1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of My Heart Radio 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted. I am Tom Holland very excited 3 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: for today's show, as I am for all of them. 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: Tyler Braden. Tyler Braden is my guest today. If you 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: don't know of him, you most likely will soon. If 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: you're a country music person, you got to check him out. 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: If you haven't heard his stuff yet, he is starting 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: to explode on the scene, I'd say. And that's what 9 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: I love about this show is I bring you a 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: wide variety of guests, because that's the disruption of fitness 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: If I if we just talked to nutritionist or just 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: talked to you know, doctors or no, it's a multi 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: factoral thing. So I'm bringing you so many different guests 14 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: to inspire you, to educate you, and to put you 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: on the path to your personal best you. And Tyler 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: Braden is such a cool story. I'm so excited to 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: talk to him. Uh, former firefighter for for many years, 18 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: turned rising country music star, and there's a bunch of 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: different things I want to talk to him about. But 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: that's what makes this show so powerful in my opinion, 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: is bringing you people like David Garcia who lost a 22 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty pounds and has kept it off for 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: almost a decade now and is is doing stair climbs, 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: so quote unquote real people. I don't particularly like the term, 25 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: but it puts it in perspective. And then you've got 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: celebrities like Chase Rice and Tyler Braden who first of all, 27 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: IM gonna talk to him about failure and and not 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: giving up and pursuing his goals, which is so important 29 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: to everybody. And then he's someone who at a very 30 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: early age in a crazy industry understands how important fitness 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: is to success and long term success. So such a 32 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: cool story. And it's this mix of guests and topics 33 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: that that's what I'm gonna bring to you, because that's 34 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: what I found. Certain people and certain things are gonna 35 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: resonate with you. You know. I get new textbooks every Christmas. 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: I asked my wife for three, one sports psychology, one 37 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: exercise physiology, and one nutrition and generally they're pretty much 38 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: the same. But guess what, when you hear things over 39 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: and over, it's that one time you hear it a 40 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: little differently, or there's just something sometimes you've you've heard 41 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: it so many times, just like everything in diet and 42 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: exercise and fitness and wellness, but it suddenly resonates with you. 43 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: And so that is one of the reasons I bring 44 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: you such a wide variety of topics and guests. And 45 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: you may listen to the Chase Right episode, you may 46 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: listen to the David Garcia episode, the doctor Daniel Lieberman, 47 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: you know all the other doctors, Dr Michelle Olsen, Dr Schoenfeld, 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: but guys like Tyler Braden, oh so cool. Grew up 49 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: in montgomer Real, Obama, not exactly the health and wellness 50 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: mecca the world right or the country, and it's just 51 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: so cool. I feel like we have him. I have 52 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: him right before. He's gonna be huge. I love his music. 53 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be working out to it this weekend. Uh 54 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: it just got turned onto some really cool new songs 55 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: of his, So I'm very excited Tyler Braden and uh 56 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: Tyler Braden dot com if you want to pull it 57 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: up and just read up on him. But such a 58 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: cool voice, such a cool story. And this is the 59 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: mix of goal setting and fitness and working towards your 60 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: goals and using fitness and and health to make your 61 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: business better, your life, better all of the above, and 62 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: very excited to talk to him about being the firefighter 63 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: and what came with that. I mean, God, bless people 64 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: like Tyler Braden, because I couldn't do it. I don't 65 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: know about you, and maybe some of you out there 66 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: listening or E m t s and paramedics and all that. 67 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: Thank you. My goal has always been to keep people 68 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: healthy enough that they don't have to go to the doctor, 69 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: they don't have to go to the hospital. So, oh 70 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: my gosh, such a cool guest, and I think you're 71 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: really gonna enjoy them. So when we come back from 72 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: the break country music rising superstar Tyler Brandon, We'll be 73 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: right back, and we are back. Could not be more excited. 74 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: As I said in the intro, this show is about 75 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: so many different things, so many different people. I have 76 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: the top nutritionist, doctors, but then we have inspirational people, 77 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: inspirational stories. We had Chase Rice on just awesome and 78 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: this guy's is in that in that world, in that lane. Uh, 79 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: Tyler Branden, thank you so much for taking the time 80 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: to uh be in the show today. Yeah, so I 81 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: did your and I'm so excited. Like listen, I also 82 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: I always hesitate to talk to a professional musician about Listen. 