1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,040 So I let me pull up some of these comments. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,200 From previous previous episodes. Yes, this is prior episode 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,600 comments to let you all know that we do read WE. 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,360 Do see the comments. Yeah, comments, but we have a 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,160 few. Let me go here. 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,040 So some we always start with little singing and somebody said 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,760 what was that comment? There's a couple comments 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,600 regarding whatever song. Don't sing that song again. 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,760 I love this channel. Don't ruin it guys. 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,760 So I'm wondering what what he I? Forget which song that was. 11 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:34,880 Yeah, that was the last one. I think you were singing Baby 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,600 Shark, Wheels on the Bus, Wheels on the Bus, go round and round. 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,240 Really. Yeah, I think it's what it was. 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,640 So we will not sing Wheels on the Bus as our primary theme 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,520 song. What are the comments? 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,920 Were there one was asking about cars? 17 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,560 Yeah. Yeah, so I I actually saw that 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,560 comment and I typed out the list of cars that I have owned up 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,440 until this stage of my life or driven. 20 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,320 You got way more. Cars. 21 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,520 I do, yeah. For some reason I'll. 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,080 Just start ripping and I'll talk about my 3. 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:07,360 All right, so when I first got my learner's permit at 15, my 24 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:13,880 parents had a 1988 brown ugly ass Dodge Caravan. 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,960 And imagine rolling up to school, sliding that sliding 26 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:22,680 side door open and your buddy's getting out and you're unloading 27 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,320 out of a Dodge Caravan. The other one that my parents 28 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:30,120 had, my dad had a think it was an 891989 Ford Ranger. 29 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,960 Like extended cab, old manual transmission. 30 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,840 I got to drive that and me and one of my buddies, my best 31 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,520 buddies were actually a couple buddies. 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,640 We were just cruising on some Backcountry gravel dirt road and 33 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:49,400 we hit a huge water puddle and it splashed up all underneath 34 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,320 the the, the motor compartment and the undercarriage and 35 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:53,840 everything. And it cracked one of the 36 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,960 headers. My dad was so upset 'cause I 37 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:01,320 came back in the driveway after that and the truck was so loud. 38 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,080 It was like straight exhaust right out of the header 'cause 39 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,120 it was cracked. And you could, you could open 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,440 the hood and you could look down in there and it was like, like 41 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,600 it was cracked, cracked. And he spent so much time taking 42 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,640 that thing apart and swapping that thing out in the garage. 43 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:16,960 He was not a happy camper. But so I had a Dodge Caravan and 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,440 a Ford Ranger. That was kind of when I was 45 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,880 learning to drive. When I got my license, my 46 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,400 parents bought me a little Ford Bronco two. 47 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,400 It was just like this little unit that I just love to just 48 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,200 cart around. In 2 doors right? 49 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,280 2 doors. Yeah. 50 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,360 And it was pretty. It's pretty neat. 51 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,520 That was the first vehicle I technically owned and drove on 52 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,320 my own. It's where I took myself to my 53 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,240 first job. I kind of just kind of got my 54 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,920 feet wet driving around by myself with my buddies and going 55 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:47,120 and doing all kinds of stuff. Well, one afternoon I was having 56 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,280 a great day before work. I would do some shopping and I 57 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,320 was coming home and I was on a Backcountry gravel road and I 58 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,440 came around the corner at a stop sign and I kind of fishtailed a 59 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,800 little bit sideways. It started kind of drifting and 60 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,640 drifting and drifting and lost traction. 61 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,280 I straightened it out and then a little bit I went over a bridge 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,200 and as I can't kind of came up off, I think I lost a little bit 63 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,000 of traction and I came down and I started fishtailing a little 64 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,360 bit more. I was screwing around, going too 65 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,560 fast, I know, and I ended up spinning around and going in the 66 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,480 ditch and put the thing on its side. 67 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,600 So I was hanging there by my seat belt and the passenger side 68 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,400 was empty. That just my clothes and stuff 69 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,240 that I had bought that was all getting wet 'cause it was 70 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,160 starting to fill up with water in this road ditch. 71 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,440 It was a pretty deep ditch and I'm like holy crap. 72 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,040 And I was only half a block from my driveway. 73 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,240 I could, I walked home. I could literally see it from 74 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,080 climbing out. I climbed out like an army tank. 75 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,840 I had to push the door up and open, climb out the top, walked 76 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,600 home, called my parents. I was fine. 77 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,520 Called the tow company. Tow company came and they ended 78 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,880 up totalling the vehicle by the way they got it out of the 79 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,800 ditch. They had to hook on the over on 80 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,680 the underside and like roll it up out of the ditch, but they 81 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,160 rolled it onto its roof and then back onto its wheels, so they 82 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,280 completely crushed it. How are your clothes? 83 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,600 Wrecked, wrecked. So I was like so excited. 84 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,720 I had just gotten a job. This is my first car. 85 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,240 It was a sunny, sunny, sunny summer day and I'm like, I'm 86 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,320 going to go do some shopping. I got to work tonight and just 87 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,800 wrecked my whole day. So that was my first vehicle. 88 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:17,600 After that I had a Pontiac Grand Am GT 2 door that was that was 89 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,360 hot with all the ladies of course after that. 90 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,960 How old were you at that point? Oh man, I don't know, 16/17/18 91 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,600 kind of that end of high school era. 92 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,960 You know, you, you get the loud stereo in there and you do all 93 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,320 that kind of fancy shit after that. 94 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,760 I think my next one, because I had that for quite a while. 95 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,280 My next one I was working at a car dealership and as a sales 96 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:43,720 guy and somebody traded in a single owner mint condition 1999 97 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,160 Cadillac STS 4 door V8. Like just awesome. 98 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,560 Like this deep maroon specialty paint colour Chrome wheels. 