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Giants Live World Tour Finals/World Log Lift Challenge 2026: Control the Controllables, Talk It Out & Meditate · The Best Experience

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  Speaker 1: in this week and you know, you ask these questions,
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Nick. A fan would like to ask.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have any good advice of dealing with physical
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  Speaker 2: symptoms caused by anxiety, such as headaches, dizziness, a racing heart,
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  Speaker 2: a feeling of uncomfortable all over? Thank you. It all
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  Speaker 2: kind of depends on the situation. I mean, if it's
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  Speaker 2: just something that's like pressure or whatever from things that
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  Speaker 2: you're going through, one, I think having somebody that you
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  Speaker 2: can talk to and... let that go with, without trying
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  Speaker 2: to fix the problems or without trying to come up
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  Speaker 2: with answers or anything else, just somebody to talk to
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  Speaker 2: and like, let it go to often helps quite a bit. Um,
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  Speaker 2: it's not going to be super judgmental or something, but
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  Speaker 2: just be like, just like, Hey man, I need to
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  Speaker 2: talk to you. I just need you to listen. We
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  Speaker 2: don't have to fix these. I just need to get
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  Speaker 2: this out. You know, um, that helps a little bit. Um,
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  Speaker 2: meditation also helps a lot. Um, And understanding there's things
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  Speaker 2: that you can control. And if you control the controllables,
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  Speaker 2: the rest of it is out of your control. So
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  Speaker 2: there's no use on getting anxiety over it. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you know, so control your controllables and the stuff that
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  Speaker 2: you can't control. You're just going to have to have
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  Speaker 2: the grace to let it go, which isn't easy. It's
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  Speaker 2: easy to say. It's not easy to do. but really
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  Speaker 2: all you can do is control what's within your ability
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  Speaker 2: to control. And usually that's, that's going to help an
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  Speaker 2: awful lot and just realize there's, there's things that are
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  Speaker 2: just beyond your control. There are certain things we have
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  Speaker 2: control of in our daily lives. When we wake up,
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  Speaker 2: when we go to sleep, what we eat, stuff like that. Um,
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  Speaker 2: how we deal with our friends, how we deal with
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  Speaker 2: our family, how we deal with our kids. Um, how
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  Speaker 2: we interact with other people. Those are all things you
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  Speaker 2: can control. The weather, definitely not something you can control.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. How other people act.
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  Speaker 2: How other people act, yeah. You can't control that. And
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  Speaker 2: so you got to kind of let that go, accept
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  Speaker 2: what you can, always make sure you're fine and safe,
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  Speaker 2: and then move on to the next thing. And finding
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  Speaker 2: somebody you can confide in helps. Meditation helps.
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  Speaker 1: We lost Nick. He'll get the mic. I think maybe
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  Speaker 1: you hit the button or unplugged it. Oh, you're muted.
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  Speaker 1: You muted yourself. All right. Let's see. Are you there? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: now you're back.
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  Speaker 2: How about now?
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  Speaker 1: Can you hear me?
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  Speaker 2: Cause I can't hear you.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I can hear you. Oh, I can hear you.
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  Speaker 2: Lovely. Let me go into settings.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Make an adjustment on the thing. And you know, I'll
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  Speaker 1: just add in on what Nick's saying too. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that are out of your control,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, it's in your control. Well, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things that are in your control are nutrition, diet,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just off of some of the, off these questions, headache, dizziness,
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  Speaker 1: racing heart, or feeling uncomfortable, you know, drinking water. can
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  Speaker 1: easily cure a lot of these things, even with anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: because some of us go so dehydrated without even knowing
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  Speaker 1: we're dehydrated. And all it is, is take a sip
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  Speaker 1: of water.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. Drink your water. That's, that's, there's so many things.
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  Speaker 2: There's so many different ways to approach a situation.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: These are just a few of them.
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  Speaker 1: And that's one of the controllables.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Me not being able to control what happens with
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  Speaker 2: my computer and my mic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There's nothing I can do. I just went on and
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  Speaker 2: slowly worked through it, fixed it, and got back to
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  Speaker 2: the episode.
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  Speaker 1: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: Control what you can. Let the other stuff go as
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  Speaker 2: much as you can.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Our politicians, our governments, and stuff like that, other than voting,
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  Speaker 2: there's not a whole lot we can do to control it.
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  Speaker 2: Vote at the voting booth and vote with your wallet.
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  Speaker 1: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: That's about all we can really do to control things.
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  Speaker 2: You can't control other people's minds. All you can do
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  Speaker 2: is have discussions with people. And hope they'll listen to
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  Speaker 2: you as well as you listen to them. Hear both
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  Speaker 2: sides of the situation. It's always okay to agree to disagree.
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  Speaker 2: It's always okay. But at least you now know what's
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  Speaker 2: bothering them. So, anyway, question two.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a three-parter here.
