1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,720 Well, hello ladies and gents, Robert Sykes, Keto, savage.com. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,000 And in today's episode I'm going to be going over the overview of 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,600 the world's competition, which is the competition I just 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,400 finished and it is the last of the five competitions I've 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,040 competed in this season. I'm going to do a little 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,680 overview of the competition itself, talk about the peak 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,120 week, talk about the nutrition, talk about the the show itself, 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,120 talk about the judges, the posing, all that good stuff. 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,120 Just kind of give you an overview of what this show was 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,320 like and also talk about the celebratory meal post show and 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,160 what that's like from a psychological standpoint and a 12 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,880 physiological standpoint and kind of how I do things 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,800 differently with this ketogenic approach. 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,840 But before we dive into that, let's roll the intro. 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,320 OK, so we are live. This is an overview of Worlds, 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:02,680 so Worlds is the largest competition in the Debut NBF 17 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,400 Federation. This is pretty much the Super 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,960 Bowl of natural bodybuilding. The Debut NBF is the most 19 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:11,320 prestigious of the natural bodybuilding federations, and 20 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:14,040 this is the behemoth of that federation. 21 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,920 There were literally 54 countries represented at this 22 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,880 competition specifically, so pretty big deal. 23 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,360 Before we dive into the competition itself, do I want to 24 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:25,840 talk a little bit about peak week? 25 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:32,760 So when it comes to this week's peak week, we basically, let's 26 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,360 talk about travel first. So we drove to Dallas from 27 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Arkansas. We had a direct flight from 28 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,640 Dallas to Seattle, and we had all of our camera gear with us. 29 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,880 It was just a little bit of chaos there. 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,520 But we got to Seattle on Tuesday and then we get checked into our 31 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,440 Airbnb, get all situated, settled in, and get ready to 32 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,000 rumble for the week. I had my media guide Chip and 33 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,480 good friend Greg. They flew in on Thursday, so we 34 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,080 started creating content with them at that point. 35 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,600 When it comes to this peak week specifically, I did opt to 36 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:15,640 increase my intake with the extra pound of ground lamb and 37 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:18,960 30 grams of ghee. There was not any duck fat at 38 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,800 the Whole Foods that we went to. So I was using ghee for a fat 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,560 source and I had that extra pound of lamb and 30 grams of 40 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:33,000 ghee each day this week apart from the refeed day in addition 41 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,200 to the normal macros that I've been consuming, you know, 42 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,640 throughout this prep as it pertains to, you know, this 43 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:42,000 point in the prep. So the whole point there was 44 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,640 that I started incorporating that extra pound of lamb on 45 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,720 Monday instead of later in the week because I wanted to ensure 46 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,920 that I would fill out properly and peek for this show. 47 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:54,800 Because there were going to be some bigger guys on stage and I 48 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,720 wanted to make sure that I was fully filled out and looking 49 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,240 like I should and peeking properly. 50 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,960 So that was the the manipulation from a nutritional standpoint 51 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:08,400 there. On Friday, I had the traditional 52 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,560 ketogenic caloric refeed pizza made with almond flour topped 53 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,200 with lamb every single day had a Bell's Brown Aikido brick so had 54 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,520 that dialed in as well. So the nutrition was pretty good 55 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,560 from an electrolyte standpoint. I was holding my sodium constant 56 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,160 at about 11,500 milligrams of sodium throughout the entire 57 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,480 week. So that's what we've got going 58 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,320 on from a electrolyte standpoint, potassium probably 59 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,640 about half that and I can, I stayed consistent about two 60 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,680 hundred 225 ounces of water throughout the peak week with 61 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,240 the training. I basically maintain training 62 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,400 throughout the entire week except for the day before the 63 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,600 show. This show, since it is a pro 64 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,880 show, took place on Sunday instead of Saturday. 65 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,360 So my training was dialed in and I was training pretty much the 66 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,520 traditional, you know, full body split that I've been doing. 67 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,920 This whole prep going pretty heavy honestly, up until about 68 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,840 Friday, started to reduce the intensity a little bit on 69 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,440 Friday. And then on Saturday all I did 70 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:13,440 was 20 minutes at level 12 on the Stairmaster and kind of like 71 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,720 a light pumping circuit with full body just to push all of 72 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,320 the nutrients from that refeed meal on Friday into the tissue 73 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,440 and make sure that I was filled out properly. 