99 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,280 It was like any high school college kids dream like stock 100 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,160 stereo was thumping. That was my next vehicle. 101 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:05,960 After that I traded up to a Buick Regal GS Turbo. 102 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,040 That was when the Regal completely redesigned. 103 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,560 They came out with the all new body styling back in that time 104 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,600 era and they looked like a little sporty cube. 105 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,120 It was fun. It had a little turbo in it. 106 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,560 After that I got a Chrysler 200. After that I picked up a 2015 107 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,640 Chevy Colorado Z71. Is that? 108 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:24,640 A pretty slick little. Truck. 109 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,120 Yeah, that those are nice. They're really come a long ways. 110 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,680 As a mid size truck they are awesome. 111 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,880 Super versatile. A lot of people like totally 112 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,920 convert them for like off road camping, like they'll put the 113 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,560 rack on there in the tent and it's like perfect 'cause you can 114 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:36,840 get in some pretty narrow trails. 115 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,240 And they're not big. I use it for doing home 116 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,680 inspections so I could get, you know, back country roads and it 117 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,080 was 4 wheel drive and you know, had some suspension or some, a 118 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:44,240 little bit of a lift and everything. 119 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,120 So then while I was doing home inspections, that was my primary 120 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,400 gig, I picked up a secondary vehicle just kind of as my fun 121 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,240 sport around town kind of vehicle. 122 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:59,240 That was a 2016 Tesla Model SP-90 DL Plus. 123 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,680 And that'll break. They don't have all those 124 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,200 designations anymore. If you buy a Tesla Model S now, 125 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,080 you just there's only like 2 choices. 126 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:10,840 That meant it was Tesla Model SP-90. 127 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:13,520 So it's a performance version of the 90. 128 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,960 I think it's kWh capacity battery. 129 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,440 The D meant it was dual motor. So it's a front motor and a rear 130 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:21,880 motor. So I will drive. 131 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,440 So I will drive. The L designated that it had a 132 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,840 ludicrous mode, which was a 10 or $15,000 upgrade enhancement 133 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,520 at the time and the plus after the DL Plus meant it had 134 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,080 Ludicrous plus mode, which was another paid for option. 135 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,200 So anyways, this Tesla, I wasn't really I didn't need a Tesla, 136 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:46,000 but I was doing pretty good by myself rocking my own 137 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,920 self-employment. And I just said F it. 138 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,560 You know, I'm going to just find one. 139 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,280 If I can find a used one, I'm going to find a used 1. 140 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:55,640 So I found this used one on the Tesla website. 1 owner free 141 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,400 unlimited supercharging that would transfer from that first 142 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,920 owner to one more owner, which would have been me. 143 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,880 And like I got a test drive something. 144 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:09,680 So I went and test drove a Tesla Model S turbo or a dual, you 145 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,960 know, high performance 1. And I'm like, I this is this is 146 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,720 crazy. So I ended up getting that drove 147 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,800 that for a couple years, even brought it to a drag strip, did 148 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,520 some street legal nights, smoked some crazy muscle cars. 149 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,320 And there I am just like you just punched the gas pedal and 150 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,520 it's, you know, there's no noise. 151 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,480 It's pretty crazy. Anyways, that was a fun car. 152 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,680 Got rid of that. Traded my Chevy Colorado and my 153 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,240 Tesla in for a 22 Ford Bronco. You know the new stem and those 154 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,800 that are more recent. That was pretty cool. 155 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,320 Didn't any, didn't need anything for doing home inspections 156 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,040 anymore because I relocated here. 157 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,200 So just recently actually last year in 2024, I traded my Bronco 158 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,080 in for what I have now and it's a Kia K5. 159 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,040 So how many is that in total? So that is including the two 160 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,840 that my parents had as I was learning. 161 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:02,480 That's 12345678910. I'm on 11 or 12. 162 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,720 Yeah, me, me, man. But you, you were telling me the 163 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,800 other day like you hang on to your, you just run the heck out 164 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:09,600 of them. So. 165 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,720 So my first vehicle, my granddaddy, after he passed 166 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,640 away, I got his old truck. It was a 1975 long wheelbase 167 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:24,680 Chevy pickup truck and it was I called it the Blue Goose. 168 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,200 It was baby blue and I was super proud of it, but it did. 169 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,440 I spent more time working on it than actually driving him. 170 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,200 Had a four barrel carburetor. So like, you punched the gas on 171 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,320 that and you just like literally watched the gas. 172 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,280 Oh yeah, I bet. Yeah. 173 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,120 So terrible gas mileage, terribly hard to park. 174 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,760 Like I always got in trouble at high school. 175 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,800 Like people would call me up to the front office and tell me to 176 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:46,840 move my truck because I would like park. 177 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,680 And since it was long wheelbase and there was no like power 178 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:52,520 steering or anything in it, like I would take up two spots every 179 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,400 time no matter what. So I was always getting trouble 180 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,600 for that. So that was my first vehicle and 181 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,640 then I needed to get something more reliable, more consistent. 182 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,440 I wanted to like actually own and buy and work for. 183 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:10,280 So I basically was working 4 separate odd end jobs like you 184 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,200 know, cutting some firewood in the winter, doing a whole bunch 185 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,240 of yard work in the summer, mowing, weed, eating, all that 186 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,080 jazz. And I did that working for my 187 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:23,680 uncle, saved up $5000 and my folks lent me another $1000 and 188 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:27,120 I bought the truck that I currently have that I've had the 189 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,640 majority of my life. It's a 2004 3.7 liter V6 Dodge 190 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,760 Ram pickup truck. That's your white one. 191 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,560 Yeah, and it's manual everything, manual windows, 192 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:39,000 manual transmission, manual everything. 193 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,160 But I love that truck. Like I've got so many memories 194 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,880 in that truck, like taking the place as a 2 wheel drive truck 195 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,120 should never go, getting stuck on numerous occasions. 