1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland and this is Fitness Disrupted. Sweat 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: in the City Confessions of a Personal Trainer, Part one. 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: I wrote a book many years ago. I think I 5 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: have to look back what I want to say. It 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: was over ten years ago that I have yet to publish, 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: and it is just one book that I have that 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: I wrote and is still sitting on my computer. I 9 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: do things, and have done things a little differently in 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: many aspects of my career. But with books, generally speaking, 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: the way you do it is you write a proposal, 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: and that proposal can be six hundred pages long, and 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: it is a pitch. It's a pitch for your book. 14 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: And then you either have an agent or you don't, 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 1: and you use that proposal to get a book deal. 16 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: And then when you get that book deal, you write 17 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: the book. But quite often that proposal precedes getting the deal. 18 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: I back in the day said, you know what, I 19 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: have these ideas, and I love to write, and I 20 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: need to get these ideas out of my head and 21 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: put them in a book form before I get the 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: book deal. And that's what I did with Sweat in 23 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: the City. Wrote this book, then got an agent, and 24 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: long story short, we did get offers for it. We 25 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: got offers for the book, but I also got an 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: offer from a from what was William Morrow, and they said, 27 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: we we liked this book, but we'd rather you write 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: a book about the gym, that you would write about 29 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: how to get the most out of your gym. So 30 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: I shelved Sweat in the City and I wrote Beat 31 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: the Gym, and I let it said. And I've written 32 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: other books since then, and that one is sitting. But 33 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: what is that about? It is my tell all about 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: being a trainer for so many years, and I spent 35 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: the vast majority of those years in New York City 36 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: at so many different clubs with such great stories, such 37 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: great stories. So this is the first and what I 38 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: think will be just a series of fun, hopefully entertaining, 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: but also educational true stories. Names will be changed or 40 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: omitted and or omitted to protect the innocent and the 41 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: guilty and the hungry. And I think I'm even gonna 42 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: have on some friends that I worked with back in 43 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: the day because they're just great stories. The Wild West 44 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: such a different industry back then than it is today. 45 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna have friends on that I worked with 46 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: because I know you'll get a kick out of that 47 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: and the discussions and conversations we have. And this will 48 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: also include, by the way, great stories about the group 49 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: fitness world. Uh you know, I taught group cycling bootcae 50 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: ABS class all of that stuff, and it's all in 51 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: the book. And as I start to talk about it 52 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: for this show, I'm thinking that maybe I have to 53 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: dust that that book off and get get it back 54 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: out there and have to change some stuff to make 55 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: it fit for today, because it was written, you know, 56 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: years ago, and and some things have changed, just the context. 57 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: But I think you'll enjoy this. So I'm gonna start 58 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: with just three stories, three fun stories. One about natural bodybuilding, 59 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: went about a crazy side job, one of many that 60 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: comes out of these types of careers if you stick 61 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: with it long enough. And I'm gonna finish up with 62 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: a story about a great opportunity I had after sticking 63 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: it out to go to Mexico to a celebrity resort, 64 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: train the owner and just this crazy, amazing experience I 65 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: had after working my butt off for so many years. 66 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, sweating us Any confessions of a personal trainer 67 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: part one. This is great for every ad. I mean, 68 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: if you're a personal trainer starting out, or you know, 69 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: relatively new to the business, I think you'll really enjoy this. 70 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: And those people who just enjoy kind of sealacious stories, 71 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: fun entertaining stories, you'll you'll get a kick out of 72 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: this too. I think, alright, quick break, we'll be right 73 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: back Sweat in the City. Confessions of a Personal Trainer. 74 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: Let me start with story my experience with natural body building. 