Abdoulaye BaAug 12, 2026
Based Fitness - Sebastian Perez Interview
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Based Fitness - Sebastian Perez Interview
Abdoulaye Ba
An 18-year-old basketball player shares his journey of overcoming chronic knee pain through a structured training program focused on joint health and the central nervous system. He discusses how this transformation improved his performance and inspired his own content creation.
Based Fitness - Sebastian Perez Interview
Abdoulaye Ba
An 18-year-old basketball player shares his journey of overcoming chronic knee pain through a structured training program focused on joint health and the central nervous system. He discusses how this transformation improved his performance and inspired his own content creation.
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Impact
Introduction to the call and the positive impact of sharing recovery stories.
02:04
Knee Pain History
03:40
CNS and Functional Training
09:24
Program Experience and Setbacks
13:13
Mindset and Mental Health
17:37
Choosing the Right Coach
22:40
Starting Content Creation
31:18
Reflection and Future Potential
Transcript
00:01
What's good, bro?
00:03
Good morning.
00:04
Good morning.
00:04
Good morning.
00:05
Okay.
00:05
Okay.
00:06
Finally.
00:07
Finally.
00:07
Okay.
00:08
Okay.
00:08
How you doing, man?
00:09
How you doing?
00:10
All good.
00:10
What about you?
00:11
All good.
00:12
All good, bro.
00:13
Hope you don't mind if I.
00:14
If I record this, bro.
00:15
You feel.
00:15
no, no problem.
00:16
For real.
00:18
I would, like.
00:18
It's amazing, bro.
00:20
Funny, enough.
00:21
When I posted, When I posted the screenshot of you just talking about it, bro, you touched so much people that you probably don't even know about.
00:27
In a sense.
00:28
They were like.
00:28
They were like, yo, really, he was.
00:29
He was actually able to fix his knee pain and all that right there, you know, he's saying himself.
00:33
You feel me?
00:34
So that was, you know, that was really amazing, bro.
00:36
You feel me?
00:37
Like, I.
00:37
I, was really happy to just hear that, you know, no one should have to deal with, you know, just knee pain, anything else.
00:43
So really, as we work together, you telling me your progress throughout the months, I mean, that's amazing, bro.
00:49
I'll be real with you.
00:50
So I'm really glad to hear, bro.
00:52
I really am glad to hear, bro.
00:54
And it's crazy, for real.
00:56
Like, you tell me that, like, I.
00:57
I don't imagine, like, my progress helps other people.
01:00
Like, it's.
01:01
It's insane.
01:02
Like, I was playing basketball yesterday, and I feel like a completely different person from the beginning.
01:08
Like, for real, I couldn't jump, barely.
01:11
Now I can do stuff like cut, drive with no problem.
01:15
Like, it's.
01:16
It's insane.
01:17
I feel that vertical just going up.
01:20
That's so amazing to you, but, like, you don't understand.
01:22
Every time I just hear stuff like that, I just see stuff like that, bro.
01:24
It's just.
01:25
It's just truly amazing, bro.
01:26
Because like I said, bro, joint pain, discomfort, anything like that, it.
01:29
I know it sucks.
01:30
You feel me?
01:31
I know you know what I'm saying?
01:31
Yeah, it really does.
01:33
Like, waking up feeling that you're like, man, you got.
01:36
You think about it in the back of your head.
01:37
You can't even enjoy your favorite hobbies, a lot of things.
01:41
You feel me?
01:41
So I'm glad to hear that, brother.
01:43
You know what I'm saying?
01:43
So I' ma definitely.
01:44
Like I said, I'm gonna ask you some questions, you know, it's gonna be real quick and real simple.
01:48
I just want to get.
01:49
It's okay back, but a respect.
01:51
So, you know, like, like, you know, how long would you say, you know, it took you, in a sense, to.
01:56
I don't want to say get in shape, but per se, you know, because get in shape is obviously, you know, it's part of the process, but really just that pain and discomfort you've been having.
02:05
Like, how long did it take you to, you know, before you found the content?
02:08
Man, I was dealing with knee pain since 2022.
02:13
Like, it started when I was like 14 years old.
02:19
And it's been tough.
02:22
Like, the first time I ever felt, that pain in my knees, it was like, man, what is this?
02:28
Like, I wasn't informed or, or nothing.
02:31
Like, it was just a little discomfort.
02:33
Then it just went up.
02:34
gradually I was like, this feels weird.
02:38
Then I couldn't practice.
02:39
I couldn't play the whole season of my sophomore year.
02:43
And it was crazy.
02:44
Like, I wanted to play so bad.
02:46
I.
02:47
I got cut on, in 12th grade in my senior year because of, I couldn't play.
02:54
I couldn't really move or nothing.
02:56
So I.
02:58
I was in the gym one day, I saw your content, and in 2025, I was like, dang, I'm going to try these workouts.
03:07
So I tried some of them.
03:09
It helped, kind of because it wasn't like, structurally like, planned.
03:13
I know exact question.
03:14
It helped.
03:14
It helped, really.
03:15
And I just.
03:17
One day I was at the gym seeing your vids, and I said, let me just.
03:20
Let me just type in.
03:21
Let me just send a dm.
03:23
And since I sent that dm, like, that plan helped me, like, a lot for real.
03:28
And I've been learning about the nervous system and all that, and it's been helping me for real.
03:33
Super important, bro.
03:34
The central nervous system.
03:35
Super important.
03:36
Because a lot of people, they just.
03:37
They really just build only muscle.
03:39
They don't.
03:40
They forget about their joints.
03:41
They think that, the muscle just works alone.
03:44
And that's.
03:44
That's so wrong.
03:45
And that's why so many people.
