Peach Podcast
Two guys and an occasional guest breaking open topics on: Purpose, Energy, Attitude, Commitment and Health through shared experiences.
Peach Podcast
S2EP06: Foundation, Long Runs, Physicals and Chaffing, Oh My!!
This episode emphasizes the power of community and personal growth, focusing on the Shamrock training program while sharing humorous and relatable struggles with long-distance running. Listeners are encouraged to rethink their resolutions and prioritize foundational habits as they navigate their fitness journeys while receiving tips on health maintenance, nutrition, and effective lifestyle hacks.
• Exploring the importance of community in training
• Anecdotes about the realities of long runs and overcoming discomfort
• Insights on National Resolution Quitters Day and sustainable goal-setting
• Discussing the significance of health check-ups and preventive care
• Nutritional guidance: The balance between supplements and whole foods
• Practical lifestyle hacks for healthier living
• Sharing a powerful quote about belief and support in achieving goals
Hey, hey, hey, welcome to the Peach Podcast. Just a couple of dudes and an occasional guest breaking open topics from everyday life on purpose, energy, attitude, commitment and health. So, if you're ready, listen in as we live, to learn from our losses, gain from our gratitude and laugh as we level up.
Speaker 2:Always remember if you ever feel stuck, all you got to do is just your boys, Doug and Daryl. We are excited to be back together with podcast land, peach, community land, whatever you want to call it, land. We're back, we're back, we're back. Anyways, man, we got some great things to talk about, to recap, to touch on some information to help you move forward as you continue your journey. But before we get into all that stuff, Daryl, let's just talk a little bit about Shamrock. Man Shamrock, which we're all training, we got me, you, Eric, Josephine and man at least 15 other people training for this half marathon 5K, 10K. Are we having any first-time runners coming out to?
Speaker 3:this event to actually break in and become a runner, or Angelina is going to move up from the 5k to the 10k?
Speaker 2:So definitely.
Speaker 3:And uh, david, uh, David's first, uh, first half. So yeah, we got a couple. I would say they're completely new, but they're stretching themselves big time.
Speaker 2:Nice. Oh, so David is doing the half. Yes, he is Right. Hey, big shout out to you, david. I know you listen to us once in a while, brother, but, man, love that you're doing this and can't wait to hear about. You know all the stuff. We'll have to get him on the podcast one day and see how his journey was, what he's learned, what he had to struggle with, what his biggest challenge and obstacle was and how he feels about it all. Now. You, we all know Daryl we go through that shit all the time, so we know what's up, but it's fun to hear it from other people's perspectives as well. So we're going to talk a little bit about.
Speaker 2:This is season two. It's about foundation. Man, we want to make sure you are solid in your foundation as we enter into 2025. It's only the second month. We're going to go over some recapping, some things and again, like I said earlier, we're going to throw you some questions for continued growth, continued growth, and, as always, we will finish with our quote card. So stick around. That's a fun little time where each one of us just pops a quote on each other and then we kind of dissected live right here on the air. So, with that said, what do we got going on with Shamrock? Tell me what I've left out.
Speaker 3:Well as my Garmin coach. We should get Garmin as our sponsor, if we ever had a sponsor because we are spreading the Garmin news.
Speaker 3:We both put ourselves into the Garmin coaching via our watch and the app. They've got some great tools. They really go do some really cool AI stuff. So does Strava. But, doug, one of the items I mentioned to you is my trainer said I'm moving from base or foundation phase to build phase, which means get your ass out there and run longer. It's time to do some work now. Time to do some work. So you've been doing it for about I guess three weeks now, and I've been doing it for two is the weekends is legitimately a long run. It's not just a little long, it's long. So I think that's something that's kind of new. Um, you know, I'll let you talk about it, but I joined you. We mentioned it last week. Uh, for a 10 miler. Wow, that was a big wake up call. Eric and I got out in the rain this weekend and did an eight miler and we got this little thing called Super Bowl. You know, I really didn't understand why they have a Super Bowl if the Niners aren't in it.
Speaker 2:I guess they just yeah, I thought football was over with. The Niners were having a shitty season. We just ended the season, we moved on.
Speaker 3:Well, we'll go ahead and we'll click in at three, three or four o'clock, but we got five or six of us that are going to go do a long run this Sunday at the bike trail in Sacramento, so super excited about it. And long runs are different, right? I mean, doug, this is the real deal. So getting ready and moving from foundation to built, which means long runs.
Speaker 2:So what is it so, Daryl, when I was training for a marathon, that's when I first learned about long runs, and half marathons have plenty of long runs too, trust me. But there's one massive painful lesson I've learned on long runs. I don't think I've talked to you about it yet, but you might've heard me mention it in the past. But what do you think that painful lesson might be? Did you experience pain in unusual areas after our long run?