75 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: This was an interesting period in my life and how 76 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: it all started was when I made that decision way 77 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: back in the nineties that this was going to be 78 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: my career. And just starting in the clubs in New 79 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: York City and working sixteen plus our days for years, 80 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: things happen, right, you get involved with different aspects of 81 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: the industry. And I've said before that when I did 82 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: make that decision, I said, Okay, I'm gonna get as 83 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: much experience as possible in so many different areas of 84 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: the business. I'm going back to school, I'm gonna get 85 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: all those certifications, advanced degrees, things like that. But then 86 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna grind. I'm gonna grind. And one of the 87 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: clubs I worked at UH, I'm gonna keep the name 88 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: to protect the the the innocent and guilty. As I 89 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: said earlier, I had one club, one main club, but 90 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: I worked at them all in New York City, and 91 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: that was where I spent the vast majority of my 92 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: time learning the ropes, training hundreds and hundreds and hundreds 93 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: of clients, teaching hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of classes 94 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: as well. So for those of you who are in 95 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: the business, and this business has changed so much right 96 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: now with social media didn't exist back then, it was 97 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: just starting. Internet was just darting late nineties to really 98 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: take off. But you you spent hours and days in 99 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: the gym. And there's one gym that I really spent 100 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: the vast majority of my time working in. It was underground. 101 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: There were no windows, so I would get there in 102 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: the dark right five am, usually maybe a couple of 103 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: minutes before, and I would oftentimes leave in the dark, 104 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: never having seen the sunlight. You just grinded it out, 105 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: client after client after client. But what also happens, and 106 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: this makes the business so difficult. You don't think people 107 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: truly understand that if you don't train a client, you 108 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: don't get paid and not only do you not get paid, 109 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: you're not getting paid a lot. I mean, back in 110 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: the day, if the session cost, let's let's put it 111 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: into context. You know, with the time, let's say eighty dollars, 112 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: hundred dollars was a lot back then, let's say a 113 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: hundred for nice round numbers. The train got a fraction 114 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: of that, depending on what was supposed to be experienced. 115 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: But even that didn't that didn't ring true. And I'll 116 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: talk about that another show. But let's say you got 117 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: like eighteen dollars twenty dollars of that hundred, and what 118 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: happens is you schedule clients and people cancel, often last minute, 119 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: and you don't get paid. And if you have eight, nine, 120 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: ten clients on your books for that day, it was 121 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: not unusual for half or more to cancel. It's exercise. Now, yes, 122 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: we're supposed to enforce a twenty four hour cancelation policy. 123 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: Some of us did, some of us didn't. And that's tricky. 124 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: It's tricky, especially when you have a client you've worked 125 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: with for a long time. Okay, but if you don't 126 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: train that client, you don't get paid. And now you're 127 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: sitting around the gym doing nothing. Why do I bring 128 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: all this up? Well, when I started to really get 129 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: into this and people were canceling, and you go, you know, 130 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: now I've got an hour to kill, but you have 131 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: another client coming up after that, so you can't really 132 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: leave necessarily. What do you do? And I said, you 133 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna start working out. I'm gonna work 134 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: out like crazy, and I'm gonna have a goal. I'm 135 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: gonna have a goal of doing my first natural body 136 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: building show. Now I've talked about before. One of the 137 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: ways I knew that I was in the industry, I 138 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: should be back in you know, seventh eighth grade. I 139 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: was reading the books on body building. I was lifting 140 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: weights in my own home gym, in my basement. I 141 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,239 Speaker 1: was already into it, already into it, you know, Franco Colombo, 142 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: first book I ever read about body building and strength training. 143 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: And that was the plan I followed, and it still 144 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: holds up today. So this is what I said. I said, 145 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit around and waste time. I'm gonna 146 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: do two things. One of two things. Right, I was 147 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: either studying for my next certification and or I was 148 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: working out, and I said, okay, let's have a goal. 149 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: Let's have a specific reason for doing this. So yes, 150 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: I would work out on my own time as well, 151 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: but because I was trying to pack as many clients 152 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: in as possible because he needed to make money when 153 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: they canceled, I worked out and this obviously solved so 154 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: many issues. Right, clients, potential clients, I should say, saw 155 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: me working out. So you personal trainers out there that 156 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: are working in a gym, you're always on stage. I 157 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: wrote about this is what I said in books and 158 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: in that book specifically and in articles as well. So 159 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: like I want to be in front of those people 160 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: that were potential clients, so they are seeing me work out, 161 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: I'm in front of them, and over time, as I've 162 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: gotten better and better shape, that's good for business. That 163 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: was good for business. So it made sense. If I 164 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: was really going to maximize time and my value and 165 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: my perceived value, I'm gonna work out and I'm gonna 166 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: do it as much as possible in front of the 167 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: people that are potential customers and clients. Okay, so over time, 168 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: got gotten pretty good shape, got in really good shape, 169 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: and went down to West Virginia to do my first 170 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: body building show, Natural Bodybuilding Show, now I say natural, 171 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: I have to qualify that it was a lie detector 172 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: test for the first show I ever did lie detector, 173 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure it was my first time ever 174 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: taking a lie detector test. But I'm pretty sure the 175 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: tester was not qualified. Why do I say that because 176 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: I saw many of the people who passed quote unquote 177 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: this test. And I know some people think you can't 178 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 1: tell if someone's on steroids by looking at them. Um, 179 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: yes you can. Someone who's been in the business a 180 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: long time absolutely can that accurate? Your your visual not 181 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: a hundred but pretty dark close. Okay. So I'm down 182 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: there West Virginia and I was actually with my girlfriend 183 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: who is now my wife. And I've said this story, 184 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: told this story many times before. I'm shocked after that 185 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 1: experience that she uh stuck it out with me because 186 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: it's it's a strange world. You now, I know some 187 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: bodybuilders maybe listening, and you know, listen, it's it's an 188 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: interesting world. But you do things like you shave your 189 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: entire body essentially, and then you put on uh. I 190 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: I don't even know if it still exists. I assume 191 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: it does. It was called pro tan and pro tan 192 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: back in the nineties was, as I call it, basically 193 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: making you look like an oompa wompa. So here I 194 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: am in this, you know, relatively inexpensive hotel motel in 195 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: West Virginia with my girlfriend painting me like you literally 196 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: had a brush and you sprayed this stuff on and 197 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: you were trying to get as dark as possible, as 198 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: dark as possible. And I'll never forget my wife behind 199 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: me painting me up. I'm standing on a towel in 200 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: this hotel the night before the show, and I hear 201 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: her say, well, this is the strangest thing I've ever 202 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: done with a boyfriend before. Uh. And one thing about 203 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: natural body building that I'm so thankful for, it's I 204 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: learned so much, so much about dieting down about carb depletion. 205 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: And this is how I know when people tell me 206 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: they're off carbs, and I've been off carbs for a 207 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: long time, and I look at them and they look 208 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: happy that they're not really knowledgeable about what carbs are. 209 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: Why do I say that when you truly depute your 210 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: carbs as you do for bodybuilding, it's brutal. It's brutal physically, 211 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: it's brutal mentally, it's it just it was. And then 212 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 1: to train clients when I was dieting down before show, 213 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: it was just brutal. You realize how much your brain 214 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: rely is on that. Yes, you can go into katosis 215 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: and all that stuff topic for another day, but trust me, 216 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: if you're truly doing it right, especially for body building 217 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: the extremes, it's hard. And so I learned yet another 218 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: great experience in my you know past about dieting, about discipline, 219 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: and this is why I say that body building, Yeah, 220 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: you know, you can never take away how disciplined the 221 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: top people are, nutrition, working out, cardio, all of that. 222 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: But what I can say from having done it numerous times, 223 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: usually the most unhealthy guy wins. And and woman, what 224 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: do I mean by that? You're also depleting water, you know. Again, 225 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: even in natural shows, people are doing stuff that they 226 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: shouldn't be doing, But that doesn't take away from the discipline, 227 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: from the incredible work that people put into that. So 228 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: I'm happy I did it in that regard. Uh. And 229 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: one really like incredible experience was when you deplete your 230 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: car So for a show, you deplete your carbs, especially 231 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: right before the show, and and also water. You know, 232 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: I I took natural diuretics. You don't drink water, it 233 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: gets dangerous. But right before the show, right before, what 234 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: do you do? You take in honey and baby food 235 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: and just you know, pancakes and syrup. What are you doing. 