03:46
I see people at the gym and I just see them, like, doing this with their shoulder or their knees, and I'm like, dang.
03:52
They.
03:52
They don't know that their nervous system is play.
03:54
They.
03:55
They look strong, they look big, but they can't move.
03:58
They can't move, they can't move.
03:59
And.
03:59
And it's like what I always say.
04:01
What's the point of just looking good if you're not functional?
04:03
You know, saying you're just good.
04:04
Exactly like it.
04:05
It doesn't make sense.
04:06
And after a certain while, you being good to look at, you also want to be able to move.
04:10
You also want to be.
04:11
You know that you can.
04:12
Any moment, you can go run fast, you can go jump High.
04:15
You can do these things because, you know, people have hobbies, and your hobbies could be physical too, as well.
04:19
You feel me?
04:20
So you would.
04:20
So that you can move and, you know, you can move and control your body without feeling any discomfort or pain.
04:25
So I always.
04:26
I always preach that, man.
04:27
You want to build a good physique, but you also want to be very.
04:30
You want to be functional and capable.
04:32
Exactly.
04:33
I'm glad to hear that, man.
04:35
I respect.
04:35
That's, That's actually, you know, quite a story right here.
04:37
Since 2022 is insane, bro.
04:39
That's.
04:39
That's.
04:40
That's a minute.
04:41
Literally four years.
04:42
It's been tough pain.
04:44
Like, you know, just the discomfort you had to.
04:46
You had to deal with and also the adversity you had to overcome in a sense, especially.
04:49
Especially talking about your basketball.
04:50
So, you know, like, being like, just cut from that.
04:53
That would hurt, bro.
04:53
I like, I can really.
04:55
I can really understand that.
04:57
For real.
04:57
For real, man.
04:58
So I commend you, bro.
04:59
I really do, bro.
05:00
I really do.
05:01
Thank you, bro.
05:02
For real.
05:02
It's.
05:02
It's not easy.
05:03
It wasn't easy.
05:04
Like, knowledge is everything.
05:06
Like you said, like, knowing about the things that you're doing, that helps a lot.
05:11
Like, I wouldn't just train for training.
05:14
I.
05:14
I have to know why and for what.
05:17
Because what's the point of training mindlessly so that then when something happens, I'm like, what happened?
05:24
How.
05:25
How did this happen?
05:25
And.
05:26
And that's what most people have the problem.
05:28
And it's sad.
05:29
For real.
05:31
I definitely.
05:32
On that.
05:32
Literally mindless, training is not the way.
05:35
It's pretty much random.
05:35
No structure, you know, leads, random results.
05:38
Understand?
05:40
So pretty much.
05:41
Right.
05:41
What would you say, right?
05:42
What was like, the biggest.
05:43
I would say biggest frustration, you know, say you had with your body or just your health before, you know, we started working together, in a sense, bro, what would you say, you know, you talked a little bit about.
05:51
What would you say was, like, the biggest frustration about that?
05:53
some of the biggest frustrations were, like, not being able to do normal things.
05:58
Like, I seen people play basketball or do, any.
06:02
I didn't anything like, walk upstairs normally.
06:05
I couldn't do that.
06:06
Like, it was like, man, I just want to do that.
06:09
I just want to be able to play.
06:11
I want to be able to walk normally.
06:13
I want to be able to do stuff that my body just doesn't restrict me.
06:16
And it was frustrating.
06:18
So I seen people in the team.
06:20
I seen people doing stuff with their body, like, I couldn't do that.
06:23
And it was like, damn, I'm stuck.
06:26
I can't move.
06:26
I.
06:27
I can't really.
06:29
I can't really do the.
06:30
The things that I want to do because of my body's restriction.
06:33
Like, I know my potential, but my body's holding me back.
06:36
And that was a big frustration for.
06:38
Yes.
06:39
Yeah, that would be a very big frustration because, you know, it will.
06:41
It will almost seem like you're a prison in your own body, which a lot of people kind of are, you know.
06:45
Yeah.
06:46
You know, they cannot, you know, move without feeling some sort of pain.
06:49
So in a sense, you're trapped as prisoners in your own body.
06:53
You know what I'm saying?
06:54
Yeah, that's deep, man.
06:55
That's.
06:56
That's deep.
06:56
For real.
06:57
For real.
06:57
And what would you say when you first came across the page?
07:01
Right?
07:01
What would you say?
07:01
What would you.
07:02
What was your first honest, you know, just.
07:03
Just reaction or just.
07:04
Or just thought about it, in a sense.
07:06
You know what I'm saying?
07:07
Man, I started seeing your content in, like, before.
07:11
Since 11th grade.
07:13
That was 2024.
07:14
I was like, man, this guy's a beast.
07:16
He looks.
07:17
He looks so tough.
07:18
Like, the things that he do, his fatigue.
07:21
Like, I.
07:21
I saw you, and I was like, dang.
07:24
Bro really knows.
07:25
Bro's really strong.
07:26
Bro.
07:27
Bro has discipline.
07:28
Like, it was tough.
07:30
So I started doing your workouts from your videos, and, man, it helped me a lot.
07:35
But like I said, like, I.
07:37
I didn't have a weekly structure, so I just do one work on.
07:40
Damn, that feels good.
07:41
But then I went back to doing the same things that I used to do with the little knowledge that I used to have.
07:47
And it was like, I'm gonna keep trying to do this con.
07:50
Like, the content that he do is.
07:52
I'm gonna do those exercises for.
07:54
Makes sense.
07:56
Makes sense.
07:56
Because that's really the structure right there.
07:58
Literally, you know, I'm saying, obviously, you know, you can do it.
