1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,400 Nice shirt man, fuel for life. I wear that the other day. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,240 Probably not this one, probably your own. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,120 What size is that XL? It may have been that when I 4 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:11,600 wear an XL in that design. Snuck in your closet? 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,240 And I took it off my hanger this morning. 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,400 Yeah, I put it back that you noticing good. 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,560 That's why it stinks. Yeah, I was thinking because I 8 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,280 just got done working out and I'm still wearing my workout 9 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,920 shirt. Little What is this? 10 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,000 Not a big deal when you work for. 11 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,560 Yourself White Oak Pastures. I know we have a shower now and 12 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:26,520 I'm taking advantage. That's true. 13 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,280 So I want to stink for my employees. 14 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,880 It's all good. We're used to it smells like you 15 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,040 to break in here. That's true. 16 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,720 It smells like we're working in a chocolate. 17 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,240 Factory that's true like. Willy Wonka. 18 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,040 It's pretty cool. I had some. 19 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,760 I had a client who I haven't met in person yet. 20 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,920 She came in on Sunday 'cause she was dropping off her grandson in 21 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,160 Little Rock and they were driving back home and had to go 22 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:49,480 through Fayetteville. I'm like, well, shoot, I'm just 23 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:51,520 outside of Fayetteville. You had to swing by him. 24 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:52,960 So her and her husband came by him. 25 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,920 She signed the wall. I gave him a tour of everything 26 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,640 and talked to him about nutrition and training for 27 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,920 probably about an hour or so. It was cool. 28 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,720 Because like her husband is like man, kind of unassuming looking, 29 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,880 building on the outside. And then you walk in, you got, 30 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,880 you know, the podcast, the gym, the commercial kitchen, all this 31 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,000 stuff. Pretty cool, so. 32 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,040 Gave him a bunch of bricks. Yep, gave him a bunch of bricks 33 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,360 to compound that to me is what it's all about. 34 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,520 Like I like working with clients remotely because I can interact 35 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:24,560 with. People all over the world. 36 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,080 When I get to meet him in person and like they can actually put a 37 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,800 face to a name and just becomes more tangible. 38 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,840 That's exactly How I Met you, remember? 39 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,040 I tracked you down in Omaha. That's the first we had been. 40 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,880 You'd been coaching me for a while remotely. 41 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,200 Yeah. We've talked and chatted and 42 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,880 stuff. I'm pretty sure the first time 43 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,400 we met, when you walked up to me it's like I didn't even 44 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,720 recognize like. You said that you're like, holy 45 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,400 cow man, I'll barely recognize because my face was so lean. 46 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,920 Yeah. It was in prep. 47 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,040 And I didn't know you were coming to that show. 48 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,760 So, like, didn't have that context in the back of my mind 49 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,520 of like, OK, I'm expecting to meet Greg. 50 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,120 He just, like, popped out of nowhere. 51 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,280 That's pretty cool. Just. 52 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,280 Drove down? What year was that? 53 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,120 That was 20. It wasn't called hard to kill. 54 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,600 It was called Keto Summit Omaha. Yeah, that. 55 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,680 Was the first year I went to. It 29th I forget I don't 56 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,640 remember. I think it maybe in 2019 might 57 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,040 have been. My first actual no 'cause I was 58 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,640 in Prep in 21. Maybe 2020 then might. 59 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,680 Have been 2020. So you and I have got a five 60 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,520 year anniversary coming up. You still wearing your ring? 61 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,960 No. No, you got me tattooed on your 62 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:30,720 leg though. That's true. 63 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,880 Stands for something. Yeah, that probably won't come 64 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,560 off too easy. Yeah, well, you just got back 65 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,440 from a competition, man. You spent the weekend in 66 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,360 Wisconsin at the. Clair, Wisconsin. 67 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:42,920 Clair, Wisconsin. Give me the. 68 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,000 Details, man. So you left here Wednesday 69 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,080 night. Give. 70 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,280 Me, the play by play. From the moment I last saw you 71 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,920 on Wednesday to today. Was it Wednesday night or 72 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:53,280 Tuesday? Night, thank you. 73 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,400 Left Wednesday night. I forget. 74 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,680 And you drove halfway. I drove, I drove halfway 'cause 75 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,040 it's it's like 11-12 hour straight through drive. 76 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,560 It's 800 miles or whatever. So the, well, First off, the 77 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,080 reason I wanted to do this show is I'm friends with the 78 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,920 promoters. They're absolutely amazing 79 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:10,960 people. Was one of them the the guy that 80 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,000 kept tagging me in keto brick? Coach. 81 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,880 That was your buddy, right Coach? 82 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,040 Coach Gary. Coach Boris. 83 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,720 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he was with me. 84 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,480 He was my, he's my best buddy from Minnesota. 85 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,960 So he came over to the competition just to be there and 86 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,080 stay in the room with me and everything. 