The Newbie Gains Hack That Works After Years of Training | Mind Pump 2843

Key Takeaway

Want to reignite rapid strength gains after years of training? Pick one exercise you never do or rarely perform—front squats, incline press, Turkish get-ups—and make it your primary focus for the next 3 months. Your central nervous system will adapt to this novel movement pattern like you're a beginner again, triggering consistent weekly strength increases and visible muscle development. The key: it must become your first exercise of the workout, not an afterthought.

Episode Overview

This episode explores how experienced lifters can tap back into 'newbie gains'—the rapid strength increases beginners experience—by introducing novel exercises and movement patterns. The hosts discuss the neurological basis for these gains and share personal examples of breakthrough results from prioritizing unfamiliar lifts.

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Newbie gains. This is the term used to describe the rapid increase in strength that people experience when they first start strength training. Now, this eventually slows down and now you're experienced. You've been working out for a little while. Can you tap back into those newbie gains? Can you get rapid strength gains like you did in the beginning? Kind of. There is a hack. We're going to talk about it right now. Newbie gains hack for those of you who've been doing it for a little while. Let's go.

Yeah. Uh, so I'll just put it out there. Um, do an exercise you normally don't do. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. And practice it and get good at it. And those initial strength gains are very similar [snorts] similar [snorts] similar [snorts] to what you experience in the very beginning. beginning. beginning. Learn a new skill. That's it. This beautiful thing. beautiful thing. beautiful thing. I think the hardest part about that is the uh accepting that you're going to be not good at it again. You know, like one of the things that happens, I think, to all of us, I think we're all guilty of, you know, falling into the rhythm of doing the same same similar type of workouts regard even if you're if you're good about periodizing and and changing up some of the exercises and rep ranges and all the the things that we talk about.

Uh we we still are all probably pretty guilty of kind of hovering around our favorite way of training. You know, generally speaking, speaking, speaking, one of the best ways to get all them newbie gains is to do something completely different than what you currently do. And you could do that simply by just choosing one exercise is different and that's like less radical. I think that's one of my favorite ways to do it cuz so so let's explain newbie gains uh real quick because um it's first of all it's it's exciting but sometimes it sets people up for failure later because they're like what's going on?

Why am I not adding you know five or 10 pounds to the bar every single week? when you first start strength training, um, so long as you can move well, right? Because sometimes you have to start out and work really hard on correctional exercises and stuff first, but let's say you could do, you know, basic exercises, you start working out and you're eating, right? Yeah. You're healthy. You you're adding weight to the bar every week. Like every single week, you're adding reps or weight to the bar.

And this lasts for like a little while. This goes on for like a few months often times, sometimes a little longer, where you're just making gains over gains. And this is called newbie gains. um and then it slows down uh very quickly and then it becomes more of a consistent like it's a it's a harder process, right? What's happening in those early stages of strength training? The reason why you're seeing such rapid increases in strength is a lot of it has to do with central nervous system adaptation.

Mh. Mh. Mh. So although larger muscle fibers contract harder, um your central nervous system plays a huge role in how much weight you can move and lift. This is essentially this is the the power system that that tells the muscles what to do that charges the muscles. It's like an amplifier to the speakers. Whereas your muscles are the speakers, the central nervous system is the amplifier. Um and as that strengthens your current muscles suddenly can lift more and they can lift more because they're more organized.

They can fire harder. You're more stable. Um and these strength gains are really rapid in the beginning. I'm training my buddy right now and it's funny because you know so long as you don't overdo it, right? If you train properly, you'll see this in the beginning. And he's like tripping out cuz we'll do the same exercise we did the week before and it's like five more reps. reps. reps. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. He's like, "What's going on?" I'm like, "It's addictive, too." And that beginning it's it's so helpful to have that that that um that body really just like u responds to this new stimulus and it gives you that confidence boost and totally.

But yeah, inevitably, you know, that kind of runs up and and you have to, you know, stay ahead of that just like anything else, like we're going to run into plateaus and this is one of those things that's exciting, but we also have to think how we're going to stay ahead of it. it. it. I remember the first time I hacked into this as an experienced lifter. So, after a while, the new beginnings go away. It doesn't just keep happening. And I was doing the traditional lifts and, you know, I was doing pretty well.

And then I uh started doing front squats. Uh so, front-loaded squats, right? never did them really consistently before. They were hard. I sucked at them. I could do like a fraction of the weight I could do with a back squat. And I just got convinced uh that they really effective. I knew Olympic lifters did them. You know, old school bodybuilders in the 70s did them all the time. And I said, you know, I'm going to start doing front squats. And so I started practicing front squats.

And after a couple weeks of kind of getting used to it, I was adding weight every week. It was like every week I was hitting a new weight that I could lift. And I was like, "Oh, it's because I'm learning the skill of this exercise." And then I use that uh throughout my lifting career where I would pick an exercise that I haven't [snorts] done or haven't done in a while. And I say, "Okay, for the next 3 months, I'm going to get good at this lift." And you see crazy gains.

You guys all remember those? Was that the first like on like when aha moment for you was that lift? I think it was front squats. Mine was incline incline barbell press. Oh, cuz you were always flat benching. Yes. And I and I remember and I would intermittently do incline but never consistently because I it was embarrassing. I mean I was because I could I could work out with two plates on flat bench all the time consistently and then to go to an incline and have to drop it all the way down to like 135 was just like no.

You know what I'm saying? saying? saying? Especially when we were Well, yeah. It took me so long to see two wheels. You know what I'm saying? Like that was like a like a long time of benching for me. was to get to two plates. Uh, and that was such an accomplishment and that it took me to get there that going over to incline and having to see myself go all the way back down to one plate was just no. Like it's so especially cuz nobody bragged about an incline back then.

It was like how much can you can you can you Yes. Yeah. And so of course you you're talking about the one you can bench so much more on. And so I remember when I made it a goal like you know what I'm I'm going to focus on that and the gains that I got from that and essentially was just prioritizing it and making it. Yeah. I just said hey I'm no longer in a flat bench. I'm going to incline bench and I'm going to do it until it catches up to my flat bench.

And it eventually did. And I met the the aesthetic gains, the strength gains. What was great was I was still just as strong on flat. I didn't lose my flat bench strength that that stay that remained the same and I and I caught up the incline bench and I saw all this gains aesthetically from and I was like forever sold like oh my god. It's just you just have to get over that mental hurdle of I mean another example and I think you've brought this up when you first started doing like windmills like you know how humbling that is just doing super humbling.

Yeah. Holding a little 5B kettle bell or something the very first time you do that you know you know we uh we recently have done on the uh the Instagram social media team did a thing that we all did. I don't know if you how much you guys looked at all of ours. Mine hasn't gone up yet, or it will probably by the time this airs, but it was the March Madness of uh the exercises. exercises. exercises. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're we're we're all really really similar, but there was a few there's a few things that were were different.

And one of the things that mine was different than both of yours. I actually put the I I put the Turkish get up higher. higher. higher. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh it didn't make it all the way to the end, but it made it further than what it made for both of you guys. And my thought process thought process thought process Yeah. And and also that nobody gets good at that. Like nobody goes, I'm going to get really strong on that. And I'll tell you something right now.

Uh both men and women can get pretty strong on that because it involves You did it for a second. Yeah, I did it for a minute. Oh man. And you get huge benefits because it incorporates the entire body and requires so much core stability, so much lower body strength, so much shoulder stability and strength. and the the carryover and the gains you get from that I think to a lot of things is so big and it it's just I feel like it gets [ __ ] on as an exercise.

It's funny. Yeah, we're talking about this because um that became kind of a bit of a chase for me. Uh this whole newbie gain thing because I went in the unconventional world. I was always looking for a different tool that was out there that was going to provide cuz what started it really was the kettle bell itself. Like I I was doing conventional lifts forever and I was like working with the football team and just working on PR numbers and all these things to put up on the board and then I worked out with a guy and he took this this one kettle bell is gold.

It was like 115 lbs or something and he just puts it up like right over his head like it was nothing. And I was just as strong as the guy with all the conventional lifts and I pick it up like and it basically like fell and I was so pissed off. I was like, why? I was like, why is that so easy for him? And then I just incrementally like just chipped away at it. Chipped away at it and then within like, you know, a couple months I was putting that up and it was just like it was wild.

Uh, but it just it just kept proving itself to me time after time when I would pick a new direction. Like I'd take the mace bell and I'd start working on that and then you'd see these rapid gains again. Yeah. I remember you know what it's funny. I just remember as we're we're talking I'm like was it the front squat? It was the reverse curl was the first time time time a reverse curl. It was a reverse curl. And it was because I read uh a bodybuilding article that in order to get a thicker bicep and this this is the way they explain it.

It's not quite what happens, but they're like, "You need to train the brachiialis, right? You got the bicep on top. Brachiialis is this flat muscle underneath. And if you develop that, then you'll get like this thicker looking arm." I'm like, "Well, I'm standing straight in my t-shirt like I'd have some thick bicep." I was a kid. I was I think 16 years old thicker looking. And I and and it said do hammer curls and reverse curls. And so I went out in the in the backyard uh and I grabbed my easy curl bar and I had it already set up for when I did curls.

