Congratulations, you're listening to the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast you won You're listening to mind pump now today's episode. We answered for health and fitness questions But the way we answered the episode or excuse me started the episode was with a introductory portion It's 40 minutes long. So we talk about current events. We mentioned our sponsors We have a lot of fun after that 40 minute intro we get into answering the fitness and health questions Here's what happened in today's podcast. We open up by talking about my COVID scare Of all people, of course, it was me that thought that maybe he had COVID Yeah, then we talked about the science behind the COVID vaccine pretty fascinating stuff Which led Justin to remember a study or story he read about a man who injected himself with magic mushrooms Yeah, not not a great idea now Then we talked about a bodybuilder the 90s who a lot of people believed to have the best genetics of all time Victor Richards. I talked about a couple new fighters in MMA One is a wrestler from Senegal sky is a monster Then we talked about Conor McGregor and his brand-new watch million-dollar watch. Yeah, I hope it tells the future It looks like it does then we mentioned one of our sponsors ollie pop They're a great replacement for soda. So a can of ollie pop is like 35 calories. No sugar But here's the kicker it has ingredients that are good for your gut. 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Yeah We have three winners two for apple podcast one for facebook the apple podcast winners are miss hangers And w m for facebook. We have scott w dal rimple All three of you are winners Send the name I just read to itunes at mind pump media.com include your shirt size and your shipping address And we'll get that t-shirt right out to you The other day, uh, I don't remember what episode it was. We were talking about what were we talking about when I said that I would just go go tackle the animal or go just go How we would survive it like if Like post apocalyptic what skills?   So somebody sent a tick talk video to me Of a video of this this guy these two guys driving on the road and there was a like a Deer on the side of the road and dude jumps out and grabs it brings it in his truck to go take it somewhere safe So it doesn't get hit in the freeway. Wow shows me a video of it. He just picks up the deer and takes it That's a man right there. That's a trusting deer. Yeah, right? It's so confused. Oh, yeah, no, it fought it definitely fought a little bit I mean he had to he had to wrestle it in to hold it tight Yeah, the guy was all concerned about his truck the deer's parents.  Yeah, I don't think that's we know where this goes. I don't think it's good hunting strategy No, no, I don't think it's good But it's possible. Well, I found the one example. It's possible Man, I had a little covid scare. Huh? Yeah. Yeah, of course. It was you too.  How there you go. How this went down. Yeah, so, uh, I went to A cousin's house. She cuts hair.  So we went there and we brought the baby But she's like, you know mask everything sanitized, you know garage everything's whatever So we get there. She cuts Jessica's hair. She's then, you know, I'm holding the baby and we switch and then She cut my hair. Her daughter comes in. Her daughter is a huge fan of the show. She's a fitness She's a trainer actually a really good trainer And so she shows up and she wants to say hi, so I'm talking to her and Give her like a quick hug. That's it But everybody's masked up in the whole deal whatever my cousin, you know At one point says hey, can I hold the baby sure washes her hands picks up the baby? anyway We that was like, uh, I don't know what day that was on a saturday or whatever. Yeah, it was last weekend, right?   I gave her a hug real quick. So now we're just like all freaking out.  I tell you what you say that? You think that's funny I'm gonna tell you a story my aunt her daughter got it and and they were super precautious And luckily only a couple people in the house got it and the house is full of people Nobody else got it because they took all those precautions. Yeah. Yeah, so and then you know, of course What do I do when I get I get paranoid or afraid I researched like crazy. Yeah, so I'm looking up all the potential ways that Bring my demise. How can no, how can I fight this? Dude, you know, you know that melatonin uh, they're showing has uh, like some pretty um pretty interesting effects Against covid. Oh, I haven't heard that yet. That's they know they gave that to trump when he had uh, covid Yes, really? Yeah. And so here's the thing my aunt's house got it right?  I wonder if that's why Yeah, because I mean my grandfather's high risk. Yeah, so we got that we got zinc We got like vitamin d like we got also baby aspirin for the blood clotting. Yeah, I'm just the soil Yeah, I'm trying to hear all these like other like alternatives or ways to treat it when we need to get it Yeah, but melatonin was an interesting one. I found that one yet. So I was doing the whole thing, dude Was that part of greenfield's protocol? Um, I don't know if that was part of his I just looked up studies I was just trying to look up studies and see and then I had people message Because in our forum I did a post and then there were a couple people who work in medicine Who were saying that that's part of the protocol that they're doing in some hospitals. Yeah, they're giving people Well, how's the uh vaccine going because I know you've you've done a bit of research in terms of the actual technology behind it And uh, it'd be cool to kind of for you to explain that dude. So it's fascinating science. Uh, really really fascinating So here's how it works from my understanding and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get everything right But so it's it's a different than other vaccines in that it uh, it is you are injecting yourself with RNA Which tells your cells to produce a spike protein Which is very similar to the protein that the covid virus is it within So your cells produce this spike protein. There's no virus in it. It's just a spike protein Then your body mounts an immune response against this protein So this is why people who get the vaccine one of the more common side effects is like fever Because that's your own immune system, you know, uh building or whatever Then uh, and then you do it again, right? There's two shots Then when if you do get exposed to covid your body recognizes the protein that the covid travels in And it prevents you from getting the severe symptoms. So you get like but it's it's a small mouse We could recognize it then it'll uh when you do get exposed to it'll recognize Hopefully is the sooner than not dude. The science is crazy though because uh, based on the science You technically could and get people's immune system to kill cancer To treat like all kinds of stuff So it's really fascinating stuff, but it does cause an immune response and uh, I know in iceland I think elderly people some of them died because it was too much Oh, right. So that was just too aggressive of a response. Is that why they uh, they perished? I don't know. They just said that if you're really old and frail you need to be careful Which kind of sucks is that's the piece. Yeah, that's the ones that we want to have it the most, right? But it's interesting. It's very fascinating science could be a total breakthrough. So I don't know Well, I told the guys that uh, but I didn't tell you you ruined my night that night. So that was uh, what was uh Well, I mean two times in my last uh two times in almost two years now I've had, you know, dad alone time, right? He was all by himself, dude. Yeah He had like all the jurgans out like he's a great party I get this I get this I got the the house halls cleaned.  I'm like, bro. I got exposed.  Are you kidding me right now? Were you mid-stroke? Yeah, bro. I was Right in the middle of enjoying my night to myself. No wonder you were so calm on the phone Like hello Talking so candles were lit everything dude, and you just and then of course after you do that I go right into work mode. So I got it. I got to call Jerry. I call Katrina called Casey And I'm just okay. What are we gonna do?  