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Episode 160 KY VUONG ( Key Fitness Hawaii )
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What if the secret to lifelong fitness wasn't found in trendy gym routines or cutting-edge equipment, but in movements that make everyday life better?
Ky Vuong, owner of Key Fitness Hawaii, brings over three decades of expertise to this eye-opening conversation about functional fitness. Beginning with a touching story of how helping a depressed 70-year-old widower at his local YMCA launched his career, Ky shares why training for real life produces better results than traditional gym approaches.
The standout innovation discussed is Ky's revolutionary Fit Truck – a mobile fitness unit equipped to train up to 30 people simultaneously anywhere with parking space. This game-changing concept is already transforming how volleyball clubs, football teams, and everyday fitness enthusiasts approach training in Hawaii.
Beyond equipment, Ky delves into his science-based approach to unilateral training, explaining how exercises that work one side of the body create stronger stabilizing muscles crucial for everything from carrying children to maintaining balance as we age. He challenges conventional wisdom about nutrition, drawing from his Asian heritage to advocate for sustainable eating rather than restrictive dieting.
Perhaps most valuable is his insight into motivation – finding each person's unique "dangling carrot" that drives their fitness journey. Whether you're a competitive athlete, a busy parent, or a senior looking to maintain independence, this conversation offers practical wisdom for training that enhances life rather than consuming it.
Ready to rethink what fitness means for your life? Listen now, then connect with Keevon on Instagram at @Fit4U3000 or visit keyfitnesshawaii.com to experience the difference functional training can make.
Introduction to Key Fitness Hawaii
Speaker 2Aloha, welcome to another edition of the Above the Bridge podcast. I'm your host, thaddeus Park. If this is your first time tuning into the show, you can find us wherever you get your podcasts. We're pretty much on every single platform. Our YouTube channel is Above the Bridge podcast. We're pretty much on every single platform. Our YouTube channel is Above the Bridge Podcast. Our website is atbpodcom. Please like, subscribe, leave a comment if you can, it matters, and thank you for tuning in. Aloha. Okay, this week on Above the Bridge Podcast, my guest is a fitness instructor. He owns Key Fitness Hawaii Keevon. What's up, man? Hey?
Speaker 1how's it?
Speaker 2I'm super grateful that you are taking some time out to talk to me. I've been a fan of your Instagram and I've been getting a lot of key things from just your Instagram posts. One thing I did see from one of your posts it was a girl talking about how much you're respected more for being in shape and, as superficial as it sounds, it's the truth and I've noticed that in my life and I'm sure you noticed that in your life. But stuff like that that you're posting is super beneficial to your viewers.
Speaker 1Absolutely For me. Consider a fitness professional If you can say, or you can be this or that, but to actually live it. And that's why I do my posts. You can see, like this morning I was up 4.30 in the morning and did some exercising and it's just, you know, I slept early, I felt good and I want to share with you that. You know, as a 54 year old dad, I have two little kids, I have a full-time job, I have a wife, I have a house, I have all that, like you. So there's no excuse.
Speaker 1And for me to post that it's to hopefully like you, to motivate and therefore you can say you know, if you can do it, I can do it. And, as someone that understands body, you want to be in good shape because you know you can like, say, you go to a car lot and you want to buy a new car. You want someone that knows exactly what that car does. Plus, you want someone that's also professional, looking, not just kind of, you know, like I'm not saying well put together, but if you have another person that's just very well-groomed, speaks very well, but also very nice and engaging, genuine, you're going to be attracted to that person because he or she is very successful and you can tell people, just radiate that and I'm hoping to bring that experience and that professionalism in the fitness arena and that's why, by doing these posts and seeing all this stuff, I hope people get traction and understand and, you know, follow me and learn more, because that's the one I want to do is just share my experience and also my degree and practical experience.
Speaker 2That's awesome and I do agree, like if you're in the fitness business, you kind of got to walk it like you talk it. I see and I'm not going to mention names but at the gym that I train at, I see a bunch of trainers and they're not even in shape. So it's like how can you motivate people to get on a fitness journey if you can't even have the discipline to do it yourself? I feel like from watching what you're doing you walk it like you talk it you are very knowledgeable of what you're doing, but how did you even get into fitness from the start and what was your journey from from when you first started this whole thing?
Speaker 1excellent question. Um, I believe I was 14 years old. I grew up in maryland and I volunteer at the local ymca as a fitness instructor and I'm just working there to get, you know, credit for high school. You know, when you volunteer you get those. It's one of those that prerequisite to graduate. So I had a local YMCA close to my house.
Speaker 1I did it and I tell you what it changed my life. Because I was working with a 70-year-old man. His name was Bob and I could tell he was sad and depressed but he was doing all the exercises wrong. And I just came up to him and said, hey, you know what's your name, introduced myself and we kind of hit it off just talking, and then I was demonstrating some of the exercises for him. He followed through, he was quiet, you know an older white guy, and then as the weeks and the days and the months came, he could see improvement. He, as the weeks and the days and the months came, he could see improvement. He could say, god Key, you know you really changed my life, my confidence. He started talking to women. He was all depressed because you know he was a widower, and then he said he gained his confidence back. I said, damn, bob, that feels good. And he pulled me aside and said Key, you know, I want to let you know you can make a good living here as a trainer and helping someone you know understand their body and getting them building their confidence back, like you did to me. But you got to go to school and understand the basics body mechanics, you know all that good stuff, business. And I said you know what? Okay, I take that to heart, fast forward, graduated from high school, research, local colleges nothing in Maryland that I like. But there was a college called Springfield College in Massachusetts, same college as the mayor, rick Blanger. Just to let you know, we're alumni. Springfield College, massachusetts. Google it. It's a birthplace of Basketball Hall of Fame as well, and I did really well in that program Exercise, physiology and Business Management, graduated top of my program every year there.
Speaker 1I like to say that because I worked really hard. I worked three jobs in school, so I pay my own way. I had full scholarship plus extra things. But I also, you know, didn't ask for mom and dad because I knew we were struggling at the time. You know we came from a poor background and as the oldest of three, I wanted to set an example for my two younger brothers. So I worked three jobs. I also trained I was. So you know what an RA is. It's called resident assistant. Yes, yeah, it's like a mini landlord.
Speaker 1Well, I got selected for that position and I was in charge of this juniors and seniors in this apartment complex. They gave me free room and board. That already took half of the tuition. Oh yeah, room and board cost board that already took half of the tuition. The room of board costs the most. And being selected it's not easy. I think over 80 applicants, there's only eight positions. So out of 80, they pick eight and the dean had to. You know, are you a good person? Because you know they entrusted you with a skeleton key. That skeleton key gets access to any room you want, right, and I had, I think, 75% women that I was in charge of and the other 20% men, seniors. So they entrusted on me, you know, as a person, that a good moral and faith and everything. They know that. Okay, they, they picked you for reasons. So I like to say that you know that was. I was honored that he picked me and it helped out with my college education.
