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Hosts Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros expose why most people feel overwhelmed, stuck, or burned out, not because they are weak or unmotivated, but because their capacity has not caught up to their ambitions. Drawing from thousands of episodes and years of coaching high performers, they explain how discipline, identity, and long-term thinking shape how much pressure, responsibility, and opportunity you can truly handle.

This episode cuts through surface-level self-help and offers a grounded framework for building mental toughness, emotional control, and sustainable success. If you want more focus, consistency, and confidence in your daily execution, this conversation will challenge how you think and operate.

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Show notes:
(2:41) Overwhelm is a capacity problem
(4:20) The grow, give, get formula
(6:48) Identity upgrades and long-term growth
(10:21) Why growth must come first
(15:46) Building macro capacity over time
(17:58) Training for adversity in advance
(21:11) Long-term thinking and patience
(22:58) Compounding progress over decades
(24:22) Outro

🎙️ Hosted by Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros

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Chapters

• 2:41 Overwhelm is a capacity problem
• 4:20 The grow, give, get formula
• 6:48 Identity upgrades and long-term growth
• 10:21 Why growth must come first
• 15:46 Building macro capacity over time
• 17:58 Training for adversity in advance
• 21:11 Long-term thinking and patience
• 22:58 Compounding progress over decades
• 24:22 Outro

Transcript

Kevin Palmieri

(0:00) I had a breakthrough the other night. (0:03) I worked a very long day and then I was moving stuff and then it was like 8.15 or 8.30 and I was batching WhatsApp and I had this breakthrough that for some reason took me this long to figure out. (0:15) We're going to talk about that today.

Alan Lazaros

(0:19) Success and how much you can handle your capacity are very connected. (0:25) That's what this episode is going to be about.

Kevin Palmieri

(0:28) Welcome to Next Level University. (0:30) I'm your host, Kevin Palmieri. (0:32) And I'm your co-host, Alan Lazarus.(0:35) At NLU, we believe in a heart-driven but no BS approach to holistic self-improvement for dream chasers.

Alan Lazaros

(0:42) Our goal with every episode is to help you level up your life, love, health, and wealth.

Kevin Palmieri

(0:48) We bring you a new episode every single day on topics like confidence, self-belief, self-worth, self-awareness, relationships, boundaries, consistency, habits, and defining your own unique version of success.

Alan Lazaros

(1:04) Self-improvement in your pocket, every day, from anywhere, completely free. (1:11) Welcome to Next Level University.

Kevin Palmieri

(1:16) Next Level Nation today for episode number 2,333. (1:21) For some reason, nobody really talks about this. (1:24) And Alan mentioned it.(1:26) So the other day, I don't remember. (1:29) It was a super long day. (1:30) It was like a 14-hour day or a 15-hour day.(1:33) And I was at the new house and Taryn went back to the old place to get stuff. (1:37) And I was just going through my WhatsApp. (1:39) And Christina had sent me like a five-minute audio message.(1:42) And I was like, I got time. (1:43) Let me check on this and see what's going on. (1:45) And I had this moment after where we always use the example of what is normal today probably would have killed me like five years ago.(1:55) No, not actually killed me, but it would have put me into a, I need to go to bed. (1:58) I need to run away from this. (1:59) I'm overwhelmed.(2:00) I'm stressed out. (2:02) And now, looking at all, like right now, I'm in the middle of a move and it's just mayhem. (2:08) It's just, I came over, I set my studio up.(2:11) But moving is a whole thing. (2:13) It's a whole thing. (2:14) Super humbling.(2:15) Super humbling. (2:16) And I, my office is somewhat set up. (2:19) It's enough where I can record episodes, but I still have to like do stuff.(2:22) I have ideas that I'm putting into mode. (2:25) Like there's a lot going on. (2:26) And we have the most clients we've ever had.(2:28) And now we're doing the 10 pound in 10 week challenge. (2:31) And I have a client that I'm going to visit twice a week. (2:34) There's just so many things.(2:36) And I actually have the capacity to be able to manage that. (2:41) And if we just think of capacity as like, I have a cup here. (2:45) This is a cup.(2:46) Capacity, how much can it hold before it overflows? (2:49) It can hold, I don't know, whatever it is. (2:51) How many ounces is this?(2:52) Probably 16 ounces. (2:53) No, 32. (2:54) I didn't see the, I didn't see the whole thing.(2:59) How much, how much can it hold before it overflows? (3:03) And I think that's a really good thing for all of us to think about. (3:06) We all know somebody where if there's the slightest bit of uncertainty, everything goes off the rails.(3:11) Or if it's like, well, I have to go grocery shopping and I have to do laundry and I have to do this and I have to do this, things go off the rails. (3:17) That most likely is a lack of capacity. (3:20) And my goal, at least today, is to talk about how to build it.(3:23) Because when you hear people talk about, okay, get outside your comfort zone. (3:26) What are they really saying? (3:28) Grow your capacity.(3:30) Every time you learn something new, that grows your capacity. (3:33) But I think it really is the awareness and then the implementation of it. (3:38) There's a lot of people that know a lot, but knowing it without doing it, I don't think actually, I think it increases theory.(3:46) It doesn't increase capacity.

