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#28 | Iron Compound (Daniel & Erica) · Corpus Christi Originals Podcast

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SPEAKER_05: What's going on y'all?
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SPEAKER_05: It's Ucilari Hernandez here.
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SPEAKER_05: This is the Corpus Christi Originals podcast.
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SPEAKER_04: Alright, y'all.
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SPEAKER_04: We're live.
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SPEAKER_04: Welcome to the show.
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SPEAKER_04: Hey, what's up?
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SPEAKER_04: Appreciate y'all having us, man.
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SPEAKER_05: Yeah, Iron Compound.
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SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_05: What's good?
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SPEAKER_05: So uh so you guys, how did I find out about you guys?
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SPEAKER_05: Uh man, I saw oh, I saw your YouTube video.
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SPEAKER_05: Yeah, which one?
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SPEAKER_05: The CT Fletcher one.
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SPEAKER_04: I know we got a few out.
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SPEAKER_04: I know the last one.
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SPEAKER_04: The last one we put out was the CT Fletcher one.
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SPEAKER_04: So if that's the one that you're talking about, yeah, that's the one that we recently dropped.
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SPEAKER_04: It's on his page.
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SPEAKER_04: You can go look it up on CT Fletcher's page.
0:47
SPEAKER_04: It's uh what was the title, baby?
0:49
SPEAKER_04: Uh a man they a man they called Called Hulk.
0:52
SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
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SPEAKER_04: A man called Hulk.
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SPEAKER_04: So yeah, you go check that on CT Fletcher's page, man.
0:58
SPEAKER_04: It's a little live documentary of pretty much where I've come from and what I've been through, and you know, just how we made a turn, how I made a turn in life, and how we came about to be an Iron Compound.
1:10
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, definitely, man.
1:11
SPEAKER_05: Your story is uh it's definitely uh uh something that people need to hear, man.
1:16
SPEAKER_05: It's it's amazing how you're still alive right now, dude.
1:19
SPEAKER_04: Hey, man, it's a blessing, bro.
1:21
SPEAKER_04: All I can say is God is real, God is very real, man.
1:25
SPEAKER_04: To those watching, hey, I'm living proof, man.
1:28
SPEAKER_04: Straight up.
1:29
SPEAKER_04: I mean, there's no other way to put it.
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SPEAKER_04: Just point blank, clear cut to the point, man.
1:34
SPEAKER_04: Hey he is very real, man.
1:36
SPEAKER_04: You know, it didn't make sense till till now where we're at in life, you know.
1:41
SPEAKER_04: But back then I couldn't understand it, but it was for a bigger purpose.
1:45
SPEAKER_05: Well, interesting, man.
1:47
SPEAKER_05: So I guess so.
1:48
SPEAKER_05: I guess you now you live your life kind of along those lines.
1:51
SPEAKER_04: Oh yeah, man, to the utmost, man.
1:53
SPEAKER_04: Hey, if I'm not doing my gym thing, I'm at home with my babies, man, and my wife, and pretty much that's how it goes on a day-to-day basis, you know?
2:01
SPEAKER_04: Training for comp and things like that, and just running the business and keeping the business going, man, and you know, just trying to show everybody who Corpus Christie is, and you know, I mean, it's been a while that Corpus has been known for anything.
2:17
SPEAKER_04: You know, we've always been known for Selena, Flatline, the music industry, you know.
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SPEAKER_04: But we've never been known for what we're doing now for lifting.
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SPEAKER_04: And we just, you know, trying to put Corpus on the map, man, and show everybody who we are and really just put Texas on the map as a whole, because it's never been done in that sense, man.
2:38
SPEAKER_05: Right.
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SPEAKER_05: Yeah, that's that's pretty cool, man.
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SPEAKER_05: Uh, and man, it seems like you're really focused on it too, man.
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SPEAKER_05: That's good.
2:44
SPEAKER_04: Oh, yeah, we give it our all, man.
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SPEAKER_04: Really and honestly, man.
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SPEAKER_04: Like we we put our all into this.
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SPEAKER_04: Is this is all we see ourselves doing, and you know, we're always, you know, thinking of the next move and trying to figure out how we can really, man, just restore Corpus Christi to his place of greatness, man.
3:00
SPEAKER_04: You know, that that's all we're trying to do, bro.
3:03
SPEAKER_04: Just let everybody know from our standpoint of our walk of life, from how lifting saved my life, how it saved many others, you know, how it's changed many people's lives.
3:13
SPEAKER_04: And it's just, you know, how lifting really applies to the everyday aspect of life.
3:19
SPEAKER_04: People don't really know that until they're a few years in, and they see that it goes hand in hand with your daily, actual life, man.
3:26
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, cool, man, this woman right here is the one that saved me.
3:29
SPEAKER_04: I mean, I owe it all to her, man.
3:30
SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
3:31
SPEAKER_04: I mean, if it wasn't for her, man, straight up, you know, I wouldn't know where I'd be in life.
3:36
SPEAKER_04: I mean, I met her at the gym, but I never thought about taking it this far, you know, and never saw in myself, you know, just really being a competitor and things like that.
3:49
SPEAKER_04: And she really pushed me to get there and strive to, you know, like, hey, be the best me.
3:54
SPEAKER_04: She saw better me beforehand, bro, years ago, before I could even see it.
4:00
SPEAKER_04: And she called things that, you know, I just saw were far-fetched.
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SPEAKER_04: And and within a year's time, man, hey, all those things became attainable, you know, and it's just a real blessing to have somebody, you know, strong like that on your side, man.
4:15
SPEAKER_04: I mean, all it all to my wife.
4:17
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, what do you think, Erica?
4:22
SPEAKER_03: Um, ask that question again.
4:24
SPEAKER_05: What do you think?
4:25
SPEAKER_05: Do you think do you think he's changed uh since then?
4:29
SPEAKER_05: Have you helped him out?
4:30
SPEAKER_05: Uh just what he was talking about, about him you being help helping him.
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SPEAKER_03: Yeah, well, we met almost four years ago at the gym.
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SPEAKER_03: Um changed completely.
4:41
SPEAKER_03: Completely.
4:43
SPEAKER_03: Um, we didn't own any businesses at the time, of course.
4:46
SPEAKER_03: So just to everything, I mean, yeah.
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SPEAKER_03: Our kids, everything changed.
4:51
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, so you guys are married.
4:53
SPEAKER_05: I saw the I saw the two different last names.
4:55
SPEAKER_05: I was like, yeah, yeah.
4:57
SPEAKER_03: Um, I oh well, we own another business, it's a tax business.
5:01
SPEAKER_03: Um, all my clients know me still by my maiden name, so I keep it that way for the meantime.
5:08
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, um, but it it's a lot that goes into it having to change it, change licenses.
5:15
SPEAKER_03: So everyone's like everyone's confused by why my name is still that.
5:18
SPEAKER_03: Um that is the reason why my name is still that.
5:21
SPEAKER_05: Right on, right on.
5:22
SPEAKER_05: That's cool.
5:22
SPEAKER_05: That's cool.
5:23
SPEAKER_05: Wow.
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SPEAKER_05: So so you guys have more than so it's y'all have more than just the iron compound?
5:27
SPEAKER_05: Yes.
5:27
SPEAKER_04: Oh, yeah, yeah.
5:28
SPEAKER_04: We have tax, we have her tax service.
5:31
SPEAKER_04: Erica's tax service, man.
5:33
SPEAKER_04: And you know, it's just been real, and then we also have uh a detailing business as well.
5:39
SPEAKER_04: So we've been real blessed and fortunate, man.
5:41
SPEAKER_04: Like I said, there's never a time where we're not busy or not doing something.
5:45
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, you know, it's just pretty much how life has been since me and her been together.
5:50
SPEAKER_04: Wow, it's it's just been that, bro.
5:52
SPEAKER_04: Constant nonstop.
5:53
SPEAKER_04: If there's ever a day where we get a little bit of time sitting on our hands, we feel like we're not doing something, you know.
6:02
SPEAKER_04: So we we pretty much stay busy, man, for the most part.
6:06
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
6:06
SPEAKER_04: But we're always just trying to make the businesses grow, bro.
6:09
SPEAKER_04: Like, you know, I just, you know, from my standpoint, it was just like, you know, coming from where I come from, I was just trying to show everybody where I come from and others as well.
6:19
SPEAKER_04: But I really started off, you know, for the sake of my neighborhood, man.
6:23
SPEAKER_04: Just trying to show them, hey, how just applying lifting into your daily life, you know, can make that much of a change, man.
6:32
SPEAKER_04: You know, yeah.
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SPEAKER_04: Those those few hours that you put into the gym, you know, you're actually investing in yourself, you know.
6:40
SPEAKER_04: And a lot of guys don't see that.
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SPEAKER_04: They don't get to realize that, you know, like I said, till a few years in.
6:46
SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
6:46
SPEAKER_04: You know, but it shows who you are, it shows your character, shows dedication.
6:51
SPEAKER_04: It really shows a lot about a person, man.
6:53
SPEAKER_04: It's really more, it's it's it's it's just it's just so much bigger, man.
6:58
SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
6:58
SPEAKER_04: You know, it shows who a person really is.
7:02
SPEAKER_05: Well, that's good, man.
7:03
SPEAKER_05: It takes a uh it takes a really uh, I want to I don't want to say strong person, but uh like a like a change, you know what I mean?
7:11
SPEAKER_05: Like, they just gotta snap, you know what I mean?
7:14
SPEAKER_04: And believe me, man, I've done enough time and gave enough time for it to be a lifetime, bro.
7:19
SPEAKER_04: And you know, I was just like, hey man, something's gotta give because you know, my way of living and decisions and choices wasn't working.
7:28
SPEAKER_04: So, you know, I was like, well, what am I gonna do?
7:31
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and uh, you know, one of my last times going back, man, I went back for a year, and you know, I was already, I think I was 35 at the time.
7:43
SPEAKER_06: Wow.
7:44
SPEAKER_04: And I went back for the last year and I looked around, man, and I just said, hey, like, what am I doing here again, man?