Speaker 2That's awesome. To back it up, what got you first on your fitness journey to helping other people was how it made you feel to help someone else. I feel like, because of that is like your base, that's your root. That makes it a lot easier to grow, because the value of you helping somebody else is what kind of started you off on this journey. That's kind of interesting to know, because most people at that age are more selfishly driven and for you to kind of take it that way kind of shows where you're coming from from the beginning. That's kind of a cool start story. Start story thank you.
Speaker 1I think, growing up as mom and dad, you know they the way they treated me as the older brother. I like helping people. I see them change makes me feel good. You can be six years old to 90 years old. If you get stronger, better, improving everything, I'm happy and that's what I like to do. Just make people better, you know. But in order to make them better, you have to to be better.
Speaker 1You know, I went through a lot of trials and tribulations on myself. You know a lot of up and downs and and I know what it's like to gain 40 pounds and then lose 40 pounds, to be severely depressed and then and then come back in life again, cause you know we can come to that later. But you know it just makes me feel good to make someone better, make someone happier, more confident and just, just, taking life by by balls, just go with it. So that's sorry, that's just the way I feel. You know, if, if you give me an opportunity to help you out, give me one day, give me one, you know, one month, I promise I can make you think about personal training and fitness altogether.
Early Fitness Journey and Education
Speaker 2Okay, that's super. It sounds very motivating. So after college, what was your kind of baseline to starting your business and kind of helping other people gain their fitness goals?
Speaker 1Let me go back real quick. So throughout high school I was also a very competitive athlete and I think because of strength training, volunteering at the YMCA forces me to work out hard. As I work out harder, my body started to change. It's because of my discipline. I ate very well. Growing up in a household that we always eat together as a family, always have the rice soup, rice, protein, carbs, all that good stuff. We had no supplement. There's no money for that. I don't even know what a supplement was. It was just food. Growing up, if you talk to any Asian household, 34 years, they all ate wholesome food. There's no supplement. What's creatine? No creatine. If you eat a piece of steak, that's enough creatine for the whole week. People don't know that, you know. So by lifting weights, bettering myself, improving my sports performance, I got better, better, better, and when I went to college I did some wrestling, played some football, but I also did my first bodybuilding show as a the dare you know, springfield College, massachusetts. It's predominantly white, right.
Speaker 1I was one of a few, maybe a handful of Asian kids and a couple of these guys, like you know, I bet you can't. You can't do this bodybuilding show. Yeah, you looked okay, but you're too small, you're too skinny. I said really, I was like, okay, so to me these are my friends, daring me and you know me, I'm one of those type where, if you dare me, you don't know what I can do and you're going to make me spark this little challenge. And I said you know, I'll take that as a challenge.
Speaker 1I did the show and I think out of 30 or 40 people, I got top three. I was ecstatic. I was one of the smallest kids on the, the only Asian boy, but I know how to move. And hearing everyone applause and clap you know, because it's your first show and they are like holy crap, that Chinese dude is ripped or he knows how to move Made me feel good. I could hear that. And then I just started the competitive natural bodybuilding and I did. I just kept going because it's just, it's a natural high. You can talk to anybody that's ever competed Once you start placing well, we well, or just stepping on stage and people clap, cheer and just it's a natural high that you will never, ever experience. It's awesome and you just kept, just keep on going so, wow.
Speaker 2So how long were you competing in that? What was it?
Speaker 1bodybuilding yeah, that's, it was a college bodybuilding show, so that was my first show. From then on till now I've done over 100 shows natural body, natural body, men's physique, um, board shorts, you know natural. All different organizations I went to the mainland, you know compete all over, so I have a lot of experience with that and I that's why I like to help people. If you want to compete, I can help you with that. Know the natural process. You know, do it the right way, the effective way and healthy way.
Speaker 2So you know, do it the right way, the effective way, in a healthy way. So yeah, when you say natural, that's obviously no steroids.
Speaker 1You guys get tested and stuff for that. Some some good organization do test you but unfortunately most don't, because it's very expensive I think it's almost like three to five hundred dollars per test kit that you have to pay your analysis and most companies don't do that. So we all know, know, you know I'm educated. A lot of these other guys educate. When you see a guy gain 30 or 40 pounds in over a year or somehow get shredded and lose 30, 40 pounds, we all know, you know, and then you can see a person change. You know, I've been pretty much the same. You know, from one 65 to one 75, one 80, always consistent, right, and no one's ever. You know from 165 to 175, 180, always consistent, right, and no one's ever, you know, can say, oh, your key's this, your key's that.
Speaker 1They might say I'm really strong for a reason, because I train crazy. I'm very. It's a strong mindset. You know, just like Bruce Lee said, we only use a few percent of our brain and that's why he's so strong, so powerful, because he had that ultimate mindset. He was way beyond his Kung Fu martial arts. I don't know if you guys understand his book, but he knew Kung Fu and he started his Wing Chun way before that thing even started, way before jujitsu and MMA. He was the pioneer. He fought that far ahead and people don't understand.
Speaker 1I like to align myself like that. I think so far ahead with my functional fitness training over 30 years ago. I did all this Before CrossFit, before F45, before Orange State Fitness. I did this in school 30 years ago and people don't understand. It's been there, navy SEAL, all in the military. They do the same thing. It's just they didn't have a big Under Armour Reeboks or all these big companies to support it and package it and make it like that. That's the only way they're successful. So I tell everybody, I did all that, you know. So people think encrusted is awesome. It is, but there's a lot of injury-prone exercise over-the-head squat, you know a lot of people have shoulder labia tears and it's because of that and I really believe the founders one of them was probably a power lifter or a limp lifter and they wanted to include those exercise.
Speaker 1You know, if it was me, I would include more body weight exercise, more functional things that you can do that doesn't require that much skill hello, squatting, pushing, jumping. You know those are simple things that we need as a dad. You got to pick up your kids. You got to lift up that sucker and turn into a car seat and the car only can open. You know, because someone parked it so close and you have to maneuver that right. Well, that kids you're gonna lift up that sucker and turn into a car seat and the car only can open. You know, because someone parked it so close and you have to maneuver that right. Well, that will work. Your obliques, your lower back, and if you don't train your core, you're gonna that little disc gonna slip, you're gonna have a hurt lower spine, right. So these are things that people need to know. Functional fitness is important and that's what it's needed.
