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No pun intended. Stop it Yeah, I said it boys You know to elaborate a little bit it's the manual it's the Trying to burn calories manually to create a calorie deficit right so in order to lose weight You have to burn more calories and take in and so people take that burn more calories side and they say well I'm just gonna move a lot more to burn more calories, but it's a losing strategy because there's two reasons one It's really hard to burn calories really easy to eat them right so like how many calories is like in a coke What is that 200 something 300? That's about right 180 180 calories in a can. Yeah That's a good 30 to 40 minutes of vigorous cardiovascular activity so it's like a lot of work and Eating those calories is super or drinking them super easy. Was I close Doug? 150 calories 140 The second reason is the manual the trying to burn calories manually by moving more your body really adapts to that Really? Well, we see that in studies where people try to lose weight with if that's their attempt without diet They just don't it just doesn't happen You know who loves to push this a message the most I feel is like tech companies because you know They're it's so mathematical the way they think about fitness, especially it drives me crazy And they'll and because they have those numbers They have the stats of like there's this many calories and this type of food and if you just burn this amount of calories You know everything's gonna be solved and you lose weight and they're not considering all the human behaviors that go along with it Well, what's the adaptation time for cardio? Isn't it like two weeks or less? That's pretty it's pretty fast That's a certification said right in comparison to resistance training Which I believe that I think the estimation was somewhere between six and eight weeks or somewhere around there And I think that the cardio was like two in other words It takes your body a lot longer to adapt to modalities like weight training Which that in itself are gonna give you benefits for burning calories and then when you do something like cardio you and I know It's not accurate, but I used to explain to a client that okay So pretend you get on this machine and run for an hour and it and let's pretend it's accurate and it burned You know 300 calories well the next time you get on it it burns to 80 and then and with the same amount of effort Same amount of effort and same amount of time and now it's burning to 80 then 250 then 200 I know that doesn't well your body just yeah, it gets more efficient at what it does And so they don't factor that in it's like if you keep you know throwing the same type of stress of the body The body wants to get better at so it doesn't have to burn that many calories Yeah, more and more even more importantly forget that you become efficient while doing the activity, which is true You get better at it the real issue is how the body adapts overall You end up getting this kind of like your metabolism Adjusts your activity levels adjust your appetite adjust to balance the things out the best study We have on this are done on modern hunter-gatherers. This is a study. I've quoted many times that there's others That where they actually went and studied modern hunter-gatherers who move a lot way more than most Westerners way more And they found that they burned roughly the same amount of calories now the difference with something like resistance training is resistance training Forget the calories burn it teaches your body to burn more calories on its own So a faster metabolism is different than what I'm talking about right what I'm talking about is I got to get up and move Yeah to burn these calories a faster metabolism is your body's just burning more calories on its own Which is a much more effective strategy. Well, since we're talking about manually burning calories What do you guys think about McDonald's is new move with the recumbent bikes and the restaurants? So what is that? Do you have to ride you have to ride it? No, you don't have to do anything They just they're replacing some of the seating I believe they're a China did it first and I thought I saw it coming to Chicago. I know for sure It's in China and they're like where it would be a table setting so instead of it So being a table where you would eat and that's just got pedals and you're you're peddling while you eat This is like a beta tested like idea or they like really trying to roll this out Why I don't know how many total maybe Doug can find out how many total I know it's it started in China I believe I read to that Chicago was adopting it some of them over there I think And I don't know if this is like let's test and see or this is gonna be something they're gonna be permanently doing Well, I have two two opinions on it one is I do want to be clear. There it is right there Yeah, oh, yeah, I saw that I said there's a meme going around with this. Oh really? Yeah, which I've seen this It sounds ridiculous to me. So I have two kind of opinions on it one is you know I know earlier I said trying to burn manual calories to lose weight is a losing strategy No pun intended that doesn't mean there aren't health benefits though So you're still gonna get health benefits from being more active So if you sit on a recumbent bike while you eat your fast food You are gonna get better health benefits from that if you use it You'll get a better insulin response your body's gonna uptake the sugars and the calories a little bit better You're not gonna get be as inflamed maybe from the inflammatory effects of the food Then my other the other opinion I have is that I think this is gonna be a total bust because Nobody cares like no one's gonna McDonald's for that. Yeah, it's like a it's novelty Like you might at first see people doing it because they go check this out But then have you ever wanted to ride? While you anything I mean, I it's a really It's an it's an interesting idea like I actually do think that It's all positive. I don't see anything negative about it, right? I don't see it being anything They're anything wrong or bad with it. Unfortunately to your point. I don't think I see anyone sticking with it I don't see anyone going like hey Let's go to McDonald's and have a burger and ride a bike like I don't see that happening and like you said I think people will sit on it try it out Oh, this is kind of fun And I actually think it would be great because I think it'll tell you we talk about this on time Right when you're eating that we have this tendency to be chewing on one bite But already getting ready to stuff our face with you're thinking about the food That's not even in your mouth, right? So you're constantly doing that whereas if you're kind of peddling I think maybe you're not so distracted. Maybe you're more present because you're having to so tired. I need more McFlurry. I Don't know. I think it's novelty. I think people are gonna be like this looks kind of cool And then that's it. It's it's a weird strategy. They're from McDonald's. What's up, Doug? I feel like it's they're bulletproofing themselves like protecting themselves for more criticism Well, one thing it does do is charge your phone. So that may be a reason people do it Benefit really yeah speaking of phone. Did you guys see the Tesla phone? No, no, I haven't So we put up Doug pulled up. What is Tesla not doing cuz I still hear that they're coming out the robot You know, they're coming out with like all kinds of new crazy if anybody's gonna disrupt that market Or Apple's stranglehold on the culture around phones. It's Tesla. I can't you know, it's musk Like okay, think about it this way Steve Jobs, right? He's passed away, but his legacy lives on and he's got a cult like follower at least Apple does right The only other person that could see that could challenge that is someone like Elon Musk He's got the same so this is interesting So do you think that okay cuz you know Apple was trying to make an electric car and roll that out, right? So it's like they're kind of toeing their foot in his, you know waters versus now he's trying to make a Phone I've always which one do you think is gonna be more successful?   How cool is that? So the back of it is like a solar panel So like laying on your dashboard let the Sun charge your phone Wow, I know so it looks it looks cool. Yeah, maybe it was a heating issue You know why they haven't rolled that out.  It's like an accessory. I have an app Well, I think they have the best UI out of anything. Yeah, but yes It's got a good UI, but I think Tesla could because it's Elon Musk. He I think it's gonna cause them So yeah, okay, there's more to that though with Apple So the other part of Apple the UI I think is one of the main reasons and it is it's got that cool factor But they've also because they've built this kind of cult following and network of all these all the tools Like speak to each other like there's not a lot of stuff that there's as many things like as Apple has like is your your speakers and your Series and all those things that are all speaking to each other and everything connects everything Yes, so it's like they they're all you it's all uniform Whereas the other stuff you might have you might love a Google phone But then you have another like, you know Alexa or something else, you know I'm saying so I feel like Apple did such a good job of allowing all their tech to speak to each other and recognize each other right away Like I like that part of it. Yeah, and I mean the software for Tesla is pretty like crazy like the updates they can throw out to their vehicles and everything and like Shoot that out like so I I think that they have the software capability that Apple does is just the Experience, I think they'll probably like you know they compete for employees all the time, right? Yeah So I all these companies do so I'm not I can't say too much because I don't want you to be in trouble But I trained people that worked high level high levels at both Apple so my my niece That's what she does is region she worked for Facebook Google and she's just now moved over to what was the I told you guys the other day The largest company that's not public yet Slipping my mind right now But she's a head a head recruiter a big recruiter for them and that's they're always like cherry picking each other So what these guys would tell me my clients and this was years ago So you're talking like seven years ago. Okay executives at Apple executives at Tesla training both and They would tell me that they would there was like a rivalry where they would specifically go after yeah People in each other's company. So I had a client who Again, I can't say too much But was very high up in Apple like very high up gets recruited by Tesla There and then Apple went back and tried to crew and then Apple ended up recruiting someone else from Tesla And it's like this war So it's like this kind of this this rivalry that maybe people aren't super aware of oh, yeah And it's a great way there the whole time.  