RAWTALK - JOE BAENA ON THE PRESSURE OF BEING ARNOLDS SON, BODYBUILDING AND BECOMING AN ACTOR…

Episode Date: August 9, 2022

Join these two friend reconnect and share a laugh with the actor, DJ, and gym bro Joe Baena. These two have known each other for a while and catch up on life, friends, relationships, acting, djing, competing, confidence, and the most important topic GIRLS. This pod will have you laughing and enjoying the bro talk.SPONSORSHttps://buyraycon.com/rawtalkWatch SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/c/REALRAWTALK?sub_confirmation=1LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rawtalk/id1294154339FOLLOW RAWTALK PODCAST:INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/getrawtalkTIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@askrawtalkFOLLOW BRADLEY:INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/bradleymartynSUBSCRIBE TO RAWTALK PODCAST CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvzSBNBOK599FqzrTZS8ScQ/?sub_confirmation=1SUBSCRIBE TO LIFE OF BRADLEY MARTYN: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTQG2aMDYKGDqYEGqJb1FA/?sub_confirmation=1SUBSCRIBE TO FITNESS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/bradleymartynonline?sub_confirmation=1RAWGEAR: https://www.rawgear.com (CODE:RAW)

Welcome back to another episode, Rockdown. You know, it's funny because I might be getting casted in a musical soon. Shut the fuck up, dude. Shut the fuck. You know, it's. Honestly, I kind of believe you. You should believe me. Like, you do so much like random shit.

When you first started telling me, it's obviously not random shit. You like, you like, you enjoy your passion about it. But you were like, I'm a DJ. I was like, what the fuck are you talking about? You're a gym, bro. Shut the fuck up and work out. That was my first thought. I didn't say that to you.

I remember that. I could see it in your face. Yeah, 100% I was thinking that. Anyways, ladies and gentlemen, we have the one and only, Joseph. Joseph Bianna. Yeah, you feeling good? I'm feeling great. So let's start this off by figuring out, like, where did you come from, man?

Where did I come from? Yeah, I mean, a lot of people probably know. Yeah. But beyond that, beyond that, where did you get started when you were like, okay, I want to do social media shit? Like, why people are interested in you right now with the things you're doing? obviously like the acting stuff that you're doing the DJ stuff that you're doing the podcast stuff that you unsuccessfully did or success we're not going to call it not successful okay sorry a lack of time and effort I can relate from myself yeah it's my fault

it's my I take the blame I could relate to that I've fucked this up do you realize how many times I've done this podcast you did it a few times you changed the name yes so I actually did this podcast for it was culture cast Yeah, it was. I did it for like four years on and off. And I couldn't, I couldn't get the rhythm because I was just like, fuck, dude. I'm like all over the place making content doing this, doing that. And I imagine similar thing happened to you because I know you do so many different things. Yeah. And obviously being a gym bro is like one of the biggest. It's one of the most important things in life. Right. Is it still for you? Yeah. So. Yeah. Take us back to the beginning. Back to your back to your first question of where did I come from with all this. It's, um, I guess it started in college when I really started getting into fitness and lifting. And so backing up even further, I was really overweight in high school, like really fat. You were overweight. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. Like, I was like the chubby kid in my crew. And yeah, it wasn't until I joined Swim my sophomore year. And I only joined Swim because I didn't make the soccer or basketball team. because I got cut because I was too chubby. Did you actually get cut because you too chubby? You just sucked. Well, I knew what it was.

You know, I couldn't keep up with the other guys and like, sure, maybe I, I suck because I couldn't run long distances. So anyways, I joined swim because there was no tryouts. And I'm like, gosh, damn it. Like, I have to wear a speedo and I'm like, I'm like rolling here. Yeah. Is that what motivated you to like lose weight? 100% I would like shred like crazy from swim yeah and swimming is honestly one of the best exercises

period 100% and then I started I started growing lots and my my delts started growing and you're like wait a second just from swimming yeah so there was no weight lifting at that point no very little but it was like that the classic like high school bro split like just figuring it out you didn't you didn't get into working out early like training no no I didn't really like really like really start hitting the gym until my junior year of college when I yeah so my junior year of college which is what four years ago yeah four and a half years ago um yeah that's when I really started hitting it and um because so I studied abroad my sophomore year of college and when I came back I was chubby again I was eating baguettes croissants and schnitzel every day of my life

So much beer and wine. It was great. Wait, wait. Even at a younger age or? Well, over there, it's legal. I was 19. It's legal that 19. In Europe?

Yeah, you can drink beer at 16, I think. They should do that here, huh? I don't think people here can handle it. Why? Because there's a bunch of idiots out here, to be honest. No, dude. Listen, that's the answer that I was going towards because I feel the same. It's like, they, we, like, I don't know.

we have like all these different rules and shit and I know because I've been to Europe and Italy you can like drink wine and like there's like no preservatives and it's actually way better and shit but yeah I don't think we're ready for shit over here like we seem to have like I don't know it's just a different culture because here it's like you drink to get drunk and like you know party and have fun and this and that where I most of the time in Europe it's it's like a cultural thing it's like oh we're going to share wine at dinner and like relax and you know let's just like it tastes good let's just debauchy getting fucked up yes exactly so so i get back and then i'm like i need a shred again and like i can't have this i'm i'm chubby again

so big body dysmorphia guy and so i started lifting and uh and my pops um Arnold schwarzenegger if you don't know yeah we were we were getting there and uh so he gave me the bodybuilding encyclopedia his his bodybuilding encyclopedia i got to say this before you continue this story that was one of the first things that i read um when i was like fucking 16 that i was like oh i love this oh yeah one of the first things that i read i read this year i remember i must have read this thing like nine fucking times front to back this big ass book and uh yeah it was it was amazing and i did but also well we'll talk about it later on i'll let you finish your story but he did so much fucking volume dude a lot of volume like

So that's why. So, yeah, I'll get to that. Yeah, we'll talk about it later. So I go, so I open up the book and he's like, look, every question that you have, it's right in here. So just do your research, study it. And if you have any extra questions, you can come to me whenever. I was like, great.

Yeah. And then, but I took that to heart. And so I really just dove in there and just like, nonstop, just only bodybuilding encyclopedia. And then I got cut again. And, and then. that really started my addiction to the gym yeah yeah because it became totally part of my life like every day if I skip a day um I actually just saw a video that you you put out like about rest

days and like I really do suffer from that like mental state when I skip a day I'm like I'm like going crazy or going backwards yeah yeah like I can I can see it in my body even though nothing happened yeah but I'm like oh I can well it's super common I think the reason why people feel that way is obviously like if you're like a I guess in a sense of like an overachiever if you become like hyper focus on your body being a certain way and like looking a certain way then what happens is like during a literal rest day or like a few rest days your body your muscles tend to like not hold as much water because you're not you're not as active right so things will shrink you know like when you get a pump you're like damn I look amazing right that like

art it's not artificial but that temporary growth you're like fuck it's get a fucking and photo for IG and shit, get a little video. It's temporary. Just like when you stop training for like a few days, like your body is going to hold on to less water in the muscle. You're not going to be as full. So like people will see themselves in the mirror and be like, oh, I'm getting fucking small.

But it's not like it's not like your muscles just disappearing because you miss one day or a week. It's it. But it is a mental thing that fucks people up. I think it's more of just like, I don't know. Like I, yeah, mentally I just feel like I need to be active in some kind of way. like yeah constantly or else i do you think everyone feels that way i think a lot of people do but for me it's not it's not like oh i'm getting small i don't care about oh that's small for me it's it's like

i'm getting fat again like that's scarred it scarred you know and so i'm constantly always worried about my body fat percentage and like um i go on these like big well what bothered you the most about being fat was it just because you couldn't run with the uh sports or it was it was many things yeah It was, it was, uh, it was the sports things like getting cut from my teams and I knew it was my weight that was holding me back. It was, um, the looks and, uh, I personally put a pressure on myself to constantly have like a certain physique. Do you think it was related to your dad? Yeah, totally. Yeah.

In a way. Um, in a way. I got to ask like, it's, I couldn't imagine. I mean, bro, your dad is like the guy that most people train. They're like, oh, I want to look like fucking Arnold. Like he pretty much spawn like current day aesthetics and let's everyone try to look this way. And the whole internet makes content about this shit now. And like I'm trying to imagine myself being that guy's son and trying to chase that.

Because like obviously genetically, and this is the funny thing about you is like you're you're like the most closely. Like you look like the guy the most like even physically. as far as like his other kids and I'm not going to talk about all that but just it's that would be a lot of pressure for me if I was if I'm thinking like if I'm that guy especially if I was into it I'd be like yo I because like also you want to be better and it's like how the fuck do you be better than that physically yeah I mean he's the goat so like I mean non-biased like no he's the goat so I mean dude you he like spawned the generation right that is even current people are like oh aesthetics and it's like he surpassed time even with the physique and people are still like that's that's the one so I'm like damn if I'm that guy's son and I have like this like slight body dysmorphia it's like fucking tough yeah straight up well I mean it's it's it's uh I wouldn't say it's like a huge pressure that everyone's put on me because no like I could do whatever you whatever I want you know he's not like you have to be a bodybuilder yeah no no one's pushed me to be bodybuilding my my dad's never said like whatever you want whatever you want you know he's not like you have to be a bodybuilder yeah no no one's pushed me to be bodybuilding my my my dad's never said like like like like, oh, you should be a bodybuilder, like nothing like that. He's never even said you should get into movies or this is all, like it all just came from me and my passion to do it. And I'm not necessarily chasing my dad.

Of course not. But the main thing is his physique, like many other people, his physique and what he's done with fitness is like a huge inspiration to me. So I take that and I'm like constantly pushing myself. to kind of live up to that expectation. Because I know he came from nothing from, he was, he was an immigrant, came from Austria and, you know, so young with with no money and and, and, um, so I'm constantly thinking like, oh, well, if he did it without all these things, you

know, then I, yeah, I should be able to do it. But this is a different sort of pressure, right? We're not even talking about physical body dysmorphic pressure. This is like, your dad also did everything. Like he said he was a fucking immigrant. He came here. He became like the fucking governor. He's this fucking movie star.

He's his number one bodybuilder. That like that alone, I'm trying to imagine like my father took his life when I was young, right? I'm not making a comparison. I'm just saying like there's no expectation or there's no like, man, I want to be better. I want to be like or I want to be even close. Whatever. It's just like I'm just trying to make my way in life period. but I'm trying to picture myself in a situation where my dad is like this guy that is insanely

like well-versed and successful in so many areas and then being being the son and being like okay I want to be try to be better than that's like how do you be better than that and like what does that do to you uh in your ego like does it ever fuck with you like it'd be hard or are you going to do I mean listen I don't doubt you because I think you're fucking amazing you're a great fucking person. You got great fucking charisma. You're super personable. You're funny as fuck. Like you have all and you do the acting stuff. You're pursuing this stuff.

And I just trying to imagine myself in that situation. I just want to I wanted to talk to you about this specifically. Like being in the footsteps or like not necessarily in the same footsteps, but having to grow up like in that and being like, okay, how do you differentiate yourself

and make what you're doing, not obviously the same because it never will be, but how do you feel right in what you're doing it and join it without being like fuck is it enough you know what i'm saying right and that well so that's that's always kind of been something that i've struggled with is is comparisons and and you know figuring out my own path and and and not trying to be in someone's shadow and and all these kind of different things but i think what i found for myself was that I need to accept who I am, what that is in relation to me, what my relationship is with, with my family.

And the main thing is that I'm not following anyone. You know, I'm following myself. I'm pushing myself. And as long as I'm putting 110% in, then nothing really matters, you know. And my family knows that. Everyone knows that. and the, you know, friends, people that are in my corner, as long as I'm pushing myself, I don't have to worry about what everyone else is saying, like, oh, your physique is not good enough.

It's, it's not like your dad's, oh, your, your movies aren't this and that. Did people say that shit? Oh, yeah. Oh, my comments are ridiculous. But it's like, duh, bro, I'm a different person. Like, what do you say? And you're also not, like, heavily pursuing. body, but I mean, this dude, like, it's like different.

It's very different. People still say that day just because you're a son. Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. All the time. That's, that's pretty fucking. It's okay, though. So it was, it was definitely a mental block back in the day, like a, well, not back in the day, like two years ago. Yeah. But then there was a point where it just kind of clicked for me, and I started understanding, like, actually, it wasn't, it wasn't really an understanding. It was more of like a confidence, level in myself where I gained a confidence in what I was doing and I started really like knowing what I wanted to do finding my passions finding what made me me and feeling comfortable with myself because that was the main thing is like

the confidence wasn't there at the time and so that's when it would it would kind of pick at me in the physique or overall overall just like the confidence myself so once I started, once I did my first film, once I got to a physique level that I was like comfortable with and like I was like really happy about. Um, once I, you know, DJed my first like actual club. Once I did all these like like landmarks for myself, then I started getting a lot more confident in what I was doing and who I am. Yeah. And so that that really mentally changed the game for me because now I once I got my realtors license also

and like sold my first home that was huge now I'm like you know I could care less what everyone's saying and more of just like yeah he's my pops and but what about it yeah of course you know I mean the truth is man like whether or not you're fucking obviously not everyone's father's fucking Arnold Schwarzenegger right but whether or not that's the case

or anything like you're always going to have negative shit in your life where people are going to, like, judge you or you have close friends. They're going to be like, oh, that's stupid. And it all comes down to, like, what you said is getting to that point where you're like, wait, what the fuck actually matters? Is it a comparison to someone else? Like, that's never going to get you closer to what you want to do with your life. Right. And the person listening, same thing.