Speaker 2So yeah, and I've read that on your website and it kind of made a lot of sense to me. Functional fitness not everybody's trying to train to be an athlete or to be in the olympics or to fight or it's, like you said, everyday things that you need your body to function. So functional fitness is probably a good target market for everyday people, because we all need it. We all need to be fit, we all need to, like you said, be able to do things for your family and be able to function without oh, I want to tweak out my back or just everyday things. Everybody can get hurt doing everyday things, like picking up your kid or whatever. But functional fitness is definitely something that most people don't target and I did notice that just from reading your website and it resonated with me personally, because I'm not training for anything anymore. I'm just trying to stay in shape, but there are ways to do it where I won't hurt myself or I won't be trying to get super huge, or I don't need to be able to bench 400 pounds, because I'm not going to need that in my life. Exactly how do you resonate that with people to understand how functional fitness is more predominantly based for everyday people.
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Speaker 1You know I bring it back to being a dad again. As a dad, you have kids, you have a wife, you may have a mortgage, a house. So you need to be a strong dad, role model, a provider, and that's what functional fitness gives you. If you go to any gym 100%, you will see tons of guys. All they will see tons of guys. All they do is one-dimensional lifts, meaning you lay on a bench and there's a bar, a compound, and you just press up. That's it.
Functional Fitness Philosophy
Speaker 1I, on the other hand, will take two dumbbells put on the incline. When I bench press, I put one arm straight, I push the other arm, then the other arm. So this is unilateral. I do this side, then I do this side and I do double and I take it to another level. If you really fit, I sit on a Swiss ball. Swiss ball is those round ball that a lot of physical therapists use. Just by balancing yourself and sitting on. That requires core strength and your feet, ankle build. Now I'm pressing on an incline, so I'm engaging my body like it's no tomorrow. All those muscles, stabilized muscles, muscles that supports the bigger muscle, are firing like crazy because it doesn't want my body to fall. So those muscles are activated right. These are muscles that you're going to use in your life. Say, when you go hiking with your friends and your little baby gets hurt, you have to pick up that sucker on your right hand. Now you're lifting this baby up the hill or down the hill wherever hiking, but guess what? This 30 or 40 pounds on this side. So your whole right side better be strong. So that's unilateral training.
Speaker 1Most guys don't understand that and this is because of education. This is going to school, understanding the body. You know most personal trainers, the certifications don't teach them all that Little bits and pieces, but not as much as me. I've been four or five years practical experience, theory, you know testing. You know there's a lot of stuff I can share. But you know most people that don't know me. They just assume that you know he doesn't know what he's talking about, this or that, and it's sad because if they sit down and talk to me like you're talking to me, you know that I make a lot of sense and there's a lot of truth to it. And, truth be told, I wish more people would try to do what I do, because it will really benefit you. It's going to make you a stronger dad, healthier dad, a more effective dad, and you can also pass it on to your other friends, maybe your sons, your daughters or even your neighbors and your friends, and everybody will understand the value of functional fitness.
Speaker 2That's awesome. I do agree with you, because I know people that consider themselves a trainer or personal trainer, but I know they don't have a background in the science behind it or they're not certified. You could be a fighter, you could do this and that, and then all of a sudden I'm a personal trainer. But what are your credentials? What are? What are you willing to put on paper? Show me that you're certified, so that you're understanding the difference between why you do certain exercises and why you don't. Just anybody can say they're a personal trainer, but to be certified kind of makes a difference. You have a credible certification resume and that enables you to put down on paper. And this is why I do these drills or different exercises because I know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 1I know the physiology, physiology behind it yep and and certification is great, uh, but it's only one part. For me, education is more important Because you can be certified six, eight months. But try going to school for four to five years and getting a degree. It's completely different. But I have both. I have academics, certification and experience being competing in 100 shows. So I give you all that. So I want to be a complete. We call it trifecta. You know all three pieces come together. I want to give people that. So I challenge everyone.
Speaker 1Next time you have a trainer, if you join a gym and someone just awards you this trainer, ask that trainer a lot of questions. You as a consumer has every right to choose, just like a new car. You don't just a salesman come and give you this car. No, you're going to drive at least test drive four or five different cars before you like the right one. Right as a personal trainer. When you select someone, don't you want to talk to other clients with that trainer or maybe interview that trainer or watch that trainer train their other clients? So just be selective, because you're paying a lot of money.
Speaker 1Some people I know at the gym pay 80, 90, a hundred bucks an hour to this trainer and you look at that, trainer's like that person shouldn't be a trainer because not only do they not look the part I can understand, but also they don't pay attention. They're on their cell phone. They're not engaging their client, they just sit there and they count the reps. They're not looking at their form, making sure their alignment is good, their education, the motivation there's nothing there, right? So when I train somebody, we're just working out together. I do all that and the client starts looking at me and they start comparing. That trainer gets mad. It's not my fault. You're not engaging like I'm engaging and I'm just meeting your friend's training and I'm just giving you that. So imagine me as a trainer, you as a client. I give you even more. You know you are. I don't want to present with you, I'm making sure everything is perfect, one through 10, 10 points.
Speaker 2As a trainer and I stumbled upon this when I used to teach martial arts. But how hard is it for you to get someone unmotivated to be motivated to where they're not half-assing the routine or they're not going through the motions? How do you get them to be committed and motivated to actually do what you're asking them to do? For me, that was my biggest pet peeve. I hated trying to teach unmotivated people. How do you get them to come out of that stigmatism?
Speaker 1Good question. Everybody has a carrot, a dangling carrot. What is their incentive? As a dad, my carrot was my kids, my young little kids. They want to see a strong dad, a dad they can be proud of For you. Maybe money, maybe confidence, maybe a single guy looking to get married? Maybe he wants to date that girl? When I can find out what that care incentive is, I'm going to use that. You know, he's been telling me. Oh, you know, I know this girl. She's at Starbucks. She always makes the best call.
Speaker 1Well, how about this? I'm going to get you super awesome. Give me 30 days and watch 30. He's going to feel good. 60 days you'll look awesome, stronger. 90 days you'll walk around with a tank top, you're ready and he's like oh my God. So that's certain ways. So for me, find that incentive. What is that carrot that I can dangle you and then I run with that and that's it. Everybody needs some sort of motivation. If you don't have the motivation, everybody's here looking to get fit, but he's strong, but why? There's got to be a why. Once I find out what that why is, then we can harpoon that thing. I can go for that and the target and come up with different ways to make. That Does that make sense, dad.
Speaker 2That definitely makes sense and that definitely gets me going, because I try to do that with my daughter. My daughter's an athlete and I try to get her motivated and I recently been understanding like now she's self-motivated, which was my goal, so that it had to. The results had to kind of well, the work had to show the results. So, because she got the results she wanted, she understood the work I forced her to do was was had, had value, and now that work is self-motivated by it, she wants to do it herself, and that's that was my goal.
