Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth - 1138: How to Overcome Quad Dominance & Build Your Butt, Who Benefits Most From Eating Carbs, the Dangers of Establishing Deeper Relationships with Clients & MORE

Episode Date: October 11, 2019

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about if quad dominance is a real thing and if so, how to overcome it, when carbs are helpful even though they are not essential, their favorite Mind Pump Live event, and how close of a relationship you can develop with a client before you cross the line. Adam’s lack of sleep, and challenges he has been facing and what he has been doing to combat that. (4:55) Mind Pump Recommends ‘The Joker’. (10:55) How there are companies in business that provide unique services. (16:00) Are testosterone levels seasonal? (18:12) The Mind Pump staff all have their own sense of humor. (23:15) Has people's perception changed since being able to watch the guys podcast on YouTube? (25:51) Are there heavy metals in my protein powder? (27:52) Justin’s most brilliant idea EVER! (30:48) #Quah question #1 – So many women are saying they are quad dominant. Is this a real thing or are women just wanting to improve their glutes? (35:24) #Quah question #2 – You mentioned how carbs aren’t essential, but where do you find them to be helpful? (48:05) #Quah question #3 - What has been each of your favorite live events so far? Are there more in the future and where do you see them going? (54:25) #Quah question #4 – What is the line concerning your relationship with your clients? How close do you think you can get to them before it gets crossed? (1:05:08) People Mentioned Bret "Glute Guy" Contreras PhD (@bretcontreras1)  Instagram Mikhaila Peterson (@mikhailapeterson) Instagram   Related Links/Products Mentioned October Promotion: MAPS Anabolic ½ off!! **Code “RED50” at checkout** You Can Hire A Scary Clown To Deliver Donuts To Your Friends This Halloween Seasonal variation of testosterone and waist to hip ratio in men: the Tromsø study. How to Increase Your Testosterone Naturally – Mind Pump Free Guide Visit Everly Well for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout** Mind Pump Podcast - YouTube Arsenic, Lead Found in Popular Protein Supplements Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout** Are There Heavy Metals In My Protein Powder? How to Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt (BECAUSE SIT HAPPENS!) | MIND PUMP Mind Pump 725: Mikhaila Peterson’s Personal Account of Treating Debilitating Disease Through Diet Mind Pump Free Resources

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He's not getting good sleep. Then I talked about the movie Joker. I watched that last night and it seriously messed with me a little bit. A creep me out. Phenomenal movie. Really good though. Walking Phoenix, the best Joker of all time.

I'm gonna say that right now. I talked about a company speaking of clowns that you can have donuts delivered to your friends by a terrifying clown. Yeah. So, you're welcome. Yeah, that's pretty funny. I talked about seasonal testosterone variation.

This is kind of interesting. I talked about some studies that showed that men's testosterone levels pretty consistently will vary depending on the season, which is kind of cool. And then I talked about the testosterone guide that I wrote. This is a guide that talks about how to naturally raise your testosterone from the best ways

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It's brilliant. That's right. And then we get in the fitness portion of this episode. So the first question, this person is saying that, you know, a lot of women say that they're quad dominant. In other words, their quadricep muscles are doing most of the work when they're doing exercises like squats. Is this a real thing?

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Chance to eat yeah you didn't get good sleep again last night. Yeah, it's a nice and a row. Oh, why? I brought the you know, all good things. I mean what's happening right now is You know, Max has got his routine now, which is awesome. We you know, we we bathe them at about 730 Max has got his routine now, which is awesome. We bathe them at about 7.30. She feeds them his last time at 8.8.15. He's down in bed between 8.30 and 9. And he's down for the night, which is now opening up 9 to midnight, for Katrina and I,

to be able to talk with each other. So one of the things that we have been talking about a lot lately is just a lot of things going on with the business, which excites me. I love it. Right. So, here's the, that's the drawback. So, we've got this newfound time, nine to midnight, that we haven't had before, and we're spinning it together.

And, you know, what I love about Katrina, she allows this, or she enjoys this conversation with me as much as I do. She's a serial entrepreneur at hard and she loves watching and being a part of the business building. And I love that too. And so you know, sometimes that becomes the dialogue at 10, 11 o'clock at night. And it's like just what we need to do and what's going well, we need to work on and just and what that what that does is, and I'm pretty good, like last night I walked away because at the night before I didn't get good sleep, and so I looked at her, I'm like, it's 11 right now, I gotta go to bed, you know, and she's like,

all right, so I kiss her tonight, and she stays up and finishing up work stuff, and then I go upstairs, but then I lay in bed, and then the fucking ideas are like flowing through the head, and I'm just, and then I have this, I get in this area where I'm like Should I get up and just start taking notes of my iPhone right now or should I just try and like Meditate and get it get my out of it and like I struggle with this because

Some of my best ideas or some of the best things come out for me at these weird times And I'll be laying there in bed and I'll be like'll be like, I've got my blue blockers up there, I've got my phone up there, and I'm going like, so I could put them on real quick, and I can take some notes, get this all out of my head, or I can try and just say, forget about it, and I'll wait till morning. Now does it help if you would do that,

and write it down, does it help you go to sleep? So that's what I'm struggling with. I don't know the answer to that. I really don't, because what happens if I don't, I lay in bed and as much as I try and become present and to count sheep or box-breathe, then do all these things to, it's really tough for me to not get rid of that idea

or that thought that I have. And so then I typically will give in and I'll give up and I'll get it out on paper. Otherwise I'll lay in bed and go like, what if I forget this? You know, what if I wake up tomorrow? That was the meal time. And I forget it and then I'll mad at myself.

I get up and I'll write it in the notes and that's what it interrupts everything. So I'm like, I gotta get this on paper. Otherwise I'm not or notes, whatever, right? Or else I'm going to potentially forget it. And so then I get up and then I write down, I do, I think that's the answer because if I don't, I'll drive myself crazy all night thinking about it

and the other way around. Maybe because you'll think to yourself, this may actually help, because you might be afraid of forgetting it. There may be a part of you that's like, keep remembering, keep remembering. Keep remembering. That's what I'm doing. So you may be better off writing it down. So okay, now I can forget it. There may be a part of you that's like, keep remembering, keep remembering. Keep remembering. That's what I'm doing.

So you may be better off writing it down. So okay, now I can forget it. Now I can forget it. So that's what I do. And that's what I do. So you don't really have any other strategy, huh? Nothing that you found that helps you when you like that. Have you tried jerking off?

I know. What really helps me. What works best for me. Justin said that. That's the best time. Is to block my day. Wisdom. I've learned to do this, and I'm really good at it when I'm on my schedule.

Now, and this is what I think I talked to you guys the other day of this whole fatherhood thing. The biggest challenge that I've had about fatherhood right now is it's taking me many years to get to a place where I kind of know like, okay, how I need to get ready for bed, what time I need to train, what time I need to eat. It's all upended. Yes, yes. Right, but I've figured this out.

I mean, there's a lot, especially when you're building to something of the scale that we've done over here and it just continues to compile. I've had to learn to schedule my day where it's like, okay, this block of time, this is where I do all my creative thinking and this is what I do to promote that. This block of time, this is where I do all my creative thinking. And this is what I do to promote that. This block of time, this is when I get all my shitty work, like email,

respond, that crap out. This is where I get calls out. This is where I work on social. This is where, and I have this, and this is where I get my time for myself, where I read, or I prepare, or I come with content for the podcast. And I had that, and I had a nice little rhythm going and what that looks like. And since Max, it's just all fucking been up ended completely. And so right now I'm kind of like scrambling and trying to reorganize and prioritize,

well, what can I allow to get fucked? And what can I not allow to get fucked? And so that's been the greatest challenge for me right now is like, okay, something has got to give. It's inevitable because at that same time that I had six months ago doesn't no longer exist. And so, and obviously my son is extremely important to me and being a good father and present and also a good partner and relieving Katrina. These are all very, very important to me. So where do I carve time and where do I, and so I'm trying to figure all that out.

And what happens sometimes when I carve away from my the shoe shopping maybe? No, that's gone, dude. It's gone. You don't even look at that, you see. Yeah, she's like, I get people that DM me now, I'm like, hey, what's up, Delish? Oh, did you see this in my bra?