Like, you're not going to get closer to your goals or your dreams by being like, oh, this guy thinks is dumb. And that guy thinks I'm stupid. And that person says, I'm not good enough. Like, that's never going to get you anywhere closer to where you actually want to be despite everything. So it's like, no matter the circumstance, like obviously yours is like a, you know, a crazy difference where it's like, you know, people can, because everyone knows that person. So once they know you and then they know that you're connected, they can draw comparisons. Right. So it's easier for them to be like to make judgments, but it doesn't matter.

Like the truth is like whether that's the case or your fucking father's like whoever who's famous or whoever who's not, it doesn't even matter. It's just like in life. You can't live your life and the things you can't go after the things. you want to go after, like looking around and being like, yo, you think this is good? Am I good enough at this? Like, that's not going to get you good enough at it. It's not going to make you feel confident in yourself. It's not going to make you better.

So it's also, that you pointed it out is that everyone, it was also another realization that, yeah, everyone, there's always going to be someone that talks bad. Period. No matter what. You could win the Nobel Peace Prize and someone's going to talk shit about you for no apparent reason. It could just be a troll. and like the thing is not to take it to heart at all because one you don't know these people and two it's like it's just noise and it's just going to constantly happen yeah i mean dude i've dealt with shit where like people people run their mouth up i half the time someone

talks shit about me like in this industry or fitness bullshit it's people that i never met will run their mouth about me and they'll never have a real interaction they'll run their mouth for like views or some bullshit and it's like dude i don't even and it's like and not even I never met I don't even know right I never even knew until someone's like yo did you see this person was talking about you I'm like what the fuck like this what is who is that guy where is this coming from right and then you just it's like I just you know it's tough sometimes because you want to react or you want to like fight back and you realize like what the fuck is the point because me me like making it a more of a problem is like number one giving the fire

feeding the fire and giving someone what they want and it's like beyond that it's like is that giving me any sort of actual push towards what I actually want right am I just now diverse my attention to some shit that's like really minuscule in the long run you know it's like me shifting my folks and being like let me look at this because like that person came out of their way to like be out of pocket and it's not going to do anything for me so I think it's really important for people listening you're going to have people in your life no matter what it is no matter what your goals are whether you want to be a fucking DJ an actor all the shit that you're doing or anything that you want to do people in your life and it sucks when it's like

the closest people like it'll be like close friends who will be like oh that's stupid or like They'll change up when you, you all want to go do this. And then they won't be excited. You'll notice it. And you'll be like, what the fuck? Like, you're supposed to like, hype me up. Yeah. So you just have to be like, fuck it and just keep going.

Right. And you kind of identify those people or whatever if you're on the internet. Identify those trolls and just be like, it is what it is and just keep moving forward. You forget about it the next day. Yeah. Well, I do at least. Do you really? Sometimes.

When I see, when I see comments and stuff, it's like, it's like, oh, man. And then the next day, I'm like, like, I don't even remember. So I want to talk about the DJ shit. How did you get into that? Because to me, when I heard about that and you, I was like, what the fuck are you talking about? Do you remember? Well, I asked you. I was like, I was like, we should set up a DJ booth at zoo and we should throw a party. Yeah. And like, it's like a lifter's party and like it'd be sick. And just, uh, yeah. And I was like, and you were like, you were like, yeah, well, we want a real DJ. And I was like, what? I think I was just trolling you though. You were trolling me. I was trolling me. But then you started flexing on me. And I was like, I was like, what are you? I was like flexing like this.

No, you were like, you were like, yeah, I can call up a. No, I didn't say that. No, I would never say that. I would never say that. That's funny. No, no. But, um, go fuck yourself. Yeah, I would, I would, I know, like, I would never say I could callups in a name drop.

I would never do that. No, I'm playing. I know, I know. Yo, will you let, uh, Steve will do it know that we're going to film that video. when he comes, sorry. Just name drop right there. You didn't catch that? I was like, are you really doing it?

That's a joke. No, but did you know that Steve actually just got his shit canceled? What shit? Dude, his fucking YouTube is wiped. Oh, really? His whole YouTube. It's like off the platform.

He can't even make an account. What did he do this time? I mean, I don't know if I could talk to it. I mean, it's just you broke some policy shit that like they were serious about and then they like wiped his, like legit his I mean he's got almost what I feel like every social media thing is like doing that now like fucking shit up yeah they just like why like I didn't know that they could

just wipe people now yeah but I mean it's like I mean you break policies but what I what I was like okay it was on one of his channel his biggest channel which is like I don't know five million subscribers or some shit or four almost five and they wipe it sorry this is create change in subject we get back to it but they wipe it and then all his other channels are also gone like they wiped all of his channels and he can't even make an account right now no way yeah like if he went to go make an account it'd be like you can't that's fucked up so it's like do what the fuck that's crazy because like his whole like his whole live everything is kind of like like focused around that yeah i know he like and straight of focus around it i mean like i know

personally because i know him he just uses instagram just because but like youtube is like his thing and it's like you can't you're not even on this like every video he ever posted on any of his channels is gone that is wild so you google him or you youtube and it's like there's no videos are just gone like his count like two accounts gone all videos gone it's just on both of his accounts like no everything is gone that's wild so you're i'm thinking about this i'm like holy fuck because like obviously he broke some policy shit but then i'm like but what about all like he does so much good shit too and it's just to me it's like we're like i mean obviously draw the line yeah and And obviously, where do you draw the line and, like, gone forever and can't make an account?

Right. Just like, what? Like, if someone fucked up, can they start over? Or is it just like, no, you're in prison now? Like, what? You're in YouTube prison? You're done. You're banned.

YouTube prison, like perma band is crazy. Permanently banned is insane. But anyways, let's get back to it. I fucking lost me. What? You were talking about DJ. DJ. Oh, DJ.

Yeah. Okay. So how did I get started? Yeah. when were you like i want to be a fucking dj i think no it's not i think okay so what happened was in college paris hilton she inspired you yeah paris and got it yeah yeah she inspired me and now i'm oh and dj polly polly d he's killing it actually i know i know he's crushing i know paris hilton's crushing too she's playing out all these festivals i'm like yo i was trying to

make a joke out of it but like it's actually crazy how i'm like why oh they sell mad tickets but like why just cuss i don't know do you think i could be a dj 100% dude that's crazy that'd be fucking dope you got to teach me i'll teach you i'm dead serious it's you know it's really fun you know it's funny we're just i didn't mean to talk about him again but steve wanted to be a dj at one point he was like dead serious like i want to be a fucking dj oh he'd be a character on stage it'd be hilarious but anyway sorry so how do you get in how are you like yo i'm gonna be a dj well i think that it all started in uh in college like the end of my senior year year when we were you know you have your fraternity parties and all that stuff and like

one of my one of my good friends he was the DJ and like the only kid that knew how to DJ in the in the fraternity and he would DJ all the parties and he would play the same 50 songs every party and I got so sick and tired of him like dude you're your ass like in the same sequence almost I knew exactly what song was going to come up when like every transition that was planning I knew exactly what he was going to do and like how he was going to do it I was like bro you got to like add some songs or like change it up a little bit he was like he was like well why don't you do it like why don't you become the DJ he got all but hurt and I was like all right but then by the time that I learned it

was like I had already graduated and and so and then during COVID was when I like really got into it Yeah, because I had all this free time. So you're doing like underground COVID parties? Is this like something you're trying to tell us right now? You're like doing underground? You know, it's funny because I, um, I threw like a small gathering, let's say. I think I remember this. On top of a mountain.

And it was sick. Like I had my, I had my car running and I plugged in the speakers and everything in my car. And like, it was, it was, it was pretty. pretty epic this is during COVID he's like he's like I get in trouble for that no no dude I kept my gym open during the whole thing I don't go oh yeah that's right I was there every day yeah I remember and I also remember you were like you were like you were like you couldn't go see your dad because he was like not he was like not going out and shit right because you said something about that like during that time you kept your distance yeah every everyone was everyone was like yeah home locked up

and and so but that's what I'm saying like I know you were you were training And then you, but you were very aware of like, okay, I'm not going to put myself in these situations because you were out training. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Right. I remember that. I just remember specifically having that conversation with you about it during that time and being like, well, I'm doing this. And then I was asking like what he thought of it.

And he was like, just be safe. And then you also kept your distance from him just like to, you know, be fucking respectable. And from other people so you're not fucking. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't want to get anyone. Right. You were doing the right thing.

Yeah. I on the other hand was just a fucking, I was a bad person apparently because I get that ditch open apparently the cops came plenty of time all the time so yeah so i kept i kept going with it i kept learning kept uh listening to new music and um you know next thing next thing was uh getting my first gig out of club in san an monica what club uh it's called senator jones and it's like it's like um it's really fun i never heard it I mean, I'm not a big club guy. It's really fun, actually.

And the thing is, is that it's all like college kids. Okay. It was all like LMU kids and like a few Pepperdine people in there. And it was hilarious. But like for the music that I was playing at the time, which was all like just tech house, it was everyone was like going crazy. And I felt like the man. And I fell in love with like playing for people like at clubs. Because of the hype.

because everyone was just dancing like i loved getting everyone to dance and everyone to like move and get on the dance floor and like um yeah not gonna lie like there were like mad girls they were like oh my gosh you're so good and i was like yeah i was like yeah i'm pretty good right like i got hyped it was it's hype so it's like going nuts and um and then i started to start like kept playing shows um i feel like DJs get a lot of pussy you know I really feel that I'm thinking about this I'm like if I was a DJ because like it's the music and then they're dancing they're having fun maybe they're drinking a little bit and depending on the music maybe they're taking a little you know maybe taking like

Somali or so I don't know whoa that's what you do I'm just saying like depending on the me that's what I would I'm gonna go see your shows I'm just saying like you know in that culture the dance electronic type music vibe shit I think that you know they're like the fucking robot and shit when they're doing a fucking robot they're like yo fucking drink this water he's like what's in that water some stuff and then they're like oh my god crazy how i feel you know what i'm saying i don't know if that happens that's that's that much dude i think that's super common i feel like people people take care of the djs people people keep like yeah no i'm not saying

people aren't taking care i'm just saying like you know people go to like things like that and they like to do extracurricular activities like raves and shit people don't go to raves are like, I want to go here sober. You know what I'm saying? Right. They go there and they're like, yo, what's up with that? Yeah. Stuff that Bradley Martin sold me, you know?

It's like. Right. Oh. But I didn't because I'm not actually that. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But anyways, did you notice that your, your, your, your, your P game went up when, uh, my game?

You're getting the pussy, like pussy power, like you getting the love. Did it go like this when you were, next question. Do you have a girl right now? I don't have a girl right now. Okay, okay, solid. Still next question. Yo, you're so funny. You're so funny. Dude, I freaking miss hanging out with you. Um, low key, you've been having some, you know, what are you going to say? Just in your gym, you've been having some nutty, like, some baddies

come through the, like at zoo culture, I'm like, yo, what is going on over there? And then I, I don't know. It's supposed to be in the water, something in the water. Bro, I went the other day and I was like, this is fucking empty. What's going on? Really? What time? It was like 3 p.m. Oh, that's the worst time. Yeah, that's the worst.

You got to hit like, I would say like 10 to like 12 and then in the nighttime is like four to like six. Oh, that's when they go. Yeah. Because like 3 p.m. that's pretty much cleared out. I don't, I mean, I don't really hit on girls at the gym. Oh, that's a cap, dude. Is it cap? I think so.

You've never hit it on a girl at the gym? No, I have, but I think it's... You would like, yo, my dad's Arnold, what's up? That's just the funniest. I'm just saying, like, imagine, though. But imagine that line, dude. That's a... You could actually say that.

I go in there joking like, yeah, my dad's Arnold. It's like, no, he's not. But, like, you could actually say that's funny. In the gym, dude, that's sick. I guess. Is that sick? I'm trolling you. I feel like that's so lame.

But, but it's... I mean, actually, that line would get you way more gym bros Jimbros. Jimbrose would be hyper. Hell of Jimbrose. Holy fuck. If you're like, yo, my dad, they'd be like, what, dude? Show me. No way. Bullshit. Yeah. I mean, I know I was hyped. I was like, holy shit, that's cool as fuck. Just because the guy's dope to me. But, you know, anyways.

Girls. Girls. You don't have any. I wouldn't say it. No, no, I don't have any. Do you really not? No, I don't have a girlfriend. Are you just doing it because you don't want to talk about it? What do you mean? Like, do you get girls, though?

Do I get girls? Yeah, like, you have a roster pretty much. So I'm asking, like, and how many are on the team? This is the most ridiculous. I won't do that to you. I won't do that. But, like, you're not comfortable with talking about it? Talking about what?

The roster that we talked about earlier off camera. Shut the fuck up. Next question. I'm totally, by the way, I'm totally, if there's any girl watching this that failed offended, I'm kidding. He didn't actually do that off camera. Anyways, let's talk about what kind of girls do. do like though all right so what what is you do have like a type is it because like you

work out she got to be a gym girl does she have to be a DJ maybe oh oh I know the perfect girl for you oh Lord who I know the perfect girl for you I'm trying to get wiped are you really ah sometimes Charlie Jordan oh she's great yeah DJ works out on TikTok I don't know if that's a thing that's important but she's He's also on Instagram. Hey. What's going on here? No, I'm just like.

