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Mark. Ow! I'm kidding.
Is that ... hey!
I became interested in working out at 17 years old.
I just started going to a gym and I was like ...
and that's the age where you're getting older,
you're becoming a man,
you're like, "I want to look like a man."
So I had different people who I was inspired by
and I was like, "This is really dope.
I feel like this is the next thing that I want to do
and I want to take it really serious."
So I got with the first trainer that I ever had
and he explained to me what it took and he was like,
"This is more than just coming in the gym
and me telling you what to do. This is time-commitment,
you have to stretch till your body feels good
constantly when you're working out,
your diet has to be a certain way
if you want to look a certain way."
It's a full-time job
so to speak if you really want it at that level.
More than it just being something
that's aesthetically pleasing and me
liking the way that I look, it's a mental thing.
I feel working out just allows you
to get your mind off of the everyday things,
whether it be you working, whether it be family,
different things that you have commitment to.
Working out has allowed me to just relax
even though it's so intense, if that makes any sense.
And then obviously it's for health purposes,
it's an incredible thing, so.
Journey with it's been great for many reasons.
Good job, Dig.
Good, relax those shoulders, like this one.
Good. Mm-hmm (affirmative).
The reason why I got into it
wasn't because of any mental challenges,
but I do realize,
and it's like in studies you can read about it,
things mentally and chemically that actually help you
when your mind just gets going as your body
is working at the same time.
With cardio, with weightlifting, and I've experienced that
with if I've ever felt low physically, mentally, anything,
it picks you up and makes you feel better
about whatever it is that you're doing.
The way that fitness has effected people in my life,
I think just from them seeing someone around them
do something like that, you're curious.
And we all want it.
We all want to look good, we want to go on vacation
and look good, but those are the moments obviously.
And it's for you to be able to be ready whenever it is
that you really want to be, you have to do it year-round.
My eating habits are honestly,
it depends on what I'm trying to accomplish with my body.
It's healthy carbs, like brown rice, quinoa, sweet potato.
Proteins, which is almost anything
whether it's like fishes, branzino, salmon, ground beef,
as far as red meats, steak, chicken.
So it's all meat and I like vegetables too.
But I don't really like plain things,
so I don't do raw vegetables a lot,
I like to saute spinach, garlic, string beans, stuff like that.
If you're new to working out, you don't know the proper form,
you don't know sets and reps and all these things.
So I just got with a trainer initially
and that's how I learned everything that I know now.
I feel like you can never go wrong with body weight
exercises and calisthenics,
so like push-ups, pull-ups, dips.
You're gonna get strong no matter what.
Of course people love to throw weight around and be that guy,
but you're gonna get strong regardless from that
and you don't need much,
you don't need to be in the gym to do it.
That's natural strength,
so I love doing those no matter what it is.
I think from a aspect of getting up
and going to the gym like there's something about that.
Like going to do something productive for yourself, yes.
That is an indication of 'I love myself'.
You went out of your way to not sit on the couch,
or not sit on your phone, and to do something
that has longevity for your own life sake.
It's never too late.
There's so many people of different ages
and body sizes that have seen progress
and have done incredible things.
And don't treat it as a race. Don't look at the finish line,
don't look at what other people have.
That's obviously hard to do
when you're trying to catch inspiration,
but try your best to just go through the process
and making yourself better. And you can't do it all at once.
You don't have to go cold turkey,
"I'm just gonna stop all of my eating habits all at once,"
but do it in increments. Do the workouts in increments.
Start in the gym if you need to.
If you're that type of person, one time a week,
and then as you get the flow of it and catch a tempo,
you can up it to two and to three,
and to whatever it is.
I believe in manifesting and you know the energies
that you put out are gonna come back to you.
That's with results and that's with the type of people
you attract, et cetera.
I think positivity is a big key, major key.