 Now we're digging into the personal things boys. We don't know what's happening If this video doesn't get a million views, I'm firing Wren. Oh, it is coffee. It is coffee. I think my mom drinks that too Is that kind of what you're telling me about? Yeah, it's a Chicory Cuban espresso. Is that the chicory or no? No, I'm way off So I feel like a coffee with like chicory like the New Orleans Comes in a case like that Yeah, a little bit the cafe de monk coffee. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it can a similar ish case Can't even smell it one more. No more One more I can actually here to work. I crack it so you can smell it is amazing Like gives me a headache it gives me a weird body feel Maybe I'm just sensitive. Yeah, there's something I have the same issue with chocolate If I eat too much chocolate not even too much like like chocolate cookie with chocolate chips or just chocolate by itself I get like a weird feeling I can't explain Maybe I can do it if it's in like vanilla and I can do it if it's if I have a glass of milk to like tone that stuff down But those are I don't know I don't even know how to explain it and normally I just tell people I don't like it And I don't try to explain because you sound like an insane human. Oh, perfect. Shall we stuff? Yes? This is the test to see if this works. Yeah, I don't work. We're going uptown. We're gonna have detachable Yeah, but don't be doing weird things with the detachable part kids. Yeah, curtain is closed. Yeah kids You fucking weirdos Yeah We have right now are fine But they're not awesome. What do we got Bob's? And then I think I've explained it but we got 24-hour access here for like a premium membership so you can come in We're secure. We got cameras and stuff to make you feel safe. I mean you just come through the front door and you can come in 24-7 we do have gym hours, so a membership is a little bit more affordable We have pretty decent hours like six in the morning ten at night If you want to be around the crowds and whatever but if you work night shift or you're a morning morning person Then you know, that's how it goes eventually we'll be like custom fobs and stuff We're ramping up give us a sec right now. We just got Bob's for the cruise right Or oh beautiful Let's show the kids what they look like Scared me for a sec. Just Just a little fobby you literally just chuck it on the door It's so easy. It's like I guess you guys probably live in apartments or whatever You literally just kind of bang one of these boys real quick It'll go Unlock come to the gym a light turns on you got to come turn the lights on for later, but last package showed up So I'm a strength coach. I'm into powerlifting. I'm in it strength and conditioning. I'm an aesthetics, but We want this gym to be available for everybody and One of my biggest pet peeves. I think power lifters in specific or we're talking about how sore and tight and this and that Shout out to Alan for his tight video That they literally just don't warm up It's literally that simple walk a little bit more bike a little bit more. So a big piece is to not only create a space Where everybody can train here? Not that's not a power lifter, you know, if you're into just general fitness, but To get some of these chubby bunnies moving a little bit more. So we got a rower mr. Concept I'm gonna try to put it together Let's see if I put this together. I'm not that talented, but let's see what happens Ladies and gentlemen It feels like forever since we've spoken in this way for some reason when you're vlogging And i'm either around people or there's a stream of thought that I have talking to the camera It feels way different than podcasting Where I'm obviously talking to my guest or jim mcd. You know my co-host Versus Doing this a voiceover It all just has such a different Vibe to it. I obviously it's the same thing. I'm talking to a microphone To all you beautiful people that have supported me and loved me for so long That talented courageous kind people that you are That have talent that have that have supported me for so long But the the thought process behind my head or how it feels I can't really explain it one day Maybe I'll come to it, but I can't really explain how it feels, but it feels so so different I think we got a collaboration here congregation here a metaphorical soup vegetable soup a metaphorical frying pan mixed batch of workouts Your boys back on the grind Basically my basic split Is trying to go every other day So one session is bench squat focused rest day bench squat overhead press and then a bunch of fluff rest day Deadlift squat bench a tiny bit of fluff more isolation fluff And I know those pretty technical jargon. Hopefully you guys can keep up with What i'm putting down here But because life is a little hectic right now and I know it's pretty crazy for a lot of us But my schedule is just being thrown about in life I have this good framework that i'm basing everything on and I have a general outline of My progressions through the main lifts and then the supplementary lifts are so easy I just try to do an extra set an extra rep two and a half more pounds Something every session And I try to feel good and right now to be honest I'm still a little achy and I don't feel as explosive I kind of use the metaphor of like really slamming on the on the gas pedal When i'm doing my compound lifts i'm starting to get there I can't really floor it or press the nos or whatever dom torretto is doing to really haul ass I'm not quite there. I'm not double clutch shifting or something But i'm moving pretty good and I can I can push into the ground or push into the bar pretty good You know maybe maybe 70 80 percent You know if you ever played any sports basketball football baseball it doesn't really matter sucker You kind of warm up and you can't like full sprint yet until you're fully warm How good of shape i'm in or how strong I feel kind of determines that on how hard I can kind of press into the bar And it's just because i've been doing it so long and maybe you feel it too or maybe you guys don't You know consciously feel that but maybe you're like oh some days I feel strong and some days I feel explosive and some days I don't To me it's like literally how hard I can flex into a bar um squat bench dead overhead and right now even on the fully warm fresh feeling days Although these sets look pretty explosive. You're looking at right now a little sumo day these days The the bar is moving pretty good. I'm still not like fully flexed or pushing into it I forgot what I finished with