 Welcome to Mind Pump. This is the world's top fitness health and entertainment podcast This is a Q&A episode. This is where we answer questions asked by listeners like you But the way we open the episode is with a 40-minute introductory portion. This is where we talk about current events We talk about what happens in our lives. Sometimes we mention our sponsors So here's the breakdown of this podcast. We start out by talking about Mother's Day We're recording this episode the day after Mother's Day We kind of talk about what happened on that day. Then we talk about how Adam made protein pancakes Up in Truckee for his family for Mother's Day. Now these are pancakes made with Organifi protein powder. So rather than just eating cake You got the protein in there also. Organifi is one of our sponsors. They make organic supplements protein powder being one of them. If you go to Organifi.com that's O-R-G-A-N-I-F-I dot com forward slash mind pump and use the code mind pump You'll get 20% off any of their their products We also talked about vitamin D and how some studies are showing that vitamin D Deficiencies or low levels of vitamin D are now being strongly correlated to terrible symptoms from COVID We already know that low vitamin D levels Increases your odds of getting the flu or other respiratory diseases now one thing about vitamin D It's a fat soluble vitamin. So that means it gets stored in your body So if your vitamin D levels are good taking some as a supplement may not be a good idea So how do you know if you should take vitamin D or not? Well, you get a blood test normally go to your doctor and you they prescribe you go to the lab and you get a Blood test or you can do a test at home Everly well is a company that makes at-home tests. They do hormone tests. They do allergy tests They also do vitamin tests like the vitamin T test the vitamin D test that I did a couple weeks ago So with everly well you go on their website. You order one of the tests if you use our code They get you get 25% off you do the test at home and you just mail it in alright So here's how you get 25% off go to everly well.com. That's E-V-E-R L-Y-W-E-L-L.com and use the code mind pump and we'll get 25% off any of the tests on their site Then we talked about Elon Musk his interview on the Joe Rogan podcast and Neurolink Justin brought up a new show on YouTube called the age of a I fantastic show. We talked about how Tesla is leaving, California Oh, I talked about the bad food relationships that offensive linemen in the sports ball game of football tend to get Justin talked about the humping hound. Yeah, it's kind of weird Yeah, it's happening and I talked about how low reps and high reps tend to require different set Allocations in your workouts. Then we answered the fitness questions. So here's the first one This person wants to know if it makes a difference if you did 10,000 steps on one shot Or if you spread it throughout the day like are there benefits to doing one or the other the next question This person wants to know if essential amino acids and branched amino acids are worth the money Like do they do anything for you? Or are they a waste of time? The next question this person wants to know how our wives are currently working out apparently They checked out our wives and thought they were hot. So now they want to know how we're how the work That would happen creeps. Yeah, and the final question. This one's in honor of Mother's Day What is one thing that each of our mothers instilled in us when we were young that we're grateful for? today love your mom also This month one of our best at-home workout programs maps starter is 50% off now Here's what you need to follow this program a stability ball and dumbbells. 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I was gonna say isn't it like in your wife like a vacuum It felt like that a little bit, but like it was you know, it's an expensive I Make me food. Yeah, I know I felt kind of like that But she was really excited about that and I got her like it was funny because Like I got her something that was like totally not like what I would have normally in terms of like I want to get her some sexy You know like like wear something around the house sexy I got her like this total this jumper thing that was all like really comfortable and like something she could wear Because and not feel like a total scrub being around the house all the time in sweats So it's kind of like wearing sweat, but like the nicer version of it. So anyway, it sounds like you give her a couple gifts for you That's what I do It's really like it's that and then and then me taking over like just the entire day like letting her sleep You know as long as she wants like I don't know dude. What the fuck else am I I Dad did something like that years ago. I never forget my dad. It was Mother's Day And he's not the kind to think about like what to get or he's old school. You know, I mean so he yeah Like he's like I'm gonna go get her a present by myself. You know me So he goes out and he comes back risk and he comes back with the vacuum. No, he really did But he was like he was trying to be thoughtful and he goes, you know, I heard you I hear you talking about how bad the vacuum is and how well it did how much it doesn't work Yeah, so I got you like one of the best ones or whatever like and I remember even as a 12 year old boy. I remember seeing that good like Yeah, we we went up to that place that you've been Oh, yes, I totally forgot to ask you about that. How did you like it? Gorgeous gorgeous? We got this this room. It's like a cottage almost like a suite and it's literally on the beach Literally like you go out onto your little patio area, whatever Mm-hmm, and you hear the ocean and I did some writing. We totally relaxed so that was part of the The Mother's Day gift or whatever and then I also got her have you guys seen those like baby books when you have a Child that it tells you like, you know, you put a picture of your baby when they were born And this was the first your first favorite wristband you cut and put in there Yeah, the whole like this was you know, you and your mom, you know me and your mom when we were babies Yeah, and so it was a really nice. I got her one of those too. That's cool. So we had yeah We had a really good time and then you know my mom I got her I went on What's that Etsy? You guys have been on the site? Buying a bunch of trinkets Anyway, I went on there for my mom and we I found this this necklace That you can put birthstones on it So I put birthstones of all of my mom's grandkids in order of oldest And then the last one was the baby that's coming so I put that little burst on Good husband and son you are I should take notes from you guys Hey careful You're still married I had the worst the first time You don't want to listen to me all the time pump your brakes doing well right now. What about what about you Adam? Well, we were all up at the the truckie house, right? So we went up there with Katrina's family That was a lot of people. Yeah. Yeah, we had well her family right? So her family's big, right? So, you know, we filled the house up for sure and whatever we do stuff like that I'd love one of the things I love that her family does and they started this tradition with me I don't know probably five six years ago. We every year we all go and normally it's around Thanksgiving and Christmas we go to somewhere and rent a house for normally a week or whatever and What they do is they assign because there's so many of us You have a a meal that you are responsible for bringing everything for it. You're responsible for preparing it You're responsible for cleaning. Oh, yeah, that's what we did when we went. Yeah when you guys were this right? So that's something we always do and I just love that it makes what I because then I know that okay this morning I have breakfast and I've got to cook and clean and then other than that I'm gonna do shit around keeping the house up and you don't feel guilty about not helping somebody clean It's like that's it's your day. You know I'm saying it's your day. It's your meal. You handle it So, you know, I had a mother's day breakfast with you know, Jalen and Jasmine. So the three of us Prepared protein pancakes. Oh, that's funny. You know today was an organized commercial I totally could have just slid that commercial in there Yeah I forgot today was a commercial for them and we actually so and my mother's day breakfast was the protein pancakes So we we use that powder in there for protein pancakes and then we had potatoes and bacon How many now how many scoops per like how much so I do it? I do a two-to-one ratio So whatever and I forget what? You know, what do you call a pancake mix that Katrina you what brand it was? So, you know sue me you can use any brand