Oh my bad. I didn't say nothing to you I was telling the guys when I got on the plane. I was like, listen what this motherfucker did to me the other night I said this guy Blowing my phone up about possibly getting COVID. I'm just like, oh my god Yeah, that's it.  I'm not worried about me. I'm not worried about Jessica I'm more worried about my baby son because he's an infant And there's little data on how it affects infants.   I read about this.  Can you believe that?    Is he alive still? Yeah, yeah, they they were able to save him really. Yeah And what do you do you get to do like dialysis or something like that? Like clean out.  Yeah, but can you imagine it like mushrooms growing inside you like that's so weird Same reason why you wouldn't want to smoke them because you get into your lungs, right? Yeah, you get all that stuff. Totally. Someone's gonna message me. I smoke mushrooms. I smoke mushrooms all the time Weird strategy. I don't know dude. I thought that was crazy.  You got to wait like an hour. Yeah, I just want to inject like it hide now So I'm just inject this right into my system. What is wrong with people? I don't know. It's just like I don't know man. So much misinformation. It seems like like more people are like taking it upon themselves All of a sudden become a scientist and try out their own experiments speaking of misinformation I thought uh, I thought airlines were only supposed to be like a certain percentage capacity No, that's uh that ended in December.  Yeah, not anymore. So when I yeah when I flew back in I want to say I don't remember when it was when was it when I went to Idaho like march april That's when they were doing that. Yeah, it was all like the plane was just hardly no now It's it's like normal if it's if it's full flight. Yeah, we we flew back from vegas. It was a completely full flight I didn't think they were doing that. Yeah, no, they are they stopped that back in december Of course, I did all my research right before We're gonna go. Yeah, that stopped on december 6 one thing you can do if you're really worried is you could go on a plane That lets you buy seats and then buy the seats around a couple. Yeah, and then then you're Jesus. How expensive is that?  I was gonna say you almost at that rate Then you may as well look into the private, you know flying private. Yeah, isn't that isn't that a business now?   He's just bus. I don't know this madden. Yeah, he he was so afraid of flying He just would bust every single game. Yeah, it's this entire career. He's our career bust all over the country. No way Yeah, he wouldn't fly was afraid of flying.  I don't know, honey I gotta drive I'm gonna be going for two weeks because I gotta take bus I'm really scared. I don't think that's the case. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. No, they changed they changed that policy You know, if you actually look into it the air on planes is Incredibly, you said that filtered and clean. Did they did they crank it up? Like did they do something more to they use insane filter like already Why did um, like cruise ships? Why are they so bad? It's contact. It's just being around. Oh, just all the yeah Well, it's very close quarters and but I just thought it was the air like it was terrible Yeah, and if that's true by airplanes, why do I always feel like that's if I ever get sick That's normally when I get sick because you're also sitting next to people So they could filter all they want But if you're right next to someone that air they're gonna spray you with their snow. Yeah, so it's really not that great Plus I was like ionized filters now or whatever that really like like target like micro I don't know. Yeah, I know it's HEPA filter and something else Um, the other thing too is part of travel the reason why you get sick is you're probably tired jet lag Immune system is probably off So I wouldn't you know, I would say it's probably a big part of it Yeah, but the big risks are really the flights that are long. So when you when I did my from what I saw and read It's the five six hour or longer flights, you know an hour Here's a deal. So of course because I was exposed. I'm looking into all the stuff and they're saying You know, if you're if you're in a closed space with someone for hours and they also have symptoms That's the highest risk. They don't have symptoms. You're around them for 10 minutes They don't even consider that necessarily Exposure or they do but it's very minimal. So all those things are, you know, kind of a part of it So you in the camp that we're eventually all going to get it or not. Oh, yeah It's out dude. It's there. Yeah, it's a part of life Right there So if that's if that's how you feel you don't have to get through it Then why you worry about then I don't because I haven't my son's an infant So because of that there's so little data on what it could possibly do to a you know Eight week old or 10 week old baby. Yeah, but once he's a year then I'm not going to be you know As worried or as careful, you know, it's like if you if you're you know, if you're somebody with Lung disease or right old, you know, you got to be careful, but it's there. It's out there. Yeah, you know So I don't know. Anyway, good stuff. Did you guys see that? I tagged you guys or I sent it to you that bodybuilder from the 90s Best genetics People think he has the best genetics of all time Victor Richards. Have you guys seen this guy? I probably didn't even know Yeah, maybe Doug you can look up Victor Richards bodybuilder Oh, I thought that was a flex flex wheeler video. No, I actually didn't even look at the name. Okay. So this dude if you read about the guy He was like five nine And this is in the early to mid 90s Would in the off season would easily get to 300 pounds Um dwarfed the biggest bodybuilders of the time. Oh, yeah five nine. He must look huge There's that first picture right there is him standing next to dorian, uh Doug Nigerian bodybuilder and he The lot and okay scroll down a little bit that middle picture right there. He's 16 years old With that with he's 16 right there with the beanie on. Oh, yeah. No, it was still look. Oh, wow That's like the most buffed. I couldn't even get that jacked. He's 16 right there. Yeah, it's crazy You know, there people talk about his genetics because apparently the guy either didn't or barely used anabolic steroids Didn't do anything else and the reason why he never really competed because he only he became a pro And then he stopped competing because he didn't want to do the drugs. He said that were necessary to Oh, interesting. So the way he looks right there. Oh, he'd be a fun person to talk to Where's he at today?  Oh, yeah, you can't find him But I was reading all about this guy and he was like this just this it's crazy monster dude It's crazy how like the the varying degrees of genetics That there are in the world.  Yeah. Yeah.  That's totally crazy Yeah, I don't know why we never I mean he what he competed one time as a pro then he was out or what? That's it one time and then you want to compete anymore. Where did you find this? What were you? I remember I used to read about this guy back in the day and then there was a post Uh, I follow a couple like bodybuilding historian You know pages on instagram or whatever and then they brought him up and I started, you know reading more about the guy I was like, what'd you think of uh, rami winning? Oh the olympia. Yeah, I mean he was the best guy for sure Yeah, no, I thought he looked good.  You know though, I thought that he did I thought he came I think he came like his waist looks way He looked way better than everybody else, especially for his size. I thought he looked really good Well speaking of genetics Doug, I'm going to send you a This link here because I want you to pull this up so the guys can see it There's this there's an MMA fight that's scheduled with a couple new MMA fighters One guy is a world champion Jiu-jitsu fighter who I'm familiar with His name is uh, I think buchecha is his last name.   