07:59
You can do, like, a certain workout on my post and all that, but if you don't have the structures for forward and all that, it's like, you know, it's kind of up and down.
08:05
It's like split.
08:06
Yeah.
08:06
I mean, so that's very.
08:07
That's very.
08:08
That's very smart analysis by you.
08:10
Literally, a lot of people forget about, you know, that A lot of people think, you know, you.
08:13
You're supposed to be like, split hopping, but you split hopping gives you random results, you know, saying, if not, no results at all, because your body doesn't have enough.
08:20
Exactly.
08:21
All that, to really adapt to a certain exercise because, you know, you're going back and forth.
08:25
You feel me?
08:26
So.
08:26
Okay.
08:27
That's very smart analysis, Brody.
08:29
I was very smart.
08:29
Now, yeah.
08:30
Like, the, That's why I take a little bit more time to, like.
08:34
I know your.
08:35
The plans is like, three weeks, like, week nine to week 12.
08:39
But I take some more time because I want my body to actually adapt about it.
08:43
That's why maybe I take a little bit more time to take into another phase, but it's because I want my body to adapt and to actually get the results.
08:52
Like, when I feel like my body is ready for the next one, I'm like, okay, now I can change.
08:58
No, Very, very smart, bro.
08:59
Neuromuscular connectivity is key.
09:01
Literally, if you're like.
09:02
Just like.
09:02
When you're doing that right, you're obviously up in the way.
09:04
Progressive overload.
09:05
That's key.
09:06
Trust me on that.
09:07
So.
09:07
Exactly.
09:07
Don't feel bad about doing.
09:09
That's very smart.
09:10
Trust me on that.
09:10
Because your joints and tendons will thank you for that.
09:13
Literally.
09:14
Yeah, pretty much, you know, through the process.
09:16
Right.
09:17
Walk me through how the first week, you know, what.
09:19
What it looked like for you.
09:20
Like, how do you know, like, what was.
09:21
Like, how did you go into the program?
09:24
How did you know?
09:24
Pretty much, you know, feel like, were there anything that would surprise you?
09:28
Like, you know, how was it?
09:29
In a sense, it was.
09:31
It was good.
09:32
Like, since I saw the first phase, I was like, okay, I know this is gonna help me because I've seen some of those exercises.
09:40
I've tried them from your page, but now I have, like, the structure to actually do them.
09:45
So when I hit the first phase, the first three weeks, I was like, okay, maybe I can hit already.
09:51
Because I felt ready when I hit phase two.
09:54
It was all good until I had a setback playing basketball.
09:58
I forced my body to quit.
10:00
I didn't, like, give myself some time to actually, like, rest, to actually, like, recover.
10:06
So I was at the court one day, and when I jumped on one, like, I felt something crack.
10:14
And when I came down, it was like, oof.
10:16
That doesn't feel normal.
10:17
So I'm like, maybe I should go back.
10:20
That's why.
10:21
That's when I told you, like, I had a setback, and that's why I don't remember if it was another phase that I wasn't gonna ask for.
10:29
But I hit that setback, and I'm like, you know what?
10:33
Let me.
10:33
Let me ask him.
10:34
And then you said to go back to phase one.
10:36
I tried it again.
10:37
Did it for, like, four months.
10:40
Like four weeks.
10:41
I'm sorry, Four weeks.
10:42
And then I progressed to phase two.
10:45
Then I'm, on phase three, and I'm going to phase four.
10:48
Smart, smart.
10:49
I actually drive phase five.
10:50
But it's all good.
10:51
Don't worry about that.
10:51
Obviously, when you're done with phase four.
10:53
No, that's.
10:53
That's okay.
10:54
Got you.
10:55
And.
10:55
And I like how you said that because, like.
10:57
Like I said in the messages, you're always going to have to bulletproof your body.
11:00
That's just.
11:01
That's just a fact.
11:01
Phase one.
11:02
Like we spoke first spoke.
11:04
Phase one is the most important phase.
11:05
Let's be real.
11:05
You know what I'm saying?
11:06
yeah.
11:07
Body will always need, strengthening, you know what I'm saying?
11:09
And not necessarily your muscles.
11:11
I'm talking about your.
11:11
Your joints and tendons.
11:13
That's what holds you together.
11:14
They're always going to strengthen it.
11:16
The foundation will always need strengthening.
11:17
So it's like, I'm glad you really went back.
11:19
You listened to my advice and went back, and obviously, you know, like I said, we do it.
11:22
Give your body enough Time.
11:23
We adapt to it.
11:24
So that was very smart.
11:26
There's nothing wrong with going back to the original foundation phase.
11:30
I do it all the time, too, so trust.
11:32
Yeah, okay.
11:33
I get it.
11:34
For real?
11:34
Yeah.
11:35
Like, people.
11:36
I've seen you say it in the videos.
11:38
You preach it a lot.
11:39
Like, people just want to go straight to strength.
11:42
They forget about posture.
11:43
They forget about proprioception.
11:45
They forget about all that.
11:47
And they just want to go to strength, jumping, cutting, without having a strong base.
11:51
And that's what breaks us down.
11:53
Like, we're so impatient, bro.
11:55
No foundation will literally.
11:56
Cookie, bro.
11:57
And I've seen so many people, like, like I said, a lot of people just be caring about the disk, about the muscle and all that.
12:02
But I'll be telling them, like, man, trust me, it's.
12:05
You want to look good.
12:05
Of course you want to look.
12:06
We all want to look good.
12:07
Yeah, exactly.
12:08
Most importantly, You want to be able to be functional.
12:11
You want to be able to be pain free, no dis.
12:13
Like, no discomfort, because that's.
12:14
In the long run, that's a lot better than just looking good.
12:17
You know what I'm saying?
