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Oh, it's also It's also costing us a lot of money for sure But it completely goes against our integrity as coaches and trainers and so I think we need to talk about Why mine pump does not use before and after pictures in our marketing or why we think before and after pictures are Bullshit the struggle is real it is because you know how effective they are and how like Emotionally pulling it is just to see that, you know clear and distinct change in somebody and then it's an immediate thought that Wow, if I do this this is gonna happen in a really short period of time Well in the words of our marketing team you guys are idiots to proven formula Okay, it's hard to deny that Can you name any piece of? Advertising that is more effective than a before and after in fitness and health nothing no nothing is more It will sell more it will sell more faster. It'll get you more attention entire companies That's including in all aspects of health beauty and fitness all of it Was this all started was it body for life or what was that program that really highlighted? They were probably the first one to a really to I think take full advantage of this before and after has been around forever I mean it would they have ever but they took it to you remember that you would open the book I had the book. Did you have the book Doug? I know you did. Yeah, you followed it I bought the book and you opened it and I would say the first four pages the back four paint were all just Before and afters just amazing transformations. Oh, I bought so many products as a kid based off of before Cyrogenics was a company that I bought that they sold a Supplement system which was literally 10 bottles of a bunch of stuff and the before and afters were so dramatic Literally, there would be a overweight guy who then looked like a bodybuilder like it wasn't even like you know So it's a lost 15 pounds. It was like wow that guy became a bodybuilder. Yeah, and I spent my hard earned I remember I'm a 15 year old kid I'm washing dishes at a restaurant and I'm saving my money and it's like $200 is back in 1995 or whatever for this guy and it was the before and afters that did this I wouldn't have done it otherwise It's super effective. It's also one of the number one things we hate about the fitness industry that we grow up hating Well, what do you think is that what's the psychology behind it? Why? Oh, why is it? Why does it work so well? When people see a before and after it is it taps into the way that our brains evolve to see evidence Yeah, so if I show you a study that says, you know, the study shows this percent increase of whatever That's never gonna be as effective as especially someone you know a friend of yours who lost a lot of weight doing something You're automatically be like, oh my god, that totally works because it's really called social evidence or I also think there is a Motivational component that it taps into too because what happens is whenever someone looks and that's why I think body for life crushed this because if what they did so well was So many different looking people guys girls fat tall skin you'll identify one of them So we all relate I think I think it does you somebody goes. Oh my god That's what I look like right now And then they see what they look like afterwards and then so now they have a picture of what's possible for them because that body That guy has my body type right now what he looked like six months ago And now he looks like that and also I think it's it's really about the attention game, right? Like what's the the most powerful way to express that whatever it is you're selling them works You know, it's just a visual it tells a lot of information in a very short period of time And like you don't have to read like all of the proof The backs it or the system for sure, but it's got to be hitting like a very very emotional Yeah primal type thing for because you see yourself and that like so if I saw an ad for some pillar with that And it was advertised to women. It was just a woman before and after you don't that ad doesn't hit me It was a skinny guy.  Yes. This definitely so I think that's what it is I think that if you do enough of these right and you have a fitness business You put enough of these before and afters you throw up a picture of a percentage of these people that low Oh my god, that looks just like me and now they are inspired because they go Oh if he can do it or she can do it. I can do it. Yeah And now you know some now our marketing team has said this to us who cares how you get them in So long as you sell you teach them the right way and you show them the right workouts and the right diet And they try to make the case that you'll attract more people That you can then help and I've heard that before right and there is some truth to it But the the problem with this is the way you enter into your fitness journey matter so much In terms of your sustainability that that would start people off on the wrong foot and it's so Against Everything that we stand for in fact when we first met before we started mine pump that was one I don't know if you guys remember that was one of the first things we said whatever we you sell We're not going to use these before and afters to try to sell our products because how many of our clients fell prey to that Even while they were our clients and how annoyed were you with your with with this this whole marketing system and Immediately expectation coming in that we would have to like basically overcome an objection Right away and like sort of talk them out of that mindset. It's tough though because I mean I've seen a lot of our Transformations of people that have listened to show for years I'm so glad you said that it's not like we don't have before and after right we have hundreds of ones and they're inspiring So it's it's a it's a it's a you know what it was you call that a catch 22, right? Like it's this weird weird situation we're in where man One I wouldn't we're not big fans of using that to as a promotional Angle but boy, there's some of these incredible transformations that people have made that you know selflessly I want to share because I don't look look these are people too that but then I know I don't I know the message that that's sending and it flies right in the face of what I think we present on the show all Time what we stand for I think okay So the first thing that I think That I for me that at least that's an issue is that it sells the message That the aesthetics of your body and how they change as you exercise is Is the most important thing or that's the only thing right because what you see is looks and people are already so Fixated on aesthetics and looks when it comes to working out That what it causes for them is it because when you're doing it the right way if you let's say you're gonna lose 40 pounds When you do it the right way, it's it starts off slow It's a slow process at first if you're looking for sustainable lifelong changes If you want to just change your body and then go back to what you did before that's fine But if you want sustainable results, it's a step-by-step process It's a slow process and so what it does to people is it makes them think that the visual is the is all the value and they ignore All these other beneficial effects that they that they don't notice like I remember how many times it's happened to you right You get a client and you're doing everything the right way This is later on when he became really good as a trainer and they'd come to you to be two months or three months Into your your training, you know with them and they'd say oh, you know I've only lost like seven pounds on the scale I don't know if this is really working and then you would say to them. Well, how's your energy? Yeah?  How's your mood? Oh my god, all that stuff is way better and then they would start to like notice Like oh, yeah, this is really valuable But the point before that was that they were not aware because what they were so focused on Was just a little that's the problem with like okay, so let's take the body for life and you look at a page Let's say that's got ten transformations on it and let's say there's you know There's an obvious winner like oh my god his transformation It's most amazing and then there was somebody that let's just say had like the least physical transformation But what the story doesn't tell was the guy that had maybe the least transformation on the on the visual It got he got off drugs. His wife and him have a better marriage. He's been a more productive father Maybe he's recovering from a chronic right and like I mean just completely has changed this guy's life forever But no one is talking about it because we're so fixated and focused on the abs are showing Yeah, like who who won the the look transformation and maybe the guy who won on the physical Transmitting that guy already had a lot of those things in line in his life And so it made the transformation for him literally X's and O's or what if they did it in an unhealthy way or right? Yeah, so that even better point. Yeah That's a that's a big one because you don't know the whole story of what happened Which is so important and then it creates these kind of false expectations. In fact Before and afters have been around for a long time in the weight loss industry or whatever And then there was regulations that said you need to put underneath and they always do this in real small print Right that you know users can expect don't don't expect these results. It's all individuals will vary Yes, we vote results will vary they had to do that because they would get in trouble But it doesn't matter it still causes and creates these false expectations So then you have somebody that enters into this whatever program or whatever that's selling There are goods and services through this before and after and now this person has that visual like that's what's supposed to happen That change right but what what people need to understand is the visual changes that happen through a fitness and health journey Are the side effect of the filth the the health and fitness journey not the primary effect It's the side effect of improving your health now if it becomes a primary effect You start to sacrifice health which always happens and then you start to lose both So you don't want to have those false Expectations that are sold through before and afters. That's I mean that's one of the main reasons why I hate I never did that as a trainer because This person has their own story their own challenges. What's a win for them? Might not be a win for someone else or might be a loss for somebody like if I have a new client who? Has a bad relationship with exercise has never done it It maybe had some bad experiences terrible diet all that stuff and she just Was consistent one day a week for a month and then she came in a second day a month and was consistent for three months That could be for that person a huge win now for someone else that might be nothing not a big deal I'm 20 years old. I could show up whenever I want. I don't have all these you know things I don't have this relationship with exercise like that other person But that person who has that big win if their expectation was based off of before and after And how many times have you had this happen with a client?  