hours and 1/2 hours away. 295 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,040 So I might just do that and then just really, really, really 296 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,440 focus on your show and not worry about trying to dial in a peak 297 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,040 week two weeks prior. Yeah, I feel like if you're 298 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,880 doing because James with AI, he's going to be, he's competing 299 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,680 in several shows this year and he was like, man, should I do 300 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:51,720 this one? Should I not do this one? 301 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,720 I'm like, if you got a two week break in between, you can make 302 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,240 it work. But if you're doing like 1:00 303 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,680 every single week, that's hard because then like you're 304 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,480 changing your training intensity the week of peak week. 305 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,920 And if you have multiple peak weeks consecutively, like you're 306 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,800 not really getting any intense training in and then you're 307 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,160 going to be at risk of losing links. 308 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,040 Well, you want that stimulus too, if you want a little bit of 309 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,520 intensity. For sure for. 310 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:18,400 Sure. So we will see. 311 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,280 We will see. By the way, you still got a lot 312 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,200 of shows lined up. A lot of shows. 313 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,240 We got a shipping container. Yeah, it's a parking lot. 314 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,680 Yeah. So I feel like we're moving up 315 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,160 in the road and we got a shipping container. 316 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,000 That means we're preppers, right? 317 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:34,640 Every preppers got a shipping. Container. 318 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,520 We're going to fill it with bricks. 319 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,920 Thousands of bricks. That's just one big. 320 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,000 Brick 1. Brick, Brick. 321 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,200 They wouldn't, they would not last if we put them in there. 322 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,440 Yeah, not for like 10 minutes, but I'm excited about that 323 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,720 because we're getting all of the packaging supplies that we don't 324 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,200 use on a regular basis, moving all those to the shipping 325 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,360 container, freeing up a lot of floor space here in the 326 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,520 building. So we can just get organized, 327 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,440 you know, have room to grow further and be more efficient in 328 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,920 our workflow. Well, we have a ton of 329 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,520 ingredients. We are not slacking on 330 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,320 ingredients right now. Yeah, we just got in 900 331 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,200 kilograms. 900 kilograms. Protein. 332 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,400 For Primal Fudge. Primal Fudge, It's going to be 333 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,240 the biggest restock of Primal Fudge we've ever. 334 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,400 Actually, it's a double batch. It's literally twice as much as 335 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,640 we've ever made. But it's not happening this 336 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,600 month in June. So don't hold your breath, 337 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,360 listeners. That's going to be happening 338 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,160 soon. Yes, we had. 339 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,520 Probably safe to say it's not happening in August either. 340 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,960 Probably safe to say that. So you do the math on that one. 341 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,480 Yeah, I'm excited about that. And it's super hot right now, 342 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,720 especially in Arkansas. It's like the bricks are for 343 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,400 sure melting in the packages depending on where they're 344 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,840 shipping to. But if any of you are listening, 345 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,720 we're in the process of transitioning all of our flavors 346 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:54,120 over to that heavier packaging, and that should totally mitigate 347 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,640 against risk of it leaking through. 348 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,440 So if you get them and they're melted, just throw them in the 349 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,600 fridge. You're good to go. 350 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,920 We've got a few PB cup, toasted almond and mocha in the old 351 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,920 packaging still, but those are almost depleted and then we have 352 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,520 the new film, so everything's going to be thicker packaging 353 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,720 pretty much go forward. That thicker packaging too, we 354 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,839 have to to slow down our wrapping process so that it has 355 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:20,200 time to heat seal. Because of the thickness, if we 356 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,160 ran it through at our standard rate, it wasn't sealing quite 357 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:25,280 the right way. So. 358 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,359 And somebody was emailed and said hey why don't y'all send 359 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,240 cold packs anymore? The thing is, like the cold 360 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,800 packs, those are super expensive and we didn't charge more for 361 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,400 them and. And they were still melting. 362 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:37,600 Yeah, half the time they were still melting. 