12:18
Exactly.
12:19
Like, people forget about it.
12:21
Like, they just want to feed their eyes, and they forget about the inside.
12:25
Like, they just want to look good on the outside.
12:27
And the inside, they're crumbling for Real.
12:29
that's deep.
12:30
I like that.
12:31
I really like that.
12:32
Very good warden too, as well.
12:33
But I like that for sure.
12:35
so pretty much, you know, doing the program right.
12:37
Was there any moment that you thought, man, this might not work?
12:41
Were there any doubts when you first got the program in a sense, you know, man, the setback, the first setback, I was like, dang, I'm failing.
12:47
Like, why, why does my knee just do that in.
12:51
In the middle of the program?
12:52
Like, I'm like, man, I just, I just want to be able to be free.
12:56
So when I text you, I'm like, dang, this may, this may not work because I don't know what's wrong with my knees.
13:03
So then I tried again.
13:04
I progressively overloaded then, and it's helped me.
13:08
Like, now I'm, where I'm at, I'm keep going.
13:12
the mind plays a big part in this.
13:15
Like, I, I couldn't stay stuck because if I stay stuck thinking, like, man, I'm not gonna go more.
13:23
Like, I couldn't go more, my nervous system just gonna fry itself.
13:27
Like, is going to spike cortisol and I'm going to be stressed out about things that I can't see.
13:33
Like, I can't let that doubt just interfere with my mind because if what I believe, that's what's going to happen.
13:41
And if I believe that I'm not going to get better, I'm just going to cook myself because my nervous system just going to be in fight or flight mode.
13:48
Very smart, bro.
13:49
The fact that you mentioned cortisol, as I know you're doing your research, very smart.
13:54
I mean, I'm glad you, I'm glad I can tell you, watching the reals, because, you know, people be forgetting about that cortisol spike.
14:00
You know, you spike your cortisol, and that's what I'm studying.
14:02
I'm starting to be a, A, training coach.
14:05
I love that they speak to the, they speak about the nervous system a lot.
14:09
And believe me, I've done my research apart to search about all about the nervous system, the body and people.
14:17
I see it like people, man, people just think it's muscle.
14:21
That's, that's, that's crazy to me.
14:23
Like, they forget about bones, they forget about the nervous system, they forget about fascia, they forget about so many things and they just focus on muscle and looking good.
14:32
like I said, I'm glad, you know, you, you actually, you're aware of this because I'm telling you, man, 90 of people do not know about any of this.
14:39
And that's, I know as a coach, that has to be, that has to be like, man, these people don't get it.
14:45
Like, they're like, bro, it's not just muscle.
14:48
You gotta train the nervous system.
14:50
You gotta have stimulus.
14:51
You have to change, you have to adapt to new things.
14:55
I, I love that you know that.
14:56
That's, that's very insightful.
14:57
You better.
14:58
For real, for real.
14:59
Keep it up.
14:59
For real.
15:00
And, and what would you say, right?
15:02
When did you first start noticing, like, you know, just progress, like changes in a sense, you know what I'm saying?
15:06
To hype to your mood and just your body, man, when I started practicing because I'm.
15:12
I'm in a team and here where I'm at, at Puerto Rico, we have a national, like, tournament.
15:20
So we start.
15:21
I made the team, we started practicing.
15:24
And that's where I saw it.
15:25
Like, I've seen the improvement in, in what I did when nobody, nobody saw.
15:31
I'm seeing it in practice.
15:33
I've seen it when I'm going out to play to train.
15:36
And like, that about, like, ending face phase two, starting phase three.
15:42
That's when I saw it.
15:44
Like, I've seen the, the change for you, and, it's been insane.
15:49
Okay, Okay.
15:50
I love that.
15:50
I love that, bro.
15:51
Like, it literally translates, you know what I'm saying?
15:52
Translates to your game, obviously how you feel and obviously your physicality, which is, you know, probably one of the most important, important parts of this, because you want to be able to move, you know what I'm saying?
16:01
So I love that.
16:02
I love that.
16:02
Well, and what would you say has been the biggest win so far?
16:05
You know, doing.
16:06
While doing the program and all that, bro?
16:10
Having, a clear mind, like, not just getting back to physicality because, yeah, that's a big win.
16:17
Getting back to basketball, being.
16:18
Being able to play freely and doing things that I know I have potential to do.
16:23
But the mindset, like, knowing that I have to stay positive, like, I can't let a little setback, a little tweak just throw me off, because this is going to throw off my whole progress.
16:35
And like, the mindset, that's the biggest win.
16:38
Like, knowing that I can move freely no matter how, you know, like, how hard it may be from past moments, but just staying focused in the present moment, like, not dwelling, thinking about, dang, I couldn't do this before, but now I'm doing it.
16:55
So I'm just gonna stay with the mentality of keep going.
16:58
Like, the mindset has been key and a big win for definitely.
17:02
I mean, like, anything is possible to who.
17:04
Whoever's willing to try.
17:05
And when.
17:05
When you're willing to try, you got to have a strong mind to be able to, you know, go ahead and try things.
17:10
Yeah, exactly.
17:11
I love that, you know, and the fact that you speak a lot about the mind is a very great thing.
17:15
You feel me?
17:16
So I.
17:16
I genuinely appreciate that of you.
17:18
You know, I'm saying you're not just all about physicality, all about the mindset, which place huge role in every aspect of your life.
17:25
So I'm glad to hear that, bro.
17:27
For real?
17:27
For real.
17:28
And what would you say for.
17:30
Right.
17:30
For a friend who, you know, was thinking of, you know, probably pretty much getting the coach?
17:33
What would you told him?
17:34
Honestly?
