 Yo, what's up guys? I'm here with my good friend Julian Thomas. Julian Thomas, why don't you introduce yourself? Well, I'm a fitness transformation coach. I help powerful young men get ripped and Without giving up their lifestyle living it leading an active social life and eating a lot of foods that they enjoy eating pretty much Julian makes you into Determinator literally like this dude is built like a fucking brick house So we're gonna do a little bit role reversal today Julian will be educating you I'm gonna be behind the camera asking the questions. So here we go Let's do it. Let's do this All right Julian. So, you know your Your clients will say are like high-powered entrepreneurs executives and you work with them on a day-to-day basis What would you say is the number one question you get asked? Number one question I get asked. That's a good question There's always a multitude of questions. I mean it revolves around like what's the best exercise? What's the best supplements? What's the best way of eating and underneath it all? I mean, it's a lot easier than you think I mean just like a mirror is always schooling young, you know, business is a lot easier than I make it out to be Overthinking things, you know when it comes down to following this certain set of principles, you're gonna get ripped That's your goal to get ripped There's certain key metrics you need to be tracking absolutely You know evolving around how many how much food are you taking and how much calories are you using or how much calories are you consuming? And making sure you're making continuous progress in your strength training I mean you need to be focusing on two main things if your goal is to get ripped All right, you need to be focusing on maintaining your muscle and you do that by Focusing on strength training and the second thing is you need to be focused on shredding off fat which comes from Lowering or controlling your calorie intake and you do that by tracking it. So let me ask you this though Why should entrepreneurs executives really give a shit about how like how lean they are? Well, it just Man, you got your shit together in so many areas. I mean, I'm assuming most of Followers are Powerful entrepreneurs are at least aspiring to be myself included Well, you got your shit together in so many areas. Why don't you? Have an amazing body to go with that, right? Aren't you crushing it in the gym and being physically strong? I mean you are a powerful man Powerful man should be physically strong must be not should And living up to your highest potential in the physical arena as well And having a lean body just implies that you have a shit together with health And you're not just eating random bullshit all the time See Obviously this also leads to the fact that if you have a lean body you have more energy in your life And it's not about the how much time you have it's about how much energy you have in that time I can give you six hours and you stare at the computer going But if I can give you two hours and you have that optimal energy You can get more done in two hours than if I give somebody else something for six hours I Could get you ripped in two or three hours of training a week The rest of that's good My strength training is very simple. It's just a few key lifts. So let's talk about your You know, let's not over complicate something give us your top three suggestions or like master tips That someone can implement like today right now. I Would give the three components my program is based around one is your mental programming, okay? You have to really really this is very overlooked and a lot of fitness programs You need to start training your mind To be the person you want to become okay, so the first component of my program is actually mental programming So I have you visualize exactly who you want to become right and affirm that Every day every day and that's going to slowly guide your behavior you're getting into your unconscious subconscious mind and in the nature of that second thing is Metrics okay food intake tracking this stuff don't have to You know stay away from food you love. I'm not super dogmatic like that But so we can have cheesecake every day if you wanted Calorie budget I call it a calorie budget. That's good There's a certain amount of energy or calories are a lot of every day You'll find that some foods so you don't focus on macros and micros. Well macros. Yeah for sure Yeah, but there's certain ways of eating certain food choices make that would make your diet a lot easier So if you go with junk food You're gonna be hungry most of the time if you don't want to risk blowing your calorie budget versus if you focus on whole foods That will be a lot easier The third component is strength training, you know strategic training So what are the key lifts to do? What are the key things to focus on what's the training strategy? You know, I mean if you're trying to get ripped and you Doing a lot of arms high reps Not only are you gonna make your diet a lot harder, but you're not gonna get the lasting results Sustainable results you want because ideally you want to get to a body you're happy with and just do the minimum effect So let me ask you this if you're stuck on an island What equipment and you're only allowed to bring say one or two piece of equipment. What would you bring? Power cage But with barbell weights sure we'll include that we'll include that in there. All right So those things power cage barbell bench and a weight set So I'm assuming that you're a big fan of the squat the deadlift and overhead press good question I myself don't squat Last for me this interview is over. I Like that lift that lifts is a good full-body exercise. Um squats. I mean for me squats are a preference Flat bench press is a preference, but you're not against squats. I'm not against them I just don't want a thick lower body sure I get aesthetic. I need to be mobile I you know I play volleyball. I do but with the guys with skinny legs, man Squats come in handy. Yeah, yeah, it's what's it great to stick it up your legs But really at the end of the day is it is are you happy with it? Right, are you gonna be happy with thick legs? You can be happy with a 30 inch waist and they can't fit into any jeans So you have to get 34 36 you said I mean these are things that you have to think about if you're trying to Just get big by