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Hello and

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welcome to a another exciting

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episode of Bridge the Gap. We're

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balancing life through health,

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wealth, business and

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relationships.

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Hello and

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welcome to the show. My name is

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Trisha Stetzel, owner of Results

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Xtreme Business Solutions. And

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my friend Colton Cockerell is

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here with me today.

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What is going on Trisha, it's kind of weird as always to flip the script and

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have you introduce the show

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everyone it is the month of

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July. So we are focused on

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health and wellness and we are

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going to talk to Brandon Pitre

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today who is a trainer and a

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power lifter. It just you gotta

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watch this stuff. look him up.

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Brandon Petrie, super cool guy,

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and he has some really cool

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videos out there. Brandon what's

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going on, man? So good to see you.

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Hey, how's it going? Good to see you too. It's been a it's been a good while

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this is great that you guys are

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having me on here. I look

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forward to seeing what this is

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about and diving into it and see

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if I can, you know, spit out

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some information that may help

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some people know awesome. So

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before we dive

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in, we must thank our sponsor

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the Sharer McKinley Group LLC.

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Imagine that

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man, what a

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great company. Okay, so Brandon,

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I think a lot of people out

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there, you know, you all

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especially high schoolers, you

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always hear me I want to get

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big, you know, that's just like

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the thing, right? So for someone

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who is starting a journey is

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like, you know, what, I do want

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to put on some weight, I want to

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gain some muscle, whether it's

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bodybuilding or doing something,

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just weightlifting, whatever it

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may be, what is some easy steps

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that you can just think off the

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top of your head to help people

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like that, who do want to put on

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some muscle put on some weight.

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Um, the first

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thing first is make sure that

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you have consistency in your

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life, that is going to be the

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biggest thing that's like a lot

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of people's downfall, when they

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get out the gate, they get very

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energized, you may, you know,

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have that energy for like the

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first two, three days. But then,

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you know, after that you take

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four five days off and you come

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back, I would say just when you

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get into the gym, find some type

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of workout routine that at least

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makes it to where something's

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fun for you. But it keeps

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pulling you back in every day.

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Because that's how you start.

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You can't necessarily build

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anything unless the consistency

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of a foundation is there.

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Because then it's just gonna

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crumble apart, you're looking to

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you know, lose weight, get big,

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do anything, you got to make

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sure you have consistency first,

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and then you can build on top of

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Do you think? Or

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do you find Brandon that having

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that. an accountability partner helps

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in that space. Like if you're

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just starting out and really

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trying to build that momentum to

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get to the gym every day, is

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having an accountability partner

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a good idea? Oh, for

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sure. I think

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that's how a lot of kids in high

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school even find the gym and

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they continuously go is because

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you usually have your buddies

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that you know, go with you,

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you'll have fun, it becomes like

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a social hour. But at the same

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time, at least it pulls you in

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there every day. And the more

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that you're exposed to the gym,

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the more you're exposed to

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different things that you may

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see a powerlifter. And then one

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day you may see a bodybuilder

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and then one day like oh, wow, I

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want to I do want to look like

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that. And then that's how you

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start branching off into your

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own fitness journey. But it

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starts with a good you know,

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group of friends is definitely a

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great way to you know, build

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some consistency in the gym.

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Absolutely.

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And help important, not just

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going to the gym consistently.

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So you building that mindset to

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go to the gym, how important is

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eating, when it comes to gaining

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muscle,

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oh, you have to

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eat trying to make sure that you

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skip out on carbs or skip out on

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this and skip out on that and

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you know, starving yourself,

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that's not going to cut it if

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you're trying to gain muscle,

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you really have to make sure

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that you are in a surplus, you

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have to make sure that you are

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consistently training that

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muscle hard. And that's the only

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way that you're going to grow is

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that you have to eat you also

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have to sleep. If a lot of

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people in school a lot of

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college kids that want to grow

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muscle, but you're you know, on,

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you know, three energy drinks

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and you on two hours of sleep

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and you just cramming the books,

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you need to let your body get

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some sleep. And if you also want

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muscles to grow, got to sleep

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definitely have to eat that's for sure.