17:35
In a sense, man, I would tell them, look for a good one.
17:40
Like, people just want to get a coach, just to get a coach.
17:43
Like, I'm a coach.
17:44
I have a coach.
17:45
I can train now.
17:47
they giving me this plan.
17:49
But what is that coach teaching you?
17:51
Like, people just be jumping into whoever, and they forget about, like, the important stuff.
17:58
It was like, I told you all this call, like, they just want to muscle, they want to look good, but it's the coach actually teaching you, like, about your body, nutrition, mindset.
18:09
Like, that's what I would look at a coach, like.
18:12
And first of all, first and foremost, like, look at the coach.
18:16
If the coach is like, one of these, physical education teachers that are fat, that can do a sprint by themselves.
18:25
Like, bro, don't go there.
18:27
If you want a coach, that coach has to set an example for you.
18:31
Like, you can't just have a coach to have a coach, because you're gonna waste money, you're gonna waste time, and you're just gonna be doing random stuff.
18:39
Like, look at someone that gives the example, facts.
18:43
Look the part, man.
18:43
Look the part.
18:44
You know what I'm saying?
18:44
You got to definitely practice what you preach.
18:46
I'm glad you said that, because, you know, man, a lot of coaches don't look the part, man.
18:50
It's like, very hard word.
18:51
It's like, yeah, they might have the knowledge, but it's like, why aren't you applying that to yourself?
18:56
Exactly.
18:57
Very sketchy.
18:58
You know what I'm saying?
18:58
I always say that because, you know, they know what you're telling me to do this, but you cannot do it, or you don't even look the part.
19:03
It's like, exactly.
19:04
That's like, no, I'm not Gonna trust you for that.
19:07
I had to pass on this, man.
19:08
I'm at the pass on this, so I'm glad you said that.
19:11
Definitely, Definitely.
19:13
People just want to jump into the first thing that they see, and it's like, crazy.
19:16
Like, I can't believe I see.
19:18
I've seen coaches here, and, man, here at my island, we have a problem with obesity, and it's.
19:25
It's crazy.
19:26
I think coaches, man, that's sad.
19:28
Like, the exercises that they make people do is like, I seen it at the gym, and I'm like, no, this is crazy.
19:36
I can't believe they're doing that.
19:38
It's like, why?
19:40
How?
19:40
For what?
19:42
And it just.
19:43
It just makes me like, that's why we have this problem.
19:47
Well, I mean, you're observing.
19:49
I tell you that.
19:50
I see that.
19:50
I see that too, at the gym sometimes.
19:52
But, hey, I just.
19:52
Just.
19:52
I just.
19:53
Okay, hey, that's.
19:54
That's.
19:54
I just go over.
19:55
You gotta run with it.
19:56
We can't just barge in and just, you know, people are gonna think we're crazy.
20:01
I feel you.
20:02
I feel you on that.
20:03
Trust me on that.
20:03
I definitely understand you on that.
20:06
Yeah.
20:06
And what would you say, right?
20:09
Like, is there anything you wish you had known before, you know, I said you started, and, just anything of that nature and why and.
20:17
And to add another question of that, in a parallel universe or just in, hypothetically speaking, would you, you know, you want me to be a coach again?
20:24
Would you do it again, in a sense, you know what I'm saying?
20:26
Like, if you came across.
20:27
Yeah, yeah.
20:27
For real.
20:28
Like, it's.
20:29
You've been very helpful.
20:30
For real.
20:31
And I thank God for you because, man, I.
20:34
I felt lost in my training.
20:36
I'm trying to learn more to be a coach, a good coach.
20:40
So, like, following your example, seeing your content since I've seen you for the past two years, it's helped me a lot.
20:48
Like, I've applied, like, a lot of things that you've said.
20:51
I've searched about the things that you say because obviously we can't just listen to people and just.
20:59
Okay, that's.
21:00
That's true.
21:01
No, we gotta look to the evidence.
21:03
And I know that you're a good resource of evidence because you look for it.
21:08
You may.
21:08
You study it.
21:09
You, like, you give it.
21:10
Like, it is not like people that they sugarcoat a lot of things and so that people can have, you know, good hearing.
21:17
Like, that sounds good.
21:19
No, you.
21:20
You say the things like there are.
21:21
And that's something that I look for people and look for in people.
21:26
Like, say the things like they are.
21:28
Don't sugarcoat, like, stuff, you know.
21:31
You know, like, just say the truth.
21:34
And I know you.
21:35
You doing your research.
21:37
Yeah.
21:38
Practice what you preach, man.
21:39
Like, you know, like.
21:39
And that's, Like, I think that's one of the.
21:42
The beauties that I like about social media is that I don't have to fake anything.
21:46
I.
21:47
I show people what I do, you know, I mean, I show the workouts, obviously.
21:51
Obviously.
21:51
I don't.
21:52
I don't.
21:52
I don't typically show everything I would eat, per se, because, you know, my.
21:56
My diet is probably not, It's probably not the.
22:00
What's it called?
22:01
attainable in a sense.
22:03
A lot of people don't like to eat one meal a day.
22:05
It takes a lot of discipline.
22:06
But understandable that.
22:08
But yeah, you know, but apart from that, you know, I'm saying, people, you know, I like to show people everything I do, you know, they want to try and replicate it for themselves because it's worked wonders for me.
22:16
Hey, go ahead.
22:17
You feel me?
22:18
You know, if it's, you know, if it works for me, I'm pretty sure it'll work for you as long as you have that.
22:22
That mental fortitude, that discipline to go along with it.
22:26
But.
22:26
Yeah, I love that, brother.
22:27
I appreciate that.
22:28
For real.
22:28
you know what I'm saying?