Have you guys ever seen senegal ease wrestling? No, no, what's what are the rules? So these guys okay the guy on the right super niche. Look at that guy right there Uh, oh we've what you've showed us clips. Have I showed you?  He's like his chest is humongous Yeah, so they oiled themselves up and they wrestled so those two guys are gonna fight I can't wait to watch that. Yeah, just but speaking of genetics. Look at that, dude He's just a is that gonna be I saw that clip and he was just kept picking them up and slamming them Like he was a little baby like you don't weigh anything. Yeah. Oh, is that going to be in ufc? Or a different no no, I don't think either one of them are good enough to fight in the In the ufc. So what are the alternatives? Is it still pride and then um, Bellator Bellator, of course, but uh, You know, there's like one fc or whatever. Uh, I think you're that's for kickboxing. I think no, I think that's it I think that's uh, aries fc Or something like that and then there's um What's the other one that you said are are any I liked pride that was no pride I think was bought by ufc Are any are any you guys following to see if like how it's doing business wise right now How ufc is doing is it getting is it getting crushed? I don't know Do you know that's a good question. Isn't connor mcgregor supposed to fight? Yeah, did you see he was on our buddy's uh podcast? Did you see that? Yeah, josh. Thompson. Yeah, josh. Thompson got him on the podcast Did you see the million dollar watch that uh, mcgregor bought I heard did you see it? It's you haven't seen it. No, I haven't uh, can you look up? Uh, connor regregor's million dollar watch It's like It's like a a fantasy land inside of a watch What is the best way to explain it? It's like it's something adam would wear No, I would not yes, you know, I would not all right. No, I wouldn't pull it up and then My watches are my watches are very clean and classy dude. They're not over the face You wouldn't buy that right there where which one the one of the the one of the very Stupid No, man, that's who makes it who's the maker? I have no idea.  Look at that. Why would you buy that? It's a watch. Well, I mean I it's all tell the future. It's all it's all relative, right? I guess when you're how much is what's this like like a future land put layout at uh, disneyland or something I feel like if you look close enough, there's like people living in there the world's fair. It's in my watch What what what is his net worth that right now? Do you know where he's at because a one million dollar watch if if you're worth, you know 500 million dollars. It's probably not that big of a deal, right?  Yeah, 500 thousand dollars and about a thousand dollar watch It would be the same. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's it's all relative.  He's only a hundred and twenty million. How's that possible? Did he get paid like a hundred million in one fight? Uh, One fight is probably like 50. Is that right, Doug? Probably taxes A bunch of it.  I don't know though if I trust that website That's the one that said adam was worth like 15 million dollars. Is that what it was? The same one? Where am I at now? Am I going up or down? Let's look at adam's network Look at adam's shape for net worth. Yeah, I see if I'm getting richer already. Didn't it say what didn't it say you were worth? I don't remember what it said. Yeah, it was at least like 10 million. I want to know how they come up Wow, look, and even google even has mine pumping there. Let's see here. No, that's linked in I don't know if it's gonna be there anymore. No, so I'm broke Said it out. What does that say?  Am I going four million? Oh, okay. You lost money, huh? Did I? Yeah, I must go lose some money, man Making some aggressive moves.  Maybe oh am I okay. I like this site. I like this one Did you make this side? Yeah, right. He's got his handsome hair in May. Why does it say penis size on it? You did make this It says I'm born in May also That's hilarious. Totally wrong. Like who makes that? Oh, see people get bored When I see when I look at something like a million dollar watch Regardless of how much money I would have I always do this in my head. Like what else could I do With a million dollars. Well, I don't know. I don't know enough about that watch, but Doug and I maybe it's an investment right? Yeah, Doug and I were talking about watches on the on the fly it over and You know the cool thing about like certain watches. I don't know about what he's wearing I would imagine it is Is there you know, they only make like if you get like a Rolex a Panerai a Breitling There's only so many they make that watch and so as time goes on the values of every watch that I own I could sell it after I've worn it for more than what I bought it for. Yeah So you look at it like yeah, but I would still look at it like okay. What other investments are better? Oh, that's the thing. I mean at that level. It's like it's either that or it's like paintings You know like really exclusive like like expensive items that you can resell Well, and then also too.  I'm saying for me because you know what you can't do You sure she can't wear your stock investment. Yeah, you sure she can't it doesn't go with your suit You know I'm saying you can't do that So there's certain things that I mean, that's great. I have a print out Yeah, so I don't you know, I don't know things like that that I think that Hold their value or increase in value over time speaking of money. You know what I watched that I Totally forgot and but Cobra Kai got me thinking about This again. Have you when's the last time you guys watched Karate Kid 3? Oh, yeah, it's been a while dude So I watched it once way back in the day and and I was like whatever and so I forgot all about it And I watched it again, and I remember why I didn't watch it again. It wasn't it wasn't good Yeah, like the the guy came back the ponytail trained him Is too good because I I watched Tuesday said I watched I watched one like a hundred times One is the best and then I think I've seen second is to maybe a couple times. Yeah three was kind of garbage Yeah, yeah, but I mean it was it was whatever I got you know, I got so now. I think I know what they're gonna do for The next Cobra Kai. Of course I'm not finished yet. You have it. No. No, I still got a couple episodes left.  I read an article about ollie pops They're the performance in 2020 900 percent growth. Yeah Yeah, and in the the ceo said that their repurchase rate is astronomical So people buy it. Oh, that's awesome and then go back and just buy way more because it tastes awesome Well, I mean it's what an alternative to soda. I have never Well, that's it. Yeah, like if you like things that taste good I can't think of a better alternative to soda because it's that's better on my stomach and everything else Well, it's actually good. It's actually pro gut health right stuff They put in there is for your gut and then there's no sugar and the calories. I know I always feel good after Like 35 calories. I think is that the whole can't uh, yeah, yeah 35 calories in the whole can Yeah, so yeah, can you think of a better alternative soda three grams of sugar? Yeah, 900 water, but yeah, that's insane. That's a company. That's I think that's a company that's going to go Gangbusters. Well, they're all over the now I mean when you guys see them on when we get tagged on instagram It's actually rare that anyone buys it directly through them. So they they have they're in all kinds of stores now Yeah, so a lot of times people just find them they hear it on the show And then they see them like in a grocery store then they pick them up. I feel like I've seen it in whole foods I don't know if that's in all of them, but I've definitely seen it. I don't I don't think I've seen them In whole foods. Yeah, they're no they're popping up all over the place. Yeah, they're crushing I mean 900 growth is insane And when people are coming back to buy more it tells you a lot of good stuff It's great. It's great meeting these companies in those early stages and being able