363 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,680 So it's like, doesn't really make sense for us to spend money 364 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,160 on coal packs if they're still melting when they get there and 365 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,880 leaking. Let's just spend twice as much 366 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,440 on the film that we're using. So the film that we're using is 367 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,720 literally twice as thick and significantly more secure. 368 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,640 And that way there's just no risk of it leaking through. 369 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,760 And half the problem is once they leave our facility, we have 370 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,720 no control. Yeah, and we send them out. 371 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,800 They're they're frozen when we send them out. 372 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:06,120 And as soon as they leave our hands, they might end up sitting 373 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:10,360 in a post office or a UPS truck or, you know, and who knows how 374 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,240 ungodly hot those UPS trucks get. 375 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:13,640 Probably about that shipping container. 376 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,920 Probably. I mean, they're 100, 25130° 377 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:21,040 probably or hotter and cold packs don't do anything in that 378 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,440 environment. So but a brick that's been 379 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,840 refrigerated and then eaten. It's pretty freaking good. 380 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,440 It is those tallow ones. I honestly prefer the tallow. 381 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,640 Ones, they are so good out of the refrigerator 'cause they're 382 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,400 not any, they're not hard bite. They're not too hard to bite. 383 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,600 The cacao I definitely prefer at room temp, but like the tallow 384 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,760 ones I prefer fresh out the fridge. 385 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,960 I've got a chunk of cake pop in the fridge for me today. 386 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,960 So, so you're having what? What are your meals right now? 387 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,680 I actually just made kind of like these little breakfast 388 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,680 bowls. Let me just pull up my good old 389 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,880 chronometer here. I did some scrambled eggs and 390 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:59,280 some pork sausage, bacon, chicken sausages, grass fed 93.7 391 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:06,080 beef, butter and some salt. And I'm going to sprinkle a 392 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,120 little bit of hot sauce, sprinkle in a little bit of that 393 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,080 pickle de Gallo and a quarter of a Belle's brownie and a quarter 394 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,000 of a carnivore cake pop. Nice. 395 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,560 There's a little market that just opened up. 396 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,920 They're open in like the summer months. 397 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:19,440 Is that the one on the corner here? 398 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,040 Not not Apple Town. OK, there's one like when you're 399 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:27,360 going towards my house, Lincoln Cane Hill Rd. area, there is a, 400 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,520 there's like a little boutique market and they do all their 401 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,480 growing and everything right there on the same site. 402 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,080 But they make this salsa that's really good. 403 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,280 Crystal just bought some, but they're only open on like 404 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:40,760 Fridays and Saturday morning I think. 405 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,200 But their salsa is real. I like a good salsa. 406 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,200 Yeah, I'm pretty particular on my salsa, so it's it's good. 407 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,520 So I'd recommend that stuff because it's local. 408 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:50,880 So you're supporting local community? 409 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,640 And you know, it's going to be probably clean ingredients. 410 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:53,960 I'm not going to add sugar and seed oils. 411 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,160 Yeah, for sure. How's everything? 412 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,640 Personal life with the Prep. Stressful. 413 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,400 Stressful. Sleep is a little bit wonky. 414 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,720 Relationship status is a little bit wonky. 415 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,440 A little wonky. Yep, just overall stress. 416 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,400 I mean, when you get that far into a deficit for that long of 417 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,320 a time frame, it messes with your mind. 418 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,120 Do you think? Emotional. 419 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,360 Stressful, you know, mental. This is where the mental. 420 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,840 Aspect really kicks in 100%. The sleep is definitely impacted 421 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,640 because of the prep. Do you think the relationship is 422 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:31,840 impacted because of the prep? It may have been a little bit, 423 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:37,160 but we had a pretty decent heart to heart, deep conversation 424 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,240 about a whole lot of things and kind of just decided that it was 425 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,000 better that we went two different directions at this 426 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,600 time of no, no remorse, no hateful thoughts, no dislike, no 427 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,160 bad feelings. But it doesn't help, especially 428 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,040 when you're in a prep. When you're depleted, you're 429 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,200 kind of a little bit oranges by default. 