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- [Man] Good morning motivators!
It's been a little over two weeks
since we moved to Vancouver Island.
I've got my first wool flannel shirt.
I've got my puffy vest.
I got wool shoes.
It's a dreary day out.
So, what better day to actually
introduce you to the place that we're living?
The new HQ,
where we have a pain cave to build.
We have a very special island relaxo area
to build over there.
We have an Airbnb style place
right in behind me that we
have to live in for a little while,
and a half done project over there.
Let me give you the tour around
and tell you the plans
and what you are about to see
over the next few months.
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What we currently have set up with the backyard
is a two backyard kind of situation.
On this side of this fence is
currently our backyard.
Because the house was set up as a suite
on the main level,
and then, a suite on the garden level;
they don't have basements in BC,
they have gardens suites.
They end up splitting the backyard into
the backyard on our side,
and then, the backyard on currently
our tenants side.
Let me show you.
Over here, tenants side.
Over here, our side.
Why this looks so fancy dancy is
two reasons.
Number one,
the growing season here in Vancouver Island
is year round.
So, growing things,
super, super easy.
Second thing is that,
the person who used to own this house
and did all the renovations,
they are a landscaper.
So, all of this was totally done.
I think NTK is going to put
a little planter over here
to plant some veggies.
And then, this fence here
is actually coming down today
because underneath the deck,
we have a half finished project
that you are going to see.
It's like the ultimate bike storage locker
that hopefully,
I'm going to finish today.
And we'll share that in a video.
But over here,
that's where things get really interesting
over at island relaxo.
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So, this area over here,
off to the side of the house,
there's a street that runs along here.
That's why you have so much space
on the side of the house.
This is going to be what we call
island relaxo.
If you have listened to our podcast
with Aaron Power, the nutritionist,
who's also a primal health coach,
she owns Rancho Relaxo.
It's really just their house that they've set up
to be very, very relaxing.
And over the past summer,
we spent three different times at Rancho Relaxo
and it's just so nice to have a place
that is just dedicated to chilling out.
So here, let me show you
exactly what we're talking about.
This is going to be super cool.
So, looking down at future island relaxo,
we've got roughly about 22 feet across,
we have around 15 feet to the start
of this window,
and then, we've got around
22 feet over here,
before the fence starts turning.
A lot of people have said,
"What's going to happen to the swim spa?"
Well, it's coming back
and it's going right along the end here.
The deal with master spas was,
to avoid having to transport
the old master spa that I used and loved
all the way over here and reset it up.
I got to sell that
and then, I have to purchase their new model.
The new model is a little bit longer.
It's 18 feet.
So, it's going to go along
this length here I believe,
but it's also more powerful.
which is going to be a really big thing
for something that goes on in here
that I'll tell you about in a second.
So, we're going to have the swim spa along there.
Then, the relaxo part is,
I want to have a hot tub here,
a sauna there,
that is large enough for two or three people
to do hot yoga in.
And then, a shower off to the side of the sauna.
And the sauna and the hot tub
are going to be obviously hot exposure.
So, you can get those heat shock proteins,
those improvements in your overall health
and your VO2 max,
while just sitting there and relaxing.
And then, the shower
that's off to the side of the sauna
is going to be hot and cold.
But you're mostly going to end up using it for cold
because it's that contrast therapy,
that Nordic thermal system,
where you go from hot to cold,
to hot to cold,
really, really relaxing!
If you've ever been in Winnipeg
and ever heard of Thermea,
it's a really, really relaxing process.
So, between the hot tub here,
the sauna there,
cold and hot shower off to the side of it,
down the street is the ocean,
and between all of that,
we're going to have a really
nice chill space around here.
The hot tub, the shower, the swim spa,
just this area that is dedicated
to essentially, wellness,
I want to be a place
that people from all around the world can come,
and yeah, maybe do some training,
but more than anything,
have some downtime.
There's training camps all around the world.
Anyone can do a training camp,
but not a lot of people can do a camp
that is about how to relax
as an endurance athlete.
I think we need a lot more work
on that than anything.
Let's go talk about the future pain cave.
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This garage here is the current
storage facility for the tenant
that lives in the main suite,
but it is the future home of
the motive method pain cave.
Let me give you a quick tour around.
It's going to be a very short tour
because we don't have the 720 square foot studio
that we needed to have in Winnipeg,
because we had to spend six months indoors.
You can spend lots of time outdoors now.
So, over here in the far back corner,
what we're going to have is
the Zwift setup.
We have a really, really awesome treadmill
that's been lined up
that is going to go back here
that is going to be powerful enough
for like, ITU athletes to come in
and do their 1K repeats.