I mean Tesla. Did you see they rolled out that with Tim Cook? Isn't getting people are all buying a whistle, you know, it's like it's just like a plain-ass whistle that But you know be buying it because it's Tesla I keep eating my words with Tesla stock because I if you look at the fundamentals the price of the stock This is coming from like from an investment perspective makes no sense however, you have someone like Elon Musk and What people think he's capable of and the guy is entertaining and he's got that celebrity factor and he gets in Twitter battles with Politicians and whatever and so people are betting on him They're a hundred percent betting on him and something like this makes me go. Oh, well, I just didn't I didn't see this coming I mean I was everything he's doing with SpaceX and the car like it just Yeah, I just did not see the phone coming and and then not only that but the first one He's rolling out looks sick. It doesn't look like oh This is version one and it'll get better. I promise in the future. It looks sick right out the gates So it's gonna be interesting to see how much of a share they take away from I can't wait to see Yeah, yeah speaking of sick so I had a I got that cold or whatever that you had Yeah over the over the week or whatever over the holiday and so I made me sneeze right so I'm sneezing and Every time I sneeze Jessica could be anywhere in the house and she'll jump out of her chair The dad's knees you guys have heard of the dad's knees. Yeah, yeah, so I saw this meme I think I scored. I scared Courtney this weekend So I saw so I saw this so there was this meme that was going around I thought it was hilarious and it said something like Do men practice yelling when they sneeze when they're boys or does it just happen as soon as become dad's right? It's being shared like crazy. It's this thing that people say when I was a kid I remember my grandfather now. He's 90, right? But when I was a kid he would it sounded like he yelled so you'd hear him across the room Like that real loud. I mean my cousin would be like, oh, what the hell and of course Then you become you get older and then now this is how I sneeze my dad sneezes this way super loud So I was talking to Jessica about it and I'm like, yeah, I'm like I think it's obviously a guy thing It's been modeled something. There's something about us men that whatever she's like It's a it's sneezing male privilege. I said what She says because you guys just don't think we need to hold it in you just let it out like you roar And then so we had this debate and it was you know half joking half whatever And so I said honey, have you ever heard me sneeze in a restaurant and then she had to think about it I'm like, yeah, that's how you know. It's not fake because if I'm in a restaurant I'll bury my face right try to hold it, but it still comes out. I just end up gritting my teeth Yeah, yeah through the whole thing. So what is it? What is it that caused us to do that because I of course I think we're just bigger I really do because there's also like it I was tripping on that too because like there's been some girls I've met who will sneeze and I'll be like a million sneezes like in a rug I'm like what what just happened. Yeah, that's Jessica. She goes. Yeah, I'm like let it out Yeah, it's like yeah, it's like they're holding back because they don't want to just be out with it But you're right though, there was there was a transition at one point in my life where it went from like probably a kid's knees or normal Sneezer than also not this loud ass man sneeze like I don't really even remember When that switch was and I can't so we were again We were having this debate and it was we're having a good time with it And she's like and so she likes to use the evolutionary arguments with me to joke around those right back Yeah, and she goes. I don't believe it's it's just men. I think you guys just don't feel a self-conscious about letting it out I'm like, no, I don't know. I'm like, I can't control it and she goes How would this be evolutionary advantageous around hunting you sneeze and you scare away the freaking the gazelles? Yeah, I'm like, you're right. Well, I don't know But I mean I feel like yawning's kind of similar to because or maybe it's just that I'm getting older I make like a lot of more old man noises, you know when I get up from sleeping. I'm like I'm just like really loud about everything But yeah, I was it's funny because we're up in truckie For New Year's Eve and you know the whole thing about like trying to stay up late For for midnight.   It's so it's funny because You know Courtney's the same like we're just kind of just end up not really going out and party and or anything but we try and party and pretend to have a good time and So she starts like, you know getting load her chair and is like kind of getting tired I could tell and I'm like if you yawn, you're gonna have to take a shot And so it was this deal that we made I'm like every time like I catch her yawn Like she had to go take a shot and like I had the kids watching her for me, you know, I'm like did mommy yawn Work like a charge it didn't work like a charm. She ended up taking a few shots I saw her come in the kitchen at the double shots She's way more fun after that, you know, it sucks about yawns is there there's a social contagious aspect of it So just saying the word yawn makes people more likely to yawn. So right now everybody's gonna listen. Yeah It's it's one of those things.  Yeah, but it's funny because you said that to her Probably made her yawn more as it was probably, huh? Yeah, you ever do this when someone yawns Do you ever mess with your buddies they yawn you stick your fingers in the mouth?  No, you can't bite down But the yacht has to finish first So what did you end up so since you didn't come up with us, what did you end up doing for New Year's? Okay, so what happened so people don't know right so we we all plan on going up there all of us together with our families It was a you know, we're trying to do this every year and it was it was record snow, right record breaking back record storms epic snow So ridiculous the roads on the way up got shut down tons and tons of snow I couldn't stay as long as you guys because My older kids had to be back with their mom. So I only had To begin with a few days they closed the roads. So I already lost the day So my cousin says why don't you come stay at our house visit with us? They're up in Sacramento So that that's like a nice stopping point It's about in only an hour and a half away from you know where we would want to go So we went up stayed with my cousin and waited there were there were closed again another day And I was like it's just not worth it for us to go up there because only be there for a day or two And then it was all the conditions were already so bad that it would have taken me hours in the car with the Baby and the whole deal and like this totally sucks. So we stayed up there Hung out my cousin and his kids, which is great got to visit with them got to eat at my uncle's restaurant Which I haven't done a long time. Oh, really? Yeah, you guys have heard me talk about my uncle So my uncle has a restaurant shout out Visconti's restaurant in Folsom's is my Like my grandfather's brother. Yeah, the whole family works there. Are we gonna kick back for this? We're not No sponsorship, but family right, but if you go up there and you have food there.  They'll they'll they'll know who I am But anyway, we went there had a great meal and I speak Italian dinner is a good time You wouldn't you get a kick out of what happened to us on the way up because I don't know what it is with me and gas Yes, I'm glad you're bringing this Courtney like how the hell that this bro listen to this bro. Okay, so first of all We flew all the way There until the last I don't know the cool 40. Yeah, 40 miles away from our house and Then it then the next four hours. I think it took us to get the rest of it So I'm so I mean I have the distance to empty a gauge obviously on my on my truck and and then I have ways happen and so we are 100 at one point where I'm looking at the gas before we head up the hill and I'm like, oh, we've got a hundred and forty miles Left of gas and we only have a hundred and twenty miles to go. We're cool. So I got 20 miles extra 20 is extra 20 extra miles Right, I feel like that's cutting it close anyway. So I got 20 extra miles. I don't get there I got 20 extra miles. So but then we sit in like parking lot traffic, right?   So I'm like, okay. I have to get off the next exit. So I go to the next exit CHP blocking I but at this point, I'm like, you know why they were doing that I pull over So I gotta go I go talk to him I pull over or I jump out I go run over the CHP and I go Hey, I have literally like 10 miles. I think I lied to him when I had like 15 or 20 But don't I like 10 miles left of gas and this is like one of the only gas stations for the next 20-something miles I have to get gas here. He goes you couldn't get gas here if you wanted he goes all the powers out everywhere. Oh So I'm like, well, what am I supposed to do? He goes, I don't know what to tell you I'm like and I offer I said you have you have any gas. I'll pay you a hundred bucks for a five gallon tank I said what he's I don't I can't help you.  I said, is it that way as we go further up?   I had to go back track And when I finally could get off on an exit the first exit I get off is in Colfax I get out there and the whole town is blacked out now. I'm freaking out I'm like on five miles left of gas and I just pulled over to get gas and it's blacked out No, no, so I barely make it all the way back down So I'm like 45 minutes back down the mountain of the two and a half hour sitting in traffic To start all over and go back and I got gas filled up and then got back So just so that people you made it just so that people don't think this is a freak accident, right? So I'll tell us not not like random. Yeah, like this is not a something that he does all time So and I don't understand this. I don't get it because technology these days Like I didn't just into the 50s and 40s when you like, yeah, like my old 56 truck Like I had issues with it, but it's because it didn't work. I okay, so we were I don't remember We going Spartan race. Okay. We were going we were driving. Yeah, all of us Adam's driving and Literally, this is this is like modern times runs out of gas. Yeah on the freeway We were just so confused. We just like stood outside like wait, what happened? We had to pull over and throw a football around while we waited Because we ran again So here's the question I have because I've noticed I don't know if you guys have noticed this There's two kinds of people literally two kinds of people in the world There's the people that see that their tank is like getting past the half and they're like I got to get gas.  No, no, I don't mind getting gas But I'm always trying to time it with what I'm doing Oh, do I need to go pee or do I want to drink or am I hungry like just to pull over to get gas? I feel like it's a waste of time.  