430 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,120 Fuse is shorter. Fuse is a little bit shorter 431 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:02,800 unintentionally, but part of the game I guess. 432 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,040 Part of the mentality of it. It is hard on relationships. 433 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,320 Like Crystal's a freaking Angel, man. 434 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,880 Like, I don't know, like the stuff I put her through when I'm 435 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,400 in prep. I was really good this last go 436 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,440 round, but even with me being really good, like I was sleeping 437 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,800 in a different bed for like the last three or four months of 438 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,560 prep. And like we were just travelling 439 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,680 non-stop and she was prepping all my meals. 440 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,840 And like, I'd go to a gym and spend two or three hours in the 441 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,320 gym working out, doing cardio, posing while on the road while 442 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:34,000 she's wrangling Rigel in a vehicle for three hours, you 443 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,800 know, like. What a, what a saviour. 444 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:39,240 Yeah, I got it. You got to have good people in 445 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,560 your corner that are supportive of what you're doing because I 446 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,720 mean, it is a selfish sport in that regard. 447 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,840 Like it's you're doing a lot of things and it's not really easy 448 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,560 for anybody that's in your inner circle. 449 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,280 So like if they're not on the same page as it could be taxing. 450 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,840 It's very time consuming. Yeah, you know, you're obsessed 451 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,480 with measuring all your food. You're obsessed with grocery 452 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,400 shopping, meal prepping. The timing of everything. 453 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,160 The timing of everything you gotta dial in your posing, your 454 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,960 cardio, there's a lot to it. It's not just you can't just 455 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,560 wing it, especially as you get closer and closer and closer and 456 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,880 the details are more and more relevant. 457 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:22,000 Are you at the stage now where you're like mentally running 458 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,280 through all of the things you have to do in a day and trying 459 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,760 to do it as efficiently as possible so that you're not 460 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,880 depleting any more energy than is necessary? 461 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,240 I'm a post it note, a post it note guy. 462 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,440 Yeah, so I will, I will literally hash out or put it in 463 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,240 my phone and just say, OK, here's what I have to do today. 464 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,160 Here's the order of events. Here's kind of the priority. 465 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,200 And I typically line them up in the order that they have to 466 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,000 occur. So even as even there's just the 467 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,400 stupid stuff, it helps to kind of get it out of my mind and 468 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:53,400 organize it if I get it out of the mishmash that's in my brain 469 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,480 and put it out on either on paper or into like a calendar 470 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,640 appointment or A to do list. So like, walk the dogs, you 471 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:04,320 know, take a shower, head to the gym, eat my meal, blah blah 472 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,000 blah, you know, and just hash it out so that I don't have to 473 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,160 think about it when time comes. I'd say man is as taxing as that 474 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,680 is, it's kind of liberating to just feel so freaking dialed 475 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,080 because like when you are not in a prep, it's easy to just kind 476 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,560 of like flail about. And I think, you know, I'm so 477 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,840 rigid in just my day-to-day with the business stuff that I pretty 478 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,280 much live in prep monk mode at all times. 479 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,280 Even when I'm not in prep, I'll have a little bit more 480 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,000 flexibility for sure, but I'm still like, you know, training 481 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,360 every day, running every day. Like I'm just very regimented in 482 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:40,800 my day-to-day actions. But like before I got that way, 483 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,240 like year long, I would just yearn to be back in the prep 484 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,520 because I felt so much more efficient with my life. 485 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,720 Like everything, it just had a place, had a purpose. 486 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,120 There was a goal that was defined and every single day I 487 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,040 was chipping away towards it in some form or fashion. 488 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,880 Had routines. Yeah, routines. 489 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,640 You just knew what was next. Because if you don't have that, 490 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,760 then it's like your your mind is filled with all this, you know, 491 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,200 emptiness of like, what do I want to do now? 492 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:08,560 I'm bored. What should I do now? 493 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,040 Maybe I should do here, there. It's just like unproductive, you 494 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,800 know, inefficient hate, inefficiencies. 