The matchmaking, Bradley Martin, Ratchmaking. I'm trying to think about, no, I'm just saying, like, genuinely, if you're interested in a girl, like, what are some things that you look for? Does she have to be into the shit you're into? Like, what? No, not completely. I mean, fitness girls are fun. Yeah, they are. Yeah, they are.

Yeah, it was fucking. Get raw. Raw talk. Oh, God. Yeah. girls are great uh i think i think i got to interrupt you i got interrupt you i did miss you i did miss you too yeah see we're we're rekindling right now no i really did miss you for real see you see you see the twinkle in his eye right now don't tear up rad i won't let's normally at the end of the

podcast sorry go ahead i'm super rude dude see look how he's closing his shorts he's like yeah i got i got i got it i got to i got over hold on they are professional dude fucking professional All right, serious. All right, girls. Yeah, so tell us about it. All right. Okay, what are my options here? Just the, because I like all kinds of girls.

Girls are great. I love, I love girls. I don't just try to fuck up. Do you have like a type? Is it like a gym girl? Is it like, like, what's your ideal girl? Okay, I have a type. Yeah.

And I know exactly what it looks like, but I can't explain it. It's really hard to explain. I can show you. Maybe you can explain it. Show me. Yes. Show me. And I won't say who it is, but show me and I will explain it.

Because I'll probably do this very artfully. I'm actually an expert at explaining types. Explaining descriptive physical attributes. Yes. Go ahead. Show me the picture. What did you just say, Brad? I'm an expert at describing physical attributes of women.

Right. maybe not maybe you should just say like you got like a you're good like vivid descriptions wait what's going on here where's all right we'll skip this one really this one's great dude okay this would be hilarious come on show me the picture see but I don't want to like I don't want to say something and then it it it shortens my range you know what I mean yeah but but there's no range just it's a bullshit conversation you don't have to be like this is it And that's it. And all the girls are like, oh, he don't like me.

I'm out, you know? It's not, that's not. What is not like, you want to ask my type? Oh, yeah. What's your type? Give me an example. I need an example. Latinos.

Latinos. Latinas. You love Latinos. Love them. Yeah, you, you, you, light skin girls, Latinos. See, we have the same, we have a very similar type. There you go. 100%.

There's nothing wrong with that. Latinas are great. Incredible. Light skin girls, great. Amazing. I'm really into Mediterranean girls. Like, Like that Greek, like Albanian, you know what I'm talking about?

Turkish. Like Turkish, yeah, it's Italian. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Fuck, dude. You spend a lot of time in Europe at all anymore? I was there this earlier this summer. Did you pull in Ibiza?

Oh, what? Did you pull? Dude. I love doing this, dude. It's so funny. I hate that you do this. I'm sorry. I'll stop.

I'll stop. But like, you know, for the boys, though. Like, did you? For the boys I mean like you have to bro Like I feel like you're fucking pulling I was just trying to like get the answer I mean I don't do okay

We'll do this on a scale of one to 10 Yeah How much do you pull on average Not like how many But like kids like what are your numbers like This is even worse than the first No it's not no this is just like Are you are you six like what's your success rate

It's just a simple question Pretty successful Yeah yeah What do you think it is? They're like Of every girl that I've talked to like I don't know in the last year I'm like having numbers like past my face right now like you know that me with all the math the equations so carried the two

yeah it's pretty good pretty good I love dude God you're so fucking funny all right all right fuck this shit we'll talk about girls I get it because I get a little uncomfortable when I'm gonna get in trouble I'm probably from what was just said I'm probably Oh, we can cut that shit out, don't worry. Cut a little bit out. Now, we'll leave that shit in. Fuck that. Save it for me.

Save it for later. There's nothing to be in trouble with, you know? You didn't say anything bad. Yeah, I know. You didn't. I just get, I get nervous. Well, you, here's where you would. Yeah, you do.

Here's where you'd get fucked up, though. If the girl that you're talking to or whatever. Yeah. And she heard that you're like Latinos or Likina's, she's not that. She's going to be a little offended. Or if she's not. He literally said Albanian, Middle Eastern, Turkish, Italian. Those ones as well.

Like, literally. Everything. So that's true. You were very like, you know, you know, I've been really into, uh, actually, I don't know. Just saying it. Don't be a pussy. You know, I've been really into, uh, Filipino girls. Oh, that's a spin. I dig that. Yeah. Like Asian girls. Like I love them. I had a phase. It's great. I've been really into that lately. Damn. Yeah. I know a few for you. Really? I'm going to hit up some. Oh my goodness. Yeah. Yeah. Some I think you actually really like, though, really cool.

I'm always down to meet cool girls. Dude, I fucking love you. That's a freaking real right there. I love you. I love you. So, okay, fuck the girl talk. Let's move on. Acting.

Let's talk about acting. See, now we're getting into the real deal, the nitty gritty. I just want to fuck around for a little bit. Yeah, your personality's great. Now, acting. This shit, like, Like how far are you in it? Because I know you had like some, some movie thing you talked to me about that you did.

Or was it a TV show? It was a movie thing, right? I don't remember what I talked to you about. Okay, that's fine. So have you done TVs, movie? What? What do you do? What do you do about mostly?

So far, I've done four films. Okay. One came out already called The Chariot, which was with Adam Siegel, Thomas Mann. Vernon Davis was in there. Oh, dope. Great film. And three more that are coming out soon, that are all in post-production. And with indie films, if you're trying to get into acting,

indie films take forever because they're not with a big old studio. Not a huge budget. It's never, yeah, they're usually not like a $50 million budget. So there's no like real urgency to get it out besides the director and the producers that want to get it out. But then there's also timing and all these, all these other things that go into it. Anyways, yeah, that's my number one goal.

Four so far. So for indie films, your number one goal is to be an actor then. Yeah, I love it. Out of everything that you do. Yeah, it's my biggest passion. I'm in love with acting. I love reading scripts. I love my acting class.

I'm in acting class two times, or no, like three, four, times a week. And then especially if I have a scene or a movie coming up, like I'm always training with my with my coach and all this kind of things. And that's another thing with that with the fitness, like keeping my body constantly moving and like doing these new things. Like that's why you always see me doing random shit all the time. Like what's he doing writing a horse?

Like, oh, I, you know, I get to write a horse in the film. Like, what film is it? Maybe you'll see. So wait. You know what I'm saying? Yes. Like constantly like building the craft. And it's my, that's like my art form.

What do you enjoy most about it? Because I'll be honest. I've done a few films. Like not like big roles or anything, but like, bro, it's like the craziest waiting process ever. Like you just stand around to wait. Yeah. I think a lot of it was waiting. Yeah.

It's like you get there early. They're like, yo, I was talking to Brian Cowan about this shit. You get there and you're like, yo, it's, clock call time or six o'clock call time but you don't film until like 12 like I just the weight yeah it's super annoying I'd love to get more into it but it's like ah fuck I don't know man I got to eat and shit right but then that's when that's when uh you know the budgets get higher you keep doing it and then you get a trailer and you can chill in your trailer and all that kind of stuff you know what I mean yeah but so it gets better it's just it's what do I love most about it yeah um dude actually

actually getting into these characters that they've been throwing at me which and it hasn't been like what most people would think that they are is like oh the big action guy just like the big jock or like whatever they've been throwing me some like good meaty like monologues and and really emotional stuff that's uh that's allowed me to tap into different memories that I have different things that I get to find out about myself and the thing about acting is if you're a salesperson what are you selling you're selling your emotions that's that's what that's what we say is is actors sell their emotions for money essentially yeah so it's fun for me because um I get to constantly know where I am emotionally I get to be I'm super emotionally like

Is it intelligent, emotionally intelligent? Aware, emotionally aware. I'm always, like, I always know what's going on in my brain. You got effects like the rest of your life? Like I'm better or worse outside of acting. I think it's helped out a lot because I, you know, I know what's going on when I'm talking to someone, how this person makes me feel. I'm always asking myself, how does this make me feel? How does, you know, how does talking to so-and-so, how does this experience make me feel?

and then I get to use that later on in a film. Yeah. You know. So it's like creating range. Yeah. Kind of like. So, because that's the one thing like,

you know, you said earlier about like being this role. Like I know if I start getting into acting, be like, make this guy like the fucking the bruiser, the buff guy. Right. The tough guy.

Right. Excuse me. A little sick. Or allergies. Anyways. Like, because there are some actors that they just kind of like make the same thing all the time. Right.

Which in my opinion, like, I don't know if it's going to hurt people's feelings. or not but like the rock seems to like always play himself like he plays this and except i think in i don't know if it was like fucking moana or some shit he was like the fucking the animated obviously that was him too yeah still like he a lot of his a lot of his stuff is uh i don't know it's this it's this there's not a ton of range is what i'm saying it seems like i'm not you know what i'm saying yeah so as an actor like how do you think you get out of that

because a lot of you like it's called typecasting right which is like this is the type of character you're going to be and they just keep putting you that how do you think you get out of that thing like how do you think you get out of that do you have to like request different characters or yeah i mean it's it comes with like requesting different work it comes from taking a lower pay because because a lot of times um this is this is mostly assumption it's not it's not fact but i would i would assume that a lot of a lot of actors don't venture out into different roles because they're not getting paid enough to do it and it's it's risky you know it's hard to do something that you're not used to so Matthew McConae for example he was

amazing actor he's one of my favorites for sure he was typecasted as the the rom-com guy and he talks about that multiple times he was typecasted as the rom-com guy and he stopped working for what a few a few years until someone gave him a new role that wasn't the rom-com guy so he just he said no to a bunch of shit yeah yeah and then they they even offered him like mad money to play the rom-com guy again he he said no because he really wanted to break out of that typecast yeah and so there's obviously so many more details that went into that story of that like i'm not going to explain but yeah again it takes it takes just like saying no saying no taking the the smaller budget films so that you can show people like you can do that yeah I see so that's that's

kind of what I've been doing lately because I don't want to get typecasted I like I've been training for so for like five six years now you know constantly working on my craft and my acting craft to play these different roles and and then to just get stuck as like the guy that just beats everyone's ass is like, you know, it's cool, but, you know, it's like what's all this training for then, you know, like I, I'm learning how to, to work and be, you know, the sad guy, the, the, the weird guy, the freaking, you know, I don't have to work that hard to be the weird guy, but yeah, me neither. I'm fucking weird as shit, dude. Yeah, we're all weird in their own way, but I'm really weird though. Yeah, I know. What's, what's the weirdest thing

about you the weirdest thing about me what do you think the weirdest thing about you is so it's a that's a tough question because i have like a such a tough question oh fuck it because some things can be normal to me and they're like super weird to someone else but you know what to be honest i'm just a freaking sick oh dude yeah i think we all i think we all are though like what i think we're all fucking sickos man straight out just a little bit to a degree i mean dude look at us i think it's a spectrum right what do you say the fact that you guys are saying like a sicko like just makes it seem like you're into some like well that's that's how does you take it see that's what i'm like yo that's weird you're interpreting this and totally wrong way you're a sicko you're the one who's like

i'm a sicko and i'm like oh see there's you're a sicko yeah like and we're we're sickos yeah it's like you you took that you guys are like you guys are weird for that no you took it you made it very strange you made it sexual we weren't talking about that what i It was even making it in that sense. What are you saying? You sick fucking. Brad, what are you talking about? You literally made this.

I definitely didn't not make it sexual in any way she performed. Might eat ass, but let's not. Wait, what? Who cares? We're talking about sicko stuff. Do you eat ass? Honestly, I love fucking with you. I love fucking with you.

I know, I know you love it. I know how like you, because we filmed YouTube stuff in the past. And I know how like sometimes you got to be like, politically correct and I try to say fucked up shit I'm sorry I apologize kind of it's kind of rude sometimes but I fucking love you though bro I swear it's like I swear it's like my hearts it's not negative I'm thanks do you have to be PC do you think you have to be more PC because your dad uh hmm or do you just like to be no I don't I don't really like to do I don't give a fuck I know you don't yeah that's that's you

I know. I'm a gentleman, okay. Doesn't mean you're not a gentleman. It can't, you could, I can still be a gentleman and be like, fuck that shit. Yeah, that's true. Oh, is it not? Oh, shit. I got to re-evaluate that.

Are you sure? That's just like, I don't know, gentlemen is like manners, proper and stuff like that. Oh, sorry, sorry, excuse me. So it's like, yeah. There he goes. Fuck that shit. I think you're moving. Yeah.

Fuck that shit. Sure. Wait, pink. Wait, hold on. Fuck that shit. Look at this. Oh, there's a Celsius right here. Yeah, go for it.

Oh, we're not advertising. No, this is a net. We got paid for this. Oh, actually? Yeah, yeah. Holy shit, Mike. Yeah. Is there a cold one?

Yeah, there's the cold ones are in there. Can you grab them a cold one, please? Like, I said, dude, how official I sound, I just like, off camera, could you get him a cold one? Dude, that's fucking sick. I'm pretty cool, huh? Yeah. You're pretty cool. You're pretty sick.

I love fuck. You're definitely not cool for saying that. I'm pretty cool, huh? Bro, it's a joke. What the fuck? Get off my fucking podcast. Go fuck your stuff. Yeah, dude. Jesus, fucking made us sound like we're sickos because you're thinking about eating ass over there. We're just talking about something. We're talking about being like fucking sick, dude. Can you do the hand moving again? Fucking sick, bro. Dude, I was doing that a lot. So I just filmed in in Hawaii. I love Hawaii. Hawaii is great. Holy shit. I love it. It's hard to work there. Did you get some pussy in Hawaii? I'm kidding. I'm not gonna listen. I'm gonna stop. I'm gonna stop. Can I listen. I did that on purpose. I did it. I had it right away, dude. I had it right away, dude.