So, we're talking like,
a 230 per kilometer kind of treadmill.
This thing is serious!
That's going to be set up for Zwift running.
And then, on the side of it,
we're going to have the Zwift set up.
Now in behind this,
what I want to have along that wall
is where it'll probably go,
is a leaderboard
of how many seconds or minutes
athletes can go at the max effort
on the 230 per K treadmill.
In addition to that,
down the way where we've got 116 stairs
that go down to the ocean,
I want to have like,
a leaderboard of how fast people can go
up and down the stairs.
So, this is going to be
the Zwift area all along here.
Along this wall,
I believe is where it's going to be,
we're going to have the bike mechanics area.
And basically the work area,
the work bench.
Where we can actually work on projects
when I can't really be inside
in the office making noise.
Or it's something that's like,
a big messy project.
I think this is going to be the work bench.
Having the gym studio
and having athletes come in and out,
we're going to need a place to work on bikes
and things like that.
Over on this wall,
we're going to have a little bit of storage,
but the big thing that we're going to have
all along the floor
is a complete set of kettlebells.
We're talking like,
from 18 all the way up to 100 pounds.
Because we've got a really cool kettlebell partner
that I think is going to be able to supply us
with a full set of kettlebells.
In behind there,
it's mostly just storage
and mechanical all at the end,
but we are going to set that up
and we're going to set up
everything along the ceiling
and all along the edge as
endurance athletes storage.
What are the unique things
that endurance athletes need to store?
And what's the best way to get the most out
of a really small space?
You might not be able to tell it,
but this is really just a tiny little
single car garage.
Going from the triple car garage
with a 10 foot ceiling to this,
we've got to be really, really efficient.
And I think that leads to some interesting videos
because not everyone has,
or very few people,
have a 720 square foot studio
that they could dedicate to all of their storage.
This is more like what all of you have.
So, how can we get the most out of this space?
Finally though,
the really cool thing and the plans for this house.
Oh also,
we have a fire pit in the front
where I want to put out fires and like,
make friends with all the neighbors.
That's how we'll get to know people around here.
And if you know me,
I love very few things more than a good fire.
I intend to actually make this
like my office.
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Hi guys. Hi guys.
Welcome motivators!
So down here,
the intention for this place
was to have this as a suite.
But yeah, maybe we could Airbnb
when nobody's using it,
but for the most part,
who we want to use it is
friends, family,
and I think the really interesting
fun part about this is,
we're already talking to some pros
from around the world who want to come here
because they've never really been
to the really pretty parts of Canada
and this is like,
the prettiest part of Canada.
So, they could come here,
stay, train the house down,
or just soak up island relaxo after a race.
This is going to be really cool.
It's a mess right now!
We're living down here right now,
before we move upstairs.
So, we had a 2000 square foot house
and a 720 square foot garage
to fit in 850 square feet down here.
It's going not bad.
Let me show you around.
So, as you come into the place,
you've got a full kitchen,
full fridge, full stove, microwave, dishwasher.
And then, nice little set up island here.
They did a fantastic job
on all the renovations down here.
Upstairs is all renovated too.
So we've got,
this is actually my old Zwift TV.
Total mess here,
but really nice space for a couch.
It's super, super bright down here.
We've got storage under there.
All of the main closet for clothes
and shoes and golf clubs at the moment are there.
And then, as we come back here,
we have bathroom in here.
This is just a closet.
This goes to the upstairs.
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There's full washer dryer here in the bathroom.
So, everyone has separate entrance,
separate kitchen,
separate living area.
And then, over here,
NTK will kill me if I share that.
That is our master bedroom,
which is bigger than our master bedroom at home.
PD has made the bed his.
And then, here is currently like,
our junk drawer.
We're buying stuff that is getting ready for us
to move upstairs.
And currently, our bikes are in there
because the special project
that I want to share with you very soon
that I'm hopefully finishing today,
isn't quite finished for all of these guys.
So motivators,
super, super exciting time,
lots of new fun content.
As we can broaden out from
just triathlon to all different endurance sports
and do so in a beautiful place
with people here that are
researchers, pros, athletes, friends
who can contribute
to having a different perspective
on endurance training.
I think you're going to love
what's going on.
Over the next few months
you're going to see a lot of construction videos,
but I'm going to share how you can adapt this
to your setups, your training,
and your storage setups,
to make life a little bit easier for you.
Now with all of that said,
I've got to get to finishing
this special project right over here.
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and this sounds fun to you to come on
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Later motivators.
Almost positive I said trainee acts
at some point in this video.
That's going to take a while
to work out of my vocabulary.