but I think it's 545 for a single um a couple back downs you saw my typical warm up Here at Thirsty Barbell. We have a couple cardio machines because you know I'm kind of anti foam roll. I'm kind of anti I want to say I'm anti mobility, but I'm anti Mobility to the level I think the internet took it and a lot of you guys probably take it There's no reason to be rolling around on the floor like a dead Fish like a magic carp if I will for all my nerds out there for freaking hours even even 10 minutes, you know Um, I think a lot of the chance Chances you'll have change in your positioning and lifting will come from one a good general warm-up Which everyone's skipping on so whether you want to jog elliptical walk jump rope do lunges. I don't care I choose an assault bike or step mill To I think some kind of resistance or moving through the plane of motion With a bar belt will probably help you feel a little bit better and get into those better positions So if you're having trouble hitting depth on squat, take the barbell Take a plate and pause down there or really take your time Here's session number two. So you guys saw a little bit of pulls after that I just again hit squats bench and then Light accessories, but here's big. Uh, I think I think I got a belt on I don't know, but I'm here with my boy big dano um You guys might know him a storm cloud or fat dan Uh been my boy for a very long time. It was this very same building that I actually met him I think he was 21 years old Which is insane because the dude's 28. He's a business owner He works multiple jobs. He's crushing life. Uh, and we never stayed out of touch by any means He was just never around when I filmed So everyone's like, oh, it's crazy like to see you with dan and filipino thunder marcus But truth is those guys have been around. We've we've always grabbed lunch or we've um Went out to dinner or texted or played video games together Forever, maybe the twitch fan might know a little bit more. We played with those guys It's just that our schedules didn't line up and it's that we didn't work out together And so when I was filming for youtube, they weren't around as much But uh, it's obviously great to have them in my life to have my have them have my back for so long Uh, if dan's 21 now, he's 28. I guess seven years. He's been my boy for seven years. Um And now we're getting him back in the gym So he's insanely busy again working kind of like 240 hour jobs or so So I guess one a little bit more because he owns his own company and for anyone that owns Their own company or is a higher up in their company. You know, it's not really a 40 hour work week So the dude's busy really busy, but uh, I'm gonna try to help him find time to work out And that's a topic for another day another notion But everyone's always saying I don't have time if you don't have time. I don't have time Um, and we prioritize what we do. There's all these memes about, you know A bro, will she text you back or something? I'm thinking off the top of my head But I see all this stuff on twitter and it really started to Toxify my brain dilute my IQ Uh, but basically, you know, they're saying like if it means something to you, you'll do it And I feel it's the same way when you want to make time for friends or make time for the gym Or make time for a new hobby or make time for work. I don't know what the heck this footage is I'm trying to probably film myself squat and dan's still here. He's 28 years old on snapchat Swiping left and right and hot or not cold or not Tinder whatever else app he's on and I'm here trying to grab and grow the biggest quads The west coast has ever seen and it's kind of putting a wrench in my gears, but well, I digress Um, so basically again, uh, I think he just needs, you know, a training partner And that's that goes to the environment and that goes to you know, our our our motto of good company. Uh, I think that I am disciplined enough as a coach and an athlete to train no matter what if I want to if I have a goal Etc. Etc. I would much rather Meet up with my boys that dude probably got like 20 swipes in right there. That was that was a swipe fest by the way Uh, I would much rather meet up with my boys Get a fun session and joke about push each other help each other load the bar Give each other feedback and grab food afterwards. It makes the whole experience a lot more enjoyable Um, and at the end of the day all we have on this planet is time And I want to spend as much time as I can helping others and enjoying my own time Um, and so if I can help my boys have fun, enjoy the space And also enjoy my training time better than I would on my own Obviously, I'd like a little session here and there even today as I'm recording this I did a bench session all by myself and it was it was kind of enjoyable I got to be in my head a little bit. I cranked up the music and I just kind of vibed out Heavy a squat of the freaking come back. We'll get to the comeback talk in a second But I think that's 475 for a pretty easy dub So obviously I'll probably try to push into 495 500 very very soon And start creeping my way back up to a 600 pound squat, which is kind of the ultimate goal of 2021 Everyone always asks me like the the solid concrete goals. And normally I don't numbers wise. Um I have too many other things going on but now Not that I don't I probably have the most going on in my life that I've ever had I just have a little bit of an itch Maybe it's because I'm getting older or maybe it's because I feel good Like I said, I can't fully explode into the bar But I'm feeling pretty good that I want to kind of find these numbers and so Pull above seven again bench above four and squat above six Around 200 pound body weight would probably be the ultimate goal I'm sitting around 220 in the mornings right now And again, I'm only four weeks back into training after a full year off So figuring that out Basically my training right now kind of looks like again I told you the split in the beginning But it's a higher intensity with the barbell on the main list Trying to work up to maybe a pretty good rpe8 of You know double single triple Trying to progress that over time So if I can add weight and do a single if I can't I'll go slightly less weight and do a double triple And then only really one back down set. I'm not really handling that much volume When it comes to my training I have more details in another video coming up. I appreciate you guys so much new videos twice a week Be sure to subscribe and check it out. I'm glad to be back. Thank you guys so much for the support