WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:02.307 Well , everybody welcome back again to 00:02.307 --> 00:04.084 the balanced podcast here . I'm 00:04.084 --> 00:06.029 chopping Tony replicate the 1 11th 00:06.029 --> 00:08.196 tackling at Bang B , which is a little 00:08.196 --> 00:10.307 air National Guard base and if you've 00:10.307 --> 00:12.362 tuned in before to our podcast , you 00:12.362 --> 00:14.418 know that this is all about the four 00:14.418 --> 00:16.640 pillars of comprehensive airman fitness 00:16.640 --> 00:18.640 and every guest we bring in , every 00:18.640 --> 00:20.751 conversation we have , it's all about 00:20.751 --> 00:22.751 mind , body , social , spiritual or 00:22.751 --> 00:24.918 mental uh mental areas of our lives to 00:24.918 --> 00:26.807 improve us as people make us more 00:26.807 --> 00:28.660 effective at work and just more 00:28.660 --> 00:30.549 successful in life . So today I'm 00:30.549 --> 00:32.716 excited about a guest that we have one 00:32.716 --> 00:34.827 of our awesome recruiters here at the 00:34.827 --> 00:36.938 1/11 . Her name is Chelsea coil , I'm 00:36.938 --> 00:39.049 gonna ask her to share her background 00:39.049 --> 00:41.216 with you in a second , but today she's 00:41.216 --> 00:43.327 here to talk about fitness and as you 00:43.327 --> 00:42.860 can see , I mean look look at the guns , 00:42.870 --> 00:45.140 she's in great shape , but I really 00:45.140 --> 00:47.140 think this is an important topic to 00:47.140 --> 00:49.196 discuss , not just coming out of the 00:49.196 --> 00:52.020 pandemic , but just in life in general . 00:52.020 --> 00:54.076 So Chelsea's gonna share some really 00:54.076 --> 00:56.353 interesting perspective on staying fit , 00:56.353 --> 00:58.298 getting in shape , working out and 00:58.298 --> 00:57.820 getting through some mental blocks and 00:57.820 --> 00:59.987 challenges . So Chelsea , thank you so 00:59.987 --> 01:02.209 much for for joining me today . Tell us 01:02.209 --> 01:04.320 a little bit about your background on 01:04.320 --> 01:06.542 what you did prior to the Air Force now 01:06.542 --> 01:06.250 that what you're doing in the Air Force 01:06.250 --> 01:08.400 right now . Yeah , sure , thanks so 01:08.400 --> 01:10.511 much . First of all for for having me 01:10.511 --> 01:12.789 on today . Um so a little bit about me , 01:12.789 --> 01:14.844 I joined the Army National Guard , I 01:14.844 --> 01:16.900 was right out of Southampton road in 01:16.900 --> 01:19.178 philadelphia at the armory right there . 01:19.178 --> 01:21.850 I joined in around like May 2014 and I 01:21.850 --> 01:23.906 was a seabird specialist . So that's 01:23.906 --> 01:26.072 chemical , biological , radiological , 01:26.072 --> 01:28.072 nuclear . Um went to basic and tech 01:28.072 --> 01:30.183 school through the army . Um actually 01:30.183 --> 01:32.880 got the opportunity to transfer here to 01:32.890 --> 01:36.860 the 1/11 in july 2017 . Um I had 01:36.860 --> 01:40.710 met Sergeant fladager actually . Um And 01:40.720 --> 01:42.887 he talked to me about , you know , the 01:42.887 --> 01:44.942 process of transferring over and you 01:44.942 --> 01:47.053 know , I had to kind of just weigh my 01:47.053 --> 01:46.820 options and I was like , I'm just going 01:46.820 --> 01:49.153 to take a chance . Um so I've been here , 01:49.153 --> 01:52.310 it'll be five years in July . Uh , and 01:52.310 --> 01:54.254 then I got the opportunity to be a 01:54.254 --> 01:56.477 production recruiter for the one 11th . 01:56.477 --> 01:58.588 With that opportunity . I really love 01:58.588 --> 02:00.643 it here . Really love this space and 02:00.643 --> 02:02.754 I'm excited to be here today . That's 02:02.754 --> 02:04.754 awesome . Yeah . So in the army you 02:04.754 --> 02:06.754 were see Bernie , but it used to be 02:06.754 --> 02:08.921 called NBC and we used to , we used to 02:08.921 --> 02:08.870 joke because I was in the army as well , 02:08.870 --> 02:10.926 Nobody cares , nobody cares , but we 02:10.926 --> 02:12.926 all care over here in the air force 02:12.926 --> 02:15.037 right compared to the army . So now , 02:15.037 --> 02:17.092 yeah , it's a good thing . So let me 02:17.092 --> 02:19.148 ask this question to kind of kick us 02:19.148 --> 02:18.700 off today . So again , thanks for 02:18.700 --> 02:21.500 jumping in here . Were you in the shape 02:21.500 --> 02:23.611 you are now when you were in the army 02:23.611 --> 02:25.833 as well . Has this been like a lifelong 02:25.833 --> 02:27.778 pursuit for you ? So I would say I 02:27.778 --> 02:30.760 started my fitness journey probably 02:30.770 --> 02:34.060 right before I joined the army um I 02:34.060 --> 02:36.004 kind of got into fitness through a 02:36.004 --> 02:38.227 friend of mine who used to start taking 02:38.227 --> 02:40.282 me to the gym , I didn't really know 02:40.282 --> 02:42.504 what I was doing um I was always like a 02:42.504 --> 02:42.210 hard gainer , was always like super 02:42.210 --> 02:44.710 skinny um you know , maybe a little 02:44.710 --> 02:47.100 taller for compared to most females , 02:47.100 --> 02:49.100 but I was always very , very , very 02:49.100 --> 02:51.100 skinny , very , very hard for me to 02:51.100 --> 02:52.878 gain weight , I was always very 02:52.878 --> 02:54.989 athletic but as far as working out in 02:54.989 --> 02:57.100 the gym really , besides just playing 02:57.100 --> 02:59.211 sports , um I didn't really know much 02:59.211 --> 03:01.378 of what I was doing um I kind of found 03:01.378 --> 03:03.378 the gym as an avenue that I fell in 03:03.378 --> 03:05.489 love with two , it started getting me 03:05.489 --> 03:07.489 through some hardships in my life , 03:07.489 --> 03:07.340 whether it be , you know , family 03:07.340 --> 03:10.070 issues , um loss of family members , 03:10.070 --> 03:12.237 you know , death relationship issues , 03:12.237 --> 03:15.140 um you know , job struggles , not 03:15.140 --> 03:17.140 knowing what I wanted to do with my 03:17.140 --> 03:19.251 life , you know , I felt kind of lost 03:19.251 --> 03:21.307 career wise , you know , I wasn't in 03:21.307 --> 03:23.473 school and the gym just kind of helped 03:23.473 --> 03:25.640 me give an ad , like give me an avenue 03:25.640 --> 03:28.110 of something that was building um self 03:28.110 --> 03:30.277 confidence in myself , you know , if I 03:30.277 --> 03:32.630 had like a dollar for every time I had 03:32.630 --> 03:34.797 self doubt , I'd be a multimillionaire 03:34.797 --> 03:37.440 by now , but you know , I just gave me 03:37.440 --> 03:39.662 that this kind of mindset of like , you 03:39.662 --> 03:42.230 know , always just bet on yourself . Um 03:42.240 --> 03:44.240 and I just , you know , I never , I 03:44.240 --> 03:46.462 never looked back , so probably been in 03:46.462 --> 03:49.440 the gym about seven years now , um you 03:49.440 --> 03:51.662 know , I've gone through stents where I 03:51.662 --> 03:53.718 was like on and off in the gym , you 03:53.718 --> 03:55.940 know , life gets crazy or you know , if 03:55.940 --> 03:57.996 I was away , you know , family stuff 03:57.996 --> 03:57.350 going on , whatever the case may be , 03:57.350 --> 03:59.750 but I always found my way back and I've 03:59.760 --> 04:01.800 always stayed consistent throughout 04:01.800 --> 04:05.580 these years and I think fitness um is 04:05.580 --> 04:07.747 what opened the door for me to kind of 04:07.747 --> 04:10.370 fast track a lot of my success and a 04:10.370 --> 04:12.370 lot of the things I've been able to 04:12.370 --> 04:14.426 accomplish in other areas of my life 04:14.426 --> 04:16.592 because of the fact that's given me so 04:16.592 --> 04:18.814 much self motivation , self direction , 04:18.814 --> 04:21.037 self discipline . Um you really have to 04:21.037 --> 04:23.460 be dedicated to yourself in order to 04:23.940 --> 04:26.740 achieve fitness goals . That's awesome . 04:26.740 --> 04:28.629 And you know , as we were kind of 04:28.629 --> 04:30.796 talking about sitting down today and I 04:30.796 --> 04:32.851 don't like the script , anything , I 04:32.851 --> 04:34.907 really don't , maybe a few questions 04:34.907 --> 04:33.770 here and there , but you mentioned 04:33.770 --> 04:35.881 something to me , you kind of touched 04:35.881 --> 04:37.881 on it , but I wanted to go a little 04:37.881 --> 04:40.048 deeper um this idea of how fitness and 04:40.048 --> 04:42.381 taking care of your body and , you know , 04:42.381 --> 04:44.548 breaking the body down so you can stay 04:44.548 --> 04:46.880 strong also spills over into every area 04:46.880 --> 04:49.880 of your life and so I think I see it 04:49.880 --> 04:52.102 this way , I mean I'm talking about the 04:52.102 --> 04:52.030 four , we're talking about the four 04:52.030 --> 04:54.030 pillars of comprehensive health and 04:54.030 --> 04:56.086 fitness . I don't see how , um , you 04:56.086 --> 04:58.141 can't at least be doing something in 04:58.141 --> 05:00.474 each to balance balance podcast , right ? 05:00.474 --> 05:02.474 How do you balance your life to hit 05:02.474 --> 05:04.808 these four areas and today it's fitness , 05:04.808 --> 05:06.974 but how interconnected they all really 05:06.974 --> 05:09.086 are as well because so flush it out a 05:09.086 --> 05:08.370 little bit cause you , you mentioned 05:08.370 --> 05:10.790 fitness helped you with self confidence 05:10.790 --> 05:13.180 and some struggles . So yeah , exactly . 05:13.180 --> 05:15.990 Like I think fitness is somewhat of a 05:15.990 --> 05:18.180 foundation . Um when I first got into 05:18.180 --> 05:20.402 the gym , I did not enjoy it , I didn't 05:20.402 --> 05:22.624 know what I was doing , I would be fine 05:22.624 --> 05:22.470 when you don't know what you're doing , 05:22.470 --> 05:24.470 when you don't enjoy something , it 05:24.470 --> 05:26.692 makes it very difficult to get up every 05:26.692 --> 05:28.914 day and go do it just like , you know , 05:28.914 --> 05:28.420 everything else . If you're not happy 05:28.420 --> 05:30.642 in a relationship , if you're not happy 05:30.642 --> 05:32.809 at your job , you know , if you're not 05:32.809 --> 05:34.976 connecting with yourself spiritually , 05:34.976 --> 05:34.760 um you know , if you are a spiritual 05:34.770 --> 05:37.260 spiritual person or not , but if you're 05:37.260 --> 05:39.204 lacking in one of these areas , it 05:39.204 --> 05:41.204 affects everything else . So for me 05:41.204 --> 05:43.371 fitness personally , it's my avenue to 05:43.371 --> 05:45.538 help me through struggles in my life . 05:45.538 --> 05:47.900 So I feel like you need to have respect 05:47.900 --> 05:49.844 for yourself , you know , and so I 05:49.844 --> 05:51.956 think fitness is the number one thing 05:51.956 --> 05:54.289 with that , having respect for yourself , 05:54.289 --> 05:56.233 if you can have enough respect for 05:56.233 --> 05:58.122 yourself to take care of yourself 05:58.122 --> 06:00.344 physically to where you look good , you 06:00.344 --> 06:02.456 feel good , you're eating good , your 06:02.456 --> 06:02.300 body is healthy , your body is a 06:02.300 --> 06:04.467 machine , you know , and you're giving 06:04.467 --> 06:06.300 it what you need to , to kind of 06:06.300 --> 06:09.440 progress and get through and fitness is 06:09.440 --> 06:11.440 a very hard journey . So if you can 06:11.440 --> 06:13.607 stay self motivated and self dedicated 06:13.607 --> 06:17.100 enough to progress , um physically it 06:17.100 --> 06:19.156 spills over into every other area of 06:19.156 --> 06:22.260 your life because mentally , um you're 06:22.260 --> 06:24.260 strong willed now , um if you could 06:24.260 --> 06:26.260 push through in the gym every day , 06:26.260 --> 06:28.593 even on the days , you don't want to go , 06:28.593 --> 06:30.816 even if you're hurting , even if you're 06:30.816 --> 06:30.200 not seeing the changes that you want to 06:30.200 --> 06:32.540 see . Um if you just get up and show up 06:32.550 --> 06:34.606 every day and just work hard at what 06:34.606 --> 06:36.772 you're doing , even if you're not good 06:36.772 --> 06:38.939 at it yet , you're going to eventually 06:38.939 --> 06:40.772 be the best at what you're doing 06:40.772 --> 06:42.939 because some people that are naturally 06:42.939 --> 06:45.161 good at something , they're not putting 06:45.161 --> 06:44.490 in as much work as you . So if you're 06:44.490 --> 06:46.490 constantly showing up every day and 06:46.490 --> 06:48.546 putting in the work , putting in the 06:48.546 --> 06:48.380 work , putting in the work , you may 06:48.380 --> 06:50.660 not see it right now , but six months 06:50.660 --> 06:52.827 from now , a year from now , two years 06:52.827 --> 06:55.049 from now , people are gonna look at you 06:55.049 --> 06:57.049 as the go to like , like you're the 06:57.049 --> 06:59.216 best and they're going to be where you 06:59.216 --> 07:01.160 were when you first started . So I 07:01.160 --> 07:03.327 think it's super important to just you 07:03.327 --> 07:05.549 know have respect for yourself . What I 07:05.549 --> 07:07.604 see a lot . Um and younger people is 07:07.604 --> 07:09.827 people have a tendency to you know have 07:09.827 --> 07:11.660 barriers but when people start a 07:11.660 --> 07:13.604 journey instead of looking at that 07:13.604 --> 07:15.604 first barrier that they have to get 07:15.604 --> 07:17.549 through , they look at the barrier 07:17.549 --> 07:19.771 that's out here that's not attainable . 