Ride Home Rants
Ride Home Rants
Balancing Fitness and Life: Insights from Fitness Experts on Nutrition, Workouts, and Motivation
Ever wondered how busy professionals juggle a hectic lifestyle while staying fit and healthy? Our latest episode promises to unlock the secrets behind maintaining a balanced lifestyle as we sit down with an inspiring panel of fitness aficionados. Joining me, Fiddy, as I sub for Mike Bono, are Jason, Byron, Shawn, JJ, Nicole, Jordan, and Josh, each bringing their unique fitness philosophies to the table. From full-body workouts to targeted muscle group exercises, discover how these experts integrate fitness into their daily lives, even amidst the chaos of parenting and work commitments.
Our guests also shed light on their diverse dietary habits, providing a refreshing take on nutrition. Experience Shawn’s approach to a balanced diet with a sprinkle of fast food indulgence and Byron’s reliance on his wife's meal planning for healthier meals. Nicole’s weight loss journey and Jordan’s disciplined bodybuilding regimen offer contrasting yet equally motivating perspectives on nutrition strategies. These personal stories underline the adaptability and individuality of maintaining a healthy diet while staying true to personal tastes and lifestyle demands.
Finally, we explore the evolving nature of fitness routines, especially as former athletes redefine their workouts post-competition. Listen as Jason and Byron share insights on transitioning from traditional lifting routines to newer methodologies like CrossFit. Nicole reveals her newfound passion for weightlifting, and Jordan explains shifting from football to bodybuilding. Whether you're inspired by fitness icons like Tom Brady or drawn to the stories of others like RFK Jr., our guests offer a well-rounded view of balancing nutrition, consistency, and injury prevention, all while finding motivation and setting
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Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast. This is your special guest, host Fitty, and today I'm filling in for Mike Bono. Today we bring you an outstanding episode and it's another roundtable, but a unique roundtable. We have a lot of great guests to talk about their journey here within this roundtable, and it is all things fitness and health related. So anybody who's looking to get in a new year in 2025 this episode is going to air in january. We're going to help you along giving you some advice and talking our stories in the fitness and health realm. So we have a lot of great guests here. Uh, we're going to get through all of them and I'm going to have them introduce themselves, uh, right now. So, jason, why don't you start for us?
Speaker 2:uh, yeah, my name is jason Bickle, 47 years old. I forget what the other things were in the intro.
Speaker 1:Favorite snack, I think.
Speaker 2:I stumped on favorite snack Shoot pretty much anything. I'm watching a football game a little different, maybe just some pretzels and good to go.
Speaker 1:Okay, how about you Sean?
Speaker 5:Sean dad 51. I guess we'll go with cookies, I guess.
Speaker 6:Okay, how about you, byron. I'm Byron Mayers, I'm 27. And I would say my favorite snack I'm going to have to go with Reese's Cups, okay.
Speaker 3:JJ, jj, jj, phillips 42. And my favorite snack is probably about any type of dessert cake, cookies, snickers, cheesecake, apple pie, you name it. I, um, that's what I like, okay how about you, jordan?
Speaker 7:uh, big chicken wing guy here, buddy, any time, anytime of the day Don't really matter. You put a chicken wing in front of my face. It's going to get eight. I'm also 26 years old.
Speaker 1:Okay, and then last but not, or sorry, not last but not least yet, but uh, nicole.
Speaker 4:My name is Nicole Faith, I'm 36. I'm the only girl on the podcast tonight. So for the women, um, and I would say a charcuterie plate, like okay, and cheeses and pickles and all those things okay, and then?
Speaker 1:uh, josh, how about you?
Speaker 8:josh, I'm 35 years old.
Speaker 1:Favorite snack is going to be a chomped deer jerky stick okay, well, for everybody that don't know me, I'm 38 years old and my favorite snack is ice cream. So, not a big snack person, but I will. I will go in on some ice cream, as probably most people uh, most people would. So, everybody, we have a great, we have a great panel for you to listen to today. Um, all the guests are going to go in order give their answers. We're're going to have Jason go first, and then Sean Byron, jj, nicole, jordan and Josh, in that sense. So, uh, first question I want to kind of start out with for all the guests Um, and Jason, we'll start with you. So how many days a week do you work out and what type of fitness plan are you currently on? Jason, you're on mute too.
Speaker 2:Getting there, okay, Well, I actually have a 10-month-old baby at home right now, so my fitness routine has fallen apart completely for about the last year. If I can get three days in right now, that is fantastic and it's pretty basic full body type stuff, everyday core stretch, just really trying to hit the basics, given how limited, uh, my time is at the moment, especially with the holidays and all absolutely.
Speaker 5:How about you, sean? I'm gonna try to get there five to six days a week, uh, typically one body part uh per day and I'll mix in um a secondary body part for maybe one lift at the end and about 20 minutes of cardio uh each day. With that as much, as much as possible. I've got to do a better job with the cardio how about you, byron?
Speaker 6:so it's actually funny. I'm kind of gonna piggyback off of jason's answer. Um, I have a recently a two month old on top of two other kids, so it's been a little bit chaotic. But I also try to shoot for at least three days a week um full body, um cardio, like hit training, if I can okay, what about you, jj?
Speaker 1:you always post your workouts online, so what do you got?
Speaker 3:usually I go about four days a week and I do some sort of split, usually like uh, one day I'll do like uh chest, and another day I'll do like shoulders and tris and I have like a leg day, quad, like a quad specific leg day, and then I'll have like a back and body day with some hamstrings and I do cardio at the end of every workout and try to do a core exercise at the end of every workout also okay, nicole, how about you?
Speaker 4:um. I typically go about five days a week um focus on step counts every day if I'm not in the gym, so about seven to ten k and steps um daily and then I cycle through um depending on where I'm at in my training different muscle groups, so one day's back, one day's byes, one day's shoulders, and just kind of cycle through that and then repeat the following week and just track where I'm at.
Speaker 1:Okay, jordan, how about you?
Speaker 7:Yeah, kind of piggybacking off everyone. I guess Kind of run like a funky split. I train about five days a week right now. Um, I, you know, I kind of call my split is like a specialization split.
Speaker 7:I kind of pick, you know, one of my three body parts that are lacking the most, um, which for me is my chest, my back and my shoulders.
Speaker 7:So I'll give each of those their own day and in between, let's say I do chest on Monday, the next day I will do a total body where I'm picking one exercise per body group besides chest, and then the next following day would be the back day and then same thing with the total body where I'm hitting everything besides my back just to kind of touch everything up. My legs have always been kind of my most dominant thing on my body, so I've kind of pushed that to the side not to join the no leg day crowd, um, but it gets worked in on my total body days, um, and then cardio wise, I follow a step count. I'm a PE teacher so luckily I'm pretty active and especially at elementary school I'm running around with the kids and stuff. So I try to get about 10 K a day, which is fairly easy for me. I'm running around with the kids and stuff, so I try to get about 10.