Alan Lazaros

(3:48) I sent, I sent a success formula to one of my clients recently. (4:01) And I've never talked about this before. (4:03) I tried to make it as simple as possible.(4:05) I've done a lot of formulas, equations, manifestation, all stuff. (4:09) But this is as simple as I think I can ever make success. (4:13) Right here.(4:15) Let's hear it. (4:16) Three steps, rinse and repeat. (4:20) Number one, grow more.(4:22) Number two, give more. (4:25) Number three, get more. (4:29) And it has to be in that order.(4:33) You grow your capacity. (4:35) So now you have more to contribute to the company or to the economy or to your family or to the house you're building, whatever. (4:45) And then you get more after.(4:49) Grow more, give more, get more. (4:51) The simplest success formula ever created. (4:54) Poke holes in it.

Kevin Palmieri

(4:58) I feel like it's pretty sound.

Alan Lazaros

(5:02) And it just runs forever. (5:03) Always. (5:04) Just runs forever.(5:06) You're 36. (5:07) I'm 37. (5:08) I talk about age all the time.(5:10) People always ask me, why do you always talk about age? (5:12) You talk about age all the time. (5:14) Because I'm Allen version 3.7. I have way more capacity than Allen version 3.2. Allen version 3.0. Why do you say 3.0 versus just like 37?

Kevin Palmieri

(5:25) You're doing it in 10 year segments?

Alan Lazaros

(5:26) I think it's a good metaphor for like the iPhone. (5:31) You remember way back in the day they would do, you know, this is, I don't know. (5:38) What's a good example of it?(5:39) This is something 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0. In computer engineering, they would name products 1.1, 1.2. Isn't there like USB? (5:51) Version 1.2. It's like a software upgrade.

Kevin Palmieri

(5:53) Isn't it like USB 1.0, 2.0, 3.0?

Alan Lazaros

(5:56) Yeah. (5:56) USB 3.0. And it's 3.0. People call it USB 3.0. Engineers always do the 1.2 because there's different versions, different iterations. (6:06) So Windows 95, then Windows Vista, then Windows 98, then Windows 2000, then Windows 2010.(6:14) Windows 2000 was for a while. (6:16) What was the one before that? (6:17) I forget.(6:17) The point is I send Kev these videos all the time of technology and history. (6:26) Like in the mid-90s, different phones and shit. (6:31) And the reason I do that is because I want you to zoom out and see where we are in history and where we're going to be.(6:38) And the metaphor is skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it already is. (6:43) Anticipation is everything in business. (6:45) But grow more, give more, get more.(6:48) Grow more is I'm Alan version 3.7, and I need to become Alan version 3.8. So I need a software upgrade. (6:54) I need to think differently. (6:55) I need to expand my consciousness.(6:56) I need to take a course. (6:57) I need to read this book. (6:59) I need new breakthroughs and distinctions.(7:02) And you always say, like, people don't need to know that. (7:04) They don't know. (7:05) You don't know.(7:06) They do need to know it. (7:08) They just don't know they need to know it. (7:10) One piece of knowledge could save your life.(7:12) You just don't know it.