You're failing you came to me. You never exercise an individual journey. Yes, and then this is I think the biggest point We're trying to stress like each person We have to take our own path. There's there's very specific needs that that each person has coming in and You know that's just like a fraction of the story that the byproduct like you said of All the work that we're putting in to rebuild the body in and create a healthier You know body to keep you going further into the future It's the same reason why we we don't like the 30-day or 60-day or 90-day challenges either totally because another effective marketing tool Right. Yeah, I mean it's just it's a what people are so focused on the outcome and we're constantly preaching the journey Yes, you know you you oh enjoy the process Can I lose the most weight like there's all the offices right? Oh every work when in one month from now? There'll be all these offices across the country that will promote these alright weight loss challenges Everybody's gonna do yeah, and it's all and you win a cash prize if you get the whoever loses the most weight in the office And everybody is focused on the the result the outcome Versus the journey on how they got there and the truth is if that's if they're only focused on the outcome And they don't focus on the journey. It won't be sustainable Guaranteed it won't be no no and it's not it's not just your opinion Adam that the numbers are clear, right? It's an 80 plus percent fail rate within a year of losing the weight that you're trying to lose if you approach it The wrong way, which is how most people do so you are almost guaranteed to fail within the first year now If you extend it to three four five years the fail rate is north of 95 percent Why would you do anything? Why would you put so much effort into anything and by the way at that rate?  Yeah, that's it. I mean that's all that highlights is that there's some people that have a different gear that can Sacrifice for years mode and be miserable before they finally break versus most people that like after a year of ago This is ridiculous. I'm not gonna live my life like no, you're a hundred percent correct It's it's all about the journey and the result is great But if you enjoy the journey and you do it the right way You're always gonna be on the journey because that's the part that you're that you enjoy that you understand Those are the changes that are sustainable The focus on the result or creating those false expectations is almost a guaranteed way to get someone to approach fitness and health through a Unsustainable, you know 100% fail rate, you know after six months or a year, right? And so what we don't want to do is Start people off on the wrong foot and with fitness and maybe in some areas you can start on the wrong foot and then correct things Yeah, but with fitness. It's it's starting on the wrong foot is almost guaranteed way to get your screw up You start changing to adjust at that point, too And I just think that this is one of those things that make it creates this sense of being in a race like all of a sudden now You know like I'm not getting this I have to push push push harder and like everything is just about you know Getting as quickly to the finish line as possible and not you know being aware of what your body's trying to tell you You know what a worse outcome is is that people actually have success with it? That's even worse when they when they actually utilize these challenges or use these transformations to motivate them to have success That's short-term success.  They love the comparison stuff They love what they'll say is hey I did this before and it worked. Yes, and then I'll say to them Well, why are you here a couple weeks? No, that was always my answer if it worked. Why are you here? That's right. Oh, well, I couldn't stick with it. So did it work or did it not work? No, it worked No, it didn't if it worked you would not be here and that's the big thing. I remember talking to a client Years ago and this was a gentleman who had a big setbacks in life He had a back injury then he got divorced and anyway He used to be fit and then didn't work out for a long time gain a lot of weight and he came and hired me and We started working out and this was maybe six months into training And I remember he had he was really down on himself one session and he's like man This is I suck I used to you know be so consistent back in the day And I don't know why this is so hard for me this and that and I sat down with him I said, okay, let's figure out. You've been with me for six months Let's look at all the amount of times you've worked out with me in that six month period Let's talk about that Let's talk about some of the stuff that we've changed with the nutrition and I did the math and I don't remember what it was But I said, okay, you've averaged about two workouts a week with me since we started six months ago And he goes yeah, I can't believe I'm only working out twice a week And I said, okay, how many days a week were you working out before you saw me and he's like he's quiet Zero I said sounds like a success to me sounds like you've done more than you did before it's that you know That that that false expectation that people have especially when they compare themselves to things that are not that you can't really compare to Which I think brings us to the next one. Well, yeah That's just gonna say that's the next and maybe the most dangerous Part of all this is encouraging people to compare themselves to other people to trap That's a big trap. That's a social media trap period causes depression anxiety thief of joy, right? Oh, I mean you can it's so hard to To you know be kind of proud of your successes and acknowledge your progress When you're comparing yourself to someone else which again back to you know some of the earlier points You don't know the whole story all you're comparing to is this one factor like well They make more money while they look happier in these Facebook pictures with their family Wow, they look more fit than I do and they got there faster So now you're not a success.  No, I'm not as good as that person This is failing for me which leads to bad behaviors, right? You start to feel down on yourself either you'll a stop doing what you're doing or be Engage in unhealthy health and fitness behaviors like over dieting over training Doing things that are not sustainable for yourself taking all these diet pills that kind of stuff It's it's comparing yourself to other people besides in fitness is one of the the biggest Problems that people can encounter and it caused a lot of bad things I think it's worse today than it's ever been in our lives for the exact point that you brought up like This didn't exist that long ago where like if you were just just 20 years ago You could go a full year and maybe not see two people that have like six pack abs Like literally that would be totally normal and this would be totally normal for someone who works out in a gym That's how crazy it is. Yes I used to do this thing right when people would like compare and talk about oh this person in this body And she looks so amazing and then they I would stand them up in the sales pit and have them like look across the gym 150 people yeah 150 people in there all busters. These are all consistent people It's a weekday in here right now. I said show me five people that look that way in the gym right now So this is totally biased. It's not we're not the mall. We're not in a random place This is where people want to be fit and you couldn't you couldn't find me five people But yet today on social media and let me tell you the people that like these transformation pictures that think that they're inspired And motivated by it are the same people that also follow 20 30 50 different of these fitness influencers who go and diet extreme take Thousands of photos of themselves in short periods of time use them to drip over the course of a year And even if they don't let's say there's somebody who's keeps their body neurotic Yeah, six percent year around and what you don't know is like how fucked up and out of balance the rest of their life Is because they're so neurotic about their body and you as this person this normal person who has a normal job And just wants to be healthy and fit are following these people and can and compare constantly Comparing yourself daily and so you get this skewed perception of what the real world looks like and it doesn't look like it's it's so much More intense these days like the lot last time I remember even having access to looking at those type of visuals It was magazines and that that's what we had we had to go get the magazine and then you would look at oh wow like Look at these guys are amazing or girls like with their bodies there But occasionally you get it on TV, but every single day you just scroll and if you're following, you know These people it's just like a constant loop a reiteration that you're not good enough You're not good if you'll never get to this point. Yeah, and insecurities are often based off of comparison. I am Skinnier than most people. I am fatter than most people. I am less happy than most people I'm less attractive than most people, you know what and by the way This is statistically true not that it matters by the way because you have value no matter What and you can be a good person or bad person no matter what but even if we look at the numbers the odds are that 99% of anybody watching or listening to this somewhere in the middle meaning most people are kind of like you, right? Most of us are like that very few people are on the extremes now What is presented in before and after pictures and what is presented in social media and in marketing extreme is that extreme? for example if I If I lived in an NBA locker room, okay, or NBA courts, I would think I'm six foot tall, right? I would think I'm short like my gosh. There's these everybody's you know, I wouldn't even think they're giants I would be like wow. I'm so tiny. Yeah, everybody's like six eight or seven foot tall I'd have this distorted view of my height compared to others That could become an insecurity and that would only enhance the insecurity because I'm like, oh my gosh I'm so well then then you go home and all you follow is NBA players. Yeah, so you're getting it double Well, that's what I'm saying. So and this happens with fitness marketing and this is what before and after is due because here's what happens You go and you follow the program or the diet that the before and after is selling You do it and you do it for 30 days and the before and after you saw I was like, oh my gosh This guy lost so or this girl lost so much weight looks so incredible 30s And then you do everything right, you know, you know into the context of your life You're like man, I've been more consistent than I've ever been. I'm eating right I'm making all these changes but because the metabolism is complex bodies are very different and again You don't know the whole story you lose 10 pounds, which would be a lot in a month probably more than you should But let's just say you do that now. You're not happy.  