495 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,960 Yep, totally agreed. So no bueno make. 496 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,000 Use of all the time. All the time, all the time. 497 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,320 What else is new, brother? I know I can't like today after 498 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,360 this podcast, Crystal's coming in and we're going to record a 499 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:30,560 podcast with her on 3rd trimester because today is her 500 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,440 technical due date. Oh yeah. 501 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,320 I don't know if I should have said that on air, but it is. 502 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,400 Well, this will air. On Friday after today, so yeah. 503 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,600 There might be a baby, there might be a baby on board. 504 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,120 There may be a. Sticker on your truck? 505 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,600 After today, who knows? I never got the baby on board 506 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:47,880 stickers. We'll get you 1. 507 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,480 We'll get me one. OK, Bricks on board. 508 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,360 Yeah, baby embrace. But yeah, I'm excited about 509 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,160 that. That'd be good. 510 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,040 I'm excited to see Rigel's interactions with the baby. 511 00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,640 Is he excited? He's super. 512 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,800 Excited, but like he thinks. He doesn't know, really. 513 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,760 He won't know until he. Yeah, I mean, he's like, I'm 514 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,760 going to play with it. I'm going to read him books. 515 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,320 I'm going to share my toys. I'm like, that all sounds great, 516 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:11,720 buddy. But like, this baby is going to 517 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,040 be, you know, a lump of flesh, you know, cuddled up in a. 518 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,040 It's not going to be your own it for a while, mowing the lawn 519 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,720 with you quite yet. Yeah, not quite yet, but close. 520 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,080 It'll be good. It'll be good. 521 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,840 The crew is doing pretty solid with their prep. 522 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,120 I feel absolutely. Ralph's looking dialed in. 523 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,200 Ralph. Like when we're going through 524 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,920 our poses like we just got done doing before recording this, 525 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,760 Like Ralph definitely his physique, but I feel like if we 526 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,040 brought his legs up, he would be a pretty competitive and 527 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:46,920 classic, too. Oh. 528 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Yeah, for sure. But his? 529 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,800 Zipper leg developments just lacking. 530 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,120 He's just got like that that farmer build, you know, like 531 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:58,160 just hard, actual honest work, you know, like you just, you 532 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,560 just naturally muscular because you just been throwing bales and 533 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,160 stuff, you know. I've honestly been amazed at how 534 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,200 open and receptive he's been at 62 years old to be like, you 535 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,480 think I could do a show? And then he's just like, I'm 536 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,080 going to do it. And then he just grabs it and 537 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,400 goes for it. It's pretty sweet. 538 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,120 I wish more people would be like that. 539 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,560 Not necessarily for competing or doing shows or even like 540 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,040 physical fitness, but he's so receptive. 541 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,200 He's so. I mean, how many like older 542 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,520 guys, you know, they're like stuck in their ways. 543 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,440 Oh, that's stupid. I'm not going to do that. 544 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,360 Like I got no desire to prove anything or get up on stage and 545 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,360 be judged in posing trunks. It's like Ralph's freaking 546 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,640 killing him, you know? And he came in with that first. 547 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,480 He came to that show a couple weeks ago of Joe's and he, I 548 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,000 think it really opened his eyes and his wife's eyes. 549 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,840 Like his wife was there too, so she's supportive and on board 550 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,280 and she's doing keto. I forget how much weight she's 551 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,760 down, but she's lost quite a bit. 552 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,920 With keto feeling good, losing weight. 553 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:55,760 Yeah, that's, that's the coolest thing for me. 554 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,320 You know, like, and we can't think about this in the meeting 555 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,280 the other day yesterday, but it's like, I want to build 556 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:06,040 something here that is as big as it can possibly be, but never 557 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,040 moves away from our integrity or overall mission. 558 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,080 And I want to like, it's always be a positive for our crew. 559 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,360 And I feel like we are so freaking connected. 560 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,840 And there's so many businesses that just don't have that man. 561 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,560 Like they just are disconnected from the workforce, like the the 562 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,640 team members. And I don't know, man, like I 563 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,720 would happily leave money on the table and sacrifice that to be 564 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,920 able to have an awesome relationship and be excited to 565 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,040 come into work every day. Yeah, So agreed. 