Kevin Palmieri

(7:14) And I was going to say, I think it requires a certain level of capacity. (7:18) To know it.

Alan Lazaros

(7:20) Yeah. (7:21) I have a client that I had argued with me once, and I encourage arguing with me in coaching. (7:30) And she said, yeah, but I said, I've never watched a movie just to watch a movie.(7:36) She's like, what do you mean? (7:37) I said, I watch a movie to learn and to contemplate. (7:44) And she said, so when do I just relax?(7:48) And I said, I mean, you never fully shut off. (7:50) Even when you're sleeping, your mind is going. (7:53) Your subconscious and unconscious mind.(7:54) So we'll get back to the point here with capacity. (7:57) She's like, well, what if I don't have the same capacity as you? (8:00) She didn't use those exact words, but I'm not like you.(8:03) I'm not a genius like you. (8:04) I think the exact words. (8:05) And I said, yeah, but I didn't.(8:08) Me at two is not as smart as you at 31. (8:13) So capacity grows. (8:14) It's not like a fixed fucking thing.(8:16) For sure. (8:17) There's no, that's the point.

Kevin Palmieri

(8:18) That's the whole point of this episode.

Alan Lazaros

(8:19) Yeah. (8:19) And everyone can think of someone in their old. (8:21) We went and saw her Nana.(8:22) She's 90 and we were interviewing her about her work. (8:28) So Emilia's Nana did was one of the first. (8:34) People to ever sing to babies in the womb as a way to develop.(8:40) Yeah. (8:40) Music in the womb. (8:41) And there's now it's a whole thing.(8:42) But back then she was like way ahead of her time. (8:45) And people made fun of her and all kinds of stuff. (8:46) She did these classes for 35 years, dude.(8:49) 35 years. (8:50) Yeah. (8:50) It's crazy.(8:50) And so we interviewed her and it was really powerful. (8:55) And Emilia had all these questions prepared and all that stuff. (8:58) And it was really hard for Nana.(9:00) She's 90. (9:01) She was born in 1936. (9:02) So she doesn't have, she was an intellectual.(9:04) So on the way to Nana's place, Emilia read me her papers. (9:08) And she was a very good writer. (9:11) And I was like, holy shit.(9:13) Nana was a great writer. (9:15) And I've only known Nana for six years. (9:17) So from 84 to 90 years old.(9:20) And her capacity has shrunk. (9:21) Yeah. (9:22) Significantly.(9:22) Right. (9:23) And so I'm 37. (9:26) The reason I use age so much is our capacity is supposed to be expanding.(9:29) We're not supposed to be shrinking yet. (9:31) And maybe in our 90s it won't be the case. (9:33) I don't know.(9:34) I'm going to try to longevity the hell out of this thing. (9:37) But my point is you can grow no matter where you are. (9:45) No matter, like there's no one I've ever met who can't improve.(9:52) And okay, let's talk about why. (9:54) Like, why does it matter? (9:55) Why should I just improve to then improve more to then improve more?(9:58) Why am I never enough? (10:00) Because when you grow more, you can give more. (10:02) And when you give more, you get more.(10:03) It's a, it's a, it's a virtuous cycle. (10:05) It's a, why wouldn't you? (10:09) The alternative is so much worse.(10:11) Now here's the catch. (10:12) And I said this to my client. (10:15) I said, if you focused half as much of your effort, and I know you're listening, by the way, so I'm, I'm paraphrasing this and I know you know that I am.(10:21) Okay. (10:22) Focus your time and effort on the growing and the giving. (10:25) The getting is going to come.(10:27) Focus on the growing and the giving and then make sure you're not over giving. (10:32) But the getting will come as a byproduct. (10:34) You're not going to plant seeds and water them and have no plants.(10:38) Like that's, I remember you asked me way back in the day when I didn't understand what I was saying fully, or I thought it would land and I don't think it did. (10:47) But you used to say like, how did you know we'd be successful? (10:49) I said, you can't do, you can't add that much value to that much, many people and not be successful.