Speaker 1:K a day, which is fairly easy for me, so I don't really do any extra cardio at the gym.
Speaker 8:Okay, and Josh, round us out on this one. I'm going to piggyback on the first two guys, or first two people said about kids. I just had my fourth baby actually, so I have a. I have a four month old, my fourth child. So I try to get it in when I can fit it in. Try to get it in when I can fit it in. I try to get that at least 30 minutes when I can and I try to get about four days a week at minimum. So, based on the typical science and as long as I'm getting that four days a week, I'll at least maintain what I got, if not get a little better. Okay, I mix it up.
Speaker 1:Okay, and we're going to kind of get into the whole like life balance of everything too. I know a lot of people on here are very busy with stuff, so we're going to get into that a little bit later on the show because we definitely want to hear about that. You know, for myself my workouts are a little bit different. I go about four days a week. What I've really honed in on because we'll talk about this later in the show some injuries and wear and tear over life. I'm on two day full body circuits. I do a lot of body weight stuff and stuff with bands and I do two days cardio. So I go my my circuit training one day, cardio abs next day, usually two days off circuit training and then my my cardio and abs after that. So that's kind of what I'm on right now.
Speaker 1:But I would definitely want to go to the next thing and we're going to get into this too. I'm really curious about this with you, with all of you guests. Talk to us about your food plan. You know people don't realize how important food is to your health with eating healthy and eating healthy is different for a lot of people. But I would definitely want to get into this. So kind of talk to me about what you use as a plan or not, and you know how do you balance your diet with working out, and I'm very curious to hear from all the parents on here of young children how they do this. So, jason, can you kick us off on this one?
Speaker 2:Yeah, when things are going well, I follow up. I don't know if anyone knows who Mike Dolce is. He's pretty think it's popular, I'm not sure, but I follow his a lot of his programs, um, and he's all about just real food. Uh, I forget his exact thing, but it's like if you can hunt it, pick it, plant it, fish it, you can eat it. If it's not in that category, you can't eat it. And to me, as long as you can keep the, the 95 of your meal in that structure, that's pretty error-free. When I'm good, that's how I'm going.
Speaker 1:I know you posted about that before. I remember seeing your social media about that. What about you, Sean? What do you do?
Speaker 5:I'm pretty routine. Morning would be oatmeal with a scoop of protein, egg whites, banana, post-workout would be a protein shake. Sometimes it's two scoops, depending on if I'm trying to lean or if I'm trying to bulk. A lot of yogurt, a lot of cottage cheese. As a family we eat a lot of chicken, but I am a big fast food guy, so don't let me fool you if there's a lot of fast food on the weekends. But the majority of my meals similar to what Vic was saying, probably 90% of the time I'm eating pretty well, pretty clean, but I do mix in some fast food more than I should. But yeah, for the most part yogurt, egg whites. You know all the staples.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay, byron, how?
Speaker 6:about you. Honestly, I'm probably a huge outlier amongst everybody. My diet is horrendous. I don't know why. I think partially because I'm still young, so I'm taking advantage of my metabolism. I really don't follow a routine, but if I am trying to guide myself or stay within certain guidelines, I'm with the first two guys. I try to go out for whole foods, so for me a lot of eggs. I'm real big into red meat, fruits and vegetables. But again, like you kind of mentioned, it's a little bit harder with little ones and having a family. We're always on the go, so literally I'm very fortunate my wife is a little bit better health conscious than me, so she's making sure our dinners are hitting all the food groups, making sure that we have those veggies having the meat, decent carbs are in there. And again too, we're all human. So weekends we kind of splurge. I can probably pound a whole pint of ice cream, eat a dozen of cookies, not saying that's obviously the best, but you know that's me on this one.
Speaker 1:Okay, no thanks for sharing that, JJ. How about you?
Speaker 3:Yeah, my diet pretty much sucks. I mean pizza, cookies, donuts. I mean work is real bad with donuts. They always bring in donuts all the time. Fast food, like I really don't eat healthy at all. I mean, there was a time I did it for like six months and it was awesome, but I was like starving and um, I looked real good but um, I was like angry all the time that happens?
Speaker 1:that definitely happens. Uh, nicole, how about you? You're always posting the meals and stuff like that on instagram for um, you know that the people that follow you, they see that a lot. So what is, uh, what's your food plan?
Speaker 4:you don't know me, I went through a weight loss journey back in 2021 and lost 40 pounds, and it all contributed to diet changes and since then, what I've kept consistent to maintain those changes. Again, it all comes back to diet. So if you really want to see the intensity of your workouts, if you're not following a diet plan or staying somewhat consistent with it, it's like driving your car with your foot on the brake, you know. You just don't make any strides forward like you should. So what I've kept consistent, what I did then.
Speaker 4:The actual nutrition has changed slightly, based upon actual calories themselves. So back then I was in a calorie deficit. But what has stayed consistent has been I ping my blood sugar levels every two to three hours. So I'm eating something every two to three hours. So this way my body's not starving and I'm not running on low energy or low fuel, but then I'm not overeating either when I do go to eat, because I've naturally pinged it every couple of hours. So that stayed consistent throughout my whole entire journey. Hydration is really big, so hitting your water counts. I follow a high protein diet. It's a blend still of carbs and healthy fats in there Carbs mostly coming from fruits and vegetables, and then healthy fats such as butters and your dressings and your nuts, but always high protein to preserve your muscle and build lean muscle as well.
Speaker 1:OK, no, thanks for sharing that, Jordan. How about you?
Speaker 7:Yeah, like you know, I was being me. I was a former college football player. Football ends, you look for something kind of turned bodybuilder. You know competed for a little bit, um, so ever since I started doing bodybuilding four years ago, every day is kind of groundhog day for me and I don't really don't get sick of it. Um, I guess that's just from kind of being on a contest prep where you're eating the same thing every single day and it gets a little bit bland and your macros change as you get closer to a show. But I mean, ever since, you know, really competing and stuff, I don't have a problem. I don't want to sound like a jerk, but like I don't have a problem eating the same foods every day.
Speaker 7:You know, for me, if I want to mix it up, I'll switch my protein source or my carb source slightly if I need something different. But I mean, my day looks like I wake up, I have my shake and then I'm eating eight ounces of, I say, flesh, some sort of protein from an animal, every three hours I guess. So it kind of equals out to five meals a day, one being a shake, four meals being about eight ounces of some sort of protein source. Um, and then, depending on what you're trying to do, you know if I'm in a building phase, I'll up the carbs pretty heavy. Um, if I'm trying to lean down, I will.
