Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: What up, what up, what up? Welcome back to the Bad Podcast. Brad and Wayne in here. My brother Brad, Bradley, which direction we going,
[00:00:09] Speaker B: man? We're going up, we're going in, we're going on it. We're talking about the Stair Master today.
[00:00:15] Speaker A: Ooh, I just got off that bad boy. Let's get it.
Are you ready? Are you ready?
What a little light would it be like, what it do in here? Ready for another episode of the Bad Podcast, Brad and Dwayne. B stands for Brad, the A stands for Anne, and the D stands for these. I'm just kidding. I couldn't resist, Dwayne.
I went to eighth grade in, like a 2.2 seconds, bruh. My bad. My bad
[00:01:01] Speaker B: beer there.
[00:01:02] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, you know, it happens. It happens. Yo, so we're going to talk about. You said the stair Stepper.
I want y'. All. I'm gonna try to tag it, man. The company that has the in home stair stepper with the screen. Hey, y' all need to holla at us, man. We'll. You know what I'm saying? Send us a cup. Send me one. Send Brad one. We'll shout y' all out. We'll do the show on the joint. And whatever you
[00:01:25] Speaker B: need yesterday, I will do that.
[00:01:32] Speaker A: Yeah, man, but nah, Brad, what you got going on, man?
[00:01:37] Speaker B: Yeah, you know, we're talking about, you know, just kind of jumping back into the OG plan and, you know, how slow progress is and how frustrating progress is. And, you know, this is very relatable right now because you. You just got off the StairMaster, I
[00:01:52] Speaker A: just
[00:01:52] Speaker B: got off the charity boy. And, you know, we're putting in the work, and we feel a sense of taking that next step is not taking. Taking us anywhere. You know, what's happening deep beneath this, the skin and the flesh is. Is change. And it was. I think Martin Luther King said that change does not roll on the wheels of inevitability.
It comes through continuous struggle.
And, you know, you're on that StairMaster and you're struggling. I'm on the treadmill struggling. And what right now I'm trying to improve on is my upper body strength. And I'm working on pull ups, and I'll just make a very practical reference to pull ups. So say on day one, you can do one pull up, but that second one right now is absolutely impossible. Right? It's. It's continuing to challenge you, and you're struggling. So that that second one, you go up, you're going up one inch, and then the next day, it's like five inches, and then it's 10. And all of a sudden I'm doing two pull ups. Well, that third pull up is not going to just inevitably happen. You have to work at that third. Third pull up and you're going to fail, and you're going to fail, and you're going to fail. And then all of a sudden, seven months on the road and you're rocking out ten strict push ups. Why? Because it didn't roll in on the wheels of inevitability. It was through continuous struggle, it was through perseverance, it was through patience. And that's what the StairMaster teaches us. That's what, you know, this mundane meal plan, the OG meal plan teaches us, like, you're not going to shred weight overnight. Me, I'm trying to gain weight. I'm not going to gain weight overnight. But if you trust the process, you know, over time, without surrendering to the, the frustrations and the discouragements, change will occur.
[00:03:27] Speaker A: No. 100%. What are you
[00:03:29] Speaker B: shaking up over there? What is that? Hey, what are you shaking up over there?
[00:03:31] Speaker A: No, I was fanning. I was fanning boys piece of paper.
My shirt was light gray. Like I'm hot over here.
This is the afterburn after burnout. But hey, the, the pull up, the thing that you remember. Well, yeah, I know you remember Carlos, just good friend. He gave me a tip years ago for, for pull ups, man. And if you want an increase pull up everybody, you might even notice Brad already. But the shrugs, bro, like, the hanging shrugs is the game changer. When, when he, when he told me to start hanging and just start practicing shrugs, that's when my pull ups increase, man. But it didn't happen overnight like you mentioned, Brad. It took time and time again because what I would do is I would go to failure. And then once I failed, then I'll do shrugs for about five to ten reps and then, you know, rinse and repeat. But it's funny, you know, I told Brad when we said I was going to record, I was on the StairMaster, I think I called it the Stair Monster.
And he's like, hey, we're gonna, this is what we're gonna talk about. And I'm like, bro, I, you know, I just got off the thing. I don't want to talk about it, man. I want to watch.
But the, the thing is, is it. That is an intimidating machine, Brad.