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  Speaker 2: It's a three-parter. Oh, my gosh. Yes. Okay, a fan
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  Speaker 2: would like to ask, is washing your hair and taking
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  Speaker 2: a shower every day beneficial or harmful to your body? Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Who should drink coffee and who should avoid it? Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Is it okay to exercise on an empty stomach first
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  Speaker 2: thing in the morning? Okay. First one, washing your hair
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  Speaker 2: and taking a shower every day beneficial or harmful to
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  Speaker 2: your body. It never hurts to be clean.
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  Speaker 1: It never really does.
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  Speaker 2: It's just... You know, certain types of soap can do
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of damage. So maybe just rinse your
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  Speaker 2: hair on a few. If you have long hair, I
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  Speaker 2: don't have to worry about that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, both of us.
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  Speaker 2: Both of us. But, you know, washing every day is
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  Speaker 2: beneficial to you because things can grow on you, bacteria,
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Especially if you go to the gym because, you know,
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  Speaker 1: staff is a thing. So is ringworm.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. Exactly. There's many different things. But yeah, taking a
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  Speaker 2: shower every day is good for you and beneficial. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, maybe, you know, some women will probably only
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  Speaker 2: wash their hair like two or three times a week.
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  Speaker 2: That's fine.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: But they still take a shower and the rest of them.
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  Speaker 2: So it's definitely better to take a shower.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I definitely agree with that.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a lot less offensive.
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  Speaker 1: Very less expensive.
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  Speaker 2: Especially if you work out the way I do or
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  Speaker 2: Ben does because it can not smell so nice afterwards.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. You know what I'm saying? Deodorant goes a long way.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just throwing that out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it does. For all those people in Europe. Just kidding.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Who should drink coffee and who should avoid it?
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  Speaker 2: If you need a little pick-me-up, coffee is going to
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  Speaker 2: be better than pre-workout. in a lot of cases because
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot less chemicals in it. There's a lot
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  Speaker 2: less things that control your arteries and blood flow and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. So for a little bit of a
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  Speaker 2: pick-me-up or even for dieting and stuff like that, those
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  Speaker 2: are the people who should probably drink some coffee when
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  Speaker 2: you wake up. First thing in the morning, drink your water,
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  Speaker 2: then have a cup of coffee. Remember, coffee is also
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  Speaker 2: a diuretic. So if you're holding on to some water
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  Speaker 2: and you want to get the water out, drink a
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  Speaker 2: cup of coffee and pretty soon you'll be going to
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  Speaker 2: the bathroom. So it has very good uses. People that
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  Speaker 2: should avoid drinking coffee, anybody with any type of cardiovascular problem.
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  Speaker 1: Or sensitivity.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sensitivity should probably avoid it. People that have high
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  Speaker 2: anxiety and stuff like that might want to take it
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  Speaker 2: easy on that.
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  Speaker 1: And some people with actual stomach issues because, you know,
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  Speaker 1: coffee can be very acidic and cause heartburn and erosion
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  Speaker 1: in the esophagus.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So definitely kind of watch that a little bit. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if you need it, you know, and you
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  Speaker 2: need to get a good waking up and get moving,
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  Speaker 2: coffee's like a very solid way to go. You know,
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  Speaker 2: filling it full of cream, probably not the greatest a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But super sweet and super, super creamy is probably not
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  Speaker 2: going to be the greatest. Cause there's probably more calories
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  Speaker 2: in the cream and the sugar, the rest of the coffee.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, one of the things too is like
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  Speaker 1: when a lot of people fast or do what's called
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  Speaker 1: black coffee is what they always drink this. It'll help satiety.
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  Speaker 1: It'll help fight the hunger. And it doesn't spike your
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  Speaker 1: insulin when you're drinking just black coffee. I do use creamer,
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  Speaker 1: but a little dab will do you. Just enough to
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  Speaker 1: cut the edge.
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  Speaker 2: Correct. So I use a little bit just to cut
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  Speaker 2: the edge, but I use milk. I don't even use creamer. Yeah. Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: and you know i try not to drink too much
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  Speaker 2: coffee anymore because it's it gets me going too much
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  Speaker 2: like i gotta be very careful with pre-workouts um like
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  Speaker 2: half doses stuff like that so it just that's how
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  Speaker 2: my body handles it and that's just how it is Uh,
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  Speaker 2: so on to question three or the third part of this,
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  Speaker 2: excuse me, is it okay to exercise on an empty
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  Speaker 2: stomach first thing in the morning? Yeah, it's, it's okay.