Speaker 7:You know kind of time my carbs up around my training more and and cut them out when I'm not training, you know around those times. So it fluctuates for me like right, but you know, I'm okay with groundhog day, I call it, I'm all right with that. Okay, like I don't know if I want to have like a cheat meal, I call it like more like a refeed, like I'd rather cook my own burgers at home, then go somewhere and get a burger. It kind of sounds weird, especially during hunting season. If I can get a deer and make venison burgers like that's a cheat meal for me. I'll have six of those, no problem.
Speaker 3:So burgers, a cheat meal for you.
Speaker 7:Yeah, I mean I'll put out like I don't really have a sweet craving, I have a savory craving. Like I'm the type of guy where some people go eat tons of ice cream cookies. I'd rather put six double cheeseburgers in front of my face and I'll go okay, give me like the salty stuff. Like that's cool. If I really want to go crazy, that's what I'll do okay, okay.
Speaker 1:And how about you, josh?
Speaker 8:I just actually my last question, so I'm gonna go with a bang on this one. So I have I have a lot of patients that I see. Obviously I'm not sure if you guys are aware, but I'm a doctor, I have a practice in South Carolina, a practice in Pittsburgh and the way we kind of gauge that efficacy and see how diets are working, whether it's good or it's bad. I like to run lab work, so I like to see, okay, how is this diet working? You carnivore diet or herbivore diet, a vegan diet? Doesn't matter what you want to try, because there's so much proof of science on to back up every single diet plan you want to do.
Speaker 8:So I never try to sway a person one way or another. Whatever you want to do must support that, and then we'll kind of gauge that efficacy again and how that works for you, by checking all your levels, obviously, and then the hard work works. So you got to work. No matter what you do, no matter what your diet is. I try to keep it simple for people, because america, in life, it's complex, so I try to make it simple and simplify where people can actually digest it and understand what it's going to be going forward how we can, how we can see results faster, quicker, without making them too over complicated. So I always tell people, in a simplified matter, like a gaz, smaller, more frequent meals, where you're constantly grazing, you're just constantly burning and churning, you're working food down an elementary canal and just keeping that basal metabolic temperature picked up, you're working it.
Speaker 1:If the good Lord made it, you can eat it okay, that's probably the best answer that I've ever heard the good lord makes it, you can eat. And it goes back to like jordan saying flesh meals and jason's saying hunt it, pick it, kill it and all that. You know all that stuff. So, uh, you know. Thanks for, uh, thanks for for really giving that uh insight on that so greatly, greatly appreciated thank you guys, take care, have a good show, god bless thanks, josh, thanks for hopping on, uh, so, um, we're gonna go to the next one here.
Speaker 1:Um, you know most, if not all, of you are former high school or college athletes. Um, how have your workouts changed since your athletic days ended? And, jason, before you answer, I just want to point this out. So, dr josh hymes, that was just on, uh, he's a great guy. He's a former, um pro boxer. So, uh, he, he is awesome in the medical field. Um, if people want to follow him, you can find him on instagram. It's dr josh hymes. Uh, j-o-s-h-h-i-m-e-s. So definitely give him a follow. Um, he likes to come on, even though with the kids sometimes he has to jump off. So, but, you know, going back to this, you know about being a former athlete and you know, have your workouts change and we're all at different ages and stages. So, jason, can you kind of give some insight on this?
Speaker 2:I don't know if they really changed a lot over the years, other than just cycling through different ideas and styles, but keep coming back to the same bread and butter. I think, like when you're young I don't know, I'm 47, so a lot of the information came out of like men's health magazines and all that stuff in the 90s and they were all pretty much arm day, chest day, back day, all that kind of thing, and that was what we all did, and then you just try different things over the years, but I think it always keeps coming back to basic good lifting, chest day kind of stuff, back day kind of thing.
Speaker 1:And yeah, it just kind of keeps rotating through that in and out of life. Okay, how about you sean?
Speaker 5:yeah, um, similar what jason was saying, being the oldest guy in the group, uh, when I was lifting some time ago. Uh, it's pretty similar to what I'm doing now. I do see a big difference in what my players are doing now, what the athletes are doing today compared to when I was an athlete More explosive movements, more flexibility, mobility, that type of thing. Like similar to what Jason was saying when I was younger, playing and like now, you know it's chest day, it's back day, our players don't really go through that. So I see a bigger change from our players and what they do compared to what I did back when I played back in the late 80s, early 90s.
Speaker 1:Okay, no. Thanks for sharing that.
Speaker 6:How about you, byron? Yeah, that's kind of when I first started in high school I think you know kind of like what Sean was saying, we didn't really have a traditional strength conditioning program where we're doing those explosive movements, the full body stuff. Ours was more of a bodybuilding template, so we were kind of just real big meatheads in that aspect. Wasn't until I got to college where I was introduced to those explosive movement, you know templates, super setting stuff to kind of all mesh together. But then once I got out of, uh, college, I graduated, I dabbled with crossfit for a little bit. Um, I drank that kool-aid for about two and a half years and then, um, honestly kind of learning from there, um, I liked some of the philosophy that it had. So I still kind of use a lot of that methodology that CrossFit offered to kind of support my training and my lifestyle right now.
Speaker 1:OK, no thanks. Thanks for sharing that, JJ. How about you?
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's probably pretty much like similar to high school, like more, I guess, bodybuilding wise, like squat, bench, deadlift and throw in other exercises in between those things, pull up and stuff like that. So it really hasn't changed too much for me, but I just I'm actually I'm a lot stronger than I was when I was younger.
Speaker 1:Well, that's a good thing, so how about you, Nicole?
Speaker 4:I played collegiate volleyball and when I was playing the sport I couldn't stand lifting like I hated it. Like this is not for women. I don't want to look bulky. Um, now, switching gears, getting out of the sport which I still watch but don't play anymore I actually found a love and passion for lifting um, especially after losing the weight, now that I've brought the muscle layer closer to the skin, being able to scalp that and just really see the whole structure and just chisel at your anatomy. I love lifting weights.
Speaker 4:I think it's a matter of you've got to find what you're passionate about and then you'll continue to show up for it. It doesn't really matter too much what you're passionate about and then you'll continue to show up for it. It doesn't really matter too much what you're physically doing, just do something. Showing up five minutes a day is better than not showing up at all, and whatever works for your schedule, whatever you're passionate about, you'll continue to show up for. So personally, through my journey, that's what I found to be what I continue to want to do. So for the other women out there, I think, just find what intrigues you, what you can show up for whether that's cycling, aerobics, whatever it might be, and just continue to do it, because it's better than doing nothing at all.
Speaker 1:Absolutely Jordan, jordan. How about you?
