September 6, 2025 • 60 mins
Maddie Warren joins us for a brutal leg workout and shares her journey from teenage undereating to powerlifting to becoming a bodybuilder who travels the world. She opens up about finding balance, building confidence, and pursuing personal growth on her own terms.
• Training with heavy hip thrusts (3 plates) and high reps for glute development
• Using cooling implements called "narwhals" to maximize workout capacity
• Surviving Bulgarian split squats that Maddie describes simply as "death"
• Discussing how Maddie balances training while traveling extensively
• Exploring the myth that women will get "bulky" from lifting weights
• Maddie's transformation from restrictive eating to finding balance
• The importance of building muscle as the foundation for a "toned" look
• How Maddie approaches social media negativity and gym interactions
• Why Maddie describes herself as the "Side Quest Queen"
• Advice for guys trying to approach women at the gym: build rapport first
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
But first, I feel like 15 minutes away is kind of
a perfect distance to take yourpre-workout prior to a workout.
I'll let you go first.
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Speaker 3 (00:13):
Yeah, we got a full scoop in All right there we go.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, we're doing a Maddie Warren leg day.
How would you describe this legday?
What are we about to go through?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
death death death.
That's the only that's.
The only thing I can say isit's death, but you're gonna
grow some big quads and a bigbooty, so okay, I feel like
that's most people's goals thesedays.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yep, you've been traveling around north america,
yeah.
I've been, you're only here fora short amount of time.
I'm just going to show that inyour break.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, I just came back and I'm here for a few days
and then I'm gone again for whoknows how long At least a month
, if not longer.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Really, yeah, just bouncing around the world, yeah,
having fun.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, off to LA, and then I booked flights from there
to croatia, and then I'mplanning to go to italy after
that too, but we're gonna justgo with the flow dang, no big
deal favorite place you've beenso far favorite place.
I really liked new york.
I really like miami.
I've been to greece in the past.
Okay, greece is probably myfavorite that I've been to.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Why.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I just love the warm weather, the beaches.
It's very different, like theaesthetics are different and
like the people are nice.
It's just a vibe.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Okay, would you say that's most of Europe or just
Greece specifically?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Um, honestly, I've been to other places in Europe,
but when I was younger, so Idon't view it as the same
experience as when you're likein that child mindset.
You know what I mean.
Yeah, you don't think about itthe same.
So now we're going to find outwhen I go back.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Yeah, how does training on the road impact what
you're able to do, or do youfind it's any change?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Honestly, I usually am really good at finding gyms,
especially within the US andNorth America.
There's always going to be agym, so I've always been able to
find one.
Europe we'll have to navigate,but when I have been in the past
, I do my research.
If you really want it, you'llfind a way.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Favorite place you've trained in the US for like top
three this guy's getting readyto get after it.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Oh, he is all right.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Right, we love it.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I mean Roman Empire in Houston, Texas, was really,
really nice.
That's probably my favorite sofar.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Roman Empire in Houston, texas.
Okay, when I was down in Texas,I had Zach Bitter on the
podcast.
He's an ultra marathon runner,long distance runner, american,
one of the best ever.
Rebecca Fusilier you'llremember the name, know the name
from CrossFit.
And Charles Austin, who's ahigh jumper.
If you were to choose thosethree sports, what do you think?
(03:03):
Sorry, we're breaking here.
We're testing out the brakes inthe jeep, charging up the
batteries because we're pluggingelectric.
Uh, sorry, those three sports.
What would be sports.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Okay, so crossfit high jump and ultra distance
running oh, running is a big no,for you'll never see me running
unless it's a catcher plane.
Um, I'd say crossfit yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Yeah, yeah, fair enough, that was kind of a layup
.
We easy into the conversationshere on the Athletes Podcast.
This will be episode 264.
Can you believe that?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
That's a lot.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Kind of crazy eh.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
That is pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
At the like six year mark almost too, which is kind
of a big deal.
No big deal, but we have togive a big shout out to perfect
sports.
They've been partners with uscheers, cheers for years.
They've been supporting theshow.
We got altered state.
That's going to get us a littlecracked out for the workout.
If you haven't had it yet, it'sthe best pre-workout hands down
bar none.
(03:56):
If you haven't tried it, shootme a message I'll maybe get you
some.
But I think one of the otherhighlights fun facts, having
done this for six years now isthat on a weekly basis I get to
train with, learn from and applysome of the knowledge that I
have with the people that I haveon the show.
And in this case I'm veryexcited because it's not often
(04:19):
that I get to train legs heavyand with someone who knows what
the heck they're doing.
I get to train legs heavy andwith someone who knows what the
heck they're doing.
Give me a rundown on how youstructure your workouts before
we get into it, becausepersonally I'm a little nervous.
I like to prepare.
I want to get my head wrappedaround whatever we're going to
do.
Last week I had Brian Wallachon the show.
(04:41):
You're familiar with the name.
He's a big six foot sevenbodybuilder and I barely was
trying to hang on to keep upwith him.
Now we're going to reverse it,literally go lower body and,
yeah, tell me more.
What do I have to look forwardto?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Lots of Bulgarian split squats.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Good luck with that one.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Okay, what are you throwing up?
What are you holding?
What weights are you carryingaround?
Are you Kelly Matthews with the80s?
She might even be doing hundos,I don't even know.
120s.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
That's crazy.
I did 120s for like one repbefore as part of a challenge
collab.
Okay, I kind of switched toSmith Machine because it's
easier to set up and morestability.
So it just depends on the day.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Sometimes it'll be like a plate and a half,
sometimes it'll be a little bitless if I want to go higher reps
so we're gonna ask the viewers,the listeners, right now if
you're listening, go to youtube,hit the subscribe button, then
comment whether or not you thinkI'm gonna be able to split
squat more than Maddie.
That's the challenge.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
That's the challenge.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I think I'm gonna win .
Speaker 1 (05:49):
That's okay.
I've had other people in mylife say that you're gonna win
also, so it's fine, it's cool.
I guess I just gotta prove thehaters wrong, both in person and
online.
I've never been to West CoastIsland.
I've heard lots about it.
I'm kind of excited.
I'm not to lie.
I've heard it's a great gym.
Yeah, I like it.
How long you been trainingthere for?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
It's been off and on for about a year and a half or
so.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Okay, have you always lived in BC?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Yeah, I grew up in BC my whole life, just different
city.
But then I moved out to thisarea a year and a half ago, I'd
say, but I've been gone for mostof this year, so Fair enough.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
The weird part about growing up in British Columbia
is we take this kind of sceneryfor granted.
You know the beautifulmountains we do, I won't lie the
snow caps, the ocean.
It's like I left for Ontarioafter high school and it was
pretty bleak.
It's like flat.
(06:48):
Yeah, there's not a lot of good.
I shouldn't say that there's alot of stuff to do when it comes
to office buildings, networking.
There's a lot of people, thatis true.
There is not the topographythat we have here in Pacific
Northwest.
You don't get to enjoy hikes,you don't get to appreciate
nature.
So there's pros and cons andit's been cool for me to be able
(07:12):
to drive this Jeep aroundthanks to Pioneer Aldergrove
Auto Group, and showcase thisbeautiful country to others via
the podcast because a lot ofpeople take it for granted they
do, they do, I, I did for alittle while.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I'm not gonna lie right.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
You started traveling all over north america and
you're like oh, it's not as niceas it is at home certain areas
where I'm like, oh you know what.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
It is nice to be able to go, drive to the lake, go
for a swim, hike up the mountain.
Like it's all right here,especially in the summertime.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Yeah, that's when you do your travel down to LA or
whatever.
That's when you go travel right, have you hit some nice gyms up
in Los Angeles like Gold's?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I actually haven't been to LA yet, but I'm going in
a few days, okay, so I do planto go and hit up Gold's Gym,
drop read and we'll see whatelse.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
How many clouds do you have lined up?
How do you coordinate youractivities?
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I'm not going to lie.
Normally I just wait till I getthere and I go with the flow
and they usually see whathappens.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Just because people are like hey, she's got big
quads.
Sometimes, how does that goabout?
Because I have people come upto me and they're like, yeah,
are you Connor McDavid?
And then they're like,awkwardly, can I get a picture?
Speaker 2 (08:29):
It's funny because usually it's either like it'll
be a random comment about myquads and that'll start a
conversation, or I'll post anInstagram story and tag the gym
and it'll get reposted.
Then people are sliding intothe DMs.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Okay, so this is a common theme for female athletes
that we have on the podcastthat people slide into the DMs
Any direct DMs that you want toshare with the podcast listeners
.
That maybe brought you a smileor other reactions.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
I've gotten some interesting quad nicknames
before.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Okay, the common quadzilla can't be getting you
anywhere anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I mean I got some quadosaurus going on here.
I don't know there's been someother ones, but I can't think of
them off the top of my head.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
I'm putting you on the spot.
It's tough.
It's tough.
Maybe we'll hear some today inwest coast.
I think one of the downsides tobeing someone who works hard at
their respective sport in thegym is that you have people who
are envious of the results yeah,I actually did have a tikt
(09:42):
TikTok blow up the other day.
Okay, and the?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
amount of hate I got for the size of my quads was
like thousands of comments.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
No way.
Yeah, all negatives.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
I mean, there was like a lot of positive ones too,
but the amount of negative onescompared to like the exact same
picture posted on Instagram wascrazy.
Do you still read all thosecomments?
Oh yeah, I do.
I honestly I'm entertained byit okay.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Do you find yourself using that as fuel, or is it
just funny?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
um, to me it's just funny because, like I know that
for anyone to go out of theirway to comment it it must like
mean that they're feeling alittle bit insecure.
I know I wouldn't go out of myway to comment something like
that, unless, actually, no, Ijust never would.
But you know what I mean.
So no, to me it's likeentertainment to other people.
(10:39):
It may affect them, but ifyou're going to do social media,
media, you have to expect thatstuff to happen yeah, it's just
comes with the territory part ofthe game any other social media
stories you want to share withus before we head into the gym?
maybe some faves that fromtraveling recently I mean I do
(11:01):
have a lot of fun making liketravel vlogs sometimes which I'm
trying to get more into.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Okay.
Where should people go onsocial.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Instagram mostly, and I am restarting my TikTok too.
I opened that up recently.
So Maddie Warren underscore fiton Instagram and Maddie the fit
Maddie on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah, Okay, I'm sorry I cut you off.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
You were going to say , yeah, I'm going to like start
posting a lot more on my travelstuff on there and also like how
to stay fit while traveling anda lot of just behind the scenes
stuff, because I'm more thanjust a bodybuilder.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
If people were to say , okay, bodybuilding aside, how
would you describe yourself?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
If people were to say , okay, bodybuilding aside, how
would you describe yourself?
I'd say sometimes people callme like the side quest queen,
because I'm always somewhereelse.
Like I'm always out and about,I'll book same day flights.
I won't know where I'm going tostay that night.
I've taken my suitcase to thegym waiting for a place to stay.
Nice, like, I'm just all over.
I'll be at a random lake.
So someone who likes toadventure and just have a good
(12:08):
time, I guess.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Okay, I like it.
That's a side quest queen.
I think I prefer that over anyquad one yeah, they're gonna go
with when you get to park justright here just yeah, you're
good here nice, let's go.
Okay, west coast iron, here wego'm fired up.
This is gonna be a good lift,pre-workout's kicking in In an
altered state for sure.
Oh yeah, I'm about to put backone spray of Boost for sure for
(12:32):
the boys.
I'm nervous, I'm not gonna lie.
Okay, ready Boost.
Can I Wellness before weworkout?
There we go.