Speaker 2And and sometimes it takes a long time to reach the results you want, and so the work does. It doesn't come as easy, but once you hit the results, the work is self-motivating. It's just like someone doing a diet it's hard to say no to cake, it's hard to say no to sweets and stuff, but once you start noticing like, oh, I lost like five pounds, oh, I'm looking a little better, that result motivates you to stick with it and get deeper into it, which which is what I've learned through my fitness journeys and and through helping my daughter you just gotta, as a trainer, kind of hit those goals and get them motivated absolutely.
Speaker 1You know, for a guy, if you start seeing a line, an ab or two and a bicep, it takes somebody, an opposite sex or somebody that you like, an attractive person, to pay you a compliment. You're, you're on cloud nine, man. You're like, oh my god, you know whether it be somebody complimenting a girl that she's been squatting. Her jeans feel a little tighter. That means the booty got bigger. She's going to be ecstatic. And some girl tell a guy hey, man, your arm's looking good, it's looking thick. I have some veins coming out. Oh my God, the guy's going to be like holy crap, that's it.
Speaker 1He's going to go back to the gym and do more arms you know what I mean. Like that, something that will get you pumped up, your daughter being self-motivated. Maybe she wants to, you know, be one of the best you know athlete there, you know, make her team, improve her team and surprise her coach or make her coach proud, I don't know. But to be that self-motivated at that young age, that's pretty impressive. So kudos to you. So you know, as a good dad, you probably somehow paved the way for her to do that, you know. So you know, as a good dad, you probably somehow paved the way for her to do that. You know, say certain things, do certain things for her to say, ok, I got, I get it now, dad, and that's it.
Speaker 2So yeah, and it just took a long time to kind of get it to where she gets self-motivated. And at a young age sometimes it's harder. But, like you said, you just had to connect the dots, find out what her motivation was and then show the results to the work. And, yeah, it's been cool if she, my daughter, is like today we're gonna go, uh, do some drills or whatever. Um, okay, I want to take a short break to shout out our sponsor, medicinal mushroom hawaii. There are locally based medicinal mushroom company and if you never took a look, go to their website, med mushroom highcom. They have five tinctures of extracted mushrooms. If you don't know what the medicinal properties of these mushrooms are, their website explains it all they they have lion's mane, chaga, red reishi, turkey tail and the brand new one, cordyceps, and they have all five on their website. You can purchase it if you go to their website, medmushroomhidecom, use promo code ATBPODUPON, check out all capitals. You'll get 45% off your first tincture of whatever mushrooms you want. You get 45% off your first tincture of whatever mushrooms you want. I use all of these religiously. I take the first three in the morning, I take the red reishi at night to help me sleep and the cordyceps for like a pre-workout give me energy throughout the day. Give them a look, medmushroomhighcom. Back to our show.
Speaker 2I first found out about you through one of our mutual friends, coach Kale, who is my daughter's club volleyball coach, and she sent me this video and it just kind of blew me away. You have this thing called the Fit Truck and I've never seen anything like it, I've never even heard about something like this. And she said what do you think about this? And I'm like what the heck that? Why hasn't, why haven't we been using this before? And she's been using this for her volleyball club, which is my daughter's volleyball club. And I don't know, just explain this thing. I don't know, just explain this thing. I don't think I'll do it justice. You need to tell people about this thing because I'm blown away and I don't know. It's a whole big production when I see that video.
Speaker 1I appreciate it. Uh, the fit truck. You know, key fitness, hawaii fit truck and it's pretty much um. I've always thought about how can people work out if they can't join a gym or they can't have access to that right, and I figure, okay. Mobile fitness yeah, we all know mobile fitness.
Speaker 1I've seen a couple vans, you know, guys throw some weights and then they drive around and it's okay, but it didn't really spark my interest. You know, I've always been training different things, but I came across this social media ad and this guy had the same thing I had, but he built it really awesome. You know, it was the both sides come up in the back and I was already drawn. I was impressed. Dude, this is what I've been wanting to do, but to see it in actual finished production and someone doing it, I said, oh my God. I contacted the guy. We started talking this last year November. They flew me down. I saw the concept. I liked the people, I liked their mechanics, I liked the owners. We agreed. I bought a truck, customized what I wanted to do. They built it. It took them. It was almost eight, nine months. I made the contract in December last year. It was just ready in July. So yeah, almost shipped it here. So here July 16th, so only more than a month it's only been here.
Speaker 2So more than a month. I made a lot of traction. It's only been in.
Speaker 1Hawaii since July 16th. It came from Washington, yeah, so San Diego. So today, what September? So, yeah, a little bit more than a month and a half. But it's a mobile fitness truck that can train up to 30 people, 40 the most, but I like to say 30. Meaning you have 30 people. They all can work at the same time. Within the truck are different squat racks that come out foldable, or rowers, ski urge, different ropes.
Speaker 1And then you know, when you see a fat, the videos do okay, but when you see it in person and you trying your daughter, it's like. It's like. You know, when you look at a nice piece of steak, you know that looks good, but when you eat it, it's like holy crap, it's like melted butter. So that's what I'm telling you. When you do it, your experience is completely like it changes the way of you thinking like, oh, functional fitness training. You know, I make it fun. Anyone could do this, but the skiers. I'm going to have you stand on one leg and do it. Stand on the other leg I time you. You know you'll throw a lateral ball toss, you know. Okay, we can all throw that. Let's stand on one leg. How about backwards? I mean, there's so many different ways that I make it creative. So when you hire me, I'm going to give you some fun stuff, creative stuff that's very effective in making you or your daughter or your kids more, stronger and better athletes. You as a dad and as an in-person individual, I can make you stronger, better, that way too.
Speaker 1And then I have coaches. So I've hired some certain people that I train. They're gonna be with me. So there's 30 women or 30 men, or just 30 kids. I can't watch every 30. I would love to, but from a safety point, but also from a professional standpoint, I'm gonna have two or three other coaches, take eight or ten, and then I'm gonna foresee everybody. So we want to make sure it's fun but also being you, you know managed properly. So that's what I give you and the Fit Truck can do women only men, only seniors, only kids only from six. Say, there's a class from six to 10 years old and then from 11 to 16. So I can very specific you know the demo, specific demo.
Speaker 1I also want to target the handicap called adaptive training, where people in wheelchairs, people in wheelchairs, people are losing their limbs and everything, and I can show you an awesome video that I can send to you. Thad, it's amazing. I feel so honored if I can work with a veteran, the VA, or if you know somebody that's handicapped and they want to train but they don't want to go to the gym. They don't want anybody looking at them, they feel that they're a burden. You know, rolling the wheelchair and this and that, because I know, I know I can see their look. They just don't feel comfortable.
