 You are listening to Mind Pump the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast welcome So in this episode we answer fitness and health questions that are asked by our listeners, but we do an introductory portion This is where we talk about current events our lives We mentioned our sponsors in today's episode the intro portion was about 38 minutes long after that we answer the fitness questions So let me give you a rundown of the whole episode. We open up by talking about my first night with my new baby Son Aurelius. Ah, it's good times to not sleep at all. Yeah, then we talk about Adam's little boy Max Now exhibiting frustration and anger which Adam thinks it's hilarious, which it is funny when they're little it is when they go Not funny when they get older I talk about now relying on pre-workout to be able to work out in the morning By the way, Mind Pump has a pre-workout now it partnered with Legion. Make sure you go check it out. It's good stuff then we talked about the War on drugs and how drugs has won now after the selection Oregon D. Drugs all drugs and a lot of other stuff happens. So Congratulations drugs you won the war then we talk about studies on Silas Saibin Apparently it's far more effective according to some of these studies at treating depression. This is kind of interesting Then we talk about Thanksgiving. It's coming. It's having we're gonna have a great time Justin likes going to his in-laws more than his families Put that out like just like that my bad Thanks, also by the way, we work with a company called butcher box that delivers grass-fed meat to your door But right now they will give you a free Turkey so if you sign up for butcher box you get grass-fed meats Deliver to your door and you'll get a free turkey just in time for Thanksgiving If you want to do that, you got to use the mind pump discount go to butcher box calm forward slash My mind pump then we talk about a show on Netflix some new ancient Egypt discoveries We talk about Burger King Promoting other fast-food restaurants strange advertising that might actually work though. I Talk about or ask Justin about his creative process. 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Yeah, there's one word to describe When you have a new baby one word that describes it perfectly. Hmm blur Yeah, that covers it. You're just it covers it for about six months, too, by the way I got a pretty much No, he he's like cluster feeding right now, so That's good and it happens at night. That's good So she's trying to sleep and he's just he just glued to her boob. Dude. There's this thing. He does It's cracks me up my son used to do it, too. If he's close to her boob, especially her nipple. He turns into a little creature Yeah, he's like searching for so we're like, you know, we're both cracking up and watching it I messed up yesterday by the way telling about the birth story. Well, when I came in I was in such a I was in this state of like I just came from the hospital everything's like you're bringing a lot adrenaline in Yeah, so she listened to it and she's like she's like dude. You're so wrong I'm like what do you mean? She goes the contractions weren't two minutes apart They were like 30 seconds apart and you know, I'm such a guy. I'm like, what's the difference? A lifetime that's all They were 30 seconds apart. Yeah, I got real intense dude. Holy Real the whole situation was her I'd say some shit, too Yeah, no, she's totally justified because dude when you're doing 30 second. That's like Two minutes is a lifetime bro Do bicep curls 30 second rest for six hours. Hey, you know I'm saying but you're gonna you're gonna puke imagine it Comparing it to bicep curls Perfect. No, no, I'm saying bicep curls is easy Just keep going bro. I like we better move along from this one I Keep fucking up. You know, it's a funny too when we were in the in the hospital and you know, they have that this just shitty beds for the dad sleeping, right? It's like it's like a it's they say it's a bed It's not a bed. No, it's two levels. You're freaking low back is this way worse futon ever. It's terrible, right? So that I remember that the nurse comes in and she's like, you know, oh, you know How how's the bed and how are you sleeping and you want to be honest? But hell no, I ain't gonna complain because my wife You'll be that guy. Yeah, so oh, it's great A five-star hotel here for at least another year I feel like such a pussy. I can't say anything at all. No, it's it's dude It's it's amazing man. I saw my kids met the baby for the first time. Yeah, how was that? Oh, dude, they we recorded it not afraid to hold them or anything like that my son a little more You know, he's a 15 year old boy. You know how it is with infants there. Yeah, I remember when my son was boys He's my first. I remember feeling like he was made out of like, you know Like he was made out of class. I could barely move him I'm gonna hurt him and then I remember the nurses coming in to like change his diaper or swaddle him flopping around Yeah, dude, and they're like he's more durable than you than you think and I remember being like blown away by that so my son He's like afraid to like I'm like, do you want to hold him? He's like, no, I'm like you can hold him It's all you know, he's kind of afraid and he'll be a little bit more I think involved this as the baby gets older, but my daughter she's she's her little mommy instincts kicked in right away She's she went in his room. She's interesting how little girls sometimes are like that right right away Dude right away. She went in his room. She's picking out outfits for him. She's like just watching him Oh my god, I can't wait to do this. I can't wait to do that She's like and I take my kids when they're with us I make them do a lot of walks because they're so Sedatory because school is you know, it's remote learning and so we do these structured walks and workouts Which and you know, I'll get them to go outside and it seems like sometimes it's pain in the ass, right? I'm trying to get them to move. She's like, I'll walk every day so long as we take the baby I don't care. I'll walk five times a day. I don't even care. Well, she'll motivate. Yeah And then when they went back to their moms last night She got my 11 year old daughter got emotional Saying goodbye. Oh, yeah, dude. So it was it was really it was really cute Yeah, and I'm going to that whole thing where and I'm better at it. Jessica's definitely I forget She's a first-time mom, you know, because she's such a natural But I don't know if did you go through this Adam where you feel like you need to watch him all the time Make sure he's breathing make sure things. Okay, are you more Katrina was that way? So remember I had the two younger siblings, right? So even like you talk about caring right like so that was one of things like her family was like tripping out because again I was I had two younger siblings and and I went through I went through that when I was younger as a teenage boy So when I had Max like I used to have him like he was five five and a half pounds, right? So he's tiny like a palm him like in my little forearm So I would tuck him like a football and be like doing dishes and walk around the house Switching him to the other arm and going outside walking the dog ever and their family was like, oh my god He's so comfortable with the baby So yeah, I went through a lot of that already Katrina is the one and still this day. I tease her We just now what is he he's a year and a half and we just broke free of having sex without the monitor in her hand I mean that was like That was like the big joke in our house like forever. I'm just like you got to put the baby monitor down It's like so weird for me to do that dude. How do you perform? Yeah, dude? So it's yeah, it was very tough for me one baby cry. That's it So she she does she watches him She watches him breathe like crazy and she would get she would get very nervous a lot Like if he hadn't moved for a while so she'd sneak in the room and go check on Just let her you know I'm saying like cuz I know I I do remember that I remember thinking that way And then you know and they do every time you see your your pediatrician. He reminds you They're not made of glass and they're more durable than you think they're gonna fall down They're gonna do all these things like it's gonna be okay So yeah, I went this morning. I go down because she went downstairs She knew I had to work today So she went downstairs and just fed him all night on the couch and so I go downstairs this morning and I'm like we should let me check his diaper for him. She's like I forgot to check his diaper and this this guilt It's her. Oh my god. What if he'd been pooped on? I'm like, honey This won't be the first time don't worry. Yeah, this is what happens not to mention at that point It's so little at that time, you know say It's not even stinking yet. It's like tar. Yeah, it's weird black Dude, I remember when my son was that age and it takes like a what does it take like a week or so before? The poop starts to stink. Oh, it takes longer not maybe it doesn't start it actually doesn't really stink until food gets introduced That's right. That's right. It starts to change color in a couple weeks. Yeah, it turns into like the mustard Yeah, yeah, so buddy the stink doesn't come till food gets introduced So I remember that again as a first-time dad getting used to the fact that his poop