74 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,960 I was posing every single day, practicing my posing, getting 75 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,600 that dialed in. This week, I was holding each 76 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:36,240 pose for 60 seconds so everything was just totally 77 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,440 crisp. Like my posing is on point. 78 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,840 I've been really putting in the work with the posing throughout 79 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,840 this entire prep, so and that's pretty much what I had going on 80 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:47,840 from a posing standpoint every single day this week, 62nd 81 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:52,160 holds, I've been increasing that incrementally every week from, I 82 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,760 don't know, I probably started like 15 second holds and I'm up 83 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,440 to about 62nd holds. So that's what we had going on 84 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,040 from a peak week travel, nutrition training and cardio 85 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:05,400 and posing standpoint. Again, this was a massive show 86 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,200 so I didn't really know what to expect. 87 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,040 This was my first time ever even attending Worlds, much less 88 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:15,120 competing in it had gone pro at the Washington show earlier in 89 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,560 October. I had my pro debut at the Boston 90 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:23,040 MA show two weeks prior, and then I went to Worlds for this 91 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,640 weekend show. I had no idea what the 92 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,040 competitor class was going to look like, and let me tell you, 93 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:33,160 it was incredibly stacked. There were 16 competitors in my 94 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,360 lightweight class alone, to give you an idea that, which is by 95 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,800 far the biggest class I've ever competed in. 96 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,120 And oftentimes when you compete in the class, you know, you get 97 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,920 your lightweight, middle weight, heavyweight classes. 98 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,320 There's going to be a couple competitors that just aren't 99 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,680 conditioned, aren't, you know, lean like they should be. 100 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,880 They haven't got their posing figured out. 101 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,680 They just aren't really ready for the show. 102 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,920 That was not the case here. Everybody was professional. 103 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,240 I was competing against professionals, everybody was 104 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,640 1000% dialed in. So it was a totally different 105 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,120 caliber competitor, but I look like I belonged up there. 106 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,040 I was dialed in as well, so I have no regrets from that 107 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,280 standpoint. I woke up on the morning of the 108 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:24,040 show at a weight of 152.3 lbs, which interestingly enough is 109 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:29,760 the lightest I've ever competed. At my very first show in 2012, I 110 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,040 weighed 153 lbs. So if you stop and think about 111 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:40,000 it, I was less weight than I was 12 years or in 2012 on the 112 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,280 bodybuilding show Dame. But I'm much bigger and more 113 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:46,680 developed, so I've got a lot more lean tissue now. 114 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,880 But I was just so much leaner at this competition than I was at 115 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,280 my first show that I came in at that lighter weight of 152.3, 116 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,640 which again is just crazy. My first show of this season, I 117 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,880 think I competed at 1:59, so I've continued to drop quite a 118 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,000 bit of weight and lean out even further for you know these these 119 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,240 next shows. But yeah, it's just kind of 120 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,920 crazy that I got down that low in the 1st place. 121 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,520 I didn't anticipate getting that low at the onset of the prep, 122 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,160 but I'm pretty wild when you're that lean, how low your body fat 123 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,960 go or how low your body weight goes as a natural competitor. 124 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,440 So I woke up that more like I said at 152.3, did a quick 125 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,080 little physique, check everything was 100% peaking 126 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,800 properly. I had vascularity like crazy. 127 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,240 I was seeing veins in places I've never seen before. 128 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,800 So I feel really good about how I had gone into the peak week to 129 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,360 really get everything optimized from an electrolyte standpoint, 130 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,440 from a nutrition standpoint, from a training standpoint, I 131 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,680 wasn't holding any excess fluid. Everything was perfectly in 132 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,600 place, as it should be, and all the factors that I had control 133 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,320 over were accounted for. The morning of the show, what 134 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,600 I've been doing is just simply having a fatty coffee. 135 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,200 So I had that. That morning I had two cups of 136 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,640 coffee. In the total canister of coffee 137 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,560 There was 6 tablespoons of heavy cream, 4 tablespoons of a nut 138 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,280 pods Creamer and one tablespoon of butter. 