236 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: You're trying to bring out that vascularity. And when you 237 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: do it right, it is bizarre and I will never forget, 238 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: not this show, but another show that I'll get to 239 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: at the end of this. But I didn't time it right, 240 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: and so shows over. I'm in the shower and all 241 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: of a sudden, I look at my arms and body 242 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: and it was just incredible. So you depleted your body, 243 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: you put it back in right before the show, and 244 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: you're going to see vascularity. You're going to pump up 245 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: your body in a way that's truly amazing to see 246 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: how the human body works. When I did that first show, 247 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: you do pre judging, which is where you stand in 248 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: front of the judges. There's no audience, and they tell 249 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: you to do you know, certain poses, you do certain poses. Uh, 250 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: turn to the right, turn to the left, all this 251 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So I am at the far right 252 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: and pre judging, and the judges say quarter, turn to 253 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: your left. So I do it. Now I'm facing the 254 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: curtain because I'm on the far side, and I hear 255 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: the judges say you're left, and I'm thinking, okay, which 256 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: bodybuilder doesn't know his right from his left? And then 257 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: I hear number seven whatever it was your left and 258 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: I looked down at my tiny little uh what do 259 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: we call it speedo bathing suit that you're wearing. And 260 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: that's a topic for another day as well. Uh, And 261 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: it was me. It was me. So I did a 262 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: quick spin around and yes, you know, doing things wrong 263 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: from the get go. And by the way, I did 264 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: not work on my routine, so you actually put to 265 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: other opposing routine and people pay posing coaches and spend 266 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: a lot of money and a lot of time, and 267 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: it's pretty amazing. Uh. It's not just fly by night. 268 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: You don't just go out there and do it. But 269 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: I did. I was kind of like Napoleon Dynamite. Uh, 270 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: didn't really put together a routine, just watched what people 271 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: did before me and went out there and faked it. Yeah. 272 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: Uh interesting, kind of took all my improv training, acting training, 273 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: things like that that will come up in the next story. 274 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: But what a great experience it was. You know, from 275 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: a nutritional standpoint, so eye opening, uh in so many 276 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: different ways. So I'm glad I did it, and I 277 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: actually did it a couple more times. I won a small, 278 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: small show, small show in New York City, which was 279 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: good and bad. It was fun and you know, again, 280 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: small show, but I thought, oh, let me go do 281 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: a bigger show. Let me go do a big show. 282 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: So there was like a Championships in New York City, 283 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: much bigger show. People from all over. And one thing 284 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: about these shows is quite often backstage people keep their 285 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: shirts on, you know, sweatshirts, so you don't necessarily see 286 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: people until you walk right out on stage. Why do 287 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: I say this because right before we went out, everyone 288 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: you know, took off their shirts and I was like, 289 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, this is supposed to be natural. And 290 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: these guys look like superheroes. I mean, some of these 291 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: guys looked better than anybody builder I had ever seen, 292 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: and you'll probably never hear of most of these people. 293 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,719 Speaker 1: And I walk out on stage with these guys and 294 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm in good shape. I'm nowhere near as big or 295 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: as you know, just as big as these guys are. 296 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: In symmetrical the hole nown yards and my my wife 297 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: slash or girlfriend at the time, is in the in 298 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: one of the front rows, and uh, you know, there's 299 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: people cheering because now, uh, it's the it's when the 300 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: audience is there. But it gets quiet for a second, 301 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 1: and right as we walk out, I hear my wife 302 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: drop an expletive like, oh, you know, expletive in other words, 303 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:12,479 Speaker 1: like I can't believe he's trying to compete against these guys. 304 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: So that was the last show I ever did. That 305 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: was the last show I ever did. But it worked 306 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: on so many levels. As I said, as a personal 307 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: trainer starting out, who needed to spend time in the gym, 308 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: who needed to get in shape, who needed to learn 309 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: more and more about the human body. You know, this 310 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: was one of the things I did at the start 311 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: of my career to get more clients. You know, I 312 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: had clients who say, you know, come up to me 313 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: and say, you know, I saw you working out and 314 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: I won't want to work out with you. So just 315 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 1: an example of of hustling and doing the right thing 316 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: when you're starting out, uh, to maximize your opportunity for success. 