Okay, let's get after it.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
We're going to do a warm-up set with no weight first
, and then we're going to add onthe big girl weight.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Okay, Okay, I like it .
Add on the big girl weight,hopefully, this.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
All right, you want to do your warm-up set yeah,
yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
So if you grab those things in my bag, they're called
narwhals, the big copper thingshold on, they look weird yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah what the hellholy, that's cold I know, but
it's gonna feel good, I promisewow, that's crazy so that helps
with your workout, helps fordoing more, keeps your blood
(13:32):
cool and allows you to do moresets, more reps.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
It's really being used in the athletic space.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I have the urge to like smack something with it.
Yeah, yeah yeah, it's funny, sodid our hockey players, you
gotta keep these away from me.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
But when we get into the end of our workout those
will come in clutch.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Sick.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
So this is guaranteed to grow my booty by at least 64
millimeters, right?
Wait what.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
My hands are nice and cool now.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Right, it's going to let you do more weight.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
It might bring it up.
Yeah there you go.
I like it.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Now we're going to add some weight.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
We're going to add three plates per side.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Three plates per side , so you just go straight into
like a working weight.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
I mean, it depends on what the exercise is, but for
something like a hip thrust myworking weight is like high reps
, like 15, so it's still lightenough where.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
So you're doing 15 reps of this.
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
If it was like a set of like eight, then I would warm
up more.
Okay, but it was like a set oflike eight, then I would warm up
more.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
OK.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
But this is pretty chill All right.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
I'm for hip drugs, so why don't you come in?
Speaker 1 (15:05):
It's going to be really awkward if I can't do
this guys 15.
Probably three sets of 15 too.
Man, it's gonna be awkward on atorch that can do this 15.
(15:27):
15.
Nice.
How was that?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
We were doing three sets of this.
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Geez, I knew it.
I knew it, I'm in trouble, youare.
This is not gonna be fun.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
No, it will not be.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
We have a-.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Matty's leg days are not fun.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
That's not what we're here for and it's funny because
I did ask for it.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
You did, you literally did.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Okay, my good foot position here.
We like that, we're good.
Do you want wider?
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Point your toes out a little bit Point them out.
Yeah, and then push through theheels.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Okay, push through heels.
All right, here we go, folks.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Let's go, let's go.
Can he keep up?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
We'll find out.
I think he's tired already.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Three sets is going to be fun.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
It will not be.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
I don't normally count past eight or ten.
It's hard to do.
It's harder than lifting itself.
Right, right, I don't do math.
I think that's 15.
I guess I'll have to go checkthe tape.
When's the last?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
time you've done hip thrusts honestly a couple weeks
ago with Brian, but before thatit was months, maybe years.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
It's not good.
That's what guys say too.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Classic guy answer right.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It's okay, we're coming back.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
All right set number two.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
You're not even struggling.
It's crazy Nice, I don'tactually enjoy this at all.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Anything for the glutes.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Okay, the goal is to have glutes.
The goal is to have glutes andquads like after this.
I thought it was happening,let's go.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
I literally don't even know.
If I'm counting correctly,you're gonna have to check the
video later.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
It's really bad.
I'm not used to counting thathigh.
Do you always do high?
Just this, or?
Speaker 2 (18:05):
It depends, like depends on the training phase
that I'm in, but usually hipthrusts.
I do find that I see moreprogress when I go lighter and
more controlled with these onesHigher reps.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
But it depends.
Sometimes I'll go throughphases where it's like 8 to 10
reps.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Yeah, that's a lot of volume.
Yeah, I'm feeling it.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
My glutes and hands are my weak point, so yeah my
quads overpower, so I have to doa lot more volume for my
posterior chain.
All right, one more set.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Nice, nice.
Oh, thank god those are done.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, take it, take it.
Take it, Start recovering, yeahnice and cold.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Can I get a brain freeze if I do this?
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Yeah, you could Multi-purpose.
They're honestly the best.
I'm serious.
Hold it for a minute.
I guarantee it allows you to domore.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
They have a cooler pack in there.
Cool, and it's designed to keepit cool and not cold.
Makes sense If it's too cold itfreezes your hands.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Yeah, you don't want to be frozen.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
All right, last set, let's make sure we get 15 here.
Folks.
Last set, best set.
Bad day to be a leg.
Holy fuck, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, you didn't feel that, huh.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Okay, that's it right , we're done.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, we're done with these.
No more of these.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
That's crazy.
I hate those too I was notready to start with that You're
not ready for this no.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
You're gonna have to make this higher.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
I was gonna say I might have to go a little higher
.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
No, you'll be flying off if you leave it there.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Probably about there.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Yeah, and then put your heels in a little bit and
have your toes pointed out.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
You like to do that for everything, hey?
Does it activate the glutesmore.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, you get more glutes that way.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Okay, is that too much, or is that good?
Speaker 2 (20:48):
No, that's good, Just keep your pelvis tucked and
then use your glutes to come up.
So come down down, yeah, andthen squeeze your glutes and
then hip thrust into the pad.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I feel like I need to keep my pelvis tucked.
I'm losing it.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
A lot of people have that problem.
I notice it in so many people.
That's why I kind of just thinkabout scooping your hips
underneath and then when I comeup I kinda just think about like
scooping your hips underneath,yeah, and then when I come up, I
don't think about my upper body, I just think about squeezing
my glutes and like pushing myhips into the pad.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Okay, See, good to learn something.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
I should be a booty builder ad basically.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
I just said a 12.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
I don't think I did that with no weight you got it
wow, boots are tight, there goesnothing.
Eh, keep that tight you got it.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
that's better.
Don't come up too high, Keepthe arms long Right there.
Yeah, and then just come up tolike come, come up a little bit
like right there.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, there you go.
That's better.
Keep the arms really long, it'sall coming from your legs.
There you go Good, there you goSolid.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
I can feel some good reps and some bad reps in there.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah, you can tell.
That's how you learn, at leastwe only have two sets of these.
Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Thank God Low back Feeling good, low back feeling
good.
There we go now you just gotone more of these.
(23:40):
How, the legs feeling out often.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Not very good.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
No, I got say no pain , no gain.
Am I right Something like thatoh?
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Feeling it.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Oh yeah, it's good, though I don't like most guys
probably don't work their glutesor posterior chain enough you
know?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
No, most of them don't.
And then they wonder why theyget injured Because their glutes
are weak.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Yeah, because it's not facing the mirror.
They don't see that, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Exactly.
Yeah, there you go.
Feel it more in your glutes now, for sure you got two more?
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Yeah, one more.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
You got it Good, there we go.
No more, let me.
How does that feel?
Not good, huh, I can't believewe have a lot left.
Maddie was just saying these.
I'm not sure if I can do this.
I'm not sure if I can do this.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
I'm not sure if I can't believe we have a lot left
.
Maddie was just saying theseare a staple in our workout.
It's been a year plus.
We weren't even filming thatwhole time.
It's tough.
You turned it off.
You didn't want to show them mybad split squats.
It's okay, you're filming now.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Bootsies.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Those are crazy quads .
Take a sec, take a sec.
Will you forget?
Like it's literally another set.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Doing the other leg.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
People do unilateral work and then treat it as if
it's the same set.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
It's not, I'd be too tired.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Unless it's really light.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Yeah, or if you put it like if you're going for
strength yeah yeah, treating itlike it's cardio literally I
mean it like it's cardio.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Literally I mean the former power lifter in me
anything over five reps iscardio yeah, exactly, I mean, I
guess all my powerliftingclients anything over.
Oh my god, six reps.
What this cardio all right.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Let's go Okay.
How many are we doing?
Three, four, five?
How many of those?
Two, just two, just one, andthen, one more oh three we go.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Okay, how many are we doing?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Three, four, five how many of those?
Two, just two Just one this set, and then one more oh three
yeah, oh, I had wishful thinking, okay, but I get a break in the
middle.
Yes, you get a break.
We didn't have that last time.
That would be nice.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Last time was a warm up.
That's why it's true I'm soused to doing these with
dumbbells.
Yeah, I do them with dumbbellsfor a long time, but I actually
noticed a lot more growth withthis because you didn't have to
worry so much about stabilizing.
You can just focus on thehypertrophy.
But for my powerliftingathletes, dumbbells because they
need stability.
Good to do both.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
I literally feel like a little kid with these.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
They remind me of like Donkey Kong.
Or you know those arcade gameswhere you smash the whack-a-mole
.
There we go Woo, all right, onemore set left.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Thank God.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
I know right, I hate them with a passion, but they're
so effective.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
I feel like I'm rushing through them.
I should go a little slower.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Yeah, you should, makes it even harder, I know.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Cheating them.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
When my clients do that when I was still training
in person, I would make them doa whole extra set.
I was mean.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Good thing we're doing this for the podcast.
It's all for show, right.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Exactly, you got lucky.
All right, last set.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Yeah, yep, got it One more leg, and then we're done
with this Got to get the break.
Holy diner.
What do you say we still haveafter this?
Speaker 2 (29:01):
The easy stuff.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Leg curls and leg extensions, oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
What.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
Light work.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
You ever do isometrics?
Speaker 2 (29:12):
I have in the past, but being a bodybuilder not so
much.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Athletes different stories.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm not that a bodybuilderisn't an athlete, but I would
argue bodybuilders do that whenthey're flexing and posing.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
That's their isometric yeah exactly Because
sometimes on stage, especiallyif you're close to someone,
you'll have to.
I've seen five-minute-longcomparison rounds and you'll be
holding the same pose for almosta minute.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
That's an iso.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
It looks easy.
No, you start cramping up.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Well, especially when you're dehydrated, you have no
food, you have no water in yoursystem.
Yeah, yeah, not fun.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
No, when I first learned to pose, I was humbled
real quick.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Like real quick, Especially being a powerlifter
going to posing, I was so stiffthat I like couldn't even get
into my poses.
I did so much mobility work, somuch core work.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Probably helped a ton , though.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Oh, it did yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Yeah, how long have you been growing your hair for
Jeez?
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I know it's crazy, I need it cut ASAP.
But I cut it like once a year.
I just forget about it and thenonce it gets like basically
where it is now like down here,I'm like, oh, I need to cut it.
Yeah, my hairdresser likealways jokes about it because
I've known her since I was fouryears old.
(30:39):
Yeah, and she's like oh, timefor an annual chat, like let's
go, which reminds me I'm leavinga few days for a long time.
I might have to cut it inEurope, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Who knows, All right last leg.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Finally no more of these.
This mic's not going to pick upanything but.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
I know literally.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
Do you do calves ever ?
Huh, do you just have bigcalves, or do you?
Speaker 2 (31:23):
work your calves, okay.
So funny story when I was inelementary school, people used
to come up to me and ask me ifthey could touch my calves,
because they were jacked.
I don't know how Calves arevery genetic though.
I was training them for a whileand, I'm not gonna lie, the
last few months I've beenskipping them and I kind of
(31:45):
forgot about them until youmentioned that.
So you know what I'm gonnastart again on my next leg day.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Not today though.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
No, not today, Not today.
Not today, not today On my nextleg day.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
I'm similar.
I have like good calves.
I didn't have to work hard.
Well, I worked hard.
I broke my arm in hockey, likein grade 10, so I just stopped
watching hockey and doing thislike for a year that's crazy all
right, here we go all right,last set, best set.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
So you used to play.
Do you still play?
Speaker 1 (32:36):
Hockey.
Yeah, I still play hockey, golfand basketball, oh, okay, and
then?
But I play like pickleball.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
Oh, you're like one of those like all-around
athletes, huh, I mean I host theathlete's podcast.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
That is true, but I play like pickleball.
Oh, you're like one of thoselike all-around athletes, huh?