87 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,760 But I know the promoters. I've known him for several 88 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,080 years. They're absolutely amazing 89 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,320 people. They're gym owners right there 90 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,920 in Eau Claire. She is a world renowned 91 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,880 competitor, natural athlete. She actually flew to Japan and 92 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,240 competed on behalf of the United States. 93 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,680 So she's done some remarkable things as a natural athlete. 94 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:51,000 She has smoked a ton of non natural athletes so she is very 95 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,440 highly regarded. Anyways, they have a show that 96 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,480 they have been running for several years called the 97 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,000 Wisconsin Warrior. It's a USBF Federated show. 98 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,200 It's natural. That's in Eau Claire, WI and I, 99 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,400 since I lived in northern Minnesota for so many years, I 100 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,840 actually had the opportunity to volunteer backstage at their 101 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,280 show, expediting athletes, helping set up, tear down 102 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,000 registration, all the things kind of for the whole entire 103 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,480 weekend several years in a row. And I always said, wow, this is 104 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,360 a really super well run show. The venue is top notch. 105 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,720 It's a performing arts theatre much like ours is going to be. 106 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,440 So the audio was dialed in like the sound system is insane. 107 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,400 The lighting is top notch, the seating, the stage, all the 108 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,240 backstage amenities, everything is just exactly how you'd want 109 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,960 it to be as an athlete and being backstage helping. 110 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:39,800 I was like, OK, if I ever have the opportunity to put my feet 111 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,280 on this stage as a competitor, I want to be able to do it. 112 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,040 So it just so happened that your competition in September was 113 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,720 going to have me in prep for that. 114 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,960 What if we started my prep a little bit earlier and just kind 115 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,960 of weaseled this one into my calendar? 116 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:01,040 So this one is still what 12 weeks, 1112 weeks out from 117 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,200 yours. So we decided we would dial me 118 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,360 in to some extent, not like full blown dialed in because we 119 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,920 wanted to save that for in 11 weeks. 120 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,560 So that's where how I ended up there. 121 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,680 It's very well run orchestration. 122 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,640 The event is all the fine details are perfect. 123 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,520 It ran perfectly without a hitch. 124 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,480 I'm sure there were some little hiccups along the way that none 125 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,160 of us as competitors saw, but they were on time. 126 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,360 The tanning was perfect. They were even ahead of 127 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,320 schedule. Everything that could go right 128 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,120 went right like. Awesome it was. 129 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,480 It was awesome. So I competed as a Classic 130 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,200 Physique Masters 40 plus you're. The only one in that one. 131 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,600 I was the only one registered for that one. 132 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,000 But I thought, you know what? I'm 40 plus, why not do it? 133 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,440 I'm already going to be on stage for another class. 134 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,440 So I did the 40 plus. I was the only registrant, so I 135 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,200 obviously swept that one. And then I did the open class 136 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:04,480 and the open class had 17. I think it was 17 or 18, 137 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,280 whatever registered competitors, and they end up splitting that 138 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:12,840 one into an A and ABI went out with half the guys, eight of the 139 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:15,600 guys, and I took home 4th place in that one. 140 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,280 I could tell that, and it may have been because I hit the 141 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:25,000 stage a little bit later than I ever have in the past. 142 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,760 It was like 2:30-ish. It's pretty late. 143 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,320 Yeah, it's pretty late. So I had my refeed meal pretty 144 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:36,560 much right before bed the night before, which is 9930, got up in 145 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,720 the morning, did kind of the morning protocol, but I was not 146 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,200 consuming a lot of water. And I think that may have been 147 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,000 some that may be something that we need to talk about and tweak 148 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:51,200 because on stage it was hard for me to keep my legs going, just 149 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,760 keeping them flexed. And we've done a lot of posing 150 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,520 practice here. We've done timed holds. 151 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,600 We've done all the quarter turns and comparison rounds. 152 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,840 But when you're on stage against seven other dudes that are 153 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,320 pretty freaking dialed in with. The stage lights hit. 154 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,760 Stage. Lights and the judging panel was 155 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,520 9 judges. This is one of the biggest round 156 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,920 and they hold you out there and they juggle the athletes or the 157 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,440 competitors around, you know, like we want 2 of you guys to 158 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,000 spot places. We want to see you against you. 159 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,640 And you know, maybe the judge on the end of the table can't quite 160 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,280 get a good view, so they're going to move you down over 161 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,160 there. You know how it goes. 162 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,920 And another round of quarter turns, another round of quarter 163 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,200 turns, another round of quarter turns. 164 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,200 And my, my legs were starting to shake like I just could not keep 165 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,880 them contracted. And I bumped into a well, 166 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,480 several people at the after party get together and they're 167 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,560 like, man, you looked really good. 168 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,600 It looked like your legs. You were having a hard time 169 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,400 keeping your legs involved. Keeping your legs, you know, 170 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,480 were. They actually quivering. 