I'm trying to beat the time the whole time So I Myself I'm competitive with myself and everything I just wanted to say I know you I Always thought about because I was thinking we're gonna be stuck in traffic forever And so I had like flashlights. I had like extra food.  All right guys get ready.  I'm also the guy to the other meme. That's going that was going viral this this break Also was the Christmas one with dads in the trash bags. Oh, I love that. I'm totally that guy The trash bag out So I'm opposite I get gas I almost never go down below a quarter So as soon as it gets to a quarter I get you know down to order the same for me I think because we have the because of technology and we now have it to where you can measure it down to the mile I think that causes me to push it more I didn't run out of gas when I was a kid when we didn't have those gauges And it was just like the light that comes on and you weren't sure if you had eight miles twelve miles Like I was good about getting gas back there. I never ran a gas as a kid But once that came out, it's kind of like the navigation thing like I used to be great with directions But I've come dependent on it and so miles. Yeah, so I'm like, I'm fine. I still got seven more miles I'm cool. You know, I'll get I'll get a gas station sooner or later So I you you push the limits. Was that the only time you ever ran out of gas with us in your whole life? No Well, there was we've done it. I've read it. Yes twice with you guys.  Oh my god. Yeah, there was another time You did. Yeah, there was I can't remember where we were out. You're traveling. Was it in Austin? No, yeah, it might have been It might have been a rental car Yeah, I push I push the limits you did yeah, and I never used to do that It's just because of the tech now and again, and I am that guy who does not like I'm when I'm ready to go Like I want to make a trip like we drove back on Sunday or Saturday night and we left after dinner. So it was a late drive, right? So it's a four and a half hour drive home with no traffic and we left at seven or something like that I remember time we left dinner so so around seven o'clock.  It's like we're gonna make it You know, I'm gonna make it all the way there. Stopping. Yeah one time I had to pee hella bad and I played that game and then there was nowhere to pull over it peed yourself No, I didn't but I almost did as a grown man. You ever almost pee yourself as a grown man Yeah, the time we're in the limo.    How long had you and Courtney? Just You and Courtney were together when we went that went on that was it or is that before Courtney? Yes Just got I didn't do I was a good boy Do you remember who that it was you remember the three the three girls that live with half that were really famous The blonde yeah the three blondes and I can't think of their name I know right no, but you know who I'm talking about right? I can't think of their names right now Doug Yeah, this is one. Yes. That is one. Yeah Kendra. I think Brittany and another one I think are the three Those are those names would make sense. Yeah, I don't even know but I would be out Definitely it was her holly. It was her holly, right? Yeah, holly is that holly Brittany and Kendra is that right? Memory no, I Totally Justin was like looking at me the limo and I'm like what limo trip did we go to San Francisco with Natalie?  I forgot all about that party. Yeah, I remember that's crazy We both through each other in the bus on that Sorry before mine pump. Yeah, I don't know what's fine. All right, so so I here's something that got my This isn't personally gets my cackles smile a little bit. Oh, yeah, it makes me so So we're in the middle of a new wave of you know of illness and it's exploding over nobody cares Nobody cares. I'm out. Yeah, I'm going out. Yeah, and places are more crowded than ever Yeah, people and I think it's because two things I think is this new strain We're getting lots of data showing it's mild this new variant, but also I think people are just over The just they're just over it and if they're wearing a mask It's like down here. I'm like, what do you like why people are we even doing this people seemed and you guys saw that the That the the White House statement did you guys see that that this cannot be solved at a federal level? You know what that means, right? That means midterms are coming. We see the polls. We're gonna get crushed We're over it So we got to leave it up to the state's type of deal to decide what to do and I want to say this This is I feel very I know shit's kind of crazy or whatever But we've got a boy That our forefathers are founders, right? Not perfect people are flawed like like everybody else But boy the way they design things was brilliant because the state system and the court system vision of power was Essential slowed down a lot of these what I would consider big overreactions that you still see now You're over the places. Yeah, and it's not happening here as much and people can just you know So to me it's I'm glad that people are like I'm just gonna do what I think is Australia Still I'm like full locked hard a lot of places very I know I saw Canada messages from people like I can't work out again Canada is crazy too. Yeah, there's other like countries in Europe. They're still like super aggressively locking down Yeah, so two studies that came out were interesting one one is confirming what other studies are show I'll get to that in a second another one showed that quercetin So a lot of the wellness people have been saying for a long time take quercetin With zinc to help with respiratory illness So they've been you know recommending this well the study came out showing that that quercetin probably has Some benefits for people who have COVID they have that do I so what I recommended everybody We don't have it here, but I recommended everybody. Well, I mean I I definitely Took some the glutathione and to my my parents actually got You know sick with with the vid and so I you know I went over to hand that off And it really did you know help kind of with the recovery So glutathione is the other one so glutathione already that's that this particular study But glutathione they're showing in a lot of these studies. Here's one Indogenous deficiency of glutathione as the most likely cause of serious manifestations and death in COVID-19 patients So NAC raises glutathione levels they've that was shown to be beneficial And then glutathione one of the problems with glutathione is when you eat when you take it orally It gets that destroyed and not absorbed. Yeah, but now they have liposomal glutathione So live on is one of our sponsors. They have liposomal glutathione, which means it's encapsulated in a liposome Which is a fat which allows it to bypass this destructive process in the digestive system to get to the the cells that need to use It and there are studies that show that liposomal glutathione does effectively raise glutathione levels So this is probably in effect a supplement that you'd want to have around and take During you know to just prevent, you know serious illness Now, do you know how that compares to like when they because they use it like the nebulizer too, right? Don't they is not so I don't know of any studies with that but lots of anecdote One of my good friends back when the Delta strain was the prevalent one Which was that the Delta comparison to Omicron Delta seems to be Delta was more aggressive. Yeah, like way more Severe symptoms but less transmissible Omicron Omicron seems to be super transmissible.  What was it called pandemic? I think it was called where you can create a virus and See how fast it spreads in the world a video game. That's really like it's an old games, dude It's an old knackle little. Yeah, I was like 10 years old. Maybe maybe maybe less Bill Gates make that Microsoft this is it but anyway in this in this game. It was pretty cool. It was a simulator And you would create a virus or a bacteria with specific properties Well, when you first get on there and the goal is to infect the whole world and kill as many people as possible That was the goal of the game. Hey, listen before this all happened. It was perfectly fun Now you wouldn't want to make this game But anyway, yeah Now you're on a list what a lot of people do when they play this game and it's a simulator And it was really cool. You would initially want to make the most deadly virus possibly Oh, I'm gonna make the best virus I'm gonna win so you'd make this super deadly virus But it would kill people so fast and governments would react so quickly it wouldn't spread it wouldn't spread Yeah, so you had to balance you had to make something that was super transmissible and whatever in order to get this So it was pretty cool. Anyway, this is what happens with viruses So they predicted many of them predicted that the this virus would eventually become Far less deadly but way more transmissible and then I read an article about there's a current cold virus common cold virus So I'm not sure if it's a rhino virus or another corona virus That today causes the common cold has been around for a long time, but I believe in the 1800s It it caused a pandemic in Russia killing many people So it mutated to become the common cold But when it first became a thing it killed lots of people as well Well, wasn't that one of the theories from the very beginning? Yes That's this was gonna turn into like a common cold that we have every year or that ever That's why I too. We're probably gonna see a flu shot all the time Yeah, I mean every year. That's what I don't know. I don't know but but it's maybe too soon to say but this could potentially I was reading this there was this this thing is a virologist was writing this and he said this could be The beginning of the end basically it's so transmissible every so many people are gonna get it And then they're also gonna get lots of immunity and it looks like the variants now are becoming or moving this direction I mean maybe a little too early to tell but cross my fingers Yeah, but I mean this could be cuz I know to I know lots of people yeah with this This is the most at one time that I've seen and all but one it's been like super mild dude Have you seen the reversals that they that government? I'm gonna pull some of these up Well, you know what I so I tell me if this is true or not cuz I don't I'm not diving into this stuff very much anymore I'm like so over it, but I did see something I don't know if it's bullshit or not that they're finding that it's it's being Transmitted more through people that have the vaccine than people so we have to we have to be careful Yeah, I know we have to go cuz it's early but you people but hurt over that state no, no, this is super early data coming out of other countries and In in the early data it still hasn't been peer reviewed But the early data showing like four times higher eight times higher if you were vaccinated now Here's the problem with that four percent. Yeah, we don't know if that's because Vaccinated people feel like they're fine more. Yeah, so they're out more and stuff unless I I don't know Yeah, but that's what I'm sure that can play a role, but eight times is quite a bit. I mean, right? I mean, that's so