 cuz this is a zen dude show and you know y'all ho coming on to low psych we ain't about that left we about spreading positivity all over the night into the next morning can you figure out why the zen dude nation is growing on the floor bring it go ahead I'm never gonna stop what is up ladies and gentlemen welcome back to episode number eight of ask the zen dudes on today's episode Dan's at grandma is making us cookies I love my grandma she makes the best cookies dude what's the first thing I wanted to say on this oh hope you guys like that intro music it's from the official AK he is a zen dude himself and has been following us for some time and I thought we should put his intro music on the front of our bumper because the dude makes dope hip hop so then dude make dope music check him out he needs to be an intro check my sense I just pasted his stuff right there in the description as you put it on there too I did question one make them up make them up question number one dude we are not wasting any time bro but a little bit of time yeah dude how are you still like Stephen asks have you tried different strains of weed and found a nice mellow one that doesn't mess with your mellows have an awesome Sunday dudes thanks bro yeah Stephen we're always trying to stay mellow mellow mellow like Carmelo Anthony know what I mean yeah we get real alright so Stephen dude in Columbia it's a little harder because people just sell organically but if you live in a country or country you live in a state where it's legal or country where it's legal you can find a nice to Tiva blend and I would just like sample different ones and try to find maybe lower on the THC side it's gonna be helpful for you they'll be able to like you know enjoy some marijuana go jump some rope get in the zone move your body you know think about your life maybe do some introspection I think he's asking you specifically though well us personally you should you should give him a give him your give him your load up for me personally I prefer to Tiva and yeah for here in Columbia it's tough because we just get it from this guy who grows organic but once we get back to the US I'm definitely gonna find like you know a low to mid THC to Tiva that's like chill I can work with but it's not gonna pull me out and yes and my answer is we've tried many different strands of strains of weed to find the ones that work best with us and that's why we talk about the education of people with marijuana because not every strain is proper for some people however the right strain can have a huge benefit on your body and on your mind so yeah I would just say for me it's a hybrid indica sativa like when we were on Hawaii we got to try a bunch of like different like great types of weed and the one I like the most was a hybrid indica and sativa because a solely sativa for me I'm a very hyper person I have like a lot of I like a lot of hyperactivity built up inside of me so an indica is actually kind of nice for me because it mellows me out but I wouldn't do a whole indica because then I would get a little bit more lethargic and tired so yeah so hybrid for me I found to be the best Chris asks when are you dudes coming to NYC for a CDF boot camp retreat workout session your timing is on point because I'm coming to New York in May because I'm gonna be going home I'm from Pennsylvania but I'm gonna be taking the train up to New York and spending probably a week or two there and the whole goal is actually to just put on a big meetup in the middle of either probably Manhattan somewhere in Manhattan well Central Park action Central Park would be really good down by like the east side river would also be kind of cool but yeah so there is gonna be a meetup in New York comment below and let me know if you live in New York and if you want to do a zendu'd meetup palatable one time yep Mono asks how to realistically keep going when you're going through a tough time in life to make sure that you don't lose motivation focus go ahead brain man Mono you just gotta figure out what your why is man you have to ask yourself why do I want to go forward like what is it what is it that's motivating you and try to always keep that in front of you and keep it as your focus because if you don't have a compelling why like I know why would you do it like I don't do a lot of things because my why isn't strong enough and when for the things that my why is our strong enough I commit to my work hard so just connect whatever thing you want to do with your fitness to like whatever else you want to experience in life that like is your why boom great answer the only thing I would add to that is when you're going through a dude I would just put things in a perspective and realize that most of the world is going through tough times that you will never ever experience so just reminding yourself to be present and just decide to be in a good mood that's what I do a lot like I just decide that you know what no matter what's going on in my life I'm gonna choose to be happy Harry Roberts asks tips on talking to the ladies mm-hmm Harry you definitely you talk to the light house you do that you do that you welcome the girls