 Ricardo ass Shakira or Sophia Vergara. Oh, I know where you leaning. Oh, I know how you lean it What's up players? What is that? Zendu nation? What is up Zendu nation? Oh, whoa, Bernie You want to tell the audience what kind of glasses you got. Oh, these are psychedelic glasses. I actually fun fact I didn't know they made psychedelic glasses. They did if you put these on it's the equivalent to be on LSD so if I'm a little wild this episode that that explains it exactly except it won't last 10 hours Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of ask the Zen dudes I believe it's episode five episode five you asked in the questions We bring the answers question number one tan beer my dude always asking good questions What about life makes you truly proud of yourself right at this very moment that makes you go? Yes, at least I have this nothing can put me down now My health man I always think about that if I can go move my body and just be completely free with my lands And I have any injuries or like issues of my health like what what else you need Yeah, dude. I wasn't thinking about it that way. That's a great answer Honestly guys minds and each fitness like this this whole movement revolution. This is an obsession like I'm obsessed with this group We're both obsessed with like what's going on here? So Obsessed I mean you have to be like in terms of yes in terms of being like proud I would just say like putting my life into into zen dude fitness what we're doing right now Daniel asks nice name by the way What inspired the name zen dude fitness interesting question Brandon go ahead the way I remember it is we were sitting around in Dan's Apartment in Austin, Texas. I lived up a few floors and I came down to kick it and we're like both doing fitness companies at time I was doing entrepreneur fitness here during base jump and we were like, yeah What if we did something together and you know, there might have been some Mary Jane in the room being passed around a little bit so the move was set and I think we're just like yo, man What would we call if we're gonna do it and we're like whoa, we're dudes The way I remember my head is at the same time go Daniel sitting on the couch in front of me and I was standing behind him and then we high fives And then we're like, all right, you gotta do this. You even got the location right and where we were Bro special moment listen guys. He's absolutely right I love when people try to make the way that their company name like this super important like well It was named after you know, my my father's father's Whiskey distillery in Tennessee or like I don't I use that like just something the family heirloom Yeah, literally we came up with the name Zendu fitness because we're smoking a joint Laughing our asses off and we knew we wanted to start a company But we were like what would that company be called if you're like Manage asks guys I wanted to know your opinion on jumping rope with with wrist weights because when I check on the internet There's not much positive search that comes up about the topic and I wanted to know your opinion So again, what do we think about wrist weights when jumping rope? Don't do it. Don't do it And we say don't do it guys because honestly, that's just a way of like, you know You think you need another gadget, but really instead of having resistance like tape to your wrist You just need to spin the ropes if you want some resistance get the heavy ropes Yeah, don't mess around with your joints like that by putting Weights in your wrist instead just get that Europe's and also just concentrate on spinning it faster So you get the workout from that and asked what inspired you to look outside of the box for a quote-unquote job You love great question and bring it on. I just always wanted to do what I wanted to do for as long as I can remember since I Was yes, basically, I was always kind of thought to myself like yo, I just want to do stuff That's fine. I could never imagine doing something. I didn't want to do so for sure I think to like mine was involved a lot of pain Like mine was more driven by like what caused me to look outside for the box to do zen news fitness like what I love Was honestly just my inability to sit at work like Like to some people sitting at like a regular job and doing it is like, you know, it's pretty good. Whatever Yeah, oh my god me dude for me. It was like it felt like suicide like I would get So depressed just like sitting at this cush job making great money But like in my head it was so torturous for me that that pain was like Dan you can't take this like one more day Like you have to go follow your dream because like there's no way that this is gonna be like you're not gonna continue to do this For 40 years, so you need to figure something else out Sidhu asks what happens if you stay in a very low calorie deficit without hitting your recommended protein great Yo my man, so as we always talking about before Protein is the building block for muscles if you're not getting enough protein on your body If you're not getting enough protein in your body, you