07:19.771 --> 07:21.882 So they look at the people on whether 07:21.882 --> 07:23.882 it be social media in magazines and 07:23.882 --> 07:26.104 movies and this and that and whether it 07:26.104 --> 07:28.271 be financially or you know career wise 07:28.271 --> 07:30.271 or physically or anything , they're 07:30.271 --> 07:32.216 looking at that barrier that's not 07:32.216 --> 07:34.382 attainable yet . Like financially like 07:34.382 --> 07:36.604 they're not looking at breaking through 07:36.604 --> 07:35.720 that first barrier , they're just 07:35.720 --> 07:37.942 looking at like you know the mansion in 07:37.942 --> 07:41.050 the in the range rover , you're not at 07:41.050 --> 07:43.170 that barrier yet you have to break 07:43.170 --> 07:45.170 through that first barrier and then 07:45.170 --> 07:47.392 when you break through that barrier you 07:47.392 --> 07:49.559 break through the next barrier and you 07:49.559 --> 07:51.781 break through each pillar until you get 07:51.781 --> 07:53.948 to that barrier where you're like this 07:53.948 --> 07:56.114 is actually an attainable goal now and 07:56.114 --> 07:58.281 it makes it more manageable to stay on 07:58.281 --> 08:00.226 track instead of feeling like your 08:00.226 --> 08:02.281 goals are so far out of reach . Yeah 08:02.281 --> 08:04.170 sure . Yeah . You know what I was 08:04.170 --> 08:06.170 thinking the whole time when you're 08:06.170 --> 08:08.281 saying this is the idea that yeah the 08:08.281 --> 08:10.392 air force and if you're if you're not 08:10.392 --> 08:09.470 an air member and maybe you're a 08:09.470 --> 08:11.581 soldier listening to this or a marine 08:11.581 --> 08:13.359 or sailor or whatever whoever's 08:13.359 --> 08:15.581 listening today spouse even right , You 08:15.581 --> 08:17.526 have these fitness goals . But the 08:17.526 --> 08:19.748 problem is you don't even know what you 08:19.748 --> 08:21.970 really want to achieve or attain . Um , 08:21.970 --> 08:21.550 you know , you should be in shape , but 08:21.560 --> 08:24.110 do I go run 10 miles ? Do I lift heavy ? 08:24.110 --> 08:26.560 Do I lift , you know , no weights ? Do 08:26.560 --> 08:28.616 I do five days a week , seven days a 08:28.616 --> 08:30.782 week , 2.5 days a week , 30 30 minutes 08:30.782 --> 08:32.949 of cardio , 45 minutes away training . 08:32.949 --> 08:35.282 I think this is the problem people have , 08:35.282 --> 08:34.820 is they just don't know how to get out 08:34.820 --> 08:36.653 of the gate . So to your point , 08:36.653 --> 08:38.820 they're seeing what they might want to 08:38.820 --> 08:40.876 look like or how they want to feel , 08:40.876 --> 08:43.153 but they have no idea how to get there . 08:43.153 --> 08:44.987 So here's what I want to ask you 08:44.987 --> 08:47.098 specifically . So let's , let's focus 08:47.098 --> 08:49.153 on a couple of things you have folks 08:49.153 --> 08:51.320 that are listening that are , that are 08:51.320 --> 08:51.050 in their minds are saying , I know I 08:51.050 --> 08:53.161 need to do this . I know I got to get 08:53.161 --> 08:55.050 in shape . What would you say for 08:55.050 --> 08:56.994 someone who right now isn't really 08:56.994 --> 08:59.217 doing much exercise at all or effort at 08:59.217 --> 09:02.580 all what I give some resources or some 09:02.590 --> 09:05.130 uh , tips on how they can break that 09:05.130 --> 09:07.370 initial barrier to get started . Okay , 09:07.380 --> 09:10.150 so 1st , 1st barrier obviously is just 09:10.150 --> 09:12.360 show up . Um , I say people all the 09:12.360 --> 09:14.582 time , whether it be like someone who's 09:14.582 --> 09:16.693 coming to me specifically for fitness 09:16.693 --> 09:18.971 advice or just people I see in general , 09:18.971 --> 09:21.082 I would rather work with somebody who 09:21.082 --> 09:23.138 showed up to three days consistently 09:23.138 --> 09:25.249 every week and put in the work rather 09:25.249 --> 09:27.290 than somebody who went seven days 09:27.290 --> 09:31.070 straight And then for one for one month , 09:31.080 --> 09:33.510 you know , 2-3 days a week consistent 09:33.520 --> 09:35.464 every single month . Then somebody 09:35.464 --> 09:37.520 who's shows up seven days a week for 09:37.520 --> 09:39.742 one month and then doesn't go again for 09:39.742 --> 09:41.964 two months . So the first step is , you 09:41.964 --> 09:44.020 know , just showing up , even if you 09:44.020 --> 09:43.950 don't know what you're doing , just 09:43.950 --> 09:46.820 show up . I think the second step is to 09:46.820 --> 09:49.630 have an attainable goal . Um , 09:49.640 --> 09:52.170 everybody in some , some regard , 09:52.170 --> 09:54.114 you're gonna kind of know what you 09:54.114 --> 09:56.170 wanna do . Some people , some people 09:56.170 --> 09:58.170 really want to just , you know , be 09:58.170 --> 10:00.392 strong , be big , They don't care about 10:00.392 --> 10:00.070 running fast , They don't care about 10:00.070 --> 10:02.292 being mobile , athletic , anything like 10:02.292 --> 10:04.403 that . Some people just want to , you 10:04.403 --> 10:06.348 know , maintain , you know , maybe 10:06.348 --> 10:08.626 you're already like slender , you know , 10:08.626 --> 10:10.737 you have a good frame , You just want 10:10.737 --> 10:10.180 to maintain what you're doing . Some 10:10.180 --> 10:12.402 people are like , maybe you're , you're 10:12.402 --> 10:14.624 really skinny , you're like , I need to 10:14.624 --> 10:13.860 pack on some muscle or maybe some 10:13.860 --> 10:16.027 people are a little heavier and you're 10:16.027 --> 10:18.027 like , I need to slim down . Um , I 10:18.027 --> 10:20.082 guess the next thing is , you know , 10:20.082 --> 10:22.138 identify yourself . Um , you look at 10:22.138 --> 10:24.193 yourself in the mirror every day . I 10:24.193 --> 10:26.416 know even me , even me being in the gym 10:26.416 --> 10:28.527 all these years now . Body dysmorphia 10:28.527 --> 10:30.749 is a real thing . So there's constantly 10:30.749 --> 10:30.050 something that I'm looking in the 10:30.050 --> 10:31.994 mirror every day and seeing that I 10:31.994 --> 10:33.939 still don't like about myself even 10:33.939 --> 10:36.106 after all these years , even after all 10:36.106 --> 10:35.470 these years , I feel like I'm still not 10:35.470 --> 10:37.581 where I want to be . So I think every 10:37.581 --> 10:39.748 single person in your mind