to be a part of Uh, their growth. It's a little frustrating to not own part of the company when I see that happen Yeah, well speaking of growth and money and all that stuff like that I actually wanted it's I wanted to talk with you guys because this last week a lot's happened And without getting political right about it. I'm I'm interested in What you think's going to happen to the economy in the next year? What's your theory with because they just they announced just recently That bernie sanders is running the budget, right? So isn't that what I heard? Is that correct? Yeah, he's I forgot what his position is right, but he's he's playing a role And then I also know that biden has already got 1.9 trillion that he's trying to get Is that correct and then we already had the 900 billion right before that So we've had the the 2 trillion the 900 we're gonna print a lot more money So then the prediction that the economist that I talked about almost four or five months ago is right on pace, right? I told you keep doing that. Yeah, the the the prediction was we would see at least three to four two trillion dollar stimulus packages get passed through especially if we if we if biden got office So what's your theory? What are you guys all doing personally? And what are your thoughts of of what's going to happen in the next one to four years? Oh, man I'm just just buying guns I'm doing the shuffle. No, I think um, you know Classical if you were to look at it like from an investor investor standpoint, you're probably expecting some level of asset inflation Um, so buying assets might be a good way to hedge against that. So like property Stock market's probably going to continue to blow up until it whatever pops Bernie Sanders, I mean there is not there isn't a spending bill the guy doesn't love so I can only imagine How much more they're going to want to spend? Uh, the one thing that really annoys me, um, and I don't care what your what your beliefs are on minimum wage But it's part of this this bill biden is trying to increase the the federal minimum wage From I think it's eight. It's eight something up to 15 $15. I can't think of a worse time to do that You just small businesses just got crushed with lockdowns and then when they reopen now you gotta pay your employees 15 bucks An hour is not gonna the best thing I've seen to take us out of this quagmire is uh, you know from barstool Sports like what they've been doing I'm so glad you brought that up. What a great guy that dude. Where are they at right now? Can the government just please take notes? You know from these businesses that are really putting it out there like one to one and helping These individual businesses. It's amazing. They had it. They had Aaron Rodgers on their day They got Elon Musk the other day. Who where are they at? Do you know where they're at there? The last time I had heard it was like at 20 million 20 million last of my check That was like explain exactly what they're doing So all they're doing is they're getting all these rich famous people to donate money And then they're going and then they're giving it to small businesses Literally like calling them up and zoom and they like announcing that they've those get me so qualified Do you guys get emotional watching those?  No one's being forced to do any of this This is just good people coming together to help other good people. I just I like it It's just giving them a chance to keep their businesses going and provide for their families. Well, it's like a basic, you know American idea. Where's it? Where's it at? Doug? There's a say. Oh, yeah 27 million. Wow. That's great. That's phenomenal. Yeah. Well, there might be a little light at the end of the tunnel With a remarkable turn of events. I know that the the mayor of chicago Is said that it's time to end the lockdowns same thing with the mayor of new york Well, yeah, there's no more elections. So Let's get back to business There was a rally did you guys see the study that came out that said that there were not really any benefits from lockdowns It was on it was a news week and actually multiple news organizations. Yeah, we can see it Dude, it all spread anyways and they were saying that the lockdowns were not Super effective or actually counterproductive that we should probably end them all which is i'm glad that That study came out. So now we have some evidence. I don't know if Doug maybe you can bring it up Um, but i'm glad something like that, you know, it's convenient came out Comes out later Stop with the conspiracy. Did you speak at conspiracy conspiracy theory? It's not come on guy What's the conspiracy about it? I mean a lot of people are calling that since day one, dude Come on. Come on. Get out of here. Did you guys did you guys see that they declassified a little bit of planning there? Justin might have seen this. Did you see that they declassified all stuff on ufo's? Yes I know and okay. So that's all out, right? Have you gone through and tried to like read some of these documents? I keep waiting for like all the nerds to get a hold of it and like, you know Uncode it for you. Yeah, please like I I don't know what's in there because I started to kind of read it And i'm like, oh my god. I don't have time for this. You know what though. Okay. Here's a deal, dude It's like i'm interested though. Yeah, but okay. Hold on a second.  Hey guys, we'll let you see everything. Don't trust us. This is everything that we have Here's where we disclosed Okay, yeah, I'm saying no. There's nothing there's probably nothing about aliens.  I know Yeah, so did he watch the simpsons episode and then put that outfit on or did the simpsons really call that Because that's just too weird. They predicted everything. You know, there's two weird They predicted trump winning the election. They predict. I mean so many things. You know what I think They just did everything like the simpsons like wrote every scenario. I don't I don't know but And then it just like, you know, it's just like Nostradamus. He just said everything and then sometimes he gets it right Bro, but Nostradamus' stuff is like hundreds or thousands of years. It took to happen. You know what I here's okay Here's my theory.  Is there like let's put in an Easter egg If people want to know this it's gonna happen through the simpsons We'll make it the most popular in South park are like where you can find the most popular show Sight, you know the whole time and we just they'll never they'll never catch on that. You know, we're telling them all the secrets What's gonna happen? Should have paid more attention to the simpsons. Oh Anyway, dude, I gotta tell you guys there's a little bit of a I guess a con not a pro but a con from working out with you guys Here at the studio the con a con. Yeah. Yeah, it's hard not to over train. Yeah It's mentally I get caught up in the energy and I end up going beyond what I probably should Yeah, there's a lot of momentum there. It is like it's nice because it's like you're like, yeah I'm like I get up and I'm motivated to start moving weights and all that but yeah being around you guys It does kind of like You gotta check yourself because I'll just like keep going Well, I know that it was that because we just we just went to vegas and I took four days off in a row So we I've been Now on a solid four or five weeks without like missing. I think a day is the most I've taken off in a week And and then I took four days off in vegas and we lifted today together and I felt amazing today That's that's always right. That's always the sign is When I know that I'm pushing my body too much and I'm overreaching too much or scaling the volume too quickly Is when I take off, you know, three four days in a row like that and then when I go back in the gym I actually feel stronger and better. Yeah, I mean, that's always a sign that I need to back off I so I took off I took three days off because that's when I was waiting for my you know the covid test and everything I don't want to like, you know hammer my immune system with workouts. Um, so I just didn't work out But I reevaluated it same thing adam. I worked out. I got a great pump. I felt stronger I'm like, okay. I was definitely over training So I'm just cutting down on the volume too. My volume I was at I was probably close to 18 to 20 sets per body part per for the week, which is a lot of volume For me. Yeah, so I'm cutting it down to about 12 10 to 12 So almost half and I'm going to see what's what happens And it's funny. This is something that I run into every once in a while But it's way harder working out with you guys way harder because it's exciting. We got the music We're pumped. Everybody's having a good time. I can go in here thinking to myself I'm going to go easier. But then I get caught up in the energy and in the pre-workout and then that's it I end up pushing.  