317 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: I probably will never do it again, uh you know, 318 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: but it was it was a great experience, another experience, 319 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: UM in my many different buckets, uh, to give me 320 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: firsthand knowledge about certain things in health and wellness. So 321 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 1: glad I did it. Shocked at my girlfriend at the 322 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: time became my wife after uh many of those experiences 323 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: I put her through. But great experience, all right. Crazy 324 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: side jobs, this kind of leads right into it. This 325 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: is one of the craziest jobs that I've had many 326 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: many in this industry and around it. But it has 327 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:31,239 Speaker 1: to go with having my body and head done up 328 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: in plaster cast. Okay, crazy experience, especially in New York City. 329 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: Crazy New York City. All right, So that one I 330 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: think you're gonna really really enjoy and I will get 331 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: right to it. After this final break, we'll be right back. So, yes, 332 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: when you are a personal trainer, especially in a big city, 333 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: have all these crazy opportunities that come up, um, within 334 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: the industry and around it. And I also spent many 335 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: years because I love to perform, and I knew that 336 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: I was gonna do TV and videos and and stuff 337 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: like I'm doing right now. So I trained in acting 338 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: and I did a lot of stand up comedy and 339 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: a lot of improv even music. Just love to perform 340 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: and and loved fitness, and and now I get to 341 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: put the two together, which is just exactly what I 342 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: was working towards. So I had an agent, kind of 343 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 1: a typical you know, New York agent would send me 344 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: out on some pretty random things, some pretty random things. 345 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: So you know, I was always open for the next experience. 346 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: But this one, this one threw me a little bit. 347 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,959 Speaker 1: So agent said, hey, I got something for you. It's downtown. 348 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure. It's something about you know, a 349 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: museum exhibit and your body and body building, but just 350 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: go down. Paid pretty well, as many of these things do, 351 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: and he just said go. So I went. So I 352 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: walk in. Now those you haven't been in New York City. 353 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: You got all these high rise buildings and just you 354 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: never know what's inside and the stuff that's going on 355 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: and building it's just you know, it's New York City. 356 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: It's New York City. So I walk into the space, 357 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: the doors open, and it was a scene out of 358 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: like a horror movie. Almost. There were just body parts 359 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: hanging everywhere, arms and legs and and chests and feet 360 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: and hands and heads, body parts hanging from the ceiling 361 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: all over the place, and I'm like, what have I 362 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: gotten myself into? And I walked in and these two 363 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: women appear out of nowhere and they have masks on 364 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: and they have overalls and they're covered in like plaster 365 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,479 Speaker 1: and just and they're like, okay, you ready to go. 366 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: And I'm like, okay, I'm not quite sure what's going 367 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: on here, but sure, and they're like, okay, change into 368 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: this small bathing suit basically what I wore on stage 369 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: for the body building And by the way, this was after, 370 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: you know, I had when right after, almost within the 371 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: body building time, so I was in that shape, right, 372 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: the body building shape UM. And I go and change. 373 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: I come out and I'm like, oh my gosh, what 374 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: have I got myself into? And what they told me 375 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 1: was it was an exhibit. It was an exhibit for 376 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: a museum and they needed life size figures, and so 377 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna take my body, you know, They're gonna plaster 378 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: cast it and then they're gonna make it into a 379 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: figure for this UM museum exhibit. So I thought, okay, cool. 380 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: So stood there for hours as they just would take 381 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: strips of UM cloth, put it in the plaster, and 382 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: start applying it to my body. So my arms, my chest, 383 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, all over and then I'd have to stand 384 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: there until it hard and the would take it off 385 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: in pieces, basically in halves. Right, nothing too crazy, nothing 386 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: too weird, I mean tire. You just stood in the 387 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: same place getting paid kind of you know, an interesting 388 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: side hustle at the time, and gosh knows I needed 389 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: the money at the time. Uh. But then time came 390 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: to do my head. Now I had seen the Thriller video. 391 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: For those of you the making was at the making 392 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: of the Thriller video Michael Jackson must have been the 393 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: making of and him getting his head plaster cast for 394 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: the mask. So they said, okay, now we're doing your head. 395 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: And they said you're gonna close your eyes and we're 396 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: gonna cover your eyes and your ears and your mouth. 397 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna leave your nose open so you can breathe. 398 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: And I was like, okay, this is this is a 399 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: little scary. Don't really know these people. I'm not even 400 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: really sure where I am as in New York City. 401 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: And then I said, okay, so you're gonna put straws 402 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: up my nose, like, you know, so I can breathe. 