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Don't stop.

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>> This is me in the world's most dangerous

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gym. But it's not dangerous in the way

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you're probably thinking.

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It's dangerous because of its hardcore

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lifting culture. You'll hear screaming

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lifters going to failure and beyond.

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It's essentially a war zone. The

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workouts here are said to be extremely

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challenging and many wouldn't attempt

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it. So that just leaves one man for the

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job. Me. We made it to the gym. quite

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possibly my final resting place. I am

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excited. I'm also terrified. It would be

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like skydiving, but your ex packed your

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parachute. That's how I feel right now.

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But what I'm most nervous for is meeting

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a man who goes by the name Unk. He

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screams a lot. He gets in your face.

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Luckily, we're like under 15 minutes

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away from a hospital. I checked. So, I

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guess that's a good thing. I'm

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definitely not getting dangerous gym

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vibes right here. If anything, this

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building looks like a dental office. And

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the logo, it kind of looks like a logo

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that would be like a barber shop where

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they only do skin fades. And if you ask

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for anything else, they just they tell

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you to leave

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>> with that outside. I was definitely not

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expecting this inside. This is more of

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what I was expecting. Like this this is

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sick. It gives me the vibes like I know

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I'm going to die. Like if this gym was a

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scented candle, it would be called

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trauma and testosterone. Like this has

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to be the most intimidating rack of

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dumbbells I've ever seen in my entire

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life. It looks like it wants to ruin me.

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There's holes on the back of the

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dumbbell rack. Even the dumbbells are in

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danger. And if 120s are not heavy

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enough, well, you have this massive pile

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where you have to like shuffle through

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thousands of pounds to get to the the

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165s. You don't see this sign every day?

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No cell phones. Get off Instagram and

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train. I like that. Is there any

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unspoken rules to this gym?

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Yeah. Don't be a a a a [ __ ] There's so

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many different like scuffs and like

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holes in the walls that they all tell a

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story or an obituary. Oh, my boy my boy

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Steve, he passed out after the quadruple

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drop set. He just fell head first into

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the wall. And then like I've always said

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in every gym, no matter what, there

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always has to be a picture of Arnold.

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It's right by the water fountain, too.

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It's like I'm getting a taste of Arnold

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right from the source.

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Some dreams do come true.

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>> That's you there. What and when was

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that?

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>> That was uh actually 1999.

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>> 199 overall.

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>> So it's known as America's most

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dangerous gym.

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>> Yeah. Well, it's hardcore. We try to

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teach more like more discipline and

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consistency, you know, like hard

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training, hardcore training, old style,

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Arnold Papa iron type days.

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>> So, it's only dangerous if you don't

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try,

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>> right? It's only danger if you don't

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try. Okay.

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>> But it's it's a bit intimidating for

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people to come in here.

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>> I'm training with like any of those guys

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tonight. Any words of advice?

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>> Do you know Hunk? I've only ever seen

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them once and I was like, you know what?

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Let me I'll stay over here doing what

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I'm doing. This place is actually kind

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of like a maze. Don't really know where

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really anything is, but as we can see,

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we have now made it into a leg area,

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which also looks like a set of a Saw

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movie. Caveman invented fire and

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apparently all the equipment here. It

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looks epic

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and just and just so scary. Look at the

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shatters on the wall on the mirrors.

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I'm telling you, a guy racked the weight

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after it dropped head first in. But it

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is really nice that this squat rack is

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right by the exit sign, which I'm sure

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the paramedics would appreciate. I think

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I'm going to go like lay a mat down and

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just pray that later tonight we're not

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training legs.

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It's almost 8:00 p.m. We're sitting here

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waiting for him to show up. Nobody knows

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what we're training cuz it's up to him.

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So, it can literally be anything.

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And the suspense is killing me right

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now.

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I think I saw something online about you

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losing your toe.

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>> Yeah.

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>> And you still finished the set.