171 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,680 They were. Quivering, yeah, like I could, I 172 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,360 could feel them and see them shaking and like, Dang, we, we 173 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,720 either needed to work on longer holds or maybe maybe we needed a 174 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,680 little bit more hydration, a little bit more electrolyte 175 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,960 intake. But other than that, I felt 176 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,840 super good. I didn't have any necessarily 177 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,200 any cramping. I was just having a hard time 178 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,840 keeping them contracted and that could have been just water, 179 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:14,840 electrolytes, that kind of thing. 180 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,560 So anyways, the the event itself is absolutely phenomenal. 181 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,320 It was incredibly fun. I opted for the upgraded photo 182 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,000 package. So the day before the 183 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,120 competition, Friday morning, I got to do a full blown photo 184 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,720 shoot and we picked several locations in town, right 185 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,640 downtown Eau Claire. We went to their host gym that 186 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,640 they own the, the promoters own a gym. 187 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,640 We got some awesome photography done there. 188 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:42,520 We went outside, we did a whole bunch kind of outside the venue 189 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,840 because the venue and the host gym are literally one block away 190 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,920 and then the host hotel is 1 block the other direction and 191 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,480 then the after party was one block across the street so you 192 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,320 could walk everywhere. You leave the car parked. 193 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,480 It's a super nice setup. We got a whole bunch of 194 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,400 photography. We did some like street shots in 195 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,240 the alley. Part of what I did for the photo 196 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,600 shoot and for my routine was I brought my mullet wig that you 197 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,640 guys have seen. I think you could totally pull 198 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,040 it off man. I think it's like super good 199 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,520 with the mustache. I know everyone's like, is that 200 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,120 real? Is that real? 201 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,360 No, like there was a ton of people walking around downtown 202 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,360 Eau Claire 'cause it's kind of like a little touristy. 203 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,200 It's a nice little downtown area and there's people like looking 204 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,920 and stopping. And I'm like, I'm like, no, it's 205 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,360 not real. And I'm like, oh, OK, 'cause I 206 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,360 could tell they were like, you know, trying to figure it out. 207 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,640 So I did a whole bunch of fun photos with that get up. 208 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,840 Even brought a keto brick. We got some pretty sweet keto 209 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,840 brick branded content. With you in the mullet, yes. 210 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,720 All right, Yeah, it's like American flag. 211 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:38,760 That'll be our new ad. Yep. 212 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,680 It's going to be Made in America kind of thing, kind of like 213 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,760 that's the theme. And then when I went on stage, 214 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,240 did the comparison rounds and as soon as we were done with that, 215 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:52,120 I went back and I threw some striped shorts on and the mullet 216 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,480 and some shades. And it came out and did my 217 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,040 posing routine in that outfit. And it was pretty funny. 218 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,440 It was, it was really cool. A lot of people backstage were 219 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:01,920 like, man, that's, that's hilarious. 220 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,640 Da da da da da, you know, like why doesn't anybody else like 221 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,000 dress up or add any fun flair or accessories or. 222 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,400 Components. So that was like the really the 223 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:15,200 gist of the whole weekend was I got to be on stage, kind of got 224 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,160 my feet wet. I haven't been on stage since 225 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,000 last prep. Did some posing, did some 226 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,560 competitiveness, but really just had a really good time with a 227 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:26,800 lot of people. And I think anybody who does 228 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,480 their first show, the nerves are crazy. 229 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,400 Like you're anxious. I could tell there was a whole 230 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,800 bunch of brand new competitors backstage. 231 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,960 They didn't know. They just they just you could 232 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,720 just tell they just weren't comfortable in this scenario. 233 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,920 They didn't know what to do with like pumping up. 234 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,800 They didn't know what to do with like where to put their button 235 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,920 or how to put their button on. They were just dripping sweat 236 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:53,120 like their tan was terrible. And I remember, I remember being 237 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,360 that guy backstage, like watching all the seasoned 238 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,440 competitors and they're just like sitting over in the corner. 239 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,040 You know, they got their earbuds in or they're laying on their 240 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,200 back and they have their feet elevated and they're like chill 241 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,080 as can be. Then you have the other ones 242 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,640 that are the newbies in there, you know, they keep looking in 243 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,000 the mirror, they keep trying their poses. 244 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,880 They're like trying to remember what they're going to do. 245 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:19,320 And so I was trying to kind of offer that fun, don't stress 246 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,480 about it kind of vibe to all those guys. 247 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,240 And I think it rubbed off a lot because they're just, they were 248 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,800 just, you know, like less stressed and were just less 249 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,880 anxious and worked up over it so. 250 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,040 That's cool, man. It's cool when like you've 251 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:39,000 reached the upper echelon to the point where you are the seasoned 252 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,280 competitor and you could just impart some words of wisdom to 253 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,240 people knew in the sport, 'cause my my first show too, man. 254 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,360 I remember being like super anxious, super nervous, like 255 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,200 almost talking myself off of competing the day before. 