Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] Speaker A: What up, what up? What up? Welcome back to the Bad podcast. Brad and Dwayne, fresh off our live.
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I've been ripping and running, me and Brad, man. I've been ripping and running. A lot going on, man. So what's up, everybody? What's going on, Brad? What we talking about, brother?
[00:00:27] Speaker B: Let's talk about the holidays. Let's talk about ink on paper. So you got a quote. Give yourself the gift of showing up. Holiday season or not, your health is the one thing that pays you back all year.
[00:00:37] Speaker A: Let's get it.
[00:00:41] Speaker B: Are you ready? Are you ready?
[00:00:57] Speaker A: What it looked like, Would it be like, what it do? Speaking of holiday season, I got the holiday. Cheer up. Right now I'm skidding. I just saw this during the video. I was like, yo, let me throw that on real quick, man. Got a little holiday action, man. So, hey, brother, we are super excited. Like I said, super grateful, man. We had an awesome live episode that we did actually this week. We did it this week that we're recording this and this is coming out the next day, so on Monday. But, man, ready to get into it. Excited about the holidays.
As we're recording this, I'm actually getting ready to hit the road myself, man, and go to Greenville, South Carolina, my old stomping grounds, man.
Yeah, family, so work, so my wife, her, she's remote, but her job is still located there. And so one of the, the ladies that the lady that hired her, which became her boss's boss, is retiring. So we're going to a Christmas slash retirement party in a few hours. So very cool. Fun times, Safe travels.
[00:02:02] Speaker B: It's. I, I don't know how it is down there, but it. I, I had some serious, serious white stuff on the way home.
[00:02:09] Speaker A: I, I Did you hit it on the way out, though, because it seemed like you had a rough trade out, too.
[00:02:15] Speaker B: Yeah. Yep. So, you know, Monday, Monday morning, Monday morning, I'm trying to put the puzzle pieces together. Monday morning, hit some nasty weather all the way down into North Carolina. It was snowing at the tip of North Carolina, and it was hard in North Carolina. Yeah. So quite a ways. Pittsburgh, pretty much Pittsburgh down to North Carolina.
[00:02:37] Speaker A: Wow. Wow. Yeah. Hopefully. I mean, as much as I like the stuff, I don't care to be in it like that, you know, Actually, I was thinking about one of my favorite movies is Day After Tomorrow. I Don't know if you remember that.
[00:02:50] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, yeah, well, yeah.
[00:02:51] Speaker A: And so I was thinking about you, man, when you was coming down. I was like, Brad, coming through the track, man.
[00:02:57] Speaker B: Yeah, well, you know, on the way home, I started to get nervous because Adrian's like, don't let your fuel tank get below half. And there was a point where I was like, you know, watching the, the mileage tick down, I was down to 50 miles before you're, you're dry. And I was like, oh, man. And like, I couldn't see a gas station, couldn't see it, finally reached one, got home safely. And, you know, preparation is key, folks. Preparation is key.
[00:03:19] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yes. Especially when it comes to the holidays, man, and, you know, thinking about parties and things like that, you know. Yes, we enjoy them, they're fun.
But like you mentioned, man, your health is year round and, and, but you know, there's a balance to it because I, I had to plan. Like this morning I got up, I worked out like normal. You know, I ate my normal pre and post meals.
I actually finished my gallon early today just because I knew it would be, it would be tough. So I was, I was really guzzling. But it all, it's all about preparation, man. And I have a plan tonight. Like, I have a plan to, you know, attack the protein first, you know, and not do much grazing and pick one sweet thing and keep moving, you know, so that's, you know, it's all about preparation, like you said.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And it's a mindset too, you know, when you, you can sort of already forecast where you're going to be like, you know, where you're going to be. You know, you're going to be tempted by different things. So you prepare for those moments mentally and physically. And I think that's really important, especially going into the holidays. And what I really want to talk about today is sort of bringing that A, B, C, D, E, F go method back or way of life back. The first thing is that acknowledge piece u acknowledge that the, the holidays are coming up and you can. And this is applicable to life too. Like, acknowledge that you're stressed out. Breathe.
[00:04:39] Speaker A: Right?
[00:04:39] Speaker B: Acknowledge that you're going to be going to a party.
[00:04:41] Speaker A: Breathe.
[00:04:42] Speaker B: It's going to be okay. Acknowledge that, you know, you want to do the hard thing because, you know, the hard thing is going to produce the best person or the best version of you.
So acknowledgement during the holidays is extremely important.
But the one thing that I really want to, to focus on this holiday season is everybody's ramping up for January 1st. And this is going to be dropping on 15th.
[00:05:06] Speaker A: Yeah, I think 15th, December 15th, folks.
