 It's been exactly a year since the Expo grind and previous to that year as many of you know I was an employee of Slingshot, so I worked with Slingshot in strip training And I did the Expo five years running Probably about five years running every single Expo basically Northern California or excuse me Northern America at least in the US Which was a grind. It was a hustle. I Wouldn't know if I'd say I'd take a lead on those because I didn't do a lot of the preparatory work But game days I kind of took lead and I was the first one in to set up I was the first one in the booth to open it every morning, which at certain events It's like seven in the morning plus a time change So seven in the morning plus a time change head in East as a three-hour difference I'm at the booth four o'clock my time and then I'm clean up and head home. So We'll see what the experience is like today. I didn't have to set up I went and said said what's up when they were setting up and show me around the booth You took a year off the booth and now you're in charge of everything and now you got another booth Yeah, so we went here last year We're here this year But the year before that we only had about two of these booth spaces and we thought like we were already the shit We're like you coming up in life And then it was just table and then behind the table We just had our apparel and then we had the deadlift comp but then this year We wanted to make an experience. We wanted you guys to feel The the vibe that you would feel like at our gym Different vibe different year new year knew me I appreciate it all my time at slingshot. I know you guys still comment what's going on, but just I guess Cut back in or refer to it like I was an employee either and I no longer work there I work for myself. So no hard feelings anywhere. It was an amazing time Mark gave me a lot of stuff a lot of blessings taught me a lot, but I basically Just want to work for myself adventure new things do what I want to do And so that's the route it takes how many of you have been in employment for the same place for over five years I'll work for a place for five years. I feel like it's pretty the norm. So just on to different things Been here for about half an hour. Maybe an hour pretty fucking wild Listen a lot of Joe Rogan lately. I like just as my set in life and he talks about comedy being one of the unique things where You'll kind of get direct feedback on his product or on his craft or on his content So he can adjust either on the fly or for sure for the next show. We do YouTube or even Instagram or podcast We don't know we make a final product. We chuck it out there We try to get a good thumbnail title, but we don't know if we're gonna watch or give feedback and being off I give feedback from that and then try to adjust down the road But that's like a one month feedback rather than Rogan's get that direct feedback. So it's a little different I can't really adjust on the fly So taking a year off expose is kind of hard to sell Like if the feedback is happening if it's reaching real people because all you see is a counter on YouTube or a counter a number I like to put faces to some of that stuff. So First half an hour. I say the YouTube poppin bro Barbara Gay's boots go a while. They're doing some deadlift competition. I think we're gonna chill for a bit They're gonna make our rounds say what up to all the homies at the other booths slingshots around the corner Barbara Get our make squats around the corner. We'll just go see what's up to people And I got to come back here. We're gonna help people deadlift But it's cool to see it's cool to see the content reaching real people rather than just the counter Although these days are tiring although they long although they're not always my favorite thing It's always cool to meet all you guys. So appreciate appreciate the love and we had a long day ahead of us I just saw an overall vibe, you know day one the difference One I'm not technically working like we kind of talked about and then two I don't have anything to sell pitch whatever like Working for Slingshot was a blessing I helped build the company the company helped build me and taught me a lot But I was always constantly in a marketing and business mindset where now Maybe I'm even in more in it a content creative Entertainment mindset where I get to worry just about my content I get to worry about meeting you guys that watch this meeting the people that I've coached meeting the people that do kai Zen The meeting the people that support Barbara gate and Reebok and my other sponsors It's a it's switching hats in a way where not that I didn't have fun But I had always focused on marketing and business always that was my job. It was a job and now I'm not working so I guess I'm a guest or I'm a Content creator an influencer. I'm a sponsored athlete or whatever it might be just has to switch my mindset Both are very fun. Both are very high energy both. I think my personality well But overall energy is a lot better It's late at night right now and typically the blog probably wouldn't even make it this long because I'll be so damn Tired I'll be eating a steak and then go to bed and waking up at six in the morning do it again So energy is good. It's rough because we have a week ahead So be sure to subscribe like this shit because we got some shit come and turn on the notifications Because we're gonna be here for a week chillin with Bart Gio and the crew and then I got Barbara gate retreat We're going on. We're going out to the mountains or the desert. I'm gonna film some of that, too So it's just different. It's different. My energy is high which feels good. My feet are tired And again taking a year off. It was just cool to see some of the old homies, you know Like just to just shoot the shit with Meg Squad say what's up to Bucci Say what's up to Bradley Martin some of the cats that I used to see almost every month or every eight weeks at different expos I haven't seen some of them in a year. So that was cool. It's cool to be back in the mix I was always on the you know grind hustle murder kill making content and being in fitness and coaching people but this is This is more face-to-face. It's more in person. You feel more of the industry You feel more of your work and your effort when you're here you You're so much a marketing business is online now. So to have any part of it be in person Give some satisfaction that whatever I'm doing is hopefully in the right direction and the sport of you guys is immense So I appreciate it. I think we're going to dinner Starting even though that that was the best FedExpo meal. I've ever had it was a random chicken sandwich It was the best FedExpo meal shout out to my chicken sandwich guy