It was it was always set up that way. And I went to reverse curl it and I was like my wrists were just they folded and I was like I can't do this. So I went lighter. I started practicing it and it did develop my arms. But it wasn't necessarily the magic of the exercise. Uh although that's part of it. The big part of it was it was this novel movement. It was curling with a pronated grip. Yeah. grip. Yeah. grip. Yeah. And I became I I fell in this now to this day.

You guys hear me talk about the reverse curl. That's where it started was I picked up this exercise and it's great. This is there's so many movements out there that people avoid or don't do that are established lifts like like here's another one. another one. another one. Uh for a long time in Uh for a long time in the '9s behind the neck presses for shoulders were very popular. They fell way out of favor because of the risk factor and it does this. Certification started to like show people.

people. people. And here's the deal. you definitely need more mobility and stability and control to do it behind the neck uh than you do in front. Okay? So, you definitely want to develop that first. But once you get there, uh if you always press to the front and you start practicing behind the back and you get good at that, watch the strength gains go through the roof initially because you'll start with just the bar at first cuz you can't even get it there. Next thing you know, you're adding 10 pounds every single week and then you see that on your body from an aesthetic perspective.

Uh there's also all the zer exercises. Yeah. all the all the zer deadlifts and squats, which now I'm starting to see people do a little bit. In fact, they're starting to come out with zer pads. Knee press is another great one. Interesting. You you will suck at that when you first start that, dude. Totally. And so, it's like uh you know, here's another one that's really good. I remember we saw our friend um what's his name? Powerlifter. Uh he he Yes. Yes. Yes. He's I mean, this guy could squat 700 lb.

Uh super competitive powerlifter. never did split stance uh exercises like lunges. lunges. lunges. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um because he's a powerlifter so he competes bilaterally. Yeah. And you could see him with like 185 on the bar and it was hard for him. And it's not because he's not strong enough. I mean he is not strong enough but it's not cuz his muscles aren't strong enough. enough. enough. He just doesn't he doesn't do that movement. movement. movement. His central nervous system isn't adapted to it. So he started practicing and you better believe that contributed to his bilateral squat and his leg development.

And so for everybody listening right now, you may have a body part or an area you want to develop. Look up exercises uh especially old school ones that you've maybe never do or you do occasionally. And then what you can say to yourself is, I'm going to make that one of the primary lifts for that body part for the next 3 months. This is for experienced lifters. Watch what happens uh to your progress. Well, you know, the problem with uh sending people to go look that up is typically what you'll do is you'll look up the the best movements for that exercise and it'll come and the articles and the stuff that you hear on social media will be what does the research say is the best exercise and that they're they're probably doing those.

It's the ones that you're probably not doing. It has to be one you're not doing. And you have to understand that this is I mean this is an argument that we always make I feel like and we always get push back about this when we're ranking stuff. It's like uh if you've been doing this this same movement, say like a bench press forever. Yes, we know that bench press is like the overall best exercise for your chest, but if you've been doing barbell bench press forever, forever, forever, then exercises that would be considered inferior to that become uh better superior because it's novel.

And so even though that's the best to get you going, but you've been doing that for 2 years consistently, like 3 days a week, it's like you've gotten so good at that, you've reached almost the max benefits from it. Simply going to something you totally suck at even though it's an inferior exercise in a standalone study. It's becomes a superior exercise because it's so novel to you. And so don't just look up look up look up the most popular three exercises for or something like that.

Yeah. It's like look, just do a movement. movement. movement. I do is our old time strength program, right? Oh gosh, there's I mean it's we haven't talked about it in a long time, but like it only because of what you guys are talking about describing. There's like a progressive way to achieve that lift at a high level. Like there's a way to, you know, learn it, like acquire the skill of it, get good at it, and then, you know, you could bring that into the arsenal when you get back to your regular programming.

programming. programming. You know what? It's even true though for exercises that aren't so different. Uh, I know that you could be, this was me, uh, uh, uh, well, you just, I mean, the front squat's an example, but even more similar, like you could be, you could be so good at a flat bench press with a barbell and never do dumbbells and go grab a pair of dumbbells, start pressing, and you're way weaker. Now, typically, you'll dumbbell press less than you total weight than you can with a barbell, barbell, barbell, but it's it's it's within range.

It's somewhat close. But if you never dumbbell chest press and all you ever do is barbell bench press, then you go try using dumbbells. Suddenly you're like, "Oh my god, I can bench press 300 lb, but I can't go heavier than 75 lb dumbbells." dumbbells." dumbbells." It's such a similar exercise, too. Go with the dumbbells. Get good at it. Watch what happens to your chest development, your strength, your shoulder development. Just because uh uh uh and really make it a focus because a mistake that I think I used to make too.

Oh, you just throw it in and out. Yes. You throw it in and out or it's the third exercise of the day. No. What's your focus? Yeah, it needs to become the focus. Like in order for my incline to show me the results that I saw from it, it became the priority. Yeah. Like so that that's the tough part is cuz then people are like, well, wait a second, everyone says that this is the best exercise. So, okay, I'll add that other one in that you're talking about, but it's like the third one or the fourth one of the workout and by the time you're already taxed, you're not, you know what I'm saying?

So, allow it to be the priority and really get good at it and really get strong at it and that's where you'll really reap the max benefits from it. It's not this like sprinkling in every which is the mistake I made. I would sprinkle it in. Well, yeah, I do that. But I give your your your CNS and opportunityities. opportunityities. opportunityities. My example that too even the woods not that long ago was just when we all first got together, you know, that was squatting and deadlifting for me.

It was sprinkled into my routine. It was never a focal point. I never cared to be, you know, brag about my squat numbers or my deadlift. I was Mr. Hypertrophy guy. That's all I cared about is how what I looked like. And so I never cared to make that a priority. It wasn't until we got together and I was like, "Okay, I'm going to make this a priority and get try and get really strong at my squat and my deadlift." Well, lo and behold, you know, followed the best aesthetic physique I ever had afterwards.

And so, I remember that, too. You were adding like 10, 15 pounds a week to your deadlift every single week. Both deadlift and squat wise months. It was like 3 months that this happened. Uh, and your body and you're talking about, you know, 15 years into my lifting. That's what I'm saying. That's the thing. It's like for experienced lifters like this is such a a awesome hack. Now, now what you don't want to do necessarily is pick 15 different exercise. I mean, you could do that if you want to, but I just do one.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just do one for an area you want to focus on or maybe a lifting pattern that you want to focus on and be like, I always back squat. I'm just going to front squat now. Or I always conventional deadlift, now I'm going to do sumo deadlift. Or, you know, I always overhead press with the, you know, to the front. Let me go to the back. Or I always barbell, let me do dumbbell. pick that one exercise and be like, "For the next three months, this is the first exercise I do in the workout for that body part, and my goal is to get stronger at it." And you'll see consistent gains for probably two to three months while you do that.

And it's and your body will look like you're making making making straight. Yeah. And then it'll carry over to your regular lifts. Totally. Totally. Totally. I mean, that that same hack on the on the point of like a body part. I remember um this was my my big shoulder unlock. This was the I mean, I never had made shoulders a priority. It was like, but I wanted better shoulders, but I never prioritized them above chest and back and all these other big muscles. It was like until like I decided like, okay, this going to be a focal point.

Became the first exercise and the first thing I would do in the week. It was just like I'm shoulders. It's going to be the main focus and huge huge difference. difference. difference. Crazy difference. Yeah. But it takes that there's I I you know I and I remember how I felt. So I think that's the point I'm trying to communicate is I know the fear of letting go of something else or the fear of making something else putting it on the back burner because you think you're going to lose gains or n you're fearful of yeah but I also don't want to lose my chest just to go get my get better shoulders.

It's like you're not you're not going to lose that by prioritizing that. You've already gotten really you've already reached for most people have reached that you know that we're talking to has reached a lot in that in this category. It's like putting your bench press now on the back burner to go after something else. You're not going to all a sudden lose no 50 lbs of strength bench press. All right. I uh um I looked up studies on red light therapy and acne and I'd never looked I knew that it had a beneficial effect on acne.

It has a beneficial effect on skin across the board, right? Red light therapy, people aren't familiar with red light therapy. [snorts] [snorts] [snorts] Uh we have studies that go by back decades. It's very well studied for uh lots of different reasons, but for skin in particular, like if if you want healthier actually uh looking skin, stronger collagen, less wrinkles, like healing scars, all that stuff, like red light therapy uh is remarkably uh effective. But I and I knew that it had a positive effect on acne, but I didn't know what how just how much.

I looked up the studies uh 45% reduction in acne when people were using red light therapy. This was after 4 weeks. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. Well, this is good news because acne, people who struggle with acne, this can be a this is a big pain in the butt for for a lot of people. Uh and and most of the treatments are antibiotic based or harsh on the skin, which being on antibiotics for that long, it's rough. Really rough. Really harsh. Red light therapy is just this is a a wavelength of light that supercharges mitochondria in the skin or whatever it touches.

