November 25, 2025 • 47 mins
In episode 47 of The Adaptive Mindset, Brett Gallant interviews Alan Dyck, a fitness coach and transformation expert, as he discusses the importance of mindset, discipline, and the power of community support in achieving lasting change.
Tune in for valuable insights that can help you thrive in both your personal and professional life.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:01:41] Total identity reset journey.
[00:04:24] Weight loss journey transformation.
[00:10:33] Life transformation and decisions.
[00:15:11] Life transformation and self-discovery.
[00:17:06] Mindset and personal growth.
[00:19:57] Transforming Lives Through Fitness.
[00:25:38] Making every day your best.
[00:30:04] Short-term sacrifice, long-term gain.
[00:32:34] Importance of kindness in fitness.
[00:36:33] Putting your own oxygen mask on.
[00:41:51] Helping others and personal boundaries.
[00:46:11-00:46:22] Food as fuel.
[00:47:20] Thriving in the digital age.
QUOTES
- "You can't want something for someone more than they want it." - Alan Dyck
- "It doesn't take much to make somebody's day." -Brett Gallant
- "Just because the body can get up and do what it needs to, doesn't mean it should be. F***** eat. Food is fuel.” -Alan Dyck
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Alan Dyck
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WEBSITE
Adaptive Office Solutions: https://www.adaptiveoffice.ca/
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Welcome to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm Brett Gallant, cybersecurity thoughtleader and founder of Adaptive Office Solutions. Here, we
don't just talk tech, we unlock the strategies, stories, andmindset shifts you need to stay secure, lead boldly, and
thrive in a digital world. Let's get started. Welcomeback to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm really pleased to have with
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you today, Alan Dyck. This is going tobe a banger. I want you to pay attention and listen up.
It's going to be good. It's going to help you. When I first connected withAlan, I thought I was joining a fitness program. Alan's
my fitness coach, by the way. WhatI didn't realize was this. I was signing
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up for a total identity reset. Alan partneredwith Dan Martell to create a online program
that's helped entrepreneurs like me rebuild their discipline, theirenergy, and their confidence. Today, we're going
to unpack the habits, the mindset, and the cleansethat changed everything, and how those same tools can
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help you show up as the person you're meant to be. So Alan,welcome to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm glad to be here. How's
it going? Oh, it's going great. I've had a great day, morninggym session, just meeting people like you today.
It's been a pleasure. I love it. Solet's dig right in. Let's talk about how your
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whole journey into coaching began and yourWell, for me, it's been, well, it's been 24 years now.
And, you know, a long time ago, my,my advice was any form of fast food and sugar. And,
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you know, for a lot of people, myself included, itwas just, I needed something to curb something that I
thought was an issue. And, you know, it took overmy body and it made me feel and look like shit. And,
you know, I was married at the time, and eventhough we had a great relationship, I still felt so alone because
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of how I felt as an individual and from where Ihad put myself. For so
many people, it's just like once you start that downward spiral,it just continues to keep going and going, and it's so hard to get
out of that fucking rut once you're in it. For me,You know, there, there was a very specific day that, you
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know, kind of had me turn my hat backwards and say, enough's enough. Idon't know where I will be if I continue on this path. And,
you know, I was getting ready for work. Wehad an outfit we had to wear. I had slip on shoes. I
had a technique that I had to do in order to put on these shoes. Cause I was sobig. And one day I just couldn't, I
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couldn't put them on. And it was my, my ahamoment where I was just like, you're fucking joking me. And
I just broke down, you know, and I just started crying. Andat that point in time, I was, you know, I was depressed. Like I said, I
was lonely. I, you know, I had a, had a great relationship, butI was still all by myself. And, you know,
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for anybody else that's been in that position, you know, exactly what I'm talking about.
And that fucking moment on, I turned my hat backwards andI said, no more. And, you know,
it started, started pushing myself in the right direction, notknowing what that right direction was. All I know is I need to do 110% of
the opposite of where I was and where I was that day. And. youknow, started, you know, eating healthy or whatever I
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thought was healthy. Chicken, tomatoes, why those things? Ihave no fucking idea. Started going to the gym, which
was the most intimidating thing on the face of the planet for someonethat felt and looked like me because I was so in my head, assuming
that every single person that I would see was thinking something that theyAnd, you know, being able to walk through those doors and
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just, you know, be in that environment wasthe hardest thing, but the best thing I ever did, because after
two and a half months, I was able to drop 115 or 120 pounds. And,you know, even though I still look through the same eyes, I still felt
different. And I knew I had more energy to be able to try andhelp as many people as possible feel like I did now,
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as opposed to where I was. And that was my life's mission is. Iwas so unhealthy and in such a bad state, just
like Tony Robbins says, change your state, change your mind, changeyour body. And it's like the second I did that, I knew what
I wanted to do with my life. And I wanted to have as many people asI could possibly help be able to compare the two so they
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Yeah, no, you're speaking to the convert. I have asimilar background. I was I've yo-yoed on
my own journey. I was at my highest after my father died.
I ballooned up to 349 pounds. Oh,wow. Yeah. And so like what
you're saying, you had that, that moment that we all get to,or, or, or sometimes we don't, we get to, and we don't accept it.
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We decide not to act and that we don't work on our mindset forme. I had that with my coach.
I actually dropped money on a program before signing upwith you. And before that, I did nothing. And
I was lying to myself. Butit came to me for my moment, which was similar, where I've released, as
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of today, 130 pounds, which isincredible. But I said to my coach, my business coach, I
said, Dave, I don't have time to go to the gym. And he said, Brett, you mean to tell me you don'thave time to go to the gym? Okay,
there's lies we tell ourselves and like from being aroundyou and seeing how you structure things and being in your program, it's
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all about rebuilding your identity. LikeI've been following you and I've listened to a few of your episodes
and even you've launched your own podcast. AndI had a great listening and listening to your story, your
story and how you helped people. I thinkit's really important we tell some of
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that story today, Alan, so we can tell some more people about it. I'mThe first time I ever said this out loud was a couple of years ago.
I was asked to speak in Charleston, South Carolina. AndI had never done a speaking engagement in my entire life.
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And Dan had said to me, you know, eventually this is going to come about. Andit sure fucking did. And so they brought
me down there and I was it was a two day event. Andit was Adam and he owns I Love Coaching. And
I was the second speaker because I was his coach. And Iwas the second speaker on day one. And I literally was shitting
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my pants. And I just, I was so nervous and I was so scared becauseI had never said out loud what actually, you
know, happened to me. And so, youknow, the first couple of minutes was tough. I was sweating like crazy, but then all of a sudden it
just clicked. Cause once you start talking about something that you're passionate about orthat you know better than anybody else on the face of the planet, it just starts to
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rattle off like nothing. And so. Youknow, for me, like I said, I was a
large guy. I clearly ate my feelings andgot to a point where, you know, I was working
at a place called Ruth Chris and it's a fine diningestablishment. And when you're as heavy as I was, you
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know, we had two floors. And theywould get a kick out of it when they would put me on the fucking bottom floor because the
bar was on the top floor, but I would have to go up two flights of stairs, getthe drinks and come back down. And, you know, I feel
for you. Cause I remember my knees wereupset at me. My lower back's like, what the fuck is the deal? And I'm
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sweating. Like it's going out of style and I'm not working out. But tome, my body, when you're through almost 300 pounds, it's a big
deal. And so. I'd get up there, I'd get mydrinks, I'd come back down and I'd have to collect myself for like three or four fucking minutes
and gather myself, my thoughts, my breath, all those things. And,you know, it was embarrassing. But for some reason, you
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know, that wasn't the moment that changed where I needed togo in the right direction, because for some reason I just continued
on. And it was so sad because likemy ex-wife, we would go grocery shopping and I would I loved fucking Twinkies.
