Mark Bell's Power Project - MBPP EP. 655 - This 78 Old Power Lifter is STronger Than You! @NoraLiftsHeavy

Episode Date: January 7, 2022

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Hey, have you guys seen this powerlifting woman? She's, I think she's 78 years old. And I want to say she's squatted like 400 pounds or something like that. Yeah. Yeah, she is. She's crazy, man. It's fucking amazing what she's doing. Inspiring.

Yeah. 78 years old. I mean, like, when did she, like, you know, at that age, it's like, it would make sense to be pretty strong and be proficient at it if you started when you were young. That's what most people think. Yeah, and then you held on to that strength for a period of time. But that's not the case with this woman. I believe she started, like, in her 60s. In this story that we're going to play a little bit of this clip that we saw on YouTube, this was sent over to me by my boy, William Shutefelt.

Appreciate that, saw on YouTube. This was sent over to me by my boy, William Shufelt. Appreciate that, sending that over. And I found it motivating and inspiring, and maybe some other people will too, but man, starting something in your 60s takes a lot of guts. Yeah, no, starting anything a little bit later in age takes a lot of guts because most people, you know, when you're a kid, you just do stuff. You do stuff your parents put you in front of. They put you in front of sports. They put you in front of instruments. You do those, and you don't think because you're being told to do it. But when you become an adult and you become aware of how behind you are versus other people,

you start comparing yourself to how everyone who's older and good at it is doing, and you're like, well, it's scary to start this as a beginner. So most people don't. Kids are interesting. I mean, if we can keep that mentality our entire life, that would be really good. Like if you are around kids that are fairly young, they will like run and sprint. And if you were just walking down the street with them, they'll jump up on a curb and jump off the curb. And then they'll like when they get out of the car, I mean, you even got to be cautious.

I remember with my kids, um, as soon as we would stop somewhere, you know, I'd have to like watch them and have them be like careful. Cause I didn't know which direction they were going to like run in. They'd literally just start running down the street and that, which is fine, but I don't want them to run into the street, you know? So if you can keep those, that mentality of being someone that think about what a kid is trying to do, they're just, uh, they're just doing stuff. They're just trying to express themselves. They're trying to gamify everything, turn everything into a little bit of a game, but to, to go into something like powerlifting in your 60s is pretty wild. I mean, how many times we heard Robert Oberst,

he went on the biggest podcast in the world. He went on Joe Rogan talking about the dangers of a deadlift and how he just like, he doesn't even, I don't think he does it anymore. And he just talked about how dangerous it can be. And we've all been injured by deadlifting before. We know how dangerous it could be. So to watch this woman in her 60s go in and power lift with bench squat and deadlift. Conventional deadlift.

Yeah, single rep maxes. She ain't trying to cheat with that sumo. Let's play a little video so people get a better idea of Nora Langton, I believe her name is. Let's go here. Bam. What's Nora's IG to say, Nesima? Langston I believe her name is let's go bam what's Nora's IG Nora lifts heavy if you're listening to this podcast I need you to go on Instagram

and give Nora a follow cause she is amazing and she's only got like under 500 followers at the moment so let's boost that shit we'll link that in the description podcast show notes all that good stuff I think it's also sick that she's lifting in some powerlifting equipment.

She's got like a bench shirt on and stuff in some of the clips. Man, my mom is going to be so pumped when she watches this video because it's like, oh, this is sick. You know, for me, I love lifting and I've loved it from the time I was a kid, but I,

I can't, there she is with her protein shake. She's got everything going. She's got her pre-workout going. She's on her way to the gym, the whole thing. But, you know,

for, for myself, I just can't understand what it's going to be like to be 78 years old. Uh, I know at 45, I know that some things have changed a bit. Like I definitely don't feel like I lost a step or anything like that. I actually feel just over the last couple of days, I've been feeling a lot more explosive and stronger in some different ways. I don't have that single rep strength, you know, in a squat bench or

deadlift or whatever, but I feel like I've gotten stronger and more resilient in so many different things. And I think it's because I've took on some new stuff just by, you know, going out and running. I'm not a, I was never a runner before, but now I'm turning myself into a runner where I think I'm going to be very proficient at running within the next, very proficient at running within the next, probably like the next six months, I'll be fairly proficient at running the point where I can just go out and haul ass and go do a five mile run and have it have little to no impact. I did a three mile run the other day and I thought, I was like,

I'm going to be, I'm being sliced up from this thing a little bit. And I wasn't, I felt totally fine. Yeah. You know, one thing is when people talk about kids learning, everyone, and I used to say this too, and I caught myself being like, no, no, no, no, no. Allow yourself to also be like that. Because, you know, apparently your brain stops developing around 25 as a guy and people don't think that. People are more apprehensive to trying to learn new things, but they always say kids are like sponges like sponges. Kids take everything in. They learn things super fast.