83 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: I probably the drums I played in bands. But I've 84 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: been I've I've fallen down the rabbit hole of your music. 85 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: And I'm so pumped Tyler to work out to it. 86 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: This weekend, I'm gonna be in a hotel traveling, and 87 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: I just it's just you know what, and listen. I'm 88 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: a late country kind of convert, and you know, I 89 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: played rock. I grew up with the big haired EIGHTI 90 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: bands eighties. You know, I'm older than you. And uh, 91 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: when I first went to Chase his concert, I was like, 92 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: this is not the country I grew up with. This 93 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: is really band is great. They do get pretty heavy. 94 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: And he started in rock music doing cover songs and 95 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: things like that ten or twelve years ago, and so 96 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: that's where my bass is too. When we do live shows, 97 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: I'm running around making a fool of myself like a 98 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: rock show. And so that's kind of fun. And it's 99 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: cool for you to mention working out to the music, 100 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: because that's the best part of music is that it 101 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: inspires people in different ways. And I started when I 102 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: first started working out as when I was younger, I 103 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: was listening to t I, you know, just heavy rap 104 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: or just something you feel like I get you pumped up. 105 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: But my favorite thing about music is that it doesn't 106 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: have to be loud and rocking to get you pumped up, 107 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: so you can kind of work out anything if you 108 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: like music that much. I love that. It also showed 109 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: how much younger you are than I, the fact that 110 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: it's t I. You know I was. I was like, 111 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'm trying to hold that was. I just 112 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: specifically remember working out to t UH. I think I 113 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: was sixteen or sect that. And you know what, Tyler, 114 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: I did a show. So my background is, um my 115 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: master's degree was exercise science and sports psychology, so I'm 116 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: big into the psychology and I just did a show 117 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: about you know. The technical term is disassociation. It's a 118 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: fancy term for like, okay, I want to think about 119 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: anything other than exercise, and obviously the number one way 120 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: for most people's music. So yeah, I love NO. I 121 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: listened to you know your thank me for that and 122 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: uh leave me alone. Oh my gosh, Like I'm gonna 123 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: put those I think it might be only those two 124 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: songs and I'm gonna run for like ten fifteen miles 125 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: on the treadmill, so you know, I'm so excited. But 126 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: you can see that in May. I completely agree though 127 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: with the disassociation thing. I used to go to the 128 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: GM and my way of doing it being a musician. 129 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: Musical was in my life everywhere, so my disassociation would 130 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 1: need to be something different because music is so second nature. 131 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: I can think about that and having run at the 132 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: same time, so I would watch sports. I try to 133 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: go somewhere that has TV, and the slower the sport, 134 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: the better for me. Because if I was watching football, 135 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: all this stuff happens, or basketball, a lot goes down 136 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: and I look down, It's still only been forty five seconds, 137 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: as opposed to baseball. I can watch four pitches and 138 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: it's been six minutes. You know what I'm saying. Oh, 139 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: and you know what, Tyler, that's such a great because 140 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: what I talked about on the show all the time 141 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: is the stuff you read it's always this or that. 142 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's should I do this or that, and 143 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: it's like you do what works for you and within that, 144 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: so such a great point. Like you know, if I'm 145 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: doing a really slow hot like I'm that freak, Tyler 146 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: who likes to run outside when it's nine degrees twenty 147 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: mile run and I'll put like again, I'm gonna date myself, 148 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: but like Ted Nugent or something like Tar, you know slow, 149 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: so like the music, tempo style dictates my workout and 150 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: vice versa. Right, and so that's what works for you, 151 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: and that's what people have to search for, right, is 152 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: is what works for them. And your music is pretty 153 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: darn good, absolutely and and sad note, I'm with you 154 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: on the heat thing. I used to love. I like 155 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: to play golf, and I'm weird and that my favorite 156 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: time to play golf is when it's like a hundred 157 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: degrees And it's because I can kind of forget about 158 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: being comfortable because I'm already gonna be uncomfortab because of 159 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: the heat. So I'm able to just play the game 160 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: and not worry about, you know, if I'm sweating, I'm 161 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: gonna swit, you know see, because it us in that 162 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: middle temperature. I think, hey, if I don't go too fat, 163 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: i may not even be sweating. But if it's hot, 164 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: and I'm not even gonna think about it because it's inevitable. 