I mean, I host the athletepodcast, that is true.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
So I better be able to play some stuff, you know,
you better be able to play somesports, huh.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
That's the goal, at least.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
That's good.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
And if I can't do it.
I'm like willing to try.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Yeah, exactly.
You have to be open-minded.
Yeah, try new things.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Yeah, they all play racquetball.
I'll play squash.
I'll throw a javelin.
I'll shop with you know Well,train, I'll come lift heavy like
I got on the ice with barber.
How about barber?
Yeah, you know, just Doingdifferent stuff looks dude.
I'm gonna go swim with FinleyKnox.
He's a swim Olympian.
I can't swim like not well.
Exactly like not well, whatever.
(33:27):
You have fun with it, exactlydon't start having more fun.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
Exactly that's about having fun.
Yeah, take life too seriouslyjust because you're not good at
something doesn't mean you can'tdo it yeah that's what I
learned recently too yeahbodybuilding kind of taught me
that because I sucked at posingtrue, had to like, embarrass
myself and learn how to do ityeah like just gotta do those
things.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Yeah, just gotta be okay, Get comfortable being
uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Exactly, that's how you row.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Ah, stay here.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
Almost there.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Oh, sorry, I didn't.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
I thought you're good .
Speaker 2 (34:21):
You're good, so it happens.
I used to work and out with'regood, you're good, that's what
happens?
Speaker 1 (34:26):
I'm not used to working out with others.
Do you work out with otherpeople much, very rarely Like.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
There's the odd time like in New York, I'll usually
train with some of the guysthere here, not so much If it's
like when I was in Texas.
One of my friends is a wellnesscompetitor, so she trains like
like similar weights to me, sowith her I will, but it just
depends.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
Sometimes I like to just get in and out, you know
but sometimes I like the socialvibe.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
Yeah, depends on what season I'm in.
Yeah, depends on the day.
Yeah, like if I was in prepit'd be a little bit different.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
Yeah, yeah, but in off season.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Sometimes it's nice to just yeah, this set and then
(35:28):
one more, Then we'll do legextensions.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
I'll let you do whatever you think.
You know what you're doing morethan I do.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
I do.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Do you mind putting on another 10 by chance?
Yeah that's a little light.
I mean, I know I'm supposed tocontrol it, but I just gotta.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
I'm sure you can handle a little heavier than my
hamstrings.
My hamstrings are my weakestpoint.
Speaker 3 (36:17):
All right, last set.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Oh, we left that 10 on.
She's going for it.
Yeah, let's go.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
Whatever?
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Whatever Light work.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
My hamstrings need all the help they can get at
this point.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah .
Speaker 2 (36:47):
They got to catch up to the quads.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
I might not be able to walk tomorrow, but that's
okay.
Speaker 2 (36:56):
It's okay, you don't need to walk.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Yeah, it's overrated.
Exactly, I just have to hit agolf ball.
Uh-oh, I'm another pod tomorrow.
We're going to the drivingrange tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Golfing is actually hard.
I tried it once.
Oh my god, I was humbled soquickly.
That's it here we go, I'm done.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
So I always like to go all the way back to try and
get as much on this.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
Yeah, especially because you're tall too.
Speaker 1 (37:47):
Yeah, how many?
Three sets, two, three.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
We're gonna do two.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Two thank God.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
Well, that was a warmup, and then we're gonna do
two.
Speaker 1 (37:55):
Oh, so this is a warmup.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
Rats Should've told me that after should have.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
I just do this weight or what just to get the warm up
with that am I pointing my toesagain uh, no, just keep them
straight this one doesn't goback very far no full range of
motion.
Speaker 1 (38:14):
Dr mike style, how many reps for this one?
20.
You want 20 for the warm-up too.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
I haven't done this much volume in like, probably
since I worked out with TylerJohnson, former Olympia
competitor.
Speaker 2 (38:37):
How long ago was that ?
Huh, how long ago was that?
Four years ago?
Oh my God, I couldn't walk fordays after that one.
I'm not surprised You're luckyyou didn't catch me peak off
season when I was eating a lot.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
I got pre-workout on my shorts.
Okay, that's it, that's it.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
that's it you can do it up already.
Does that get me out of here?
If I know, I got two more wheremy shorts.
Okay, that's it, that's it,that's it you can show it off
already.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
He's like get me out of here.
If I know I got two more whereI'm gonna be working, there's no
way I'm doing this.
I gotta save it.
20,.
Here we go 20.
Doesn't even look like she'sstruggling.
(39:29):
How's this Light work?
Here we go Light work.
Speaker 3 (39:31):
Light work.
Speaker 2 (39:32):
I just do these to maintain, I just do these for
fun at this point.
Yeah, just for fun.
I don't even care about growingmy quads anymore, I'm just
going to do this.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
I'm just going to do this.
I'm just going to do this.
Speaker 2 (39:41):
I'm just going to do this.
I just do these to maintain, Ijust do these for fun at this
point.
Speaker 3 (39:45):
Yeah just for fun.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
I don't care about growing my quads anymore.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
What's the most memorable quad moment that
you've had?
Like, was it at an airport withsomeone randomly?
Or like, who have you flexednext to?
So like Brian, when he was likenext to Seabomb, next to like
Laid.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
You know those are guys.
I mean, I was wearing leggingsat the time so it kind of sucked
and it was like peak bulk,where like they weren't as
popping, but I did flush withrussell or he before okay most
people probably know him asrussell yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
In new york talked with russ about getting on the
pod.
Guy guy dropped off the face ofthe earth we'll get him.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
We'll get him on.
Speaker 1 (40:23):
Eventually it's okay now that you'll remember when
maddie out angled you yeah Ihave it on video exactly.
Hey, it's okay, I out angledphil heath once too.
It's no big deal really, andthat's what I'm working towards
every day just being able to dothat kind of stuff 28 I'm doing
the same way as you, so thatit's like yeah I survived maddie
warren workout yeah, find outwhether I actually do.
(40:45):
But Light leg day yeah, I findwe got it.
It's fine.
It's just, everyone takes iteasy.
On day three, two, one.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
And I'm counting so you don't cheat Six, yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
Seven.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
Eight, nine.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Ten.
Halfway there he's like fuckTwelve, thirteen, you got it.
Push through Fourteen.
Six more yeah, got it.
Push through 14,.
Six more yeah, five more.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
Seriously.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Three more, you can do it.
Three more, push through.
Two more, one more, let's go.
There, you go, you survived.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Oh, that's a lot.
They're like right at the pointof cramping the whole time at
those last five.
That's like end of marathonhurt love that oh only one more
set.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
That is, that's rough .
Yeah, it's funny because peoplewill comment on my tiktoks.
They go my god, how much do youdo for leg extensions?
And I'm like I don't know, I dosuch a 20 like I don't so
you're always been high volumenot when I was powerlifting, but
for accessory work, like I usedto always be more like 10, 8 to
12, but sometimes now I'll do15 to 20 yeah especially because
, like my quads now, I'm notreally trying to grow them right
(42:30):
now, they're just trying tolike maintain and let the glutes
and hamstrings catch up.
So I kind of just do these forfun at this point.
So yeah, I'll stick to.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
That's why everyone does quads for fun.
Speaker 2 (42:58):
Nice, nice.
No more of those.
Alright, you got one more setof them.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
Oh man, I can't even walk Like.
This is a real problem rightnow.
Speaker 2 (43:06):
It's a problem.
Speaker 1 (43:07):
Uh-oh, this is a problem.
Speaker 2 (43:10):
You asked for it.
Speaker 1 (43:11):
I know.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
You're lucky it wasn't a full quad day.
That's even worse.
Speaker 1 (43:17):
So what is it Like instead of a?
Speaker 2 (43:20):
leg.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
You go full quad some days Not anymore, but I used to
have more of a quad, focusedone in my off season okay and
like it was like a bunch of likesquats, leg extensions,
bulgarians, lunges like justdeadly yeah, yeah, I feel like
I've uh, gone more on theathlete like lunges, dumbbell,
(43:44):
split squats, yeah, straightaway from the bodybuilding, and
it's a you got to incorporateboth you know.
Speaker 2 (43:50):
Yeah, it's important to do both, Because you still
need stability and everything.
Oh, you're going to have tomove that back right.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
I think I already did .
Oh, you did okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Got to getthat full quad pop 20.
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Gotta get that full quad pop 20.
20.
It's your last set.
Speaker 1 (44:06):
I feel like that last one.
I did a good timing, you knowit was.
I was paced properly.
You were you were Wasn'trushing through it.
The split squats I was a littleout of shape.
Speaker 2 (44:16):
Yeah, you were rushing through that like a
madman out there.
Yeah, you got like six more,five more, let's go Four more.
Push through, yeah, three more,two more, finish it off One
(44:42):
more there we go.
Speaker 1 (44:46):
Oh my God, huh Thank you, maddie.
Huh, I Probably won't be sayingthat tomorrow, but oh no, it's
gonna be the complete opposite.
Speaker 2 (44:54):
You're gonna hate me tomorrow.
Go, wake up, be like.
Why did I do that?
Speaker 1 (44:59):
Now I have to drive to Whistler and take all for
Shay Emory.
I know it's good.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
Thank you.
Now I have to drive to Whistlerand take off with Shea Emery,
the Whistler song.
Speaker 1 (45:07):
I know it's good.
Thank you, no worries, oh, Idon't do that much volume.
No, it's good.
You're not used to it, are you?
It's good.
It's good, I need that.
I'll get a mop.
Speaker 2 (45:18):
Strong legs.
Speaker 1 (45:19):
Anything you want to finish with.
You want Anything you want tofinish with.
You want to leave the listenerswith biggest piece of advice in
the gym advice when it comes togym specific.
Speaker 2 (45:29):
Stop caring about what anyone thinks.
Literally nice, there's nothingto be embarrassed of.
We all start somewhere.
Dope, we're just shooting theshot.
I thought they're gonna say no,yeah.
And they were like oh yeah,sure, and I'm like, wait what?
Speaker 1 (45:46):
Well, talk about that , because I think that's
something that most people don'trecognize or like.
Maybe.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Like shooting your shot.
Speaker 2 (45:55):
Yeah, you've got to shoot your shot.
Like even actually funny enoughwith Wolfpack.
I remember a few months ago Ihit them up and then they were
like nope.
And then I was.
I flew to Chicago.
I got off the plane a couple ofweeks ago.
I get a message from theirathlete manager being like hey,
we want to work with you, blah,blah, blah.
(46:15):
And I was like, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (46:19):
So you just to clarify so that for the people
listening, because I was tryingto find us a booster juice to
get some canine wellness andsome post-workout shake in us,
but you shoot your shot withthem, they say no.
Three months later they cameback.
How much longer.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
I don't know how long exactly, but maybe, yeah, two
or three months.
And then they reached out to me.
Speaker 1 (46:41):
Like that's saying something.
Yeah, they reached out to melike that's, that's saying
something.
Yeah, because athletes arealways like you hear it in
football or like NCAA.
Athletes are like oh, I gottasend my tape to all these
coaches and get them shoot myshot, but it's.
There's no reason why you can't, as a fitness influencer, be
the exact same thing, or as abaseball player, or as a javelin
thrower or any other sport,because how else are they gonna
(47:03):
to know about you?
Speaker 2 (47:04):
There's like thousands and thousands out
there Like sometimes you justhave to reach out, that way
they're aware of you.
Speaker 1 (47:12):
Yeah, you got to put yourself out there.
Speaker 2 (47:14):
And sometimes they're going to say no, but next thing
you know, sometimes your pagegrows and then, or sometimes you
start being more yourself inyour content and then they want
to work with you.