and then whatever ratio of the the flour batter mix I used so I go two to one so one protein scoop for that Any more than that like so when Katrina and I are home We may push it to like one and a half to two to two or whatever so one-to-one ratio But then it has a little bit stronger protein taste a little chalkier and we know we're serving a bunch of people that are You put your fork in his powder. Yeah, I don't mind it's still good to me And so when Katrina makes them for me at home and we and what we do is so we and I did this too So I sliced up strawberries blueberries bananas, and I put them in the pancakes So you had like either banana or strawberry or blueberry protein pancakes And we did like half the amount of protein mix and then we would do at our house Did you vanilla or chocolate vanilla? I think vanilla blends the best it does I think vanilla just does better with Mixing things like pancakes and stuff like that because they already kind of have that flavor to it I think so yeah, that's what we made them all all the mom's breakfast, and of course they didn't have to do anything Katrina and I went on a really nice bike ride for her mom and her. I had a really nice Framed picture so you know that picture that I took I think I shared it on Max's page of Katrina and Max on the beach Just a really yeah, it's a really beautiful day on the beach, and just it's a recent photo of Max and hers So I did one for there's a couple different shots I got I got one that I I gave to her and one that I gave to her mom that I framed really nice And then and then presented that to them and then like I said the rest of the day Katrina And I kind of hung it we kept her from having to do anything and made sure that everyone was helping out with Max And then her and I went for a bike ride, and so that was kind of her mother's day, so that's what it was That's nice. How was it up there? Oh, dude. It was absolutely gorgeous. Oh, bro. You gotta tell me about the bear Is that real? Yes. Yes massive, dude. I mean we were talking about this the you know We've been up there a bunch of times now. I'm not cool with this Such a scaredy cat dude. They're yeah, I could just make a lot of loud noise. Yeah They're I mean there's part they're afraid of humans. I got chased by a bear They're not messing with you and the only time I would be afraid is if they if you know Mother bear and it had like two cubs, and I was near like that would kind of worry me because I know they can Get very protective of their cubs, but otherwise black bears are normally really scared of you So you make a bunch of noise they go and now were you outside and then it just so Katrina and their family were sitting around the fire And it was it like like I'd say dusk so still light outside very light outside, and they were sitting around the fire I was in the living room. I just happened to be walking through the living room You know where our big picture windows are so you can see the golf courts and everything and all of a sudden I see this bear just fucking flying massive to big old one Just hoofing right through the right through the golf course, and I was like oh my eyes lit up And then I looked at them out by the fire They had all seen it and they were like pointing and they're like did you see that? I said yeah, no I saw him. I said I guess we do have some wildlife out here For some trash the only the only thing that I the only knock that I have of our place up there Is what's not the place? It's just the being up there My skin gets so dry dude. So my psoriasis is just like on a whole nother level up there It's super dry. Yeah, I mean you guys feel it right you feel your lips get dry and your ear throw I'm not usually a lotion guy. I'm like super lotion up there Laughering constantly for me with my psoriasis. It just gets it's 10 times worse up there That's the only downfall. Yeah Now are you still doing the vitamin D supplements and here's you know what you funny bring that up because I'm Good about it when I'm home I have to be better about traveling with my vitamin E Especially when I know that I'm going up there because I know it's gonna make it worse anyway So I didn't while I was up there. So yeah, cuz it's connected strongly connected to Psoriasis. Yeah, no you're the one that turned me on to that in the first now The last time you tested your vitamin D. What where were you in the rain? So I forget how Everly well does there Scoring because their scoring is different than like but they'll give you a range. Yeah. Yeah, so I was on well when I tested So check this out. I was actually taking 5000 I think is a pill. Yeah, I was taking 5000 I use and I tested with the Every will test and I still was a low Like I wasn't even in the normal range. So I was below the normal range with taking 5000 I use so now I take 10,000 I use and I know to caution someone listening One I'm not a doctor I'm not telling people to go out if you have psoriasis that you should take 10,000 I use a vitamin D I recommend that you get tested and figure it out Because I know that I was really low. So I take that much and that's why it's so important to test because Vitamin D is fat soluble. So if you if your lip if your D levels are high and you supplement That's not good for you either if they're low And you're supplementing with say 5000 I use and it's not enough to get it up Then you you would probably need to take more. So that's why testing is so important It's not like a water soluble viable vitamin that you could just you know like vitamin C I could take 5000 milligrams and aside from maybe possible stomach upset My body gets rid of what it doesn't need with something like vitamin You know what else they found with vitamin D in fact a very strong correlation to low vitamin D And severe symptoms from the COVID-19 virus Do you think that's what's connected to the whole homeless thing that that we were talking with Dr. Drew? Yeah, so that's interesting. I thought about that because so for if you haven't listened to that episode we interviewed Dr. Drew About the homeless crisis in California and at the end of the towards the end of the episode I asked him You know because because the homeless population you would think is the perfect Storm for a virus to go through and just ravage right there unhealthy Many of them drugs they're on the street dirty I think it is low immunity you'd think you think right and he's like yeah He goes they they're not getting there's a lower instance of COVID among the homeless population Then there are amongst and he said the ones that are like asymptomatic, right? So not only are they already lower but then even the small percentage that have our asymptomatic But then again, they are outside all the time and so and they again with respiratory illness like the flu If your vitamin D levels are low your odds of getting, you know severe symptoms are higher One of the theories there's a lot of factors But one of the theories that I've read about as to why there's even a flu season to begin with Has to do with vitamin D levels where in the winter you're just not getting as much sun if you're kind of low It's enough to get you below a certain level and then you you know you get effect I just sent in my vitamin D everly well, too. Oh, is that what you took I said you did the you did vitamin D I got the allergy one, which by the way, I haven't taken mine yet, but I need to yeah, and then just yeah I just didn't mind you got the pregnancy one. Which one? Yeah, no heavy metals. I wanted to see like if there was any toxic metal, you know No, cuz I drink tap water and everything and I don't know like I was just a question Yeah, I was just curious about it. So I figured they have a whole host of different tests and Obviously, too, I thought it'd be kind of funny because I want to see how metal I really am I mean, I got the heart allergies so much more metal than you guys, you know, I just want to say that the test is gonna come back It's heavy Yes, but that means I'm dying Well, if you have high heavy metals in your in your system, then you have to you have to get them out It'd be toxic. Yeah, exactly, you know, and they they give you kind of vague symptoms I think sometimes like general like shitty symptoms. I don't even kind of yeah symptoms. No because I supplement with Vitamin D every day. I do five thousand to ten thousand every day and a half for a long time I test regularly because I don't want it to go too high if I see it gets to I then I'll lower my dose You know I'm saying but otherwise I'll keep it and it's just we don't get enough sun, dude Yeah, that's just the bottom. I mean we feel it all the time being cooped up in this studio even Nobody gets enough sun think about it this way humans evolved getting a lot of sun like no way We were in caves as much