139 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,480 So that's what I had from a nutrition standpoint in my 140 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,640 coffee. I had one keto brick at about 141 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,200 8:30 in the morning and then I when I got my touch up I got a 142 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,920 second coat of tan, basically the tan. 143 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,560 The color look great. I got my first coat the day 144 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,760 prior. They put a coat on there and 145 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,679 then I got my second coat the day of the show, the morning of 146 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,440 and the color looked perfect. The last show, the Boston show, 147 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,960 they got me a little too dark and that washed out my 148 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,480 definition. So I was a little worried about 149 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,800 that happening, but that was not the case with this one. 150 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:52,360 The color was on point when it comes to the backstage area at 151 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,520 Worlds. Everything was super crap. 152 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:59,120 There were so many competitors there and it was a very crowded 153 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,040 room. They were doing the tanning and 154 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,480 they had the competitor backstage area in the same spot. 155 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,560 So they had, you know, a wall set up for tanning. 156 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,120 And then all the competitors were just kind of milling about 157 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,560 in that same room. So everybody had their blankets 158 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,360 down. Everybody was snacking on the 159 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,640 rice cakes and peanut butter and Jelly. 160 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,160 There was literally one guy that was, you know, sipping out of a 161 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:24,120 container of syrup like Aunt Jemima syrup. 162 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,200 He was just down in that drinking it, basically. 163 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:31,440 It's crazy what people do during peak week and show day to fill 164 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,520 out, to manipulate electrolytes, to cut water, carb load, things 165 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,000 of that nature. So definitely very different 166 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,760 from what I'm doing from a ketogenic prep standpoint. 167 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:44,920 But again, that's what they were doing. 168 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,040 I had my one keto brick right there at about 8:30 when I was 169 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,320 getting my first or second coat rather of tan. 170 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:58,080 After that I had a second keto brick about two hours later or 171 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,040 so and we started pumping up. So that's when they took us into 172 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,440 a separate room for pumping up, which is basically just to force 173 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,040 some more blood into tissue people will use like resistance 174 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,120 bands, push ups, some light dumbbells, things of that 175 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,560 nature. And that room was also 176 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:16,720 incredibly crowded. It was like standing room only 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,080 you couldn't even do push ups. So I kind of went out in the 178 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,120 hallway, did some work there. I brought a little space heater 179 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,240 with me to keep warm. It's usually pretty cold 180 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,920 backstage, so I brought a little space heater to keep warm and 181 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,640 keep the the Vascularity flowing. 182 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,720 So that's what I I was doing. I had some bands with me, it 183 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,640 pumped up and then we all went out on stage. 184 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:42,040 There was again 16 competitors in my class and everybody 185 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,120 brought their a game. And what was interesting is 186 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,360 because there were so many competitors, the judges decided 187 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:54,520 to randomly break up the lineup. So they had the the competitor 188 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,280 group more or less cut in half and then they had the first half 189 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,320 going through other poses while the second-half stayed not 190 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,920 backstage but behind that first group. 191 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:11,120 And we just held our our relaxed pose that entire time. 192 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:14,680 Which I honestly think was pretty unfortunate because I was 193 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,440 randomly in that second group. Which means that for the longest 194 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,560 I was just sitting back there in this front relaxed pose, not 195 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:26,880 going through the actual poses, but just holding that relaxed 196 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,720 pose, which, if you've ever done a bodybuilding show, is not a 197 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,880 truly relaxed pose. You are still flexing 198 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,520 everything. So I was doing that the entire 199 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,040 time until they called me up, obviously. 200 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,840 But they were, since there's so many competitors, then they 201 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,680 broke us up like them. It's like they almost gave more 202 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,800 attention and time to that first group. 203 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,920 And then when they did call me up, I went through all my poses. 204 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,200 Everything was looking great. My posing was dialed in. 205 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,040 That was composed. I wasn't fatigued, I was filled 206 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,480 out. So the vascularity was there. 207 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,120 Everything was good. But they had already spent so 208 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,760 much time on that first group that I don't feel like I really 209 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,600 got as much stage time in front of the judges as I would have 210 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,240 liked. But it just kind of is what it 211 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,240 is when it comes to, you know, a class that big. 212 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,560 So kind of unfortunate in that regard. 