I'm gonna start dressing like me. I'm gonna turn to the kid on there. Bro, put me out to the pasture if that's the one. Oh, get it. Fuck it. I remember not seeing any movies, you know? Like, you just don't do like the stuff you're doing for a while.

Like, you, you wouldn't finally saw Joker, right? Joker was. Oh, we went out over the week. To your point that my buddies and I were texting about Joker, I sent a message to my buddies like, oh, I'm hearing all these great things about Joker. So my two buddies that are have kids, right? And I send over to him.

Man, I really want to see that. I heard all this great stuff and then the other guy sends back to me. And we all have, so we have a one has a one and a half year old, one has a one year old, and then I have a three month old. And so we're all on a group thread. And I send over like, oh man, I really want to see it. I heard it's amazing. This not.

And then Jared sends back to me. He's like, he's like, well, keep me posted. Let me know if you go see it because I want to know if it's good. And I put laugh out loud, still haven't figured out where you get to do things like this anymore. You don't, you go net frex. Right.

So he sits back to me. So the other guy, LLL, capital letters. And they're just like, I've been in the movies one time since we've had my son. He's like, I almost went twice by myself, but I haven't been able to go. It's funny because you know what the audience says and knows the other day, you brought it up.

And you're like, oh, let's all, because I know when I come watch Joker during work hours. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Oh my God, man. It's kind of a great idea. Look at this Justin Salon, Doug, you go watch it.

And Justin's like, I already watched it. I'm like, I got tickets for tomorrow. Fuck. I was so mad at you. Damn it, I think you can ask for, it's gonna be great. I'm like, welcome to Justine Salon, Doug to go watch it. And Justine's like, I already watched it. I'm like, I got tickets for tomorrow. That's so bad. I was so mad at you. Yeah, you can ask for. Because that was my solution. Because I'm thinking of myself, there's no fucking way.

I'm gonna be able to get me in Katrina and go, but watch this movie. I'm like, you know what I'm gonna do? Convince the guys. It was so good, dude. It was so, it was really well done. It was so good. Joaquin Phoenix did such a good job

of portraying a mentally unstable person. It was frighteningly accurate and realistic. I think that's what was so disturbing about it. You felt weird when you're done. The movie's over and I feel like I question my own sanity a little bit. Like, am I crazy? Is that what people crazy? What's going on?

Jessica was, she was visibly shook. Like she's, she started talking about like people she's worked with and clients and people that she knows. And she's like, do you think that maybe they're, I'm like, I think you're just a little, yeah, now we're looking out from that. That was that good. Well, it's like, he did a good job. Have you ever seen, like somebody really, I've been to an open mic or anything, like, you know, at a comedy place where somebody was like totally bombing, like, they're just not doing well. Yeah, like, so there was, there was that element and you feel uncomfortable yourself.

So like that, that was the feeling for the whole movie. Oh, wow. Yeah, you're like, oh, oh, oh, oh. But it's not like, so you know, sometimes you watch movies and they'll show a crazy person and they're like, crazy killer or, oh my God, he's demented and twisted. No, no, no, he was like, what you would think an actual crazy person.

Now, do they do a good job of building his character to where you almost feel compassion for him? 100%. Yeah, 100%. No, that's what I liked about it. It was like, you really bought into the fact that he was damaged in that like no He was reaching out for help and he was trying to do the right thing by getting medication And he's like trying to make all the steps, but now here's a question

Walking Phoenix there's a lot of scenes where he's with a shirt off or in his apartment in his underwear and he's got a Very strange posture and in fact his left shoulder, he's got really bad scapular winging. Yeah, I think he's always had like a little bit of that. I was gonna say, was he doing it on purpose? Because it looked eerie. And I'm wondering if you did it on purpose to look like he was a joker.

I graduated it. You think so? Yeah, I think, I'd have to read up on it. I wonder about that. Cause it was like, that was the other part. Like his body portrayed somebody that you're like, ooh, something's off. He's all asymmetrical.

They made him lose weight. So he lost the tunnel weight. So he's kind of, he's really, really skinny in it. He just, the whole thing looks uncomfortable. He just makes you feel weird in your own skin, but you also kind of feel bad for him, but you're also terrified of him. He did a fucking.

It was all those things. I think he, I think he crushed what's his name, Joker. He fledger. Yeah. He fledger did a phenomenal job. Don't get me wrong, but I think walking here is better. It's not even close. Yeah.

That's what I've way more believable. Which is blows my mind because Dark Knight by itself is amazing because of Heath Ledger. Yeah. I think that movie was made because of how much he crushed it. Well Joker is just, it was the low budget film. It's not an expensive film, it's not tons of special effects and craziness or whatever. Yeah, it's a very slow, they're slow parts to it too.

It's not like like full action or anything. Yeah, and there's a couple parts where you're questioning the reality, like what's going on? Is this real or is this in his mind? Like they did a really good job with that. I already only people that were upset with it are the hardcore comic people that wanted to see more of the action and the more comic side of it,

which this was more character building and storytelling. And the nerds will always be upset. Right. I mean, like you can't ever do it right. If it's like, oh, I read this and like, you know, like whatever comic it was, like, they did a fantastic job, and they created like an origin story for him

that was like really believable. Yeah, no, you, literally you'll leave feeling a little uneasy because of his depiction of mental illness. It was so, it was so crazy, it was so scary. It was really good, really good. Speaking of scary clowns. All right. There's this company called, I think it's called

Hurt Donuts if I'm not mistaken. You guys love it. Like, H-U-R-T. I think so. I'm going to find it right now because it's pretty funny. So this is a Donut delivery service that will have a scary as fuck looking clown. Show up to your friends. It's called Hurt's Donuts.

Oh my God. They'll send a scary clown to deliver donuts to whoever you want Like look at look at the sky look at the picture of the sky is like really scary. Yeah, yeah, like like scary scary Like it like a steaming so he'll show up to your friends and Deliver donuts like What a red business. Oh, what do you need so awesome? I know I would say shit out of your friends. Have you ever seen the have you ever seen the the fuck you flowers or whatever? No, oh my god Doug look these up look up, and it's they're called something else

But look up fuck you smell like no, it's a dead rose. You said somebody a dead rose and it's like a fuck you like I've you've never seen those before no. Oh, yeah, that's a smart I think it's I a fuck you. Like, have you never seen those before? No. Oh yeah, that's a smart, I think it's, I thought it was a clever answer. You can also send people a bag of dicks. You guys know that, right? Oh yeah. You can send a bag of dicks.

A bag of dicks. There's like a whole bag of just rubber dicks. Yeah. Do whatever you want. Really? Yes. What company does that? I don't remember.

How fun. Yeah, and then there was a company that I think you can send animal poop to somebody, because I think there's laws against human poop, so the, but you can send like poop to somebody because I think there's laws against human poops of a little bit, but you can send like horse shit to someone, you know. Well, you've talked about your stripper story already, right? Yeah, yeah, my buddy got me hard on that one.

That was amazing. Where the hell do you do what? The funny, I see. You're hard on that. Yes, dude. He, she's like 85. Well, and the funniest part about that story is I don't think that he intended it for that

I think that doesn't be a real good. Yeah, it just ended up being that way. So he was no, that's not it Doug. It's something like that though. Did you look up FU flowers? I think it's something like that Yeah, I didn't see anything but keep looking Doug your Google games been awfully Everything you say is so Google bag of dicks. Oh, no, I'm just kidding. Don't ruin your shirt flag. Anyway, speaking of dicks, I don't know what reminded me of this,

but did you guys know that testosterone levels are seasonal? Did you know that? Testosterone levels are seasonal? Yes. So it increases more towards the warmer seasons. Okay. Well, okay. So this is interesting. So let's talk about the other. Yeah. I don't know. Here's this. So theory, my theory would be that it would make sense that the the benefits that you get from the sun and vitamin D and everything and so summertime would

typically spike it, but it makes more evolutionary sense that when we're cut internally, well, when we're all cutled up together in the winter time, that's when we were probably reprocrating. Or when we need it more to go hunt like when it's cold, I would feel like we'd need a raisin to stop. So it actually does peak around early winter, but here's the theory behind that.