And I honestly believe that as an adult, you can do that too. You just, I'm sorry, this is belief shit that I keep saying all the time. But you really need, as an adult, you need to believe that you can do that.

You need to believe that you can learn new things because a lot of adults get stuck in the comparison trap. You're too aware. You're too fucking smart that now when you want to start powerlifting at 60 something, lot of adults get stuck in the comparison trap you're too aware you're too fucking smart that now when you want to start power lifting at 60 something you see the all the individuals who are you know super strong and super in shape you're like i can't really do that where she started in

her 60s and now she's breaking records in her 70s and 80s you know something that people might not understand is that crossfit bodybuilding power, you are brought into like a culture which also has a community. This woman sounds like she has a lot of faith. She mentions God and stuff like that a bunch of times. So she probably is someone that goes to church. But being involved in powerlifting is kind of like going to church because you'll have other people've got other people that are like-minded that have very similar belief systems to you. There's not anyone in powerlifting that believes that you have like a limit. Like if you went in and said, I mean, they might think you're a little wacky if you're like, I want to deadlift 800 pounds and you only

deadlift 300. But there's not going to be, when you're in a powerlifting gym and you tell somebody, yeah, my goal is to deadlift 500 by sometime next year, and you only currently deadlift 300, they're going to be like, that's going to take some work, but let's get to it. Like, here's how we do it. and seeing where my dad's at and seeing where some of my relatives are at, it seems like that sense of community becomes more and more and more important, especially for someone like my dad or especially for someone like my mother-in-law. Both her husbands died. She's widowed twice, and my mom died about a year and a half ago.

And how great is it to have community? How great is it to be part of something? And so this woman's not going to the gym and she's not just in there by herself. It looks like A, she has a coach, but B, how pumped is everybody every time they see her coming into the gym? Everybody probably at the gym knows her. She probably has friends

that she's kind of joking around with, messing around with. And it's a shared sense of purpose, which I think can be really valuable to us just as human beings in general. Yeah. That's why powerlifting, CrossFit, Jiu-Jitsu, and bodybuilding to an extent, like choosing your gym, I don't want to make, you know, a lot of people are trying to build new things this year, including new workout habits. And I don't want to make it a difficult thing to pick the gym you go to. But if you have the opportunity to pick a gym that people are kind of close-knit,

I know it's always a little bit scary for some to get to know new people and to be the new person in the gym, to be the new person in the setting. But if you can find a place where you can have a little bit of community, that community itself will be something that pushes you to want to continue to go. I feel super pumped when I can go to jujitsu and see the people I roll with because I've known them for years now. Like we're all homies. And if I go missing for a little bit, I'm going to get a text, where the fuck you at? How come you've been missing practice? What's going on? Yeah, you got people that are going to help

keep you in check. And if you do go to the gym alone, that's fine if you're able to stick with it. But these are just little things that can make it more difficult for you to quit on yourself because now you got some people that are standing behind you and trying to make sure that you succeed.

How many people are going to watch this video and say, I didn't know I could do that. I didn't even know that was like an option for me. Right? 78, bro. God. And I want to say she was like squatting like around 400.

And I think she was deadlifting maybe like 300 or so. I think it was a little bit higher than three something because someone said like, oh, I was deadlifting 315 and she came in and picked it up. It was a feather, yeah. So she out here murking cats. Yeah, kind of demoralizing for maybe some of the guys in the gym

that are trying to keep up with her. Yeah, man. But this is the thing. It goes in line with the things that we continue to talk about, like lifelong learning, being a sponge, white belt mentality, just going, being okay with being new and sucking at something. You know, like when I compete in jujitsu sometimes, I compete against some guys, some guys who are purple belts, but they've been doing it since they were like six, right?

And I have certain goals in jujitsu, but I've only been doing it for six years, right? And I have certain goals in jujitsu, but I've only been doing it for six years, right? So it's easy for people to be like, ah, you know, I haven't been doing it for as long, blah, blah, blah. But just go in, learn. And there's an aspect of it where people are like, some people will say, okay, you know, I want to be a person that like I'm healthy or like I want to be a person that has healthier habits, or I want to be an athlete, blah, blah, blah. Just change your identity into the type of person that you want to be. If you want to start lifting weights and you want to do bodybuilding, tell yourself you're a bodybuilder and do things that a bodybuilder would do.