it's not it is it would be weird, right? But so check this out Here's the here the reversals it says here like and these are the ones that are listed So now they're saying cloth masks totally waste of time There was actually CNN now has had an expert on there saying yeah cloth masks basically CNN actually putting that out. Yeah, they're saying like you need to use the n95 You can do anything, but the cloth ones total waste of time They're off the course vaccinate now could spread and get it The the death rate now seems to be total comparable to the flu natural immunity is is Actually very effective We have to take into account societal needs. So now we're seeing this reversal What do you mean by the death rate comparable to the flu when you're looking at the total total of what's going on It's the death rate is moving lower and lower and it's looking more comparable to what you would get from the flu Well, the the criticism out there is the early treatment, right? That wasn't being promoted early enough, right? Yeah And then they were just yeah, there's there's some weird thoughts about that like why that wasn't like promoted enough Yeah, or why there wasn't like, you know movement there a lot, you know to to you know provide that That's one of the theories why the death rate is going down is because now people are getting told The reason why like in the beginning why we had like high numbers of people getting like severe symptoms Yeah, the the the monoclonal antibodies are really effective the the the drugs that we can use to treat Yeah, a really damn effective Is that the one that were that was banned in Florida where there's a ban in Florida But it looks like the access to shorted. Yeah, somehow weird I don't know why that doesn't make any damn sense. Why why that would have anyway There's so many shenanigans that are gonna come to surface like I'm just holding back until all this is completely confirmed, but there's lots of you know People behind the scenes like in CDC and all these major organizations that there's some fuckery speaking of that What's going on with just Lane Maxwell or whatever? Did she got nailed on five and five out of six accounts? Yeah, so So, you know, what's you know, it's crazy. What does that mean? So I don't know. I don't know what the sentence is gonna be but I looked I was on a forum and people were talking about the case or whatever and I was like, isn't it weird that None of the details were made to the public I'm like, that's fishy, right? And then someone went on there who's got a background on this and said actually one of the reasons why Like a lot of the public did or the public didn't see a lot of these details is maybe this is leading to other investigations So they don't want to compromise, of course, you don't throw all the details out Yeah So maybe the details and they kept them private because now it's spurring deeper because remember all the rumors Lots of rumors of like really powerful people who were connected. Well, that was my my concern was like, yeah Okay, she serves time but like it does that case get completely like shut down now and they move on or they're gonna keep pursuing All the other people involved. Who knows right? What is this saying Doug? Is this saying what happens next? Up to 15 years in prison 15. No, that's 65 Yeah 55 is better. Yeah, all the people that could potentially be connected to this You are talking about One of the biggest Appeals that I could imagine. Yeah, we're worldwide people. Well, I get why okay I get why there was no coverage inside there to compromise But it's kind of crazy that there's just not a lot of TV coverage about it like talking about I feel like that that's such a big deal and that like you're right that it could Yeah, but this is such a it's been a weird few years like UFO shit's coming out. That's crazy, too Nobody cares. I mean, I'm serious people would have freaked out if who is it didn't air force. Oh, yeah We definitely, you know see things and admitting stuff and all that to me like it just seems like Like just you know, I don't know how to say it but not like like psyops But it's like it's a way to like mislead people from others Like events and things going on, you know, like I look at it as a way to kind of like steer public You know like them like being interested in something away from you know, a really important thing We all so I so I can go there for sure But there's this saying that's if there's hoof prints in the sand think horse not zebra, right? So in other words always think the most of what you know, so if we go with the most obvious thing I think it's that people are more hyped and Afraid about things that can affect them personally. So of course COVID, right? That's the big thing Oh, I'm scared about that and then you know, like when September 11th happened.  So that's what I think and I think that Humans are so social or such social creatures that you have individual mental for lack of a better term illness So it's not really illness, but you know, maybe Distortions in how you view certain things, but there's also group Distortions that can amplify. Oh, yeah, and I think we're gonna look back This is my prediction and it's being recorded. So I hope I can play this back one day I think we're gonna look back and say Greatest overreaction in all of history mass hysteria. We caused more problems than we solved With the way that we reacted not not discrediting that there wasn't a pen I don't think so because at least in the my family and friends that are like divided on this still They're still divided on it even with all the the new stuff coming out and saying max are useless and I mean it's still I don't I don't think that we're so indoctrinated. Yeah, I think I think you're everyone's been drinking their own Kool-Aid for so long on both sides That I think you know, I don't think we're gonna go look I think it's gonna take a while But I think we're gonna look back and be like holy cow. We created this much debt that causes this problem Look at the children. You see the turning that though with with the Biden administration Everybody else like they're starting to totally sing a different tune So I think if more leaders start seeing a different tune It's gonna make you look back at it and be like wait a minute. Listen all those those Already there, dude. I I don't know I don't I don't at least I don't see that in my in my circle of people that are on one side and the other like both Sides feel like I feel like everyone dug their heels in already. Totally. Everyone already dug their heels I don't want it. Yeah, I know it's again. Everybody makes their own personal decisions And so like, you know, they did again, nobody wants to be like, wow, I was totally wrong Yeah, but hold on this one. Okay. I don't think it's gonna happen five years from now I'm talking about decades from now a decade or two decades from now So the best example I hear the reason why I'm saying that is this there's the people that let's say that have gotten all three shots right now and We're seeing that the death rates going a lot of people think it's because of the us Overreacting that has damped that's what I'm referring to. I'm not referring to that. I don't think who knows about that Part of overreacting to Lockdowns mandates. Yeah, but I think a lot of people believe that that has aided us in in Slowing down everything. So here's why I think that why decades from now. We're gonna look back.  Oh my god suicide rates went up so much depression. It went up so much We already see all this are we do but we're too close to it. So we're too close to it So this is the best example you need to like shit on it is what you're saying No, so I'll give you my example So the best example I could give us September 11th September 11th happened scared the shit out of everybody in America and we literally invaded a country that had nothing to do with September 11th We invaded Iraq and if September 11th didn't happen No way they would have public support weapons of mass destruction now at the time You had you had lots of people being like no we need to go and we know there was public support for it Now today There's hardly a politician that will say oh, yeah, that was a good thing that we did now It's that was you know, how many years ago, right? It was 18 years ago or 20 20 years ago So I think decades from now we're gonna look back and be like oh man We did a lot of damage to people and the kids and to schools and education and to you know Obesity doubled its speed and right, you know drug overdose. There'll be countries though That'll keep riding this because of like like some somewhere like Australia where they have such full control Over this this lockdown and this this power grab, you know, they really want to gonna want to reverse that you've given new information I don't I think it's gonna it's gonna take political pressure. We have midterms coming up. Yeah, this is why Always remember right before an election politicians sound exactly the way you want them to And they say a lot of the great stuff that you want to hear and then of course once they're in and they're like All right, we're cool then they go back to doing, you know, kind of what they want So, I don't know anyway I wanted to tell you guys so you guys know I'm a big supplement pusher Especially with our the products that we use right so I was giving people pure Family members over the holiday and Christmas rave people raving Do you know that's what so I actually did that So I have a couple nephews that are in their 20s and they're like big into lifting and stuff And I actually think it's totally cheesy that Katrina does is she says don't they love it I'm like that feels so cheap for us to give like our sponsors stuff and like she literally I don't know if you guys notice on the back She came in here like rated everything like she got the we had all this like people gifted us duffle bags and like all these Different so she for Christmas like boxed up like a duffle bag with like all the different supplements that we I'm sure they love oh they did they absolutely I mean I'm guilty of doing that with stalking stuffers because stalking stuffers are kind of like your very last Yeah, okay, so I feel that so I feel that's just like this was a present like you open it up Like all of our supplements But I mean, I mean in her defense and the way she defended herself and this she's like listen That's like 200 something 300 dollars worth of supplements right there. Yeah, and so I'm like all right Now that are they are they giving you feedback on pure because my family loves it. Yeah, they do they love it Yeah, everybody I've introduced it to really likes it. So it's it's I think it's well that That and green juice green juice isn't my favorite like I like the way I feel from it It's just I use it the most those are the two I've organized that I use the most consistently speaking of lifting though So another interesting so and I'm thinking of this because I know that we're gonna air this episode and then that day after I believe maybe duck, correct me on the mine pump on the amp was it mine