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I'll see you guys there diving into your questions How would you diet around an Injury eat a calorie surplus to try and minimize muscle protein breakdown while inactive now This is going to be highly dependent on the individual highly independent on the individual's goals and also Highly independent on the injury now if you have a back issue and you literally can't move you're hospitalized hopefully not is way different than you have a Broken wrist or even just some really bad elbow time tonight is right So your definition of an injury my definition may be different My definition if an injury means that you must go to a doctor or hospital In which case again, it does depend on the injury. If you have a neck injury, etc, etc life changing I Understand what you're getting at if you want to keep on to some of your muscle You want to keep into a calorie surplus? But the issue here is that your calories will probably change because you may be inactive Depending on the injury. So what I would first focus in on is what you can do So again, if you have the wrist issue, let's try to get some lunges in obviously you want to get a pass by your doctor But walking moving biking perhaps even squatting with a safety squat bar A belt squat machine leg machines leg press whatever it might be or the opposite Maybe you have an ankle issue knee issue. Maybe we can get some pull-ups chin ups Maybe some bench press dumbbell press face pulls rows, etc, etc in which case It would lead to what your goals are, you know, if your goals are to Continue to bulk build some muscle you can still be in a surplus I might have to be slightly less because you'll be more inactive You won't be able to walk and move around as much with the example of the ankle or knee issue You may Want to take this time to cut and diet down get a little bit leaner You may may not lose muscle obviously going to lose muscle in the inactive part of your body that you're not Directly strength training and causing that stimulus for anymore, right? If you hurt your right wrist and no longer can do bicep curls You may have some atrophy in that bicep. Don't overthink it. Don't overstress it Focus on what you can do to continue improve and stay on your goals You can adapt your your your training a little bit depending on what you want to do But I wouldn't overthink the topic I would focus on the positive and Continue towards your goals as soon as you come back your muscle will come back quite quickly And you can read just your goals and figure it out. There's multiple comments here. We're not gonna dig into it too deep You know, many of you have followed me for a very long time podcast Etc. Etc. Especially if you're hanging out on the live streams on Twitch I'm super open and I'll talk about absolutely anything and not that I haven't here I'm probably I'm as see-through is is organic authentic whatever frickin cliche words you guys want me to use I talked to you guys and I let you know especially when I'm vlogging how I feel what I'm thinking etc etc a bunch of questions Am I single? I am single my schedule my life is absolutely hectic majority of the time between podcasting YouTube and twitching plus helping my mother around she lives nearby Plus a couple secret Projects I have in the works some companies and things that I'm working on plus all the stuff I do with kaizen training So I'm pretty dang busy. So yes, I am single Maybe that's why I haven't vlogged as much as just because my workflow right now You know, I wake up 8 8 in the morning grab some caffeine head straight to the gym I get that hour or so in the gym of lifting kind of meditating with my cardio really getting my thoughts together for the day I come back home and depending on the day I'm either filming for YouTube or I'm heading to the studio with Jimmy D to film a podcast that typically, you know with Shower and getting ready setting up the cameras, etc I can take anywhere from one hour to maybe three four hours depending on how many podcasts and YouTube videos we're doing then I'm right back home I try to get a meal in maybe some frickin water And then it's right on to twitch and we're streaming for anywhere from three to even six hours live on the internet I sometimes get an hour off at night watch a little Netflix or something go to bed rinse and repeat so That's probably why I don't vlog because those days are so mechanical. I don't really have time to vlog Vlogs may be coming back. I may be training again on video. A lot of people have asked again Are you single and do you still train? Those are two comments that I get a ton all over Instagram and you in YouTube and etc I do do a ton of training I train five six times a week But the gym I train at is right outside of my house and it's very very close It's a very convenient and I'm really using this time to gather my thoughts creatively and focus on my health I don't have any health issues by any means, but I just really am enjoying my alone time in the gym So and at the gym, I'm not allowed to film. It's a big franchise gym and they don't allow to do that. So Yeah, I'm gonna go to untamed strength eventually it's about a half an hour to 40 minutes away from me I love Alan through all he was super cool to me when I was living out there He's been a good friend for a long time. I'll train there when I can but out of convenience and how busy my schedule is I don't and that's also I guess Yeah Not sure if this is too personal, but how can you make a living off be by being in the fitness community? I really love lifting and I like to do so A million ways man a million ways. Can you make money in this world with the internet? With the resources that we have here at least in America I can't speak on other places because I didn't grow up there You can make money in endless amount of ways and by make money You know depends on what your idea of making money is, you know, do you want to have an excess of money? It may be more difficult perhaps depending on the path you want to take but you can make a living and potentially a lot of money Doing what you love. So if you love fitness, man Couple suggestions one be whatever aspect of fitness you love All you need is a little bit of hard work try to really master your skill and a little bit of creativity and you can literally do Insane amounts of things so if you want to be a trainer if you want to be a coach if you want to be a content creator Whatever it might be first you have to have something to share Whether it be your own personal journey and experiences some type of knowledge whatever it is you have to hone in those skills So again, if you want to do YouTube, which is a comment I get all the time. How do I do what you do Mike? How do you I do what Bart does? How do I do what Omar does? Etc. I think it's so cool. I love it Well, you know little known fact Bart is an actor He's done stand-up comedy and taking tons of acting lessons his entire life I went to a liberal arts school where I basically was in every musical orchestra choir Adlib acting classes. I did that all for 12 years of my life So being in front of the camera was a little bit new because we didn't do camera stuff But I've been in front of audiences of hundreds if not thousands performing my entire life So to me those are skills that we have that now we can feel more comfortable communicating sharing And being in front of a crowded audience, right? So those are skills that are necessary to be a podcaster youtuber twitch person whatever it might be on top of that I've spent basically since I was 17 18 years old as much effort financial energy experience Interviews etc becoming the best coaching trainer I can gathering as much knowledge as I can in the fitness industry to help as many people as I can so To I kind of have that that aspect and then I have the aspect of being the best trainer that I can be and I still listen to Podcasts and still with 50% facts my new podcast I'm lucky enough to talk to some of the greatest minds and experts in fitness and also just in life in general that really get me thinking and learning and continuing my education so You can go down the personal training route go get a certificate go get your css and go work at their pro Pro level you can go work at a commercial gym. You can start your own gym You can start your own company. You can do whatever you want. You could be a blog or you could be a writer You could be anything you want to do It's just a matter of putting in the effort having some type of goal and really chasing that down for the long term It can't be something you want to do or accomplish in six months I mean you can do whatever the heck you want to do, but that's not the way to go about it It's taken me 10 years in the fitness industry to get where I am now I opened a gym and had to close the gym because I failed. I've helped start manage market consult on multiple companies within the fitness industry I've been on Thousands of podcasts thousands of YouTube videos multiple channels I've coached hundreds if not thousands of people online and in person all to build up my resume my experience For what I eventually want to become which is a really good strength coach and a really good content creator So all my goals have always my actions have always been in line with my goals For the last 10 years and then to continue on right now. I want to create content I want to connect with you guys. I want to build communities I want to entertain make you guys smile while informing hopefully education Educating along the way. I hope you guys appreciate the videos I appreciate you guys for watching give this thing a thumbs up comment below follow me on Instagram Let me know what you want me to cover in upcoming videos Hopefully I'll see you guys on twitch again Sunday through Thursday and check out the new podcast 50% facts on iTunes I appreciate you guys. I'm out of here