The Dad Bods and Dumbbells Podcast
The hosts Mitch and Bart discuss fitness, fatherhood, and guy stuff to help men live a great life, have fun, laugh, and get a little more fit in this weekly Podcast.
The Dad Bods and Dumbbells Podcast
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Our latest episode dives into the exciting journey of transitioning from casual lifting to powerlifting competitions. We discuss personal anecdotes, share insights on technique, mental strength, and the importance of community support in achieving fitness goals.
• The thrill and challenge of powerlifting
• Personal experiences transitioning from casual lifting
• The mental aspects of lifting heavy weights
• Preparing for an upcoming powerlifting competition
• Importance of hydration, nutrition, and recovery
• Connections between health and fitness
• Powerlifting's cultural shift regarding body image
• Engaging with sports in a lighthearted way
• Normalizing dad bods in the fitness community
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Speaker 1Welcome to Dad, bonds and Dumbbells.
Speaker 2Guess what we are live and in person for the first time-ish ever, can you believe?
Speaker 1it. Well, we'll see. We'll see if it comes out Well. Thanks for joining us. If you're on YouTube, make sure you smash that subscribe button you like it. Don't leave any negative comments or dirty pictures, Please, no.
Speaker 2Do it? Come on, mitch likes that stuff. No, do it Come on. Yeah, mitch likes that stuff, no. Seriously, we've had a YouTube channel. We did a couple of interviews that were videos, but we've been mainly audio for a while here, so excited to get the video portion rocking and rolling here, absolutely. We also got a lot of big things going on, right now man so many different things.
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Speaker 1How about that Super Bowl?
Speaker 2Didn't happen yet, buddy.
Speaker 1I know, I know it's coming up. How about that?
Speaker 2Super Bowl matchup. I don't know. I don't even know if I'm going to watch it. I'm still waiting to get invited to a Super Bowl party. Nobody invites me because they all know that I don't like football. So I and I'm always a little sad I gotta say have you ever been to a Super Bowl party?
Speaker 1I have, back in the day when I cared. Wait, when was the last time you were invited to a Super Bowl party? It's been a while. I don't Really.
Speaker 2I don't know the last time.
Speaker 1This is sad.
Speaker 2It's a little sad, guys, it's very sad.
Speaker 1Well.
Speaker 2This is coming out on Thursday Before the Super Bowl. So you, you know, guys, throw me a bone. I might just put my phone number in the show notes.
Speaker 1You're like text me, text Bart, give him a Super Bowl party. Let me know. If there's a Super Bowl party, I would invite you to my Super Bowl party, but I'm not having one. I get invited to Super Bowl parties, bro, I'm not a big loser.
Speaker 2Literally. You know NBA finals game seven. You know I'm getting invited to that party into that part, yeah absolutely. But yeah, the people just know like that's not my jammy jam and they don't want to hear me talk about like what's football, is that any good? Or like they don't want to feel guilty eating like gorging in wings and queso. Don't invite the trainer to the fat fest. Yes, the fat fest, the Super Bowl extravaganza, I mean the Super Bowl. Yes.
Speaker 1So it's the Eagles and Chiefs that, just to give you some information about who's playing the Super Bowl, I'll give you a little bit Patrick Mahomes against. Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley. It's Philly, the Eagles versus the Chiefs again. Blah, they're going for a three Pete.
Speaker 2The Chiefs are, and I can tell you right now that I've never rooted for Philadelphia ever except for this Super Bowl. So how does Taylor Swift help the Chiefs win? That's all I want to figure out here.
Speaker 1How can she help them win? I mean, I'm a huge Tay-Tay fan. You know that, are you? Yeah, you're a Swifty.
Speaker 2Yes, adorable.
Speaker 1Well, I'm not like a Swifty Swifty, like I'm not going to pay $15,000 for a ticket.
Speaker 2Okay, you I like her.