didn't really smell that that much And I remember Changing his diaper and it smelled really bad and I was like, what's wrong? Yeah, I called the pediatrician most embarrassing phone call I've ever made in my life I call the pediatrician now and she's like, yeah, what's going on? I'm like I'll change you you know my son's diaper and it was really stinky. Yeah, really smelly She goes. Yeah, it's poop. Yeah Yeah, I was like, oh, yeah, well, you're right though for the first hang up the first You know because you don't introduce food till way later So for a while, they're not bad at all and then all sudden they make a hard transition when you start Oh, you want to know something trippy? So this is new or I shouldn't say new It's new for me because yeah, my youngest is a my youngest before Aurelius was my daughter at 11 So they didn't do this for them for my older kids But you know when they do the heel prick test, right because they're testing for To see what their I think it's their Billy Rubin levels to see if they're how jaundice they are and they do that kind of stuff So what they'll do is they'll prick the heel then they'll squeeze the heel and then collect some blood to do the test The early test now when they did this on my kids, you know They kind of held them down the baby cries and it's kind of hard to watch right not a big deal But it's hard to watch because your kids scream in or whatever With my son, they had this like syringe, but it wasn't a needle It was just the top part and it was filled with this this fluid and they're like We're gonna give this to him to help with the pain So I'm like you ain't given my kid pain medicine and they're like don't worry It's called sweet ease and it's it's a little bit of sucrose. I'm like what else what else is in there? They're like nothing just a little bit of sucrose. I didn't believe them. So I looked it up Believe it or not when they give an infant a tiny and it's literally a drop They use a syringe so it's like a tiny tiny drop When a baby has a sweet flavor in their mouth at that age It acts like a painkiller and sure enough. Wow, they gave them a tiny bit Prick this heel totally fine. That's interesting and it's just and they found this through studies on breast milk So the sweetness of breast milk will do the same thing I see how weird well, you know, it's you know, it's actually really weird now You say that and that makes me wonder if so one of the the only thing I swear that I felt like we have had That's been even the slightest bit of challenge with max is teething. He definitely Every time he breaks teeth, you know, like it changes his behavior. He's crabby. He doesn't sleep well He's never liked that. So we always know like new tooth new tooth, right? And it's been that's been our one thing with him and but now that you're saying that I wonder too of what if it's so bad for him Because I've introduced him to zero sugar. He said no sugar in his diet And my friends kids are the same age. I mean, they've had ice cream and tried candy and he's been eating solid food for a long time now So we maybe give him a little bit of I don't know if it works when they get older though I don't know if this is like an infant thing. Well, I was a time. I well I would think it as soon as I mean as long as they haven't been introduced to it It's going to affect them maybe that dramatic at least I'm speculating right because I've never heard anyone say that Dude, it's the way that would make some sense to me Like if he's never even had that in his mouth really like I wonder so now I want to try now I want to try to give him a little bit of sweet It was so weird because they gave it to him and he didn't even cry It's like they gave him like medicine and I'm like this is bullshit when we look this up. Yeah, it's sucrose Oh, it's a tiny bit of sucrose definitely come a far way. I remember bringing up like only Was it like a hundred something years ago where like probably longer than that But like where they just thought that babies like didn't have pain receptors And they just would like open surgery and everything Kids and like it wouldn't give him any pain medication. Yeah, that was like not that long ago I didn't know that. Yeah, a lot of reasons why those generations were so tough Or just like create a lot of you know serial killers That's the side effect I've got some a dad thing for you guys since we're on the dad talk right now so and looking for advice here, right so I This is the new thing right now Which I'm it's hard for me not to laugh and enjoy it because it's I know it's probably not a good behavior to allow him to keep doing so he's just now starting to really piece together like Facial expressions and Expressing how he feels right so like we've never seen like frustrated. Yeah So it's this is brand new. This is like three days. This is like three four days old right now And he'll be doing something he'll be you know playing with a toy and he can't get something on He does that. Oh my god, bro. I die laughing every time Because it goes right away like he totally does it and then he's fine He's playing again, but the it for that split moment that he gets frustrated He expresses it and he never has done that before and I just I burst into just laughter every single time Cuz it's so cute and so funny me because you just like stop laughing you're gonna encourage him to do that all the time So yeah, I don't know how I don't know if I'm like I can't not laugh can I not laugh? Come on. Yeah. Yeah, it's hilarious to me because he does it over the silliest things too It's not even like he shouldn't even be that frustrated over my he's learning that that's like, you know How express it's so hard right because then you encourage bad stuff But my daughter when she would get frustrated so in in Italian culture, it's this like stereotype, right? The angry grandma or the mom that gets pissed off and what they do when they get mad is they bite their hand You ever seen pictures that with like oh like they bite their hand. It means that they're frustrated. It's a it's in a time Anyway, my daughter used to do that. She would do this as like a toddler She'd get really frustrated and she'd bite her hand like that and we would crack up Well, anyway, she ended up doing it for a long ass time because we we laughed and would encourage So that's what I mean. So like that's where I'm like kind of I'm conscious of it like that Okay, I I think it's funny But I also don't want to be like every time like laugh and let him see that I think it's hilarious So then he encourages him to do more of it, right? Because then I like you know you give him to somebody else to watch him and then they are like, oh my god Who's this kid this kid getting all angry? Well, hey, you're gonna be proud of me, dude I did I actually did get a workout in this morning. Oh, I did I would I put the monitor on him Jessica was with him. I had to use pre-workout. I did the bubblegum, you know Dude, yeah, it's a definitely a rescue Do you that definitely makes sense right now, man? You need that edit the added stimulant something to get you going Oh, I'm gonna be right now. I'm gonna be living off the theme for Took a big on my plan here real soon Take a big ass dose of that went in the garage and did like a half-ass workout Which is way better than did nothing at all Well, you know, it's they did a pretty good job of getting the flavor down because I mean that was the big thing I remember talking back and forth with Mike one of the hardest things with with Legion is that because they don't use a bunch of Fake sugars and stuff to sweeten stuff. Oh, like there's no sucralose Yes, and those those are really it makes a lot easier to make all these crazy flavors So when you want something custom like bubblegum, you know tough to do that without using all that And so they had to reformulate that like three or four times to get it down to where it's at So I thought they did a pretty good job considering. Yeah, it's great. It totally worked Hey, so I know as of the recording this podcast, they're still this is like the longest election of all time But there are there definitely is a clear loser In this entire election right now who can you us? No? Yes, both true, but that's not what I'm thinking The war on drugs. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we saw Oregon drugs one Yeah, I saw them. I saw them. What happened? I saw there were two states that legalized Oh, there was two or you know what else? No, no Oregon was totally different. I'm gonna get there Oh, yeah, so there were two other states. I don't remember which ones they were that That legalized the recreational use. I think one decriminalized the one legalized recreational use of marijuana and then Oregon Decriminalized heroin small small personal amount Amounts of all drugs. Wow hunter-biden's excited. Yeah I'm gonna be an Orgonian He uses more the personal about yeah, but it's but it's not legal. This is different people need to understand this Decriminalization yeah, is not this you're not gonna you can't go to the store in Oregon and buy crack No, no, but I mean you I mean if you have it on you they're not gonna mess with you unless you look at the intent to sell Yeah, so it's a small amount all drugs decriminalized, but that doesn't mean that they don't they do nothing I think what they'll do is they find you and send you to rehab like a rehab Yeah, I saw it's a hundred dollar fine and then you get sent to like a rehab thing that you have to do if you get caught with it So I I'm pro I am too and I'm totally for it and I'm so happy that now so long is they're also tough on public Drug use because you see what happened in San Francisco. Yeah, see that's where I'm you know Like my bit of conservatism probably like comes into because I see what what happens in terms of like not having strict laws about drugs and like how that moves within the homeless community And then it just perpetuates more problems. But yeah, I like again, if it's like How you guys were describing that in terms of them regulating it? I'm all for that So that's the knock that so the people that are that are up in arms about it are Saying that look what happened in california did or what san francisco did that was a terrible idea and look what we're seeing right now well, what san francisco did was stupid because They they people could shoot a heroin on the street and nobody would do anything about it They could steal stuff in the store they could shit on the on the concrete I mean they did a lot in the right mind they go do things and in in steel stuff You know and it's they're trying to like get the next fix now san francisco did did a bad I mean look you can't smoke cigarettes in front of stores In san francisco you'll get a ticket or they'll make you put the but you could shoot a heroin That's how ridiculous they are So I think they still need laws for that kind of stuff, right? But I think if they catch you and you have you know these personal, you know amounts or whatever Yeah, go to in sending people to rehab. Yes, it costs tax money But I think it's cheaper than sending people to prison. It is over and over again Oh, totally But we'll see this is the wonderful thing about having states in the united states is that you could test it in different areas See how it works and speaking of which Silas Seibin, did you see the study that came out on that? Yeah, I was gonna say well that has to open up a lot more therapy Options right and states like that Well Silas Seibin a study came out that showed that it was four times as effective as it came out yesterday antidepressants Yeah, it's awesome. This is crazy This is so we had in our forum We had somebody asking about you know getting into the the medical marijuana field and they tagged me and they asked I don't know if I actually I think I just said pass and I didn't explain why Uh, I really if you're somebody who's interested in like Get opportunity, right business wise Silas Seibin right now is what marijuana was 10 years ago So I think that's there's huge opportunity for that because it's everything that's coming out as far as the research Like what you're sharing right now Is just pointing in the right and then you're seeing states that are either decriminalizing or going full legal on it It's only a matter of time before it's going to be just like marijuana It will and in the opportunities Even like with the medical marijuana when that started happening when it was a gray market That's that's when it's best that's when the profits could be huge Yeah, because that's when people are still scared because it's not flooded If people are still standing that that is the time to jump on it and to do it Is when it is a little scary to get involved with it But once it's like and that's what's funny is now everybody wants to do marijuana It's like god It's so oversaturated now that everybody is growing and doing it and it's so heavily taxed that the if you're Getting into if you're getting into it because you're an activist and you're you're all for that And that's one thing but if you're getting into it because you think it's a great money maker or business Not so much anymore Yeah, the studies on psilocybin are fascinating though. It's like they're they're treating people with depression And then they're essentially curing them for like they'll check they'll test them again six months 12 months later And the depression hasn't come back. That's crazy. Now. Here's the here's the business side of me That might be a tough Like that might be a tough medical business right because if you just if right now with depression You have to you're on prescription Every single month if you cure it and then don't have to come back Yeah, you know, what's the profit, you know, gonna look like on that. So I'm from a business standpoint I'm hoping I'm hoping they find a way to profit not because I'm trying to get you know, I want big pharma to grow or anything like that But rather if there's a profit then we're gonna see more investment and we're gonna see more treatment opportunity I mean, it's it's so interesting to see like even ptsd like what it's done, you know for people coming back Like it's just been a game changer and we've been like withholding this I feel like from people that really need it. So I really hope that yeah, it spreads out about oh, it's it's going to I mean, I see it already. I'm you know, I pay attention to that a lot And I have family that's in it right now. So what I think is going to happen is it's going it's going to shake up the whole, you know, therapy side because what will happen is at first Uh, why everybody's scared like just like with marijuana, you know to do it Once it gets more accepted and normal Most people will just bypass going to a doctor They'll go get it themselves and they'll either hire a shaman or you know a friend who they trust to like take them through the process Like I think it's going to open up that a lot. You're going to hear more of these like Health or you know life coach shaman type people that will be taking people through that process I agree. I agree. But to be to be clear the studies are done with Of course, of course, like real therapists with the with the And I know I'm gonna piss off some therapists that's a fan and a listener that to say that but the truth That's the truth and if you're not thinking that way as a therapist right now, you should well, dude I know somebody I know somebody who Had some trauma that she wanted to deal with saw some of these studies Went and did a bunch of mushrooms with friend thinking that they were going to process them and actually came out with PTSD Yeah, because they overdid it the experience was terrifying and they weren't they weren't guided and led through with somebody who You know was knows how to do it. Yeah, super interesting important part of the whole thing That's what they say in the studies. Yeah, totally. So anyway, so uh, we got Thanksgiving coming up, huh? Yeah What do you so now what does everybody do right? So as you guys have like a a family tradition I'm sure you do. I'm sure you have like it goes at someone's house and it's massive Like what's it look like? So I don't know what it's going to look like this year because I have an infant So we might want to avoid big you know gatherings, especially because it's Covid and flu season and all that stuff and so that's just smart But usually what we do is we get together and there's usually anywhere between I don't know 40 to 60 of us in one house and And we have pasta al forno. This is a Sicilian dish. It's really good We have the turkey and the stuff So, you know what we do basically is we have all the American staples And then we throw on top of it a bunch of Italian food So we end up just a giant meatball. That's all you're all gonna. Well, that's funny because that's Christina's family does the same things if it's all Mexican food that we add to so we have the turkey We do two turkeys normally and then in addition to that there's all this mexican food too. So turkey tamales Yes, that's what we'll do. What is the traditional mexican food for this time? Is it tamales for real? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, tamales and enchiladas like that. I'll be there for sure and I forget what it is. We just add extra potatoes That's what we do. So it's just a massive amount of mashed potatoes just the family has potatoes and whiskey Is it your mom and dad's that hosted? I mean, where do you normally go? Each year we we alternate. So, uh, I think this year we go to the Courtney's family Oh, okay. So you guys you switch off with Courtney. Who's family? Yeah Yeah, so we just switch it off that way and that way too my brother kind of You know organizes because he does the same thing with his family And so he'll go with like his wife's family and then so we just kind of alternate it that way now be honest Justin. Yeah, which which one? Because somebody's gonna listen to this dude. I can't say but it's definitely Courtney's family Is it better food or what? Well, that's the thing. It's just uh, yeah, it's better food. I think they just um Yeah, they care about a lot more of the the production of the whole thing Like my family's a little bit more about like interacting and like, you know Doing social things and like it's very like fun atmosphere But then the food on her side is way better. So it's just like kind of a give and take Yeah, it's a good time. Well, I know butcher box is doing a free turkey. Yeah, right now They do this every year. I think it's a great great and the turkey they give is a mate You guys remember the turkey? Yeah. Yeah from last year. Yeah. Yeah There's by the way, they're saving my ass right now because well not right now It's now kicking moving forward Because the tornado of having an infant and the kids and