7:52
SPEAKER_04: I got nothing in common with none of these dudes here, like, you know, and I just didn't want to be one of them dudes, man, because I saw it, you know, I started doing time at from the age of 17, you know, all the way to my what 24th, 25th birthday, uh, that I got released, man.
8:11
SPEAKER_04: And I was in there with a lot of older dudes, and I would see dudes in their 40s and 50s, even 60s, 60 years old, like, and I would just wonder, like, what are you even doing here, man?
8:22
SPEAKER_04: You know?
8:23
SPEAKER_04: But I mean, you get caught in a cycle, man, and and you know, just repetitive behavior that sometimes it's all anybody knows, you know?
8:32
SPEAKER_04: And it's scary for a lot of people to make change for something that all that they do know, so they just stick to what you know was taught to them and throughout life, man.
8:42
SPEAKER_04: And everybody's scared to make a change because they're scared to fail or what others may think of them.
8:48
SPEAKER_04: You know, it really took a lot, man, you know, for me to change and give up the things and the way I used to live, you know, but it was all for the better because, like I said, you know, I looked around and told myself I had nothing in common with these people, bro.
9:03
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, I'm grown, like, this is it.
9:05
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and I'll never I'll never forget the day, man.
9:08
SPEAKER_04: I swear, bro.
9:09
SPEAKER_04: You know, and it it's on the CT Fletcher interview, man.
9:12
SPEAKER_04: As I was walking out the gate, there was a guard and he'll tell me, you'll be back.
9:18
SPEAKER_04: And I said, Nah, man, you'll be back before I be back.
9:21
SPEAKER_04: And I ain't been back since, man.
9:23
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, you know, but you learn to pick up things under, man.
9:26
SPEAKER_04: I mean, you see dudes working out on the daily, you know, they've been doing it for years, keeping their health and you know, keeping up with their health, keeping up with their wind, and you know, just trying to stay in in shape.
9:37
SPEAKER_04: And, you know, I'm like, okay, well, I took this with me out here to the world, and I said, okay, you know, I've given enough of my time to the streets and street life.
9:51
SPEAKER_04: I owe this to me, to better myself.
9:54
SPEAKER_04: So I started out by, you know, going to the gym, you know, a few local gyms here and there before we opened ours.
10:00
SPEAKER_04: And I told myself, I owe myself these two hours.
10:05
SPEAKER_04: You know, the rest of the world can have me then.
10:07
SPEAKER_04: I at least owe myself two hours.
10:09
SPEAKER_04: And it's been like that for the past four years, man.
10:12
SPEAKER_04: You know, to where when, you know, uh a former uh buddy of mine, you know, had uh, you know, said, hey man, let's open the gym.
10:24
SPEAKER_04: And we did, you know, and uh unfortunately we uh parted ways, and I was given the opportunity for me and my wife to buy it outright.
10:36
SPEAKER_04: And once we open, you know, once we took it over, I mean it was just skyward up from there on, man.
10:43
SPEAKER_03: Like, you know, we were able to our clients we like tripled, we tripled in clients.
10:49
SPEAKER_04: We were able to pursue the dream in the sense how we wanted to, bro.
10:52
SPEAKER_05: You know, yeah.
10:54
SPEAKER_05: So how how how did your clients triple?
10:56
SPEAKER_05: I mean, was it the because of the when we when we took it over?
11:00
SPEAKER_03: We're more, I guess, more invested in it as far as like this is our life.
11:05
SPEAKER_03: I've been doing it for years, he's been doing it already for four years.
11:08
SPEAKER_03: This is something that a lot of people that know me know me from the gym.
11:12
SPEAKER_03: So um we're able to, you know, that's like our audience, the gym, the gym people.
11:18
SPEAKER_03: Yes, and we started to do things our way, promote it, and we're just a great power team.
11:23
SPEAKER_03: I'll tell you whatever.
11:26
SPEAKER_04: I used to be 308, 312 pounds.
11:29
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, a size what were you a four?
11:30
SPEAKER_03: 48 waist, bro.
11:31
SPEAKER_04: You know what I'm saying?
11:32
SPEAKER_04: With no belt.
11:33
SPEAKER_04: I used to have to wear I used to have to wear either uh Jordan shorts of 3x or Dicky pants because they didn't make pants that fit me.
11:42
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, you know, and I slowly gradually started, you know, showing my progress, documenting it, and um, you know, it slowly started sparking in people's lives because of like, hey, this dude had never showed an interest in working out, right?
11:58
SPEAKER_04: It's working for him.
11:59
SPEAKER_03: And he went from lifting the bar to 500 pounds and real, like, yeah, exactly.
12:04
SPEAKER_05: And I want to yeah, I want to mention now because I was watching y'all's uh like lifting videos and stuff on on YouTube and Facebook.
12:10
SPEAKER_05: Y'all check them out.
12:11
SPEAKER_05: Um, and I was like, damn, these and it was inspiring because I was like, damn, mess big Mexican dudes can lift like this, you know what I mean?
12:19
SPEAKER_05: It's like it's inspiring, like you say, uh, especially for people that are uh that can relate to us, you know what I mean?
12:26
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, man, you know, yeah.
12:27
SPEAKER_04: I mean, us being Hispanic, you know, and being the majority of how do you say, of the culture out there now, you know what I mean?
12:37
SPEAKER_04: It's like, you know, it's it's it's it's bigger than lifting weight, man.
12:42
SPEAKER_04: It's it's about making helping making a change in somebody's life, bro.
12:47
SPEAKER_04: And you know, and that's what we set out to do.
12:50
SPEAKER_04: And, you know, we get messages on the daily, just you know, people being grateful.
12:55
SPEAKER_04: Hey, man, yeah, thank you.
12:56
SPEAKER_04: You've inspired me to to get off the couch and you know, start lifting weights and make a change in my life.
13:03
SPEAKER_04: And you know, it it's bigger than us, man.
13:06
SPEAKER_04: You know, it's about touching.
13:08
SPEAKER_03: We relate to a lot of people.
13:09
SPEAKER_03: I had we've only been open two and a half years, but I had two babies since we've been open.
13:15
SPEAKER_03: So we have a two-year-old and a one-year-old.
13:17
SPEAKER_03: I worked out throughout my whole pregnancies.
13:19
SPEAKER_03: Wow.
13:19
SPEAKER_03: So the day I had each kid and bounced back each time.
13:24
SPEAKER_04: So people were inspired and motivated by the biggest.
13:26
SPEAKER_03: They felt if this pregnant, nine-month pregnant woman can lift heavy and continue to go, then yeah, for sure.
13:32
SPEAKER_05: Hell yeah, man.
13:33
SPEAKER_05: That's it.
13:33
SPEAKER_03: They wanted a part of that.
13:35
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, definitely.
13:36
SPEAKER_05: That's awesome.
13:37
SPEAKER_05: So, yeah, so would you say that your gym is for everybody, or is it for like a certain one?
13:41
SPEAKER_04: Oh, no, it's for everybody, man.
13:43
SPEAKER_04: It's for every walk of life.
13:44
SPEAKER_04: We got people that are bodybuilders, power lifters, man.
13:48
SPEAKER_04: I got first timers that never touched the gym in their life.
13:52
SPEAKER_04: And you know, for us being such, you know, for being known such a big dominant force right now, like, because we have a lot of heavy hitters in this gym, right?
14:02
SPEAKER_04: You know, a lot of people who are scared to walk to the doors, like, oh man, I can't even go there.
14:06
SPEAKER_04: Y'all look what's great, y'all make me look like.
14:09
SPEAKER_04: And I'm like, hey man, I started off with the bar.
14:12
SPEAKER_04: Like, and when I tell them my story, and I'll you know, I say, look, man, come check it out.
14:18
SPEAKER_04: I'll walk you through a workout throughout the day.
14:20
SPEAKER_04: Hey, I'll personally take the time.
14:22
SPEAKER_04: I do when they whenever a new client comes, bro, I personally take the time, you know, to make them feel as comfortable as possible, to let them know, like, hey, this is your home.
14:32
SPEAKER_04: I'm here for you.
14:33
SPEAKER_04: I'm here, you know what I'm saying, to help you get to achieve the goals you want.
14:37
SPEAKER_04: And when they see it, man, it's just very reassuring to them, you know.
14:41
SPEAKER_04: And that's my job and purpose, man.
14:44
SPEAKER_04: You know, just to help everybody and anybody.
14:46
SPEAKER_04: You don't have to look a certain way, you know.
14:49
SPEAKER_04: As long as you're dedicated, man, I mean, the the results will come, bro.
14:54
SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
14:54
SPEAKER_05: So so is is y'all is your training like based around like compound movements, or how do you how do you approach it?
15:02
SPEAKER_03: The majority of us are power lifters.
15:05
SPEAKER_03: We do have bodybuilders, but um really it's compound.
15:08
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, not a lot of reps, heavyweight, and then we have a few um uh the accessory work.
15:14
SPEAKER_03: Right, right on the it's um it's really compound is the best.
15:19
SPEAKER_03: That's the you build the most muscle that way.
15:22
SPEAKER_05: So yeah, we have a lot.
15:24
SPEAKER_03: That's the majority of our training.
15:25
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, so and uh that that type of training is it is that good for cardio?
15:29
SPEAKER_05: I mean, there's a lot, there's a lot of advice out there, and it's like, well, which one is it?
15:32
SPEAKER_05: Honestly, you know what I mean.
15:33
SPEAKER_03: I mean, no, if you just only do compound, no.
15:36
SPEAKER_03: I mean, depending if you do high reps, then that's more of a cardio, right?
15:40
SPEAKER_03: Um heavyweight and you do it which we do more like three to six reps, you can't just do that.
15:49
SPEAKER_03: You you need to combine it, it's it's a little bit of everything.
15:52
SPEAKER_04: Wow, it's crazy.
15:53
SPEAKER_04: I I hate the other part of it though.
15:56
SPEAKER_04: He likes the three reps.
15:57
SPEAKER_05: I like the three reps, yeah.
15:58
SPEAKER_05: I like it both.