know a hard time Maintain the muscle you have and you definitely not be gaining any extra muscle And what we also know is that when you have more muscle you have a higher resting metal ball great Which means it's gonna be easier to stay lean. So yo man, get your protein. Get your protein Get your protein. Tommy asks have you ever had dry needle therapy to help recover from muscle injury? I don't know what that is. I don't know what it is either. I think you might be talking about acupuncture For muscle injury, man, I would check out our how to prevent injury for jumping rope my apologies, dude We're not doctors, so I don't know the answer I think it has something to do with like therapy with needles, bro. I just Adam asks is there an app you guys use for timing yourself during the workout Yeah, we about to launch an app guys, so we're launching the Zendu fitness app right now We use one called the pocket WOD timer, but We are launching the Zendu fitness app Which is gonna include not only a timer but a bunch of great other features where you guys will be able to Create your own workouts and have the timer the video tutorial going along with it That's gonna be out like how much time it'll be out within two to three months Ricardo ask Shakira or Sophia Vergara Oh, I know where are you leaning? Oh, I know how you lean it I'm this is probably one of the hardest decisions in my life. I'm gonna say Shakira. This is a tough one I'm going to Sophia Vergara. You know, I like the little little older women. Oh, yeah, you do You know little spanky spank William asks I have some older age lower back issues I usually jump rope on the concrete would it be better to jump on a slightly padded flooring or is it all About the types of shoes worn during the exercise. I think the least amount of Resistance that you'd be putting on your joints is gonna be the best for you. So definitely you've decided padded like What Matt or something to jump on that be good If you're gonna be wearing shoes with like a little bit of like Cushenton It's gonna help as well versus like using like converse's or something That's just completely like flasso. So there's a few things you can do the answers both You shouldn't be on concrete. Although. Yes, Brandon I do jump a lot on concrete. So we make sure to have various supportive shoes Ideally though to avoid the least amount of impact. You should be on like a rubber gym format. You can do it in Like a gymnasium floor, which is like the wooden flooring You can buy a yoga mat and jump rope on that and then also I would say for on the sneaker side My personal favorites are the Nike Lunar series because they're super comfortable You can buy high tops and low tops the Nike crews are another ones that I jump rope in Just any shoe that's like a runner shoe or has a very supportive sole So doing both of those things if you can is going to mitigate any issues that you're going to have with With pain in your we're going to mitigate mitigate the pain my dude asks the king i'm down from 295 to 240 Dude, hell yeah, that's what i'm talking about Carlos. I do right there. I love that guy Shall I readjust my macronutrients to a 240 pound man trying to get lean? Thanks. Yep. Yep Andres asks how should I break down my macros? I've seen conflicting studies that people with heavier build should go More fats than carbs and I've also read the opposite. What do you guys recommend? Yo, andres, don't get stressed about this man Just plug your numbers into the calculator that we have and it's going to tell you how much to have And you can adjust from there because everyone's different Some people do better on higher fat some people do better on higher carb And if you just have to figure that out so you start Eating what a calculator gives you and then slightly adjust the fats and carbs until you find that sweet spot Brandon hit the nail on the head So guys everyone's person everyone's body is different the only way that you get to know How your body processes certain nutrients is you have to experiment on yourself So when you read the opposite or conflicting information on the internet That actually kind of makes sense because they're probably testing different groups of people And everyone's body is going to react differently So I would I would do exactly what he said go to the calculator Use the numbers that we give you in there as a starting point and as a reference And if you see that, you know, hey, I'm starting to lose more muscle in this area And as long as you're eating at those consistent macros then we can go back and say, okay Maybe you should actually adjust and have higher carbs lower fat or vice versa Brata Ben I don't know if this is Ben Brata or if I can call you Brata Brata, man Brata Oh Sorry, I don't mean to offend you if like your name just brought up and we're like Your option on fitness trackers such as the Fitbit worth it or a waste of money Man, it's a distraction. It's what it is If you were a competitive runner and you wanted to use a Fitbit to like Actually be able to dial in your like heart rate or the how much like energy you're