as we are indoors nowadays. There's no way I agree. We're just outside all the time And so the vitamin D levels have to be by the way cholesterol dietary cholesterol helps your body synthesize Vitamin D. Yeah, no, I didn't know that. Yeah. Yeah, so that's one of which we've been told to avoid forever Yeah, yeah, all these factors against that. Hey, I listened to a little bit of the Elon Musk episode With Rogan. Yeah, how far did you get another one halfway through second one? Yes. Oh, I didn't know he did a second one Yeah, yeah, he's oh, he's uh, he's weird. It's even more awkward Remember we just last time we were talking we had this debate and I was like come on dude He's it's awkward because he's asking about neural link because like they're getting pretty close to you know Testing it with humans and whatnot like he speculates what another year from now or something But they're gonna start which which is interesting. I didn't know that this was the approach First was that they were gonna try to like help to heal brain injuries first. So that's like their first iteration is to start with Basically, they like bore out a part of the skull and then they they replace it with this this microchip And that way like the the little wires are like neurons like they're there and so they can connect and basically restore Some functions like say like I like hearing loss like eyesight like a paralysis like things like that They can target by reconnecting, you know, this neural link there. Wow really interesting. Yeah, I hope that doesn't go bad Well, yeah, I mean it's gonna be a while I think before people like but that's the thing is there they're He's gonna start with more of you know, real serious brain injury type People to experiment with first. They're gonna give you two options This the first one is more expensive the second one comes with ads, so You're gonna hear again, but every 15 minutes you get an ad Yeah, so yeah, exactly I was interested in that because it's like he was pitching it forever is like this this way to Interface with the internet and like become like this super human almost, you know Because of you'd be able to like have access to Information right that I mean he alluded to that in the first one about how close we are I mean you have no idea what that will do to the human psyche. We have no idea at all Dude like overload it might just crash the whole system or or or I mean imagine I certainly won't be one of the first Even he won't I mean he even admitted it like Joe like kind of is like oh So when are you gonna like plant this in your head and he's like well, we'll see how this goes You know the brain injury people first probably his kid Yeah, yeah, they have you seen the memes surrounding his kid being born We're like they have like like yeah like robots that are you know father What is this emotion thing? Don't worry. I know because he named him a weird name Dash 12 he's a very I still think I'd be best friends with him if I met him weird as hell whatever But he's a super. I love the dude. Well, it definitely sparked for me like more Interest I mean, I'm very much into the whole sci-fi and like where we're going with everything and I stumbled across this show It's like a YouTube original What's it called the story of AI or like a age of age of AI so What's in a Robert Downey juniors the one the host for it? So he does the whole like Iron man kind of a Presentation thing where you have all the graphics and everything but they explain where AI currently is right now And it's like it's they're learning to emulate what we already know and do and so there's all these different segments Where one of them was with will I am you know the guy from the black peas? Yeah, he's trying to create this digital version of himself So basically all his youth all his like social media accounts and everything like he can have this avatar Answering everybody just like he would and he looks just like it So the guy that like came up with this technology was working with avatar and all these like, you know super CGI Movies and then kind of created his own business to then incorporate AI into this like real realistic Digital version of yourself that like answers. It's crazy. Where is this show the sounds? I want to watch this dude It's so fast. Where do you watch it? What is it? It's YouTube? It's YouTube TV. Oh, I don't have that Yeah, but you can still go on YouTube and you can get the first couple episodes Just to try it out. So I highly suggest it's really fascinating dude. I want to check this out so bad Doug just pulled up the trailer right. Yeah, did you guys watch that? What was that movie? I kept telling you guys was really awesome And it was about this dude who had a computer chip in his brain It was on Amazon and then he's like all of a sudden a badass. Hmm. What was that movie called anyway? It was really really well made and it was interesting because people had Upgrades like that and so like, you know, I can only see so far But imagine if you have an upgrade or just effortlessly I could zoom a hundred I could see how far I could hear black mirror episode how far or whatever or I remember everything Like well the contact lens to do that is already out, right? I think I shared that like last year sometime or at least six plus months ago It's a contact lens you put a contact lens in and then has the ability to zoom like freaking like a mile away or whatever Right, or you got a drone flying and you could see through the drone and one eye and then see, you know Where you're at right now? Yeah, they have that too And this I'm saying we have no idea getting weird remember humans evolved with a particular like our brain and how it works You're gonna change that radically. It's gonna get yeah But when you say things like that, don't you do isn't there a part of you that also sounds just like your great grandpa? Yeah, who said that when like television came out a lot of mobile that's different than then going in why Well, okay kind of I guess you know I'm saying like you they probably thought the TV was gonna melt They used to say easy to melt your brain. Mm-hmm. That's what they thought so it for them It wasn't that much more. It's not that much more radical than what we were already used to So I always I always try and catch myself when I start saying that because I'm like fuck am I that old guy now? Who's just gonna resist what's gonna give you an example? Let's okay. Let's just speculate. This will be fun, right? Okay, one thing that we've always always always had to deal with as self-aware creatures is our own Mortality we've always had to deal with it. Yeah, we know that we will die. This is actually what makes us human Okay, so imagine now you know that you'll never die. You know that you can live forever Think about how radically that's gonna change. Well, I think about I don't know I don't think it's gonna change that but I I mean talking about the show upload I think is really cool the idea the idea the idea the idea that You you could upload your consciousness and you could get like and they can use AI to basically predict what this Yeah, digital version of you. That's kind of cool. You know, I think that's kind of neat I and I always refer back to talking about my dad Right because I as a as somebody who lost their father at an early age. We don't have a lot of photos I don't have a lot of footage if there was this AI version of him because there were all this stuff that we were there Right, I'd have at least have some sort of way to communicate with them. I don't know just that's interesting to me I guess I hadn't really thought about this and put it all together But on the show will I am was talking about like how he was trying to be a Be more of an owner of his data and like how all these companies Exists to basically like figure out who you are your tendencies your likes your You know where you go like what you how you interact to people even through your emails like what you say like so They're compiling all of that to then create their you know, like sell that to Eventually to an AI company that's gonna use that in some degree well, let's say you do make like you said earlier you are able to make a Copy of yourself who now becomes your assistant or works for you Mm-hmm. How much of a copy is it gonna be because if I literally made an identical copy to myself? I would tell myself to fuck off Imagine if you made a perfect copy of yourself You made a perfect copy of yourself. You're like, hey, I just made you you're gonna go do all this work for me Thank you you would tell you you could oh you mean my fuck off I mean AI version with you Why am I doing everything all the fun stuff? Why do I have to do all the bullshit doesn't matter your AI dude your computer? That's what hey, I'm the real deal. Oh, no, that's