pump Hormones forum or is it mp? Hormones? No, it's mine pump hormones and actually it's going to be tomorrow tomorrow Okay, so mine pump hormones forum on facebook, which is open to everybody so far Although we may be closing it soon because it's getting flooded with lots of people Uh, one of the doctors from regenerative sport and medicine is going to get on there answer questions at 5 p.m Pacific Just live so you can ask them whatever question about anything related to hormones crushing it on there They crush it and so I've been going on the forum and asking them questions and I'll tag them Todd, you know Todd or Dr. Rand or whatever And one of the things that I noticed which is wild and I've been talking to you about this adam And because I think you had the best feedback Is about five months in My metabolism is so fast that I cannot eat enough which I haven't experienced since I was Probably my early 20s. I literally I think my metabolic rate increased by a thousand Calories, which is insane. Yeah, I'm just eating it any and I can't seem to I missed that That was one of my favorite things about being so consistent Back in competing days was I built up that metabolism to where it's like it was I mean, it's it's a double-edged sword Right, because if I if I didn't keep up the calories and eating like that Then I would start to lose weight and some of that weight would be muscle So and I of course was trying to hang on to all that muscle. That's what happened to me But the positive side is like, you know, I eat a thousand calorie dessert ain't no thing Like my my metabolism is roaring so much that that would be my problem would be like Being drawn back to cookies and everything else because it's like whatever I just eat calories Well, I had to right so I you know that you have to search the hyper palatable food Yeah, when I was pushing over 5,000 calories at least I don't know too many people that can honestly eat 5,000 clean calories every single day. That's okay to put that in perspective. That's five 1,000 calorie meals.  Yeah. No, it was crazy So I would have to throw in like desserts, you know and think peanut butter and the oils and butters and things I would need that in order to boost the calories up because I just couldn't get to 5,000 I'll push 4,000 calories and this and I'll I know the scale won't really move much at all I mean this week and this week because we were you know, hanging out with people and I'm not as conscious about feeding myself. I'm my calories probably got down to 3,000 or less and I lost like three pounds and I'm like so I asked dr. Todd Because I've gained roughly Probably about 13 pounds of lean body mass So I'm like, okay. I know the more muscle burns more calories But there's also a calorie burning effect from I think testosterone on its own So I think it's both because it doesn't it's such a big difference, dude It's like over a thousand calories more That I'm burning all the time Which is really wild and so I went on there and asked about it right now I said everybody hates you right now Well, I remember I used to never like talking about it because I would just get the dirtiest looks When I tell you I'm glad you yeah, I could eat whatever I want No, no, I'm glad you said that my holiday belly. Yeah, I don't want to give people Expectations that are not realistic. So I think what I I'll say this. I think this is more fair My tendency is to have a faster metabolism anyway. And when I was a kid I was I had such a fast metabolism.  I don't you're not going to end up I agree with that But I have a tendency to go in that direction. Anyway, that was experience. I had to was I ended up having I mean as a young kid I had this roaring metabolism as it was and then it felt like when I was taking testosterone Back when I was competing it like I had got back to those days of like Well studies on trt show that men who are on trt So they obviously bring you from low levels to high normal levels within range or whatever They don't not working out or anything Uh, we'll lose body fat and gain muscle. So the hormone itself Directs your body to do that even without additional exercise or anything else. Well, I think that's this is the reason why so many You know steroid guys are terrible with their advice because they're like they're not the same by default They just build muscle, right? I mean as long as they lift some weights and they can get away with eating a lot They can eat kind of like an asshole and still put on good lean mass and not put on a lot of a lot of body fat And so a lot of their advice comes from their experience and what they're doing And it's just like that doesn't work for everybody when you can eat I remember we were talking to uh, it was a picolsky ben picolsky Yeah, that was an eye-opening moment because I said to him. I said man pro bodybuilders Must have the best digestive systems in the world to be able to eat as many calories as they have to To get as big as they do and he goes no He goes the the best bodybuilders have genetics to where they don't have to eat a ton To gain muscle. I'm like, oh that makes perfect sense because Like how who could eat 10 12,000 calories a day every single day, you know, you wouldn't be able to that's why I think 5,000 a day is crazy. Yeah, there's no way for me. 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All right, here comes the rest of the show First question is from Luke Nichols fitness Is it best to do ass to grass every time for squats? Or is it better to mix it up a little bit for someone trying to get stronger and put on more muscle?  Okay. First off the fullest range of motion That you have complete control and stability of Is the best general best Form of squats for yourself. And this is true for any exercise. So but the caveat is Control and stability do not go beyond a range of motion that you fully own or control because the risk of injury goes up Real high and then the risk versus reward doesn't make any sense So let's let's just imagine that you could go all the way down And you have beautiful technique in full control full stability And that's how you can squat. Is there still value to doing shorter reps or partial reps or shorter range of motion there are but really for specific reasons like if you're training At a part of the range of motion where maybe you have a sticking point Yeah, sticking point or athletic reasons really for performance where you want to generate the most force Yeah, you see this with basketball players a lot like, you know Going all the way down and ass to grass squat doesn't really make that much sense And I'm gonna be generating a lot of power like that as they're playing So trying to mimic a little bit more like So it translates better to what they're actually You know producing out on the court makes sense, but In general, I think that shooting for a deep range of motion is a good goal to have But you know working your way there and maintaining that stability and control is everything. It's crucial It's funny. This is only a question for squats. Yeah Think about that for sure. Nobody asks you that in any other exercise curls. You never heard anybody say even deadlifts Shoulder presses no one no one's asking should I not go full range of motion sometimes bench just to touch the chest You know I get that question sometimes, but uh, yeah, no, you're right You know why because Squats are the are challenging. Yeah, most people have issues with mobility control and stability Doing a full squat. That's and this is why the reason why I think this question comes up a lot is because I think that Can I avoid it?  I lack the control the stability exactly do so So I squat parallel or slightly below parallel That's just what my body allows and I I'm not willing yet to take the Time to really work on continue, but I still work on it and try and get a little lower Now now here's the the question people like well, what about aesthetics you can still build muscles Yeah, you you can you can still build muscle and and get great aesthetics but the question here is more about comparing the two And truth be told if I could squat full all the way down with the same control stability That I have going let's say parallel or below Then I would do the full one because you're going to build more muscle You're going to get a greater range of motion and strength or a greater application of strength You have better functionality and maintains joint health a lot better The issue really becomes about if you don't own that range of motion and that's true for any exercise I just think like so in a hypothetical situation where you have Like a really low seat For instance, and you know, all you've been training is like the certain degree that you've been sticking with in terms of like squat depth Where all of your strength control and everything is focused on like just like that degree of angle And now you go below that You know what tends to happen you get all all this instability Your body, you know loses its its sense of control And and this is where it becomes a problem And this is where something like you know, you find like situations where you're in pain and You know an injury might occur So it just in terms of thinking of overall function and longevity. I think it's something to consider Yeah, no, I make it's a hundred percent around that It's it's about the what's best overall Not just what's best for specific applications specific applications are specific But it's true for any exercise.  