196 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,080 I mean that truck was what Crystal met me in. 197 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,320 So that was like the truck that we were dating them when we 198 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,120 moved from Washington back to Arkansas. 199 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,120 I took all my belongings and fit it in the back of that truck 200 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,560 because I didn't have much. I built a big wooden box behind 201 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,120 it, plywood box and put all my stuff in there, strapped it 202 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,360 shut, drove from Washington to Arkansas and that was my truck. 203 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:14,960 And then when we when we moved back here, I was convinced that 204 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,640 we were going to do the whole van life thing, like I was broke 205 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,080 in any money. And so we're just going to let 206 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,720 live on minimal means and we're going to live out of a van that 207 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,600 we convert into like a livable space. 208 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:34,760 So I bought a 2020, I believe, maybe no 2018 Dodge Ram, those 209 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,800 cargo vans, Promaster, I think is what it was. 210 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,560 And that's what we had that we're going to convert and live 211 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:40,760 out of. But that's when the keto brick 212 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,080 started picking up. So we started using that for the 213 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,480 business like shuttle and supplies and ingredients and 214 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:46,800 stuff back and forth to the kitchen. 215 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,960 So that became that was pretty much my daily driver too, 216 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,200 though, because like I would have my truck, but it was always 217 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,160 breaking down on me. So I was using this big freaking 218 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,040 cargo van as Crystal and my daily driver because she had 219 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,880 like this Chevy Cobalt that was totally junk and that kind of 220 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,600 crapped out on her. So we're just using this cargo 221 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,280 van in my truck as our daily drivers. 222 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:11,720 So I had that and then I bought in 22 about my current truck, 223 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:20,560 which is that 22,022 GMC Sierra SLT30500, big massive truck, 224 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:24,160 22,500 LB tow capacity because I eventually want to get like 225 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,040 tractors and travel trailer and stuff for going to competitions 226 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,520 and conferences. So I wanted to get something 227 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:29,840 that I could tow anything I wanted with. 228 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,080 So that's what I've got now. Plus neither the cargo van or my 229 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,320 truck could have a car seat. And once we started having kids, 230 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,120 like when we had Roger, like we have to have a vehicle with a 231 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,440 car seat. So I got that. 232 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,400 So we feel safe driving it. Crystal got a Tahoe in 2020, 233 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,880 upgraded from the Cobalt to that. 234 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,320 That's pretty much her car. So she's got that, I've got the 235 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,520 truck and then that's pretty much it. 236 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,800 I guess we got that rig. So the cargo van crapped out on 237 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,480 the way to keto Con one year transmission went the bunk. 238 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,160 I think you were with us right Chip, like we, we had to move on 239 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,640 the way to the conference for like running short on time the 240 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,600 transmission totally. And you had a bunch of bricks 241 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,160 and product. And Oh yeah, we had all of our 242 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,480 boost supplies, the apparel stuff, all of our bricks. 243 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,160 It's like middle of the summertime headed down to Texas 244 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,480 for the conference, and the transmission craps out not very 245 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,480 far from here. Like, I think probably we'd made 246 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,280 it about an hour before the transmission went belly up. 247 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,200 So like, OK, what do we do? So we went and got a U-Haul 248 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,160 truck and then transferred everything from the van to EU 249 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,760 Haul. Went there for the conference. 250 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,520 And on the way back, I called the dealership that we had 251 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,440 dropped it off on. And they're like, yeah, it's 252 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:43,040 pretty much totaled. So what do you want to do? 253 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,760 And I'm like, well, will you buy it from me? 254 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,720 So I sold them the van. They're on site pretty much. 255 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:53,720 And then I bought that 1999 Freightliner, massive ambulance 256 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,840 conversion as our company vehicle. 257 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,000 So now we've got that gnarly looking, you know, rig out 258 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,920 front. Looks like a SWAT vehicle. 259 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,880 Yeah, looks like a SWAT vehicle. Flat black painted. 260 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,960 We'll we'll get like a wrap on it at some point, but that's 261 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,320 technically one of our vehicles as well. 262 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,520 So sweet. That's pretty much my list right 263 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,760 there man. Yeah, Speaking of vehicles, 264 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,040 super funny story, kind of on a little bit of a tangent, but not 265 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,240 necessarily one of the keto cons. 266 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,840 No, it was the convention in Omaha, I think. 267 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,360 Yeah, hard to kill. Hard to kill. 268 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:27,600 Nope. It was Keto Con in Texas. 269 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,800 I think it was one of the years before I worked for you guys and 270 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,080 I was going to fly in I wasn't going there on behalf of Keto 271 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,760 Brick or Liv Savage or anything like that. 272 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,920 I was just going as an attendee kind of meet up with you guys 273 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,840 and just be there. And I, I was trying to pinch 274 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,240 pennies a little bit during that trip or save a few bucks here 275 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,240 and there as I could. So when I went to choose a 276 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:54,840 rental car, I said just one of the one of the best prices was 277 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,720 just the economy dealer's choice or manager's choice or whatever. 278 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,480 And it didn't tell you what you were going to get. 279 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,160 So I chose that just because it was the cheapest option. 280 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,000 It was just myself. So I get to the Hertz counter or 281 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,560 whatever and I'm like, hey, yeah, I'm just here to pick up 282 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,400 my reservation or my rental. And they're like, OK, what's 283 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:12,320 your number? That I give them all my 284 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,200 information and they're like, OK, it looks like you chose 285 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,040 manager special. So that just means we allocate 286 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,400 whatever we have a lot of currently on the lot, like 287 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,040 whatever we no one's renting for the day. 288 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,880 That's what we throw you. And I'm like, OK, cool, what's 289 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,720 that? It's a 2022 cargo van. 290 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,000 Like full length cargo van, no windows, nothing. 