Arnold Classic, Speediance and the Comment I Got Wrong

Hello and welcome back to Tell Me On Fitness Tech. I figured today I would do a little bit of lifting on the machine and a little bit of a discussion around some things. One of them I wanted to actually shoot this video since I came back from the Arnold Classic and I just had a whole bunch of other topics come up that became more important than this. But I did think it was important to highlight and talk about. So I went to the Arnold Classic this year. It was awesome. I mean this is my second year going. Last year I went to the strongman event. This year I was at the bodybuilding event. Because of the new prizes that were more money than had ever been given away before one of these things. So it was just pretty cool to see. But regardless it's just a really awesome event that's in Columbus, Ohio. Last year it was freezing cold. This year it was actually beautiful. So the weather was a lot nicer. And so it was just a really fun event. But while I was there I actually got to see Greg Doucette. And I actually wanted to apologize to him. So during during my time I I so I had I had misremembered something he said and I think this is actually a pretty important thing to talk about. And just something that wasn't as important as talking about these devices specifically to me. But it's something that I do want to highlight. These fitness influencers are really really interesting and someone like Greg especially. I listened to his content early on. To be honest with you he he had a lot of information kind of Derek More Plates More Dates style information which is like skewing towards uh you know while he skewed towards diet and and anabolics back then. You know what I mean? So his his content was like 50% diet related and 50% anabolics related. So the More Plates More Dates stuff is like purely anabolics and harm reduction and TRT and that kind of stuff. Um and Greg would do that kind of content but he also did a lot of diet content. And that's where I learned kind of the diet framework that I have now or at least pieces of it. Where uh what I eat matters, right? But more importantly, the amount of calories I'm taking in matters most to whether I'm losing or gaining weight. And also uh he has a huge emphasis on protein in everything that he in everything that [clears throat] he he makes. And and I know that seems simple, right? Or it seems dumb. Like of course you need more protein, but he's putting protein in every single thing that he was making. So he had this anabolic cookbook and he had all of these uh recipes that he had done. That's where his start was. It wasn't in this like cringe content that he makes now where he's like insulting people and going back and forth on the internet because that gets a lot of views. Uh but realize his start was in some pretty educational stuff. I mean, especially if you look at the original cookbook and uh the original content from back then. So I met him, but I think I come off as rude in person. Uh especially with the question I asked him specifically because I've been dying to ask him this question well since I saw him walk cuz he walked in late and he he came in not the front, but like it was pretty noticeable when Greg Doucette showed up. You know what I mean? Cuz like he's he's First of all, he's really short >> [laughter] >> and he's ripped, right? So he's like mhm he's pretty massive in in size, you know what I mean? And like for his height, right? So he's still got an incredible physique uh even after all these years of not competing. Um but regardless, like it was noticed when he showed up with his girlfriend, right? Like it was not it was a noticeable event. Him showing up to the show was as much part of the show as the show itself, believe it or not. And then everyone wanted to talk to him afterwards and I always hang out out after these events. You know what I mean? And kind of just stick around with a buddy of mine and and cuz there's a few people that we want to talk to. And uh and at that point in time, like he was still there you know and I felt bad cuz he was on his way out and so I'm asking him this kind of rude question on his way out because what I had remembered from his content is him talking about Anavar and comparing it to his Turkesterone that he sells. By the way he used to be very anti-supplements and now he sells supplements so just realize like people change their minds based upon the amount of money they can make. You know he has a whole collection of cars now and his supplement company has a lot to do with that. Right not the only thing to do with it but like YouTube revenue and of itself I'm sure is killing it for him but in general like the supplement company is you know launched him into the stratosphere more power to him but what I thought he said was that his Turkesterone is analogous to 20 mg of Anavar and if you go back through my videos remember when I did that original weight loss I was prescribed Anavar right and I was taking about 20 25 mg a day. So I I I don't think I listed the exact dosages somewhere between 10 and 25 depending on where I was at because I was I was given well I still have it cuz I didn't use it all but I was given 50 mg Anavar and I was cutting them into fourths and halves right so like somewhere you know what I mean it doesn't it doesn't math evenly right and also you lose some whenever you're cutting them but obviously you're not going to take the full dose and that's way too much for me but regardless I thought he had said that his his Turkesterone but he never gave a dose right like I have a dose in milligrams of how many milligrams and so I wanted to ask him in person like hey what is this equivalent dose and I don't like the effects of Anavar personally like I didn't like it I I like yes you'll be stronger like it helped me with the weight loss, but like the reason why I have like the reason why I didn't use it all is because I don't don't like the way I feel when I'm taking it. You know what I mean? I prefer just strict TRT. Um like I don't prefer to have that extra anabolism from that compound. I just feel kind of like drier. I don't know how to explain it, but I don't feel like achier, I guess is the way to explain it. Um so I much didn't prefer it, but you know, it definitely helps. Like there's no question it helps with the being able to lose the weight and maintain your strength, right? Uh to be, you know, because what it's doing is it's putting you above traditional TRT. And by the way, TRT docs will do this. Like it's not uncommon if you go to a cash-paid TRT doc, they will put you on that stack. And usually they add deca to it, but they didn't with me. Um probably cuz because