Am I read slightly because people just want to know how much ass you get dude to be honest they're like how much people actually want to know I feel like I feel like dude to watch my podcast want to know that why would they not want to know that I want to know that you want to know I want to know I mean dude you're like you know yeah fucking sick great you're like what do you think what do you just spilled all over myself because you're making me you're making me nervous just ask you do the girls like the snitchell, you know? It's like, what's good? You know, the schnitzels, uh, schn'tz. Uh, the schnits. I choked on that fucking Celsius. You almost kill me, bro. I'm sorry.

Okay. Uh, man. Hawaii. Hawaii. You were spending time in Hawaii. Yeah, just films. What was the movie? It's called lava. It's, uh, you like not trying to get burnt on lava? Was it like that, you remember the trend when everyone was like, don't touch the lava? Oh, the floor is lava? Yeah. The whole movie was about that? Yeah. Sick, dude.

So it's like basically two and a half hours, maybe three hours of just the floor is lava and everyone goes, the whole city goes nuts. They put her on the intercom and everything. So stupid. What was it actually about? Well, it's a thriller. It's like a vacation thriller. This girl, she goes to Hawaii to vacation with one of her girlfriends to get away from her cheating boyfriend. She, uh, her friend meets a guy.

over a little dating app she meets me and i'm not the guy i'm the dating app but she meets me and my crew were uh professional free divers and we go and show them the big island you know what i show them the big island i fucking like that so long story short we get into by the way i never i never skipped that part just so you never i always watch that's like the bread and butter for me what the big island no like the beginning sequence yeah you know when you're like you know i was like i would normally skip that part I don't skip it. You're one of the good ones.

Oh my God. You know what I'm talking about, right? I have no idea what you're talking about. Do you watch porn? Dude. That's a porn question. Yeah, occasionally. I stopped.

You stopped. Yeah, you're bad, dude. Wow. I should stop. No, I stopped like legit. I swear to God, like nine months ago now. So you haven't watched one thing? Nope.

In nine months? in nine months it's pretty good yeah so you're just like never down bad never never in your life i just realized i mean i i joke a lot i'm being super sarcastic and shit about stuff here but i i i just got to the point where i was like i think i was jerking it one day and i was like what the fuck am i you i you know it's the post nut clarity yeah but i was like i wasn't i didn't even nut yet i was just like who am i like i need to stop doing this like did you finish You can't not, well, actually, I did also try that, like, fucking, fucking jerking off and not coming. I did that for like a month once.

Have you ever tried that? Dude, listen to me. Is that a thing? Yeah, bro. Listen, let me tell you some shit. I became an expert at holding my nut. That means I was, it translated. Yes, dude, like it translated to sex.

This sounds crazy. I sound a little crazy. See, this is what we're talking about. Sicko. Yeah, but you're sick in the head. But I'm helping young men get better. You see what I'm saying? Is that how you're helping him?

I swear I did this. I swear I did this. I was like, you know what? I'm going to try this. Like to the point where you're going to come and then stop, legit stop. And then literally shut the, like not watch the shit, close it, done. I did that for like it. This was right before I stopped completely watching it.

And I'm telling you right now that that like control that I gained has sustained. I didn't mean to rhyme, but I did. Point is you can get some control from that. Don't take my word for it. Maybe try it. If you have a hard time, this is what I'm telling you. Is this the camera that's on me? That's the camera that's on you.

What am I doing here? Dude. Talking about jerking off. We're talking about important things, man. Young men, this is important stuff. Guys have a hard time holding their nut. Yeah, well, that, dude, that sucks. Yeah, but what are you going to do?

This, what I'm saying, you could do what I'm saying. No. And then just stop? Yeah, imagine that. You're about to come. You're like, nope, stop. Pack it up, walk away. Go on with your day.

Do that shit for like. Well, you might as well just. No. Do you stop? It's fucking mental, bro. So you're sleeping with a girl and you just stop, get up and you're like, I'm done. I've, I've, oh, I'm talking about jerking off. I'm not talking about having sex.

You just said that it's translated straight over to sex. It's, it's translated to my ability to last longer. That's what I'm saying. Oh. You know what I'm saying. The control. I'm not saying. I'm just like, oh, yeah, okay, now get out of here.

No, it was like legit, like practice, what I'm saying? Practice to like then translating to sex and be able to control that. Because a lot of guys have a hard time with that. It's a very real thing. Is this what you guys deal with every day? No, this is a special episode for you. See, I, it's been a while. I haven't, we haven't had these conversations in a while.

Yeah, I feel like you needed them. If you guys don't know, Bradley's like one of my big brothers. And this is like brother talk, okay? It is. Look at you being PC right now. I love it, dude. I love you, bro. I have to. Thanks for saving us. Appreciate that, Doug. No, it's true. Okay. Fuck all that nonsense. Let's get back to Hawaii. Okay. Okay. So you're in Hawaii. When you're on set and when you're doing this stuff and you're like trying to act, do you ever be like, oh, fuck this shit. I want to go home and you don't want to do it. Do you ever feel like demotivated to like pursue that? To like pursue acting? No. No. But like. In the middle of being on set, yeah, like when it goes right into what you were saying about the waiting game and like you get to set 6 a.m. call time and it's like you're tired of shit because you were on set the night before until 12.

Yeah. And so you only had like four hours of sleep. You get to set at six and then they don't need you until, yeah, until like 12. So you're like, what did I just do? Like I could have slept in. I could have worked out. But, you know, once you, once you do it a few times, like, you realize, like, the importance of being there and being with the cast and, you know, especially myself. I don't want to be like ego guy, but I like to think that I'm a pretty big presence. Like, especially on set. Like, I'm always talking with the cast. I'm always talking with director and this and that. So I'm a big presence. And if I'm gone or if, like, I just decide to dip, you know, everyone else is going to like click out. So you're saying even beyond like your role and what you're doing on the film, you're trying to be more involved than everything else?

Yeah, because it built a relationship with my cast members. So with this with this lava film, I was I was one of the leads. I was the number two. And so so I have a relationship and it's an ensemble cast, which ensemble cast means that The whole cast is basically together throughout the whole film, which is even harder to film. Like the Power Rangers. I'm sorry.

It's just like the Power Rangers, bro. Yeah. I love fucking with you. So, so yeah, I have to build a friendship and like a relationship with all these guys. And it gets better and better and we start working together more and more and we get more and more comfortable with each other. Are you going to pursue? Is this like going to be like the thing you like want to be the best at? Is this the thing you're going to spend?

100%. I freaking love it. you want to be like an a list fucking actor yeah that's dope i don't care about like the fame and like being an a lister like i just mean at that level but i just want to do films the whole reason why i got into acting was because i was raised with my siblings on my mom's side uh i was raised watching films they showed me all the 80s movies all the 90s movies like i i watched like nightmare on elm street at like five years old which is nuts yeah but all the classics and I just was so inspired by all these

different actors and how they made me feel and how they made you know everyone feel in the theater and I wanted to do that I was like man I and I I think I can play that guy yeah and so so I started practicing and and going to training training with a coach and all this all these different things at what age that wasn't not till college okay I think I was 19 18 or 19 when I started when I started training with my acting coach and you're how old now so everyone has a reference 24 I'm almost 25 for yeah you're almost over the hill dude I'm almost over the hill I'm almost a quarter wow that's nuts really tough that's amazing though it's pretty crazy no one thinks that I'm 24 too everyone they think you're older yeah most most people think that I'm uh back to girls really quick this is the okay just for record you did it this I did it it is my fault but then we're going right back okay it is one of the most annoying things when I am

hitting it off with the girl and they were having great conversation and they're like wait how old are you like oh I'm 24 oh you're a baby wait so you're talking older girls then because oh yeah like I like older girls okay yeah like 26 to 32 is like I don't know why I freaking love it it's crazy because I feel like that swaps when you get older probably yeah I'm into that right now yeah that's okay that's fine completely makes sense I was the same thing I think I think when I was yeah when I was your age I was dating a girl that was fucking 36 it's just no BS you just like skip all the BS yeah I mean I just brought all the BS yeah that's okay I fucked it all up because then it's your fault

It's like, oh, that's my fault. Yeah, it's tough. That's a tough one, though, because then, like, the older ones typically expect or want, or they have, like, different expectations than, like, the younger ones, right? So it's like, you might end up in a situation where the girls, like, do want kids, they want something more serious, and then maybe you're not there. Yeah. And then it's like, for all the guys out there, it's all about honesty, being clear, what's going on.

What are the expectations here? When did you learn that? Because that is true. March of this year. So how did you learn that? Because now it sounds significant. Because you're right. I think one of the biggest issues that kids, guys, people have when dating, it's like they come into something.

And, you know, let's say it's a guy who like, he just wants some pussy, right? Right. But he makes a girl believe like he wants so much more. And like he, like guys tend to do that. A lot of guys tend to like like the manipulation card. Yeah. I don't even know if they're doing it intentionally, but they feed what they know the girl wants, even though they just want some pussy.

Yeah, but if you were more transparent, I just want people to get this like both guy men and women more transparent with what you're trying to find in a situation. I think your ability to have that and be successful, whether it's short term or long term is much greater than like change like fucking up the expectations because like you're basing off of what you think they want, even though it's not really what you want. Then you kind of find yourself in like a fucking predicament eventually. Right. So what you learned that in March? Yeah, like around March. I learned that just because there was. Hold on, I'm trying to, I'm trying to word this right. Trying to be PC, I know. I love it. You're funny. What do you do this because, like, you do this because like TMZ, because like TMZ will make articles and shit about you.

Oh, they'll get anything. Is that why you do it? Yeah. What if you're just like, fuck y'all, suck my dick? And it just said it. I don't know. I don't think I would do that anyways. Yeah, I know you wouldn't do that.

Yeah. I respect you and I respect that. I'm just I'm just playing devil's advocate here. Yeah. Well, I think it came from I was I was hanging out with this girl and we were hanging out for like a month or two or no, it was like just a month. And it wasn't like we were hanging out every day or anything, but we would see each other like maybe once a week. And I really cared for this person. And I saw there was a point where I saw that. that she was really getting into me. And I could feel like maybe it was just my assumption and that could totally be true, but my assumption was that she wanted to take it the next step. So what's the next step then? The next step is like to date me, to be my, to be my girlfriend

and like for me to be like mutually exclusive and, you know, to just be together. Right. Um, but at the time, I, you know, I wasn't, I wasn't ready for that. And so, um, the best thing, the, the, the best option, because I cared about what her feelings were. Um, I just, I felt like I should be honest with her and tell her like, look, this is not where I'm at. And, you know, I think it's just best if we part ways because I know for myself, this is where I'm at. And I, and I, I, you know, I think it's just best if we part ways because I'm at. And I'm at. And I, and I, you know, I don't want to go any further than what we're doing here and I can sense that you want to take it a step further and the more that we because she'll try to compromise you know yeah she'll try to compromise and if she tries to compromise and I say yes and I compromise with her what do I mean by compromise like oh she says oh no we can do what you want like but really she she still wants

that relationship yeah and so I don't want to hurt her and so I'd rather be honest and like it hurts for a little bit then keep leading this path or like keep leading this relationship to get stronger and stronger and then break it off for later yeah yeah just because you knew it wasn't it wasn't like a scarring situation or like it wasn't like a big thing it was it was it was just like a realization that I had and then and then it made me think of past relationships that I've had and I was like wow I should have I should have done this with these people yeah you know because it because it probably did it drag on more you like yeah more because like you're yeah there's more like it becomes more animosity when it's like you know the the misunderstanding or like

I want this and this person wants that and it's not fully explained yeah and the person gets further along and then then they have that like expectation of where it's going to go then you pull it away or they pulled away and you're like what the fuck and then it's a little bit more remorseful yeah well people people fuck up because they they assume everything you know and so you You have to, really you have to assume that the other person has no idea what you're thinking about. Yes. You know, very fucking important. Yeah.

And that was the same thing. I learned that same time because she was like, I, you know, I thought we were on the same page. Yeah. And I wasn't. But I think the thing it's important about the thing you're saying and people listening, like genuinely, I believe that in cases like this, your ability, if you ever wanted to like come back. can actually really explore that relationship is much greater if you do it this way, which is a lot harder. Because it just naturally, I think for men, it's, it's harder to like let go of stuff like that because your ego and all this shit. And it's easier to like string it on, even though you know it's not

really what you want, but it's like parts of it you want. Like maybe for the guy was like, yo, I want some pussy. So like, I'm going to try and string this on as far as I can. Right. But like eventually you're going to break that relationship where it's like you're probably never going to be able to really come back to a verse like if you ever, if you were able to do it and like, you know, forfeit your ego a little bit and understand like hey this is just better for both of us not just me yeah that you could always come back to a situation and if it's possible right you can be like hey like i'm actually really open to this now like i'm open to trying this for real if you were able to do it the right way you can't be like you can't string someone along and they get remorseful and regretful

and then a year you're like hey i really want to try this they're probably going to be like fuck you asshole you know what i'm saying yeah i think a lot of people get that twisted they don't they don't realize that because they're acting just off of ego and like what their ego wants and not what makes the most sense for both people and that's super common i think a lot of guys fucked that up yeah i know i did straight up i mean the reason why i'm saying this is because i i know that i fuck this up in one of my past relationships very long relationship because i was like you didn't you don't want to let you just kept trying i just kept trying and kept trying knowing that it was like you know it was a fuck situation because of all the things that had

happened but i just kept like holding on to the point where now i can't couldn't even have a conversation with that person they'd be like no i don't even want to talk to you i don't want to see you or i want to talk to you yeah for sure Your relationship like that and I was like yeah you told me about this. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like of course like the person's like they're remorseful like a little bit like even though it's not like it's not affecting their everyday life. But of course a person can be like yeah, no it's like I don't want to see you because because of how much was built up over that time and it not being able to be what we kind of that person wanted to be at one point where maybe didn't align with what I wanted to be and then and then I'm like okay with it. But then you know what I'm saying? Sadly the heartbreaker. Dude, I broke my own heart in situation. But I also. learned a lot you know so yeah that's that's the that's the way to learn yeah just took eight years it's okay everyone everyone learns at their own pace yeah for sure fuck dude but i i i yeah anyways i won't get into that anymore i'm pulling a you right now pc yeah we'll get into that right now so uh what was the darkest tell us more about this um okay so let's let's move past this so

the dj stuff the acting stuff what else are you really passionate of about like is there anything else that you're like actually besides I know you do the real estate stuff but are you like is it like a genuine passion yeah I love it it's um it was the it was it was the first job that I got right out of college was um interning at this real estate firm and and really just finding a mentor there um because I've always been interested in real estate and like investing in real estate and figuring out what to do with with money and Like, you know, it's just fun. It's like, it interests me.