Speaker 3:last time. I did not, I did not, and I'm really nervous about what you're going to say right now. So go ahead.
Speaker 2:So the first time I did a super long run I think it was like 13 or 15 miles or something like that I came home and I got in the shower and my ass crack and my nipples were on fire. Dude, it was tall, it's called chafing Daryl and man. But in the runner world and I say it, I say it transparently and openly, because if there's runners listening to this, they're not even batting an eye or flinching as I say those things, because they all know it comes with the territory. So I literally last time you and I ran that, what was it? 10 miles or 10 miles? Last time we ran 10 miles. Uh, I time you and I ran that, what was it? 10 miles, yeah, 10 miles. Last time we ran 10 miles.
Speaker 2:I came back and I had just a little glimpses of the nipple chafing when I got back in the car. I'm like, oh shit, I got to remember to put on the gel. So, darrell, I'm going to tell you, man, ahead of time. I'm glad you didn't experience it, but don't wait for it, brother. Get some Vaseline or some chafing rub and get your nipples and your ass cracked, looped up, brother, and you'll be thanking me down the long stretch, because that shit hurts man after a long run.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I forgot to tell David about that part, so we'll leave that out, so I'm able to leave that out.
Speaker 3:But yeah, no joke, I got to admit I did not have that problem until when we actually did the day of the race and I ran the full 13 miles at 13.2. Man, I felt it the next day and so it's the first time. So I know it's out there and something, maybe not to look forward but to plan for and uh and have some remediation. Um, I ran with Eric on Saturday and it was raining quite a bit and so we were a little soaked. And I woke up on Sunday and I text David and I said hey, david, let's, let's get three or four miles in.
Speaker 3:So I was running with David and, um, he's kind of a newer runner, real big athlete in shape and everything else, but he hasn't done a lot of running. And he texts me after his runs and he'll say something to me, like got my run in still sucks, still hurts, right, and uh, and I always tell him I was like, because it's supposed to. I said it's supposed to, it's just, I don't know what to tell you, man, it's supposed to. And uh, I remember this quote, uh, from uh, uh, you know, uh, chris, uh, chris Williamson, and it says the magic you're looking for is in the work that you're avoiding.
Speaker 3:Oh, man and uh, man, the magic you're looking for is in the work that you're avoiding. That's huge. And uh, and I remember last year getting out and trying to build up some sort of a base of running was hell, yes, but at some point, once I got there, I was like, okay, I see a path right. But man don't you think, Doug, it's so hard that building that foundation and the little stuff is really the hard part, right, and sometimes it stops us from getting to where we need to get to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's the work, daryl. It's called work for a reason. It's not called vacation, it's not called relaxation, it's not called lounging, it's called the fricking work and it's hard. But that's what makes running so, or just exercising in general, or forget about exercising, that's what makes going to do something you really don't want to do, but you do it anyways so magical when you get through it. Because, man, that's where the magic happens. It's the after effect, and it may not be right after the run or right after bike ride or right after the exercise routine or right after the hard work or the bike ride, or right after the exercise routine or right after the hard work or the writing assignment, whatever it is. It's down.
Speaker 2:When you're sitting with some friends and family around a fire pit and you're talking about the things you did and some of the things you've accomplished, man, there's this sense that just heightens in you, that you feel fulfillment. You can have a sense of fulfillment and magic in a conversation because you did that shit, instead of being on the sidelines listening to other people who have done it, have done the work. You get to actually be in the game, man, and carry that ball. So on that note, daryl, we are in January, right, or we're in February. Month two, month two, man. I went just back in time real quick. That's a sign of age aging right there. But anyways, daryl, do you know that there is a National Resolution Quitters Day. Really. When is that? The second Friday of January? Oh wow.
Speaker 2:Yeah 92% of people give up on their resolutions by that date. And, daryl, that's a statistic that's been around for years, for years, and people know it. I mean billions of pod, not billions, but hundreds of podcasters talk about it. It's out on social media Like a lot of people do it, and so many people still. I don't know if they pay attention to the details or the tricks or the strategies that can help them not be one of those statistics, but to be the 8% that actually get through the resolution and find fulfillment on the other side, that get into the magic and find fulfillment on the other side. You know that. Get into the magic.
Speaker 2:Strava you know the app that we use. We should get a Garmin and Strava sponsorship on this damn podcast. But Strava also, you know this. Strava is an app more focused to most people who join Strava. They are into movement, like they're not there just for you know, just to connect with friends or anything. It's like hey, I'm, I'm going to be walking, I'm going to be running, I'm going to be cycling, I'm going to be rowing, I'm going to be skiing, whatever. So most people join that app because they are into physical movement.