part of it Reminds me of that black mirror episode where they made like their personal assistant Yeah, and it was it was them and then they control them in their phone or whatever and they're like Oh, you don't want to do I say what I say no problem And then they pause it for like ten minutes but for the purse for the AI experience was like six months Yeah, I've total isolation that I'll do anything you say I've seen a lot of versions of this to her like yeah You do that like you put your consciousness in another like robot or whatever like and then that one's like no I want to be the real one and then kills you. Yeah. Yeah, I just think that this is gonna go to the the theory I would kill me. You want me to do well? You're not working. I figure out how to kill myself There is gonna be I think there's gonna be a very even split there's gonna be The unplugged and plugged in there's gonna be people that the unplugged like live underground. I don't know Not at all. I think unplugged. No, we're not perfect No unplugged will look a lot like my weekend this weekend, you know up there. It doesn't even look like Covid's going on. It's just every ever you see people walking by you don't see people wearing masks It's just you're out in nature. You don't see people staring at phones all the time. I just think it'll be like that I think it'll be like people that are in nature and are not connected to their phones and televisions and pass Oh, I hear you say I thought you meant that you'll have some people who are completely reject To that stuff completely reject it and then the other side that becomes a part of it I can only imagine the unplugged, you know, we still have genetic, you know problems Well, we're still we're not perfect or whatever seeing then what happens when you get a digital virus that that kills off Like all these neural link people, you know, and then the rest of the ones that didn't do it, you know To have to take over rebuild quick unplug. Yeah, you know, I don't know anyway But Elon on there on that podcast back to that. He said he was going to he's selling everything apparently He wants to sell. Oh, yeah, most of his possession everything or is he just trying to get out of California though The article I read he was trying to leave States to like his what yeah, he's gonna rent He's gonna rent he wants to get rid of everything because he says that His possessions are a vector for attack in other words people come after him and say well you own all the stuff or whatever He also says it weighs him down So he wants to not own much stuff, which I think is It's pretty cool coming from somebody who has the money to own most billionaire. That's interesting weird Yeah, why see now what would scare me? I would definitely have at least a compound somewhere because I don't know Just we keep weak. There's more and more of us in less and less space I think properties is gonna be hard to come by especially in areas that are desirable Right if you want to be somewhere near the water or something like that or nice areas or near work Like to find a place to live could be really difficult about this way Well think about this way when you're a billionaire one of your problems Might be that you have a lot of stuff that might actually be a challenge Distracting not only just distracting, but he's right. It weighs you down to get defined by it You know, it feels complicated or whatever you want to just kind of be free You know, I mean, so sell it all so I can I can kind of understand what he's talking about and then the other part was you said You're talking about Adam. I read that article to how he's taking Tesla out of California Is that happening because that was all because they told them they couldn't go back to work, right? That's because like f you this was like the last month. Yeah, they were just like nope You still can't do yeah, he said well hey look it's his right to do it and I'm not gonna lie California is definitely not the easiest place to operate. How stupid are we as a state? We're isn't that the only card? Yeah, it's only one left That's the only one that that's actually manufactured in here everywhere else. Yeah way to go. Yeah All those people are being employed or moved to another state. I'm sure he'll probably get I'm sure he'll probably get wooed by you know, Texas or another place like that He's already in Texas. He's already in Nevada. He'll just probably just double up right just open out there But it was because they told him that he can't he can't reopen. Yeah, even without because he said he was gonna put You know special, you know structures in place and practices to keep you now Did Joe get into like because obviously Elon has been one of the you know famous voices that have been Talking against COVID this whole time. Did he get into that with him got into it a little bit in terms of like What he's put on Twitter and how people responded to it. Yeah, all that kind of stuff. Yeah, so they talked about that a little bit Yeah, yeah crazy. Hey, I was reading some sports ball stuff Like that Okay, well, what were you reading actually so there was an article I'm listening, you know I should find where it is and so people can put it in the show notes, right? It's about it's from the point of view from off offensive linemen, right and they're talking about how Unhealthy of a relationship that they they create with food Because of the amount of weight that they need to gain. Mm-hmm one of the guys was talking about how he would make a shake with grits Peanut butter milk chicken. It was like the most high calorie disgusting thing you think of yeah And he would drink it because chewing Became so tiresome for him and you'd have to consume 7,000 calories a day to get his weight up to where they wanted which he needed to be over 300 pounds You know, it's interesting about that this topic you're bringing up I've always found it kind of interesting that after the first time I read this that you know You know, I know the average life expects an expectancy of someone who played in the NFL I think for five years or more. It's definitely under 60 right it's 55 That's crazy. So that's and that's an average of all of them. So that throws the punter in there That throws the guy who's at the bench. The hunter lives the longer. Yeah, I mean no Seriously, and you got to know that the people that are bringing that average down the most are the linemen Because I think today's average linemen is like a hundred pounds heavier than just like two decades ago Yeah, those habits and then you know not having that kind of rigorous activity like just cutting that off and now what it's like You're gonna maintain this high calorie diet like even when you're trying to cut it down It just did so much damage. I messed up the shake. So here's what he made seven scrambled eggs a tub of cottage cheese Grits peanut butter a banana and Gatorade and blend it He blend it and then drink it and he says that he was constantly feel who is this guy that was talking? I should tell you guys what his name is super famous. Yeah, Ben Barch Ben Bar. He's an offensive linemen. Yeah, so but he says that he constantly felt like he was Stuffed all the time, but he says the only way he could get his weight up to what they wanted I mean, here's a thing sports are giants professional sports or anything but healthy Okay, you're pushing your body to the extreme and football has to be one of the least healthy It's one of the most dangerous I would assume well, and then you throw in eating like that, too I mean it's crazy and Justin's point. That's I mean all the you know pro athletes that I've trained post their their career That's one of the hardest things is that they were so for so many years They were used to eating a certain way and it's like dude. You can't even come close not even close to that I mean, I know what I have. I know what I've had to change just in the last few years From not lifting and training as hard. I mean, they're lifting training hard and playing at a whole another level The amount of cow and then trying to maintain a weight like that just you can't even be close to that He says that one point that one of the head coaches wanted to weigh him This is when he first started So he quickly went downstairs grabbed two ten pound weights put him in the back of his pants He had big sweats on to try to make the weight that they needed and then he says how later on Gaining weight wasn't a problem. Now is now it was too hard for him to be at the right way He was starting to get too overweight and they started to chart this the NFL would find him for every extra pound You want to know much? He got fine thousand bucks for per pound per pound over the limit because they said that the His number was 338. Yeah, so any pound over that was a thousand