Yeah, so they force themselves to go all the way down It's like if you if you're squatting and just because you can It doesn't mean that you're doing it with good form So if you can get down to ask grass, but then your chest is all the way forward Your shoulders are rolling forward like your back's rounded, you know, like if it if your form looks bad in that position Then you don't have you don't have good control there. You know what adam? I like to say good control and like full control and stability over form because A trained coach or trainer can see it in form The average person can't see it in form. They'll see two squats No, you're right and they'll say oh, it looks like a good unless it's obvious, right? They'll say oh, that looks like a good squat It should feel to you like you own every single inch of that movement Like you could pause at any moment and hold it and be stable because what happens to a lot of people when they force A deep squat who don't who lack the control and stability Is they'll go down and then pass a certain point. They kind of like go down and come up Right, they lose stability and then come back up and like oh, I could do a full squat It's like at the bottom there. You lost Controls they can't dig their way out Yeah, and as soon as you push the weight or you're off a little bit that's going to cause an injury So that's the issue. It's not the the deep squat It's the fact that you can't do it with good control and stability Next question is from Marie in motion What are some social media tips for personal trainers wanting to demonstrate their process to their followers as Adam did? So what are they referring to here? I think they're referring to My transformation the whole journey right so documenting Maybe that's what they mean by process like trying to show it in an authentic way or oh, yeah Yeah, I think that um, although here so I talk about this um when I get on podcast like with other trainers and they in One of the questions I've been asked uh Is if you had to start all over again, my pump doesn't exist And you turned on your instagram and you were to start building your you know online presence What would you do or would you do anything different or what would it look like and I I say? Yeah, it would look a lot different than what I did. You know what I originally did I didn't know what the fuck I was doing I was taking pictures of my cars my shoes anything to get eyeballs on me and that was like I was just trying to get attention because I didn't know what to do yet Looking back and now what I've learned of building a presence on social media I would have actually done it completely different and as a trainer what I would do is I would I would cater to my people in person So the the clients that I'm training even if that's one or two people that's it doesn't matter like or if I've got 20 clients however many clients you have The content I'm going to put on any Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube is all going to cater to my in person clients and what I mean by that is I trained Susie at 8 o'clock this morning Susie was complaining of knee pain. So we foam rolled her it We did some hip mobility stuff and we got to the bottom of it and had something to do with her Instability in her hips and us working on the mobility alleviated some of the pain, right? And so I would create a post That speaks to that exact thing, right? So one now my client Susie has a reference Oh, that was that thing that adam taught me that I'm supposed to do when my knee starts bothering people can relate to That's right And then other people that may also be experiencing the same thing can get used from it and maybe see benefit And now I look like I know what I'm talking to those those people that need that specific help And now I'm attracting the perfect client for me And so I would continue to make posts that are related to what I'm already currently going through and then and what I'm learning So if maybe a client says something That I'm not familiar with this has some sort of condition that I've never trained before And I go I'm not sure let me find out for you. I go home I start, you know Google searching and looking up and trying to research what is going on and how can I help this person? And I'll probably learn something whatever it is that I learned I then make that into a post or a youtube video or something to again Compliment them and then grow something you did though. I want to give you a little bit of credit because I know obviously when we all started we kind of just threw things up and you were the first one really to do that but something you did do that I thought was Very different and very brilliant in the sense that it would stick today. Just like I did back then was You were very you were not always trying to be super flattering and whatever in your post in other words You would post these progress pictures of yourself.  You were very honest about your diet what you're doing You were so honest to the point where when you got close to Competition I think it was like the three weeks or something or the two weeks before you said now I'm entering into because I'm going to tell you guys what I'm doing I'm going to be very honest But this is the unhealthy stage nothing that I'm doing now isn't as healthy up and to this point I've done everything in a healthy way but in order to look stage ready There's things that I have to do that are unhealthy and you were very honest about what you did how you you know You know modified your water and your sodium stuff that you would never recommend to the average person That I think was really cool. And I think what it would at least for me because this is before This we started mine pump, but we weren't super we didn't know each other super well I remember seeing that kind of stuff and going I would follow him because I know he's honest genuine Yeah, he's not bullshitting. Well, that's the hard part about the whole thing is because all you see is like disingenuous Post of people trying to lift themselves up and their best self and then also like you know when they're having a bad day They'll cry. They'll take a picture of them crying. Oh my god.  That's what you need to do Stop with this whole like glorifying Uh, uh, you know, how you look or or or or Projecting yourself in some weird off in authentic way Yeah, be authentic and I think what you guys are referring to what you see now because when I did that by the way Like I wasn't aware of anybody else. That's what made me do that, right? So I when I looked at all the other people that were showing before and afters and I like right away I'm like, oh this this guy I could tell he's pumped up I could tell he's got some professional light on him I could tell he's shooting with a great camera And I'm like that doesn't really give us an idea of what what his body's really changing or doing and so My idea when I did that it was original then it's not so original now Now everybody's figured this out that oh wow be more real and be more trend to the point where people are trying to Manufacture authenticity, right?  Let me get my phone and record that now. This is me being authentic and vulnerable It's like no, it's not like this is you trying to manufacture Authenticity if it's real it'll just be real be yourself be real be vulnerable And what what vulnerable looks like I think from a trainer's perspective is is not knowing And being comfortable with that and being okay with this and presenting yourself like that that this is something I just learned like that's how I when I coach trainers that are up and coming that are new that are nervous Like I don't know very much. I'm still that's okay. Like present that I always say that even Yeah, I always give that analogy of the the waitress right hear that from when you go When you go to a restaurant and a waitress comes over and she says Today's my first day. So bear with me. I'm still learning the menu. What ends up happening You're you're incredibly patient and in fact what you end up doing is you you look at like oh, man She did a good job on that considering it's her first day You like give her the benefit of the doubt because it's our first now versus her pretending Like she knows everything or she's been doing this forever and then she fucks up on your order And she fucks up on this and then you're pissed Because she portrayed that she'd been doing this forever when really it's her first day Same thing goes as a personal trainer. If you're still learning all this stuff It's okay for you to be transparent and say like man Some great information that I just learned and credit the person you probably learned from And teach it and share it with your audience you'd be surprised how well that will do It's so bad that I remember I'm not going to say too much. I don't want to give away I don't want to try and crap on this person, but I remember this is a popular social media fitness influencer and we were In this place and around them in in a gym with them whatever and they worked out and I watched their workout while I'm working out and checking it out and like Okay, that's cool. They do that whatever then they posted their workout And the volume that they posted in the in the post was twice as high Is what they did in the actual workout and the weights that they said that they did were not the same at all Like what are you doing? You're not helping anybody by doing that and what's funny is that the mentality is This is gonna build my business. Actually, it's not because People start to get onto it. They don't believe you anymore, but if they think you're authentic and real and honest Then if you try to sell something they're gonna be like, oh, I believe this person.   Here's my cool car.  I'm on the right track plant emojis Yeah, so I've got You know, I'm getting I'm starting to get thousands of people paying attention to me But I'm not seeing the conversion to dollars in business because they're there for my cool shoes or my car Or because I look good with my shirt off Like they weren't there because I could help them and I'm in the business of helping people And so you got to be careful not to fall in the trap of trying to feed the algorithm to get attention But it has it's not What you do for people if you have a service that you're trying to provide and That's where I would I would post along those lines and I learned that the hard way over years of trying to figure This whole thing out And so if I were to go back and do it again, I would not post nearly as much I would post when I learned something or when I go to that girl that had what does she have two million followers Launched the t-shirt line. Yeah, three shirts. Yeah, like a hundred dollars. Yeah, like a great example Next question is from chavez Edwin 1500. Is there anything you can do or take to make your veins pump like sals? Of course you like this question. Yeah, that's a great question Let me send you some these are the supplements you need to take you ready? No The key is to do bicep curls in the bathroom. That's the elitide I go to the bathroom right now No, you know what? It's funny that this question this question actually comes up a lot. We've been asked this question No, of course. I actually this is a very common question. I used to get asked a lot as a trainer Um, normally if you're somebody who's not very vascular, you really want to be right? Especially a guy right guys love being vascular seems like guys. Yeah more. There's some girls that I think they did get to Yeah, yeah, for sure. But I mean, it's mostly guys that are I mean the vascular girls It's very vascular But most of it first of all it like many things a lot of it is genetics So either genetically you're like even at a higher body fat percentage I'm still like I consider myself at a higher body fat percentage right now, but I still have You know vascularity right now same here And then when I get really lean, so that's the other thing is how lean you are right? That's the biggest habit in my forehead. Yeah angry. Yeah, that's the big one is getting lean Yeah, I would say genetics one lean too right because even someone I've seen people that are shredded And they don't have very many veins that are popping. No, I get I get I mean I get them on my arms and my shoulders I can get them in my quads and then the leaner I get they pop out.  That's another big one Like I notice if I drink A lot of water, especially if I drink Now that we work with element and I use their electrolyte powder or whatever that made a big difference in my vascularity It actually made a big difference in my pumps in the gym as well. Is that the sodium? Is that what yep? Yep? Yep? Yep, it's it's better electrolyte balance. I needed more sodium because that was a performance enhancing for me for sure big time Um, uh supplements can they improve vascularity?  