Speaker 1She's pretty great. I love that she's created such a huge brand and she's a billionaire now just because of her music Like awesome, right. So all that to say, I hope that the Chiefs lose horribly, even though I have many friends that are Chiefs fans, because I don't want the 3P. I'm tired of them, like get out. I'm tired of all the commercials.
Speaker 2I'm just sick of it part I'm, you know what I don't want.
Speaker 1What.
Speaker 2Is when Patrick Mahomes, if he wins, then it's like who's the GOAT? And it's going to be like Patrick.
Speaker 1Mahomes. Oh, Tom Brady. And then they're going to throw LeBron James and Michael.
Speaker 2Jordan and it's like the GOAT of the GOATs, like who's the GOAT of the GOATs?
Speaker 1I think I'm done with talk sports. It's brutal.
Speaker 2It's brutal. So, anyway, it's this Sunday and my prediction is the Chiefs are going to win, even though I don't want them to. Here's what I don't understand how the Super Bowl is like four and a half hours long.
Speaker 1It's commercialized right. It's unacceptable. And then the halftime show is like 45 minutes long. It's unacceptable. Kendrick Lamar is going to.
Speaker 2Is it Kendrick Lamar? Yeah, dude, I hope he does his thing.
NBA Trades, Super Bowl Predictions
Speaker 1Oh, he has to. It won every Grammy. It's not like us. He swept the Grammys, man, it's like a Grammy diss track of Drake, you know. So ultimately, I think when we look at it, it's long, it's boring and it's annoying. Liking the teams that are on the Super Bowl, because typically if you go to any parties, it's always like, oh, that commercial, turn up the commercials. And it's like listen, if you really like the football teams, just sit in your home and watch it by yourself.
Speaker 2So next time the packers are in the super bowl, I will be like you, at my home, all by myself greatest, the greatest rap line in of this century, well, let's say of this decade, since the is trying to strike a chord and it's probably a minor.
Speaker 2A minor have to know that, if you have to know enough about music to know that a chord and it's probably a minor, because you have to know that, if you have to know enough about music to know that a chord, like on a piano chord, there's a major and there's a minor, which is the three three key chord but it's also in reference to the facts that he's a pedo, yeah, and so like that, right there, it's like, okay, you know how long it took me to get it like to figure it out.
Speaker 2Duality yeah, it took me forever the first time I heard it I was like a minor. Oh, because drake has that kind of like yeah, whatever you know like a lame, but it wasn't, it wasn't, it was. Yeah, it was good anyway all right.
Speaker 1That to say, my super bowl prediction is the chiefs by 10, and I have to say that I don't want that to happen. I want saquon to run all over him and that's that's that.
Speaker 2Okay, my Superbowl prediction is that I don't get invited to a party. I end up like kind of watching it at home. But my, my son gets bored and then wants to like play football out back, and then we ended up just like throwing the football around and have a much better time than watching the football the Superbowl.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2That's my thought.
Speaker 1Aw, that's a good one, but I don't gain 12 pounds sitting at a party eating Cheetos. Well, I'll just do an extra needle, syringe full of semi-glutide that I'll throw up if I eat too much.
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Speaker 1Check out Solutions Rx. So yeah, so Super Bowl's coming Chiefs are going to win. It's going to suck Three-peat. Here's an interesting fact about a three-peat Okay, Pat Riley, when the Lakers were going for the three-peat.
Speaker 1in the 80s he trademarked the term three-peat, yeah. So the NFL has already struck a deal with them so they can use three-peat in all of their official merch. All that to be said, that is why the NFL is scripted, because that is why the NFL is scripted, because they've already secured a deal. So they're saying the Chiefs are going to win, the refs are on their side. Anyway, hats off to Pat Riley.
Speaker 2Yeah, well, he's getting kind of. I mean, there's obviously the Luka Doncic conversation which needs to happen, but there's also the Jimmy Butler.