[00:05:09] Speaker B: You still have a handful of days, you know, 15 days left, 16 days left of the, of the year 20, 25. Start to, start to build that base now. So when you go into January 1st, you're not overly frustrated because, you know, when you do the hard thing, when you choose the hard path, you're gonna get frustrated like that. That just comes with the game. It comes with the, with the playing field.
And as we progress, here's what I, here's what I encourage everybody to do. Grab a pen or grab a Sharpie, not a pencil. Put ink on the calendar, put in on the paper, and, and put your payday out there. Put your payday out there. Because, you know, these, these goals are important. They're not the, the, the end all be all, but they're important because they're milestones along the way of the, of the direction that we want to head. So, like, know, stage a race, ride a book that you want to read or write that conversation that you want to have. Put the ink on the paper and then make a psa, man. Tell everybody what you're doing. Put it out there for the world to hear. Put it out there for the universe to hear, because that's the law of attraction. You put it out there and things are going to start to fall into place in the sense of, you know, opportunity, you know, even obstacles and adversity and, and don't look at obstacle as a negative thing.
[00:06:27] Speaker A: Right?
[00:06:27] Speaker B: Right. Don't look at, look at it as a, as an opportunity to learn something. So choose the hard path. Click it. That was a big movement that I, that I introduced the EA2M a few years ago. Click it.
[00:06:39] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:06:40] Speaker B: Find the promotion. Click it. Find the race. Click it. Find the stage. Click it. And register for that thing. Put the ink on the paper. Get your payday on the calendar.
[00:06:49] Speaker A: No, absolutely, man. That, that makes a difference in, you know, putting the, putting it on the calendar, making it public, you know, telling people about it. You know, I think it was Alicia that said, you know, the goals in private, you can, you can counsel in private. You know, them goes in public, they make you stick to it, man. And that's, that's, that's, you know, that makes a difference when, you know, people are looking and watch, especially for me like that. That's. If I say it out loud, like I'm gonna, I'm gonna make it happen. It's funny because after my show, Eric Was like, I know. I know you. And once you put it out there, like, you're gonna do it, you know, regardless, like, whatever it take. And so, you know, that's just one of those things. It just, it makes a difference. And see, the calendar thing don't register me. I'm just be honest. I got a calendar. I'm gonna look over at it right now. It says July right now. Like, I don't even mess with it.
It's a Marvel calendar. I love it. My family gave it to me, but I never mess with that thing. Like, that's. I'm not a calendar pin.
[00:07:49] Speaker B: Yeah. Guy.
[00:07:50] Speaker A: So that's not you, you know, set reminders in your phone, put it in your digital calendar.
But yeah, that, the ink to pen thing, that, that don't.
[00:08:00] Speaker B: Well, you know, I, I'm just, you know me, man, I'm just so old school. I'm a post IT guy. I'm a paper calendar guy. I'm on income paper. But yeah, you're absolutely right. You know, go digital with it. Go, go tech on it. And that's what my wife would do if she had something on the calendar. She'd be in her cell phone and setting 10 reminders. Hey, this is what.
And that's, that's the digital world that we live in. So, you know, it doesn't have to necessarily be ink on paper, but when you put that in the calendar, you got to have some accountability. You gotta, you gotta take some ownership in what you want to accomplish because it is easy to, like, like Alicia had said, it is easy to create these goals and never tell anybody. Then when you're struck with adversity, you know what? I didn't really tell anybody, so I'm just gonna back off, right? I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna bail. I'm gonna set the next. The finish line or I'm gonna set the next goal. And it's easy to do that when you're, when you're hiding behind a door.
So make, just make sure that, you know, when you put it on, on your paper calendar or you put it in your cell phone, you do tell a friend or a family member or, you know, go to social media, which, you know, we've talked about that, you know, does the world need to know? Not necessarily. But tell somebody just for that accountability factor, you know, somebody that's going to say, hey, you know what? I, I gotta tell you the hard truth, right? I'm gonna cut you deep. I've told the story many of Times, you know, doing a live. And I get off and thinking that it was a great live. And Adrian's like, hey, you haven't been reading. And like, that. That hurt me, like, emotionally. I was like, what are you talking about? You know, like, don't tell me I haven't been reading. But she was right. Like, I hadn't been reading. Like, my vocabulary wasn't clicking. My. My enunciation of words wasn't there, and she could tell. And. And you need those people in your life that are going to tell you the harsh truth. I saw you. Your hand in the cookie jar, not once, not twice, but five times. Like, let's buckle up. Let's double down.
So you got to have those folks in your life that are. Dude, when we were in. In Georgia, and I was just picking on you, but this is a couple years ago when you were training, and. And they had the.
What bars were those? They were good.
[00:10:07] Speaker A: The good ones?
[00:10:09] Speaker B: Yeah, the good ones. And, you know, I. I saw you eating a couple here, there, and then I was like, dude, yeah, yeah, you. You tracking. And, you know, and. And it's annoying. It's annoying to have those people in your life, but I think it's important.