165 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: But and also I wanted to hundred degrees. The course 166 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 1: is pretty much efty. It's empty well for good reason, 167 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: and I don't golf for a number of reasons. But 168 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: people joke if I'm wearing sleeves, they call it dressed up. 169 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm a fitness guy, like I rarely wear sleeves, a suit, 170 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: a long sleeve shirt, long pants, tyle and you grew up. 171 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: We'll go over there right now. It's a perfect segue. 172 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. Right A 173 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: is original hometown, right about thirty minutes outside of small town, 174 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: believe it or not, called slap Out, Alabama. Stop it's 175 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: called always tell people that it sounds like an endearing 176 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: term that means the middle of nowhere, but it's actually 177 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: the name of the community is slap Out. Tell me 178 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: that's not like the upcoming title of an album, or 179 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: that's kind of it. It's not. I do love to 180 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: mention it just to get reactions. And but when I'm 181 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: trying to do a quick thing, I'll say Montgomery because 182 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: it's the easiest to explain. But if I feel like 183 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: I have time, because I know there's gonna be follow up, 184 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: if I say slap Out, you can't just blow through 185 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: the fact that you're from a town called slap It's got. 186 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: I want a T shirt, I want a hat, I 187 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: want they are there that you can buy slapout T shirt. 188 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to do that. So let's go. I talked, 189 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: I did an intro tyler and they talked about, like again, 190 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: how we have different I have different people on the show. 191 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: And I love about you is you know your story 192 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: and where you are right now, and the fact it's 193 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: all connected to your music and your fitness and even 194 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: we'll talk about how you talked earlier when we just 195 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: talked alone about motivation. So let's start at the beginning. 196 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: So you grew up in Alabama, which is not exactly 197 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: the health mecca rights of the United States. Right. There's 198 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: a lot of fried food and a lot of a 199 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: lot of couches, right, and a lot of time spent 200 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: on them. And then you went from that to being 201 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: a firefighter. So talk about that. I mean, what was 202 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: that like? Um? It was interesting because in my early 203 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: twenties I did a lot. I did have a lot 204 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: of fluctuation in my weight and things like that. I 205 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: was never really out of shape because I enjoyed playing 206 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: softball and basketball with friends, but I didn't eat great. 207 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: At the same time, I ate pretty much whatever I wanted. 208 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: So in a two to three year span, I waited 209 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: as much as about to forty eight I think it 210 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: was most every weighed, and I'm about five ten and 211 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: a half five eleven, and I've weighed as low as 212 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: one seventy five at the end of recruit school, where 213 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: you're obviously going to be in the best shape of 214 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: your life. But when I first applied to work in 215 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: the fire Service, I began, you know, pursuing like cross 216 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: bit and things like that, and I lost initial weight 217 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: because there were body fat percentage limitations like maximums to 218 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: get hired in the first place, and so I did 219 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: that and squeaked my way in. I lost about twenty 220 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: or so pounds to get into the fire Service, and 221 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: then through a twenty two week fire academy, I lost 222 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: thirty five pounds and it actually made me lean towards 223 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: I like to do well. When I'm on top of 224 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: my game and my willpowers at its strongest, I will 225 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: try to do inter minute fasting. And I basically agreed 226 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: with that because I did it on accident. Throughout recruit school. 227 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: I would Fire Academy recruit school the same thing, kind 228 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: of referring to them different ways. But in recruit school 229 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: I never ate breakfast because I always slept as late 230 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: as I possibly could jump up and go straight to work. 231 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: But my first time I would eat would be lunch, 232 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: and I'd eat something very small. We had, like a 233 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: little closet we could buy food out of, and I'd 234 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: eat tuna right out of the can and a fruit cup, 235 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: and then in the evening I would eat whatever I wanted. 