If you get a woman pregnant around early winter, when is she gonna have the baby? Summer next year. During the time when the baby is most likely to survive. So, it's like we evolved to want to have sex during or have higher testosterone during times when getting pregnant would make sense because then the woman would have the baby. That's what I thought. Which is interesting in counter because you would think that the benefits from the sun that

you would get from being out during the summertime, would be would actually help kick up or produce more testosterone. Now don't get me wrong. Now don't get me wrong. Adequate vitamin D levels and sunlight. I wrote about this in the free testosterone guide that we actually have now available. It's now available at mymplumfree.com. I wrote about this in there, how sunlight and vitamin D

and with low testosterone, how sunlight and vitamin D supplementation raises testosterone pretty consistently. Of course, lifting heavy weights, that's the other one we've talked about that. That's probably the most consistent way of raising testosterone. And then here's another one.

You don't wanna eat too little of anything. Right. A too low of carbs, too low of fat, too low of protein. All three of those, if they're too low, will bring testosterone down. And because a man's testosterone level is so reactionary, like so many things can, your testosterone levels fluctuate throughout the day. Your attitude can change fluctuations, sleep can change fluctuations, your diet can change

fluctuations, your workout can change fluctuations. This is why I think it's so important that, if you're like, if you wanna really stay up and up with your health, that you test your hormone levels, I suggest every quarter, so every few months, see where you're at, and track what you're doing. Like, okay, I'm doing low reps and heavier weight this time.

My diet is higher and fat, a little bit lower in carbs. Sleep is good. Let's see what my testosterone levels are, this quarter. And then, oh, next quarter, I'm trying a couple vegan days where I'm doing a little bit intermittent fasting. Let's see where my testosterone levels are there. And just kind of see what works because for a man, testosterone levels tend to be a pretty good gauge of overall health.

Now, in the guide, do you actually recommend people test with that really well, or is that something that you don't even recommend? I wrote in there that, that really well is an option because you can get, I mean, the gold standard, go to your doctor, get a blood test. The problem is there's, there's, you know, barriers, right? You gotta get the doctor has to write up that you can go get a blood test. You get the, you gotta get the appointment first. And get the appointment. Then the doctor has to, you know, and if you go to your doctor, you're like, Hey, I want to test my testosterone. He'll say, here she will say, well, why? And

say, Well, I just want to test it every quarter. I'm like, No, we're not going to do that because you're insurance will cover it. You have to pay out a pocket if you want to do it every quarter. I'm like, no, we're not gonna do that because you're insurance is a cover. You have to pay out a pocket if you wanna do all that, whatever. They're not gonna do that for you. So the at home test is the best option because they're inexpensive, you've made it to your house. What's the test hospital test?

It's like under a hundred bucks, right? Yeah, well, you can do the pure test hospital on one which is only 49 bucks for you. That's it, yeah, let's say you can do the men's health test which kind of does I think three or four or four things that are on there. We talked about it on my last one, that one's 99. Now the women's test is more complicated because with the women's health test, which kind of does, I think, three or four, it was four things that are on there. We talked about it on my last one. That one's 99.

Now, the women's test is more complicated because with the women's test, they have them test themselves through different periods of their cycle to see where, because, you know, women's hormones fluctuate pretty very consistently around 30, you know, 28 days I think it is or whatever. So their test is a little more complicated. Whereas the man's, we just do one saliva, vile or whatever for the, or two or three I think, for women they test it, you know, several times

during their cycle to see where they're at. But yeah, that's, I didn't know that. I don't know that they were pretty consistent, seasonal variations into testosterone among men. Kind of crazy, huh? Well, it's fascinating is that it's different than what you would think, like I said, because of the sun, the sun you would think had played a role in that. But then like I said, for evolutionary reasons, it would make sense that when we would want to

procreate in the winter time for the baby's survival, and then also too that we were probably cuddled together laying in bed all the time. You know, I'm saying, some are probably out and active and hunting and exploring and traveling and moving where winter time you're probably hibernating more and I would think that would also be a costume. I don't know, it's an awesome one. It's an awesome one. Yeah, cause I don't know about you guys. You guys remember this?

Maybe it's different because. Did you see Rachel's post? Which one? It's Cuffing season. That's what that means. You didn't see the, the, Cuffing? Yeah.

So like hand-cuffing. Why? Because this is where you lock somebody up like is far in a relationship. That's what that put. It's so far. The, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, right now because of the time of year where people lock up relationships. Because they want someone for holidays. Yes. Oh, yes. I see. Right.

That doesn't make sense. I feel like you'd want to save money. Yeah. Yeah, I've been thinking about breaking up. Maybe you need to ditch them. Yeah, I want to pay for all this. Like, this gift's come out a bunch of dudes probably think about it. That's how he thinks. I don't think that's a bunch of dudes probably. That's how he think. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I don't think that's a bunch of girls thinking about it. That's hilarious. No, I didn't, you said coughing. I had some like BDSM stuff in my mind. Yeah. I'll say whoa. Yeah. This little finger cast.

I said a quick text later real quick. Yeah. I thought that was a really clever post of hers. And as I'm reading it, I'm going so clever. It just went over. Overall, the all the boss. I've said a bunch of those that's so interesting anyway yeah you did one the other day your post on Instagram what'd you just do you just I do stuff that goes over by his head I always laugh when you do post like that

because you know you can get like two people and everybody else is like what is this I do I do it I do whatever it wants to do. Yeah. Are, are you versus this? Yeah, I kind of just like to, yeah, mess with people. That's kind of my, my, my, my, my, well, my, because I do memes so often now

and my story and people are now, they, they, they, I literally have people that follow me specifically because they like the memes. So yesterday I did a Q and A where I answered people's questions. I had like four DMs from people who were like, can you please put the bees back up? I don't care about the questions that answer.

Yeah. Are you serious? Wow. I think they're mad. That is interesting. Yeah, dude. Because I'm the mind's the opposite. People like, that's what they wish I did more,

the Q&A stuff, interact. But I'm not a big big one. I still get a lot of views, you know, so it doesn't drop off, but it's funny that I'll get people who are actually like, fuck man, my daily memes. They're not up. I can't listen to this guy answer questions. But here's the good thing.

People send them to me like crazy now. I literally don't have to search for memes anymore. People said, now I will say this about half the memes I get, I will never share, because they're way too dark for Instagram. People, they know now. You know what I mean? They send me the terrible ones. I can't share because they're way too dark for Instagram people. They know now You know, I mean they send me the terrible ones. I can't share that dude Are you guys getting any any comments from people about the YouTube the podcast now that's on YouTube?

Have you had anybody miss? I apparently like one guy thought like was really like like I don't know if he He was just like like confused because he thought for sure. I don't know if he was just confused because he thought for sure I was an African-American. What? You thought you were black? Yeah, I was like, oh, wow, cool. And no, I just thought that was interesting. You sound like a typical white stoner.

Yeah, it's like a stoner surfer guy. Really? Where are you getting that? But I find it amazing what people's perception is. And then now they see us in person on on you know YouTube and Yeah, it's it's gonna be interesting to see what else we get you're gonna well you're getting a lot more handsome comments That's why I see yeah, it was that what's happened. Yeah, no, he's gets a lot. I see that he's getting a lot of love We don't call him the Brad Pitt of broadcasting for you guys are shooting on me for three years

People actually see you. Hey, you're welcome on me for three years. So, yeah, it's like, people actually see you, hey, you're welcome. Right? All that shit. Everyone's like, god damn it, I'm playing the hell out of this. Yeah, I know, Justin was like this ugly slum. He's handsome as fuck, dude. Yeah, right?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, he's just doing it. Yeah, he's just doing it. And we all up on this pedestal. I know, they're like, yeah, he's oversold now. Yeah, I know. He was doing it. Everybody's like, he ate.

He just alright. He just alright, but. Justin, we underpromised and you overdelivered, so. Well, alright, but just did. We underpromised and you over delivered, son. Well, no, one thing that Andrew's been doing, I really like, is he'll take the, because you know how we do our Q&A episodes and we answer questions at the back half of the episode. He'll take and just input clips of just the question and answer.