256 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:53,840 Yeah, you're almost to the point where you're just like, I don't 257 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,080 know if I can do this. Yeah, yeah. 258 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,920 It's like, and then like this last prep I did, I mean the, I 259 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,000 think chips got footage of me like falling asleep in the pump 260 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,960 up room just like totally chill. I was reading a Indian book, you 261 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,920 know, like a Native American history book 1 one go around. 262 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,440 It's like I'm just chill, cool as a cucumber. 263 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,760 And I guess what you want it to be because if you're super 264 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,720 stressed, like you're going to work up yourself, you're going 265 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,480 to like, you're going to have all this anxiety. 266 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,800 It's going to dump all that adrenaline and you're not going 267 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,000 to be able to hold that contraction. 268 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,160 You're going to start, you know, shaking your hands, going to 269 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,560 start rubbing. It's just not a good look. 270 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:27,080 And it like the judges can tell, you know. 271 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,080 Oh yeah, they can tell. And I remember even my like one 272 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,000 of my first shows, I had a routine that I was going to do. 273 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 I think it was like a tea Walker, Elle Walker, Jay Walker, 274 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,240 whatever. It was men's physique. 275 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,360 And I got out there in front of all the lighting and I heard 276 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,040 people like hollering and, you know, the judging table was 277 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,080 there and everything. And I just completely forgot 278 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,960 everything that I had practiced. And this past weekend, it was 279 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,920 just like once I once the music started, it was just like 280 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,000 turning the switch on. And it was, it was, it was fun. 281 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,920 You feel pretty good about like apart from your your legs 282 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:03,040 shaking a little bit, like your execution of the poses and your 283 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,960 routine. I do pretty good about it. 284 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,560 And that's probably the heaviest I've ever been on stage. 285 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:12,640 I was like 19191 on stage. My in body had me at like 6 286 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,160 between 6:00 and 7:00. I know the in body is not 100% 287 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,120 accurate, but that's the lowest I've been all prep. 288 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,680 I know I've got some size in my legs since last prep so I know 289 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:26,560 that there's some mass and weight there beneath the trunk 290 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,640 and I felt really good. I don't think there was anything 291 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,960 that I felt needed to be changed except just being able to keep 292 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,240 the legs rocking. And then you're after a party 293 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,880 meal, unlike everybody else where they're slamming pizzas, 294 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,080 you're eating chicken wings and. I did have some pizza toppings. 295 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,840 Pizza. Toppings, scripted topping 296 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,960 stuff, Smash. Burger had an awesome smash 297 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:52,320 burger with some Brussels and that's all we needed. 298 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,320 Gary, my best buddy, he had it's some ice cream. 299 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,120 I don't know if that was yesterday or the that same day 300 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:03,040 or the day after, but and then we're both back on track like we 301 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,320 both the next morning we went for a couple hour walk. 302 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,520 No, he's I'm trying to get him. He he would rock the show really 303 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,720 well if he ever decided he was going to compete. 304 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,640 So I keep planting the seed and I got to bring him backstage, 305 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,280 showed him all the insurance and outs of the the tanning, the 306 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:27,080 backstage competitor area, the pump up area, like the tanning 307 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,520 touch ups. One of the cool things about 308 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,960 this show also is they've got all the athletes backstage in 309 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,600 one big open conference room and they have the competition live 310 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,080 streamed up onto the screen. So you can watch the entire 311 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,320 thing from backstage. There's a whole bunch of 312 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,160 athletes laying down. We even saw some bikini 313 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,880 competitors that brought their own air mattress. 314 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,840 Nice. He's not like that's like top. 315 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,280 Tier so there's like people just like hanging out watching up on 316 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,880 the big projection screen and then they they know where 317 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,200 they're at in the running format. 318 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,000 But yeah, I got to bring him backstage. 319 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,040 He saw all that. He's like, wow, this is super 320 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,000 cool cuz he's been to shows before, but he's never been able 321 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,920 to see behind the curtain. And we got to go back behind the 322 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,520 actual stage, walked out onto the stage so you can see, like, 323 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,720 all the stage lighting. And it's really neat. 324 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,680 Like once you do your first show, all those things are no 325 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,760 longer anxiety producer. Yeah. 326 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,360 Because you're just like, OK, this is how it works. 327 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,440 This is where you go. This is why I always recommend 328 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,480 people that are competing for the first time and do more than 329 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,080 one show in the same season. Like, have them close together 330 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,280 ideally, so you're not like, you know, prolonging your prep any 331 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,200 more than necessary. But if you can like, have one 332 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,400 show to get all those nerves out, Yep, you're gonna look way 333 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:42,960 better the second show. Absolutely. 334 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,440 You're gonna be so much less nervous. 