Uh so you could shine it on different parts of the body too but a 45% decrease. Uh and and and I actually think this is why brands like JW have exploded and red light therapy has become so popular in the last decade is because is because is because of all the benefits because there's lots of benefits to red light therapy. The thing that I think you see relatively quick like instantly within doing a few sessions of it is your skin. I mean I I I've always communicated as like I almost feel like I've tanned or I have this glow.

that you know and you'll if you've never tried it. Yeah. If you've never tried it and you do you do three sessions of 20 minute sessions in a week, you'll see a difference. And so I I and you know how that works in our space is that you know if people can't feel it, you know, it's like really or see it. It's just tough to convince them how much it's working. And you know, I know it's it's so like all the studies on recovery and some of that's incredible, but that's hard to measure that.

It's just like well is that cuz I got good sleep or protein. It's just like it's very obvious. It's like I don't do this. I all a sudden start doing this on my face. I see a diff a noticeable difference within the first week of me doing it. Like, okay, I'm sold doing something. something. something. I'm just thinking too for parents with teenagers. Uh cuz this can be rough for teenagers. Uh some kids just get go through a stage of acne and it's like what do you do with your kid?

Do you put them on these really harsh medications? Do you you get a red light panel? You know, JF uh is the company we work with. You get them a red light panel, have them use it, you know, three days a week, 20 minutes, minutes, minutes, and it's not chemicals. It's nothing if it's good for their skin, and it'll cause a it'll show a reduction in acne. Just I know. It's funny cuz like my oldest is really concerned about like boosting his testosterone for everything else.

Really, he's a teenager. I know. I was like, why? I think it's just because of social media and, you know, it's just being like thrown out there everywhere. And so, it's like Yeah. So, I'm having a lot of conversations with him about that. We talked about red light a bit as well, you know. So, he's starting to use that. He's starting to use supplements and creatine and he's really kind of like like starting to try to grab on. He's jack, dude. For his age, he's got to be one of the most jack kids in a school.

school. school. He's he's definitely both your kids are going to be that way. You can see they got good jeans, dude. And I mean, their gymnastics is like Exactly. They have such a great foundation with that. Totally. Did you Did you see I'm surprised you didn't bring this up and you might have seen this already, Justin. Did you see the chimp civil war that's happening? What? Chimp Civil War. Doug, can you put chimp civil war and pull up news articles? That's your question. question. question. Okay.

Wait. So, are we just going to go through all of the science fiction genres genres genres and just start throwing it out there like like like everything is going crazy. Yeah. Minority Report. Sure. We got you. You know, no. Check. So, no. I want this up this this report this uh a news article up. Planet of the Apes. So, we could see Yes. Try to cast it up there, Doug. Uh so we can see what's going on. This is the largest, bro. Civil war. So vicious, too.

Have you ever like they rip faces off? They eat uh Oh, they're So, it started out enemy chimps. enemy chimps. enemy chimps. It started out. So, it's the largest civil war that we've observed in I think in decades uh with chimp populations. Where is it after? Is this in the wild? This is obviously in the wild. In the wild. This is in the wild. And it started by like there's rival chimp sides and I guess they killed like one or two of the males. Is this somewhere like the Congo or somewhere like that or Yeah.

Let me pull it up. I'm I'm having a hard time casting here. Um Uganda. Uganda. Uganda. Uganda. So I guess like one faction killed a couple of the males on this side. So then this side retaliated and then it spiraled and then one of them killed some of the kids of the other one and it just turned into like like like spiral. spiral. spiral. Oh yeah, dude. And it's like raids. They're just raiding each other back and forth. forth. forth. What? What? What? How many total?

Like how many chimps are involved? Does it say? Well, yeah. 200 chimps total, it sounds like. like. like. Yeah. This is like like big old like they're calling a civil war, but one faction of chimpanzees uh killed seven adult males and 17 infants of a rival group. What? What? What? And then 14 more adult males vanished. Bodies never recovered. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What? What? What? Yeah. So, you can see videos of them doing these raids. Well, like like a bunch of them would show up and just like like like And we're obser we're observing when this happens.

this happens. this happens. Yeah. Oh, yeah, dude. That's crazy, dude. I don't know what's going on. going on. going on. What are they fighting? Well, what you what you wonder is that has it always kind of gone on and then and they just we just have We've seen civil wars before. So that's why cuz why cuz why cuz Well, I know that like so I've I've watched territorial. watched territorial. watched territorial. Yeah. As I say like I know they're like super territorial even with like uh where on the tree they could like they could like certain there's like Yeah.

certain plays you there's a Yeah, there's a hierarchy of like where where you are hanging out in the tree and stuff like that of like who's who. Apparently, it says over there it happens once every 500 years. What? What? What? So, this is like Go back. Go back. There was an article. Maybe this is like their their equivalent of like a world. This is their apocalypse. This is their world war. Dang. And we we know that because we have what for five like how I mean it's I guess what I guess maybe maybe recorded it some observer.

So rare it only happens every 500. Yeah. Click on that. How do they know what happened 500 years? That's cuz like it shut. They they use carbon dating. Yeah. Like I'm like they what they they have like a carbon stone from 500 and then a thousand and 1500 years cuz I mean if I mean that's banana remains. Oh my god. What does it say? We just throw [ __ ] out there and people just like Yeah. Yeah. Well, scientists say it happens every 500 years. It must be true.

Scientists say a lot of [ __ ] because all I know is what Jane Goodall but she was like gorillas, right? gorillas, right? gorillas, right? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah. I don't think she was with chimps, but I mean there was there's definitely people observing the chimps, but like to go back 500 years, who knows? Yeah. No, apparent it's just rare. I guess let's just say that we know it's rare. I don't know if I did. You do you guys remember that woman? It was like It was like 20 years ago.

Do you guys remember the story of that woman that owned a chimp pet? How to speak? No. No. No. No. No. She She let it sleep in bed with her. her. her. It was like her pet befriended like and almost almost almost attacked her, right? Oh, ripped her face off. off. off. It literally ripped her face off. She gave it uh wine and zan. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Gave it. That's a great idea. Look, it's her her girlfriend or her watching some like soap opera the other day.

She's just like rips her face off. Was that really what what she she gave it and that was a reaction? Yeah. Maybe Doug. Total opposite what she thought would happen. happen. happen. Yeah. I think that would calm it down. Oh, 2009. Oh, 2009. Oh, 2009. 2009. 2009. 2009. Yeah. His owner initially admitted to giving him the anti-anxiety medication in tea to calm them. They're all wearing like cucumbers and face masks. You know, you take your sandy and it just got hella blew up in her face.

You bet. Oh my god. Yeah, dude. It ripped her face off. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know how strong they are, dude? Yeah. Real strong, bro. What's the ratio for? I know. That's a picture of the chip. You know what? That that fact you you brought up the other day about hippos and their muscle mass was that that surprised me actually. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah, dude. What do you Yeah. If you give a chimp wine and drugs, um, it's probably not good. I kind of feel like that's you're you're like you're asking for it.

Yeah. Opening up. Something crazy is about that. Is that her afterwards right there? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, she she lived. She lived, but she had to have a facial reconstruction. reconstruction. reconstruction. I mean, it it messed her up badly. Oh, it ripped off her arms, too. Yeah. Oh, that's terrible. Oh my goodness. Poor lady. Poor lady. Poor lady. Not good. Not good. Not good. Now, not to make this weird. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. Not to I know cuz now it's all sad. She looks like that's horrible.

All right. But not to make this weird, but just speculating. If at this point it ripped her face off and everything cuz he gave her one. It's probably not the first time she gave the chimp wine and stuff. and stuff. and stuff. Oh, no. Apparently it would drink from long stem glasses. Do you think there was other stuff going on? Like do you think there was a little bit of a relationship? You know what I mean? So, you know that the uh Tiger King had like a followup and they like documented like people that took in like chimps and apes and all that kind of stuff.

stuff. stuff. Oh, really? Oh, really? Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. I didn't last very long. It just creeped me out like too much. Where is he at? Where's Where is the tiger? tiger? tiger? He's still in prison. Is he? Is he? Is he? Yeah. And he's talking trash. It's really funny, actually. Like he's remember what an anomaly that is. Like that was like that like Tiger King. That was like a huge thing in co then gone away. gone away. gone away. Yeah. just it was just the perfect timing.

There was nothing on TV at all to watch. That was like the only, you know, trash TV. There's so there's a lot of things during co that I think we forgot on purpose. I think our brains made us forget like some of the wild Tiger King carried us all through that. That was a very popular show back then. Arguably maybe the most popular show. Carol Baskin, dude, he's not Dude, you remember everything about that. about that. about that. He's not doing good. He's got He's battling prostate and lung cancer.

Oo, he got a 20-year sentence. Joe Exotic. Exotic. Exotic. Remember he had a boyfriend, but he's like, "I'm not gay." Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He He's the ultimate closer, you guys. You guys don't even touch him, dude. him, dude. him, dude. I'm not going to try to compete. Oh my god. You got guys. Did you guys see the guy uh turn I saw this came pop up in my feed. The uh Thaddius uh was his name? Thaddius something? He's he was a personator of um the guy from Hangover.