bucks But yeah, it's it's it's cool to hear them talk about how unhealthy it is for you know for them to Follow this regime or whatever, but 7,000 calories a day. That's not easy. No, you know, it's hard to do that I think you remember when they came out with your read what Michael Phelps was eating. Yeah 10,000 Yeah, he had like a 10,000 calorie breakfast or something. He had to go McDonald's constantly just to keep it going Oh, when you're when you're eating that much food. So here's the thing that people need to understand. It's hard to eat. I Know this it's hard to eat over 3,000 calories of healthy food. Very difficult. Oh, yeah You have to reach for the hyper palatable Crap because you know if I'm eating healthy food, it automatically satiates you it's not hyper palatable Now it and I'm sure there's people wondering like why would they do that one? And there is something to be said though Like I think of Michael Phelps It was probably Advantages for him to eat that much because then when he comes out at least he didn't like destroy his metabolism because if you were only eating 3,000 calories or 2,500 calories and burning as much as you wouldn't be able to perform Right, you wouldn't be able to perform you'd slow your metabolism down like crazy And then when you actually stop swimming it'd be really easy to put on a ton of weight at least in his case If you got your body used to burning 10,000 calories and he just jumped and he stopped swimming like cold turkey Then and he could cut his calories in half and still have 5,000 when you're training and eating to achieve a extreme level of performance. I don't care what we're talking about. It's no longer Balanced it's no longer longevity or health. It's about maximum maximum performance. So Michael Phelps You know the best competitive swimmer of all time. I still think he has the record for the most gold medals Oh, yeah, no, I'm not Mr. He has a record for most gold medals the record for the most Olympic medals it was like Doug can get this. I know I just read this actually So they were talking about it in the book that I was reading and I want to say it's 14 Yeah, 14 Olympic medals and I can't so dominant. Oh just beyond. He's got all kinds of records You know, it's funny about about swimmers is that I remember a long time ago I watched this show on like the like the best athletes and they were explaining how what makes somebody Genetically what makes someone an excellent swimmer basically makes them terrible any other sport Have you got you guys have you guys heard of this? Hmm. So what makes somebody genetically speaking a really really good swimmer like Michael Phelps is really short legs Really really long arms like like, you know comically long arms a flat rib cage and torso And so any other sport on land so you look like a boat. Yeah, you're exactly like a big canoe Wow 28 medals 28 medals you want 28. Yeah, how many gold does it? Maybe it was 14 gold then that's saying to me that's crazy, but yeah, I mean he was in the pool What but then he's seven hours. They let you said he probably sucks at everything else How should he is that you're an Olympic athlete to get your ass kicked by all your buddies and every other You ever seen a picture of Michael Phelps standing next to the the fastest I think it was marathon runner in the world you ever seen that so the fat so Michael Phelps is like way Taller than this other dude who's one of the fastest distance runners But their legs are the same length because Michael Phelps legs are so short and The marathon runners legs are so long So they have the same like their waist But then Phelps is like torso. It's just you know through the roof dude speaking of dominance My little dog, you know, I just got the little miniature doxin. He punks the big one, huh? Yeah, so he's just like like constantly just like jumping on, you know Arlo and It was funny because he just started, you know getting a little bit randy these days I started like humping everything and like like my youngest was playing with him and Was looking up at me and then I like his hand was down there and all of a sudden like Finn started just humping his arm And he's like he's like oh and I was like don't let him do that You know, that's a dominance like he's humping you and then so that turned into a conversation I was I wasn't really ready to have Okay, so what what like what is humping dad like what's and then he's like It's so I tried to like work my way out of it like real quick, you know I'm just like oh he just does that because he's trying to be alpha dog or whatever and Like what I'm wrestling with your mom Dude, like this just opened up a can of worms, right? It's so he's in my room I hear him. He's like well, I'm gonna hump him back No We don't do that buddy So yeah, the humping thing the term now is coming up a lot more now ever since that I remember when I was a kid. I remember my sister was like eight maybe and she comes inside all excited You know tell it to my dad, right? Come outside look look the dog knows how to dance so my dad's like what? So she goes outside and the dog grabs her leg and starts humping her and she's like dancing I remember my dad having this look and he grabs a hose That's a bad dance He's not trying to Cuz this humping mom he started doing in the air. She's like, no, I think he's your hips more That's terrible anyway, dude, I had it this morning. I had a great workout feeling like you know I avoided squats for a long time. Yeah coming back coming back. Yeah. Yeah, I'm feeling good again And you know, I was thinking about how we tend to apply Low reps and high reps to our workouts and sets and I thought this would be an interesting point to bring up on the show Typically if you're working for strength and you're doing low repetitions You're better off doing more sets of less exercises when you're doing high reps You're better off doing less sets, but more exercises. Does that make sense? So if I'm doing high reps for chest, I'm better off doing five exercises two sets each for example if I'm doing Strength and low reps. I'm better off doing two exercises But maybe five five sets each instead practice the skill right then it just occurred to me I was like it should be communicated Well, I'd tell you what I'm really excited for is I saw the the final work that Justin's been putting into the webinar and I saw some of the work with he was doing with Doug and I'm pumped Oh, that's so good. I mean we had such a great response from the Prime Pro webinar and I know that it's been needed for a long time for us to do prime because so many people confused the two of those yeah, and It was cool to watch you guys go through that and what it what a difference just you teaching a Single priming movement to Doug did so it's great if you work out and you know that it takes you two three sets 15 20 minutes to get into the workout get in the groove really feel the maximum effects of a workout a simple 10-minute priming session That's Individualized because you have to prime your body differently than someone else who may have different issues That's gonna do it for you and you jump right into your workout With with much better connection and form people don't get that so I'm hoping that this webinar People follow along test themselves before do the stuff that you're showing them and then test themselves after such a feel thing And I think that's why everybody was so stuck the first time, you know when you're doing the prime pro webinar You just you really have to go through it to experience it We could talk about it all day long about the benefits which we try to do we try to demystify That process but to be able to kind of set aside time and really feel your way through it and see where your body is Deficient, but now you can you know you can really like improve these things almost immediately by doing a few simple exercises It's really powerful huge and is it is the site the same place Doug are they still going to maps? Let's go to maps prime webinar comm so maps prime webinar and then you can sign up for it And it's basically a class right Justin is gonna take you through a priming had a prime your body class So before your workouts will be tested and you should let people know too because a lot of people Asked me this question after ours that I are the one that I did is if you can't make one of the times to the live Event of it you then what you can do is register and you'll actually automatically get emailed a replay. Is that right, Doug? That's correct So so make sure even if like the times that we're doing it you can't make it still register because then you'll still get it First question is from Tom LeBlanc official is getting 10,000 steps in one shot Any better or worse than getting those 10,000 steps throughout the day? Oh, that's