566 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,600 Can't put a price on that. Nope, that's I gave up. 567 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,000 Stressful, kind of less fulfilling work environment back 568 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,680 home. Yep, came here. 569 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:47,200 You got a new hot rod out there? I've got a vehicle in the 570 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,360 parking lot that I am test driving overnight. 571 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,720 Test driving overnight when you have to bring it. 572 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,120 Back I'm bring back after work today. 573 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,360 It's a Lamborghini Gallardo, right? 574 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:59,440 No, it's a little Kia Stinger, but it's it's pretty fun. 575 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,720 I don't know if it's a necessity or a wand, but it's definitely 576 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,200 not a it's definitely not a necessity. 577 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:05,880 It is pretty slick. It is pretty slick. 578 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,200 It's yeah, we'll see. And it's, I mean same brand as 579 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,200 the other one's a Kia too, right I. 580 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:16,840 Have a Kia K5, same exact color. My Kia K5 is a GT so it's like 581 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:18,760 the little like the higher trim level. 582 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,120 I do like it. It's sporty, it's fun, it's kind 583 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,120 of sharp looking, get gets mileage, blah blah blah. 584 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,240 Is this thing or get less mileage? 585 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,560 Less mileage. This is a turbocharged V6 586 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,400 all-wheel drive. Mine is a turbocharged 4 587 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,840 cylinder front wheel drive. So it's got a little bit more 588 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:43,320 performance drive to it. So the fuel efficiency takes a 589 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,520 little bit of a dip, which I don't drive a whole lot. 590 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,960 I mean, to and from work and then you know, to the gym and 591 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,560 that kind of stuff. So I don't put a ton of miles 592 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,120 on. So that's not a huge factor. 593 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,960 But it also takes premium gas, so there's a bump up. 594 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,560 Insurance would be higher, payment would be higher. 595 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,800 I don't know. I think what we ought to do is 596 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,120 kill two birds with one stone, bro. 597 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,480 I'll get that motorcycle that I was talking about and I'll get a 598 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,640 little sidecar and you and I can take turns driving each other 599 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,200 around in our sidecar and you can wear your mullet wig when 600 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,880 you're in the sidecar. And I think that would be a good 601 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,160 look for the both of us as. Long as we have huge oversized 602 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,120 goggles. Yeah, yeah, oversized. 603 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,440 And I'll have to grow my mustache out, OK, so I can rock 604 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:26,440 that with you two muscled up men in a car sidecar. 605 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,520 That would work. I believe we would attract the 606 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,720 wrong type of attention. Yeah, Speaking of updates and 607 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,880 cool things, did we talk about the fact we have a shower now? 608 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,120 We. Do have a shower in the 609 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,000 facility. We didn't. 610 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,440 Mentioned it but it's like done now. 611 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,600 We have we have two bathrooms, but we never had like a 612 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,720 showering yeah option so. But we've got like a legit 613 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,040 shower. Yeah, it's super nice and it's 614 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:52,160 super cool like I have. I appreciate Ralph and Clancy 615 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,880 for getting that put together 'cause it looks great. 616 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,360 And now we can work out in the morning, take a shower, hit the 617 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,720 day hard and be good to go totally fresh. 618 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:00,800 Being up, I need to take a shower. 619 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,680 You gotta take a shower. I do yeah, cuz I waited until we 620 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,120 were done posing. Yeah, you gotta do that. 621 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,320 But that's. Have you liked working out here 622 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,720 since we made that switch? Yep, I just gotta get. 623 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,120 This I do. I do, however, like working out 624 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,480 in an environment where there's a lot of other fit people. 625 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:21,360 I'm not calling you unfit, but I like to just, you know, I'll be 626 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,800 surrounded by that vibe and that energy and that group sense. 627 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,800 You know, everyone's kind of working on themselves and their 628 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,080 goals. Have you gone to J Street when 629 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,760 it was early? I went to J Street last weekend, 630 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,720 Saturday morning at I think it was probably eight, 8:00. 631 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:38,760 So kind of like into the morning already. 