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  Speaker 2: If you're trying to lose weight, yeah. Working out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: on an empty stomach, empty stomach is definitely going to
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  Speaker 2: help you, uh, on your way to losing weight and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. Yeah. It's called training while fasting. Um, it's,
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  Speaker 2: it's not a, it's not a bad thing. It's not, um,
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  Speaker 2: are you going to now the difference between a workout
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  Speaker 2: and a heavy intense workout is vastly different. If you're
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  Speaker 2: doing something like super heavy where you're moving weights that are,
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  Speaker 2: you know, really heavy and kind of scary. Yeah. It's
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  Speaker 2: probably not a great idea. Yeah. You know, so it
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  Speaker 2: depends on what you're trying to do. If you're trying
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  Speaker 2: to get in shape, you're trying to lose some weight.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Morning cardio, empty, morning cardio, empty stomach. You know what
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying? Nice little walk around the block, little run,
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  Speaker 1: you know, even on the bike, get on the bike.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? That's where that empty stomach
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  Speaker 1: would be coming in because if you're going in there,
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  Speaker 1: try to have an intense workout. That's a, that's, that's
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  Speaker 1: low blood sugar, low blood pressure. You're going, you know,
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  Speaker 1: bad things can happen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, it's, Yeah, you're not going to lift
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  Speaker 2: really heavy on that. But if you're going in and
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  Speaker 2: you're doing like sets of 15 on the stuff that
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  Speaker 2: you're training so it's not heavy and you're going in
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  Speaker 2: and doing cardiovascular stuff, forcing your body to metabolize its
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  Speaker 2: fat storage, yeah, great idea. That's fine. So going in
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  Speaker 2: there to try to squat 800 pounds or benching the
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  Speaker 2: fives or sixes. Yeah. deadlift heavy probably not you're not
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  Speaker 2: you're not going to get the greatest performance out of
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  Speaker 2: it so yeah just make sure you do it's heading
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  Speaker 2: towards your goal exactly so if your goal is to
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  Speaker 2: get strong yeah don't do that if your goal is
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  Speaker 2: to get leaner and thinner and get in better shape
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  Speaker 2: and look look more muscular yeah that's probably going to
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  Speaker 2: help you a little bit all right question three So
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  Speaker 2: that was the third part of the other question. Now
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  Speaker 2: this is actually question three.
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  Speaker 1: The actual third.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. If you're coaching a 20-year-old who's already capable of
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  Speaker 2: poding at Giants Live, okay, do you let him keep
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  Speaker 2: pushing against the world's best or deliberately slow him down
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  Speaker 2: because you're thinking about his body, what his body needs
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  Speaker 2: to look like in his 30s? Well, there's a difference between... Oh,
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  Speaker 2: being smart about your competitions and slowing them down. You know,
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  Speaker 2: in that first contest, he already qualified for world's strongest man.
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  Speaker 2: And I think I know who you're talking about. Kid
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  Speaker 2: did great. He's qualified for world's strongest man. He already
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  Speaker 2: committed to doing another contest.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So, and if he's not, he's not banged up and
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  Speaker 2: he's not beat up, go ahead and do that one.
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  Speaker 2: But when that one's over, unless you get an invite
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  Speaker 2: to the Arnold contest, Get ready for World's Strongest Man
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  Speaker 2: and that's it. That's literally it. That's all you should
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  Speaker 2: be doing. And if he goes there and makes the
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  Speaker 2: podium or makes the top five or even makes the
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  Speaker 2: finals at World's Strongest Man, you're going to get invited
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  Speaker 2: to a lot more stuff. Be very, very choosy about
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  Speaker 2: what you go to. Don't just go to everything. You
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  Speaker 2: see so many guys come in and like Martins at
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  Speaker 2: his first World's Strongest Man got fourth. and got invited
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  Speaker 2: to all kinds of stuff. And then he did so
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  Speaker 2: many contests in a short amount of time. There's been
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of guys that have done that. They do
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  Speaker 2: so many contests in a short amount of time because
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  Speaker 2: they're afraid that if they turn it down, they won't
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  Speaker 2: get invited. Well, if you go there and perform and
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  Speaker 2: you end up in the top three every contest you
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  Speaker 2: go to, you're going to get invited. You need to
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  Speaker 2: not worry about that. You need to do it in
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  Speaker 2: a way that gets you ready for the bigger shows. Now,
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  Speaker 2: you go to the Giants. He goes to the second Giants.
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  Speaker 2: After that, it wouldn't be smart to do anything other
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  Speaker 2: than the Arnold. Because the Arnold is like a massive show.
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  Speaker 2: And that would be one of the big four that
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  Speaker 2: if you got invited to, you're going to go to.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you don't turn that down.
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  Speaker 2: You don't turn that down. Unless you're broke. Unless you're hurt.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not broken and hurt, then yeah, you go.
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  Speaker 2: You go do it. But his sole thing after that
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  Speaker 2: contest shouldn't be going to any more contests. It should
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  Speaker 2: be solely... training his body to get him ready for
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  Speaker 2: World's Strongest Man. So when he comes into that, he's ready,
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  Speaker 2: he's healthy, he's good to go. If he performs well there,
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  Speaker 2: he'll probably get invited to the Shaw Classic and the
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  Speaker 2: Strongest Man on Earth. If he does well there, he'll
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  Speaker 2: probably get invited to the Rogue. So that's how things
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  Speaker 2: should probably look. You do one or two of the
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  Speaker 2: smaller big shows, like the giant stuff, And then after
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  Speaker 2: you get qualified, the goal is just to get to
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  Speaker 2: the big four because placing high at the big four
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  Speaker 2: will always get you to the next show.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Always.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: So it shouldn't be, it's, it's, it's a pretty automatic thing.