and say that to be yourself Harry yeah that's dude that's the best advice anyone could give you just be yourself because if you're trying to be someone else and she's gonna be attracted to someone else and we go back to being the old version you should be like who's this dude so be yourself be yourself Harry I would say exactly what Bren said you have to have self-confidence man you have to have self-confidence in who you are and I guarantee you there's gonna be a lot of girls out there who were like I don't know what that Harry Roberts oh Harry Robert I want that I want I want you Harry Robert so I wonder why Harry Roberts bed looks like that's what they're thinking I wonder how they're thinking Harry wonder how Harry Robert is oh like how Harry yeah Francis asked Dan did you ever get those Jake Gyllenhaal single sides set single side Jesus single side swipe jumps and honestly I have not yet and I haven't been putting the time into practice enough to get there and that's shame on me and I still need to do that thank you for holding me accountable you the man Francis Nathan asks do you think I'm the next Muhammad Ali even though I can't stop losing my goddamn official fights yo Nathan man dude you're capable of whatever you decide you're capable of so if you need better coaching go find better coaching if you need to put more time in an effort put more time and effort in you need to improve your technique then go do it you will go as far as you decide you'll go man it's all between the ears so what do you want man do you want to be the next Muhammad Ali I want to leave you with this Muhammad Ali would not ask other people if he thought that he was going to be great Muhammad Ali believed he was going to be great you have to believe in that same way that you're gonna be great dude Colin asks to achieve the macronutrient targets I think I'm eating more than I did before is this simply eating more of the right sort of foods rather than less of the unhealthy stuff PS1 we hear about the Costa Rica trip Colin first of all the Costa Rica trip is live and we'll link it for you in the description again a sign up ask the first part of your question I guess the answer is no we want you eating the right amount of calories and macronutrients period doesn't matter what food they come from of course we do want you to put effort into getting 70% of those from whole foods but foods just means real foods like it's not made by me and meets fruits exactly so yeah man it's not about like okay I can eat a thousand calories of donuts and then I can eat a thousand calorie broccoli it's like either way you have to eat you know two thousand calories you have to get two thousand calories and so that's donuts and broccoli cool but don't just think about cutting out healthy food and not think about the total food consumption totally I totally agree Val asks there was something I wanted to ask about but I just can't remember what it was oh yes she's have a conversation I love you Val do hit workouts help with brain function I think exercise in general now I think I know exercise in general helps with brain function so yes hit workouts work as well yeah and I don't know if there's some scientific study that says like you get more you use more brain capacity we're doing hit workouts but personally I do feel that I get more into a state of flow when I'm doing hit workouts because when you're going as intense as possible you have to be very you're concentrating very hard on something so you it's easier to drop into a flow state yeah Corey asks heading the Ecuador in a week or so bring in my rope good job tips on adjusting to the altitude that's real landing keto there for a week then the mean dough there for another week gonna do the thing daily Corey yes Brandon go listen you just need to go there and do what you can do okay so usually back home can do like four rounds and you go there and you only do three rounds that's cool just let it be it's gonna be like that and you'll eventually adjust so just be patient with yourself and do the thing boom girl she asks what kind of stretches do you do and how often do you do foam rolling side note would love a stretching foam rolling video guess what dude that exists Brandon go ahead I stretch like twice a week Sunday is my big recovery day Dan you go for me I stretch like stretch stretch I mean I stretch a little bit before I dance before I jump rope I like you know throw my hands down on my legs but really what I do is I do a lot of foam rolling my hips because they get super tight and I also use a cross ball to work out muscles around my back because that gets really tight as well that I do every single day and I would highly recommend that you guys do that if you have any kind of muscular pain get a foam roller and a cross ball and the easiest way to describe what you do is you just lay on where the pain is and you press the pain out like literally where it hurts the most just lay on that and the pain will actually dissipate it's kind of a crazy thing and you'll feel much better afterward rub it out rub it out and check out our how to prevent injury video that we'll tell you that is his as well