Yeah, you never know.
Speaker 1 (47:27):
Don't be afraid.
Too many people are afraidthese days, Maddie.
Speaker 2 (47:30):
No, literally.
Once you learn to not be afraidand not care what people think,
your life gets so much better.
Speaker 1 (47:37):
I'm telling you how would you rate that workout now
that we've established that ourlives are going to be?
Speaker 2 (47:51):
better if we don't worry about how people think the
fact that we're filming in thegym.
How, how would you rate that?
One out of 10?
Give me the good, the bad, theugly.
It was pretty good, I mean.
It was a little bit more of achill workout because it's more
glutes and hamstrings, which Ifind to be easier than quads,
which is nice but safe to say.
My legs will be growing.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
I can tell you that especially once we get some
perfect sports diesel in us too.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Yes, protein, eat your protein, drink your protein
guys what do you aim for foryour protein?
Quality, quantity, intake on adaily basis I usually aim for at
least one gram per pound ofbody weight, so for me,
sometimes I even go a little bitover that, which usually I'll
end up consuming around 160 to170 grams a day damn.
Speaker 1 (48:32):
And is that the same when you're in competition off
season?
Like how do you fluctuate that?
Speaker 2 (48:38):
well, in prep is a little bit different because
food can get a lot lower.
So last summer my protein didget lower, but my body weight
also did drop significantly, sothat made a big difference.
But throughout most of offseason it'll stay relatively the
same, and then I'll justmanipulate carbs and fats.
Speaker 1 (48:56):
Usually, okay, and how do you talk to women
especially, who are worriedabout becoming quote-unquote
bulky if they eat too much?
Speaker 2 (49:07):
I've had that happen before, especially being a coach
.
A lot of people would beconcerned about that.
I can tell you right now, whenI was, I think, 138 pounds and
had abs and was leaner, notgoing through off seasons and
stuff, I was squatting 325pounds and I had abs and was
leaner, not going through offseasons and stuff.
I was squatting 325 pounds andI had abs and I was pretty slim,
(49:29):
like wearing size small.
You know, if you want to getbulky, you're going to have to
try really, really hard.
There's a lot of girls who havebeen trying for years and years
to get bulky.
It's, it's really not that easy.
It's like you know.
Bulky it's it's really not thateasy.
It's like you know.
It's like oh my god, I don'twant to drive a car because, bam
(49:50):
, I'm gonna become a nascardriver overnight.
I don't think that's gonnahappen, that you can manipulate
your food and your liftingaccordingly so that that doesn't
happen.
And you all want that toned.
Look, you say, but but you haveto build muscle to have that.
Speaker 1 (50:05):
It's tough, as a fitness-adjacent individual who
I feel like I've spoken toenough nutritionists, scientists
, experts in their respectivefields to know that putting on
mass and muscle is not an easyprocess.
Yet people, women in particularend up wanting to get that
(50:30):
toned.
Look, they'll go for thepilates class over pushing
weights.
Yeah, because they feel likethey're getting a workout and a
stimulus and they are to somedegree yeah for sure there's a
little bit, don't get me wrong.
But yoga and pilates are notgoing to put on any substantial
muscle tissue after a certainpoint because you know your body
(50:51):
adapts pretty quickly to thosekind of things and eventually
you're going to need more of astimulus to be adding anything
and to protect your body yeah,because it's going to give you
that like if, if, depending onhow much you're eating, but like
if you're in a deficit, youknow, and you're losing weight,
it's gonna give you that likeslim look, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (51:10):
But like when a lot of people come to you like, oh,
but why don't I have that likeshape that you have or that
shape that that girl has, orwhatever, but it's because
they're lifting weights too andeating enough protein, because
you have to actually build themuscle to have something to tone
.
Speaker 1 (51:29):
You know what I mean hardest or no reset, cut that.
Who did you look up to growingup as an athlete like?
Who inspired you?
Speaker 2 (51:42):
okay, if I'm being honest, like when I was in high
school, I would kind of look upto those like gym shark athletes
because I wanted to be reallyskinny like them and that
actually I went through a phasewhen I was 16 where I ate like
1200 calories a day and I wastiny, tiny, like, had a little
(52:04):
bit of muscle, I was lifting,but I was so tiny I was freezing
cold all the time and I waslike scared to eat anything
other than, you know, reallyhealthy food and it was just a
very negative relationship withfood and from there.
So that's kind of how I got intoit in the first place.
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But then that led to a pointwhere I went out to hang out
with friends and then I startedeating treats and then I
realized, oh my God, like thesetreats are so good.
And then it led to like a lotof consistent overeating and I
gave up the gym for like threeyears.
Speaker 3 (52:43):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (52:44):
Yeah, lot of consistent overeating, and I
gave up the gym for like threeyears.
Oh, wow, yeah.
And then all I wanted likeafter those three years I think
when COVID started I was like,okay, you know what, now I have
time, I'm gonna get back intothe gym.
I just want to lose weight andfeel good.
Like I was like 180 pounds at5'3, no exercise, eating bags of
chips, mcdonald's all day,every day.
I'm not even exaggerating and Ijust felt so bad and so the
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only thing I literally looked upto was just looking forward to
me feeling better.
And even as a bodybuilder,there's no real specific athlete
that I really look up to.
It's just been becoming abetter version of me.
Like I know a lot of peoplehave their idols, but for me
that's never really been a thing, for some reason that's not
(53:29):
necessarily a bad thing.
Speaker 1 (53:30):
Just be the best version of yourself.
That's a good goal to have.
Yeah, I think a lot of peopleaspire to be a certain way or
achieve certain results or belike a certain someone, and that
can be difficult because you'reultimately never going to be
that person.
Speaker 2 (53:43):
Yeah, because the thing I think about, too, is
like you're never going to likebe someone else.
Everyone has different genetics, everyone has different
lifestyle circumstances and likeI feel like it's just like it's
cool to look up to someone andlike respect what they do.
I think that's a good thingyeah but to want to be someone
else.
I feel like that's just notgenuine to yourself and I feel
(54:05):
like that can kind of create anunhealthy relationship with
yourself because you're nevergoing to be that person yeah,
the one way I heard it well putwas by like a Sean Puri, that my
first million podcast and hesays he takes snippets from
people like specific attributesthat he appreciates from an
(54:25):
individual, like their workethic or like their tenacity or
their ability to ask specificquestions or communicate well.
Speaker 1 (54:33):
Right, and I think there's probably certain things
that people do really well thatif you piece together, you can
create a really good.
Speaker 2 (54:40):
I think that's really cool.
Yeah, because I will look at,like you know, certain things
that I'll see online fromdifferent highly successful
people and I'll be like you knowwhat?
That's really cool.
Speaker 1 (54:50):
I respect that I should learn from that, but no,
like specific individual so whatchanged after like three years
of not going to the gym, eatinglike crap, like what?
Was that pivotal moment thatmade you turn it back?
And because you werepowerlifting before,
bodybuilding went to world.
That's where perfect sports,your partner when it comes to
(55:11):
supplements yeah provided youwith all this great stuff like
where, what, what switched inyour mind?
Speaker 2 (55:17):
I always deep down knew that I just wanted to feel
better again.
Like I just felt so bad.
I would stay up all nightcrying.
I didn't want to go withfriends because I hated the way
I looked, like I didn't evenwant to go to my grade 12
graduation.
I cried that day Like it justsucked.
And once COVID happened, Ididn't have to go to work
(55:38):
anymore and stuff when I wasstill working like other jobs,
and I had all this time and Iwas like hey, you know what,
like you have time now go put inthe work.
Like you used to love how youfelt, even though I was under
eating in the past, but I lovedthe feeling of like going to the
gym and just feeling fit.
(55:59):
And I I was just so tired ofthat.
I don't remember like the exactday or what, but I just
remember being like, hey, youknow what you got to get it
together.
Like, if you want to feel good,it's not going to happen unless
you take action.
So I just signed back up forthe gym and I was like you know
what You're going to do it.
And I think it did help that atthat gym.
(56:21):
I made friends there too and itkind of became a social thing
for me, because I had outgrown alot of the people that I used
to hang out with and then, onceit became a social thing and
like people expected me to bethere yeah and I enjoyed going
and talking to them.
It just became a routine andthen I kind of stuck to it and
(56:43):
once you see those results too,yeah, it gets addicting for sure
I was like oh my god, like Ifeel so much better, like my
body feels better, I feel betterabout myself, I'm healthier,
and then I just yeah the rest ishistory yeah, and then I was.
(57:03):
then I realized I mean it waskind of cool to get strong Just
watching people on Instagram maxout their deadlifts.
So I was that kid that would goevery day, 18 years old, and
just max out her deadliftliterally every single day.
I'm not even joking.
I would one rep max my deadliftevery single day until I maxed
out, and then eventually I gotto like 315, and then I I like
(57:27):
plateaued, and then I was like,all right.
Speaker 1 (57:29):
Progressive overload Never heard of it.
Speaker 2 (57:31):
Yeah, literally I just, you know, keep going and
then eventually that only worksfor so long.
Then I started like competingand getting on real programs,
because you can't just max outevery day.
I would never let my clients dothat.
Speaker 1 (57:44):
How do you deal with gym bros?
Speaker 2 (57:47):
Oh my God, gym bros.
Speaker 1 (57:49):
Gym bros is a definite topic of conversation,
both online and in person.
Speaker 2 (57:54):
Yeah, I mean online, it's really easy to just ignore.
In person I mean, don't get mewrong, I have some great gym bro
friends like I love them.
But in terms of the creepy ones, I usually, you know,
headphones on head down kind ofone word answer sorry, I got to
(58:15):
get my lift in, you know thattype of thing.
Speaker 1 (58:18):
but I never like to be rude because, you know,
sometimes people just maybe aretrying to shoot their shot so
how does a guy shoot his shot atthe gym and should a guy shoot
his shot at the gym?
Speaker 2 (58:29):
these are the hard-hitting questions, yeah
that's such a like debatabletopic because I mean, like
sometimes that's the only timeyou see that person.
You know what I mean.
Yeah, like, obviously, ifthey're in the middle of a set,
don't don't shoot your shotmid-set, but also at the same
time.
Sometimes I've noticed ithappens where it's like two
seconds into meeting oh, youwant to go on a date.
(58:51):
You barely even know my name.
Yet If you want to shoot yourshot with a girl at the gym,
small talk over time, then maybeshoot your shot, but don't do
it in the same two minutes.
Actually try and start aconversation over time, then
maybe shoot your shot, but don'tdo it in the same two minutes.
Like, actually try and start aconversation but, like you know,
don't yap for like an hour inthe middle of their workout.
(59:14):
Wait till they're, you know,finishing or before they start
quickly or something, and justfeel the vibe, but not in the
middle of their workout, I guessbuild some rapport yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (59:27):
If you don't do that, the answer is nine times out of
ten gonna be no all right, boys, gents of the gym, you've heard
it here the key here is tobuild rapport, start small talk,
ask her how her workout's goingI don't even know.
Make sure it's not in themiddle of a set.
(59:48):
Yeah, see, I'm still learning,folks.
I'm learning here with you guys.
This is why we asked thesequestions.
Yeah, and ultimately we'regoing to become better because
we're also going to get a littlebooster juice in the system
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What's your go-to booster juiceflavor?
(01:00:09):
It's been a long time oh man,you don't like smoothies,
expensive smoothies.
Speaker 2 (01:00:17):
I'd say like orange usually.
Speaker 1 (01:00:20):
Depends on the day.
I guess we'll find out.
Speaker 2 (01:00:23):
We're going to find out today.
Speaker 1 (01:00:32):
Post-workout can I wellness fresh?