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>> Yeah. After my third rep, I just I was

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hyped. I just let go of the bar. And I

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guess because I was holding the back end

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of it, it was leaning forward. So the

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front end of the hex bar hit my left

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toe. It busted open. It was bleeding

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everywhere. Blood squirting out of my

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sock.

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>> And the expectation is you just finished

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a set.

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>> Bro, I didn't I was My ears were

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ringing, dude. I didn't know what was

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going on. It was this old man behind me

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yelling at me saying, "What do you

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need?" He's like, "You don't need 10

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toes. You only need nine." And he guess

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he knows how to get Elk has a real good

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way you you'll see today of like getting

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in your head.

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>> Yeah.

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>> And then there was 455 on the bar, bro.

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I walked up, blood coming out of my

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sock, hit the squat, we superset

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everything with push-ups. Every set, no

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matter what we're training, super set

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with push-ups. So, did my push-ups,

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finished the workout, and then I went to

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the hospital, and that's when I got

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stitched up and fixed up and everything.

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But my toe is finished. This is a no.

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No.

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>> Since I'm working out with the guys

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today, I wanted to ask Hottie if there's

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anything I should know before the

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workout begins.

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>> There's unspoken rules between us, if

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that makes any sense. Right. And bro,

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I'll tell you something. When I was 16

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coming in here, I'll be doing pull-ups.

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If I sat down in between my sets,

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somebody would come check me. Yo, don't

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sit down in this gym.

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>> Like like they would just don't sit

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down, bro. Everybody's in here working.

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Stand up. You recover standing up.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Another thing usually like is hoodies.

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Like they want you to have a hoodie on.

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It's not a vanity show. We're not here

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to like look at ourselves in the mirror

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and just It's more of like wear the

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hoodie so you cover everything. No

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jewelry. It's another one. Usually the

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shorts don't like the shorts. That's

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>> no closing your eyes during sets.

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>> No closing your eyes.

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>> No closing your eyes during sets.

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Theory. The concept behind that is like

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if you're ever in a altercation or

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situation where you're you're never

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going to close your eyes, otherwise you

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can't see. So when you're fighting, keep

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your eyes open. No getting on your knees

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when you get up from a push-up. So, if

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you're doing push-ups, can't get on your

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knees to get up. You get from the

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push-up, put your leg up, and stand up.

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>> Okay. Uh, those are pretty much all of

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them, bro. All right. This is our front

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wheel. He's going to be doing today.

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Yes, I like.

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You know that feeling when you're

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younger, you're playing video games and

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then your mom just comes screaming your

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name from upstairs.

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>> That's not how I feel. He seems uh angry

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today. He's like that every day. He's in

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a good mood today.

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>> Yo, who the [ __ ] you was doing at Only

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Fans warehouse?

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>> I will say the beginning of this workout

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was pretty chaotic. I had no idea what

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was going on because nobody would tell

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me anything. All I see is Uncle over

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there just ripping some rope pullovers.

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So, I'm just going to assume that means

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we're training back.

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>> We've learned a few things going on

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today. Uh the first one, he attacks the

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cameraman. I love you, bro. Be careful.

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Second thing, he's a biter. He bites. I

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like a little bit of teeth. I don't know

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about the gem. Like, this is how

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it

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stops.

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99.

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Between every set this entire workout,

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we have to do 15 push-ups. It can be

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well over 15, depending on if you break

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any of the rules during your lift.

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You'll see exactly what I mean very

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soon.

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>> We done 100 reps first set, 50 reps

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second set. Hopefully that means 25 the

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next step.

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>> I still don't fully know what it is

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we're about to train, but uh keep on he

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keeps on yelling that everyone's going

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to die.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That was

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dirt.

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I think it was 30. There's a very high

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pants that this workout today brings up

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some repressed memories.

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[Music]

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21.

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Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

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sing.

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I like it.

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I already feel

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my back lifting my my arms.

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>> It's cuz the thing is

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>> H is like 270 lb and he expects you to

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just match his weight. We'll grab that

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black first one.

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The biggest one.

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>> It's a heavier bar than normal.