(10:54) That's not possible. (10:55) That's like planting seeds every day for seven years and not having any plants. (10:59) It's impossible.(11:00) Yeah. (11:00) But you got to know how to farm them. (11:02) You don't know how to farm them.(11:04) But you don't, you can start out not knowing how to farm at all. (11:06) And just fucking trial and error your way to still having some plants. (11:10) Now, are you going to be the most successful farmer on earth?(11:13) Abso-fucking-lutely not. (11:14) Which is why you get mentors and coaches and learn and books. (11:17) Like, we are standing, you don't need to reinvent the wheel.(11:21) There's a lot of people out there that have written down how to do things. (11:26) And there's patterns. (11:28) You don't, it's like in martial arts, you don't have to invent Muay Thai.(11:32) You can just go take Muay Thai. (11:34) Yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(11:35) And I think that, go ahead, go ahead. (11:37) I was going to say, I remember one of the best, this was like, maybe at the time, one of the best examples of what we're talking about today. (11:47) You and I were in California.(11:50) And we were meeting up with a mentor of ours. (11:53) And we went in and we said hi to the person at the front desk. (11:56) And they're like, yeah, he'll be right down.(11:57) He's just finishing a meeting. (11:58) Okay, cool. (12:00) Comes down, finishes a meeting.(12:02) Hey guys, good to see you. (12:03) All right, cool, we're in that room. (12:04) All right, awesome, cool.(12:05) We go get set up. (12:06) And they set the cameras up. (12:08) They set the mics up.(12:08) And they said, all right, you have 27 minutes and go. (12:12) And we were just off. (12:13) The second that was done, he got carded off to something else.(12:17) Whether it was a coaching call or a speaking, whatever. (12:19) I don't even know what it was. (12:20) We ended up going somewhere and doing our own thing.(12:23) I think that's a really good example of capacity. (12:25) Just being able to go from one thing and give it everything you have to the next thing and give it everything you have. (12:32) And I think for me, one of the things that really helped me expand my capacity was going, there was a couple of weeks where I did like 28 podcasts or something in a week.(12:42) Yeah. (12:43) That helped me a ton, even though at the time, it felt like I was dying. (12:48) Now, it helped me because I enjoy this.(12:51) That's part one. (12:52) I want to be the best at this. (12:54) That's part two.(12:55) And at the time, I already had 1,000 reps. (12:58) So it's not like I went from, oh, I want to be a podcaster to, okay, I'm going to do 30. (13:02) I'm going to do a podcast episode every day.(13:06) I think that was also on top of the episodes. (13:08) What was your PR? (13:08) Let's talk about this.(13:09) What was your PR?

Alan Lazaros

(13:09) I don't even, I have no idea. (13:10) I think it was 28 divided by six because you only work six days a week. (13:15) So you're looking at 4.6. We'll round up five. (13:20) Your PR is probably five per day for a six-day week, podcasts. (13:25) And these are hour-long shows, most of them. (13:28) Yeah, it's a lot.(13:29) Not an hour. (13:30) Some of them are a half hour. (13:31) Some of them are a half hour.(13:32) But let's say you do five shows a day. (13:35) I mean, I do more than that on average every week.

Kevin Palmieri

(13:38) Yeah.

Alan Lazaros

(13:39) I always say this, and again, I don't think anyone gives a shit. (13:42) But anyone can do this one day. (13:46) Like anyone could do my schedule for one day.(13:48) One thing that I think is hard for me sometimes, and I've told you this before, there are people who sometimes make it seem they don't really know the delta. (14:03) And sometimes there's like ego bonking. (14:05) And you and I have done this behind the scenes.(14:08) I think I could do what you do. (14:09) It's like, dude, no fucking chance.

Kevin Palmieri

(14:11) Well, that only started with you saying you knew you could do what I could do. (14:14) So I was like, fuck.