Maddie, you're gonna love this.
All right, let's see.
It's crazy.
You need eight sprays.
Eight, it's absolutely I don'tknow.
We found out during the workoutthat I can't count that high,
so I specifically love this.
You might not love the flavorno, it's not bad it's not bad
hey.
But first, I feel like 15 minutes away is kind of
a perfect distance to take yourpre-workout prior to a workout.
I'll let you go first.
Of course.
We've got the altered state ondeck.
It's $20 off right now.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Yeah, we got a full scoop in All right there we go.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, we're doing a Maddie Warren leg day.
How would you describe this legday?
What are we about to go through?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
death death death.
That's the only that's.
The only thing I can say isit's death, but you're gonna
grow some big quads and a bigbooty, so okay, I feel like
that's most people's goals thesedays.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yep, you've been traveling around north america,
yeah.
I've been, you're only here fora short amount of time.
I'm just going to show that inyour break.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, I just came back and I'm here for a few days
and then I'm gone again for whoknows how long At least a month
, if not longer.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Really, yeah, just bouncing around the world, yeah,
having fun.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, off to LA, and then I booked flights from there
to croatia, and then I'mplanning to go to italy after
that too, but we're gonna justgo with the flow dang, no big
deal favorite place you've beenso far favorite place.
I really liked new york.
I really like miami.
I've been to greece in the past.
Okay, greece is probably myfavorite that I've been to.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Why.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I just love the warm weather, the beaches.
It's very different, like theaesthetics are different and
like the people are nice.
It's just a vibe.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Okay, would you say that's most of Europe or just
Greece specifically?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Um, honestly, I've been to other places in Europe,
but when I was younger, so Idon't view it as the same
experience as when you're likein that child mindset.
You know what I mean.
Yeah, you don't think about itthe same.
So now we're going to find outwhen I go back.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Yeah, how does training on the road impact what
you're able to do, or do youfind it's any change?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Honestly, I usually am really good at finding gyms,
especially within the US andNorth America.
There's always going to be agym, so I've always been able to
find one.
Europe we'll have to navigate,but when I have been in the past
, I do my research.
If you really want it, you'llfind a way.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Favorite place you've trained in the US for like top
three this guy's getting readyto get after it.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Oh, he is all right.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Right, we love it.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I mean Roman Empire in Houston, Texas, was really,
really nice.
That's probably my favorite sofar.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Roman Empire in Houston, texas.
Okay, when I was down in Texas,I had Zach Bitter on the
podcast.
He's an ultra marathon runner,long distance runner, american,
one of the best ever.
Rebecca Fusilier you'llremember the name, know the name
from CrossFit.
And Charles Austin, who's ahigh jumper.
If you were to choose thosethree sports, what do you think?
(03:03):
Sorry, we're breaking here.
We're testing out the brakes inthe jeep, charging up the
batteries because we're pluggingelectric.
Uh, sorry, those three sports.
What would be sports.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Okay, so crossfit high jump and ultra distance
running oh, running is a big no,for you'll never see me running
unless it's a catcher plane.
Um, I'd say crossfit yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Yeah, yeah, fair enough, that was kind of a layup
.
We easy into the conversationshere on the Athletes Podcast.
This will be episode 264.
Can you believe that?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
That's a lot.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Kind of crazy eh.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
That is pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
At the like six year mark almost too, which is kind
of a big deal.
No big deal, but we have togive a big shout out to perfect
sports.
They've been partners with uscheers, cheers for years.
They've been supporting theshow.
We got altered state.
That's going to get us a littlecracked out for the workout.
If you haven't had it yet, it'sthe best pre-workout hands down
bar none.
(03:56):
If you haven't tried it, shootme a message I'll maybe get you
some.
But I think one of the otherhighlights fun facts, having
done this for six years now isthat on a weekly basis I get to
train with, learn from and applysome of the knowledge that I
have with the people that I haveon the show.
And in this case I'm veryexcited because it's not often
(04:19):
that I get to train legs heavyand with someone who knows what
the heck they're doing.
I get to train legs heavy andwith someone who knows what the
heck they're doing.
Give me a rundown on how youstructure your workouts before
we get into it, becausepersonally I'm a little nervous.
I like to prepare.
I want to get my head wrappedaround whatever we're going to
do.
Last week I had Brian Wallachon the show.
(04:41):
You're familiar with the name.
He's a big six foot sevenbodybuilder and I barely was
trying to hang on to keep upwith him.
Now we're going to reverse it,literally go lower body and,
yeah, tell me more.
What do I have to look forwardto?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Lots of Bulgarian split squats.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Good luck with that one.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Okay, what are you throwing up?
What are you holding?
What weights are you carryingaround?
Are you Kelly Matthews with the80s?
She might even be doing hundos,I don't even know.
120s.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
That's crazy.
I did 120s for like one repbefore as part of a challenge
collab.
Okay, I kind of switched toSmith Machine because it's
easier to set up and morestability.
So it just depends on the day.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Sometimes it'll be like a plate and a half,
sometimes it'll be a little bitless if I want to go higher reps
so we're gonna ask the viewers,the listeners, right now if
you're listening, go to youtube,hit the subscribe button, then
comment whether or not you thinkI'm gonna be able to split
squat more than Maddie.
That's the challenge.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
That's the challenge.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I think I'm gonna win .
Speaker 1 (05:49):
That's okay.
I've had other people in mylife say that you're gonna win
also, so it's fine, it's cool.
I guess I just gotta prove thehaters wrong, both in person and
online.
I've never been to West CoastIsland.
I've heard lots about it.
I'm kind of excited.
I'm not to lie.
I've heard it's a great gym.
Yeah, I like it.
How long you been trainingthere for?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
It's been off and on for about a year and a half or
so.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Okay, have you always lived in BC?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Yeah, I grew up in BC my whole life, just different
city.
But then I moved out to thisarea a year and a half ago, I'd
say, but I've been gone for mostof this year, so Fair enough.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
The weird part about growing up in British Columbia
is we take this kind of sceneryfor granted.
You know the beautifulmountains we do, I won't lie the
snow caps, the ocean.
It's like I left for Ontarioafter high school and it was
pretty bleak.
It's like flat.
(06:48):
Yeah, there's not a lot of good.
I shouldn't say that there's alot of stuff to do when it comes
to office buildings, networking.
There's a lot of people, thatis true.
There is not the topographythat we have here in Pacific
Northwest.
You don't get to enjoy hikes,you don't get to appreciate
nature.
So there's pros and cons andit's been cool for me to be able
(07:12):
to drive this Jeep aroundthanks to Pioneer Aldergrove
Auto Group, and showcase thisbeautiful country to others via
the podcast because a lot ofpeople take it for granted they
do, they do, I, I did for alittle while.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I'm not gonna lie right.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
You started traveling all over north america and
you're like oh, it's not as niceas it is at home certain areas
where I'm like, oh you know what.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
It is nice to be able to go, drive to the lake, go
for a swim, hike up the mountain.
Like it's all right here,especially in the summertime.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Yeah, that's when you do your travel down to LA or
whatever.
That's when you go travel right, have you hit some nice gyms up
in Los Angeles like Gold's?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I actually haven't been to LA yet, but I'm going in
a few days, okay, so I do planto go and hit up Gold's Gym,
drop read and we'll see whatelse.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
How many clouds do you have lined up?
How do you coordinate youractivities?
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I'm not going to lie.
Normally I just wait till I getthere and I go with the flow
and they usually see whathappens.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Just because people are like hey, she's got big
quads.
Sometimes, how does that goabout?
Because I have people come upto me and they're like, yeah,
are you Connor McDavid?
And then they're like,awkwardly, can I get a picture?
Speaker 2 (08:29):
It's funny because usually it's either like it'll
be a random comment about myquads and that'll start a
conversation, or I'll post anInstagram story and tag the gym
and it'll get reposted.
Then people are sliding intothe DMs.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Okay, so this is a common theme for female athletes
that we have on the podcastthat people slide into the DMs
Any direct DMs that you want toshare with the podcast listeners
.
That maybe brought you a smileor other reactions.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
I've gotten some interesting quad nicknames
before.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Okay, the common quadzilla can't be getting you
anywhere anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I mean I got some quadosaurus going on here.
I don't know there's been someother ones, but I can't think of
them off the top of my head.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
I'm putting you on the spot.
It's tough.
It's tough.
Maybe we'll hear some today inwest coast.
I think one of the downsides tobeing someone who works hard at
their respective sport in thegym is that you have people who
are envious of the results yeah,I actually did have a tikt
(09:42):
TikTok blow up the other day.
Okay, and the?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
amount of hate I got for the size of my quads was
like thousands of comments.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
No way.
Yeah, all negatives.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
I mean, there was like a lot of positive ones too,
but the amount of negative onescompared to like the exact same
picture posted on Instagram wascrazy.
Do you still read all thosecomments?
Oh yeah, I do.
I honestly I'm entertained byit okay.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Do you find yourself using that as fuel, or is it
just funny?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
um, to me it's just funny because, like I know that
for anyone to go out of theirway to comment it it must like
mean that they're feeling alittle bit insecure.
I know I wouldn't go out of myway to comment something like
that, unless, actually, no, Ijust never would.
But you know what I mean.
So no, to me it's likeentertainment to other people.
(10:39):
It may affect them, but ifyou're going to do social media,
media, you have to expect thatstuff to happen yeah, it's just
comes with the territory part ofthe game any other social media
stories you want to share withus before we head into the gym?
maybe some faves that fromtraveling recently I mean I do
(11:01):
have a lot of fun making liketravel vlogs sometimes which I'm
trying to get more into.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Okay.
Where should people go onsocial.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Instagram mostly, and I am restarting my TikTok too.
I opened that up recently.
So Maddie Warren underscore fiton Instagram and Maddie the fit
Maddie on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah, Okay, I'm sorry I cut you off.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
You were going to say , yeah, I'm going to like start
posting a lot more on my travelstuff on there and also like how
to stay fit while traveling anda lot of just behind the scenes
stuff, because I'm more thanjust a bodybuilder.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
If people were to say , okay, bodybuilding aside, how
would you describe yourself?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
If people were to say , okay, bodybuilding aside, how
would you describe yourself?
I'd say sometimes people callme like the side quest queen,
because I'm always somewhereelse.
Like I'm always out and about,I'll book same day flights.
I won't know where I'm going tostay that night.
I've taken my suitcase to thegym waiting for a place to stay.
Nice, like, I'm just all over.
I'll be at a random lake.
So someone who likes toadventure and just have a good
(12:08):
time, I guess.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Okay, I like it.
That's a side quest queen.
I think I prefer that over anyquad one yeah, they're gonna go
with when you get to park justright here just yeah, you're
good here nice, let's go.
Okay, west coast iron, here wego'm fired up.
This is gonna be a good lift,pre-workout's kicking in In an
altered state for sure.
Oh yeah, I'm about to put backone spray of Boost for sure for
(12:32):
the boys.
I'm nervous, I'm not gonna lie.
Okay, ready Boost.
Can I Wellness before weworkout?
There we go.
Okay, let's get after it.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
We're going to do a warm-up set with no weight first
, and then we're going to add onthe big girl weight.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Okay, Okay, I like it .
Add on the big girl weight,hopefully, this.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
All right, you want to do your warm-up set yeah,
yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
So if you grab those things in my bag, they're called
narwhals, the big copper thingshold on, they look weird yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah what the hellholy, that's cold I know, but
it's gonna feel good, I promisewow, that's crazy so that helps
with your workout, helps fordoing more, keeps your blood
(13:32):
cool and allows you to do moresets, more reps.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
It's really being used in the athletic space.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I have the urge to like smack something with it.