I, I literally in the dms, you know, I'm always chatting with clients and, and one of the clients said I speed walked past that thing today. Like, I ain't even want to look at it. It's an intimidating machine, but it's effective, bro. Like, it is super effective because of what. It works. You're. You're. You're actually. You know, you're working on leg muscles while you're still doing cardio, while it's still low impact, while you're not, you know.
You know, your heart rate goes up and you're not sprinting. That's the thing that I love the most. Like, I don't have to sprint and put a lot of pressure on, but I can get my heart rate up to 150, you know, 150, you know, to 140 beats per minute or whatever. And it's that. That's the thing I love about it.
But one mistake I found Brad. And the reason why a lot of people don't like the StairMaster is because they make one crucial mistake, and it goes along with what we're talking about.
They try to click it up too high. It is not a treadmill.
They try to go too fast. They try to go 7, 8, 9, 10. The StairMaster is not a treadmill. You don't sprint on the StairMaster. Well, you can, but you only do it for a couple of seconds. The StairMaster is slow and steady. Like your journey, like, your fitness is a slow and steady. And it's funny. Like, this was my trick already, but then I saw somebody made a real. I was like, man, I should have made that real years ago. But slow music on a stair stepper, that's what you got to have. Slow music. I like R B, neo, soul. It. It. If you boots, boots, boots on a stair stepper, no, you're gonna wear yourself out. You get some. Some. Some billow, some ballots and some. Some smooths, you know what I mean? Is that much more bearable, if that makes sense. So, man, I'm dropping some nuggets out here for y'. All.
[00:06:37] Speaker B: Well, you know, you. You're spot on, man. Like, rhythm, you know, Find yourself in rhythm. And far too many people, they try to get. You know, they try to come out of the gate a million miles an hour and not get into that R B, not get. Get into that nice rhythm.
And you guys, if you can't get into a rhythm, you know, you're gonna fall flat on your face. I don't know why stair steppers go up to those. Those really high numbers. I. I've tested the limits on a stair stepper, and I've went really fast, but I don't know why they go up that high.
[00:07:04] Speaker A: I have no idea.
[00:07:06] Speaker B: For, like, liability reasons. Safety, like, it can't be good.
[00:07:11] Speaker A: It cannot, bro. It cannot.
No. Yeah. I remember my first time. You know, I was like, okay, you know, I'm thinking I'm supposed to be running upstairs. Yeah. No. One false move, boy,
[00:07:24] Speaker B: you know, and they take some coordination. I. I remember
[00:07:26] Speaker A: the
[00:07:26] Speaker B: first time I got on a stair stepper. It's probably 10 years ago or so.
And it. It took some. It took some again, reps, right? Like, you get on there and you're so extremely uncomfortable, and you just. Rhythm, like, get back into
[00:07:40] Speaker A: that
[00:07:40] Speaker B: rhythm. And I remember, I remember I started slow because, like, I, I'm. I am one of those people that looked at the stair step and was like, I am never getting on one of those pieces. It's massive. Like, it's.
[00:07:52] Speaker A: It's
[00:07:52] Speaker B: a gigantic piece of machinery. And it does look intimidating. And I got on it and I started slow. But then, like, like you said, like, you get into that rhythm. Okay, let's go a little faster. You get into that rhythm, and then all of a sudden, you're on it for 10 minutes, you're on it for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, so on and so forth. And then you start to see that change or feel that change. And you know, you're talking about sweating, you're talking about being out of breath and all those things. And guys, that's. That's not comfortable, right? And your brain, we're wired.
Like, our brain is designed to keep us out of harm. Harm's way. So if you start to sweat, your initial thought is, hey, something's wrong. Like your, your body's overheating. We're perspirating for a reason. Your. Your brain's designed to keep you out of harm's way. So when you reach that point of discomfort and you feel like, hey, I got to give up. Like, hey. So I got. Oh, man, this is perfect timing too. So
[00:08:43] Speaker A: I got something to. Go ahead. Keep going.
[00:08:45] Speaker B: Okay. O.