I think I'm going to still stay with the same split only I'm just going to add in a rest day after each round So before you're doing you're going to push pull legs rest push pull legs rest Yes, where before I was I was going push pull legs push pull legs rest push pull legs push pull legs rest So I was only resting one day of the week. I think what I'm going to do now is is split it out Oh, you mean before you were going? Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah. Yeah, I was running I was running six days of training one day off six days in a row. So that means every week Uh, I'll workout is going to fall on a different day type of deal. Probably. Yeah, which is fine Yeah, I mean, we're not like really lifting with each other right now. I mean we're training at the same time But it's we've been off. I mean today at all aligned. We actually were all doing chest up Are you doing upper? No, I'm so I switched mine now now I'm going upper lower rest upper lower and then two days rest So I'm only we're going to work out four days a week instead of the six So I'm cutting it down to four cutting my sets down and then what I'm going to do on the days in between Is if I feel like I need extra core work or mobility work Then that's what I'm going to do and I actually want to uh, have you Justin work with me on things like the clubs And on the mace uh, because uh, it'll be fun to watch. Yeah No, I can't wait. You guys have to leave the room Stand way over there.  Yeah, I'm strong enough I just might hit everything around I'll get you to throw a baseball I'd love to help you that I got a ton of dms about the conversation that we had about the testosterone in my hormone therapy So that I thought that's I got to remember to kind of keep her by that I just did my blood work. So uh, again, I'm gonna I'm gonna be as as transparent with the audience as possible So they can know what what I'm going to and so right now My my kidneys I forget what it's uh, what the actual um on my on my blood work what she said But I know that that was the concern on the first one and it's from the crabs probably You think that's what it is. Yeah Everybody gets so it's not it's not it's not like uh, scary high But it was high like she thought I worked out in the morning and I didn't work out in the morning So it must be your ck levels that I think that's what I think that's what it is Which is like creatine levels, right a lot of muscle mass muscle damage Can cause high protein sometimes Can cause it but it's supposed to be elevated but yours must have been higher than what they would know Now if I was over training like I think I was it'll raise it. Oh it will Okay, so maybe that's what it is is that I may be a combination of maybe the because I know The first common offenders that we we look at is like caffeine creatine and then over training It depends on the number though. So you didn't you don't know what it is that they'll all bring it So again, I I I got it over the phone, right? So I took the test before I flew out to vegas she called me while I was in vegas and then we review All the numbers we're actually they're actually going to bump my testosterone a little bit because my my hormones came back So the way it works is you have they give me a shot every week And then they retest after four weeks to see When I on day seven Where is my my levels at and my levels were actually a little bit lower than what they were when I even started So they wanted they wanted to boost me up a tiny bit because they're trying I think they're trying to keep it to where on the last day. So on day seven I come back down to the kind of like 450 to 600 range is where I think where they're trying. Yeah, because they know it peaks So after you do something like that it goes up like up to 400 percent the day after But then it slowly comes down throughout the week. Yeah, and I think they're measuring you at the end, right? So they want you to not to go below Yeah, they don't want to see me I think they want to see me kind of hover at least where I was out or above And so I was a little bit lower. So they they're 10 milligrams more. So like hardly anymore. So well, yeah, this is prescription Yeah, so the black market If it was your steroid dealer, oh Triple that up. Yeah Sprinkle some d-ball and add some sesame onto that. We'll be fine. Hey, no, totally Yeah, but it's I mean, I was telling them I said I said I feel really really good So as far as like my energy levels and strength and recovery and libido like all that stuff has felt amazing Adam, I wanted to ask you because I know you you manage the sponsors You know pretty much the most out of it or all of it How is it worth with with public goods because The more I dig into their company the more I'm like it's pretty remarkable If you go on their on their site and I know you guys do shopping there the prices are so low It's kind of it's like how do they do this? I know it's like a no brand I just don't know if enough people know, you know, how like much they would save Just go in and use them. They have you know what it is. They have no no distributors and no retailers at all Yeah, it's pure direct to you and then when it comes to like houseware stuff. There's one thing There's one hand soap. There's one. Yeah, you know cleaner or whatever and then all of them, you know, of course Very simple it's straightforward and then they can send you the it's written. It's uh, you know reusable containers and a lot of stuff Well, I'm not sure prices are insane. Yeah, I'm not sure they like being compared to this But to me they it feels like a direct to consumer Costco type of brand, right? You know how Costco has their own brand of Kirkland instead they they don't brand at all Everything's like like has that very clean black and white Label and there's not a lot of money and stuff put into that all the money is put into saving you at wholesale type prices So yeah, you get your bathroom stuff for ridiculously cheap to raise I know Doug uses the razors already after he got on that. I'm getting on that bandwagon. Oh, yeah I know the soap and the shampoo the dollar like four razors. Yeah. No, it's it is It's it's really really cheap when you look at it. So it's and it's great product And like you said they do everything like uh reusable. So well, so here's the thing when you get your order from them So I don't know about you guys. So Jessica is very Um, what's the what's the environmentally conscious very like if I'm washing dishes if I leave the water on too long She'll you know, turn it off. She's always like looking at containers She gets really upset when we get things from amazon because you know, you get something from amazon That's the size of like my phone.  