So, so found a, found a mentor and then, um, really enjoyed it. Uh, I, I decided to get my, my license and now I've, I've been, I've been working in real estate also, you know, on top of all the other things that I'm doing, so. Seems like a lot of shit. It's a lot. How do you balance it? Um, time blocking. A lot of cocaine.

No. I'm trying. None of that stuff. No, I know you don't do that. I'm totally fucking with you people listening just guys seriously I I you are kind of like a younger brother to me so I like I fuck with you I know you don't do cocaine like you're so far from that sorry I just want to make that no and some people listen this I don't want them to think otherwise because I know I film a thousand videos with Steve will do it like drug dealer people still come up to me to this day like where's the drugs I see I see it in like whenever I comment on your post there's always like one right under and I'm like it's like where are the drugs that's a funny thing about the internet is that like things can be said and then just like people just run with it no matter what it's like i think there's some people that actually believe i'm a drug dealer i think so no like genuinely like probably 50% of the people but it's like not true but it was a funny ass joke there's a lot of very uneducated people out

there yeah in this world yeah it's okay we're all here to help each other yeah but that's why i want to make this known because we're we're fucking pc over here um yeah i'm just fuck with you i know you don't no cocaine. It's Molly that you fucking do. At the raves that you DJ. Dad. I'm kidding. I love you, bro. For real. You're a good dude. You are actually a really solid dude. I mean that. One of the, like, one of the few that I met, like, despite your circumstances, despite what you do, like, despite your attention, you're a good fucking person. Like, genuinely. I, I, even in relationship, I don't know we're joking earlier about girls, but even in relationship to girls, because I've had conversation to you off camera and you're super fucking.

And you're actually just a really fucking nice guy. Hopefully the girls that watching would get to this part and not just be like click out fuck that guy when you said this shit earlier You should yeah, you should put in the yeah skip two minute whatever no because you are though man you are genuinely like I know it's not just the PC you're on camera trying to be PC because of your situation remember but you are actually like off camera just this fucking solid guy and I and I appreciate that a lot about you. I want to make sure that I say that because it's important. Thanks bro so because I know what it's like a lot. Yeah no I know what it's like people talk shit about me and then like they'll be like they'll never say like the truth you know right right just like they just run with the bullshit because it's a funny joke but it's all good um do you have any questions for me being that I'm one of the top fitness gurus in the world you know next to Arnold are you uh number two or I'm pretty sure I'm number two some would say top 10 some some would say I'm top top top five sorry top two and I'm not number

two you know like Drake oh yeah so that means I'm number one your dad's number two I should have known I can't even I can't even take that serious let me let me apologize for greeting you I actually wrote that encyclopedia I knew there was something weird about the penmanship I went back in time I was like here I was like Arnold here see this is again another translation of sicko yeah I went back in time I was like take this give this to your son when he's 16 years of age. Oh, is that what you did? Yes.

Were you 16 when you got it? Through sky net, right? Exactly. Yo, this is perfect. Through sky net. You're funny. Yeah. It was crazy, dude.

But instead of John Connor, you were like, go find Joe Biana. Exactly. Exactly. And I carried a shotgun. It was you. Yeah. I also had a leather coat, sunglasses. God, such a good movie.

Fuck. God, it's such a good, such a good movie. No, but seriously, though, I know you have questions. for me. I'll set sets reps yeah I can get let's get into that all right let's get into that okay you know I honestly did have so many questions and then ask me yeah but you know whatever I'm gonna piss we'll cut it and then uh have like three questions for me okay you can you can I come in there with you I got a pissed yeah my dick won't shake itself you know what movie was that we'll shake each other yeah well my dick's not gonna shake itself that what was that pineapple

What movie was that? Who remembers that? I think you're just making this up. No, this is a, this is in a movie. I swear it's in a movie. That comment, comment below what movie it is. There's a movie where the guy's like, yeah, my dick's not going to shake itself. And then he's like, no.

No? No. Google it. Someone Google it because it is a movie, I swear. I'm not just a fucking sickle. Come shake my dick, though. All right, guys, quick interruption. Another one of our sponsors, Sean, Racon.

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Exactly. I don't know. Otherwise, I'd tell you the weight. I feel like it's like 50-something pounds. Six stones. Oh, in pounds. I think a stone is. Yeah, no, no, 84 pounds.

So you're like, you're like nine stones? Nine and a half. And like 120. Anyways, yeah, I wanted to ask you, I don't know if you had questions, but I wanted to ask you about cancel culture. Obviously, we're talking about the PC stuff and like, joking about it, etc. but I feel like it's starting to come back around like not cancel culture I feel like

the trend of cancel culture is starting to like like cancel cancel culture is like going away yes like cancel culture is getting kind of canceled because everything's kind of got out of hand and I and I feel like I feel like people are starting to like give less fucks I feel like we have to kind of had to yeah what do you think like I guess in the acting world though because that's still a very uh I don't know how do you say like sensitive yeah still a very sensitive space yeah super so I mean especially on set like again it's uh for anyone that's trying to get into acting like when you're on set or when you're when you're when you're working on set it's it's a it's a weird space because you have to you do kind of have to be careful about what you're what you're saying what you're talking about you like you can't really get too deep into who you are like because anyone can interpret anything like in a weird way yeah and then there's there's cancel culture but then there's also like me too stuff and it's like yeah it's it's a whole

it's like people are it's just dangerous it's just you know and and again anyone can take what you say and interpret it in like a very wrong way yeah like okay i'll give you a good example um I did a podcast with Duno, right? This comedian, Latino comedian. And we were just a clip that was going viral where I was like, yo, how have you dealt with your weight? Like, have you always dealt with being overweight, right? Yeah.

And what I meant was basically like, have you always dealt with being overweight, literally? Like, have you always struggled with your weight is what I was trying to say? And he was answered. It was really funny. There was nothing wrong there, but I was reading comments where people were like, why would you ask him that? Like, why are you so concerned with his health? if like I was asking a weird question but it's like you just took that context because the clip

went viral out right it was like why would you say that but my my line of questioning had to do with like when did he start getting into working out why is he working out why is it important to him you know what I'm saying but like people will took because the clip of me saying like have you always struggled with your weight right I think is a very reasonable fucking question ask someone on a podcast if we're going to get into talking about fitness yeah and most people are not going to go and watch the whole video so they can get the context exactly and then I'm like I saw myself I was I responded to like two comments. I was like, watch the whole podcast.

And I realized like, wait, fuck these shit. People are just like, people are just like cherry pick and they're like, I just want to be mad about this. I want to be mad about what someone did or like try and make it spin it and make it look like it's like a bad thing. It's like we had so much fucking fun on that podcast and it's just like take like that little bit kind of taken out of context. Although there was so much positive support as well. I just think it's a thing that people do like in this in like especially this like cancel culture bullshit like people just pick stuff and want to be mad. And it's like I just wonder where does it all come. from is just people who just want to cause problems almost or like where do you think it comes from

like the whole like oh I need to make this person feel bad or look bad is it like because in my opinion a lot of times it stems from like someone else's own insecurity or someone else is like I just want I'm having a bad day so I want to make someone else have a bad day I mean I don't know I think I think that there are instances where people do get offended and people do feel sensitive towards certain subjects and certain questions so you know I think other people too many people take it into their own hands to prevent that instead of you know someone doing it themselves right so I think that's where that comes from is is people take it into into their own hands and feel like they're self-righteous because they're going to cancel you so that this person over here

doesn't get offended yeah you know what I mean but the thing that's funny to me and that's in those circumstances is like I think about stuff like that and I understand obviously if like if I'm out really saying something like blatantly disrespectful to someone it's like fucked up right because I shouldn't do that with such a big platform it's fucked up right yeah you can make someone feel bad and potentially make everyone else who might identify similar to that person feel bad like it's not a good situation the thing that fucks me up though is like when I think about these circumstances obviously outwardly disrespect to someone is not cool right but there's something about the internet when people come and they jump on there like to jump on and they're like you know

little things like that where they're like why would you say that it's like wait a sec a part of me too is like even though you took something out of context to try to spin it and make it like bad when it wasn't and my mind goes like wait does everyone else in the world just pretending like that they're like these perfect fucking people that's the thing with cancer culture that fucks me up is like I know so many people who make the worst kind of jokes and like they're laughing about this shit and it's funny and then all but all of a sudden like those same people that's would be like if it was set on the internet oh my god i can't believe you would say that it's like shut the fuck up man i'd like yeah and and and beyond that is like just the person who's acting like

i'm holier than you like i it's like it's like as if your life's perfect and you treat everyone perfect it's like that's a self-righteous thing that's the thing that's the thing that bothers me the most is like that i'm gonna shoot at you for some shit like even even social media and drama like i'll see i'll see i'll see kids talk shit about other kids and be like oh this person has success because of blah blah this person this person for these reasons and then like on the internet on social media itself and then like try to sell that someone something through like the fucking views that they get on that video talking bad at all the time and it's just like a it's just a weird fucking thing

where it's like I don't know man I just think there's a lot of fuck shit going on period on the internet but like this whole like trying to make other people feel bad about things that they're doing when it's like dude is your life fucking perfect like are you doing everything exactly right and that's the thing that fucks me up talking about making people feel like shit and and kind of making other people just like, yeah, feel like shit. Do you enjoy, like, squatting these girls and, like, making all the other guys feel like shit in the gym? Honestly, I'm over at this point, I think. I think you're, you see it, you look, I've been watching your videos and I'm over it.

I can see the, the sadness inside of you. I've done it too many times, man. I think you're done. It's not enough girls, you know? Yeah. No, it's fun. It's fun. Yeah, I like, I like making people.

but like you feel like you know insecure yeah yeah like I can't do that yeah they they probably won't let me do that you probably won't let you do that couldn't you though could I do that you could they would let you do it really yeah you're talking about they as in the girls or they as in like the community no the girls oh yeah they let you do it for sure no don't like you haven't done that already because you haven't filmed it you fuck because you're like I can't film this but like yeah but like what's up come on don't play with me Don't sound me out like that. No, I haven't done that.

Oh, yeah. Like, I don't see you. I've got, listen, dude, I got blackmail footage of you in the gym doing that, okay? Wow. You wouldn't have to cut that out. We should, you should take me to the gym one day and show me how to do all this. Dude, you know how to do it. Bro, you should spot me doing that.

I'm down. We'll get you some girls. I'll line the girls up for you. Yeah, I don't have any girls. That's lie. Okay. Thanks. Do you really not have girls?

We're going to talk about this again. Oh, okay. Let's skip that. Okay. dude I love you're like me on this stuff on this subject

I don't like talking about it either yeah no dude oh my God okay so beer so back to fitness

dude people watch this and be like these guys are on fucking drugs what is wrong with them what is wrong with it we weren't talking about fitness so you would consider a fitness guy. Yo, I can't.

Your fucking face, dude. You go fuck yourself. Yeah, dude, top two and I'm not number two. What do you mean? Go ahead. No, ask me a fitness. Are you called yourself? No, I just fucking around.

That's all right. Your dad's number one. We'll be fair. But ask me some questions because I know you went out there and pissed. Yeah, I was thinking about it. Did you piss in the pool? I feel like that's something you do. Yeah.

Good. We got cameras. I would do that, but not today. Check the cameras. It was the hot tub. that's cool it's closer can I use the sauna later of course yeah there's a cold tub and shit in the side you can do that too no way cold tub and like a little hot tub you can go back and forth recovery that's pretty

good yeah we're getting in there so okay I say seriously though so burnout is a big thing for me there's like in the gym yeah I go through like little like week or two week stints or like I'll just be like dude these workouts suck I'm I'm burnt out I'm of this diet thing like you're not getting a pump i'm not getting a pump yeah yeah or like my sleep's just like i don't know how do you like what do you just never oh that's what it is i'm kidding i'm kidding no it's variation no no you're not i mean i'm not but like i'm also like regardless it is also important to have variance i've talked about this like plenty of times actually where it's like you can't be 100% all the time and you have to accept that right so

if you come to the gym yeah like you want to have more hardcore workouts like harder workouts than not but like every workout can't be that it's not going to be that like typically speaking if we're talking about like uh like even powellers for example like to get to the maximal level like they're not just like lifted heavy every single time to go to the gym they do like some sort of ramping up and then coming down right ramp up and come down like period is wait so what what's like what's your goal now that's a good question um as far as fitness yeah To be honest, over the last year, I've kind of flip-flop. I was getting leaner.