and I would just eat a whole box of Twinkies before we even got home. LikeBut it's crazy how when you get so used to something, that's
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what made me happy. It was sad that that's whatmade me happy, but because I was so used to it and I just felt the way I
did, is that every time I would consume something that was horrible for me, itmade me happy and it made me okay. And we
live in this loft and i was so large that i couldn't evenfit fucking normal on the toilet i had to sit sideways
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and it was like once again i was with somebody that loved meshe didn't care what i looked about but she did care that i was you know i
was healthy and then i at least you know I tried to possibly goin the right direction. And don't get me wrong, there were so many things I did, like so
many other people, where I would try this bad, or I'd try this andjust nothing would work. And then I would revert right back to what I was comfortable
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with. And that's fucking Reese's Pieces buttercups. Andit's crazy when you go down that path for so long, and
it's just normal, even though it's not. AndI just, to this day, I'm so happy that I was, you know, I was
only, you know, 24, 25, but I was happy thatI was finally able to make my, my choice on
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And you did that early, like you can still change anyAnd that's why I tell so many people, it doesn't matter when,
it's just, let's go. And I justfinished talking to a couple of people on the phone before I got on this, and I
listened to people's story. And everybody says the same thing. It'slike one guy was 47, other people are this, other
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people are that. Everybody's in a different stage of life. But I said to him,I was like, However corny it sounds, we've got one life to
live. How do you want to live it? And you know what? After I compare whereYeah. And I, I think there's some people that
have already gone through their transformation in life and they, they can resonatewith that because I am, I'm not going back. Uh,
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And it really changes the decision. Andjust, there's a shirt that I love to wear, Alan, all the time. Discipline is
a decision. And we just gotta decide,and this is it. But it's
okay to ask for help at the same time. And that's why it's importantto reach out to people like you. And not
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100%, because we can't do it alone. We're meantAnd you know, like, and that's what I love when you said
that, like Dan always, he said to me back in the day, it's not if it's when, andit's like, I don't even use that word ever again. It's when is it happening? And
yeah, 100%. And that's like, youknow, it's so important when you can change your mindset, just
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say, okay, you know what, this is what I need to do. And,you know, the fact that I love what I do for a living, but
it took me so many years to figure out how to make it work. Andthat's why when I talk to somebody, sometimes I sound like a car salesman because
I just start going to town, but I love it so much. Well,I'm passionate and I know the results are going to happen within one day. And
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it's like, I already went through the tests, the trials, allthe things, because every single thing I've talked to every single one of you about,
I've already done to myself to make sure it works. Therefore, when someone lies tome, I can call them out on it and say, how bad do you actually fucking
want this? Because I already put in the time to tell you whereOh yeah. And that's the thing. I was talking
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to somebody last night that's on his own journey. Ido scouting. And he was saying, I
love the fact that he got a coach. Somebody's helping him. ButI told him the other thing that's equally important is what you put in your mouth.
You are what you eat. Yeah, 100%. Andwe have to be honest with ourselves. And I've been yo-yoing, even
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being on your program, I've been yo-yoing. But there'sthis little, little critical moment that we have to
really be honest with ourselves. And there's timesthat, hey, on the fitness program that I'm on
with you, there's certain elements that you say, okay, you finish atsix. But it's a
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mindset. You're not actually hungry. There's timesI put, I'm just saying that. So
it's 100% that you have to make that decision. How bad doyou want it? And how much work are
you gonna do and follow the program? andmake that decision. And be disciplined. So.
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And you know, when someone finally makes that decision, allof a sudden everything changes, you feel better, you look better,
you've got more energy, and now you're able to take on the world at adifferent level regardless of what it is. I've got kids, I've got
a 10 and a 12 year old. There's zero chance I'm gonna be slowingdown before 110 years old, but I know that I'm gonna be able to do what
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I need to because I want to do it and I feel amazing. Idon't want to take a fucking nap at two o'clock in the afternoon because I don't have fucking energy.
No, but it's my job to try and help people get throughYeah, well, like just with what you've helped
me with, I shared this with somebody a couple ofdays ago. I wouldn't even take my children up to the park.
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I wantIf you go back to that old version of Alan, if
you could whisper something to him right now, to that pre-transformation,What you know now? What
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would I say to him? No one's ever asked me that question before. Yeah.
What kind of life do you want to live? Yeah. Yeah,Dan asked me that question when I first started training with me, he says, what
do you want out of life? And I told him I want to spend it withthe people I care most about in the whole world, doing whatever they fucking want
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to do and just having a good time. You know what? That's whatA hundred percent. Cause he literally brought me into his place and
There's a real thing that everybody listening, ask yourself thatIt'll change mindset and it'll change your direction. You know, we
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think about a specific car, you see that car, you think about what you want, you'reBut it's a decision. And all
you got to do is decide. I believe, just because I've beenworking on my own mindset for years, there's
a book, The Mind of Man Can Conceive, TheMind of Man Can Achieve. Agreed. That's a
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You know what it is, too. Yeah. I just went to Tonyfucking Robbins in Anaheim. So it's like listening to somebody like
having to be able to put all those things into practice and then just have aguy like Dan in my corner, have a guy like Tony be able to say
the stuff that say the stuff that Dan talks about. Like it's like mindsetAnd sometimes, though, And you've, you
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probably know this yourself. Sometimes you needto hear the same thing multiple times. So you hear it
a new way, or the person you are today isready to receive it and execute on it. You
may have needed to hear the words that Alan said today foryou to activate something today to get after it.
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A hundred percent. You know, I was thinking about this the other day, cause I was talking to, I can't rememberwho was talking to, but I was like, I'm 43 years old.
I two years ago when I met Dan and he was able toteach me that there's no fucking ceiling and give me just
some form of direction. I already had the drive, but the direction waskind of clouded. I thought I had made it when apparently I didn't. I can help
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more people. It was crazy how. Iwas upset. I said to him, I was like, man, I'm kind of pissed off
that I didn't make this transition 10 years ago. Andhe's like, but would you have been able to receive it and do what you did now with
it 10 years ago? And I was like, you know what, fuck off.
Like it made sense though, because I don't think I would go back. Idon't think I would have made the same choices and done the same thing that I would have
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No, because the person you are today, you were ready to receive it in the way that youneed it to. Just like when I came into
the program with you guys, uh, I was ready. I alreadywas partway there, but I was ready to take them to the next level. Just my
mindset, um, uh, on that, um,There was something that you said in your
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first podcast. Alan's got a podcast, by the way, and Itotally recommend you check it out. The
first two people you helped along the journey. I thinkSo there was a lady named Jasmine.
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And so where we live inKelowna, There's a Save On Foods and every
single fucking day when we lived there, where therewas, I would go into the Save On Foods and I didn't realize there was this girl,
her name was Jasmine, she worked in the bakery. And I didn't realizeshe had been following me and kind of
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watching and this and that, but she was a heavier lady, butshe was scared. And so she had
watched me for six, seven, eight, nine, 10 months. And all of asudden, one day I was up there and she's like, Alan. And I was like, hi. And
she's like, hi, I'm Jazza. Nice to meet you. And shewas, I think, just under 400 pounds, 380 pounds, I
believe. And Shewas so scared because I could tell that she wanted to talk to
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me because she obviously had seen my stuff and what I can do. Andwe got talking one day and I kind of gathered that, you
know, she needed some help. And for me, when I was firststarting, like I said, I wanted to help as many
people as I possibly could. So what I did, it was close to Christmastime. I walked in and I said, Merry
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Christmas. And I gave her a, basically it was like a coupon. AndI wrote on it and said, one year free training with
Allendeck. And she started to cry. And I just said, this comeswith one caveat is like, you have to listen to every single thing
I say for the next year. And she says, done. Shelost almost 120 or 150 pounds in
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that time, took back her life, feels amazing. Andit makes me happy because now I was able to help somebody change
their mindset, change their person, change their attitude, change theirfucking competence. And now they're a better person for
every other person around them. And then she's now damnnear a walking billboard. So now the people that she motivates, it's
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just a win-win situation for every single person. But at the end of the day,it gives me goosebumps to talk about it, because I fucking love it. And
Yeah. And that's the beauty, justshowing up and helping somebody. I know my own transformation has
helped people. I had a hard time accepting it at first, butnow I'm just accepting it. Yeah, it's new. Yeah. I'm still uncomfortable with
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And that's where I said earlier, it's like we always lookthrough the same eyes. So for me, my big problem was
I competed bodybuilding for damn near 20 yearsand I'm not necessarily done yet, but I'm working on my business right
now, but I still look through the same eyes. And a coupleof years ago when I took Dan on, My kids had never seen
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me maybe five times in their entire life with my shirt off. Becauseeven though I was a competitive bodybuilder, I never took my shirt off because I still
thought I saw what I used to see. And so Dan'slike, you know what? You're just going to do a disservice to your kids, to
the people around you. And he's like, you've worked your ass off. So whywouldn't you? To this day, it's crazy how
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I changed my mindset. And now I feel more comfortable andIt's always in the back of my brain. And for every single person listening, and that
Oh, 100%. I mean, I'm gettingon the plane this Saturday to go up North. and
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I'll still be asking, in the back of my mind, I'm mentally prepared toask for the seatbelt extender. You're fucking, right?