Speaker 1Well, guess what? I'm going to roll my fit truck to your neighborhood and you get all your friends and you're ready to come down here. I can train all 30 of you guys and I promise you're going to be your peers, everybody there, some sort of disabled or or missing some limbs or whatnot, whether through the war or accident or whatever. You're going to be comfortable training within that peer and you're going to have a good workout, you're going to be comfortable and you're going to love it and then, therefore, you're going to bring me back again well, I think it's an innovative approach to fitness and I have never seen anything like that not just on the on the Island, but anywhere and I don't know that.
Speaker 2That thing looks super high tech. It looks something out of like a movie. To be honest, and I've watched the videos that Kaya sent me and it's girls that I know and that are getting the benefits out of it. It seems like it's an easy sell. The girls seem highly motivated just to to use that thing, so they're working out pretty hard. They probably don't even understand that they're working out that hard just because they're playing with this cool truck they're having fun and they're working out with their friends.
Speaker 1I also work with the Punahou Flag football team the girls, they love it. So there might be a contract being signed there. I don't know yet, we're still in negotiation, but it's funny that Kea is it? Keho, the?
Speaker 2volleyball coach. Kea.
Speaker 1Because she gave me an opportunity. We signed a contract, guess what? Some other me an opportunity. We sign a contract, guess what? Some other volleyball coaches, I'm not going to mention name. They reached out to me, they want to meet with me. So hey, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm an equal opportunity. You know, I can't just be exclusive because I want everybody benefit from that. You know, because I want that that club to do well, I want this club to do well, so the both club that both train, let's see who is who understands everything, and then just, it's just good friendly competition.
Speaker 2You know, I mean yeah, that's awesome and, like you said, it'll increase value to whoever's training with you. I feel like what makes it cool is that you can take that thing anywhere. You can pull up to a school, or you could pull up to a gym, or you can be like okay, here, let's go, we don't, you don't have to, uh, set parameters, it can. You could go to a beach park and be like, okay, let's go, it's time to train, and I feel like that in it of itself is very marketable yeah, I, I'm lucky that I got partnered with a church central union church.
Speaker 1I parked, I park their parking lot. As long as you give me a space and we look at the space and we have authorization and we have the right permitting, or just whoever's in charge, I can do it. For example, hawaiian Airline or Alaska, I can drive all the way up to the airport. They have a beautiful parking lot. I can do a corporate retreat, corporate function, birthday parties, anything you can give me. Hey, I can do a platterette, get that private hook. Who knows, I can be creative like that. I mean, you know, there's no limits, there's no limit. Someone that hires me, you tell me, keith, this is what I want. I want something different. I will design it for that. So, you know, just give me that opportunity, that's all.
Speaker 1And right now we're gaining some traction, but I still want to, you know, have more opportunities to help as many people as I can and also pay off the truck, because I took a second mortgage out of that truck, you know. So I'm driving around a little apartment over there, so I got to pay it off. There's a monthly due that I got to pay each month, so we got to do that and plus, you know with the kids, you know private school and you know the house and everything, coach, keys. I work very hard and that's why I don't want to sleep five hours a day. You know I get up. You know I get up early and I have a lot of things I'm doing, I'm hopeful for and I get it done. And you know I believe in the early bird gets the worm right. You get a good, nice sleep. You, you, you eat healthy, feel good, you have a lot of good things going on. You wake up and you look forward to doing that. Yep.
Speaker 2And I feel like yourself is your personal billboard. You walk it like you talk it and I did read something on your website is that you train people from 8 to 80. And I feel like that is awesome because that is what people need, Not just like, oh, athletes or somebody that's trying to be in shape, but as you get older and I realized this cause my dad's 86 and he still goes to the gym but you need to be able to sustain health because when you get older, you want to be around for your kids' kids, you want to be around to watch your grandchildren compete and you want to be a great example as well. How often do you get to train older people and get them on a fitness journey and to hit their fitness goals even though they're a lot older?
Speaker 1Yeah, I do have a couple of seniors.
Speaker 1There's one is an 82 year old gentleman. He's the ex vice president of Castle Hospital, john Mongey, but he has Parkinson's. So he reached out to me and he has Parkinson's for the last two years and it's really. The tremors have really increased and I'm concerned about him. But he used to run and do marathons and 5Ks but he didn't do strength training and that's what he was missing.
Speaker 1That strength training is important. Did you believe you can go with a strength training? It helps prevent brain disease, the neurons, the pathway there within your brain. It elicits this hippocampus there's in the back there and it prevents brain disease like Parkinson's, dementia. So strength training is important.
Speaker 1If you ask everybody in the past that have those diseases, did they strength train? Most people say no, they didn't. They ran Okay, running is okay, but strength training even women right now, older women strength training Most people say no, they didn't. They ran Okay, running is okay, but strength training even women right now, older women strength training you know, if they fall the bones are going to break, fracture, because the bones are weak and women tend to have osteoporosis, bone disease.
Speaker 1You know they lose a lot of bones. And what did the doctor say? Or the physical therapist? Start a strength training program. You know you want something, a weight bearing load on the bones. It doesn't have to be 300 pounds, 200 pounds, but something heavier than what you normally carry it could be 20 or 30 pounds and just carry it Once you feel you can carry it. Now you can start lifting. Once you can start lifting now, throw an overhead, same weight, but you're doing different movements of the joints and that you know to be heavier than curling right yeah the muscle doesn't know it, but you still got to do it the way.
Speaker 1Still the same, so be. So these are things I can tell them or demonstrate. Home exercise you can do. You know, go to target walmart, get a little small, you know, affordable dumbbell or kettlebell hey, just grab a milk jug, put sand in it. Right, if you feel. Grab a milk jug, put sand in it. Right, if you feel. Sand in a milk jug, that sucker weighs heavy, 15 to 20 pounds, am I right? Yeah, size up. You know, swing back and forth. I can, you know, provide things that are free. If you can't afford it, get your empty milk jugs, pour sand. And trust me, coach K, oh, my God, I'm swinging left to right. I feel my lats, my obliques, I feel it. And then next year, your shoulders are strong, your grip's strong, your forearm is strong. You know there's different things.
Speaker 2So yeah, Other than training with the fit truck, where else do you kind of do your personal training?
Speaker 1I start off in my garage. Here in Kaneohe I have a custom two-car garage that I made into a gym and if you look at it they call it the dungeon because it looks kind of scary, but it's so nice. You know I have astral turf and we push the sled. So you know I look forward to meeting your daughter and showing you some stuff and when you see it you're like Keith, I get it with me, they love it and they come back for more and they tell other people about it because I rely on word of mouth referral. So if you like it, you see the value, you get the results. You're going to hopefully share with your friends and your family what I can do and then bring them on board. And then you know we have a nice, you know a little family. We just spread it apart.