Speaker 1Oh yeah.
Speaker 2Jimmy Butler has refused to play for Pat Riley in the Miami Heat.
Speaker 1This is the second time he's done it.
Speaker 2He did this for the Bulls too. He's willing to go and sign an extension. He is the Suns, but the only way the Suns could do the deal is if Bradley Beal waves his no trade clause, which he will not do. Oh yeah, and so now they're looking at trading Kevin Durant back to the Warriors.
Speaker 1What I didn't know. Any of this was happening. This is crazy town.
Speaker 2They're trying to.
Speaker 1And they got to do it all by Thursday, right, when this comes out.
Speaker 2By Thursday. Here's the problem. Durant now knows that the Suns are trying to trade him to the Warriors, so now you think he's loyal to them.
Speaker 1He's like you can't pull this on, Luka, and now you're trying to. They're just $100 million. Babies, you play a sport, guys, get over yourself. But Jimmy Butler, I've always enjoyed play, but man, he is a cancer in the flipping.
Speaker 2He's great when things are great. Whatever you call it, dugout, when things go bad it's like the locker room.
Speaker 1that's what it is. Sorry, yeah but Luka Doncic coming from the Mavs, there was not a single person.
Speaker 2Not one person knew that was happening, except the two people Rob Palenka and Nico Erickson. What an idiot Nico is.
Speaker 1He's going to go down in history as one of the worst GMs, but here's the thing Worst trade ever. Here's the thing.
Speaker 2Yes, he could have done it differently. He could have put it out there and got a big slew of cash or of three first-round picks.
Speaker 1probably you can't get that from the Lakers.
Speaker 2The Lakers aren't going to give you that. So if you want Anthony Davis, who is in his probably best season in a long time, as like, the number one. He was the number one option for the Lakers and he was, you know, I mean the first 15 games of the season. It was like 30-20 every game. So you're betting on he's not going to get injured as much. He's in the prime of his career. He just came off the Olympics. You know where he was better than Joel Embiid.
Speaker 2Well, joel yeah, but I mean, you know what I mean, Like he was.
Speaker 1He did look good in the Olympics yeah.
Speaker 2So, like again, there's a lot. If AD does AD things and doesn't get injured, you're sitting back going. Brett, great decision. We are defense-oriented. We are dominating in the playoffs because we have a defense-minded team, because Max Christie also a great defender. And then they just traded for another guy, caleb Martin, who's coming in as another defensive.
Speaker 1So you think it's like they're going back to the finals type vibes?
Speaker 2because of it, everyone wants to win the trade. Now, no one's gonna know right. What could happen is next year the mavericks could win the whole thing and everyone's like mavericks won the trade lakers, or you know. And then the next three years, luca don just takes the lakers to three feet and then five years down the road you're like oh well, I don't know who won that, but again, this is just how you have to play the game. You know, this is how you have to.
Speaker 1Now I mean, there's stuff You've got to be happy about it though, right, absolutely.
Speaker 2All of a sudden. I mean more eyes on the Lakers.
Speaker 1Luca lost $115 million because he doesn't get the.
Speaker 2Supermat. You know how much money he's going to make in endorsement deals across the world, being a Laker, I mean.
Speaker 1The other thing, though, is too, it's all about state tax.
Speaker 2He lost a lot.
Speaker 1He goes from $0 state tax in Texas to 14% state tax in California. But it is the Lakers, it's different. It's a different market. As much as the Mavs are awesome in Texas, they're a regional team, they're like OKC type thing. So yeah, it's a big move for him and I've always liked Luca.
Speaker 2Uh, he whines a little bit but like he's, he's fun to watch man, but that's also coming out of the European League like that's a, there's a, there's a big like showmanship to like to, like you know, yelling at the refs or complaining, you know. I kind of like it's part of the showmanship.
