Mark Bell's Power Project - EP. 586 - HBD Nsima & Our Sober October

Episode Date: September 8, 2021

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like 150 to 200 calories it's like 200 calories so no technically i'm not fasting but the the fair life is another 150 oh yeah i forgot about the empty calories just protein yeah just digest Just digest. Disintegrates. Dissipates. Oh, man. We're now at meal status calories. Yeah, this is true. For people that can't see the podcast, my dad donated this dog that's got like a little punching bag in front of him. Look at him go. Looks like a boxer to me. That thing's cute. We now have a dog in the fight.

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29. 29, bro. Happy birthday. Twenty nine. Yeah. Twenty nine. Twenty nine. Oh, I had to I had to Google it because I know that your birthday is around Quinn's birthday. Uh huh. What's Quinn's birthday? Her birthday was yesterday. Oh, yeah. Sick.

Happy birthday, Quinn. My fellow Virgo queen. What's up? Yeah. So I was like, I was like, I think I was like, I'll try to look it up. I was like, he's probably like i'll try to look it up i was like he's probably not going to say anything about it so i can't find anything there but you're popular enough to where you can just google it it's funny i googled it it's funny it worked yeah pretty cool

thank you thank you not everyone in my family kind of disses me because i just like when my birthday comes around i'm very quiet about it i usually like, just try to let the day go through. Is it like a big thing in your family or a big thing? Um, well, so like in my family, I like birthdays for other people. Cool. But I,

I've never liked really personally doing things for my birthday. I usually like to like disappear. Honestly, like, uh, I like to like take a journal, disappear and just maybe just be quiet for the day and like, think about about the past year people don't let you do that shit on father's day for good reason father's day it's like it's like hey man how about a fucking day off would be great

let me let me just let me get to go disappear for a while yeah you know but uh usually the family wants like do a bunch of shit with you and for you and then you you know you got to kind of hang in there for all that stuff but it's fun though but yeah yeah it's funny i was actually uh it was my dad's birthday this past weekend and yeah and so many i know great yeah awesome good people um but it was funny i had no idea he ever said this because i say the exact same thing but you know he's, why are you asking me what I want to do for my birthday? Because it doesn't matter what I want to do. And people don't really understand that. And it's like, okay, well, if you ask me what I want to do for my birthday,

oh, I want to, you know, whatever, I'll have steaks like right when I get home from work. Well, we can't do that because, you know, so-and-so is not off work yet. So for them to come over here, we have to do it a little bit later. And then, you know, if-and-so is not off work yet. So for them to come over here, we have to do it a little bit later. And then, you know, if we have to cook, maybe we should just go out somewhere. Okay, well, then you plan my birthday because obviously it doesn't matter. And maybe you shouldn't have all that cholesterol. Yeah, exactly. You're like, you know what? Just fuck it, man.

I don't care. Yeah. So it's funny. I had no idea. My dad had the exact same thought. And I was like, holy shit, I am literally turning into him. Yeah. It's funny. I had no idea. My dad had the exact same thought. And I was like, holy shit. I am literally turning into him. Yeah.

It's weird. When I first saw your dad, I was like, wow. I saw the back of his head. I was like, yeah. Papa Zaragoza. Yeah. And it's funny. Like my brother and I look very similar.

And looking at pictures of my dad when he was, you know, younger and stuff. It's just like, it looks like me with like a lot of hair. It's crazy. Yeah. Did he ask, did he, did he go bald late? Yeah. Yeah. He went bald a little bit later, but you know, early, um, you know, whatever, twenties, teens, I don't even know what year he was or holiday was in the pictures, but like in that era, longer hair was in. old he was in the pictures but like in that era longer hair was in so he had really long hair and it was just like yeah what i will say though is that like i don't feel my age which is nice like i still feel super young energy and like energy wise because it's funny i think i've said this multiple times when i used to work at 24 hour fitness when i was younger the older

trainers and like membership managers or whatever would always be like just wait until you're 30 and so on like your body starts doing this and you'll feel old and just like what the fuck i don't even feel any of that shit i feel i feel great yeah every day what i love that um gary v always preaches like oh you have so much time you're 40 years old you have so much time but he he posted something recently and he was like, you know, when I was 20 and my cousin was like 30, I was like, oh, my God, he's so old and blah, blah, blah. Like, you know, and I would think the same thing. And then I would also think like as I'm 20 years old, like, damn, by time I'm 36, the way I am now, I'm going to like be so much smarter. I'm going to be have things figured figured out. I'm going to be more mature. Obviously that's not the case. Nope. We're, we're babies. But what he was saying, he was just like 20 year olds. If you're afraid of getting older, understand, I still feel like I have the exact same mind as a 20 year old, as far as like the shit that I questioned, the shit that I find funny, um, you know, all those same things. Like I still think the same way. It's just like, now I have different experiences that can help me guide guide myself into the right direction but yeah no it's it's funny like I still

have the same thoughts when I was you know as I did back then and it's just like yeah nothing really changed you know like you know just like I said experiences it's uh fun just get I guess uh for people to like just recognize it and uh not necessarily buy you anything or anything like that but it's it's just nice that when someone thinks about it and thinks about you a little bit you know it's um and to me it doesn't matter either way like if people if people don't say anything about it i don't care but if they do i'm like okay cool you know and then you see like tons of comments on like social media or whatever people saying happy birthday or whatever.