This person lost 30 pounds. I look in the mirror and I made some changes But what the heck is wrong with me, right? And so it creates what it does is whatever insecurity you have It preys on it because you know how earlier we talked about identifying with the people in the picture Yeah, who you're identifying with is not the after it's the before 100% So who am I identifying in the before right? Well, if I was a kid, I'm identifying with the hard gainer skinny person Oh, that's hammering my insecurities, right? Or am I identifying with the overweight Mom middle-aged mom or the the overweight young ex-athlete or whatever they choose to portray, right? So that's my insecurity and what the 30 days the the transformation before and after pictures do is they take your insecurity And they prey on it. Well, this is why this is why marketing teams crush doing this I mean, they they have a small window, you know five What is it five to 15 seconds on average to grab your attention? And telling you the whole laborious story about the journey and all the way It's just not going to happen. And so what the quickest way is to hit you into the soft spot Hit you on your insecurity and make you feel bad about yourself and then sell you the solution That it's like marketing 101 And it's a it's a hell of a time being a business that is trying to do it in a different way When that's a proven formula and I'll tell you being honest It's been very tempting to to fall into that Being even told from the marketing team like listen, we'll double your sale Right. Well, we could we could get them in and then we'll teach them after that And it's just like it's so hard for us to do that Even if we know that our intentions are pure that once we get them into our network that we would then Teach them the proper way That that would be if they were willing to listen to the rest of what we're doing But what it'll do is it casts a wider net? And what we're going to catch more of the people that I didn't even want to learn Not only that but just people who are already in that cycle of self-hate, right? Right. So you're already in a cycle of self-hate and it's very hard at that point to get you to change those things So I'd rather not do that. I'd rather not promote self-hate because If you're exercising I mean how many times have I said this right? If you're exercising and changing your diet because you hate yourself It's not going to work because exercise is a punishment food is restriction or tasty foods are of award And that already is starting you're already starting off on this dysfunctional relationship with exercise and nutrition Which only leads to destruction. It only leads to fairly terrorize yourself for so long. That's right Now here's the next point and this is the this is one of the bigger points as to why marketing is the way it is Because the most consistent results that happen and what I mean by that is when you actually examine people that Do change their health in dramatic ways and not just change it But they maintain it for the rest of their lives, right? If you actually took people like that and interviewed them and I know people like that I've worked with them I've trained people who went from never exercising who had terrible diets who then threw a long Slow working on behaviors type process They became essentially permanent, you know, here we are 10 years out and I still talk to these people I'm still friends with them and they're still maintaining it. So that's still that's a pretty damn good success rate, right? The most consistent results don't happen in 30 60 or 90 days It happens later. You know, I tell the story of a friend of mine who he want to lose 35 pounds He's a friend of mine now. He's a client at first. He want to lose 35 pounds He was an overweight kid insecure, you know gain and loss way back and over and over again did the yo-yo thing Anyway, luckily he decided he wanted to do the things the right way I talked a lot about what we talked about in the show with him and I coached him and trained him in that way He lost 35 pounds in three months Three years after we started training, right? So we started training. He didn't lose the weight for three years Lots of small changes happened in those three year in that three-year process Then all of a sudden The the ones that really moved the needle finally clicked by the way, he's never gained the weight back They finally clicked and in three months the 35 pounds came off Like what kind of a before and after is that three, you know, three years and three months later Here's your before and after It the those changes are not depicted in these in advertising because if they if they were Nobody would buy that. Well, it's praying on another thing that we want expedient, right? Yes, we always quick pill. That's right. So that's the other part of these things is that you know that you're that you're doing that It's uh, it's tough man. It's tough being in a a business where we we sell the Sell people on how to help them and then to not be able to use the number one Probably one and two right between transformation and challenges Or arguably number one number two low-hanging fruit marketing tools That our space uses They're so effective. This is how effective they are that these before and after marketing Tactics have been around for long enough to where if you took the average person And you asked them objectively What do you think about these before and afters? Do you think this is sustainable? Do you think this is legit? Most people they and uh, that's not really really I don't know. It seems suspect Still works. Yeah, still gets them to buy something. That's how effective there's some emotional draw to it You know, like you said, it's it's that you project yourself into these people And if it's somewhat relatable, you just you can't help it even though, you know Like maybe some of these aren't like super legit pictures. I'm looking at but It it portrays this idea that this could happen and this is I think that I think it's subconscious, right? I don't think you even I mean maybe some people go. Oh my god. That's me. I could do that But I think a lot of people it just connects and they don't even know it Consciously. Well, because it's like you're watching I mean if you're well I mean this happens to me all the time when I'm watching like a weird which I knew what movie it was But I'll watch a movie and like it'll be like this feel good You know come back story or something and the kid will have Similar things that he went through that maybe I experienced in my child and I get all emotional Right and it's because I see my I know what's happening I see myself as the character That they're portraying in the show because there's something I can relate or identify with I don't actively go like that's me, you know It's just like it hits this thing that makes this connection And I think that just happens subconscious of people as they're going through all these before and afters They see someone that go man, that's that's so that's so true. Try doing this I don't know if you guys have done this watch a movie That you grew up watching as a kid Watch it as a dad or as an adult and then here's the funny thing that happens when you're a kid I had like for example, I watched the breakfast club with my kid And now when I watched that as a kid, I was all pro the students.  I'd be pissed off like they're smoking weed in there. They're freaking running through the thing degenerates Exactly.  Can we talk about? uh and I'd love just thrown at least one company under the bus but We started out talking about shreds because they were the most prolific Company that were using transformations and doing things Doctering and they got in trouble for photoshopping and doctrine So let's talk about this as a subject by itself Well, then let me share something just to kick that off then and forget because this was so eye-opening for me And I didn't know this until I got oh, I know what you're gonna say this blew my mind too Yeah, I didn't know this like this is like a real thing that happens. I found this out when I was competing And many of these supplement companies health companies anybody who's trying to sell a product that uses before and afters Actually hang out at the at the shows at all. We're all the competitors bodybuilding for this is mind blowing bodybuilding men's uh physique and and bikini and really they're they they are looking for a certain body type right They're looking for a demographic of people obviously if i'm selling some super jacked whatever i'm going bodybuilder like if i'm like this kind of more health I'm going to pick a body that's more like bikini or like that direction So anyways, they go there and they look for the the top five You know what they're looking for a lot of people on this. They're looking for the after picker. Yes This is the crazy. That's what they're shopping you and then they're shopping for the after picker and I've been approached this way Where I've been offered five thousand dollars.   I remember when I crazy So I remember when I first figured that out, uh, I was I want to say 17 or 18 And I read an article by an anonymous bodybuilder I remember what the magazine was I think it was muscle media And he said that exact thing Then I went back and I looked at the before and afters that were in the bodybuilding magazines And everything became clear. Yeah, because you could see you know what a body looks like when someone's got a great muscle base Yes, and they just put on like 20 pounds totally and you can see that. Yes, and I trained I You you can real quickly start to put that together and it makes a lot of sense 100% I looked at it and I'm like, oh my god, this guy This is the before and this is the after. Yeah, this is the most Popular and common trick that they do with before. Well, think about it if from their perspective like you gotta do this If you're gonna pay someone could you imagine way easier? Could you imagine finding someone out of shape and say I'm gonna pay you $5,000. I need you to look like this Like how many people would even be able to do that? Yeah, now you gotta go find professionals You're paying for something that you don't even know what the outcome is gonna be right So this is already a proven like I see this as the after and I want to keep this as like when I'm displaying So now we just add the weight.   I wonder if we can find these on online Their old ads for muscle tech muscle tech did this They did this with bodybuilders like johnny jackson and other guys and it would be a before and after But really what it was it was in season it was in season off season Bodybuilders and they would pay them a lot of money That's it's easy to convince these guys to do this because they don't make a lot of money No, and also they're like five or ten grand is a lot a lot of money Yeah, they're like, I'll take a couple months off.  Anyway, so it's a win-win for them It's crazy.  