a great question It's actually probably better throughout the day to spread them out now if your goal is to improve your Stamina and endurance Let's say you want to compete in something that requires you to like you know wear yourself out and push yourself Then you want to mimic that kind of competition with your training Some what right so some of the benefits of doing all 10,000 steps in one shot would be you're gonna push stamina and endurance a little more But in terms of longevity fat burn Muscle sparing you're better off spreading out throughout throughout the whole day and there are studies that support this there are studies that have compared to 30 minute sessions of cardio to one 60 minute session of cardio and They they do allude to the fact that the two 30 minute sessions Tend to burn more body fat and tend to preserve more muscle. So spreading it out is probably your best bet I would also make the case for energy and mood too. I mean Doing one hard bout of 10,000 basically that's like running for an hour, right or about an hour a little over an hour So If doing it then you're done and then if you have rest of your day You were sedentary like I'll say you did that at five o'clock in the morning, right? And then all day long you're pretty much sedentary the rest of day Your energy levels your overall mood I think would be greatly improved if you took that same amount and you broke it up over, you know Instead of two even 30 minute sessions forget that just walking 15 minutes on the hour every hour for the whole day just a more productive Yeah, just getting up and getting blood flow and I think that what that would do for your your mood and energy I would make the case. It's also better too Yeah, I've just seen to what where companies have found when they give more of these short breaks over for activity and for them to go out and Go for a walk and you know do things physically like coming back to you know get back on task They found, you know workers have been a lot more productive. It just it just re stimulates You know cognitive function you get all these benefits to it. So it's something that I think I think just spreading it out throughout the day Is just a lot better strategy But I can understand if you are trying to really press yourself endurance wise like you have to have a specific specific goal for that Yeah, behaviorally speaking because remember a lot of this advice, you know, I talked about the studies We talked about which one probably works a little better, but a lot of my opinion is also based off of just my experience training people Everyday people and behaviorally speaking if you can attach Some walking to other daily rituals you're far more likely to do it long term So what does that look like? Well an example would be After breakfast lunch and dinner I walk for 30 minutes now because I attached it to three things that I already do every single day I always have breakfast. I always have lunch. I always have dinner now What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna ritualize Something else to something that I already do which is the eating breakfast lunch and dinner So now I'm gonna walk 30 minutes after each one the odds that I'm gonna maintain that and keep it consistent Long-term or much higher Spreading out your activity Works that way It just does if I tell a client to and it sounds like it wouldn't be that way, right? If I told the client hey devote one hour to working out versus hey do 20 minutes of exercise After each meal or after, you know things you you would think oh the one hour carved out Somebody could stick to that more long term actually doesn't work that way in practice People are far more likely to be consistent when it's kind of sprout through throughout the day Especially when it's attached to things that they do on a regular basis. So, you know generally speaking You're better off getting the 10,000 steps throughout the day Integrating it into your life than you are doing it all in one shot But if you were to compare them and they were consistent and they were perfect in Terms of results you probably would still say you see better results from a fat loss a muscle per Preserving standpoint with the spread out, but it's it's not a huge difference, but you probably will still see a difference Next question is from DJs 20 EAAs versus BCAAs are they both useless for the average gym goer? I'm glad I'm glad you grab this because I've had a bunch of people DM me about this This is still a thing which is what okay, so so so essential EAA stands for essential Amino acids the reason why they're called this so there's two essential macro nutrients We have three macro nutrients right proteins fats and carbs only two of them are essential meaning you have to consume them For your body to just function and in fact if you avoid them for long enough You can actually starve and those are fats and proteins fats and proteins are essential in fats You have essential fatty acids. They're essential because your body has to you have to eat them in order to get them Your body can't create them with proteins proteins are made up of amino acids There are non essential amino acids that your body can actually make and then there are essential amino acids that your body can't make You have to consume them. They're essential. Okay, so that's what EAA is Branch chain amino acids are three of those essential amino acids There's ten essential amino acids the branch amino acids are three of those and those three have been shown to do special things in the body So what do you supplement invent manufacturers and what does the industry do they say? Oh, these are essential amino acids. You have to eat them Oh branch amino acids have special properties especially when it comes to recovery and muscle building So if you just supplement with them then you're gonna get you know better muscle building Results and better recovery. This is true if your protein intake is low if your protein intake is low Supplementing with either one of these you'll notice benefits if your protein intake is high if you're eating You know point six to one gram of protein per pound of body weight if you have a normal body weight If you're obese then you want to use your your what would be considered normal bed body weight for your height If you're eating that much protein any additional amino acids do nothing You're getting the max benefit that you're gonna get from an amino acids and supplementing with them doesn't do anything extra for you And the studies are consistent when you give branch amino acids to vegans Who typically consume low protein or essential amino acids? They do better. They recover faster They tend to build more muscle when you give these amino acids to people who eat a high protein diet It's like, you know, you guys ever seen that meme or there's the the dumping the water on his head Yeah, he's in the pool and he's throwing water on his head. Yeah, it's it's you it's not gonna do anything extra For you for supplementing with them. So, you know, it's it's kind of a waste and it's by the way amino acids were some of the first Bodybuilding supplements ever to hit the market. There were some of the first You know first they sold protein and the very next thing that they started selling was they started saying amino acids and for whatever reason every Five years or so if it falls out of favor and then it comes back in favor with some new person who's saying This is the greatest thing if they're not new they've been around forever We studied them for very long if you have high protein diet, it's a waste of money So what do you say to somebody because the argument that somebody would make is that well, you know I keep them on hand then in case I don't hit my protein intake for the day And then I make sure I take them at the end of the night in case I don't hit my protein protein Then that's the that's how I respond to somebody Yeah, one scoop of of whey protein or one scoop of if you let's say you're vegan or you don't like dairy because it bothers you So you go with the organifi complete protein one scoop of that, right? let's say it's 15 grams of protein 15 grams of protein is is 1,500 Milligrams of amino acid and a large part of that are essential amino acids and branched amino acids You know three branched amino acid tablets or one scoop of branching amino acids or essential amino acids Isn't going to come close to a scoop of your protein powder Which one is cheaper protein powder or essential amino acid supplements if you compare them on a dosage basis Protein powder cheaper because in order to get essential amino acids, but here's what the companies are doing They're going to protein sources Extracting and they're separating them as it says more steps to create an inferior product So you