Speaker 1He probably grew up watching D Wade and LeBron do that on the heat and be like well, that's obviously what I'm supposed to do, but he gets to play with LeBron. That's pretty cool Anyway.
Speaker 2I'm a Lakers fan. I'm down. I'm excited Lakers have been playing amazing.
Speaker 1They looked pretty good. They beat the.
Speaker 2Knicks the night of the trade and then last night they beat the Clippers by like 20 oh yeah, it was why brought he went in.
Speaker 1He's just like it's so wild in Madison.
Speaker 2Square Garden. They're chanting like put Ronnie in, so what?
Speaker 1so how does he? Because he was in the D League yeah, did he heard the G League?
Speaker 2he goes back and forth. So okay, yeah, it's not similar to the minor leagues.
Speaker 1Right, you can kind of you can.
Speaker 2How does he? Because he was in the D League, yeah, or the G League. He goes back and forth. Okay, similar to the minor leagues. Then Right, you can play some games in the G League and then come up and sit on the bench and be put in, and that happens a lot. It's all about how much you're only allowed to play, or have a certain amount of people dress, yeah, so a lot of it has to do with, like, who's healthy, who's injured? Yeah, you know, if, like Christian Wood comes back and off, the injury reserve, lift and that might, like bump him back to G-League for a while. You know, it's all about that type of stuff. That's cool. All right, let's get into some nuts and bolts.
Speaker 1Dude powerlifting's back. I've been lifting.
Speaker 2Okay.
Powerlifting Training and Technique Tips
Speaker 1So let's talk about where we're at.
Speaker 2This is the meat and potatoes of this podcast here. So again, you don't have to be into powerlifting. We're just going down this road this year because you know, I've been obviously a trainer but I kind of enjoy the bodybuilding style workouts which is more of like an 8 to 15 rep range and like more form and like angles and and in volume and super sets and things like that.
Speaker 2Uh, and then just you and I've been just enjoying this idea, like let's just get super strong yeah I mean and it's interesting because, like the strength that it takes to lift heavy weight also does build muscle I mean you're not. You're not gonna go from a 250 bench press to a 300 bench press without building muscle to do it for sure. So I mean, you're not, you're not gonna go from a 250 bench press to a 300 bench press without building muscle? Yeah, for sure. So I mean you're gonna get you're gonna get some.
Speaker 2You know you're gonna get some of the same benefits of doing power lifting then, but it's just fun too, because we're learning a skill yeah, there's a skill to bench press, there's a skill to deadlift and squat and so all those things play.
Speaker 2And that's where james delacy comes in. You know, I've always known he's, he's the guy, or you know there's a lot of guys that know what they're doing. But that guy can trust or write us a program and we can implement it for the next five, six months, yeah, and then find a body or find a powerlifting show in, you know, may, june, july and, and you know, sign up and go see what we got. Dude, I love I love it.
Speaker 1You know, start with the idea.
Speaker 2I'm excited, dude, I want to do it right now, dude, it would be fun.
Speaker 1Dude, I get. So what I've noticed is I know you were saying the last couple weeks ago you were like man, I just feel so like not cut. You know you feel all bulky and stuff. Are you feeling any less like? Are you feeling lean still?
Speaker 2You know what's crazy? My weight's been ticking up slow 225, 226. A couple days ago, 227. And then yesterday, 222. And I'm like that's weird, maybe I'm just dehydrated. Today, 222. I'm like where did the five pounds go? Was I walking around constipated?
Speaker 1And finally got it all out Just dropped five pounds in the toilet. What the? It was just bizarre. What do you think it was?
Speaker 2I don't know I mean that's the thing about being over 200 pounds. It's like five pounds is what I mean. It 200 pounds is like five pounds is is what I mean. It's two percent of your body weight, so like you know body, just the fluctuations of water and and like what you have stuck in your you know gut how much you ate yeah you know, just if you overeat some of your weight in the next morning is just the fact that you have more food in you yeah, you know, a pound of extra food, you know.
