Performance Nutrition
EPISODE 43
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THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO HOW YOU PERFORM. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS NUTRITION. SO WE THOUGHT: “WHY NOT BRING ON THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS”. TYLER “MELEE” MINTON. FIGHTER, CHEF, NUTRITIONIST, AND SOON TO BE DOCTOR. LISTEN UP AND LEARN HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PERFORMANCE.
INTRO
Intro 00:04
You're listening to the ones ready podcast, a team of Air Force Special Operators forged in combat with over 70 years of combined operational experience, as well as a decade of selection instructor experience. If you're tired of settling, and you want to do something you truly believe in, you're in the right place. Now, here's your host, former Prep Course Ops Superintendent and current Special Reconnaissance training guru, Trent Seegmiller.
Trent 00:27
Hey, everyone, and welcome to another Ones Ready Podcast. You're in the team room for this high protein low carb episode. We have very special guests and we're going to get to him in just a minute. But before we do, big shout out to Alpha Brew Coffee Company, big supporters of ours their latest blend is Danger Zone. So, if you want to be in the Danger Zone...like Tom Cruise, or whatever is in the new movie, pick yourself up put in the code ONESREADY. Veteran owned company, they support us we don't get anything out of it. But you get great coffee you get feel better about yourself. That's going to be awesome. Thanks for listening. Thanks for leaving reviews, remarks, comments, everything else. I know you've already subscribed, so don't worry about but tell your friends, get them on here. And go ahead and name a hairstyle after Aaron while you're at it. That's my challenge for the week. All right, let's get this started. Our special guest today is Tyler "Melee" Minton. A little bit about him. He is a fighter, a chef and nutritionist. And before you talk about yourself my first question Tyler is why are you trying to make us all look bad? By being good at everything?
Tyler 01:33
I just can't do everything doesn't mean I'm good at it is I just figured though; the more things you do the chances you are finding something you're good at.
Trent 01:40
Right? So, like let's tell us a little bit about yourself and kind of where you're at or where you came from.
TYLER’S BACKGROUND
Tyler 01:46
Yeah. So, as you said, I kind of do a little bit of everything in terms of nutrition. You know, I actually went to school for nutrition, I'm still in school. Actually, I went back to school because my end goal is to finish my PhD so I'll be a student forever. And it's one of those things I don't really, I don't mean to arrogant but it's not that I'm going so I can learn a lot more. It's because in any industry like this, unless you have a PhD there's always going to be someone who doesn't know anything. That's like well, Are you a doctor? I'm like, no but that doesn't matter. So that's literally the only this is arrogant. The only reason I'm getting it so I can say yes. Like I'm going to pay that money. But anyway, so yeah, so I started off professional fighter I still am I just kind of felt like five years. So, I don't know if I could still be considered. I went to school for nutrition literally just because I was going to college, I really didn't know what I wanted to do. But as a professional fighter, I figured I would do something that would benefit my own career. So, I went to nutrition because I didn't know anything about nutrition as it pertained to fighters. And I found out that no one did. There was really no one that knew what it was. So, I was I remember as an amateur I was cutting from 200 pounds to 170 pounds in one week. And this was back when you had same day weigh in so you would weigh in and then thought for four hours later. So, we, you know, I just wanted to learn to get better. And I quickly learned during my Bachelor of Science that I wasn't going to learn anything about applicable nutrition in college. I was going to learn about you know, like sick care, not even health care. I was a little worried about sick care and dealing with speeding sick people in a hospital and so I really started doing my own research and my research was much more around things like what hormones and recovery I reached out to a lot of people mentored under people like Rob Wolfe, who you know, a big industry leader in nutrition and sleep but just started to kind of work on those and kind of fun in my own niche. And all of a sudden I became the guy who was cutting from you know, I would lose weight steadily during camp to about 190 I was cutting for about 190 to 170 in a week and I posted videos of me like eating Jolly Ranchers in the hot tub like drinking water and stuff and going in there weighing in and 24 hours later being back up to like 190 and just so much bigger than my opponent.
Aaron 05:48
That's crazy. So, you made a name for yourself in the fight game first like what was your What was your first martial art? What you do first?
Tyler 05:55
Wrestling.
Aaron 05:56
Yeah wrestling yeah wrestling and Jiu Jitsu are neck and neck I would give wrestling the slight advantage for like you just see the most I mean; the statistics bear it out to you really high-level wrestlers are the best MMA champions and so most of them so
Tyler 06:14
The only thing is now most jujitsu jujitsu schools teach wrestling as well so that that's why it's a very good thing I think that's the number one thing lacking in almost all forms of training police every police officer should know wrestling. It's I mean, everything I mean, it's the wrestle I mean, I used to do a lot of bar security every single fighter on Earth has at one point but a bouncer. Oh, yeah, then I'll do a lot of like a Vince security and things like that. And the wrestlers just always won you decide you could you get the sun if you don't want to go to the ground or if you want to go to the ground and that that in itself is lifesaving. I can't tell you how many how many really big strong football players I've seen. tackle some of the ground they get stomped by seven people. Yeah, for sure. Shut Down to the ground broke. He played. Yeah, so that's where I started and then brought it, I guess. Yeah, 18 I started doing Jiu Jitsu and kickboxing so nice.