So right now. And so my, My kids are playing hockey and both of them are like, all in on hockey right now. So they're trying to build strength and stamina and all the things. And so every morning they're like, hey, can we go for a run? Can we go down to the gym and work out? Can we do all the things? I got a six year old and a three year old. Like, I'm not putting them through. Through, you know, the testament of time and weight and all the things, but we Are coming down and walking on the treadmill. We're going outside and running outside and stuff like that. But what my wife and I are trying to do right now is instill mantras. And I think this is a nugget that anybody and everybody can take. You have to have a mantra that you can turn to like, I am strong. I am worth it, whatever, something strong, something empowering to get you through that tough time. Because my son.
So it's a quarter mile from my mailbox back to my house. It's a quarter mile. And for my son, that's a long run for a six year old.
And it's all uphill on the one way and it's all downhill on the other way, but all the way uphill, he's like, dad, I don't know if I can do this. I don't know if I can do this. I don't know if I can do this. I said, buddy, this, this is that prime opportunity right now to convince yourself that you are strong. And you adopt that, that mindset, that mantra and power through those tough times. That's what's going to break, bring you to that breakthrough. So I'll turn it back to you. Take. Take it away.
[00:10:05] Speaker A: No, that's good. That's. That actually took me to whole another direction.
[00:10:10] Speaker B: That's how we do, right?
[00:10:12] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. No, I love that because I don't know if you remember, I. I had, when I learned the mantra mindset, I came out with these I am a warrior T shirts. Yeah. And that was my, that was my mantra in my mind, you know, a warrior, somebody that fight through. And I know what I was going to say because it actually goes right along with it.
You talk about how your body panics, you know, when you're doing something uncomfortable. I'm gonna be real with y'. All. When brass sent me that text, hey, you know, record at 10, I wanted to hit stop. I had about 15 minutes left. Like, I could have hit. I. It crossed my mind, bro. I was like, yo, I can hit stop, get a hit, hit, start. No, I had, I might have 30 minutes left. He did it with it around 9:30.
[00:11:01] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah,
[00:11:04] Speaker A: yeah. I have a. I know I had a lot of time left and I could have hit stop and got off the machine and felt justified, man. But I kept, I locked in. I was like, man, this is. I remember this feeling in prep and I remember this feeling and knowing I'm working towards something.
And I had to like, just take deep breaths and keep going. But yeah, man, that, you know, have it. I should have pulled out the mantra then. I know, I remember it now. I'm gonna have to pull out the mantra, man. I'm a warrior.
[00:11:33] Speaker B: Yes,
[00:11:33] Speaker A: the warriors can, can, can resist, man, the, the toughest battles. But go ahead. I see some.
[00:11:41] Speaker B: You. You feel it when I'm like, Bruce Lee said, a warrior is just an average human being with laser focus. And, and I wasn't gonna go there, but you know, when, when you are in the process of self development, whether it's, you know, fitness or business or relationship, and you are in the process of, of growing, you are going to reason with that voice inside of your head and you are most likely going to give in and negotiate with that voice. And that's a prime example of what you're talking about. I gave you an excuse, I gave you an out. And a lot of us, we turn to those scapegoats and we're like, wow, you know, I'll do it later, right? And later is not coming. Like, we procrastinate. And then all of a sudden, three, six, nine months passes by and we're like, holy cow. We look in the mirror, we don't even recognize ourselves. And it was because that one pivotal moment that Uncle Bradley texted yet, 9, 15. And instead of persevering in, in really harnessing and embracing that mantra, I gave in to that, that text message, hey, I gotta get out of here. No, you made a commitment. Like, follow through with that commitment. Other things can wait. And if you have a commitment that you have made for yourself or for your family or for your business or whatever, you follow through relentlessly with that commitment. Like, there are going to be moments you are going to start to reason with that, with that excuse or reason with the, you know, cutting corners or cheating the system or whatever. There's, there's always moments where we are seduced to do certain things in our lives and, and you can't give in to those temptations. You got to stay strict and, and you got to stay committed to what you said you were going to do. Especially with, like, where we're at in the year, Dwayne. Like, we're in the fourth quarter. We just came off of Halloween.