That doesn't really, I could care less about that. But like it, it, when you have a family too, it's different when you have kids and your kids want to like do something or give you something, then it's really cool. Then you're like, all right, fuck. Yeah, this is cool. Yeah. No, I definitely agree with that. I'm not like, I'm not like anti birthday or anything.

Not, no, no. I'm not the fucking Grinch. Um, it's just like, you're going to have gonna have any birthday cake uh i don't think so probably probably what about my thing what about like your mom does she get i'm gonna i'm gonna go visit her and like we're gonna talk a bit yeah i usually i usually talk with her a bit on my birthday so um yeah it's but but like that's the thing it like, just because I don't massively celebrate my birthday or anything or feel the need to doesn't mean I don't think other people should. Like everybody's birthday is a different thing for them. Some people holds a lot of significance and that's a good thing. That's a lot. That's a good thing for me. My significance is just reflecting on the day. Um, so I, I really like just think about how the past year has been differences in the way my mind, like my mind works, all that type of stuff. That's what I usually do. Yeah. It's interesting to be like super pumped about it because you didn't really do anything. My mom did. That was painful. I guess it's a celebration of you like entering the world, I guess. Yeah. You know, I always found it funny when I worked in an office where people would take their birthday off, like off of work. It's like, oh, you got something planned? Like, no, it's my birthday. I don't work on my birthday.

Oh, you don't. Yeah. And I've heard people like, especially the younger ones say, like, it's my birthday week or even my birthday month. And that is a very interesting thing. I think that's taking it too far. Yeah. Yeah. but you know what again to each their own you know each their own true you know it's good to want to celebrate you know what i mean yeah you know like um if people want to like really just go all out and celebrate for a week fucking if you can if you want to do that do that shit have fun

be happy it's good did you guys see dan fleishman's birthday party no dude he had like a well he just called it a pizza party but he had fun he had steve aoki there he had he had little wayne perform of course he did oh my god fuck this guy had a full-on festival for his birthday. That's doing it right. Dan Fleischman. That man is amazing. I've seen O'Hearn. Crazy. O'Hearn was there. Really?

I think Bo Hightower was there. I'm sure we know a fuck ton of people that were there. It's just a very interesting list of people at this birthday. Yeah. I saw him get thrown in the pool. Yeah, he got thrown in the pool. When was his birthday? Not this weekend, but I think last weekend.

Last weekend? Wow. Very cool. Yeah. got thrown in the pool when was his birthday uh not this weekend but i think last weekend last weekend wow very cool yeah so we'll do that for you next year but this year you know we're just low-key i'm not a huge fan in general of uh like scheduled days off i'm not a huge fan of it what do you mean scheduled days off i'm just like not doing anything on a particular day like oh it's my birthday so i'm not gonna go lift. I'm not going to. I don't know. I don't personally for myself. I don't like that. I would rather take the day as it comes.

And then if it turns out that there's like a bunch of stuff to do and it looks like it might compromise other things that I'm more interested in for the day, then maybe I'll push stuff off and say, yeah, you know, I'll get to that tomorrow. But for the most part, I don't really operate that that way i like to i like to be doing stuff every day i agree with you i i agree there i i i there there's really no day other than like maybe and maybe my mom's birthday or something um not that i'm going to take it off but maybe do a little less but there's no day that i would just i feel like i want to just stop doing stuff i can't i feel i don't feel right about it. Like I feel. Right.

To not get in some walking, to not get in some lifting or right. Yeah. And I've wanted to like, I'm just like, ah, something has to, you know what I mean? I got to fucking do something. It gets frustrating. Yeah. You end up having too much energy and being too fired up. Like, isn't that, isn't that interesting?