Oh, Thaddius Vegas impersonator. Well, he's in Vegas. He's in Vegas. Yeah. Thaddius is his first name. Uh he's he he impersonated the guy from Hangover. You know, with a beard with a beard. Who is that guy that Thank you. Yes. Okay. And he had just lost his job, lost his like relationship or marriage or like that and had not and decid and said he looked like him, flies to Vegas and literally makes like a quarter million a year impersonating him, just wearing the same clothes. Yeah, that's him right there.

Glasses and all that. Uh that. Uh that. Uh he makes he makes 250 grand a year just doing that. doing that. doing that. Yes. Look at right there. Hemag shows up at a party. Oh, for sure. Like everybody. Oh, yeah. No, everybody. Yeah, of course. Everybody going like that makes sense. Wow. Wow. Wow. You got to respect the game, right? How much does he get paid to do that? Quarter million a year he made. What? What? What? Yes. Yes. Yes. And all he does is show up to Yes.

So, if you read the article about it, it [clears throat] actually talks about like how much uh like his life has been a blur because of how like all the partying and stuff. Yes. A baby. A baby. A baby. Hi. everywhere he goes. Dude, I uh speaking of impersonators, you guys saw that one guy, remember how people were taking there was a video taken of a guy in his car in Miami that looked just like Jeffrey Epstein? Oh, I didn't see that. You didn't? You didn't?

You didn't? No. No. No. Okay. I didn't see that. So, people were filming this guy. There was clips of this guy in Miami that it was Epste. They're like, he's alive. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, this guy shows up and he's like, I'm not Epstein. What's his name? Something Pete. It's like Miami Pete or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Find out what his name uh see what his name is. It's not uh Miami video. Yeah, Miami Pete, I think his name was. Anyway, now he's saying, "I'm not Jeffrey Epste." But now people are saying, "No, you are." And they're comparing comparing comparing pictures.

Oh, I see him right there next to it. to it. to it. Oh, Palm Beach Pete. He says he used to party with Epstein. He did. He did. He did. It's getting weird, bro. What if it is? Yeah. What a creep, dude. So, there was a picture of him with a with a private jet, and it's the same private jet as EP. So, now it's a conspiracy theory. He actually is Epstein, but that's that's he doesn't look like look like look like No, he he looks he looks enough off for him.

him. him. So, one and I I'm sure it's debunked, but like there was like this video floating around of like uh uh so Woody Allen had like courtside seats. I think it was like Nick's game or something. And in place of Woody Allen was literally Jeffrey Epstein sitting there just like chilling like the camera was on him and everything. When was it? I Exactly. I think it was probably an old video that they're circulating like it was like recent. That's my guess. But like I first I was like no no way, dude.

Like he's just popping up everywhere. Yeah, dude. Yeah, he's not dead. I mean I don't Yeah, that's that's up for grabs as far as I'm concerned. All those people they arrested with that. that. that. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, zero. zero. zero. So many. So many. So many. Anyway, let's change subject. So, uh, you know, I got to bring something up because this just came to mind, uh, because my cousin, I'm in a text thread with my cousins, and he's like, "Oh, this sucks, dude." He goes, "Just after the 5year warranty, it's like 5 years and a month after my stupid uh, washing machine broke.

Now I got to go buy a new one." So, we started talking. I'm like, "Were appliances just did they just not break back in the day?" Cuz I I can recall like appliances at my grandparents house like 30, 40 years old. old. old. Yeah. that just lasted forever. I 100, you know, put our foil hats on with the the conspiracy stuff. I 100% think cars, phones, computers with technology. with technology. with technology. They right 100,000 miles. They last they last right to their warranty warranty warranty and then they don't.

You know, look at this. This is true. See, I told you. I looked it up. Appliances were generally sturdier, more durable, and had longer lifespans. Yeah. and 1970s or '8s for profit margins might last 20 to 25 years. Many modern appliances are built with shorter lifespans. lifespans. lifespans. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, that's I mean they're they're intentionally parts. intentionally parts. intentionally parts. Same thing with furniture. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you you know like uh like old furniture. Have you ever picked up somebody who's like your grandparents their furniture?

their furniture? their furniture? They're heavy. They're heavy. They're heavy. Oh my god, they're heavy. You pick up furniture today, it's like IKEA Yeah. IKEA [ __ ] It's like fake hollow wood. It's like not even real wood, but real like old furniture was like carved out and that's so durable. We have So the the one that we have in our in our bedroom is over 100 years old. old. old. What is it? Our dresser. Our dresser. Our dresser. Oh, really? Oh, really? Oh, really? Yeah. Our dresser is And we refurbished it.

It was passed down from Katrina's great grandma into the family. Nothing's solid. Nothing's solid. Nothing's solid. Oh, we ref It looks brand new and looks beautiful. It just I I we paid to refurbish it, but it's like this sturdy hard like solid. Everything on it works perfect. So, perfect. So, perfect. So, wow. wow. wow. You know, that's just it's the way it's built back. built back. built back. You know what? I was You know what? I was reading up why uh they lasted so long and it was because newer stuff today has all of this like there's all these regulations on energy like on how to conserve energy and water and that makes them less durable.

It was back then they were like I think things back then too were handbuilt. handbuilt. handbuilt. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Were they? Were they? Were they? Yeah. You talking about how many years ago? ago? ago? The 70s 80s. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. I mean I bet a lot of it was. But they lasted a long time, dude. My my parents had appliances forever. I mean, everything's done all machined and slapped together now like with metal parts instead of like plastic parts or like Yeah, they they chint out on a lot of these hinge points where it's like the wear of just opening and closing doors and it just and I honestly think the same way we talk about how food scientists have come in and engineered food to be so hyper palatable.

I think you have people that have these companies that have been around forever have come in and they're like engineered it to precision of like this is how long it needs to last like if we want it needs to last right about this length simultaneously have the repair business attached to it. So yeah and that's the cars and like you you could see that from appliances as well. as well. as well. It's either that you don't find it you don't find it suspicious that every time you're you you pay your iPhone off.

Dude, it's not a stretch at all. All of a sudden it starts acting up like crazy. There's somebody. Yeah, it was a lawsuit that actually like they won. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, maybe look. maybe look. maybe look. I mean, by the by the eighth time it happened to me, it was pretty obvious like when you the first couple you got by me. by me. by me. Yeah. Each update just Yeah. But I've had 12 of those things and I'm like by about the eighth one, I was like, "Wait a second." Every time I just finished the the 2-year payoff plan, it starts and then they figured out they just like change up the the plugs in in the way that you know.

Oh, when you plug the chargers. Yeah. they get rid of it or it's Doug, look that up. Look up. Yeah. Are they Yes. iPhones are designed with a limited lifespan uh through both technical software and marketing approaches leading to planned obsolescence. obsolescence. obsolescence. Planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence. Yeah. iPhones simply become obsolete through a combination of slower performance, reduced battery life, and lack of support of new software updates after roughly five uh to seven years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, yeah, I guess that sucks.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're just making Well, especially when it's you're talking what is it up to now? like a $1,300 or a $1,500 phone where phones are something like that now, right? Is that how much they cost? Yeah, they're over a,000. What are they, Doug? What's an iPhone? The new iPhones that come that come that come I think they're like $1,500. Yeah, I think they're $13 to $1,500. Wow. Wow. Wow. Probably 13 to What is it now? Uh, it depends on which one you're getting. Um, the 17 Pro Max $1099 plus for the 17 Pro Max, but if you want more like data or whatever.

Yeah, I was going to say that's the bare that's the base. That's the base of that. that. that. You know, we got you know, we just got it home. What? Uh, so yeah. Did you really? Yeah, but it's not a landline. So, my wife like long cords. Yes. So, so my wife is really uh trying to focus on figuring out ways to uh keep us from being on our phones. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. And in particular, a lot for the whole family, but a lot for herself cuz she's at home.

She homeschools the kids. And it's like uh you know, I want I it's such a pull. It's so easy to just get on your phone. She's very conscious of it. So, she bought a phone that you Bluetooth to your phone. You you lock your phone and then that's it. And if somebody calls, it rings on that phone. Yeah. And since nobody ever calls. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It doesn't go off. And people know like you want to get a holder again, you call her. Yeah. If it's that important, you'll call me.

call me. call me. Yeah. And it's got the cord. It's an old school with the cord. You pick it up. And so if I called her right now, that's how she would answer. And we talk on the phone. And she'll tell me. She's like, "All right, I'm turning my phone off." So So I won't be able to get a hold of a beeper. a beeper. a beeper. Huh? Yeah. Huh? Yeah. Huh? Yeah. A pager. A pager. A pager. Yeah, pager. Yeah, pager. Yeah, pager. No, that was the beginning of like people get a hold of you all the time.

Was a pager, I suppose. I suppose. I suppose. I We look like a bunch of drug dealers when we were kids. Everybody in high school had a stupid beeper. beeper. beeper. I had one. I had one for a minute just to Yeah, just for a minute. I had one for a long time. time. time. Oh, so did I, bro? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I had one for a long time. I think What do we need it for in my face? Nothing. Just my friends would hit me up.

up. up. Just write code back with your girlfriend. girlfriend. girlfriend. You know what I'm saying? 143. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And your buddy's boobs. You know what I'm saying? For that one a lot. Yeah. 69 69. Just a waste of time. Doug. Doug never Did you ever use a beeper? Never did. Never did. Never did. You never He was too old for by the time that came out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He jumped. He jumped. He jumped. How'd you guys get a hold of each other when you were kids?