Alan Lazaros

(14:15) I do believe that's true. (14:17) Anyways, but it's a capacity thing. (14:19) Yeah.(14:21) And I can't squat what you can squat. (14:24) And I know that. (14:25) But that's a capacity thing.(14:30) So I have one client who started coaching. (14:33) And he's like, I never looked at you the same. (14:35) I can't get three people to be on the rails.(14:38) And I can't get three people to track habits. (14:41) It's unbelievable what you've done. (14:42) And I remember thinking to myself, I wish the world knew that.(14:46) And podcasters give us a lot of credibility because when they hear 2,300 episodes and they originally are like, what, like a minute long, two minutes long? (14:53) No, no. (14:54) The average is 20, at least 25 minutes average.(14:58) And they're like, what? (14:59) But if you're not a podcaster, you don't have any perspective on that. (15:03) And most podcasters that I talk to, they say, how the fuck do you do that?(15:09) I can't even do one a week. (15:11) And the truth is a couple things. (15:14) Number one, we didn't start with seven a week.(15:18) Number two, it is insane kind of when you think about it. (15:21) And number three, we obviously have a production team. (15:25) So there's layers to it.(15:26) But at the beginning, you did all the audio and video for the first year, year, year or two, I don't even know, at least a year or two. (15:35) And it's really the capacity conversation comes down to what is your macro capacity in general, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually? (15:46) And then what is your capacity in your thing?(15:48) And in your thing, it needs to be high if you want to be competitive in the marketplace. (15:54) Like there's someone I know who video edits. (15:57) Shout out to you, brother.(15:57) I know you're watching. (15:59) His capacity in video editing is way higher than mine. (16:02) But his capacity as a human definitely is not.(16:05) And if I were to video edit for 5, 10, 15 years, I would surpass him with my macro capacity. (16:10) And I think that we have physical capacity. (16:15) We have intellectual capacity.(16:16) I remember in the early days, you struggled. (16:18) Your brain would just shut off. (16:19) Now you can focus for extensive periods of time out of necessity over time.

Kevin Palmieri

(16:23) Well, I think that's the lesson that I would like to leave everybody with is here's the difference. (16:29) And again, I'm going to use a podcast metaphor, but take it and extrapolate it to your thing. (16:35) We started with one episode a week.(16:37) And not when it was easy did we say, okay, let's do two. (16:41) It was when it was sustainable. (16:42) It's like, all right, we got that down.(16:43) Let's add more. (16:44) You ever watched World's Strongest Man? (16:47) You ever watched that back in the day?(16:48) Yes. (16:49) You know how they do the squat where every time they do a rep, a barrel rolls into the basket, they're squatting. (16:55) So it gets heavier as they go.

Alan Lazaros

(16:57) I don't know if I remember that. (16:58) I just remember the huge freaking balls they'd throw over their back.

Kevin Palmieri

(17:02) Yeah.

Alan Lazaros

(17:03) And then the towing a truck basically and shit like that.

Kevin Palmieri

(17:07) I don't know if I know what you're talking about. (17:09) So essentially they get under a squat rack and it's not weights on either side. (17:13) It's like a basket on top.(17:15) And it starts with like one 50-gallon drum. (17:19) They do a rep. (17:20) Then they let it go.(17:22) And another one rolls in. (17:23) Boom. (17:24) Now they do a rep.(17:25) So they start with one and then they go up to however many they can do. (17:28) I think of capacity that way. (17:30) When you got to pick your kids up from school and you already had to do something.(17:34) Boom. (17:35) That's another one. (17:36) When your dog shits on the floor and you got to clean that up.(17:38) Boom. (17:38) That's another one. (17:39) When somebody in your family is sick, whatever.(17:42) That is why I think capacity is so important. (17:44) Outside of the professional realm in life, when uncertainty happens, when surprises come up, that is the benefit of having it. (17:53) Last piece.