291 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,440 And I'm like, you realize what this is going to look like with 292 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,080 a dude with a mustache cruising around in a town. 293 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,120 He has no idea where he's going. I don't even know. 294 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,520 I didn't even get that far. I'm like, what are my other 295 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,200 options? Like well, for this amount of 296 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,280 money you can upgrade and we can put you in this or whatever. 297 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,520 And I end up getting like a Dodge Challenger or something. 298 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,360 So my penny pinching endeavour actually backfired and I ended 299 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,960 up paying more for the upgraded vehicle than what I could have 300 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,240 from the onset. So. 301 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,920 You have a cargo van man. Man, if you ever do the 302 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,240 manager's Choice or whatever they call it on there, that 303 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,720 doesn't show you what you're going to get, just be, yeah, you 304 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,040 don't know what you're going to get. 305 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,120 Yeah. So, yeah, that was one of the 306 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,440 listener comments was a car breakdown. 307 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,120 We had a few others asking about like cortisol question or not 308 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,480 cholesterol questions rather. I'm about LDL. 309 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:24,920 I'm going to do a deep dive on that one. 310 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:25,960 So I'm not going to talk about that. 311 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,920 Now. Protein threshold, I've done 312 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:35,160 quite a few topics on that, but we've got quite a few questions 313 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,360 in here, so we might not just like we should. 314 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,480 Yeah, we should do like AQ and a session. 315 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:42,880 So keep the questions coming guys. 316 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,560 If you have anything specific you wanna yeah chat about, we 317 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,480 can. We'll just, we'll probably do 318 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:47,360 that next week. Honestly. 319 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,240 We'll just take all the questions, put them in a list 320 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,800 and we'll just tackle. Try to hit a few of them. 321 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,960 Yep, so that'd be good. But in other news, still no 322 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,400 baby. Still no baby, You guys are what 323 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,160 you're overdue now, right? Or. 324 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,760 You. Due date week. 325 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,560 Due date week was last week, so yeah, we're technically over the 326 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,240 40 week mark and Rigel was late too, so we kind of anticipated 327 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:10,680 this. Everybody says second baby comes 328 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,240 sooner but you. Know that's just. 329 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,240 The way our our world works. He's just in there baking. 330 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,600 The baby, yeah, I, I told we're talking yesterday in the meeting 331 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,840 and like he's going to come out with a full set of hair. 332 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,560 I'm like, man, he's not even working on the hair right now. 333 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,120 He's already got that. He's working on the mustache 334 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,440 now, so. He's already employed, he's 335 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:28,640 going to clock in when he comes. Out. 336 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,360 Yeah, for sure we could use him. We could use him, yeah. 337 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,480 So still no baby. So Crystal's getting kind of 338 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,920 antsy, stir crazy. She's doing all the stretches, 339 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,240 all the spinning babies, all the stuff, trying to get this little 340 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:41,400 guy moving. But. 341 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,040 'Cause you have family in town that's ready to help, right? 342 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:48,960 Yeah, so her sister Heather and daughter Caroline, they came in 343 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,600 prior to the 40 week mark cause Crystal was convinced that he 344 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,920 was going to come a little bit early. 345 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,240 So she they came to help with Rigel and if we had to go to the 346 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,320 hospital, like they could be at home with Rigel. 347 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,120 So she kind of feels bad for her because she hadn't her come 348 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,680 early and was still waiting on the baby. 349 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,400 I mean, there she's she's a school teacher, so they're out 350 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,240 for the summer right now anyway. So she's flexible, but she's 351 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,720 obviously away from all of her family in Washington. 352 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,200 So yeah, just kind of one of those situations, you know, 353 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:17,920 hurry. Up and wait. 354 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,119 But yeah, I mean, at this point, I mean, like, she's doing 355 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,520 everything she can do. And it's like you just got to 356 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,800 have faith, hope for the best, hope all is healthy, and be at 357 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,200 peace with it. Can't force nature. 358 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,000 Can't force nature. That's what we got going there. 359 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,400 We got all of my I don't. Did we talk about blood work on 360 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,360 the Last Work podcast? We may have a little bit with 361 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:42,600 some of your FGF 21 high fat. I don't think I had the hormones 362 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,800 back yet. Probably not, no. 363 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,560 You didn't have hormone stuff? Back so I'm about to do a full 364 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,480 blown dedicated podcast on that experiment specifically. 365 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,520 So I'm not going to go into crazy detail with that here, but 366 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:58,960 I will say I took three weeks in between blood draws, had that 367 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,160 week kind of returned to baseline intake of 3000 368 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,200 calories, kind of like a washout, intuitive eating. 369 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,560 Then I did the experiment for two weeks, eating 1000 calories 370 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:12,000 above baseline. So 4000 calories a day, 400 371 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,360 grams of fat a day, less than 9% of my calories coming from fat. 372 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,720 And in that time between lab markers, all of my lipids 373 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,520 improved, which was interesting. I mean, my triglycerides 374 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,360 dropped, my LDL dropped. Like did not expect that eating 375 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:28,880 twice as much fat. Basically. 376 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,880 What I really didn't expect was my hormone markers. 377 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,520 I didn't really honestly expect much of a change in such a short 378 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:39,120 time period. But my total testosterone more 379 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:44,840 than doubled, went from 334 to 696, and then my free 380 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:49,680 testosterone went from I think like 27 to 56. 381 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,360 So it practically doubled as well. 382 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,840 Did you say that? Did you say 9% of your calories 383 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,200 coming from fat? Protein. 384 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,280 Protein. OK, I I I thought I heard you 385 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,920 say fat, but just to clarify in case. 386 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:02,400 You didn't. Yeah. 387 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,120 Yeah, like fat was. Super super. 