He walked and knocked on pigeons. pigeons. pigeons. Hey, Mike Tyson's still smoke signals. Actually, the bottle with the Oh, yeah. That was a thing. You put the no in the ocean. I I hear that the schools are I think California is trying to pass laws right now with the with the phones at schools. Yeah, my daughter she has to put her phone in a fair day bag when she gets there. there. there. She does like literally a fair day bag like like like my kids school too.

So like all the kids when they walk How does that work? Drop them in like in the classroom or in like when they come they come they come they get on campus as soon as they get on campus. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. So there's like somebody there you have to go ask for it if they want to message. So, but you they have someone like policing the the entry to the school and as you come in, give me your your your Yeah. Hand them over and then someone's managing the thousand phones.

phones. phones. I mean, I don't know how it all works out. out. out. That's why I'm asking questions for the two dads that have kids in high school. They got bags, dude. You never thought to ask your kids these questions? Well, I don't know. I don't I actually seen it and they grab it and they put it in the bag. I don't care how they organize the business of it. I don't care. Doesn't that just strike you as like a lot? They they keep it like next to the classroom that they're going to.

And so like the bag's there and then they, you know, each I guess the teachers, you know, responsible for it. I don't know. And then passes them back out. I have no idea. Sounds like a lot of guessing over there. there. there. I've seen him do it. But I think it's great. [snorts] I I think it's awesome. No, I think it's great. Also, you see kids otherwise they're all with each other but on their phones. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hopefully kids will get back to like pranking the teachers where you get the universal remote and you mess with the TV or something like that.

Yeah. God, that was a good time. That's what that's what disrupting the class should look like now. Yeah. Do you know what I taught my 5-year-old? Uh, which I I'm hoping he forgot, but we were in Legoland. You know, we're just having fun. I'm like, "Oh, this is going to be hilarious. Let me teach him this." Uh, spitballs. spitballs. spitballs. Oh, Oh, Oh, remember spitballs with a strong that you're you're you're That is not a good thing. Yeah. I bet Jess love that. So, we were shooting.

We were kind of shooting them a little bit, you know? Flip boogers. Flip boogers. Flip boogers. And then And like when I did, I was like, "Oh, man. I hope he doesn't remember this." remember this." remember this." Like, he's not going to remember. Yeah, that's for sure what he remembers. You got kids. That's Yeah, for sure. Going to remember that. Memories. I got I got to talk about uh Element because um I really got to give them credit. Going on TV. Yeah. Well, oh yeah, they're they're doing an ad on TV.

Yeah, they're going to be on a commercial on TV. Yeah, there's there's I show up for two seconds. They're like someone sent it. You're in the new commercial. I'm like I am. And I looked at it. It's literally No, it doesn't even say my name, bro. It's the side of my It's like a flash and I go someone else. Only person know will know it's me is my mom. She'd be watching. That looks like my son. Anyway, what they've what they've done, and you'll see every once in a while, you see products uh or methods or whatever completely shift in industry, industry, industry, but what they did is is crazy.

They single-handedly uh completely shifted and changed the fear around sodium. It was Element. Element did it. But up until Element, everybody was still afraid of sodium. It's bad for you. Don't have too much. Electrolyte drinks had like a sprinkle of sodium. And people who understand electrolytes, like if you need electrolytes, if you're sweating a lot, if you're actually drinking this cuz you need the electrolyte, you need it all. You need a lot of sodium. That's the main thing that you need. Not like 100 milligrams, but like 1,000 milligrams.

Element single-handedly uh cuz they had they were very brave. They put 1,000 milligs per serving per serving per serving and it crushed and now everybody's copying them. copying them. copying them. Well, you know, you know, you know, the origin story of that is Rob Wolf and his training and some of that. He was doing his jiu-jitsu, he was strength training, and he was doing other stuff. Paleo diet. Yeah, he was on the paleo diet. So, yeah. So, he was it was just completely depleted. And so, and then he looked at the space, nobody had enough sodium in the products.

So, he went out and created it and it's absolutely exploded. Everybody's followed up. Why do you think that why do you think we still have some popular fitness influencers that [ __ ] on electrolytes then? then? then? Uh, I mean, I guess if you're comparing it to something like creatine, uh, it's not like this miraculous. I mean, they don't even say that. They say, "Oh, this electrolytes are like waste of money." If they were if they were to go down a list of supplements that are a waste of money.

No, I look here's the deal. I if you're sweating a lot, if you're training intensely, if you're on a low carb diet, uh you're using a sauna, I would say even if you're on a whole food diet, if you're eating whole foods, you most people do not salt their food, if you eat all whole foods, no processed foods, you eat a whole food diet and that's the only source of sodium that you get is is through that and you train. That's probably why because those influencers are all in those processed like uh protein uh shakes and bars and everything else.

everything else. everything else. Well, here's the deal again. There there's there are certain people that will notice radical improvements in the performance uh from using uh high sodium electrolyte. You sweat a lot. If you're a blue collar worker and you work outside all the time, you'll notice a bit a big difference. Uh if you're a low carb or no carb diet, you'll not the the keto flu that was because you needed electrolytes, right? just holding a little bit more intracellular water. Like you get a performance of this.

Here's here's the other thing that and this is the behavioral part of it. This is what I love as a trainer. You show me all the science you want. I don't care. Here's what I see now in real life. I have enough family members that use element to now notice that because they like the way it tastes and it has no calories. calories. calories. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sodium is an ingredient in palletability. So when you drink when you put an element pack into your water, there's no sodium.

Sorry, there's sodium but there's no artificial sweeteners, no sugar. There's stevia in there, but the sodium with the stevia makes it taste really good. Sodium is an ingredient palability. Here's what I noticed. People drink more water. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All my friends that use element. Did you guys have They all drink way more water now. Did you guys get your uh your care package? package? package? No. No. No. The pink lemonade. Pink lemonade. Pink lemonade. Pink lemonade. Yeah. Yeah. You know, they for April Fools, they did the whole pink lemonade like Yeah.

Yeah. The April Fools thing. But then they obviously they did that to roll out and kick out the pink lemonade. And the pink lemonade is really good. Yeah, if you haven't had it yet, it's delicious. It's really good. They've, man, they've hit a home run. The pineapple one, the pink lemonade one, the grapefruit one. But here's why they crushed. They crushed for two reasons. One, one, they changed the narrative based on the real data and science. The fear around sodium is totally overrated. Number one. Number two, athletes that need it notice a big difference.

But here's the big one. Number three, Number three, Number three, so salt is an ingredient in making things palatable. They have created a zerocalorie drink that people are like, I love the way this tastes. Now the company has exploded. It is exploded. A lot of people drink element not because they need electrolytes. I just like the way it tastes. Yeah. And it encourages them to drink more water because water because water because it tastes so good. And I when I I use our my sauna in and the in the hot tub.

Well, then it makes Oh, yeah. For sure. If I don't I will get a headache. Oh, I 100% use that. If I if I do not do that, I I will get a I'll get a headache from that for sure. So, and there's also that, right? There's a hu Didn't we look this up recently? The recently? The recently? The My stamina is terrible if I don't do that before. Like I was hiking in Palm Desert. It was like Yeah. Like 85 90° and I was just like, "Oh, dy." And then I drank one and was like different.

The last time we talked about element, didn't you bring up or didn't we have Doug look up the variance of the individual variants of people that actually sweat out? Some people sweat a lot more. A lot like a significant amount, like 10x for some people. Yeah. So, which is also where I think they're they get these people, you know, like I asked you like that are that it's like maybe you're somebody who doesn't it doesn't impact you that much where there's a percentage of people that I guarantee it makes a huge difference.

I know for sure I'm one of those people. I know this as a as a co as a trainer back in the day, one of the more difficult things uh uh challenges that I would have with clients sounds silly to hydrate hydrate hydrate which is going to drink enough water. It was it's and I remember as a trainer thinking it was so dumb, but I [clears throat] saw it so many times. S I'm like this is a common issue. Had I had something like element that for sure would have encouraged if I pou it g g g g g gave g g g g g gave them a big thing of it in our workout.

That's why crystal light exploded is% because it's a flavor. Totally 100%. Totally 100%. Totally 100%. Yeah. 0.5 to 2 L per hour during exercise. What a difference for sweat. Total sweat. Yeah. Yeah. That's um dude I got a company I want to You're going to love this company and you might have seen companies like this before but my wife shared this with me and I think it's brilliant. it's brilliant. it's brilliant. Doug, type in newly n u u l y. This is one of the one of many companies that are doing this.

So, this is a company that you could pay a a fee. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You pay a fee. My niece does this. So, like I think like you can pay 99 bucks a month and you get six outfits. There's a ton there's a ton of companies that do this. There's companies that do this by the way with every month. There's companies that do this with high-end brands. So you can get like you want like a $1,000 dress from that that's like a name brand and they send you a trunk with all the so that and you basically you keep what you want, you return what you want and you can get stuff that's used that's like like somebody who's who's who's sent this out.