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  Speaker 2: And then you just do that. That's your training. That's
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  Speaker 2: how you set up your year's worth of training. And
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: then if you start getting beaten up, it's not a
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: big deal to take one of the, even one of
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  Speaker 2: the big shows off. Hey, I've torn this or this
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  Speaker 2: is really bugging me and I need to get this straight.
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  Speaker 2: Can I, can I come, I want to go, can
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  Speaker 2: I come next year? You know, that type of thing. Well, this,
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  Speaker 2: I know that the Arnold was good for that. If
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  Speaker 2: you were too beat up and too hurt, you're like, I,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Dr. Todd would be like, well, if you're
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  Speaker 2: too beat up and hurt, we want to see you compete,
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  Speaker 2: but maybe you just come back next year. And he
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  Speaker 2: was really good about that. So, um, That's kind of
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  Speaker 2: what I would like tell him. And I would also
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  Speaker 2: really watch his training. You can, you only get a
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  Speaker 2: peak at a super high level so many times, unless
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  Speaker 2: you're just that strong and out there. Like when Cedrunas
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  Speaker 2: would go and do all the, he'd do like 20
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  Speaker 2: or 30 shows in a year going through Europe and stuff. Well,
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  Speaker 2: that ended up being part of his training and he
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: was just so good at what he did. And the
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  Speaker 2: weights that he would do at the contest would just
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  Speaker 2: be like training weights for him. Whereas everybody else, they're
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  Speaker 2: killing themselves to compete. That's his training. That's his training level.
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  Speaker 2: So it wasn't that taxing on his body. And he
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  Speaker 2: was able to put that into his training style and
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  Speaker 2: the things that he did. So with a younger kid,
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  Speaker 2: I would probably go, hey, you know, let's work out smart.
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  Speaker 2: Let's work out methodically. There's a ton of talent there.
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  Speaker 2: There really is. Ton of talent. But it's getting the
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  Speaker 2: most out of the talent and not getting too Not
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  Speaker 2: getting there too fast, too soon, and then breaking. The
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  Speaker 2: goal is to get there and to stay there. So
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  Speaker 2: he managed to get there at a really young age.
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  Speaker 2: Now the goal should be to stay there. Same with Bubba.
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  Speaker 2: Bubba's got Jerry, and Jerry's not going to let him
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  Speaker 2: progress any faster than he's going to progress. So if
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: that means, okay, well, we're slowing down a little bit,
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: then we're going to slow down a little bit. If
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: that means he's moving forwards and everything's looking good and
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: he's healthy, he's going to, he's going to ride right
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: there with him. So it's kind of the smartest thing
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: to do is, you know, be very strategic. And once
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: you pick and once you're qualified, get ready for the
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: big shows. Cause once you do good at one, you
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: get invited to the next one. And that's kind of the,
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: that's the smartest financial way to do it. Plus your
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: social media will take off. So that'll change things. And,
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: stuff like that has a lot of positive effects, but
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: under control and under management, you don't want to break
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: your body too fast. Kevin knee went through that. He,
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: you know, he was out and done probably before he
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: was 25, you know, and that's, he got there really young,
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: I think 20, 21, but he, he did it in
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: a way that it was all or nothing. And he
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: got there and he just started breaking all the time,
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: tearing his bicep, hurting his quad, hurting his back. I mean,
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: it just, Got to be smart about it.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: That you do. That you do.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: That's why I say train hard, train smart. Yep. Be
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: the best you. Exactly. Yeah, because, I mean, at the
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: rate he's going at, if he progresses at a nice level,
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: I mean, in three to four years, he'll win the
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: whole ball of wax.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: And then it won't be if he wins, it'll be
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: how many, you know, how many he wants to do. Exactly.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: So it's not breaking the talent before the talent gets there.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: It's slow and methodical. Yep.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: All right. So next we got a topic.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Next would be the World Tour Finals and World Log
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: Lift Challenge for the Giants Live 2026. It's Saturday, October
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: 17th in Ovo, Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland. So that's going to
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: be a pretty cool show. Yeah, that, it will Glasgow.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: Is amazing and it's a great lineup.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah the lineup is going to be pretty sick Tom
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Stoltman Evan Singleton Luke Stoltman Andre Fujito I probably just
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: said it wrong sorry Evan Znana Luke Richardson Mateus Fanoik
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: Luke Fanoik Yeah. Pablo Cordillaca.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: Eddie Williams.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: Singing Samoan. Yeah.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: Andrew Flynn.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: And Jack Forgras. I hope I said that right, too.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: That's going to be a good show.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. And we've got two special guest lifters, too,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: for this.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: Mark Felix and Iron Beebe. Yeah.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Mark Felix and Iron Beebe. Now, Iron B.B., they're doing
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: the max log lift, so I'm assuring Iron B.B. is
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: going to come in and try to break the record
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: that started his own record, which is 509 pounds, 231 kilos.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: So that'll be kind of interesting. Iron B.B. is really
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: good for that. I would actually like to see Iron B.B.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: do the whole contest and qualify and actually go to
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: World's Strongest Man. Yeah. Because he's qualified probably seven, eight,
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: nine times already. And just, it never works out. He