Oh, yeah So there's some there's some some before and afters right there very clearly you can see that they switch the before and after Well, yeah, and what we were saying that and I didn't know how to look like this until I or look You know look at this and see it As well as I do now Obviously trained long enough trained a lot of clients also come been competitive And I know a a good solid muscle base looks like when you just pile on, you know 10 15 pounds of fat versus Somebody who is built muscle and also burn body fat to get shredded that's coming from a really sedentary body You can tell a very very very obvious and clear once you know what to look for now You also have with current tech And it says Harder and harder to identify almost well, it's impossible for the naked eye Which is this photoshop technology And they make subtle changes to pictures that look profound to the human eye And and by the way Marketers have been doing this before the technology existed. They used to do like where they would airbrush photos Like the fashion in magazines definitely Well, dude, this is happening. I'm gonna go even further on this This is happening on a basic influencer level too big time I mean that's how shreds got called out so bad because of like the the devon physique guy and I think joey swoll They were they were just doctoring their own personal photos. It wasn't I they were made an example of encouraged to do that Because it's I mean, that's what they're selling right their body But they made they were made an example of they weren't the only ones. No, you know, I'm saying everybody Yeah, and it's still most popular and it still happens. I mean, I've told you guys before I've got you know nieces and stuff and nephews that They all use that face tune app and they do these little things to make You know, it look more dramatic or make their waist look smaller and then better And then they're pitching a product at the same time and you have no idea that that's Being subtly adjusted and there's this they justify it that magazines have been doing this forever So how is it? How am I any different? How am I different? Yeah, well, you got I guess one of you guys has to describe to like just If you were to get a good pump And good lighting and you can almost manipulate this like within a day, bro If I I'm not going to do this because again, this is a posture and everything I'm going to do I wouldn't do I'm not going to do this because I know this is against what we would say but if I posted my My flat non pump standing picture to my pumped picture post workout And I could easily sell those as before You know, I I'm actually challenging to do that because you're in the best shape to do this right now And can show probably the most extreme version of this out of all of us And I did this a long time ago on my instagram. So I actually would show people this I would be like this and I would Intentionally deplete. So I'd love for you to do this one day. Maybe do a fast. No, I don't even have to do that I'll do it. No, yeah, but I want to show somebody what how extreme you can make something in 20 That was my point was how extreme can I show use a difference in my body within 24 hours with no photoshop? No, nothing just manipulating Carbs water and a pump and I showed people like this crazy difference.  I remember It was early 2000s and this is before the pre-workout market Even existed a lot of people don't know this but the pre-workout pre-workout Market as big as it is now didn't exist before there was no Pre-workout market the first one was like ultimate orange which came out in the 90s But it was that they really sell it as a pre-workout One of the best companies to do this was gaspari gaspari had was called super pump 250 was the name of the supplement And he promoted it as a very smart very brilliant marketing improves the pump like well Everybody likes a better pump and then what he did which I thought was so brilliant Is he did before and after the workout pictures? So he said before the workout After the workout and you would see this insane pump and you knew This is the same guy in the same day, but it doesn't matter. It was so effective I remember looking at those before and afters going. Oh my god He's literally selling how people look with the pump and saying it's because of this product Which is insane and he sold so many of those products and that market It literally exploded became this huge thing because you do look very by the way the more muscle you have The crazier your pump after looks right and we fill them up This is a lot of what they do like you could take someone and have them stand kind of like whatever Take that picture flat stand then you can have someone get a crazy pump Stand with a certain angle better lighting and it looks like there's 15 pounds really hard. Oh, yeah It looks like there's 15 pound difference in in muscle. They also do that with these before and afters They'll even go so far as to spray tan lines into people Yeah, you know that for every for every shade darker. You look a percentage leaner I saw that I saw an article a long time ago that broke that down that said that for every shade darker that you are It looks you get an x percent Paint like that crazy brown paint all over these competitors. Yeah in real life. You look so crazy But then on stage like oh that looks that looks kind of good Yeah, so I mean look here's the deal like no hate on companies and fitness people that use before and afters They are very effective just shaming. That's all I yeah, I do think just were better than you I do think a lot of them have have good intentions. I also think a lot of them have nefarious intentions. Nonetheless It's a very effective marketing tactic in the seven years mind pump has existed with the podcast and selling programs We've never really used before and after pictures and again This is why it it's so counter to our integrity And why we started in the fitness industry in the first place That we just can't with good conscious use them unless we figured out a way to do it that match with our integrity But we have yet to To do that so there you have it and in by the way and I do want to now I'm about to put the responsibility on the on the viewer and the listener Okay These these before and afters as bad as they are and the lies that they may sell or whatever They don't work unless we buy them. So as a consumer It's up to you to you know, we are conscious intelligent humans We're also animals and the struggle is always can I use my frontal lobe and my conscious to overrun or overrule this be this this Animal this animal instinct that makes me behave in ways that may not necessarily be Best for me And so as a consumer when you're going through social media or looking at products remember this Remember that you should unfollow everybody that you're if you're someone who's I mean I'm not going to tell people that are in the competitive world that are doing whatever But if you're the average person who just wants to be healthy fit in shape I would encourage you to unfollow people that are using their body daily as a way to Motivate you to get better shape. I think that's doing harm. Exactly. I think that's counterproductive Totally. 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What's going on, everyone? Sam here with late sports cards. We've been 22, 23, Peony Revolution, basketball, hobby eight box, case break number 28. Pick your team style, read off the list of our names and our teams here. We've got Chuck Fung-L with the Bulls, Chen-L Spurs, Chun-Y W Mavericks, David H Wizards, David V Blazers, Eric V, Timmerwolf Sons, Francis P Magic, Hunter R Thunder, Kenneth G with the Bucks Sixers, Matthew K, Pacers Matthew E, Rockets Clippers Raptors. Thank you for selling us out on this break, Matthew. Michael V with the Nuggets, Michelle K, Celtics, Warriors, Heat Kings, M Kang with the Hawks, Pada C, Lakers, Poh Yen-L with the Nets, Robert B, Pistons, Scott T, Grizzlies, Hornets, Pelicans, and Tim T with the Cavs, Knicks, and Jazz. Good luck here, guys. See if we can get out of this. About four autos on average per half case. Pulled Shade-On-Sharp last half case, so pretty decent rookie overall. See if we could replicate that, pull another big rookie. Yeah, no problem, Cliff, you got it. That'd be my best bet, or if it's not our Facebook group, just any Facebook group out there. They tend to be pretty solid if you just go like, hey, I'm in search of St. Sato's and Raleigh's, who got a bunch of people that'll comment, like pictures of their stuff. That's how I get a lot of my stuff. Like social media with that is extremely powerful, which is good. Shockwave, yeah. There's Drew Holliday. Looks like we got our first auto already. It is Jerry Stackhouse. That's awesome for the Pistons. Nice one there, nice little vet hit. Got the OG Pistons logo too. The very, very 90s logo. 90s early 2000s logo. It wants in Rookie Revolution Jeremy Sohan, Fractal. Rookie Revolution, Nicolay. Miles Turner, Astro, Yana Space. There's Christian Coloco, Rookie. Jabari Smith, Astro, Rookie. Nice one there, Rockets. Space. Jordan Clarkson, Astro. Fred Van Vleet, Ant-Man, Deontra Murray. New Jason Tatum, Supernova. Mom, Murray Astro, or Fractal, excuse me. And the last pack of ice cream. Shipping away at the water out there. There's John Collins, the 149 on the Impact. Nice one there, Hawks. That is a trade rumor every year legend, John Collins. It's a Hawks fan. It's like every year, dude. Where's John Collins gonna go? I'm like, nowhere. Where? At the end of the year, still the same time. I'm quack? Yeah, dude, I know. It's like Miles Turner. He's like the Miles Turner of the Hawks. It's like, all right, where's deadline acquisition for blah, blah, blah contender team? Are they gonna get John Collins? They're not. Jalen Duren, Rookie. There's Trevor Keele's Astro, Rookie. The Knicks. Duren for the Pistons. Supernova, Paolo. Coming to rent, Josh Manon. Jalen Brown. I think so. I think so, Steve. Happen to Neuner, nice. What flavor? Christian Brown, or Brown? Terry Eason. Hey, there's David Roddy on the Impact to 149. Black Cherry, good choice, good choice. Very good choice. All right, Black Cherry. Shockwave, LeBron. Dylan Brooks. After this break, I'll confirm that. But I believe so. I know Tatum is, for sure, in terms of like big time vets. J and I have your fractal, Dyson Daniels, Shockwave. But I will double check really quick on Luka. Jalen Williams, Rookie Revolution. Goodbye, stairs. That'd be J-Dubb. Not J-Will, J-Dubb. Let's see, autographs. Yup, Luka's in this. Luka's got autos in this. Yeah, it's a cool checklist, dude. There's always fantastic, fantastic checklists for this, for sure. All right, let's keep moving. He's already signed this contract, and they're still talking about Lamar on ESPN. It's like, dude. What do they have to talk about? E.J. Liddell, Jaden Hardy, Ashrow. Ready, here's the Lamar situation. Here's ESPN. That's what they're doing with the Lamar situation. Just beating the dead horse through a hole, dude. My God, get something else. Jaden and Ivy, out from Shin, I'm so tired. Especially as a raven's diehard, dude. It's so, so, so, so exhausting. Well, listen, until somebody does something scandalous? Yeah. What do they have? Nothing. Anthony Edwards, nothing at all. Luka's on card, I don't know that, Luka's on card. It's like Kevin Garnett. Kevin Garnett's also on card, pretty cool. That is Bradley Beale on the Sunburst, the 75. Sunburst for the Wizards. Jaling Green, Bradley Beale, Ashrow. Base, base, base. Luka, liftoff, LeBron Fractal, nice one there. The Lakers. Thoth, Jaling Green. Jaling Brunson, Brunson Burner. Is this how they're gonna stop? All they're gonna say, Lamar Jackson, DUI, bam, done. That would be the story for like the next two months. Exactly. Is it pumped for the whole year? No, probably. Might as well just stop reporting on sports all together and just turn it into that. It's the Lamar Jackson show. Yeah, honestly. Bradley Beale Vortex, Tyree Smarten. Got another auto coming up here it is. John and Kaminga, second year for the Warriors. Nice one there. Congrats, Warch, JK. J Dubb, Jalen Williams. Rookie Revolution, Pellow on the Fractal. The Magic. So are you all across the board, New York sports? No. There's Sohan, William Yanks, right? Yanks, of course. Any other New York teams? Uh, I like the Rangers. Fair. Jalen Williams, Ashrow. For basketball, not really an expand, not really a thing for you. Oh, I hope they win this year, honestly. Anthony Edwards. Jalen Williams, Fractal. Or at least goes to the distance. Go to the distance, gosh, here. Who's your football team? Seahawks. Really? Yeah. Okay, I like it. 12-man, that's why. Fair. Yeah, that's pretty cool. What do you think of Witherspoon, Mobley? I don't know. That's pretty scary, him and Mobley now, though. That's, like, unpassable. Kendall Brown, there's Lonzo Ball Impact 149. Who else did they take? They took another receiver, right? Oh, it's Smith and Jigba. Yeah. That's also scary. That's a very good wide receiver trio. That's a very, that's probably the best in the NFL wide receiver trio. Maybe Sinsey, but other than that, I would say, probably right now, that's it. I like what I like to throw in. I'm Al-Qaeda Brennan. McGowan's Fractal with London and... Yeah, yeah, that's true. Yeah, they're gonna be interesting teams to keep an eye on. Exactly, because that division stinks, so it's wide open, and I would not be shocked if any of the teams won that division. No offense to any NFC South fans, but you have to admit, that is not a very strong division. Peyton Watson. Damian Lillard on the future frame to 60. There you go, Blazers. David V killing it with that blazer stuff. Nip-dop, G-90. Auto chat, Holmgren, there you go, Thunder. That's Hunter, right? Hunter, correct? Yes, it is, Hunter. Hunter R, congrats, buddy. What's up, Noah? Talk about Forrest, Mr. Boston. I think you're Mr. Boston. Shailen Williams. Down there. Casual strings.  