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>> I don't know if I should if I'm allowed

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to get my squash shoes. Should I get my

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SWAT SW shoes?

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>> Cuz these are going to break.

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>> Yeah.

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>> No. No. Get it. No. No. No.

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[ __ ] costume change.

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Take this camera.

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How many

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reps

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%

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50.

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That's how I last longer though. I last

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longer

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shot.

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go

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out.

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Cross.

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Oh my god.

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>> Basically, for all the sets, Ank goes

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first. He feels the set and weight, and

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then when he's done, he tells us the

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reps we need to hit. Sometimes, if we're

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lucky, he'll cut a deal where he drops

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the weight, but adds some reps. It's

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like a weightlifting origin. There's

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like so much going on in here. I

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actually don't even know where to put my

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attention. Yo,

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let's go.

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When you do 100 reps, 30 reps doesn't

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seem so bad.

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Yo, what?

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30 reps don't seem so bad.

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Bro,

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you just

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you're seeing things up.

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What's this count? 30

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count. That was 25. Yeah, you're doing

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right.

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You turn right.

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Come on. Come on. Work your work.

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Come on.

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You got to pay.

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Yeah.

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He said 25.

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count.

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My legs are

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told

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60. So you got

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your countless

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40%.

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>> Yeah. What are you doing? Let me get 40,

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man.

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Go.

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We got 10

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[Applause]

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What you want to do?

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[Applause]

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That's two poses. That's two poses ones.

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Don't count. Don't count. That don't

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count. Don't count.

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Oh, stop.

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Are you okay? Are you That's what I need

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to know. Are you all right? Are you all

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right? I'm going to finish you. Finish

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it up.

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Stop. Taking a break. Breathe. Work. You

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taking a break?

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>> What you're witnessing right now is

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probably the hardest leg press set of my

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entire life. My legs were genuinely

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screaming in pain. And every time I went

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down for a rep, I really did not think I

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was going to get it back up.

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I know. I know.

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The floor

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My soul is trying to exit my body

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through my quads. And the rule about not

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being able to sit down between sets is

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actually becoming incredibly difficult.

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>> I'm running out straight, have a [ __ ]

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fire, and can't hear this [ __ ] I can't

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make excuses. So you can't even 50

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[ __ ] down. Now I'm going to go

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heavier. Come on. Come on. Come on.

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>> Probably

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the farthest I've ever

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push my legs in my leg.

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I'm not even seeing

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normally right now.

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Leg press

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up to eight plates per side. This is not

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leg press. This next

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one. Come on. Come on.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Let's go. Let's go.

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We

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are

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[ __ ]

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[ __ ]

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[ __ ] Figure the [ __ ] out.

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Heat. Heat.

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Get

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the whole [ __ ]

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out of your head.

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Wake the [ __ ] up.

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Wake your ass up. There we go.

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[ __ ] I will

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go

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[ __ ] fight. I'm dead. That's more

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like it.

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The second time

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It looks

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[ __ ]

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we see what happens. But all I need to

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do is dog.

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>> I mean, for sure it's not my [ __ ]

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We don't know yet.

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My belt.

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>> You can't hit it wrong. It's not yours,

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right?

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>> Huh?

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>> You can't hit it wrong. It's not yours.

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>> Yeah. He said you can't hit it. She

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ain't yours.

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Craziest thing

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during this stuff they just keep on

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yelling. It's like one more, one more,

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one more. You don't really mean one

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more. And he knows better than when I

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say one more. I mean one more. So that

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just makes it sad.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Way harder cuz you really never know

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when he's going to finish. I feel like

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I'm counting right now.

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>> But Skyler's in a different in a

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different world. You got a 405 on the

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bar 66 lb. Feels a longer bar, so it

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feels a lot harder. And these chains are

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45 lb.

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>> Yo, come on, bro. Get out of your head,

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bro. Yeah, but I know you in your head

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before you start

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off.

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Listen, be quiet.

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>> It was really hard to stay confident

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going into these sets because it was so

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far out of my comfort zone. Any sign of

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self-doubt I placed on myself really

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pissed them off. Like really pissed them

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off a lot.