know again if you have a low protein intake and you struggle with that and for whatever reason you don't want to supplement with a Protein powder and you like the taste of your you know lemonade flavored watermelon, whatever, you know Watermelon dude, then yeah, then then then I guess that's fine, but it's not going to benefit you It's not going to do anything for you if your protein intake is high So they market it a lot because we know what amino acids do They have important roles in the body essential amino acids extremely important great margins for the supplement company Yeah, they are but again if you if they're important But if you're getting there's a point where you get enough and more does nothing. It's like vitamins You know, it's like, you know vitamin C is great for immune system. Okay. Does that mean taking? You know a million times the normal dose piss it out. Yeah, it's not going to benefit you anymore same thing with carbs I remember In the I'd say probably 15 years ago Carb supplements were actually popular remember this when you would buy a carboload or you know these drinks and it's because Athletes knew that carbs gave you energy for sports And so this before all before before people thought carbs made you fat, right? So Athletes bodybuilders actually buy Carboload or Carbo whatever I remember drinks because oh carbs give me energy and then therefore more is going to give me You know more and that doesn't doesn't work that way. So amino acids supplementation Essential and branching waste of money if your protein intake is high if your protein intake is low and you don't want to take protein powder Then yes, you'll benefit from them Next question is from Jay Mussel. What do your wives training programs look like right now? I'm sure they're swamped with kids at home And I would love to hear how each of them trains now Versus as they versus as they normally do. Oh boy Well, mine's doing Aesthetic right now actually like Katrina's doing. Yeah, so she's she's really enjoying that and we do have the setup Thankfully through our PRX a fold out squat rack and dumbbells and so I mean, it's a minimal We don't have machines obviously, but so there's some components to that that, you know, we've used machines before for Aesthetic but in terms of those focus sessions you can replace a lot of that with the barbells and the dumbbells and You know get just as good of a workout out of it So she's been having a really good time with that and reaping, you know, a lot of the gains with that So next thing is really just a nutrition piece to nail down for her but That's that's been the big focus right now. Obviously going into summer I think that's something that a lot of people are kind of looking into as well Yeah, so Jessica's pregnant, right? So we're I'm training her according to how she feels And she trains herself a lot of the times Usually what it looks like is Full ball like compound movements Maybe three to four Every other day so she'll pick maybe three or four compound movements every other day and then every other day So the days after she'll pick three or four isolation movements. And so she's working out about five to six days a week You know one day compound movements the next day isolation movements and We're paying close attention to how she feels how she braces her core right now Squatting feels really good to her actually more so than split stance exercises because her belly kind of gets in the way with the Split stance type of stuff Inclined presses laying flat on her back doesn't feel super super good Pull-ups don't feel too great because it's straight. It feels she feels like she gets Strain in her midsection because it's already stretching out. So we're using the I have a Squat rack and it's got a cable on the top. So we'll do pull downs or we'll do cable rows But really just focusing on maintaining strength And muscle so that her metabolism is amped for you know when the baby's born so Katrina recently just transitioned to maps aesthetic she finished maps anabolic, but you know That's a what a good week looks like and I think this person's searching for more of like, you know I'm not gonna tell you like the per the perfect week right the perfect week is she's going through maps aesthetic like Literally exactly what's in the program But the reality is it looks a lot of times like this like she may get two lifts in a week And when she does that she's been you know, I've I've coached her on You know if you if you know you're not gonna get the full program So just following one of those days when it's designed for four or five or more days Focus on the movements that we we've constantly been working on and practicing and those are the big lifts So she a lot of times may go in and you may see her just do some mobility work Especially since that's fresh in her mind because we just did the prime pro webinar and she followed along with her family and stuff So she might spend you know 15 20 minutes doing prime pro type of work and then just squat or just Deadlift or just overhead press So I've got her now doing stuff like that that she probably didn't do that before in the past You know the way way past when we first met she kind of did her own thing and then finally I got her into like legit programming and then she would follow whatever I had Going for her then maps came along and then she would follow every program to a tee then getting pregnant happen And there was a lot of inconsistency with her training And so that's when I started talking to her about listen The biggest bang for your buck is when you do these big compound lifts So spend the time doing that and then the other time of her exercise would be walking her and I walk a lot right now I mean every day We're putting in at least an hour to two hours of walking together Sometimes all of that in one shot sometimes that broken up in 30 45 minute bouts But you know we've been really good about and I've been back to wearing my Fitbit And so I've been over 10,000 steps every day So is she and that's been kind of what we've been hitting as our markers like okay Let's make sure we get enough steps in every day that we're walking enough to hit over 10,000 If we get to the gym and we can lift we're making sure that we're getting our big compound lifts And then our eating is adjusted, you know because we both know that we're not training like we were Three four years ago, you know diet is is it's definitely pulled back on calories So her and I are only eating, you know two times maybe three times in the day And that's what it looks like so on a Inconsistent week which I would say happens more often. She's not falling aesthetic to a tee She's doing things like that if it's a great week for her then she's following the program to a tee Yeah, actually, I mean he kind of reminded me about a couple things priming wise like we've had to do a lot of work on bracing and getting proper core connectivity because of past back problems and back injuries and so You know, there's a lot of that that I had to kind of go through and help to kind of coach and teach and ritualize Because she hated doing any kind of mobility drills. I just wants to get into the workout I know a lot of people can relate to that but in terms of like being able to then Prime ahead of time and in able to get into the actual like workouts and go do the workouts to the tee required a lot of prime work ahead of time with You know certain techniques the wall tests for one and then also with the windmill just really learning to Be able to maintain that tension throughout and embrace and support while also rotating the spine and and getting through movement like that So that's been like really, you know a key factor with her improving being able to build off of that as well Next question is from CD champs 17 in honor of Mother's Day What's one thing that your mother instilled in you when you are young that you're grateful for today? Oh Yeah, that's a good one about the mom. Yeah, you know one thing my mom did When I was a kid is she always allowed? us to have an opinion and She would allow us to discuss and argue our points Which you know, I could see some parents saying oh, that's not a good thing because you know, you just got it you say what you know what the rules are and that's the way it is or whatever and I it wasn't like I was I won sometimes I did but usually I didn't but she allowed the me to feel like I had a say and to discuss and debate with my mom and It's you know, this was very valuable looking back because I still respected her But it made me feel like I had a say and it helped me sharpen My voice helped me sharpen kind of how I can discuss and learn things, you know, and and looking back I'm really really grateful on that kind of stuff I mean we would I remember you know, I you