Like the days that I don't know if you guys have definitely felt this, but there are days that like, if, and it hasn't happened to me, but if I haven't really done anything on that day, that night is like, I can't sleep well. I'm just like,

you know what I mean? Like I have to do something. Yeah. I like to, I like to be able to fall asleep pretty easy. Me too. And I, I always do, even though I be able to fall asleep pretty easy. Me too. And I, I always do, even though I've had issues with staying asleep sometimes, um, falling asleep has never

been a problem because I've like, I feel like I, uh, put in a good amount of work for the day. Yeah. And when it's time to go to bed and my head hits the pillow and I'm usually out. Mental energy is wasted. Physical energy. Every once in a while, I'll be up for no reason. I don't know why, but that'll happen. But not that often. How's the 20,000 steps treating you as far as sleep is concerned? Are you just like knocking out right now? Yeah, yeah, I am.

And I'm I'm falling asleep a little bit better. And I think I'm just sleeping a little bit better in general. Yeah. I'm waking up a little bit easier. Not that I don't really have a hard time waking up, but I think I'm excited to go get the steps in, because if I don't, and they're piled up towards the end of the day, it kind of sucks.

So I gotta try to get out in front of it. It's kind of the key to the whole thing, is to get the majority of it done in the beginning of the day. What's the worst situation that you've been in so far that it's actually piled up? What did you have to do? How many steps did you have to finish if you were going to be successful?

So far, I didn't have to, but I just chose to. I just walked around in my house for a while. I just took a bunch of laps at the end of the day. Well, you have a good enough house where you can. Yeah, my wife turned the TV on and she's like, let's watch this show or whatever. I'm like, all right, I'm watching it as I'm walking. And I'm like doing these like figure eights back and forth. And it got my steps in that way. But it's been good.

I actually think that, you know, I don't know about 20,000 just because it's like it's time consuming. But I'd like to keep it maybe at 15, like all the time. Yeah. If I can just keep that, you know, because I normally probably do like 10 anyway. But every once in a while, there's days where I, you know, get in like half of that. And so I was just like, well, it's a good practice. It allows me to eat a little bit more. Yeah.

And I feel good energy from being able to eat more. I know that that's a weird thing with the energy in, energy out crowd sometimes, but at least in my experience with bodybuilding, it did feel like that the cardiovascular training that you did burned fat and that you supplemented with your food in a particular way that allowed you to have good performance when it was time to train. And those things felt like, and, and, and the lifting felt like it was an opportunity to build muscle. You know, I know it doesn't like strictly work that way, but that's the way that it felt. And right now I feel like my body's kind of working that way where sometimes it feels

like your body's not sure what to do. And I'm not even saying that this is like scientific stuff that my body's actually doing, but this is just a feeling. And it feels like I'm able to continually get a little bit leaner. A lot of it just has to do with the walking. But I also think by giving myself a little bit more fuel and being less calorically restricted, maybe, I'm able to have a little bit better output.

So my workouts are five, 6% better and I'm lifting every single day. I think that's a factor too. Dude, you know, I'm, I'm super pumped by seeing all the stories of people that are starting, are doing 20,000 steps a day right now, because this is like just doing those steps as a catalyst towards a lot of other things. I don't know if we were talking on the podcast or we texting about, we were texting about it, how movement and standing and all of that, it, it, it makes you want to move more. Like I've noticed as I mean, when we started doing the podcast and I was standing and then standing when I'm working, I just move more. I fidget more. My legs do things. My hands do things. All of this neat or non-exercise activity, thermogenesis, all of this

burns extra calories, even though you're not trying to burn extra calories. And then the great other benefit of this, not just walking, but then just standing is like your, your, your glutes are active when you're standing, your abs are a little bit more active. Your hip flexors aren't in this like, like up strain position. Everything is lengthened so that now if you actually want to go work out, your performance is better in the gym. You're moving better. Everything's better if you're not sitting down all the time. And how about your mind?

Oh, yeah. You know, I heard somebody explaining. People use thermostats for all kinds of explanations for stuff, which is kind of an interesting, I guess, like metaphor. But this guy was kind of explaining how you should be able to manage stuff that comes your way, like a thermostat. You know, when there's an adjustment in temperature, when the room gets a little bit too hot, the air conditioning will come on. If it's going to get too cold and the environment's going to get stressful

because it's going to get too cold and the environment's going to get stressful because it's going to get too cold, the heat will come on. And you should have skill sets. You should be working towards having skill sets that allow you to manage the temperature in the room all the time for yourself. You know, using that as a metaphor for stress. If you if you if you feel better, you'll be better. If you feel better, you'll, you'll, you'll, um, you'll be able to make better judgment calls, you know? Um, let's say, um, let's say I got some shitty news in the morning and it just seems like

for the day, it seems like shit's kind of sliding downhill. Now, I already have a lot of experience with exercise and I already done a bunch of it. But let's say that that happens and I start to feel like in a slump. I start to feel like, man, like I just I can't get my mind off of this. I'm not even going to bother to lift. I might even hurt myself if I try to lift. And then let's say you get into like a little bit of a slump for a couple days. Well, you probably would have been better off finding some sort of alternative version of what you normally do rather than like completely just being down in the dumps saying like, oh, man. Because Anjako Willing talks about this kind of stuff pretty often.