[00:10:24] Speaker A: It's definitely important. It's. It's like you said, it's annoying. It's. But it's important. It's. You know, it's not a. That's not a fun job.
You know, some people have fun doing it, but, you know, like. But.
But it. It just takes.
I think you. I mean, you need those kind of people, man. You know, I think we both are familiar with somebody that just, you know, catch everything, you know, like, and. And sometimes in the moment, you don't like it. Yeah, but it's necessary, you know, it's necessary that you have people that can see those kind of details and. And, you know, find those flaws. I mean, even my wife's whole job is quality assurance. Like, she look for mistakes all day. Like, that's what she do. Yeah, that's what she do. You know, and so when you have people that can do that, like I said, a lot of times it don't feel good, but it's necessary, man. It's there to make you better.
[00:11:25] Speaker B: Yeah. And I think, Dwayne, we all have to, you know, have an open mind and a flex mindset when it comes to this and say, what do you really want out of this goal that you're setting for yourself? You know, whether it's professional or financial or. Or if it is fitness, you Know what?
[00:11:42] Speaker A: Out of it. And.
[00:11:43] Speaker B: And if you decide, like, hey, I want. Like, I really want this, you have to be open to that feedback. And it. As much as it may hurt, like, you got to say, yeah, I. I know you're right. You know, in those moments that it's very easy to make an excuse. Yeah, but.
Yeah, but, you know, get rid of the butts, man. Put the. Put the butts on the sideline and, you know, say, hey, yeah, you're right.
[00:12:08] Speaker A: I'm. I'm good at justifying my.
[00:12:10] Speaker B: We all are. We're creatures of. Of justifying why we did something bad.
[00:12:15] Speaker A: I'm good at it. Like, I mean, but I think I'm an orator when it comes to that. Like, I come up with profound things, and it's like, oh, yeah, you're right. And, like, I'm not right.
[00:12:26] Speaker B: If you can talk to talk, you can actually talk the person in that's. Try to cut you deep. You're like. And then they start thinking.
[00:12:32] Speaker A: They're like, oh, yeah, I've done it.
[00:12:34] Speaker B: Wait.
[00:12:35] Speaker A: Oh, done it. And so. So much so, Brad. So much so I have to stop myself from doing it, because I know I need the correction.
[00:12:47] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:47] Speaker A: Like, I know I can talk my way out of this.
[00:12:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:50] Speaker A: But I'm not gonna do it because I need to. I need the correction.
[00:12:53] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:54] Speaker A: I give you a great example, and I'm sure she don't mind.
You know, we. We are. By the time this is out, I ain't gonna spell it, but we're working on something big.
And part of this is going through a lot of the premium workout videos, and one of my video was.
Was called out by. By our great friend Mandy. And I was like, hey, just checking, you know, why. Why he picked this video? And she was like, hey, you know, your elbows were here and there. And I was like, I. I knew I could justify myself. I. I knew all the angles. I was like, well, you know, when you're doing this, you want. I could have did that. I was like, you know what? I.
I need to take that. Take it on. Take it on the chin, man. I took it, and I was like, okay, I'll do better. So that was an opportunity where I could have easily, you know, I could have been like, you know, I could have went deep. Hypertrophy and the angle of the elbow and, you know, but I was like, nah, I'm not gonna do it like that.
[00:13:51] Speaker B: Yeah, I. I think that's humility, man. And I think if you are able to put your pride Aside, that's the only, not the only way, but that's, that's one of the significant ways to grow. That's this one of the significant ways to get better. And again, you come back to that mind of like, what do you want out of it? Like, do you want to be a mediocre this, or do you want to just like, kind of go on autopilot there? Like, or do you want to say, hey, I know you're really good at this craft, or I know you know your stuff and you're trying to help me. And as much as it feels like salt in the wound, it's gonna, it's gonna put you ahead of the game. And that's a prime example, man. Like, I'm doing this mobility stuff and functional training, and I'm not an elite, right? So, you know, speaking to what you're talking about, you know, I was in Charlotte this past week doing some filming, and I did my first ever mobility class, right? And it was a 10, it was a 12 minute class total. And when I got done, everybody was like, hooting and hollering. I was like, nah. I was like, no, that was, that was terrible, guys.
And you know, they, they made me feel good about it. But I talked to Jeff and I was like, jeff, I, I just wasn't, wasn't clicking. I didn't feel comfortable, like, moves just felt a little off, you know, taking some ownership in my own craft.