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And so can you can you kind of explain more when you said you definitely

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have to be in a surplus. Can you

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break that down a little bit more for our listeners,

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everyone kind of

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has you know, where they

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maintain their weight that and

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it's kind of the calories that

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you have been taking in right? A

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lot of people don't track just

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yet but you are maintaining your

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body weight with some type of

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calories. So the first thing you

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would kind of do or at least

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what I tell my clients is for

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the first week, just track what

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you're already eating. Don't try

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and like switch over to like a

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new diet. Don't try to switch

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over to anything else. Find out

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where you are so that we can

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figure out where you're trying

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to go. Because you don't even

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know where you are is gonna be

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hard to create a deficit or

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surplus. So let's say that you

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track for a week you find out

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that you're at 2000 calories.

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Right at that point. If you're

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trying to gain weight. I always

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advise gaining at a slower Lower

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rates. So that way you put on as

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much lean muscle mass as

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possible without necessarily

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things getting too bloated and

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inflammation building. So I

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usually tell them at 250

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calories to whatever that is. So

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if you're at 2000, on average,

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let's try to go for 2,250. stick

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with that for about two, three

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weeks, let the poundage grow.

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And then if you want to gain a

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little bit more, you can add

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another 250 Within the next like

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four to six weeks. And then let

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that sit for a little bit, watch

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the scale rise, and then just

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keep going off on that until you

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stop gaining weight. And then at

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that point, I add another 250.

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And then just keep that going.

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Keep that in check. And that's

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how you get to a surplus.

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I haven't heard it said like that before. That's That's fascinating.

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Brandon, I was

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so before we started recording

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the show, I said Brandon, is

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this your full time job? Yes.

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Which I love right now. He is an

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extreme power lifter. Before we

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started this show, Colton showed

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me these videos. Brandon, you're

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freaking amazing at what you do.

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But I also know that you coach

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people. And I think there are a

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lot of female listeners out

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there particularly older ones.

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And when we're talking about

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muscle, they're like, oh, no,

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that's not for me. So can we

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talk about the importance of

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building muscle for older women,

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and even men as well, for sure,

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I believe that,

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especially for the older woman,

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it's way more important for them

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to actually push themselves in

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the gym and grow that muscle and

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actually get introduced to the

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kind of things that I do. So

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powerlifting, introducing more

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compound lifts, those are like

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multi jointed lifts, meaning

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that you're allowing yourself to

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like work multiple joints at

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once within one exercise. And

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whenever you're doing that,

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you're building up a lot of bone

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density through the pressure of

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stressing out, you know, the

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bones are the most of through

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poundage on top of the body over

6:52

time, is going to build that

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resilience. So that way,

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whenever you're 85 or 90, and

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you see those grandmas and

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grandpas get out the chair willy

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nilly, and they're having fun

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and they're walking free, they

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probably have some of that

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training in their life. Because

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if not trying to get out of a

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chair or trying to walk is gonna

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hurt. You see, like, you know,

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Grandpa get hip replacements and

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stuff like that getting

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introduced to compound movements

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earlier on this thing consistent

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with that all the way through,

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you know, 60, 65, 70, 75 is

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going to kind of limit those hip

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replacements and stuff like that.

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And so that's

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your talk compound movements of

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deadlifts, you know,

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right. So you got

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deadlifts, squat, even even

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bench I know a lot of people

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think bench is you know, purely

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for just chess or just maybe

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arms. But you actually when you,

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you know, if you learn how to

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benchpress the full way you are

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working every bit of your body,

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you're working your back, you're

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working your triceps, working

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your biceps, you're working your

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chest, you're working your

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quads, you're working everything

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in that benchpress. So those are

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like the main ones, but you can

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even do it is something as

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simple as like a bent over row

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as well. Those are still some

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things where you need to have a

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slight bend in your knees, but

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you're also rowing with your

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elbow. So that's another multi

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joint movement, and just

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different things like that. So

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we're using multiple joints at

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once, which just do a great deal

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of service to your body.

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I wish everyone could see what we can see. I mean, he's just poping

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out his day. Just shirt. I mean,

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I wish my biceps like that big.

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You started though, like

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everybody else, right where

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you're just like a scrawny guy.