403 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: And they said, no, we don't we don't really do that, 404 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: you don't need it. We'll just keep your nostrils open. 405 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: And one of the few times in my life my 406 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: heart rate took off. Like they start to put the 407 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: plaster on my head, covering my eyes, covering my ears 408 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: so I can't see, I can't really hear, and then 409 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: they cover your mouth and you have to sit there 410 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 1: and let it harden. Now they I can feel them, like, 411 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, putting it on my nose and right around 412 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: my nostrils, but not but I'm thinking, all they have 413 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: to do is cover my nostrils at any point and 414 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 1: I'm done. And then I had to sit I can't 415 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: remember exactly, I want to say, like for at least 416 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,719 Speaker 1: like thirty minutes for it to harden. And it was 417 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: so scary. I mean, like again, I've done races and 418 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: swims and jellyfish to the face and like all over 419 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: the world crazy experiences. This may be, at least at 420 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: the time, definitely one of the scariest things because it 421 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: was control and it was the unknown. The long story short, 422 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: it was fine. And after about thirty minutes or so, 423 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: it's hardened and I'm sitting there listening kind of you know, 424 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: muted sounds going on around me thinking, you know, trying 425 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: to control that mental uh self talk so I don't 426 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: freak out. And then it was over. And the cool 427 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: thing about this interesting thing was I did it a 428 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: handful more times after that, and the final time this 429 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: I gotta kick out of. So the final time it 430 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: was for, I said, you know, what's what's this one for? 431 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: And they said, well, the CEO of a top car 432 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: company is having a sculpture made of himself and they're 433 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: gonna use he wants uh, he doesn't want his body, 434 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 1: you want someone else's body, and he's gonna put his 435 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: head on it. So, uh, they didn't do my head 436 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: for that final sculpture, just the body and somewhere is 437 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 1: a statue of this person shall remain nameless, with you know, 438 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: a natural body building physique and his head. So I 439 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: thought that was a great final job for that type 440 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: of that type of experience. Yeah, alright, final story, final story, 441 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: This was really fun, really interesting. You put a lot 442 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 1: of time into any industry, but fitness industry. You not 443 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: only have those crazy experiences kind of pay your dues, 444 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: but you also hopefully if you put in enough time 445 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: and work and you know, get expertise, and you get 446 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 1: some really fun, fun experiences as well. And this was 447 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: one of those. Way back when had an opportunity to 448 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: go to Mexico and train a person, woman who owned 449 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: an incredible resort. Okay, she owned a celebrity retreat. This 450 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: woman was you know, um, someone you would know, and 451 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: her resort was where the celebrities would go because it 452 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: was so remote because it had its own airstrip. I 453 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,719 Speaker 1: was told that the year prior that Brad Pitt and 454 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: Jennifer Aniston, shows you how long ago this was. When 455 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: they were married, they had rented out the entire place 456 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: wasn't a big place. It was like ten uh different rooms, buildings, 457 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: all separate. And then this woman, the owners Pride at Residents, 458 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: was right next door. Uh so I had this incredible experience. 459 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: Uh but yeah, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anderson rinted out 460 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: as I said, the entire place for New Year's Eve. 461 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: I suppose it was amazing. So I got to train 462 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: this woman just twice a day, great gig, right once 463 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 1: in the morning, once in the evening, and then was 464 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: on my own for the rest of the time, which 465 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: was amazing. And she had this really unique gym that 466 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: fit kind of the design of the resort. And I 467 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: should say, you know, unique experience and that I had 468 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: the black suburban picked me up with the bodyguards with 469 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: the beards and the guns. Little unnerving being Mexico and everything. 470 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: Drove me to the resort and had a great, amazing 471 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 1: week training the woman and training myself to you have 472 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: a lot of downtime, right so I would go on 473 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: incredibly hot you know runs through the you know, desert 474 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: area around um, swims in the pool, swims in the ocean. Uh, 475 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: just getting great workouts in and had some interesting experiences 476 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: with that to being UM. I was looking at the 477 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: private air strip and talking with the owner and there 478 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: were tires all over the runway And I said, why 479 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: are there tires all over the runway And she said, well, 480 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: drug dealers used to just land and they would just 481 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: land and cars would come flying up, and you know, 482 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: drugs would be smuggled in right from that airstrip. So 483 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: she said that one time