Yeah, yeah yeah, it's funny, sodid our hockey players, you
gotta keep these away from me.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
But when we get into the end of our workout those
will come in clutch.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Sick.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
So this is guaranteed to grow my booty by at least 64
millimeters, right?
Wait what.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
My hands are nice and cool now.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Right, it's going to let you do more weight.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
It might bring it up.
Yeah there you go.
I like it.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Now we're going to add some weight.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
We're going to add three plates per side.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Three plates per side , so you just go straight into
like a working weight.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
I mean, it depends on what the exercise is, but for
something like a hip thrust myworking weight is like high reps
, like 15, so it's still lightenough where.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
So you're doing 15 reps of this.
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
If it was like a set of like eight, then I would warm
up more.
Okay, but it was like a set oflike eight, then I would warm up
more.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
OK.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
But this is pretty chill All right.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
I'm for hip drugs, so why don't you come in?
Speaker 1 (15:05):
It's going to be really awkward if I can't do
this guys 15.
Probably three sets of 15 too.
Man, it's gonna be awkward on atorch that can do this 15.
(15:27):
15.
Nice.
How was that?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
We were doing three sets of this.
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Geez, I knew it.
I knew it, I'm in trouble, youare.
This is not gonna be fun.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
No, it will not be.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
We have a-.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Matty's leg days are not fun.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
That's not what we're here for and it's funny because
I did ask for it.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
You did, you literally did.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Okay, my good foot position here.
We like that, we're good.
Do you want wider?
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Point your toes out a little bit Point them out.
Yeah, and then push through theheels.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Okay, push through heels.
All right, here we go, folks.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Let's go, let's go.
Can he keep up?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
We'll find out.
I think he's tired already.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Three sets is going to be fun.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
It will not be.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
I don't normally count past eight or ten.
It's hard to do.
It's harder than lifting itself.
Right, right, I don't do math.
I think that's 15.
I guess I'll have to go checkthe tape.
When's the last?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
time you've done hip thrusts honestly a couple weeks
ago with Brian, but before thatit was months, maybe years.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
It's not good.
That's what guys say too.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Classic guy answer right.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It's okay, we're coming back.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
All right set number two.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
You're not even struggling.
It's crazy Nice, I don'tactually enjoy this at all.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Anything for the glutes.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Okay, the goal is to have glutes.
The goal is to have glutes andquads like after this.
I thought it was happening,let's go.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
I literally don't even know.
If I'm counting correctly,you're gonna have to check the
video later.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
It's really bad.
I'm not used to counting thathigh.
Do you always do high?
Just this, or?
Speaker 2 (18:05):
It depends, like depends on the training phase
that I'm in, but usually hipthrusts.
I do find that I see moreprogress when I go lighter and
more controlled with these onesHigher reps.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
But it depends.
Sometimes I'll go throughphases where it's like 8 to 10
reps.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Yeah, that's a lot of volume.
Yeah, I'm feeling it.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
My glutes and hands are my weak point, so yeah my
quads overpower, so I have to doa lot more volume for my
posterior chain.
All right, one more set.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Nice, nice.
Oh, thank god those are done.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, take it, take it.
Take it, Start recovering, yeahnice and cold.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Can I get a brain freeze if I do this?
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Yeah, you could Multi-purpose.
They're honestly the best.
I'm serious.
Hold it for a minute.
I guarantee it allows you to domore.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
They have a cooler pack in there.
Cool, and it's designed to keepit cool and not cold.
Makes sense If it's too cold itfreezes your hands.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Yeah, you don't want to be frozen.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
All right, last set, let's make sure we get 15 here.
Folks.
Last set, best set.
Bad day to be a leg.
Holy fuck, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, you didn't feel that, huh.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Okay, that's it right , we're done.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, we're done with these.
No more of these.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
That's crazy.
I hate those too I was notready to start with that You're
not ready for this no.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
You're gonna have to make this higher.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
I was gonna say I might have to go a little higher
.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
No, you'll be flying off if you leave it there.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Probably about there.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Yeah, and then put your heels in a little bit and
have your toes pointed out.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
You like to do that for everything, hey?
Does it activate the glutesmore.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, you get more glutes that way.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Okay, is that too much, or is that good?
Speaker 2 (20:48):
No, that's good, Just keep your pelvis tucked and
then use your glutes to come up.
So come down down, yeah, andthen squeeze your glutes and
then hip thrust into the pad.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I feel like I need to keep my pelvis tucked.
I'm losing it.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
A lot of people have that problem.
I notice it in so many people.
That's why I kind of just thinkabout scooping your hips
underneath and then when I comeup I kinda just think about like
scooping your hips underneath,yeah, and then when I come up, I
don't think about my upper body, I just think about squeezing
my glutes and like pushing myhips into the pad.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Okay, See, good to learn something.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
I should be a booty builder ad basically.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
I just said a 12.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
I don't think I did that with no weight you got it
wow, boots are tight, there goesnothing.
Eh, keep that tight you got it.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
that's better.
Don't come up too high, Keepthe arms long Right there.
Yeah, and then just come up tolike come, come up a little bit
like right there.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, there you go.
That's better.
Keep the arms really long, it'sall coming from your legs.
There you go Good, there you goSolid.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
I can feel some good reps and some bad reps in there.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah, you can tell.
That's how you learn, at leastwe only have two sets of these.
Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
Thank God Low back Feeling good, low back feeling
good.
There we go now you just gotone more of these.
(23:40):
How, the legs feeling out often.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Not very good.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
No, I got say no pain , no gain.
Am I right Something like thatoh?
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Feeling it.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Oh yeah, it's good, though I don't like most guys
probably don't work their glutesor posterior chain enough you
know?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
No, most of them don't.
And then they wonder why theyget injured Because their glutes
are weak.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Yeah, because it's not facing the mirror.
They don't see that, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Exactly.
Yeah, there you go.
Feel it more in your glutes now, for sure you got two more?
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Yeah, one more.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
You got it Good, there we go.
No more, let me.
How does that feel?
Not good, huh, I can't believewe have a lot left.
Maddie was just saying these.
I'm not sure if I can do this.
I'm not sure if I can do this.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
I'm not sure if I can't believe we have a lot left
.
Maddie was just saying theseare a staple in our workout.
It's been a year plus.
We weren't even filming thatwhole time.
It's tough.
You turned it off.
You didn't want to show them mybad split squats.
It's okay, you're filming now.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Bootsies.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Those are crazy quads .
Take a sec, take a sec.
Will you forget?
Like it's literally another set.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Doing the other leg.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
People do unilateral work and then treat it as if
it's the same set.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
It's not, I'd be too tired.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Unless it's really light.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Yeah, or if you put it like if you're going for
strength yeah yeah, treating itlike it's cardio literally I
mean it like it's cardio.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Literally I mean the former power lifter in me
anything over five reps iscardio yeah, exactly, I mean, I
guess all my powerliftingclients anything over.
Oh my god, six reps.
What this cardio all right.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Let's go Okay.
How many are we doing?
Three, four, five?
How many of those?
Two, just two, just one, andthen, one more oh three we go.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Okay, how many are we doing?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Three, four, five how many of those?
Two, just two Just one this set, and then one more oh three
yeah, oh, I had wishful thinking, okay, but I get a break in the
middle.
Yes, you get a break.
We didn't have that last time.
That would be nice.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Last time was a warm up.
That's why it's true I'm soused to doing these with
dumbbells.
Yeah, I do them with dumbbellsfor a long time, but I actually
noticed a lot more growth withthis because you didn't have to
worry so much about stabilizing.
You can just focus on thehypertrophy.
But for my powerliftingathletes, dumbbells because they
need stability.
Good to do both.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
I literally feel like a little kid with these.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
They remind me of like Donkey Kong.
Or you know those arcade gameswhere you smash the whack-a-mole
.
There we go Woo, all right, onemore set left.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Thank God.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
I know right, I hate them with a passion, but they're
so effective.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
I feel like I'm rushing through them.
I should go a little slower.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Yeah, you should, makes it even harder, I know.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Cheating them.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
When my clients do that when I was still training
in person, I would make them doa whole extra set.
I was mean.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Good thing we're doing this for the podcast.
It's all for show, right.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Exactly, you got lucky.
All right, last set.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Yeah, yep, got it One more leg, and then we're done
with this Got to get the break.
Holy diner.
What do you say we still haveafter this?
Speaker 2 (29:01):
The easy stuff.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Leg curls and leg extensions, oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
What.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
Light work.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
You ever do isometrics?
Speaker 2 (29:12):
I have in the past, but being a bodybuilder not so
much.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Athletes different stories.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm not that a bodybuilderisn't an athlete, but I would
argue bodybuilders do that whenthey're flexing and posing.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
That's their isometric yeah exactly Because
sometimes on stage, especiallyif you're close to someone,
you'll have to.
I've seen five-minute-longcomparison rounds and you'll be
holding the same pose for almosta minute.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
That's an iso.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
It looks easy.
No, you start cramping up.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Well, especially when you're dehydrated, you have no
food, you have no water in yoursystem.
Yeah, yeah, not fun.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
No, when I first learned to pose, I was humbled
real quick.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Like real quick, Especially being a powerlifter
going to posing, I was so stiffthat I like couldn't even get
into my poses.
I did so much mobility work, somuch core work.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Probably helped a ton , though.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Oh, it did yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Yeah, how long have you been growing your hair for
Jeez?
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I know it's crazy, I need it cut ASAP.
But I cut it like once a year.
I just forget about it and thenonce it gets like basically
where it is now like down here,I'm like, oh, I need to cut it.
Yeah, my hairdresser likealways jokes about it because
I've known her since I was fouryears old.
(30:39):
Yeah, and she's like oh, timefor an annual chat, like let's
go, which reminds me I'm leavinga few days for a long time.
I might have to cut it inEurope, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Who knows, All right last leg.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Finally no more of these.
This mic's not going to pick upanything but.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
I know literally.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
Do you do calves ever ?
Huh, do you just have bigcalves, or do you?
Speaker 2 (31:23):
work your calves, okay.
So funny story when I was inelementary school, people used
to come up to me and ask me ifthey could touch my calves,
because they were jacked.
I don't know how Calves arevery genetic though.
I was training them for a whileand, I'm not gonna lie, the
last few months I've beenskipping them and I kind of
(31:45):
forgot about them until youmentioned that.
So you know what I'm gonnastart again on my next leg day.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Not today though.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
No, not today, Not today.
Not today, not today On my nextleg day.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
I'm similar.
I have like good calves.
I didn't have to work hard.
Well, I worked hard.
I broke my arm in hockey, likein grade 10, so I just stopped
watching hockey and doing thislike for a year that's crazy all
right, here we go all right,last set, best set.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
So you used to play.
Do you still play?
Speaker 1 (32:36):
Hockey.
Yeah, I still play hockey, golfand basketball, oh, okay, and
then?
But I play like pickleball.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
Oh, you're like one of those like all-around
athletes, huh, I mean I host theathlete's podcast.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
That is true, but I play like pickleball.
Oh, you're like one of thoselike all-around athletes, huh?
I mean, I host the athletepodcast, that is true.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
So I better be able to play some stuff, you know,
you better be able to play somesports, huh.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
That's the goal, at least.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
That's good.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
And if I can't do it.
I'm like willing to try.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Yeah, exactly.
You have to be open-minded.
Yeah, try new things.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Yeah, they all play racquetball.
I'll play squash.
I'll throw a javelin.
I'll shop with you know Well,train, I'll come lift heavy like
I got on the ice with barber.
How about barber?
Yeah, you know, just Doingdifferent stuff looks dude.