That's not a supplement. You hear too many people talk about Um, your pharmaceuticals might do it. Um PDE five inhibitors like viagra sialis Although that'd be a weird reason to take those like I just want to get more veiny But isn't that all just like a temporary effect, right? Like it really gets getting lean if you and then the genetics Totally if that's all that's what I've said. Those are the two the two big ones either you're and even someone So someone who doesn't have doesn't have a lot of vascularity Uh, if they get really lean you'll have some vascularity Most people get like somewhat vascular when they get really lean.  There's some bodybuilders like paul dillett from the 90s like worms invaded their body or something Yeah, he had really crazy looking veins. That's right. That's yeah, who mark bells. Oh Yeah, and then there's uh, there's a bodybuilder now walker. I think his name I think he just won the Arnold classic. He's got these crazy looking veins in his lower body So genetics does definitely play a big role. Yeah, but anybody you get lean and you'll see them more So there's really no Hate to tell you I mean I wish there was a supplement that really made a big difference with this But I know uh nurses love guys with like crazy vascular Dude when I get my look at it and they're like I stab you when I get my blood drawn. It's a comment. I get every single time Cool. This is easy. I actually had one tell me that it's make try to make a dark joke Which I appreciate sound like dark. Yeah, she's like, oh you'd be uh, you would work real well with heroin or something like that Oh my god heroin junk You know What do you say that Next question is from everyone's nerve What's a good metric to know I'm gaining muscle and not excessive fat body fat test consistent Body fat test is the best metric that I can that that will tell you that it would I say consistent Yeah, you got to take do the do them the same time You know one week apart same method same feeding beforehand and after you know make sure everything's as equal as possible The body fat tests of choice would be underwater weighing is probably the most accurate or consistent the calipers Would be the next one with some with the same person testing you by the way Because people kind of a little bit of variance how they test those bod pods are pretty accurate and the electric impedance is probably the worst Um, those are most accurate, but strength and waste like you recommend a lot of things There you go. I was just gonna say because a lot of people like well, how do I Yeah, I think body fat every single week. It's gonna be so hard If your strength is consistently going up and your waist size is going down or staying the same You're probably gaining muscle and not body fat. I would say that's probably the that's to me That's the the cheapest easiest way to consistently check on right? So not everybody has access to a you know skin full calipers or a body fat test machine or what like that And so even though that is the best that is the gold standard That is what I used to use when I was tracking and really diving deep into all the stuff But I mean you could easily just check your waist and if your strength is going up and your waist is staying the same Or shrinking like you're putting you're you're in a pretty good position. Yeah. Yeah years ago. I did uh back in the day I used to do these really aggressive bulks This was my 20s and I'd go hard and I would eat everything and I get my body weight up like right now I weigh about 206 maybe and I get my body weight It's like 230 235 and it wasn't lean I will never show a picture by the way of these so Maybe maybe if you guys ever have them you guys are sure I think you could I think you google search But I look like a meatball, but anyway some in my library But anyway, um, I remember I didn't track my body fat or muscle But I was getting stronger Relatively consistently, but I didn't measure my waist now Here's the challenge with that strength can also go up because you get better at exercise You change your training and fat actually in some lifts improves your leverage if my waist grows Because of body fat I can often squat more as a result if for you know for whatever reason So when I finally did do the body fat test at the end I found that I gained 30 pounds on the scale with like seven pounds of lean body mass So it turned out to be a fat bulk Much more than I remember how discouraging that was when I because I did that for years That was like the method get crazy bulk and then try and get lean afterwards And I remember the first time I did the dunk tank where I did a huge bulk just like that I was up 230 240 Uh, then cut all the way back down to like 205 or whatever all the gain like one pound of muscle Yeah, like so discouraging put your body through Lean muscle takes such a longer period of time I think oh my god and then and so so easily goes away when you're living in a caloric deficit and doing Cardio and doing everything you can to burn and that was part of when I learned that whole lesson Even with cardio and stuff was like man you go so hard you gain 20 pounds 25 pounds on the scale You know all in the pursuit of building muscle And then you go cut back down and I end up with one more pound of muscle than what I started with Six months before with all that hard grinding and dieting. I mean that's just that's crazy where You could have just gradually done it and easily accomplished the same thing. Yeah, so Waste is good for women. You can go waste Uh in hips only problem with hips is your butt will grow so that can change that for men waste is actually Quite reliable if you measure your weight, you know who taught me this by the way dug Oh, yeah Doug as a client came to me and when we started working together and I used to do circumference measurements on clients all time But Doug's like, oh, yeah, I measure my waist, uh You know, I don't know if it was every day or every week and as long as it stays around the same You know, then I know everything's going good I'm like, oh, absolutely If you look at the studies on this you can actually they can I mean, it's not going to be nearly as accurate as body fat test But of all the other metrics that you can do that are easy and cheap for men, especially waist measurement Will predict faster age, right? Yeah, no, I like that. I like, um, I like pictures too. I know I know they're much more subjective to do You're so objective. That's why it's good for you though. Yeah You're gonna being honest with right and I and I would take so I would my clients I used to actually make them take photos every Friday and then what I would do is I would show them like You know, wait like four weeks so they could see I could see a week over a week if we're making progress off of photos And but then I would point out areas like see this area right here See where you were holding more body fat Look how you're leaning out here like because they'd be like, I don't feel like it I don't feel like I'm changing at all. Sure you are look back at this picture right here Four weeks go look at this week's photos Look at that and then I would point out the differences between the two and then they were oh, okay I see it. I had a so I used to I did that for a short period.  Yeah, you built some butt. So that can be effective You just have to be objective. The problem with pictures is people are so often Distorted with how they view themselves that it's hard for them to make that especially week by week It's really hard to tell look if you like our information You will love mine pump free calm head over there and check out our free guides They can help you with almost any fitness goal You can also find all of us on instagram So Justin is that mine pump Justin Adam and I have been shadow bands So you have to type in our full name and kind of have a tough time finding us But we are there so I'm found at mine pump Sal and Adam is found at mine pump Adam


Like what do you want in this life? What is it that is that's the thing that you want? And you know, I ask people this all the time. I'm like, what do you want?   Like they kind of have an idea, but there's no real like set. This is what I want. And it's funny because they're not really clear. And then they're mad that they don't have what they want.  Right? Like that's pretty crazy. If you think about it, like you need to know what it is that you want. And the more clear that you are and what is it you want, the more likely you are to get it because you can start saying yes to certain things and you can start saying no to certain things that don't line up with it. But the main reason why people don't get what they want in life is because they don't really even know what they want in life. You know, it's like, I always give the example on the podcast of it's like your mom calls you up before Christmas and she's like, honey, what do you want? You want for Christmas? And you're like, Oh, I don't really know. Just get me something, whatever you want.  And she's like, well, you didn't tell me what you wanted.  And you don't know, but you're pissed that you don't have it, right? So like, what do you want? Like, what is the reason why you're on this planet? What is the like, when you die, how will you be remembered? Have you ever thought about that? Like, and it's not like just materialistic or traveling or a certain amount of money, but like, who do you want to be? Like, what kind of character traits and qualities?  And, and can you figure out what traits and qualities and characteristics you want in yourself and be very clear on those and remind yourself of them every single morning so that you can start building yourself more into that person? Like, what do you want? Most people are saying they're like, I don't really know what I want. And because they've been told what they're supposed to want their entire lives and it's like a skill set, right?  And it's like going into the gym. You haven't used that, that desire muscle in a long time. You haven't thought about your own vision a long time. So you're kind of like, I don't know what I want. Okay. Well, then let's try to figure out what it is that you want. And can we start to build that into you?  When you're hungry, you cry. When you're in pain, you cry. When you wanted affection, you cry, like you knew what you want and you were like, give it to me, right? So what happened? What happened to you? What happened to us? Somewhere along the way, we're told, Oh, don't be selfish.  Oh, that's dumb. No one in this family's ever even graduated college when you don't come from a good part of town. Nobody likes us. You know, we're not educated enough. There's not, that's dumb for you to think that you could do that. And you know, somewhere along the way, we go from believing we can do anything and we can get anything that we want in life to it's not even realistic to get anything that we want in life. So somewhere along the way, somebody or many people smash our dreams and tell us to be realistic. And just because somebody else had their dreams and their goals destroyed, doesn't mean that they have the right to do the same to you. And it's up to us to rediscover why we're here and what it is that we truly want.  