22:29
Yeah, Appreciate it.
22:31
I was gonna ask you something.
22:32
Like, I've been wanting to start doing content.
22:36
Like, I've been wanting to start, like, a new account, like to make exercises, you know, all that.
22:44
What's, Like, I've.
22:48
I lost the word.
22:49
Like, good tips you can give me.
22:52
Like, to.
22:52
To make that.
22:54
Like.
22:55
Like, I've seen your content.
22:56
I've seen you progress it.
22:57
Like, I'm.
22:59
Trust me, I've been seeing your content since the beginning.
23:02
Like, when you started.
23:03
When you have, like, 10 videos, something like that.
23:07
And I've seen the.
23:08
The progress from these years, and it's.
23:11
It's been crazy.
23:12
Like, what can I do to.
23:14
To do content and create it like that, Feel like that?
23:18
I mean, the first thing I, The first thing I would obviously know, the first advice I will.
23:22
I would give you is to just start, you know, saying.
23:24
That's the.
23:24
Obviously, you know, the most.
23:25
No, I don't want to say common advice, but really the most important one, actually, you just started.
23:30
It's like change.
23:31
Change is super important.
23:32
Why is change super important?
23:33
It gets you uncomfortable.
23:34
You know, I'm saying a lot of people don't like being uncomfortable, but really, growth uncomfortable, it doesn't come from comfort, you know what I'm saying?
23:41
So the growth you're looking for, you know, is just to start, you know, how do you go about starting?
23:45
You know, only you know that in the sense, like, what do you.
23:47
What is your, what is your, what is your, your, your.
23:51
Your niche, your focus and all that?
23:52
Yes, you.
23:53
You focus on health, right?
23:54
But, but what aspect of health do you want to focus on, in a sense?
23:56
You feel me?
23:57
Do you want to focus on longevity?
23:58
You know, CNS prep, you know what I'm saying?
24:00
Do you want to focus on, literally, tendon health?
24:02
Do you want to focus.
24:03
Like, what aspect do you want to focus on?
24:05
So, you know, your audience can, like, really gravitate towards you, in a sense, and by you showing proper technique, you know, proper form and just how you, you know, you, you live what you preach, people gravitate towards you, you know what I'm saying?
24:17
You don't want to say, yeah, don't eat junk food, but you're out on the weekend eating junk food and all that.
24:21
Exactly, like, you know what I'm saying?
24:23
Don't.
24:23
It don't really add up, you know what I'm saying?
24:25
So people want to.
24:26
People want to look at you and see, yo, he's.
24:28
He's solid on what he says, you know what I'm saying?
24:30
He does what he actually said, and they gravitate towards you.
24:33
That's like I said, that's what I was telling you.
24:35
One of the best things about the social media thing is that I've never had to fake who I am.
24:39
I literally just, you know, like, I just love that and I, I appreciate that.
24:44
I really, I really thank people for that because, you know, I, I've never been the type to really fake something about me because when you start faking something, things about you, you got to keep that role going, you know what I'm saying?
24:53
it just destroys you, destroys you.
24:55
And I'm not an actor.
24:56
I don't want to be an actor.
24:57
So I really want people to, you know, see me for who I am, obviously not, not accept me for who I am, but me work on myself.
25:03
And obviously, like I said, they, you know, they gravitate towards me.
25:06
Yeah, exactly what we said earlier.
25:07
Like, they see the example that you're setting so they can trust you.
25:12
Literally, bro.
25:13
So, yeah, man, like, like, you know, I'm glad you want to start making content which is super.
25:17
Like, it's.
25:17
It's just when.
25:19
I mean, when people tell me that, I just get so happy because it's like, it's a new avenue, and it's.
25:23
It's an avenue that you put yourself out there to get criticized, in a sense, which is a good thing.
25:29
It's true.
25:30
you put yourself out there to get criticized.
25:32
But don't be.
25:33
Don't be ashamed or shy about that or afraid of that, because criticism is a good thing.
25:38
It shows you're doing something.
25:39
You feel me?
25:40
Like, and especially when it comes from people who are not doing anything.
25:43
Let's be real.
25:44
A lot of people, you see the comments, and they're the first ones being in their couches, being all fat and all that, like, criticizing you, and they're like, bro, look at yourself all the time.
25:57
But.
25:57
But you gotta love it, though.
25:58
You feel me?
25:58
That's.
25:59
That's the beauty of social media.
26:00
Like, knowing that you've built something that, you know, people can't really take away from you.
26:04
They can just say words and all that.
26:06
That's fine.
26:06
You feel me?
26:07
You know, it shows you're doing something good.
26:09
It shows you're going.
26:10
Exactly.
26:10
Yeah.
26:11
But, yeah, man, like I said, definitely go for it, please.
26:14
You know, I'm saying.
26:15
I want to say start now.
26:16
I always say start now.
26:17
Just post something.
26:18
You know, if you have an idea, you know, if you want to talk about something that you, you know, your beliefs and all that, go ahead and talk about it.
26:24
I create content right now.
26:26
I do, like, Christian videos, like, speaking about the word and all that.
26:30
But my focus is, like, what I'm telling you is, like, I want to start making, like, gym content, like basketball content and all that.
26:41
I just don't know how to start it because I can do it.
26:44
Like, I can talk to a camera.
26:46
I don't have, that shyness about, I can't record myself or I can't do this.
26:51
No, I've been doing this social media about two years ago.
26:56
Yeah, started two years ago.
26:58
So I already have that base and, platform.
27:02
I just don't know how to translate it to, like, the.
27:06
The gym and basketball.
27:07
Simple.
27:08
Put the camera there, put the tripod there and show a couple drills.
27:11
Some of the best drills.