Speaker 7:yeah, um, I mean, I really like what Nicole said there. I'd be in college football player, um, you know, I kind of I'm on the younger side, I guess, and I was, um, exposed to the more explosive movements, explosive workouts, mobility, um, working your muscles really in the stretch position and then exploding from there, which was, you know, all of my football, you know lifts pretty much in high school and then into college and then getting into bodybuilding. I know it did change for me a lot. You know you're looking at it from a different perspective. You know you're trying to accomplish two different things with those. So really trying to do certain exercises, certain workouts with certain rep schemes, the more put on muscle size rather than just focusing on pure brute strength and explosiveness. And I've came to love these workouts much more than football workouts. But I really like what Nicole said there.
Speaker 7:I think even when I used to personal train people, you got to find what works for you and sometimes, with today and all the science behind stuff, you get caught up like looking for what's the best split I can do, what's the best exercise I can do, and you're always like searching for this pot of gold that doesn't really exist because each person's a little bit different. And what she said about motivation like you got to find what you like to do. And if you're a body split person, where you like to go in and hammer a chest day, hammer back day, hammer an arm day, go do that because you will show up every single time. Um, if you're doing something you're not sure of and you're like man, they say this works, but I don't necessarily love it. You know, at this stage in your life you're, you know you're probably not going to show up consistently. Um, so that's my take.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And for everybody that doesn't know, actually Jordan and Byron played for me when I was an assistant coach at the college level and it's, you know, great to see them, you know, now as adults and married and Jordan soon to be married and you know dads and stuff. So you know it's great to see who they were as these young people and then now see them as adults and doing all these great things and then, you know, still being involved in the in the fitness realm. You know for myself, you know I have degenerative arthritis in my back, I have arthritis in my hands, I have busted up fingers, and you know all the perks of playing college football.
Speaker 1:So my workouts have really had to change. I, you know I can't squat anymore, so I do a lot of, you know, body weight squats, I do sumo squats. I can't barbell squat anymore, can't hang clean. You know I just can't do power movements, Can't run no more, just my back flares up and my legs bother me. So again, it's like what Nicole said, though you got to find what works for you and that's going to be a lot of trial and error too, depending on. You know your body and what you've. You know you've dealt with. And if you can go bang out heavyweights and you can squat and you can bench and you can do all these great things and later on in life, that's great. But I'm sure at some point you're going to hit a wall on that.
Speaker 1:So all I would just tell people is be careful, because what you don't want to do is get hurt for the long run and then you really can't. You know, go do stuff. So, whatever your jam is working out wise, just embrace it. And if that your workout is going chopping down trees and doing yard work and cutting grass and all that stuff, just love that too, because that's a heck of a workout um itself. And for anybody doesn't do yard work, go do yard work. It's a, it's a pretty good workout.
Speaker 1:I think anybody who, uh, who owns a house can attest to uh, attest to that. So, um, one of the next things I want to talk about um with you guys is we know what type of gym do you train in? Um, whether that's, uh, you know, name brand one, or you know, um that's everybody will know, or a small gym, uh, where you're at, or if, do you have a gym at home. So, um, I I know talking to most of you where you all train out from before, but why don't you go ahead and tell the guests, jason, or tell the other guests and stuff?
Speaker 2:for most of my adult life it was titan's gym in menner. That's like one of those big old meathead grungy gyms. It has every piece of equipment you can think of. It's one of those. I mean the square footage. It's a huge gym. I don't even, I couldn't, can't even guess that square footage, but it's, it's loaded equipment, loaded with serious lifters. I think my strength is pretty good, but in that gym I'm like mid-level. It's that kind of place where you got to compete. It's cool, gotcha.
Speaker 1:How about you Sean?
Speaker 5:I'll do a little bit at school with the football guys. If it's empty, I'll sneak up there on a day like a Sunday that we have the whole place to myself, but for the most part playing a fitness. It's convenient, close as everything I need at this stage of the game. So, yep, I can get in, get out, works for me.
Speaker 6:Absolutely, byron, I would say the last couple of years I was again training at CrossFit. So A couple of years I was again training at CrossFit. So if I was on the road I was finding different CrossFit gyms to just drop in train at. But now I am a teacher so I've been training at my school facilities, basically anywhere I can get my hands on maybe a couple of dumbbells on a pull-up bar, and I'll make the most out of it.
Speaker 3:Absolutely, jj. Well, I started out at Planet Fitness and then I left there, went to like a Meathead slash. They had like more normal people too Jim, onyx and Niles and then Planet Fitness over in Austintown got like free weights and deadlift platforms and all that stuff squat racks. So I went back to Planet. So I'm currently training at Planet Fitness again and for.
Speaker 1:For anybody that doesn't know, check out like online at the austintown uh planet fitness that that gym got it going on. I will. I will tell you that from the stuff uh jj posts and ain't like the one in in willowick, that's for sure. It ain't like the one in meadow, I mean it's just like I'm like what is this gym?
Speaker 1:and I messaged jj and he's like man, it's planet. Like I'm like what is this gym? And I messaged JJ and he's like man, it's Planet Fitness. Bro, I'm like what. I'm like, when did they get platforms for deadlifting and stuff? He's like it's Austintown. I'm like well, austintown got it going on, I guess. How about you, nicole?
Speaker 4:For me. I work out at Lifetime Fitness here in Columbus. It's more of like a fitness club. A big part of my journey and what's kept me going is the environment. I think it really plays a huge role and benefit on where you surround yourself with. So when I started working out there, majority of the people were, you know, better with their health and their fitness than I was. So it elevated me to want to become and aspire to be them. So I think that helped really drive my fitness journey and it keeps me motivated to like not falter. So I do want to encourage people. You know where you surround yourself. What community you're a part of plays a big deal on really where you'll go with this thing.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. How about you, Jordan?
Speaker 7:Yeah, I kind of like how some of you gave, like where you started out, at where you're at. So I'm going to do that real quick. Like when I first started working out, we had a unbelievable basement gym. My dad put it like put it together. We had a full dumbbell rack that went up the 60s. We had a super nice machine, a universal that was like the smoothest universal ever a bench press. So starting out there was like in the home gym was real cool.
Speaker 7:I'm talking real young and what Nicole just said about being around people who are, you know, maybe a little step up from you. My brother, who's older than me, could bench press 205 pounds when he was 12 years old. So like I was never close to that but I always had to chase that and you know my dad being the alpha male, he is like pushing us every day to do that always inspired me to be better. Um, and then going from there, let's fast forward to bethany.