236 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: So inadvertently ended up only eating twice a day, and 237 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: that being around twelve one o'clock and then about six 238 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: or seven, and then I was in bed pretty early. 239 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: And that coupled with the most vigorous exercise of my life, 240 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: because when you're in recruit school, every little thing gets 241 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,479 Speaker 1: you in trouble and all this so you're getting physically 242 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: hammered all day, almost every day for twenty two weeks, 243 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: so you basically can't help but lose weight. But there 244 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: were guys in recruit school that gained weight because that 245 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: same little closet where I would get tuna every break 246 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: we had, They're going in there getting a snicker bar 247 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: or going in there and you know, getting a pop 248 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: tart and I was able to stay away from that 249 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: because I felt like with the exercise it would make 250 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: me sick. And I guess that was a good decision 251 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: because I lost a lot of weight. I was in 252 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: really good shape. But with all that cardio actually ended 253 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: up being a little smaller than I wanted to be, 254 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: and so I went more towards weight training when I 255 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: got out, and I did a lot of I don't 256 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: know if you're familiar with he has lines of supplements 257 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: gym Stopani Oh yes, sure, yeah, yeah, Well I just 258 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: found some of his workouts online and it was basically 259 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: low weight high rep and that that worked for me. 260 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: And like we spoke, like you said, when we spoke along, 261 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: we talked about different things working for different people, and 262 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: that worked for me, and it actually helped me add 263 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: a little bit of mass, because I want to say, 264 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: I always called it that beginner mass. No matter what 265 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: you do when you first start weight training, you're gonna 266 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: gain mass, and at least from my experience, and so 267 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: even with the low weight high rep, after doing so 268 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: much cardio for twenty two weeks straight, I gained mass then. 269 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: But the firefighter life as people imediately think they're probably 270 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: in great shape, that's not really a given. You still 271 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: have to work hard because if you're not busy or 272 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: on calls, there's a lot of sitting around and you 273 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: all learn to cook because you cook for each other, 274 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: and you don't always eat the healthiest when you're sitting 275 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: at the station, so that you still have to be 276 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: on top of it yourself. So after recruit school, when 277 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: I got comfortable and I wasn't the newest guy there, 278 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: so I wasn't scared of getting in trouble and things 279 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: like that, I kind of got complacent and didn't work 280 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: out as much or as hard as I should, and 281 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: so it kind of came back relatively quickly. When you 282 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: lose weight quick, it'll come back quick. And so that 283 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: happened to me. So I kind of got making too 284 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: the CrossFit things. So three or four years ago I 285 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: did cross fit for a good amount of time, and 286 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: that's what helped me stick with it, was that what 287 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: works for me is waking up first thing in the morning. 288 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: If you do something first thing in the morning, it 289 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: just makes the day go better. To me. I have 290 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: a better attitude throughout the day, so I like to 291 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: work out the first thing in the morning. And I 292 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: kind of learned that from the fire Service because that 293 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: was the first time I really would get up six 294 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: in the morning. Before that, I didn't know six o'clock 295 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: came twice a day, right exactly, I'm kind of rambling now, No, No, 296 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: that I listen. The takeaway again is what we talked about, 297 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: and there is no perfect I talked about that on 298 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: the show all the time, Tyler, So you know, you 299 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: just exemplified that and said, you know, everyone goes through 300 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: the ups and downs and life changes, and you have 301 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: your motivations and then they're taken away. And I preached 302 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: this all the time because people get so down on themselves, 303 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: especially when they do some pretty crazy diets, and I say, 304 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, those are gonna work short term, most of them. 305 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: And and then you get down on yourself because you go, oh, 306 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: I gained it back. Well that's what's going to happen 307 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: on so many of these And you had the firefighters, right. 