And so does David Goggins. David Goggins probably more so than anybody else on the planet, of just not letting that door crack open at all. And that can be really, really difficult. the temptation to act on something that you know is otherwise not great for you, um, can really lead you down a path that makes you feel worse all the time. So when we, so when I run into people and they say, man, I can't do that diet or I can't, I can't make time for the gym. I can't do it. Um, I'm like, what the fuck you can do? Of course you can do it.

Like you could go to the gym, but the fuck's your problem? Like, that's, what's fuck? You can do it. Of course you can do it. Like, you could go to the gym. What the fuck's your problem? Like, that's what's going on in my head. I'm kind of thinking like, how are we on opposite sides? But we're on opposite sides because they're not in a healthy frame of mind yet. They are not going to make healthy decisions when they're not a healthy person at that moment. They are frustrated, agitated, and it's going to be harder for them to be able to have the skill set to adjust to keep things less stressful. And in order to keep things less stressful, in my opinion, the only way to know how to do that

is to intentionally make things more stressful via lifting weights, running, jiu-jitsu, whatever it is you want to throw yourself into. Exactly. And you know what the funny thing about it is, is that like initially it is a bit stressful, like building these habits of working out, bettering your nutrition, fasting. But over time, it actually takes away so much stress. Like there's nothing about my life that I feel is stressful in a bad way. But if somebody were to look at what I do, they'd be like, what the fuck? That looks so hard. But actually it brings me so much peace, calm, like calm frame of mind. It makes everything in my life just smooth. And I don't have to think about it. I don't, I'm not even trying, but the initial

aspect of it is going to take, it's going to take you continue to make mistakes. It's going to take you binging on your diet, reflecting on why you binged and changing that habit. It's going to take you like failing at getting some steps and then figuring out what can I do to get more steps in and doing that over time. And then you build it into a habit where you're not even thinking about it. You know what I mean? But once all of that is put on autopilot, it's just it makes your life so much easier. It makes your mind so much clearer. It's it's amazing. Do you occasionally go to like meditate or go to just try to like relax and or even just like driving your car somewhere? Do you occasionally get hit with like weird thoughts of like almost like being overwhelmed? Does that happen to you occasionally? And if it doesn't happen to you now, did it ever used to happen to you?

I mean, overwhelmed. I wouldn't say overwhelmed where I'm just like just basted in stress and I have so many things I have to do. And you mainly wouldn't say overwhelmed just because you don't believe in using that word probably more so than anything at this stage in your life. Right. I think that's more so the reason I'm kind of the same, same way. Like if I'm being totally honest, yeah, every once in a while I feel fucking overwhelmed, but I'm not going to use that fucking word. Like I'm not going to bow down to that word.

Yeah. I think, I think you kind of hit the nail on the head there because like, there's always things that I'm just like, it'll hit me. I was like, Oh God, that has to get done. And that has to get done. And that has to get done. But at the, but yet I don't look at it as being overwhelmed. I was like, Oh God, that has to get done. And that has to get done. And that has to get done. But at the, but yet I don't look at it as being overwhelmed.

I'm just like, okay, it has to get done. Like, let's, let's go find a place and go get this. How, how do we do it?

Yeah, exactly. Like the mind goes immediately to, how can I just get this done and just get it out of my head? Um, but the, the feeling of like being, I haven't had the feeling of being overly stressed or anxious about any thing.

Um, it's my last relationship, but outside of that, but that's a great example. That made others. That's a real world example. It's literally the truth though yeah like that is literally like did that make other decisions tougher in that you know however many months that sort of thing lasted for yeah like if anything that just taught me that number one and i've known that the people that you keep closest to you can really dictate your trajectory, but that drilled it into the back of my skull that like you need to be very, very, of stress were the times that maybe I got a deep injury where I couldn't move.

And like when I was 13 and I couldn't run. And that period where I didn't have lifting was really bad. My mom knew it was really bad. When I was in college and I got the bunny net surgery, I literally couldn't run. And I was stuck in a cast and I couldn't lift for a few months either. It was not good for me. And then the next time was that, that, that last relationship. Um, and I was like, wow, this is what anxiety feels

like. I don't like it. So it's very, it's I'm like nowadays I'm so careful. Um, I'm going to continue to be so careful about the people that are closest to me that have that have that ability because that can really that can affect things that can really affect things. Relationships are really weird. Yeah, man. It's like for some reason, one or both of you is still trying to make it work. It's clear that it's not working. Yeah. But just because that's what you're used to, you can't think of anything else.