And then I was like, dude, do I want to get bigger again? I honestly. You got really cut. I did. I did. And I took a series for about four months where, like, I was, like, dieting hard as fuck, actually. Not hard where I was, like, unsustainably dieting, but I cut out.

I honestly didn't understand how you were in Miami and staying so ripped. Oh, I was just not, I was not, you know all the shit I wanted to eat. Like, no, comeoto, no, no bullshit. Like, just straight up, like. I was eating keto most of the day. You were taking like your Tupperware to the restaurant? No, no, no. I just know how to order really artfully.

Actually? Yeah. I'm an expert at that, dude. I need to get better. What do you do? You eat out? Yeah, well, when I, it's, so there is an art to eating out. Okay.

You're such, okay, Jesus Christ, man. I'm the sicko. What? You laughed when I said eat out. You fucking. I'm back. I'm not laughing. You totally, you're fucking with me.

If you guys are not on fucking YouTube, watch this. No, we're talking. about Bradley eating out. Yeah. Anyways. Go ahead. Eat out. Okay.

So eating out, there's a skill. This is actually a skill to be able to go out and order food that like can kind of fit with whatever you're doing. Right. And it's just about whenever you like, you could pick a food and you just have to dissect. You got to be able to talk to the waiter or waitress and say like, yo, can I have this like this? Not just ordering it as it is. Because normally as it is, it's going to be bullshit.

Like let's say, for example, you're ordering like some sort of steak. Steak is like, oh, that's super healthy, right? But oftentimes steak is maybe like a fuck ton of butter. a bunch of fucking extra bullshit. And if you just told someone like, hey, I want the steak, just cook the steak. Like, don't cook it. You have to just be more outwardly saying,

hey, this is how I want my food. And typically, most places will be like, okay, like they'll just cook a steak. If you just cook a steak, that's like if you just cooked it at the house, like you don't cook it into oil, don't cook it an extra butter. Like all the other steaks that they're cooking,

cook this one without the butter. You're going to get what you want. And then you ask for some rice, whatever. Like, most places will have something like that and say, I just want it plain. So you just have to order specifically See, this is game changing right here No, it is. I swear to God

Because obviously it's because I usually just make it easy And try to look for the healthiest thing on the menu Yeah, but that ends up being like shit. It's still fuck because they cook everything in oils Or butters and all that bullshit but here's the deal of the people listening It is more expensive. I'm not saying this is a cost effective way to do this Because it's not, but that's just how. Yeah, it's the best way to do it if I'm doing it. Yeah, I have to do it. If I'm taking it serious I have to do it that way and then oftentimes I'll find a place like when I'm in Miami you have

I'll find a place that's super consistent with like the food and I'll just like stick with that because I know that I feel good. I don't feel bloated like I feel good from it because I'm not super consistency is key yes when you're trying to lose weight or when you're trying to gain weight when you're not just like you got to base up this is the thing it's important you have to base it off how you feel right if I mean some food I'm like okay notice me like my stomach's bothered or like I feel bloated every like few hours every time after and it's like maybe that's not the food that I need to stick with but if like I could eat something and feel like energized and good and like feeling I don't feel extra you know water retention then I'll stick with that and be like okay just keep like

consistently eating the same thing it's it's boring but it's like if i really want when i'm focused on then i don't give a fuck i don't need to have all this variation and shit yeah so it's about ordering specifically and strategically so when you started your when you started your like fitness influence your life was that through youtube that was through you this is a good question so yeah i started instagram literally early 2011 so instagram's started end of 2010 in October right I started like I don't know like two three months after like when it basically I think it was like January 2011 yeah and this didn't like all this shit didn't exist it wasn't like oh I'm gonna be Bradley Martin and be a fitness influencer and do workout video didn't exist it was never like that it wasn't a thing like at the time there were some people who were like making money that I knew about on Twitter like There were some people, Elliot Hills was someone who was making money through fitness stuff, like before, like Instagram. Dave Tate, but he owns like a fitness company, like a fitness manufacturing equipment company, like which I bought equipment from.

But no one was like influencing. They weren't like influencers. And YouTube, I think, I think it was like 2013 that like it really like kind of fitness stuff. Like Rich Piano was one of the first guys that really blew up and like took it different, like took it serious. But long story short I was never like Oh man I'm gonna be a fitness influencer It wasn't a thing

Like there were there were not people Doing fitness in like I'm gonna put it this way I was I remember being like one of the first people In the fitness industry I have 10,000 followers And like people I remember going to a show Because I was competing at that time back in 2011 And like I remember walking by And you know when you go somewhere and someone's like

Oh that's so and so right like you could hear him Yeah yeah like oh I don't know for you Maybe like oh it's Arnold's kid or some shit right or let's show stuff or whatever the fuck right so now i hear like oh it's bradley martin right when i'm walking somewhere like i went to like a fucking carnival or some shit or what is it called like a fair i went to a fair the other day like oh brad like you hear this kind of can i get a photo so i'm walking i remember walking down in uh la and i was doing a show at that culver city auditorium and i'm walking down like the aisle it's like an auditorium with like chairs and someone goes

oh that's a guy with 10 000 followers like that was how early on i was doing this shit Damn. So meaning it wasn't a thing. I wasn't doing influencing. I was just posting shit that I thought was cool. I was never like, man, I'm going to make money and be like that guy. Yeah, because it wasn't a thing yet. Yeah.

I basically did it. Like I created that lane straight up. Yeah, for sure. On Instagram mainly. And then when I got to about 600,000 followers, which probably was in like, I don't know, this is so, oh, gee shit. Like 2013 maybe. That's when I started. YouTube. So I started you so YouTube came after you started with Instagram started with

Instagram and I was just like this was before videos this was before like every this just didn't exist how it is today so it was like back then you could post pictures and like most people posted pictures and they were like could they had like you swipe and you have these stupid ass frames that people would post on the Facebook so people are using Instagram when it first came out like I'm talking about Instagram when I was like yo follow me on Instagram and that person at Android and they're like I can't even download that app like it's not even on Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, I remember that.

And most people were like, what the fuck is Instagram? So I'm in the gym being like, follow me on Instagram. I'm like, what the fuck is this? No one used it. It wasn't like a thing that people were doing. And then, so I'm just posting pictures. And when I blew up on Instagram, it was because like, I was posting selfies. Like I had like good abs and like I guess still do.

But like, it was like, oh, I guess people thought, oh, I mean, you know, come on. Anyways, I'm looking with you. But like, there was like I had like aesthetic and then they dropped video. And I remember this, like, I remember the first video I ever did. I was like in my car being like, oh, Instagram has videos now. I'm just filming my face. But as soon as I started to film like my workouts, people were like, oh, fuck, this guy has abs and he's strong.

And then it caught on. And then I started doing like athletic shit. And they're like, oh, he's strong and he's athletic. Like the first video that went super viral for me and got me like back in the day, Instagram was so different. I must have got like 100,000 followers when I posted this video because the explore page was like one explore page on the whole app. Now it's like based on people you follow.

fellow photos you like suggested bullshit all this other stuff right back in the day if you had everyone had the same everyone had the same like six slides of the explore page so the explore page was like if you got on the explore page you were getting thousands of followers like every second so I had one video that went viral which was me jumping out of a pool like a four three and a half oh yeah yeah I remember that one super viral and I was getting like 10,000 followers like every 20 minutes like I was just getting fucking because you set up there for 24 hours basically and like Like I said, imagine it now. There was literally six versions of that page.

And if you were on that, you were booming. Like, your account was blowing the fuck up. Nowadays, it doesn't happen. You know what I'm saying? Nowadays, it's like they hide all your shit damn near on Instagram. You're lucky if you get anyone outside of your fucking following to actually see your shit. Because the algorithm is so fucking wacky. Yeah, it's pretty nuts right now.

But yeah, man, back in a day, I didn't like, I wasn't like, I'm going to be an influencer. Like, a lot of people asked me this question. Like, I didn't know. I was just doing what I thought was cool. I was doing like what at the time my job was it was a personal trainer. That's a big difference between then and now because now it's like that's a big goal for people. Well, people do it now because they want to make money. Right.

And then and then that's when it gets skewed because people go, I want to do what you're doing. And I love that and I respect that. But a lot of people go, I want to do what you're doing like I want to make money. Right. And it's not they're not posting like what they love to do. Yeah. They're doing something because they want an effect without like the real heart in it. Like I did it because that was just my life.

Like, I was a weirdo who trained and fell in love with training because, like, that's what I needed to feel good about myself. And this was before the internet. Like, I was the kind of, I remember having this conversation with Dawson, Dietren, like, the other day, like, I was a kind of person in the gym where back in a day in, like, 2010, 2009, people were like, if you were that crazy about training, like, how every kid nowadays is, like, filming and, like, they're trying to train hard, like, posted shit on content and it's cool and everyone does it now. if you were that kid back in 2009 people were like what the fuck is wrong with you not that you were filming anything because you didn't even film it shit for anything but if you were like taking training serious like people were like yo almost like you

good bro like yeah are you okay yeah and I remember that because just me and my buddies would like no cameras nothing have these workouts that like were just insane we push it like be on the leg press and do like stupid reps you're fucking shaking and like because I was so enamored by old school bodybuilding

like Ronnie Coleman and all that era that like you watching DVDs and shit to see this old Jay Cutler right Arnold stuff where you're watching this and you're like man I want to be like that I want to train hard like that I want to I want to like you know like the fucking you know like the fucking you know the video since motherfucker's like doing fucking the rose and he's like dying like that's the kind of shit that I saw and was like I want to be like that I didn't see social media because it wasn't there yeah so my my my like connection to it was much different it was like I want like that's what I want my life to be and because I like the work ethic in it nowadays

kids are like oh these kids make money doing this i can work out and have and i have abs i can make money not like i really care about this thing wait so what's your goal now okay so my goal now as far as fitness or as far as life because it's kind of like blooded as far as fitness and then and then life um i mean obviously i want to maintain a certain level of strength i've always tried to maintain like if i'm going into gym i'll do random shit like we'll film shit and then i'll just like someone else will be deadlifted in like a bunch of weight and i'll be like shit and i'll be like shit, if I could jump in and do it. I always want to be able to have like a good 700, 750 pound bedlift was always, I just

want to keep that. Right. So I just do it all the time. But it's like, am I, it's easy for me at this point. And that's, I just ask that because a lot of times people make their goals based off of other people's physique's like, like, oh, I saw C bum. So I'm going to, I want to have C bum's body or like, you know, I see Bradley. I want to have Bradley.

But like your, your physique is like, so one, it's you. unique and like to like do you see yourself like like I like that guy's physique I want to have like similar to that or not anymore like did it ever used to be like that yeah like early on like I told you it was like Arnold Ronnie like now it's just like maintaining or like what do you mean yeah kind of more like there's so many other things that kind of take my time and I know to be and I've had this conversation before with people but to be but to be. be like really your best at like bodybuilding or power lifting or like excelling at one of those sports, Olympic weighting, whatever it is, like with physique involved, you have to dedicate all your time to that. Like to have the C bump physique, right? Like if you want to be the best, obviously you can't have someone else's physique, number one. Let's make that clear.

Yeah, everyone's different. But to have your best physique, like to be at that level, that condition, your whole life has to revolve around that. And I don't. And I don't, you're going to compete again? No, I don't think so, man. I don't think I have that in. I don't care as much.

I also, I've never really, like, I burnt out on that industry very early on because of the politicalness in it. And it's just kind of shady. Right. And it was like, it, I remember very clearly it became more about what you could do for them. It wasn't just about a physique. Like, I remember it literally, I'll tell this story. I don't know if I've told the story ever specifically on the podcast, but I remember I lost at the USA's back in the day. Men's physique first came out.

They only gave out one pro card. Now they gave out two, like at the next show. every other show after they gave out to the first two top two but I was like the first USA's that they ever did in Vegas and I got second and I remember how bummed out I was and everyone told me like you should have won and they're like you got robbed and I heard that for like months on Facebook that's what everyone was using Facebook yeah and like I'm reading all these messages like yeah I did get fucked I'm looking at the pictures like why didn't I win and then I remember talking to like the coach of the person who won and then being like yeah you didn't

win like you should join my team because like I'm connected with like the show promoter and like that's pretty much essentially why you lost is because my guy was my client and I brought these 15 clients to this show. Exactly. See, I would never know about that. So imagine I'm a trainer and I'm a coach and I have 15 clients and I'm bringing them to your show and your promoter and I'm giving you all this money from all these clients basically. Right. And then I say, hey, I brought these 15, 30 people to your show.

Look at my guy in that class. He should win essentially. And then like they're over there telling the people like, oh, look at this person more. So that person's going to get more. Because it's a subjective sport. Do you think it's still like that? Absolutely. 100%.