burning Cool, that might be helpful for you But if you just want to like get lean and have zen do physique, not necessary Dude I'm trying to keep this in because I get emotional about this question Here we go Because some people dude some people first of all, no, it's not worth the money. It doesn't matter Some people spend all their time tracking their little calories on their like little gadget iPhone thing They're like, oh, how much should I burn whatever the what they don't concentrate on is is going hard And just being as intense as possible and hitting their calories and macronutrients You don't need all these gadgets and things to like tell you how much your workout's burning Like what's going to tell you how much your workout's burning is by looking in the mirror and seeing results Okay, so you have to go Add an intense pace. Don't waste all of your other head space Using gadgets that only give you a little bit of information that you don't have enough time to do something with it Anyway, do the workout section eating a calorie deficit. You're gonna look sexy Mindy cheap day versus cheap meal to cheat meal to me cheat meal sounds better Should we eat less calories throughout the day if we know we are going out to dinner with family or friends? Okay, mini the most important thing is just the total amount of food that you're eating throughout the day So don't worry about having cheap meals. Just think about the amount of calories and macronutrients you have to use So if you want you could like, you know eat low calorie foods earlier in the day And then go out for dinner and having a big delicious dinner and like indulge yourself like that's completely okay We have to eat less food in the morning So don't think about it like cheat day versus cheat meal Just eat the foods that you want and make them fit Within like a bunch of the calories you have for the day. Yeah, and to that point dude I think like we each you and I probably have at least one like not not at least We probably have one cheat meal a day like if we're talking about a cheat day versus a cheat meal We talked about this in the last last episode so check that out if you haven't We view things as like if you just hit your total number of calories and macros And you get a lot of vegetables and fruit then you can technically have a cheat meal Yes every single day because you're not indulging yourself and over over using a lot of your calories So don't think about I would actually I'm we're both people who promote the idea of stopping this idea of a cheat day And just eating cheat meals whenever you feel like it because most of your diet is comprised of good vegetables fruits Lean protein and the other 30% it's for gummy worms. Exactly. That's okay. Exactly. Kola is jump rope a good exercise for women How much should we do it? I don't want to have a very lean upper body go. It is a fantastic exercise for women How much should you do it the same amount as guys do so follow all the things on our all the workouts and stuff in our YouTube channel And you don't want to have a very lean upper body That all has to do with your nutrition So if you don't want to do that go to our calculator and type in maintain your weight And hit those numbers in my fitness balance Gustavo You guys are always drinking fruit water from different fruits on several videos. Correct very observant. Thank you Tell us more about parentheses calories comma benefits comma best fruits how to do dot dot dot cheers from brazil my dudes Thank you. Thank you. My dude. My man. My dude. We actually made a video showing how to make fruit water That's a vlog we did. Yeah, so that's available But beyond that there's what's it called. Do you remember? We'll have to link it. We'll link it. We'll link it down. Link you Uh Regarding the calories There's really not much because we're just soaking it in some fruit for a little bit and fruit is already super low calories So I don't think it's anything more than like what would break your fast I think in general is gonna get less than 50 calories always even if you're drinking like a big bottle. Yeah benefits it tastes great and That's the main benefit and it forces doesn't force you but it makes you want to drink more water Which is always good. Yeah, and of course, whatever nutrients do make it into the water You get those nutrients from the fruit So keep drinking fruit water fruit water sarage asks intermittent fasting daily or take a break once in a while Mmm, take a break once in a while or don't actually do whatever you want. I took a break yesterday Awesome colombian breakfast and it was fun. I was with my friends. So yeah, I do it at least once a week Just kind of make sure you hate your overall numbers and do intermittent fasting if that's an helpful tool And if you want to take a day off take a day off ace. This is a long one. Okay, but we're gonna answer it So bear with me ladies and gentlemen. I've got ace asks I've gotten to the point where I can do regular bounce consistently at a pretty fast place pace and other basic I'm gonna shorten this and other basic moves such