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And then you start working. Now

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you get into it. So just kind of

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go through your mindset to be

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where you are, kind of tell us

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your journey starting where you

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were at. And then how you became

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the Brandon weightlifting,

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pastry piece mode, and how you

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became that and talk about your

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mindset because that I mean,

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that's such an important part of

8:48

working out. If you're really

8:51

trying to try to you know,

8:51

create this muscle mass this all

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this other stuff

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is funny, like my

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journey is a little bit

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different. Mine's a little

8:58

interesting. So I remember being

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introduced to any style of

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working, I didn't get introduced

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into middle school. I didn't

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play Little League, I didn't do

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any like sports. When I was

9:09

younger. The first time I

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touched a sport like natural

9:11

organized sport, I was in middle

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school, and I didn't know how to

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play football. I didn't know

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anything about like anything. So

9:18

they just threw me on the line

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because all they said was

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alright, just go forward and

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just hit a guy. And I was like,

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okay, simple enough line up on

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the line and then just try to

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tackle the running back or

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whatever that I don't have to

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think or anything like that.

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It's not complicated. And always

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love working hard. So like a

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person bigger than me. I have an

9:36

older brother who used to fight

9:38

me and you know, try to beat me

9:38

up all the time. So I wasn't

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scared of someone who was bigger

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than me. So I was like, still

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someone who worked hard but I

9:45

knew I knew I was doing. Then I

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got the high school and I started learning more about the sport I started having, like,

9:50

people that I'm fans of, and I

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wanted to be a skilled player.

9:55

And the coach told me that I

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have no clue what I'm doing and

9:58

that like But I couldn't play

10:01

that position. So they're trying

10:01

to put me on the line as well.

10:04

And I was like, no. So I

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dedicated my entire freshman

10:08

high school year to learning how

10:08

to exercise, learning how to

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workout and I would come home

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from school, and then train and

10:17

then try to watch YouTube videos

10:17

on different exercises, like,

10:21

you know, watch YouTube videos

10:21

on how I can like, you know,

10:23

grow my legs, how could get

10:23

faster, I could be more

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athletic. And I just stayed with

10:25

it every single day. And then I

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worked out with the varsity

10:30

football players as much as I

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can. We used to say after the

10:32

game, so worked out like I just

10:36

I was I was a workaholic. So

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then from that point on, I

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actually started loving the

10:40

workout part more than I did the

10:43

sport. And don't get me wrong.

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As I grew in high school, I love

10:47

football still. But the working

10:47

outside is what drove me like,

10:52

every single time at the

10:52

practice, I'm working out after

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games, sometimes I still would

10:54

work out once I left high school

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still always kept working out as

10:58

a part of my regimen. And then

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that's when I started getting

11:02

into personal training. And I

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dabbled in all different aspects

11:05

of areas of fitness. And I did a

11:08

bodybuilding show before I

11:08

dabbled around with CrossFit

11:13

with all you guys. And I just

11:13

love testing out, you know, all

11:18

the different aspects of

11:18

fitness. The one thing that I

11:21

was always gifted at was

11:21

strength. And then a guy at 24,

11:26

he came up to me and he was

11:26

like, why don't you do a

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powerlifting competition. And I

11:29

was like, okay, as I didn't know

11:33

that, you still do that. I remember doing powerlifting as an accessory to football in high

11:35

school. But that didn't really

11:38

count for anything. And so I was

11:38

introduced to the sport. And

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from that point on, I just fell

11:42

in love with it, that the drive

11:46

to want to be better than myself

11:46

every single day, because that

11:49

number can still go up. There

11:49

isn't a you know, a cap on a

11:53

number someone can say that well

11:53

800 I feel like that's the most

11:57

that some of you do. But wait

11:57

two years, someone's going to do

11:59

more, you know. And that's

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exactly what happens every

12:02

single time I have a friend who

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deadlifts 1,000 pounds and

12:05

deadlifts over 1,000 pounds. So

12:05

you tried to tell him five years

12:09

ago that you can't do it. And

12:09

here he is five years later,

12:13

like it's done, and now is seen

12:13

as like he wants more. And like

12:16

that 1,000 pounds is a regular

12:16

number to them. So there is

12:19

never a true limit on anything

12:19

the strength sport, because that

12:22

number can keep going up. It's

12:22

more about just seeing for

12:26

myself, How much better can I

12:26

get every single day? And even

12:31

if I'm better than my

12:31

competition, Am I better than

12:34

the person I was yesterday? And

12:34

that's something that will

12:36

always drive me because I can

12:36

always be better than myself. I

12:40

can always say

12:41

competition

12:41

myself. See, Trisha that tells

12:44

you you like

12:44

him? I do. He's

12:44

awesome. So Brandon, for people

12:49

who don't know what a

12:49

powerlifting competition is, can

12:52

you just describe it for us, so

12:52

people can get an idea of what

12:55

it is that you just love to do?