And you're like, this is I thought I was supposed to be with this person. And so that's what you're used to you can't think of anything else and you're like this is i thought i was supposed to be with this person and so that's all you think about and then it's crippling sometimes you know um was jujitsu harder um like was it hard to you know leave that and just go and focus and you have some shitty roles because of it or were you able to block the things out and that was yeah that was the thing that freed up a lot of my mind like i would like and it's it still does like i always look forward to jujitsu i always look forward to fitness because it's a place that i can just let go of energy and jujitsu jujitsu wasn't harder especially jujitsu i'm sure you don't have like your phone on you and jujitsu yeah yeah you just get to roll i don't like it when during jiu-jitsu i don't think about things outside of it just roll feel good move on with the day um but no like that

that wasn't harder that jiu-jitsu wasn't harder or anything sleep was definitely hard yeah i was gonna say what so i mean from my experience like back when i was shooting like a lot of uh videos and stuff yeah um i'd have like this big old shoot plan the next day it's like dude i gotta all right i'm gonna i gotta be in san jose by like 7 a.m so that means i gotta leave by you know blah blah i gotta go to bed now have this big old long day and my ex would be like this is the perfect opportunity to be mad and start an argument right now that's gonna last all night long so when i was out of the house yeah it didn't really affect me but like to get out of the house it's like fuck dude like all this stuff is going to roll over to the next day

yeah so that's when that shit would trickle into other things that i was doing and that shit sucked you know what i'll say i'm not gonna i don't want to the big thing that is is super important is just like habits, man. It's like if you're in a relationship with somebody and y'all like there are some really bad habits on one end, right? You can't do – if you're someone who's trying to have good habits, who's trying to move forward, who's focused on self-development, building better habits for a better life so that there's peace. If the individual you're with isn't about that, had like good habits, healthy habits, right? It's going to be very hard to coexist if you guys are living on two different ends of the spectrum. It's going to be very hard to coexist. So it's tough, especially when you really care about somebody, but like the habits just don't line up. It's going to be very hard to coexist. So it's tough, especially when you really care about somebody. But like the habits just don't line up. It's very, it's rough.

It's a rough thing. So just keep that in mind. You know what the funny thing is? I used to think that, and in the past I used to tell myself this, that, oh, it doesn't matter if the person I'm with is like super into the gym or super into fitness songs they're like a you know just a cool cool person that I like right I think I was deluding myself and it's not that someone has to be super into the gym but if an individual isn't into their health isn't it's taking care of their body and it's not just the body it's taking care of

your body has a has has a, has a direct input in terms of the way your mind works, which has direct input on your, all your actions that you take. It's like, it's like when you see somebody that's in shape, you know, that there are certain things and it's not that everybody's in shape. That is just like a great, I'm not saying that, but generally the archetype of a person that is physically fit, that kind of shows what might be going on up here too. Because they care about themselves. They care about the way their body moves, their health.

And if they care about their physical health, there's a good chance that they care about their mental health too. People say that about your desk and about your car, right? Not the price of your car, but how you keep your car. Do you have tons of cups and a bunch of shit in your car? Do you have like tons of, you know, cups and a bunch of shit in your car? And, you know, is your desk all messy and some of these things, maybe that means, I don't think it always means those things, but it could possibly mean that you're disorganized in a lot of other areas of your life. And I think if you were walking around with excess body weight on you, you know, I'm just going to call it what it is. It looks

like that when stress and when things hit you a certain way, you interpret them as negative and you are a person that I wouldn't think anything different if I saw someone drunk every day because you're in both cases, this is a person that has to hit the dopamine button all the time because they're not used to being able to control their environment with their own thoughts because at some point they'd lost their mind and that's the whole thing with training is you're you're not just training your body you're training your mind and there's so much research i mean the research on this stuff and uh we'll ask someone a lot smarter than us when we have Andrew Huberman in about all this stuff. But, you know, the production of BDNF and all these other magnificent things that get

produced in the brain from exercise are just off the charts. And like Nsema said, it doesn't necessarily make you a better person. It doesn't make you necessarily a smarter person or anything like that. But it does have an indication of how you are handling and probably managing your life. And I think more so than anything, it gives you something to kind of hang on to, you know, in moments of stress, you now have preset habits that you'll probably always want to revert back to. You know, if I was going through something really hard, I would imagine, let's say I was going through like a divorce or something, right?