If you want to tell yourself you want to do powerlifting, instead of I'm going to try to be a powerlifter, become a powerlifter. I'm a powerlifter. This is what a powerlifter does. This is what a powerlifter does. This is how a powerlifter trains. Change your identity into that person no matter how late you are in the game. We had a 12-year-old kid in here and a 13-year-old kid in here. The 13-year-old has been coming in every weekend with his dad, and he ended up doing some really good deadlifts, really clean to like good form.

Like he's been practicing, you know? And I want to say that he did like 185. Then we were just taking it easy with him. He did 195. These are all like single rep maxes, you know? And they're not like max maxes. The kid was lifting him well with pretty good form and stuff like that.

But his buddy who is a year younger, who simply just doesn't know any better like he hasn't learned lifting much I think I think I think that day was the first day he ever lifted a little bit bigger of a kid but just because he saw his buddy do it he was like I can I'm younger but I can probably do the same walked Walked right up to the bar, pulled the same weight. And then they kept going up and up and up and it was sick. And they got to, they got to 225 pounds. I believe the older kid did lift a little bit more than the younger guy, but it was really impressive to watch. And neither one of them had like a real fear or concern. They were actually just focused in on listening to a little bit of coaching that they were

getting from their dad and from myself and from Andrei Milanochev, which is pretty interesting to watch. Andrei, one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, helping some of the kids in here. But there was another kid in there that he does a lot of wakeboarding and I think he plays water polo. Oh, shit. Okay. This kid's 17, and he's shredded.

So what do these young kids know, these kids that are 11 and 12? They know that their 17-year-old buddy, I think he's a family friend, is just completely ripped. I mean, this kid's ripped. He looks great. But that kid's pulling 315 for reps. You know what I mean, this kid's ripped. Like he looks great. But that kid's pulling 315 for reps. You know what I mean? And dad's over there with 405 pounds or 425 pounds doing sets of like six.

And so like that's what these kids know. These kids know that if you go in there and you work for it, you can get it. And there's no reason, even on day one, there's no reason to put limitations on yourself. Amen. It's going to that theme of things that we've been talking about. Too many people are out here seeing stuff like this and telling themselves, I can't do it. Like telling themselves, oh, that's not possible. Continue to just put limits on what they can do.

And when you're someone who just, like those kids are super lucky. I'm happy that those kids are in here training because they're coming here and they're seeing beasts. I can't imagine what they're going to look like in six or eight years. They're going to be fucking wild. But that's another thing. You see young cats these days, 16, 17-year-olds, squatting 500 pounds. Have you seen that stuff on Instagram? I think I saw some Midwest kid that just graduated high school squad like 780 something

this was a while ago we saw that but man some okie ass white boy is what you're trying to say thank you but yeah man like that's that type of shit is farm strength farm strength that shit's real but this pumps me up a lot and this this people with everyone, we have new year's resolutions. We're trying to get in some really, really good shape this year. Some of us, the best shape of our lives that we've ever been in this shit should motivate the hell out of you and be excited to be new at something. If you're a new listener to the show, cause we've been getting a lot of new listeners. It's cool to be new at something. It's cool for something to be fresh. I mean, really think about this as an adult. If you think to what is the, what is the last thing that I picked up in my adult years?

That's actually been new that I've been a total new bat, right? As adults, we, we lose that because you do that as a kid, right? But as adults, you're like, you get set in your ways, you get set in your habits, you get set in your job. Whatever level of fitness you're at, you get set, and you don't do new shit. You're picking up running. That's a new thing, and you're getting very good at it, right? Jiu-jitsu was new for me a while back. It's helping me to feel amazing. I'm not really talking about the way I feel day to day, like energy and stuff,

because I have been pretty good with that for a pretty long time. But I just mean I feel really accomplished. I feel like really good about like, Hey dude, like good job. Like that's because you don't really feel that when you've been doing something like I've been lifting for so long, I don't really get that same feel unless I find something new to do. Like I've been messing around with some farmer's carries and stuff like that now. And so there's some stuff that I can, I can do and do and i can recognize like oh there's some real marked improvements there the stuff from goda yeah the stuff from goda yeah trying to do some of that stuff trying to do some of the knees over toes stuff i can see and i can say hey this is like

this is better than i've been doing previously right but when it comes to... This is a little smaller. I'm like... You're like, I'm like, my hands got this. I know. I was like, what the fuck? Like,

am I Shaq right now? Like, what the fuck? Those are very small. Isn't that weird? I know. We're drinking these fancy Fiji waters.