Aaron 07:14
When did you When did you find out that all those skills made you good enough to actually pursue a career in it? Remember that? I don't remember. I don't know if I ever really felt that the skills made me good enough. But I remember the moment that I decided I loved it. And it sounds really crazy but it was actually finding a recon marine named Erica Hannah McCoy born and raised in Africa came over actually brought over by missionaries when he was really little and I mean it's got really good friends now oh actually I've had we haven't talked in a while but we're friends he I don't remember anything after round one. This was the first legal fight in Tennessee history we were we were part of the first event ever. I don't remember anything after round one he doesn't remember anything after round two. And by round three it was just a were hands down swing and most referees would not let it go on. It was on YouTube at one time and then the promotion pulled it off and I've never been able to get ahold of him again and try to find a I desperately want to find it because it was I specifically remember at one time this again, it was legal and it was regulated. But it was still very raw. There's a point where I'm holding this guy by the throat and just punching him against the cage. This guy hits the ground and comes back up and then hits me once and I hit the ground and come back up and by the end of it we're just covered in blood and fighting going on and they only know that because I've seen the video and I want I don't even remember getting home that day I don't remember much and but I just remember and again do not remember any point of the font but this this this after I'm one but this one thing and around three I was a kid I got picked on a lot growing up and I had some friends but not a lot. I was never popular. I was never good at any sport really. And I always wanted to be not that it matters but I feel like any kid that's not popular whether they admit it or not they want to be and like I was just never the quarterback people were cheering for. And I just remember we're in round three. And I wasn't even like a main event on this and I was the kid no one cared about. I was like a second thought. And I just remember one point he's on top of me. Just pounding my lats out. And I just remember the crowd like all like chin My name over and over. And I just remember like I remember instantly being happy. You know, I'm just getting to slobber knocked and I ended up reversing and turn the word slobber knocker into a verb and say slobber knocked you're going to think oh, yeah, I think it's like an old WWF verbiage. I just want to get on top and finishing the fight. And that's it. I guess I only remember getting my hand raised, but I won. And I just remember the next day thinking I love this like this is I'm actually, I want to do this and God's honest truth. Not even saying not proud to admit this is not a good thing. But the only reason I continue to do it because the first time I laughed, I felt popular. Like I felt like people like wow, people kind of like me. Yeah. And then after that, it, it became a, it became a thing I ended up becoming. At one time when I used to do amateur regional belts and things. I was the Tennessee, number one middleweight in Tennessee. Then I went to a regional show and became the number one middleweight in the US southeast. And then I won the United States title. So, I was the number one amateur middleweight in the entire USA at one point. So, it was just, it started as a thing to be popular, and I ended up actually just happening to be good at it. Well, it's
Trent 11:01
also, that that sense of accomplishment, right? Like, you know, you did some that for sure. A few people do. Absolutely. And that's an awesome thing. So, would you say that that's your most memorable fight you've moved on?
Tyler 11:14
Well, the one of the most memorable is the one I lost, but that's just my personality. But yeah, I know that that one means the absolute most it was just, it was again, when I was busted up. I've got scars from and I've had so many fights that I can't even believe I did it. If my sons ever got into the sport, I would I would freak out. I would hate it. You know, I had one thought I had to get like 40 some stitches in my face and you can smack my skull cracked in the picture. You can see my cracked skull, and I won. And that guy actually faults Tuesday and he's now in the UFC. So, it's really cools to see this guy in the UFC now. But like, if you knew me outside of that, that's not my personality at all. So, to be a guy that enjoys those that it's just weird. I'm, I don't know, I just I'm a completely different person when I'm fighting and I always just watch becoming that person.
Peaches 12:06
So, you'd say you're probably a rare breed them.
Tyler 12:09
Yeah, I'm a little weird. I'm a little twisted.
Peaches 12:21
But think about it, though. You go from not. So, a lot of people do Jiu Jitsu MMA stuff, right? Not everybody can be a pro fighter. Then, not everybody decides to Hey, I'm a pro fighter. Now I'm going to be a nutritionist. And I'm also going to be a chef. Yeah. What are the probably three out there?
Tyler 12:45
Yeah, there's not many. There's not actually that. I feel very first. There's only a few doing all that and I think the others kind of suck.
Aaron 12:57
Perfect. Yeah. And just so people know, Tyler, like you have a pretty extensive guest list of people that you that you take through like just man I know. You feel weird name dropping, but drop them names doctor.
Tyler 13:09
Yes. Like I just finished up and you know, and he didn't win, but it was amazing. I finished up with Daniel Cormier, who was just he was my favorite fighter ever. I remember as a high schooler watching him as a wrestler. And just loving this guy as a wrestler. Just thinking it was so cool. And I remember when he announced he would be fighting. And I didn't really know much about fighting and I followed him. I just followed him religiously. And I've got it screenshot on my phone. actually, sent it to him not too long ago. I'd never sent it to him before. But have a screenshot on my phone the first time he texted me and introduced himself on text. I don't even know how he got my number. No idea and I've actually had any to ask him that texted me and introduced himself and just said he'd be interested in working with me and it's the only time in my entire life that I can honestly say I like fan boy. I was very I'm very, very much like, like, against putting humans on pedestals like that just doesn't mean everyone's good at something just because they're better than me at one thing doesn't mean I'm not good at something. And I just totally like I can't believe like I got teary eyed feeling like, like this is danger, like the Daniel Cormier. And then just the full amount I show up at his house and it was the whole the whole entire thing was actually a funny thing with that he showed up at his house and I get there at 11pm. And the whole thing was, you know, he sent an Uber and he was like when you get here, just text me. I'll come down and let you in. He's like, I'll be upstairs in bed, but I'll come let you in. So, I get there. I get to his house about 11 o'clock. I texting. He doesn't answer. Okay, I'll give it a few more minutes. I'll wait like 10 more minutes. I'm texting. Still no answer. And like this guy's asleep. I know he has young kids. I know we had dogs because he asked me if I was good with dogs. Like, I cannot talk, I can't risk waking his kids up, you lose his mind. So, it's at this point about 1230. And I'm just like, sitting on his porch kind of waiting. And at that point, I start unpacking, because I notice he has a truck out front and I'm just preparing to spend the night in the bed of his truck. And as I'm like laying things out to sleep, like in his truck, but he opens the door. He's like, what are you doing? You didn't come to the door. I don't want to wake anybody else. So, I'm just going to sleep in your truck. And not a single word. He goes, come on in. And so, I'll bring him in. He takes me to the guest bedroom. This was the again I've only had a text conversation with this guy takes me to the guest room, which is the first one once you get in. Unpack sleep here, said we'll start at 6am and shut the door. Nothing, didn't tell me where the kitchen was. Didn't tell me what we're starting at 6am I know nothing. I didn't sleep at all literally at all because I was so deathly terrified that I would not wake up on time. So, I just said I wasn't going to sleep. Yeah,
Peaches 16:12
That sounds like good interpersonal skills, and problem solving. Because I probably would have done the same thing.
Tyler 16:23
Yeah. Oh, it was already me. I was terrified either being the one most laid back cool, chill humans ever. You know, we're Max Holloway could be actually work with Kelvin Gasol and Stephen Thompson. James Gallagher, who's a big name and Bellator now. So, I've worked with a lot and have kind of changed my business format a lot recently where I'm working with more fighters than I ever had. But I'm working a ton with a ton in like a consulting scenario. So, I have a few that actually have a chef now, like they're there, they have a chef, someone that can do that, or they have a meal prep company, but I'm just telling their meal prep company what to do. So, you know, I get to stay at home and still do my job. I don't want to leave my family. And I can, I can do all that. So, I've tried to find ways, which is perfect timing with COVID. So, you know, I work with a hefty amount, it's pretty cool.