all that stuff It's nice. I'm gonna have my my meat just sent to my door grill it up So I'm gonna be responsible for cooking. Yeah now for the next I don't know a month or two So I'm like, all right kids get ready. We're gonna have steak and rice every night So did you guys not set up? So what we do is so they and I forget they have apps for this now and like all Did you guys didn't set up like a whole food plan thing for the for this next two weeks or whatever? What do you mean food plan? All right. Oh, right. Oh, yeah, they have apps for we had Katrina downloaded an app and we had the whole family like each person kind of brings a dish to you Yeah, we didn't cook. We didn't cook nothing for like a month over a month. Yeah, man. I screwed up. Yeah, set that up Yeah, yeah, they throw some food. Yeah. No, I'm literally prepared to do a steak broccoli Oh god ground beef rice your poor wise guy. Yeah, we're gonna be on the bodybuilder diet You have so much family and friend with all of us here You should you should absolutely do that. You know, it's so worth it You know what's happening right now because I do have my mom and my aunts that are close by but my grand Remember my grandmother how she had that little mini stroke and then my grandfather right now is uh Cancer treatment. He seems okay with cancer to just broke his arm Right now their hands are full just taking care of them. Yeah, so I feel really bad asking my mom She's already offered but so what you what you do is you set the add I'll tell you what like I I would never thought about this. This would didn't exist before Is this called the food train or something like that something like that? Yes, so Everybody was actually super appreciative because you know what happens right now Everybody feels like they they need to do something or give something or do something for you And this organizes it for them So instead of them feeling guilty because they don't come over and help for three days or do something with that It's like I can look at your calendar. I can go. Oh Tuesday next week. Sal has no one cooking dinner It's convenient. It's very cool. And Katrina and I will make dinner for you guys Totally and then that's how I feel and then you got it already and then we feel like we're contributing and helping and then And it's easy because it's one meal. I know when to bring it like and then you don't even have to have people come in Like people dropped it off at our door. So they didn't wake the baby. All right. All right. Maybe I'll do I'll put all my food restrictions on there. Yeah. No, you can do all that. No dairy. No gluten Please match this macro profile for it. I mean you can't you it does allow you to do all that stuff on there If you really want to get crazy, but yeah, no, I think we are super uh, I was super grateful We did that like I I thought it was kind of weird at first. I was like, no, we don't need to do my mom said She'll come over and help and Katrina's like, no way. We have so many family members that want to yeah I want to organize this so they're not all overlapping and then we in one day we get like 12 meals Like she's like, I don't want it to be like that. No, totally. I'm glad you brought that up I'd probably like like to contribute to that and I'm gonna see now if you like turn into wind adam Remember when he was like like super Versed in like everything that came out on Netflix Sal's gonna turn into that now Update us on like the latest stuff here. I was just watching one of the ain't the not ancient. It was I guess it is ancient I always want to add like aliens after that, but it's just ancient Egypt There's like new new studies or new findings that they found From the sakara tomb. So that's the one near the step pyramid And uh, I guess like they found this mummified Baby lion cub this is the first that they've ever found so it was like It's really cool because they're trying to figure out like how You know that was a part of their rituals. How was a part of you know, that time period Like they had like their own sort of like lion pets and things and uh, that was like a brand new discovery that they found And also they they found like this family Uh had all kind of died around the same time and had been found in this this one tuned together And pretty much, uh came to conclude that it was probably like malaria And so this was like the first case like a thousand years before when they thought the first date of malaria was found On earth. Wow. I want to almost watch that. That's that's really cool. It's new. Yeah, it's brand new I almost did a lot instead. I ended up watching blood of Zeus. It's an animated, uh cartoon Okay, well, you know Sounds about right. It's actually pretty good too. Did you guys see did you guys see what uh burger king is doing right now? Advice no, okay. This is interesting Doug, can you pull us up because uh, I try to dig around and find some so pull up burger king promotes mcdonald's Wait, what? Yes. So this is a new it's a real it's real. It's not fake And it's not like trolling. It's this and it what it reminds me of remember saw when you talked about Oh, like coke and Pepsi. Yes. How coke and Pepsi and it's kind of like the war on like healthy food Like that it's actually making like this whole organic and healthy like like is making such a great push That instead of them fighting amongst each other teaming up together and helping each other. Well, that makes sense But uh, are they having wants you to order for mcdonald's? Yeah, now why right? Would it like what's the way it addicted back to uh fast food? Wow, and why what's the deal? What are they really the ad is just like listen, you know If you can't get a great, you know whopper sometimes you can't and you're nearby mcdonald's instead So a big mac is the next best choice. So this is why strange. This is why it's a brilliant strategy In the 80s you coke and Pepsi both agreed to compete with each other and talk crap about each other In ads they had they call it the cola wards war Excuse me You can look this up and they would have to take the you know the taste test And they'd have blind taste test and which one's better pepsi or coke And it became this big thing and people didn't know and didn't realize that they had kind of agreed to do this behind the scenes And what ended up happening is they both took shares away from like Seven up and sprite and all these other companies because people thought that they had to pick between coke and pepsi Burger king and mcdonald's are the the they're both like the original Fast food american fast food things and it's obvious that a lot of their shares are being eaten into with like five guys And all these other companies. So that's yeah, I think it's also because of the pandemic, right? So I was reading the article and that was the it sounds like and which makes sense, right? So I don't know about you guys But if you have family or friends that have never used uber eats or door dash and now now everybody's become very privy to that like before You know covid a lot of people did not still a majority didn't use it where I think now We were all forced to do so now you can get all your favorite restaurants and healthy food or a door dash to you And so I think just the fast food industry in general is being hit pretty hard And so I think it's I think it's them trying to join forces because of that. Is that what do you think dug? Are you reading over there big mac versus? Yeah, that's what i'm seeing. Okay. They're actually calling out other Fast food places such as kfc subway dominoes. Well, I was wrong then So are they doing like a like they're all kind of working together? Yeah, it's kind of I think it's what it is trying to support the fast food industry Exactly just in general because I think again because of covid There's so many people that are now getting food delivered to their house And if a lot of times that seems like I mean it's a good thing Like society's moving in a little bit more towards the healthier options. Like I don't know Maybe we aren't like buying as much fast. Well, I'm not gonna lie dude I've had mcdonald's french fries like several times Yeah, and never a mcdonald's and then I'm like, you know what you got the fries will get you the fries I think they sprinkle. I don't know cocaine on them or something. Yeah, meth. They're they're literally a different organ probably These fries are so good Why is my mouth numb? Justin I want to ask you about your creative process. I don't want to give it away But you you've been doing these like what's going on here ads and commercials for some of our spot our partners And uh, they're not out yet, but I've seen some of them and they're fucking hilarious Oh, thank you, man. Yeah, so what is like do you have a creative product? Like what do you do to prepare for this? Yeah, I do. I've I've actually like over the last year I've been just writing a bunch of like random thoughts and ideas and like seeing what's like Seeing what I can kind of come back to and add and see if it like works um, and I've had this idea of We we we did this a little bit on the podcast where I would just experiment and like add like little funny skits or something In front to just like add some entertainment But I was like, can I can I actually like put together something? for one of our sponsors and and and have like a funny little skit that we can put together so I've just been exhausting like all these