213 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:18,560 But again, what I I have no control over that. 214 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:22,200 So I did what I could and I brought my best package, which 215 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,840 is all anybody could do. Yeah, so that's what we had 216 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,160 going on there from how they broke up the the large class for 217 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,960 the judges. Now the way they do worlds is 218 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,560 you have the different weight classes in which I was a 219 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:38,880 lightweight and the lightweight class goes from 150 lbs up to 220 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,120 165 lbs. So I was definitely on the 221 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,960 lighter end of my weight class. Everybody in my weight class 222 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,240 that outsized me and then obviously everybody that was in 223 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,040 the middle weight and heavyweight class and certainly 224 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,480 outsize me. But when it comes to the 225 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:58,840 individual classes, they only award the top five competitors 226 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,280 and only the top five competitors get to showcase 227 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,400 their individual choreographed routine. 228 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,960 And I was not in the top five with this show, ladies and 229 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,080 gentlemen. I was not in the top five, which 230 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,200 is unfortunate, but it is what it is there too. 231 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,280 I mean, you never know what the judges are looking for. 232 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:20,480 This is a subjective sport, as I've said multiple times, and I 233 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,160 likely was counted off for not simply having enough size. 234 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:27,320 I mean, I'm never going to be the biggest guy on stage, so I 235 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,200 can just focus on being the leanest, which I feel like I 236 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,800 certainly accomplished. But you know, again, the judges, 237 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,360 depending on what they're looking for, that it is what it 238 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,000 is. So I did not have the, I do not 239 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,400 have the knowledge of knowing what my actual placing is 240 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,000 because they only award the placing for the top five. 241 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,400 So I did not get to do my routine. 242 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,440 I did not get to battle it out for the overall in this 243 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,240 competition. Everybody that was on stage 244 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,280 looked amazing and I was honored and proud to step on stage with 245 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:01,240 them, but just was not in my cards for me to take away a 246 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,120 trophy with this competition. So I don't actually know what my 247 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:10,520 placing is or was because they only again award the top five 248 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,440 their their placements. So I I think I would probably be 249 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,520 in the middle of that line up more or less. 250 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,920 That's kind of what I would gauge based off of the size that 251 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,240 people were bringing, the the condition that people bring. 252 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,760 I would probably be in the middle of that class of 16 from 253 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:30,080 a judging standpoint. There were I believe 8 or 12 254 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,800 competitors in the middle weight class and 10 competitors in the 255 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:39,360 heavyweight class and the winner of the heavyweight class was 256 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,160 actually the winner of the overall. 257 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,840 So they were definitely again looking for, you know, total 258 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,880 package obviously, but size for sure. 259 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,720 It was rewarded at this competition And interestingly 260 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,800 enough, the gentleman that won the heavyweight class and the 261 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,360 overall title, Brian is his name. 262 00:14:55,760 --> 00:15:00,080 He was the one that competed with me in Boston and won that 263 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,560 overall title as well. And he's got I think 40 lbs. 264 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,280 And I was talking to him backstage at Boston and he's 192 265 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,120 lbs at that show. I don't know what his weight was 266 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,840 at this world's competition, but he's got 40 lbs on me, so a much 267 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,120 bigger guy than me. He also looked great and I'm 268 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,200 super happy for him, super excited for him, super proud of 269 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:25,280 him man. So Congrats to Brian there I was 270 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,480 at the end of the day, just incredibly honored to step on 271 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,360 stage with all these guys. They, like I've said multiple 272 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,920 times, they all are professional athletes. 273 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,640 They all have their posing dialed in. 274 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,240 Their conditioning is on point. They have shot size, they have 275 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,560 shape, they have symmetry, they have proportion, they have, they 276 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,440 have everything, they have the full package. 277 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:48,280 So to be able to step on stage with such an elite class of 278 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,120 competitors from people literally all over the world was 279 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,960 an honor in and of itself. And I was blessed to be able to 280 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,800 grace the stage with these other competitors. 281 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:04,400 They had a judge's feedback time allocated after the competition 282 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,480 at about. It was like several hours after 283 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:08,960 the competition. Basically they they ran the 284 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,160 whole competition the the judges came back to the host hotel to 285 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,800 give feedback. However, they were running quite 286 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,000 a bit later than anticipated because the show ran longer than 287 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,920 anybody expected because there were so many competitors. 