308 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: But what I love you said too is yes, you 309 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: lost weight, but that didn't mean that other people didn't 310 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: gain weight. So still there's a choice involved, right, um, 311 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: And and you gotta have your y and that's what 312 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: I love about who you are now and kind of 313 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: how we met through some friends and you know, you said, 314 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: you know, and I'm getting ahead of myself a little bit, 315 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: but I'm starting this new career. I need to really 316 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: focus on some fitness and I don't have what I 317 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: had right, I don't have that thing to fall back 318 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: on the firefighters making me do it. And that's that's tough, 319 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: and that even that's that all comes down to the motivation, 320 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: because that even started when I steal I probably say, 321 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: almost two years before I resigned from the fire service, 322 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: I was already at a complacent place for I wasn't 323 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: in great shape because you get settled in, and even 324 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: in the fire service, you get you don't really have 325 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: people hammering you your whole career to work out. When 326 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: you're not the new guy anymore, it becomes up to you. 327 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: You know, they're not gonna babysit you. They're not gonna 328 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: make you do this or make you do that. It's 329 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: still your own willpower and motivation and actually putting I'd 330 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,119 Speaker 1: always played music here and there, but moving to Nashville 331 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: to work for a fire department here in Tennessee in Britain, Tennessee. 332 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: I was in a complacent place. But when I started 333 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: to actually push the music industry, that gave me a 334 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: new motivation. I admit, I should have already had the 335 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: motivation being a firefighter and things like that. I wasn't 336 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: in terrible shape, but I wasn't in good a shape 337 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: because I wanted to be. So I began to push 338 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: myself more, know, and I wanted to chase the artist career, 339 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: but also just for my health in general, and because 340 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: you gotta start now. You can't wait till you're older, 341 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: you know. And so I wanted to get back my 342 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: health that I had when I first started in the 343 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: fire service. And over you know, a year or so, 344 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: I went from weighing around two thirty two. Now I'm 345 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: a little over two hundred pounds. And I've kind of 346 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: went up and down with the different what things I 347 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: would do. Recently, I've I had a lieutenant that did 348 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: iron Man things and marathons and stuff like that. He 349 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: got me into the biking. So as the weather's gotten cold, 350 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: I just got a indoor bike trainer and I've been 351 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: using that a lot. And when I had time, I 352 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: would go to the gym for weight training. But I 353 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: just ordered a bow flex and unit that actually it 354 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: will arrive today, and so I'm excited to be able 355 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: to just do everything at home. I love to be 356 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: able to just wake up and do it right there, 357 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: don't have to leave. That gives me less excuses to 358 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: not work out when I get up in the morning. 359 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: It's right there in my house I'll have I'm getting 360 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: the Max trainer and also the Select Text dumbbell things 361 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: are ten to ninety pounds. I'm pretty excited about that. 362 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: I don't have to leave the house for any type 363 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: of training that I'm trying to do. You're getting exactly 364 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: what I gave Chase way back with and it's on 365 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: his tour bus. You know how cool is that? That's 366 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: so funny. Yeah. No, I'm excited because the stuff I 367 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: did at home was all cardio. I do the bike stuff, 368 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: you know, which is great, But you've gotta have a 369 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 1: mix of everything to where you don't get bored with it. 370 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: And so I'm excited to have all I can do 371 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: pretty much any type of workout that I want to 372 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 1: do now. I do like doing body weight stuff. I've 373 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 1: gone to boxing gyms a lot but now I can 374 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: because I do get bored with workouts very easily. And 375 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: so even when I look up weight training regiments, I 376 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: can't stick to the same one for four or six 377 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: eight weeks, and so I just kind of keep it 378 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: randomized or else I will get bored with it. I 379 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: admit that pretty easy for me to do that. Yeah, 380 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: but that's I love that, Tyler, and I always say 381 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: I love that, but it's true, like, uh, that's everybody. 382 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: And I keep saying people get down on themselves. I 383 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: always am shocked when people listen. I'm my my workouts. 384 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: I call them the A D D workouts. If you 385 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: saw me in the gym or at home or wherever 386 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: I'm working out, I'm just going from one to the next. 387 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, shiny object, I'm moving on because 388 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: that works mentally and also works physically. I mean p 389 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: nin d X had that whole muscle confusion term, which 390 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: just meant mix it up right, ricks it up. So 391 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: I love that you talk about, and that's you know, 392 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: your why is going to change. It could be the 393 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: firefighter can be health, it can be now the music industry. 