15:59
SPEAKER_04: I like it both.
16:00
SPEAKER_04: I like the one and done method, man.
16:02
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, yeah.
16:02
SPEAKER_05: I was looking, I was I'm telling you, I was looking at your videos, I was like, man, I bet you it's Max Day every day over there.
16:08
SPEAKER_04: Hey, on the coup, it pretty much is, man.
16:11
SPEAKER_04: Like, and no matter how much we tell ourselves, you know, it's it's a power lifter, it's it's just a power lifter in us, bro.
16:19
SPEAKER_04: Like, you know, you can't fight it, man.
16:21
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, but yeah, brother so whenever so I so like does the topic ever come up, come up about like using like steroids or anything like that?
16:30
SPEAKER_05: Oh, yeah, yeah, all the time.
16:31
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, all the time, bro.
16:33
SPEAKER_04: All the time, all the time, man.
16:36
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, so um is it do y'all do you do people use?
16:39
SPEAKER_05: I mean, is it nor is it normal to use or not use?
16:41
SPEAKER_03: Like what's it's definitely normal, definitely normal to a lot of people use it, yeah.
16:46
SPEAKER_03: Just like anything, just like pre-workout, just like anything.
16:49
SPEAKER_03: Right in any any type of field where you're competing like this.
16:56
SPEAKER_03: Yes, a lot of people do use it.
16:58
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, it's it's like a it's like the norm, right?
17:00
SPEAKER_03: It's my opinion on it.
17:02
SPEAKER_03: Like I said, I've been doing this 20 years.
17:04
SPEAKER_03: You have to train either way.
17:06
SPEAKER_03: I'm not against it.
17:08
SPEAKER_04: People think that they just don't load themselves up.
17:10
SPEAKER_03: You can't just hit and you're gonna go and be you're gonna blow up, you know, you know, get all swollen picking up these crazy numbers.
17:16
SPEAKER_04: Like, no, like people when they say, Oh, that's steroids.
17:19
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, come on, man.
17:20
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, if you knew what you were speaking about, if you were really, really informed on what you're speaking about, you would know that a lot of hard work goes into this.
17:30
SPEAKER_04: You're not gonna just develop the ability to bench 500 plus pounds, squat six, seven hundred plus pounds, deadlift almost seven, six, seven hundred, eight hundred pounds.
17:39
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, you know, just going in and picking it up.
17:42
SPEAKER_04: Like, man, a lot of training goes into this, bro.
17:45
SPEAKER_04: You know, like a lot of people are misinformed, and you know, you got your critics and things like that, but it's just like I pay them no never mind, man.
17:53
SPEAKER_04: You know, right?
17:54
SPEAKER_04: It's not gonna stop us from doing what we're doing or what we set out to do.
17:58
SPEAKER_04: Like I say, hey, whatever anybody does, that's their preference, that's their choice.
18:01
SPEAKER_04: Yep.
18:02
SPEAKER_04: You know, cool.
18:02
SPEAKER_04: Hey, man, I'm not one to tell anybody or anything.
18:05
SPEAKER_04: It's just like I know it takes hard work, period, to get any kind of muscle, any kind of strength, any kind of definition.
18:17
SPEAKER_04: Like a lot of people just you know like to speak just because to hear themselves speaking, not knowing what they're speaking about.
18:25
SPEAKER_04: And then when we come back and give them the knowledge we have, they're like, Oh, I didn't know that I'm seeing it.
18:32
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, see, that's what you care for speaking on something you have no knowledge about.
18:36
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yep, you know, so yeah, bro.
18:38
SPEAKER_04: I mean, it a lot, a lot comes with it, but I mean, it is what it is, bro.
18:43
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, and I think that's with any part of life, like you gotta put in the work.
18:47
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, man, definitely, you know, diet, everything, just everything.
18:51
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, that's an interesting topic, right there.
18:53
SPEAKER_05: So, dieting, man, that's the most important thing, man.
18:56
SPEAKER_04: 90%.
18:57
SPEAKER_04: Hey, that's 90%, and that's what people fail to understand.
19:00
SPEAKER_04: Wow, you know, and it's just like, hey, man, like, you know, your food intake, your water intake, you know, everything that you put into your body plays a factor, right?
19:10
SPEAKER_04: You know, all of it, man.
19:12
SPEAKER_04: I mean, this is my coach for everything.
19:14
SPEAKER_04: She's been my coach since day one.
19:17
SPEAKER_04: Everybody's like, bro, how did you get so strong?
19:20
SPEAKER_05: And I'm like, her, like, really, man.
19:23
SPEAKER_05: So what do you?
19:24
SPEAKER_05: So what do you do?
19:24
SPEAKER_05: You knock the water burger out of his hand whenever he has it in his hand, or what?
19:27
SPEAKER_04: Hey, bro, I've done every single type of diet there was from keto keto to drinking beet juice every morning, bro.
19:36
SPEAKER_04: Oh, shoot, fish oils and super greens, super greens, things I've never ate, like yeah, yeah, kale and it's a little bit of everything, just you know, diet as well.
19:50
SPEAKER_04: And it's because of her.
19:51
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and she won't let me get away not trying it.
19:56
SPEAKER_05: So, so so I guess you gotta find you gotta find the sweet spot in the diet, then not the sweet, like the so not one dollar to work, it's your body figures it out for you.
20:06
SPEAKER_03: That's right.
20:06
SPEAKER_04: You gotta figure out what works for you, brother.
20:08
SPEAKER_04: You know what I'm saying?
20:09
SPEAKER_03: Everybody's gonna perform better on carbs, some perform better on with more fats.
20:13
SPEAKER_03: So you have to mine was a lot of trial and error because I've done it so long, I finally found what worked for me.
20:20
SPEAKER_03: So I told him I'll give him like all the knowledge.
20:23
SPEAKER_04: I've already I got lucky with somebody with 20 years of experience, bro.
20:27
SPEAKER_04: So I like that.
20:31
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah, that's cool.
20:32
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, so I was I was strong, you know, when me and her first started dating, like I was already, I was already benching like 385 pounds, but I had none of the look or the size that I had because I had the belief in my mind that I could just put anything in my body and it was gonna come.
20:51
SPEAKER_04: It just, you know, and that wasn't true.
20:54
SPEAKER_04: It took me trusting her, you know, with everything that she knew, and you know, just applying everything that I had the heads up on because of her to me to where my body just started changing fast, bro.
21:08
SPEAKER_04: Like, I eat six times a day, you know what I mean?
21:10
SPEAKER_04: And everybody's like, bro, how do you eat six times a day without getting fat?
21:14
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, because I work out, I lift, and you know, my blood flow.
21:18
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, like I train hard, man.
21:20
SPEAKER_04: Like, you know, they're like, man, I can't.
21:22
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, hey man, everybody says they can't, and that's why they're in the position that they're in, and so you actually put the work, you know what I mean?
21:29
SPEAKER_04: Put the dedication behind it, and you know, just give it a chance, man.
21:34
SPEAKER_04: You know, that's where people fail to understand.
21:36
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, right on, man.
21:37
SPEAKER_05: So why'd y'all pick red, white, and blue for your your colors or your gym?
21:43
SPEAKER_04: Man, really?
21:44
SPEAKER_04: I mean, we're just, you know, hey, United States, you know, hey, we're home, baby.
21:49
SPEAKER_04: We're Texans, you know.
21:50
SPEAKER_04: I mean, hey, it don't get no bigger than representing, like, hey, soon, one day, hope I, you know, eventually in the future, I hope I get the opportunity.
22:00
SPEAKER_04: To represent that red, white, and blue on the platform, you know.
22:03
SPEAKER_04: Hell yeah, represent the good United States of America, bro.
22:06
SPEAKER_04: And you know, I got plenty of lifters here that have.
22:10
SPEAKER_04: I got uh I got a limp, an Olympian right there, a pro body better athlete outside right now, outside the door here that trains.
22:17
SPEAKER_04: And I got another one that's soon to be an Olympian, you know, and they get to go compete, you know, represent the good old US of A, man.
22:26
SPEAKER_04: And it's great, man.
22:27
SPEAKER_04: It's it's a pride thing, you know.
22:29
SPEAKER_04: I mean, just to good just to be able to represent the United States, period, man, is a great thing.
22:34
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, that's that's a huge honor, bro, when when you achieve that, you know.
22:39
SPEAKER_04: We got a couple of guys right now that are in training that are on their way, bro.
22:44
SPEAKER_04: Like literally, these dudes are dedicated, motivated, and they got the youth and the numbers to do so, man.
22:51
SPEAKER_03: And yeah, give her a shut up.
22:53
SPEAKER_04: You can let her in.
22:56
SPEAKER_04: This is she's an Olympian right here, bro.
22:58
SPEAKER_04: Like, where's she at?
22:59
SPEAKER_04: She's known all over social media, bro.
23:01
SPEAKER_04: Nice, pro, pro bodybuilder, Olympian.
23:04
SPEAKER_04: Like, that's the hardest thing to achieve.
23:05
SPEAKER_03: Most closing coach, you name it.
23:07
SPEAKER_04: Posing coach.
23:08
SPEAKER_04: Most people will not will ever never achieve, you know, what she has, that status, man, and she and she's attained that, and we're just very blessed and fortunate to have her here, man.
23:19
SPEAKER_05: You know, yeah.
23:20
SPEAKER_05: Hey, how's it going?
23:21
SPEAKER_05: Good, good.
23:22
SPEAKER_00: How you doing?
23:23
SPEAKER_05: All right, so you so you got a performance coming, or you got what you got a competition, or what do you call it?
23:28
SPEAKER_00: No competitions up coming.
23:30
SPEAKER_00: Um, I just finished last year's you know, competition season.
23:33
SPEAKER_00: I won the New York Pro and then I competed at the Olympia last October.
23:38
SPEAKER_00: So um it was actually a pretty rough recovery.
23:41
SPEAKER_00: Just like nothing was rough, but it's just a lot to deal with when you prep back-to-back shows all year long.