288 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:27,720 So we at there when they were supposed to arrive at 6:00 PM 289 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,600 and they had not yet come at 7:00 PM, so we had dinner 290 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,040 reservations made. And unfortunately I did not get 291 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,360 to get the feedback from the judges, which is very 292 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,520 unfortunate. But at the same time, I have 293 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,960 gotten feedback from all the judges at the prior shows. 294 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,480 I'm assuming they were going to say something similar because 295 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,320 many of them were the same judges. 296 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,840 So I don't feel like I missed out too much there. 297 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,120 And because I was not in the top five, they likely weren't going 298 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,160 to give me much specific feedback because they weren't 299 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,200 looking at me the majority of the time. 300 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,240 Once they'd kind of narrowed that down South, I I did talk to 301 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,599 somebody who did talk to the judges and what they told me was 302 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:07,640 them. They had more or less had me 303 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,599 pegged in the middle of the the line up. 304 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:13,680 So I was probably somewhere in the 8th or 9th place if I had to 305 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,800 guess. And then obviously the feedback 306 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,520 was just Simply put on more size. 307 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:23,359 So I need to put on more size from a judging standpoint to be 308 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,280 more competitive at this elite level. 309 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:30,800 So there is that, which I fully intune to do when it comes to 310 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,280 what I have control over. Obviously I'm going to build 311 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,800 more in this offseason coming up, but from a competition prep 312 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,560 standpoint for this specific competition season, I feel 313 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,560 incredibly good about everything that I did going into it. 314 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,400 I brought my best level of conditioning hands down, no 315 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,720 questions asked. I brought my best posing hands 316 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,920 down, no questions asked. The nutrition was on point. 317 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,400 I did not deviate once from a macronutrient targets, did not 318 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,880 deviate once for my training or my posing or my cardio. 319 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:06,320 I mean, I'd literally put in the work every single day without 320 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,360 fail for 33 weeks. I lost 30 lbs in the process, 321 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,120 went from 15% body fat down to three something. 322 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,600 So with all the factors that I personally had control over, you 323 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,120 know, again, I can't control who come competes. 324 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:24,920 I can't control who other who, what other competitors show up. 325 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,040 I can't control the judges. I mean they they've got their 326 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,960 own subjective desires and what they're wanting to see in a 327 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:32,600 competitor. I can't control those things, 328 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,920 but the things that I can and should control I controlled to 329 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,640 the best of my ability and I have no regrets. 330 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,040 Nothing to hold my head down to Bound and I feel very good about 331 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,640 the package that I brought to the stage. 332 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,280 At the end of the day with bodybuilding, the goal should 333 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,680 always be to just simply look better than you have at prior 334 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,680 competitions. Every time you step on stage 335 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,560 should be better than the the time prior. 336 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,320 And I feel like that has certainly been the case with 337 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,520 this season. Certainly when you look back at 338 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,200 prior competition seasons, I mean, I got leaner than I've 339 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,680 ever gotten before. My whole goal with this was to 340 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,360 be the leanest man alive and I feel like I'm pretty competitive 341 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,360 in that regard. Like my my body fat is lower 342 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:17,120 than it's ever been, lower than anybody I know is. 343 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:19,760 So I feel pretty good about the goal of being the leanest man 344 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,400 alive, and I'm going to get some updated DEXA data to Y'all soon 345 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,480 so we can get some tangible markers on that. 346 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,120 But when it comes to the competitions, I did everything 347 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:31,120 that I could. I feel very good about 348 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,240 everything that went into it. I feel like I've dialed in this 349 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,200 prep protocol. I feel like the peaking went 350 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:42,640 perfectly and I was really just happy with the outcome through 351 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,000 its entirety. Like I have never had this level 352 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:51,320 of just peace with the competition prep. 353 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,720 Like, I felt great throughout the whole thing. 