Yeah, like packaging involved. Yeah, and so when you get something from public goods, they don't do that It's very very minimal and you can see that and then the the containers that their product come in Are sugar king like sugar king bottles and stuff. Oh, no way. So they're biodegradable. Yeah. Yeah, so it's I think this is the future I really do. I think consumers are more privy to it and then they've they've they've hit the magic spot Which is can we make things more, you know, can we do the non-toxic chemicals? Can we do things that are more environmentally friendly but also make it so that it's cost effective and less expensive Which in the past was impossible. It's like well, you pay for that stuff Yeah, you had to pay a lot extra just to go out of your way to be concerned about those things Well, I'm assuming that it's been going well and being going well for our audience because I mean We're renewed for the entire year with them. So I mean, they wouldn't have done that if our audience wasn't receiving it Well and wasn't enjoying the product. Well, good. Good. Yeah, it's sometimes it's hard to talk about something like that Because they offer so much. I know there's so many new things in the grocery list I like it looked at all these like items that even like see before like you just go in there and you get lost Well, even myself I'm still guilty of this because we've been trained to kind of like our our grocery list that we have delivered to the Instacart to the house every day or on a regular not every day, but on the regular. Do you guys do most of your grocery shopping like that? Yeah, most of it. Really? Yeah, most of it so we try and like I don't know Maybe now we're down to once or twice a month of like going into the grocery store and trying to buy like bulk then And then we use Instacart to kind of supplement all the kind of day to day stuff like the fresh stuff that goes Yeah, so that's kind of that's the hard the hardest part I think with like Instacart is doing the the vegetables and fruit and stuff like that because you tend to like to pick that out So Katrina does like to go to the store for those things But a lot of the other stuff we can just order from there But again, like I said, I'm still getting better about like every time something comes in that we order I'm like, oh you public good sells this and they sell it for cheaper and better like I've got it I've got a shift to where I'm like using all of all of their products So I'd save money that especially if you have reusable to do the prescription. I'm not the prescription. Excuse me. The uh, what's it called? Yeah, subscription Might I get prescription hands? So yeah, it's so damn strong. But anyway First question is from fit vic thoughts on german volume training methods. Love it 10 by 10 Yeah, this is so um, that's the name that they've given it, but this is how Lifters used to lift back in the day They didn't do lots of exercises If they increased the volume, they would do more sets of a specific exercise. So just a quick rundown German volume training refers to Exactly that so rather than doing Three exercises or four exercises for my chest and doing three sets each Do one exercise and doing 10 sets of that single allows you to get really good at that exercise Oh the skill that you develop from it and the strength that you'll you'll develop from it through the roof because a lot of people won't realize this But um, you know, obviously muscles move The weight they contract so they definitely are a part of the strength formula But technique and skill is a big part of that And so a lot of getting a better bench press is getting bigger muscles But it's also getting better at bench press. Um, and then also strength gains can be pretty specific Um, there's a transfer, but they can be pretty specific to what you train So this I love this method, especially if you want to get really good at certain exercises Like if you want to get really good at overhead press instead of doing, you know, three different shoulder exercises Just do a lot of sets of shoulder press.  You look at all the dumbbells like where do I start whatever like something like this is like so painfully like it's You're gonna do this today this this like two to three to you know, five exercises whatever but like very Very straightforward, and I'm just gonna kind of hone in on this as a particular skill and just practice it until I get really strong I don't think I've ever followed a a complete Gvt like protocol though where I went through like a whole program that way I like to intermittently kind of do this You know what I haven't done this in a long time today. I'm gonna do 10 sets of bench and then I would just do that I would say our maps power lift program is probably the closest thing that reflects this I mean, there's a lot of eight set extra. There's a lot of eight set exercises in there You're only doing the major lifts and a lot of volume in it So and a lot of it's around practicing and getting good at it So I'd say that's probably the program we have that's closest to that But we get asked this a lot and I think it's a I think it's a great tool If funny part is I think it's not as popular because people like all this different shit They all want they want to have novelty. Yeah, they want to have you know 10 different exercises or we taught something new when the truth is if you train this way you picked Five to seven of the best exercises and you always came in the gym and you did 10 sets of them You get really good at them and you get really strong and build a lot of muscle It used to always uh, kind of annoy me when I would hear clients say something like oh, what's next? That this is you know, I've done this. I'm bored now. It's like yeah, this is all I'm doing today Yeah, like it's supposed to be entertainment, but I get it. It's a factor, right? So I do get that I look I tell you uh for me personally, this is one of the fastest way for me Now I don't do this all the time But if I want to get really strong at something and really reap the benefit This is the fastest way like if I do 10 sets of 10 reps for squats I'm going to get really good at squats in a short period of time Now here's some some things some pointers to to keep in mind If you're doing 10 sets of 10 reps start with the weight that is lighter than you think Okay, that's a massive factor. Yeah, because you do 10 of 10 You think oh, this is easy with your first set You just wait to get to set number eight or nine. I did this with squats I did it with 225 which 10 reps is relatively easy for me with 225 It wasn't at the end of the workout by the time I got to the 10th set It was really really difficult. So pick a weight that's easier than you think So this I actually used to start when I would like kind of fall off the wagon for a couple weeks or whatever They get back in the gym I would always start with legs and I would do 135 actually I do 135 10 10 sets of 10 And that was always like a great way to get me back into training and it always blasted my legs You think 135 is nothing as far as moving the weight But that's a lot of volume in squats And so just be careful if you do if you do say if you go to if you go to gvt training and you've never done it before I would recommend starting a way lighter than you. Yeah way lighter than you think now Now what are the what are the the potential cons of this kind of training like one of the things you need to watch out for I would say joint pain or injury because You are stressing the same area over and over and over and over again So if you're repetitive pattern if your hip mobility isn't perfect and a squat challenges it a little bit And you do 10 sets of squats You might find yourself having some issues if bench presses are okay for you But sometimes they bother your shoulder 10 sets of bench presses probably not a good idea For your shoulder. So keep that in mind whatever exercise you pick Make sure it's something you could do well because doing 10 sets of it If you're just a little bit off by the end of the workout, you'll probably run into some problems Next question is from kanichiwa What's your take on the catch phrase sweating for the wedding as seen on social media? What is an alternative strategy or mindset for people who are preparing for a big event? I didn't know this was a thing Is a thing people getting creative again making hashtags. I'll tell you no days off Here's some here's some behind the scenes like, uh, you know But what your trainer doesn't tell you stuff as a trainer At when I was a trainer if I had a Goal assessment somebody shows up and I'm going to show them some exercises and my my goal It should try to get the person to hire me Right because I'm trying to build my business and I want them to hire me If they said anywhere in my goal assessment, uh, when I said to them, why are you working out?  