Speaker 3:But even Strava research showed that 80% who are on that app give up by that date, you know, by the second Friday by that date, by the second Friday, so the second Friday, so that's got to be somewhere between the 10th and maybe the 20th of the month. So we're talking 92% of the people give up in the first 10 to 20 days.
Speaker 1:Wow, right, right, right, right, right, wow, wow, but here, we are Daryl.
Speaker 2:It's Right, right, wow, Wow, but here, but here we are, daryl. It's it's February, month two of twenty twenty five. Man, here we are folks, here we are folks, here we are. So, daryl, I know you had you had a plan, you had an amazing plan, all set up and lined up. Let's, let's just recap that for a minute, man, let's tell me a bit, how's that going, how's that going for?
Speaker 3:you Good, Great, and you know we talked about, we did a podcast I'll call the 2025 Game Plan. So not a resolution, but have a plan. You got to plan for success Right, and one of the things that you know we've talked about on this podcast and in our personal life is life isn't always as complicated as we make it. What we spend time on or focus on, equates to our experiences and those experiences become our patterns. So it's a little bit of what you put your time to is what you do, and if you're putting your time to the maybe the old you or things that maybe didn't serve you quite as well, you're going to have some very similar experiences and you're probably going to have the similar patterns.
Speaker 3:So when you kind of talk about, like, your 2025 game plan, you're kind of thinking, hey, what are some small things? I want to make some some changes and improve upon no-transcript. And so I sat down this weekend it just turned February 1st on Saturday. So I sat down on Saturday and I went through my phone and my goal as you know, Doug, I was supposed to pick up my first three to five pictures for the month of January. That kind of articulated it and I failed miserably. I picked out 19 of them.
Speaker 2:So you were supposed to pick out three, and you ended up picking out 19 photos. Yes, 19 photos and you're a busy little bee, my friend?
Speaker 3:No, but I tell you what man. You look at your photos and you see trends. It's super easy to see. It's like what did I spend? It was so easy. What did I spend my time doing? Right, and there's lots of pictures of like post running or post workouts. We take a picture, we text. Those are lots of those, right. Uh, so a lot of fun things with friends and exercises. Eric got a cold plunge and, oh my goodness, we've been over there cold plunging and we're, you know, shivering and half naked in his garage. I don't know what we're doing over there, but we're, you know, we're in the cold plunge in the water. Uh, the other theme was at which I man. I hope I hope this lasts for the rest of my life, right In long life, ava Jo, ava Jo, ava Jo.
Speaker 3:Right, there's about there's pictures of her doing everything, pictures of her and I uh, super awesome. Uh, you know the podcast we had with Ricky. You know we did take that one screenshot of the three of us and then we downloaded some pictures and he sent us some great pictures of back when he was competing in the hospital and him and Jen, and they were just super. So they were there and I'll tell you what. It just filled my heart, Right and it was really cool. Yeah, After I looked at it, I also thought of one thing as I sent it to my wife and in this here you know what, and before she even said it, I knew it I said there wasn't as many pictures of Josephine and I together.
Speaker 3:Oh, and one of my, one of my items this year is we're trying to spend more quality time, of course, with myself and Ava, or Ava and Ava as a family, but also Josephine and I carving out some time for ourselves. And when I look back on it, we have done some cool things, we play cards at night and we do a few other things, but there wasn't and she said in text back man, there wasn't enough experiences and pictures of us together and it was real obvious. So it was almost like taking a window into your world, right? So it kind of started to have me reflect on hey, what did I do well at, Maybe? What are things could I improve? But, Doug, I'm telling you, that photo exercise took me up 15, 20 minutes. It was awesome, but it also showed me what is my focus, what is my experience, what are my patterns Right?
Speaker 2:So wow, darrell, I love it. So I'm just going to kind of recap what you just said to break it down a little slower for some people who may not have heard our 2025 no Resolution, but Game Plan podcast. So, daryl, before I shared those seven steps with Daryl. Daryl had already created his own plan where he was going to save three photos every month for 2025 that highlighted his most favorite memories or most meaningful memories. And then he heard about the going through your photos for the year thing and so he's been saving all those photos and doing all that stuff, and so he gathered his photos, all his photos, and doing all that stuff. And so he gathered his photos for the month of January. This was part of his plan, because the other plan that I spoke about on the game plan thing is to do all this at the end of the year.