335 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,120 Yeah. And if you can do that during 336 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,040 your same prep instead of waiting until the next prep, 337 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:55,160 it's Yeah, the first one is. Everyone has to overcome the 338 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,560 first one. Yeah, like there's no way. 339 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,640 Around it, if you do it in the same prep, then you can end that 340 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,600 prep on a positive note now that your first show wouldn't be 341 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,360 positive because a lot of people as soon as the show's over, they 342 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:06,600 feel like, oh, I'm ready to do this again. 343 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,280 But like, if you do 2 shows, you're pretty much ensuring that 344 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,120 OK, you're going to leave it on the positive note for that 345 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,520 season and then the next time you go into a season you're 346 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,720 you're more motivated to do it the right way and just have the 347 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:20,160 conference to do so the right way. 348 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,520 Yeah, yeah, you're making me get the itch you get, man. 349 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,520 It's fun. It is it, It makes all like the 350 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,840 the feelings of I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm cold, I'm irritable. 351 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,920 Once you get there, then you're just like, oh this is awesome. 352 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,360 It's great. Like you don't really, I mean, 353 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,160 you think about food at all times, but like when you're 354 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,000 competing, like you're not really thinking about food, like 355 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,280 you're in the zone and that's all the work that you put in. 356 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,520 That's that moment because. You're not going to do anything 357 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,760 that's gonna change the outcome that day or even the several 358 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,480 days beforehand. And like, that's your freaking 359 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,320 battlefront. Like that is your war zone, you 360 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:56,640 know? So that's. 361 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,600 What you've been prepping for? Yeah, like this is what it all 362 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:04,200 goes to, and that is and should be premier focus number #1 you 363 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,240 know, so that's cool. And you did a folk trip after. 364 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:11,160 Yeah, did you see that reel I posted of of in the little 365 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,960 tanning tent? Yeah, yeah, shaking it up with 366 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,680 the sock. So there's a bunch of guys, 367 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,560 there's a bunch of like volunteers, staff members, 368 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,680 competitors, all backstage that because I did that the first day 369 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,760 that they came up to me that I don't know them. 370 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,319 And they're like, hey man, I saw you saw you're shaking your ass 371 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:29,680 in the little tanning tent. And they just thought it was the 372 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,560 funniest thing because it was actually showing up on like 373 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,400 their social media feeds. We weren't even friends or 374 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,400 followers of each other. They're like, Oh yeah, I saw 375 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,000 that. I saw that. 376 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 That's hilarious. So that was. 377 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,680 Pretty for anybody to listen that does not know what we're 378 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,960 talking about. When you are getting your tan 379 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,320 done as a guy you you pretty much naked. 380 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,120 Depending on what class you do, yeah, if you're doing, if you're 381 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:52,440 doing Classic Physique or bodybuilding, you're pretty much 382 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,080 naked. Pretty much, yeah. 383 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,920 They won't. They don't like to tan you full 384 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,480 blown naked. You have to wear one of their 385 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,480 little disposable thong coverings or a sock or a sock. 386 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,800 And I had a sock on, just for the record. 387 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,640 Ankle sock no show. Sock, toddler sock. 388 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,880 But just for the record, I mean, like, I'm like I told Gary, I'm 389 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,640 like, you can come in here. He said he was going to wait out 390 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:13,600 in the hall. I'm like, no, come on in. 391 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,360 You can see how the tanning stuff works and everything. 392 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,240 And I put the, you know, sock covering on and they were 393 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,440 tanning me and everything and I was just dancing around and he 394 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,600 took a video of it. So I posted the video, but I put 395 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,920 a little censored box over it so you couldn't really see what was 396 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,080 going on back behind the little censored area. 397 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,600 I did not. I was not naked, just FYI. 398 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,400 So. He had a son out there. 399 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,840 Yeah, float trip. So one of the cool things that 400 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:43,360 they do is they invite any of the competitors with a + 1 if 401 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,960 they want to go float down the Chippewa River the next day. 402 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,920 Is it like right out there easily accessible too from the 403 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,320 venue and everything? Not from the venue, no. 404 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,960 We had to drive like 20 minutes from the hotel and you just pop 405 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,320 into this place called Loopy's. It's right there on the river 406 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:00,360 and we think we had probably 15 or 16 of us or so. 407 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:05,320 And they cover the cost of all the tube rentals and cooler tube 408 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,840 rentals. So we had a, we had a cooler. 409 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,520 We threw like some Zevias in there, some teas, energy drinks. 410 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,640 I had some carnivore snacks, just like some snacky type stuff 411 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,000 just to work through on the way down the river. 412 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,040 And then they throw you all in a bus with a trailer on it. 413 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,160 They throw the tubes in the trailer and they cart you up the 414 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,120 river. It really only takes you like 10 415 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,520 minutes by vehicle and they drop you at a landing and then it 416 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,280 takes you several hours to float back down to this place called 417 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:36,000 Loopies. Well, 5 minutes into it, we all, 418 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,840 we all tether together. So there's 14 or 16 or whatever 419 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,280 tubes all roped together in a big circle. 