I would imagine there would be a time period where I might be like, ah, fuck the gym. Yeah, fuck the diet, you know? And I might be, you know, there's kids involved. There's a lot involved, right? So that would be a challenging situation. But the challenge of that situation, that situation negatively impacting me 100% in all areas of my life, that would not happen. I know for a fact that that would not happen. I've had relatives, I've had my mom die, I had my brother

die, and right away it was like Jim, fucking die it. Pay attention to that shit because this is what you've always done. So I know that I might lose myself for a minute and I might even say fuck it man, I want to just drink

a bunch or something, but I would know better than to even get too involved with any anything like that because that would throw me off and it wouldn't be able to have any sort of reset it's gonna allow me that's it you like reacting in a way that would be way different than what my body's used to overall I know that would be a net negative for me. And so if I did any of that, which is understandable, uh, it might just be for a day or two. And then I'd be like, okay, you need to get your shit back together.

Or maybe I'd even lose my rhythm for a couple of weeks. Even sounds totally reasonable. That's very reasonable. But you know, when you said that, it reminded me of something that happened recently. It's that's very reasonable. But, you know, when you said that, it reminded me of something that happened recently. It was like it was 2019. A close family member here in Sacramento died. And I got that call on a on a thing. It was a Tuesday because I was going to jujitsu. And I just I went to jujitsu. And afterwards, I felt better. I went out. I went to go to that family's house because there was there's just a lot of people there but like that was my immediate thing like fuck just like get this energy out and just like you said like that that's something that helps helps me feel better you know what i mean like that that's why I met, we mentioned at the beginning, building these habits initially is hard, but after you do it for a while, it becomes your mode of being. It becomes the thing that you do when things are harder, you go and you get exercising because you know that you know what, how are you going to feel afterwards? You know that you absolutely will feel good after you know let's compare it to to different vices that people have some people when things get stressful when a really bad thing happens their mode is to go drink and get drink alcohol and get drunk so they don't have to think about

it but that doesn't lead to a positive for some people it's eating excessive amounts of food doesn't lead to a positive may feel good in the moment drinking might feel good in the moment but it doesn't lead to a net positive but if you can build the habit of getting some movement does not be the gym could be just getting just doing something that makes you sweat and move always leads to a positive in terms of your actual feel the actual like feeling of your body and your mind and everything it never leads to a negative yeah and it makes other positive things even better so when you guys are talking about like you like to you know kind of exhaust yourself so that way you can kind of finally relax because if you don't do

that you kind of feel like shit you're a little fidgety you're like can't rest or whatever for me if i don't have an awesome day like there's no way i'm gonna turn on my xbox like there's absolutely no fucking way like i can't like i feel like the biggest fucking loser if i don't have a very productive day and then like let's say i don't have a productive day and i waste the rest of my night playing video games that's just not gonna happen flip that around i have a very productive work day i have an amazing gym session dude that 20 minutes of playing hades is amazing great game by the way people you have to buy oh my god oh it's so good so good i barely got to like the second like realm or whatever you want to call it

hades and i'm just like oh my god god, barely scratching the surface. This game is fucking incredible. I just bought Ratchet and Clank. I heard good things. I heard good things. What I'm saying is, even if maybe you don't necessarily love that feeling of being in the gym, that thing that you do love is going to amplify that. Now, assuming that

thing you love isn't getting hammered. Yeah. But I guess that will have more of a less of a net negative because you won't be able to do it as hard at your training but yeah speaking of drinking are we going to talk about the uh sober octoberness sober october okay not sure if you guys were done but that's just just good. I wanted to mention this kind of a couple last things here. One is, so I went and got some coffee yesterday, which we won't be able to have coming up. Yeah, for October, we're going sober, even against caffeine and stuff like that.

We'll make you guys more aware of that in a second. So I went and I got some coffee. And by the way, I think I told you guys more aware of that in a second but um so i went and i got some coffee and uh by the way i got the i think i told you guys about this i got a vente passion tea with uh two splendas and it was really good yeah so it's a low carb and tastes really good um anyway i ordered that and the girl behind the counter she's like how was your day man i was like oh it was awesome i was like i i was like i i did a run in the morning i was like i lifted i was like i actually got your day, man? I was like, oh, it was awesome. I was like, I did a run in the morning. I was like, I lifted. I was like, I actually got my 20,000 steps in for the day. And I just came back from my daughter's birthday barbecue party. She's like, shit. She goes, that's a productive

day. Like even me saying that to her, she recognized. So it's like, how do I feel about it? You know, how does my, how does my body and brain feel about it? I don't feel exhausted from it or anything. I feel like accomplished, you know, whether, whether it is some sort of great achievement, the, some of the things that I did do is very debatable, right? Like it, it doesn't really matter whether, but it felt like it felt like I did a lot of stuff. It felt good.