Speaker 2:You're going to go through month by month and get the photos that have meaning and memory to you, but Daryl is doing it a little differently. He is doing it as the month happens. He's going to go through and capture the photos that have the most meaning to him and kind of see what they speak to him, and it sounds to me, like Daryl, that you learned one. You couldn't choose just three photos. And I want to give you an assignment you don't have to take it on right here, Daryl, but maybe take a note and write it down that if you were on your deathbed, daryl, and you had those 19 photos and you can only look at three of them, which three would you choose and why? So that might help you just get a little more clarity on what's most important to you, what matters the most to you.
Speaker 2:And then the next thing I heard you say was that you noticed you didn't have a lot of moments with you and Josephine. Now I want to argue that a little bit, or I guess not argue it, but just point out that when you guys were in Maui, and throughout the month, man, you sent me a ton of photos of you and her, you and her running here back at home, you and her running back in Maui, you and her exercising together. And so you know, just don't disqualify those things, but maybe, maybe and this is just another question for you maybe they don't have the meaning you think that you want them to have. You know, but that's cool, bro, you got your bride right next to you exercising and stuff like that on a tropical island. There's a lot of meaning in there, man. So you know, maybe dig a little deeper when you're looking for that meaning.
Speaker 3:But, doug, let me stop you. I agree why we were on vacation. It was amazing, yeah, but one of the things that we did talk about was back in real life how do we carve?
Speaker 2:out time for each other, and that's my next question is what do you do moving ahead?
Speaker 3:Exactly, exactly, and so we already started talking about that. But you know the nice part, it wasn't just me, she actually said the same thing to me, so I think that's a great reminder. You know what Part about having a plan for the year or the month or whatever you could always go back and say how did I do? And make some small tweaks to it, right, but I think, um, I you know by the way, I mentioned to you this before we started recording it took me 25 minutes to do the whole recap. 25 minutes a month to do a review of the month. Right, like, that's nothing, that's just a like. By the way, in business, what do you do all the time? You reflect on your business, you reflect on whatever this is you, you evaluate and you move on. And so it was nice. I spent 25 minutes. Wow, doug, I invested 25 minutes inspecting my life. Right, that's not a big investment, but it was a lot of cool stuff that came out of it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so what so? What so, daryl? Well, just you know, out of, out of curiosity and, and you know a lot of our listeners, they grow close to us just by listening, man, and and we get these really close personal relationships with them. But what did you learn and how are you going to adapt and adjust moving forward in February?
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, a couple of things was interesting when I looked back on it After I did the bike ride up the mountain, the Misogi I was using the word gratitude a lot and that's carried through, doug, which is really good, yeah, uh. The other thing is, when I look back at the pictures and I didn't even need to look at the pictures I'll tell you what. That podcast we did with Ricky that touched me and a lot of people. Yes, and man, when he said cut that shit out, get rid of the negativity in your life. One of my goals for this year was edit and that was my version of edit and I think about that and I've tried to do that and that just really hit home.
Speaker 3:Yeah, one of the other items was is I had the word thrive. You know, oh, I'm going to thrive. Haven't really thought about thrive too much. I've been more focused on day to day, the process and everything else. And when I look at it and I look going forward, some of the top improvement items are not about finances or work or I've got to go train harder. It really is about how do I spend more time in my relationships, which is kind of an interesting perspective. We're so much about purpose and health and everything else, and I think that that's a big part and I think I did well in there is how do you make sure you carve out more and more time for my relationship? So those are a couple of the key things I kind of took and that we're going to make some changes in the next month.
Speaker 2:That's good, that's interesting. So if I was to ask you real quick how, how?
Speaker 3:if someone came up to you and said, daryl, how can I carve out more time for relationships? What would be the first thing that comes to the top of your head? Focus, you know, if, if, uh, you know, josephine and I we spend a lot of time maybe having debates, but if it's something that's important to you, it's what you'll focus on first, right, um, and maybe, uh, maybe, try and work on that edit, to edit things out of your life that maybe you don't need as much. So I think it's just kind of putting them first. The other item that we'll jump down in some topics down below that we wrote out ahead of time One of the things that when I was talking to David on the run he mentioned, he said listening to the podcast.
Speaker 3:One of the things that jumped out at him I think you said it is your question about why. Right, when you think about the things you do you think about in the context of why and how does this serve me today in long-term? Right, and I think that's something we always got to go back to. If you look at you know, how do you find more time? Well, maybe way different things. You know why or how does this serve me today in long term. You know how. Spending more time with your spouse, your kids, your relationships and investing them those have a massive difference in today. In long term, maybe doing that one extra task at work or doing that one thing that's probably not at the top of your list might not? So I think we always need to continue to go back to our why.