ideas and then trying to do like different genres of humor So like I'll do one that's you know, really wild and zany And then I'll try to do one that's like, you know, like more based on puns or like something That's really quick or music based or whatever. And so I'm just trying to like kind of put stuff out there um, you know, that's a little more fun and I know that It's people get tired of like ads all the time. So why not like have fun with it? Well, so it's what's crazy is about this is you'll explain to me and adam your idea And I know adam and I are both like I don't get it. Yeah, what are you doing? I haven't yeah It doesn't sound funny. What do I know? I stopped to explain them to you guys I was like you guys just got to see it when it's done. Yeah, like you were you're telling me about I'm not going to give it away Sorry guys. I'm sorry podcast listeners, but you're explaining one and I'm like Oh my god for Eli because he like interprets me. You know what I mean? Like he gets me He's finally like coming to a point where he's okay. I see what what lives inside your mind And and now what about this and then he'll show me something and I'm like, yeah You nailed it. I just picture you with like your headphones on you eat an edible and just get in your space Come up with weird ideas. Did they hit the nail in the head or what? I mean like maybe maybe that happens sometimes But really like I just I have constant weird wacky things going on in my brain all the time And I just have to I just have to do a better job of writing it down And so I've actually just tried to create more space For me to not think about anything but that for that hour and that's helped a lot I love it. Yeah, the the last one I saw I can't wait to first put it out It actually goes out tomorrow. Does it really? Yeah, it'll be out tomorrow. Oh, yeah So it goes live tomorrow. I was dying. I was completely dying Adam I have a question for you. Tell me. I remember when you used to compete And I used to make fun of you. I don't know if I did this to you or behind your back. But anyway, I I'll let you know Yeah, I used to make fun of the compression pants in shirts you would wear sometimes when you'd work out Yeah, you know like because they're tightly like tights, right? Yeah, like, oh gosh. What are you wearing? Right. Yeah. Anyway, you said that to my face. I did. Okay, good Okay, thankfully Dude, I'm reading studies on compression clothes for working out and They improve performance and muscle building and strength gains Not just during the workout, but literally they there was one study. I saw where they took two groups And one group wore compression garments. The other one didn't and then they followed them over the course of 12 weeks The compression garment group like significantly gained more muscle strength. So weird I I first for leg day, I love them I I don't it just makes me feel more secure and stable The same feeling you get like when you put a belt and knees knee sleeves on and you go do a squat Don't you feel more stable? Sure. So that I get that feeling in my legs from wearing like the compression pants on leg day That's the only time you'll see me and when I'm in here, right? So when I'm in here and I'm doing like Turkish get-ups or I'm doing stuff on because our grass in here is like Razor sharp. What's up with the grass? Yeah, well, we got the I think we got the cheaper stuff back there I'm saying that the softer stuff was more expensive, right? You leave with turf burn. Oh, yeah No, it tears your it tears your knees up and stuff. So if I if normally if you see me wearing them now It's because I'm doing a workout in here and I have plans to either do like a Turkish get-up or lunges or something Where my knees are going to be dragging on the grass in here But I do I enjoy I enjoy him when I'm when I'm squatting when I'm squatting I just it makes me feel secure and tight going into it So I feel I feel great and I don't know if that's just the feedback too because when you start to get the pump There it makes it even tighter on your body. So you feel I don't know if it's more in my head than it's actually really helping So I was trying to read the science behind it and they really don't have a quite They say well it might reduce inflammation it might but it's kind of speculation It is very strange though because I read that study Then I read a bunch of studies done on endurance athletes that found the same thing that there were performance improvements Not just in the workout, but even like as the weeks progressed because I thought to myself Maybe you get a performance improvement because of the stability right the stability. Is it more psychological because like What what what does it really promote other than just like adding that like feeling of I think yeah? I think it's cycle. It's like a thunder vest You know Just hugging you really nice and snug. Yeah. So, you know before you go put 400 pounds on your back I feel like I'm being hugged. You know, it's like a thunder vest. Totally. I remember when you forgot your vest You had Justin hug you while you squatted I was that guy. I had to walk out the rail always get a little bit more out with that with the hell's happening right now Hey, so I hear mirror is coming out with some new Was it new colors or products dog? What were they saying on they had new colors introduced this summer? Oh, yeah, their stuff is nice. They got really nice stuff. No, it's beyond nice, bro I mean that's what I mean I use I use one I use a either my mirror coffee or my mirror water bottle every single day Yeah, the water the water bottle has been huge for me because like that's one of those things I can if I have that constantly filled up I know I'm gonna like at least stay hydrated because if not I'm I'm always like cotton mouth by the time the end of the day and I'm gonna have a headache and all that So it's been it's been huge. Do you forget to drink? I do you do, huh? Yeah, unless it's coffee Yeah, that's the that was a strategy. I deal with clients is oh, yeah, look at that. They got red yellow Oh, I hadn't seen that. Yeah, that did not hit this summer. That's all new on their website right there Yeah, the note said this summer, but this is the first time I've seen it. Yeah. No, that's that's that's that's all new They didn't have those colors. They're nice bright vibrant colors. Yeah, I like those that was a strategy I deal with clients for water is rather than telling them, you know, make sure you drink more water Make sure you track or whatever. I would have them get a bottle That was either a half gallon or a gallon and then say this is you have to finish this by the end of the day And I was really cold water too Oh, okay, which is like this is great because it you know, it literally doesn't change from when you pour it in there It's like the same temperature. Yeah. No, I this now I'm giving this to Jessica now, right? Because she's you know, because she had the c-section so she's sitting down or in bed Is it moving much and she'll forget to drink? Um, so I'm just filling it up putting it next to the bed and saying, okay Here's either one of you guys know what Rachel's getting us next because I know every month, right? So we get shipments of this every single month and she rotates like what they have so many different canisters And I don't know what she's doing now. Do you know Doug? Do you know what she's doing? I don't know. I just shot a bunch of photos for our website of our mirror gear. Oh, you did. Yeah I think she I think she wanted to do the wine He's getting a little randy these days. Did he have a wet dream? He was he was humping Doug yesterday I've never seen him do that before What are you doing? What's wrong, buddy? He's like his owner He's great. It's so exciting. He's such a he's such a sweetheart. I think he might have had like a like a little sex dream Yeah, dogs have those dude woke up out from it. You know Mid-action now. He's embarrassed. Yeah, he's got a serious chubby. Sorry. I know Poor dude, but he's poor. He's obviously in your business on blast. There's always got nothing to do with it You know I'm saying that's a poor guy. Yeah Are you gonna help him out? I'm not gonna help him out You bought a boy partner for like in prison First question is from Steve Morrison for 16 Can you use map suspension movements in place of focus or trigger sessions mad genius or bad idea? I like how they phrased the question. Great idea. It's a great. So suspension trainers are just be careful Excellent for training the entire body. We have a whole program called map suspension. That's completely designed around Suspension trainers are good because they're versatile. They use your body weight there. You can tailor them to your Fitness level. They're appropriate for beginners all the way to advance either regress or progress Right now. Here's the deal. Okay. So if you don't know what a trigger session is, I'll give you a quick rundown, right? trigger sessions Are low intensity For lack of a better term workouts that you do on your off days. Okay, so let's say Monday You train your body really hard Tuesday is supposed to be your off day Well, Tuesday you could still do a trigger session about a 10 minute trigger session For target body parts low intensity Just get a little bit of a pump feel a little bit of a burn And in target muscles you want to focus on and you can do that several times in that day, you