because you 10:39.748 --> 10:41.748 see yourself every day , you know , 10:41.748 --> 10:43.914 realistically what it is that you want 10:43.914 --> 10:46.190 to look like , um everybody's goal is 10:46.190 --> 10:48.412 different . Obviously that's right . So 10:48.412 --> 10:50.634 I think your first thing is to find out 10:50.634 --> 10:53.100 exactly what goal you're trying to 10:53.100 --> 10:55.630 attain and then you can come up with 10:55.630 --> 10:58.690 the best avenue on how to attain that 10:58.690 --> 11:01.100 goal . I'm a strong believer in like 11:01.110 --> 11:03.590 mentorship to find somebody who's an 11:03.600 --> 11:07.440 expert in what you're trying to achieve , 11:07.450 --> 11:09.283 whether , you know , you're into 11:09.283 --> 11:11.450 bodybuilding or crossfit or you know , 11:11.450 --> 11:13.283 cal aesthetics or powerlifting , 11:13.283 --> 11:15.506 whatever the case , maybe find somebody 11:15.506 --> 11:17.617 who's an expert in what you're trying 11:17.617 --> 11:19.839 to achieve and try and absorb knowledge 11:19.839 --> 11:21.894 from them , pick their brain , Hey , 11:21.894 --> 11:21.770 what did you do when you first started ? 11:21.770 --> 11:23.937 What kind of workouts were you doing ? 11:23.937 --> 11:26.103 How much cardio were you doing most of 11:26.103 --> 11:27.937 the time ? People in the fitness 11:27.937 --> 11:30.048 industry have no problem . You know , 11:30.048 --> 11:32.159 giving you tips , giving you workouts 11:32.840 --> 11:34.673 and really , you just got to ask 11:34.673 --> 11:36.784 questions like I said , when I went , 11:36.784 --> 11:38.951 when I first started the gym , I would 11:38.951 --> 11:41.173 go in the gym and I would just do every 11:41.173 --> 11:41.150 single machine and then I would do 11:41.150 --> 11:43.317 cardio and I really had no idea what's 11:43.317 --> 11:45.261 going on . I would just go on like 11:45.261 --> 11:47.261 every single machine and I would do 11:47.261 --> 11:49.483 cardio and then I would be like , and I 11:49.483 --> 11:51.650 had no sense of how to recover what to 11:51.650 --> 11:53.872 eat . Like I was all over the place and 11:53.872 --> 11:56.094 it wasn't until I started finding these 11:56.094 --> 11:56.040 mentors , people who've been in the gym 11:56.040 --> 11:58.096 and we're doing different things and 11:58.096 --> 11:59.984 I'm kind of like , alright , this 11:59.984 --> 11:59.300 person's rolling across with this 11:59.300 --> 12:01.522 person running , bodybuilding , what do 12:01.522 --> 12:03.689 I want to do ? And I was learning from 12:03.689 --> 12:05.911 people that I've seen that were where I 12:05.911 --> 12:08.078 want to be . So you need to find uh in 12:08.078 --> 12:10.356 in fitness , you need to find a mentor , 12:10.356 --> 12:12.800 somebody who's gonna um kind of steer 12:12.800 --> 12:14.744 you on the right path . Um So many 12:14.744 --> 12:16.967 people in the fitness industry also too 12:16.967 --> 12:19.189 is , there's so many different workouts 12:19.189 --> 12:21.300 out there , there's so many different 12:21.300 --> 12:23.356 fad diets , so many different people 12:23.356 --> 12:25.467 that will tell you like , this is the 12:25.467 --> 12:27.689 only way to get lean , This is the only 12:27.689 --> 12:26.990 way to put on muscle and that's not 12:26.990 --> 12:28.657 true because everybody's body 12:28.657 --> 12:30.823 competition composition is different . 12:30.823 --> 12:33.360 So male , female height weight , like 12:33.540 --> 12:35.762 whether you you're it's hard for you to 12:35.762 --> 12:38.096 lose weight hard for you to gain weight , 12:38.096 --> 12:39.984 your metabolism , everybody age , 12:39.984 --> 12:42.096 everybody's on a different level . So 12:42.096 --> 12:44.207 if you find somebody that's realistic 12:44.207 --> 12:46.484 and telling you like , do these things , 12:46.484 --> 12:48.707 see how they work for you , if it's not 12:48.707 --> 12:50.818 working for you do these things , you 12:50.818 --> 12:52.873 need to be adaptable . So that's the 12:52.873 --> 12:55.096 hard thing to , is people try something 12:55.096 --> 12:57.096 and then it won't work for them and 12:57.096 --> 12:59.318 they'll be like , this doesn't work and 12:59.318 --> 13:01.429 they'll quit on themselves . Um never 13:01.429 --> 13:03.596 quit on yourself . Um the gym is not a 13:03.596 --> 13:05.707 one size fits all thing . You need to 13:05.707 --> 13:07.762 to adapt . You need to be willing to 13:07.762 --> 13:09.818 try different things , try different 13:09.818 --> 13:11.929 meal plans , try different workouts , 13:11.929 --> 13:14.040 what works , you know really well for 13:14.040 --> 13:12.970 somebody , you might see somebody 13:12.970 --> 13:15.800 that's like , just unbelievably strong 13:15.800 --> 13:17.856 and jacked and you're like doing the 13:17.856 --> 13:19.967 same things as them and it's just not 13:19.967 --> 13:19.650 giving you the same results . 13:19.840 --> 13:21.840 Everybody's body is , is completely 13:21.840 --> 13:23.840 different and you can't really take 13:23.840 --> 13:27.210 social media and be like , yeah , right . 13:27.210 --> 13:29.321 And just follow , just say , look how 13:29.321 --> 13:31.377 look how jacked he is or she is just 13:31.377 --> 13:33.321 follow that plan , it's not always 13:33.321 --> 13:35.654 gonna work for you . And when people do , 13:35.654 --> 13:34.510 then they give up their like , well 13:34.510 --> 13:36.677 this isn't for me , there must be some 13:36.677 --> 13:38.899 other magic pill to it . But so just to 13:38.899 --> 13:40.732 recap a couple things you said , 13:40.732 --> 13:42.954 because I think it's super important is 13:42.954 --> 13:45.066 the number of days a week , folks get 13:45.066 --> 13:47.177 really wrapped around this , like , I 13:47.177 --> 13:49.343 gotta do five days or 62 to 3 and I'll 13:49.343 --> 13:51.454 just share my personal personal story 13:51.454 --> 13:53.343 for me . So about a year ago , um 13:53.343 --> 13:55.288 coming out of the pandemic mindset 13:55.288 --> 13:57.232 where I put on some weight , which 13:57.232 --> 13:59.399 maybe you did too , I don't know , but 13:59.399 --> 14:01.454 people put weight on and I wanted to 14:01.454 --> 14:03.621 change my workout and I knew that five 14:03.621 --> 14:05.621 days a week for me was actually too 14:05.621 --> 14:07.954 much because of my life outside of work . 