Oh, Shane, 100% Redeemer, 100%. They're still reeling from the Bruins lost. Jake Gravian. Jayden Hardy, Impact 149, nice one there. Yeah, I have to say, picket autos are starting to come back already from contender Shane. I think that that's a redeem for sure. Redeem then sell. Yeah, cause they're gonna, a live is gonna sell for significantly more than an unredeemed redemption for sure. So I would say just, I would say redeem it, wait. It's gonna be so much more worth it when you get it back and sell it live. Jaylen Dyrd, Wendell Moore, Astra. Also, what do you have out for revolutions? Huh? What do you have out for revolutions currently? Anything out for revolutions? Me? From 2012, a Deon Waiter, a hoops auto. Still have that 11 years later. But no, nothing right now. I haven't had a, I haven't redeemed a redemption in eight years probably, I have to say, since my Josh Huff top prime auto that I never got signed and they gave me a Devonta Freeman, which actually was pretty decent at the time. Harry Smart, at Waiters Island, Kobe Wade, as they called him. I ate the edible on the plane and started bugging out too. I remember that. That was wild, wild time in the NBA. Terry Eason, Miles Turner, nice one there. That is 260 on the feature frame. Who had like the goofiest voice in 2K. Two one year, they're just so dirty in 2K. It's a LeBron, Shockwave, what's up? I remember that. You remember that? Dude, it was bad. Everyone's like, what? Like this sounds nothing like it. Right, Jayden Ivey, Shockwave, Trey Young Fractal. Oh, Agent Zero, dude. That whole thing was nuts. Jalen Williams. I love Gilbert Arenas too. He's like one of my favorite players of all time. Like I have, I have a Gilbert Arenas jersey because he was just so good too. But that was insanity, dude. Insanity. He has, actually his podcast is really good. The no chill, no chill with no chill Gil. He's actually like a, like in terms of basketball he's a pretty smart guy. The way like he can analyze basketball is very, very solid. Remember, he had a high IQ at all. Right, oh yeah. Ben Simmons to 149. Just, he decided to bring a gun into the locker room. Yeah, true. Scotty Barnes. Terry Eason. Dude, thank God nothing happened with that too. Cause like the guy he, it was in the, Yeah. He's in jail for life, for murder. Jibarra strings him, yeah. The guy he was like in a, like had a problem life. What do you think, what do you think's worse? Gilberrinha's situation, John Marrinha's situation. Gilberrinha's for sure. There's Lebron. Nice. Shailen Williams on the game changers to 99 cosmic. Nice one there, Thunder. Thunder doing well, doing well with that spot, Hunter. It's Paul George on the sunburst of 75.  They were like absolute psychos. Well, we're doing a lot of love for the sample, pretty much. Right. Kwame Brown, that was the big issue there too. Shailen Williams. Kwame Brown, God. Got, nice. Primetime performers, Damian Lillard. Dude, is that David V with the freaking blazers and bolt breaks, dude. Unreal. Congrats on that, dude. That is so sick. Killing it with the blazers, man. What a pick to take them in both cases too. Hell yeah, I get that. Yeah, let's go for it. It's Palo. David Roddy Astro. So right now, shade on, and the full case, shade on sharp auto, shade on sharp galactic, and that would be in case hit. Like both case, both super short prints were blazers. It was insane. So why the blazers are so good, dude? Like the blazers in my opinion are like the best value by a mile this year. Like for what we have them at, they're like so worth buying in anything. Just to chase shade on sharp. And then like, obviously Panini loves Dame, so like Dame's gonna have every case hit. You know what I mean? He's gonna be in every single case hit. Jayden Hardy, we've got auto is Io DeSumo, second year for the Bulls. Io, nice one there. Congrats, Chicago. Nice little hit for a $15 spot or $17 spot. There's Shockwave, Luca Frackel. Cade, Shockwave, second year. Kevin Durant, Astro. Tyrese Martin, Astro. Rookie for the Wall. Jason Tatum. Here's Blake Wesley, Frackel. Scotty Barnes. Wartax, Jabari Smith, Jr. Astro, Dylan Brooks. If you're gonna be right, do you take a chance on Dylan Brooks? Oh, for sure. Absolutely. Jabari Walker, it'll be Scotty Pippin, Jr. Two, 60 on the future frame and base. All right, let's do a quick recap here, guys. Thanks, sir. Start with number to stop. Got Scotty Pippin, Jr. Jayden Hardy, Impact. Ben Simmons Impact. John Collins, Impact. That is Cosmic of Jayden Williams. Bradley Beale, Sumbers. That is Future Frames on the Miles Turner and Damian Lillard, Blazes. Autos, we had Io Desunemou, John and Kominga, Jerry Stackhouse. Bit of a chat-base auto for the Thunder. And then a case hit, Primetime Performer. Damian Lillard. That will do it for the break, guys. Thanks again for the fill. Next up, we've got contenders tiered.


Asectigoers, do you often question whether someone genuinely respects you? No matter how hard you try, not everyone can respect you and that's okay. But if you see yourself making enemies out of people that you just met, perhaps there's a blind spot that you can change for the better. So with that said, let's take a look at six reasons why others might not respect you. Number one, you make everything about you. Do you dominate the conversation talking about everything you've been doing in life without leaving the other person any room to speak? While you may feel like you're participating in meaningful conversations, the other party might feel disinterested if they can't relate to what you're saying, they may feel like they're being talked at rather than talked to. If you feel that your conversation partner is starting to lose interest, ask them their insights and questions every once in a while to bring them back in. Number two, you dismiss other people's ideas.  By doing this, you may unknowingly drive away your acquaintances. A study conducted by Joanna Ratchard and her team showed that rejection can threaten a person's need to belong and further discourages others to help you. This means that by constantly telling others that they're wrong or consistently dismissing their ideas, you may be slowly eroding your relationship with them. Instead of criticizing their ideas, try to talk in a more supportive and empathetic tone instead. Even if their ideas in yours are different, how you present yourself can leave a big impression. Number three, you try to control others. Do you try to monitor your significant other's social media or demand where someone is at all times? Controlling behavior is one where someone tries to take charge of someone's life through manipulation. Controlling behavior may not be present at the start, but it could gradually escalate once the relationship starts to become more intimate. This can make the other party not just lose their respect for you, but fear you as well. If you exhibit controlling behavior towards others, it's something that should be addressed by both parties and a professional, like a therapist. Number four, you don't maintain boundaries. Do you let things slide way too often? It can be difficult setting boundaries if you've never been accustomed to it. But it's incredibly important because boundaries can protect you mentally and emotionally. When you lack boundaries, you're giving the wrong impression that your identity is at the will of other people. With the wrong company, boundaries can be taken advantage of. To set boundaries, you have to define and communicate them. Then, detail the consequences if they don't follow. This way, your relationships can be healthy. Number five, you apologize too often. Do you say sorry even when you don't mean it? Why do we over-apologize in the first place? Oftentimes, you may apologize when you feel uncomfortable, insecure, and due to fear of disappointing the other person. You could also be doing it for so long that it's ingrained as a subconscious habit. Over-apologizing signals to the other that you're to blame for things that aren't even your fault, which may be a sign of low self-esteem. If you want people to respect you, try to be careful with the language you choose. And that entails being sorry only when you think an apology is warranted, rather than a fall-back phrase. And number six, you break promises. Do you say you're going to arrive in a few minutes but haven't even left the house yet? Or have you told your boss, teacher, or lecturer you'd submit an assignment by the deadline but failed to meet it? Before contracts existed, a verbal promise was one of the oldest human behaviors that showed your trust and cooperation with another person. Even if you give only a glimpse of that secret to someone else, the intention can already tarnish the relationship you have with the secret teller. If you show that you're not reliable enough to confide in, you could be showing others that you're not trustworthy and they could disrespect you in return. Everyone's unique and there's no 100% way of pleasing everybody. But as long as you practice genuine kindness and empathy to yourself and others, you can actually become someone people will like and respect. Do you do any of the things above? Are you planning to change? Let us know in the comments and like and share this video with someone who may benefit. As always, the references and studies are listed in the description. Thanks for watching and see you next time.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we are going to discuss the following question and the question says that, find the next term in the sequence 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, 27. Let us discuss the solution. We are given a sequence of numbers 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, 27 and so on. And we have to find the next number of this sequence. For this we find the pattern followed by these numbers. The first number given is 12. If we add 1 to this number, we get 13. Now, if we add 2 to 13, we get 15. If we add 3 to 15, we get 18. If we add 4 to 18, we get 22. So we see that in each successive number, we are adding natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on. That is, we are getting a pattern in which we add 1 to 12, we get 13, 2 to 13, we get 15, 3 to 15, we get 18, 4 to 18, we get 22 and 5 to 22, we get 27. So now we will add 6 to 27 and we get 33. So our next term is 33. This is the required answer. With this, we complete our session. Hope you enjoyed this session.