It was like the most it was easy Because super motivated. Yeah, it's like it's the big day They've probably been thinking about it forever since they were kids They want to look a particular way and I knew that they were going to hire me on the spot It's an extremely events or or dates things that are important to you are very powerful Short-term motivators terrible long-term motivators. Absolutely terrible once the date is up all the drive and motivation and all the The mental aspect of every the reason why you're working out in the first place and eating a particular way in the first place Is gone. Yeah, throw it out the window. It's literally gone in a day And your consistency afterwards completely disappears. Um, and so I knew this I knew if a client hired me for their wedding I was already thinking ahead of time first off. I knew they were going to hire me second off How am I going to keep this person consistent after the wedding? Um, was the second thing So I would say this there's nothing wrong with training for a specific date But in your mind have a plan for afterwards and understand that your motivation is going to be low afterwards It's just going to be what is that going to look like and how are you going to maintain your consistency? I think what really matters too is If we start sweating, you know sweating for the wedding, uh, how far out from the wedding really Makes a big difference, right? So if I had somebody who came to me and they had a wedding in six months Um, that's a lot of time for me to spend the first couple months trying to rebuild their metabolism I get them eating really well and create some good behaviors and lay a solid foundation of lifting And then I have plenty of time to really ramp up the intensity and the movement and the sweating and the cardio Leading up to that event to kind of get them to peak at their best Uh, but somebody who says I'm sweating for the wedding and the wedding is in 30 or 60 days That's really tough. It's really one. It's really tough to even see that much change in that short period of time And I really know that Whatever I give them for that, you know, four to eight week window is going to set them up for failure afterwards and so to me Depending on how much time I have to prepare this person for that wedding really dictates what that programming looks like heading into the wedding because Yeah, if you come to me and you say I've only got four weeks and I've got a wedding I need to shred as many pounds as possible. Then yeah calorie restriction and moving like crazy Is the best route to to shred as much as you can in four weeks The reality of that is though is you're only going to rebound that much harder when you get out of it It's usually that it's usually a really small window. They give you uh, and they just want to crash Basically do all of it at once all the kitchen sink in there with cardio with diet like extreme dieting and then lifting weights basically lifting weights with cardio Uh, and they want to do all of that to the entire time to to basically Burn themselves out completely and then they just don't realize what they're going to have to pay for After the event and all that and then there's the the the wraps and then the the sweet sweat And then all this bullshit that they're going to add on top of that at the end Which I'm sure they're they're waiting for us to talk about that kind of stuff You know the other thing too is I had this conversation this week and I was with my aunt right and she's talking about She's wanting to drop weight. She's in some of the worst shape She's been in a long time and I've written diets for her before and got on stuff and she's like, you know I really want you to help me. I need to get at least 15 of these pounds off as as fast as possible And I was going over diet with and I was explaining like what we what I want you to do though This first month is I don't want to lose any weight on the scale and she's like no no no I want to lose 15 pounds. I said you understand you don't pounds is not what you care about on the scale You want to change your body as fast as possible, correct? She's like, yes. Yes. I want to change. I want to lose body fat I want to drop down. I said so then it's not about the scale weight And the fastest way believe it or not to change your body composition isn't you dramatically dropping on the scale It's a nice exchange as you are slowly burning body fat You're also building muscle and so there's very little movement on the scale And I think people get so caught up in seeing the scale go down in these these short bouts where you have 60 90 days to get Ready for a wedding and just because you're 60 or 90 days out for a wedding Still doesn't mean that you want to see the scale move that much It's still the fastest way to change your body composition Would be a nice beautiful exchange of losing body fat while also building muscle That will make your body look the most different But we get in this like hurry of oh, I got it. I want to be down 15 pounds or 15 pounds heavier than I've ever been And we get so caught up in the scale as our gauge of are we doing a good job? And in reality if you're just really getting after it or starting your program Seeing the scale drop down in those first 30 to 60 days is not a good strategy And even if you think that moving the scale that fast is helping you look better faster You're not necessarily true if you're not building muscle at the same rate. Yeah Again, I really stress this like plan for post wedding What am I going to do after and also realize you're going to be not nearly as motivated and be honest with yourself So you're working out five days a week leading up to your wedding Set a goal for three days a week after you get married. Okay when I'm done I get back from a honeymoon I'm going to go to the gym three days a week if you lost 20 pounds Going into your wedding you're going to gain back eight pounds or 10 pounds So plan for that be okay with it and come up with a long-term plan because otherwise you're going to have A tough tough road ahead of you Next question is from Andy Rodding Is it normal to want to sleep 30 to 60 minutes after a workout? No, no, that's not normal Sounds fun though. Yeah. No, right. Um, you know, here's the thing like and this is one of the most, um, Important things I think I ever communicated to clients and it really was effective Uh for them at least I would tell them that After their workout, they should feel good So you should you should yeah, you should leave what I would say is you should walk out of my studio And feel more energized than you walk in you should walk out feeling more motivated more productive And sharper than you did when you walk in if you walk out and feel wasted and dead And like you need to go sit on the couch for a couple hours Then we went too hard now there's nothing wrong with those rare workouts where you're going to the gym And that's the goal is to see what you're made of and test your capabilities But the vast majority of workouts you should after you're done you should feel amazing And judge it off that because if you don't you went too hard and now here's the thing This is when people have a tough time They think well, this can't be too hard. I only did this much or I only did that much.  You got to go easy. You should not feel this way after you're done with the workout Yeah, I've been thinking about this too because I've had like moments where that'll happen to me Like where I'll have workout that didn't seem like it was that intense and I'll just want to go to sleep And really I take it back to being overstimulated and having like too much Of that, you know early in the morning and then like overdoing it to where Uh now I'm I'm adding this added bit of of stress to the body and in like I just feel like fatigued from it Like like more so than I should be so it's just this this Uh you got to do sort of an inventory of stress and and figure out like where you're at in terms of outside, uh, you know external factors like Whether it's like stress from work whether stress from family, uh, you know All these other stimulants and things you're adding in in, you know, your routine like a lack of sleep Lots of different factors that you know, and then you're working out and then after that, you know You may have a propensity to want to just go to sleep It's interesting that you you share your story because what I was going to say and allude to was that in my experience with clients Um, what's actually really common is is overstimulating.  