12:55

For

12:57

sure, for sure.

12:57

So the competition is, is going

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to be a competition or what we

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call meets. So where you get

13:06

tested for three lifts, which is

13:06

going to be the squat, and then

13:10

as the bench press, and then as

13:10

the deadlift, it is always going

13:13

to be in that order, you get

13:13

three attempts to basically put

13:17

your best effort out there for

13:17

each lifts. So you get three

13:22

attempts to squat reaches a

13:22

bench, and the three attempts a

13:24

deadlift, and you get judged on

13:24

like, whether it's a three white

13:29

lifts, meaning that it's all

13:29

good, and it counts, or it can

13:31

be, you know, a three red lift,

13:31

which means it doesn't count,

13:35

you have to try again. So that

13:35

way you can register and total.

13:38

Or even if you just get two

13:38

white lights, and one red is

13:41

still good. And if you get two

13:41

reds and one white is still bad,

13:46

and it doesn't count. And

13:46

basically at the end of the

13:49

meet, you combine all the

13:49

weights or all the lifts that

13:53

got registered to build up a

13:53

total. And then that's how you

13:56

decide who wins the competition.

13:56

So it's all about just putting

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forth the best squat, your best

14:00

bench, your best deadlift to

14:04

standard, which are our

14:04

standards within the usap USAPL

14:07

rules and guidelines and seen as

14:07

the strongest.

14:12

So are there

14:12

brackets or categories based on

14:14

your body weight? Like how do

14:14

they figure out who competes

14:18

against who.

14:19

So there's actually two styles that you can actually have. So we have

14:21

different weight classes and

14:23

divisions, we have separation of

14:23

gender as well between male and

14:27

female, but then they also you

14:27

also still kind of compete with

14:31

each other because we do things

14:31

off of a formula for the best

14:35

lifter. And based upon that they

14:35

will actually have us all

14:40

compete against each other with

14:40

our totals with our body weight

14:43

and just kind of see like pound

14:43

for pound who was the best

14:46

lifter like who was better out

14:46

of all the weight classes. Cool.

14:50

I love that

14:50

and and I want to just reiterate

14:53

something you said previously is

14:53

that whenever you started

14:56

working out you had a why and

14:56

that was I wanted to play a

14:59

skill Last position and from

14:59

there you just fell in love with

15:02

it and that's what pushed you

15:02

and then even getting into

15:04

powerlifting it's not

15:04

necessarily Hey, I'm gonna beat

15:07

these people around me. No, I'm

15:07

gonna beat my personal best and

15:10

you have a competition with

15:10

yourself which is very difficult

15:12

to do like to constantly battle

15:12

with yourself daily like getting

15:16

that is the ultimate discipline.

15:16

And that is awesome. So again,

15:21

everyone who do you have any

15:21

questions about working out how

15:24

to get bigger how to find meet

15:24

some kind of goal that you're

15:27

trying to meet? That's the first

15:27

thing you need. You need your

15:29

why why are you doing it and you

15:29

got to have consistency like

15:32

Brandon said, find a group of

15:32

people that are working out with

15:35

I'm sure you could find easily

15:35

find some people who want to

15:37

also get shredded or bigger,

15:37

whatever, whatever word you want

15:40

to use, right? You hear them

15:40

all. But the other thing too,

15:44

we're gonna have Brandon we're

15:44

gonna have Brandon's contact

15:46

information in our in our links.

15:46

So definitely feel free if

15:49

you're like, hey, you know what,

15:49

I want to be in bodybuilding. I

15:51

would not recommend anybody

15:51

except for Brandon, for you to

15:55

sit down with have as a coach.

15:55

So, again, solid guy, you don't

15:59

find a humble powerlifter. All

15:59

right, there's usually a lot of

16:02

ego. But this guy is solid. So

16:02

Brandon, thank you so much for

16:06

being on the show today, man. I appreciate having you. Thanks for taking the time.

16:09

No, no problem.

16:09

The pleasure is mine. I'm always

16:11

here to you know, help out any

16:11

way that I can.

16:14

Awesome. Brandon, thank you so much again for being with us. It was so

16:15

nice to meet you today. It was

16:19

good. Me too, Trisha. All right.

16:19

So hey, guys, just a reminder.

16:25

Like I sip on Wednesdays when

16:25

we're posting our podcast. So

16:28

tune in next week for another

16:28

exciting episode of Bridge that

16:31

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