 What up you guys? Today we're going to talk about why we quit lifting weights. There's a few bullet points we want to go through giving you the highlights of why we stopped lifting weights and what we're doing now. So let's just get right into it. All right. The reason in general we're making this video is because in the YouTube channel and our Facebook groups, we often get asked, you know, do you guys lift weights or not? Is it jump rope? Do you really get that body just with jump rope? And you've probably seen other videos where we talk about, yes, we jump rope, but nutrition is a really big part of it too. And as of late, we've completely stopped lifting weights periods. So we're just doing jump rope and body weight workouts. And this is why. All right. First, I want to set the foundation for this conversation. The reason why we're able to do this is because Dan and I have spent the last 12, 13 years of our lives lifting weights. So we have a good amount of muscle mass to start with. And what we know is that we may not be able to maintain this amount of muscle mass, the muscle mass we had in the past just by doing body weight exercises. But we do know we can maintain the Zendu physique just by doing jump rope and body weight exercises because we've already gained the muscle mass that we want for our physique. And now it's just a matter of maintaining it. So our goal now is not to build, but instead to maintain. So in addition to already having the muscle mass that we want in our physique, having the Zendu physique already carved out, one of the biggest reasons why we're doing this is just convenience, guys. We want to travel around the world, live an adventurous lifestyle, making videos, meeting you guys in the community, and just not having to worry about going to the gym, not having to go to the gym is extremely convenient. That means we can go to basketball courts, parking lots, you name it. We can go anywhere and grab our jump rope and do a jump rope body weight exercise, get the workout in that we need, do the thing, and be able to move on with our day. As I mentioned in the beginning of this video, we have very specific physique goals. If you go and watch the playlist on the Zendu fitness physique, there's a body that we talk about, you know, one similar to Christiana Ronaldo or Brad Pitt and Fight Club. It's a lean muscular physique. And we know now that we can maintain this physique by jumping rope and doing body weight exercises. Now, we're not saying cut out all body weight exercise, we are saying you should be jumping rope and doing body weight exercises. So you make sure that you're training all your muscles consistently. We're just doing it by increasing the repetitions of the body weight exercise we're doing instead of lifting weights. And again, this is a strategy to maintain the physique you currently have. So if you want to gain muscle mass, you should lift weights. Freedom, a very important thing for Brandon and myself in living the Zendu lifestyle is having more freedom. And what I mean by that is being able to travel around the world and not necessarily needing a gym and also having the freedom to do different types of movement all the time. We truly believe here at Zendu fitness that if you were, if you want to stay lean for the long term and you want to stay challenged, you want to stay having fun, you have to mix up the ways that you move and jumping rope and not going to a gym gives us the freedom to take time to do other things like dancing, hiking, riding bikes, going rollerblading, swimming. Like there's so many things that you can do outside of going to the gym to maintain an active lifestyle and to have that physique, that lean and ripped physique that you're looking for. Also minimalism, it's not that we hate the gym. We obviously, you know, used to go to the gym for a long time, have a lot of friends who are body builders and still will probably go back to the gym at some point, but having this minimalist mindset around just doing something intense and for a short period of time to get the results so that you can move on and do all the other stuff that's important to you. Me personally, I love making videos and I love to dance. So it's very important to me to have a lot of free time freed up to be able to do those things and not always feel like I'm fatigued or like I'm too tired from a heavy gym session. In addition to this, something new that we found that used to not be as relevant in the jump rope world is because we're working with this company, this great company Crossrope that you guys definitely know of, they make a lot of heavy ropes that as we do more research are actually finding that these ropes, now we're not positive if they actually build a ton of muscle, but in terms of maintaining your lean muscle mass and burning excess fat away, so you can reveal that lean and ripped physique. In terms of that, there is some emerging research in that area that we think has huge implications for being able to just use heavy jump ropes to like I said, maintain that lean and ripped physique. Reason being, when you're using a heavy jump rope, what you're doing is increasing the resistance causing your muscles, particularly in your upper body, to do more work. And lastly guys, it's just something new. Like Brandon said, we've been lifting weights for 12, 13 years and this is just a way to make what we do fun. If you have a routine and you repeat that forever, that can get boring, you can run into plateaus and it can just make the whole process of living a healthy life and looking great, not that fun. So we are trying to avoid being miserable here at Zendud Fitness. So sometimes guys, we just want to go test our bodies and challenge ourselves in different ways, maybe activate some muscles that didn't typically get worked when we were in the gym lifting weights. And again, like I said, just enjoy the process, just do something new for once. And yes, we'll go back to lifting weights at some point. We'll probably go through a cycle where we put on a little bit more mass, but for the time being, we're definitely enjoying the freedom that we have to jump rope, do body weight exercises, dance, go hiking and try out a lot of new activities that haven't been done yet. So guys, I want to close with just saying that we still believe heavily in the weight room. If you need to gain a lot of muscle mass, get in the weight room, eat in a calorie surplus. But for all those people out there who are scared to stop going to the weight room because they think they're going to lose all their muscle mass and they're not going to be able to get that lean and rib physique, don't worry about that. That is not the case. Do something fun, challenge yourself, try something new. And most importantly, do the thing, ladies and gentlemen. All right, ladies and gentlemen, so if you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up below, followed by a subscribe to continue receiving more information and workouts about jumping rope, getting lean and living an epic life.