14:07.954 --> 14:10.066 It's just too much for me . It's even 14:10.066 --> 14:12.232 too much . I was tired of , you know , 14:12.232 --> 14:14.454 at work at times just because I beat my 14:14.454 --> 14:16.677 body up . So I found something and I've 14:16.677 --> 14:18.899 been doing it for one year now , I lost 14:18.899 --> 14:21.010 and my goal was to get lean . I had a 14:21.010 --> 14:20.910 lot of research online and I followed 14:20.910 --> 14:23.021 some different programs and again , a 14:23.021 --> 14:25.077 hodge podge some things together . I 14:25.077 --> 14:25.010 was determined . I just said , no , I'm 14:25.010 --> 14:27.650 losing this extra chub I put on from 14:27.660 --> 14:30.940 the pandemic , I lost £25. I'm working 14:30.940 --> 14:33.230 for four days a week , 45 minute 14:33.230 --> 14:35.452 workouts . That is all I'm doing , it's 14:35.452 --> 14:38.330 working for me . And um , so I love the 14:38.330 --> 14:40.810 fact that you said and I was foot 14:40.810 --> 14:42.921 stomped this . If you're listening to 14:42.921 --> 14:45.032 this , just start out to three days a 14:45.032 --> 14:44.420 week . That's all you need is as 14:44.420 --> 14:47.290 Chelsea mentioned as well because she's 14:47.290 --> 14:49.512 right , you can go one month hard every 14:49.512 --> 14:51.734 day and you're done . You give up , you 14:51.734 --> 14:53.901 want to be put yourself in a situation 14:53.901 --> 14:56.012 where it's sustainable and manageable 14:56.012 --> 14:58.400 for you . So 23 days is better than 14:58.400 --> 15:00.344 nothing and it will , you will see 15:00.344 --> 15:02.344 results from it as you move through 15:02.344 --> 15:04.550 your workouts . Um , so I want to foot 15:04.550 --> 15:06.661 stomp that I'm glad you shared in the 15:06.661 --> 15:08.772 second thing is that you , you nailed 15:08.772 --> 15:10.939 something and this isn't even just for 15:10.939 --> 15:12.939 fitness , this is for everything in 15:12.939 --> 15:14.994 life , for our finances , for career 15:14.994 --> 15:17.161 growth , for relationships , for , you 15:17.161 --> 15:17.150 know , buying a vehicle , buying a home , 15:17.240 --> 15:19.407 find someone who's been there and done 15:19.407 --> 15:21.580 it a couple of people even right , and 15:21.580 --> 15:23.636 I did the same thing , I found a few 15:23.636 --> 15:25.691 people that diets worked for them or 15:25.691 --> 15:27.802 this kind of food worked or that kind 15:27.802 --> 15:29.858 of weight training worked and I just 15:29.858 --> 15:32.136 adapted it for myself , so that's some , 15:32.136 --> 15:34.247 that's key right there , yep , people 15:34.247 --> 15:36.870 have too much ego , I don't know if 15:36.870 --> 15:40.010 it's ego or self pride or self doubt to 15:40.010 --> 15:42.660 ask questions . I have so many mentors 15:42.670 --> 15:44.781 and people actually looked at me as a 15:44.781 --> 15:47.040 mentor and some aspects of their life 15:47.040 --> 15:49.151 and I'm like , I don't look at myself 15:49.151 --> 15:51.207 as that way , but some people do , I 15:51.207 --> 15:53.318 guess maybe , you know , when you put 15:53.318 --> 15:53.310 in the work , you put in the work , you 15:53.310 --> 15:55.477 put in the work , if you're consistent 15:55.477 --> 15:57.699 and you're dedicating your discipline , 15:57.699 --> 15:59.921 people are gonna want to do what you're 15:59.921 --> 15:59.630 doing at some point and be like , you 15:59.630 --> 16:01.908 know , how how are you able to do this ? 16:01.908 --> 16:04.241 How are you able to that , I always say , 16:04.241 --> 16:06.574 just start with a small attainable goal , 16:06.574 --> 16:08.686 there's times , you know , even after 16:08.686 --> 16:07.730 all these years in the gyms , there's 16:07.730 --> 16:09.952 times where some weeks I make it to the 16:09.952 --> 16:12.063 gym only two days a week and really I 16:12.063 --> 16:13.897 like to go more , but you know , 16:13.897 --> 16:16.008 sometimes it doesn't always work that 16:16.008 --> 16:18.230 way , but I know even if I'm only going 16:18.230 --> 16:18.090 two days a week , you know , if I'm 16:18.090 --> 16:20.312 putting in the work , if I'm going only 16:20.312 --> 16:22.368 two days a week , but I'm going to a 16:22.368 --> 16:24.534 whole entire year , I'm gonna maintain 16:24.534 --> 16:26.423 or see something , see progress . 16:26.423 --> 16:28.590 Absolutely that year . Yeah , that's a 16:28.590 --> 16:30.701 great point , great point . And I get 16:30.701 --> 16:32.923 it like life gets busy , you know , I'm 16:32.923 --> 16:34.868 married , I have , I have a kid in 16:34.868 --> 16:36.923 school full time , you know , I work 16:36.923 --> 16:39.090 full time , so I get it , it gets very 16:39.090 --> 16:41.201 hard and sometimes , but people often 16:41.201 --> 16:43.201 we'll use that as a crutch or as an 16:43.201 --> 16:45.312 excuse on why they can't do something 16:45.312 --> 16:47.368 instead of , you know , just putting 16:47.368 --> 16:49.701 their head down , just just do the work , 16:49.701 --> 16:51.812 do the work . Um you have to um , you 16:51.812 --> 16:53.701 can't , if you constantly make an 16:53.701 --> 16:55.923 excuse constant , make an excuse a year 16:55.923 --> 16:58.090 from now , you'll be like , if I would 16:58.090 --> 17:00.201 have just started a year ago , I'd be 17:00.201 --> 17:00.060 in a totally different place than I am 17:00.060 --> 17:02.004 today , whether it be , you know , 17:02.004 --> 17:04.270 physically , financially , socially 17:04.440 --> 17:07.050 career wise , anything , you're never 17:07.050 --> 17:09.328 gonna be there if you don't just start , 17:09.328 --> 17:11.494 you know , but people just , they make 17:11.494 --> 17:13.661 the excuse to make the excuse and it's 17:13.661 --> 17:15.772 unfortunate , but it's so common . It 17:15.772 --> 17:17.828 is , it is , and I think again , the 17:17.828 --> 17:20.050 other thing is um when you hear and you 17:20.050 --> 17:22.272 know that this is a common theme you'll 17:22.272 --> 17:24.439 hear in life sometimes when you , when 17:24.439 --> 17:26.661 you go to work , even working full time 17:26.661 --> 17:28.828 here in the military , um , you got to 17:28.828 --> 17:28.310 balance your life , you gotta balance 17:28.320 --> 17:30.376 and we hear that , but we don't , we 17:30.376 --> 17:32.598 don't really under sometimes grasp what 17:32.598 --> 17:34.764 that really means because for me , the 17:34.764 --> 17:36.820 first thing I hear about balance , I 17:36.820 --> 17:38.931 think of a scale that has equal , You 17:38.931 --> 17:41.153 know , wait on one end and equal on the 17:41.153 --> 17:43.209 other . But if you break out these , 17:43.209 --> 17:42.810 you know , your , your spiritual , 17:42.810 --> 17:45.620 social , mental and physical , uh , 17:45.630 --> 17:47.810 areas , there's no way you can put , 17:47.810 --> 17:50.010 you can't put equal time into , for 17:50.010 --> 17:52.232 instance , developing a relationship is 17:52.232 --> 17:54.454 gonna take a lot more time than doing a 17:54.454 --> 17:56.510 30 minute workout five days a week . 