388 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,320 High fat to 87%. Super low. 389 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,240 Protein super low. Kind of mimicking the amount of 390 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:15,320 protein in the SD sugar diet. Yes, pretty much mimicking the 391 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,120 basically the exact opposite. So for all intents and purposes 392 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:24,120 and for hyped up headlines, you could theoretically say I more 393 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:29,320 than doubled my testosterone naturally doing the exact 394 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,000 opposite of the sugar diet. That'd be a little viral click 395 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,640 bait thing for you. So I don't know what the 396 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,520 hormones would look like had I done the sugar diet, but I'm 397 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,040 obviously not going to do the sugar diet. 398 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:40,360 But I would have a hard time thinking that it would have a 399 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:43,560 doubling effect to testosterone like this has. 400 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:48,680 Well, I think some of the people who are venturing down the sugar 401 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,520 diet pathway, are they doing this type of blood work? 402 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:52,960 I don't. Know I mean I'm I don't know if 403 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,680 people are as. Are they just? 404 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,200 I think they're just. Kind of winging it. 405 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,080 I mean, I'm sure something you're just. 406 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,960 Trying to get shredded. Yeah, that's yeah. 407 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,280 And see, that was not my goal. Like I didn't, I increased 408 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,520 calories, I didn't drop calories or even keep calories constant. 409 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,120 So interesting to say, Liz, I'm, I'm going to again talk about 410 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,080 this in depth on my experiment podcast, but I think this would 411 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,800 have two specific use case scenarios. 412 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,400 One, if you're in a longer prep and you want to have a bump in 413 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,280 your metabolic rate like you, so we'll try that for you after 414 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,280 your first competition, 'cause you'll still have another two 415 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,640 months of prep. So increase your calories, 416 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,160 increase your fat ratio. Now the only thing I'm thinking 417 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,000 it's just a quick math here. Man, is it? 418 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,320 Is it really two months? I'm gonna die. 419 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,640 Yeah, 'cause I mean, if you're if you're first, your. 420 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:39,320 Show is 12 1/2 weeks from today, so yeah, it'll be 10 weight. 421 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,080 It'll be holy. If you do a show in November, 422 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,480 man, it's it's going to be crazy. 423 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:48,200 But The thing is like the way I structured my experiment was I 424 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:54,240 had 9% of my calories coming from protein and I was eating 425 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,000 4000 calories. So if we wanted to mimic the 426 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,840 same thing with you. So let's just say you're at 2000 427 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,280 calories. Yeah, 'cause right now I'm out 428 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:07,400 around 1718 hundred refeeds, weekly refeeds are now in play. 429 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,440 So it kind of averages a little higher for the for the daily 430 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,880 intake over the week. Right. 431 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:15,120 But if we if we just wanted to make it simple, say 2000 432 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:20,280 calories, 9% of that is 180 that divided by 4, that's 45 grams of 433 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,280 protein a day. So for you to do the experiment 434 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,440 with the same, you know, replicating the same format that 435 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:27,040 I did. So what? 436 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Would my fat intake be then? It's about a four to one ratio. 437 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,720 Is it grams or calories? It's it's 4 to one in grams. 438 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:39,240 In grams, so 4 to one, that's 180 grams of fat roughly. 439 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,120 Yeah, so quite a bit more fat and and that that's counting 440 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,600 carbs and protein. And I wasn't quite at 4:00 to 441 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,000 1:00 like Nick and I were doing it together and I think he was 442 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,880 doing it based off of net carbs. And I've always tracked total 443 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,120 carbs. So my total carbs would have 444 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,200 knocked me out of that 4:00 to 1:00, but not by much. 445 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,840 And I had to pretty much find some way to absorb all the fat 446 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,360 that I was eating. So I was eating a lot of 447 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:05,120 cauliflower rice which I don't normally normally eat, but I 448 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:08,680 would have like 200 to 300 grams of cauliflower rice at night to 449 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,400 absorb the 8 tablespoons of butter and ghee that I was 450 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,080 having. Sweet. 451 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,200 I'm excited to try that because that'll be, you know, hands on 452 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,480 experiment that hasn't been probably leveraged in any preps. 453 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,360 Yeah, ever. Yeah, it'll be interesting for 454 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,600 sure. But we'll try it with you and I, 455 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,600 I feel safe trying it with you because I'll be able to see your 456 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,920 body's response and do whatever tests you want real time with 457 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,760 you here on site. But if it goes terribly awry, 458 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,720 we've got plenty of time before your next show. 459 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,720 So this would be the ideal time to test it down. 460 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,000 And then if it works and I'm also able to replicate it and 461 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,960 myself when I do my next prep and it I'm able to replicate it 462 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,080 to my clients as well, then we'll make like a stand alone 463 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:58,640 submodule in the course for this as a use case scenario in a prep 464 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,680 and that'll be added to the Savage system protocol. 465 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,400 We can get some sweet content out of it, too, yeah, some good 466 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,480 data, some good content. We could do Dexas. 467 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,960 We could do the whole thing. Blood work. 468 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,160 Dexas compositioning. It'd be hard to get any viable 469 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,400 feedback like on a DEXA scan with because I mean we would 470 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,440 probably only do it for a week. Maybe 2? 471 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,440 And like a two week gap between DEXA you probably. 472 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,480 Won't see much fluctuation there but the blood. 473 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,280 Work. I mean, seeing a doubling effect 474 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,080 on testosterone was insightful. You know, 'cause I mean, your 475 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,400 testosterone's always at a baseline much higher than mine, 476 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,120 but it's still waning with for you in this prep. 477 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,880 I mean, it's dropped down like 300 or 400. 478 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,360 Points a couple 100. Points, I think, yeah. 479 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:44,560 So if we can have an acute flux upwards of that halfway through 480 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,000 your prep or on the tail end of your prep, that would be 481 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,080 obviously advantageous. So it'll be good. 482 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,000 Awesome. But I have to warn you, man, I 483 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,520 don't think you're going to feel more satiated even with eating 484 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,280 more calories because I mean, 45 grams of protein and nothing but 485 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,640 a bunch of oils. I mean, like you're going to get 486 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,400 less food volume than you currently, right? 