394 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: Your way of eating is going to change. You know, 395 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: you can get him and fast thing you can do 396 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: the cross fit, but but allow yourself that and and 397 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 1: it sounds like you are and that's so important. And 398 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: I and you know the fact that you're able to say, listen, 399 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: I get more if I do it in the morning. 400 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: And that's the studies, right, Tyler. I mean, it's just 401 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: it's harder for someone to kind of get in your 402 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: face at six am. It's a lot easier at six pm, right, 403 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 1: a lot fewer distractions. And I just pull up. Let 404 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: me do a couple of quotes real quickly. Um, you 405 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: know you said, since I started in rock music, every 406 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: time I'm writing a song or thinking about the production 407 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: of the song, I'm picturing the live shows because I 408 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: try to be pretty energetic on stage. And when I 409 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: interviewed Chase, you know, he talked about how he would 410 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: take it. He took it so personally that he needed 411 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: to give that physical great show. And that's why he, 412 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: you know, was prioritizing exercise too. Oh my gosh, if 413 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: rock stars country stars can do it, everyone can do it. 414 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: Find the time, right, So you obviously see that too, right, 415 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: And you don't and you don't realize until you're doing 416 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: it how exhausting it can be to put on at 417 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: sixty or ninety minutes show. Sure, it's like doing a 418 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: cardio workout for that loan. Yeah, And it's basically and 419 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: what And I've never really thought about this until in 420 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: this moment, but it goes if you proved to yourself, 421 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: if I can run around that stage for sixty minutes straight, 422 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: I can run outside for sixty minutes. It's my mind 423 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: not wanting to do it. And when you're on stage 424 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: and I'm doing this show, that's that what you say, disassociation. 425 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking about putting on a show, and I 426 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: wish it was that easy when I'm out running on 427 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: the road. If we only all had five thousand, ten thousand, 428 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: fifteen over many thousand people, and if I could just 429 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: get if I could just get a crowd out there, 430 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: just while I can run in two laps around the 431 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: stage just for workout, I'd be great. Probably. It's a 432 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: crazy story, but talking about the power of the mind 433 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: is a long story. Short TV camera. And someone dared 434 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: me in front of the camera to do like a 435 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: number of push ups I've never done in my life, 436 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: like five more, and uh, I darn well did it 437 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: because the camera was there and I couldn't move for 438 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: a day after that. Right, but the power of the mind, 439 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: I mean a whole another show. But that's awesome, And 440 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: you know what I wanted. I pulled one more of 441 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: your quotes because it's so important. Um you said, you 442 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: know you write a lot of bad songs to get 443 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: to the good ones. And I've said this so often 444 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: about my career too. In a different way is listen. 445 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm not crazy about my first fitness videos, but they 446 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: got me started and I learned right, and so many 447 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: people are afraid. I don't even call it failure. It's 448 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: not failure, it's learning right. Failure is not doing it. 449 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: So I love that and you understand and your songs again, 450 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: And what I love about thank me for that is 451 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: when you listen to the to the full band version 452 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: and then you listen to your acoustic version, like that's 453 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: the sign of a great song, right, can you take 454 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: it acoustically? And I'm torn, I'm not sure if I 455 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: like the acoustic more of the rock Moore. I think 456 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: I love them both. But but you're gonna you're gonna 457 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: have things that don't go right and things that aren't 458 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: as good. But that's you know, Madonna. Everyone started somewhere, 459 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: You gotta start somewhere. And don't you know, I don't 460 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: know if it's a real quote, but what do they say? 461 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 1: What Thomas Saidison, what he said, I didn't fail a 462 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: hundred times? They found a hundred ways how not to 463 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: make a light bulb exactly. I love that, exactly, and 464 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: and so so few people kind of get that. Tyler. 