 Hey what's up you guys welcome back to another video and welcome back to the follow-up video from the last one you saw where I mentioned I was just about to hire my first bodybuilding coach and well I'm happy to say and happy to report that I've done just that. It was about two days ago but I've actually just pulled up outside of the gym that he operates from which is body core. It's called body core gym. It's in Sydney in Christchurch. It not only has this huge area over here which is pretty much completely free for whatever you want to do but it's also got this gym over here which includes a supplement store, a coffee shop and an outdoor strongman area. So regardless of my coach regardless of what happened in that meeting I just discovered the best you know bodybuilding fucking specific gym in Christchurch. It's called body core and I recommend it. Not only that it's $10 a week or $5 for a casual session. Now if that doesn't get you down here and excited to train I don't know what will. Okay in a previous video I talked about how I just joined up at Snap Fitness. I came to this gym I saw that I was like fucking how what have I done. I've definitely made a mistake there so I went back to Snap Fitness and I actually saw the the manager there that I joined up with and I didn't say that I wanted to cancel the membership but I did mention that I found another one that I liked a whole lot better and it was called body core and he said oh yeah I trained there. So even the manager of Snap Fitness knows a good gym when he sees one. So anyway I feel like when I check in with Steve my coach once a week every Wednesday which is what we've penciled in every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock I'm gonna come here it's gonna be either a half an hour session or an hour session. In that time we will either train, pose, talk about diet, look at stretching injuries but basically check in and just see how things have gone for the past week. This is not online coaching which is fantastic. There's a reason why I waited until I was here in Christchurch until contacting Steve because I wanted to meet him in person which is what I've just done. I wanted to you know be able to train with him in person which is what's gonna happen and so there is no online coaching this is in person my own specific my own bodybuilding coach and I've just met him for the first time and you know this is Steve the Ox Orton New Zealand's best current bodybuilder. Fucking hell. Yep I was actually on yellow lines here we go okay so I'm parked legally now. So Steve is not only my bodybuilding coach but he's New Zealand's best bodybuilder, New Zealand's most successful bodybuilder. He's been on the Arnold Classic Australia stage three times and if you are a fan of bodybuilding you'll know how special the Arnold Classic stage is and you know yeah that says a lot that says a lot. His lower body is is legendary in the world of bodybuilding and he's only 30 years of age so when I told him I was 29 he's like oh shit well I'm 30 you know what I mean so we're and we're both okay get this we're both just as big of a rugby fan as each other. Now you guys know how much I love rugby he loves it just as much that's that's that was his sport that he began his you know athletic career in was rugby and then at age 19 he decided that through some you know early success in bodybuilding he was gonna see more success with with that path that career path than staying in rugby. So anyway we chatted for about an hour and a half you know I was nervous because I've followed this guy's career and you never know what people are going to be like in real life but he's obviously you know a good coach he does this for a living he's brought in you know countless probably hundreds of of people successfully to the bodybuilding stage and so I'm confident I'm feeling really really good from here he's going to provide me with a training plan and a diet plan and like I said I will check in with him once a week every Wednesday to see how things are going he'll take a look at me and we'll probably hit either a half an hour or an hour workout probably half an hour so you know his time is money and I'll be paying him for his time and yeah I guess that's that so I'm pumped officially as of today the bodybuilding show that I've decided to do is the New Zealand Natural Championships it is a natural show it is a national show and it's with the NZ IFBB so I'm extremely excited that's 16 and a half weeks away I guess the the moment of truth guys was and the the thing that you know I've been dieting ever since lockdown started I've been dieting with this moment in mind right because I didn't want to meet Steve bring him on as my coach meet him for the first time ever and be out of shape I mean you know some people wouldn't care about that but this is first impressions man and you only get one first impression so I wanted to meet him I wanted to begin this relationship and this this coaching journey in decent shape so that you could have a look at me and and you know I'm not covered in a layer of fat you know what I mean so that's what I've done I told him over the last 10 weeks or so I've probably dropped five or six kg that's exactly what I've done I'm at 90 kgs at the moment we just weighed myself in so that means I've come down from about 95 we're at 90 on the dot which is about 200 pounds I got measured for the very first time with calipers he does this all the time clearly so I'm going to trust his judgment he said that you know the body fat is actually very very evenly distributed around my body so there's six points that he took measurements from at five of the six points the caliper read 10 millimeters at one of the six points the caliper read 12 millimeters and I think you'll find that if we punch those numbers into a calculator you'll get something like 10.38 or 10.4 percent body fat so according to Steve according to Steve Orton IFBB pro Steve Orton my bodybuilding coach I'm at 10.4 percent body fat and I was pleasantly surprised at that because I've done that through you know not a huge amount of weight training not a huge amount of effort just a bit of knowledge you know and a bit of hard work and so I'm at 10.4 percent body fat so that is extremely interesting to know you know he's got my measurements I'm trusting him with my journey you know I'm trusting him to have a look at me I've never ever had I've definitely never had an IFBB pro have a look at me from a bodybuilding perspective so that is going to be you know so valuable and so interesting and I can't wait so next Wednesday we've got our first check-in and I guess I'll update you following that how things are going but we're 16 and a half weeks out from my my third ever bodybuilding show it's a natural show it's here in New Zealand it's up in Tauranga and it's at the end of October and so not only am I playing rugby at the moment not only am I making youtube videos not only has Major Geophysics just reopened but I'm also doing a bodybuilding show so life is busy but that's how I like it and I'll see you in the next video guys peace out