Speaker 2:I love that. Yes, yes, yes, yes. And that helps eliminate wasting time. You know, because, man, if you ask that question to everything you're doing, imagine how meaningful your life can become over time. You know it just, man, that's just like a huge boulder building momentum. That's awesome. I love that. All right, brother, what else you got for me today?
Speaker 3:Well, let's talk about foundation. One of the items that I wrote down and that you know I'll be really frank, Other people are much better at it than I am is going and seeing your doctor. I got on a habit at work, just in my work very, very fortunate, pre-COVID, they would actually have doctors come to your work once a year and you do your annual physical and it was always there, it was easy to schedule and since they stopped that with COVID, you know what? I haven't had a physical right as much as I talk about purpose, health and everything else there right.
Speaker 3:I haven't gotten to talk to my doctor, right, and Josephine is really, really good at always staying up on her doctor visits and other things, and I've been doing a lot of podcasts. That we're hearing is about additional testing and we'll talk about that in a second. So I first of all, you got a schedule and you know how long you have to schedule a physical, which takes a couple of months out, and I actually had my annual doctor visit today and it was great and I had a full page of notes, went in there and talked to him about additional testing of where I'm at. He actually recommended five additional tests that I was able to do. I was able to do the blood work for three of them today, two other ones I need to do in the morning, which were great, and we talked about additional testing and supplements, and so it was great. So sometimes the foundation things, doug, isn't just running more or sweating harder or doing longer. Sometimes it's actually doing the little things that you avoid as much as we sit there and talk about health.
Speaker 3:I haven't had a physical in almost five years, doug which is probably not really aligned with my health goals.
Speaker 2:I'm glad you got it done. Yeah, I don't miss. I don't miss my physicals every year, man Like clockwork. Yeah, good for you getting that done. That's important, daryl. Those are those. Give you some base numbers, man to look at. So good stuff. So what book did he recommend? So?
Speaker 3:after uh, I talked to him about a lot of different things, specifically about some specific things like metformin and statins and testosterone and iron testing and everything else he says. You know what I would suggest that you maybe read it's called Outlive what he said. It's kind of the gold standard of some of the science, of what people are thinking about of longevity. Uh from, I believe it's Peter Ativa, I believe.
Speaker 2:Peter Atia, yes.
Speaker 3:Atia, and, uh, I believe you've read that, so you know, other than my doctor visit, I had a five minute book club today too. So, um, I don't know what's happening with me in the book clubs, Doug, but uh, you know what?
Speaker 2:anything? Anything from Peter Atiyah I highly recommend, especially if you're into longevity, absolutely highly, highly recommend. He's a great writer. It keep man. You can get lost in the weeds though, cause he goes deep, he very, very scientific and, uh, factual based and and he lives it. He lives it and he works with clients on that level, like he would have loved you as one of his patients coming in with your list of questions and blood work and all that stuff he would have said let's go.
Speaker 3:And then the other thing he did talk about was supplements. He said you know they had me list my supplements and I'll you know about two weeks before I went in for the visit. So two weeks ago I went in, I actually pulled all the supplements I had from above this thing and I pulled them down and put them on the counter and I was like what am I doing, taking all these right? I made like nine different ones and there's about four or five that I take in listening to a podcast and I kind of talked to him about the basics and one of the things, definitely I listened to Alex Larson.
Speaker 3:She was on the Derek Teal podcast this week. He talked about nutrition and supplements. She made a big point. Supplements are just that, doug right, supplements are not part of your baseline. Nothing replaces balanced, healthy meals, she said. And then if you're doing, uh, endurance sports, you have to have sport, uh fueling. And then the topping on the cake, third, is supplements. So, um, don't get over, uh over, uh over focused on supplements and all I'm taking this fish oil or this creatine and and and miss out the bigger one.
Speaker 3:Um, I'll tell you what one thing, doug creatine is a big, big topic right now. You see it a lot of different places. I'm finally on the creatine bandwagon. Even the doctor today said absolutely you should be taking it. They talked about and he mentioned it today. They said on the podcast you lose muscle. You lose muscle density as you get older. Right, they said anything. You know, each decade past your 30s you can lose between three and 8%. So muscle health is huge.