Speaker 2So I don't know, I've I mean, I I've been eating well, so maybe some of that I it doesn't really matter what it is, it's you know, but I'm not like as lean as I was three or four months ago, but I don't care, I like a different style.
Speaker 1I feel strong. Yeah, strong, I don't.
Speaker 2It's a good feeling I'm not achy, yeah, you know. I just I feel like, uh, you know, and I haven't even started. I mean, james is working up the program right now yeah. He's going to get it to me this weekend, so I'm just kind of deloading this week just to not overdo it. So when we kick off the program it's like okay, my body's fresh. Yeah for sure.
Speaker 1Well, I think I'm excited about I've always responded really well to lifting heavy weights.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1And so I think this might be something that I'm actually going to probably not excel in, but like enjoy.
Speaker 2I absolutely agree with that, Because I've already noticed.
Speaker 1I have to get an extra plate now. I got to get extra plates for it.
Speaker 2Because we have 330 pounds.
Speaker 1That's not enough In my gym.
Speaker 2You'll warm up with it.
Speaker 1And I was repping it the last, like for the squat and for the deadlift, and I hardly ever squatted I always was a bench press guy, yeah, or deadlift too, and so like there's a few things though that I'm noticing that are really gonna probably get me into trouble. It's technique, um, you know my wife is, is really good at deadlifting and like the the legs portion, so she watches that pretty heavy for me. But I'm a little worried, like when you I was doing the Ohio state strength program which, by the way, I do want to formally apologize I was told by a few listeners that I was a little harsh, uh, about Ohio state and their fans, and so what I want to say is I, if I offended anybody, I apologize, um, with the exception of Ohio state fans.
Speaker 1With the exception of Ohio State fans.
Speaker 2So we're doing this. Ever since I found the Ohio State Buckeyes strength matrix, I have a new appreciation for Ohio State football.
Speaker 1I'm like no wonder these guys are so good. It's the same thing as the Nebraska pyramid. It's literally the same thing I did. It may actually be.
Speaker 2You probably started one place and then that strength and condition coach moved like, got transferred over to, like got hired by Ohio.
Speaker 1I'll tell you what's different, because they do three one reps. You know, one rep of three.
Speaker 2Yeah, no wait. Three reps of one, no, three sets of one rep, yes, yeah, and in the, in the. Nebraska.
Speaker 1Nebraska when you were doing like three, two and then you do one rep of one, yeah, and then you go back to five. So what?
Speaker 1I like about it is it does force you to hit heavyweight multiple reps, so you're getting used to or at least what I'll experience is I can move up in weight as we go. So when we do the competition, we'll be like, okay, I'll see how 350 feels, and if I can do that, great. Do the competition and be like, okay, I'll see how three 50 feels, and if I can do that, great. And then I can go to three 55 and three 60. Or the fact is I can always know, oh, I can do three 30. No problem, cause I was repping it out. So I know that I, when we're doing our thousand pound power lift thing, I know, okay, I got three, three 30 is already locked in. So now I got to get a three 50 deadlift, you know three 30 squat or whatever it is. So that's cool.
Speaker 2It's helping with endurance, definitely of the muscles, fatigue, because typically I'll I'll run out pretty fast, I'll come out strong, and so it's helping with that for sure, and I also like that, like when you, whatever the weight that you're going up to for one rep, you have to do it three times, so a can't be your max.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Because you're not going to get your max three sets in a row. So that's one thing. So it keeps you just under your max.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2But it also trains kind of like the first time you do a new number, even if it's not your true, true max, it's still the most you've ever lifted, or most you've lifted lately, yeah. And so you get it the first round and you're like, oh, I can do that again. You do it again and the second. For me the second set is usually the best, Like cause, I'm, I'm, I. The first set went well.
Speaker 1Yeah, there's a confidence. Yeah.
Speaker 2You're like you know, yeah, and then incrementally just moving up from there I, I like it, and you, you.