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It's so comfortable. Oh, let me just let you guys out. Andrew, how can people get it? Yes, guys. You guys got to head over to Viori.com slash Power Project. V-U-O-R-I dot com slash Power Project. Links to them down in the description below. Let's get back to the podcast.

But yeah, when you try something new i mean one of the side one of the like side effects of trying something new is that you're gonna suck at it yes you're not gonna be very good at it and be okay with that but you you can feel pretty good about it over the course of some days and some weeks because you're going to improve upon it i think i think i've heard you mention this many times and i don't think people understand at jujitsu like there's so many different kinds of people in there there's yourself and there's a couple other guys that are way into it that are like lifting that have their diet intact that have their sleep intact yeah your your life is kind of molded around it. So you can be the best you can possibly

be at it for multiple reasons. You're trying, you're trying to master something that can't be mastered, you know? And then there's, there's some like it's like a, it's like a game in some way, trying to get as good at it as possible. And it's, it becomes, it becomes something that becomes really fun, but there's also a couple guys in there that maybe they've been showing up for a couple of weeks and they kind of enjoy it. And then they fall off a little bit and they come back and they go back and forth. And they just want to be able to like, they just want to feel a little better about themselves in case there's ever any conflict. They want to learn jujitsu a little bit better because they found out they just kind of enjoy it.

Some are there just for the exercise of it. The same thing is true in a powerlifting gym or any gym that you step foot into. I think that people think they're going to walk into the gym and people are going to be all in amazing shape and they're all just waiting. Everyone's staring at you with their arms folded, waiting for you to like mess up with your dumbbell curls or whatever movement

that you're trying to do. And everyone's just totally waiting to start dying, laughing at whatever it is that you're doing. And it's not that way at all. Um, in fact, it would be really, really rare, really rare, unless you did something really crazy and wild for anyone to say anything to you that was negative. In fact, I would say like, if you were doing, let's say you were doing like kettlebell swings and let's say you're just trying them because you never did them before. You're someone that's overweight and never been in the gym. You don't know what the hell you're doing, but you heard about kettlebell swings and you start messing around with it. Well, if you're doing it with weird form and you're moving your neck around

kind of oddly, and your back is kind of jerking around either a trainer or somebody might come up to you and say, Hey man, like most people won't say anything to you, but somebody might come up and say, Hey, you mind if I show you, like, you know, I I've kind of learned over the years how to do a kettlebell swing. You mind if I take a moment to show you a couple of things that I've found to be helpful for me, maybe you'll dig it. Sometimes people say, no, I've had people tell me that before because they don't want to be kind of told what to do. Um, but I always kind of feel like it's my job a little bit to sometimes say, Hey, I've been doing this for a long time. I can show you if you're interested.

So people aren't going to hammer you like that the way that you think. And there's many different types of people in the gym or the jujitsu studio or the yoga place that you're going to try to go to. It's not anything like you think it is. One thing I will say, too, to the situation that you just talked about, be okay with being a sponge and listening to what somebody has to say. I totally understand that there are some times where, you know, there's always that guy or a few people who, like, always want to come and say, so this is what you're doing wrong. Sometimes there is always that guy. And it hits you the wrong way. It hits you the wrong way.

And I understand that. But you know what? Just be open to just hearing it because you never know. What you might hear from that individual might be something that ends up really pushing you

in the right direction, saves you from injury, allows you to see something that you didn't see before. That's why when it came to Jiu-Jitsu, and I still do this now, whenever I do roll with people, people that have good technique,

or when I was, especially when I was a white belt or blue belt, after every single roll, I'd ask, do you notice anything there? Did you notice anything I could do there? Even nowadays, if I roll with somebody and they're a lower belt rank than me, there's this blue belt I rolled with recently, but he has been wrestling since he was a five-year-old. Damn strong, right? He was good.