FOOD IS FUEL
Peaches 17:19
Well, when you're that when you're the best you can get to do those things. So, since you are self-proclaimed the best, and I'll put you on the spot a little bit, and it probably is not going to be a very difficult question for you to answer. But like what is one of the most misunderstood things about performance nutrition?
Tyler 17:42
You have to eat, you're not a supermodel. That is everyone comes there. Not everyone but so many people come with a performance goal, or an aesthetic goal, disguised as a performance goal. And it drives me nuts. And I'm calling out Crossfitters with this because they are the absolute freaking worst. Number one. You're a 40-year-old dude, who doesn't even have good posture. But my point is like, it's like, Listen, you're a four-year-old guy who's just starting a local CrossFit gym. You're not whether you think you're doing this for performance or not. You're not white, like, let's focus on health. Let's focus on this. So, a lot of it is just misunderstood goals. And unrealistic goals. People come with my absurd performance goals. I'm like, Listen, you're on your own three diabetes medications, let's worry about that, then don't worry about your 5K time, like, like, the biggest thing is, is really that identifying a realistic goal. They just, you have to understand like it like if it's performance, okay, we have to feed you performance, or for performance. And that might not mean look your absolute best, I'll use Daniel Cormier. No one's going to look at Daniel Cormier and said that's the body I want. Just it just, I mean, it's just true. You know, unless you're maybe Derrick Lewis, who's another heavyweight UFC would kill to look like DC. But it's just not but you're also you know, if your goal is performance, well, yeah, you'd love to perform like DC who's one of the greatest of all time is a multi millionaire because of his level of performance. So, you just have to identify that and then go with it. And feeding for performance looks a lot different. You know, like, the way I was I was feeding DC, you know, the way I'm feeding any of my athletes especially they don't have a huge wide cut is just to be able to go out there and, you know, kill people. I mean, I tell people all the time, like your job is a fighter to really go in there and try to kill the other person. And the rest job is to keep you from doing it. Your job is not to go in there. And I've never understood the concept when people would ask me about a fight. Where do you want to go? Like, what's your game plan? I want to try to kill him. Because I don't know what the difference is in him in hitting someone to win. I want to kill him. Like everything. I'm literally trying to murder them but it's the restaurant to keep me from doing so, so Like, we have to feed them to effectively do that and to feed them to recover. So, they can do this day in and day out. And sometimes it's down to three training sessions a day and you know, one to three hours a session. Like I'm not concerned about your abs at that point, like, we don't care because if I'm feeding for abs, you're not going to be able to do that. So that's literally the biggest misunderstanding what they want, and what they need are often vastly different.
Peaches 20:24
that's actually the excuse I use a why I don't have a six pack is I'm just feeding for performance like
Tyler 20:35
Seriously, wrong. And I nothing, nothing whatsoever against Tim Kennedy. I think Tim Kaine, I've met him and actually have had lunch with him was an odd experience. I met him on an elevator with some of his like, Ranger Up crew. And one of the one of the things I was like, Hey, is that the guy said, it's one of his friends. Like, I don't know if you ever saw the Katy Perry spoof video he did. He did like this, this spoof video making fun of Katy Perry. And he dressed up like Katy Perry. It was absolutely hilarious. But I looked at her and I was like, is that that guy from the Katy Perry video? and his friend like, was flabbergasted like no dead testing gimmick. I know, it's Tim Kennedy. Dude, I was I was trying to be funny. But um, people look at Tim Kennedy. They think like, well, that's how you need to look, if you're in the military as an operator. That guy is number one he does he works his butt off. Like, I'm not taking anything from that but he is very genetically gifted. I mean, that guy is a bad, bad human. And he was, you know, his, his body started off with mom and dad. But he's kind of when I get that I'll have military guys like, I want to look like Tim Kennedy. That's what we all do. Yeah, exactly.
Trent 21:45
Well, I was just saying, I think Brian can back me up though, that we run into this in the pipeline a lot where students will be like, you know, they're checking out themselves in the mirror and they want to look a certain way. And then you'll see a performance drop off and it's like, what do you eat for breakfast? They're like, Well, you know, ate almost nothing. I know how to drop a slice.
Brian 22:02
Yeah, yeah, we get a ton of those dudes. It's like you came to do the past test, which is going to take most of the day up and you didn't eat or do anything for performance. And you're shredded. Nice abs. Not going to take anywhere from that. But that's not what's going to get you hired into the pipeline.
Tyler 22:21
Yeah, it's the look so I'm not military, so I feel bad. I don't mean disrespect I don't feel bad saying anything even sounds like a joke about military roles. Don't say like, looks only matter if you're a Navy SEAL. From a Navy SEAL friends and I have I have some Rangers friends’ Recon friends on it. And everyone just kind of makes fun of Navy SEALs just I have I have a friend that actually the other Recon Marine friend, he's just, I mean, you know, sounds really weird. He's just a pretty dude. He just is. And we all would, we would always tell him like you look a lot more like a Navy SEAL than a Recon Marine. And just infuriates me do exactly what we mean. Like you look like someone who should just be a SEAL.
Peaches 23:00
So, Tyler, going back a little bit. Feeding for performance sounds a lot like, you know, food is fuel. Right? So, what would you say for and Trent and Brian brought it up the guys that are in the pipeline that are doing you know, waking up at 5am, 6am and not hanging out, they are starting to train and they are training into the late afternoon evening? And I'm saying this from experience and I think I brought it up before but like I had the same thing when I was at SCUBA school, I could see my performance starting to go down now that wasn't because I was trying to keep ABS that was just because I legitimately just was not eating enough. And finally somebody pulled me over and said, Hey dude, I don't care what you have to do but you need to wake up at midnight hammer back some bags of potato chips or some cookies or just whatever you can get down and then go back to sleep because I was eating as much as I possibly could at lunch and breakfast and dinner and stuff. I just couldn't fit any more in and I mean the next day it was unbelievable. All of a sudden, I felt better I was performing better. So, what would you recommend to those guys that are guys and girls that are out there that are training while they're in the pipeline?