487 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,800 So. But I can probably squeeze in 488 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,280 some extra brick. Yeah, you can definitely squeeze 489 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,000 in some brick, some fatty coffee, So it'll be a nice 490 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,560 change of base for you for sure, probably. 491 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,280 Fatty coffee and a little brick every morning. 492 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,040 Yeah, that duck fat came in clutch though for me. 493 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,680 Those cans of duck fat? I meant to. 494 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,040 Tell you, I think I have some duck fat. 495 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:27,840 Got some duck fat and some oh man, what is it? 496 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,440 Forget maybe some rendered pork fat or something at home. 497 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,600 I forget. Got a couple jars from like 498 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,240 Epic. The duck fat's good. 499 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,520 And then I was doing that SCT oil, which is pretty good. 500 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,560 I like that a lot. It's tasty. 501 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,920 So yeah, that's cool. I'm excited to do the deep dive 502 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,360 recording on that. I don't know if Nick's going to 503 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:49,480 use my data or not because I didn't because I had already 504 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,840 started an experiment before he wanted to join forces on this 505 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,720 experiment. So like my run in week period 506 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,640 skewed things a little bit and from like a strictly speaking 507 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,560 scientific all variables controlled standpoint like it 508 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,520 may negate the findings, but I know my body, I know what my 509 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,560 maintenance is. I know. 510 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,360 I mean, I've got years, I've got like 17 years of tracked macro 511 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,480 data. You are pretty anal with all the 512 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,600 apps and the data I. Mean everything. 513 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,240 So like I know how my body responded and how to be 514 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,720 actionable with that information, whether or not he 515 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,360 wants to put it into a, you know, a scientific based paper 516 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,360 that I mean, that's I totally understand, like I he's. 517 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,640 He's super analytical. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 518 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,200 He's. Wealth of information, super 519 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,920 knowledgeable, but I'm coming at it more from like, OK, how can I 520 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,000 use this for my clients? How can I apply this to actual 521 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,480 human beings, especially in the context of a competition prep or 522 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,120 composition goals. So you have different strategies 523 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:54,640 that you get in that I guess in that regard. 524 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,280 But we'll see. He and I are going to do another 525 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,400 follow up call at some point, I'm sure. 526 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,680 Cool. So that's exciting. 527 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,760 We got some, we're working on some some carnivore bricks in 528 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,680 the kitchen right now. Not going to tell you what the 529 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,160 flavour is just yet, but they're carnivore bricks. 530 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,040 They're going to be good. Speaking of working on bricks in 531 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,840 the kitchen, we've been trying, we've been, we've been using a 532 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:23,560 newer style packaging film to try to counteract any potential 533 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,160 leakage. So it is a thicker multi layer 534 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,040 membrane has to run through our machinery at a different speed 535 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:37,160 so that it has enough time to heat seal and it's thicker so 536 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,160 our machine back there is ornery. 537 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,040 Finicky. So I think we talked about this 538 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,960 a little. Bit we may have, but we just 539 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,760 yesterday, was it yesterday or two days ago where we had just 540 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,760 a? Yeah, So we, we're not doing 541 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,720 cold packs this summer because they're hit and miss. 542 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,280 Half time they work, half time they don't. 543 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,680 And we it was. A waste of money? 544 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,400 Yeah, it was a waste of money. So, OK, if we can't do the cold 545 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,920 packs, let's just invest more in, you know, packaging that's 546 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:05,840 guaranteed not to leak practically. 547 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,680 So we're using two times thicker film, more than two times 548 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,360 thicker film. Two times the cost film. 549 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,720 Two times the cost film. It's a cosmetic web film. 550 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,200 I think it's like 4 layers. I'm not sure I'd look at the 551 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,640 spec sheet, but it's literally rated to go to the moon from a 552 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,680 pressure sensitive standpoint. Whereas most packaging is rated 553 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,640 to like get over the Rocky Mountains out West, this is 554 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,560 rated to like go to the moon without bursting. 555 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,000 Wind sealed properly. Yeah, wind sealed properly. 556 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,080 So 'cause like if the bricks melt in the summer, especially 557 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,800 the tallow ones, which they're practically guaranteed to do, 558 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,080 like that just kind of is what it is. 559 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:41,960 You can throw them in your fridge. 560 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,600 They're totally fine to eat the taste just fine. 561 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,840 They may not look like bricks. They're going to be a little 562 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,880 bit, you know, deformed, misshapen, but all the quality 563 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,200 of the ingredients are still intact. 564 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,960 But if they, if the packages burst due to poor package 565 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,640 sealing, like that's on me. Like I need to fix that problem, 566 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,680 which is why we're doubling down on this, you know, film upgrade. 567 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,480 But anytime you change anything in production, especially with a 568 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:10,120 machine that's finicky like ours, it's a headache. 569 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:13,400 You know, like we've had to read, we have to test things 570 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:18,040 out, change the the settings and troubleshoot non-stop. 571 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,160 And we burned through a lot of film that we can't use, but we 572 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,280 got it sealing good as of yesterday. 573 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,400 As of yesterday, it was on a. It was on a sweet roll 574 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,520 yesterday. Once we got it rolling, it was 575 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:31,960 non-stop. It's good. 576 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,880 And I'm, I'm really optimistic about these because we've had a 577 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,440 few people e-mail saying that their packages were burst, but 578 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,360 they were all that. I could tell from chocolate 579 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,400 peanut buttercup bricks that we're still using the old film, 580 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,520 whereas now we've pretty much switched everything. 581 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,440 I think there's a few tack and a few toasted almond, coconut, a 582 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,680 few mocha, but those seem to seal better anyways. 583 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,280 But these everything pretty much going forward with this new 584 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,000 thicker film is like bulletproof. 