Speaker 7:Whenever I went to bethany college I used to go out and train out in wintersville at rocky road gym. I don't know if anyone knows about that gym in studentville. That's a hardcore powerlifting bodybuilding gym. We're in the garage. It's freaking cold in there in the winter. Um, so I trained there for a while and then currently out here in Pittsburgh. I live in the South Hills. I train at a 24-7 gym called Bell Vernon Fitness 24-7. Little local gym, so shout out to them. They do a good job here and it's a mixture of meatheads and other, you know, meatheads and people just going there for their everyday fitness.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. I used to see Jordan, though, at the Steubenville Planet Fitness way back in the day during COVID I did.
Speaker 7:You know what that was? Michaela, my fiancee that was. She had the black pass at the time. I don't even know if they still do that where you go free. I had no idea about the area. There's this little gym by my house, in the garage, and I went and checked that out and I was like, okay this is the environment I need to be in right now.
Speaker 1:You know, uh, I I work out of planet fitness.
Speaker 1:I've done uh that for a long time now and you know what I I can't beat the black card because when I, when I have to travel for events or work or weddings or whatever I've, I've worked out at Planet Fitnesses. And uh White Marsh, maryland, uh Hagerstown, maryland, erie um Wicklet or Willowick Manor, I've been to Hermitage, I've been to Boardman, I've been to one in Mishawakwa um Indiana, I've been the one in uh Michigan, up by Ann Arbor, so I've been the one in Pittsburgh as well, in Steubenville, so I've kind of been all over it. I mean, that's what fits me the best, just because you know also being on the move and stuff. So you know, but, yeah, you definitely got to find your gym and you got to rock what's best for you. So the next thing I want to ask and Jason, we'll start with you on this um, you know, what is the one aspect of fitness and working out? Do you think most people often overlook or overshadow that you think is the most important to health?
Speaker 2:I think the goal touched on it right in the beginning. Talking about nutrition, uh, if your nutrition is not in line, I mean, that's a lot of my adult life was kind of in that I thought I could outwork, uh, a below average diet. You know bad diet and it's just really not. It might work for you a little bit, especially when you're young, but the older you get is it's not going to fly and you're going to not not only uh appearance but the way you feel, you know, the way your joints feel, the way your body just operates. If you're not enough water, if you're not eating the right foods, if all that's not lined up, you're going to be spinning your wheels.
Speaker 1:Gotcha. How about you, Sean? What do you think?
Speaker 5:Yeah, I would agree, Nutrition probably number one. I see it for myself personally and with our players. They can lift and lift, and lift, but if they're not eating the proper things they're not for. And I think the second thing is something that and Jason, I don't know if everybody on here knows, Jason is on my staff, he's my defensive coordinator and so we, we coach together and so one of the things that we really work on with our guys too is mind muscle connection. I think that's something that we really try to work hard with our guys. Younger is something I didn't understand as a younger guy. I didn't try to really develop, or really start to develop a little bit later on. But getting that mind muscle connection and make sure you're you're feeling it in the right spots and really connecting with what it is that you're trying to accomplish absolutely, byron.
Speaker 1:How about you? You know you're one of the one of the younger guys here, um, you know, and and former college athlete, and you know, current coach, um, as well. What would you say to this?
Speaker 6:I would say the biggest thing people overlook is consistency. I feel like no matter what phase of life that you're doing your fitness journey is, a lot of people oversee it, especially if you're new to it. You think it's going to happen right away. When people hit that plateau they're just kind of get defeated. They don't see the big picture and things. I know my two fellow coaches. They probably know they have a couple guys that might be inconsistent and you're just like man, if this guy would just fully devote their time they would skyrocket. And um, that consistent goes with everything you know, uh, your nutrition, your weight training. It makes a big impact. But also it's a double-edged sword. So the more that you are consistently you know eating terrible or not doing anything you see that impact that way. So it can go either way Okay.
Speaker 1:How about you JJ?
Speaker 3:I'm thinking like mind-muscle connection, like just making sure you're hitting the right, the right areas, you're trying to work and just um, just not like a lot of people like ego lifting or just pulling the weight around or not doing yourself any good. So my muscle connection is big.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. How about you, Nicole?
Speaker 4:Um, I have a blend of kind of everything that everybody said so far, above all, nutrition. That's the key contributor to really your success internally and externally how you feel, how you sleep, your biofeedback, your bowel movements, all of it. Abs are made in the kitchen. So, above all, nutrition is number one. So, above all, nutrition is number one. Number two is really being intentional.
Speaker 4:What I've seen be the game changer is it's not really how much weight you can lift, it's how you lift it. How are you gripping it Really? If you put a lot of intensity into your actual grip strength and move the weight, you're going to get a better lift. It doesn't have to be over-the-top top weight and you don't have to PR every time. So, again, being intentional with it. And then three, your mindset. Um, your mind controls it all and how you speak to yourself really matters. Like, for example, we're going into the holidays, so your holiday doesn't have to turn into a hall a month. You can have a day. Um, you don't have to slice all the tires and let one day turn into a whole entire month. So I think those are like the main three. Again, nutrition, be intentional and give yourself positivity.
Speaker 3:Absolutely. What about a hall a year A?
Speaker 4:hall a year Of course.
Speaker 5:I mean I've been there, I've been there.
Speaker 1:You've got to pull yourself out eventually, absolutely.
Speaker 3:And you know.
Speaker 1:Jordan you you know another, another young guy on here, and you know former, former college player and you know current coach as well and stuff. So what, what would you say about this?
Speaker 7:She, nicole, just hit everything pretty much on the head, but one that no one's mentioned and, as a coach myself, I bet the other coaches will agree how about injury prevention? You know, I think we don't take into account, no matter what age you're at, whether you're playing a sport or not, um, the injury prevention of it. If you are lifting weights properly, correctly, you are gonna prevent yourself from injuries. When you age, you are gonna feel better. When you age, you're gonna be able to squat down and pick that up. You're gonna be able to bend over and get that.
Speaker 7:When you're playing ball, when you're playing football, I mean, I used to think whenever I looked at high school, our main goal was to get you know big and strong to prevent ourselves from injuries. You wanted that thick neck to prevent you from taking hits. You know, you wanted to have the big, thick legs. You wanted to have those things just to protect yourself. Um. So I think injury prevention and overall, um quality of health from lifting weights is something that needs to be. The kids need to look at and go man.
Speaker 7:I'm doing this for a reason, because some of them I remember even me. I don't think it really resonated with me that I wanted to be in shape and look a certain way until maybe my sophomore, junior year of high school. Before that you didn't realize why you were doing it and then it kind of resonates with you you're looking a certain way, but then also you know I'm doing this to make myself a better football player. I'm doing this to prevent myself from injuries. I can't be on the field if I'm injured. And that was always a big thing for me is I always just felt better when I was lifting quality weights and the right way absolutely.