Tyler 24:22
Carbohydrates. The number one it's the number one thing that people try to avoid too. It's an it's literally it gets like if you ever see on my Instagram I have a lot of fun with the carnivore diet people just because some somewhere along the line It reminds me of like some weird religion where someone came in and be like, you know what this is this is what we should do. Someone came on the lines and said plants will kill you let's go carnivore. And that's their argument then that plants are dangerous. They're toxic. Like you're toxic man. You have to have the cold hydrates I mean, it's the most efficient form of energy is through carbohydrates, your glycolytic activity needs to be filled up by glycogen you can't get that from other forms. In fact, you know, if you try your body when your body will always outsmart you people say all the time, I'm trying to trick my body. Like, if we were capable, if it was capable to trick the body, we wouldn't still be I mean, we've lost hundreds of thousands of years because our body has found ways to outdo the stupid things that we've done to mean we've lived through a lot of things to spot ourselves, you know, because of ourselves. I was still slow. So that was a problem. Like no one. No one told me no one told me that the reason I couldn't Slam Dunk and the reason I couldn't run a sub-5 40 it wasn't because I didn't have the shoes. It was because I was overweight. No, man, no woman, no marketing was being honest with me. But anyway, but no, seriously, its carbohydrates are everything, you have to have those. In fact, going back to like, if you try to trick your body and you don't, you don't supply those, your body is going to get it from somewhere there's a there's a process called gluconeogenesis, where your body will actually use protein, and it'll pull that in to convert into glycogen. So, it'll use that as fuel. So here you are trying to put on all this muscle mass, you can be strong and really good and all this and you're trying to cut carbohydrates to rip up. And your body's just taking all that hard-earned muscle and using it as fuel because you're not giving it the carbohydrates it needs. I can't tell you how many times with a client, the number one difference of change that made them all of a sudden get leaner is to add carbohydrates into their diet, because now they're preserving muscle because of the carbohydrates. Again, same kind of thing. I can't tell you how many times with a fighter even when they're in the final weeks, and they're really trying to lose weight. Their performance is just suffering big time. And the biggest thing is I like we need to hit X amount of carbs. We're going to add this in before we go to bed and they wake up and just a completely new person.
Brian 28:19
All right, so keto diet is out. Yeah, I get that question all the time. It's better than carnivore but more performance.
Aaron 28:27
Yeah, and people always like they'll always pin me down because I've eaten keto on and off for a very long time and people are just like oh so that's what I was doing. I'm always like no for assessment and selection. No, you need to be eating like yeah 7000 calories a day and eat all the bread you want like I would when I was INDOC I would crave for whatever reason just lots of salt and vegetables. So I would load my tray up on veggie and just salt the crap out of those things and eat them and that was the thing that always made me feel better after a long day I'm like absolutely not like exclusionary fad diets like that like yeah, you'll get abs and you'll get a couple extra thousand Instagram followers but most of those dudes are dudes you know, they just don't check out your fitness page.
Tyler 29:04
Yeah, it's awful. I mean and keto. I do like keto better than better than carnivore because it does allow for some berries and veggies and I know that this wasn't the question but the biggest my biggest thing with carnivore people I tell them constantly like but no one no civilization has ever lasted. had like had a long-term carnivore diet It's never happened and I'll try to talk to you about the Intuit the Inuit’s who just lived off whale and stuff like this but they were also opportunity they weren't doing that because you know what? I bet those berries over there were really hungry, but those berries are probably toxic. So, let's just eat whale blubber. No, it wasn't a thing. Like they were opportunity opportunistic eaters. So, at times of the year they would have those things and they would eat them. And when they didn't, they were still getting, you know, diverse gut microbiomes and bacteria’s and things because they were eating a lot of fermented meat. I don't see any carnivore people like going out and burying their whale blubber and when it ferments and then eating it just doesn't happen. It's just an excuse, like, Oh, this was the same thing with a lot of people that are doing the keto diet wrong. Like it's just become an excuse for people to eat bacon and things that they want. Yeah, naturally, they just want those things. So, like they now it has a name. I can make sense of it frickin weird.
Brian 30:16
Yeah, exactly. And you can eat whatever drink as much milk or do whatever, as much cheese as you want. Yeah.
Tyler 30:22
So, it changes new rules new vegetarian, the top of vegetarian has changed 20 times I don't even vegetarian that eats fish. You're not a vegetarian.
CARB LOADING
Brian 30:31
Alright, so for those dudes that I get this question all the time also is for guys that are getting ready to do the past test, you know, the past this is on Monday. And they're trying to prep and they you know, exercise wise, you know, you tell them to taper down just a little bit. Don't do like six mile or whatever day before. But nutrition wise, you know, the old thing that used to be common is a bowl of spaghetti or a big old plate of spaghetti the night before? Is there anything like a couple days out that you do as far as hydration or anything different? That is not the common thread of society right now? Like, obviously hydrate eat carbs?
Tyler 31:07
I don't know how much is how much is required of them that day. But I generally tell people for things like five K, I can't hear a lot of people like carb loading for 5K. And that's just ridiculous. You don't need to do that. But if you're talking like a very intense like, what drone out long, long, you know, long day. So, this is the difference in volume and intensity. There is a difference. You know, to bring it back to CrossFit as an example. I don't know how familiar you guys are with CrossFit. But I know its kind of in the military world. But you have a workout called Fran, that's 21-15-9 thrusters and pull ups. It's a very quick workout. That's an intense workout. But it's not, it's not a lot of volume. It's just intense. When you have Murph, that is not very intense. By the definition of intense it's really not, you can just kind of coast through it. But it's a lot of volume, you would be you would need more carbohydrates for Murph than you would Fran you, you know, you have never felt as bad after Murph as I did Fran. With Fran, you feel like you want to dia. You didn't have to make any dietary changes for that. So, if this is something where they're going, like a much longer drawn out, you know how volume top situation which I imagined it is? Yeah, I would definitely start increasing that water, you know, 345 days out just a bit. And I find a lot of people aren't doing enough water to begin with. And my general recommendations for people are half your body weight in ounces, then an extra 15 ounces for every 30 minutes you work out. So, when you do the math on that most of us aren't really drinking enough. And that's a minimum. And then yeah, I would add some additional carbohydrates. But even then, you still don't want to have like a blowout nil like you'd like that's just going to sit on your gut are going to feel terrible the next day. So just be like a steady increase for a couple of days before just add a little bit to you to each meal.
Brian 32:59
So, it's basically like, you know, for those who have kids, it's like you measure how much you eat over that a couple of days and not at each meal specifically, yeah, so you drink you just try to eat as much.
Tyler 33:08
Yeah, and if you weren't doing spaghetti every day before don't do spaghetti the day before like all of a sudden include that in, I see that a lot of people they're like they're they usually with a lot of fighters that like aren't working with them. I just went 12 weeks eating super clean. And then the night before or five days on to eat a whole $5 pizza. And how do you think your body is going to responded that?