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>> Where the [ __ ] you are right here?

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>> A lot.

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>> Get it in your [ __ ] head. You can do

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it. All right, here we go. Yo, let's

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[ __ ] go, bro. Go.

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Come on. Come on. Come on. Yeah. Yeah.

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Come on. That's what I want.

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Come on. Yeah. Come on. Yeah.

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Let's go.

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Let's go. Will go.

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Why the [ __ ] are you shaking your head?

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No, please. Why the [ __ ] are you shaking

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your head? Let's go.

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Let's go. Let's go.

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Let's go. Let's go.

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Yeah.

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Get off.

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I've never done so many

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where

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I thought there was no like those are

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terrifying.

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I feel like a fight or flight.

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was activated on those sets.

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>> Holy [ __ ] Y

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that was impressive as [ __ ] And the

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only the only thing is you're saying no,

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but you have it in cuz you did he did 10

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and then he did his two and nobody

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really helped you.

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My fighter flame has been activated too

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much today.

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You almost start to feel uh

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I'm starting to feel a little bit like

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honestly emotional. As weirdly as sounds

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for myself, I feel like once I I racked

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the the squats, I almost kind of wanted

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to cry.

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But um

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I don't think I've ever pushed myself

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like this ever. Ever for sure. Like

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nothing comes close.

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Wow.

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15.

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Come on. Come on. Let's go.

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[ __ ]

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I don't [ __ ]

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What did you just witness? Like what did

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you just see? [ __ ] [ __ ] your face

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on the whole story, bro. Cuz I know I

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know I'm next.

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Remember

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when I said I just went through the most

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painful leg press set of my entire life?

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Well, this is now the new hardest leg

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press set of my entire life. I couldn't

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even unrackck the weight. Ank wasn't too

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happy about it. As you can see,

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three

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go. Come on. We

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here.

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Come on, little more. We Come on. You

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just need 10 of these, [ __ ]

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Come on.

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Two more. Two more. That's your [ __ ]

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[ __ ] go.

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T.

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Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up.

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Let's go.

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>> Get out your [ __ ] head. Let's go. Get

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your feet.

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Let's go.

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You got

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to go,

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>> bro.

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You've been doing this [ __ ] long enough

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now. Go. How the [ __ ] you want to tell

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them to do something like this and you

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ain't doing it? Get your hand out your

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ass and work

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your hand.

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Raise your hand

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down.

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Lucky you lucky

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[ __ ] right now.

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[ __ ] you on your own.

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[ __ ] you today.

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>> It's just so far out of my comfort zone.

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>> It's pretty insane cuz I think that you

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think that you're capable of anything. I

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can't feel my back.

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>> I can't feel my neck. I'm tensing so

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much. I'm so dizzy. I feel like I my

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eyes are like bloodshot.

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If you stop the I don't think I can

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before and just go. I promise you I was

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last now. Finish the game. Finish the

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game. Fourth quarter. Finish the game.

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Surprisingly doing pull-ups now, which

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I'm ecstatic about. Starting to act like

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I'm devastated because if I act excited,

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I have a feeling we're going to somehow

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be doing some

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capable of. What's your philosophy with

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your training?

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effort. That's effort. Hardest part

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about being in the gym is getting once

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you're in there is effort. I don't give

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a [ __ ] if you say, "Yo, my bench press

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only 225. Do it as much as you can. Show

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effort." We do this [ __ ] to stay alive.

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We're from a [ __ ] community that's

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ravaged with death and violence. This is

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a part of our rehab. This is a part of

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our physical mental therapy and it's a

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part of stay the [ __ ] alive. Fear is a

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[ __ ] option. You got to be able to

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turn fear off that [ __ ] done because you

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don't know what the [ __ ] you can do

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until you do it. And that's you just did

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that. You fell and then got in the full

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place changed and did a

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[ __ ] list of but you got it done.