What's that Robbie, are we good here? Yeah, we're good, go ahead and start. Great, yeah, no, I appreciate everybody taking some time to jump on here and chat. We typically have these conversations at the combine at Indy. Obviously it's a different kind of world that we're in now still dealing with pandemic issues and so I thought I would take some time as we get ready to go into the all season program here and kind of talk through some things from last season and the roster moving forward. And I want to say, send some special condolences out to my former family down in Tampa with Vincent Jackson passing down there, got to know VJax and my short time down there, just a consummate pro, great, great person. So our thoughts and prayers are out to certainly his family and the entire Buccaneer community down there. So with that, Robbie, we'll open it up to some questions. Right, Jen, you want to guess, Paul? How you doing, John? I guess with the draft process impacted by no scouting combine, what are some ways that you can maybe maneuver through this all season and be prepared for the draft without going to Indy? Yeah, so we're kind of working with the league and the guidelines that they've put in place with the amount of contact we can have with prospects. We've already had a set of Zoom interviews with some guys over the last week. We've got some more this afternoon, where we're spending time with those guys virtually. Our coaches, we get five of those Zoom calls. It's unlimited phone calls, but the Zoom calls, the face-to-face interactions, you get five. So trying to maximize our time there, really waiting on some of the colleges to plan out how they're going to map out pro day, what are the players actually going to do? And is it worth the trip to a particular college if can you have interaction with the coach, with the player? We're just being mindful of all of the state and guidelines as it relates to travel and then the campus guidelines when we're on campus. John Lai. Hey, John. Wonder if you could just talk in general about the challenges that you guys might face with a salary cap that, I guess, is reportedly going to shrink and the fact that you guys are a little above the figure, and there's a number of players that are in need of new contracts. Yeah, I mean, we're working through that. John, we've got several different models that we've looked at. Once the salary cap number is actually given to us, that number, it affects the franchise tag numbers. It affects a lot of things. So there's several, like I said, models that we've kind of mocked up based on a couple of different numbers. And we've got a little bit of work to do. We're in better shape than some teams are cap-wise, and we're not as good as others. But we'll work through it, and at the end of the day, try to do what's best for the team and continue to put a winning product on the field. If I could toss in a quick follow on that. Are there any potential free agents for you guys that you know won't be coming back at this point? I don't think we've rolled anybody out yet, John. I think we're, again, we're waiting to see, you know, what that salary cap number is and can we, you know, what moves can we make to get ourselves in position to maybe keep as many as possible? Thanks. Teresa Walker. John, that said, at the top of your shopping list for free agency in the draft, how high is pass rusher and trying to fill that need once and for all? Yeah, I think, yeah. Teresa, I think that's, you know, that's one thing we've got to do better is affect quarterback and that comes in a myriad of ways. You know, it's rushing the passer, it's coverage, it's blitzing. There's a lot of ways to affect the passer. But yeah, I mean, that's something that's high on our list is to find guys, you know, whatever position it is defensively that can affect the play of the quarterback. Tara. John, obviously with JJ Watt being released by Houston, he's out there and available for anybody that would want to touch to try and go after him. You have connections or Mike has connections to him at all. Have you guys had any contact with his representatives or anything like that at this point or is it still wait and see until the cap is settled? Yeah, no, great question. He probably doesn't remember, but I actually worked him out when I was with the Patriots. When he was coming out of college, he pushed me around on the field pretty good for about two hours. So yeah, we've had some contact. You know, it's early in the stages. I think he's having, we obviously know his skill set and what he's meant to the Texans having played against him twice, the type of player he is. So we'll just kind of see how it goes like a lot of these guys that are coming available over the next few weeks. See kind of where their interest is and then make a determination if it's an avenue that, hey, we want to go down and are we a fit potentially for some of these guys that become available. Joe Rutger. Yeah, John, just wondering about the future of Isaiah Wilson, anything you can share on conversations you've had with him, his status, what you want to hear and see from him to make you feel like he's committed and wants to do this. Yeah, I think, you know, again, we put him on the reserve non-football illness list there. I haven't spoken to him since that list got put out. You know, I think, you know, we did a lot of work a year ago leading up to selecting him, you know, the evaluation process, talking to, you know, different sources, visiting with him countless numbers of times and for whatever reason, you know, the player that this fall was here in Nashville wasn't the guy that we spent time with last year.  And that's going to be, you know, on him. So I know what the expectation level is here. It's no different than any other player on the football team. You know, we have a certain standard that we want players to prepare and perform at professionally and as people and a lot of work to be done there. How do you feel about things at this point? I know you just said you didn't talk to him. How do you feel about where things stand now and how close are you to feeling like you have to move on? Yeah, I mean, we'll see. You know, I'm constantly monitoring situation. You know, we have people that have been in contact with him that I've talked to. So I kind of third party wise, but we'll see how that one goes. Toronto. Yeah, what's up, John? All right. In regards to Jayon Brown and some of the things he brings to the table, you know, a lot of attention is focused on the pass rush. But what is something that he brings that will also help improve the defense and impact the quarterback?  He's good in zone coverage. He's good in man coverage. He's been disruptive as a blitzer for us. You know, he's kind of this, I don't want to say new age of linebacker, but this kind of this undersized, productive player who relies on his instincts, his speed and his ability to match players. You know, if you can take a target away that the quarterback's going to throw to, then the quarterback's got to hold the ball longer and it gives you a chance to get there in the rush. So, you know, he's been a good player for us. You know, unfortunate, we certainly could have used him down the stretch there when he got hurt, but we'll see kind of how that goes moving forward. And as far as Shane Bowen is concerned, when he was named to DC, there was a lot of negative reaction from Titans fans on social media. How can you vouch for Coach Bowen getting that title of DC? Well, I think that, you know, that when you have continuity with the staff, I think that's, you know, that's a, that can be a good thing. You know, it's, I would say the continuity is pretty good. You know, the carryover. I certainly wish Arthur and Chandler, Hindley, the best down there in Atlanta. But, you know, when it comes to the execution of defense, it's, there's a lot of things that go into it. There's, you know, the call itself. There's the execution of the call. There are the, it's the players that are on the field trying to execute the call. You know, it's more than one thing, when things go good and when things don't go so good. You know, it's a combination of a lot of different things on every single play. So I'm excited about the continuity and I look forward to improving in a lot of areas on that side of the football. Thank you, Paul. Hey, John, good to see you. Hey, Paul. Every time the pass rush comes up, you and Mike both tend to go away from the edge rusher position and talk about the whole picture. What's wrong in the Titans philosophy with the idea of a dominant pass rusher who draws double teams and goes and gets them? And how come you guys never talk about that guy never invest resources in chasing that guy and always kind of cover for the lack of having that guy rather than expressing a desire to have that guy? No, I mean, I think we would love to have, we would love to have that guy. I mean, that's kind of our, you know, we want all of our players to be successful including the edge rush guys. And we're looking for those kind of players and willing to invest resources. You know, again, we try to put a plan together last year with building a team and adding some players. And, you know, there were some players that came on the team in free agency that bought in and were about what we're about. And there's some that didn't work for a myriad of reasons. But I think that that's a position that, you know, we're definitely interested in. And we'd love to have a guy that commands double teams and gets two sacks. I mean, the end of the day, the players are the ones that make the plays and we've got to try to get as many of them as possible. Given the misses there, is there any kind of re-evaluation of the way they're scouted, they're coached, they're deployed? Yeah, I mean, I think that we've gotten production out of those positions. You know, Harold's a good player for us. Today, he did some good things for us last year before he got deemed with some disruptive plays. You know, the statistical piece might not have gleaned, but he was a disruptive player on the edge for us. Didn't get a lot of run out of it. I've commented on that one back in October, November, whenever we made that move. But no, I mean, it's about effort. It's about guys wanting to get to the quarterback. It's about having some savvy and instincts. You know, when you're rushing on that tackle, how is he setting you? What is that tackle doing to you?  If that's the case, then you've got to have a counter. You know, how expansive is the player's bag of tricks as a pass rusher and then deploying them accordingly? If I may. Sorry, just one more. This kind of way. I wrote all this. This is where the initial question kind of comes from. You're kind of saying, hey, we got stuff out of these guys and you were the second worst sack team in history to go to the playoffs. And you and Mike always make it sound like, yeah, the pass rush was okay. When clearly, if you watch the team in the past rush wasn't close to okay. No, I think it's got to be better. Well, I think it's got to be better. It's got to be, you know, we got to execute better. But I'm saying there, I think that there are, there are different ways to affect the quarterback and we've got to be better on the edge rush. But I think there have been players that have been productive for us on the edge. Buck, sorry, Buck.  Is there anything that you guys can take from the first time that you went through this last off season that can kind of, you know, if not streamline the process, kind of help you out or is it just as simple as, you know, we know what we're getting into this time and now we can go about doing it better? No, that's a great question, Buck.  