420 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,000 So you're all got your feet in the middle, All the cooler tubes 421 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,400 are in the middle. And then you can have 422 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,400 conversations with everybody because you're all floating down 423 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,200 together, tied together. 5 minutes into it. 424 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,800 We you have to go under a bridge, which is I think the 425 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,960 road we probably drove in on. And there's a big pylon that's 426 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,280 holding the bridge up. But right where it comes out of 427 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,880 the water, there's like a concrete pad or something there 428 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,840 that had a piece of rebar stuck sticking out of it that had been 429 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,960 bent over. Well, typically the current I 430 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:17,240 suppose takes your whole group of tubes and sends you around 431 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,840 the pylon in One Direction for some reason. 432 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,760 Our group wanted to go straight to the pylon, so half of our 433 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,880 tubes were going around to the right and half of our tubes were 434 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,840 going around to the left. So we're trying to kick and 435 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,280 paddle and everybody's like pulling. 436 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,600 And in the meantime, my friend Gary, of course, his tube goes 437 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,160 right over the top of this bent over piece of rebar. 438 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,280 And I could see it. Nobody else saw it happen 439 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,040 because he was tied right next to me. 440 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,480 I could see this happen. And everyone's like, Oh yeah, 441 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:47,480 just keep paddling, keep paddling. 442 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,800 And we were, we were making good headway. 443 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,800 We were actually curving the entire group in the right 444 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:52,920 direction. So we were good. 445 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,080 But I'm I was keeping an eye on his. 446 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,600 We just hear and there's like bubbles shooting out everywhere 447 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,480 And sure enough, his tube is flat as can be and he it's still 448 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,120 tied on, but now it's just like an anchor because it's like 449 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,880 filling with water. Luckily they sent us with two 450 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:13,000 extra tubes, so he had to throw his tube up in into the other 451 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,200 spare tube and then grab the other spare tube and hook it on. 452 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,720 And it was it was funny. It was kind of like the laughing 453 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,480 stock of the whole thing because 5 minutes in, Gary pops, yeah, 454 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 it's like we're in a river. How do you pop YouTube? 455 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,800 So never a dull moment, man. Yeah, it was fun. 456 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,960 How long was the folk trip? Yeah, it was probably 3 hours 457 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:28,800 through. Nice. 458 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,000 Three hours or so. Yeah, 3/4. 459 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,200 See, that's, that's pretty cool. Like I want to figure out 460 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,760 something like that that we can do with our show. 461 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,760 We can get any of the competitors that are willing to 462 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:40,080 like do something unrelated to the competition to just like 463 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,480 have a camaraderie. It was awesome. 464 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,320 Positive vibe scene, you know? Yeah, and we all like nobody 465 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,600 really knew each other outside just that group of of floating, 466 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:50,400 besides the promoters, of course. 467 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,560 But we got to meet a whole bunch of other competitors. 468 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,000 We kind of talked about what their goals are like if they're 469 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,240 going to do any more shows, if they have anything on the docket 470 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:02,200 for next season, just different struggles that they've maybe 471 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,440 encountered or how things went for their prep. 472 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,160 And people of all ages and all the classes is really neat 473 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,680 because you got to like bond and converse with other competitors. 474 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,280 So are you glad you started your prep so early in order to fit 475 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,920 this show in? Like, in hindsight, having done 476 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,480 it now, it's like, is it worth all that extra dieting? 477 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:20,400 Yeah. Good. 478 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,080 Yeah, cuz I felt pretty good on stage. 479 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,680 Yeah, you look good on stage. You look, I'm excited to see you 480 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,520 peaked a little bit later into the year, but but you look 481 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,600 totally, I mean you belonged on stage for sure. 482 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,440 So. Good, that makes sense. 483 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,400 It's fun being on stage. You posted some of your initial 484 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,720 prep photos and your peak week photos the other day on social 485 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:43,960 and you've come a long way already man Like 30 lbs down or 486 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:49,160 something crazy. 30 plus pounds and 10 plus percent body fat. 487 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,080 Yeah, pretty well. All right. 488 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,200 What do you think you're going to do? 489 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,640 We'll have to do a whole after the season's over in its 490 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,920 entirety. But like, having dieted that 491 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,640 much and lost that much already, was still another 10 lbs to go. 492 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,400 What do you think you're going to do offseason this go round? 493 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,680 Do you think you'll get as heavy? 494 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,640 No, you're not going to do that. I don't want to no, because at 495 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,040 the at the very tail end of this most recent offseason, I was 496 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:17,880 pushing my own nutrition just to just to test the envelope, to 497 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,720 test the waters and push the envelope a little bit. 498 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,400 So I had days where I was forty 505,000 calories just because 499 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,600 just because it was fun to lift super heavy. 