Brian 33:36
Yeah, so I want to switch back into some of the more mindset type of stuff. Because you're talking about, you know, when you go into the ring, every time you go in there, you're focusing on and you want to kill this person. And the rest job is to stop you someone out there, you know, needs to save this guy's life because you're going to be after them. That's an awesome way to look at it. You know, when I say going 100% every single time. And you know, whatever happens, at least, you know, you went in 100%. So, what do you think, you know, beyond that? What do you think is the biggest difference between those guys that make it in Special Operations and are selected? And those and MMA type of thing also, and normal people, you know, civilians that don't find themselves in that kind of arena?
Tyler 34:18
Yeah, I just think a lot of people don't. There are a few things, I think you have to have some level of competitiveness with that, like you absolutely have to. We're just not it's really hard not to so I remember, I did like a USO tour type thing. And it was in Afghanistan, I was talking to a lot of soldiers and it always had that real respect. Because again, I'm not in the military. So, I'm not going to sit here and act like I know more about any of them than they do. But I was getting a lot of questions about nutrition and how we should eat and this net and I was answering it. And then like, there were just so many of them snickering and saying things like that. Oh, yeah, but the ice cream so and this and that and the other and it was just a really honestly it was an immature And just rude group and adventure I'm just really kind of got pissed at them because as I was saying talking about the way that the question was my recommendations for how they should be eating, I was just getting met with like some of them laughing and telling me like the ways that they do eat and like that that's fine but you what you're here for a job by the fact the matter is you're here to buy, you know, as blunt as it is to possibly kill them and not be killed, like your primary objective, in my opinion would be to be the one that gets to go home. And I promise you the bad guys like they're not eating ice cream because it tastes really good like that, like they're living off of the bare minimum doing what they can. And they're each sleeping, eat sleep and breathing the idea of killing you tomorrow. To me like if you're in the middle, like that's just the mindset you have to have, or the minute you slip up on that, you know, can be your last minute on Earth, because I just you know, from what I know about that culture and things, like they don't, they don't have those luxuries because they see those luxuries as distractions and they are distractions, we have those luxuries, but you don't have to take advantage of those. I know that's a very, it's much more serious than fighting. But that was one of the reasons I loved fighting around Christmas time. I absolutely loved it. Because I was absolutely convinced that if awful during Christmas, I already had an advantage because I knew the other guy wasn't nearly as dedicated as me and was going to cheat on Thanksgiving. And he was going to cheat on Christmas. And I wasn't, he was going to take Thanksgiving off, he was going to take Christmas off. I wasn't. Seriously, that was one that was 100% why I like doing that I just loved I love trying to do that and fight it Tom's like fighting in like, like on other people's turf and things like that, just for the pure fact that I thought they would be comfortable. Like they're going there, they're going to be a little bit comfortable. And they're going to just I love it, again I'm weird. And you know, as soldiers, I just think that needs to be the mindset like, like, what's the like, this is a lot more than just winning and losing, like, what's the guy who is waking up tomorrow hoping to kill me so we can, you know, go to what he thinks is heaven. That's a pretty good reward in his eyes.
Brian 37:11
100% and you're training for even when you're in Special Warfare or doing whatever kind of missions, you're training for that one, you know, one hour a couple hours hopefully, of when you're just on the mission and you're doing that one thing and it's the same thing when you're in the ring, you know, you're not going to be in there for a week or whatever. It's just you're thinking about that one goal that you have in mind. And same thing for the guys that have done the past tests or that kind of thing. You just that one goal you see yourself doing it you envision it constantly and it's just always on your mind when you wake up and I think that you know is really important for those guys that are out there. As soon as you wake up you think every single choice after that minute until you go to sleep. Like what choices can I make to better my odds of making this happen?
Tyler 38:12
I was doing a security job once and I did I had a gun pull on me. And I mean I was for a split second when I was absorbed more than a split second. It felt like I was absolutely terrified. And then the like literally came into my head there wasn't any like what was so funny because I remember like growing up reading all these Bruce Lee movies like The Bruce Lee books and all this and like I just wish someone would put a gun to my head when I'm like do all this weird cool, crazy stuff that's out there that has more than two steps isn’t doing it. But I literally just remember in my head thinking like Dude, like he is not winning like I know that sounds really weird. But I didn't think about laughs I was like he's not winning there's no possible way so I slowly like just started like raising my hands because this is just human instinct like people especially civilians they watch way too many movies so they just someone points a gun they expect you to raise your hands and you know you are much safer with my hands down because then I can't hit you. So my Hey man, I'm just going to raise my hands I'm saying you're talking to him as I raise my hand and as soon as I get my hands to eye level I just take us on just punch him in the face as I can and pick up his Glock 19 you never thought you never you never expect the thug to carry such a solid weapon. Yeah, just because I mean as you guys know, gun is a gun is dangerous here. Gun is no longer dangerous or not dangerous everywhere. I'd be 10 times more worried if you had a knife and not enough dangerous at all angles, a guns just angle from point A to point or dangerous from point A to point B. So, I just went to point C and punching and that was literally like in my head like, like during that moment was just like Dude, there's no possible way this guy's winning this situation. And that's how I am with almost everything. It's sometimes it's good and what's really cool is not to get like romantic it's like this like the my fiancé is like the first person ever like honestly God I can say that I have no level of competition with like she has like I don't know like I will let her beat me or something if she wanted to just because like she's kind of like a very alpha like me and I've never really experienced that like with someone I'm very close to, but I'm trying to win every single situation like it's bad I know like with our little like three year old I don't even want him to like out dunking on the little play school basketball. It just goes into like it has to be like an overall that's just kind of my life mindset of like I just don't want to lose in any situation. And at that point realistically, like the guy could the smart thing would have probably just been to just back away and do not I mean really it could have been but at the same time he might need to do was drunk and all this he could have ended up shooting someone else but in my head I'm just like, Hey, this is a went this is a situation where there's going to be a winner and a loser and just there's no possible freakin way this guy's going to beat me out. We've had this conversation before, I just think it's there has to be a level of event and especially if you're not going to spot the Special Operations community, I've never met anyone in that community that didn't have a specific, you know, a certain level of arrogance and about him. I'm not saying narcissistic, there's a there's a big difference, but a certain level of arrogance, and it's earned. Like it just you, you can't go through those things accomplish what you've accomplished, and have the mindset that you have to have to succeed with that, because you're looking at every single challenge. Know, everything you're doing in the training, like your mindset has to be like, Oh, no, I'm better than that. There's no possible way that that situation is going to beat me, there's no possible way, this guy's going to break me, there's no possible way. Like, you just go through your entire training and everything, just thinking you're better than this situation, you're better than this person that's trying to break you, you're going to develop some level of arrogance, and you see that with, with anyone who's really top of their game. And, you know, it rubs a lot of people wrong, but it's just that life just isn't for everyone like it. And there's nothing wrong with that. But it just is what it is sharing.