And I love how we just fucking let it out, but weYeah, 100%, and I got so
good at it, Alan, because I didn't want to be embarrassed whenI couldn't put it on. The old me, I
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knew as soon as I go on the flight, I would ask thestewardess, could I have a seat belt extender? So I wouldn't be embarrassed. No
shit. You know, but there's still thatmental thing. I'm going to be thinking, do I need like, there's still
that old version that's still, you know, still there for sure.
Um, um,What are your top three non-negotiables right now for you? All
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It's well, my top three are, so every person Itake on has to send me, uh, usually, and this
is more so for men, as opposed to women, uh, their weight to the decimal. SoI know it's all along. We're going in the right direction. What kind of physical changes they
can see and where, and are you hungry in the day? And if so,when with those three things, other than wait for
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females because it's not as important because I care more about how they look, howthey feel, and I don't want it to mess with their head. Guys, we're
a little bit different when it comes to that. And so, I know my role after helping asmany people as I have. But once I have those things, I'm able to put
anybody in the right direction faster than you can ever fucking think. Youeither can take a bus or you can take a plane, how fast you want to get there.
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And for me, those are very important because what happens is, likeyou said earlier, Every single person needs to be accountable to
somebody. And if you're going to be accountable to somebody, you've gotto show up. And if you're going to text and make sure that you're checking in
every day, just like I check in with my coach when I'm competing andgetting ready for a show, I need somebody to look outside the box. Even
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though I could help myself, I still need that outside motivation justlike they do. And when they give it to me, it makes me show
Right on, yeah. And so that'syour non-negotiables with your clients, okay? But
what about Alan? What's your non-negotiables now? Like there'sthis whole, this man who's been claiming
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a whole new identity in another way with theevolution of your business, and then going to Tony Robbins.
But what's your non-negotiables that you commit to now asan entrepreneur? as the man who's helping
Well, it's like you just said, like so much has happened in such ashort period of time. It's crazy. Like I caught myself the
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other day sitting by the fire and I was just like almost tearing up because I'mlike, I just still can't fathom what has happened in
such a short period of time. And the projection is insane.
Like every day, there's no lost days anymore. There's no fucking thing, no such thingas Friday, Saturday, look forward to whatever. It's every day
is on. And that's what I love about this because Dan taught me, it's like,Why does everybody just look forward to a specific time of the day or a specific time
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of year when you can make every day your best day? And so whenyou make that mindset switch to
realize that every day is your best day, that for mewas my number one non-negotiable. I will never not let that
be a thing. It's not like I'm going to look forward to any other day. I'm going tomake every day. And I teach my kids that every
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fucking day. It is what it is. I love every fuckingday. And so Other non-negotiables
for me is, how many people can I start to reach nowwith what I'm doing? Before, I just
trained here where I trained one-on-one in groups. Don't get me wrong,I was busy and I helped quite a few people in a day. But now, with
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the volume and where we're able to go and howI'm able to go about it with the people that I have in my corner, I'm
just so excited with being able to help more people everyfucking day, like every day. Like I can't, like I'm going to be doing a talk here.
We're going on a mega yacht in March. We're going all over the world. And it'sjust, it's so cool to just know
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Well, yeah, and there's that other side of it,Alan, that perhaps you have considered,
but when there's people like me and the thousands ofother people you coach, they're going on. And
And that's why I tell all you guys, you guys end up becoming your own walking billboard. Justbecause someone can give you the tools, you still have to do the work. Just
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like I still have to do the work. I get up every day, the first thing I do ismake my bed. Second thing I do is I get in the hot tub and I work for
15, 20 minutes on how I'm gonna go about the day. I make surethat I have my set things that make me just skyrocket straight
And I said, I've learned from the best to be able to apply thebest traits and attributes to be able to kick ass as much
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Yeah, no. And that's where the magic happens. Mykids asked me this recently. Daddy,
I didn't think of saying something like that. Nicely done. I'm going to use that.
Oh, yeah. No, as they look at me and my daughter, mymy youngest daughter, she looks at me and you know how kids can do that.
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You know, it's it's so crazy that Somyself included, I never talked like that. I never thought about it.
I never just was like, OK, every day is your best day. OK, well, OK,great. But it's it's very addicting when you start talking like
that because other people start to pick as well. And it's it'slike wildfire. And, you know, like I said, the
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more people you change, kind of make that switch, the better their lifeis. You know, the more everybody tends to talk, it's because like misery loves company.
And when I was heavy and I felt horrible, I didn't wantto be around other people. I didn't want to be doing the things that I love doing
And it's like, yeah, there's so many people thatcan relate to that. Like even myself, I wouldn't I'm
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going to be speaking in Northern Canada. Iwouldn't have done that before. 349 pounds. I
hid, you know, and then, you know,um, Let's see
if we can bust a myth for somebody right now. You talked aboutwhen you first had that vulnerable moment going into the gym and
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not sure if it was your place. I've been there thinking,okay, people are going to judge me. How do
people break through that? peopleNothing that motivates you more than anything else on the face
of the planet. Look at Rocky IV, he put up a picture of DolphLundgren on that fucking right there, because that's what he needed. Just
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had this conversation with the guy I just talked to. You need to findsomething that motivates you and only you. Every single person
has something. And for me, it was, all right, mymission is to help as many people possible feel the way I
do now. You know what, for other people it might be, okay,I've got to get ready for a wedding, or I've got to do this, or just to be
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consistent is huge. I find that when you're consistent, andyou're doing something sustainable, and you feel a thousand times better,
and all of a sudden you're living a life that people are jealous about becausenow you put in the time and you're exactly where you want to be, enjoying
So it's like short-term sacrifice, long-term gain. Iknow we can get there. It's just how much do you want it? And what's the
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most important thing to you? And I find when I talk to people that have kids, it'slike I mentioned it earlier, it's being able to play with them. It's being able to do the things
with them and not be like, holy shit, I'm tired or, or say, no,I never want to say no, because guess what? There's going to be a time when my kids
don't want to do that with me because they're going to be gone. And I'm going toYeah, they grow up, Alan, they grow up fast. Yeah.
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I have five kids. My oldest is21. Youngest is six. So I know. I know.
But yeah. But I think sometimes peoplego to the gym and they're worried about what people may think. But I remember even
for me, at one point in my life, I went to the gym andI was 335 pounds at the time. And I went to a
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different city. I went to work out while the kids were playing in the amusement park. Guycame up to me and said, way to go for
you coming here. Because there are people forwhoever is out there listening, you're on a fitness journey. And
maybe you're embarrassed to go in the gym. I can guaranteeyou most people in that gym, more
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worried about themselves, but they're silently cheering you on,cheering you on. There's a man that goes to my gym, Alan,
and he's bigger than I everwas. He shows up, gets on the treadmill and
I'm just cheering him on. I want him to win. IAnd it's those things that are, you know, you're saying that
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exactly right. It's like we, as individuals that are ina position that we might not be happy with, put in another position
where we think somebody is judging us when they're not. Theyare doing exactly what you just said. They're thinking about themselves because
they have their own goal, they have their own drive, they have their own mission. Butat the same time, when someone like that, or like myself that walks through the
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door, they were supporting me, just nota lot of people come up and say it. That's why whenever I see a guy that's got a
haircut or whatever, I'm like, hey, nice haircut. Instantly, it changes thatcomplete, that demeanor of that individual. My daughter does the same thing. Whenever
we go out for something to eat, she'll say to the waitress, it's like, wow, yourhair looks great, or your nails look amazing, or she's very specific. And
when you're very specific, it changes that person's mindset and it makes thatIt's crazy. And it just takes a little
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moment of kindness just a tiny bit to make them feelspecial. My father always said, when I grow up, I want
to be just like you. But the other thing, when he was in the hospital dying,and we didn't know he was dying, but he would say to the nurses, you're
my favorite nurse. Oh, really? Yeah.
