 2023 I'm gonna stop drinking water so I don't retain water weight. So I'm the most shredded trend boy on YouTube Welcome to the video 2023 the year of the Shreds It's the last water one bottle a week What's your opinion on Jim's Superstition if you're talking about like how to get in the flow and stuff There's a couple things that I would do You know like I have less of them now as I don't like competing. I don't get that serious But I used to do shit like carry my shoes in the gym like I wouldn't basketball whether they're to keep them clean or not But just the mindset of putting on new shoes I like walking around and slides to be comfy another big one for me that I recommend some people try and I know there's a cold plunge fucking Cold running around the internet, but for me. It's just any kind of shower I used to do it before games and practice because I feel like you're almost like starting a new day or a new thing And obviously I can't always do that because I'm working or I'm meetings or I'll be here on a podcast or something But or traveling but when I get the opportunity. I like to take a shower before I work out It just kind of feels refreshing and kind of starting that new day So say I have like meetings and work and bullshit all morning. I'd like to shower. Boom new day Refocus up come in another one's like chewing gum and stuff. I don't do it as much anymore But I'll play basketball. It was kind of like to chew on something when I work out I like to chew on something as much as I can or remember those are kind of the main gigs Kind of timing setting up the caffeine little stuff like that So I'm showering or driving over. I'll get like reggae or rmb going Yeah afro beats that's kind of always just put me in a good mood And then I kind of save like hard music for like when she gets harder, you know, like if you're just listening like m&m Uh all all the time, you know talking about Going crazy. I feel like then you're just always revving at a 10 But life's about kind of being calm and I kind of use that to my advantage and only use those kind of songs And and vibe when I need it I have a question What's your gym superstition? This might sound stupid as fuck, but I think it's a personal thing Before every single lift I got a burp I can be gassy as fuck bro if I'm not burping it's going to fuck me at the top of my set so squat burping bench burping deadlift burping I'm gassy a gassy little mexican man. What's your pain on gym superstitions or do you have a gym superstition? I don't have any No, like Why why create more restrictions for yourself? I feel like it's already hard as is if it's like, oh it needs to be like this this and that before I get a good Whatever and I'm already startling day to day You know, it's just like get it in and get it get in get out do your shit or whatever So I have to like have certain things in place like that just creates more Roadblocks so like I have a routine for my setup, but it's not like I do it The same way every time like I do it for a reason Like I slap myself because I feel like I need to wake these muscles up and like feel them again Um, and then I shock my freaking brain and body or whatever But when it comes to it's not like I slap my left arm and then my right arm and then my legs are sometimes It's consistent, but it's just I don't really think about it. I think about why I'm doing it Not like what routine it's not it's not Yeah, it's not a choreograph. The question of the day is do you have any gym superstitions? Gym superstitions, uh, no There you go No, yeah, same underwear every single time never wash them Not a superstition, but like if you poop before you go to the gym, it's gonna be better Do you actually believe in that? Oh, yeah I believe if you need to poop you should poop Yeah, but it's like I'm not like taking a laxatives before I come to the gym to make sure but like You know, if you if you schedule it, right? Right before it like kind of like a before I drive here sort of thing good poop It's just gonna feel better, you know It's like when I'm building up that pressure, I don't think something's gonna come out Just feels a little safer, you know Wait, no, I do that But I just do it for like uh the warm up almost like uh the heat kind of helps if it was it It is need to be a shower But as long as I'm warm because like if it's if it's in the morning I wake up I feel like very like uh, I don't know like stiff and cold So like I wake up in a warm bed Yeah, but I'm not like moving around. I don't know it just doesn't feel it doesn't feel right. I feel like I need the warm up Yeah, you know you just need a You need to like loosen it up a little bit and I feel like really hot shower and I take my shower like really hot, right? Yeah, so shower and poop before you go to the gym It was so did three days out and it's time to deadlift got uh, I guess yeah the final deload Normally, this is like my secondary deadlift day and it's getting pretty heavy You know was like 525 or 530 for a bunch of doubles triples and sets of five Over the last couple blocks and today it's uh, four singles at like 445 I don't even like can't tell you the last time under 500 was like a working weight. So Just