Aaron 42:25
Yeah, we've talked about that line, you know, between confidence and cockiness and all that stuff before. So yeah, you definitely have to walk on kind of both sides of the fence. I wanted to switch gears a little bit. And we talked about your weight cut before. And the thing I want to talk about, you know, the most there is kind of like, you know, the cognitive decline, like I'm sure you felt mentally slower and sluggish. And I'm sure your body did not feel great after that weight cut, well, then you have the ability to go through a weight cut where your nutrition was on point, I want you to talk about the differences of those two things, because the MMA and then the assessment and selection, sort of communities fall right in line with one another on this because, you know, it may not be, you know, necessarily like a fight camp, but being somewhere for 8-12-16 weeks, where you're just constantly, you know, some days, you are going hard as you can you're redlining and some days, you're backing it down a little bit, but it's not really that much. And it's the cumulative effect of both the pipeline, and like an MMA weight cut. So, tell us what the difference was when you actually ate for performance. And you were eating those Jolly Ranchers in the hot tub, as opposed to, you know, not being correct on your nutrition.
EATING FOR PERFORMANCE
Tyler 43:30
Yeah, I mean, again, it goes back to the to the glycogen. I mean, it fills your brain as well, you, you hear the term hangry. And genuinely like people genuinely like you get fatigued and you just get angry. I can give you five grilled chicken salads, and you're still going to be hungry after about never giving someone five doughnuts and they were hungry afterwards just doesn't happen. It's a bit it's a truth like it, it feels your brain as well. And that's one of the things you start to feel you start to feel first. A client recently when they started with me, they were it was like their first day before they actually started the plan. And he was like, just to be honest with you. I think I have COVID I'm just telling you, like, number one, like, I'll never meet you like we're doing this through an email. It doesn't really affect me. But why do you think that and he starts going through the way the waste, like everything he fills and how he fills. And I'm just looking at this guy's application and having to do a 48-hour diet recall. And I'm like, dude, that's not COVID that's just the way you're eating. Like, like you feel that bad because he was just crashed out. Sounds like in two days; you're not going to talk you have COVID in my head but hold on one scenario because he was going to get attached to and the whole time, I'm thinking he's going to he's going to feel great and have COVID. But then those tests are terrible. Dude, I've taken 23 now. UFC and stuff and now they're actually making You were supposed to be an event this week and my fighter’s opponent backed out. I don't know the reason that could be that I'm not sure but uh so now before you even leave the UFC sends you an at home kit you have to stop the lab and do it yourself. So, you think like doing the nasal stuff thing is bad, doing yourself worse. Because you have to like they give you like a hot look to the right and law is awful. So, the fact is, this, this guy, just his diet was making him feel that bad. He was super fatigued, he had diarrhea yet a headache. My vision even blurred; you have all those effects from it. And cognitive is going to be the number one issue food is a drug. It's the absolute most powerful drug on Earth. Yeah, absolutely. That's why I always laugh like, every, every small town has at least one, you know, and I'm Christian. So, I'm not saying anything anti-Christian here. But you you're every time you want to have some really obese pastor that just damning people for being an alcoholic, and I'm thinking you're addicted to food, bro. It just is what it is. I mean, it's a very, very addictive thing. It's the most addictive drug. So anytime that you're just you're abusing that drug, you're going to have issues. Anytime that we take you from abusing that drug and put you in a situation where you're now doing what you should do, you're going to have withdrawals from that drug. So, it's the cognitive differences are just unreal, like you should feel sharp. Right? If you're not feeling sharp, like there's something wrong. I mean, you might just not be a sharp human, but like if you normally are, and something all of a sudden is just off. And you know, you just didn't take any head trauma, it's going to be your diet.
Peaches 46:42
Yeah, well, I think that's why the deployments are so nice, because you get on a regimented food regime. Yeah, so if you can avoid those on a deployment, you will get cut up and very dialed in focused. For the guys and girls that are that are coming in there. They're untrained, but they're looking to come into these career fields. What is one-piece specific advice specific to nutrition that you would want to give them.
NUTRITIONAL ADVICE
Tyler 47:34
So, this is something I use a lot. So, I tell people to do a just a self-assessment list. And I'll have them take. So, take a list I want you to attend, you can you can do it in your head right now or whatever. But take a list. On paper, I like to actually I would rather people write it down so they can look at it. And I'll tell them to write down 10 things that they know they're doing right now, like 10 things they absolutely know they're doing right now that are keeping them from optimal performance and health or looking the way they want and that thing, so 10 things everyone comes up with at least five not everyone necessarily has 10 but everyone has some. And one of the first things I'll tell people like okay, so for two weeks, or sometimes I'll say 30 days really spans, like, just quit doing that. That's like literally all I want you to do. And people start immediately getting results. And my thought process behind that is like if these are things you know you're doing wrong, you've already accepted the fact they're wrong, you know, they're wrong. So, it's much easier to eliminate than me throwing all this new information at you and then you having to accept this new information while you have this list of things that you're already messing up on. So just get out the low hanging fruit is the things that you know you're screwing up on. I'm obsessed with this stuff and I just I know there's ways I can get better. Like it's just absolutely just it is I mean there's we could apply that to anything in our life though like being husbands or students or anything like there's going to be a list of things you can make that you know you're really not doing good on I just start eliminate most things. You know, it's everything, especially in this world that we live in. Now you can figure everything out like no one absolutely needs a strength conditioning coach. Now no one needs a nutritionist, no one, no one needs any of those things like you could literally spend enough time if you had the time you could find that all out on your own. It's just a lot easier and it's a lot easier to go to professional for those things. You'll get there a lot quicker in the end you'll save a lot of heartache and money. But the fact is like we all can we all know what we're doing wrong and we can find ways around those. That's just it and self-assessments are everything. I had a conversation. Literally I thought it was going to be late. If I didn't wrap this up with her. I was worried I was going to be late with you all but again, I was really competitive and I was in an argument with this girl on Instagram...But know that this girl, I just, I just made the statement that I've made this many times that you cannot, it isn't, it isn't possible, it is just medically impossible to have to be overweight, not by a BMI or even a military, you know, the tapes and all that, but to have excess adiposity. So, like excess fat, you cannot, by definition, be healthy, if you have that. And people will my 40 time is this...It's just the truth. I'm just like, the fact of the matter is you can't and it comes in, in the form of what's the reason you're seeing, you know, it depends on which stat you look at it three to five times more likely to end up in the ICU, if you have COVID if you are overweight. And the reason is, is because with adipose tissue comes inflammatory cytokines. And when your body's inflamed, it's fighting the inflammation. It's like It's like your body's a castle. If the castle guards are constantly 24 hours a day fighting this enemy called inflammation that's caused by your excess