So you can go on the right, you don't have to watch the whole podcast. You can literally just watch that one question and how we answer it Did Rachel Andrew talk to you, but I talked to her this one. Okay, awesome So I was just talking before we came in here You'll actually he's gonna start shipping those to you guys all like if it's your clip He'll send it to Justin if it's your clip. He'll send to you Mm-hmm, and then you guys can use that to share in your story and then drive up to the YouTube Oh, very cool. Yeah, yeah, so we'll get it out to the audience that's already on Instagram.

No, people need to check out that YouTube channel. Hey, do you guys remember a while ago when that big study came out on plant proteins and how they found a bunch of them were high in heavy metals? Oh, you mean when we were freaked out that we would have to cancel our our organization? Yes. So I went back and I read that study more thoroughly. It was 75%. It was 75% of the protein powders that they tested.

And they tested major brands. That's the majority. Well, didn't I, I don't want to say brands names that I'm not sure. But I guess there was some of the big, big name. Yeah, I don't want to give the names out. But yes, you're right. There were, there were the big names that you'm not sure but I could say. There was some of the big, big name. Yeah, I don't want to give the names out, but yes, you're right. There were the big names that you find at Whole Foods, or other stores, some of the most popular ones

that people refer to. And some of them were high in heavy metals, like lead. So lead is one that you don't want any in your own. So do you know those massive ones like that? Did they do a recall or what, I mean, what happens in a situation? I have no idea. That's a great question.

Now, what organified did is they actually put out an article on their tested, on their products and how they tested it. So actually tested them and put it out to the public and organifies plant protein is lower than prop 65s even minimum requirements, which is even way lower than what the federal requirements were. So, they were super clean.

But trip off this, the organic plant proteins measured the highest in the heavy metals. Why? I think it, well, they say it has to do with the soil that the plants pick up the heavy metals from the soil. I think it has to do with the organic pesticides that they use. Because remember, just because a plant is, or a food is organic, doesn't mean it's not sprayed with something.

It just means it's not sprayed with a synthetic pesticide. And I believe the organic, some of the organic pesticides can cause high amounts of heavy metals. Well, that makes sense, especially if they're like drowning the plants in that, right? Yeah, so yeah. But oh, there's some, there they are.

Viga measured high. You guys have seen Viga. You guys have seen live too. Yes, life's a huge one. Nature's best. They all measured very high. So. Yeah, Vega, pure protein.

Nature's best. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, those are the ones that measured better. Oh, better. The ones at the bottom. The ones at the top measured terrible. So Viga, Quest, Nature's Best, Garden of Life, all measured high in heavy metals according to this.

And what was the name of the company that did this testing, Doug? Consumer reports is involved, I'm not sure who tested it though. Clean label project. Oh yeah, it was a clean label project, that's right. But, organified very well, they did very, very well. So, that's the thing about, and it's funny,

here you are buying a plant, an organic plant protein because you want to be healthy. And you're without knowing it, you're consuming heavy metals, which take a long time or never come out of the body and cause problems like, you know, neurological issues like anxiety, you know, feeling anxious or inflamed. Yeah, kind of crazy. Yeah, crazy shit. Hey, speaking of crazy stuff, on Justin, your story other day, I saw you had a group of kids chasing your fucking dog.

What the hell are you doing? Dude, this probably is the most brilliant idea I've ever come up with. I'm gonna be honest. This is your past weekend when you had the kids by yourself. Yeah, the kids by myself. I was at practice. I took my oldest to practice. And we've been having issues with tackling

and grabbing the flag. And so I was just like, man, okay, I'm gonna set up all these drills. I had like three or four different drills that we were running. And one of them was bull in the ring. I don't know if you guys, like someone football football, uh, bull in the ring is, is totally different with pads on and you're tackling, you're kind of like calling a guy out and then you're running, you guys like hit really hard. Uh, so this was more like in a box and then I would have everybody run through and then

whoever got the most flags from like the entire team kind of running through was like the bull in the ring. And so I decided, I was like, well, I have to run my dog because he's going crazy in the car, watching us all do this stuff, and I'm like, oh, I said, I just popped my head, I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm gonna tie some flags to my dog. And then throw a ball, because when I throw the ball for him, he doesn't want to let you get it.

So he runs away from you. And so I was like, okay, I'm gonna throw a ball, because when I throw the ball for him, he doesn't want to let you get it. So he runs away from you. And so I was like, okay, I'm gonna throw the ball. He's running away, he's got flags tied to him. The entire team is running after him, and he's dodging and avoiding him. And it was the most funny, the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. All these kids diving and catching air,

and they couldn't get him. It reminded me of Rocky chasing the chickens. Yes, I'm just gonna say that. Dude, I was like, oh, Sal would appreciate this right now. I was like, I was working like a charm. I saw the clip, it was hilarious man. The dog is so elusive man. You would think that many kids would be able to surround him

and get him down, but no. So he was having fun too. He was having fun. Everybody, they wanted it to become a regular thing. And now he's the team mask I brought him to the game actually too. And it was funny because they actually played really well too and tackled. So I was like, I think this worked, man. You know that scene from Rocky?

I think it was Rocky too, but he had to chase the chicken. That was an actual old school boxing training scene from Rocky, I think it was Rocky II where he had to chase the chicken. That was an actual old school boxing training drill. Oh, I believe it. They actually would do that. They'd have a chicken and then you have to catch it. It would make you fast apparently. Yeah, sometimes the most simple things

that are like effective. Imagine trying to catch a chicken. Yeah, yeah, no, it's a reaction. It's a reaction time. It's like what they do with tennis balls today, right? You ever seen them do that with like goalies and stuff like that where they they'll throw it against the wall and the goalie has his back against the wall.

So he can't see when the ball's coming. He just sees when he hits the wall and he's got to try and grab it and catch it. Right. So it's a train that reaction time. Yeah, because there's no real technique. It's like just grab the flag. You know, like I was like trying to break it down in my head

because there's a lot more techniques with tackling that I could go over. But you know, it was just like, okay, how do we get better at this? No, it's hand-eye coordination. Yeah. That's a beautiful idea. It was a beautiful idea. That's hilarious.

Now, did you guys play a game? Did you guys have another game? We did. And we destroyed. Oh, yeah, we're on fire right now. Like, it was funny because all the, even the parents are like, wow, everybody's really coming into their own. Like, the timings better.

Like all the different plays we're just working. And so, yeah the timings better, like all the different plays were just working. And so yeah, it was exciting, man, because this is the first time me and my friend ever coached flag football and all these other coaches are like, you know, like grandfathered in, like they've been there forever. And so it was great, man, we're just enjoying it now. Yeah, it's fun. Wow. You've done two games now? Three. Three games. Three. So one, two and one. Yeah, two's fun. This is what you've done two games now. Three. Three games. Three, so one. Two and one. Yeah, two and one.

We lost our first game. Now, is there like a championship if you guys... Yeah, there'll be a playoff and championship and all that. So, yeah, I think we got a good shot. We should show up if it makes the championship better. It's the only way I'm coming though. All right. If you guys suck, I'm not coming.

If you guys wish you good. If you get good bro and you guys actually you're gonna win, we have to go. We'll bring a Gatorade for our skin Is awesome right now. Yeah, they just got to execute and we're good. That's awesome. Good for you, man That's fun Brought to you by Max and a ballake if you're looking to maximize your overall muscle and strength Maths and a ball is the perfect place to start with a full 30-day money back guarantee There is absolutely zero risk. So what is your waiting for go to mind from media.com and get started today The motherfucking

Quikwa All right, our first question is from Feebs Crakey. So many women are saying they are quad dominant. Is this a real thing or are these women just wanting to improve their glutes? No, it's real. Yeah, both. I think both people, it is real

and people do want to improve their glutes. But it's not, the way people explain it is they'll say things like, my glutes are turned off, my glutes aren't firing. I mean, it's a condition or something. They're firing. They're not completely disconnected. You wouldn't be able to do some of these movements if they were totally turned off.