465 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: I would say, you know, there's so especially in today's 466 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: world of social media, and you know what I say, 467 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: if I don't, I have a whole folder of people 468 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: who tell me how much I suck. And I take 469 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: that and that's okay, that's okay. You know what, I'm 470 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: trying to do the right thing. My goal is to 471 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: its fitness. But if I'm truly disrupting fitness, there's gonna 472 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: be some people who say, you're you know, you don't 473 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: know what that you're talking about. I'm fine with absolutely, 474 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: but you know, be a what willing I should say 475 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 1: to just put yourself out there? Um, and that's what 476 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: you're doing right now. Tell me I heard you had 477 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: a great night last night. Yeah, that was fun. I 478 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: got to play an event for the record label I've 479 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: signed with Mourner and it was pretty much their whole staff, 480 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: and it was a lot of people I haven't met, 481 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: and I believe it was like a Christmas party kind 482 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: of thing. And myself and two other artists played for 483 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: two other new artists at Warner and it was awesome. 484 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,479 Speaker 1: And you talk about the acoustic thing is I got 485 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: to play three newer songs, one of which actually wrote 486 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: with Chase Rice Uh. But it was interesting because I 487 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: talked about how when we do these live shows, I 488 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: run around and make a fool of myself and I 489 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: love to be excited and just put on this show. 490 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: But last night was one of the few times that 491 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: I actually got to sit there just me and acoustic guitar, 492 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: and I played broken down versions of the songs. They 493 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 1: were maybe a little slower than the original and just 494 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: to be able to flip them around that way. It's 495 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: always fun because it's an experiment. You get to see 496 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: is it gonna work that way. I have a song 497 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: that I hope will come out in the future. It's 498 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: one of my favorite I've ever written, is called what 499 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: Do They Know? And it's just about the people when 500 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: you're in a small town. Like we haven't talked about 501 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: where you're from, but you've gone and done some things 502 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: that most people just dream of. You put out these videos, 503 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: you put yourself out there, and I'm sure, like a 504 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: lot of other people, when you were home and you 505 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: were younger, I'm sure some people probably thought that was crazy. 506 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: You know, why don't you stay here? And you know, 507 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: hypothetically speaking, you're friends work at x y Z. You 508 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: could probably get a job there making fifteen dollars an 509 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: hour and that's pretty good, you know, that's you know, 510 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: you have a four oh one K and all this, 511 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 1: but you go do something crazy and they're like, man, 512 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: you don't know it's it's gonna be hard. You're not 513 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: gonna make it. Man, you're gonna have to come home. 514 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: But the whole point is, what do they know? I 515 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: want to go chase a dream that means something to me, 516 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: and that's what the song is about. And it's a 517 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: very emotional feeling song. But it gets heavy and it's 518 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: you know, kind of strong vocals in it where it 519 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 1: gets it's very rock influenced. But last night I got 520 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: to play it broken down acoustic, and it's cool to 521 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: see songs work in different ways like that. That is 522 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: such a perfect way to to wrap this up because 523 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: it's so perfect. So believing in yourself is is believing 524 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 1: yourself as my tagline and every show with that, Tyler, 525 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: And that's another reason I wanted to have you on, 526 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: and you know, coming from Alabama, and that's that's exactly 527 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: the message I try to give people is is there 528 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: is no failure and you've got to get outside your 529 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: comfort zone because there's such value and just, oh my gosh, 530 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: that's where all the good stuff happens. Right, And you know, 531 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: my high school quote was I stole a line from 532 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: Steve Miller's song Right, you gotta go through hell before 533 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 1: you get to heaven. Right. But but it's worth it. 534 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: The journey is worth it when you're passionate as you are, 535 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: and you can just see that in your music. So 536 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: everyone before I forget Tyler Braden dot com. His instagram 537 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 1: is Tyler Braden Music and at Tyler Braden Now is 538 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: his Twitter and and check it out. And uh, I 539 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: just I'm so excited to see um your career in 540 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: the next you know years, And can you finish that song? 541 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: By the way, I'd like to have that song in 542 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: a couple of months, so I can use it for 543 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: training when you just talk it anything coming up or 544 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: just working on the new songs. We're steady working. Um, 545 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: we're excited. Is gonna be a big year. We've been 546 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: in and out of the studio a lot, and we'll 547 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: be back in to put songs out next year, hopefully 548 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: go to radio and be able to spread them more. 549 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: And the songs you want to check out definitely think 550 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: me for that comes right up, leave me alone, and 551 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: you've got different versions of them, so cool. That's just 552 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: such a new world right where I can just say 553 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: that and people can go listen to you right away. 554 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: And what's your Spotify? It's like eleven million? What was 555 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: the last I mean you did? Your downloads are crazy totally, 556 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: But I've got three songs out right now and I 557 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: think they total about two million. People are amazing going 558 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: to listen to them still this day, So, I mean 559 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: they've been out for my oldest song has been out 560 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: for about two and a half years and it still 561 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: gets played a lot every day. So and it's I'm 562 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: totally blassed. I still can't believe it. Well, you worked hard, 563 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: as you said, you believed in yourself. You came from 564 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: a place and but yeah, there's always gonna be people 565 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: who tell you can't do it. There's always gonna be 566 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: people who you know, I remember people saying, where who 567 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: are you to put out a fitness video? And I go, 568 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 1: you know what, me, this is what I want to do, 569 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: And there was no fall there was nothing to fall 570 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: back on. This is what I have to do. I 571 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: don't have a choice. And it's not about the money, 572 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: right I'm sure you feel the same. It's just what 573 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: you're meant to do, do that, you know. And you 574 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: can see that again the moment I turned out one 575 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: of your videos, I go, this is I'm to be 576 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: listening to these songs that I just said all weekend long. 577 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: So um, thank you so much for taking the time. 578 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: And uh, I look forward. We should do this again, 579 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: you know when that new song comes out any time. 580 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 1: I'm excited about it. Tyler, Thank you so much again, 581 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: Tyler Braden B R A D E N. Check him 582 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: out and have a great day and I look forward 583 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: to speaking with you soon you too, buddy. Thank you 584 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: And there you go. Tyler Brandon. Keep an eye out 585 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: for him if you're into country music, your new music 586 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: at all, Like I am looking for new music to 587 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: to work out, to to associate Hey, have you checked 588 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: out that podcast of mine about disassociation music one of 589 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: the top ways to do it to make exercise more fun. 590 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I'm so excited to listen to some 591 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: of his music this weekend. I'm gonna be traveling, I'm 592 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: gonna be in a hotel, gonna be on a treadmill, 593 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: and I'm going to be listening to Tyler Braden. This 594 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: show is about inspy firing. It's about educating, disrupting fitness 595 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: from every angle, and that means talking to people like 596 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: Tyler Bradon. Oh my god, how cool. Like he is 597 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: just right there, he's right there. That the fact I 598 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: got to interview him today at this point, after you know, 599 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: his great night last night and where he is in 600 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: his career, I love it. I love it. And someone 601 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,719 Speaker 1: who gets the whole thing about exercise and being in 602 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: shape and focusing and just approaching his career in music, 603 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: which is a crazy career as far as health and wellness, please, 604 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: and just appreciating the value and just using him as 605 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: an example firefighter goal setting Coming from Montgomery Alabama. You 606 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: know there's a lot of fatty foods and and sedentary 607 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: people there. Holy cow, I think Alabama. I gotta look 608 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: it up. And Montgomery that might be like the number 609 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: one place for for you know, least healthy, but how 610 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: cool and hopefully Again, as I said earlier, you know, 611 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: certain people are going to resonate with you, certain stories 612 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: are gonna resonate with you. And that's why I bring 613 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: you such a wide variety of people. The top doctors, nutritionist, 614 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: strength coaches, the Mike Boyle's, the doctor Daniel Lieberman's, the 615 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: Chase Rice country music star, and the Tyler Braden, who's 616 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: kinda he's in between. He's right there and just to 617 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: get you, get you pumped up, inspired and on your 618 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: way to be the best you, because that's what this 619 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: show is about. I have the best job in the 620 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: world helping you look better, feel better, live longer, and 621 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: I take my job so seriously and you need to 622 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 1: know that. Thank you to Tyler Braden for taking the time. 623 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. Please, if you have a little 624 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: extra time, rate this show. 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