And that's the whole point. That's the whole thing with fitness is it can help make you feel better. The interesting thing is, is that you can get so locked into it that not doing it kind of makes you feel like shit. Yeah. And kind of like it can be agitating. You just don't feel right.

You're like, fuck man. I've had. Um, you just don't feel right. You're like, fuck man. Um, I've had times where, you know, I've traveled overseas and stuff like that. And it's hard to get like back in rhythm. You know,

you, you fly for 18 hours or something like that. And then it's just, it's very difficult to figure out how to get to a gym or exercise all that much other than some walking. And so you might have like two, three, four days by the time, even just two or three days goes by. difficult to figure out how to get to a gym or exercise all that much other than some walking. And so you might have like two, three, four days. By the time even just two or three days goes by, you know, I'm starting to get, I'm like, fuck, man, I need to, I need to figure out something.

And it has to be more than just walking. You know, I got to figure out a way to like have some sort of resistance training. Otherwise I feel like I'm going nuts. Yeah. But that, you know, we're about to get this over Octoberself. But that's the cool thing. I think that, I think before I started the podcast with you guys, like if I didn't get a gym session in or jujitsu, it had to be one of those. It had to be a hard gym session. I wasn't okay. But as we've just like started doing more things,

as far as our fitness is concerned, I'm okay if I don't do juiu-jitsu if i don't lift if i just do a little uh like 10 minute 15 minute kettlebell thing right and i really just i'm able to go out that for like with just a kettlebell and i think 2020 helped me with this too i'm good no so like i'm i'm able to be okay with just even simpler forms of fitness as long as i can just get my body doing something for a little bit i'm'm okay. I think that's a good thing to realize. You don't want to get too stuck in on the hardcore workout. If you don't get that two-hour workout in, you're

fucked. Yeah, it's huge. I sometimes go in the gym and just pull the sled. Pull it forward, pull it backwards. I think a couple days ago I did it for like 12 minutes. I think I did a little bit of tricep work and bounced on out of the gym. I agree. It doesn't have to be a killer workout every single time.

All right, here we go. Sober October. So, uh, you guys know sober October made famous by podcast legend, Joe Rogan. Um, Joe Rogan is in town by the way, I think on Friday I think is when his show is. I'm a ticket to that. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah. That's a, that's super exciting. I'm a ticket to that. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah.

That's a, that's super exciting. I'm fired up to go check that out. But, uh, I think, you know, I'm not exactly sure what is all involved with Joe Rogan's version.

I think he pretty much just abstains from, uh, booze. But I also think that you guys were telling me before the show that maybe last time they did it, he, he stayed away from, uh, marijuana.

We're going to, for ourselves, we don't really drink a ton. So not drinking is going to be fairly easy. And Seema and I really like Kratom. I know Andrew likes it a little less than Seema and I do. So we're going to ditch Kratom i know andrew likes it uh a little less than in cement i do so we're gonna ditch kratom as well and we're gonna ditch caffeine completely so are there any stipulations uh loopholes asterisks okay on the caffeine okay so caffeine's hard to get away out of your diet Caffeine. Okay.

So. Caffeine's hard to get away out of your diet. Hear me out, Mark. Hear me out. Right? Andrew Hoobman says that there's L-theanine in green tea. So how about just a wee bit of green tea in the morning to give me that little pep in my step? I ain't going to be doing no kratom.

Right? There's no. There's a little bit of caffeine. I think the rule needs to be like, it would have to at least say decaffeinated on it. So you'll have to bring it in and you'll have to get approved by Andrew and I, by the committee. The committee, yes. Need two votes. Okay. Okay.

Okay. You know what? That's fine. Decaffeinated green tea. Because it will still have, there will still be some trace amounts of caffeine. Yeah. And the L-theanine will be inside of it. So that'll help.

Yeah. Okay. So then. Whew. I seem to get nervous. I am. amount yeah and the l-theanine will be inside of it so that'll that'll help yeah okay so then seem to get nervous because coke zero has caffeine so what the fuck are we without all these drugs oh we're shit we're nothing coke zero doesn't have caffeine but i think there's many that don't have caffeine but like that would be the equivalent of me drinking Coke zero. Like, Oh, it's not a direct source of caffeine. So it's okay. But Andrew's like, if I have to give it to my Coke zero,

you can't have green tea. Shut up. It would be too easy. We would just be substituting one drug for the other. You're right. How about, what do you guys think of? Oh,

fuck. No soda, no tea and no coffee. you know what? So I, okay. He's no tea, and no coffee. No, you know what? He's merciless like, no pleasure. Let's have no pleasure for the month. How about we just no food, no oxygen, huh? That sounds like fun.