23:47
SPEAKER_00: So I've used it this year just to kind of like just catch up on life and finances and take care of my clients and everything.
23:54
SPEAKER_05: So wow, yeah, definitely.
23:56
SPEAKER_05: Man, I could see how that can take basically your whole life, like your whole day, your whole life, you know what I mean?
24:01
SPEAKER_05: For a whole year, that's that's uh that's dedicated.
24:04
SPEAKER_04: Bro, she's here as early as six in the morning, bro.
24:06
SPEAKER_05: Golly.
24:07
SPEAKER_04: Before we get here.
24:08
SPEAKER_04: Everybody's still asleep at that time.
24:10
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, like she's already here, and she's already online, you know, doing what we're doing right now with people in other countries out of state.
24:17
SPEAKER_04: And yeah, that's amazing.
24:18
SPEAKER_04: You know, you name it, she's there, man, and she's here just taking care of business, man.
24:21
SPEAKER_04: Like I said, it's been a real blessing to have her, man, because it's just a real it's a real great asset to have for the team, man.
24:28
SPEAKER_04: And we have that advantage over a lot of people that you know we're we're blessed and fortunate to have her here, man.
24:34
SPEAKER_04: So it's it's it's a huge honor, man, to say, hey, I have an Olympian in my gym.
24:38
SPEAKER_04: Like most people will never, a pro bodybuilder, most people will never strive to gain that.
24:44
SPEAKER_05: Wow, that's amazing.
24:46
SPEAKER_04: Work a lifetime to do so, and a lot won't, man.
24:49
SPEAKER_04: You know, it it's it's hard, bro.
24:52
SPEAKER_04: It's hard.
24:53
SPEAKER_04: That's why I chose powerlifting over that, because that that's hard.
24:57
SPEAKER_04: A lot of discipline.
24:58
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, man.
24:59
SPEAKER_04: It's hard.
25:00
SPEAKER_04: It's it's you gotta be real discipline.
25:02
SPEAKER_04: I love food too much, bro.
25:03
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I love food too much, man.
25:05
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, we gotta get you on the show next time.
25:06
SPEAKER_05: Uh, I don't even what's your name?
25:08
SPEAKER_05: Let me write it down.
25:08
SPEAKER_00: Um, my name's Alyssa Keisling on Instagram.
25:11
SPEAKER_00: It's uh the underscore classical queen.
25:15
SPEAKER_05: Classical queen.
25:17
SPEAKER_00: Hey, bro, that'll be a show.
25:18
SPEAKER_04: Huge show.
25:19
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, for sure.
25:20
SPEAKER_05: I'll get you.
25:20
SPEAKER_04: Everybody knows who she is.
25:22
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, everybody knows who she is, man.
25:25
SPEAKER_05: That's amazing.
25:25
SPEAKER_04: Sponsor athlete, you know.
25:28
SPEAKER_04: She just brought us some goodies for Turkey.
25:33
SPEAKER_05: From Turkey, yeah.
25:35
SPEAKER_04: Wow.
25:36
SPEAKER_04: Like, Jesus, I never had that in my life.
25:37
SPEAKER_04: I've heard of it.
25:38
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, brought a box of them like, man, she's like, Man, this is from overseas.
25:42
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, bet, I tried.
25:44
SPEAKER_05: That's awesome, man.
25:45
SPEAKER_05: That's awesome.
25:46
SPEAKER_00: It's like a world, I'm worldwide.
25:48
SPEAKER_00: Like, I've got clients in Egypt, Dubai, all over the US.
25:52
SPEAKER_00: Wow, like all over the world.
25:54
SPEAKER_05: That's so that's so amazing.
25:56
SPEAKER_05: It's like, and you're here, like in Little O'Corpus Christi, Texas.
25:59
SPEAKER_05: That's what's crazy because people like, bro, do you know who you got there?
26:03
SPEAKER_05: I'm like, Yeah, dude.
26:04
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, that that that's my sister, man.
26:06
SPEAKER_04: Like, they're like, no, bro, you got the classical queen there.
26:09
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, I know.
26:11
SPEAKER_00: But let me say this real quick.
26:13
SPEAKER_00: Like, honestly, I'm this is like I call this my home gym, and it's hard for me to say that about any other gym.
26:18
SPEAKER_00: I haven't called a gym my home in years.
26:21
SPEAKER_00: So, like, here, there's like a little a little studio that they've got, like a little room, and I use it as my posing studio.
26:27
SPEAKER_00: And again, like the gym's, you know, in the morning time at 6 a.m.
26:30
SPEAKER_00: And there's nobody in here, but knowing that I have a spot to go to and pose, and that's just something that they've given to me.
26:35
SPEAKER_00: So that's why I'm here.
26:37
SPEAKER_00: They they help me do what I gotta do, they provide what I need, like the the gym, you know, anything I need, the posing room, this, that, if I need mirrors or whatnot, like they're there for me as well.
26:47
SPEAKER_05: So well, that's amazing.
26:48
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, check it out.
26:50
SPEAKER_05: It's a team, bro.
26:50
SPEAKER_05: It's a team, yeah.
26:51
SPEAKER_05: Hell yeah, that's what I noticed.
26:54
SPEAKER_04: It's a family, man.
26:54
SPEAKER_04: Like we've had dudes, you know, that have seen us compete at competitions, and they just saw by the brotherhood how we stood by each other.
27:03
SPEAKER_04: They're like, damn, my gym don't have that.
27:06
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, they'll gravitate this way, and next thing you know, our compound has become their home because of how we stick together, man.
27:13
SPEAKER_04: You know, like yeah, it's bigger, man.
27:16
SPEAKER_04: Everybody like literally, genuinely here wants to see each person succeed and accomplish their dreams and goals, man.
27:25
SPEAKER_04: And it's not coincidence, man, that you know, we have world record holders, state record holders, national record holders, Olympians, you know, soon to having another Olympian, you know, people benching.
27:38
SPEAKER_04: You it's very rare that you find somebody, you know, it's uh how do you say it's 0.05% of the world will ever touch 500 in a lifetime.
27:47
SPEAKER_04: And at one point in time, we had three of them under one roof.
27:51
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
27:51
SPEAKER_04: Like that just goes to show, man, like, you know, everybody here, bro, yeah, really, really pushes each other to the next level.
28:00
SPEAKER_05: For real.
28:00
SPEAKER_05: And it's and it's like community, because I noticed that too.
28:03
SPEAKER_05: Like, whenever I'm around like people or community or whatever, it helps me do more and do better.
28:08
SPEAKER_05: And I feel like that's what we need uh to be good at what we're doing.
28:13
SPEAKER_05: Like, like exactly what y'all are doing.
28:14
SPEAKER_05: Every y'all are in the same area, the same uh mind kind of mindset or whatever.
28:19
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, bro.
28:20
SPEAKER_05: It helps everybody moves at the same time.
28:22
SPEAKER_05: It's pretty cool.
28:24
SPEAKER_00: It's like it's like a melting pot over here because, like you said, there's power lifters, there's a bodybuilder, you know, there's all types of people that come in here, skinny, bigger, like whatever size, everyone's welcome.
28:34
SPEAKER_05: Wow, like it's awesome.
28:36
SPEAKER_04: That's a point that you were touching on earlier, remember?
28:38
SPEAKER_04: Yes, exactly.
28:40
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and you don't gotta look a certain way, nothing.
28:42
SPEAKER_04: All you gotta do is walk through the door and you let us take it from there.
28:44
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah.
28:45
SPEAKER_04: So so how is it so?
28:46
SPEAKER_05: How do y'all how do y'all think that your gym is different from any other gym in the city?
28:51
SPEAKER_04: Because, see, this is what makes us different, this is what gives us the advantage, man.
28:56
SPEAKER_04: You know, we've had plenty of people that come from yeah, let me get it back now.
29:02
SPEAKER_00: Some legs.
29:03
SPEAKER_00: Good to meet you.
29:04
SPEAKER_00: Hey, I'm gonna get you out.
29:10
SPEAKER_04: She's she's known.
29:11
SPEAKER_04: But yeah, bro, what makes us different, man?
29:14
SPEAKER_04: Um we personally take the time to get to know every one of our clients.
29:20
SPEAKER_04: You know, like I said in the beginning, when me and my wife, you know, first took it over, we only had 37 clients.
29:27
SPEAKER_06: Oh, wow.
29:28
SPEAKER_04: You know, and in in a matter of months, we jumped it to a total of 150 or 160.
29:36
SPEAKER_04: Oh man.
29:36
SPEAKER_04: So from one from 37 to 150 or 160, give or take, you know, right?
29:41
SPEAKER_04: Somewhere within those numbers, it really showed, you know, like, but it's like you walk into a commercial gym, and I have nothing against them.
29:49
SPEAKER_04: You know, you know that I mean this or whatever.
29:51
SPEAKER_04: We started there, you know.
29:53
SPEAKER_04: We started there, so I know what it is, but I use what I learned from there to apply it to my business standpoint to where when you just walk in, they tell you scan your key card and they let you go.
30:04
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, they let you they let you go about your business, you know what I mean?
30:07
SPEAKER_04: Right, and uh they don't take the time to actually get to know their clients or greet them and just like wave you in, like, you know, onto the next.
30:16
SPEAKER_04: Here, you walk in the door, I know every single customer and client by name.
30:22
SPEAKER_04: You know, I've actually assisted every customer and client, spotting them, helping them, you know.
30:29
SPEAKER_04: And man, it's come to where somebody will just come one day and they say, Hey, I just came to check it out.
30:36
SPEAKER_04: And just by the love and energy they felt, uh bro, the same one always, always almost gives the same answer.
30:44
SPEAKER_04: I feel at home here, I belong here, and I swear, bro, they never leave, and it's been like that ever since.
30:51
SPEAKER_04: And they're like, Hey man, I want that.
30:53
SPEAKER_04: I I want to, you know, like, and they're like, Well, come to our compound, bro.
30:57
SPEAKER_04: Like, they got you, they'll help you.
30:59
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and and that, and that's just what it's been, man.
31:02
SPEAKER_05: You know, cool.