I mean, you're trying to develop a relationship and get to know these players over a Wi-Fi connection, which isn't the best way to do it, but it's the hand that we've all been dealt. I think what I have tried, and what we've talked about trying to do is being more inclusive with other members of the organization, of the football staff to have, you know, maybe more people on the call to they can read body language, they can look at and listen to these prospects so that we get different opinions on how they're performing, you know, with the questions that we're asking. Jared? Yeah, John, back on the Shane Bowen front, you talked about how important the continuity was, but the defense last year ranks 28th in the league. So if things weren't going well on defense, what is the point of the continuity there and how much of the struggles on the defense? Did you look back at the personnel, perhaps guys maybe that came in last year that didn't fill the voids left by other guys and how much of it was maybe the coaching and the scheming? Well, I think I commented on that a little bit earlier. Like when you send a call into the game, it's about the execution of the call. Like, was it a bad call? Was it executed wrong? Were the players that were out there not good enough or not capable of executing it? There's a lot of things and factors that play into a play during the course of the football game. It's never really one thing, it's a myriad of things. And so that's what we're working through now is improving some of the calls, improving the execution of the calls, improving the personnel. That's kind of our goal this offseason. And, John, if I could, when you look back at the 2020 offseason, Ryan and Derek, we signed those for big deals and those worked out. Everything else, though, whether it was the draft or free agency probably did not meet expectations. Kind of your own self-scout of your process of your 2020 offseason going into 2021. Yeah, I mean, I think I've gone on record and said that before. I think that it's important that this offseason that we learn, that I learn personally from last year, that we've tried to improve. I would say that we've been more positive in the roster building than negative around here the last five years. I mean, I'm proud of what we've done so far. We're one of, I think, three teams to have five consecutive winning seasons. And we've been to the playoffs three times, won the division this last year, won 11 games to get the playoffs, not to toot our own horn. But that's a positive thing. And we've got to be better. And there's one team that's going to host a parade at the end of the year, one team. And the other 31 are going to be frustrated and look back on ways to try to get to that game and win that game. So yeah, I mean, I think we all have to be better and it starts with me. Mike Giardi. Hey, John, thanks for doing this. Anytime you tell Buck, he has a great question. It goes right to his head. So we're going to ask you to not do that anymore, if you would. I'm curious, when you look at the Chiefs, and obviously they didn't win the Super Bowl this year, but the collection of talent they have and talking to some other teams, the Bills brought it up like they're the gold standard. Do you and Tennessee look at them and say, I have to build a roster that ultimately is better than theirs because of what they've built there and what they've been able to do over the last few seasons? Well, I mean, I think you're trying to improve all facets of your roster every offseason. I think that's, and certainly the teams that are in the playoffs at the end of the season, those are the teams that found a way to compete at a high level, whether it's talent, it's execution, it's a lot of things. But that's the teams that you're likely going to be playing against late in the season and into January if you make the playoffs. So I think all those teams are teams that we've got to continue to try to improve at a minimum, keep up with, and then kind of let the Chips fall where they may. Corey. Hey, John, obviously you face a lot of tough decisions to get your cap number where it needs to be, but obviously a lot of other GMs face that same situation. It doesn't make it easier knowing that there's probably going to be more players out there than usual that you may be able to get at a little bit of a discount with the lower cap. Yeah, that's a good question, Corey. That's going to kind of come in waves, I think. You've got the guys that are, whose contracts are expiring or they're set to expire already, and then you have the guys that are going to be released. We've seen that over the last couple of days with some veteran guys that have hit the market. So you're going to have to be strategic and try to gather as much information. Again, I talked earlier about some of the models. We've tried to predict maybe some players that might become available. You don't really know for sure, but you're trying to kind of strategize of when to pull the trigger and when to be patient when it comes to acquiring and adding those guys. And with Adam Humphries, obviously missed a significant amount of time with the concussions at the end of the season. Is his career in Jeopardy? And if not, how do you evaluate a guy who's had an issue like that moving forward? Well, there's nothing more important. We've said it many times, and the health and the safety of our players. And that was a pretty tough hit he took there. Yeah, we're just continuing to monitor and talk to the doctors and talk to Adam and make sure everything is back to normal and just kind of see how that goes. David Bowclar. John, what factors weigh heavily in the fifth year option decision with Rashawn Evans and how much time do you plan to make that decision if you haven't made it already? Kind of miss the first part of that, but I think it's just the fifth year option decision. Yeah, we're working through that. There's a, we've got time to make that decision. That's really a 2022 cap year implication there. So we've got to get through kind of where we're at now and then work towards that decision a little later in the process. Adam Spark. Yeah, John, this is sort of a peaks and valleys type of league. Few franchises have kept their window open longer as being a contender. What do you think the common denominators are of those franchises that have kept the window open longer than others? That's a great question. I think it's continuing to have a good core nucleus of players that can play at a high level. It's adding the right types of players into your football team that can expand upon that. And that's one of the things that, we're trying to do this offseason is trying to keep as many guys as we can, knowing that we're not gonna be able to keep all of them and add to the types of players that we're looking for this football team. If you miss some back-to-back drafts, can you still keep that window open? Yeah, I don't know. That's kind of a speculation. I hope we're not missing on too many drafts. Thanks, Luke. John, how would you evaluate the future of your 2020 draft class based on what you saw from them during the season and what you know about their future and their health moving forward? Yeah, I mean, I spoke on the first round pick already, but I thought that Christian, he played for us early. I think he had an interception in Houston game, Jacksonville game, early on for us, got danged and then came back and really started to get back to form late in the season. You know, Darrington Evans, another one that had some bumps and bruises early on, but then provided some value for late in the season called Touchdown Pass and provided a spark on special teams. And then L'Oreal Murchison, he did some good things and he continues to improve and we've got some run out of some undrafted guys, Tierra Tart, Nick Westbrook, a lot of those guys really came in, Brewer Aaron Brewer did some good things for us. So excited about them getting that first year under their belt in a pandemic off season and looking forward to them growing as pro players this off season. Steve Lionel. Hey, John, hope you're doing well. Hey, Steve. Quick follow to Corey's question as it stands right now, do you think Adam Humphries will be healthy enough and cleared to go for this coming season? And then how does that impact how you might address Corey Davis or Johnny Smith, some of the other past catchers that you have to make decisions on? Yeah, I mean, we're constantly in discussion with our training staff and on where those guys are at and he's monitoring all that. And you know, whenever they're cleared and good to go, he gives me the thumbs up. So, you know, we're still working through all that and with a lot of guys. And then what does that mean? And I get the cap space isn't 100% at this point either, but what would your intentions be right now when it comes to Corey and Johnny and how important do you think they are to your offense being at the same level it was in 2020? Yeah, proud of both of those guys. You know, I had the same conversation at the end of the season with those guys that I had with, you know, with Jack Conk on a year ago.  But at the end of the day, you're gonna have a decision to make if you have suitors, you know, with other teams. And, you know, I had that same discussion with those two guys and you know, we'll see what we can figure out but at the end of the day, if they choose to capitalize on free agency in the market, I wish them nothing but the best. They've done everything that we've asked them to do. Chris here. Hey, John. Hey, Chris. When, do you have any sense of when the league will let you guys know what it's kind of planning for the off season relative to workouts and practices so you guys can kind of formulate a plan and what do you do in the meantime to try to figure what you're doing out? Yeah, right now, you know, we're just kind of staying in contact with, you know, with our guys and seeing kind of, you know, they're still available. The weight room and stuff is available. Treatments available, not now because, you know, SNOMA get in 21 here in Nashville but they have to still have to come in and COVID test. We have that available for the players and the staff that are gonna come in contact with players. And then with the off season program, you know, the workouts, the OTAs still waiting on, you know, guidance from the league on that on how we're gonna attack that. I think it's mid-April around the 18th or 19th off the top of my head of when that date may be available for us to start ramping back up. But we'll wait for the, you know, for the green light from the league on that before we get guys back in here. Teresa. John, you mentioned waiting to hear about the college pro days and that. Do you know if the NFL is providing any kind of coordination or guidance or is this just gonna be put together on the college side and you all just have to adapt and make decisions on whether it's worth it or not? Well, I think that's a great question, Teresa. I think that with, you know, with the colleges there's so many different guidelines as it relates to, you know, the states, how they're dealing with, you know, the regulations with COVID. So I think that, you know, every state's kind of different so it's hard to have a uniform, you know, kind of set of rules in place. I do think we're gonna have to provide a negative COVID result that, you know, we can have here and you have a text message of it on your phone or whatever to show the universities when we show up on campus within, I think it's 48 to 72 hours. I think that's pretty much standard but everything else, you know, where is the pro day gonna be? Is it have to be outside in the stadium? Can you have it inside in the bubble if there's inclement weather? What contact can you have with the coaches? I think all that's gonna be up to, you know, the individual universities. Charles? Yeah, just to add to how unique this off season has been that the team of exos, they're holding a combine kind of like situation. Is that something that you plan to attend and what are your thoughts on the way that they're setting that up? Yeah, well, we can't go to it. We can't go and the only place we can time and test players is either at our facility and they have to be local as it relates to the draft guys or at their universities or their hometown. So, you know, I think that's kind of a unique concept that they're trying to do there to try to get some exposure for those players. And, you know, I would be interested to watch, you know, the workout portions of it and see, you know, the movement skills and maybe more so the football drills than, you know, the short shuttle or three cone times. But, you know, the actual football movement, the drills that they're gonna do, I think that's a really good concept to try to get exposure of those players out to the teams. I've still got a handful of follow-ups here. Joe? Yeah, kind of another off-season question, John. When you look back at both free agency and the draft, how much do you attribute to the weird off-season? You talked about vetting Isaiah, maybe it wasn't quite exactly, like it would have been a normal year. And