yeah LILA! hey Lila Lila the killer Lila the killer if you could live in a book TV show or movie what would it be hmm I think inception would be an interesting movie to be in and just go play around because I think consciousness is a really it's just quite it's just a huge trip for me and so to be able to play with conscious that way consciousness that way and create your own reality around you I think I might want to be in that movie I don't know yeah it's a good answer that's inception is a really good answer I think when I first read this question I kind of think that my I'll be honest with you I kind of think that this already is a movie and like I'm just I seriously I mean this I try and live my life in a way that it could be a movie like that's my biggest goal because that for me is what creates the most amount of fulfillment and happiness so I think like what I'm currently like my current life I'm like yeah I just want to keep making this more like a movie but if I had to pick an already existing movie man I'm just gonna go top of my head top of my head probably the Avengers because you know I'd like to be Iron Man I'd like to be Iron Man and just kind of have a whole skyscraper in New York City and be that intelligent so that's what I would that's what I would say I would want to be Tony anything asks how do you cope after an 11-day binge session chill take a deep breath don't make it a 12th don't make it a 12th no take a deep breath and just figure out what your calorie and macronutrient budget is for that day link below the link for our macronutrient calculator is right down below get those numbers and then plug in while you're eating that day into my fitness pal and just hit those numbers that's it don't over complicated it hit those numbers and just start snacking one day on top of the next really just apply yourself to those tactics and you're gonna break out of it you gonna break out of it you gonna break out of it you gonna you gonna make it yeah yeah the biggest thing you need to do is just like not worry that you had an 11-day binge session okay stop just stop right now I hate when people come you know hit us back and like oh but like everything's going bad so I have to keep doing this for like now dude just stop right now stop it don't make a 12-day binge session we believe in you come on Corey do you play video games currently I do not play video games but I played a lot of Madden back in the day I was a big football video game guy I was never much for a shooter a shooter game I was a shooter that's me dude I was one of those messed up kids who played Grand Theft Auto just to kill people oh yeah well I would run behind oh you did that too I did that I don't feel like every teenage kid just spent hours binging on just killing people randomly getting stars on a Grand Theft Auto it was so fun it was yeah but but it didn't make me violent I kind of don't like when people are like yeah that dude played that video game so he turned violent it's like nah dude I play some pretty violent games as a kid like football that's about the game well like yeah like oh yeah I played all fighter games I don't play video games now but I played all fighter games growing up I used to play a lot of Sega so like Sonic streets of rage you know who remember do you remember streets of rage it was beyond my time before my time brahada brahada Ben do these questions ever get answered it's fun you ask that question because I feel like this is the answer go we answer the last week we answer your question watch the last video yeah just watch these videos totally cool that you didn't know but this is where the questions get answered brahada Ben Kathy asks when did you both start jumping rope and how much time do you put into it daily what jumps cause you the most problem that's a great question mmm Kathy I started jumping a row really about two years ago I'd say a little more than two years more or less and then once I started I jumped rope in the beginning like three to five times a week and now I jump rope almost every day if not every day six days a week and the trick I had the most trouble with was a crisscross took me a while to get the crisscross done crisscross like a boss that's a tough one man I started jumping a row probably four to five years ago and how much time do I put into a daily I mean when I started every day like every day for 30 every day for 30 to 40 minutes the tricks that gave me the most trouble hmm probably crisscross definitely crisscross and consecutive double-unders like that was just really hard for me to get down like where I was doing a lot of them at once so yeah Barry what's going on my friend dude Barry actually is from a town near my hometown and we went to the same college no way was he a homie from college no dude he would have he would have totally been a homie had I known him but I think we ran in like different circles different circles but like kind of we know some of the same people yeah anyway Barry we appreciate your support brother what has been the hardest part of being an entrepreneur that's great the hardest part of being an entrepreneur is just having faith that something