31:03
SPEAKER_05: So, what so how do you what do y'all charge?
31:05
SPEAKER_05: Do y'all?
31:05
SPEAKER_05: I mean, does everybody have to have a trainer or how how does it work?
31:08
SPEAKER_04: Well, I mean, we we do have you know two on hand.
31:12
SPEAKER_04: We have Alyssa, which is the the bodybuilding posing, you know what I mean, for the bodybuilder standpoint, and then we have the power lifter standpoint, which is our coach, shout out coach Demarcus Williams, right?
31:25
SPEAKER_04: He trains all of us, bro.
31:27
SPEAKER_04: He's got all of us next level, like he is a world record holder.
31:32
SPEAKER_04: This dude weighs 168 pounds, all natural, dead lifting 700 plus pounds.
31:38
SPEAKER_05: No kidding, bro.
31:39
SPEAKER_04: Bro, yeah, I mean, it's just unheard of.
31:41
SPEAKER_04: They call him the avatar because he's just remarkably strong, you know, and an all-natural lifter, you know.
31:47
SPEAKER_04: And the first thing that comes out of everybody is ah, steroids.
31:50
SPEAKER_04: This dude competes in tested meats.
31:52
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, it's required because he's always breaking records, yeah.
31:55
SPEAKER_04: You know, and come on, man, for a hundred and sixty-eight-pound dude, bro, to be deadlifting 700 plus, yeah, and you'll come pull it cold.
32:02
SPEAKER_04: Come here and just load it up and pull it cold.
32:05
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, that's insane.
32:06
SPEAKER_04: It's remarkable, you know.
32:07
SPEAKER_04: Right.
32:08
SPEAKER_03: 24-7 gym, also a true 24-7 gym, we'd never close.
32:13
SPEAKER_05: Nice.
32:13
SPEAKER_03: Um, so you can come and train any time of day, um, as long as you're a member, of course, and you have your key fob.
32:20
SPEAKER_03: So um, it's$30 a month for uh for one person, and it's$35 a month if you want to bring up a plus one.
32:28
SPEAKER_05: Plus one.
32:29
SPEAKER_03: Uh-huh.
32:30
SPEAKER_05: Nice.
32:31
SPEAKER_05: Wow, that's awesome.
32:32
SPEAKER_03: Another thing is we're hands-on.
32:34
SPEAKER_03: We don't hire staff.
32:35
SPEAKER_03: We are here Monday through Saturday.
32:37
SPEAKER_02: Right.
32:38
SPEAKER_03: We are here um six hours out the day, Monday through Saturday.
32:43
SPEAKER_03: Um, that's another, we have a great relationship with our people because of that.
32:46
SPEAKER_03: Also, we don't hire someone to come and do all that.
32:49
SPEAKER_03: We personally like to do that ourselves.
32:51
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we wouldn't like bro.
32:53
SPEAKER_04: Our life, you know, like I said, operates, you know, outside these outside these walls.
33:00
SPEAKER_04: You know, me and her are constantly on the phone with clients all the way up until eight, nine o'clock at night sometimes, you know, assisting them.
33:08
SPEAKER_04: A commercial gym won't do that.
33:09
SPEAKER_03: I know 80% of these guys' shirt sizes.
33:12
SPEAKER_03: Like, I shouldn't even know that.
33:13
SPEAKER_03: Like, I love so much information.
33:16
SPEAKER_03: If they're signing up for meets, I'm like the mom.
33:18
SPEAKER_03: I sign them up for meets, I'm helping them pack their backpacks the night before.
33:23
SPEAKER_03: I'm like, did you have your underwear, your belt?
33:26
SPEAKER_03: Like, she got the hard part on.
33:27
SPEAKER_04: We got the easy part just lifting the weight, bro.
33:29
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, that's what we got the easy part just lifting the weight, man.
33:33
SPEAKER_03: And by the way, state holders for Texas, we do hold records.
33:38
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I do hold I do hold the bench record.
33:40
SPEAKER_04: Yes, you know, for some right now for five, twelve and a half on the bench press.
33:44
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I hold the squat and the bench and the deadlift for the state of Texas.
33:49
SPEAKER_05: Well, no kidding for Texas, yeah, man.
33:51
SPEAKER_04: That's amazing.
33:52
SPEAKER_04: Go look it up and we're there.
33:54
SPEAKER_04: That's amazing.
33:55
SPEAKER_04: We do have a lot, man.
33:56
SPEAKER_04: We have a lot of record holders here, bro.
33:58
SPEAKER_04: From from juniors all the way to grown men, bro.
34:02
SPEAKER_04: Like, we got you know, 16-year-olds, 17-year-olds doing what grown men are doing.
34:08
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, you know, and it's just it's just amazing.
34:12
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, like I said, one received a scholarship for one of our guys received a full ride scholarship because of powerlifting, bro.
34:19
SPEAKER_06: Wow, no kidding.
34:21
SPEAKER_04: You know, our coach was offered a job at one of the top colleges, you know, because of the work that he's done here for our people, man.
34:31
SPEAKER_04: And it's just huge.
34:33
SPEAKER_04: It provides opportunity, bro.
34:34
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
34:35
SPEAKER_04: Yes, like it, like I said, it's it's bigger, man.
34:39
SPEAKER_04: You know, that's good.
34:40
SPEAKER_04: It's bigger than what people know, man.
34:42
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, it is.
34:42
SPEAKER_05: It is.
34:43
SPEAKER_05: I didn't think any of that.
34:44
SPEAKER_05: I mean, I just heard like this, just your story.
34:47
SPEAKER_05: Uh, like I said on YouTube, and just hearing all these other stories of your your gym, that dude, this is amazing.
34:52
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, uh, it really is.
34:54
SPEAKER_05: Uh I wanted to touch on uh like like injuries.
34:57
SPEAKER_05: I know you had an injury didn't didn't have anything to do with on your knees, right?
35:01
SPEAKER_05: But yeah, like injury injury as far as like lifting, like uh how do you how do y'all deal with that?
35:07
SPEAKER_04: Man, there's there's never a time where you can just expect it to happen.
35:12
SPEAKER_04: I mean, you know, it's just part of the territory, bro.
35:15
SPEAKER_04: You know, when it comes, it happens.
35:17
SPEAKER_04: I mean, it's just at any given time we put ourselves through so much stress, you know, our bodies under tension to so much weight repetitively, like it's bound to happen, you know.
35:27
SPEAKER_04: Right.
35:28
SPEAKER_04: But us being that we've been in the game for so long with the knowledge that we have, we know how to assess those injuries and help others with it, you know, to where, you know, I mean, the knowledge.
35:44
SPEAKER_03: Training doesn't stop.
35:44
SPEAKER_03: We have to go just work through it.
35:46
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I mean, well, it's just as long as it's not a tear or something, you know, ripping, bro.
35:53
SPEAKER_04: I mean, for the most part, we'll work through it, man.
35:58
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, like there's there's there's yeah, bro, that's what makes us different.
36:01
SPEAKER_03: Like, hey, you know, we still have legs, you still need to train them.
36:05
SPEAKER_05: That's crazy, man.
36:06
SPEAKER_05: Well, so you well, so I imagine you'll go light, you'll go lighter if you're injured in a certain area.
36:10
SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah, not for sure.
36:13
SPEAKER_03: And that's the thing.
36:13
SPEAKER_03: Our coach, he's uh he's certified.
36:16
SPEAKER_03: He's certified all the way around the whole board, man.
36:18
SPEAKER_04: Wow, awesome uh for injuries, so he will he's all the way around, bro.
36:23
SPEAKER_03: Like safely push through those workouts too.
36:27
SPEAKER_04: And it's very rare, very rare that one of our guys do get injured because he's very careful and meticulous as to how he trains each client.
36:39
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
36:40
SPEAKER_04: There's no barbaric lifting, it's very structured, you know, organized.
36:47
SPEAKER_04: Like, man, this dude knows his stuff to where you know, hey, it may not feel heavy, but it's just part of the program.
36:54
SPEAKER_04: It's just taking the time to get to the numbers that you want, but the right way.
36:59
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, you know, me in the beginning, I was just all barbaric with it, you know, hardcore, go all gas, no brakes.
37:05
SPEAKER_04: And they're like, hey man, you're gonna you're gonna get an injury one day doing so.
37:10
SPEAKER_04: Hey, you could hurt yourself.
37:11
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and I had to learn the hard way, bro, you know.
37:14
SPEAKER_04: And sure enough, you know, knowledge was given to me.
37:17
SPEAKER_04: And, you know, I started becoming real familiar with the powerlifting world and what goes into it and how it, you know, how it's ran and things like that, to where you know I soaked up all the game and just applied it, and now we just do the same and in return and give it to others.
37:33
SPEAKER_04: So, yeah, brother, it it's it's it's huge, man.
37:36
SPEAKER_05: That's good.
37:38
SPEAKER_05: That's good.
37:38
SPEAKER_05: So, how did you guys come up with the name Iron Compound?
37:42
SPEAKER_04: Man, honestly, I came up with the name, brother, because you know, being the background that I'm given, you know, convict standpoint, you know, been to prison, you know, things like that.
37:56
SPEAKER_04: In there, all there is is to do is lift weights, you know.
38:02
SPEAKER_04: And when you got a whole bunch of men living in one place, it's known as a compound.
38:07
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
38:08
SPEAKER_04: All these men do is focus on trying to forget the free world, make time pass by simply applying lifting weight daily for hours on end, you know.
38:21
SPEAKER_04: So that's pretty much where the name came from.
38:24
SPEAKER_04: And we really believe that you know, you gain the most result from lifting cold hard steel, bro.
38:32
SPEAKER_04: You know, yeah, like, and that's where I was like, you know what?
38:35
SPEAKER_04: That's the name, Iron Compound.
38:37
SPEAKER_04: And it was just a hard-hitting name that where it's it's real recognized out there now, man.
38:43
SPEAKER_04: To where that's hey, you you see anybody wearing an iron compound t-shirt, I'm like, hey, that dude square business, like yeah, he's doing some kind of numbers, man.