No, you want to run your own business? No, no, no, get a, get a real job. That's dumb. You, you don't want to run your own business.   I'm 37 years old. I went to school for engineering or went to school for nursing or I went to school to be a doctor. And it's not what I truly want. And I feel lost because my parents told me that's the thing I had to go to school for and I don't want to do it. And it's so crazy to me and so sad that so many people, I don't want to say wasted because that's not the right word. You don't really waste years. You just learn what you don't want, but they followed other people's vision for their own future versus building their own vision. And so they wanted to be an artist or they wanted to be a musician or they wanted to, you know, breed horses or they wanted to make jewelry or they wanted to do something completely different. Maybe they wanted to be on TV, but they followed the quote unquote realistic secure route. If there's one thing that we've realized over the past few years, since COVID hit is that the least secure thing that you could do is work for somebody else. Like what we thought was secure within a couple weeks became very unsecure, right? And so if secure is going to college and getting a job, the past few years have shown us that is actually the least secure thing that you could do. The most secure thing that you could do is work for yourself. Now I'm not saying everyone has to work for themself, but if you are out there and you're like, man, I really wanted to start that business, but I decided to go the safe route and ended up not being the safest route because I work for myself. And guess what? My boss is pretty awesome. I can't fire myself, right? I can't get fired. That's pretty awesome. And so it comes back to like what do you want? If money were no object, and this is the thing that I found with a lot of people, most people throw away their hopes and their desires because of money. They do. They throw it away. And so like if I always like to say, it's like, you know, Alan Watts always says, what would you be doing if money were no object?  Right? Like what would then be fulfilling to you in your life? Because so many people just give away their hopes and their dreams and their desires to simply chase money. So it's like Alan Watts always says, he says, if you work just to make money and you don't like your job and you're following money, then you'll just continue to be doing things that you don't like doing in order to keep living, which is to be doing things that you don't like doing. So it's better to have a short life doing things that you love than to live a long life in a miserable way. And so what did you want to be as a kid? What do you love to do now? What interests you? What's your passion? What's your hobbies?  And sometimes you want to be all of those things in one day and you bleed with every single fiber of your body that you could be all of those things in one day. But along the way, that is not quote unquote realistic and somebody tells us we can't do that. And so we end up going the safe route.  There's, there's something in this world. There's a few things in this world that you're probably made to do that you have ultimate passion for that.  What is it? What would you love to be doing? Because there's a lot of unhappy people out there that go to safe route and they think that's what they're supposed to do and they wake up 10, 20 years down the road and they're like, where the hell am I?   Like, why did I do this? So if money were no object, how would you fill your time? What do you love? What do you want to learn? What do you want? What skill set do you want to get better at? Like, is there a hobby or something that you want to do? What is your passion? And the important thing to realize is this is maybe you do find your passion, your passion can make you money. Sometimes your passion can become your paycheck. And that's awesome if it is possible. But for a lot of people, your passion isn't your paycheck. And that's okay as well. So can you make a paycheck? Can you make the money? However you're going to make the money, but then spend the majority of your time doing something that you truly love. You know, like if you if you live inside of the city right now and you live in the city because you're trying to make money, but you just love mountain biking and you don't get enough time to go mountain biking and you don't get out of the city enough. Is there a way that you could figure out whether it's with this job or another job or working remote or building your own business to be able to move to a place that would allow you to have the maximum amount of time mountain biking? Now will you make money mountain biking? Probably not. You'll probably lose money because you'll spend money on all of the supplies.  Figure out a way to go out to places where you could spend the majority of your waking hours outside of work, outside of with your family to be able to do the thing that makes you feel the most alive. How do you know what your purpose and your passion is? Well, there's a couple different ways, but one of the ways is like what gives you the most energy? Like when you get done, if mountain biking is your thing, right? When you get done mountain biking after a long day, you could be exhausted, but you have so much energy from it. Like you feel alive. What are the things that make you feel alive? Those are the things that you should be following. And so it goes back to like Ikigai. You've heard me talk about Ikigai before. It's a Japanese concept where there's four questions that you should answer. And you should just write down all of the answers of anything that pops up. Number one is what are you good at? And you write down everything that you're good at. Number two is what do you love?  Number three, what can you be paid for? You write down everything you became paid for. And number four, what does the world need?  And if you can find the overlap of all four of those, that is what they call Ikigai is your reason for being. It is your reason why you're on this planet. The fifth question that I think is important, that is never really asked is what is something or what are all of the things that just really you're interested in? Like what are you really interested in? And so like for me, like I just love learning about people about humans and all of this stuff.  Like I'm just, I nerd out on these things of like, what is, what is this? There's 500 million neurons in the gut.  This is amazing. Like I'm researching about the gut, the second brain. Most people don't want to do that. For me, it's just something that makes me super excited. I want to learn more about. And so like, are there certain things that just kind of lights you up? And can you figure out a way to make those things your profession? Maybe, maybe not. But you know, it's the way I like to think about it is this is there's a phrase that talks about the hummingbird and the jackhammer, right? Like for me, what I do now, making this podcast, making videos on Instagram and YouTube and coaching people and doing what I do now, I'm going to be doing forever. Like I have a pretty good feeling this is writing books, all of this stuff is what I'm going to be doing forever. For some people, their passion might be something they do for three years, five years, and then they go do another thing for three years and five years.  They know what it is they're going to be doing forever. That's what I feel like I am. A hummingbird is somebody where you can, you know, hummingbird will go from one flower to another to another to another. And they just kind of bounce around flowers. Some people, they have a passion, they're very passionate about something for three years and then they just decide to go to the next thing and that's fine. And then they go to the next thing and they go to the next thing and they just get really passionate about a couple things for a couple of years. And then that's just what they do. Neither one is right, neither one is wrong. It's just really about what makes you feel the most alive. And so what do you want? You want to travel? Do you want to quit your job in backpack Europe? If you have a feeling that you want to quit your job in backpack Europe, I'm telling you right now, do that as soon as possible. In 2012, I backpacked Europe. I quit my job. You know, I was 2012, I was 26 years old. I was making really good money for a 26 year old, making like $150, $175,000 a year. I saved up all of my money for a year, the cheapest I possibly could quit that job and went to Europe. And what was crazy about it was that I thought like I had planned it for six months and I had so many people were like, so what do you do for work?   Now one person told me is a bad idea. Everyone was like, oh my gosh, I wish that there was two things that I would that I heard all the time. Number one was, oh my gosh, that's an amazing idea. I wish that I would have done that when I was your age. That was the first thing I heard a lot. The second thing was I did that and it was the best thing I ever did. Now one person over months and months and months told me it was a bad idea. I went and did it still some of the best months of my entire life, right? And I don't think I'd be doing what I do now if I didn't do that because I realized on that trip like I can't work a normal job. I can't work for someone else. I have to be location independent. I have to be able to travel. I have to be able to move.  And I realized that on that trip. Then five years later, I ended up, you know, a couple of years later, I ended up getting a girlfriend. And then my girlfriend, I five years later in 2017 backpack for six months together. And we were able to do it because we built businesses that we could make money online. And so what is the most sensible or reasonable or secure route is never actually that route. It's like, what do you want?  And that's what we really have to listen to deep within ourselves. Because if you don't follow it, it's going to bug you for the rest of your life.  It is never a bad idea to do something like that. And so it's different for every single person that says podcast. There's hundreds of thousands of you that are listening to this podcast right now. There are hundreds of thousands of different desires and hopes and dreams and passions and purposes. I'm going to tell you what I tell you all of the time is it's okay not to know what your passion or purpose is right now, but it is not okay to not be in constant pursuit to find that. And so why are you alive?   You've got to figure it out. You've got to decide what you want and you've got to put every ounce of energy into it because the last thing you want to do is not do it and then find out too late that you should have done it. So that's what I got for you for today's episode. 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