greasing the gears today three days We'll try to pull a little pr. I don't know what it's going to look like or what it's going to feel like We'll see and then after that The shreds life starts monday. So stay tuned Subscribe turn on notice join in we're going 30 days as shredded as we can I'm not in the best shape of my life. I'm a little embarrassed I tend to hold a lot of my body fat in my stomach So I might still have like bicep veins and shit and even my quads. You can't even really like pinch But it just holds on my belly. I just hate how that looks obviously keeps me a little self-conscious But I'm going to show you all some progress picks day one. They'll do like day 15 And day 30 and see what we can do Um joining if you're about it and then I'll probably cut for another eight to 12 weeks after that Get lean again and kind of reassess where we're going. So new training coming diet coming But next three days. We're on a mission It's like Such a new world to you you feel like there's so much you have to learn and you have to try every technique and you have to Listen to every expert Um, what's the term like majoring in the minors? Everyone's worried about all this little shit your supplements and what split you're on Where the truth is is like gaining weight losing weight like the amount of questions I get uh, whether they should bulk or cut like depending on your age depending on your goals depending on your health if you're generally healthy You're new to the gym. You should probably maintain or bulk so we could build some muscle build some strength and build some habits over time Um, lock it in your protein your hydration your sleep And then getting on any kind of program or any kind of coach And that's it. Those are like the checks step one get enough protein in every single day Step two drink enough water every single day step three get enough sleep every single day Wake up go to bed at the same time wake up at the same fucking time Step four find a coach a program And follow it every single day every single week and you do all of those for two years straight The rest ain't gonna matter nothing else will matter you'll be set and so that's probably the main thing It's people there's so much info out there Everyone gets confused at what's going on and that's like Man, I can teach a course on programming and I can teach a course on the you know The intricacies of our toe pointing out in a sumo or not and who should do it But the fact of the matter is we just got to train all those little things. They'll kind of answer them The truth is they're probably the most overrated shits in the market Talking to some of the other day, man I didn't want to like go into a deeper debate because some people just you guys like know like Dunning Kruger stuff, right? So like when you're a beginner or you're intermediate You think you know everything that's going on and then and then you get into something deep enough long enough And you understand that you're just a fucking new man. I know this 15 years and I still don't know shit So I was conversing with someone and they were kind of talking about They're actually kind of talking about it like content creators and other people how they just spill information Just to get likes and views where that might be the case in 2023 But the the influencers I grew up in were all coaches and professionals that just shared their knowledge on a mass stage, right? It's the same as a seminar But now I have a platform I can share it everywhere I was coaching for six years before I made my first instructional youtube in person clients eight to eight Every single day that being said some of those same other fuckers Just pushing shit everywhere that claim to be on their high horse and like educating people Just shove supplements and like ashwagandha down your throat like it's what you need I think for the majority of people that are like that look really good Whether they're on steroids or not and just pose this lifestyle on this look and then push you this supplement brand Is a little bit disingenuous. So I'm not a fan of supplements at all One for that reason and then two because of the impact that will have on you is so negligible You know we look at maybe creatine monohydrate. You look at like kriap here from germany It's stupid cheap and you can take that every day A protein bar or protein like a weight protein that's you know very few ingredients will be solid as like a snack But in my head that's a food. It's not even a supplement and then a caffeine And that's kind of where my list ends if you're over you're over like 24 Find some caffeine man because life is about to get tough if you're below 24 Don't drink caffeine. You don't fucking need a man. You're young get the fuck over it Thanks, man. Thanks for riding with me. It's been a long three months back on the grind back on the program Saturday is test day. So very last episode on the way and on to the next one. Whatever happens Saturday I'll tell you all how I truly feel and tell you what's going on and then uh onto the next one next goal next mission So appreciate you're we over me three of speed out co be a part of something big in yourself, man Southern Mike. I'm out