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No, it doesn't. And when you finally getthrough those doors and you start to feel better, it's so encouraging because
then you, once again, can be encouraging for other people because you've alreadybeen there, you've already experienced it, and you know the hardships that
you think you go through, and now you can be a lighthouse for the nextThat's what we're here for. So we've
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talked about a couple of things, your transformation, howyou're going through this incredible change
of growth and possibility in yourbusiness. And the sky's the limit, really. But
I wanted to spend just a minute or two and totell people, maybe you can share a little bit about what it's like being
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in your world, because there's one magical part ofyour program that's great, and it's
the cleanse. And that's a real test and discipline, isn't it?
It sure fucking is. It's like, ButDan and guys like that teach mindset. If you can do that, you
can do anything. And that's why I love to start off with it, because notonly does it kick ass, it's only 16 days. Anybody on
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the planet can put them fucking selves through 16 days andI don't make fucking exceptions for anybody out there. It's like.
After you get those 16 days done, not only do you feel better, doyou look better, all those things, but now you know you can do
it because you did do it. And so that'swhy I built this a long time ago, because it was like exactly that. I
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didn't realize what I was doing. I didn't realize I was building a mindset toolfor somebody to be like, holy shit, I did it. What's next? Because what's next is
going to be so much easier. Yeah. And it's like, IYeah, it's the battleground though to prove that you can do it. And
it builds, I think one thing I was thinking about recently, it buildsa habit. And you just say, okay,
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one more day of this crap. That'swhat it is. But then once you get through seven
or eight days, okay, this isn't that bad. AndYou probably heard, you know, I've heard every single, I've heard
more guys complain than possible. Like it's just, butonce again, you just said exactly that once you get past
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a certain amount of days, all of a sudden the pros haveoutweighed the cons. You start to feel a thousand times better. And
just like anything, when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel andyou're halfway there, why wouldn't you fair carry on the rest of the way? And
so it's like initially those first couple of days, like you justsaid, you got to switch over your mindset and it takes three, four weeks to
become a kind of routine for somebody. And so onceyou realize you start at six, you eat lunch at 12 and you finish at six, well,
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that becomes the pattern that you're going to do that for the next set. Now it'sgoing to be that much easier and it's never going to be as hard as this again. But
like you just said, I can do this. I did it. Fuck everybodyAnd I've seen so many people being in the program that have done
it and people are cheering it on. Youknow, you can do it. You can do anything
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if you set your mind to it. You just have to decide. It's likeit's like. It's like what my coach said to me, he
always said it, but I never really finally got it until I madethat decision day in 2023. When he, when
he said, Brett, you were on your own company. You don't have time to go to the gym. That's what he said. Okay. ButYeah. Like, well, what do you, what did they do in the plane? And
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that's what we forget to do is put our own oxygen mask onand have that mindset to accept it, to put ourselves first.
And partnering and having somebody like Alan in your cornerto be your coach is what's
so freaking brilliant. You just have toYou said that so perfectly, because I say that all the time. I
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say the second you break down, the system breaks down. Andit's like not a self-centered or any form
of like, oh, wow, I'm just thinking about me. When I did my talkin South Carolina, I literally talked about better bank account,
better business, better body, better bedroom. Andwhen you feel a thousand times better, every single thing that you
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do from the start of your day, from your kids to your job, toYeah Yeah, I know it's so
true. I There's we're getting close to theend, but I want to ask you this question. I don't have this written down Yeah,
I'm not sure if I want to go there, but I'm going to because I think it'sit's good to be real with people What's
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Sometimes we sugarcoat things saying, I know you've had to say someAnything, but for everyone listening, there's nothing. I will never
lie to a single client because if I lie, well, what's the fucking pointof doing any of this? And I've had people come in my studio where I
just said, do you want the honest truth? Cause I'm going to give it to you. Andthey literally would. I just said, this is what we got to do. And
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so I remember once there's this guy,he came in, his name was Mike and I called him big Mike. And.
He lived in the trailer park right behind where I started myinitial studio out of my house. And he
was 571 pounds. He was avice president of Sherwin-Williams, the paint company in the States. They'd
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gone there, end up coming back, got divorced. Butwhen he left, he was 220 pounds at 6'4". When he came back, he was 571 pounds. He
came over and my ex-wife wanted me tomeet him. So I met him and I started training him. The
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hardest thing for him was just getting out ofbed. And I just said, you are going to die if
you don't do this. Because what happened was he had puton the weight so fast in such a like record
time that his body hadn't realized it to blow upfrom the inside out for high blood pressure, for all this edema, all
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these things, it was just kind of waiting, nothing had happened yet. SoI said, Mike, you need to do this or else you're going to, it's a ticking
Oh, I'm going to die. Nope. We started going in the right direction. Hadhim lose 200 pounds in like seven months. The
guy lost an obscene amount of weight, tookhis life back. Everything started to go in the right direction. And. Something
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happened where hismindset just couldn't switch over. And for me,
because I take my job so seriously, I wouldmeet him at 5 o'clock in the morning at Tim Hortons every
single day because we trained at 6. And I'd meet himand we would have a coffee. But I started to realize that every time I met him, he would
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have a couple of muffins, have a coffee, this and that. And I said, OK, well,if I stop meeting him for coffee, he'll stop eating that. Or at least
that's what I thought in my head, because I was associating with him eatingthe food based on when we were hanging out. And.
Something happened with his family and he wentthe other direction. And to this day, I had
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to stop seeing him because I would make sneak attacks to his houseto bring his food and help him along. And I was taking it
on at such a personal level that it was starting to affect mebecause I care so much. And I had to tell him, you
and I are no longer a thing anymore because I can't physically help youbecause it's starting to affect myself and my relationship. And
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to this day, I think he's six or seven hundred pounds. He went theother direction. Yeah, man, that's so bad
because. Him and I were so close. And it wasit was something that was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do
in my entire life. Because when I take on somebody, Itell them I take this on on a personal level because I care more than
anybody else on the face of the planet. And I had to say goodbye toBut that may be what he needs. You can send
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love from a distance, but you can't. Folks,you can't want, when you're helping somebody, you can't want it
more than anybody, than the other person does. That's what I learned in myown life in the last few years in various different points. This is
something I want. There's things in my life thatI want. You can't want something for somebody more than
they want it. They also have to step up. So thatIt was very hard. And one of my clients, David
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Wood, He's a, he's a speaker as well, anamazing man. And he said to me, kind of what you
just said, he's like, you got to at least try to swim towards mefor me to be able to help you. Yeah. I
can't walk you through everything. I've got the tools. I've got the, Ican motivate you. I can tell you what we're going to do. I can do all those
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There's something, I know you're going to love this when I say it, cause I've heard this from somebody,he may have met the man, but he says, who's missing out because you're not showing up.
Oh, that's nice. Yeah. That's the best thing I've heard.
And I think about that all the time. And, and that,that man, he's on his path, but he's, there's
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You know what?
Um, before we wrap up, Iknow what people, you need to follow Alan
on Instagram for sure. Um, whereveryou are on your journey, because the content you put
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out Ellen and the programs, the,the, the routines and all that is, uh,
superb. So how do people find you onSo on Instagram, my handle is coach Allen deck. Coach
A-L-A-N-D-Y-C-K. And I have a new podcastthat gets released every single week, every single
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I highly recommend you listen to it. I listenedto the first episode, it was fire. Thank you.
And I will just add for every single person listeningout there, I was told a long time ago just to continue
being the person I am and never change. AndI am 120% real. There's
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nothing fake to me. I act exactly how Iam right now in front of my kids. And you know what? I'm
just that same person. There's no Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. Soeverything that I talk about, I practice what I preach and I live
And for people that are interested in coaching,DM me. Actually, you know what? DM me coach or group. You
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pick. DM me group and we'll definitely get you set up. LikeI said, I love this. And the second you do that, your
I've seen it, folks. Iwant to end on something a little fun, just
a little different that I started doing recently. Rapid fire questiontime. Are you ready for the game show? Let's go.
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Okay. One rule you live by. FirstShit. Wow. These are fucking, you know, you fucked me
over. I never fumble at all. One rule I live by,It's going to be a shake with egg whites and fruit. Awesome.
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Okay. I believe you had to unlearn to grow.