354 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,360 I was able to maintain all my responsibilities as a business 355 00:19:57,360 --> 00:20:01,800 owner, as an entrepreneur, as a father, as a husband, as a 356 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,320 friend, as a employer. Like I I didn't let anything 357 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,600 slip as I went through these 33 weeks of prep. 358 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,360 And I feel like that in and of itself is a tremendous 359 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:13,240 accomplishment. So I feel good about that. 360 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:19,440 I never got really crazy, irritable or depressed or just 361 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,360 zombie status, which you see a lot of competitors do. 362 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,280 So this was a very sustainable prep for me in that regard and I 363 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,320 I appreciate that fact. My hormones have definitely 364 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,200 become down regulated as a result of the low body fat and 365 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,880 low intake. So I'm going to be working on 366 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,840 bringing that back up to a more healthy sustainable level post 367 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,560 show. But this is literally been the 368 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,400 most successful competition prep I've ever taken part in without 369 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,280 question. So again, at the end of the day, 370 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,520 there's nothing that I could have would have or should have 371 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,480 done differently from what I've done. 372 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,120 I feel like I've proved that this ketogenic prep protocol 373 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,680 certainly works from a bodybuilding standpoint, from a 374 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,360 conditioning standpoint, from a sustainability and health 375 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:05,120 standpoint. So I feel very, very good about 376 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:08,040 that as well. So yeah, I'm at peace with the 377 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,720 judges feedback. I mean, I need to put on more 378 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:14,840 size for sure, which I will. But you know, considering my 379 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,200 age, this is this bodybuilding, natural bodybuilding 380 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,120 specifically. It's like an old man's sport. 381 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:22,480 Like a lot of these top level athletes are older because 382 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,040 they've had more time to put on, more muscle over time, and you 383 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,800 can do that with natural bodybuilding. 384 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,640 So I'm going to do that. I'm going to put on more size 385 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,920 and I'm going to come back bigger and better than ever 386 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,600 before the next time I step on stage. 387 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,800 So I feel really good about the outcome of this in its entirety. 388 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,000 When it comes to the post show celebratory meal, let's talk 389 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 about that. So after we realized the judges 390 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,280 were not going to be getting there anytime soon, we went 391 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,360 ahead and headed to our Brazilian steakhouse. 392 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:56,480 Novios was the name of it. And I took my wife and son, I 393 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:01,880 took my meaty guy, Chip and I took Greg out to eat, and we had 394 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,320 an amazing meal of all you can eat meat from all different cuts 395 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,240 of meat. We had pork, we had beef, we had 396 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,560 lamb, we had chicken. And it was all incredibly 397 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,160 delicious there. You'll probably all eat in a 398 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,360 Brazilian steakhouse before, but basically the way it works is 399 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,280 there's a salad barn. You can pretty much pick 400 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,080 whatever you want from that, of which I did not really get 401 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,600 anything other than one deviled egg or two deviled eggs, a 402 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,360 couple pieces of cheese and a couple pieces of salami. 403 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,680 And then you sit at your table and they bring out these skewers 404 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,920 of meat and they just cut them off for you. 405 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,600 And they'll keep keep them coming until you tell them to 406 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,560 stop, basically. So I enjoyed all different kinds 407 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,440 of meat, and that was the entirety of my celebratory meal. 408 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,880 Most competitors after a show will go out and they will eat 409 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:53,800 just crazy amounts of food that are all coming from sources that 410 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,040 they have not had during the prep. 411 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,480 So lots of sweets, lots of sugars, lots of carbs, lots of 412 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,080 fats, lots of lots of everything. 413 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,440 And it's oftentimes not healthy foods. 414 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,000 It's it's pretty typical for people to just binge on desserts 415 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,960 post show. And I certainly don't want to 416 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,680 participate in that because for one, from a physiological 417 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,320 standpoint, your body just has not had those foods for so long 418 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,040 and then you just overload it with them and then it's going to 419 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,880 respond poorly. You're going to see a massive 420 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,160 spike in blood sugar and you're going to feel terrible. 421 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,200 You're going to have some incredible GI distress. 422 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,720 And it's just not good from a psychological standpoint. 423 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,200 People often times, well, they'll gain a lot of weight 424 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,040 afterwards because the fluid retention, they'll step on the 425 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,040 scale the next day and then it'll shock them at how much 426 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,320 more they weigh and then often times they'll start binging and 427 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,560 purging. It's just not good. 428 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,960 That's what happened to me my first competition and I did not 429 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,920 ever want to resort back to that again. 