585 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,360 So I'm super excited about that. Yes, that's good. 586 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,440 Good upgrade. I think that's worth the 587 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,280 investment. Once we get all the kinks kind 588 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,320 of worked out, that's going to be definitely worth it going 589 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,400 forward, that these will be pretty much leak proof. 590 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,680 And if you get them that if you get them in the mail and they're 591 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,800 melted or they're soft, you can kind of mush them around and 592 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,040 kind of remix the ingredients if you still want to, and then 593 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,040 throw them in the fridge, throw them in the freezer, let them 594 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,600 harden for a little while and pull them out and they'll be 595 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:24,480 just fine. Yeah. 596 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,720 And we got stickers that I think coming in today, say refrigerate 597 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,280 upon arrival. That way people can just 598 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,120 proactively, if they're, especially if they're living in 599 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,080 some place hot, you know, get the box, stick it in the fridge, 600 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,880 let it, you know, sit there for a few hours overnight and then 601 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,840 then they're good. Then they're stable at room 10. 602 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,600 Because we're we're also trying to put them into the boxes in a 603 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,920 way that they somewhat hold their shape. 604 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,120 So even if they do all liquefy and you have 10 of them jammed 605 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,480 in a cardboard box, if you can throw that in the refrigerator 606 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,800 before you take them out-of-the-box and let them re 607 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,720 solidify in their how they are arranged in the packaging, 608 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,200 they'll probably be close to the same shape. 609 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,400 You know, they'll probably be we're. 610 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:05,520 Packing them in there like sardines. 611 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,440 We're trying to. That's why we moved away from 612 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,440 the mailers, because we were just putting them on mailers, 613 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,280 but then you put them in a Mailer. 614 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,560 And then just mush then. Then you got a mushy Mailer of. 615 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,240 Mush and like the carriers are super hard on the stuff. 616 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,120 You know, it's like they're throwing boxes on top of the 617 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,640 mailers and just squishing everything. 618 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,160 But now that everything's in boxes like that, offers a lot. 619 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,480 More stackable, you know, they can stack them better in their 620 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,600 trucks. These UPS trucks and these FedEx 621 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,520 trucks, they're like 150° back there, you know, like there's no 622 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,680 way our cold packs would have can handle that no matter what. 623 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,400 Even if we do overnight shipping at, you know, and charge a 624 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,680 pretty penny or something. It's like you just don't control 625 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,000 once it leaves our house or leaves our warehouse, we can't 626 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:44,920 control it. Yeah. 627 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,960 So it's wild. So we're trying to set them up 628 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,200 for success and control for what We can't control them. 629 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,800 That's about all we can do. Kind of like life. 630 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,240 Kind of like life. Control what? 631 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,440 Kind of like life? What else is new and upcoming? 632 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,960 Prep Prep next week is peak week. 633 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,200 Next week is peak. For this is kind of like a trial 634 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,480 show. I know I'm not going to be 100% 635 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,720 dialed in as best as I have the potential to be for this show, 636 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:08,480 but. You're going to look good 637 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,280 though. I'm going to look good. 638 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,000 I feel good. I'm going to use this one as 639 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,480 like this is a super fun show for me. 640 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,560 This is the Wisconsin Warriors USBF Federation. 641 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,440 It's in Eau Claire, WI. I know Tony and Courtney Spaeth, 642 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,640 they are the promoters. She is like you got to look her 643 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:24,840 up. If you guys don't know who she 644 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,760 is, she is like she went to Japan and represented the US and 645 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,640 absolutely dominated. She dominates all the shows she 646 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,000 competes in. She's 100% natural and she just 647 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,640 smokes all the unnatural athletes and they they have a 648 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,400 gym in Eau Claire. I've been to their competition 649 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,680 numerous years in the past. I've actually helped them 650 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,360 volunteer to expedited athletes backstage, help them set up, 651 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,720 tear down. They have a gym right in town. 652 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,320 It's pretty cool because the how it's set up is their show is at 653 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,240 a place called Oh crap brain fart. 654 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,440 Super nice venue right downtown. And then the hotel, the host 655 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,600 hotel, the Lismore is within walking distance of the venue so 656 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,280 you don't even have to take your car out. 657 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,920 And then their gym, which is obviously the host gym, is also 658 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,680 within walking distance. It's a very beautiful downtown 659 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:12,960 area. That's where all like the photo 660 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,120 shoots are going to happen. And we can all just walk from 661 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,920 the gym to the hotel. There's an after bar or after 662 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,800 party at some bar restaurant. The very next day, anybody who 663 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,640 wants to is going to go tubing down a river. 664 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,880 And these two people, these promoters are two of the most 665 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,200 fun people ever. And it was always a blast 666 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,920 helping them with their show. And I always thought if I'm ever 667 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:39,120 in a prep, if I'm ever in decent condition to be able to come to 668 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,480 your show and be in your show instead of volunteering, I'm 669 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:42,880 going to just make it a point to do that. 670 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,840 So that's this year. So my primary show obviously is 671 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:53,200 your show here in September, but this one is to 2 1/2 months 672 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:58,040 previous in middle of July. And that's kind of how this one 673 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,840 came to be in my calendar of events is we're just like, let's 674 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,040 screw it. Let's just let's just try it. 675 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,560 So that's where that protocol is going to come into play is 676 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,960 because This is why I have such an elongated prep. 677 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,360 Otherwise I wouldn't have started prep in January. 