I needed to hear that Alan. Uh, okay. A song that firesCool. Okay. Hardest promise you
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Never give up. Last question. Ifyou could gift everyone one daily
habit, what would it be? MakeIf you don't eat, if you don't put gas in the vehicle, guess
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what? You don't fucking go anywhere. Just because the body can getup and do what it needs to, doesn't mean it should be. Fucking
Yeah, 100%. So Alan,I want to thank you, man, for being here. And
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everyone, you could do Alan and myself abig favor because the reason why I started this podcast, it
was to help people. And having you as a guest andwhat you shared on your fitness journey and
the mindset things we unlocked, there's somebody, there'sone or two people that you know that needs to hear this. Share this
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episode with them so you can help someone, because that's why we're here. Andat the same time, connect with Alan. Watch
his content, DM him, and listen to his podcasts.
You'll be better for it. Alan, thank you so much for beingThanks for tuning in to the Adaptive Mindset. If you found value in
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today's episode, don't forget to subscribe, leave areview, and share it with someone who's ready to thrive in the digital age.
Welcome to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm Brett Gallant, cybersecurity thoughtleader and founder of Adaptive Office Solutions. Here, we
don't just talk tech, we unlock the strategies, stories, andmindset shifts you need to stay secure, lead boldly, and
thrive in a digital world. Let's get started. Welcomeback to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm really pleased to have with
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you today, Alan Dyck. This is going tobe a banger. I want you to pay attention and listen up.
It's going to be good. It's going to help you. When I first connected withAlan, I thought I was joining a fitness program. Alan's
my fitness coach, by the way. WhatI didn't realize was this. I was signing
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up for a total identity reset. Alan partneredwith Dan Martell to create a online program
that's helped entrepreneurs like me rebuild their discipline, theirenergy, and their confidence. Today, we're going
to unpack the habits, the mindset, and the cleansethat changed everything, and how those same tools can
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help you show up as the person you're meant to be. So Alan,welcome to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm glad to be here. How's
it going? Oh, it's going great. I've had a great day, morninggym session, just meeting people like you today.
It's been a pleasure. I love it. Solet's dig right in. Let's talk about how your
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whole journey into coaching began and yourWell, for me, it's been, well, it's been 24 years now.
And, you know, a long time ago, my,my advice was any form of fast food and sugar. And,
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you know, for a lot of people, myself included, itwas just, I needed something to curb something that I
thought was an issue. And, you know, it took overmy body and it made me feel and look like shit. And,
you know, I was married at the time, and eventhough we had a great relationship, I still felt so alone because
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of how I felt as an individual and from where Ihad put myself. For so
many people, it's just like once you start that downward spiral,it just continues to keep going and going, and it's so hard to get
out of that fucking rut once you're in it. For me,You know, there, there was a very specific day that, you
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know, kind of had me turn my hat backwards and say, enough's enough. Idon't know where I will be if I continue on this path. And,
you know, I was getting ready for work. Wehad an outfit we had to wear. I had slip on shoes. I
had a technique that I had to do in order to put on these shoes. Cause I was sobig. And one day I just couldn't, I
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couldn't put them on. And it was my, my ahamoment where I was just like, you're fucking joking me. And
I just broke down, you know, and I just started crying. Andat that point in time, I was, you know, I was depressed. Like I said, I
was lonely. I, you know, I had a, had a great relationship, butI was still all by myself. And, you know,
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for anybody else that's been in that position, you know, exactly what I'm talking about.
And that fucking moment on, I turned my hat backwards andI said, no more. And, you know,
it started, started pushing myself in the right direction, notknowing what that right direction was. All I know is I need to do 110% of
the opposite of where I was and where I was that day. And. youknow, started, you know, eating healthy or whatever I
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thought was healthy. Chicken, tomatoes, why those things? Ihave no fucking idea. Started going to the gym, which
was the most intimidating thing on the face of the planet for someonethat felt and looked like me because I was so in my head, assuming
that every single person that I would see was thinking something that theyAnd, you know, being able to walk through those doors and
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just, you know, be in that environment wasthe hardest thing, but the best thing I ever did, because after
two and a half months, I was able to drop 115 or 120 pounds. And,you know, even though I still look through the same eyes, I still felt
different. And I knew I had more energy to be able to try andhelp as many people as possible feel like I did now,
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as opposed to where I was. And that was my life's mission is. Iwas so unhealthy and in such a bad state, just
like Tony Robbins says, change your state, change your mind, changeyour body. And it's like the second I did that, I knew what
I wanted to do with my life. And I wanted to have as many people asI could possibly help be able to compare the two so they
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Yeah, no, you're speaking to the convert. I have asimilar background. I was I've yo-yoed on
my own journey. I was at my highest after my father died.
I ballooned up to 349 pounds. Oh,wow. Yeah. And so like what
you're saying, you had that, that moment that we all get to,or, or, or sometimes we don't, we get to, and we don't accept it.
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We decide not to act and that we don't work on our mindset forme. I had that with my coach.
I actually dropped money on a program before signing upwith you. And before that, I did nothing. And
I was lying to myself. Butit came to me for my moment, which was similar, where I've released, as
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of today, 130 pounds, which isincredible. But I said to my coach, my business coach, I
said, Dave, I don't have time to go to the gym. And he said, Brett, you mean to tell me you don'thave time to go to the gym? Okay,
there's lies we tell ourselves and like from being aroundyou and seeing how you structure things and being in your program, it's
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all about rebuilding your identity. LikeI've been following you and I've listened to a few of your episodes
and even you've launched your own podcast. AndI had a great listening and listening to your story, your
story and how you helped people. I thinkit's really important we tell some of
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that story today, Alan, so we can tell some more people about it. I'mThe first time I ever said this out loud was a couple of years ago.
I was asked to speak in Charleston, South Carolina. AndI had never done a speaking engagement in my entire life.
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And Dan had said to me, you know, eventually this is going to come about. Andit sure fucking did. And so they brought
me down there and I was it was a two day event. Andit was Adam and he owns I Love Coaching. And
I was the second speaker because I was his coach. And Iwas the second speaker on day one. And I literally was shitting
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my pants. And I just, I was so nervous and I was so scared becauseI had never said out loud what actually, you
know, happened to me. And so, youknow, the first couple of minutes was tough. I was sweating like crazy, but then all of a sudden it
just clicked. Cause once you start talking about something that you're passionate about orthat you know better than anybody else on the face of the planet, it just starts to
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rattle off like nothing. And so. Youknow, for me, like I said, I was a
large guy. I clearly ate my feelings andgot to a point where, you know, I was working
at a place called Ruth Chris and it's a fine diningestablishment. And when you're as heavy as I was, you
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know, we had two floors. And theywould get a kick out of it when they would put me on the fucking bottom floor because the
bar was on the top floor, but I would have to go up two flights of stairs, getthe drinks and come back down. And, you know, I feel
for you. Cause I remember my knees wereupset at me. My lower back's like, what the fuck is the deal? And I'm
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sweating. Like it's going out of style and I'm not working out. But tome, my body, when you're through almost 300 pounds, it's a big
deal. And so. I'd get up there, I'd get mydrinks, I'd come back down and I'd have to collect myself for like three or four fucking minutes
and gather myself, my thoughts, my breath, all those things. And,you know, it was embarrassing. But for some reason, you
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know, that wasn't the moment that changed where I needed togo in the right direction, because for some reason I just continued
on. And it was so sad because likemy ex-wife, we would go grocery shopping and I would I loved fucking Twinkies.