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: never gets there. I'd like to see him actually be
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: a world's strongest man competitor and get on that list
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: that's there for all of history.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: That's it.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: It'd be kind of neat because, I mean, he needs
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: to get to that at some point.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: And be healthy when he gets there. And then Mark Felix,
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: there's also a Hercules hold in this contest. So Mark's
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: got probably still one of the best grips ever. you'll
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: ever see. So that'd be kind of fun for him
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: to go do.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: Exactly. Enjoying that retirement life.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Oh, he's retirement. He's retired from world's strongest man, but
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: he's still master stuff and he's still doing giants live stuff.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: So, yeah.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And then Luke Stoltman's in it. Now Luke's got
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: a pretty solid leg log press. He's won the world
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: log lifting championships before in 22 and So, see if
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Luke can get back to that.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: You know, Luke's been doing a lot of work on
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: his house, and he's been doing really good with Melissa. So,
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: we'll see how that turns out for him. Can he
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: do it? Yeah, I think he can. So, it should
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: be a fun contest to watch. There you go. Let's
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: see here.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: Merge. So Luke won the 2022 World Champion Log Lift.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. He did, but Iron BB and Luke Stoltman
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: will probably push a little past where Richardson's capable of.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: It's still going to be fun to watch. And then
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: look out for Andre. Andre's got a great overhead. Yeah.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he does. He was up there keeping it up
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: with Trey when he went at world's strongest man.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: Well, he tried more than traded actually.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: And missed. So, uh, yeah, he's, he could, he could actually,
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: he could actually sneak in there as a dark horse
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: and pull that one off.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Um, you.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Know, uh, just going through this thing real quick.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: So, you know, with everything that we're talking about here,
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: do you think we're approaching the physical ceiling for the
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: log lift press, especially if someone puts up 240?
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: Well, to be honest with you, no. I think Z
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: was capable of 509 for probably 10 years, at least
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: in his career. But that was not his philosophy.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: It was creativity.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Keep breaking the record every time he shows up so
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: that he keeps setting a new world record. I think
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: back around probably somewhere between 10 and 15, if he
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: would have just like really let it fly and train
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: for it, I think he was probably capable somewhere between
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: probably 512 and 524.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: When he was at his absolute best.
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah. When he did the log at the Arnold four times.
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: Because it's like the 464, I think it was, or
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: something like that that he did.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: When they were doing that out of the rack.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: He's just, he was probably the greatest overhead presser I've
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: ever seen. And then Iron BB is probably, close second,
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: even though Iron BB's got the record. I just don't
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: think Citroen is... Like I said, he just wanted to
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: keep breaking the record, so he would chip the record
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: all the way through. He must have broke the log
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: lifting world record probably over 20 times. Yeah. The only
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: time you go for everything you got on a lift
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: is if you think you may or may not get
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: to be that healthy or that strong again. Then if
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: you got it, you let it fly because.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: It's probably the last time you're going to do it
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: at that weight, so.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah. That should be fun to watch.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: That's pretty crazy. Well, you know, the defending champ, Luke Richardson,
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: he won the 2025 World Tour Finals. He's, you know, competing.
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: A comeback after he tore his bicep and ruptured at
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: the World's Strongest Man earlier this... Was it this year?
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: Or was it... Yeah, and so, you know, he beat Andre... Yeah,
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: last year. He beat Andre and Andrew Flynn to steal
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: the victory at the Castle Stones. You know what I'm saying?
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: With his return, do you think he's going to be
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: able to, especially with the lineup that we have here
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: at the World Finals Tour here, do you think he
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: might be able to pull it off again?
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: Oh, I think he can pull it off. He's a
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: strong guy, but you also got Tom Stolten there. Probably
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: not going to beat Tom in the Stones, just saying. Yeah.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: And a lot of these events are actually going to
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: be pretty solid for Tom. Yeah. He'll probably be in
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: the top half, probably close to the top four or
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: five in the log because he's also a very good
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: log presser. So is Evan Singleton. Yep. Evan's going to
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: be in this. So if we get the Evan that,
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: you know, has won a whole bunch of Giants live shows.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: That shows up. Yeah, he could literally run away with
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: that show. He's got a great grip. so he can
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: do good on the Hercules hole. There's no, there's not
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: going to be any bad events for this. He's very
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: good at the farmers. He's very good at the yoke.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: He's fast at the yoke. He might actually him and
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: iron BB. I don't think it's doing the whole show,
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: but him and iron BB would probably be my, my opinion,
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: be the fastest at the yoke. Yeah. Eddie Williams of
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: those really fast too. So you got three guys in
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: the show that can haul tail with the yoke.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: So, Yeah.