632 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,880 Into the morning because that's when they're staffed hours 633 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,800 start. So I needed to grab a day pass. 634 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,040 Because they have a key card, right? 635 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,920 Yeah, it's 24/7 if you remember, but if you need a day pass you 636 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,800 have to go during staffed hours. Because like Ozarks awesome gym, 637 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,960 but we always go at like 5:00 in the morning. 638 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,160 There's like and. It's always the same same core 639 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:57,920 crowd. Like, you know, we can pretty 640 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,160 much predict who's going to be in there. 641 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,600 But at J Street there was, oh man, there's like 50 people in 642 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,120 there on Saturday morning. It is it is good getting like a, 643 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,920 you know, rocking vibe. Lots of people that are also, I 644 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,960 mean, when you're the biggest fish in a pond, like it's hard 645 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,480 to stay sharp and motivated and like aggressive. 646 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,680 So it's good to kind of like put yourself in a position where 647 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,280 you're not the biggest fish, right, You know? 648 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,120 You're kind of in. You're swimming with that school 649 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,440 a little. Bit yeah, yeah, yeah. 650 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,160 So I totally, totally get where you come from there. 651 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,320 Like I want that vibe as well. I'm probably going to have to. 652 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:38,840 So like when Crystal has the baby, I need to clear out the 653 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,280 garage because we moved a bunch of gym equipment to the garage, 654 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,160 but like, there's so much junk in the garage right now. 655 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,440 So I got to like get that as a functional gym again. 656 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,640 And then she'll probably work out there for the first several 657 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:55,960 weeks after having the baby and depending on what I'm doing then 658 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,880 workload wise, like if I'm stuck at the house helping her, I 659 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,760 might be lifting there. So I don't know. 660 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,120 But she said like her, her sister's here now to help and 661 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,720 then her dad's coming I think at some point and then my folks 662 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,440 will come at some point. So she should have plenty of 663 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,600 help. So if I come in to work out with 664 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:18,040 you here before Rigel wakes up, we should still be solid with 665 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,720 our current routine and. I'll probably still hit either 666 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:25,840 Ozark or J Street on the weekends or once a week during 667 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,400 the middle of the week just to get in stair climber and, you 668 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,160 know, switch it up a little. Bit yeah, yeah, that'd be good. 669 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,960 We can do some parking lot lunges here soon, ma'am. 670 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,480 I was thinking about that the other day as I was driving up. 671 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,320 Like, we haven't done parking lot lunges in a while. 672 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,760 We did lunges today with dumbbells. 673 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,560 Yeah. I feel like you're kind of in 674 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,760 that zone where you're like just checking the boxes for the 675 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,200 training. This morning was a box checking 676 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,880 workout. I had pretty minimal intensity, 677 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:57,560 but I I am sourced if I didn't get a super good sleep and some 678 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,880 of that is my dogs wake me up. Some of that is just things 679 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,320 going on in my life. Some of that is just going to 680 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,920 bed too late. Some, you know, just all the 681 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:09,200 shit and that definitely influenced my energy levels this 682 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,760 morning. So I usually do a pre workout 683 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,480 and I had a pre workout and had a cup of coffee this morning. 684 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,000 So nothing really changed as far as my morning. 685 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,280 But yeah, my intensity was I've. Fractured your sleep Done now? 686 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,280 Yeah. Is it like significantly taking 687 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,880 a hint? This morning it actually was 688 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,000 better today than it has been in the last couple days. 689 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,200 But let me just pull that up super quick. 690 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,720 My sleep score last night was a 65. 691 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:42,160 What is it normally? The previous night was 49. 692 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,760 So not really great. Not super good the night before 693 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,240 that 56, the night before that 73. 694 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,560 Not terrible. The night before that 31. 695 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,120 What is your average sleep duration? 696 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,240 Does it show you then? Oh yeah. 697 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,960 Actual sleep time 4 1/2 hours Actual sleep time five hours 698 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:03,720 Actual sleep time 5 hours 29 minutes 6 hours 5 hours 19 699 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:07,680 minutes. But up until I'd say the last 700 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,840 week or so, I was getting way more sleep, a little bit longer 701 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,400 duration, I was feeling well rested and then my sleep scores 702 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,840 were higher. You think you're dropping sleep 703 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,600 acutely here lately is because of all the personal terminal. 