any means and you're following a coach that recommends high volume training lots of lower body Focusing on the number on the scale versus how you actually feel and how you actually look right what I train my students in is an aesthetic look so give us like a rundown on a Diet plan in an exercise regimen for a week Okay, you're not eating for the first several hours of your day. You must be crazy Intermediate Powerful powerful methods to get shredded quickly. It's it is. I love it and it's very very Complementary to most entrepreneur lifestyles, right, which is go go go hectic The second thing I mean there's two routes you can take you can pre plan your meals Which I do for some of them or you can go which is a much more pragmatic approach Which is flexible dieting so in other words Eating on the goal, but you're tracking and you're making sure you're not blowing your calorie budget for the day So explain that calorie budget. So what do you mean like if I'm allowed allocated 2,500 per day or something? So there's a certain number That a number of calories that if you took in every day based on you know, your height your weight And your activity level that would just Maintain that that number would just maintain your weight. Okay, so what we do We want to do what I'll get you to do Right taking my program is to calculate that number and then you're going to shave Certain percentage off usually go with 20. That's the modern So in doing so and sticking to that new number that new level Right, your body has to release energy To make up the difference between how much you're actually taking in and what maintain will be so in that release You lose fat because fat is the stored energy that's being released so do you Gradually decrease calories or is like for example, let's say we find out it's 3,000 you take then you said 20% will be 2800 so is it for like the first month 2800 then the next moment be 26 more like I mean Maintenance for me based on my activity level would probably be around 25 2600. Yeah, I want to bulk. I'll go up to 28,000 right if I want to get shredded I would go down to 18 or 17 Let me ask you this what's your take on all these different camps out there the low carbs high carbs Keto although a question all those guys. I've had experience with just about every way of eating possible What about what about the seafood I heard that one see food I see and I eat it Okay guys at the end of the day What is enjoyable a.k.a. sustainable for you, right and What will get you the results without you hating yourself hating your life, right for me? Ketogenic works for a lot of people. I don't like it. That's a tough diamond. I try I try it for a year, you know, it's tough Yeah, so you know low carb with which is I mean it's effective, but My favorite foods involve carbs and I'm sure yours do too. So we have to find something else now I tried carb back loading which is eating carbs that you know the end of the day Tried all these different things. What I found that suits well with my lifestyle is a little bit of flexible dieting Right, but I track everything I eat right because I'm on the go a lot. I can't bring meals with me everywhere Fasting so there's a period of deliberately not eating Just by that alone you reduce calories that alone. Yeah, it can help because you eliminate what you eliminate one meal though You can but it also allows you to have bigger meals when you do eat which is like a boss You know, it's a lot more stationing. So I'm not a big fan of like the six meals a day thing What's your take on one meal? Sometimes I have one meal a day, but it's a boss meal Well, again, I mean it's like literally all my calories and it's at lunch Because I won't sometimes all depends on why I feel and I would literally eat like probably like 3,000 calories in one sitting Like the warrior diet exactly exactly yeah, if it's enjoyable and it works for you. That's what I recommend Yeah, three pounds of fish. So I teach I mean if you go to my website join Thomas dot fitness You can see you know, I have a look I have that look that ripped look and I just show them the look man. I Teach what works for me. He's being modest. He's shy what I've discovered over the years that really works for me Okay, and that's it that's it So I mean if it goes well with you to gel as well and I find that it's been very effective for my clients and they happen Mostly entrepreneurs and executives and if it works for you great It works for them But ultimately at the end of the day, it's gonna take some trial and error to really find what works best for you But most of them there's about all of them you need to track those key metrics track How much you're eating if you're trying to get shredded if you're trying to build your business and not focusing on numbers You know mirror will tell you you're not gonna get anywhere, right KPIs, baby, right? So if you're trying to get shredded or even bulk up if you're not tracking numbers, you're just playing a guessing game That's it. That's a big takeaway for them for this message. I think sweet awesome turn this around right now So we get in frame All right guys, you heard it from Julian the Terminator right here Track your stuff track your food Try some IF try low carb, try paleo try whatever each person is unique, you know, for example myself I Like kind of seasonal, but then again, I'm kind of more in the low carb. It just for me. I notice anything higher carb I just don't feel good as simple as that But then again, you know, I'm not a stickler if I'm out for dinner with some friends and colleagues or business partners Man, I'm gonna have some fucking fun. You know, I mean and gorge out on all different sorts of food I think too many too many people make food a religion It's not religion. It should be fun. That's what food is breaking bread is fun. It's an enjoyment You should be happy doing it. So figure out what works for you. All right, Julian I know a lot of people they want to know how they can get a hold of you my friend Check out Julian Thomas. Fitness. That's my website right now and you can sign up to my email list and I send out Different just send out about an email every week on this kind of topics and just revolve all around getting shredded especially if you're Powerful ambitious man. I'm gonna help you. I'm gonna help do it. All right guys catch you guys later. Adios. Peace