adipose tissue, they're probably going to miss this, this, you know, the bad guy that's coming in from behind, because they're just totally focusing all their efforts on this. And that's happened. That's why you do see people that are overweight, just suffer from war issues, it's going to increase your likelihood of dying from anything. It just is. And I don't I don't see it to be making fun of anyone. I'm not saying it to be mean like it Not at all. And she was just calling me room force and you're very rude, you're judgmental, and like no one like, no one can look at my page and Sam judge like judging bodies. I never even mentioned people's bodies. I you know, I mentioned your weight and your health on this. And I was just answered there and said, if you can find medical literature that argues with me, I mean, I'll indulge that you might be wrong. I'm like, but the problem is, I've spent a lot of time looking for that medical literature and doesn't exist. So, you're already at a severe disadvantage. And, you know, we continue arguing like, Listen, like, this is the thing. If you're looking for comfort by better mattress, like I'm not the comfort guy, like I'm not, I'm not here to just like tell you things you're going to make you make you feel fluffy and make you feel good. It's just, it's just not going I'm going to say things that that step on your toes that challenge you I had a doctor a couple years ago, he was just dead serious. And one of the things he told me, he was like, if you continue, we were actually talking about some health issues I was having and things because I'll have a lot of like testosterone issues, and everything. And he was like, man, like you're having a lot of issues, because you've had traumatic brain injuries from the sport. He was like, and you're telling me all these things you're wanting to, you're telling me you want to have a family, you're telling me that Yeah, at that time I was already talking about I want to have my PhD I want to get back in school is that you're telling me all these things he was like, but then you're going out there and getting brain damage because you continue to fight the way you do. And that's and that is like, That's stupid. He's like, like, you need to, like, you need to quit honestly, if that's truly what you get, if these things are telling, like you need to quit fighting. And it hurt I was really, really mad. I was uncomfortable. But he was right. Like it is what it is, you know, and it's just, I could go on all day about that people do not like to hear things that that challenged them.
Brian 53:20
think that level of honesty, though, is really why people hire you as a coach. Now people are listening or looking for that person that's going to give them an honest assessment. And that's why they reach out, you know, to us and all of us give them our honest assessment, I used to do some of the events with some people that were going to be pipeline or civilians or whatever, or their prior service in the service, whatever their situation was, but don't show up out of shape. And I would literally, I mean, that's one of the first things I tell them. Why'd you show up and you're completely out of shape. It's not just, you know, having a little bit of fat is okay. Like we said before, but if you're obviously like, I guess, yeah, your legs are skinny, your arms are skinny. And you have all of your fat right here. And it shows because we're over here wearing, you know, the short shorts, and we're swimming in pool so everyone sees it. So that's the first thing anyone's going to notice, especially if you go to selection. Yeah. And they show up and you're chubby. That's, it's obvious. I mean, despite whatever people might say, you're not going to, people are instantly going to judge even if you don't say it out loud. And no, people are being nice in this kind of climate. But that's what I paid coaches to go there and take them to the gym and tell them like, Hey, this is what you need to do. And I have the same thing. Some, you know, PA, I talked to people with diabetes, and like, you're probably not going to live another 10 years if you don't change your ways right now. Because everything you're doing, you know, your levels through the roof, you're taking 20 medications, and you're not going to live. Some of them are like, Oh, I don't want to live past 60 like, okay, it's your life decision. Yeah, it's just how and it's just it's so frustrating. And it's only been it's only like you're saying controversial things like I don't I don't say anything. What I would consider to be controversy. Controversy is something that goes against, against proof and everything like that I'm not even saying things that are, like I'm saying things that have like medical literature to back it up. And I'm sitting here and like, like, I have people arguing with me that just because it's just not what they want to hear, and I'm like, I totally get that like, like I love to work out. But I would much love I would much prefer if I didn't have to work out. And if I could just have Abs without working out and eat whatever I want, I would much prefer that just not a realistic thing. And you're just people you just have to accept that and that's just the kind of coach I've really become that coach more in the last year that used to be and it's just it's just who I become and I've gotten a lot different type of clientele since on a lot more serious group of people they just they're they come to you and they care and I'm not if they're my clients I don't ever talk to like I'm never rude to a client or anything because they're there Come with me because they've already accepted Okay, I can do better. Sweet Am I kind of person let's talk. But these people on Instagram, like, it's constant. I'm telling them like, why do you follow me? Like you don't agree like when, like, everything you're arguing with right now goes against everything I post about it, like what are you doing following me? Like, go follow Mr. Rogers? His old Instagram so I don't know, like, follow a feel-good person. I don't know. Along that vein really quick. I just want to get this out to you. So, you talked about having that in the moment you have that kill like the killer be killed type of thing. And then competition drives you What would you say to somebody that's trying to go for Special Operations specifically, you kind of know you had a lot of friends that are in that arena. And I've talked to a lot of guys that have been doing that for a long time. What would you say? The mindset is that a guy like that or girl should have going into this kind of business and carry on throughout the rest of their career in order to make them successful?
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL
Tyler 56:54
Its killer be killed it really is whether it ever really is or not, you have to you absolutely have to have that attitude. Like everything has to be a competition. I don't buy into this whole like, like, like you're competing you like what is it like, your only competitors yourself for the man in the mirror. So stupid. That's another feel good tactic that's made people trying to feel better about themselves, because they're not beating other people. Like it's just not true. Right? Like find the best person like day one. Look for the absolute the person that you just look at and like that person is probably going to be the absolute best and make it your absolute goal to smash them and everything. I just I really just think that needs to be your to be your goal. Like if I do a fine again, I'm not I'm not a good runner. But every time I do if I just swap the level and I'm five K's at the finish off. If I do a five K, I have a rule. If you pass me, I have to pass you if you're in front of me, I have to pass you. Like if you like it, I'm not going to it's impossible. But I just never a problem. I never I never I've never won one. I never will I used to do all the time. I haven't because of COVID lately, but I'm not a good runner. But that's just my mindset. And I do a lot better with that mindset. Then if I'd like well, you know, I'm not a very good runner. So, I'm just going to go out there and finish like no, I'm the dude the dude it's wearing like running shoes and short shorts. And he has like, like the anti-nipple chafing vest and the water bottles like he's, he lives for this. I'm I don't live but I'm still going to try to smoke that guy. I'm going to throw up at the end and still never pass him but I'm going to try. I've never made a choice that all of a sudden like, like a personal choice to hacked into my fighter flight. It's always been something that someone else has put me into.