He's been wrestling for over two decades he got me in a knee bar he fucking actually got me in a knee bar i was like what i made sure to tap him right after that because i'm not letting you get away with that shit but after that role i'm like bro what did you see from the grappling like what what what what aspects are you looking for and he's a blue belt but as a grappler he's a he's a better wrestler so i was like dude what do you see i didn't care that I was higher ranked than he is, but he can see things that I can't. So always be open to hearing shit from people,

even when it can be somewhat frustrating. And there's definitely like a hump to get over. You know, for this woman, like she's doing these lifts and it's cool. And like for myself, like I'm able to run better. But there's definitely been some days where I'm out there and I'm in the middle for myself like i'm able to run better but there's definitely been some days where i'm out there and i'm in the middle of running and i'm like oh man like what are you what just honestly like what are you doing like you got so far to go like what's the fucking

point like no one and you you also recognize like that no one really cares that much about it but then when you kind of dig in deep and you recognize like, no, no, I care about it and that's all that actually matters. Well, then I'm going to keep leaning into this. This is something I'm super interested in and I'm going to go for it. Andrew, what do you see from that video? Well, I mean, I'm definitely inspired. That's for damn sure. But what I wanted to ask you, Mark, because I know you're, you, you have given the advice of like, if somebody is interested in powerlifting, like just go to a powerlifting event. You know, there you'll be surrounded by powerlifters and you'll get an idea of what it's like. And I mean, you'll be fired up regardless.

So I highly recommend that as well. But if somebody is interested in whether it be jujitsu or bodybuilding, whatever it may be, should the approach kind of be the lone wolf at the start? Like kind of just sneak in somewhere, watch? Or should it be like maybe I'll, I don't know, either hire a coach or like, oh, in SEMA goes, maybe I'll just buddy up with him. What do you think is the proper approach? Yeah, I think each person can have their own individual journey a little bit. But there are things that are just a little more difficult to try to figure out completely on your own.

Like with something like jujitsu, I mean, I guess you could like pick somebody to like mess around with or something to wrestle with, but, and maybe watch YouTube videos. I mean, things can be that simple, but I think, and same with like yoga, you can like just follow along. And some people might kind of enjoy that at first because then they're not like in an environment where there's a lot of other people around. For me with running, it was kind of nice to be able to do it by myself and to have, I still actually haven't really ran with anybody because I think that that will like kind of throw my pace off. And like, I'm just, I'm literally trying to go at my own pace.

And the people that I know that run, they've been running for a pretty long time. So I'm like, I don't mind the challenge of that. And I think that would actually be great. Uh, but I don't want to be going at somebody else's pace because I'm just, I don't feel that I'm ready for that kind of thing yet. Um, When it comes to certain things like power lifting and stuff like that, it is really helpful to have someone show you how to do it, especially in the beginning. So that way it's like, okay, well now you kind of

know how to do it and you can go off on your own if you wanted to later. The one thing I found interesting about this woman in particular is she said she was a real estate agent for 35 years. And she said she was showing somebody a house and she went up the stairs and she got very winded. And I think it's really cool that she ended up like gravitating towards powerlifting. I'm not really sure. She didn't really explain in the video why she grabbed it. Maybe that was kind of the first thing she saw, or maybe that's what her trainer. So in her case, she went to a gym and hired a trainer, it sounded like. And that's a nice way to lock yourself in. That's what my mother-in-law has done recently. And that way you have a schedule. All right, you're there every Tuesday, Thursday. It's like, you're going to work out

twice a week. You're paying a trainer. And it is a nice way to kind of lock yourself in and to get you over the hump of developing the habits in the first place. But the interesting thing about powerlifting is there's not a lot of other components to powerlifting other than just going to the gym and lifting weights. There's not a cardiovascular, like typically, right? Typically, there's not like no one's asking you to, ride a bike for 20 minutes three times a week. No one's asking you to get your heart rate up to some particular level. No one's really asking you for hardly any extracurricular activity outside of the gym, except for maybe somebody mentions, hey, like, make sure you're eating enough.

You know, that might be what they say. But for this woman, she's not, like,. Um, maybe she's always been, uh, built that way. Maybe she's always been built a little bit heavier, but like gravitating towards powerlifting sound like the perfect thing for this person in particular. Um, and the reason why I gravitated towards it when I was young, I was heavy and I was like, you know, I think I told you guys before the first powerlifting meet I ever went to, we went on a drive to White Plains, New York, which was like an hour and a half from my house. And, uh, our buddy, Rob Constance, who was all been in powerlifting for a while, he whips out of his gym bag, two giant things of sticky buns. And he's like, he's like, this sport's great.

He's like, it's all about eating. I mean, this guy's jacked. He's like, it's all about, you got to eat up. And here I was eating chicken breast and stuff, and I was trying to be all careful with it. But find something that you think is going to interest you. I mean, you don't necessarily eat a ton of junk to be a great powerlifter or anything like that,, you don't necessarily eat a ton of junk to be a great power if there are

anything like that, but you don't really have to watch your diet. You're not really watching your figure. It's all about the performance in the gym. The other aspect that I really loved about the video, which you did bring up how she was doing, she was a realtor, right?