27:13
The simplest way you can go, five drills for.
27:15
What's it called?
27:16
in and out.
27:18
or in and out.
27:19
Has these.
27:19
Or five.
27:20
Five drills.
27:20
What's it called?
27:21
To escape your opponent and all that.
27:22
To blow past your opponent, blow by Your opponent, what's it called?
27:28
Five drills, you know, to drop your opponent on the ground.
27:30
5.
27:30
Like there's just so many ways you can go about it because it's sports, it's basketball, you know what I'm saying?
27:35
And that, that's a very, it's a very insightful, insightful what's called topic.
27:39
And a topic a lot of people are interested in because it's sports, you know, I'm saying a lot of billions of people watch sports.
27:44
Yeah, it's true.
27:45
So just, just think about the endless possibilities you can come up with that literally, you know.
27:49
You know, five drills.
27:51
What's called unilateral.
27:52
Unilateral.
27:52
What's called, ball handling with your right.
27:54
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:55
And just think about it, bro.
27:57
It's just so many things you can do and important apart from drills, you can even, you can, you can literally do what's called five workouts that help you with your, what's it called?
28:05
Basketball speed.
28:06
Your basketball, lateral movement, you know.
28:08
Okay.
28:08
Yeah.
28:09
There's so many things you can do that it's actually like, it's mind boggling.
28:12
Because like I said, it's sports.
28:14
Billions of people watch sports, especially basketball.
28:17
Aries, a very popular sport, you know what I'm saying?
28:20
So you can be very, and I mean extremely creative to the point where it's actually mind boggling.
28:25
And then from there on, you build a loyal, audience that really trusts your word.
28:30
They trust your content.
28:31
They love your content.
28:32
It's entertaining, you know I'm saying?
28:33
And you're fun to watch.
28:35
Your personality is great and you're just an overall good dude.
28:38
So people gravitate towards that simple.
28:41
You know what I'm saying?
28:42
Yes, you will get, you will get criticism, but that's a good thing.
28:45
I mean, if you, if you're doing things and no one really criticize you, it's like, what's really the point of it?
28:49
It's like, Exactly.
28:51
Yeah.
28:51
Really, People always look for those defects, all those like, little things and they're like, so it's normal.
29:01
Like it's sad.
29:02
That's normal.
29:03
Because people shouldn't do that.
29:06
But it's normal.
29:07
The harsh reality.
29:08
But guess what though, man, you shouldn't mind at all.
29:11
You know what I'm saying?
29:11
You shouldn't mind.
29:13
So, hey, I don't mind at all.
29:15
I mean, because typically when they say that, I go to their page.
29:17
Yeah.
29:17
I'm disappointed at what I see anyway, so you know it's true.
29:22
So too.
29:23
So it's like, yeah, man, but that's fine, though, bro.
29:25
But I'm glad you want to start making content, you know what I'm saying, about, what's called fitness content.
29:29
Definitely do.
29:30
Like I said, put the.
29:32
Put the.
29:32
Put the.
29:32
Put the camera down.
29:33
Basketball drills, you know what I'm saying?
29:35
You know what I'm saying?
29:35
Football, five ways to get past your opponent.
29:37
These things like that, and you.
29:38
You will be surprised of what you will be able to build, like, literally, you know what I'm saying?
29:42
So definitely give it a shot and go for it.
29:45
But, go for it.
29:46
I would love.
29:46
I would actually love to, you know, love to see you, progress in that because, you know, making content about things you, you know, you love to do.
29:52
Your passion is such a.
29:54
It's such a great thing to see.
29:55
People definitely go for that.
29:57
Thank you, man.
29:57
Thank you.
29:58
For real.
29:58
Definitely.
29:59
Because, you know, that's your passion right there.
30:00
Seeing people express your passion.
30:02
Their.
30:02
Their, the creativity and all that, it's really a wonder, you know what I'm saying?
30:06
Because they're doing things they actually love to do.
30:08
So it's like, wow, you can see the.
30:10
The smile on their face.
30:11
You can see the.
30:12
The enthusiastic.
30:13
You can see their.
30:13
Create the creativity and all that.
30:15
A lot of these things from these people.
30:17
So that's really good for.
30:21
It's always a good side, bro.
30:22
So I'm glad to hear that.
30:23
Definitely, like I said, definitely start.
30:24
You will not regret it.
30:26
You know what I'm saying?
30:26
it's.
30:27
It's uncomfortable change, but it's a.
30:30
You know what I'm saying?
30:30
It's, Growth comes from being uncomfortable, not comfortable, literally.
30:35
So.
30:35
Yeah, man.
30:36
Yeah.
30:36
Thanks.
30:36
For real?
30:37
Yeah.
30:37
I really needed that.
30:38
Like, I'm, I've been trying.
30:40
I've been having this, like, fight with myself.
30:43
Like, start, don't start.
30:44
Start, don't start.
30:45
But.
30:46
it's been tough.
30:47
Don't definitely do it.
30:49
You feel me?
30:49
Definitely.
30:50
Doing a mine is a very, It's a good and a very dangerous place at times, too, especially when change is needed.
30:56
So.
30:56
Yeah, yeah, for real.
31:00
You need that in that extra push right there.
31:02
You're solid.
31:04
Thank you.
31:04
Thank you.
31:05
For real?
31:05
Yeah, for sure, bro.
31:07
And I'm not gonna hold you up too much.
31:09
I'm just asking the last question, buddy.
31:10
You feel me?
31:11
And that would be, what would you think, you know, where.
31:14
Or like, where would you think you would be right now if you hadn't, you know, made a decision?
31:18
What's called to get some coaching and all that, or, you know, just like, like, what's the guy?