know Two three times a day on your off days it facilitates recovery And it actually helps your body build more muscle and burn more body fat Now in our maps anabolic program. This is where trigger sessions originated We recommend bands resistance bands because of the versatility And because it's easier for the for you to manage the intensity than it is with weights Suspension trainers also a great idea. In fact, you can do this with any form of resistance You can do trigger sessions, but I like suspension trainers too because They're also very versatile So if you're doing a trigger session at work if you're doing it, you know, right before lunch It's easy to hook up your suspension trainer to you know, secure surface And do some, you know, 10 minutes of pumping exercises for target area I love this. You just got to be careful not to overdo it, right? So because you can overdo it because you can make the suspension trainer very challenging I mean, you can make the exercise. That's why we've made a whole program around it, right? You can you can design it to be Really really challenging and get really sore from doing too much So My only thing would be to caution whoever it is is that you just remember when you do trigger sessions The idea is to facilitate recovery. It's not to get a hard workout So, you know, something light easy and but what's great about the suspension is that you can regress it You can make it really easy and what I love about this is an idea Is it kind of is like so in map and maps anabolic? We talk about trigger sessions as the off day type of stuff and maps performance. We talk about mobility work You kind of get a little bit of hybrid of both. It is a little bit of hybrid of both That's a good point about what I love about suspension, you know, one of the things that So my sister who works for the company and follows all the programs that we always release And she's going through the suspension trainer and like one of the things she said to me She goes brother. She goes I cannot believe how incredible like my shoulders feel From using the suspension trainer and I was explaining to her that, you know The instability that the straps give and the ability for you to go through this really deep range of motion Just great for joint support. So you get these great mobility benefits Plus you get the trigger trigger benefits from it. So I love this idea if you have one of our suspension trainers already or the program To use this as like triggers or slash mobility type workouts Next question is from katie sion. What are the qualifying markers in becoming an intermediate lifter? That's a good question. Yeah, there's no belt system in lifting right like in martial arts Where you you can go through the belt system and it signifies. We should have that that would be cool Wouldn't have made that right certain certain it will signify that you've you know Time under the iron or something. It will give people better ideas of who you should be paying attention to in the gym or not Like oh, look at that white belt Here's what I think. Um, I would say Generally speaking if you have been working out consistently and what I mean consistently is Week in week out at least two to three days a week minimum For about a year. You're probably close to an intermediate lifter You know skill level wise you should probably be able to perform Certain fundamental movements like a squat or a deadlift or an overhead press or a row But really it's about learning your body because you you may be lifting for a year and working on mobility and still not be able to squat but You know your body because you've been training for a year You kind of know what it can and can't do you know to apply how to apply intensity properly So I would say probably around a year of consistent no break You know no long break in between type training. I think that's probably where I'd say someone's intermediate I you know, I like this question too mainly because I don't think there's a right or a wrong answer I mean, I think there's uh We could go back and forth on what what we would consider an immediate lifter now So for me, I think in an intermediate lifter Um, I I would say that you have good form In any exercise that you do like so the the beginning process of lifting whether that takes you six months nine months a year two years to get to this point But all the the fundamental movements everything from squat deadlift to a row to a bench press to a bicep curl to a shoulder press all the the basic movements and exercises that you see most people doing To be considered an intermediate lifter. I think you should be able to perform those exercises With good form that that to me is the and then and then advanced is to take That good form and do things start piling on it. Yeah load like lots of load and high intensity, right? So to me beginner you're learning learning technique form. What does that look like? Intermediate you've now accomplished good form You can pretty much pick up a barbell a dumbbell perform the exercise execute it with good mechanics Advanced lifter you can now load like crazy do explosively dynamically and and maintain good form that's kind of how I would agree with adam and in terms of The qualifiers because I know a lot of people usually think immediately like how long they've been Going to the gym and doing their routine and you know, it's for some people it's even been You know eight to ten years or you know, however long it is, but uh, I wouldn't even consider them an intermediate Level just because the form is something that I do sort of pick apart right away And that's that's not to say that's not to take anything away But me as a trainer and like you're asking me this question I would I would have to then take them from where they are And start from the beginning to learn the mechanics establish, you know, all the right patterns So if you've actually done that work and you've gone through and established all the right mechanics You know how to adjust your posture. You know how to perform these things with with ease Then, you know, I think we're ready to graduate And really like kind of start getting yourself more into like the On the path to start loading it more heavily and then when we get to like advance It's got to be how quickly you can load it and with how much load Well, I like using that instead of a time frame too because the the opposite is true sometimes too like I've had clients that You know hire me and because they have an athletic background or they have incredible body awareness They pick up on cues really quick, you know, once I show them the movement one or two times They get right in the groove and like it's like, oh, wow, this person's already so that person could be I could consider that person even after a few months Potentially an intermediate lifter because they've we've done all the exercises. They can perform it perfectly I can give them verbal cues and they can adjust their body right away Like that to me over like into Justin's point You could be lifting for five years and I consider you still a beginner if I look at the mechanics how you move And there's no attention to the detail of the movement and all you've really focused on over those five years is Can I lift more weight? Can I lift more weight? Can I lift more weight because the body will do all sorts of things to contort itself and leverage itself to lift more weight That doesn't necessarily mean that you're an advanced lifter in my opinion. Yeah, I think you know, you're you're hearing this answer from trainers and I know what we're doing right now. We're trying to think of Watching someone work out and what kind of work out what I recommend to them where we'd place them Right and honestly, it doesn't matter because here's the deal. Here's a wonderful thing I think about resistance training in particular is there's no there's no destination There's never a point you hit there's no spin where you're done, right where you're done You're it's it's always making it philosophical. Thank you. It's all of that's a matrix reference. It's all about the journey It's all about constantly, you know changing your workout to suit your your current goals The context of your life, you know, if you have injuries or pain Your age, you know, how your diet is stress levels the workouts are always going to change It kind of doesn't really matter. I mean if I'm training a client, I'm going to assess them No matter what doesn't matter how long they've been working out. I'm going to do an assessment based off of their movement Based off of their fitness level, then I'm going to train them accordingly. So Yeah, that's a constant. No, it's a it's a really good point. You're bringing up South because I'm I'm now thinking about Okay, how why is this person asking this question, right? And so a lot of times like we list programs like this falls in the beginner this falls right this falls in advance But and so based off of that theory Then someone like myself who's been lifting for 20 years would never do something in starter Well, that's not true at all, you know Start our starter program is the most beginner program that we own yet There are movements and exercise in there that I has a lot of value Yeah, that have tremendous value that I will always revisit and intermittently introduce into my own routine So to your point that may that's a very good point that it doesn't matter what