So there's so many companies that do this but this is rental. Yeah. Huh. Yeah. Huh. Yeah. Huh. This is rental. So this is you pay you pay 99 bucks a month. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You get six uh items sent to you. You pick whatever you want every month. Yeah. So, so here and my wife was explaining to me then she got on the phone. She told me about I'm like, "Honey, do you spend that much per month on clothes and we went back and forth and she's she made a couple good points.

She's like, you know, there's a lot of things I'll buy. I'll wear them once or twice and they'll stay in the closet." Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Forever. She goes, "Something like this, I could have very few clothes in the closet and and there's there's different packages there. There's one where you could do like three things a month, which is less." And you'll pick three things. They'll send it to you. Now, you got three or six outfits or whatever, especially if you're working. This is just like the one that this is what uh Mark Randolph talked about.

Remember he gives the analogy of the girl and and he talks about like her idea with that borrow my clothes. Yeah. You borrow clothes. I like the one where you so you basically you're you pay a monthly fee like similar. I don't know what the price was and there's lots of different brands that do this that and they send you a trunk every month and you keep what you want to keep and you you you but they pick what they send you. No no you can pick too.

Oh yeah. You can you can they have a catalog like this and you go like I want I want to try this this this and this and you get to try you can keep all of it. You keep none of it. They provide like a tailor to use and then yeah they actually coach you and so and some of them are like these really high-end brands. So if you like want to like before you spend $1,000 on this outfit you get it, try it on, wear it, if you like it, you don't.

So I was thinking about something like this. So let's say you did something cuz I after we got off the phone cuz I kind of poo pooed it at first when I was on the phone with her but I thought more and more. I'm like you you okay you imagine you're you are a professional like you work an office job and you have to wear this professional clothes professional clothes professional clothes like you could you could pay 90 bucks a month it's a write off and you get six new outfits every month [clears throat] or whatever that I'm like this is kind of brilliant.

I wonder how well these companies are doing. I mean they're you have to know they're doing great because there's so many of them. them. them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean you I didn't know any of the ones I didn't know that one but I've seen I've seen already multiple ones myself. Courtney's been doing this one for a long time. long time. long time. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, she does it. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I bet. Are there any for guys? Probably not. not. not. Yes.

Yeah, there is. There are. I haven't done it cuz I'm kind of partial to buying my own [ __ ] I don't have like I wouldn't wear six different outfits every month. I just wouldn't. wouldn't. wouldn't. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Adam would No. Yeah. This is not my style though to do it. Yeah. [clears throat] Yeah. I don't I I prefer to put my stuff together. together. together. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like I rather go pick mix fun, right? right? right? Yeah. And it's also like It's also my No, it's my style.

So like I don't want somebody's style. Hey, do you put your clothes on your bed? Well, you know what's interesting about that? that? that? I I I look at people in two different ways. So, you're either a Pandora person or you're a Spotify person. Oh. Oh. Oh. And that being like I'm curating my playlists and somebody else is curating activating. Yeah. Versus just Oh, hey, spoon feed it to me. Yeah. I'm a I'm a Spotify person all day long. Exact same thing, too. Yeah. I I want to pick like want to I want to pick like So, do you do that before work?

Do you put like on your bed? Do you put like shirt in your shirt? I try to. So I always This is the day before that you do. I don't always do, especially now the way my closet is designed. I don't need to cuz the way it's organized, but I try to do that because what I it saves me time in the morning. Yeah. If I lay my outfit out the night before I do I do I do then it like saves me 15 minutes. Otherwise, what what will happen sometimes is I go, "Ah, what do I do?" Do you spend a lot of time on like your outfit for the next day?

No, definitely not. No, no, no. It's literally literally literally Sometimes the more I'll look at, nah, and then I'll change it. Yeah, I try. I it makes a difference when I do it. Like it it saves me time in the morning. I'll get to work 15 minutes early by having it already laid out. out. out. It's been a huge hack for me. Yeah, it is a it's a it's a it's a hack. You know what's my favorite thing is that uh and I'm Does your mom still lay yours out?

No, I have her come over FaceTime. This is good. Mom, what should I wear to My wife won't do it for me. I wish she would. We go to like functions, you know, like like family functions and she's like she knows what she's wearing and everything and I'll be like, "What am I wearing?" She's like, "I don't know." Like damn girl like you supposed to pick out my clothes. my clothes. my clothes. I do it for Katrina. My you pick her clothes out all the day.

She tell I you know I can't even compliment my wife the way she looks. She's just complimenting yourself. Oh, you're really put together. Yeah. Yeah. Like you look honey. She I tell her you look hot. You look hot yesterday. She's like you're only saying that cuz everything I'm wearing is everything you Dude. Dude, how funny was that yesterday? yesterday? yesterday? Good job. What were we talking What were we talking about where Adam is like lowkey trying to get us to compliment him? remember yesterday the meeting it's about knowing the business number so well well well yeah he said his number so perfect he first came out and I already thought it I'm like wow that's pretty interesting I I was like thinking about I was going to say something about it then you said a couple comments cuz you were like can someone like recognize that I accurately I finally said it weirdo and s and Katrina both claimed that they were gonna say something [ __ ] you both were I gave you plenty of opportunity to go Damn, bro.

You are so brilliant. I cannot believe how brilliant you are. you are. you are. I say that to you all the time, dude. Like, I'm going to give it to myself. I love letting my three-year-old dress herself. That's the best. Oh, wow. That's amazing. Well, it's like, does she sometimes wear like Colossians and like, bro, she'll come out. She'll come out with like a tutu and a rain jacket and like shoes and then she just comes out and she's like ready to go. So, do either one of you see your yourself in your kids when it comes to that type of stuff?

stuff? stuff? Like, does one of your kids like totally not care? Like, you don't or that or there's one of your kids that like that's how they would dress is how you dress? Like, do you see that in either of your any of your kids? My my son, my 5-year-old is is kind of stereotypical. Like, he'll wear a shirt cuz he likes to like it's Godzilla, like I'm going to wear this shirt or [snorts] something like that. My daughter, she likes that too, but she's she's eclectic.

She'll go and like put her clothes together. And my son, uh, you got to kind of like like go get dressed, dude. Like you're in your pajamas. Go put a shirt on. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Max will wore pajamas all day if you wear pajamas all day long. But he's actually really particular about what he wears. Like he'll he's I think it's hilarious. Like like you. like you. like you. Yeah. He's he's got that. He's like that Katrina always gross. He's like, "Your son is too much.

Like I don't want to wear that. It doesn't look good. Doesn't look right. That or he'll tell her go ask daddy if I I can do that." Yeah. Yeah. She'll call me in. She goes, "Max wants to know if he can wear these sweats with this shirt." Oh, yeah. Yeah, that looks good. Then he, okay, I'll wear it. wear it. wear it. That's hilarious. My and my three-year-old, she she's she watches this show called Super Kitties. So, like these cat these little cats that are like superheroes.

Have you seen it? Max watches it. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. So, I'm not a fan of it. Why? It's a good show. It's a girl show. Yeah, it's a girl show. He's got two shows. That one and then the other one that I don't like that's like a kids a girl skin. I'm like whatever, dude. dude. dude. Let him watch it. You don't say that to Right. No, I don't say that to him. I'm like I just like what do you want to watch? And then because we don't watch a lot and then he gravitates I'm like really of all the things we can watch that's what we're going to watch.

Well anyway we'll play I'll put EDM on and then my kids like to run and I chase him to EDM. It's this thing we've been doing since they were really little. But my daughter it's you know what it is. A they'll wait for the drop. They'll be like they'll wait for the drop and then they'll take off. [snorts] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But my daughter will run, she'll jump, and she'll land in this weird position and stay in this like down position. And I was trying to figure out like what is she doing?

she doing? she doing? The most Italian thing ever. Why is that? Chasing your kids to eat for sure. And his wife beat her, too. That's so rad, dude. But she'll stay in this like down position. I'm like, "What are you doing?" I'm like, "Oh, she's in like a superhero position, you know, when they land." land." land." Yeah. And she'll just wait. She'll just sit there and wait. I'm like, "What are you doing?" She's like, "I have superpowers." superpowers." superpowers." All right, let's go. Have you made the mistake of do like I remember when I like doing something that they love that you're like, now you're you're just trapped into doing it all the time.

You're like, I did this. I remember when I finally I'm so glad Max finally grew out of it cuz we did it for I don't know how many years. But at one [snorts] point I we had like those little, you know, kind of laser light things that they were part of some Christmas thing or Easter. I have no idea. But we had them laying around and I put on music in the closet and you know Oh, know Oh, know Oh, now you're Yeah. Yeah. Dance party.

You know when we have a dance party in the closet? I was like, "Oh god, I had to do that for every day for at least a year and a half, two years." And I remember like, "God, let this trend end, please." Like thought it was so cute and fun when I did it the one time. You know what I'm saying? And then it became a thing like all the time to do that. Have you have you figured out like a lazy way to like play?

Yeah. When you lay down and play That's like the whole building fort thing was like great. It was like such a hack, you know, like on the weekends we'd like build fort every weekend, every day. And then it was just this huge mess in our living room that was always just like couch cushions and stuff and everything was all Yeah. disheveled and Yes, dude. Yes, dude. Yes, dude. And I love it cuz they were like they'd be sitting in there, you know, like coloring or whatever.