I was trying to lose weight specifically and I had a timeline and a goal. You add something that adds any kind of bloat, it's going to screw up my goal, right? So they're they're tuning their dosing and parameters to your goals, but long story short, I thought he'd said this. And I had a 5-hour drive back, and so I went through all of his videos and I was using AI to kind of go through these videos and um and then to try to figure out exactly what he did say. And finally, I ended up figuring it out, and what he had said was that he was a hyper responder. So I finally found the video, by the way. Finding his old videos is a nightmare, even if you're using AI to analyze every Like I actually had to have him go through and analyze his videos and find the specific reference, and I finally found it. It's like a needle in a haystack to actually find data. And um and anyways the uh yeah, so he found he found it and what he had actually said in there was that he's a hyper responder to Anavar and 20 mg would cause him to blow up. So, he's a hyper responder to Turkesterone in the same way. Right? He didn't he didn't actually say that he didn't actually give an analog to the two combined. But, what it does in your mind, by the way, is it your mind collides them into one thing. Okay, 20 mg of Anavar is equivalent to this Turkesterone. No, no, no, that's not what he's saying. Right? And and you have to be very careful with the way these influencers say things because when I originally heard that, that is what I heard, right? So, I didn't but I heard him wrong, right? I had to watch it twice whenever I was whenever I was in the car. I literally had to watch this video twice to figure out, okay, no, what he's actually saying is I'm a hyper responder to this drug. So, that means I'm a hyper responder to this drug also, which may have some merit, may not have some merit. That's not the kind of science that I know about, especially like the pharmacokinetics of those two drugs. It's just not who I am or what I am. So, I I wasn't, you know, specifically you know, I I just didn't hear him wrong. And I wanted to apologize publicly uh for hearing him wrong. You know what I mean? Because I was kind of rude to him, Matthew Arnold. So, I wanted to publicly apologize because I have the ability to do it here. Uh and I want people to be cautious, by the way, whenever they listen to these influencers. Like really parse their words carefully because someone like Greg Doucette, especially of all of the influencers, I would say he's the most, believe it or not, he's the most cautious with saying ridiculous things. And I saw him right it where he said all of this ridiculous stuff. right? And And then you go to find the source material for it and none of it's true. So, like people on Reddit are saying that he said all these things and I literally had my AI try to find them and none of it has been like either he's deleted the tweets where he said it or you know what I mean, but there's no screenshots anywhere of the stuff that people are claiming he said. So, you know, just be very cautious with hey, I misheard this especially with him in particular, I misheard what he said. And that's not what he said. Now, there are other guys like, you know, Mike Israetel where they say ridiculous stuff. You know, so like there are like he's bigger and stronger than Mike Mentzer, you know what I mean? Like that that's a straight-up comment from Mike Israetel which is just absolutely insane to say. Uh you know what I mean? It's like this guy was one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. And uh you know, so there are there are fitness influencers that are easy to dunk on for what they're saying, but I would say in general, you know, I would say Greg does a better job of uh of not being like that. And what I wanted to do today is is do a little bit of one of my workouts. So, they just changed the Speediance dashboard and I hadn't even looked at it yet. So, I've been a little bit under the weather, so I haven't been doing the kind of lifts I normally do. So, this is Okay, so my customs are done. Everything I I actually feel snappier. >> [laughter] >> The scrolling's still kind of wonky like it always has been, but you click here, you click start. And um Oh, sorry. I left the sound on. So, for once I was testing something out and I had the sound on. Uh the Pilates stuff. So, the internet is a buzz by the way with the Pilates feature and for for multiple reasons. Uh one on Amazon and on Sorry, I got to pull it down here. Turn the voice guidance off. Stop that. Voice guidance off. But yeah, the the internet's above a buzz with this Pilates feature because it's advertised as being like it's advertised on their website and on Amazon that this Pilates is in the Gym Monster one. Right? Meanwhile, it it's not only not available for the Gym Monster one, but even more importantly, you can't buy the thing anywhere. So, so I have Sorry, I'm turning the volume off of my Mac. So, I have uh So, I have the Gym Monster one downstairs, but I have the Gym Monster 2S up here that would be able to do the Pilates, but you can't even buy the Pilates kits. So, it it's one of those things where um it It is uh so, that still did not turn off the audio wherever that's coming from. But, um yeah, I I have the you know, I have the capability to do the Pilates and I'd I'd show it to you and I'd actually buy the kit, but I actually can't buy the kit, which is even more funny. Like it's not it's not available right now. So, you know, it's and more importantly, they're advertising it on their website and they're advertising it, you know, on Amazon and I'm like, that's you know, really questionable when they haven't I have a feeling what's actually going to happen is they are going to release Pilates on the original Gym Monster. But even more insulting is you get a giant ad for the Pilates thing when you launch the Gym Monster. Like that's what I got that's what I was I had turned the sound on for is actually hear that ad. And that's what it was, it was basically an ad for the Pilates stuff. In the new version of the the software, that's what you get. And it's like I can't even buy this. Like, you're advertising something that you uh you can't buy. By the way, that they broke the UX again. So, this is like every release like they have inconsistencies with the UX. It's It's surprising that these things make it through almost every time. You know, it's it's pretty wild to think. So, L2 and R2. So, it's a pretty wild and to see that like these UX bugs come up pretty much every time. You know, they'll fix it, so it'll be fixed in the next release, and then they'll change the UX slightly, and it'll be broken again.