whether you're an advanced beginner intermediate Uh, that doesn't mean that the oh, this is the program for you And you there's no nothing of value that is in a beginner program either no and I love the intermediate phase if there is such a thing because there's a lot This is where you do most of your learning in the beginner phase. You're actually learning that you you actually start to realize You don't know a lot. Yeah, you don't you can't do certain things This is what you realize in the beginner phase and a lot of the strength things that come in the beginner phase are neurological Um, and you don't necessarily build a ton of muscle, but you get strong What's that called dunbar's law or the more, you know, the more you realize you don't know And that's honestly like I know we I don't really know what you can take away from this question other than I think it really is just about like your education like how much Time you've put into where like how much you know about your body and how Much, you know how to manipulate things to get your body to then Get through these plateaus and and keep progressing. I could say this for me I I don't think I would have considered myself from what I understand to be advanced I think it took me a good five Five plus years to really understand my body. I still believed in certain false ideas about resistance training for five six seven years after I started working out took me that long To figure now I didn't have a podcast like mine pump that I could listen to a lot of the information I was getting was trying to sell me supplements or whatever But it took me that long of listening to my body figuring my body out and To really get to the point where I could train myself like I can now right? I feel like I can go into a gym and if I'm being honest with myself I can really do what I think I need at that moment to feel my best Next question is from jerry gear What would be five staple foods to incorporate into your diet to cover the most nutritional needs steak fish Gotta be to that sounds like an animal by itself Steak and fish you've got to be in there, right? I mean can we agree on that? You know what the top five if you if you want to look at a singular food that provides you with almost everything you need It's going to be an ad it's going to be meat. Yeah, it's probably going to be red meat of some sort right beef bison Um, it's got almost pretty much everything your body needs from a new nutritional standpoint It's the reason why people can make a diet up like the carnivore diet and it be okay Yeah, and it's not ideal, but I don't think you can eat any other singular food by itself and not die No, you know I'm saying right right. Yeah, I would say eggs Eggs are definitely up there. There you go. Extremely nutritious very nutrient dense organ meats Their organ meats are so nutrient dense. You can actually too much Can we throw that in meat though? I feel like that's part of it like wrapped in meat Right because you have meat fish eggs. Well, then you're gonna take up four. We only get five All right, so I'm saying so like let's just say meat and liver all go together right so organ all animal products Right is up there for nutritional. Okay. Okay. So that's a good one because egg is money too. I think and then For fruit. I would say berries berries or some of the some of the most valuable fruit high in fiber I can't live without cheese. So I'm waiting for that five is not going to be cheese is not going to be in the top five Justin hey, man, if you're not in toller, it's good sorts of food You know what? You know, he's actually right dairy on its own if you can tolerate it. Well is Extremely nutrient dense. I know there's certain parts of the world where they survive almost solely On the milk from animals, you know the mongol mongols. Thank you. Let's talk about this. Yes, they Conquered because of their cheese. They actually did they they they survived mostly on milk from I think it was horse milk, right? Horse milk or yak milk and and and blood I know the messiah tribe of africa does the same thing. So dairy is extremely nutrient The problem is a lot of people can't digest it. Well, I yeah, that's the problem. I wouldn't do well So what are we gonna? Okay? So what organ eats meats in general? And then we got I like berries for berries for fruit berries eggs Yeah, so we have one more fish eggs are also extremely nutrient dense. That's that falls under fish and all right So that's cheating. Yeah. All right, let's think what's your top vegetable then if we got throwing those there That's a good question. Yeah, but the truth is that the the nutrient value of that is so low vegetables don't have tons No, I'm trying to pull that in. Yeah, you know, no, no, like yeah, I agree with you They've got value, but they don't have a lot of nutrient necessarily. They're not particularly high Okay, potato potatoes, believe it or not are pretty nutrient dense high in carbohydrates got the energy there They've got certain nutrients in there that I mean, I'm down with that and I mean, you know You can you can deal with key eating a lot of potatoes with not a lot of other stuff. I know, uh, you know, irish have a history of You want a potato diet? I don't know about potato chip diet, maybe because I said irish Well, it's just a racist But potatoes those those are kind kind of up there. Yeah, no, they're good For other vegetables. I'm trying to think, uh, you know, what else would be I mean when you guys are what's like a Staple plate, right? I mean, obviously if you've listened to mine pump longer than freaking two months, you know that we we You know advocate for rotating your foods all foods, right? So never never once would you catch any of us eating the same plate But what is like a staple plate of food that like you would consume go you'll go first Justin I mean And and like brussel sprouts or sparrows or like something like To compliment it that way, uh, and then potatoes obviously that's something for me that I I get value from that when I work out in my performance Yeah, um Carrots carrots are very nutrient dense very high in the fat soluble, you know vitamin eight You don't like carrots. I'm not a carrot guy. Really not a fan. I mean, I'll eat them But I'm not a big fan. Yeah carrots are up there. Uh kale brussel sprouts, but honestly, this is true now I'm not anti Plant foods at all. I think they have value when combined with other foods But if you look at them from a purely nutritional standpoint, like I just I need to I'm in only one food And my body's not going to die or or whether it's not going to be a plant food It's going to be an animal source because it really does come with so there as far as nutrient density is concerned It's mostly animal products. Yeah at steak rice and spinach is like a such a staple Yeah, right to yeah, I eat a lot of rice and Spinach is like probably one of my favorite vegetables to go to and steak is by far one of the most nutrient dense foods Yeah, I I do I feel my best if I have eggs every day or egg yolks in particular Um, and one or two servings of of red meat either lamb Or beef those are my two favorite sources fish. I'll eat but I don't I mean the taste is fine It's just not as appealing. You don't need as much not as much So I eat a lot of chicken thighs, dude. You guys eat a lot of chicken thighs. I like kids love them Yeah, I prefer chicken thighs over chicken breasts. That's for sure Oh, I remember when like the I had that epiphany on like the when you started comparing protein fat calories Everything between a thigh and a breast. I'm like, what am I why have I been eating this dry ass chicken breast for so long? It's like the thighs are like as as nutrient dense almost as high as in protein taste a million times better Like what was I thinking like I remember that was back You know that come from they come from the like low fat freaking era when we first started I could definitely eat more fish. I've been trying to include that quite a bit more As of late fish sticks They're yummy They're breaded and delicious Yeah, I should just he's got a flay which is like five fish sticks The star is just one block of cheese and like all like fish sticks How do you fish today? How do you fish? Yay, give me a gold medal All right, our next question is from Sydney R. Green Have you ever trained someone with body dysmorphia? How do you help people overcome it? A lot of people actually Yeah, I I've worked with a few people where it was uh, They were being treated for body dysmorphia. In fact, they got sent to me by their therapists To train them because I was a the therapist was my client So they knew that You know, I would be able to help them I guess because they're experienced with me had to help them develop a better relationship with exercise one of the more effective things that I did with People with varying degrees of body and I say varying degrees because it's super common For some sort of body dysmorphia when you're in the gym working out and especially among my peers It's very common among personal trainers and fitness professionals. Don't you think don't you think we all have a little bit of this? I do I think it's more of a spectrum. Like I really feel like I would agree with that I really feel like almost every because let's be honest, right? Like of all the you know hundreds and probably Collectively thousands of people that we've trained How many times has somebody