I don't think it's as bad as it. was back then I think it's definitely changed a little bit but I need to go to more bodybuilding shows but well they would always rationalize I remember be like well on the west coast we were looking for like a softer physique and on the east coast they like a harder for zeke and then it just it was they always had some excuse so like well talk to the judge and see you get there it was just it was just like it was bullshit man and and the truth be told I just remember having that experience and not having followers let me give you perspective now right having that experience and like everyone being like you you you had this you should have won hands down

right the show before that i won in san diego one first one overall blah blah whatever and everyone was like you should have this easy and then i remember having that experience and not having followers and then getting a bunch of followers and blowing up and being one of the first to blow up and then people who own shows in texas at the time i'm not going to say the person's name was like come do my show you're going to win and he wanted me to come do his show because i'm going to go promote it i'm going to talk about the fact that i'm doing the show i'm going to texas to do this guy's show drive traffic to the show right and i remember before i go out on stage I'm literally there's like imagine you walk out on stage right and like you're in the

back and there's like the the curtains right and I'm walking out on stage with a pump up area is yeah or like imagine imagine this is the stage okay and on the side there's curtains and also behind these curtains that the crowd can't see there's like a different level like an upper level where people are city like behind and they're watching the stage from like up on the stage and as I'm about to walk out to get judged for the night show which is like the first show in the morning is like you show up and they prejudging or whatever prejudging they really that's when they really decide yeah in the night show all your family members come and they're like everyone kind of shows out right the little fuller hopefully they didn't over spill over blah

blah all this shit and i and that's when they also say at the night show who wins right yeah so as i'm about to walk out the guy who invited me to that show to come do his show in texas he's like trust me you'll win come do my show but he want because he knew that i'm going to be like look i'm doing the show in texas is the name of the show and pc whatever blah blah blah right come do the show he's up here and I'm about to walk out for like the final appearance before they say who wins and he's like number one like the guy who was owning the show and running the show is like he looks at me he's like like you're going to win number one and I win so my point is this when I had nothing to offer and I had no clout to give I got fucked because someone else had money in someone

else's pocket over there of that show right and they're like yeah you got to ask the judges about what you should do better your posing could be better like all this shit that they would excuse it with and then when I realized like oh I'm popping now they're telling me to come do these shows and before I even show up to the show ever they say I'm gonna win and then I win that's wild so that literally happens to me

so through that experience I was like ah fuck this shit because it's not it's any sport that's subjective like that you can just make shit up straight up you can be like well their posing was kind of off period like it's not like I can go and be like you know like I deadlifted it's you You think Olympia is like that?

I think it, I think, to a degree, absolutely. Do you think they choose the winner of the Olympia based on who's going to be bringing more traffic? Absolutely, 100%. Yeah. I'm not saying that the person who wins, like, you can't go out there and be like a piece of shit and like look like trash. They're not going to let you win. You're not going to show up and win if you, if you, you can't be like a random gym dude and be like, dude, I'm fucking super popping and I'm doing the Olympics. You're not going to win.

You have to fit the mold. So, like, you can't go out there and look like shit. But I do believe that there is definitely a giant side to it that I think, though, has gotten, has become less and less because of the internet. Because of people's ability to say shit like this on platforms and be like, yo, I felt this way. So they had to reel it in and be like, okay, we have to be more like actually, you know, obviously still subjective, but a little more tight knit that we can't just say that guy wins or whatever. yeah I could probably win off of my posing alone you said that before you fuck no but I'm listen this is this is

it is what it is like because I get it it's a business at the end of day it's not like it's a fucking free thing where it's like you know everyone's doing this and there's no money involved there's a ton of money involved in that stuff so it's like as a business owner I'd understand it's like of course you want the person to win to be the person who's going to like bring the most to your business right but it's still it well that's why it's hard when it's sport based on judges and not performance and not like not like like I said power lifting you did

that or you didn't you got a white light or wed light you got the basketball and the hoop or you didn't like more points or not like you're they're judging off of like I'm a judge and I've been a judge and I'm like this is how I feel about that person's posing physique stage presence all these things that are just kind of fluid right besides like you know there's obviously a line where it's like if the guy walks in there he just had a ton of pizza he's like all right guy's water eating you're not up here like we can't even you're done we can't even compare you against everyone else so i get it it's just one of those sports that is a little bit can be wishy-washy so again i don't i don't think it's a hundred percent like that so what's the next life goal for me yeah

i want to have kids man really yeah yeah i could dude you'd be a sick dad thank you thank you Yeah, I really want to have kids. And in this stuff, you know, 33. Yeah, you got time. Yeah. But, but like this kind of stuff, I enjoy the most. Like this podcast stuff, this form of content, this medium is. And it's cool because, like, I'm noticing that this is now the thing that, like, everyone's doing now.

It's like the, it's like, but it's like, I mean, shit, I think like everything else, right? The people who are best at it will eventually continue to just kind of do it and continue to rise to the top. Like, with everything. But this is the best, in my opinion, because, like, someone could actually watch this. And if you're at this point watching this podcast, and you watched it throughout the whole thing, like you're actually invested in trying to learn about someone or about something to actually be better.

Because, dude, think about before the podcast became like really trendy and cool, all content was just like the least amount of attention span possible. It was like less and less. It was like the seconds of videos like that people were. That's how it is now kind of. Yeah, but it's kind of coming back around is what I'm saying. Right. The fact that this is becoming more popular and everyone has a podcast all of a sudden

because people know they see the trend that people are wanting more of this and I love that. I don't care that when that's a podcast. My point is like it became, I remember social media became this point where it was like fucking two, I only have my attention spans like two seconds

and like the average attention span of like kids was like fucking two seconds where it's like if it's not getting me right now but you can't learn shit in two seconds. Straight up. It's like just it's just taking you away from whatever else is going on your life temporarily. You just keep scrolling.

You get sucked into this machine. And then this stuff, if you're watching this is like, you actually. want to understand something otherwise you wouldn't sit and listen to something for this long you know what I'm saying so yeah there's so much more value here in my opinion that someone could actually better their fucking life's with or get some sort of perspective like that's why I love this so much because I knew when I was growing up how much I wanted shit like this and it didn't exist like this wasn't

when I was fucking 17 years old there wasn't like what podcast could I listen to it shit wasn't even a thing yeah you know like I wasn't like damn oh I listened to Joe Rogan it wasn't so I just love this shit. I think it's dope. So doing more, I'm talking about life goals. Doing more of this kind of stuff is what I'm really, really interested in. So life goal next is kids, baby. Yeah. Want that. Do you care? Boy, girl? I mean, I've always wanted two boys because I grew up with a brother. I always wanted to be the father I didn't have essentially. Right. So, but I mean, that's what that was my first thought of having kids. And then it's like, I don't give a fuck, dude. Girl boy, I don't give a shit. It doesn't matter to me. Dang, that's big time. It is.

Yeah, that's big time. Yeah. All the ladies are going to just come after you right now. I don't know. I've been talking about, like, I feel like the last few podcasts. You haven't, uh, you haven't got that bug yet to have kids? You know, it's funny the, this year was the first time. Because I've always been just like super like, uh, no, no, no kids.

Like I'm afraid of having kids, like all this stuff. And this was the first year that I was like, man, having a kid would be sick. Yeah. I mean, obviously, I like, I'm not ready for that right now. Now, like, you know, I have so many things that I want to do before a, uh, aka, you know, like actually fall in love with somebody to have a kid, but, um, this happened to me at 26, the same thing. Yeah.

Yeah. Because before I thought, I was like, no, no, fuck. No, I got way too much to do it. Yeah. And then I, but it was, it's weird. Like, I just started thinking about it. I was like, man, he's so sick. Like, I could have a freaking kid like, it'd be a beast dad.

Like, it'd be so sick. Yeah. Um, and then I kind of got stoked about it and I was like, Like, okay, that can wait, you know? Yeah. It's going to wait. Yeah. No, I mean, you got to be, you got to find the one.

You got to find the right. And that's another thing that I think I just, I don't know, I overthink. I just overthink, like trying to make it perfect. But it's like kind of almost sometimes you, I don't know, I guess you can't make everything perfect. I know you can't make everything perfect. Right. But that's always been like my, my biggest worry in life is like making the right decision, you know, trying to do what's right. And like for finding the right person or what's right for that person or what's right

for me and it's like that right person look like i mean someone's got to be like caring obviously some would be like something i say like if i'm gone could they take care of my kid the way that i would want my kid to be taken care of you know so right defining that i'm not going to go through the whole list but yeah it's someone who's like caring someone who's loving someone who's also stern when they need to be stern like because you can't have the kid just fuck off right yeah well how do you how do you find that stuff out i feel like for me i find a lot out about a person by their family

like how their family is yeah or just getting to know them yeah you know but you're right yeah family like a family said you can see how they interact you can see like how their family dynamic has been like because you know obviously obviously that's how you learn how they learn how to be is based on you know their parents yeah or their siblings whatever

but then also people grow from that and like move past that and like because then they learn from that that like maybe they certain things they didn't like so that it's just being around enough to see that person enough different situations to see okay how do you react when you're mad how do you react when you're happy like how do you react when you're sad yeah frustrated like getting those because like obviously with a kid you're going to be fucking sad you're going to be frustrated sometimes but you're going to be happy you're going to be mad whatever right how do you react in those situations without a kid and then how would that you can kind of get an idea of how they might react

with a kid you know what I'm saying yeah and that's that's what like but everything though in a relationship in general to understand someone he's a dog dad i'm a dog i am totally big dog oh yeah three three babies three babies you don't have any dogs uh they're with my mom oh yeah solid can't have them with me right now sad that's that's i love dogs yeah i'm also a dog sorry i had to go he's my dog my dog my dog my dogs are feasting Oh It didn't like that one What?

What? What? What? What did you mean by that? Like your boys are getting money? What did you mean by that? Yeah, my brothers are feasting right now. I like that. Is that like a fucking thing the kids all these days are saying? I don't know. I've been saying that for like the last like year I think.

My brothers are absolutely like my brothers are starving right now. They're just hungry. They're hungry. They're after it. Is that what you mean? But my brothers are starving. Are you trying to start a thing right now? If this is a thing already, then...

Because I've never heard this. Really? Yeah. No, my dogs are feasting. Is this a thing that you made up or is this a thing? I hope so. I mean, I don't know. Damn.

I've been saying it for like a year now. It might pick up. I hope so. Everybody, my dogs are feasting. Damn. Including you. I like to think so. You part of the dog pack?

Oh, yeah. What kind of bitches you get? I'm not going to do it again we're not going to do it we're going to end it there we're going to end it there I promise but no I appreciate you coming on man for real

I appreciate we're not going to talk about the bitches anymore we're going to end it there are we doing audience questions oh fuck that's right we got to so at the end of every episode we do audience questions where we're going to go through three of the questions

Natalie how can I ask the questions you go to ask raw talk at gmail.com and then we'll read your questions are you guys ready or go to Instagram find the Instagram at get raw talk That's the Instagram.

Wait, why is this live? Dude, this has been live the whole time. You're kidding. Yeah, dude, there's cameras up there.

Dude, you're sicko. Oh, shit. You're such a fuck, dude. I love that. Imagine it was live

and I just got you dirty with all the girls stuff. I think I kept my, my composure. You did good, dude. The play by play, 100% all four quarters. You did great.

You did great. No, it's not live. But we basically, people are sending in questions all the time and then we just pick them and then we just randomly select them. Oh, hell yeah. So go ahead.

Give us the first question. All right. So it says, how does one master the art of not being an overthinker and simply living in the moment? Oh, shit. I might not be the guy to answer that because I overthink a lot of stuff. You know, sometimes I like to think that fucking, you know, I don't know. Nice, dude.

That was insightful, bro. Holy fuck. All right, I'll give you guys a better answer. All right, please. Okay. How do you master the art of not being an overthinker? Is that the question? And live in the moment.

Yes. Okay. It's actually the answer is within the question. Right. Right. Living in the moment, although it can be the hardest thing for some people, that's how you master the art of not, of like, not overthinking, straight up. Because I must have, I mean, you guys got to understand this.

Number one time doesn't fucking exist. Okay. So we get so caught up in like we have to do things at a certain time or we need to do things before a certain time or like we need to be a certain way to get a certain thing. And we get so caught up in like the future and where we're going to go. And I and don't get me wrong, man. I've lived my life like this for years and sometimes more so than not. And I can say without a doubt that I've always had the most success in my life, the more I was in the moment. I've always had the best conversations in my life.

The more I was in the moment. I've always, like, felt literally the best tomorrow. I was just like, whatever I was doing, I wasn't worried about what I did yesterday, what I was going to do tomorrow or where I was going to be. And, you know, people ask you that dumb question. Where do you want to be in five years? Fuck that dumb question.

It's stupid. Like, don't get yourself caught up in like the future. Don't just don't leave yourself caught up in the past. And it's so much easier said than done. I will say that. And I know that's true. But it really just like anything else in life takes practice. like catching yourself when you're like worrying about the past or like thinking about something that you know affected you negatively and like keeping it in your present you know like let's say I do this all the time like let's say you're with a girl and it's like she did some fuck shit and you're like you're still you're still making that problem relevant today because like your ego can't let go of it like you have to catch yourself in those moments or even when you're like going forward you're like oh man where am I going to be and I'm worried about this well I have enough money when I'm this age well I find the right girl or you know if I do this

and this might happen, you have to catch yourself like mentally hear those thoughts and be like, all right, hold on a sec. What actually matters now? Because genuinely how you get to the future and how you have a pass that you can be like, yo, that shit's dope.

I'm glad I did that is by just being here right now because it's truly the only thing that really does exist. Nothing else really exists. Yeah. We just make this shit up based on our ego, based on our emotions. And it doesn't matter.