But if you think of a movement and you think of all the joints involved and muscles involved, there's what's called a pattern. So when I'm doing a squat, for example, there's a pattern at which the muscles will fire and there's an intensity at which each muscle will fire to accomplish the movement. So if I'm going down into a squat, my ankles are bending, my knees are bending, and my hips are bending, and there's muscles that support and all of those joints, and they all have to turn on, and there's certain frequencies of intensity that they all have to turn on and there's certain frequencies of intensity that they're gonna turn on.

And you can have a different pattern than someone else. Now, some of that has to do with your anatomy. If you have longer legs or shorter legs, or if you're more stiff in the ankles, you're gonna have different recruitment patterns than someone else. But you can also change your recruitment patterns through training.

Now, why would you wanna do that? Why would I want to change my recruitment pattern? Well, one reason is to make the movement more efficient, make it so that it's less painful over the risk of injury is much lower. The other reason to change the recruitment pattern, and this is what bodybuilders are really good at, is to focus on target muscles that I'm trying to develop. So, I going to throw up some, I'm going to throw out some just random percentages.

So these are all arbitrary numbers. Okay. But let's say that when you do a squat, you know, 60% of the load is carried by the glutes. Another, you know, 20% is carried by the quads and then another 20% is carried by the hamstrings. And let's say you wanna work your quads more, you can change the focus of the exercise and your technique so that the quads go from 20 to 35%, let's say, which would take away from the other muscles, maybe less goes from the glutes or less goes from the hamstrings. So this can definitely, this is something you can definitely work on.

And if you're quad, quote, unquote, dominant, it just means that you're, when you're doing lots of squats, your quads are doing a lot of work, and you want other muscles to do more. This isn't only a thing, this is a very common thing. And part of why this is a very common thing is that most all of us have some sort of an anterior pelvic tilt

or an excessive one. Now, what is that? You guys playing that right? Right, so that's where, and I think this is actually exaggerated, even more so with women, because it's encouraged to kind of stick the butt out, and it's that look. So it's when you,

Yeah, high heels will do an Instagram post. Right, yeah, high heels do this also. And when it does, it takes that pelvis, and it rotates out like this, so the butts, you have the low back is arched, and the butt is sticking up, do this also. And what it does is it takes that pelvis and it rotates out like this. So the butts, you have the low back is arched and the butt is sticking up and it looks like in pictures and in your pants, it looks like you have a more bubbly butt. So I feel like it's encouraged. And it's actually a really, it's really poor posture. And then you take that same, you have that same

person that has that low curvature, that excessive curvature in their low back, and that tilt, and then you go get them to squat. Well, what ends up happening is when you're tilted like that, your weight is over the top of you, and you become very hip flexor or quad dominant, because the weight, and then when you go squat down, you're so used to being quad dominant, meaning when you're walking and you're moving, when the glutes are also a major contributor to our gate,

you've actually now like using your arbitrary number cell, even when we walk, we walk around, we sit up and we get up and down, our glutes should be a prime mover when we do these behaviors. Problem is we have so many people that have this tilt in their pelvis that they're actually starting to take over a lot of those

basic movements with their quads. So then when they go into exercise and do a squat, a deadlift, a lunge, the quads take over because they're just you've solidified. It's a priority. Yeah, you've solidified that as a more dominant muscle to help movements like that. And so yeah, it's really common when you get somebody who wants to develop the glutes more that they struggle with that because it's hard. Now you go into a squat. You've already trained the quads to help and take over that movement. And you're expecting because everybody tells you that squatting is for your butt or dead

lifting is for your butt. You hear that, but then you go do an exercise and you feel more or almost all of it in your quads, and it's because all your behaviors throughout the day have already trained it that way. Yeah, now I wanna go a little deeper. You know, Adam said, you're reinforcing a movement pattern or strengthening a movement pattern.

It becomes your default. Well, think of it this way, right? Let's say you walk around in high heels all the time. You're always walking around in high heels. 90% of time, if you're walking, it's in heels. Eventually, you're gonna get really, really good in heels. In fact, you'll get so good at walking in heels

that you'll be better at walking in heels than you will be walking with flat feet. And the way your body gets better at it is by changing its muscle recruitment patterns and positioning so that you get really good at what you practice a lot of. Well, if you practice a lot of things that activate the quads a lot and the glutes are not so active,

when you go work out and exercise, that's what's gonna fire most of you. And this isn't that a bad thing, by the way, this is an adaptation process that's beneficial. Think of it this way. If you tore a muscle in your leg, your brain would quickly figure out how you could walk without using that muscle

or minimally use that muscle. That's why we limp or hobble when we have an injury. It's natural. Our body naturally switches to another movement pattern so that we can continue moving. So your body just learns this way. Now, if you're in the gym and you're trying to sculpt and shape your body in a way that you believe is more aesthetic, so you're not necessarily caring about how many more squats you can do or how much more weight you can lift, which, you know, side note, if you get your body

to move well and muscles fire in the most optimal ways, you'll lift the most weight also, but forget that for a second. If you don't really care so much about how much weight I lift or whatever, I mean, it's important, but really what's important to you is shaping and sculpting my body in the most aesthetic way possible. Then you're going to want to figure out how to turn these, you

know, quote unquote, turn these muscles on when you're doing these exercises. Now, one way to do it is to change your form. That's an easy way to do it. Quad dominant squats, you tend to see a lot more what's called knee flexion. So the knee bends more than the hips tend to bend. But really, rather than just looking at the form, because what I like to do is I like to tell people, I just have good form with your squat, make sure the squat form is good.

Now what I want you to do is learn how to feel it in the muscles you're trying to activate. This is what bodybuilders are really good at. It's also hard to get proper depth too, like a lot of times I've noticed. Because then it goes down the kinetic chain and it's gonna affect your other joints, it's gonna affect your knees and it's gonna affect, you know, your other joint's gonna affect your knees, gonna affect your ankles, and now all of a sudden,

you know, that has to compensate, you know, in order to, you know, get requires to get down to that kind of depth. So this is where those shoes now we have, you know, like platform shoes and squat shoes and things like that to try and help aid to kind of, you know, give you that sort of support around your ankle that you're not creating your shots.

No, that's an excellent point, Justin, because the more you shorten up your range of motion on a squat, the more that exercise becomes even more quad dominant than it becomes glute. It's in the deepest position of that squat when the glute is having to really get you out of the hole So if you're somebody that struggles with even breaking 90 degrees and you also are already quad dominant because you have this anterior pelvic tilt Boy, it's a losing battle now. This is where Priming becomes extremely valuable now priming for people who aren't familiar priming is a term that's used To describe effective warm-ups where you're doing exercises Now, priming for people who aren't familiar, priming is a term that's used to describe

effective warm-ups, where you're doing exercises to, to quote-unquote, turn muscles on and to encourage better movement patterns before you get into these exercises. So, let's say you're going to do squats, you want to feel it in your glutes, then you do glute priming movements. You can feel the glutes firing with, let's say, a bridge or a hip thrust right or a donkey You know kick back with the leg or or abduction. That's where you you bring your legs apart where you can put like tubes around your knees and do like To walking where you're feeling the glutes fire Then you go do the squats and now you can fire the glutes better now There's controversy around priming because one camp says priming doesn't turn on the muscles

more than any others. Okay, maybe there's not like a physiological thing that's happening that's turning muscles on from priming, but I will tell you what is happening for the client or for yourself. Psychological connection. You feel it. 100%.

And try to separate that from the physiological you can't. And to me that's a stupid argument can't and that would be to me That's a stupid argument It's so dumb and you've probably never trained very many people because it's the same It's like saying that Remember when you used to take somebody in a seated row and you're telling them to retract their shoulders and squeeze and then you take your finger Point right in the back Touching the back and you say pinch my finger and

Neuromuscular connection and activation right feel it. It's a real thing instantly They can retract and squeeze that muscle better. So whether there's something physiologically happening inside of their body that you're turning on more, I think that this is another example when I get really annoyed by people that, the science community that likes to shit on, like, you know, oh, it's bro information.