Alan Lazaros

(17:58) Dude, when it's easy, make it hard. (18:01) That's a philosophy I've had for 11 years. (18:03) We haven't talked about that in a minute.(18:05) When it's easy, make it hard. (18:07) When I go into that gym, I will never walk out the same man. (18:10) Never.(18:12) I don't want to. (18:13) Don't talk to me. (18:14) Don't look at me.(18:15) Don't interrupt me. (18:16) Nothing. (18:17) I went over to a kid yesterday, last night.(18:19) I said, I gave him eyes and I pointed to the TV and I said, I'm cutting it. (18:24) And he's like, we're good. (18:25) He gave me a thumbs up.(18:26) I was like, I'm turning the fucking TV off. (18:28) Like, are you watching this? (18:30) Or are you here to fucking lift weights?(18:33) Luckily he was, he was legit. (18:34) So I appreciate it. (18:35) But at the end of the day, I don't want a distraction.(18:38) Nothing. (18:38) It is game time only. (18:40) My point is, if you make it hard when it's easy, then you increase your capacity in advance.(18:47) And then when life shits all over you, you're ready for it. (18:50) Which it will. (18:50) And you're not going to crumble and fold like origami the moment something hard happens.(18:55) And I, I think sometimes you grow reactively. (18:59) Of course. (19:00) I have too.(19:01) I think this is also a lot of people say, well, you know, you're not gonna be able to do that, Alan, when you have kids. (19:05) It's like bullshit. (19:06) I'm preparing now for that.(19:09) I'm preparing my capacity, both financially and with my time management and my skills in advance so that when I do have children, I'm not suddenly like, oh my God, I can't believe how hard this is. (19:20) I'm, I'm preparing in advance. (19:21) And it will also be harder than I think probably.(19:24) But maybe not with the right mentality. (19:26) I have someone, I think, was it you who talked about this? (19:29) She, it was either her or you who has a client that's like, I don't know why everyone complains about this mom stuff.(19:34) This is easy peasy. (19:35) She might have a really unique kid. (19:37) I don't know.(19:37) And she can never say that publicly because she'll be ostracized for it. (19:40) But the truth is a lot of people have kids and they don't, um, maybe they weren't preparing to have kids. (19:46) Some people do, obviously.(19:47) But my point is life is going to throw challenges your way, no matter what. (19:52) Expected and unexpected. (19:54) So why not grow more every single day in advance so that you don't crumble when shit hits the fan?

Kevin Palmieri

(20:01) And the other, the other benefit is you can say yes to more opportunities.

Alan Lazaros

(20:05) Yeah.

Kevin Palmieri

(20:05) If, if, if it's not about the reactivity and that, think of it as the proactive part of you can say yes to more things and accomplish those things and then get more opportunity because your capacity increases. (20:16) And if you do that for long enough. (20:18) So I think that's probably the best, the best way to think about it.(20:21) Just do a little bit more than you think you can and see what happens, see what happens. (20:26) And if you do that long enough, it'll lock in and you'll be able to do it. (20:31) And then that will become normal.(20:32) And then you'll up the ante and then you'll struggle and then eventually you'll be able to do it. (20:38) And then if you do that for a year, you do that for a couple of years, your capacity for sure is going to increase.

Alan Lazaros

(20:42) You're more successful than you've ever been.

Kevin Palmieri

(20:46) I'd say so.

Alan Lazaros

(20:47) I attribute that to your capacity is higher than it's ever been. (20:50) And I know that that's an oversimplification because there's a lot that goes into that. (20:54) But Kevin, 11 years ago or nine years ago when we first partnered could never handle this.(21:02) No, could never. (21:02) You couldn't even have handled one of the conversations we had earlier.

Kevin Palmieri

(21:06) No.