Speaker 1Every time I text you I'm like oh, I breezed through that. You're like stop doing less. So I started like the the max of the 330. It's like, okay, I can do 330. And I breezed through it and I didn't fail at any rep. Actually, there was no point where I was like struggling. Yeah, and you're like, and you finally sent it to me. It's like start at 360. You have to, like, you gotta fail at some point, otherwise you're just breezing through it. So now I'm at the 350 to 355 range for squat and deadlift right, I mean that's.
Speaker 2That's the hard thing. You don't want to.
Speaker 2You want to overestimate your max and then like, and then you fail in the first week trying it like you kind of want to give yourself a buffer because you're not going to move up five pounds every week. That's not. I mean, even if you're on just a ass ton of steroids you wouldn't get. I mean maybe you would, but like you know, there's, there's a lot of reasons why you as a natural lifter are not going to be able to put on like actual five pounds of strength every week. Now you can adapt slowly with five pound increments to get closer and closer to your one rep, like true run, one rep max, and in the process get stronger and maybe add five pounds over the course of four to six weeks.
Speaker 2That's so you're better off like just you know, versus like rushing too fast, getting too heavy and then all of a sudden you're either hurt or you're not getting your reps.
Speaker 1So what's the rule of thumb? So I did the three 50, three 55 full through. Yeah, so does that mean, I can bench three 55?
Speaker 2That's the estimate.
Speaker 1yeah, Because the top number is probably 340 or 335. Yeah.
Speaker 2So, yeah, it's like a 92% to 95% of your true max.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think I repped the one reps for 310 for the bench it was 310. 310, 310, 310, and I breezed through it.
Speaker 1The last one I was like eh, but it's fine, my shoulder hurt a little bit. The last one I was like, but it's fine, my shoulder hurt a little bit. But so I mean I'll probably go to the three 50 side just to check that out, and then I'll be benching three thirties and then I need to get another plate, like you said. So we'll see how that goes. But I'm excited about it, man, I think. I think it's going to be fun to see what we do. It'll be fun to be a part of competition environment again, Like it's like you never like.
Speaker 2But well, and that's the thing. It's like you're doing all this stuff just in your garage, like maybe with your wife watching, or something like that. It's a different deal when you've got judges, people on both sides.
Speaker 2You imagine like a squat, well, one rep and you're putting on 385 and you've never done the weight before and you got your shoes, your you've got your belt on and all that and you're just like, and the whole world is like this moment right now and it's like you know the adrenaline and that's going to be the difference. That's why, that's why I project those, those projected one rep maxes are higher than what you, what you can. I mean. I've done 250 for sets of one, one one. I haven't gone beyond that yet, but I'm sure in the moment of a competition I could push 265, 270. Right now I would imagine.
Exploring Powerlifting Techniques and Goals
Speaker 1Dude, yeah, you could do more than that. I don't know. I think you're underestimated. The bench is kind of how I feel like my deadlift is going. I'm looking at you like bro, you could push three bills easy right now. What are you doing? It's just like so slow, Like you pause, and you're like you scratch your nose halfway through the rep.
Speaker 2Well, that's, that's part of it, because, because I've had shoulder issues in the past, I'm just not willing. I don't want to go fast, I don't want to bounce Like I want. I want everything that I earn to be earned, because you know in a bench press comp, in a powerlifting competition, you gotta bring it down, pause and you get the okay to go.
Speaker 1Really, yeah, you're not just oh dude, I need to know that yeah, that's why.
Speaker 2Well, that's why we're going to a powerlifting competition this weekend oh yeah so saturday in dripping springs at a at a local gym they're doing a like a small powerlifting competition so we'll be able to watch. You know people compete, learn some of the. You know some of the rules and like what techniques people are using but just implementing like, uh, leg drive. You know. Position of the shoulders like I was watching a video.