430 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,200 I don't think that would be the case with these competitors 431 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,080 because these are professional athletes. 432 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,440 So hopefully they have done this a time or two and know that 433 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,680 that's not optimal. But again, they probably all 434 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,840 went out to eat and had a bunch of food that they would not have 435 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,600 benefited from in an optimal, ideal situation. 436 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:12,680 I did not do that. I stuck with the foods that I 437 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,000 know that I I know my body responds well to, which is 438 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,480 quality meats. And I took a blood sugar and 439 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,320 blood ketone test before that meal, and after that meal 440 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,400 everything stayed totally stable. 441 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:29,320 So that was good. I did not track the macros 442 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,320 myself, but out of curiosity I had Greg bring a food scale and 443 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,760 he was just simply tracking the weight of the total food that 444 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,040 I'd consumed because I was curious to see what that would 445 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,520 be and I wanted to be objective as how I felt and not really 446 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,760 worry about that. So I had him track it and I just 447 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,960 simply ate and I ate 3 lbs of meat, ladies and gentlemen. 448 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,880 So I had two bricks that day going into the show to fill out 449 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,640 properly and peak. And then I had 3 lbs of meat 450 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:02,440 post show and no crazy deviations in blood sugar 451 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,000 ketone, which was pretty impressive and I honestly felt 452 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,520 totally fine. I felt pretty full. 453 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,560 By the end of 3 lbs of meat I felt full, but I felt like I 454 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,920 could recognize that sense of satiety. 455 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,920 A lot of people they their their leptin is all screwed up at this 456 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,160 point. Their their ghrelin is all 457 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,920 screwed up. They have no touch of reality 458 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,560 with with regards to what their true satiety signals are. 459 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,400 And that was not the case for me. 460 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:36,400 I ate 3 lbs of meat and I felt full, but I I felt like I was. 461 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,400 I had a good pulse on that the whole time. 462 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,160 Like I knew when my body had had enough. 463 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,360 So that was that. And then I came home to the back 464 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:49,560 to the Airbnb rather and Crystal had prepared for me a ketogenic 465 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,240 brownie which she made with half of a keto brick. 466 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,480 She put 2 tablespoons of almond flour in there, 2 eggs and a 467 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,720 little bit of baking powder to cause it to rise. 468 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:05,280 And then we topped it with two tablespoons of peanut butter and 469 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,800 that was pretty much it. A little bit of a mascarpone 470 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,200 cheese. And those are all foods that 471 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,680 I've had throughout this prep as well, so I knew my body would 472 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,920 respond fine to it, which it did. 473 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,880 There was no crazy deviation in blood sugar or ketones after 474 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,800 that, and I went to bed full satisfied and totally content 475 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,920 with the foods that consumed. And I woke up the next morning 476 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,720 at a whopping increase in weight of 153.1. 477 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,440 So I literally did not even gain an entire pound overnight, which 478 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,840 I I feel very confident saying No other competitor can probably 479 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,720 say that because they're all going to have a ton of fluid 480 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,600 retention as a result of the increase in carbohydrates. 481 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,840 So I woke up 1 LB heavier after eating 3 lbs of meat and that 482 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,960 brownie. I think we roughly calculated 483 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:58,600 the calorie intake of that entire day and it was north of 484 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,920 7000 calories. So pretty significant increase 485 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,840 in food, but all quality foods, all foods that I don't have to 486 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,880 feel guilty about eating and all foods that I know my body 487 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,240 responds well to. So I basically was able to eat 488 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,360 that and not have any guilt associated with it. 489 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,920 And then just hit the ground running the next day feeling 490 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,720 totally fine, totally normal, totally satisfied and get right 491 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,400 back on track. Tracking my intake for going 492 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,320 into this reverse diet, which I'm now in the middle of or not 493 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:30,560 the middle of, but I've just started. 494 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:35,600 So I'll be strategically reverse dieting up from there and 495 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,440 everything will be tracked and accounted for. 496 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,320 And I'll have a plan and a protocol with that as well to 497 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,960 ensure that my body returns to a healthy hormonal state, 498 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,560 metabolic state and all is well post show and post deficit. 