Like, no, it's not bro information, that's really good information. Oh, it's helpful information. Right, because most people are completely lost, there are a lot of people struggle with squatting and feeling it all in their quads and never feeling it in their glutes. And a real good simple fix for a lot of people,

not everybody, but a lot of people, is to just help them feel what their glutes should feel like in a movement, a floor bridge. This is also why I think that, you know, Brett Contreras' whole, you know, glute, glute domination has just like exploded because showing people how to hip thrust is one of the easiest ways for you to feel your butt.

And so it's, and you can load it big time. And so it's taken over the squat for a lot of people because it's easier. It's easier to connect to your glutes because gravity is directly opposing the glutes in a hip thrust. And so therefore people feel it and you can actually load it pretty heavy like you could a squat so it just is fucking exploding. It doesn't necessarily mean it's better than a squat for glute development.

It's easier to connect to the glutes. It's easier to connect to. That's why it's having so much success. Yes. Now, if this is you, if you're listening in your, and it can be any muscle, right, you could be someone who, when you're doing rows, you don't feel it in your back as much as you do

in your arms, or you're doing a bench press and you don't feel it in your chest as much, or squats, you don't feel it in your glute as much. One thing that you want to do is try priming, so try doing an isolation movement for that muscle, that target muscle, before you do the big compound movement. Remember an isolation movement uses one joint, compound movements use more than one joint.

So isolation movement for glutes would be like a hip thrust or in that might not even be isolation, but it's closer isolation, but like a donkey kick back or like I said, two walking, but I'm experiencing this myself. I'm trying to really get my chest to really respond. And for a long time, I got decent at bench pressing and incline pressing, but I got really good at them.

I got really strong at them, but I know I was using a lot of shoulders and triceps. Now I've backed way off on the weight and I'm connecting to the chest and I'm talking, I'm using half lot of shoulders and triceps. Now I've backed way off on the weight, and I'm connecting to the chest, and I'm talking, I'm using half the amount of weight that I normally would use, but I'm feeling it more. So you may have to do this, you may have to learn how to prime,

and then back way off on the weight, because what ends up happening is when you're trying to go as hard and heavy as possible, you're old recruitment pattern that you're good at, the brain doesn't know. The brain doesn't know any better, the brain goes get this fucking weight up. It's the easiest way possible. And the easiest way possible are the patterns and the strongest patterns you've ever created. Right. It's going to, it's going to always default. So you absolutely

have to lighten up in order to retrain those, those, those better behaviors and better patterns in order to get it connected. Next question is from Andrew Beth. You mentioned how carbs aren't essential, but where do you find they're especially helpful? Okay, so performance. What they're referring to is that how carbohydrates are not an essential macronutrients. Now remember, macronutrients are proteins, fats,

and carbohydrates. Macro means large. So we have micronutrients too, like vitamins and minerals and other types of things. But the macronutrients are those three big ones. And all food contains one of those, or two, or all of those things, proteins, fats, and carbs. Proteins and fats, you have to eat them.

There are fatty acids that your body cannot produce on its own. And if you don't eat these fatty acids, eventually your body will break down and you'll become ill or die. Same thing with protein. There are amino acids that are considered essential that you remember proteins are made above amino acids. If you don't eat these amino acids, you will also get sick and maybe even eventually die. Carbohydrates, not essential. That means that you could go the rest of your life without eating a single carbohydrate

and whatever glucose requirements your body may have, your body can produce those from proteins or it uses ketones from fats. So you don't need to eat carbs. That being said, are carbs helpful? Yeah, absolutely. It's pretty conclusive. Studies show that when it comes to performance, especially explosive type performance, eating carbohydrates is a good thing.

If your carbs are low or no carbs, you're gonna reduce your athletic performance. It's just readily accessible. Like you feel the difference of energy like on command with carbs. Like if I know that I have, you know, a certain amount of carbs if I know that I have a certain amount of carbs, I know that I'll be able to burn and have that accessible energy like on command right then.

It's also much easier to bulk or build with carbohydrates than without. I mean, yes, there's people or examples of people that have done the ketogenic diet and have still built muscle doesn't mean you can't, but try building muscle on the ketogenic diet and then try incorporating carbs and tell me which one is significantly easier to do. Way easier. Yeah, way easier.

You're stronger. Obviously you get better pumps than the gym. It's easier to eat more food. I find carbohydrates can be more appetite stimulating at times. Oh, a wave. A way more appetite stimulating. Yeah. I mean, you have a bowl of oatmeal in the morning.

I guarantee you in two hours later, you're starving. You know, have yourself a MCT and butter coffee. Or you go to bowl of bacon. Yeah, right. And watch how you're good. Or you're satiates you for until two, three o'clock in the afternoon. So, yeah, if you eat, if you eat all three macronutrients, your body produces and uses the energy from carbohydrates first.

It's the fastest, easiest source of energy for your body. Now, why is it not essential? Probably because humans evolved during periods of time where there were no carbohydrates available. Carbohydrates in nature largely come from, or pretty much all come from plants, plant sources. Well, we've had a few ice ages on Earth and I'm sure there were periods of time when humans were walking around, before they learned how to plant, you know, plants and grow crops, you're walking around, there's no plants. I'm not getting any carbohydrates.

And so our bodies, and mammoths. Yeah, and so our bodies evolved to create its own energy off of fats and proteins, which we could almost always find because we were hunters, we're apex hunters. Now that doesn't make it ideal. I wanna communicate that, because I think a lot of people think, oh, they're not hunters, we're apex hunters. Now that doesn't make it ideal. I want to communicate that,

because I think a lot of people think, oh, they're not essential, they're for its ideal to not eat carbohydrates. No, look, the studies done on the healthiest populations on earth shows that some of the healthiest populations on earth, you know, higher carbohydrate diet as well. Now there's some that eat very low carbohydrates. It's not one of those things that's like,

it's not good or bad, but I will say this for performance, it's a good thing. This is conclusive, by the way, there's no debate. This is 100% conclusive. Now there are some athletic endeavors that low carbohydrates or no carbohydrates may be perfectly fine. You're talking about the low intensity, long duration, steady state type endurance type activities.

Like if you're going to do a slow jog or walk for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles or swim at a slow pace for miles and miles and miles, you could do fine on really, really low or no carbohydrates. If you had adapted. Yeah, your body's burning fast, but you want speed, power, strength. Well, that's why I see the benefit of ketones

more as the mental clarity aspect of it. And I've definitely experienced the sharpness that that provides versus like, you know, having a lot of carbs in my system. It's a different experience. That's a good point. I do notice that as well. If I go very low carb and my fats are high

after that whole transition period I do get the same that sharpness now. I do want to say this if You're following a diet that makes you you you as an individual your healthiest That's the best diet for you right, so like if you're I know a few people who eat a very extreme No carbohydrate diet. No, we talk about McAly Peterson, she's a good example of this, of somebody who, you know, on no carbohydrates. All sheets is meat.

That's all sheets. Now she's got autoimmune issues that pop up whenever she eats anything that's not meat. So for her, her best performance is gonna be no carbohydrates. But if you're otherwise healthy, yeah, I wouldn't, they're best for performance, for speed, for muscle building, and dare I say in some cases, even for fat loss, if your

carbs are too low and it's starting to affect your hormones negatively, or it's affecting your workouts negatively and you're not able to build muscle, you know, what happens when you're on a low calorie diet? Your body sometimes wants to lose muscle and cutting carbs completely out may encourage that process of losing muscle, which then down the line may lead to a slower metabolism. If we've talked about that at nauseam,

that then can cause problems for you long-term in terms of fat loss. So besides the individual variants, carbs are great for most things. Next question is from Christian, is caffeinated. What has been each of your favorite live event so far? Are there more in the future and where do you see them going? Bad hat and for sure.

Manhattan was your favorite. Hands down. Hands down, I think Manhattan still, I think we hit our stride as far as like, or I think we started to put together the formula in Manhattan of hanging out with the crowd or the people first. So we had that event, we had Viori and then we had where the actual Q&A was right next door.