17:56.510 --> 17:58.677 Right ? So I think in our minds we get 17:58.677 --> 18:00.899 caught up like , well I just don't have 18:00.899 --> 18:02.899 time to do it . Well again , I just 18:02.899 --> 18:05.177 said for me , I do a 45 minute workout , 18:05.177 --> 18:07.288 I got super lean , I feel great . I'm 18:07.288 --> 18:09.399 teaching my , my , my , my oldest son 18:09.399 --> 18:11.566 who's 13 , he's coming and hitting the 18:11.566 --> 18:11.360 gym with me and I got this , the 18:11.360 --> 18:13.471 program I've been sharing with people 18:13.471 --> 18:15.582 here on base as well . And um again , 18:15.582 --> 18:17.804 I'm telling them adapted to your own to 18:17.804 --> 18:19.971 your own body style , but it's only 45 18:19.971 --> 18:22.027 minutes , four days a week . That is 18:22.027 --> 18:24.027 nothing compared to the rest of the 18:24.027 --> 18:26.082 time . I have to do other things and 18:26.082 --> 18:28.138 you're , I'm staying lean and I feel 18:28.138 --> 18:30.360 great . So we got to remember that when 18:30.360 --> 18:32.471 we try to bounce our lives , it's not 18:32.471 --> 18:34.416 about equal time , it's about just 18:34.416 --> 18:36.304 giving effort and doing something 18:36.304 --> 18:38.582 consistent in those four areas , right ? 18:38.582 --> 18:40.804 Making time Yeah , prioritizing it . So 18:40.804 --> 18:42.940 uh give some folks some operate like 18:42.950 --> 18:45.172 how can , you know , here , it's , it's 18:45.172 --> 18:47.283 a little different because we're full 18:47.283 --> 18:49.450 time were allocated three hours a week 18:49.450 --> 18:51.506 to actually work out during , during 18:51.506 --> 18:53.450 the workday . Some of our are part 18:53.450 --> 18:55.506 timers though or something that just 18:55.506 --> 18:57.672 can't do it . What good advice can you 18:57.672 --> 18:59.728 give them on how they can , they can 18:59.728 --> 19:01.894 prioritize and be able to make time to 19:01.894 --> 19:04.228 get to the gym . Yeah , absolutely . Um , 19:04.228 --> 19:03.810 so , you know , I wasn't always full 19:03.810 --> 19:05.990 time on base . So , you know , there 19:05.990 --> 19:08.510 was a point in time when I started my 19:08.510 --> 19:10.621 fitness journey and I was in the army 19:10.621 --> 19:12.677 or when I first came to the 1 11 , I 19:12.677 --> 19:14.843 was working a civilian job . So it was 19:14.843 --> 19:16.899 like an 8 to 4 monday through friday 19:16.899 --> 19:19.130 and I would still , you know , make the 19:19.130 --> 19:21.630 time , I would , you know , go to work , 19:21.640 --> 19:23.730 I would work all day . I would 19:23.740 --> 19:25.900 immediately after work , I would go 19:25.910 --> 19:27.966 straight to the gym and I would work 19:27.966 --> 19:30.050 out . Um and I was doing that monday 19:30.050 --> 19:32.383 through friday . Like I said , you know , 19:32.383 --> 19:34.606 you don't have to do five days a week . 19:34.606 --> 19:36.550 I just this is my avenue like if I 19:36.550 --> 19:38.494 worked all day , I look forward to 19:38.494 --> 19:40.272 going to the gym because that's 19:40.272 --> 19:42.272 unwinding for me . Um Some people I 19:42.272 --> 19:44.494 have other ways that they online , some 19:44.494 --> 19:46.606 people like to you know sit and watch 19:46.606 --> 19:48.717 tv or play games or whatever the case 19:48.717 --> 19:50.828 may be . Um I personally am like it's 19:50.828 --> 19:52.994 fine you know I enjoy watching my tv , 19:52.994 --> 19:54.772 I enjoy you know sitting back , 19:54.772 --> 19:56.883 relaxing , not doing anything to play 19:56.883 --> 19:56.300 the playstation once in a while 19:56.300 --> 19:58.467 whatever the case may be , but I still 19:58.467 --> 20:00.800 make sure that I'm dedicating that time . 20:00.800 --> 20:04.250 Um Two fitness , making sure I you know 20:04.260 --> 20:06.830 at least get in the gym um some portion 20:06.840 --> 20:10.650 of my week or making time to study 20:10.660 --> 20:14.000 um and learn new things or read . Um I 20:14.000 --> 20:16.333 like to read a lot of educational books , 20:16.333 --> 20:18.167 not really into like the fiction 20:18.167 --> 20:17.970 stories , things like that . I like to 20:17.970 --> 20:19.914 read really like educational books 20:19.914 --> 20:23.390 about like mentality mindset or 20:23.400 --> 20:25.622 finance , like financial books , things 20:25.622 --> 20:27.789 like that . Or I take the time to like 20:27.789 --> 20:29.733 study something new that I want to 20:29.733 --> 20:31.956 learn like during the pandemic I've got 20:31.956 --> 20:34.067 really big into like running your own 20:34.067 --> 20:36.230 online businesses and like the stock 20:36.230 --> 20:38.119 market about the foreign exchange 20:38.119 --> 20:40.341 market , Learning about new things that 20:40.341 --> 20:42.970 eventually are gonna you know they 20:42.970 --> 20:45.081 start creating passive income for you 20:45.081 --> 20:47.081 and then that builds you up in like 20:47.081 --> 20:49.303 your career and you know your financial 20:49.303 --> 20:51.414 aspects of life . So I started taking 20:51.414 --> 20:54.730 less time kind of just chilling and 20:54.740 --> 20:56.962 doing the whole like now I'm at a point 20:56.962 --> 20:59.129 where I feel like if I'm watching tv I 20:59.129 --> 21:00.796 could be doing something more 21:00.796 --> 21:03.018 productive yourself . Exactly , so it's 21:03.018 --> 21:05.184 kind of , it's kind of a mind game too 21:05.184 --> 21:07.407 because now I'm like constantly beating 21:07.407 --> 21:07.360 myself up , like if I'm relaxing , I'm 21:07.360 --> 21:09.360 like oh I should be doing something 21:09.360 --> 21:11.471 else um but you know you have to take 21:11.471 --> 21:13.693 time to do stuff like that too and just 21:13.693 --> 21:15.693 do nothing unwind , no phone , just 21:15.693 --> 21:17.916 watch tv or just hang out with family , 21:17.916 --> 21:19.971 friends , whatever the case may be , 21:19.971 --> 21:22.193 but you know make time for everything . 