Speaker 2So oh, that's awesome. I wanted to ask you this also and this is something that through my fitness journey, I'm currently seeing huge results is diet. Are you kind of teaching your clients about diet? And I've recently done more carnivore and keto diet and I got a lot of good results. I can see my abs and I've been. I've been pretty strict and for me to discipline was kind of the best thing I haven't got to test in a long time, but do you also help your clients with their diet?
Nutrition and Eating Approach
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Speaker 1Yes, I don't like to use the word diet. I just say better nutritional planning. Okay, because if you use diet, people associate diet for restriction oh, I can't eat that. So sooner or later it's not sustainable. That cheesecake is going to be flying over your head and you're going to pound that cheesecake, whether it be a year or two, and you're going to fall off that thing. So I wouldn't say diet, I say you know, I just got to eat a little better. So I do do nutritional counseling. I have also a little minor in nutritioning. So you know, whatever the people use the term macros, macros is the same thing as protein, carbs and fat. They just use that word. Oh, it's all that. It's always been there. The food pyramid it's changed. It used to be like up and down, where you know the top is the carbs being real a lot, but now it's different. So, just like exercise and nutrition also changes each year. They have different experiments, different guidelines. It changes. So just let you know that either you adapt to it, but you just got to understand your body. You know everybody's different Like, for example, I love rice.
Speaker 1Being Chinese traditional, all of my life has been eating rice. So for someone to tell me, keith, red rice is bad for you. I look at that person and say what are they talking about? The rice is the carbs. That gives me the energy that I can run the Stairmaster Level 20 to train my intensity. Without white rice, I'd be grumpy, I'd be mad. I need that.
Speaker 1If you ask any Asian person on the West East side from China, japan, korea, person on the west east side from china, japan, korea all what do they eat? White rice. There's no. Brown rice, there's no, none of this. It's all white rice. And those billions of people the most healthiest right, the lowest cancer, the lowest obesity. So think about that. I tell people common sense. It's only the united states that that, through different branding, make brown rice really good, which it's okay.
Speaker 1But using all these supplements, using all this stuff, when you can just stick back to the wholesome food right, go back to tradition. All these Asians, these billions and billions of Asian people, are doing things right. They get up, they exercise, they walk, they eat wholesome food and they don't diet, they just eat in moderation. You know the carnival diet. Getting back to it, I like that too, but you can only eat so much meat that you know.
Speaker 1Number one. It's very expensive, and then your body will get used to that and then one of these days, when you do eat the carbs oh my god, this feels so good and that's great and slowly introduce it back to you, because your goal is to lose weight, to look shredded, and once you're there, that's great. But also, you know if your body will need some carbs sooner or later because you might be in an active journey of some hiking and it's going to need those microglyc, muscle glycogen, which is the reserves in the muscle. And then you might not have enough and everyone's going to be passing you and you're going to start getting dizzy and you can only rely so much on that protein storage. You go, oh my God, dizzy and then you might pass out because you don't have enough muscle glycogen. So those are things I would just, you know, be wary of.
Speaker 1And doing the keto diet's okay, but there's a lot of people that they're tired. You know they're like I can't lift this and it's great, but I mean it's not great. Great, but I mean it's not great, but just just be balanced. You know, once you're at the level that you're happy. You've got your abs, okay. Okay, now, maintain that, start introducing low carbs, but just do your cardio train a little harder, increase yourself Now that you're stronger, and I guarantee you the muscle was not going to change.
Speaker 1You're going to stay just as lean and now you can introduce carbs, bread, pasta, all because in life it's all about moderation. It's all about eating what you want. I'm not saying McDonald's or Whopper's, you know. I'm not talking about fast food, that's a given. You know moderation. You know yes, I can eat that, but I don't want to eat that. I'm not craving that. I look good, I'm healthy. I'm going to crave when I eat fresh fruits. You know fresh food and I love eggs. I eat 60 eggs in two weeks, whole eggs. I do not throw the yolk. People throw the yolk. They're just crazy. Do your research. Yes, it's high cholesterol, but it's the high cholesterol that's good for you, the HDL, what the doctors like to see, unless you have high cholesterol. You're an older adult or you just have some jet eggs. You have high cholesterol and the doctor's saying be careful. That's a different story. But majority of the people I know that are healthy, that are normal.
Speaker 1The whole egg is awesome. It's cost-effective. One whole egg has all the essential amino acids, non-essential amino acids. It's almost the complete protein, more complete than fish, steak or anything else. The whole egg Heck.
Speaker 1If I had a big farm I'd raise a whole bunch of chickens and catch them. Those are the best organic eggs you can get. But my neighbors would kill me if I started having chickens and I'd wake up everybody. But yes, if you don't like eggs, try to eat the eggs. Maybe do it in sunny side up eggs, maybe scramble eggs, maybe hard boiled eggs, but poached eggs. But I'm telling you eggs are so good for and I take between eggs and rice. Those are my two main thing my, my cars and my project. Those two are my go-to. And guess what? They're not that expensive, they're cost effective. They're very cost effective, right? So I also try to save you money when I nutritional counsel you. Let's look at the budget that you have. This is what I can help you with. I can take for special programs.
Speaker 1Some people don't know how to shop grocery shopping that. So there's one lady for a certain price. You know. I take them shopping and I'm showing them how to select certain vegetables, certain meats, what to look for. A lot of people we take for granted oh, shopping is easy because their parents did that.
Speaker 1But when you are out in the real world and you're single and you have no idea how to cook you don't know how to shop You're like, holy crap, how do I know what's this? How do I know this meat is fresh? How do I know this fish is fresh, other than the smelling? You have to look right and look at the dates. Look at the dates, understand the nutritional label and all that good stuff. People don't know how to do that. So now they become lazy. They do the door dash, they do the, which is great, but you're not learning how to cook If you keep relying on that.
Speaker 1When you grow older, you get married, there's going to be so much you can rely on. When your kids are sick and it's late at night. You got to make some soup for them, because that's what they want. You're not going to pick up the phone and order soup. Everything's all closed.