So we had the ability to kind of hang out and meet and greet and have a couple beers and stuff with all the people that would be watching the live event. And then we all walked next door. So that was the first time I think we had done that. We realized how much that kind of, you know, it was funny. We talked about our, when we first started doing these about our own personal nerves or what that would be like. And we all felt pretty fine, but we'd notice the audience had kind of nerves and we're

weren't opening up and relaxing and asking whatever they wanted to ask, and we found that when we started to hang out with all of them first, and I probably let everybody feel that we're fucking just like we are on the podcast in real life and we're normal ass fucking people and we all hang out and bullshit. And then we go into the Q&A, it was just really loose. It was loose and fun. And you know, we were talking a lot of shit in the beginning too. We were fun. It did.

Yeah, we were throwing zingers at each other and it was very, very much so I think comfortable and natural for us. We've had a few cents then, I think they're all been great and they're all special and unique in their own way. I also think too that for whatever reason, that crowd, the questions they brought were really good. So it's funny, every time we do these,

we get different questions and it really sets the tone for what the event's like. I've noticed that too. It's the audience that really determines where we go. Because I mean, that's the format is like, when you open it up for just any question, you know, like it is kind of like, it's interesting to think about

because most shows or most live things is pretty planned out. Like everything has its format. And like we're just like, okay, bring it. And sometimes it takes you in like a serious place Sometimes it takes you an emotional place. Yeah, sometimes it's like really funny and lighthearted and So yeah, I again, I think that's what it is. It's just like they're all different and they've been Cool for different aspects of it

But I would probably agree with you on the Manhattan one I think so you guys like manhattan because of our performance You say that I think those were all energy of it for me I would probably agree with you on the Manhattan one. So you guys like Manhattan because of our performance. You say that. I think that was all energy of it for me was just kind of because I even think the questions to your point, Justin, I thought the Manhattan one, when I, if I recall, did a really good job of personal, a little business, a little fitness, a little like even very serious and emotional. Like kind of, I felt like we kind of hit everything where some of them have felt like a little like even very serious and emotional.

Like I felt like we kinda hit everything. Where some of them have felt like we just did one with Mike, right? And there was very business heavy, right? Very, very, very business heavy. That was kinda all that we went to, no emotion whatsoever. Then we had the one in San Francisco that was like super heavy, I cried.

Oh, that's right, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Or then we've had ones where people are asking like very technical but personal trainer questions. You know what I'm saying? Or then we've had ones where people are asking like very technical but personal trainer questions, you know? So it's different. I would say I would agree in terms of our performance. We were our best at that event.

My favorites though, I have some just some selfish ones, reasons why I have different ones that are my favorites. Because you looked the most handsome. Yeah, it was one I was just, I was, I was, I was demon. I looked at the pictures and I was like, wow. It's like a Hollywood person. Yeah, that's one I was just, I was, I was, I was, I was demon. I looked at the pictures and I was like, wow, it's like a Hollywood person. Yeah, that's great. No, that's not what it was.

Yeah. The San Francisco event was special to me because my family was there. Oh, yeah. It was the first I had, gosh, I had, I think I had eight, eight or nine family members that visited on that one. So these were my cousins, my brother was there,

my ex-brother-in-law was there, and they got to see for the first time me and my element. They've listened to the podcast, and they've heard me talk about what we do, but they've never been seeing me in my element and seeing all of us in our element. And it was really special because I would look to the back of the room

and I could see my family there. And it just felt really good. Like, oh, they get to see what we've been doing for the last few years and they get to see the impact, the positive impact that we're having on people. So it was very, just personally, it was a very special one. And then, this just, and you guys, I don't know if you guys saw this. I don't think you guys saw this in Denver. This was, this one really impacted me tremendously. Yeah, I liked it. Denver was fun. The people were great there. Great town. By the way, one of the best cities I've ever been to.

Short period of time. I was there. I loved it. But at the end, what we do at these live events is, at the end, everybody, they'll try and take pictures and then we'll talk to people and hang out with them. And this guy comes up to me and he's this tall dude, muscular dude, and he's a trainer and he goes, hey, do you mind if I ask you a personal question? So I'm like, sure, I don't mind. A lot of people ask me personal questions. And he goes, where are you on your spiritual

and religious journey? So I'm like, oh shit, okay. So I'm very honest and we have this wonderful, this big conversation. I have no idea who this guy is or what he does. And he goes, he goes, well, that's wonderful. And he goes, well, I'm a pastor. He goes, did you mind if I prayed, would you mind if I prayed for you? So I'm like, sure, you can, you can pray for me. And I thought, you know, he's going to go home and pray for me. Now, man, right then and there, he put his hand around my shoulder. Now, I'm, again, I wouldn't consider myself religious. I like to

Explore these things. I'm very open-minded. I Would I don't belong to any religious doctrine, but I do find I don't care what religion he would you he happened to be a Christian I don't care what religion you are if that's your belief and you feel That's your belief and you feel compelled to open that up to me, who's someone who's openly said, I'm not necessarily religious. That is a huge, I respect and value that. I don't care if he was Buddhist,

he could have been Hindu, Muslim, doesn't matter. But he was Christian and he says, would you mind if I prayed for you? I didn't expect him to do it right there. He puts his arm around me and does this like long prayer for me and I was like wow man I this guy he you know he felt we've impacted him so much that he felt like he could give back to me in his way Which was that and so it just made me feel really good and that kind of highlights I've got a baptizing on you

I'll baptize his baby Oh you are You're fireproof guys is baby. Yeah. Catholic. Oh, you were. Yeah. Safe. All right. You're a fire proof. They're good. We're good. No, I, you know, I also, I really liked this, and I was nervous about this. Um, I was really nervous about the private dinner that we decided to do.

And what I was nervous about was, you know, it was, it was $600 a ticket to sit and have dinner with us. Now, what came with that was, you know, they had, it was $600 a ticket to sit and have dinner with us. Now, what came with that was, you know, they had, Adam gives you a back rub. Yes, we all, I was afraid I was going to have to dinner. Yeah, exactly. Depending on how it went, no, you had the, you had the really nice dinner that we, that we took care of for the people that were there. We then had the, the private podcast. Podcast episode with Mike Matthews, they get to sit in on that and actually ask questions for us and Mike. And then of course they got like a swag bag

or free program and much other things. But I was, what I did not want to do was I did not, I wanted people, if they came to that, they spent that kind of money. I wanted them to leave and feel like, holy shit, I would have paid double for that. And I was nervous of that. I didn't know, I had no idea.

Yeah, so was I. How that was going to play out and that was really really important to me that we over delivered on that and It felt great because I we I got great messages from the the people that actually went Said oh my god. I hope you do this again I would definitely come again if we can do this again So that that made me feel good and that was really cool. Yeah, the awkward part for me during the dinner, because we all had a great time.

They were great people, great stories, all very different. The awkward part for me is I felt so much gratitude to these people, you know, because it's weird to me. Like you're gonna pay that much money to come, hang out with us and ask me questions. Like I wanna, I'm so gracious that you're supporting us in the way that you are. And when I feel a lot of gratitude towards people,

I wanna hug you, I wanna kiss you, I wanna tell you how much I love you. So I'm like, how do I behave? And they're like, dude, hey. You know what I mean? I'm like, how do I act? So you guys saw me, I was walking around, put my hand on people's shoulders, talk it.

But I wanna let them know like, man, we really appreciate you guys doing this. And I think at the end of the day, that's what the live events really bring us, is that, after we're done with that, I feel like this renewed sense of physical connection. Yeah, that's just, you see in, and as far as where,

as far as where we see them going in the future, I'm not sure we, actually, ironic that this question was picked because we were having this discussion just a little while ago of how often what's the right amount of these that we do? And last year, I think we did seven of them. I don't know if we'll do seven this year or not. I definitely know we'll do at least one-a-quarter. Yeah, three or four probably for a year is probably right.

And because I think that we do feel the value of them. I think we enjoy them selfishly. I think the people that show up and go to them, I think they enjoy them. It's just not, it's as far as our time. And the amount of time it takes to kind of plan them, to organize them, what we're doing all that day is centered around that, the staffing that it takes to do all that.