Speaker 3:Creatine helps basically put more water into your muscles and does some different things there and it's linked to a lot of really positive things. So not that everybody needs to be on creatine, doug, but definitely for some of the things we're doing. That seems to be in kind of the no-brainer to go look at right Definitely research and see how it helps out. And then some of the other ones were pretty basics. You know omega-3s, protein to get those things in. Definitely, iron is something he wanted me to get tested for, so it was kind of nice getting back to the simple ones that they had there as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:You know, Darrell, I was taking a ton of my cabinets used to look like yours with all those vitamins and stuff and, man, I've been on this experimental journey of just getting back to whole foods, whole foods and using protein as my number one resource of nutrition, because it's so hard, if you're going to get protein in through whole foods, to get in the amount for active people I'm talking about for active people to get in the amount required to maintain, just to maintain, not to build muscle mass, but to maintain.
Speaker 2:So for me, man, I think the only supplement I have now is amino acids acids, because I exercise a lot, man, so I need that extra boost of amino acids to help stabilize my protein synthesis. But, man, getting in some good steaks or turkey meat or chicken or whatever man, day in and day out, that's a chore man, but it's worth it. I see it working and I feel really dang healthy. I think you can get a lot of the stuff you need through supplements, but I don't know, I might need to take a look at some omegas again, omegas nine or threes, just to make sure. But my blood work is looking awesome, top-notch right now, so I'm just stick with what I got going.
Speaker 3:Well, doug, what you just said is what they highlighted, both Alex on the podcast, and what the doctors will tell you all day. Nothing replaces a balanced, healthy meal. Nothing, right, right, right. Don't think that a supplement's going to go correct that at all, right, no, no so yeah, there I get it.
Speaker 2:man, a balanced, healthy meal sounds great and, man, I wish everyone had time to do that and if you really, really, really, really really wanted to, you could sacrifice some time here and there to make it happen meal prep and all that stuff. But I mean, some of these people listening, they got a couple of jobs, they got multiple kids, they got responsibilities all over the place, and so thank God for supplements. Not everyone is in a place where you can create a balanced meal every single day, and consistency is key. So if those days you can't do it, pop them supplements and keep it going, keep it going.
Speaker 3:Hey, the other thing, Doug, I thought through as I was kind of finishing up my January is keeping things simple and I got to make a big call out to my wife. Sometimes the little things that she does makes a big difference, keeping things super simple. Like I said, I had those drawers where I had my powders and my pills scattered all over and I'd be rummaging through them every morning and kind of making a mess. She got me the most simple pill box, so I have them for the week. We have these five containers, doug I sent you a picture. We have protein powder in one, we have creatine in another, we have fiber, we have our two nuts in there, so you don't have to mess with those. And just like, those little simple, small tweaks make a big difference. Right, I'm not rummaging every night, I'm just, you know, taking my pills, or in the morning I'm not trying to go fight to where you know my containers of protein are and all those things. And, doug, I did break down and I bought the big ass calendar.
Speaker 1:Oh, good for you.
Speaker 3:And if you don't know what the big ass calendar is. I'm going to put it as a picture on there and I would probably say one out of every five arguments my wife and I have is on scheduling Is I told you this date, I put it in your calendar. I did this, I told your admin, I thought I mentioned this, the sticky was here, so we actually got it. It's by one of the people that we follow, jesse uh, who does a good job of yeah, essler and uh, it's big ass count.
Speaker 3:It is a full year calendar and it is big in fact, how big is it?
Speaker 2:like was it three feet by four feet? Like, oh no no, it's uh.
Speaker 3:I'm gonna look. I'm looking at it right now. I think it's uh. I think it's either four by four or five by four.
Speaker 2:It's probably four by four it's four by four, and it's got the whole year on it, though.
Speaker 3:Whole year. It's got all the months across and then they have you sticky notes and, like you know, the yellow sticky notes, that is our trips, right? So we read all our trips and you put them on there. We've got one that is for birthdays, we've got another. And the way they do to tell you is start off with your trips, maybe your sporting events, your challenges, your kids, and the last thing you do is you put on your work stuff, right.
Speaker 3:Because my whole thing is the first thing I did was I put on my work stuff Right right, right, right right. And so I've been teasing Josephine, let's do the big calendar. And she's been like, oh, but but we did it and we put it up there and I think we like it. And, um, you know what she said to me Cause yellow is our trips, she goes I always want to have more yellow stickers than anything.
Speaker 2:I believe that 100% man, that's awesome and you know that's a cool. I love that they have the color coded sticky things because, man, you can start taking, especially if you start planning out ahead. You can say, like holy shit, like you know, there's no yellow in August, like what's going on here, are we too busy or there's too much work sticky notes in this month, or that's a. I love that man. I might have to get him by. It's late in the game, but so what?