that's not here in the physical reality right now will be there in the future you just have to assume that like you're gonna make something that's never existed before and it's just that faith because it's so easy to be like ah the fear is taking me over and like is this really possible for my life but if you have faith and you you hold on to that I think that's what sees you through so dude it's always a mental boom dude your answer is literally my answer the hardest part is not the actual like making something or whatever it's the mindset like dude you you have to as an entrepreneur like you have to totally decide to take on this mindset that you are going to be successful and there's no like there's no plan B like you're going full into this ships burn the ships you either gonna die or this is gonna be gonna become successful or you're gonna die doing it and like I know it sounds a little bit harsh man but I really think enough people don't focus on that they focus on the strategy and tactics side if you decide you want to be an entrepreneur I think you just have to just go completely change your mindset to think I'm gonna be successful it might not be this business that I'm starting right now but like in my lifetime I'm going to be successful and like nail that tattoo that on your brain tell yourself that every single day of million times Jamie asks what are the Zen dudes thoughts on a ketogenic diet you're a ketogenic diet bro Jamie my dude I know I'm a student since you have an Amazon business that you're in the circle of listening to Tim Ferriss and like a lot of other productivity entrepreneur podcast or health podcast that talk about the ketogenic diet at the end of the day for us like it definitely can work and give you a given a result but we just don't like dieting we just want to eat the foods that we want and we've seen that through the way we eat by counting calories and macronutrients and trying to eat a lot of real whole foods that's very possible so for us it's like it's not it there's too much pain involved with dieting to actually want to do it and so that's why we don't do it we don't recommend it yeah also I think like just the simple what a diet implies that you're cutting things out and I think cutting anything out of your like saying I can't I can't eat sugar any more forever because I'm on this kind of diet or I can't have carbs because I'm on this kind of diet is not the right way to approach it and like a diet like dieting is the problem in general you should be able to eat every type of food that's out there just in the right amounts and be able to control your temptation around it rather than saying I can no longer live my life eating this food Gabriel asks dude now okay you ready you ready any specific suggestions for teams doing ZDF workouts man my biggest suggestion is just have fun with it like there shouldn't be any really intense pressure about a certain result like when you're a teenager just have fun learn to jump rope and don't stress yourself out about like having to do it every single day make it fun make it fun my dude make it fun make it fun make it fun Dylan asks hey dudes once again you guys are that's funny because I think you the shoe my question is have you ever done a mother talk mother spot sorry Spartan race warrior saying obstacle race I'm itching to do one because of the degree of difficulty that comes with it I want to reach the level of ninja you two are at Dylan I've never done one but I highly recommend that you do if you want to do it because I think things like that help you achieve a new mental level because you've never done something like that if you do it you're gonna prove yourself something at the same time make sure it's something that you want to do that you think is like least decently fun otherwise push yourself in another direction that is equally challenging but more fun totally agrees Brandon the only I was signed up for a tough mother race when I lived in Washington DC but I stopped seeing the girl that I was dating who we're gonna go on that together tough mother race date tough mother you know tough mother race sure those girls in DC you know they like to stay active Lewis ask hey Zen dudes hey Luis I have a question on rest days parentheses once a week should I keep the same macros specifically carbs for muscle repairing or what it turned into fat greetings from Mexico City dude what that makes go wow we really want to come to Mexico really want to go to Mexico like like soon maybe I should be doing July before that be crazy all right my dude is let me answer your question when you get your calorie macronutrient numbers from our calculator it asks you how many times you exercise a week and just factors that into the numbers that it gives you so if it says you're working out three to four times a week and you get your numbers baseball in that then it knows that you're gonna eat those calories macronutrients each day so don't think about eating like calorie macronutrient workout days was not workout days people do that who are really into like bodybuilding and like and just want to dial in every little body pass body fat percentage