{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":31.009999999999998,"endTime":34.45,"body":"What's up, guy, Tubby, Tuesday, welcome back to another episode of each"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":34.61,"endTime":39.730000000000004,"body":"train. Prosper today we have my new friend and perfect or first female guest"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":40.05,"endTime":43.09,"body":"on the broadcast, Miss Louri, Christine King, And today we werere going to"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":43.09,"endTime":45.89,"body":"get do a bunch of cool things with her. But first I'm going to let her"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":45.97,"endTime":49.81,"body":"introduce yourself. first thingspers. thanks for not calling me Laurie"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":49.97,"endTime":53.730000000000004,"body":"Christi King, 'cause that happened a long broadcast. 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Smashing"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":3690.76,"endTime":3694.36,"body":"shit, and they're losing almost purely body fat because they're just so big"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":3694.6,"endTime":3698.68,"body":"that they have so much of it. Um, but for people that are again closer to"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":3698.68,"endTime":3702.84,"body":"that genetic spectrum of musc mass or Andor, maybe don't have an excess of"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":3702.92,"endTime":3706.52,"body":"body fat. like, like, like me or like Ain, or like you, Like when we go to"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":3706.6,"endTime":3710.04,"body":"diet, where a we're starting from a healthy place to steal Erarons Thunder."},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":3710.2,"endTime":3713.64,"body":"He says that shit all the time. He's like. 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It's like shit takes time. and and the sooner you, the sooner you"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4071.25,"endTime":4075.01,"body":"embrace that like, the easier everything gets because it's like again, you"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4075.09,"endTime":4079.09,"body":"don't? you don't build a company overnight. We didn't build Paragon. Yeah, we"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4079.09,"endTime":4082.13,"body":"didn't just found Paradon, and then two days later, you know we. we have"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4082.21,"endTime":4086.13,"body":"thousands of members. 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On top of her how what type of cut it"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4318.77,"endTime":4321.97,"body":"is and the differences. There's a lot to pack, like you said, and it's just"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4322.13,"endTime":4326.13,"body":"playing the long game. You learn a little bit more as you go. Um, and it's"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4326.29,"endTime":4330.29,"body":"just that is really. 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You know, I had fortunately a few more injuries and then like after"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4713.89,"endTime":4717.01,"body":"those are really solidified things up. and I've know, as I've only gotten"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4717.17,"endTime":4719.89,"body":"older, things have only gotten better which is really really cool."},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4721.24,"endTime":4725.4,"body":"I remember that man. That was one of the craziest freakiest things that"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4725.48,"endTime":4729.72,"body":"happened in the Crosst gym over the years, rebounding thirty inch box jumps"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4729.8,"endTime":4730.84,"body":"and then snap"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4731.88,"endTime":4735.56,"body":"and I have this vivid memory too of you actually making the best of it. You"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4735.64,"endTime":4739.24,"body":"made you made lemonade out of lemons, and for Halloween that year you were"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4739.4,"endTime":4743.16,"body":"a hobo in a shopping car and your friends were pushing you around,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4743.25,"endTime":4745.09,"body":"Yeah, its like five days later."},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4743.4,"endTime":4745.16,"body":"so that was that was amazing."},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4747.03,"endTime":4748.03,"body":"Yeah,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4748.85,"endTime":4752.21,"body":"Yeah, that was. uh. I'm glad those days are on me. Let's put it that way."},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4752.44,"endTime":4755.88,"body":"Well, I think ultimately. like the coolest part of all of this is that we"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4755.96,"endTime":4760.2,"body":"all went through like similar stories, and we all have found success"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4761.4,"endTime":4765.96,"body":"in training in a different manner. Our body comps are better. Our hormone"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4766.12,"endTime":4771.24,"body":"function is better. We we function mentally better. we were smarter and uh"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4771.4,"endTime":4775.16,"body":"were able to help other people. 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Actually, like so, I think that school is like, also"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4813.65,"endTime":4819.01,"body":"kind of combating that narrative of. Oh, like. Actually, if you take care of"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4819.09,"endTime":4823.49,"body":"yourself and you are consistent with good nutrition and good lifestyle and"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4823.57,"endTime":4828.13,"body":"got exercise habits, you don't have to fall into that narrative that we so"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4828.29,"endTime":4829.49,"body":"commonly hear in society,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4830.53,"endTime":4831.57,"body":"I couldn't agree more"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4832.12,"endTime":4833.24,"body":"Such a good point. Yep,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4834.05,"endTime":4837.81,"body":"cool. so worry. Why don't you tell the people where they can find more about"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4837.97,"endTime":4842.21,"body":"you and then uh, let's Blug Paragon as well, Fisher, so super easy to find on"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4842.29,"endTime":4846.77,"body":"the internet. Uh, you just need to know my full name. So on Inteigam, it is"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4847.01,"endTime":4852.05,"body":"Laurie Christine King, My website is Laurie Christine King, Dot Com. My"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4852.21,"endTime":4857.25,"body":"Youtube is Youtube, Slh, a Louri, Christian King, Um, and then, obviously,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4857.57,"endTime":4861.25,"body":"with Paragon, Its Paragon training methods, Paragon training methods Dot Com,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4861.41,"endTime":4865.65,"body":"And you, to this fair gun traing methods. I love that continuity so easy. I"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4865.73,"endTime":4868.93,"body":"wish I would have Uh thought about that before I set up. all of Min"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4869.97,"endTime":4873.81,"body":"Still got time. It took a while. Any closing thoughts from you, Brian."},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4874.84,"endTime":4877.88,"body":"there's a really loud vacuum above my head. Can you guys hear this?"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4877.67,"endTime":4878.67,"body":"Yes,"},{"speaker":"[bryan_boorstein]","startTime":4878.92,"endTime":4880.84,"body":"I'm going to go back on you, love everybody."},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4881.57,"endTime":4885.73,"body":"all right. awesome. so lorry, thank you for joining us on a episode today,"},{"speaker":"[aaron_straker]","startTime":4885.89,"endTime":4888.13,"body":"and uh with that guys. I will talk to you guys next week."}]}