Speaker 3:better late than never, huh might have to get it by. It's late in the game, but so what, better late than never. Huh, yeah, I'll take a. We'll definitely. We'll put a picture up on the peach podcast in there. And we have it. And in fact today she sent me something and said uh, you know, march 28th through the 30th, we're at the ridge in tahoe. Jamie just booked it. And I wrote back and said stickers going up today, right, so we'll have some fun with it. So nice. And uh, and ava came into the room and said to me did you put my birthday up? Yes, we put your birthday on the calendar, ava, so you're all good.
Speaker 2:Hey, daryl just to add value in it from a different perspective to our listeners right now. I don't know if you realize this, but you mentioned a couple really awesome lifestyle hacks, like if you're trying to level up your life and you're struggling and you're finding, like man, I don't know what to eat or how to do this or whatever. But here's what you talked about, daryl, that you and Josephine are doing that are really really deep, fundamental lifestyle hacks. Number one you have containers on your counter that most people store things like sugar and flour and cereals and stuff in, and yours, from what you just said and the picture you showed me, are full of protein powder, creatine, and I think you have cashews and almonds or something like that. Right, these are all staple items of your daily exercise activities and just your health and movement routines, correct, correct, yeah, so that's an amazing imagine. You know you don't have jars on your counter with flour and sugar anymore. It's filled with fricking, protein powder and creatine and supplements that are designed and there for you to really level up your life. That remind you constantly hey, I'm an exerciser, I'm a fitness enthusiast man, I'm out there, I'm pounding the pavement, I'm doing things right. It's a constant reminder. So that's a great hack.
Speaker 2:Number two is the big ass calendar you got going on, man, that's just organizing your mind and your thoughts as a unit, like the whole family can see, because I know you and Josephine. I've been in the car a couple of times where you guys miscommunicated dates. Like what do you mean? You're going here? I thought we were supposed to be here and it happens to everybody. But, man, what a great lifestyle hack. To just really be on purpose, daryl, these are some really on purpose lifestyle hacks I want people to tune into and catch. Whether you use his methods or his method strategies or anything like that is irrelevant, but the fact that you can design things to remind you and your family unit that, man, we're this family, this is how we live, this is how we we're on the same page. Good shit, brother, good shit the same page.
Speaker 3:Good shit, brother. Good shit, yeah, thank you. And um, definitely a big, big, big shout out to my wife that definitely has uh implemented many of these things and uh, it's, it's really, really great. And the one thing I think of as we are in February now, in this um little bit of a weekend kind of recap for me on kind of how things are going and what I need to improve upon uh, from atomic habits there's that one of my favorite sayings in Juras too A habit missed once is a mistake.
Speaker 3:A habit missed twice is a start of a new habit. Oh yeah, never miss two days in a row. And you know what? It doesn't have to be two days. Guess what? I'm looking back and saying I don't want to miss two months in a row. Right, I can always make some adjustments in February and everything else. I think that's it, because it's easy just to say, ah, I'm just going to go back into my old focus, experience and patterns and I love a huge part of what my focus, experience or patterns, but there's some things I definitely need to shore up on.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, no, I love that quote and I'll tell you what man there's you gotta be careful when you go that hard line, because I think people like you and I, we live by that, even when we're injured, even when it's at a, even when it's at an expense of our overall health and wellbeing. You know, and and I'll give you a quick example is, um, I, you know, I had that bike accident a few weeks back and, uh, some of the issues are creeping up on me. Man, and last Thursday, dude, me and my dad went to this mission that our church is putting on. It was the last night of the mission and it was late in the evening. I got there and my old injuries were creeping up and, darrell, I felt like I needed a walker. Dude, something was going on with my lower abdominal muscles. I could barely stand up and walk. My shoulder and back were seizing up on me. My lower back was a mess man. I literally felt like if I had a walker, I would have used it. My dad had a cane because he's got some issues going on with his knee right now, and we both got in the car and said, damn, we're quite the pair, aren't we? But anyways, that quote, or that sense of that quote, was ringing in my head, daryl, and it's like man, I don't want to miss.
Speaker 2:I had a 12-mile run scheduled on Saturday and I'm thinking well, I got Friday off, it's a rest day for me, so I'm going to rest. I mean, I should have worked out or that's what my brain was saying, is I should have done my weightlifting routine, because I do have a weightlifting routine on Friday but I decided to lay in bed and just take the day off because I was in a lot of pain. And then by Saturday morning I started feeling a little bit better, but my head was still going man, you should go for that 12-mile run. You know, once you start moving, you're going to be fine. I'm in pain, dude, and thinking this stuff, it's just crazy, right. And then I said no, damn it, stop, don't, don't, don't, do it. And I was supposed to go help out at an auction at Ava Jo's school and I was like no, no, and I almost, but I was able to move around a little bit more.