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: Which means you can halt out with the farmers too
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: because the footwork's exactly the same if you didn't know that.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: It's just what you do with your hands and how
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: you turn your palms and how you hold your shoulder
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: blades when you run with the farmers.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: Big clue.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: That's it. Just throwing it out there.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: You're not here, not sides. You're back here. You pull
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: your shoulders back and you squeeze your rhomboids and your
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: lats as tight as you can and you rotate your
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: hands out so that the the handles end up going
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: out that way and it always stays open for you
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: to run through the middle with.
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: There you go.
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes a big, big difference. You don't get
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: in your own way. And then it also keeps the
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: weight slightly in the middle of your body, slightly forwards
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: as you're running with it. So you want it to
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: pull you slightly forward so you use its weight, its
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: own gravity to move your feet to. So it makes
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: a big, big difference.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: And then you get the power stairs. You know what
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: I'm saying? I don't really remember the power stairs and
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: how they look over there for Giants Live, but I'm
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: assuming it's the exact same ones that they use for
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: World's Strongest Man.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: Pretty close. They'll be good. That's what I mean. That'll
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: be a great event for Tom. Yeah. He's 6'9. All
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: he has to do is stand up with it, and
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: it's going to clear the– Exactly. It'll clear it, and
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: he just pushes it forwards with his knees. So, like
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: I said, it's going to be fun to watch. The
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: deadlift ladder will be interesting. I think there's a lot
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: of guys that can pull really fast as well. I
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: think Evan, if he's smart, would only use the straps
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: on the very last one.
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: This is going to be a show. Because Andre is
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: going to murder that deadlift ladder too.
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: And then Tom's pretty solid at it. Luke's pretty solid
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: at it. Luke Richardson's really solid at it.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: Pablo, that'll be a problem for Pablo. Eddie Williams traditionally
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: has done that. Yeah, it's going to be worth watching.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: It's going to be fun to see who can shave,
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: what kind of time off of as they're getting to
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: the bar, you know, Fastest thing is to jump over
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: the bar run and as you're setting up drop your
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: feet right where they normally go just reach down grab
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: the bar and pull yeah you know it's it's one
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: of those things where until you get to the really
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: heavy ones that's when you start worrying about you know
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: your your the alignment of your body a little bit
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: more But when you're trying to win, you just got
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: to go for the first three. Just grab and go.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: And then the fourth one, you put a little bit
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: of carefulness into. And then the last one, you make
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: sure you're locked in before you pull that off.
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: That's it.
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: But it's going to be fun to watch. It really is.
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. It's going to be an awesome show.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: You'll catch that on the live stream.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Exactly. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? What's up? You know,
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: we've got a lot of things coming up, a lot
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: of things happening. And this is, you know, the last
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: Giants live for the year, I believe. And then also, too,
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: we are one week away from the Olympia and the
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: Olympia Expo.
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: Olympia Expo. Expo. Exactly. Yeah, so that's going to be
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: a lot of fun. We'll be at the Bear Steel
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: and Strength Flex booth on Saturday. Yep. Friday we'll be
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: down at America's Strongest Man. Not sure what I'll be doing.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: I might jump into some commentary. I might jump into
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: some judging, stuff like that. So really excited about that.
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: But we'll be all over the place. Come look for us.
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: Come say hi.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: Take a picture with you. Sign an autograph. Not a problem.
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: Should be a lot of fun. Looking forward. I like
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: meeting people. I love talking to them. Talking to everybody
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: and seeing what's going on and learning about them and
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: their lives and stuff like that. Exactly. Yeah, come say hi.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And like I said, take a picture. And for
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: those who do find us, the first couple that do
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: find us might get something special from us.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes. Yes. We're bringing some new things. Bringing new things.
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah. New things, you know what I'm saying? Yes. And
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: speaking of new things, uh, you know, we got the
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: Shopify updated for those who are interested in merch. So
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: we have a few new shirts, some coffee mugs, and, uh,
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: pretty soon we're going to have a new set of
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: stickers out where we're, we're not saying that's what we're
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: bringing with us, but wink, wink, you guys can figure
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: it out.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: So, uh, yeah. So, uh, we have a lot of new,
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: a lot of new things happening for us on that end. And, uh,
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: Things will be added as we go, especially because, like
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: I said, after the Olympia, we'll be not as busy
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: and be able to get a lot more done, more
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: about speaking out on me.
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: Very true.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: Exactly. So things are going smooth for us. And like
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: I said, we're one week away and we're going to
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: be at the Olympia. We're going to be around Las Vegas.