678 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,400 It would have been probably March, April and started prep 679 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,800 for September. But now that's so elongated that 680 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,160 you got to try to bridge that gap a little bit. 681 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,240 Yeah, but I think, I mean, you're not going to be peaked 682 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,400 for this show, but you're still going to look pretty good, man. 683 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,760 We've been working on posing every single week and like, 684 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,520 you're starting to see all the serratus veins and you're 685 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,960 getting veins. I got once you start to see 686 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:38,080 vascularity or veins crossing your abs, you know, you're 687 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,840 getting pretty dialed in everywhere else because that's 688 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,600 kind of the last place you'll start to see those and 689 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,960 everything will just tighten up, tighten up, tighten up even more 690 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,360 for September. So I'm, I'm not, I'm going into 691 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,280 the show to have fun, look good, get some cool footage, get some 692 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,840 cool photos taken, hang out with some awesome people. 693 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,480 One of my best buddies from back in Minnesota is going to cruise 694 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,320 over. He's going to stay in my room 695 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,600 with me and we're going to, you know, go out after and all that 696 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,440 kind of stuff. So it's going to be just kind of 697 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,639 a nice little bodybuilding. It was true. 698 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,719 It'll kind of like settle on your nerves for the shows you 699 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,239 have later in the year, like getting on stage because you 700 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,080 hadn't competed against. Since I haven't been on the 701 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,239 stage since 20, is it 23? I did. 702 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,120 It's 23, prepping 21 and a prepping 23 and then this is 25. 703 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,840 You and I both competed in 23. Are you sure it wasn't 22? 704 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,080 I don't think they were back-to-back. 705 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:35,480 The first prep that you helped me with was into some 20/21 706 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,280 shows. That's right because there's a 707 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:42,960 picture of us at Keto Con or Hecker Health and I was 4 weeks 708 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,159 into Prep and you were four weeks out of. 709 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:48,120 Prep and I was like super dialed and you were starting to get 710 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,880 dialed. Yeah, yeah, yes, that makes 711 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:50,400 sense. Yep, Yep. 712 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:51,320 Cool. So. 713 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,159 We kind of over, like we barely missed each other. 714 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,000 But in 2027 we were just talking about this. 715 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,360 Today, 2027, we might hit the same stages. 716 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,600 Oh, for sure. We are like, it's, it's going to 717 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,160 be good because like you and I are going to do like a 718 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:09,360 legitimate bona fide build in 2026 and like I'm going to 719 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,760 actually give the build all the detention it deserves. 720 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,600 We should track data. We should do Dexes prior to. 721 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,000 We should do all that. I'm going to be as rigid in my 722 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,880 build as I am in a prep. And just like have all of that 723 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,600 data. I mean, in a prep or in a build, 724 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,760 I've always just, you know, eaten at a surplus, gotten 725 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,920 enough protein, lifted hard and heavy, like all the all the 726 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,320 things you're supposed to do. But I want to like take more of 727 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:32,920 an analytical approach to it this time. 728 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,040 Fine tune it. Yeah, really fine tune it. 729 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,040 And then just like incorporate that into the course more as 730 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,040 well, like having more of a building focus in there as well. 731 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,840 So we'll do that in 26 and totally capitalize on that year 732 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,160 to build. And then you and I will start 733 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,240 prep. I don't know when we'll start 734 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:56,200 prep, but it'll be in early 2027 for 2027's competitive season. 735 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:01,720 And then you and I will compete against one another and see who 736 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:03,880 reigns king. It'll be good. 737 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,320 That would be fun. You're gonna have me beat on 738 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,040 size. I definitely need at least a 739 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:13,280 couple weeks or months of just flexibility, freedom, 740 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,600 nutritional, just eating to intuition, enjoying the foods 741 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,360 that I kind of take out during, you know, just a little break. 742 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,960 Yeah, obviously still keto, but Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 743 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,440 But like eating intuitively ad Lib, I mean after you're 744 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,760 depending on if you do your November show or not, but pretty 745 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:34,000 much from there until whenever you want to start in 2026 would 746 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,080 be that for you. Well. 747 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,480 I want to reverse safely out of it too though. 748 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,120 Yeah. So it really just depends on 749 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,720 November like if you want to do. 'Cause that's where that's in 750 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:47,200 2023 back before I was keto. That's what's tailspun me into. 751 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:52,640 Keto is a shitty non existent reverse diet out of a bro diet 752 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,600 competition and I just gained a ton of ANYWAYS. 753 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,920 That's a different story. Yeah, yeah, the reverse diet 754 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,960 portion is huge, and that'll start and end depending on when 755 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,480 your last show was. So yeah, we'll get all that 756 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:04,800 figured out. But I am excited to compete 757 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,720 against you 'cause like, we got all this content in the course 758 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:08,760 and I was watching a bunch of it. 759 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:13,320 Like there's so much footage of either you and Prep and me and 760 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:17,400 Build coaching and looking at things and getting content of 761 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:22,160 you or you in a build and me in a prep, like meeting up for a 762 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,000 competition and doing posing and stuff. 763 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,720 But there's not any of us dialed at the same time. 764 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,520 So it'll be cool to do a full blown prep with documented, you 765 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:34,280 know, us on In Sync basically. We could do like combined 766 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,480 content, what your macros are at, what my macros are AT, and 767 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:39,800 stats, all that good stuff. Sweet that. 768 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,840 Would be awesome. I'm excited, but you get some 769 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:44,560 time. Until then, we get some time. 770 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,120 They got some time, yeah, that's on the that's in the two year, 771 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,120 that's the two year goal. Two year horizon? 772 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,320 How about it on time? She probably won't been rocking 773 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,400 30. 8 minutes exactly. That's ball. 774 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,160 Perfect mount, perfect. Well, let's call it a wrap on 775 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,160 this one and we'll we got a bunch of stuff to do today, a 776 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:01,800 lot of a lot of good stuff to do today. 777 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,960 So let's just rock on that rock'n'roll. 778 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,160 We'll see all y'all next time. Drop us your questions. 779 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:09,520 Drop us your questions.