31:23
I've still been.
31:24
That plateau of crashing down, like, I couldn't be playing right now.
31:28
I.
31:28
I think I wouldn't even be in a team.
31:30
Like, helped me a lot to make it to the team.
31:35
Like, help fixing my body, getting in a coach structured plan and just getting more knowledge.
31:43
Like, it's helped me to get more knowledge, to just seek more in depth about what I'm doing.
31:49
Because one, one day I'm going to be in your position where I'm calling people to ask them about their stuff, their progression, all that.
31:58
So it's a good experience for me as a client to like, learn more, get the experience of how to do it better.
32:07
Because I'm still young.
32:09
Like, I'm 18 years old and I'm learning.
32:12
I'm learning.
32:13
Like, and, and it's been.
32:14
If I wouldn't be here, like, with a coach having a structured plan, I would be lost.
32:20
I think I would be lost.
32:21
Like, I could be making a little bit progress, but it would fallback.
32:25
Now.
32:26
I definitely were just saying.
32:27
And like, and I'm glad that, you know, you're telling me this because you're young, bro.
32:32
Like, you know, you're definitely young.
32:33
And you know, there's so much, so much potential for you, quite literally.
32:36
And wow, being 18 and you know, in this insightful of, you know, just the mental and just a physical aspect is, it's truly a sight to see.
32:44
Literally.
32:45
You're extremely young.
32:47
Literally, bro.
32:48
So that's, that's, that's a very good thing.
32:49
Youth is, you know, is amazing.
32:50
Amazing, you know what I'm saying?
32:51
So definitely use that to your event, but use that to your advantage.
32:54
Do not let that, do not let that, that potential of yours, you know, die down or really just trickle down.
33:00
You feel me?
33:00
Just keep expanding it and expanding.
33:03
Thank you.
33:04
For real.
33:04
And you got the mindset to expand it too.
33:06
So, you know, that's always going to be in your favor, bro.
33:08
You feel me?
33:09
I, you know, I definitely look forward to seeing great things from you.
33:12
Like, you're extremely young, bro.
33:13
So I mean, why not even the limit, you know what I'm saying?
33:17
So let's, you know, let's, you know, let's obviously see what you can do, you know what I'm saying?
33:21
With your potential that you have that innate, bro, obviously put it to good use and I know you will.
33:26
I mean, I'm hearing the things you're saying, so I already know what's up with that, you feel?
33:31
For real?
33:31
Yeah.
33:32
People don't appreciate that a lot, so that.
33:35
That means a lot.
33:35
For real.
33:36
No, no, no, I.
33:38
I see that.
33:38
Because, hey, man, I was once young like that, you know what I'm saying?
33:40
I was.
33:41
I was once 18 and very, you know, just, you know, just.
33:45
Just did and all that, you know.
33:46
saying now 26, I'm saying.
33:49
Gonna be, getting.
33:50
I'm getting old, you know what I'm saying?
33:51
But, hey, it's all good.
33:54
You don't look like it.
33:55
You don't.
33:56
You really don't look like it.
33:57
For real.
33:58
I.
33:58
I've seen people like my age.
34:00
They look.
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They look terrible.
34:03
For real.
34:03
Appreciate, brother.
34:04
The training, bro, and the diet, too.
34:06
You feel me?
34:06
Yeah.
34:07
a huge part.
34:10
Like, I thought when I seen him first, I'm like, this guy gotta be, like, 21 years old.
34:16
That was like, two years ago.
34:18
So you were 24.
34:21
I appreciate it, bro.
34:22
You know what I'm saying?
34:22
Thank you, buddy.
34:23
You know what I'm saying?
34:23
Definitely practice what you preach.
34:25
You know I'm saying it goes.
34:26
It's gonna go well as well.
34:27
And like I said, bro, I look forward to seeing, you know, obviously, you know, like, obviously, your progress.
34:32
I dropped phase five in there.
34:33
Just, you know, just keep me updated, you know what I'm saying?
34:35
Like, you always do.
34:36
I, really do appreciate.
34:37
And I appreciate the meeting too, as well, bro.
34:40
I appreciate it as well.
34:41
For real.
34:42
It's really, really necessary.
34:43
For real.
34:44
Thank you, bro.
34:45
Thank you.
34:45
I'm not gonna hold you up too much because it's about to be.
34:47
It's about to be an hour, which is crazy work, but that's okay.
34:51
That's okay.
34:51
Don't worry.
34:52
Thank you.
34:52
Like, you know, I really do appreciate this, you know what I'm saying?
34:55
Hope you have a.
34:56
Hope you have a great, what's called rest of your day, bro.
34:58
Literally, just like I said, too.
35:01
Get that working and just keep doing your thing.
35:04
For sure.
35:04
I just came back from the gym, actually.
35:06
I was, doing some cardio, you know what I'm saying?
35:07
Because I work out fast.
35:09
That's all.
35:09
Just doing some cardio, you know what I'm saying?
35:10
Okay.
35:10
Yeah, I'm about to go to the gym, so, yeah, guy, my guy, go put in that work.
35:14
Like I said.
35:15
Just keep me updated, bro.
35:16
You got my number.
35:17
Do not feel like a stranger, you feel me?
35:19
To ask, you know, questions.
35:20
All right.
35:21
Thank you.
35:21
For real.
35:22
Thank you.
35:23
Stay blessed, buddy.
35:24
Stay blessed.
35:25
See, They do.
35:31
Man, he's so young.
35:32
Like, wow, That's.
35:34
I'm impressed.
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18.
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That's, He's young and very, very.
35:40
Potential is insane.
35:41
Quite literally.
35:42
Insane potential, man.
35:44
Can't wait to see what he does for real for,
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