and I would just eat a whole box of Twinkies before we even got home. LikeBut it's crazy how when you get so used to something, that's
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what made me happy. It was sad that that's whatmade me happy, but because I was so used to it and I just felt the way I
did, is that every time I would consume something that was horrible for me, itmade me happy and it made me okay. And we
live in this loft and i was so large that i couldn't evenfit fucking normal on the toilet i had to sit sideways
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and it was like once again i was with somebody that loved meshe didn't care what i looked about but she did care that i was you know i
was healthy and then i at least you know I tried to possibly goin the right direction. And don't get me wrong, there were so many things I did, like so
many other people, where I would try this bad, or I'd try this andjust nothing would work. And then I would revert right back to what I was comfortable
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with. And that's fucking Reese's Pieces buttercups. Andit's crazy when you go down that path for so long, and
it's just normal, even though it's not. AndI just, to this day, I'm so happy that I was, you know, I was
only, you know, 24, 25, but I was happy thatI was finally able to make my, my choice on
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And you did that early, like you can still change anyAnd that's why I tell so many people, it doesn't matter when,
it's just, let's go. And I justfinished talking to a couple of people on the phone before I got on this, and I
listened to people's story. And everybody says the same thing. It'slike one guy was 47, other people are this, other
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people are that. Everybody's in a different stage of life. But I said to him,I was like, However corny it sounds, we've got one life to
live. How do you want to live it? And you know what? After I compare whereYeah. And I, I think there's some people that
have already gone through their transformation in life and they, they can resonatewith that because I am, I'm not going back. Uh,
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And it really changes the decision. Andjust, there's a shirt that I love to wear, Alan, all the time. Discipline is
a decision. And we just gotta decide,and this is it. But it's
okay to ask for help at the same time. And that's why it's importantto reach out to people like you. And not
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100%, because we can't do it alone. We're meantAnd you know, like, and that's what I love when you said
that, like Dan always, he said to me back in the day, it's not if it's when, andit's like, I don't even use that word ever again. It's when is it happening? And
yeah, 100%. And that's like, youknow, it's so important when you can change your mindset, just
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say, okay, you know what, this is what I need to do. And,you know, the fact that I love what I do for a living, but
it took me so many years to figure out how to make it work. Andthat's why when I talk to somebody, sometimes I sound like a car salesman because
I just start going to town, but I love it so much. Well,I'm passionate and I know the results are going to happen within one day. And
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it's like, I already went through the tests, the trials, allthe things, because every single thing I've talked to every single one of you about,
I've already done to myself to make sure it works. Therefore, when someone lies tome, I can call them out on it and say, how bad do you actually fucking
want this? Because I already put in the time to tell you whereOh yeah. And that's the thing. I was talking
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to somebody last night that's on his own journey. Ido scouting. And he was saying, I
love the fact that he got a coach. Somebody's helping him. ButI told him the other thing that's equally important is what you put in your mouth.
You are what you eat. Yeah, 100%. Andwe have to be honest with ourselves. And I've been yo-yoing, even
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being on your program, I've been yo-yoing. But there'sthis little, little critical moment that we have to
really be honest with ourselves. And there's timesthat, hey, on the fitness program that I'm on
with you, there's certain elements that you say, okay, you finish atsix. But it's a
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mindset. You're not actually hungry. There's timesI put, I'm just saying that. So
it's 100% that you have to make that decision. How bad doyou want it? And how much work are
you gonna do and follow the program? andmake that decision. And be disciplined. So.
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And you know, when someone finally makes that decision, allof a sudden everything changes, you feel better, you look better,
you've got more energy, and now you're able to take on the world at adifferent level regardless of what it is. I've got kids, I've got
a 10 and a 12 year old. There's zero chance I'm gonna be slowingdown before 110 years old, but I know that I'm gonna be able to do what
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I need to because I want to do it and I feel amazing. Idon't want to take a fucking nap at two o'clock in the afternoon because I don't have fucking energy.
No, but it's my job to try and help people get throughYeah, well, like just with what you've helped
me with, I shared this with somebody a couple ofdays ago. I wouldn't even take my children up to the park.
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I wantIf you go back to that old version of Alan, if
you could whisper something to him right now, to that pre-transformation,What you know now? What
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would I say to him? No one's ever asked me that question before. Yeah.
What kind of life do you want to live? Yeah. Yeah,Dan asked me that question when I first started training with me, he says, what
do you want out of life? And I told him I want to spend it withthe people I care most about in the whole world, doing whatever they fucking want
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to do and just having a good time. You know what? That's whatA hundred percent. Cause he literally brought me into his place and
There's a real thing that everybody listening, ask yourself thatIt'll change mindset and it'll change your direction. You know, we
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think about a specific car, you see that car, you think about what you want, you'reBut it's a decision. And all
you got to do is decide. I believe, just because I've beenworking on my own mindset for years, there's
a book, The Mind of Man Can Conceive, TheMind of Man Can Achieve. Agreed. That's a
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You know what it is, too. Yeah. I just went to Tonyfucking Robbins in Anaheim. So it's like listening to somebody like
having to be able to put all those things into practice and then just have aguy like Dan in my corner, have a guy like Tony be able to say
the stuff that say the stuff that Dan talks about. Like it's like mindsetAnd sometimes, though, And you've, you
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probably know this yourself. Sometimes you needto hear the same thing multiple times. So you hear it
a new way, or the person you are today isready to receive it and execute on it. You
may have needed to hear the words that Alan said today foryou to activate something today to get after it.
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A hundred percent. You know, I was thinking about this the other day, cause I was talking to, I can't rememberwho was talking to, but I was like, I'm 43 years old.
I two years ago when I met Dan and he was able toteach me that there's no fucking ceiling and give me just
some form of direction. I already had the drive, but the direction waskind of clouded. I thought I had made it when apparently I didn't. I can help
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more people. It was crazy how. Iwas upset. I said to him, I was like, man, I'm kind of pissed off
that I didn't make this transition 10 years ago. Andhe's like, but would you have been able to receive it and do what you did now with
it 10 years ago? And I was like, you know what, fuck off.
Like it made sense though, because I don't think I would go back. Idon't think I would have made the same choices and done the same thing that I would have
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No, because the person you are today, you were ready to receive it in the way that youneed it to. Just like when I came into
the program with you guys, uh, I was ready. I alreadywas partway there, but I was ready to take them to the next level. Just my
mindset, um, uh, on that, um,There was something that you said in your
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first podcast. Alan's got a podcast, by the way, and Itotally recommend you check it out. The
first two people you helped along the journey. I thinkSo there was a lady named Jasmine.
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And so where we live inKelowna, There's a Save On Foods and every
single fucking day when we lived there, where therewas, I would go into the Save On Foods and I didn't realize there was this girl,
her name was Jasmine, she worked in the bakery. And I didn't realizeshe had been following me and kind of
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watching and this and that, but she was a heavier lady, butshe was scared. And so she had
watched me for six, seven, eight, nine, 10 months. And all of asudden, one day I was up there and she's like, Alan. And I was like, hi. And
she's like, hi, I'm Jazza. Nice to meet you. And shewas, I think, just under 400 pounds, 380 pounds, I
believe. And Shewas so scared because I could tell that she wanted to talk to
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me because she obviously had seen my stuff and what I can do. Andwe got talking one day and I kind of gathered that, you
know, she needed some help. And for me, when I was firststarting, like I said, I wanted to help as many
people as I possibly could. So what I did, it was close to Christmastime. I walked in and I said, Merry
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Christmas. And I gave her a, basically it was like a coupon. AndI wrote on it and said, one year free training with
Allendeck. And she started to cry. And I just said, this comeswith one caveat is like, you have to listen to every single thing
I say for the next year. And she says, done. Shelost almost 120 or 150 pounds in
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that time, took back her life, feels amazing. Andit makes me happy because now I was able to help somebody change
their mindset, change their person, change their attitude, change theirfucking competence. And now they're a better person for
every other person around them. And then she's now damnnear a walking billboard. So now the people that she motivates, it's
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just a win-win situation for every single person. But at the end of the day,it gives me goosebumps to talk about it, because I fucking love it. And
Yeah. And that's the beauty, justshowing up and helping somebody. I know my own transformation has
helped people. I had a hard time accepting it at first, butnow I'm just accepting it. Yeah, it's new. Yeah. I'm still uncomfortable with
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And that's where I said earlier, it's like we always lookthrough the same eyes. So for me, my big problem was
I competed bodybuilding for damn near 20 yearsand I'm not necessarily done yet, but I'm working on my business right
now, but I still look through the same eyes. And a coupleof years ago when I took Dan on, My kids had never seen
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me maybe five times in their entire life with my shirt off. Becauseeven though I was a competitive bodybuilder, I never took my shirt off because I still
thought I saw what I used to see. And so Dan'slike, you know what? You're just going to do a disservice to your kids, to
the people around you. And he's like, you've worked your ass off. So whywouldn't you? To this day, it's crazy how
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I changed my mindset. And now I feel more comfortable andIt's always in the back of my brain. And for every single person listening, and that
Oh, 100%. I mean, I'm gettingon the plane this Saturday to go up North. and
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I'll still be asking, in the back of my mind, I'm mentally prepared toask for the seatbelt extender. You're fucking, right?
And I love how we just fucking let it out, but weYeah, 100%, and I got so
good at it, Alan, because I didn't want to be embarrassed whenI couldn't put it on. The old me, I
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knew as soon as I go on the flight, I would ask thestewardess, could I have a seat belt extender? So I wouldn't be embarrassed. No
shit. You know, but there's still thatmental thing. I'm going to be thinking, do I need like, there's still
that old version that's still, you know, still there for sure.