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That's why we train the way we train. We

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don't train within the realm of

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everybody else. We do what the [ __ ] we

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want to do because that's how we

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survive. At the end of fight at the end

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of day, he's by himself. He got to be

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able to take on all type of [ __ ] in the

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social media world. Young business

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owner. He's Arabic. He's Musl he's

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taking on a lot of different type of

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racial disparities and he got to fight

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them [ __ ] off instead of being ignorant

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out there. He's oppressive in here. You

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got the discipline to survive here. You

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have to discipline to survive out there.

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Cuz every day life is a [ __ ] test.

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The people that don't like you, people

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that don't want to get you fired from

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your job, people that's jealous of you.

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And the minute you react to OPAC, you're

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shot. You're done. You guys are [ __ ]

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psychotic. Tell me more. What was your

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pain?

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>> It feels like you're actually training

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for your life. I've never seen people

32:15

train like this before. So, I feel like

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it's one of those things that once you

32:18

see that you're capable of doing it,

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like coming back and doing it is right a

32:22

little more manageable. You surrounded

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with savages, so you turned into one. If

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you can't do it by yourself, like Punk

32:28

said, get a group. You going to go

32:30

farther. I'm glad he came here because

32:35

it was imperative that he came here

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because he could have been judgmental

32:38

from your standpoint, too. He's never

32:41

for the rest of his life going to work

32:42

out the same after today cuz he took

32:44

himself somewhere mentally and

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physically that he can no longer turn

32:48

the [ __ ] off. The dog is in bed. It's

32:51

like he got bit by rabies. It's over. So

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that night world that y'all used to buy.

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No, it's still going to be there. It's

32:59

going to be a constant professional. But

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when that dog come out, that [ __ ] over

33:04

that [ __ ] over. It's a new [ __ ] dog

33:07

in town. And to the Hold on, this my

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last thing. And to the people out there

33:11

that are going to be critical and say a

33:12

lot of things, this is all I'm going to

33:14

say. I'm not going to say nothing

33:15

negative. reach out to the TTV page and

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book a flight and come train with us and

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then do your hourong critique of how you

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survive. You can't feel your body for

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the rest of your

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right.

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>> Celebrating my survival with a

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welldeserved meal here. I feel like I

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spent the night with the entire Eagles O

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line. My back is just blown the hell out

33:37

right now. But I'm starving.

33:40

And if you're going to train that hard,

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it is critical that your nutrition is on

33:44

point. So, you got to be tracking your

33:46

calories and your macros. So, I highly

33:47

recommend that you use the macro factor

33:48

app. Now, I don't know the calories of

33:51

this at all. So, I used the AI feature,

33:54

and I think it's quite close. I was

33:56

thinking this was around 800 calories

33:58

before. I scanned it. It says 775

34:01

calories. I know. I asked them there's

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10 ounces of chicken in here, which is

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around like 50 55 g of protein. It's

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telling me right here 49.8 g of protein.

34:11

So, it's pretty damn close. It's not

34:13

perfect. when we're out, when we're

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traveling, we can't always be perfect,

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but as long as you're tracking and being

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accountable in some degree, that's all

34:19

that really matters. So, if you guys

34:20

want to try out the MacroFactor app, use

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code will for a twoe free trial. And

34:25

we're on the road for 5 million

34:26

subscribers. So, make sure you subscribe

34:28

if you're not already. I'm going to

34:30

enjoy this. I deserve it. Peace.

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Interactive Summary

The video documents the narrator's experience training at "America's most dangerous gym," known not for physical hazards but its intense, hardcore lifting culture and intimidating atmosphere. Led by the aggressive coach Unk, the workout involves extreme physical and mental pushing, including mandatory push-ups between sets and strict unspoken rules like not sitting down or closing eyes. The gym's owner and Unk explain their philosophy of discipline, consistency, and "effort" as a means of survival and therapy, emphasizing that training here prepares one for life's challenges. The narrator is pushed beyond his limits, finding it a transformative and terrifying experience. After the brutal session, he reflects on his survival and the importance of nutrition.

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