38:51
SPEAKER_05: Square business, I like that.
38:53
SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
38:54
SPEAKER_05: Uh so yeah, so you guys got shirts on sale, right?
38:57
SPEAKER_05: I was looking at us on the yeah, man.
38:58
SPEAKER_04: We have a website.
38:59
SPEAKER_04: My wife will tell you more about it.
39:01
SPEAKER_04: Or or Carla.
39:03
SPEAKER_04: We're gonna have Carla come.
39:04
SPEAKER_04: We're gonna have Carla.
39:05
SPEAKER_04: Carla's the one that is in charge of all that.
39:08
SPEAKER_04: Let me move out the way real quick so she can.
39:16
SPEAKER_01: All right, so I'm the merch girl.
39:18
SPEAKER_01: Hey, all right, so behind us we have a lot of merch that are coming through.
39:23
SPEAKER_01: Um top sellers, honestly, would be like these camel tanks.
39:28
SPEAKER_01: Nice, like stringers.
39:32
SPEAKER_05: Cool.
39:33
SPEAKER_05: Was it like polyester, cotton polyester?
39:35
SPEAKER_01: I think it's one of the things.
39:36
SPEAKER_05: It's a blend, a blend.
39:38
SPEAKER_05: Okay, yeah.
39:41
SPEAKER_01: Most of the t-shirts will have the logo, the logo on the front, nice, and then every now and then we'll have different logos, yeah, so get to work, right?
39:53
SPEAKER_05: Get to work.
39:54
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, man.
39:55
SPEAKER_01: Next week's gonna be more and new merch coming in.
39:58
SPEAKER_01: Yep, and also another top seller has to be all about the localness, right?
40:03
SPEAKER_05: Yes, for sure.
40:05
SPEAKER_01: So we got the iron compound.
40:06
SPEAKER_05: Nice Texas license plate.
40:08
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, man, that's what that was.
40:10
SPEAKER_04: That was spoke volume, bro.
40:12
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so if you see it and then zoom in, right there.
40:16
SPEAKER_05: We're corporate Christie.
40:18
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, yeah.
40:18
SPEAKER_01: You know, you gotta let them know.
40:20
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, you gotta let them know.
40:22
SPEAKER_05: It's awesome.
40:24
SPEAKER_01: It's um iron underscore compound dot myshopify.com.
40:32
SPEAKER_01: And that one's always open and available online.
40:35
SPEAKER_01: If you don't see your size, just message Iron Compound on Instagram because it could just be not up to date, or they can put in another order soon.
40:45
SPEAKER_01: Um, we're also doing right now a pre-order of the new shirts that are coming out.
40:51
SPEAKER_01: Um, Iron Compound versus Everybody.
40:53
SPEAKER_01: So some pre-orders for that, for that one that comes in.
40:57
SPEAKER_01: And um, they have some other good stuff, but I'm gonna let it them tell you about it.
41:01
SPEAKER_04: Cool, appreciate it.
41:03
SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
41:03
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, what really got us, you know, uh the outside of the let them know the what's coming up.
41:09
SPEAKER_04: Oh well, baby.
41:10
SPEAKER_04: The hoodie drop.
41:10
SPEAKER_04: Oh, yeah, no, we got the hoodie drop coming out and everything.
41:12
SPEAKER_04: We got a lot of new merch coming out that you know we're just waiting on, you know, there's such huge orders, man, that you know, they've kind of been a little bit backed up.
41:20
SPEAKER_04: But we got hoodies.
41:26
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, and we're here from 12 to about 12 to 5.
41:30
SPEAKER_05: All right, man.
41:31
SPEAKER_05: That's awesome.
41:31
SPEAKER_05: Got some hoodies coming out.
41:32
SPEAKER_05: Nice.
41:33
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, hoodie shorts, and all types of shirts, and yeah, y'all don't definitely definitely don't want to miss this, man.
41:39
SPEAKER_04: This is like exclusive coming out.
41:41
SPEAKER_04: Like, we really put a lot into this, and uh, you know, we had a lot of high requests for certain things, so we went ahead and made that happen, trying to accommodate the appetite that the public had, you know what I mean?
41:53
SPEAKER_04: And you know, we've been blessed and fortunate, man, with our merch alone.
41:58
SPEAKER_04: We've touched 20 out of the 50 states independently, and that's what's made a lot of noise for us, man.
42:03
SPEAKER_04: You know, when I went and did the CT Fletcher thing, and I did the thing with Kevin Dahwk, Washington, you know, they're like, hey man, like you've done this much independently, you and your wife alone.
42:15
SPEAKER_04: They're like, you're in this many states already, just independently.
42:18
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, yeah, they're like, you know, it takes anybody from three to five years just to even make something like that happen.
42:26
SPEAKER_04: Like y'all are doing remarkable time, you know, with remarkable numbers that hey man, y'all are on y'all's way.
42:33
SPEAKER_04: And, you know, it's just been real great and a huge blessing to establish this relationship with these men, man, because they straight up, man, good dudes, you know.
42:44
SPEAKER_04: What really got us, you know, you know, out there was uh everybody knows who the strength cartel is, man, right?
42:51
SPEAKER_04: Right and uh, you know, they had made a post a while back calling out every gym and fitness crew.
42:57
SPEAKER_04: And, you know, I had saw it because I was subscribed to their channel.
43:02
SPEAKER_04: So I'm like, huh, okay.
43:04
SPEAKER_04: So we made a call out video back, you know, that hey, this is Iron Compound, Texas, Corpus Christie, Texas.
43:11
SPEAKER_04: Come on, yeah, this is Iron Compound, Corpus Christie, Texas responding to your call out.
43:15
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, we feel we got what it takes, so you let us know.
43:18
SPEAKER_04: Like, we're just responding to what you put out there.
43:21
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and you know, at first, you know, they put us in the back burner, threw us to the dogs, ignored us.
43:26
SPEAKER_04: Or they had they showed up to Houston Fed Expo.
43:29
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, no, it's too long, you're in Texas, you know what I'm saying?
43:32
SPEAKER_04: Ain't nothing but a couple hour drive.
43:34
SPEAKER_04: So we showed up, man.
43:35
SPEAKER_04: We showed up and we addressed the issue and with 12 of our guys, you know, mind you called them out in person, called them out in person.
43:42
SPEAKER_04: They there was no more running, there's no more dodging, there's no more ducking.
43:45
SPEAKER_05: Like we're gonna get away from Texas, bro.
43:47
SPEAKER_05: Texas is too big.
43:48
SPEAKER_04: Hey, you know, hey, you know how it goes down, man.
43:51
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
43:52
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, yeah, we're gonna get an answer, bro.
43:54
SPEAKER_04: And they were forced to give an answer, and they accepted the challenge, and we're waiting on a date.
44:00
SPEAKER_04: Hopefully it don't take forever, you know what I mean?
44:02
SPEAKER_04: But crazy.
44:03
SPEAKER_04: I mean, nevertheless, you know, everybody wanted to know dang, who are these dudes out of Texas?
44:08
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, that are calling out one of the biggest names in the industry because these dudes are big in California, they're known they're known everywhere.
44:15
SPEAKER_04: Right.
44:16
SPEAKER_04: And for us to be, you know, such a small city in gym, and I guess they wouldn't have did their homework on us, and they saw the numbers that we were throwing up.
44:24
SPEAKER_04: Wow.
44:24
SPEAKER_04: They're like, oh man, these dudes are for real.
44:27
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, these dudes, these dudes ain't these dudes ain't playing, man.
44:32
SPEAKER_05: So yeah.
44:33
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, man.
44:34
SPEAKER_04: Uh, you know, and after that, everybody just showed interest in us, started googling us, and it went from you know, us being, you know, considered the underdog to like, hey, strength cartel, y'all got a problem in y'all's hands.
44:47
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, these dudes, these dudes out of Texas are here, you know.
44:51
SPEAKER_04: You can't ignore them too much longer.
44:53
SPEAKER_04: Like, nope.
44:54
SPEAKER_04: It's got to be acknowledged.
44:55
SPEAKER_04: So we're just waiting to see what's up on that, man.
44:58
SPEAKER_04: And that's you know, it like I said, it's a it's a competitive sport, bro.
45:02
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
45:02
SPEAKER_04: Right.
45:03
SPEAKER_04: It's all for the love of the sport, you know, making it great, you know, just showing the world, you know, the strength and what a man could really push his body through.
45:13
SPEAKER_04: And you would be amazed with the outcome and the numbers that can come out of the physical body, bro.
45:20
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
45:20
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, man.
45:21
SPEAKER_04: Amazing.
45:22
SPEAKER_04: So, yeah, that's you know, that's pretty much where they're.
45:25
SPEAKER_04: And, you know, another thing that had opened the door for us was one of the first persons we had brought down.
45:31
SPEAKER_04: And shout out, you know, shout out homie Kevin Pimble thought is out of out of California, man, Rare Brave Brand.
45:37
SPEAKER_04: He was the very first person, man, to open that door for us and come do something with us here in our gym.
45:45
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
45:45
SPEAKER_04: And even he was amazed with the numbers that we were doing.
45:49
SPEAKER_04: He's like, Hey man, y'all dudes uh really, you're really making some noise, you know what I mean?
45:55
SPEAKER_04: And uh when we went in, me and my wife just recently returned a few weeks back from uh doing the documentary of my life uh with CT Fletcher.
46:04
SPEAKER_04: You know, he always the day he extended the opportunity.
46:08
SPEAKER_04: Hey man, y'all gotta stop by the gym, y'all gotta come see us, bro.
46:10
SPEAKER_04: We gotta get you know another YouTube video in together.
46:13
SPEAKER_04: And it's just it's just been you know all love since then, man.
46:17
SPEAKER_04: Like I can call these dudes any given time of the day and they'll answer my phone.
46:21
SPEAKER_04: And you know, likewise they can call me and hey, what's up, bro?
46:24
SPEAKER_04: Like, we gotta link up again.
46:25
SPEAKER_04: Let's make something happen.