Brian 58:41
Alright, Tyler, any of you guys have any missed questions or last shots? parting words? You wouldn't call it any fighters with your comeback? My best friend. He's like a brother to me, James Krauss. He's in the UFC and he's my coach. So. So when I would have my five camps, I would go to Kansas City and train with him. My son's middle name is James after this guy. I care I care that much about him. But we were both on the Ultimate Fighter and we both lost in the past. Well, then they were doing an Ultimate Fighter return season then bringing back people who have lost and they'd already picked James like he was already in the UFC too, and they still want to bring him on and they told me that so in my interview, originally, I mean I made it to the final rounds and they ended up just not choosing me because they changed the way they were doing the weight class. But uh, they were interested in the flat out told me so we know James is your coach, and he's your best friend, because I'm very vocal about that. But he said he's definitely getting picked, like, how would you handle it like if you end up getting into the house together and you're on opposing teams, and you have to find him. I was like, I want to find him first. And like, the interviewer is like, wow, why would you want to find him first? And I'm like, he's my best friend, if anyone's going to beat me, like, I want it to be my best friend like, I would rather him, him go on,
Aaron 1:00:17
I would rather than say for him to like him when I lay him down. Like at least it was me exactly. At least now, I don't have to avenge the death.
Brian 1:00:23
I said, but, but if for some reason, and I think James is also the most underrated fighter in the UFC. And since he is my coach, he beats me up worse than absolutely, he beats me up more than people that are better than him, just because he knows every aspect of my game, like, I had a very small, small chance of ever winning. But I was like, you know, if he wins, he goes on in the tournament. But at the end of the day, like, if I'm going to be anyone, I want it to be my best friend. And they just could not, they couldn't understand that. And in my head, I was just thinking it was a win, you lose your best friend, or for the rest of my life, I get to tell my best friend, and I beat him at the moment that matters most. That's the best, I think that's wonderful. That's awesome. That's just like how we do you know, in the pipeline, we challenge each other to whatever, we have these dumb things that we do against each other. And obviously, all the all the guys that were hanging around are super strong. We know the ins and outs, but you know, we trained to make sure that we're at our peak level, because when we, you know, go up against whoever, once we deploy, we know that we've trained against the best already, like who else is out there.
Tyler 1:01:26
So, like that to the attitude we had, like, what are they doing? They want to kill you tomorrow? So, you better be ready.
Brian 1:01:34
Yeah, all right, I think we're going to wrap it up really quick. So, you know, overall, thanks, again, for coming on. And it's awesome to just have you on here and listen to that killer mindset and be very successful as a nutritionist, and then, you know, hanging out with guys like Daniel Cormier and all those other MMA fighters that you get to just really spend a lot of time around. And just the level of motivation, I think is the same thing is, you know, Special Warfare, not that we're like that famous or anything like that, but just the motivation to do the job. And the motivation to actually, you know, take care of each other, and get to win and be a winner at the sport that you're playing whatever it is, whether it's actually deploying and doing that kind of stuff, or going in the ring and having that mindset to kill or be killed. I love that, that you brought that up, because it's always, you know, all in and it's every time that you, you know, take off your Special Warfare, you take off from the fog, or from wherever, where you just step out the door from your house, it's like what's going to happen today, and it's, it should be kind of the mindset of every day in day out, you know, we don't know what's going to happen to us whether or not we're not going to, we're going to get a car accident, we're going to do whatever, you know, we make the most out of every moment, and make every day count, every single decision that we make from the time of wake up, until the time we lay our heads down, is toward a goal and to make our lives better, and to make those around us better. So, I think what you're doing is really awesome. Being able to, to at that level of performance, not only, you know, tell the other fighters what to do, but also to just continue living at yourself. And you know, you're always going to have that mindset. And I think that's similar to those people that are in Special Warfare, we're going to continue on, and be those kind of people that we grew up to be and continue hanging around people that are like all of us right here, to make sure that we do our best and make each other as sharp as possible. So yeah, we talked about, you know, a lot of different things. And, you know, with the laws of exercise, main thing is, if you guys are trying to do keto, or you know, grow some abs or whatever, that's not what you're looking for, eat them our performance. That's right, throw some donuts down. You heard it from the guy himself right here, professional nutritionist, don't sit there and go on keto, and think you're going to show up to the PAST test and crush it. You got to fuel that machine and actually eat some carbs. So that was really important for you guys to listen to make sure your wind it listens to the things that he said, if you're not paying attention, or you're dozing off, you're in one of your hard sets are somewhat that go back and listen to that. So again, thank you all for listening. And thank you for coming on and talking to us. We had a blast just talking to you. So, you're welcome to comment anytime. And is there any way that if guys have questions or anything that they can reach out?
Tyler 1:04:20
If you have an Instagram Like I said, I put a ton of free content on Instagram and I have a rule that I will literally answer every dm so I got people ask me for free advice constantly on Instagram, and I'll give it I don't care there. There's no limit to that. So, my Instagram is TylerMintonNutrition. My website is tylermintonnutrition.com. And I have like fields people can fill out to email me or anything there. But I answer anything. Like I said, it's not a you know, I even have some people that probably abused that a little bit on. I don't care. I just want to help.
Brian 1:04:56
Yeah, I mean, it's the same thing on all of our DMs everything Some frequent fliers. That's awesome that you sending, try and make the community better, as much as possible and make that impact in people's lives. So, thanks again, for all of you guys out there listening. Make sure you go out on Apple podcast, leave a review for us five stars, of course, nothing else. But, you know, leave a comment. If you guys have any questions, you can always reach out to us onesready.com and you get to fill out the info at ones ready. And we'll always answer your questions. Same thing on the Instagram. And then also, the other thing is the shirts would be coming in, Hope is Not a COA. Go check that out on the website. It's going to be up there, awesome, super high-quality tri-blend shirts. None of our stuff is just, you know, plain old cotton or Gildan or whatever. It's all the tri-blend shirts. They don't have any tags on them. You know, it's all custom-made stuff. And we'll make sure you guys have the best stuff for you working out. There's going to be durable and comfortable with some time. So, again, thank you guys for listening. And we'll see you guys around, earn each breath.
TLDR: Eat for performance. Carbs are not the enemy.
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