Alan Lazaros

(21:06) And it's like, that's why I think it's so silly to set huge short-term goals. (21:11) I'd much rather you set long-term goals because capacity takes time. (21:17) I've been doing mobility for 21 days in a row.(21:19) And I'm just now noticing my squat form better. (21:22) I PR'd in my 30s. (21:26) I PR'd in my 30s in squats yesterday and for volume.(21:31) It was like, okay, this doesn't hurt like it did. (21:34) So I'm noticing a slight improvement after 21 days straight of 20 minutes a fucking day. (21:40) This is every day, every day for 21 days, 20 plus minutes, no joke.(21:48) And I'm just now noticing a slight change in my actual performance. (21:53) You're seven hours in, seven hours of mobility over 21 days. (21:56) You're just now seeing something.(21:57) Well, you used to say you can't eat seven apples on Sunday. (21:59) Last piece, because I know we got to go. (22:00) The micro and macro, I think that that's a distinction.(22:03) And maybe we'll do another episode at another time. (22:05) But I think a lot of people are overly focused on microcapacity. (22:09) Like, oh, I'm burnt out today.(22:11) I can't do this today. (22:12) Who cares? (22:13) Don't worry about that.(22:14) Worry about your macrocapacity. (22:16) Don't worry about, oh, I want to be able to do a nine hour workout today. (22:21) No, no, no, no.(22:22) Dumb, impractical, unsustainable. (22:24) Who cares? (22:25) But you need to be able to grow your capacity like five minutes, then 10 minutes, then 15 minutes, then 20 minutes, then 25 minutes, then 30 minutes.(22:32) You and I have calculated the 0.1% improvement. (22:37) If you start out, we both start out squatting just the bar, 45 pounds. (22:40) And what is it?(22:41) Three years in, I think I'm doing 65 pounds and you're doing 45. (22:45) And then 10 years in, it's like I'm an elite 670 plus pounds. (22:50) And you're at like 300 or 275 or something.(22:54) And the point is, is long-term is unbelievable. (22:58) We overestimate what we can do today. (23:00) And we underestimate what we can do in a decade for sure.

Kevin Palmieri

(23:03) All right. (23:04) Next Level Nation, if you are trying to focus on what you can accomplish in a decade, Alan can help you with that for sure. (23:09) He actually just, he's literally coaching one of my Next Level Podcast Solutions clients that I got.(23:14) He wanted help with business and he wanted help with a system. (23:17) And I said, dude, I could do it, but Alan's going to be way better. (23:19) Connected them, just signed up today.(23:21) So that's, that's, uh, that's the way it's supposed to work. (23:23) So reach out to Alan if you're interested. (23:25) And then our Next Level Fitness Accountability Group is on fire right now.(23:29) Yes, we're doing the 10 pounds in 10 weeks, but we have people in there that did not sign up to do that. (23:33) They're just coming back in. (23:35) So if you want to be more consistent, if you want to be more accountable and you want to increase your capacity when it comes to fitness, we will, uh, we'll be happy to let you in.(23:43) So yeah, just reach out to us. (23:45) DM us. (23:46) You dig?

Alan Lazaros

(23:48) Uh, book club, 1230 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, every single Saturday. (23:53) This is a really awesome group of human beings where we, it's kind of like a think tank. (23:59) The book, we just talk about these topics.(24:01) It's, it's awesome. (24:03) Um, we're there every Saturday. (24:05) Always come in and out.(24:06) You don't have to have read the book and you can keep your camera off, your microphone off and just listen in, be in the chat if you want. (24:12) Totally your call. (24:14) Book club is one of the best spaces I've ever seen for distinctions and breakthroughs and just getting around people who are into growth so that you're not so damn lonely in this, in this growth journey.(24:23) Boom.

Kevin Palmieri

(24:23) All right. (24:23) As always, we love you. (24:24) We appreciate you.(24:25) Grateful for each and every one of you. (24:26) And if you are as committed as you say you are to getting to the next level, make sure you tune in tomorrow because we will be here every single day to help you get there.

Alan Lazaros

(24:32) Keep leveling up to reach your full potential, full capacity. (24:36) Next elimination.

Kevin Palmieri

(24:38) Thanks for joining us for another episode of Next Level University. (24:42) We love connecting with the Next Level family.

Alan Lazaros

(24:45) We mean it when we say family. (24:47) If you ever need anything, please reach out to us directly. (24:50) Everything you need to get ahold of us is in the show notes.(24:53) Thank you again, and we will talk to you tomorrow.