Speaker 2I'm from a french, you know like powerlifting champion, just talking about like I should probably watch your video and all this stuff, all those little pieces are like a you know, a couple pounds here, a couple pounds there, like a little bit more uh, that you can, you know, be able to access for that, for that lift, and so all those things matter. I mean, last time I was doing the, the matrix with deadlifts, and it said, you know, I was like two at 380, 385, 390, and then my third set of 390 for one, I just did two and I'm like, oh okay, I just did two.
Speaker 1That's what I'm supposed to do for one.
Speaker 2So the next week I did 395 for two and I'm like, okay, well, if I can do 395 or two in the gym with no energy other than just me working out, then I could probably pull through 420. Yeah 425.
Speaker 1So did you try.
Speaker 2No, it's not worth it. That's the thing, like it's not worth. So what are?
Speaker 1we going to actually max out and see where we're at? Are we going to have a special pod for that?
Speaker 2I mean, I'm going to talk to. I'll talk to James about what his thoughts are. Oh yeah, we got a trainer and like the point, the whole point of this is that, like you know you're, it's, it's the way from what I understand about strength training and powerlifting training it's like you never there's only so many times you can go absolutely balls to the wall as hard as possible. You know it's. You know you can't it. You can't train for an MMA fight by just fighting as hard as you can that's what Sean Strickland does.
Speaker 1He only spars.
Speaker 2But sparring is not champion of the UFC. My point is just that he's not going into the ring every day with somebody who wants to kill him and goes to like five rounds to see who dies first. Right, like he's, he's sparring with top guys, you know. But there is a certain element of like practice to it. Right, the same thing goes with like its technique. There's ways to like, you know. I'm sure that I've seen people deadlift where they stop halfway, like right at the shins, and then keep going. So it's like a half point pause to like, develop more like, so that as you're pulling up you have to stop and then keep going yeah so it develops more like drive from the upper part of your deadlift.
Speaker 2I mean, there's a lot of stuff that I have no idea about, which is why I'm loving it, because I think for me as a trainer and as somebody who's been lifting for a good amount, of years you get a little stagnant.
Speaker 2It's like the same kind of stuff. This is like a whole different world that I don't know anything about and I've never really been that strong. I mean I was 19 or 20. I think I benched 255 for six. That was pretty good you could have benched three. Yeah, and the crazy thing is, I remember I never maxed out.
Speaker 1Huh.
Speaker 2I was always like six Were you afraid of it? No, it was. I was a body, I was. I was training for bodybuilding. So I was like I was always in the in the like the bodybuilding you know world of like six to 12 reps Right, like, so it never occurred to me like shit, I just did you know 255 for six.
Speaker 2Why don't I just throw on three plates and see if I could do it? Never, never occurred to me. But anyway, my point being is just that this is a new world, this is a new type of training, yeah, and I love it because a I'm learning and I'm just I'm super excited about it. But also I'm gonna be able to translate that to some of my clients, yeah, who want to get stronger, and I'm will be able to translate that to some of my clients who want to get stronger and I'm we'll be able to kind of just provide more value to them.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think it's cool and I'm excited to be a part of it because I think it's something that I could excel in. I think I'm going. I'm a lot stronger than I ever thought. I've always thought I was strong, but it's the first time in my life that I think I can get 400 at one of those spots, like a 400 bench. I mean, that was never. That was always the fat guys that could do that. Like. I'm really starting to think. Like I think if I put my mind to it, barring any injuries, yeah, I could probably get to four bills by the end of the year. So there you go, there you go. I think it's awesome. Well, I'm appreciative of of you pushing me to do something I want to do but also get out of our comfort zone.
Speaker 1I'm looking forward to the power lifting competition on Saturday to see what it's all about. I'm looking forward to James DeLacy and his program, and then I'm also excited about jabbing my stomach full of more semi-glutide from SolutionsRx.
Speaker 2Perfect.
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