Just like Oh, it's a blast. I love doing that stuff. Yeah. It makes a big mess. But you know, like this morning I was uh my son and uh my wife were eating breakfast and he's like, "Papa, come here. I want I want you here. Give me a hug. I want" and he wouldn't let me go to work. He's like, "Give me a hug. No, stay here." And I'm kind of like, "I got to go, buddy." And she looks at me, she's like, "This he's not going to be doing this forever." Like, she reminds me, you know, know, know, there's a I saw this he's not going to It's true.

I saw this great clip on Instagram to your point you're making right now and it was uh an exercise that we all should do and it was basically was basically was basically pretending to be the 75year-old you writing a letter to the 46 or whatever you are right now you know about your day and everything like that and like that's the letter goes like you know start it from the morning get up you know my son comes running in and jump and like in writing a letter to yourself of all these things in those moments and it's just like there's obviously going to come a time when like he doesn't run in your room anymore and jump on your bed and it's like you may find it annoying sometimes when it's 6:00 in the morning and you just want to sleep.

It's like there's going to be a time when you're like man I wish that was happening right now when it's like living tree book man kills me kills you kills you like hugging like hugging like hugging so depressed when I read that even just hugging and holding your son at some point your teenage son isn't going to want to like just hug dad all the time. the time. the time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I sneak them dude still. Do you still do or does it turn into wrestling though?

wrestling though? wrestling though? Yeah, probably. Yeah, probably. Yeah, probably. Yeah. Who of the two boys would Who of the two boys is most likely to cuddle up next to you and watch a movie? Uh, Everett. Uh, Everett. Uh, Everett. Ever is the youngest? Is it just cuz he's the youngest or is you or you or you or uh Yeah, he's I I mean, we hang out probably the most like he's most like me in terms of like what I like to watch on TV or like what I like to do.

Like, so it's but you know, I I'll find my way. I actually personally like go into Ethan's room the most. Like I go in there to try to, you know, get in his world, but we're not like I I'm into a lot of what he's into, but like it's just easy. Like everyone's kind of always Do you go into Ethan's room and like like just have to sit there a little bit and wait for like Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Teenagers are like that. Yeah. We got Yeah.

But I mean, he's it's a lot easier now because I've been consistently more like, you know, kind of inserting myself into his world in there and trying to understand. But yeah, it's it's taking work, dude. Like cuz it it comes it was funny cuz it comes easy. Courtney and him have a real tight relationship and it's you know and they've had that ever since he was like real little. So it was like do you attribute to that cuz was there like a moment in like time where you felt like you had to you consciously went like oh I need to like actively go seek that.

I felt it you know. Do you remember when it how old he was or like at what point you had to like really start doing that where it's like oh wow if I don't start doing probably 14 years ago. Yeah. Yeah. cuz they start hanging out on their own. their own. their own. Yeah, he just start Yeah. Once he start isolating himself in his room, that's where I really started to kind of come in. And in. And in. And I'm sure there's probably a little bit too like you there's a part of you that wants to give him space, but then at the same So, you probably you probably wrestle a little bit with that initially.

initially. initially. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I Yeah. I didn't want to intrude. Uh I tried to Yeah. come in like just ask him questions and like try to be excited about what if he's working on something or if he's like playing a game. Like that's the thing too about like you know it's it's a hard thing to balance when it's like you want like exactly what's perfect like in terms of screen time or like if you're playing video games or you're doing this or but but also too like you know you want to understand they have interest and then like peer into that why why do you like this and then he explains the whole thing and then it's it it's it it's it I don't know it gives it a little more um context for me.

It's crazy because when I was a kid, so I I never had a relationship with my dad where we like talk like we sit and talk about things, right? right? right? And I remember this wasn't actually not that long ago. I was talking with somebody somebody somebody and it hit me like a like a truck. I was like my dad used to take me to work with him and make me do work with him cuz that's how he bonded with me. Mhm. He didn't know how to bond with his kids, with his sons in particular, any other way because that's what he knew as a kid is he worked.

And he would take me out to the backyard. He'd take me out to go to on construction sites to work. And that's how he bonded uh with us cuz there was a period there when I was a kid. I wasn't helping him like, you know, 11. How much can you help your dad when you're 10? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. More than anything, I'm kind of getting in his way. But he took me anyway. And it was because that's how he knew how to which is not what you think when you're 10.

You think it's like this burden that you're you're you're or he just wants me to learn how to work. work. work. Yeah. Yeah. In reality is my this is my dad's attempt at bonding with his kid. I remember when I when he hit me like a truck. I was like, "Oh, dang. I dang. I dang. I really I think about this a lot because Max is only going to be seven, right? So like what's he going to be like when he's hits those teenage years with the way he has his relationship with Katrina and I there's certain things that I'm like I think I it's that's obvious, right?

Like I think when uh when it comes to like emotional stuff or he's sharing something I think probably he'll he's going through he's more likely to probably go to his mom. I have a feeling that that that I don't know, bro, because you're you're pretty good at that. You're pretty good at talking to guys in that way. I think when he's a teenage boy, he's pro he might want to talk to dad. I I don't know. That's why I think about it a lot. That's a good point.

Like I actually got closer to Ethan like as he became a teenager teenager teenager because he didn't want mom's advice in that a lot of other directions. So, and you're not like a kind of guy that's like closed. like closed. like closed. Yeah. No, I'm definitely not. And we're super tight, right? So, we're super tight and close. I just say that cuz I think I noticed like like for example when he went and did the soccer thing uh he was expressing to his mom he was concerned that she that I saw him cry.

You know what I'm saying? So it's like there so there's definitely a side of him that's more open to showing the vulnerability and the and being okay with that where I'm like more trying to get him to dust it, you know, dust it off and keep going. There's no reason for us to cry about that. Come on, keep going type of deal. Uh, and so I wonder if when it comes to things like that that he's more emotional or scared or about will he be vulnerable enough to share me or does it want to not show that side?

So, it'll be interesting to see that as it as it unfolds. You're right though. I mean, I feel like I I definitely uh definitely uh definitely uh Yeah, you're not like you're not going to be one of those dads that's like No, I communicate with him and and we're very very close and so but I I do expect that there's going to be at some point he's going to gravitate to each of us for different things, right? Like I mean I think we both are close to him but it'll be there'll be one-on-one time is super important because there's a dynamic with the family which is good but there's a different dynamic when you like I just experienced it with my daughter and my even my 5-year-old when you go off with just them.

No 100%. No 100%. No 100%. It's a totally different dynamic. This is something that we try we've we've continued to foster since he was very little is you know we call boys day and uh you know probably once a month. Uh Uh Uh Aurelius calls it just the men's. Yeah. Yeah. It's just it's a a dedicated day that that it's just him and I, you know, and stuff. And we we do we do and so my goal is to always maintain that, you know what I'm saying?

Is if if I do hopefully do a good job of doing that as he ages that it keeps that. that. that. Did I tell you guys what what Aurelius is start he's I I like have to like walk him back because he [clears throat] likes to do this thing where he'll like jump on you out of nowhere and I love it. He jumps on me out of nowhere. We wrestle. He does it to his mom and he hurts her. He you know cuz he's getting big now, right?

He'll jump on her. She's gets you can't do that to me. And so I I tell him like, "You can't do that to your mom." Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You can't do that to your older sister. Cuz my 16-year-old, he'll do it to her, too. You can't do that to, you know, our niece who's 18. I said, you know, you you can do that to me. I said, you got to be more soft and gentle with women. So now, of course, she's like, you know, uh, mom, women are weak, so I can't do that.

that. that. Well, that's not really what I said. That's not what I said, dude. So [ __ ] Dad. Yeah, I can't jump on you, mom, cuz women are weak. I I like Katrina has she puts the brakes on that real quick with him cuz he'll do he'll get like that. She go, "Hey, that's you do that with your dad. You don't do that with me." She she stops it really fast like that rough house stuff. That's that's your dad. You don't you don't you don't rough house with mom.

You know what I'm saying? So she's she stopped that early on. I like that. I had to talk with him too. I'm like, you know, your mom would beat the crap out of if she wanted you still, bro. So she's not weak. She doesn't like that. So to her, dude. Paleo Valley makes the most delicious grass-fed beef meat sticks you'll find anywhere. The meat is fermented, so it's not dry, it's easy, it's delicious, it's moist, tastes good, high in protein, healthy fats, eat on the go.

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babies? babies? Yeah, this is a great question. So, uh I actually looked up studies on this. There not a lot of studies on this specific thing, but there are studies on health. And what they find is when mom is fit and healthy, uh, when she exercises, exercises, exercises, babies tend to be healthier and more resilient. Now, there is some evidence, very little, some evidence. You have to be programming those epigenetics. epigenetics. epigenetics. I was just so we'll get there because I I agree. We'll speculate there, but there is some evidence that uh if you train for endurance or for strength or whatever that you may actually create a child that has more of those pass on the adaptations adaptation.

adaptation. adaptation. Personally, it makes sense to me because okay, so we we have good evidence on this. What a mother will eat will actually influence a baby's pallet and and what foods they they actually start to crave. It makes sense because uh when the baby's in uterero, it is it is adapting to what potential environment it may come into. Okay? So really stressed out mom, baby becomes more hypervigilant, right? Calm environment, baby becomes more calm. Uh I I believe that if the if the mom is strength training, the signal that's being sent to the baby is we're going to be lifting heavy things.