704 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,920 Oh yeah, I'm sure that's definitely influential. 705 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,000 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, sleep. 706 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,520 I don't know man. Like for me 7 hours is my sweet 707 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,239 spot I think and. And that's what I used to get. 708 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:36,639 I used to actually hit my the pillow at 738 o'clock and be up 709 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:39,320 at 3:00, so that's a solid, decent sleep. 710 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,199 Yeah, but that doesn't happen lately, so. 711 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,880 And then it just starts compounding over enough time and 712 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,880 it's hard to catch up. You can't really catch. 713 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,960 Up and I feel like it becomes more and more important yeah, as 714 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,600 you get deeper into a prep and closer to show date like you 715 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,960 just you'd need that sleep, you need that recovery because 716 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,000 you're just not getting the calories. 717 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,800 Because you're already, I mean, your testosterone's already 718 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,040 dropping by way of the lower calories, lower body fat. 719 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:06,480 And if you also tack on little sleep, then it's just taking a 720 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,920 nosedive. That's why mine went like 721 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:12,760 freaking 89 or whatever it was. So yeah, I think like there's a 722 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:17,600 couple things that I want to do before my next prep to like have 723 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,960 things to just set myself up for success. 724 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,640 And figuring out a routine so that I'm guaranteed a certain 725 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,720 block of sleep time is high on that list for sure. 726 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,920 But the stars never aligned. Sometimes easier said than dumb. 727 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,960 Definitely easier said than dumb for sure. 728 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,560 But that's what I'm going to work on this weekend, is my plan 729 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,600 to get some more hiking in. Just some extra cardio and 730 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,360 exertion and sweating. Just want to kind of just 731 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,160 deplete some of that and get some sleep. 732 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,160 Yeah. Like even if it's a Saturday or 733 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,600 Sunday afternoon nap. Anything. 734 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,120 Yep, the big game. Just helps with recovery big 735 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:53,320 time. I'm. 736 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:54,920 Going to take a nap after this podcast. 737 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,000 You can just curl up on the futon over there and just go to 738 00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:58,960 sleep. I could. 739 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,720 I'll tuck you in. Play a little lullaby. 740 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,160 Yeah, single lullaby. Good deal. 741 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:07,080 We probably do need to get back to it because I've got a client 742 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,000 calling a little bit and then Chris and I are gonna record a 743 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,320 podcast. Let's be a shorter work episode. 744 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,360 I was listening. I don't normally listen to these 745 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:19,080 podcasts but I was listening to a podcast then like it finished 746 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:23,040 and then the next one was ours so it started automatically and 747 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,240 I sound weird on the podcast. You always sound weird when you 748 00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:29,680 hear yourself yeah in in a different context in different 749 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,800 format. I don't know if I like the way I 750 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,480 sound. That's how we all hear you 751 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,960 though. So to, to what you're hearing in 752 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,760 that way is what we hear daily. Because I, I, we learned this in 753 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,880 school when I was a kid. It's because of the vibe, 754 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,160 because it goes through your brain, through your head, and 755 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,840 into your ears. When you replay it as a 756 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,720 recording, you're hearing it directly into your ears. 757 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,800 Maybe I think with this switchboard mixer thing I can 758 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,040 make it like a robot voice. Oh you want to like auto tune 759 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,560 it? Yeah, yeah, I might auto tune 760 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,440 mine on the next. Day sure like like T pain or 761 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,240 something. Yeah, there you go. 762 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,600 And we can start each one with a little intro song of me singing 763 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,600 with an auto tune. T Pain. 764 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,440 Yeah, that'll be good. It'll definitely not get any 765 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,040 hits. All right, man, it's a wrap. 766 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,200 Let's get to work. All right. 767 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,840 Always a pleasure bro and get some sleep. 768 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:18,400 Thank you, Sir.