Like if you really want something amazing in your life, then like take the steps. You have to take those steps right now. Like I said, it comes down to catching yourself. And it's a habitual thing where you're like, okay, you notice it. And the more you notice it, the more you catch yourself, the less and less it happens, the less and less you allow yourself to do it. And understanding that at times, no matter what, no matter how hard you try, you're going

to have moments that are like, you're caught up in the past or you're caught up in the future. But truly to get to those like big places in your life, you'll notice you'll get the fastest, you'll get the fur, you get the furthest and the fastest when you're like, I'm in it. I'm in this right now. that's how you genuinely enjoy a moment you make the most out of it and like you're actually going to fucking grow from it yeah so i think something that i've learned actually from my acting classes has has been um with especially with the overthinking part is pausing and really being

honest with yourself and realizing that you're overthinking and once you realize that and accept that that's happening and saying i'm overthinking right now how can i get out of this um take a breather and just analyze what's going on in your head not oh not overthinking the overthinking but just saying like okay what's going on around me i'm in this podcast and how does this make me feel and you just you you go through that it takes practice it takes some time but it makes you see where you're at in the here and now and it makes you present because you you get to feel like this is making me feel I feel comfortable right now I'm talking to my my big bro right here and and you know I'm analyzing what's going on in the present and if I feel

anxious or I'm overthinking then I and I realize that then I get to know I get to target that and see where do I need to be I need to feel comfortable I need to feel like I need to be in the present so that's going to engage me to ask more questions it's going to engage me to to reach out to someone and ask you questions to look around to be present to be in the here and now. Yeah. I mean, it's what it's all about. It's just we complicate the fuck out of these things. But it's a good question because I think a lot of people deal with and struggle with being in the present.

But it's a very normal thing. So accepting that number one and then take an inventory like you said of like where you're at without being so concerned with where you want to go or where you were. that will allow you to be here. But it's a, like anything else, it's a repetition. Like you have to like, just like training. Like you want to get better at something. You work on it. You want to be better at this.

You spend time trying to be better at it. So it's all about being aware of it. But yeah, let's hit the next question. It says, hey, Brad and guest. I've been having a hard time staying consistent with going to the gym. I do at home workouts mainly, but I want to start seeing true results. Do you have any advice when it comes to getting yourself in the gym? the gym every day and staying consistent?

I would say, I would say pick a goal that is obviously gym related and, and like, show up for that. If you're like, okay, I want to get a 315 pound bench press or a 225 pound bench press, like you're going to have to show up to the gym to do that unless you have like this kind of equipment at home. But pick a goal. That's the thing that will keep you kind of like consistent and coming back that if you decided that I'm going to get this thing, then like it's going to keep you coming back.

But it's easier to go like, okay, okay, I want to lose weight. That's too broad. You know, I want to get stronger. It's too broad. Like pick something and go towards it. That's the way better way to do this. Like you're like, okay, I want to have a better squad. I want to have a better deadlift.

Like whatever's going to keep you coming back. So it's almost like not necessarily a game, but fuck it. Yeah, a game. Like I love fucking games because I like the achievement process. But you can't just have the open ended vague. Like, I want to get stronger. And you're like, your brain is not deciding what exactly that means to you. So you have to define it.

first and then do the things to help you move towards it but if you don't define it first and you're just like willy-nilly in the gym fucking off so it's about picking a goal yeah picking a goal 100% um also knowing that the beginning is the hardest part hard as fuck just starting is the hardest part very important um and knowing that and getting over that hurdle because it's all about just showing up as long as you show up every day or the six times four times three times a week that you want to train showing up and making that a routine and part of your life and blocking out that time of the day for training then you know it's going to it just it's a momentum thing yeah for sure yeah fucking it's crazy because everything is the same man

yeah it's all every all your achievements are the same kind of thing like if it matters enough to you you're going to fucking figure it out you're going to give it the time that it needs It's just that first hurdle. Yeah, because you're right. People get into like a goal, like, I want to get $2.25 and like it's so far away or $3.15 and it's so far away. And then like they start and like they don't see progress for a month. So they're like, fuck it. But like that's how it works.

You have to keep going. And eventually you're like, oh, now I like you kind of do this for it to go up. Like you kind of have this. My goal was to like do this for a little while. Yeah. It's more of like an elbow pull your elbow in thing. Is that it? Yeah.

If you just think about pulling your elbows. in it bounces the titties right right girls love that let's talk about pussy no I'm kidding we're gonna go over the next question oh my favorite yeah the thing you love talking about go ahead next one so this person says hey Brad and guest I want to keep it simple and ask who is truly your hero and why hmm damn Bradley Martin but only when he's benching three girls at the same time I don't fuck I'm trying to think I don't know if I have like a fucking hero man oh sorry uh yeah joseph yeah yes it's cool it's yes you know it's funny it's that time uh yeah dude it's fucking it actually it actually is kind of weird like your dad is

kind of a hero my that's a weird thing to admit to you no it's okay yeah it's fair right it's it's pretty valid yeah it's actually pretty common too you and like every other no it's that was why you asked me this question i was like fuck that's like a weird guess to get with. Yeah, he's one of them. Yeah. Weird. Yeah. Arnold. Ron. I mean, these are guys Ronnie. Like I liked what Ronnie was able to do with like have the the fucking insane physique and the insane strength. But yeah, I mean, beyond that, like I think once I started getting into all this shit myself, the bodybuilding, I don't know. I just kind of like I started just focusing on myself, you know, try to like we talked about earlier about, you know, not worried about, you know, the footsteps,

wherever the fuck just like trying to be the best version of yourself like i kind of became my own hero yeah so because i i became genuinely which is crazy what i wanted like i'll have kids come up to me like yo i appreciate the things you said or the videos you made and it's like it's i didn't like do it to try to get that i just was like talking about shit and then it became that we talked about the social media like i didn't try to be an influencer like it was just that was who i was and that was what i was doing and people were like this shit's cool and i guess i kind of became what I always wanted, which was like, to be honest, at a point in my life was just to have like a solid father figure, someone who was like, yo, I believe in you. And I became that person or I tried to give that advice because like I searched for it. I looked for it. And I kind of became my own hero, which is cool as fuck. But, you know, at the start of it, I'm not going to lie yet. Like your father, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, those are people that I was like, yo, I love in this space. And that was the only thing I cared about at the time, these were the people that I was like, I want to be like that. Yeah. Even your dad, it technically gave me the idea to lift the girls

Because I remember I was watching Pumpin Iron And I told the story before But he was, you know that scene where he has that thing And he's going like, oh yeah, and he has a girl on his shoulders I remember seeing that, I'd be like, oh shit I'm gonna start lifting girls of videos And I think it'll do well And it fucking blew up

Yeah But it was because I was watching I swear to God I was watching pumping iron I've seen it like 10 times at this point But I watched it again And I was I remember just a scene it clicked And I was like oh I'm gonna put girls in my videos And lift them

Right. Because I thought when I saw that scene, I was like, that shit's cool. And that's like, I want to be fucking cool, straight up. And that's, like, that's why I did it. It's so crazy. I told this story before without you ever. I don't think I ever, I don't know if I told you that, but I told another podcast. Like, that's where the idea actually came from.

I remember. No way. That's sick. I remember that moment. So, yeah, shout out your dad. He's dope. Cool. Hero wise.

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know about like someone that's like my hero. I've never, I've never looked at someone said like, like, that guy's my hero or, like, that was the question, right? Yeah. Yeah, who's your hero? Yeah, I've never really looked at someone as, like, my hero. There's been plenty of people that I've looked up to.

I've looked up to you. I've looked up to my dad. I've looked up to, you know, many actors, Jack Nicholson, like, all these legendary actors, like, I've looked up to. But I think, especially right now, it's become a point to not just look up to certain people, but to surround myself with people that I admire. And that started coming within the last year. Like hanging out with you has been huge

because who you surround yourself with is like kind of who you become in a way. And so like hanging out with you has been awesome. Like I text Bradley all the time like for little tips here and there and he's like, you know, big brother status. I love it. hanging out with Jason Strauss, like, hanging out with, um, with Fisher. I became friends with, uh, with Paul Fisher, the DJ. Like, he's, he's a freaking legend.

He's, you know, inspired me in so many ways to, like, keep going on my DJ path and, and, like, you know, uh, other, other actors, like, like, uh, Matthew McConaughey and, and, yeah, like Jack Nicholson, these are all guys that I look up to and hopefully I can hang out with them. and, you know, pick their brains. But lately, it's, it's been more of, like, focusing on keeping people around me that are constantly inspiring me and keeping me in this, like, loop of being productive and reaching my goals and staying motivated and everyone's pushing each other.

And that's the main thing is I really focus on keeping my friend group as people that just push me. Yeah. that are constantly like not saying like get people around you that are constantly kissing your ass because you need people that are there to say like that's this is a retard like this is a stupid yeah idea you need people to challenge you to to say this is dumb like this is wrong and uh you know this is not going to work but that's on you to to take that or to keep pushing yourself even more yeah so it's easy to i think

it's hard for a lot of people. It's easy to get caught up with people in your circle that are really good friends of yours. And then you almost don't realize that they're like, not that they're haters, but once you start kind of like outwardly going towards like your goals, like sometimes they stop, they stop aligning with like what you want because they're like, nah, that's stupid or that's kind of demotivating. I think it's important for people to know that at those points in your life. Like you have to not just say, hey, fuck you fuck off. We're not friends anymore. But I would say like, you have to address having me like, hey, this is really important to me if you're not going to be like a positive influence in my life like I don't know how much longer we be it's this is really

hard for people to see that's that's something that's been coming uh really relevant to me recently also it's important is uh you know I still hang out with a lot of my college buddies or guys that have hung out with like you know just over the past couple years I hang out with zero people from my college or high school or anything I don't even talk to anyone yeah well it's it's it's weird now because certain friends that I've had that we were so close just like don't understand what I'm doing or like you know they talk shit about it or they're like oh why are you posting so much like why are you why do you care about these things and I'm like well like why can't you just like support me or like being my corner I mean like like

we were said earlier man a lot of the times it comes down to people who are just not comfortable with what they're doing in their life so it's easier to be like you see someone going towards what they want and it's like not that you want to just shit on them but it's an insecurity and like it genuinely comes from the place of almost like damn i wish i was doing more of the things i want to do so like because imagine this imagine someone who's like super successful going after what they love they're not turning around and looking at someone going after what they love me like oh that's just kind of i don't know that's stupid like why are you doing that that would never happen wait i heard that i heard that quote the someone that's more successful than you in something

will never talk shit about you doing that thing something like that well i mean it's true i mean imagine imagine you being super motivated to be an actor right yeah and going after what you let me like y'all and then you look at someone who's on his way coming up and you're like you're like you're fucking stupid like why are you doing that like why would you do that like no one would ever do that who's actually trying to do it so like the person or the friends whatever it's like it's an insecurity of themselves of like i genuine believe when it comes down to them feeling like they're not doing enough in their own life to go towards what they really care about so it's easier just like hate comments on the internet it's easier to go oh you're fucking stupid what's

shit dumb like that's stupid because it's easier like you don't have to worry about yourself you're just fucking talking shit or focus on someone else's in a negative light you know what I'm saying it's just you're directing your energy here instead of like something that's actually going to do good for you in your life that's the easy way out because it's harder to be like well what do I really care about because like even if we had two completely different things that like we cared about if I saw you succeed in trying to be better and trying to learn and like loving it and enjoying it if I turn to you and was like you're like why are you doing that dude that makes no sense no one who ever would call like be a friend whatever it just doesn't add up right it's like

i could be over here doing water polo and be like i want to be like a professional fucking i don't even know if it's professional water polo shit but it doesn't matter i want to be a Olympic swimmer right right i'm not going to turn to be like oh man like acting like what are you doing dude it's because i'm too busy focused on also what i want to do and i'm like yo that's sick i'm doing this like you know come fucking catch some laughs with me like maybe i'll come support you here like you're never going to turn and be like that's fucking stupid let me just point out that Nobody's perfect, and we've all kind of done this. Nah, fuck that friend of yours.

Straight up. Bradley said, why are you going to do DJing? What the, what the hell are you doing? Yeah. I mean, I asked you that, but I wasn't like, it's stupid. Don't do it. No, I know, I'm just playing. I was like, why are you not fucking being Mr. Olympia fucking, you know, nine times?

I was posing alone. I was just bugging with you. I would, I never told you down, though. I never say you shit. No, no, no, no. Yeah. I just give you shit. You know, I'm actually, I'm actually.

I'm actually DJing in Vegas for the first time in like two weeks. Where at? Marquis. Oh, shit, really? Oh, yeah. Oh, that's dope. Well, it's the library at the marquee, but yeah. Whatever, dude.

Still sick. Just say the marquee, you know? That's why I just said it. The marquee. Yeah. Oh, God. We've got to end it there. I love you, man.

Oh, yeah. You got to come back when you're a famous actor. Come back when you're a, don't forget me. I, okay. I have a show. You can promo whenever you want. I have a show that's coming out. It's August right now.

Yeah. Yes. In about a month. Watch out. Really? Just, I can't talk about it. What platform is it on? Can you say that?

I don't know. Is it on streaming? I'm just not even going to risk it. Just know. Just remember my name. And just freaking this show is you're going to, you're going to, you're going to freaking freak out. Like, you're going to go nuts.

Do you tell me off camera more? No, I can't. Really? I can. I signed an NDA. That's so stupid. NDAs don't mean shit in California. FYR.

She told me that she hasn't told him. No, I'm just kidding. You made it about girls again. We got to end this shit, dude. I love you, man. Thanks you for coming on. Everyone, I appreciate the love. Thank you, bro, for real.

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