So she was doing all that stuff for so long. Had no, paid no attention to her fitness. So the last time that she actually probably you know you've talked about this and i won't say the words out of your mouth but the last time she has like done any kind of physical physical activity was probably decades prior but then here she is at 60 like yep i'm gonna do it and so it's like yeah dude it's just re-confirmation re-affirmation confirmation that like anybody at any stage can pick this up, pick up anything and get going again.

Because she went from not just zero, but like negatives, right? Because she hadn't been moving. She wasn't in the best shape. And then she turned around and now she's like holding world records. Yeah, you and I were talking about how we might do a whole show on basically just talking about something that I've realized more recently. There are some people that have not gotten their heart rate above like 100 for years and years and years and maybe even decades. And I think that that's a pretty, I think that's a very simple ask.

You know, sometimes some of the stuff that we propose on this show might be a little too much for people. Carnivore month um you know trying to go lower carb like it might take people a while to adjust to some of the stuff that we're talking about but you know getting your heart rate up over a hundred a couple times a week and then getting used to that and trying to hold that for five minutes ten minutes like i think that's really reasonable ask like i think that's almost like a requirement of like being a human being in my opinion one thing that i want to mention too going back to

the community thing i was uh i was at this asha urban bath spot last week i was in the sauna and this dude came in there and he started talking about fitness and stuff. And he was like, yeah, I've been sober for 90 days now. I'm like, whoa, sober? What do you mean sober? He's like, yeah, I mean, I was drinking a lot. I was doing a lot of blow. I was like, whoa, dude, like what do you mean? And this guy, I wish I remember his name.

I think he maybe sent me a DM or something. But he is a super successful real estate agent. Makes a lot of fucking money. Owns a lot of properties in here, Puerto Rico, et cetera. I'm just like, bro, you're doing so well on this side of things. So what made it difficult for you to, I guess, get your habits and your health in check? He's like, man, the people I was around, I was just partying too much. Everyone I knew was always just like, especially when COVID came around,

they were coping with partying and drinking and blow. And I just got caught up with that. But I just realized that I couldn't keep doing that if I actually wanted to be healthy. So I had to drop all of them. And I had to, I joined a hot yoga studio. I started doing some running. I joined a gym. I stopped the drinking and he's been like literally sober for 90 days. But one of the big aspects of that is like I now have people that are bringing me back to it in terms of the healthy habits. He's built new relationships with healthy people who now he's like these are the people that I'm around. So this is the person that I am. God, that makes such a big difference.

God, that makes such a big difference. You know, like if you go out to eat with people and the first person is like, I'm going to get the lasagna with the, kind of has an influence on you, you know? Second person, they order pizza, you know what I mean? Like it starts to. And bring an extra roll of bread for everybody.

Right, right. And then even the place that you end up at in the first place is going to be determined by who you're hanging with. You know, some people might go, they might want to choose a restaurant that barely has anything that you can choose that would be healthy on it. And it makes the whole entire situation harder. So, you know, certain things can be hard enough as it is. So why not work on trying to make things a little easier by having your environment, which starts with yourself, but have your environment, uh, be a little bit more friendly towards your goals. Like you don't have to like, you don't have to just completely nix people out of your life completely, but for certain things, maybe you do like when it comes to like hanging out, like maybe you can still see this person for coffee or communicate with them here and there, but maybe hanging out with them on a Friday night is not a good idea.

Maybe not. Andrew, want to take us out of here? Sure thing. Thank you, everybody, for checking out today's episode. And please make sure you guys go follow Nora. We're going to link her social media and all that stuff and then as well as the short documentary that we were watching on air everything will be linked down in the description below and please like and subscribe to this youtube channel and comment anything you guys want down below and follow the

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How? How is she so strong? It's the power of Jesus. I mean, I've been to TV. Hey, praise God, man. I ain't dialing it. Did she say if she was a mom? I don't remember.

I didn't hear anything about kids. I want to say they said over 400 pounds, and now I'm thinking that's been a goal of mine. I remember I've been saying that. I just want to be able to squat and deadlift four plates until I'm 80. You better bump that goal up. Yeah, now I got to bump it up. Nora's kicking my ass.

Shit, man. Hopefully everybody found that to be a good kick in the pants. Strength is never weakness. Weakness is never strength. I'm at Mark Smelly Bell. Catch you guys later. Bye.