500 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,640 It was fun to just eat and I definitely didn't need to gain 501 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,400 that much weight. Like two 230 lbs was way too 502 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,960 much for my stature and my frame. 503 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:39,320 I was fluffy, fluffier than I was comfortable, but I knew that 504 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,520 we were going to start prep in January. 505 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,160 So I kind of like it did it on purpose. 506 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,600 It was it was a purposeful thing. 507 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,040 Just kind of learn my body and see what see what the outcome 508 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,560 was going to be, you know, something that's trackable. 509 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,560 Now I know next offseason I don't need to go that heavy, 510 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,120 don't need to go that high. I don't want to kind of keep the 511 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,080 lean gains leaner. Yeah, you know. 512 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:03,800 It's easy to justify or I need to eat like a freaking animal to 513 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,040 gain more muscle, but like. Then you got to just peel it all 514 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:07,560 off. Yeah. 515 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,520 And it's not like you gain that much more muscle. 516 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,280 Like whether you're eating 3500 calories or 5500 calories, like 517 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,960 that's a pretty big spread in calories. 518 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,040 It's not going to contribute to a significant increase in 519 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,120 strength or lean tissue, right So. 520 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,760 So if I can hover somewhere around like the 200 to 210 mark, 521 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:23,920 I think it'd be comfortable there. 522 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,920 Yeah, I'm kind of the same mindset, man. 523 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,480 Like I'm like 180 right now and I feel like this is a very 524 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,120 healthy offseason weight for me. I think the anybody yesterday 525 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:35,640 made like 14-5, which I think is pretty healthy body fat for the 526 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,440 offseason. But I mean, like, yeah, when I 527 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,800 was 200, that's probably like you're 230. 528 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,080 Like it's just not necessary. Just fluffy. 529 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,440 Yeah, but you like, I mean, you and I both can eat a lot of 530 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,560 food. And I was telling Chip this 531 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,000 earlier, that's like, I'm in the full blown off season right now 532 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,040 and I can legitimately eat more food. 533 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,200 But you hear about all these body butters, like you watch 534 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,520 YouTube videos of like the the body butters of the early 2000s, 535 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,400 they're just like annoyed with how much they're having to eat, 536 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,080 but they're also on a bunch of gears. 537 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,920 So it's like not even the same sport, you know? 538 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:10,120 So no need to take it to that extreme, but exciting stuff, man 539 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:11,800 I'm excited. Yeah, I'm excited for your show. 540 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,120 That's going to be here in no time. 541 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:17,240 That's about 11 weeks. Yeah, 11 weeks, 10 weeks, 11 542 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,240 weeks, 1010, 1/2 weeks, I guess roughly. 543 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,360 So that'll be good. And I'm going to be taking some 544 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,080 notes from this show as to what I want to include in my show. 545 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,760 We can get some more competitors, man. 546 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,920 We got that challenge that's still totally open and in 547 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,440 effect, anybody that signs up for that part of the tribe, 548 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:35,080 there's 5000 cash for the male and female winners of that, and 549 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,880 it corresponds with the show. So we just need more 550 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,240 competitors, you know, the more the better. 551 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,760 Yep, Yep. But we'll be, we got some 552 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,160 awesome sponsors. We've got some awesome things in 553 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,000 the works for that. We've got a lot of the details 554 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,240 coming together. We're just going to do a little 555 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,920 push now to get some athletes signed up. 556 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,120 But like you said, a lot of people wait. 557 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,200 Yeah. It's not not very good. 558 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,560 It's not conducive to us being able to figure out what kind of 559 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,120 attendance we're going to have, but it's understandable from a 560 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,800 competitor's point of view to some extent. 561 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,680 Like you're just going to wait and see how their prep is going 562 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,760 before they pull the trigger, pull the trigger. 563 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,160 But I think if you pull the trigger, that'll zone you in 564 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,200 more instead of being half assed on the fence. 565 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,160 You're like, all right, this is the date. 566 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,680 This is we need to be ready. So exactly. 567 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,360 So register, Register. What else? 568 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:27,400 We got new and exciting. We just launched Primal Fudge. 569 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,120 Primal Fudge came back. Biggest restock ever. 570 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:32,520 Yeah, we still got a bunch of inventory. 571 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,680 That's good. We that was the goal we made 572 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,520 tons, tons, tons. Extra tons of these. 573 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,960 Because we were sick of selling out so quickly. 574 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,080 I mean, we liked, obviously we like to sell out and sell the 575 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,560 product, but we were bumming out a lot of people that couldn't 576 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,880 get their hands on any. So if you've been dragging your 577 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,840 feet and getting some primal fudge, you still can. 578 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,080 Yep, Yep. We got all those packages sent 579 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,840 out yesterday, Monday, so that feels good to have knocked out. 580 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,520 We got more in inventory, people that want them. 581 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,520 We'll be making PB cup today actually, so we're gonna have 582 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:03,880 more chocolate. PB Cup So by the time this goes 583 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,800 live, PB Cup will be back. Yep, Yep. 584 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,440 So yeah, man, we just got a a lot of things in the pipeline 585 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,080 right now, a lot of things on the horizon. 