Um, um,What are your top three non-negotiables right now for you? All
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It's well, my top three are, so every person Itake on has to send me, uh, usually, and this
is more so for men, as opposed to women, uh, their weight to the decimal. SoI know it's all along. We're going in the right direction. What kind of physical changes they
can see and where, and are you hungry in the day? And if so,when with those three things, other than wait for
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females because it's not as important because I care more about how they look, howthey feel, and I don't want it to mess with their head. Guys, we're
a little bit different when it comes to that. And so, I know my role after helping asmany people as I have. But once I have those things, I'm able to put
anybody in the right direction faster than you can ever fucking think. Youeither can take a bus or you can take a plane, how fast you want to get there.
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And for me, those are very important because what happens is, likeyou said earlier, Every single person needs to be accountable to
somebody. And if you're going to be accountable to somebody, you've gotto show up. And if you're going to text and make sure that you're checking in
every day, just like I check in with my coach when I'm competing andgetting ready for a show, I need somebody to look outside the box. Even
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though I could help myself, I still need that outside motivation justlike they do. And when they give it to me, it makes me show
Right on, yeah. And so that'syour non-negotiables with your clients, okay? But
what about Alan? What's your non-negotiables now? Like there'sthis whole, this man who's been claiming
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a whole new identity in another way with theevolution of your business, and then going to Tony Robbins.
But what's your non-negotiables that you commit to now asan entrepreneur? as the man who's helping
Well, it's like you just said, like so much has happened in such ashort period of time. It's crazy. Like I caught myself the
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other day sitting by the fire and I was just like almost tearing up because I'mlike, I just still can't fathom what has happened in
such a short period of time. And the projection is insane.
Like every day, there's no lost days anymore. There's no fucking thing, no such thingas Friday, Saturday, look forward to whatever. It's every day
is on. And that's what I love about this because Dan taught me, it's like,Why does everybody just look forward to a specific time of the day or a specific time
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of year when you can make every day your best day? And so whenyou make that mindset switch to
realize that every day is your best day, that for mewas my number one non-negotiable. I will never not let that
be a thing. It's not like I'm going to look forward to any other day. I'm going tomake every day. And I teach my kids that every
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fucking day. It is what it is. I love every fuckingday. And so Other non-negotiables
for me is, how many people can I start to reach nowwith what I'm doing? Before, I just
trained here where I trained one-on-one in groups. Don't get me wrong,I was busy and I helped quite a few people in a day. But now, with
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the volume and where we're able to go and howI'm able to go about it with the people that I have in my corner, I'm
just so excited with being able to help more people everyfucking day, like every day. Like I can't, like I'm going to be doing a talk here.
We're going on a mega yacht in March. We're going all over the world. And it'sjust, it's so cool to just know
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Well, yeah, and there's that other side of it,Alan, that perhaps you have considered,
but when there's people like me and the thousands ofother people you coach, they're going on. And
And that's why I tell all you guys, you guys end up becoming your own walking billboard. Justbecause someone can give you the tools, you still have to do the work. Just
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like I still have to do the work. I get up every day, the first thing I do ismake my bed. Second thing I do is I get in the hot tub and I work for
15, 20 minutes on how I'm gonna go about the day. I make surethat I have my set things that make me just skyrocket straight
And I said, I've learned from the best to be able to apply thebest traits and attributes to be able to kick ass as much
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Yeah, no. And that's where the magic happens. Mykids asked me this recently. Daddy,
I didn't think of saying something like that. Nicely done. I'm going to use that.
Oh, yeah. No, as they look at me and my daughter, mymy youngest daughter, she looks at me and you know how kids can do that.
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You know, it's it's so crazy that Somyself included, I never talked like that. I never thought about it.
I never just was like, OK, every day is your best day. OK, well, OK,great. But it's it's very addicting when you start talking like
that because other people start to pick as well. And it's it'slike wildfire. And, you know, like I said, the
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more people you change, kind of make that switch, the better their lifeis. You know, the more everybody tends to talk, it's because like misery loves company.
And when I was heavy and I felt horrible, I didn't wantto be around other people. I didn't want to be doing the things that I love doing
And it's like, yeah, there's so many people thatcan relate to that. Like even myself, I wouldn't I'm
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going to be speaking in Northern Canada. Iwouldn't have done that before. 349 pounds. I
hid, you know, and then, you know,um, Let's see
if we can bust a myth for somebody right now. You talked aboutwhen you first had that vulnerable moment going into the gym and
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not sure if it was your place. I've been there thinking,okay, people are going to judge me. How do
people break through that? peopleNothing that motivates you more than anything else on the face
of the planet. Look at Rocky IV, he put up a picture of DolphLundgren on that fucking right there, because that's what he needed. Just
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had this conversation with the guy I just talked to. You need to findsomething that motivates you and only you. Every single person
has something. And for me, it was, all right, mymission is to help as many people possible feel the way I
do now. You know what, for other people it might be, okay,I've got to get ready for a wedding, or I've got to do this, or just to be
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consistent is huge. I find that when you're consistent, andyou're doing something sustainable, and you feel a thousand times better,
and all of a sudden you're living a life that people are jealous about becausenow you put in the time and you're exactly where you want to be, enjoying
So it's like short-term sacrifice, long-term gain. Iknow we can get there. It's just how much do you want it? And what's the
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most important thing to you? And I find when I talk to people that have kids, it'slike I mentioned it earlier, it's being able to play with them. It's being able to do the things
with them and not be like, holy shit, I'm tired or, or say, no,I never want to say no, because guess what? There's going to be a time when my kids
don't want to do that with me because they're going to be gone. And I'm going toYeah, they grow up, Alan, they grow up fast. Yeah.
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I have five kids. My oldest is21. Youngest is six. So I know. I know.
But yeah. But I think sometimes peoplego to the gym and they're worried about what people may think. But I remember even
for me, at one point in my life, I went to the gym andI was 335 pounds at the time. And I went to a
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different city. I went to work out while the kids were playing in the amusement park. Guycame up to me and said, way to go for
you coming here. Because there are people forwhoever is out there listening, you're on a fitness journey. And
maybe you're embarrassed to go in the gym. I can guaranteeyou most people in that gym, more
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worried about themselves, but they're silently cheering you on,cheering you on. There's a man that goes to my gym, Alan,
and he's bigger than I everwas. He shows up, gets on the treadmill and
I'm just cheering him on. I want him to win. IAnd it's those things that are, you know, you're saying that
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exactly right. It's like we, as individuals that are ina position that we might not be happy with, put in another position
where we think somebody is judging us when they're not. Theyare doing exactly what you just said. They're thinking about themselves because
they have their own goal, they have their own drive, they have their own mission. Butat the same time, when someone like that, or like myself that walks through the
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door, they were supporting me, just nota lot of people come up and say it. That's why whenever I see a guy that's got a
haircut or whatever, I'm like, hey, nice haircut. Instantly, it changes thatcomplete, that demeanor of that individual. My daughter does the same thing. Whenever
we go out for something to eat, she'll say to the waitress, it's like, wow, yourhair looks great, or your nails look amazing, or she's very specific. And
when you're very specific, it changes that person's mindset and it makes thatIt's crazy. And it just takes a little
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moment of kindness just a tiny bit to make them feelspecial. My father always said, when I grow up, I want
to be just like you. But the other thing, when he was in the hospital dying,and we didn't know he was dying, but he would say to the nurses, you're
my favorite nurse. Oh, really? Yeah.
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No, it doesn't. And when you finally getthrough those doors and you start to feel better, it's so encouraging because
then you, once again, can be encouraging for other people because you've alreadybeen there, you've already experienced it, and you know the hardships that
you think you go through, and now you can be a lighthouse for the nextThat's what we're here for. So we've
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talked about a couple of things, your transformation, howyou're going through this incredible change
of growth and possibility in yourbusiness. And the sky's the limit, really. But
I wanted to spend just a minute or two and totell people, maybe you can share a little bit about what it's like being
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in your world, because there's one magical part ofyour program that's great, and it's
the cleanse. And that's a real test and discipline, isn't it?
It sure fucking is. It's like, ButDan and guys like that teach mindset. If you can do that, you
can do anything. And that's why I love to start off with it, because notonly does it kick ass, it's only 16 days. Anybody on
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the planet can put them fucking selves through 16 days andI don't make fucking exceptions for anybody out there. It's like.