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: We're going to be making podcasts. We're going to be
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: making content. And, you know, also to look out for
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: food recommendations, because as we get out there, people start
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: traveling in. You know, you might see a few videos
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: pop up where, you know, Nick likes the taste of
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: the town.
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: Go out and eat.
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: Which is always a great opportunity to put some more
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: weight back on.
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Exactly.
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying?
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Training's been going good, too.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: So I'm pretty happy about that. That's good. Let's get
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: a little update on your training situation then. What's been
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: in the mix?
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: Well, I've been back to training my whole entire upper
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: body the way I used to. The weights aren't where
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: they were at just yet, but they're moving up quite
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: a bit, faster than I thought they were going to,
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: to be quite honest with you. I was surprised. I
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: benched like 315 for a set of three this week,
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: and it was not hard. And they did inclines for
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: three this week, but that was after doing a set
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: of 20, a set of 10, a set of, you know,
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: or set of 20, set of 15, set of 10,
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: set of five, and then a set of three. So
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: just working my way up, conditioning myself, you know, and,
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: and getting ready to go. Uh, been back training back
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: doing some bent over rows as far as I can
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: get over. So that's, that's helping the mobility stuff. And
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: it's just fun to train back. Um, That's starting to
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: get a little better, a little bit heavier, lat pulldown,
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: stuff like that. So I end up going to the
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: gym to train back and then do the rest of
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: the stuff at home. Overhead pressing I'll be doing at home.
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: I'm actually going to pull out these really cool pieces
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: that Jerry built for me that will fit in my
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: squat rack that will allow me to press a log
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: out of the rack. So I'm going to start doing
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: a little bit of that this week. That will stay
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: pretty light. That will stay– That'll definitely stay under 200 pounds.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: I'm just trying to get some work in, um, get
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: a lot of reps in trying to condition my shoulders,
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: get things going again. Um, and then just take my
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: time with all that. And then eventually, you know, my
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: legs will get to where I can squat again, where
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: I can deadlift again, um, to my full capabilities. And
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: then it's on.
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: Yes. Then it's on.
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: Then it's on. So just keep going to rehab. Um,
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: It started instead of stretching with the straps that they
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: have at physical therapy. I'm now stretching with bands because
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: the bands I can pull nice and tight. I grip
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: them a little bit better, but when I pull it
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: tight and as the muscle relaxes, it makes it stretch
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  Speaker 2: even more.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: So as my body gets used to that, whereas if
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: you got the strap there, you have to pull a
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: little harder. Yeah.
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: You have to really yank on them.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah. That I just pull and hold onto it and
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: the band will do some of that extra work for
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: me and Getting an extra quarter of an inch or
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: half an inch out of, you know, out of the
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: hips makes a big difference because every time I go
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: to do it, I pick up that little bit of difference.
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: I will eventually get to where I want to be.
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: So I just have to look at it that way
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: and be patient with it. Take what my body will
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: give me on that day.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no, definitely. Because like I said, it's a
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: little at a time. recovery. You know what I'm saying?
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: Hopefully we see a little bit more videos coming out
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: of that recovery because people like to see your physical therapy.
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: They definitely enjoy it. So it's like, you know what
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: I'm saying? The little more that we get of that,
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: the better everyone will enjoy.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: I'll be doing one tomorrow morning.
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: There you go.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: There you go. So, and then I have the, I
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: can't film the physical therapy at physical therapy place because
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: they're afraid I'll.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: That's medical stuff. You can't, you know.
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: They're afraid of other people's HIPAA rights. They don't want.
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: Them in their videos.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: He'll take pictures of me. I might throw in a
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: couple pictures while I'm there. If Joel takes a picture,
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: snapshot of me here or there. I think Joel thinks
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: I'm crazy to be quite honest with you.
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? When you deal with a
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: high elite athlete and then you are so used to
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: dealing with the norm and with people who fake it
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: to make it a physical therapy. It's like, Oh, when
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: you see someone take initiative, like, no, no, this is
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: important to me because this is what I do.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? That brings some people out.
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Cause I'll like come in and he's like swamped
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: and busy and people are kind of mad at him.
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: So I'll just, I'll go get started on the bike
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: and then I'll, I'll find out which table I'm supposed
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: to go to and I'll start doing all the stretches
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: I'm supposed to do. I'll get done with all that
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: and I'll get like a physical movement of, you know, sidestepping, karaoke, walking, um, backstepping,
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: you know, reaching back with my foot as I'm walking
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: backwards as far as I can to make, to increase
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: the range of motion and make it work while still
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: having balance and stuff like that. Um, he just looks
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: at me, I go, I go, what else you got?
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: And he's like, Oh, I don't know. I think you
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: just did about everything today.
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: I'm like, you know what I'm saying?
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: I'm like, no, no, no. What else you got? We
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: got to come up with some more stuff. Exactly.