Speaker 1:I think the one thing um for me and I'll kind of go a little bit different track here but first thing I would say is you got to drink water. Right, you got to drink water. You got to drink a lot of water to keep yourself regulated. Second thing is flexibility. You got to stretch Like I think that is the key to injury prevention, to, you know, being healthy later on in life, like stretching. You got to stretch before you work out. Some people like to stretch after. That's fine, but you got to stretch, you got to do total body stretching. I mean back legs, hamstrings, calves, upper body, neck, everything. I think if you stretch, you know that definitely helps with the longevity.
Speaker 1:So on the next one here, uh, kind of give everybody's take here, cause I'm always curious on this cause. We all live busy lives. So are you a workout person in the morning or in the afternoon or the evening, when you can? I know there's a lot of parents on here and you have to try to fit it in, but in the best way possible. If in the perfect scenario, are you early morning, are you afternoon, are you evening? Jason?
Speaker 2:100% evening. I'm too damn hurt to do it in the morning, okay.
Speaker 1:How about you Sean?
Speaker 5:Early morning I try to get their 5.30s to go.
Speaker 1:Okay, how about you, byron?
Speaker 6:If I had to pick early morning, I like to just get in, set the tone for the day and then have the rest to spend with the wife and the kids. Okay, jj, yeah, definitely early morning.
Speaker 3:You know, get it done before for the day and then have the rest to spend with the wife and the kids. Okay, jj, yeah, definitely early morning. You know, get it done before work so you have the rest of the day after work to do with the kids and what the wife wants you to do.
Speaker 1:And all that early morning is usually about three o'clock for me yeah, I'll say if nobody, ever, if nobody don't follow jj on social media. My man's in the gym at like 3 13 in the morning and i'm'm like and I get up at like four four, 30,. My man's already getting a workout and I'm looking at my phone like, wow, those dudes already doing deadlifts. It's like three, 27. How, how are you doing this right now? But hey, you know, kudos to that.
Speaker 3:So nobody's there to fight with you for equipment either. It's great.
Speaker 1:You know what that's? That's great.
Speaker 4:For me. I like to get my bearings first thing in the morning I am not the morning person workout and then I like to get through some of my work for the day and then go into the gym and lift some weights after what I just had to deal with. So usually it's about like three o'clock for me, after the lunch rush, but before people get off work rush. I'm like that. That gap there it's like a split spot okay how about you?
Speaker 7:jordan? Some of you are savages, jj, listen, were you morning? Were you morning workout people? I respect you. There's nothing but respect there.
Speaker 7:From lifting in college at 5 am, I just like I don't have the the desire to get up that early and do that anymore. I'm like nicole, I like to get up, I like to have my coffee. In a perfect world I'd have breakfast, then go to the gym. Um, being, you know, a teacher, I like to go after a long day with the kiddos. I like to go to the gym right after de-stress and get it going. Um, during football I'm probably on the bickle train here. Um, right, I'll go after practice at seven o'clock, which is, you know, psycho after a long day. But I'll go after practice from 7, 8, 30, get home at 9, do it all again. So football season can except to grind, and you guys know that. But it'd probably be more beneficial for me to do in the morning. Um, I just I can't do it with low food, man, I gotta have enough. I gotta have enough food in me to get after it. You're a savage JJ.
Speaker 1:You know I'm a, I'm a, I'm a morning guy. I usually get between about four and four, 30 every day. And then I I got my routine in the morning. So I hit the gym about six, 15 to about seven, 20. Usually then I come back and leave. I don't have to leave for work, usually till eight, 15. So I have a little bit more time for myself in there. So one of the next ones it's just a yes or no for everybody. Do you listen to music when you work out? So, jason, yes.
Speaker 1:Okay, sean, when you work out. So, jason, yes, okay Sean. Yes, all right, byron, yeah, I do, okay JJ.
Speaker 7:Yep, okay, nicole, if you don't something's wrong with you.
Speaker 1:Right, jordan, I'll be there sometimes. Okay, I listen to no music at the gym. It's like a pet peeve of mine, I don't listen to music at all. I'm just in there in my mindset doing my sets. Between my break I'm thinking about what the other stuff I have to do, so no, music distracts me from you walk around talking to people, walk around talking to people.
Speaker 2:I don't even talk to people.
Speaker 1:I put my hood up like this I don't think I've ever talked to one person at the gym, and I've been going to the gym for like three years, so I think I just get like one of these, so um yeah, I.
Speaker 1:I just, you know, planet fitness got their mix going on. So that's about all the music for me, but I get in and I get out. I want no distractions, I just want to focus on on what I'm doing with that. So, um, one of the next things I want to talk to you about here is we're finishing up some of the topics here, um, but what is the one food, the one food you can name, and it can be anything that more people should eat. Jason, thank you. Okay, sean, what do you think? Eggs?
Speaker 6:okay, byron and it sucks to go in. Third, they took took both of my answers.
Speaker 1:That's all right.
Speaker 6:You can say it, I'll go with eggs, but it's definitely between those two.
Speaker 1:Okay, jj Chicken. Okay. How about you, nicole?
Speaker 4:Definitely the protein. You know any of the sorts that everybody just said meatless or meat option.
Speaker 1:Okay, jordan, a quality red meat, preferably deer okay, I would say um, more, uh, more fruit. Definitely eat fruit. Apples apples are great. Apples just give you enough, um, caffeine and like a sugar that the uh, that a cup of coffee would. So apples are great in the. I throw some peanut butter on there too. So, um, you know, one of the one of the other things I want to see what your guys take is on this is what it's your, what's your go-to cardio. If you had to pick, like what your go-to cardio mostly consists of, um, you know what would you say, jason?
Speaker 2:I used to love trail running Metro parks over here, miles and miles in there. That's a good time.
Speaker 1:Okay, how about?
Speaker 5:you Sean Just treadmill at an incline at about 3.5 miles per hour.
Speaker 6:Okay, how about you, byron? So I think that's one of the reasons why I got into CrossFit was because I wasn't doing cardio. So learning how to you know structure doing cardio, so learning how to you know structure my workouts to make it, you know, more impactful um hitting those zone two area um so big thing for me is I like using the jump rope, so getting like double unders in um hitting like dumbbell snatches with that, um different rep schemes, so a little bit of a mosh posh okay, how about you jj um treadmill on the incline and also hitting the heavy bag for?
Speaker 1:sure, how about you, nicole?
Speaker 4:honestly, just steps. I mean just getting your step count at least 10 000 a day. It's going to help in a low um, low endurance fashion, but also help with longevity of life, cardiovascular health. You know, fighting off disease, anybody can do it. So I would say you know that's a part of cardio as well, in a roundabout way. So hit your step count okay, for sure.