After you get those 16 days done, not only do you feel better, doyou look better, all those things, but now you know you can do
it because you did do it. And so that'swhy I built this a long time ago, because it was like exactly that. I
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didn't realize what I was doing. I didn't realize I was building a mindset toolfor somebody to be like, holy shit, I did it. What's next? Because what's next is
going to be so much easier. Yeah. And it's like, IYeah, it's the battleground though to prove that you can do it. And
it builds, I think one thing I was thinking about recently, it buildsa habit. And you just say, okay,
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one more day of this crap. That'swhat it is. But then once you get through seven
or eight days, okay, this isn't that bad. AndYou probably heard, you know, I've heard every single, I've heard
more guys complain than possible. Like it's just, butonce again, you just said exactly that once you get past
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a certain amount of days, all of a sudden the pros haveoutweighed the cons. You start to feel a thousand times better. And
just like anything, when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel andyou're halfway there, why wouldn't you fair carry on the rest of the way? And
so it's like initially those first couple of days, like you justsaid, you got to switch over your mindset and it takes three, four weeks to
become a kind of routine for somebody. And so onceyou realize you start at six, you eat lunch at 12 and you finish at six, well,
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that becomes the pattern that you're going to do that for the next set. Now it'sgoing to be that much easier and it's never going to be as hard as this again. But
like you just said, I can do this. I did it. Fuck everybodyAnd I've seen so many people being in the program that have done
it and people are cheering it on. Youknow, you can do it. You can do anything
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if you set your mind to it. You just have to decide. It's likeit's like. It's like what my coach said to me, he
always said it, but I never really finally got it until I madethat decision day in 2023. When he, when
he said, Brett, you were on your own company. You don't have time to go to the gym. That's what he said. Okay. ButYeah. Like, well, what do you, what did they do in the plane? And
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that's what we forget to do is put our own oxygen mask onand have that mindset to accept it, to put ourselves first.
And partnering and having somebody like Alan in your cornerto be your coach is what's
so freaking brilliant. You just have toYou said that so perfectly, because I say that all the time. I
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say the second you break down, the system breaks down. Andit's like not a self-centered or any form
of like, oh, wow, I'm just thinking about me. When I did my talkin South Carolina, I literally talked about better bank account,
better business, better body, better bedroom. Andwhen you feel a thousand times better, every single thing that you
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do from the start of your day, from your kids to your job, toYeah Yeah, I know it's so
true. I There's we're getting close to theend, but I want to ask you this question. I don't have this written down Yeah,
I'm not sure if I want to go there, but I'm going to because I think it'sit's good to be real with people What's
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Sometimes we sugarcoat things saying, I know you've had to say someAnything, but for everyone listening, there's nothing. I will never
lie to a single client because if I lie, well, what's the fucking pointof doing any of this? And I've had people come in my studio where I
just said, do you want the honest truth? Cause I'm going to give it to you. Andthey literally would. I just said, this is what we got to do. And
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so I remember once there's this guy,he came in, his name was Mike and I called him big Mike. And.
He lived in the trailer park right behind where I started myinitial studio out of my house. And he
was 571 pounds. He was avice president of Sherwin-Williams, the paint company in the States. They'd
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gone there, end up coming back, got divorced. Butwhen he left, he was 220 pounds at 6'4". When he came back, he was 571 pounds. He
came over and my ex-wife wanted me tomeet him. So I met him and I started training him. The
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hardest thing for him was just getting out ofbed. And I just said, you are going to die if
you don't do this. Because what happened was he had puton the weight so fast in such a like record
time that his body hadn't realized it to blow upfrom the inside out for high blood pressure, for all this edema, all
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these things, it was just kind of waiting, nothing had happened yet. SoI said, Mike, you need to do this or else you're going to, it's a ticking
Oh, I'm going to die. Nope. We started going in the right direction. Hadhim lose 200 pounds in like seven months. The
guy lost an obscene amount of weight, tookhis life back. Everything started to go in the right direction. And. Something
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happened where hismindset just couldn't switch over. And for me,
because I take my job so seriously, I wouldmeet him at 5 o'clock in the morning at Tim Hortons every
single day because we trained at 6. And I'd meet himand we would have a coffee. But I started to realize that every time I met him, he would
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have a couple of muffins, have a coffee, this and that. And I said, OK, well,if I stop meeting him for coffee, he'll stop eating that. Or at least
that's what I thought in my head, because I was associating with him eatingthe food based on when we were hanging out. And.
Something happened with his family and he wentthe other direction. And to this day, I had
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to stop seeing him because I would make sneak attacks to his houseto bring his food and help him along. And I was taking it
on at such a personal level that it was starting to affect mebecause I care so much. And I had to tell him, you
and I are no longer a thing anymore because I can't physically help youbecause it's starting to affect myself and my relationship. And
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to this day, I think he's six or seven hundred pounds. He went theother direction. Yeah, man, that's so bad
because. Him and I were so close. And it wasit was something that was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do
in my entire life. Because when I take on somebody, Itell them I take this on on a personal level because I care more than
anybody else on the face of the planet. And I had to say goodbye toBut that may be what he needs. You can send
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love from a distance, but you can't. Folks,you can't want, when you're helping somebody, you can't want it
more than anybody, than the other person does. That's what I learned in myown life in the last few years in various different points. This is
something I want. There's things in my life thatI want. You can't want something for somebody more than
they want it. They also have to step up. So thatIt was very hard. And one of my clients, David
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Wood, He's a, he's a speaker as well, anamazing man. And he said to me, kind of what you
just said, he's like, you got to at least try to swim towards mefor me to be able to help you. Yeah. I
can't walk you through everything. I've got the tools. I've got the, Ican motivate you. I can tell you what we're going to do. I can do all those
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There's something, I know you're going to love this when I say it, cause I've heard this from somebody,he may have met the man, but he says, who's missing out because you're not showing up.
Oh, that's nice. Yeah. That's the best thing I've heard.
And I think about that all the time. And, and that,that man, he's on his path, but he's, there's
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You know what?
Um, before we wrap up, Iknow what people, you need to follow Alan
on Instagram for sure. Um, whereveryou are on your journey, because the content you put
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out Ellen and the programs, the,the, the routines and all that is, uh,
superb. So how do people find you onSo on Instagram, my handle is coach Allen deck. Coach
A-L-A-N-D-Y-C-K. And I have a new podcastthat gets released every single week, every single
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I highly recommend you listen to it. I listenedto the first episode, it was fire. Thank you.
And I will just add for every single person listeningout there, I was told a long time ago just to continue
being the person I am and never change. AndI am 120% real. There's
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nothing fake to me. I act exactly how Iam right now in front of my kids. And you know what? I'm
just that same person. There's no Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. Soeverything that I talk about, I practice what I preach and I live
And for people that are interested in coaching,DM me. Actually, you know what? DM me coach or group. You
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pick. DM me group and we'll definitely get you set up. LikeI said, I love this. And the second you do that, your
I've seen it, folks. Iwant to end on something a little fun, just
a little different that I started doing recently. Rapid fire questiontime. Are you ready for the game show? Let's go.
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Okay. One rule you live by. FirstShit. Wow. These are fucking, you know, you fucked me
over. I never fumble at all. One rule I live by,It's going to be a shake with egg whites and fruit. Awesome.
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Okay. I believe you had to unlearn to grow.
I needed to hear that Alan. Uh, okay. A song that firesCool. Okay. Hardest promise you
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Never give up. Last question. Ifyou could gift everyone one daily
habit, what would it be? MakeIf you don't eat, if you don't put gas in the vehicle, guess
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what? You don't fucking go anywhere. Just because the body can getup and do what it needs to, doesn't mean it should be. Fucking
Yeah, 100%. So Alan,I want to thank you, man, for being here. And
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everyone, you could do Alan and myself abig favor because the reason why I started this podcast, it
was to help people. And having you as a guest andwhat you shared on your fitness journey and
the mindset things we unlocked, there's somebody, there'sone or two people that you know that needs to hear this. Share this
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episode with them so you can help someone, because that's why we're here. Andat the same time, connect with Alan. Watch
his content, DM him, and listen to his podcasts.
You'll be better for it. Alan, thank you so much for beingThanks for tuning in to the Adaptive Mindset. If you found value in
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today's episode, don't forget to subscribe, leave areview, and share it with someone who's ready to thrive in the digital age.
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