21:22.193 --> 21:22.090 Um I constantly make the time for the 21:22.090 --> 21:24.257 gym every week , make the time to make 21:24.257 --> 21:27.340 sure you know I'm doing my job at work , 21:27.350 --> 21:29.572 doing what needs to be asked like doing 21:29.572 --> 21:31.517 the things that are asked of me um 21:31.517 --> 21:33.628 making sure I'm spending time with my 21:33.628 --> 21:36.440 family , making sure that I'm spending 21:36.440 --> 21:39.800 time for self improvement , um Just all 21:39.800 --> 21:41.744 these different things , it's just 21:41.744 --> 21:43.800 making the time and like you said it 21:43.800 --> 21:43.500 doesn't have to be the same amount of 21:43.500 --> 21:45.730 time , but if you do these things 21:45.730 --> 21:48.960 consistently then in all aspects of 21:48.960 --> 21:51.182 your life you it will be healthy , your 21:51.182 --> 21:53.700 relationships will be healthy um you 21:53.700 --> 21:56.360 know career physically mentally 21:56.940 --> 21:58.996 socially , like you're gonna all the 21:58.996 --> 22:00.996 relationships and all the things in 22:00.996 --> 22:03.051 your life and and how you feel about 22:03.051 --> 22:05.051 yourself and where you're going are 22:05.051 --> 22:07.162 gonna start to improve . Absolutely , 22:07.162 --> 22:09.384 yeah . So I what I what I heard you say 22:09.384 --> 22:11.607 a few times is you prioritize it . It's 22:11.607 --> 22:13.829 like for me , I look at him , I tell my 22:13.829 --> 22:15.773 wife this too , going to work is a 22:15.773 --> 22:17.884 priority because if you don't show up 22:17.884 --> 22:20.218 to work , you don't get paid . You know , 22:20.218 --> 22:22.384 you're not a part of the team . I view 22:22.384 --> 22:24.440 my workouts this the same way it's a 22:24.440 --> 22:26.662 priority for me . It's not a negotiable 22:26.662 --> 22:28.607 now . Again , I get it , something 22:28.607 --> 22:28.380 happens and you can't like you said , 22:28.380 --> 22:30.491 you miss a day here or there , that's 22:30.491 --> 22:32.491 not , that's what I'm talking about 22:32.491 --> 22:34.713 because you miss work sometimes because 22:34.713 --> 22:34.500 you're sick , you have to take days off . 22:34.510 --> 22:36.788 You know , I have a kid . So it's like , 22:36.788 --> 22:38.677 yeah , that's my kid is sick , he 22:38.677 --> 22:40.843 missed his daycare , so I have to miss 22:40.843 --> 22:40.790 work or I have to miss a workout 22:40.790 --> 22:43.150 because my son is home sick and you 22:43.150 --> 22:45.261 know like saying like my wife is , my 22:45.261 --> 22:47.372 wife's at work , you know , he has an 22:47.372 --> 22:49.428 appointment , we have an appointment 22:49.428 --> 22:51.594 right ? Or we have a birthday dinner . 22:51.594 --> 22:53.817 You know , sometimes I miss the gym , I 22:53.817 --> 22:55.928 have to miss the gym but you know , I 22:55.928 --> 22:57.817 sacrificed that because I need to 22:57.817 --> 22:59.706 prioritize that time to the other 22:59.706 --> 23:01.872 things in my life at that moment , but 23:01.872 --> 23:04.039 I always go back to that as a priority 23:04.039 --> 23:05.983 to Yeah , even if I miss one day , 23:05.983 --> 23:08.150 right ? So that that's the whole point 23:08.150 --> 23:07.820 here is the prioritization , right ? 23:07.820 --> 23:10.153 And in fact is don't get hung up if you , 23:10.153 --> 23:12.209 your schedule gets altered for a day 23:12.209 --> 23:14.431 because because you have to call out of 23:14.431 --> 23:16.431 work for a day to take care of your 23:16.431 --> 23:18.542 family . You don't quit your job . So 23:18.542 --> 23:18.490 if you have to miss the gym for a day , 23:18.490 --> 23:20.601 you don't stop working out quit . You 23:20.601 --> 23:22.712 don't quit your fitness goals because 23:22.712 --> 23:24.379 one day . Um , so it's , it's 23:24.379 --> 23:26.712 developing that mindset . So , you know , 23:26.712 --> 23:28.768 Charles , you shared some good stuff 23:28.768 --> 23:28.360 today with , with , with the , the 23:28.360 --> 23:30.590 audience with me . I've been inspired 23:30.590 --> 23:32.812 watching you the past several years . I 23:32.812 --> 23:35.146 used to see you all the time in the gym . 23:35.146 --> 23:35.120 Our schedules are different now . So I 23:35.120 --> 23:37.287 lived in a different time , but I know 23:37.287 --> 23:39.398 you're still getting after it . I see 23:39.398 --> 23:41.564 you hear you come in , you're changing 23:41.564 --> 23:43.676 and you get out there and you hit the 23:43.676 --> 23:43.050 gym and it's inspiring and people are 23:43.050 --> 23:45.900 looking and watching what we do . So 23:45.910 --> 23:48.077 with you being on this podcast . Now , 23:48.077 --> 23:50.132 folks that listen might not know you 23:50.132 --> 23:52.132 because we share this pretty pretty 23:52.132 --> 23:54.188 broadly . But there are folks on our 23:54.188 --> 23:56.521 base that , that might , um , uh , that , 23:56.521 --> 23:55.890 that might know you , that listen to 23:55.890 --> 23:57.723 this . And so here's what I will 23:57.723 --> 23:59.946 encourage and I won't , I won't ask you 23:59.946 --> 24:02.112 to share your contact info . They know 24:02.112 --> 24:01.660 where to find you , you're in 24:01.660 --> 24:04.170 recruiting . But if someone has a 24:04.170 --> 24:06.400 question , you know , reach out , reach 24:06.400 --> 24:08.540 out to jealousy . She'll guide you 24:08.540 --> 24:10.960 should at least help you get on a path . 24:11.340 --> 24:13.507 Am I speaking out of line there , will 24:13.507 --> 24:15.673 you help somebody ? Alright , good . I 24:15.673 --> 24:17.784 should ask you that first , but now I 24:17.784 --> 24:17.660 know you will . So my wife all the time 24:17.660 --> 24:19.660 tells me that I don't shut up and I 24:19.660 --> 24:22.350 talked about this . I love talking to 24:22.350 --> 24:25.540 people . I love helping people like 24:25.640 --> 24:28.900 all over the place . Like when you know , 24:28.910 --> 24:31.021 in any other life , whether it's like 24:31.021 --> 24:33.132 advice or like how did you do this or 24:33.132 --> 24:35.132 like , you know Woods , that's my , 24:35.132 --> 24:37.299 that's my brother and I can't tell you 24:37.299 --> 24:39.466 how many things like he's taught me or 24:39.466 --> 24:41.688 I talk to him when we go back and forth 24:41.688 --> 24:43.854 all the time . Like I love when people 24:43.854 --> 24:46.077 come up to me and ask me questions like 24:46.077 --> 24:45.960 how do I do this ? How do that ? Um , I 24:45.960 --> 24:48.127 really like doing that like mentorship 24:48.127 --> 24:50.630 type role and just feeling like I gave 24:50.630 --> 24:52.519 somebody some knowledge that they 24:52.519 --> 24:54.519 didn't have before that I hope that 24:54.519 --> 24:56.519 they , you know , go and utilize or 24:56.519 --> 24:58.686 that they , you know , try out or that 24:58.686 --> 25:00.741 it works out for them . You know , I 25:00.741 --> 25:02.741 did what you said and you know , it 25:02.741 --> 25:04.852 really paid off and you know , I like 25:04.852 --> 25:07.019 hearing stuff like that . So I have no 25:07.019 --> 25:09.186 problem like having conversations with 25:09.186 --> 25:11.352 people helping people . Um , sometimes 25:11.352 --> 25:13.519 it's a shame sometimes people are like 25:14.440 --> 25:17.500 they feel like they're too good to help 25:17.510 --> 25:19.677 somebody else . Like , you know , like 25:19.677 --> 25:21.843 you have to pay your dues like I did , 25:21.843 --> 25:23.954 but at the same time they forget that 25:23.954 --> 25:26.066 they were once that person asking all 25:26.066 --> 25:28.121 the questions too . So I , I never , 25:28.121 --> 25:30.288 I'm never gonna be that person because 25:30.288 --> 25:30.230 I'm still not , you know , I'm not the 25:30.230 --> 25:32.397 best and I'm still not where I want to 25:32.397 --> 25:34.230 be either . I'm still constantly 25:34.230 --> 25:36.563 learning from people who are , you know , 25:36.563 --> 25:38.674 in different places than me . Right . 25:38.674 --> 25:40.563 Right . So I remember meeting you 25:40.563 --> 25:42.730 several years ago , you know , I think 25:42.730 --> 25:42.160 we hit it off almost immediately 25:42.160 --> 25:44.271 because I think we connected with the 25:44.271 --> 25:46.271 army , but we were sharing a lot of 25:46.271 --> 25:48.493 things like I know you , you bought the 25:48.493 --> 25:48.320 house recently and so you navigate your 25:48.320 --> 25:50.487 career and that's exciting to me . And 25:50.487 --> 25:52.709 so I think people will be inspired just 25:52.709 --> 25:54.987 hearing what you've had to share today , 25:54.987 --> 25:57.098 Not even just about fitness but about 25:57.098 --> 25:59.153 who you are . I think it's important 25:59.153 --> 26:01.320 but to just foot stop as we close this 26:01.320 --> 26:03.487 session again , I know if you , if you 26:03.487 --> 26:03.290 need some help and you have any 26:03.290 --> 26:05.179 questions Chelsea is here to , to 26:05.179 --> 26:07.234 answer those questions . She'll talk 26:07.234 --> 26:09.234 recruiting . She'll talk finances . 26:09.234 --> 26:11.401 We'll talk fitness . So that's awesome 26:11.401 --> 26:13.623 being and you have a child now too . So 26:13.623 --> 26:15.679 you can talk about parenting at this 26:15.679 --> 26:17.679 point as well . But this obstacle . 26:17.679 --> 26:19.790 Yeah , but the three things that I've 26:19.790 --> 26:22.123 learned from you today and picked up on , 26:22.123 --> 26:21.580 I've learned stuff from you over the 26:21.580 --> 26:23.691 years , but specifically this podcast 26:23.691 --> 26:25.970 is get just get after show up to the 26:25.970 --> 26:28.170 gym 2 to 3 days a week , just get get 26:28.170 --> 26:30.370 going number one , Number two find a 26:30.370 --> 26:32.650 mentor . This could be someone equal 26:32.650 --> 26:35.450 rank , lower rank if you gotta reach up . 26:35.510 --> 26:37.454 Yeah , doesn't matter . It doesn't 26:37.454 --> 26:39.510 matter who it is , but just get some 26:39.510 --> 26:41.732 help . Figure a good plan out for you . 26:41.732 --> 26:43.566 Stick to it . The third and most 26:43.566 --> 26:45.677 important thing is this really should 26:45.677 --> 26:47.843 be the first thing you do . There's no 26:47.843 --> 26:49.954 order here . You've got to prioritize 26:49.954 --> 26:51.954 getting after this thing and making 26:51.954 --> 26:54.121 fitness just part of like working like 26:54.121 --> 26:56.232 eating every day because your stomach 26:56.232 --> 26:58.454 is hungry , you're going to find food . 26:58.454 --> 27:00.510 Fitness should become that aspect in 27:00.510 --> 27:02.732 our lives because it helps us make us a 27:02.732 --> 27:06.170 whole and healthy person . Um so , so 27:06.170 --> 27:08.226 Chelsea , I really appreciate this . 27:08.226 --> 27:10.448 Sit down today . We could probably keep 27:10.448 --> 27:10.260 talking forever . Maybe I'll have you 27:10.260 --> 27:12.260 on another topic to Who knows . The 27:12.260 --> 27:14.371 biggest thing is when people see that 27:14.371 --> 27:17.900 you are disciplined enough to take care 27:17.900 --> 27:20.020 of yourself physically . That shows 27:20.020 --> 27:22.610 that you have respect for yourself . I 27:22.610 --> 27:24.943 forgot that's a good one . That's right . 27:24.943 --> 27:26.832 So the fourth idea is that you're 27:26.832 --> 27:29.054 actually exhibiting respect for who you 27:29.054 --> 27:31.221 are because you care about this temple 27:31.221 --> 27:31.040 if you will . Yeah , this is important 27:31.040 --> 27:33.280 to maintain and stay healthy . Yeah , I 27:33.280 --> 27:35.447 mean , it's a shame , but when you see 27:35.447 --> 27:37.169 people that are like extremely 27:37.169 --> 27:37.020 overweight and things like that and you 27:37.020 --> 27:39.076 know , they'll make every um kind of 27:39.076 --> 27:41.242 excuse sometimes in the sun , like why 27:41.242 --> 27:43.409 they can't do this , why they can't do 27:43.409 --> 27:42.770 that , You know , it's showing that you 27:42.770 --> 27:44.937 don't have like discipline , you don't 27:44.937 --> 27:46.881 have , you got to have respect for 27:46.881 --> 27:46.750 yourself , respect for yourself , to 27:46.750 --> 27:48.861 constantly want better for yourself . 27:49.240 --> 27:51.720 Yeah , absolutely . Well , again , 27:51.720 --> 27:53.776 Chelsea thanks so much for sharing . 27:53.776 --> 27:55.998 I'm glad you guys tuned in again to the 27:55.998 --> 27:57.942 balance podcast uh is this podcast 27:57.942 --> 28:00.053 continues to unfold again , if you're 28:00.053 --> 28:02.053 listening to this and you have some 28:02.053 --> 28:01.910 feedback about what other topics we 28:01.910 --> 28:04.140 could talk about uh please , you know , 28:04.140 --> 28:06.307 reach out to me , chapman epic here at 28:06.307 --> 28:08.529 the 1 11 tackling and I'd love to bring 28:08.529 --> 28:10.640 in some guest experts folks that have 28:10.640 --> 28:12.862 been there , done it and are willing to 28:12.862 --> 28:15.084 to share their life with you so that we 28:15.084 --> 28:17.029 can make sure that you are hitting 28:17.029 --> 28:19.140 those four pillars and are successful 28:19.140 --> 28:21.029 not only at work , but in life in 28:21.029 --> 28:23.196 general . So again , balance podcast . 28:23.196 --> 28:25.362 Chelsea thanks again for coming by and 28:25.440 --> 28:27.551 have a great day guys were out , take 28:27.551 --> 28:27.510 care