came in and they're just like hey adam I want to train because I need to exercise and I want to be healthier It's like that's such a small percentage Most people are driven in there because of the way they look And that's the main motivation because they hate the way they look where that's what I'm saying, right? And admittedly they come in. I hate this tire around I just can't stand my flabby And they're like they literally will use that that verbiage. So I think that This is more now. There's uh, it's so extreme with some people Right as I said the spectrum that they're having medical Condition and they're being treated for it But I actually would argue that more there's a probably a higher percentage of people In the gym right now working out that actually suffer from some sort of body dysmorphia. I would I would agree I mean, we're we're constantly being Or or it's reinforced to us that the way our body looks we're being marketed to it's very important It's like one of the most important things, you know wisdom isn't that important intelligence isn't that important It's like how we look That's very important. So we're constantly comparing ourselves To an ideal and so it's it's quite common one of the more effective strategies that would do as a trainer Well, first of all, I never directly Treated body dysmorphia. I know when to stay in my lane and I always especially if it was a bad case Would always work with the therapist. That was the person who focused directly on that My goal as a trainer was to get the person To love exercise because it made them feel good Love exercise because they like the strength gains. They like the performance They like the movement themselves. They enjoyed the workouts I my goal was always to move them away from The you know falling in love with the visible changes from exercise like oh, am I getting leaner? Am I do I look any different? It was more like wow I added five pounds to the bar or I could do a full squat today And so they really love the performance and it just took their focus off of the body Long enough or or with enough effectiveness to get them to really enjoy working out for some of its other qualities because When you're dealing with this situation, it's very easy. Like here's the deal if you have body dysmorphia Challenges and you go into working out with the wrong Motivations, it'll make it worse. I've seen this many times. You can become very obsessed When you look at people who deal with anorexia or bulimia oftentimes what's what's You know combined with that is over exercising So if you go into it the right motivation like if you go into your workout thinking You know if let's say this is you you acknowledge that you have body dysmorphia issues. Maybe you're seeing a therapist So now you're going to the gym and rather than thinking I need to burn off calories I need to change the way I look you think You know what I haven't been kind to myself. So I'm going to go to the gym and I'm going to take care of myself I need to feel better. I like to I want to move better. I want to feel Stronger. I want to see how strong I can get like that's a good one because it's hard It's really hard to get stronger if you're not feeding yourself enough now on the flip side If you're dealing with a man with body dysmorphia Sometimes you get what they call bigorexia, which is the opposite where The guy just wants to get bigger doesn't care about you know his health oftentimes takes anabolic steroids Or eats too much food. I would have felt more closer into this category In which case I would focus on performance as well, but it wouldn't be strength It would be mobility mobility and flexibility because if you push strength with those guys They can also go I love to focus on like a and here's the thing so I under if this is a train I don't know if there's a trainer asking this question So I totally understand this challenge because I remember how challenging this was Early in because this dealt with this a ton I remember how hard it was in the beginning versus how hard or how much easier it became later for me Later on when I built the confidence and experience as a trainer I could tell a client like this like Okay, like you know regardless if they sat down for me said, oh, I hate the way I look I don't want this this and I would be able to say listen Do you you were referred by somebody to me like that? Do you trust that I'm going to take good care of you and I would get them to commit that they trust me And they said so this is what we're going to do like I'm not going to have you get on the scale We're not going to do these measurements It's not what I want to do is I'm going to teach you something And I just need you to trust me that I'm going to take care of the goals the things that you want But I want you to follow what I what I show you Okay, and then get that by in first and then the program would be focused around either strength or skills Like I love to take someone and teach them like a Turkish get up a Turkish teaching a great A great Turkish get up could take months and months and months of training and focus And it's it's fun to try and get somebody good at it. I want to feel him accomplishment Yeah, and and exactly and then when you what when they you watch somebody who can barely balance 10 pounds over their head and do a Turkish get up all sudden Be able to do that with a 40 pound kettlebell or weight over their head and do it with beautiful form And the whole focus was around that as a byproduct. They will get stronger They'll feel better, you know And and then you can attach and you could show them like how they are making progress with their goals and disconnect it from The way they love somebody brought that up that's like falls right into what I was going to say It's like, you know, I get somebody like that. They're very Physically motivated to change because they hate themselves like they're coming in with that type of energy My favorite thing to do is to introduce them to unconventional tools and unconventional Ways of training that sort of just flips the script So, you know in order to reframe how they think like this is all going to go in terms of their workouts And what you know muscle size and or you know, how much of this body fat we're going to lose or this or that Like they're just Focused on the actual thing that's right in front of them learning like something like a mace bell and like how to swing it properly Like by just doing these things that actually do Stimulate the muscle and it does promote You know fitness that we can build upon I just found that like a much better way to at least start You know having them think differently about how this is all going to go I thought it was interesting when I read about strongmen like that took on apprentices I think I brought this up before on the show one time and I can't remember where I read this but I guess that that this was like Like the standard before like let's say Justin is a strongman and I want to work underneath and I want to learn from him And he's this great trainer and he goes all right Well, you have to first be able to do a Turkish get up with a hundred pounds And so I would have to acquire that skill So think of that as a trainer who's getting somebody who's so focused on their body and say like, okay Don't worry. We're going to get to all those things But the first the foundation is we first have got to achieve Whatever and you give them like a strength goal or a skill goal That you want to focus on and then don't worry We're going to do all those things and it's great because it kind of distracts them From, you know their body and changing but what you know is a trainer that That's all going to come as as they're focusing on that But you're taking their mind off of the way they look. Yeah, well body obsession You know exercise is a great way to either make body obsession better or worse It really is it all depends on how you enter into it If you're working out because you hate yourself. You hate your body. You hate the way you look It's going to make your body image and body obsession Much worse if you go into it with the mindset that you really want to care for yourself Number one because you deserve to be cared for You are a human being and you deserve to be cared for And number two because you acknowledge that maybe you weren't doing that before but now is the time so now i'm empathetic Okay, I didn't do it before this time I'm going to do it and if you enter into exercise that way then it makes Things so much better, but it is a very powerful tool And it's all in how you use it and it can definitely push you in one way or the other It all starts with your intention going into it Look mind pump is recorded on video and audio if you love listening to the podcast Come watch us also on youtube Mind Pump podcast you can also find us all on instagram We post a lot of cool stuff some funny stuff and some behind the scenes stuff You can find dug the producer at mind pump dug You can find me at mind pump sal you can find adam at mind pump adam And justin your favorite host at mind pump justin How do you feel dude? Are you uh, you know by the first of all so the audience doesn't know this Like you didn't tell us one you you chose not to Know what the sex was until uh, he was born You also didn't share with us the name that you were going to choose So when you sent over not only you had a boy, but you also