if that's the case, are you making any adjustments this time around? Yeah, I kind of spoke on that a little earlier about including more people on the, you know, kind of on some of these Zoom calls, breaking that up with different people talking at different times to these guys, trying to get multiple opinions. You know, I think the prospects that we've talked to so far, you know, we've had seven, eight, or nine of our staff on that call, and it's been one of the more robust Zoom calls for some of these guys. So just trying to get as many, you know, contacts with the player as possible, much like, you know, if they come in on a 30 visit, they spend time with, you know, with me, with the position coach, with our scouts, with the personnel directors, with a, you know, a lot of different people touch that player on their 30 visits. So trying to kind of take the same approach there. John. John, I wanted to touch one more if I could on Isaiah. I guess outside, you know, potential money loss in terms of the contract, is there a reason at this point not to release them? I guess what I'm asking is a reasonable to believe that he could, you know, eventually help the team. Again, spoke on that earlier. You know, we've tried to exhaust a lot of resources trying to help him, but at the end of the day, he's going to make a determination if he wants to do things the way we want it done. And, you know, we're not asking anybody to do anything different than we are the other, you know, 90 guys in the all season program or 53 when we get down to the cut time. Thank you. Jared? Yeah, John, it was reported that Dean had been offered a consultant position by the team coming out of retirement, obviously took the DC job in Atlanta. Was there any thought to bringing Dean back as defensive coordinator? And kind of what were the discussions surrounding that? Oh, I got a ton of respect for Dean. He did a great job for us when he was here and retired and, you know, wish him nothing but the best in Atlanta, but, you know, I got to get into any speculative, you know, things that may or may not have been put out there. Tara? John, one of the things, I guess, that this team has not had a lot of over the years of speed at the receiver position. Obviously, you've got AJ, who's kind of a combination of strength and speed. But as far as just a pure burner at the wide receiver position, is that something that maybe you're going to make a priority to look for in the draft or in free agency? I think the priority for that position is to get open and catch the football and then run with it after you catch it. There's a lot of fast guys in this league that can't catch, a lot of fast guys that can't get open. So I think that when it comes to that position, specifically, every how they get open. AJ gets open different than Khalif Raymond. Khalif gets open different than Corey. They all get open different ways. But we want guys that can get open, catch the football, run with it after they catch it. And one of the more unsung jobs is their ability to block. We got a guy we like to hand the ball to a lot. And we got to have guys that can go in and dig out those safeties, dig out those weakside linebackers. Steve? John, good picture here.  Do you feel right now, your roster is better than it was a year ago coming off the AFC Championship game? And based off that answer, how much pressure do you feel personally going into this off season to be better in 2021? Yeah, I mean, I think there's a lot of players that took steps in the right direction. We won 11 games this past year. I won the division for the first time, for a long time, guys that improved. But we've got to continue to add players to the team. That's what it's about. We've got to continue to add guys that are going to be about what we're about, as people, as football players, and guys that can have an impact on the game, in whatever role it is. You've got some of the guys that are the premium players and you've got some guys that pitch in there and their role players and they're good players for you. And we've got to continue to find guys that love ball. That's the one thing that we want is guys that love ball, guys that want to be pro football players, not guys that just put pro football player as their hashtag on their Instagram or Snapchat or their Twitter. Like guys that actually want to play the game of pro football, because it's a strain. Pro football is hard and you've got to really love football and want to do it. And that's more than just putting it on your Twitter as your occupation. Uh, Jeff. John, it's somewhat similar to Mike's, but anything that you learn from the playoffs and how they unfolded about your team or maybe how they unfolded for other teams that maybe give you something to look at to improve for 2021? Yeah, I mean, I think that the, you know, it's the health of teams, it's important. You know, having players available, you know, for a full season and certainly in the playoffs, that's important.  All right, we ran through all the questions. Appreciate it, John. Awesome. Thanks, guys. You guys stay safe out there. Thank you, John. Thank you, John. Thank you, John. Thanks, John. Thanks, John.


of the southwest Pacific, enemy waters, sea roads for the passage of Japanese armaments going south to smash U.S. troops fighting for island beaches. Domain of the escort destroyer guarding convoys of anti-aircraft machine guns concrete for pillboxes. Then, one night, suddenly, mysteriously, two ships were wiped out of a convoy. One ship left burning, one sunk. This was only the beginning. In one month, 41,000 tons of Jap cargo vessels were sunk, 43,000 damaged. Next month, 13 ships attacked, six damaged, seven sunk. News of the losses leak out. Radio Tokyo invents alibis. New American superplanes reported in the Pacific surpassing anything known in speed and maneuverability. Reverberations in the Japanese high command, new detachments of night fighters called up. Seat adjustments made more destroyers, cruisers, for convoy escort. The attacker was an unidentified American plane hitting at night. They bombed the destroyers, like cruisers, heavy cruisers. What is this superplane? Anything familiar, that torso with a middle-aged sag? Her speed less than some cars can do. Manuverable, some days all right, on others she brings around like a tin-ton truck. He dives under protests. Wings can't handle half the pressure dive bombers take. Got her? Right. The old cat, Navy Catalina patrol boat, PBY in a black nightgown for night camouflage. A black cat. She hides by day in one of the secret U.S. Navy cat bases, which the enemy would love to know about. It's 8 a.m., base personnel watching for a black cat overdue, last heard from at midnight, attacking a Jap merchant ship. But they don't watch long, here comes the cat. And it's a zoom, a signal that she did it again, one more enemy ship on the bottom. The squadron commander, wanting to know any wounded, 14 hours of flight. Commodore Combs, commander of the task force, arrives in his jeep with Captain Peck in charge of the group. Large freighter made two bombing runs, exploded ammunition cargo. Now off to get details and new plans for the coming night's mission. And that beer, which all hands look forward to. But there's one bottle left over. A Navy cameraman hit on the first run, so no pictures. But tonight's another night with a mate to take his place. As soon as the cat's home, she's groomed for the next prowl. That's a blitz buggy towing her into position for overhaul. Some job for a maintenance officer, keeping an aerial antique, acting like a dive bummer. The bad symptom sheet. Port propeller throwing oil. Nothing serious, but a new part is needed. These cats take plenty.  Oh, eight bullet holes, starboard wing. Seven, eight. Not so bad. Black cats have wheezed home with more than a hundred holes showing through their sides. That came out here, the shrapnel that nicked our cameraman. Such holes are penciled first, clipped, a plate board, riveted. A leak in the fuel tank plug. Gas goes in. Don't ration it, we'll be up all night and part of the next day. Last night's strain told on the tail assembly. Repaired now, wagging her tail and rare to go. But first she needs her claws sharpened. Black cat's bomb dump. Quarter tonnors. And this, the size Jap cruisers have a weakness for. Fifty calibers defense against Jap fighters tonight. The tail fin screwed on tight. When you swan dive through anti-aircraft, you want bombs that lay in right. Back to the cat. Patrol boats weren't made for bombing.  For every pound of bombs dropped last month, one ton of enemy shipping was sunk or damaged. Records like that mean plenty in any language, dollars or yen. How a tin fish for the port wing. And the fifty caliber just in case, but we'd rather not have to use it. Darkness is the cat's best defense. Darkness and her black nightgown. But the guns are checked and the cat stands ready, feeling her years but as fit for combat as good wishes can make her. But first looking for a stowaway aft. Yes, two kinds of black cats at this base. Overside you. In the meantime, the crew we're flying with in an hour is off for a spot of water polo. Coconuts to you. A quick look in on the officer's quarters. Our cat's masters. That's the squadron commander at the mirror. Big game hunters at night, but the housekeeping has to be done. Evening clothes, forty fives, jungle knives just in case luck runs out and you have to walk home. And the picture. Off for briefing. Final instructions. Final warnings. Six black cats will fly tonight. They're pilots and navigators. First discussion. New angles of enemy strategy. To draw more blood from U.S. invading troops. Japan is feeding key defenses with ammunition, guns, concrete for pill boxes. Our objective? To stop them at sea where one bomb can sink what a hundred bombing runs ashore might not destroy. Latest enemy convoy sighting, southbound, one tanker, three freighters, probably artillery and ammunition, estimated position at 0-200. Watch out for Jap night fighters near a stair strip only 60 miles away. Any destroyer escorts? Two cans like this, five inch guns, elevation for anti-aircraft barrage, two aft, one forward, two ACAC topside and you may have a light cruiser on your hands, one sighted yesterday in that area. The search plan for locating the convoy, area A for the command plane, area B. Whoever spots the convoy first will signal other planes immediately, including the two standby planes. Command plane will direct attack. On the way north, the command plane will search enemy held Harbor X where the convoy may have dropped anchor temporarily. Watch out for land ACAC, there's plenty. A nest of six heavies to the north. Two heavies here, four medium south. Last topic, weather. On some nights even more of a headache than ACAC. Storm fronts building up to the north, 30 knot headwinds to fight on the way home. Turn back early. If the night clears, don't make a target out of yourself by getting in front of the moon. A half hour left for some quick chow. Command plane over side in five minutes. Sandwich makings from home, California sardines, Chicago ham spread, orange juice from Florida to wash it down. A squall bearing down from the sea but the cat's leave per schedule. In all of space's history, foul weather has never stopped a flight, all settling deep under bomb laden wings. The gear disengaged, following out for the takeoff. Too many men off the water, too much gas, but she's up on the steps. On these jobs, then the weather kicks up through silhouetting the cat. Enemy fighter planes coming up captain, plowed at sea. Now to get out quick, need to resume convoy search. In a low 200 position was 50 miles, bearing five degrees, ammunition freighter. The signal to five other black cats, 0420 South, 15012 East. The plane beers in one less convoy flying the rising sun. Another loss in losses adding up to billions of dollars in equipment can't maneuver but do. That can't dive, that can't rev up speed to wiggle out of a run but go in anyway for a second try. A third, what keeps them going? Pists among other things, these are American troops grabbing at a beach. A beach guarded by pillboxes and machine guns by Jap Cannon mortars grenades. These things don't grow there, they come in ships that can be sunk and every less ship gives the men who are landing a better break. That's what keeps the cats flying.


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