as but you know boxers to side straddle So since the name of the game is intensity My question is do I get a better workout if I just keep doing regular bounce at a hard pace? Or do I benefit from changing it up? Even if it means that I have to go slower when I transition to the other moves Awesome channel guys Matt props from the Philippines. Thank you my dude It's a good question, man. I think this is just your personal preference, honestly I think If you're worried that you're not getting the intensity because you're trying new tricks like I would if I'm if I was you I'd just try To incorporate them as fast as you can and as you improve your skill set you'll be able to just up the intensity But I don't know from my personal experience when I was doing any new tricks I felt like I was like working harder even if I went slower because I was like being super intentional Like kind of holding more tension in my body somehow You know what I mean? So I think it's up to you man. What do you think could be? I think I would agree with you except if you're messing up a lot If you're messing up a lot, then I would just focus on becoming awesome At regular bounce and going super hard because not only is that going to make the tricks easier But it's going to ensure that you get a high calorie burn too. So you're not wasting a workout Jose asks weed after or before the workout and some exercises for your butt, please You guys So can I smoke weed and I need some ass improvement exercises. All right So, um, man, you can smoke weed wherever you want. You know, you're an adult So you do whatever the heck you want to do. You actually might be a kid But Jose you're seven years old I don't know. Sorry. You're seven. Don't smoke weed If you get into the dojo, both the courses that are available have a lot of butt exercises specifically I don't know if we have anything on youtube right now, but if you want to join the dojo, we have We have tutorials for like every type of leg and butt exercise. Yeah guys, honestly, like Some days I prefer to smoke some weed like before a workout because that's how I get into a really great zone But first of all marijuana in some places still is illegal So we're not promoting the use of marijuana. Is it something that brennan and I use? Hell yeah, dude, because it's way healthier than alcohol and it can help to induce certain states that actually Just improve like for example, improve your workout improve your workflow So we as Improved as the zen dudes very true We smoked a little bit of marijuana before doing this show and also we just always promote over everything guys Self-awareness brennan and I are not the kind of guys who smoke weed and then they're like, oh, yeah Let's like go get some pizza or whatever like that's not why we use marijuana We use marijuana to get a more relaxed and calm state So we can continue doing the work that we were already like we can we can continue working hard Which is what we were already going to do So I would say if marijuana affects you in a way that doesn't make you want to work out Then don't do it for others who it can help get into a more flow state while you're exercising I'd say a little bit before is fine And then lastly smoking a little bit after a very strenuous workout has been shown To actually benefit someone especially if you're like a bodybuilder liliah liliah liliah asks What do you guys usually eat for breakfast lunch and dinner? Do you cook for yourself regularly? Also, would you make a video about counting macros and calories how to do it some tips apps you use something like that? Smiley face. Her name is lila lila. I said that you said lilia I didn't say that lila Dan, this is lila lila This is exactly why we created the dojo There's sometimes we receive questions like this or we receive emails where people want to know like really what is the whole system behind like Figuring out calories macros getting workouts trails everything you need knowing exactly should have breakfast lunch and dinner That's why we created the dojo and if you go to youtube channel We create tons of videos like individually, but the system is what the dojo is So literally the best thing I could do right now like the best resource to point you to would be the dojo So check it out and links Nicholas asks D&B What were your experiences when starting starting jumping rope to obtain your goals? Was it sweet sour salty or bitter? I like the way you asked that um I just think about food when I think about sweet sour salty and bitter It's been all though. I eat like foods that are sweet sour salty and bitter. So it's kind of been all those Yeah, I feel like that. I don't really know how to answer that question My answer to that question was it was all of them because I had a period of time where like Like guys, we weren't just good at jumping rope right away Like there was a time period where like I could not jump rope like I couldn't do regular bounce for a long time Like I kept tripping and it was super frustrating and sucked and then Guess what you do the thing for like a really long time until you're