But, you know, if somebody was watching me and say, hey, you know, hey, your elbows aren't at 90 or your, your knees aren't coming up far or whatever, you know, as far as technique and fundamentals, as I'd rather tell myself that I messed up than somebody else, but I think that's where the, the best growth occurs is when somebody that, that knows the craft, somebody that knows the field, says, hey, yeah, you, you're actually, you're actually right. Like, if somebody would have came down and been like, yeah, yeah, Brad, actually, you're right, that was terrible. I'd have been like, wait a minute, it wasn't that bad. You know, you justify. You're saying, and it hurts. You know, you said, take it on the chin and you know, it stinks to take it on the chin. And we live in a culture, in a, in a society where the masses are just not open to feedback. The greats, I think, are. I think the greats are.
[00:16:01] Speaker A: That's what makes him great.
[00:16:02] Speaker B: What's that?
[00:16:03] Speaker A: I said, that's what make them great.
[00:16:04] Speaker B: Yes.
Yeah, I, I read an article I think, yeah, it was Kobe. Yeah. And. And how he would call Michael at 2 in the morning, 3 in the morning, and say, hey, you know, I had a bad game against the, the Jazz. You know, I had a bad game against the, the Cavaliers. I'm turning this way or I'm shooting that way or I'm dribbling this way. What am I doing? You know, and, and for somebody to actually, like, go out and take ownership on their own and to reach out to that. That great and say, hey, I need some feedback. I need some pointers. Like, that's a, that's a whole nother level. That's a, that's cool. That's the whole next level. But yeah, we don't, as a society, we don't like feedback. We don't like to be corrected. We don't like to be, you know, kind of. Yeah.
[00:16:46] Speaker A: So I think it needs to be said with that example, he went to probably the only other person.
[00:16:52] Speaker B: Sure.
[00:16:53] Speaker A: Yeah, right. That could offer that information.
[00:16:57] Speaker B: That is true. That is true. Yeah.
[00:16:59] Speaker A: I think that's, you know, that. I think that's part of it too, man. I can't remember the quote, but, like, you know, somebody was like, like a stranger. Like a stranger's critique is just an opinion or something like that. Like, like, be careful who you take that feedback from.
[00:17:17] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah.
[00:17:17] Speaker A: Not all feedback is.
Is, is for you to take in. In make some changes with. Some of it is. Is just them either out of spite or Right. You know, whatever. So, you know, if it's somebody you respect, somebody in the field, somebody that's doing the thing, you know, that. That's where you. You at. You, you be careful with that, man. I just want to put that out there because, you know, he didn't call. He didn't call Bill Winnington.
He didn't call.
He didn't call Horace Grant, you know, he called. You know, he did. He didn't call Luke Lonely. He called Michael Jordan, you know. So, yeah, I think that's also important, you know, when you're talking about feedback and, and where it's coming from and how to receive it. Because even, because even if, let's say the scenario Kobe was working off the court, what was this in. In. You said Utah, whatever. Walking off the court and, and, and John Stockton walked up to him was like, bro, like that. Fade away. You know, John Stock's not a shooter. Everybody. People that don't know. Sorry. We do a lot of sports references.
John Stockton was like, hey, bro, like, you need to do this on Your and Kobe could be nice. Yeah, thanks, man. I appreciate it, but John Stockton is not nowhere. I mean, if he. He said something about dribbling or passing. Yes, listen.
[00:18:34] Speaker B: Sure.
[00:18:35] Speaker A: He's talking about shooting, posting, attacking.
[00:18:37] Speaker B: No.
[00:18:39] Speaker A: So he's got to know how to take it and, and, and be polite as well as knowing what to try to improve with versus what you just kind of like. Okay, thanks.
[00:18:49] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. Well, I think a lot of us get argumentative and, and like it. It. It does us no good to argue with somebody that's trying to help us, you know?
[00:18:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:00] Speaker B: Very, very seldom will somebody come up to you out of spite and say, hey, you're running for is off and this is where you need to improve.
And if somebody is doing that, like, holy cow, Taking that kind of time and energy, like, good for you to be surprised. Extra time.
Dwayne, you and I don't have no.
[00:19:22] Speaker A: Time to, like, I'm literally like one foot out of the door right now.
[00:19:25] Speaker B: Right.
[00:19:26] Speaker A: There's no time.
[00:19:28] Speaker B: Yeah. Yes, I know. Yeah.
[00:19:30] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:30] Speaker B: But with that being said, man, hey, it's the holidays, folks. You know, you're gonna have a lot of things in front of you, a lot of obstacles and, and temptation and things that try to distract you, you know, get around folks that have a similar mindset and a similar drive as you and similar goals to you. You know, I think that's very important for us at this time of year because, you know, you're going to rock some parties and, and some people are going to be into things that you don't really align with. So just make sure you're rocking with people that you align with and people you want to be like. And at the end of the day, folks, let's set the. Let's set the base. Let's set the. The foundation now before we go into the new year.
[00:20:06] Speaker A: I love it, man. That man know how to end the show, man. Till next time, we out of here.