46:26
SPEAKER_04: And it's been a blessing, bro.
46:28
SPEAKER_04: It's been a blessing.
46:30
SPEAKER_05: That's good.
46:30
SPEAKER_04: Texas been slept on too long, you know.
46:32
SPEAKER_04: We've been slept on too long, man.
46:34
SPEAKER_05: Oh man, wow, that's that's that's super awesome, man.
46:37
SPEAKER_05: You got it.
46:37
SPEAKER_05: You guys got anything else to share?
46:39
SPEAKER_04: Hey, man, uh, like I said, other than uh oh yeah, we got my brother, man, Kevin DeHulk Washington coming back, bro.
46:48
SPEAKER_04: Okay next month.
46:50
SPEAKER_04: He is coming to perform.
46:51
SPEAKER_04: The last time he was here, he did 225 reps for 88.
46:56
SPEAKER_04: 225 pounds for 88 reps, yeah, breaking the world Guinness record.
47:02
SPEAKER_04: Oh shoot, he will be coming back again next month.
47:06
SPEAKER_04: Next month.
47:06
SPEAKER_03: We don't have the date yet, but we will post it uh soon, but it will be next month.
47:11
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, he's coming back to perform a whopping hundred reps of 225 pounds.
47:16
SPEAKER_05: Oh, dude.
47:17
SPEAKER_04: Bro, it's it's just crazy to see.
47:19
SPEAKER_04: So, yeah, we will keep y'all posted, man, and let y'all know when the date drops, you know, when he will be here.
47:26
SPEAKER_04: Like I said, you definitely don't want to miss this, man.
47:29
SPEAKER_04: Uh it's it's just crazy to see in person, bro.
47:32
SPEAKER_04: Like, he was moving up the way so fast, I lost count of the reps, bro.
47:36
SPEAKER_05: Like, and and if y'all haven't seen so 225 is two forty-five pound plates.
47:42
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, so four of them, right?
47:43
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, and then the bar.
47:45
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, yeah, that's no, that's wow.
47:48
SPEAKER_04: 88 reps, bro.
47:49
SPEAKER_04: Like, that's crazy.
47:50
SPEAKER_05: Oh my gosh, that's crazy.
47:51
SPEAKER_05: You know, and he's gonna he's gonna shoot for 100 this time.
47:54
SPEAKER_05: He's shooting for 100, bro.
47:56
SPEAKER_05: Wow, man, that's amazing.
47:57
SPEAKER_04: And he's so he's gonna yeah, he's an amazing dude, dude.
48:01
SPEAKER_04: Like, it's just crazy how you know, and I learned a lot from him, you know.
48:05
SPEAKER_04: Like, honestly, he showed me how to channel everything bad in your life, put it in a ball, and channel it to wherever you're deciding to live that day, you know what I mean?
48:20
SPEAKER_04: And just disperse it all such a negative in a way to where it works for you, right?
48:26
SPEAKER_04: And it's just crazy, bro.
48:28
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, like I said, I've learned a lot, man.
48:30
SPEAKER_05: Like, like I said, that is very interesting.
48:32
SPEAKER_05: Like, how the it's not just a physical uh activity, it is physical, but uh your mind, your heart, your like everything is involved in what in the in these these activities.
48:44
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, man.
48:45
SPEAKER_05: It's very uh interesting how that that works, you know.
48:48
SPEAKER_05: That's cool.
48:49
SPEAKER_05: So, what's in the future for you guys?
48:51
SPEAKER_04: In the future, um, oh yeah, coming out.
48:55
SPEAKER_04: I got a we got a supplement line coming out, man.
48:58
SPEAKER_04: That's coming real soon.
49:00
SPEAKER_04: Um, that's dropping actually pretty soon.
49:02
SPEAKER_04: It's in the process right now.
49:04
SPEAKER_04: Uh, it does take a little bit of time, you know, to make you know the formula.
49:09
SPEAKER_03: The formula, there you go.
49:11
SPEAKER_05: No kidding.
49:12
SPEAKER_05: So are you so the are y'all are working with somebody to create the formula?
49:16
SPEAKER_05: Or wow, that's amazing.
49:19
SPEAKER_03: It's gonna be a high stem.
49:20
SPEAKER_04: So people who like psychotic and high stims, if you don't feel like working out, you got no choice but to work out.
49:30
SPEAKER_04: It's that intense, man.
49:31
SPEAKER_04: But you know, we got that coming.
49:33
SPEAKER_04: That's gonna be huge, man.
49:35
SPEAKER_04: Um, a lot of people are waiting for it now, you know.
49:39
SPEAKER_03: Um also we are looking into the uh the smelling salts.
49:43
SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah.
49:44
SPEAKER_04: The the we're we're we're working on uh the ammonia, the ammonia inhalants right now as well.
49:49
SPEAKER_04: You guys, so you guys use that stuff?
49:51
SPEAKER_04: Oh yeah, most definitely, man.
49:52
SPEAKER_03: I I yeah, I have to like I don't personally because I just can't.
49:56
SPEAKER_03: Um, but the guys love it.
49:58
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, okay.
49:59
SPEAKER_05: So it kind of like just like a rush of adrenaline.
50:01
SPEAKER_04: Uh the ammonia inhalant, it's scientifically proven, scientifically proven to give you a five percent increase on your lift.
50:09
SPEAKER_05: Interesting.
50:10
SPEAKER_04: Like it's a proven fact that it does this, like so, you know, it it it it it it wakes you up when it's time, bro.
50:17
SPEAKER_04: Like it's funny, man.
50:19
SPEAKER_05: So you got the supplements and the the smelling salts, man.
50:22
SPEAKER_05: That's awesome.
50:23
SPEAKER_04: We got a lot of big things coming, man, that are in the works.
50:26
SPEAKER_04: We just don't put them out there till it's time to release it, you know what I mean?
50:28
SPEAKER_04: Right with for sure dates, because you know how a lot of people hang on to that, and you know, if it doesn't work for some reason or whatever, yeah, it doesn't follow through.
50:36
SPEAKER_04: But those are two things that are coming for sure.
50:39
SPEAKER_04: Yes, you know, like I said, it's just a process, man.
50:42
SPEAKER_04: You know, it just takes time and working with the right people and you know, getting everything the way you want it done.
50:48
SPEAKER_04: It's just it's just a process, of course, like anything else.
50:53
SPEAKER_05: That's good, man.
50:54
SPEAKER_05: I I'm glad you guys are here in corpus.
50:56
SPEAKER_05: This is all man, hey, this is home, baby.
50:58
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
50:59
SPEAKER_04: Corpus Christi born and raised, bro.
51:01
SPEAKER_04: Like I said, you know, we've been slept on too long.
51:05
SPEAKER_04: We're just trying to restore home, you know, to its place of greatness, bro.
51:08
SPEAKER_04: But from our standpoint, from lifting, it's been done from every other aspect, from the album music to the rap scene to things like that, you know.
51:16
SPEAKER_04: It's just never done been done from our standpoint.
51:19
SPEAKER_06: Right.
51:20
SPEAKER_04: And you know, a lot of the world is, you know, really big on power lifting now, and people are taking to it to where, like I said, now kids are getting full-right scholarships from it.
51:34
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
51:35
SPEAKER_04: Kids used to rely, try to rely on football, you know, but with you know, come to tearing ACLs and breaking legs and breaking hands to where even your brain, like you hit your brain a lot.
51:47
SPEAKER_04: You know, man, to where you know there was a lot less injury coming from power lifting and more progress to be had from it for you know, educational purposes, to where these kids were receiving full-on rides, and we're living proof because one of our guys received it, you know, 16 years old, turned 17, uh, graduated high school, received a full-on ride to one of the top four colleges in the United States, man.
52:14
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
52:15
SPEAKER_04: Because of it.
52:16
SPEAKER_04: So, yeah, bro.
52:17
SPEAKER_05: It's good, man.
52:18
SPEAKER_05: Man, that's amazing.
52:19
SPEAKER_05: These are amazing accolades, man.
52:21
SPEAKER_05: I I'm surprised that this is here, to be honest.
52:23
SPEAKER_05: Like, I didn't expect any of this, and it's like, whoa, this is amazing.
52:28
SPEAKER_05: Man, thank you, man.
52:29
SPEAKER_04: Thank you for even just giving the opportunity, bro, to you to put it out there, man, and let it be seen from our standpoint, you know.
52:34
SPEAKER_04: Yes, sir.
52:35
SPEAKER_04: Because most people have the the the the image that just a bunch of muscle-bound gorillas, you know what I mean, that don't know how to act.
52:43
SPEAKER_05: Like yeah, man.
52:44
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and it's actually more than that, you know what I mean?
52:46
SPEAKER_04: Like, yeah, you know, it's it's a lot deeper, bro.
52:49
SPEAKER_04: Like, our purpose is genuinely to help every single person, you know, uh, you know, become better, you know.
52:58
SPEAKER_04: Right.
52:58
SPEAKER_04: Uh, just with my story alone, you know, uh when uh the day that it dropped, you know, when I did the thing with CT, you know, uh when I brought Kevin to Hulk Washington down, and me and him didn't he, you know, we didn't know each other.
53:12
SPEAKER_04: That was the first time we met each other.
53:14
SPEAKER_04: And you know, we went to talking, he's like, hey, well, tell me a little bit about yourself, man.
53:18
SPEAKER_04: And just along in the ride, I gave him a little bit of my background.
53:21
SPEAKER_04: He's like, hey, well, hold the phone, stop right there for a minute.
53:25
SPEAKER_04: He's like, What did you just say?
53:27
SPEAKER_04: And I told him, you know, hey, I am a survivor of suicide, you know.
53:32
SPEAKER_04: Uh I've come back from one of the worst things you two of the worst things you could possibly come through in life, you know.
53:39
SPEAKER_04: Like, I I I died once, they brought me back.
53:43
SPEAKER_04: I mean, it's just, and he's like, hey man, he's like, you've conquered the weight aspect of the weight aspect of it.
53:50
SPEAKER_04: He goes, now you have a bigger purpose in life, you have a bigger job.