499 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,400 So very, very important to have a plan with reverse dieting and 500 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,320 I'll do a whole podcast on that in detail and I'll be 501 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:00,080 documenting my reverse diet in detail just as I have the With 502 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,840 This prep going forward as well because that is a topic that is 503 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,040 often times misunderstood and not talked about enough. 504 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:11,200 I'm actually recording this podcast the Monday after that 505 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,240 competition, so this is all fresh content. 506 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:20,040 I woke up this morning at that 153.1 and today my main goal was 507 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:24,520 to simply spend some time relaxing with Crystal and my son 508 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,520 Rigel and just simply be present in the moment. 509 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,600 The day after the show and we did just that. 510 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:34,360 We spent the day today relaxing and we actually had a hot tub at 511 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:37,400 the Airbnb, so we finished out the day with us sometime in the 512 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,120 hot tub. We went training at a local gym 513 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:44,560 here and brought Rigel with us and we just had a great workout. 514 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,000 I would do a set and then Crystal would do a set and I 515 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,520 would hold Rigel while she was doing her set and we would swap 516 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,000 back and forth. We trained hard, we trained 517 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,480 heavy how we fully enjoyed it and it was just great to 518 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,400 disconnect for a little bit and have just the three of us and 519 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,280 train and enjoy each other's company and enjoy the hot tub 520 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,920 and then just relax a little bit after that competitive season 521 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,240 and that competitive grind and the world's competition. 522 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,840 So today has been a great day. I've been hitting all of my 523 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,840 target macros for the reverse diet starts today and have not 524 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,840 felt deprived, pleaded or any issues whatsoever. 525 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,480 So today's been a great day ladies and gentlemen. 526 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,360 This entire prep has been a great experience, a great prep 527 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,160 and I'm just excited and incredibly grateful for all that 528 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,520 has transpired over the past 30-3 weeks. 529 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,160 There is a lot coming in the pipeline that I'm also very 530 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,640 excited about. The reverse diet being one. 531 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,680 Lots of stuff with the business, lots of stuff with the 532 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,720 bodybuilding endeavors from a building standpoint, the reverse 533 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,000 diets, the content I'm creating around that, this competition 534 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,840 prep is going to be, we're building an online course that 535 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,480 documents how to do a competition prep like this in 536 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,080 incredible detail. So anybody that's interested can 537 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,600 do it as well. And I'm going to be working on 538 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,520 that with all the content that we've captured from this 539 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,840 competition prep. So lots of exciting things. 540 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,440 We've got Thanksgiving this week, I'm going to go see my 541 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,480 family spend some quality time with my loved ones and it's just 542 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,520 going to be great. There's a lot of a lot of good 543 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,400 things in the near future and I have nothing, nothing but 544 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,040 positivity thing, positivity coming my way. 545 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,720 So I feel very grateful. I feel very blessed and I'm just 546 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,280 incredibly appreciative of all y'all support. 547 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:37,000 This podcast, like I said is going to be just a has has been 548 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,280 just an overview of this last show, this world show. 549 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:46,560 We are still traveling right now so I'm recording in the Airbnb. 550 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,840 The audio quality is not great. We've all kind of lost our voice 551 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,160 this week, so my voice is not that great. 552 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,200 I'm exhausted right now, so my apologies there, but hopefully 553 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:02,760 this little recap of the show itself has been a value to you. 554 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,960 I'm probably going to do an entire competition, season wins 555 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:11,640 and losses, Part 2 for the pro show specifically, so I may or 556 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,640 may not make that into another solo podcast at some point. 557 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,240 Honestly, I think would be a great podcast, just simply 558 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,360 talking with Crystal about what her perspective has been like 559 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,640 with me alongside me going through these past 33 weeks. 560 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,680 So we've got that in the pipeline as well. 561 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,160 But again, I appreciate y'all dealing with these shorter 562 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,240 episodes here lately with all of our travel schedule and chaos 563 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,800 with these competitions. We will resume the normal 564 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,320 featured guest style podcast as soon as I get back in town and 565 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,520 settled back down from these competitions. 566 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,560 But I do appreciate y'all holding in there with me until 567 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,880 that point comes. So again, thank you all for 568 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,160 tuning in. Thank you all for listening and 569 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,760 we will talk to you next time.