I'm gonna go swim with FinleyKnox.
He's a swim Olympian.
I can't swim like not well.
Exactly like not well, whatever.
(33:27):
You have fun with it, exactlydon't start having more fun.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
Exactly that's about having fun.
Yeah, take life too seriouslyjust because you're not good at
something doesn't mean you can'tdo it yeah that's what I
learned recently too yeahbodybuilding kind of taught me
that because I sucked at posingtrue, had to like, embarrass
myself and learn how to do ityeah like just gotta do those
things.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Yeah, just gotta be okay, Get comfortable being
uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Exactly, that's how you row.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Ah, stay here.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
Almost there.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Oh, sorry, I didn't.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
I thought you're good .
Speaker 2 (34:21):
You're good, so it happens.
I used to work and out with'regood, you're good, that's what
happens?
Speaker 1 (34:26):
I'm not used to working out with others.
Do you work out with otherpeople much, very rarely Like.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
There's the odd time like in New York, I'll usually
train with some of the guysthere here, not so much If it's
like when I was in Texas.
One of my friends is a wellnesscompetitor, so she trains like
like similar weights to me, sowith her I will, but it just
depends.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
Sometimes I like to just get in and out, you know
but sometimes I like the socialvibe.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
Yeah, depends on what season I'm in.
Yeah, depends on the day.
Yeah, like if I was in prepit'd be a little bit different.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
Yeah, yeah, but in off season.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Sometimes it's nice to just yeah, this set and then
(35:28):
one more, Then we'll do legextensions.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
I'll let you do whatever you think.
You know what you're doing morethan I do.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
I do.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Do you mind putting on another 10 by chance?
Yeah that's a little light.
I mean, I know I'm supposed tocontrol it, but I just gotta.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
I'm sure you can handle a little heavier than my
hamstrings.
My hamstrings are my weakestpoint.
Speaker 3 (36:17):
All right, last set.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Oh, we left that 10 on.
She's going for it.
Yeah, let's go.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
Whatever?
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Whatever Light work.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
My hamstrings need all the help they can get at
this point.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah .
Speaker 2 (36:47):
They got to catch up to the quads.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
I might not be able to walk tomorrow, but that's
okay.
Speaker 2 (36:56):
It's okay, you don't need to walk.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Yeah, it's overrated.
Exactly, I just have to hit agolf ball.
Uh-oh, I'm another pod tomorrow.
We're going to the drivingrange tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Golfing is actually hard.
I tried it once.
Oh my god, I was humbled soquickly.
That's it here we go, I'm done.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
So I always like to go all the way back to try and
get as much on this.
Speaker 2 (37:44):
Yeah, especially because you're tall too.
Speaker 1 (37:47):
Yeah, how many?
Three sets, two, three.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
We're gonna do two.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Two thank God.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
Well, that was a warmup, and then we're gonna do
two.
Speaker 1 (37:55):
Oh, so this is a warmup.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
Rats Should've told me that after should have.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
I just do this weight or what just to get the warm up
with that am I pointing my toesagain uh, no, just keep them
straight this one doesn't goback very far no full range of
motion.
Speaker 1 (38:14):
Dr mike style, how many reps for this one?
20.
You want 20 for the warm-up too.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
I haven't done this much volume in like, probably
since I worked out with TylerJohnson, former Olympia
competitor.
Speaker 2 (38:37):
How long ago was that ?
Huh, how long ago was that?
Four years ago?
Oh my God, I couldn't walk fordays after that one.
I'm not surprised You're luckyyou didn't catch me peak off
season when I was eating a lot.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
I got pre-workout on my shorts.
Okay, that's it, that's it.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
that's it you can do it up already.
Does that get me out of here?
If I know, I got two more wheremy shorts.
Okay, that's it, that's it,that's it you can show it off
already.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
He's like get me out of here.
If I know I got two more whereI'm gonna be working, there's no
way I'm doing this.
I gotta save it.
20,.
Here we go 20.
Doesn't even look like she'sstruggling.
(39:29):
How's this Light work?
Here we go Light work.
Speaker 3 (39:31):
Light work.
Speaker 2 (39:32):
I just do these to maintain, I just do these for
fun at this point.
Yeah, just for fun.
I don't even care about growingmy quads anymore, I'm just
going to do this.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
I'm just going to do this.
I'm just going to do this.
Speaker 2 (39:41):
I'm just going to do this.
I just do these to maintain, Ijust do these for fun at this
point.
Speaker 3 (39:45):
Yeah just for fun.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
I don't care about growing my quads anymore.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
What's the most memorable quad moment that
you've had?
Like, was it at an airport withsomeone randomly?
Or like, who have you flexednext to?
So like Brian, when he was likenext to Seabomb, next to like
Laid.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
You know those are guys.
I mean, I was wearing leggingsat the time so it kind of sucked
and it was like peak bulk,where like they weren't as
popping, but I did flush withrussell or he before okay most
people probably know him asrussell yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
In new york talked with russ about getting on the
pod.
Guy guy dropped off the face ofthe earth we'll get him.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
We'll get him on.
Speaker 1 (40:23):
Eventually it's okay now that you'll remember when
maddie out angled you yeah Ihave it on video exactly.
Hey, it's okay, I out angledphil heath once too.
It's no big deal really, andthat's what I'm working towards
every day just being able to dothat kind of stuff 28 I'm doing
the same way as you, so thatit's like yeah I survived maddie
warren workout yeah, find outwhether I actually do.
(40:45):
But Light leg day yeah, I findwe got it.
It's fine.
It's just, everyone takes iteasy.
On day three, two, one.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
And I'm counting so you don't cheat Six, yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
Seven.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
Eight, nine.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Ten.
Halfway there he's like fuckTwelve, thirteen, you got it.
Push through Fourteen.
Six more yeah, got it.
Push through 14,.
Six more yeah, five more.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
Seriously.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Three more, you can do it.
Three more, push through.
Two more, one more, let's go.
There, you go, you survived.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Oh, that's a lot.
They're like right at the pointof cramping the whole time at
those last five.
That's like end of marathonhurt love that oh only one more
set.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
That is, that's rough .
Yeah, it's funny because peoplewill comment on my tiktoks.
They go my god, how much do youdo for leg extensions?
And I'm like I don't know, I dosuch a 20 like I don't so
you're always been high volumenot when I was powerlifting, but
for accessory work, like I usedto always be more like 10, 8 to
12, but sometimes now I'll do15 to 20 yeah especially because
, like my quads now, I'm notreally trying to grow them right
(42:30):
now, they're just trying tolike maintain and let the glutes
and hamstrings catch up.
So I kind of just do these forfun at this point.
So yeah, I'll stick to.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
That's why everyone does quads for fun.
Speaker 2 (42:58):
Nice, nice.
No more of those.
Alright, you got one more setof them.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
Oh man, I can't even walk Like.
This is a real problem rightnow.
Speaker 2 (43:06):
It's a problem.
Speaker 1 (43:07):
Uh-oh, this is a problem.
Speaker 2 (43:10):
You asked for it.
Speaker 1 (43:11):
I know.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
You're lucky it wasn't a full quad day.
That's even worse.
Speaker 1 (43:17):
So what is it Like instead of a?
Speaker 2 (43:20):
leg.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
You go full quad some days Not anymore, but I used to
have more of a quad, focusedone in my off season okay and
like it was like a bunch of likesquats, leg extensions,
bulgarians, lunges like justdeadly yeah, yeah, I feel like
I've uh, gone more on theathlete like lunges, dumbbell,
(43:44):
split squats, yeah, straightaway from the bodybuilding, and
it's a you got to incorporateboth you know.
Speaker 2 (43:50):
Yeah, it's important to do both, Because you still
need stability and everything.
Oh, you're going to have tomove that back right.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
I think I already did .
Oh, you did okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Got to getthat full quad pop 20.
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Gotta get that full quad pop 20.
20.
It's your last set.
Speaker 1 (44:06):
I feel like that last one.
I did a good timing, you knowit was.
I was paced properly.
You were you were Wasn'trushing through it.
The split squats I was a littleout of shape.
Speaker 2 (44:16):
Yeah, you were rushing through that like a
madman out there.
Yeah, you got like six more,five more, let's go Four more.
Push through, yeah, three more,two more, finish it off One
(44:42):
more there we go.
Speaker 1 (44:46):
Oh my God, huh Thank you, maddie.
Huh, I Probably won't be sayingthat tomorrow, but oh no, it's
gonna be the complete opposite.
Speaker 2 (44:54):
You're gonna hate me tomorrow.
Go, wake up, be like.
Why did I do that?
Speaker 1 (44:59):
Now I have to drive to Whistler and take all for
Shay Emory.
I know it's good.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
Thank you.
Now I have to drive to Whistlerand take off with Shea Emery,
the Whistler song.
Speaker 1 (45:07):
I know it's good.
Thank you, no worries, oh, Idon't do that much volume.
No, it's good.
You're not used to it, are you?
It's good.
It's good, I need that.
I'll get a mop.
Speaker 2 (45:18):
Strong legs.
Speaker 1 (45:19):
Anything you want to finish with.
You want Anything you want tofinish with.
You want to leave the listenerswith biggest piece of advice in
the gym advice when it comes togym specific.
Speaker 2 (45:29):
Stop caring about what anyone thinks.
Literally nice, there's nothingto be embarrassed of.
We all start somewhere.
Dope, we're just shooting theshot.
I thought they're gonna say no,yeah.
And they were like oh yeah,sure, and I'm like, wait what?
Speaker 1 (45:46):
Well, talk about that , because I think that's
something that most people don'trecognize or like.
Maybe.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (45:52):
Like shooting your shot.
Speaker 2 (45:55):
Yeah, you've got to shoot your shot.
Like even actually funny enoughwith Wolfpack.
I remember a few months ago Ihit them up and then they were
like nope.
And then I was.
I flew to Chicago.
I got off the plane a couple ofweeks ago.
I get a message from theirathlete manager being like hey,
we want to work with you, blah,blah, blah.
(46:15):
And I was like, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (46:19):
So you just to clarify so that for the people
listening, because I was tryingto find us a booster juice to
get some canine wellness andsome post-workout shake in us,
but you shoot your shot withthem, they say no.
Three months later they cameback.
How much longer.
Speaker 2 (46:35):
I don't know how long exactly, but maybe, yeah, two
or three months.
And then they reached out to me.
Speaker 1 (46:41):
Like that's saying something.
Yeah, they reached out to melike that's, that's saying
something.
Yeah, because athletes arealways like you hear it in
football or like NCAA.
Athletes are like oh, I gottasend my tape to all these
coaches and get them shoot myshot, but it's.
There's no reason why you can't, as a fitness influencer, be
the exact same thing, or as abaseball player, or as a javelin
thrower or any other sport,because how else are they gonna
(47:03):
to know about you?
Speaker 2 (47:04):
There's like thousands and thousands out
there Like sometimes you justhave to reach out, that way
they're aware of you.
Speaker 1 (47:12):
Yeah, you got to put yourself out there.
Speaker 2 (47:14):
And sometimes they're going to say no, but next thing
you know, sometimes your pagegrows and then, or sometimes you
start being more yourself inyour content and then they want
to work with you.
Yeah, you never know.
Speaker 1 (47:27):
Don't be afraid.
Too many people are afraidthese days, Maddie.
Speaker 2 (47:30):
No, literally.
Once you learn to not be afraidand not care what people think,
your life gets so much better.
Speaker 1 (47:37):
I'm telling you how would you rate that workout now
that we've established that ourlives are going to be?
Speaker 2 (47:51):
better if we don't worry about how people think the
fact that we're filming in thegym.