You guys want a challenge? Let's just stop breathing. Oxygen deprivation. Good point. Imagine how strong you'll be at the end of the month if you just stop breathing. I know that you're already yeah I'll beat that yeah you realize that oh man yeah that that's easy that's easy yeah I I could I could I don't want to do without any any I could do without soda sodas because i love my diet ginger ale but i could fall back on just the um sparkling water but you know you know i mean i enjoy a a root beer for this month

is about this about this month is about no enjoyment no enjoyment what the fuck is anybody gonna join us hello hello hello yeah You also mentioned no marriage wanna, so. Yeah. I'm going to kick that out. Got to smoke the rest of my crack. No psychedelics. For the... So, and I definitely, this is going to, i'm shooting myself in the foot for sure but um with rogan and those guys they also have some some form of a challenge they did like uh it was like i forgot how many things of yoga for the whole month and then that sort of thing but i i don't know if

we wanted to do anything like that i think that'd be considering we're already active but you know like i said because the alcohol thing would be really easy for us every day would be cool okay lifting every day is pretty good i think uh i think we can commit to that i can that's that yeah you can do some from yeah lifting every day some kind of lifting every day can definitely do that oh yeah 30 days so whatever what is this how many how many days is october 30 31 it's about a month. 31. Every day we're going to lift. Okay. Every day we lift.

No alcohol. No caffeine. Got to last right through that Halloween party. No diet sodas. Okay. For the listeners, though, let's let them have their diet soda. Just because some people, that's their thing. That helps them not drink soda. You're too len, that's their thing. You're too lenient, bro.

That helps them not drink soda. You're too lenient. Are we too? Is that too lenient? For the listeners? You know what? If y'all want to join us on the no soda thing, join us on the no soda thing. Yeah, there you go.

Actually, you know what? Yeah, join us on the no soda thing. What about BCAAs or EAs? What? That's good for you. Yeah, but I mean, you know. So anything that just tastes sweet? Anything fun, yeah. That's good for you. Yeah, but I mean, you know. So anything that just tastes sweet? Anything fun, yeah.

That's good for people. Artificial sweeteners are okay? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know where to draw the line. Yeah, I just want to make sure I don't like I'm eating something and then you guys are like, oh, fuck. I think some aminos are good, but let's just encourage people

to drink just regular water a little bit more than electrolytes yeah yeah you get it yeah of course right in there supplement okay you can definitely make something really cool out of electrolytes like think about like the element citrus salt and maybe some type of there's something at the store that you can put in there that's just like, ooh, this is a party. You know what I mean? So yeah, it's going to be interesting. October. And Seema's going to come in on the second day with a coffee.

I broke a coffee and a joint like, fuck you. Oh my gosh. All right. We'll give you guys more details on that coming up. I think food-wise, I mean, we can just encourage people to kind of stick to some of the principles that we share. We can write it out for people, too, so they can follow along in whatever way they can.

Yeah. GearZNet says maybe one gallon of water a day i don't think that's kind of a lot but especially when you drink a when you when you get more electrolytes in you'll notice that you don't necessarily need you don't even feel the need to hydrate with a gallon depending on your size of course but i mean when i think about it even a lot of guys are like 190, 180. What we could do is we could do the two glasses of water before you eat. Yes. That could be added in.

That definitely works, too. I knew it, but, like, I just needed somebody to just be. It would be nice to have that cue. I keep forgetting about it, but I have done it at least once so far. But it would be good to, like like have a reminder to give it a go and see what what the hell happens with it yeah yeah a gallon is probably i think maybe too much i don't think i drink that much i just would pee non-stop i already pee quite a bit but with element it helps because i don't have to drink as much and then whatever it actually uses the water

yeah it's so interesting man when we look back at the the things we used to do the habits we used to have like i really did carry a gallon jug of water around with me around like high school and when i was in college like i carried a gallon jug of water with me i look back i'm like i really did that whoa i remember so when the last office job that i had um they had a like a you know filtered water system thing or whatever and i would take empty gallons and fill up all my gallons at work when everyone left because i worked a later shift yeah and so i'd fill up all my gallons and that was what we had in our apartment but yeah so i was technically walking around with a gallon but i had multiple gallons good Good water.

It was cheap. It was free. Want to take us on out of here, Andrew? Sure thing. All right. Hopefully you guys are going to join us on Sober October. And like Mark said, more details and information as we get closer. We were just talking about drinking a gallon of water.

You don't have to do that, especially when you have Element electrolytes. For more information on them, please check out the links down in the description, as well as the podcast show notes. Follow the podcast at Mark Bell's power project on Instagram at MB power project on Tik TOK and Twitter. My Instagram and Twitter is at, I am Andrew Z Jean-Claude van daddy. Where are you at?

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