just really good at it and then it got sweet and uh Yeah, so the point is just do it just do it until you're good at it Jump rope is kind of like life. I guess it is all sweet sour salty and bitter You know, you're just going in these cycles You have these experiences jump rope and you get better and you get excited and you try to do the next skill And like you can't do it and you get frustrated and then you figure it out and Hey, that's life for you, huh? That's life Carlos I'm having trouble being consistent. Sometimes I feel super motivated and will go on a streak But then one day I stopped working out for days Even weeks. What do you recommend for this type of problem? Carlos You just have to do the thing man listen We could give you some kind of motivational or like Inspirational talk right now and get you pumped up and get and get you feeling like motivated to work out right now But that's not sustainable What's sustainable is you just deciding the rest of your life that this is what you want And if it's not what you want you're going to prove that every day of not doing the thing if you And if you want to believe otherwise, it's not it all comes down to your decision Either do the thing or not do the thing and there's no one else with any control of that except for you Dude, you can watch all the youtube videos in the world that you want But honestly man, like when you say and this is a little bit of tough love. I hope like take this the right way Love you man. We just gotta keep it real like saying sometimes I feel super motivated And then one day I stopped for days and weeks the hell's that that's completely unacceptable, dude Like why do you stop for weeks? Like you don't just stop just do it the next day if you miss a day I don't want to hear that you didn't do it the next do it just do it Like you have to get it into ingrained in your brain that there's no like oh like I had a tough month So I can't work out that like work out just do it chris asks What would be your top three shoes of choice to jump in also what environment do you jump your best in? What are your top? Oh, yeah, like only top three. What do you tell top three shoes to jump broken? Dude, I don't even know how my shoes are called I couldn't even tell you that's cool Uh, mine would be the adidas tubular the high tops Nike crews And the air jordan eclipse. Oh and the environment Environment, I think we're gonna say the same answer dan I love to jump rope in cities with like dope views of buildings or like rivers or something just I like to feel like I'm in it. Yeah, dude I would I would exactly what brennan said in urban settings where you can see views and graffiti and you can just feel like You can get your workout in anywhere It's this sense of like it's almost like liberation and freedom Like I can go to the top of where the golden gate bridges and get my You know get this awesome workout in by looking out over the whole city instead of you know confined to a gem jail asks if I don't have a heavy rope Will I still strengthen my core and gain muscle or get lean? Yeah, for sure man. You don't need a heavy rope. Heavy rope is just a way to add more resistance But listen, you do the jump rope workouts. You do the four-week challenge You graduate onto all the other stuff that we teach you about once you join the community Like you're gonna figure it out. You're gonna gain muscle. You gotta get lean Ladies and gentlemen this episode was brought brought to you by cross rope Um guys, we mentioned it in every single video. Honestly, you should just get one. Oh, it's beautiful Look at it. Yeah, it's a company that has like a bunch of different kinds of ropes This is the agility set they have speed ropes weighted ropes We we have other videos that utilize some of the different ropes But just to be frank guys, they're the best jump rope company out there right now So check them out and I'm under 10% off too Oh, man 10% Whoa salute. Thank you. Yeah, that was Spanish All right next up guys, we got athletic greens. These are three supplements We work into our routine if you ever watch a vlog you probably saw the day in the life Yes, and instagram snap we're always showing these we're always showing us consuming them So we got bca's you take during your fast You got the green juice just to help you hit your Micro nutrients and you got the protein Help you get your protein out like the other homey early in the episode. It was like, yo, man What happens on my protein? Well, you die first of all. Yeah, but second of all, um You're not gonna be able to maintain your muscle mass guys Thank you for tuning in to another episode of ask the zen dudes episode five I'm sorry. All right, listen up mother We only got one branded rope that we jump rope with that's a mother Cross rope if I see any of you mother Using anything else in a cross rope I'll personally come to your house and smash all the food in your fridge So you got to go to the grocery store buy whole new kinds of food because the jump ropes are great access for everybody From the top Sweetheart sick that in your piping smoking