but you honestly don't need to do that just listen to the numbers every day happy to give you dude just focus more on being super intense during your workouts that's also a big one too so the food should come easier and easier as you go about it keep the same macros keep it simple like Brendan talked about just do the thing do that like Shaya asks how do you make the coffee drink which you guys drink early morning every day nice what's our coffee drink we go to put oh well two things I don't know what you're talking about other we go to cafes we live in Columbia so that the Americanos here are the best I've ever tasted anywhere in my life so we just give people to make us Americanos here yep but but I get Poco leche frio which is a little bit of cold milk because my stomach doesn't do well totally fasted with coffee I need some fat in there so I put milk just to yeah so you can do that as long as you keep it under 50 calories remember that oh also side note I've been recently getting cappuccinos in the morning which totally will break your fast technically because it's like it's a lot of milk but I've I don't mind that and I still think I'm getting some of the benefits from delaying that delaying that eating window even if I'm slightly breaking my fast does that make sense yeah absolutely because you're still only like you're very low calorie still for a large portion maybe maybe you're at 120 calories yeah so I'm playing with that and I'm doing it because it does make my stomach feel better when I have zero calories and try to drink coffee my stomach's like damn yeah now I'm gonna have diarrhea Vince axe Zendu brought us what's up man I've been listening to your podcast and it's pretty satisfying to let you let out all the things you want to say my question is what happened to the Zendu TV YouTube channel great question bro great question Zendu TV YouTube channel is a project that we have we want to create like investigative shows and just really diving topics we think are interesting it's just kind of the backburner right now because we're just so just jumping rope we're just we're really busy jumping rope jumping rope but Zendu TV will be a thing because Brandon and I just let you guys know who don't we just want to have a TV show and like a production company and just make really dope content all the time in really cool places so that's that's like our future like down the road a little bit channel straight up I hope I'm saying your name right cowlow cowlow cowlow cowlow can intermittent fasting cause an eating disorder Brandon I think if you already have a eating disorder I wouldn't do intermittent fasting just because it is kind of like an extreme thing where you're getting in this kind of rigid system around eating fasting for 16 hours and eating six for eight hours or fear a woman you know fasting for 12 hours eating for 12 hours so I would just focus more on eating whole foods moving your body and if you have issues with eating disorders in the past then work your way into being more conscious about calories and macronutrients and don't put too much pressure on the process yes intermittent fasting if you let it could cause an eating disorder and that's what a lot of people need to be careful of because guys we do not promote intermittent fasting so that you just stop eating your food and that's what can happen I have seen people say well Dan I'm losing a bunch of weight I'm intermittent fasting and I'm like bro you're eating 1200 calories a day you need to be eating 2000 so be careful of that because I have seen that happen with some people however having said that intermittent fasting is not the cause of the eating disorder it's the person who's doing it so at the end of the day just make sure to hit your calories and macros if you decide to condense that eating window in which you're hitting those calories and macros that's fine but you're in control here Amar asks what do I do if I can't move on to do another round in the workout do I take longer rests or should I stop ah Mar if you got the time man give yourself maybe a two-minute rest instead of a one-minute rest and then throw some more throw some more rounds on there bro totally agree totally agree dude totally agree Michael asked have you been on fitness magazines no yeah I have I was on playgirls yeah I was on playgirls pornography magazine it's not porn it's fitness sexes fitness you know that you know that I know that we'd like to shout out sponsors today athletic greens and cross rope athletic greens is a company that makes the protein that we take which is grass-fed non-antibiotic non so that's why we take it but pro games pro games homie it's linked in the description below athletic greens it's our supplement that we take sometimes not take sometimes we take every day yeah to help us get our greens in because it's the equivalents I believe 13 servings of fruits and vegetables some like that doesn't yeah some like that it's a lot it's a lot it's a lot of vegetables so it doesn't mean you should just take that not eat vegetables at all but when you can't get your vegetables in it's a 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