she was walking right near 484 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: the airstrip and all of a sudden, these helicopters came 485 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: down landed and her entire security details she turned around, 486 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: was gone, just disappeared. It turned out that the people 487 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: in the helicopters were government people coming after and trying 488 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: to um uh stop a drug deal from happening. But 489 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: suffice it to say that that taught her that that 490 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: current security force um she needed a new one. So uh, 491 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: she was told, you know, you got to cover this 492 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: landing strip, make it hard for the drug smugglers to 493 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: use your private airstrip as one of their drop off 494 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 1: and pickup points. So I thought that was kind of 495 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: scary and interesting at the same time. And then just 496 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: one final kind of side story. The gym was small 497 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: and and again really just perfect for the location and 498 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: the environment, but it didn't have a lot of space. 499 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: So she said, Tom, I want you go through the 500 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: gym and tell me what you like, what you don't like, 501 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: what you think I should get rid of or keep 502 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: or whatever. And so, you know, knowing that celebrities were 503 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: the main clientele, that was a factor in the space 504 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: and everything. So I was looking and in the corner 505 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: was a chin up bar and pull up station, you know, 506 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: kind of a one piece chin up and dip station 507 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: pull ups. Uh, So I thought, you know, this is 508 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: kind of you know, back at the time didn't make 509 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,479 Speaker 1: much sense given what she had given who were coming 510 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: just didn't fit. And I said, you know, this is 511 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: probably something i'd pull out and gave her a couple 512 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 1: other ideas, um as equipment to take the place. And 513 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: I said, why do you have that though? It's it's 514 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: interesting and she said, oh, well, Bobby asked me to 515 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: get it before he came. And I said, who's Bobby 516 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: and she said Bobby de Niro. I said, okay, and 517 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: I'm thinking for a second, I go I get it. 518 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: I get it. And I said that must have been 519 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: when he was preparing for Cape Fear. And she said, 520 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: how did you know? She was shocked, and I said, well, 521 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: it makes complete sense. Right in Cape Fear, he's playing 522 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: what performer, you know, prisoner and how do they get 523 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: their bodies in shape? They're doing body weight exercises and 524 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: chin ups and pull ups and dips. Uh. And he's 525 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: someone and if you saw the opening to that movie, 526 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: you know, his body looked like someone who did that 527 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: and that was kind of cool. And she was like, 528 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: you're absolutely right, Uh, but was cool that you know 529 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: he truly prepared his body in the way that you 530 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: would for that role. If you were that person, So 531 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: I thought that was kind of fun. Uh So there 532 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: you have it. First episode, kind of getting he started. 533 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: Three fun stories from you know, my years back as 534 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: a personal trainer. There's so many more. Just kind of 535 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: wanted to wet your appetite again. Going to bring in 536 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: some friends, amazing stories, amazing experiences for those of you 537 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: personal trainers out there, you know, hopefully some of this helps. 538 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: I know it's a totally different world right now, but 539 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: many of the the lesson will apply. And oh yeah, 540 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: I got many more stories, much different and all over 541 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: the place, especially with the group Fitness World and things 542 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: like that. So look forward to those shows as well. Alright, 543 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: Sweat in the City, Confessions of a Personal Trainer, Part one, 544 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: the natural body building we got the side job, having 545 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: sculptures made and fearing for my life and an amazing 546 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,959 Speaker 1: trip to Mexico is one of the kind of you know, 547 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: highlights of of making it to that point where you're 548 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: training celebrities and professional athletes and fun things like that. 549 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: All right, thank you for listening. Please rate the show 550 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: if you have not already subscribed to the podcast. Again, 551 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a mix of shows. We're gonna have 552 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: you know, the PhD guys on. I'm gonna talk about 553 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: all the science and stuff like that. But every now 554 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: and again we need a break, We need some fun entertainment. 555 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: But you're always gonna learn something, um hopefully. Uh. Thank 556 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: you for listening again. If you want to reach out, 557 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: Tom h Fit, Twitter and Instagram, Tom h Fit, you 558 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: gotta Fitness disrupted dot com. Email me through the site 559 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 1: there and remember having fun here today. But there are 560 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: three things we all control. How much we move, what 561 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: we put into our mouths, and our attitudes. That's awesome. 562 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: I'm Tom Holland. 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