Speaker 1:What would you say? Jordan?
Speaker 7:yeah, going off the steps. I don't do a whole lot of cardio besides get my steps in. But, um, someone said get on the trails. Uh, I live on a on in west newton, a little small little town that we have the trail that goes from pittsburgh all the way to cumberland, maryland. Um, so being having that trail right, I mean I like going outdoors and getting my steps and and getting out, and that's my favorite way of getting getting my cardio in absolutely for myself if I had to pick something in the gym.
Speaker 1:I love the stair master. Um, I'll do about the uh taj mahal, 69 um stories. I'll do that in about 16 minutes, usually at about like a seven to like nine. Um, I guess, um, everyone would say that the frequency on it, or the, the, the, the hardness of it, um, if I'm picking outside, you know I'm going for walks, I'll walk outside as much as I can, unless it's raining or, you know, it's really, really bad with the snow. But, um, you know, I got like, uh, these Rocky Balboa boots from like Rocky IV when he was running through Russia. So if I have to get out in the snow and, you know, truck through the neighborhood in them, I will. But as long as it ain't raining or terrible snow or below 20, I'll go walk. I walked, you know, for 30 minutes this morning. It was, you know, 35 degrees. So as long as I can get that in, you know, I'm good with it. So, one of the next go.
Speaker 2:And you know I'm good with it. So you're on the step mill with no music. So you're a psycho. Well, thank you, I get on it.
Speaker 1:You know what? I just watch the TVs with no volume and I'm just imagining what they're saying, you know, because Planet Fitness got no volume on nothing. You know Sean can back me up on that. So you know you're just doing it. I'm just on it walking, you know, doing my 69, 69 stories of it, and it's just just no music, just nothing, my hood up, not paying attention to anybody.
Speaker 1:So, um, one of the next things I want to talk about is we see a lot of people in the, in the, the sports realm, in the realm, in the political realm, whatever it may be, that are really big into fitness. So who would you say is like one person out of all, of that famous person, whoever you want it to be, whether it's Arnold Schwarzenegger or whoever it is, who's that one person that really impressed you or impresses you still with their level of dedication to working out? So this probably give you a minute to probably think about here. So I'm going to answer it. There's two people.
Speaker 1:For me, one was Tom Brady. For what he was able to do for such a long period of time, especially getting in the like from weightlifting and the resistance bands and footwork, movement and things like that and playing at such a high level for so long? Uh, based off of his workouts, I think was was incredible. And the second person is because, also, the guy's like 71 years old and he's was jacked on. Um, I think it was like venice beach working out at gold's gym. Um, even though he's a little bit out there with his thoughts, is rfk jr. Uh, that dude is is definitely in like tremendous shape and like looking up what his workouts are and what he can do in his 70s still is pretty impressive. So just two people to kind of stand out to me on that. But, jason, what about you?
Speaker 2:I said, everyone really stands out now. Everyone's like there's so many people really in great, great shape stands out now, everyone's like there's so many people really in great, great shape. But when I was a young guy, the very first pick, very first person I ever saw that made me want to work out was, uh, bruce smith. On the cover of sports illustrated he was just standing there kind of flexing, his arms were huge. And then the inside you can see he was wearing shorts and his quads were just massive and I was like, holy crap, I want to, I'd like to look like that one day. That's kind of the thing that made me get after it when I was eighth grade, whatever it was.
Speaker 1:Okay, how about you, coach Dodd? Who do you think you know is that person that stands out to you now as like a model of fitness? And you know you admired, or still admire, Jason Bickle.
Speaker 5:Kind of like you said with like Tom Brady. So any athlete that can have those types of careers, those longer careers than people expect and longer than average, the Jerry Rice's, the work ethic, the things that they do as they get older, that that has always impressed me. And then, actor wise I don't know who the guy is whoever plays a reacher, oh yeah, but my God, that guy's just massive that is a, that is a big dude.
Speaker 1:He just kind of came out of nowhere. And I was watching that show and I was like holy crap, that dude's just massive that is a big dude, actually funny thing about him and I forget his name in real life. Um, for anybody who's ever watched the show reacher, the guy is a super badass in that and he is.
Speaker 1:He's great. But he actually is a singer as well, and you can find him on YouTube. He actually sings a song called Mojito about the drink Mojitos. It is actually hilarious. So I encourage everyone to look up that guy from Reacher Sing the song Mojito. It is like the funniest, funniest thing ever. So thanks, coach Dodd, for saying that, because it actually made me think of the song Mojito by him. So how about you, byron?
Speaker 6:So I'm going to kind of piggyback off you the actor. His name is like Allen, like Richardson or Richardson or something like that. But he played in a show way back when called Blue Mountain State and he was like this big, big, dumb middle linebacker and he loved mojitos. That was his go-to drink. So I'm glad to see he's still carrying that on. But my actual answer I would say, uh, one guy that kind of you know really inspired me.
Speaker 6:Um, I hung out with like a lot of like bodybuilders growing up so they kind of put me on Ronnie Coleman. Ronnie just enjoying the leg days. I really embraced that. Just his little quotes, he would say while he was in the gym. He really showed that if you're grinding it can still be fun. If you really enjoy it, you have that passion. So he was one of my go-tos. And then my spirit animal if I'm given a second one is my man ocho cinco, my man, I don't know how he's, you know, like one of the one percent. That's a freak athlete but eats mcdonald's and smokes cigars. Obviously he's an outlier to all of this, but I don't know. It's just impressive to me. Not not saying that I agree with his methods by any means, but I don't know. It's just impressive to me not not saying that I agree with his methods by any means, but I don't know. I mean, it's different absolutely.
Speaker 1:How about you jj uh?
Speaker 3:lightweight baby ronnie. Ronnie coleman, I mean he's the goat. And then we got sylvester salone. I mean growing up watching the rocky movies and seeing the training montages. I mean how could you not want to go work out? And then have Dwayne the Rock Johnson. I mean we all know he's probably on the juice, but I mean at his age to look like that.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's great. You know I watched and probably everyone's seen it. I watched Pain and Gain the other day and nobody can't tell me that him and mark walberg and anthony mackie weren't on steroids in that, because those dudes were freakishly big in that they were like way bigger than even what they are now. I mean, like their triceps went into their or their uh or sorry, their traps went into their neck and their biceps were just bulging. Those guys were on the juice for that. I I will say that, but it's a great movie and it was really awesome. So, um, nicole, what about you?
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Speaker 7:Thank you for that, what about you?
Speaker 7:jordan yeah, even though I'm probably one of the youngest ones on here, I grew up like an eighties kid just from my dad's traveling things down my, down my throat to watch. But I'm so thankful for it. I mean, I grew up watching Rocky every day, every single day, just taking the VHS out, rewinding it, restarting it, fast forwarding to the fight, fast forwarding to the training montages, all that stuff. Like that was my childhood. I still get goosebumps when I watch it. I love it to death.