53:54
SPEAKER_04: He goes, and it's to help others.
53:56
SPEAKER_04: He goes, forget about the weight part.
53:57
SPEAKER_04: You got that down packed.
53:58
SPEAKER_04: That that that's a given.
54:00
SPEAKER_04: You know, he goes, but now you have a voice, a story that needs to be heard.
54:04
SPEAKER_04: He goes, There's other people out there that need to hear this.
54:07
SPEAKER_04: Yes, and no lie, brother.
54:09
SPEAKER_04: Like, you know, right hands of the man.
54:11
SPEAKER_04: The day my story dropped, it saved four people's lives.
54:16
SPEAKER_05: Amazing.
54:18
SPEAKER_04: Four people's lives, man.
54:19
SPEAKER_04: Like, I have the messages, the the you know, the the text, the Instagram messages where you know, a few guys actually stopped.
54:29
SPEAKER_04: And that was the whole purpose, you know, to help somebody else out in the situation, man.
54:34
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, you know, and that was the whole purpose of me sharing my story to, you know, help somebody else, you know, and even if it just saved one, I did my job, you know.
54:45
SPEAKER_04: But it's received so much, you know, back that it's continuing to help, man.
54:53
SPEAKER_04: And I've done, you know, I did my part, bro.
54:56
SPEAKER_04: You know, yeah, I've done right.
54:58
SPEAKER_04: I served my purpose, I'm serving my purpose as we go.
55:01
SPEAKER_04: You know what I mean?
55:02
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, that's awesome.
55:05
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, man.
55:06
SPEAKER_05: So it's good, man.
55:09
SPEAKER_05: You got purpose in life, you got a purpose for what you're doing.
55:11
SPEAKER_04: Oh, yeah, no, most definitely, man.
55:13
SPEAKER_04: I understand that now as a grown man, you know, like I said, had I been able to speak to myself four years ago and told myself, hey, in four years, you're gonna be owning a gym, and not only the only only owning a gym, married to one of the most beautiful, supportive women that you know will ever have come across your life, helping you achieve this.
55:40
SPEAKER_04: You and her will be, you know, state record holders, you know, building one of the hardest gyms down south that there is with a team of national, state, and world record holders.
55:55
SPEAKER_04: You know, I would have laughed and told myself, you're crazy.
55:59
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
56:00
SPEAKER_04: But it just goes to show, man, like anybody can do something as long as you believe in it wholeheartedly, man.
56:07
SPEAKER_04: You know, and you know, something down the line, me and my wife aim to do is uh be able to go speak to the juveniles, you know, the youth, you know, the troubled teens and you know, things like that.
56:20
SPEAKER_04: But I mean, like I said, it's a process, it takes time.
56:22
SPEAKER_04: You know, you got to get in contact with the right people to make such things happen.
56:26
SPEAKER_04: Like I said, our purpose is strictly to help now, bro.
56:29
SPEAKER_04: Like that's it's more than lifting iron, you know what I mean?
56:32
SPEAKER_06: Yeah, for sure.
56:33
SPEAKER_04: Lifting iron lifting iron saved my life.
56:35
SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
56:36
SPEAKER_04: It's only right that I try to help and save somebody else's with it, you know, what I've learned.
56:41
SPEAKER_05: Right.
56:42
SPEAKER_04: So that's that's the purpose, man.
56:43
SPEAKER_04: That's the goal.
56:44
SPEAKER_05: It's good, man.
56:45
SPEAKER_05: It's good.
56:46
SPEAKER_05: And I do I do agree that people need to hear your story and just just stories, you know, because everybody's different and it could help somebody along the line.
56:54
SPEAKER_05: You know, that's that's kind of one of the reasons why I I'm still doing the podcast because uh there's people that don't look like us that I mean, there's people that do look like us and have related can relate to us, you know what I mean, and that if that can help them, then exactly.
57:10
SPEAKER_05: That's good.
57:11
SPEAKER_05: You know, it's uh it's a good it it helps society, you know what I mean?
57:14
SPEAKER_04: Society as a whole, you know.
57:16
SPEAKER_04: So I've I I've had people, you know, because I'm covered in tattoos and tattooing my face and you know, grilled out or whatever.
57:24
SPEAKER_04: And I've actually had people apologize to me for judging me ahead of time before they got to know me.
57:33
SPEAKER_04: And you know, they'll be like, hey man, I know you an apology.
57:35
SPEAKER_04: I'm like, for what?
57:37
SPEAKER_04: Like, because I judged you by how you look, but when I got to know you as a person, bro, you're something I didn't expect, you know.
57:43
SPEAKER_04: Exactly.
57:43
SPEAKER_04: And and that's great, you know, that's a great thing, man.
57:46
SPEAKER_05: Like, yes, it is.
57:47
SPEAKER_04: You know, I I've had you know, former police officers when I'm going to buy my supplements, you know what I mean?
57:53
SPEAKER_04: I'll run into them that they used to chase me as a kid.
57:57
SPEAKER_04: And it's no longer get your hands against the wall, and the pet search me, they greet me with a handshake now, you know what I mean?
58:04
SPEAKER_04: Because I've turned over a new leaf, I made that change in life.
58:08
SPEAKER_04: And they'll tell my wife, how did you get this dude to change?
58:11
SPEAKER_04: Because you know, like we never thought it was remotely possible, but it is, you know, with the right woman believing you wholeheartedly, bro.
58:20
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, you know, I mean, anything is possible, man.
58:23
SPEAKER_04: And I owe a great deal to her, you know.
58:26
SPEAKER_04: Like I couldn't be where I'm at, even close to where I'm at, without her belief, man.
58:30
SPEAKER_04: And us as a team, we've conquered so much, you know, that it just goes to show, man.
58:36
SPEAKER_04: Like, hey, with the right partner behind you, man, anything is attainable and achievable, bro.
58:42
SPEAKER_04: Anything.
58:42
SPEAKER_04: Don't ever let nobody tell you no.
58:45
SPEAKER_04: Ever.
58:47
SPEAKER_05: It's good advice, man.
58:48
SPEAKER_05: It's good advice.
58:49
SPEAKER_05: Well, man, I appreciate y'all coming on.
58:51
SPEAKER_04: Thank you, man, so much for having us, bro.
58:54
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, for sure, man.
58:55
SPEAKER_04: This is huge for somebody to actually care to get to know me, you know what I mean, and know about us.
59:02
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, like really, man, thank you so much, brother.
59:05
SPEAKER_04: Like, for real, man.
59:06
SPEAKER_04: Like, from the bottom of my heart, like, real love, man.
59:08
SPEAKER_04: Like, straight up, you know, this is big to me.
59:11
SPEAKER_04: Like, this is big, you know.
59:12
SPEAKER_04: Like, you're welcome.
59:14
SPEAKER_04: Well, for because people like you, my story gets to get heard, man, and it's awesome.
59:18
SPEAKER_04: Yes, and I thank you for taking the time, brother.
59:21
SPEAKER_04: For real, for real.
59:21
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, you're welcome, man.
59:22
SPEAKER_05: Hopefully, we'll get to meet it.
59:23
SPEAKER_05: Meet, I'll get to meet you in person sometime.
59:25
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, man.
59:26
SPEAKER_04: For real, yeah.
59:26
SPEAKER_04: No doubt.
59:27
SPEAKER_04: Stop by, man.
59:27
SPEAKER_04: More than welcome, bro.
59:28
SPEAKER_04: Come get a shirt.
59:29
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, come through and see the guys in action, bro.
59:32
SPEAKER_05: And you'll be you I'll probably be wanting to lift, I bet you.
59:36
SPEAKER_04: I promise you you'll need one to do something, man.
59:39
SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
59:40
SPEAKER_04: Right on.
59:41
SPEAKER_04: For sure, brother.
59:42
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, well, if nothing else, man, I appreciate you guys coming on.
59:44
SPEAKER_05: I gotta head out.
59:45
SPEAKER_04: All right, brother.
59:46
SPEAKER_04: Thank you so much.
59:47
SPEAKER_04: Thank you again.
59:48
SPEAKER_05: You're welcome, man.
59:48
SPEAKER_04: Like I said, if y'all haven't seen my story, yes, it's on CT Fletcher's page, man.
59:52
SPEAKER_04: On YouTube, you know, on YouTube, yes, uh, a man named Hulk.
59:56
SPEAKER_04: So, yeah, and then check us out our web page, you know, for the merch.
1:00:00
SPEAKER_04: We're there.
1:00:00
SPEAKER_04: Check us out on Instagram, you know, we're all over the social media.
1:00:04
SPEAKER_04: So, thank you again, once again, for having us.
1:00:05
SPEAKER_04: And shout out that boy, man.
1:00:07
SPEAKER_04: You know, CC Podcast for having us, man.
1:00:10
SPEAKER_05: Yes, yeah.
1:00:11
SPEAKER_05: You're welcome.
1:00:12
SPEAKER_05: I'll leave links in the description as well.
1:00:14
SPEAKER_05: Appreciate y'all.
1:00:15
SPEAKER_05: One more time.
1:00:16
SPEAKER_05: Hey man, this always happens on my podcast, like like the Hispanic culture.
1:00:20
SPEAKER_05: We say goodbye like five different times, and we're yeah, so that's it's normal here.
1:00:25
SPEAKER_04: Yeah, before I before I close, I just want to say Corpus Christie stand up, man.
1:00:29
SPEAKER_04: We got us one.
1:00:30
SPEAKER_04: We're in the building, you know.
1:00:31
SPEAKER_04: Get used to seeing us because we're gonna be here, we ain't going nowhere, man.
1:00:34
SPEAKER_04: So that's right.
1:00:35
SPEAKER_04: Shout out to the city, man, for all the support and love.
1:00:37
SPEAKER_05: Great, man.
1:00:38
SPEAKER_04: There's no us, man.
1:00:40
SPEAKER_05: Thank you so much, y'all.
1:00:41
SPEAKER_05: Thank you so much.
1:00:42
SPEAKER_05: Yeah, all right, brother.