guys know I played the trumpet for a few years and as a kid, right? In elementary school. I forgot and then oh, yeah, I did big hornblower. Oh, yeah, and Shut up. You had you play the saxophone But I You know, I started I did it I convinced her I wanted to do it my parents bought me the you know Bok, you know trumpet. They're expensive expensive. You know cuz I was class like 500 bucks Hmm, and I did it and I didn't like it after the first year and I talked to her about it I'm like, I don't want to do this anymore. She's like, well, we invested the money You made the commitment so we got it whatever so it was like this discussion that we would have now I didn't of course She didn't let me like whine and complain about it But she would let me talk about it and we'd have these debates and discuss discussions by the time I got to seventh grade I had this music teacher that I just could not stand it couldn't this late nobody liked this lady It wasn't great. And so I actually sat her down and I said, you know, I said mom You you really want me to do well in all of my classes. You want me to perform well in school? And she says yeah, I do and I said well the the stress of Taking this class is effecting that as I put up this great argument, you know this great Your point that I had and my mom smiled and she says that's a really good point So you still have to finish the year But I like that you that you presented yourself that way So we'll talk about at the end of the year and I was able to quit afterwards But she allowed me to have that that say which I think is part of you know Now has become kind of part of of who I am and I appreciate that Hmm. Yeah, I well, I'm trying to think like we've we've definitely had our our battles back and forth my mom and I but we I know like now looking back like some things that were really great that she instilled in me were Very much like the creative outlets like she would again expose me to music expose me to you know crafts and We'd spend a lot of time really building and and exploring things and drawing and like I was My mom is very very artistic and she still kind of expresses that a lot through Costuming and and lots of stuff like that in different projects and just getting herself involved in things and that's definitely where that comes from for me in terms of just the exploring ideas and then creating them and and you know like figuring out that whole process and how To improve and and just come up with ideas and and so she was real instrumental with that the other part of it was like Just very fiery. She's a redhead You know like is is very like if if somebody was messing with me like it say it was a teacher that like she felt like was You know come like giving me a bad grade for something that I didn't deserve Which did happen a few times like one of them was I was actually being a I was a TA For a teacher as a goof. This is kind of an off-track story But I used to like mess with this teacher all the time in class I was like the class clown with this with my other friend and she'd kick us out all the time like out of class And this is just something that we were just like, you know, I could understand why she didn't like me And so I thought it'd be funny to be her TA and do everything like perfect But I knew she hated the fact that I was there with her, right? It's it's so I was just there to be annoying and And so this whole semester like I'm doing everything she possibly could have wanted You know me to do or whatever and then she gave me like a C or like a C-minus or whatever. She couldn't as a teacher's aid Yeah Yeah, just to be I've never even heard anyone getting a C for a teacher, right? She's just being a bitch. It's supposed to be an easy. Hey, exactly. That's why I was banking on that easy a right And so I'm like, ah, whatever, you know, like that's obviously she hated me You know, that's fine. My mom like I got this wild hair and just like went down there and then just like let her have it and then like Got her to change the grade. I so I had to be really careful about what I told my mom is the point like she was just very Like would would go out to battle anybody on behalf of her family She's very like loyal protective like and so that that's something like I do I do share that But I had to be real real careful because what I would tell her in terms of like, you know Any of these other teachers are things that would come up and in a rise because I'd be like, I don't want you go down there Do nothing about it. You know mom. I got this But yeah, I mean that's for the most part You know, dude, you reminded me a story. I my mom never cursed never in fact As adults now if she says shit, which is rare. Mm-hmm my siblings and I are all like, oh my god Mom said bad word when I was a kid never except for one time. I remember I was sitting. I was young I must have been like seven, you know sitting in the front is before anybody gave a shit So you kid sitting you can sit in your lap while you drive nobody cared but I'm sitting in the driver's side on the passenger side and My mom goes to take off. Yeah at the at the stop sign and a truck Almost hits us slams the brakes and you know protective mode my mom right protective mode She rolls the window down and the guy's looking at her and it's like in the healer moment and my mom goes Fuck you motherfucker Dude, I heard that at my mom's mouth and I was like Powerful zero to MF And then the dude drove by big words. Yeah, she's driving. I'm like mom. You said a lot of bad words He really made me angry. She didn't say anything else I remember I'll never forget that because that's such a weird thing for so much more powerful. We never here. Oh my gosh hilarious my mom Definitely is responsible for my moral foundation and my faith for sure. So the that is came from her she instilled in that in me at a very young age and No doubt as as challenging of a childhood as I may have had she probably had as Challenging if not more challenging. So I also got a lot of my grit from my mom So the ability to overcome adversity as all the things that we had we'd gone through I never felt like My mom sat on our hands and was like oh poor me poor us. It was always like we're gonna get through this We're gonna be okay. We're fine and she always had this resiliency and this faith that was Unbelievable because we did we always made it we've survived. We are fine and no matter whether we were bouncing from house to house or dealing with my dad dying and then Being in an abusive relationship all these things that she went through She always got back up again and my mom was somebody who ended up getting her degree like in her 40s So she later in life finished her degree And and finally finished what her all her lifelong dream was as long as I could remember My mom wanted to be this teacher and then she was always going Chipping away at school while she was also trying to raise five kids and work through a husband dying and then being in an abusive relationship and bouncing around from town to town and The fact that she still you know persevered through all that made it and has got a great life for herself now Loves what she does for a living If it wasn't for her, there's no way that I probably would have The ambition and probably the grit that I have I definitely have that running through me and I'm for sure That came from yeah, if you really think about it moms really have such a Huge role in shaping society because and I don't think sometimes they don't get credit because they're not the Elon musks of the world or the bill gates or the Whatever, but when you really think about it, you know and the statistically they'll show this Moms Statistically spend far more time With their children than fathers do that's been historic Throughout most I guess all have recorded human history. This has been pretty much true in every almost every civilization Even today With our society where you know the roles are not nearly as clear defined as they were before they still Spend far more time it's still far less likely for a mom to to not be present with their kids and a dad or whatever So they play very important roles In shaping our societies and so I think they don't get they can get all the credit in the world They still don't get enough credit Yeah, and with that go to mind pump free calm and download all of our guides and resources They're all free you can also find your favorite podcast hosts ever On instagram you can find justin at mind pump justin You can find me at mind pump sal adam at mind pump adam and by the way dug also has An instagram page He shows you all the behind-the-scenes stuff the equipment we use the podcast the cameras How frustrating it is for him to deal with us as his partners Go on mind pump dug at mind pump dug on instagram check it out