Speaker 7:So saloon um was a huge motivating factor from even when I was real, real young and we had the basement gym and then eventually, you know my dad make me watch pumping iron and seeing arnold back in the day. I think that's kind of like. Not only you know, just him being jacked with's kind of like. Not only you know just him being jacked with his kind of outlook on training and how it was more like he loved the lifestyle of it back then and it was a simple life. You know it was. Go to the gym, get a great exercise. You know you're going to feel great after. Go get some sun on the beach, eat some good food, wake up the next day and do it Like I'm I'm a pretty simple man and I'm seeing him live that lifestyle kind of motivated me to live that similar lifestyle and how. That's kind of all I need in this life. But those two guys, especially being the action superstars, they were very, very motivating from a young age.
Speaker 1:Absolutely no. Thank you all for sharing that, and I was thinking this, and nobody said it, and when Coach Dodd was on in the summer, he talked about his personality being a little bit type A, and I'm like that too, coach. Believe me, my wife says it all the time about me, but you want to talk about a type A person who is, like, super disciplined in what they do, though, too. If you look at his daily schedule, it is mark walberg, um, and what he gets up at 2 30 in the morning.
Speaker 3:So jj, you got some competition there.
Speaker 1:Oh, man, you know, to go, uh, hit the gym. So if no one's ever seen what mark walberg does in a day with his workouts as well, I would highly encourage um looking that up. So, as we get to the end of the episode here, there's one thing I want to ask all of you um, you know, definitely give as long as you want or as short as you want. Uh, with this, and as this episode airs in 2025 and people were starting the new year off with new goals and new aspirations, uh, in their health and fitness journey is what advice, um, would you give someone who wants to get healthy? Um, you know, and it can be anything food, or, you know, working out, whatever it may be. So, um, and it can be anything food or working out, whatever it may be.
Speaker 1:So I'll start with this. Let everybody think about it. It's just find your niche and what fits you best. Just make sure you're incorporating drinking water, getting enough sleep and stretching, but find whatever it is that works for you and just rock it out and be in it to win it for yourself, because nobody is going to outwork you like what you think you can do for yourself. So that's the best advice I can give. So, jason, how about you?
Speaker 2:Find something you really like to do. Don't think you have to jam your goals into one particular avenue. It doesn't have to be all in the weight room. There are a lot of people that are in fantastic shape but all they do is yoga or power walk and that kind of thing. You know, resistance training is great, but there's a lot of different ways to have resistance training. It doesn't all have to be on the bench or anything. So find the avenue that works for you and just stay moving.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. Thanks for sharing that. How about you, Sean?
Speaker 5:I right the biggest thing is we just start, just begin something and then just don't stop. And if you mean switching things up so if you want to go from yoga to power lifting then do that until you find your niche. I think there's a lot of people that sit back because they're afraid, because they don't know what to do. They don't know where to start, they don't know how to begin, they don't know what avenues to take. Just start and learn it as you go. Don what avenues to take. Just start and learn it as you go. Don't wait and try to figure it out or sit back and wait to become an expert. Just get the journey beginning and then just take it from there.
Speaker 1:Absolutely.
Speaker 6:How about you, byron? I would say my biggest piece of advice is have a plan. I think a lot of people try to take a lot of things in. I would find a plan and make sure it's just dialed in. You know set goals. I'm a big goal oriented person. So you know, on Monday you have to hit X, y and Z, and I'm kind of like my wife a little bit. You know pen and paper, so physically marking off your goal, showing yourself that reward. You know getting that positive reinforcement there and just keep doing it day in and day out.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. How about you JJ?
Speaker 3:Just showing up is the first step of getting there. Just showing up doing what you need to do and just holding yourself accountable, basically Like like if you, if you're doing it for other reasons other people, other things like you have to be wanting're doing it for other reasons, other people, other things like you have to be wanting to do it for yourself, or you'll never, it'll never last. So just you know, show up, just do the work and um, work hard, find out what works for you absolutely.
Speaker 1:How about you, nicole?
Speaker 4:I think it's all a matter of consistency. We can be consistent, for you know either the good or the bad and obviously you know trying to be consistent for the positive. I do recommend you know, figure out how much time you can commit and be realistic with that. Like, if you can only show up for three days, three days is better than zero. So start at that, because you can always build and then get it in the schedule. So what you get scheduled on your calendar gets prioritized. Pencil it, you know, just like you. Pencil a function or a date or something. Get your workouts in your schedule. Get rid of the mentality of being perfect, because nobody is.
Speaker 4:It's better to make progress than to work on this perfection train because it's not realistic, it will never happen. So it's better to show up and do something than nothing at all. That's going to move the needle. Drop the comparison. The only person that you should be comparing yourself is to you. How are you now versus what you were a week ago, a month ago, a year ago? And then give it time. You know Rome wasn't made in a day. It takes a lot of time. You know, in order to really be where I'm at now took several years and I still don't see the full picture right away. So I'm still chiseling. You won't see the full picture right away, so give yourself time and don't give up.
Speaker 1:All right. No, thank you for that All right. Jordan, you got to follow all of that up, right now Jordan, you got to follow everything everybody just said yeah, why don't I just hang it up now?
Speaker 7:um, I mean, everyone said such good things there. Um, you know I like what coach said about you know you just got to start. You know, start somewhere. Um, it's going to take time for you to figure out what you like to do. Once you figure out what you like to do, set some achievements for yourself, some small goals, find what motivates you and then go after it. That's the main thing, because if you find what motivates you, you're going to be disciplined with it. You're going to want to do it. You got to want to do it. But originally, when you start, you just got to get in and put the time in and check that box off, kind of what JJ said. Like, just get in there and show up, show up, find what works for you. You don't have to do bodybuilding training. You've got to be a powerlifter. You can do whatever motivates you. Um, it's going to make you healthier. Find it, do it, um, and you're. You'll see success over time. You will.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. Those are all great points to end the show on. So thank you for everybody that tuned in to listen to the show and thank you to all of our guests Jason, sean, jj Byron, jordan, nicole and Josh, who was on earlier. I hope everybody found this to be very informing. You heard from people who live all types of different lifestyles, whether you're a spouse, a parent, a dog parent, whatever it may be busy with work and life comes in the way, but you got to find reasons to want to get healthy and you got to find that within yourself, and I think everybody made great points of that. So this is going to do it for this week's episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast. As always, if you like the show, be a friend and tell a friend, and if you didn't tell them anyways, because I bet they like it just because you did it. This is Fitty signing off and we will see you next week.