Speaker 1But give me a refrigerator. I got my freeze frozen chicken bones I saved up in the Ziploc bag. Boil that sucker up. There's my fresh chicken broth. Cut up the vegetables, put a little chicken breast. I got fresh chicken noodles, chicken soup right there. So simple things. I do that and then people don't understand. You know, when you need to rotisserie chicken from Costco and Safeway it's only five bucks, right? You know, like I said, I'm trying to save you money. Save the bones, put it in a sandwich bag, freeze dry it, put it in the refrigerator. Save that bone. Later, when one of these days you want to have a chicken soup stock, you boil it to death. I feed the rest of the dogs. Feed the bone so good that you can chew in your mouth and swallow it yourself, because we can do that. You know we have teeth for a reason. You know grinders, you know tear scissors, all that good stuff. We can do that. You know we can grind those bones to, to shred it, and those bones are very nutritional too, right.
Speaker 1Bone marrow yeah, you've seen the news right now bone broth. Hello, once again. The asians have been doing this for the long. They they boil bone to the death and then they drink it. We've been doing bone marrow soup forever, but now the United States package it, try to monopolize it and make some profit, which is okay, that's smart. And they're selling it. And people are buying it because they see results, because when you drink that bone broth and you're vegetables, they feel different, they feel good. All the vitamins and nutrients once again.
Speaker 2Those asian people have been doing it years and years already, so I wanted to ask you how hard or easy has it been to have your kids relate to what you're trying to do and keep them on board with fitness and diet and and that kind of stuff? Is it easy for you to teach your kids that way, or just because they grew up that way? It's second nature?
Speaker 1Both. They watch me train the clients and they end up doing it and it's without me even telling them, so there's no pressure. Kids, what's funny is like they observe by you doing. You don't even have to do or say anything. They watch you. They see the client's excitement, they see me being proud of them. They want that. They want to see their dad be proud of them. So you say, daddy, watch me. My little girl is four years old pushing 115 pound sled down the hill Pretty amazing, she's only 35 pounds pushing 115. Then she's doing decline pushups Like.
Speaker 1My wife just showed me the video this morning. I was like what I didn't teach you that? It's because she saw me show a client and she might've seen me do it my videos in the gym and she just wants to emulate that and follow daddy. My son just started jujitsu and he's doing wrestling in school and I love it because I used to wrestle. I'm going to be so proud when I can be part of their conditioning team and helping out with the coaches and doing all that stuff. They're going to be like, oh, who's Skyler's dad? What's up, he's pretty, he knows what he's talking about. But so, like I said, I want to be a good role model for my kids and for me to do it. They just watch it and that's how easy it is. They follow through. I don't have to put pressure on them to do that Now.
Speaker 1Once they play sports they may change, because I'm pretty competitive and I'm going to have to talk to those coaches. We need to change the game plan here. We got to start. You know who knows, but they haven't done sports yet. You have. You've done the, so you know what I'm talking about. But I'm looking forward to that because I want to be part of that sports team, that parents that can help them out, that can help the kids be functionally fit, more powerful, so therefore they can resonate and take that into the game plan and make the coaches happy when they can.
Speaker 1If you have your whole team and everybody is doing Stairmaster and their heart is strong, they're going against a team that's not so strong. No huddle offense, you know, let's get the team ready. And the other team's like, oh my God, we're tired, you're going to win. And the refs are like hey, stalling, stalling. You know it's going to win. It's been proven NFL. These coaches didn't know how to offense right and they just boom, the other teams are running and they can barely get on the line. Guess what they got to go. So it works. So it just depends on how valuable the coach sees this and how willing he or she's willing to try it. But it's pretty amazing, we have a strong cardio output.
Speaker 2That's super cool. I definitely believe that's true and, like you said, leading by example in business or even as a father. Your kids are going to mimic you. But to show them like, oh, I'm going to do this, this and this, and I'm leading by example, it's a lot easier for your kids to be the same because I see daddy do it. He's not just all talk, he's not trying to get me to do something that he's not doing himself. And I felt like that when I used to teach martial arts or compete, that I'm showing my students I'm doing this by my actions, and that should be how you get motivated. I'm not just telling you to do it, I'm doing it myself. I think by leading by example is always the best way and I feel like that's what you're doing with your kids and that's kind of what I try to do with my daughter, except she plays volleyball. I don't know volleyball.
Speaker 1But the volleyball has a strong mindset. Don't give up. When you guys are losing, hey, you're only down by two points. Okay, you got two minutes left. You can still do it. Spike that sucker real good. Just have a strong mindset.
Speaker 1So every sport has the same commonality. Don't give up. Strong mindset. Every professional sports player, from Tom Brady to Michael Jordan to Lance Armstrong they have the strongest mindset. People always challenge them, tell them that they're no good this and that. Tom Brady, for example, combined number one, last Third string quarterback. If you listen to his review, read his book. I mean he he's just ultra competitive, never gave up. When the operatory give it to him, he rose to the occasion. Michael jordan, second string got cut from his basketball. I mean, there's so much. I look at that and I and I, I pull within that and I use it to my arsenal. You know, and I say, if these warriors are strong mindset, I also want to have that type of strong mindset and take my profession and then help explain it to my kids, explain that to these youth, explain it to my clients, to youth, and you know what you can. Develop that strong mindset too, because it will take your life in a better path, right.
Speaker 2Yep, what do you do to relax and have fun? Like you seem like it's a very high fitness orientated lifestyle. What do you do to just chill?
Training Methodology and Injury Prevention
Speaker 1oh, well, going on a semester level, 24 hour does it. But I enjoy hiking, I love fishing and I just love nature. So playing with my dogs, going fishing, catching some fish um, prior to being a fitness, I was going to be a zoologist and then into that, or herpetologist, study reptiles and amphibians, because growing up in maryland I caught every snake, every turtle, every frog you can think of. You know, I was in boy scouts. I love nature so I love animals and if I can take a kid hiking or a bunch of group, like you know, sometimes do some fitness tours, and when I take you hiking I tell you, stop at this stream, and I tell you why we stopped. And I said, find me one animal in that water. They go, what are you talking about? Make sure it's quiet, make sure the rice is on the rock and there's white water, ghost shrimps, there's also tiny little minnows, but if you walk past it you don't see it, but you have to look. Once you look, you see things moving around. So I try to educate you on that by me doing that. It relaxes me because I'm teaching something and it's a calm year in the woods. You know, it's awesome, even the it's awesome and even the adults are like holy crap, key. I see that you know, their little kid's inner child lights up because, oh my God, I didn't know this was here. Because most people they just hike, hike, hike, hike. But let's stop. The saying is stop, smell the roses. Well, I tell you, stop. Let's look for some animals, let's look for some living organisms. I'm calm, you know.
Speaker 1I do my social media posts. By doing that, it makes me creative. Think about what I want to post to inspire, like you, as a podcast, you know, owner, you want to think about what videos that will inspire your viewers or what videos will have your viewers want to see. You know, and we think about stuff like that. So that gets that creativity and that calms me down. But but I just said the gym when I burn calories, that's that's my way to really de-stress too, because I'm going all out when I train, I train intense and people at the gym can see that they think I'm training for some some contest. No, I'm just training for life.