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: We need to put a little more work in this.
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: He's like, you're going to make me think. I'm like, yeah,
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: I'm thinking we're both thinking.
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: Two heads are better than one.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So, you know, I just, we just keep adding
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: stuff in and he had me go over in a
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: leg press and get into that. And it's a weight
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: stack one. Yeah. And so I have to sit up
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: really high in the seat, put my feet where I
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: want them, then sit up really high in the seat
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: and then kind of, and then keep popping it back
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: to get it into place. And then, do the stretching
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: from the top down with weight to force the issue.
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: And yeah, it's crazy because it's so strong. I can
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: just sit there with like 320 for, I'm sitting there
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: in the position as far deep down as I can
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: get for like 30, 40 seconds at a time and
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: then coming back up and resting and then going back down.
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: So like I said, it's, it's getting better. it's, it's still,
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: there's still a long way to go, a lot of
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: work to be done. And it's just having the patience
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: and being methodical with it that we'll get things done. So.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. You know, and one of the things, you know,
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: I want to cover before we get out of here,
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: you know, Nick works at the range. He loves to teach.
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: He loves to shoot. And, you know, getting back to
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: the CCW classes and people, You know, people, you know,
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: they want you to teach them. They want you to
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: show them. And they like to take the classes with you.
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: So just like that in itself, you know what I'm saying?
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: So if anyone in the local Nevada area happens to
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: want to work with Nick in that fashion, you know
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: what I'm saying? You can always come down to the
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: range and find him.
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: We'll teach you how to shoot. Yeah, it's fun. Teach
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: you how to shoot a handgun. Or a rifle if
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: you need to shoot a rifle. We can show you
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: how to do that. just we'll shoot it much smaller
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: targets so that it makes it challenging.
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: Exactly exactly you know i'm saying that that efficiency because
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: you know you get a lot of people that uh
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: you know with the olympia weekend coming up and uh
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: people will stay come in before and stay till after
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: stay after for a And one of the luxuries of
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: Vegas is if you want to come down and actually
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: have some quality time with Nick, guess what? You can
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: come down to the range, book some time and, you know,
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: request that assistance in help to, you know, snap a picture,
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: have some fun and enjoy yourself there. Cause you know,
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: that that's one of those things too, is like when
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Nick first started working at the gun range, he's like,
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: I'm doing this because I want to learn. And after
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: he learned, he actually like, oh, I enjoy this more
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: than I thought I did.
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. It's fun taking people that don't know how
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: to shoot and giving them good, solid, basic technique and
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: then just constantly practicing that and watching them develop as shooters.
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: It's a lot of fun.
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: It really is. It is a lot of fun.
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: The look on people's faces like, yep, you just hit
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: the dead bullseye just right in the center. You nailed it.
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: And it's like their very first shot. They were a
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: fire out of a firearm. Yeah.
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: It's exactly. Oh my God.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: I'm like, okay, settle down. We're okay. Let's finish off
• 40:50
  Speaker 2: the other four.
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: That's it. Let's do it again.
• 40:52
  Speaker 2: No, well, no. Then I have them load the mag.
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: I put, have them put four rounds in the mag
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: and then cycling through the unloading and loading it four
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: times while their adrenaline is pumping to show them that
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: they can function and their adrenaline is going through the roof. And, uh,
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: it's kind of a neat thing. It really is.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah.
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: I go, all you have to do when your adrenaline
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: is pumping like that is just focus, focus on what
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: you're doing and you'll be able.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: To do it.
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: No problem. So it's kind of a neat thing to
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: show and teach.
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah. It is definitely a neat thing to show
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: and teach. And for those who, you know, when you
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: go to the strip, it's right across the street from
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: the strip. So it's literally not, it's a real short
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: Uber ride there. And, or if you got a rental,
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying? It's literally right there, right
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: around the corner. So, it's easy accessible, you know what
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: I'm saying? Cause the range, uh, seven Oh two, you know,
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: it's very nice, very luxurious. And, uh, you know, you
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: can walk to it from the football stadium. Exactly. Exactly.
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: You know, which I am a big Raiders fan. We
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: did win our last game. So, you know, I will
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: hang my hat on that.
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: That's true.
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: They did.
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: They did good.
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: Exactly. We'll, we'll, we'll see what this next week brings up, but.
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: They're, they're leading the NFL right now.
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: I'll take that.
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? I'll put that little feather
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: in my cap for right now. You know what I'm saying?
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: They're definitely in the first half.
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: They're definitely 1-0.
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: Exactly. All right, Nick.
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: Take us on out of here.
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: Well, if you enjoyed this, please like, share, and subscribe.
• 42:22
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• 42:25
  Speaker 2: keep watching anyway. Sorry.
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: I'm kidding.
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: And as always, train hard, train smart, and be the
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: best you can be. At the end of the day,
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: just be good to others. And have a good day.
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: Be good.
• 43:01
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