The whatever the environment that we're being born into requires more strength. So, uh, we're probably going to need to turn on the genetics, uh, or move the genetics in a direction that, uh, contribute to more strength. So, I definitely I would I would bet money. would I would I would bet money. I I believe this. I 100% believe that that this plays a role. Both the nutrition, exercise, nutrition, exercise, nutrition, exercise, it doesn't override like overall genetics. genetics. genetics. I also think that I think that what you said about common stress is is paramount, too.

paramount, too. paramount, too. Yeah. I think Oh, for sure. that they know that. I think I think um m and and maybe arguably even more important than being strong during your pregnancy. It would be maintaining you know calmness and like I just think that plays a huge a huge role in the in the kid. Well, just seeing too like how the mother's milk changes like depending upon like their needs and like their deficiencies and all of that. It adjust adjusts on the fly. So if it's Is that wild?

When a baby's sick, the that's like the body senses it when they put their mouth. their mouth. their mouth. It's different from the morning to the night. It's different. I mean that that's not out of the question to think that they pass. Yeah. But I I'll say this like here. So here's the the the I guess the hesitation, right? Don't think as a mom like I'm going to go crazy with strength training to produce this like super you can very easily overdo it. Has to be appropriate.

Um uh and we talk about this all the time with strength training during pregnancy and you're the PRs and that happens before pregnancy maintaining maintaining maintaining during pregnancy you're training in a very smart appropriate way and the main thing you should focus on is uh uh is this going to help me with my delivery and my postpartum recovery. That's the most important thing to consider with your exercise routine. Next question is from Cornell FG82. Do you lose an adaptation when you start a new phase with a new focus?

Yeah, to an extent. To an extent you do, not a lot, but or not all of it. But if you always train, let's say, um, in the one to three rep range and then you move to a phase where you're training the 20 rep range, will you lose some adaptation to that one to three rep range? You will because uh there's a skill involved. Percentage of it. Yes, for sure. You're not losing a ton of it. So small though. I mean this is kind of the conversation that we had earlier about uh you know encouraging people to do novel stimulus like there's this fear I think this is where this comes from of like like like you know if I stop you know focusing on you know bench fat bench press and I go do this you know dumbbell you know incline press all the time will I not be able to bench press very well it's like I mean you might see a small for temporary as soon as you get back to that it'll you'll get that and some back um so there's a small step back but it's very very small and it's and it's in pursuit of taking two steps forward, you know.

know. know. Yeah. And exactly. I think this only matters if you're training for a specific lift or a specific type of sport. Uh like you're going to compete and your lift is the squat. You might not want to move away from that particular squat. Uh at least not before competition uh because you want to lose any uh adaptation to it. But I mean, I experienced this recently. I recently recently recently started deadlifting um uh relatively rec regularly. I'd say like once a week or once every other week.

And when I'm feeling pretty strong in my deadlift, historically, I'll pull 550, 560. My best was of all time was 605, but 550, 560. I'm doing pretty well. And I hadn't deadlifted for a long time. But I was doing box squats. I was doing lots of other exercises. So I started pulling again. And within I don't know like five weeks, five or six weeks, I could I was up to be able to pull 550. I was able to get it back up there. But week one was like 500.

like 500. like 500. So there definitely was a difference in my ability. my ability. my ability. Sure. Sure. Sure. Next question is from the fit life lawyer. How effective do you think a workout program written by AI is? This is a good question and this is becoming more relevant uh by the day. Interesting to hear you. I mean I I think the so this is it depends on how savvy you are with AI. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because I think that the the prompting this is what we talk about too.

The future of using AI it has it hinges on your ability to prompt it. Yeah. Um cuz I've seen terrible advice come from AI and then I've seen wonderful advice come from the AI. Your bias dictates it. Yeah. Exactly. And so if you uh don't know how to prompt it correctly or uh really like just simply saying like produce me a workout blah blah blah. There's like if you do a generic prompt like that then you're going to get a generic workout. But if you know how to prompt it really well uh uh uh like 49year-old female I worked you know this many hours.

I sleep this much. Here's my hormone. I have a bad hip or whatever. whatever. whatever. Right. Right. Right. Then you might get better. You're feeding it a ton of data and Yeah. Very Yeah. Very Yeah. Very It's awesome. I've played around with it and seeing what I can do with it. It's uh but I'm prompting it and I'm prompting it from the perspective of a trainer's mind. trainer's mind. trainer's mind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And so I think you can get great uh stuff off of it.

You know, here's the thing, too. I mean, you've been you can get free workout. You've been able to get free workouts online for a long time. Uh, so I don't think this is like some huge It's not a breakthrough. No, it's not. Um, it's better than you guessing, I guess. Uh, but here's what it won't do. Um, it will not replace a personal trainer. personal trainer. personal trainer. No. No. No. Uh, the value of a personal trainer is not that they write you a good workout.

That's not the value. That's like one little thing that they do. The the big value is their ability to guide and coach you and adjust on the fly and know how to guide you like a smart guide taking you through this journey. of fitness. Um, and until AI is indistinguishable from a human and looks like a human and gives you that same contact and connection, all that stuff, uh, it it's just not going to come close. close. close. And by the way, too, I mean, I'm on this kick ever since I heard that interview with the diary CEO.

It's not really AI who's writing that program. It's the internet's ability to scour the internet of all the data of other smart trainers that have put out all this information and it's aggregating all that and giving you a smart random. Yeah, that's it's it's a it's just that's what it's so you could technically to your point Google search and find right before AI a a good workout program that for free 100% you can. So that that's how that the the AI got it from that. It's it just it's it's ripped it off.

Yeah. It's scouring the internet for you and it'll it'll hopefully get you the good one if you prompt it correctly. If you don't prompt it correctly, it might just get you the most popular, the most searched or the most shared one. And so how you prompt it will dictate how good of a program that that was that already exists on the internet that you will actually actually actually Here's the deal. If someone asked me to write them a program and I didn't have the opportunity to train them, right?

So I'm not their trainer. I'm just talking to them and [snorts] hey, I'd like a good workout for me. I'm going to ask them a lot of questions before I can give them a workout. Yeah. I'm not just going to be like, "Here's a good workout for you." Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. You know, it's going to be like, "Okay, well tell me about your lifestyle. Tell me about your goals. What's your past history of exercise? Uh what does your sleep look like? How about your diet?

Um you know, what's your age? And then I'm going to write out a more accurate or appropriate workout for the even though it's a general workout. Um that's going to be good for them. Well, that's what's interesting about AI too is it's not asking you all. [clears throat] You have to literally insert that every step of the way. That's what the prompting I mean by that. That's the know, know, know, right? you you are what you're alluding to is that your trainer brain knows what to ask all the right questions before if someone said I want give me a a workout program to build the most strength you know and you you wouldn't just go like oh here it is and you would never do that you would go you know tell me about your sleeper yeah tell me about your sleep tell me about what you do uh during the day like what's your work life look like what's your stress levels look like what's your calorie I mean you'd ask a whole host of questions and then you from those you would give the best generic workout program that you could give that person.

And so the the person that's prompting the AI needs to know those questions that that trainer would ask them in order to prompt it efficiently to get something that is really good. And yes, you could if you knew how to do that. But if you don't, then you I mean just Google search, you know, top 10 workouts. Same thing. thing. thing. Next question is from Matthew in this. With your guys, I've identified an imbalance in my hips that's throwing off my form during lower body exercises and causing back pain.

What can I do to correct this imbalance and stop further injury? Symmetry. injury? Symmetry. injury? Symmetry. Yeah, I was going to say without knowing the specific um [clears throat] type of like where the pain is, watching your technique and form, noticing the imbalance or seeing what the imbalance looks like, looks like, looks like, it's hard for me to give you spec it's impossible for me to give you specific advice. That being said, unilateral exercise uh is a great kind of catch-all. Um it does a pretty remarkable job at solving these issues uh for people when they go to do a unilateral exercise, start with the good side and then try to copy that with the bad side um and then from then on use the bad side.

Well, it exposes all the compensation like and so it becomes more clear and obvious where you're instable which you're going to be weak in those areas which we need to strengthen. So, you know, it it too just like that split stance or or you know, just just being able to control uh your body from that perspective, then you go back to bilateral stance and it's like you're reinforced. reinforced. reinforced. So, I mean, you're right. we don't have a lot or enough information to give like precise or perfect.

But I I'll give you some pretty spot-on advice that I think if you follow you'll see a significant difference and that is get really good at 9090s and uh the and the discrepancy from the left to the right cuz what I can guess right away without seeing you do 9090s is you're going to probably notice on one side you're way more proficient than the other side. So work at getting those equally balanced out in your 9090s and work through map symmetry. You do those two things and I bet you we we we make huge progress in this direction.

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