Speaker 1You know, if you don't push your body in a right way, that threshold, you're not going to get the results. Like you're training me, I say fat, let's go give me 10 more reps and you're about to die. But I push you for the 10 more reps. I said damn, I never knew what I got. I see I knew I could push it out of you because I know what you can do. You know, as a good trainer, push you where you're not going to die. Okay, level 10, you're dead. I push you at 9.5 so I get. Well, if I want to, then I'll steal you back.
Speaker 1But guess what? Your body is stronger now because you understand. You understand that it's called a threshold principle. Once people understand, you know what you can do, then I I can apply to that. Not everybody's is is, of course, healthy enough, but for me, as I professional, I will look at you, assess. Once I feel that, okay, you can do that, then I will apply that principle to you. But it works. If you understand yourself and you know what you can do, push yourself because I'll tell you it helps. That's the difference of getting in shape, being stronger, more shredded, and then just having a stronger confidence because you know you can do that. And I challenge everybody Next time, if you want a good workout, hire me or come grab me as a partner and I'll give you one exercise and we'll train it. And then you're like, oh my God, keith, I am dead tired. That one exercise and you know it's very valuable, and I teach you why we're doing that. And you're like, wow, I get it, keith.
Speaker 2So that value is there. I wanted to ask you one thing before we go is how do you deal with injuries? I know, working out just myself, I've experienced injuries. Or oh man, I hurt myself or I did something wrong. Or how do you deal with injuries and how do you avoid them?
Speaker 1I've been blessed that I haven't been injured that much. But the times I have, you know whether it be Just turning really fast or just, you know, lifting up something. You got to know when you're injured. If you know you're injured, you got to stop Seek medical profession. Or if it's that bad, but think about what you did.
Speaker 1So for me I like to use water as a good way, as a water therapy, because once you submerge your body and you start moving, there's all the resistance there, right, but it's slow moving. So your joints are still moving and because the water is cool, you have that cooling effect, you know. So for me, if you can't afford a doctor, you know that would be a simple way for you to water therapy. But I would just try to rest up as much as you can. But I like to use Tiger Balm. You know the Asian medicine. It's heated.
Speaker 1So for like shoulder injury, you rub that on and the healing aspect will make you feel good and the sores just move. You got to move. If you just stay still and don't move, the joints are locked up. You need movement, you need blood flow to that tendon or that place where it hurts and then, as you get better. Take a day off, take a week off. As you take those days off and you're not lifting heavy, the muscle will get better, the joints will get better. But, like I said, just move a little bit more. Rehab it. Find yourself a good physical therapist or a trainer if the injury is that severe. For me, rest. So you acknowledge the injury, you rest it and then you do certain exercise that will slowly increase the blood flow and then sooner or later, the body will get stronger. You know, um, the body's an amazing machine. If you give enough rest and food, it's going to repair itself.
Speaker 2I promise you know that's the key and I feel like local mentality is. They add, it's gonna push through it and I've learned that doesn't work and maybe when I was younger, I could get away with it. But oh yeah, I've understanding now that rest and, like you said, kind of good motion to to bring the blood flow back.
Speaker 2But rest has been the key and I got injured, I try to fight through it and I'm getting hurt more or it's. It's not healing and that's a that's a good point. I feel like that's what a lot of people need to hear, especially when you're older, that's. I'm glad you brought that up there's a saying.
Speaker 1There's a saying like in life to win the war, you're going to lose a few battles, it's okay, but to win that war, I'm okay. I'm willing to lose those few small battles, but I want to win this war, right. If you keep losing all the battles and you keep, you're never going to win the war you know, so you just got to understand. There's a few battles you're going to have to lose, that's okay, but I want to win that war. That's the art of the war.
Speaker 2That makes sense Well we've been going for over an hour. Wow, that was three. I know You're easy to talk to man, but where can people find you? On social media or if they want to get in contact with you to set up a program or to get trained by you?
Speaker 1Oh, the social media, the Instagram. I love because you know that's where a lot of people come. It's called Fit For you, f-i-t. Fit, the number four, the letter U and 3000. That's it, that's my handle. But the other way, the easy way, is my website, key Fitness, hawaii. Spell K-E-Y, like the key, and then fitness, all spelled and Hawaii, keyfitnesshawaiicom. That's a great website that explains everything. You can read all the reviews, see my credential, see the videos. You can actually press the Instagram link and it goes right to there. And then there's my phone number, email, so everything's all there. I'm very transparent. The more you know me, the more you're ready and prepared to engage with me. The more you're ready and prepared to engage with me.
Speaker 2And for us, as always. You can find us on Instagram at Above the Bridge Podcast. Our YouTube is Above the Bridge Podcast, our website is atbpodcom and my personal Instagram is thaddydaddyhi. And for sure I definitely want to bring my daughter to come, have her do some strength and conditioning and some plyometrics with you. I feel like you could benefit her and yeah, it would have been today or tomorrow or this weekend if I didn't have COVID. So we'll get that out the way, because I definitely want her to see what you can do for her and it should be, should be fun.
Speaker 1I'll um be there to watch and and be excited to uh see her make some, some gains I look forward to it and, um, and I definitely want to, you know, show you some stuff too, and then you can has a, has a, has a athlete yourself. You're like, wow, this is pretty cool. And then you can share and say you know what, hey, you got, you got high key, it's pretty, you know so. So I'm looking forward to you know, just sharing, and then hopefully we'll have a a nice collaboration and hopefully your daughter will bring some of her friends and her you know athletes and then we'll take it from there.
Speaker 2Yup, and I definitely want to see that truck in action. Bro, yeah, I do. Well, I thank you for taking time out of your day to come chat with me. I definitely kind of want to meet you in person and I'm surprised I haven't run into you at the gym. I know we're different time programs so you probably see my dad there. He's a small. What gym do you?
Speaker 1train at Kanye 24. Yeah, yeah, he's a small.
Speaker 2What team do you train at Kaneohe 24.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, that's where I go to. Yeah, yeah, you guarantee see my dad, he goes early, so yeah, yeah, I'm either early or I'm late at night, between nine to 11 PM.
Speaker 2Oh, okay, yeah, Usually I'm there in midday like around one o'clock to about 3.30. Well man, I can't wait to meet you in person. Like I said, I'm super grateful to hear you talk and I definitely believe in a lot of things that you brought up. See you in the future. Man shakas for the cameras thanks for the opportunity, thad.
Speaker 1I appreciate it, aloha.
Speaker 2We're out. Shout out to the artist group network Aloha, we'll see you next time.