We got Thanksgiving coming up. We got the, we got the almighty holidays with the, with Christmas and New Year's Eve coming up. Like, this is the, the big four right of, of the year, and it's all in the fourth quarter. So right now, your resilience, your discipline, your fortitude, they're all going to be tested and instead of reasoning with excuses and saying, well, I'll just wait until 2027. No, the foundation is being built today. Like, we are building the foundation right now. We got to strengthen that foundation, because when you go to the gym on January 1st, and there's 345 people trying to get on that treadmill, just like you, guess what? Frustration, boom, it's going to be there. But if you have the strong foundation, you got the pillars set on January 1, there is no way. There is no way you're going to give in to those excuses. There's no way you're going to be talked out of. Of continuing on with that journey.
[00:14:09] Speaker A: No. 100. 100. And that's why we. We got this. This Runway right here, this time, right here today.
And if you're listening, you. You can start today. You can start today. Today's Monday. You can. You can. It starts with one decision, man. You don't have to have your meals planned out all week, your workout picked or whatever. You listen to this podcast whenever that is. And like, you know what? Let me go get some water instead of Kool Aid. Let me go get some.
I pulled out the old school.
Let me.
[00:14:43] Speaker B: Kool Aid.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: Yeah, man. Let me go walk on this treadmill. You know, I remember I bought that. That walk pad. Let me break out that walk pad one time, man. So, yeah, this is. You know, you start, right? The next decision is not about perfection. It's not about having it all together. But we're. We just want to. We want to prep you, man. We want to get you ready so that when the new year come, man, you don't. You don't have to wait for that. You can always jump back in, man. So excited, Brad. Tired, excited, all that.
[00:15:12] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah, right? And. And I. I think that's something important for all of us to remember. Like, you can still have excitement and be. Be tired.
And sometimes, you know, the view that you have, it may not change, but your capacity is changing. Your. Your. Your wealth of knowledge is changing, your fitness levels are changing. And maybe you look in the mirror day after day and again, that view hasn't changed. But what's happening deep beneath the flesh is. Is you're growing stronger. Your health, your heart is healthier, your cognitive development is improving. Um, you know, your goals. Your goals are going to happen, you know, and regardless of whether you think you are moving the needle or not, it takes those relentless reps. It takes coming back time and time again, especially on the days that you don't want to and just believing that, that you're worth.
Worth more.
[00:16:08] Speaker A: Absolutely. All right, y', all, listen, another episode. Sorry if I feel like I'm in a rush, but I'm ready to shower. So I think I stopped my afterburn, you know, and I think I ready to show our and get something to eat and all that stuff. But hey, like, listen, man, like, we appreciate y', all, you know, listening in to the podcast, man. We love, we love talking to y', all, we love talking to each other. We. We just enjoy these moments to, to be able to plant seeds. So how can you help us? You can help us by sharing the pod, man, sharing the YouTube link, commenting underneath, showing love.
All of those things.
Super helpful for us, man. Or if you know the people that own steppers to send them our way.
All right, Brad, what you got in closing, my friend,
[00:17:07] Speaker B: if you're a first time user of E2M premium app and you have not tried it out, we can get you that first month for 15 bucks. Use the code 11. Dwayne, 15.
Or
[00:17:17] Speaker A: Brad
[00:17:20] Speaker B: or Eric, use 11. Eric. Eric, 15.
Get him hooked up with some love. And guys, what we're gonna do is a month of December, I think. Dwayne, I think we're going to do four giveaways in the month of December. But what I want to, you know, I want to make sure that we are hitting a hundred. What, what's our, what's our usually usual viewership at per month on YouTube alone?
[00:17:42] Speaker A: Per month,
[00:17:44] Speaker B: per, per episode, sorry.
[00:17:46] Speaker A: Around 100, 150.
[00:17:49] Speaker B: Okay, so this is what we got to do. So you guys got to share, share, share, share, share. So every time we hit 200 views in the month, I just. Heck, let's do it the rest of this year. Every time we hit 200 views from now until the end of the year, I will do a giveaway. I'll send you some swag. I'll send you something, you know, free beyond Dwayne and myself, I will send you goodies. It has to be 200 views or more. So maybe just make sure that you are liking, you are sharing, you're commenting, tagging your friends, tagging your fam. Share everywhere. If it hits 200, we're doing a giveaway. We're doing a random giveaway. All you got to do is comment on the YouTube video so we know you're watching, we know you're rocking with us, and we'll do a giveaway.
[00:18:28] Speaker A: I like it. Till next time, y'. All. Peace.
Yeah, bo.
Yeah.