We do in fairness, we need to make a trip out to the East Coast. We've done enough of these and we haven't gone to the Arnold Jordan being planned. Yeah, it'll be a great excuse to go, you know, different regions and different places that I really want to take you guys Chicago just because like I lived there for a long period of time and it's, you know, it has some relevance for me. And it's like other places like we can make our way out like if we plan it out well to other countries even at some point.

Like who knows, but it's not, it's not like a tour schedule of like, you know, like I'm on a band and I got to hit all these cities up, you know, like I don't look at it like that. No, well, we're for sure coming out this year to Arnold Classic, we will be out there that weekend, we'll be hosting it somewhere else, but nearby for people that are already planning on going out there. That's so high over there.

That's already in the works. And then I'm with you Justin, I think we'll do less frequency of them and more unique places that we haven't been yet, so we can get to other parts of the country. Yeah, meet other people we haven't seen before. Yeah. Next question is from the Maple Leaf Man.

What is the line concerning your relationships with your clients? How close do you think you can get with them before it gets crossed? Oh, this is an interesting one. This is a good question because as a trainer, when you're training someone, you know, consider this, let's say you do a good job,

let's say you're a really good trainer. I have a strong opinion. You're gonna be, I think we all do. If you're a good trainer, you're gonna be seeing a client for between one to three hours a week, every single week, undivided one-on-one attention for potentially years. Towards the end of my career, I had all my clients were with me for over five years.

Many of them were with me for over 10 years. I had clients who were with me for 13 years, same time, same day, week in a week out. I would see these people. Now, think about that. That's hours of undivided attention every week. For years, they probably see you more often and consistently than they do. Most of their friends and family. Okay. It's just undivided. It's like, imagine meeting with a friend two hours every week.

Well, imagine what's happened to us. I mean, we talk about this all the time, just in the four years time that we've been together. I feel like we've been best friends for a long time. Yeah. I think you have surpassed my friends that I've known for 25 years as far as what you know about. I mean, we just do it undivided attention for our children. And the reason why that sucks. My other friends like this. Yeah, this is all new to me.

He's put you to each other. Yeah. Okay, newbies. Yeah. No, and so now here you are, you're a good trainer, you're doing a good job, so clients want to see you consistently. You see them for years, you're gonna get close to them. There's no way around it, you're gonna know

about their families, you're gonna know about their days, you're gonna know each other's personalities. So that's gonna happen no matter what. But I do think it's important that you always remember that they hired you, they're paying you to be their trainer. So there should always be a level of professionalism or that line there that you always maintain. And really it's a line of integrity. It's not because, now sure, this goes without saying, it's smart.

You don't want to go too far with a client because weird stuff could happen. It could feel awkward or whatever. No, this is about integrity. They're hiring you. And because this is what I've seen happen. I've seen clients with trainers, trainers train them for years, and the quality of the training

just declines over the years, because the trainer starts looking at them like, it's my buddy, oh, it's my buddy coming in, and the training quality goes down. Then the client feels weird, telling their buddy, hey, I think the way you're training me is as good as it used to be,

or hey, I don't know if I want to train with you anymore, because it becomes this weird thing. Always remember they hired you, you're the professional, maintain that integrity, and then I think you're going to be okay. And this goes, of course, goes without saying, don't sleep with your clients, don't fucking, you know, don't do shit with your clients. Everybody can tell. Yes, everybody knows. The body language says everything. Yes, I feel even stronger about this. And maybe that's because most of my career, I manage trainers.

And so I was constantly having this conversation. And I am not a fan of you hanging out with your clients at all, at all. And I agree with Sal, you're going to become very close to these people because you spend hours and hours and potentially years and years with them. But it's a quick way to have a really hard time retaining the business when you become really close to them. Imagine your best friend who does something that a service that you want like and then him charging you all the time. At one point, you finally look and like, hey, we're friends. You do this. I do that. How about I help

you out? You help me out and we just were friends. It turns happens more often than that. Almost always happens. It's almost inevitable. So I do do not like hanging out with clients outside of the gym and us meeting for professionally. Now I've maintained many relationships beyond contracts. Like you know, you were a client of mine for two years, you've got all the results, you're on with your life and doing something else or maybe you lose your job or you transfer you move and we still stay in contact. I've got many of those clients that I trained two decades ago and we still talk to each other

because I really liked them as a person and we're friends now. But during the time that we were in a contract with each other and we were doing business, it was business and I maintain that. Aside from whatever other reasons too too because you start going out Drinking with them and having Sunday fun day with them and that absolutely can lead to issues or some really fucking major problems Which I've had trainers do this and I've seen it a million times

But even just from just purely business. It's really hard to ask for the resign just purely business. It's really hard to ask for the resign when you've gotten on a very close friend level outside of the gym. If it's professional all the time and you're just seeing them in the gym and it's time to renew and contract, plus I also think when they like you that much

and they love spending their time with you that much and the only time they get is the time that they're paying. A lot of times clients, I had many clients that I know damn well, that they could have went on on their own and continued training without... Yeah, after five years of consistent training, do they need to train with you? Right, but they were new because they value that hour that they get with me. Absolutely. And I'm okay with that.

It also can get really weird in this sense. You start to lose your effectiveness as a trainer. Okay, let me explain it this way. How hard is it for you to train a good friend of yours that you've known for years, or a spouse, or a girlfriend, or a boyfriend? It's difficult because they know you on a different level. When someone hires you, you're the professional,

you're the trainer. Once you guys, if you start to get super, super close, now it's like, okay, I know you as trainer, Sal, but now we're going out and hanging out. You know me as regular guy, Sal, I'm gonna lose my influence over you. I'm gonna lose my ability to help you as a trainer because now you're just, you're viewing me

just as your friend, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is if you wanna maintain your integrity as an effective trainer. If you wanna maintain your integrity as an effective trainer. If you want to maintain your integrity as an effective trainer, you have to always be that person. I trained Doug for a couple of years before we went into business, and that's not a super long time.

I mean, personal training standards is a long time, but I had clients who were with me for much longer, but I trained them consistently two to three days a week, weekend, week out for two years before we ever went into business with each other. And he knew, and it's funny, he commented on this several times, like I had no idea the other side of you. I, the view, the vision, the version of me that he saw, day in and day out was the integrity

personal training style, personal trainer style. And I, he's, he sees glimpses of the other side of me, but I always maintain that. Once we got to, and it didn't mean that I'm a bad guy, he just, I maintain that level of professionalism. I think it's super important if you want to be effective and you want to be, you know, if you want to be a good trainer, don't you?

Yeah, that's funny, because I mentioned like how Courtney and I met and it's always like kind of a joke because I'm like I always pride myself on being like super professional like if you cross that fucking line you better be ready to marry that's it That's what happened You cross that line you better be ready to be right I was like I did not cross that why it yes There was flirting and yes, there was you know like hints of like what was to come in terms of like what my intentions, but I wish I could see the flirting that happened. I remember it. I remember when I knew I knew the first session, dude, like, so I checked myself. Like I got, we built up to a point where it was on that level

was, okay, like we're like too friendly, and like I'm keep trying to like, you know, use this to go outside of work. I might have to get, I have to cut this and pass it along to another qualified trainer and anyways, but that was a career decision for me. Like I could easily have just like, you know, used that time to kind of like keep spitting my game and trying to make my way into

You know boyfriend girlfriend, you know status at that point. I know a lot of trainers I saw it firsthand like I'm like, okay, this is this is a problem over here And it's already developing right in front of everybody's eyes and the problem with that is that everybody you you don't realize how many people watch and see shit. Everybody knows, you know, and then that becomes a reputation that you carry with you trying to gain other clients. You know, now you're hindering your business on that level. Totally, totally. And as a trainer, you're gonna get floored with.

This just comes with the territory. You need to learn how to harness that and use the reseign. Yeah, no, no. Yes. Terrible advice. Don't shit where you eat. Oh my gosh. Terrible advice.

That's an absolute. Yeah, I like that. And look, you can go to mindpumpfree.com and download our guides. They're all absolutely free. You can also find all of us on Instagram. You can find Justin at MindPump Justin. You can find me at MindPump Sal and Adam at MindPump Adam. Thank you for listening at Mind Pump Adam.

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