How, how would you rate that?
One out of 10?
Give me the good, the bad, theugly.
It was pretty good, I mean.
It was a little bit more of achill workout because it's more
glutes and hamstrings, which Ifind to be easier than quads,
which is nice but safe to say.
My legs will be growing.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
I can tell you that especially once we get some
perfect sports diesel in us too.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Yes, protein, eat your protein, drink your protein
guys what do you aim for foryour protein?
Quality, quantity, intake on adaily basis I usually aim for at
least one gram per pound ofbody weight, so for me,
sometimes I even go a little bitover that, which usually I'll
end up consuming around 160 to170 grams a day damn.
Speaker 1 (48:32):
And is that the same when you're in competition off
season?
Like how do you fluctuate that?
Speaker 2 (48:38):
well, in prep is a little bit different because
food can get a lot lower.
So last summer my protein didget lower, but my body weight
also did drop significantly, sothat made a big difference.
But throughout most of offseason it'll stay relatively the
same, and then I'll justmanipulate carbs and fats.
Speaker 1 (48:56):
Usually, okay, and how do you talk to women
especially, who are worriedabout becoming quote-unquote
bulky if they eat too much?
Speaker 2 (49:07):
I've had that happen before, especially being a coach
.
A lot of people would beconcerned about that.
I can tell you right now, whenI was, I think, 138 pounds and
had abs and was leaner, notgoing through off seasons and
stuff, I was squatting 325pounds and I had abs and was
leaner, not going through offseasons and stuff.
I was squatting 325 pounds andI had abs and I was pretty slim,
(49:29):
like wearing size small.
You know, if you want to getbulky, you're going to have to
try really, really hard.
There's a lot of girls who havebeen trying for years and years
to get bulky.
It's, it's really not that easy.
It's like you know.
Bulky it's it's really not thateasy.
It's like you know.
It's like oh my god, I don'twant to drive a car because, bam
(49:50):
, I'm gonna become a nascardriver overnight.
I don't think that's gonnahappen, that you can manipulate
your food and your liftingaccordingly so that that doesn't
happen.
And you all want that toned.
Look, you say, but but you haveto build muscle to have that.
Speaker 1 (50:05):
It's tough, as a fitness-adjacent individual who
I feel like I've spoken toenough nutritionists, scientists
, experts in their respectivefields to know that putting on
mass and muscle is not an easyprocess.
Yet people, women in particularend up wanting to get that
(50:30):
toned.
Look, they'll go for thepilates class over pushing
weights.
Yeah, because they feel likethey're getting a workout and a
stimulus and they are to somedegree yeah for sure there's a
little bit, don't get me wrong.
But yoga and pilates are notgoing to put on any substantial
muscle tissue after a certainpoint because you know your body
(50:51):
adapts pretty quickly to thosekind of things and eventually
you're going to need more of astimulus to be adding anything
and to protect your body yeah,because it's going to give you
that like if, if, depending onhow much you're eating, but like
if you're in a deficit, youknow, and you're losing weight,
it's gonna give you that likeslim look, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (51:10):
But like when a lot of people come to you like, oh,
but why don't I have that likeshape that you have or that
shape that that girl has, orwhatever, but it's because
they're lifting weights too andeating enough protein, because
you have to actually build themuscle to have something to tone
.
Speaker 1 (51:29):
You know what I mean hardest or no reset, cut that.
Who did you look up to growingup as an athlete like?
Who inspired you?
Speaker 2 (51:42):
okay, if I'm being honest, like when I was in high
school, I would kind of look upto those like gym shark athletes
because I wanted to be reallyskinny like them and that
actually I went through a phasewhen I was 16 where I ate like
1200 calories a day and I wastiny, tiny, like, had a little
(52:04):
bit of muscle, I was lifting,but I was so tiny I was freezing
cold all the time and I waslike scared to eat anything
other than, you know, reallyhealthy food and it was just a
very negative relationship withfood and from there.
So that's kind of how I got intoit in the first place.
(52:24):
But then that led to a pointwhere I went out to hang out
with friends and then I startedeating treats and then I
realized, oh my God, like thesetreats are so good.
And then it led to like a lotof consistent overeating and I
gave up the gym for like threeyears.
Speaker 3 (52:43):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (52:44):
Yeah, lot of consistent overeating, and I
gave up the gym for like threeyears.
Oh, wow, yeah.
And then all I wanted likeafter those three years I think
when COVID started I was like,okay, you know what, now I have
time, I'm gonna get back intothe gym.
I just want to lose weight andfeel good.
Like I was like 180 pounds at5'3, no exercise, eating bags of
chips, mcdonald's all day,every day.
I'm not even exaggerating and Ijust felt so bad and so the
(53:07):
only thing I literally looked upto was just looking forward to
me feeling better.
And even as a bodybuilder,there's no real specific athlete
that I really look up to.
It's just been becoming abetter version of me.
Like I know a lot of peoplehave their idols, but for me
that's never really been a thing, for some reason that's not
(53:29):
necessarily a bad thing.
Speaker 1 (53:30):
Just be the best version of yourself.
That's a good goal to have.
Yeah, I think a lot of peopleaspire to be a certain way or
achieve certain results or belike a certain someone, and that
can be difficult because you'reultimately never going to be
that person.
Speaker 2 (53:43):
Yeah, because the thing I think about, too, is
like you're never going to likebe someone else.
Everyone has different genetics, everyone has different
lifestyle circumstances and likeI feel like it's just like it's
cool to look up to someone andlike respect what they do.
I think that's a good thingyeah but to want to be someone
else.
I feel like that's just notgenuine to yourself and I feel
(54:05):
like that can kind of create anunhealthy relationship with
yourself because you're nevergoing to be that person yeah,
the one way I heard it well putwas by like a Sean Puri, that my
first million podcast and hesays he takes snippets from
people like specific attributesthat he appreciates from an
(54:25):
individual, like their workethic or like their tenacity or
their ability to ask specificquestions or communicate well.
Speaker 1 (54:33):
Right, and I think there's probably certain things
that people do really well thatif you piece together, you can
create a really good.
Speaker 2 (54:40):
I think that's really cool.
Yeah, because I will look at,like you know, certain things
that I'll see online fromdifferent highly successful
people and I'll be like you knowwhat?
That's really cool.
Speaker 1 (54:50):
I respect that I should learn from that, but no,
like specific individual so whatchanged after like three years
of not going to the gym, eatinglike crap, like what?
Was that pivotal moment thatmade you turn it back?
And because you werepowerlifting before,
bodybuilding went to world.
That's where perfect sports,your partner when it comes to
(55:11):
supplements yeah provided youwith all this great stuff like
where, what, what switched inyour mind?
Speaker 2 (55:17):
I always deep down knew that I just wanted to feel
better again.
Like I just felt so bad.
I would stay up all nightcrying.
I didn't want to go withfriends because I hated the way
I looked, like I didn't evenwant to go to my grade 12
graduation.
I cried that day Like it justsucked.
And once COVID happened, Ididn't have to go to work
(55:38):
anymore and stuff when I wasstill working like other jobs,
and I had all this time and Iwas like hey, you know what,
like you have time now go put inthe work.
Like you used to love how youfelt, even though I was under
eating in the past, but I lovedthe feeling of like going to the
gym and just feeling fit.
(55:59):
And I I was just so tired ofthat.
I don't remember like the exactday or what, but I just
remember being like, hey, youknow what you got to get it
together.
Like, if you want to feel good,it's not going to happen unless
you take action.
So I just signed back up forthe gym and I was like you know
what You're going to do it.
And I think it did help that atthat gym.
(56:21):
I made friends there too and itkind of became a social thing
for me, because I had outgrown alot of the people that I used
to hang out with and then, onceit became a social thing and
like people expected me to bethere yeah and I enjoyed going
and talking to them.
It just became a routine andthen I kind of stuck to it and
(56:43):
once you see those results too,yeah, it gets addicting for sure
I was like oh my god, like Ifeel so much better, like my
body feels better, I feel betterabout myself, I'm healthier,
and then I just yeah the rest ishistory yeah, and then I was.
(57:03):
then I realized I mean it waskind of cool to get strong Just
watching people on Instagram maxout their deadlifts.
So I was that kid that would goevery day, 18 years old, and
just max out her deadliftliterally every single day.
I'm not even joking.
I would one rep max my deadliftevery single day until I maxed
out, and then eventually I gotto like 315, and then I I like
(57:27):
plateaued, and then I was like,all right.
Speaker 1 (57:29):
Progressive overload Never heard of it.
Speaker 2 (57:31):
Yeah, literally I just, you know, keep going and
then eventually that only worksfor so long.
Then I started like competingand getting on real programs,
because you can't just max outevery day.
I would never let my clients dothat.
Speaker 1 (57:44):
How do you deal with gym bros?
Speaker 2 (57:47):
Oh my God, gym bros.
Speaker 1 (57:49):
Gym bros is a definite topic of conversation,
both online and in person.
Speaker 2 (57:54):
Yeah, I mean online, it's really easy to just ignore.
In person I mean, don't get mewrong, I have some great gym bro
friends like I love them.
But in terms of the creepy ones, I usually, you know,
headphones on head down kind ofone word answer sorry, I got to
(58:15):
get my lift in, you know thattype of thing.
Speaker 1 (58:18):
but I never like to be rude because, you know,
sometimes people just maybe aretrying to shoot their shot so
how does a guy shoot his shot atthe gym and should a guy shoot
his shot at the gym?
Speaker 2 (58:29):
these are the hard-hitting questions, yeah
that's such a like debatabletopic because I mean, like
sometimes that's the only timeyou see that person.
You know what I mean.
Yeah, like, obviously, ifthey're in the middle of a set,
don't don't shoot your shotmid-set, but also at the same
time.
Sometimes I've noticed ithappens where it's like two
seconds into meeting oh, youwant to go on a date.
(58:51):
You barely even know my name.
Yet If you want to shoot yourshot with a girl at the gym,
small talk over time, then maybeshoot your shot, but don't do
it in the same two minutes.
Actually try and start aconversation over time, then
maybe shoot your shot, but don'tdo it in the same two minutes.
Like, actually try and start aconversation but, like you know,
don't yap for like an hour inthe middle of their workout.
(59:14):
Wait till they're, you know,finishing or before they start
quickly or something, and justfeel the vibe, but not in the
middle of their workout, I guessbuild some rapport yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (59:27):
If you don't do that, the answer is nine times out of
ten gonna be no all right, boys, gents of the gym, you've heard
it here the key here is tobuild rapport, start small talk,
ask her how her workout's goingI don't even know.
Make sure it's not in themiddle of a set.
(59:48):
Yeah, see, I'm still learning,folks.
I'm learning here with you guys.
This is why we asked thesequestions.
Yeah, and ultimately we'regoing to become better because
we're also going to get a littlebooster juice in the system
with some can I wellness anothersponsor of the athletes podcast
here maddie wedie.
We're staying fresh thanks toCan I Wellness and we're going
to get a little booster juice.
What's your go-to booster juiceflavor?
(01:00:09):
It's been a long time oh man,you don't like smoothies,
expensive smoothies.
Speaker 2 (01:00:17):
I'd say like orange usually.
Speaker 1 (01:00:20):
Depends on the day.
I guess we'll find out.
Speaker 2 (01:00:23):
We're going to find out today.
Speaker 1 (01:00:32):
Post-workout can I wellness fresh?
Maddie, you're gonna love this.
All right, let's see.
It's crazy.
You need eight sprays.
Eight, it's absolutely I don'tknow.
We found out during the workoutthat I can't count that high,
so I specifically love this.
You might not love the flavorno, it's not bad it's not bad
hey.
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