Speaker 2:I could start feeling my body heal and progress and getting better, and I think in combination, because I fast as well, I fast regularly, and so I leveled up my fasting to higher levels and hours of fasting. Instead of just 16 or 18 hours, I went to 20 or 24 hours because I really wanted to get my cells juiced up and moving and start looking for whatever they can heal. And sure enough, man, by Monday morning I felt like a million bucks and went for a six mile run and felt amazing. Daryl felt amazing.
Speaker 2:So you know, when you hear things like don't miss two days in a row, he's not talking about when you're injured. You know when you're injured. Man, you got to silence that mind Because if you're anything like I know, there's a lot of athletes out there, people with that athletic mindset, who do not like to miss, who do not like to rest. And I'm going to tell you, man, go listen to our last episode and make sure you're including rest and recovery into your. Make sure it's part of your routine, not something you have to do, it's something that you have to do because it's part of your routine. Um, yeah, so check that, yeah, check that out, and I just wanted to add that into the.
Speaker 3:Into that, uh that segment, absolutely, absolutely. And um, I was thrilled that you just listening to you. I saw your run this morning and came through on Strava and listening to you today, you're like a completely different person than you were three days ago, which is amazing. Which is amazing. So my favorite part of the episode is quote card. Oh, here we go, and so appreciate everybody's feedback. And this is my week, so, doug, here you go. All right, cool card. All you need is one person in your life who says you got this, I believe in you and you will find the courage and energy to do things that you would not have done before. So read that one more time as you ponder that All you need is one person in your life who says you've got this, I believe in you and you will find the courage and energy to do the things that you would not have done before.
Speaker 2:That's powerful.
Speaker 2:That is powerful, daryl. I've heard that expressed in multiple different ways. I think one of the first times that it really spoke to me was during an Ed Milet podcast. I think somebody said to him when he was a kid he was sharing you know, you're going to be a great baseball player or something like that. And he went on to play you know baseball in college and was really good. I don't know if he ever made it to the pros or anything. Something injury or something. He never made it that far, but it took him really, really far and he attributes it to what that guy said to him when he was just a kid.
Speaker 2:And I believe in that so much, daryl, that there's times, there's seasons in my life and I'm glad you said this quote because it reminded me I need to get back to it and really be intentional, daryl, there's so many people, so many young people, old people, married people, divorced people, in prison people I don't care, just people in the world that if we got intentional and if everyone in the world just chose one person, one person a day, to look deeply into it and just find something they do well or something you really appreciate, respect and enjoy about them and shared that back to them, just highlighted to them, reminded them, because many times we're the last one to see our goodness or our greatness A lot of times. As you know, I'm going through a real difficult season in my life right now due to some choices that I made, and I take full ownership of that. But I am so grateful that I have so many people around me who continue to remind me that I'm still a good person, that, yes, I need to own my shit, but I'm still a good person. And, like you were talking about earlier, what I focus on is what's going to manifest down the road. And, as Tony Robbins said a long time ago, where focus goes, energy flows.
Speaker 2:So I can sit and dwell on my past and my mistakes or the choices that I made that weren't the best in my best interest or the people around me. Best interest or I can focus on okay, I did that, I own it, let's move forward, let's move forward. And so when I hear that quote, daryl, it reminds me of the power in the words that we say to others and what we can help release in people, especially when they, you know, don't see it in themselves. Great quote, man. Great quote.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, and I just don't say anymore. You got this. I believe in you. Those are some powerful words right there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but thank you for uh for for sharing that, that quote, man. It brought back some deep emotions just now. But, uh, you want to wrap up with anything, daryl, we're going to close this bad boy out.
Speaker 3:All good, all good. And uh, remember this Sunday is big run day and there's this small little football game. I forget, I don't know.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 3:We might watch some.
Speaker 2:TV. We might watch some TV, but first we're going to do 10 mile run. 10 mile run, easy pace. Though, daryl, easy pace, man, I'm gonna have to hold you back. All right, yeah, and good job to you and Eric. Last week, man, you guys got that eight miler and that's awesome.
Speaker 2:But moving forward, people, we're gonna close this down. I wanna remind you I always like to do it in the beginning, but I forgot. So, make sure, send us a text message with any comments. And, by the way, if you have a quote that you want me or Daryl to be challenged with, send it to us, man, we'd love to get some quotes from the listeners as well. Send us some quotes, or text us what we're doing well, what we can work on, or if you have a guest you think we might enjoy having on, or you would appreciate listening to man, send that person's information along and we would love to consider having that person on. So, with that said, I'll go ahead and close out like we always do. God bless and peace out, peace out, we're out Bye.