I thought I read a long time ago I think you corrected me Sal on this or not I I think I thought that caffeine was um, like everyone's we always refer to it as like an upper But what happens chemically in the body is what gives us that spike in energy is our body trying to fight against it Are you familiar it increases this circulating? Uh, I can't remember the chemical in the brain But it actually increases the amount of it that circulates and that's why you get an energy spike from it Right. So the way it works is not necessarily like it directly is a stimulant whether it causes Uh, your body's production of these chemicals too. Yeah, yeah to be more effective, but but yeah, that's a good point Um, if I overstimulate I definitely will crash for sure and I'll notice it a couple hours or you know Two or three hours later. I mean if you take a stimulant before your workout, here's how you know you took too much You feel out of breath More than you normally would that's what happens to me So I'm doing a high rep set of squats and I find myself Having to stop and rest longer if you feel like your heart rate is a little too fast Racin too much.  Um, and then you might get a crash after Next question is from mr. James j. Cho Is it common for one side's leg muscles and hip flexor to be tighter than the other? Yeah, it's very it's more common than to have them both be the same You know, that's for sure. It's it's it's it's actually rare to have both sides be identical In flexibility and just you know, you sit a particular way you might move a particular way. I know for me Crossing my legs. I can tell one side is always a little tighter than the other So yeah, and now this is a good thing to know because now you can work on balancing them out You can work on improving the mobility of the side that's tight and you can do exercises that encourage Balance. So if this is you and it's a big deal Then I would do split stance or unilateral exercise laterally I was just going to say that's probably the move with this is really refocus and kind of bring that more in the programming of what you're doing to Really address a lot of instability or something that's looming there that's causing You know this tightness where the body feels like it needs to You know brace and protect around uh, you know these joints I think this is so common that I would make the case that I think Everybody is this way, right? I mean don't I mean don't you all dominate in one side, right? Like nobody is there's nobody that is perfectly symmetrical. There's nobody There's nobody that their whole left side is exactly the same strength size everything length limb All those things are nobody is perfectly symmetrical So when you do something that's bilateral like a squat where both feet on the ground and you drop down into that It's very natural that the dominant the stronger side is going to take over a little bit of movement Even if it's subconsciously and you can't see it It's just you know a little bit of the energy and strength is going to come from that side And the more of it that you have the more obvious it'll be by how tight you are on that and The key for all of us I think is becoming aware of that and then knowing when you go into your workout So not only are you addressing it with things like, you know South mile fascia release and doing mobility work But you're also thinking about it when you're doing these exercises now like oh wow if I'm Always in my so in my case, it's my left side, right? So I have a tendency to want to shift my weight over to the left side in a squat Now it's so subtle that the average I wouldn't be able to see it But I know of it because of how I'm always tighter and worse on that side So when I drop down in that squat I'm really thinking about that making sure that I'm trying to give it at equal effort on the opposite side In addition to of course the the other work awesome Look mind pump is recorded on video as well as audio come find us on youtube mind pump podcast You can also find all of us on social media.  I accept that I want to quit That's why so many people don't make this and instead of looking at it and trying to say all the time like change


Hey, everybody, Dr. O. In this video, I want to talk about what are called torch infections. I want to talk about organisms that are pathogens that are able to cross what's known as the blood placental barrier and actually cause problems in the developing fetus and the womb. So maybe you've heard of the blood-brain barrier, which tries to isolate the brain and your spinal cord from the rest of your body, especially if you're done with pathogens. The placenta tries to do the same thing, but there are some organisms that are capable of crossing this blood placenta barrier, and most of them are classified as these torch infections. So first, you see the T there. We have toxoplasmosis. This is the reason that pregnant women are supposed to avoid kitty litter, because toxoplasma gondii, this protozoal infection, can be found in cat feces. So next for the O, you've got just a collection of different ones, so syphilis, chicken pox, hepatitis B, HIV, and lastly you have fifth disease, which maybe you've never heard of, erythema infectiosum. It's a rash that generally happens on the cheeks, it almost looks like you've been slapped. It is very common, still hundreds of thousands of infections, but just the strange thing is where the name came from. It's actually called fifth disease because there was a historical list of common skin rashes in children, and it was the fifth one on the list. So I don't know what third disease is, but for some reason that's why it's called fifth disease. The R is rubella, or German measles. This one's very important because it can lead to, sorry, my phone's ringing. It can lead to CRS or congenital rubella syndrome. I know several people that are deaf or hearing impaired because of this can lead to cataracts, heart problems, and then problems in the brain as well. So that's why rubella or German measles is such an important disease to avoid while you're pregnant. The C in torch is cytomegalovirus, so cytomegalovirus doesn't generally cause too many problems, but if you're pregnant, you are immunosuppressed. You don't think about that much, but you are immunocompromised while you're pregnant, and that's because you're growing an organism.  So if you had a super robust immune system while you were pregnant, it might recognize it as kind of a foreign invader, and that would be a pretty serious problem. That's also why though, I have autoimmune diseases, so I know that many people, their autoimmune diseases will actually improve while they're pregnant because of the kind of immunosuppressive nature of being pregnant. Then the H in torch would be herpes, so you've got herpes, simplex, viruses one and two, which can affect the mouth and the genitals. So these are examples of torch infections. I do want to add one to this list, and that is listeria. So listeriosis is caused by listeria, monocytogenes, so this is an organism that also can affect the fetus, can lead to spontaneous abortion, and I've mentioned this in another video, but this is the reason that women are supposed to avoid deli meats and some foods that could be contaminated with listeria. So that's another example of an organism that would potentially cause problems to your baby. All right, so those are organisms that are capable of causing disease and being spread through the placenta, torch infections. I hope this helps. Have a wonderful day. Be blessed.