586 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,560 Crystal's dad's coming into town today, so he's going to help out 587 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,680 around the house with Hazen and Rigel and Crystal and I are 588 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,560 going to record a podcast on Friday. 589 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,720 Lots of stuff on the On the Horizon ship and I'm going to do 590 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,720 a whole bunch of new media work on the course. 591 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,600 He and I are going to double down and do all of our appendix 592 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,400 videos for all the posing. So anybody that's going to be 593 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,000 competing, whether my show or some other show, if you want 594 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,280 more information on posing specifically, we're going to 595 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,680 have a much more involved course, you know, itinerary or 596 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,960 structured there for all the different divisions. 597 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,720 That'll be good. That'll be a good resource 598 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,960 because posing posing's no joke. People that wait till the last 599 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,440 minute to pose, they're doing themselves a massive disservice 600 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:58,320 because like you and I and Ellen and Ralph who are competing and 601 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,640 here on site, like every single week, we've been doing posing on 602 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:06,000 the holds, transitions, hitting all the mandatories, working on 603 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,000 your routine when you were doing that. 604 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,400 And it's like you got to give it the time it's due. 605 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,560 Yeah, and and I think the announcer even at this past 606 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:17,320 competition put it in a good, good context is you might not 607 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,440 have the best physique, but you might look like you have the 608 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,320 best physique. If you have your posing dialed 609 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,960 in, you might slaughter the entire other line up against 610 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,920 people who have a better physique but can't pose. 611 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,840 Yeah, I mean, you could have like a ton of size. 612 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,640 And if you got someone that's been doing it for 10 years more 613 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,520 than you, you're probably not going to have as much size as 614 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,720 them. But like, if you can come in 615 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,760 more condition and if you can showcase what you have better 616 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,920 than they do, the judges are going to reward that, you know? 617 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,560 So there's a lot of thing that makes the subjective sport. 618 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,240 There's a lot of things that you have direct control over that 619 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,240 you don't want to squander, you know? 620 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:58,080 And one last little thought on the competition, somebody forgot 621 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,120 what they said. Somebody messaged me prior to 622 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,600 the competition and she said you already won. 623 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,040 Like meaning look how far you've come, look at your progress, 624 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,160 look at your transformation, the weight you've lost, all the hard 625 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,440 things you've done along the way. 626 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,160 You already won. So before you even go on stage, 627 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,920 whether your posing is dialed in, you have the best physique, 628 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,880 the worst physique, whatever, you probably have already won, 629 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,560 you know, like that's, that's kind of how I went into this 630 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,680 weekend is like I already won. Like this is like, look at I 631 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,400 don't care what happens on stage. 632 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,800 Look at my before and my after. Like that's incredible. 633 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,440 If I would have done that without a competition involved, 634 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,960 that's impressive. So it still is impressive. 100%, 635 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,360 yeah. I mean, at the end of the day, 636 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,680 like you can't dictate what the judges are going to come up with 637 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,720 on the scorecard. But if you can know with 100% 638 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,880 certainty that you've put in all the work that you possibly can 639 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,600 and you've left no stone unturned and you've got no 640 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,640 regrets, then stand up there with confidence and be proud of 641 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,720 yourself 'cause I mean, that is, that is the key thing. 642 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,280 It's a battle against yourself. And it's like some of the first 643 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,320 time competitors, they may not look like, I shouldn't say this, 644 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,120 They they may not look like they belong on stage. 645 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,080 They may not feel like they belong on stage when they 646 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,840 compare themselves to everybody else they're standing up there 647 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,800 alongside. But if you take a snapshot of 648 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,720 them that day and a snapshot of them six months ago, they may 649 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:23,000 have had way more crazy transformation than anybody else 650 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,520 up there. So like that's kind of what you 651 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,600 have to understand if you're going to be doing some 652 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:28,840 competitions like 100. Percent. 653 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,720 Yep, 100%. Well, Greg's going to make a 654 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,440 shorter episode today, man. I'm about to jump on a client 655 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,720 call, but we're going to have some exciting things on the 656 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,120 horizon for people, so stay tuned, y'all. 657 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,680 Greg, proud of you, brother. Thank you. 658 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,400 I'm excited for the next show and you and I'm gonna put in 659 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,600 some work on the competition next week. 660 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,920 So we're not going. Details coming together, we're 661 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,120 gonna get the trophies all lined up and ready to rock, so that'll 662 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,760 be good. But until then, y'all take care 663 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:56,200 Tata.