but like I was not taking any time to do but like I was not taking any time to do but like I was not taking any time to do that because I was just so focused in that because I was just so focused in that because I was just so focused in this like idea of like the hustle this like idea of like the hustle this like idea of like the hustle culture which I think is kind of like culture which I think is kind of like culture which I think is kind of like this like cringy this like cringy this like cringy um example of hard work yeah but really um example of hard work yeah but really um example of hard work yeah but really bought into this idea that you have to bought into this idea that you have to bought into this idea that you have to push really hard you have to constantly push really hard you have to constantly push really hard you have to constantly be like grinding uh don't sleep don't be like grinding uh don't sleep don't be like grinding uh don't sleep don't eat just like work and get there eat just like work and get there eat just like work and get there
Native I love the outdoors my wife and Native I love the outdoors my wife and our three children we spend as much of our three children we spend as much of our three children we spend as much of time as we can outside getting connected time as we can outside getting connected time as we can outside getting connected to Nature uh we love animals uh we have to Nature uh we love animals uh we have to Nature uh we love animals uh we have quite a little uh I wouldn't call it a quite a little uh I wouldn't call it a quite a little uh I wouldn't call it a farm but a little community of animals farm but a little community of animals farm but a little community of animals here we got like chickens and we'll here we got like chickens and we'll here we got like chickens and we'll raise beef every once in a while uh we raise beef every once in a while uh we raise beef every once in a while uh we own a peacock which is super weird we're own a peacock which is super weird we're own a peacock which is super weird we're super passionate about super passionate about super passionate about um cold therapy we'd love to sit in a
different gyms races uh fitness centers different gyms races uh fitness centers offering to give free ice baths out offering to give free ice baths out offering to give free ice baths out um and then talk about rejection so many um and then talk about rejection so many um and then talk about rejection so many people people people no I'm not interested uh that's only for no I'm not interested uh that's only for no I'm not interested uh that's only for like NFL players uh but through some like NFL players uh but through some like NFL players uh but through some consistency determination they caught on consistency determination they caught on consistency determination they caught on and uh here we are today and uh here we are today and uh here we are today um yeah man that that's awesome and I um yeah man that that's awesome and I um yeah man that that's awesome and I want to go back to I mean there's a want to go back to I mean there's a want to go back to I mean there's a couple questions I have in that but
hustle culture which I think is kind of hustle culture which I think is kind of like this like cringy like this like cringy like this like cringy um example of hard work yeah but really um example of hard work yeah but really um example of hard work yeah but really bought into this idea that you have to bought into this idea that you have to bought into this idea that you have to push really hard you have to constantly push really hard you have to constantly push really hard you have to constantly be like grinding uh don't sleep don't be like grinding uh don't sleep don't be like grinding uh don't sleep don't eat just like work in get there wherever eat just like work in get there wherever eat just like work in get there wherever there is you know there is you know there is you know um so I really bought into that and it um so I really bought into that and it um so I really bought into that and it quickly became out of balance I think I quickly became out of balance I think I quickly became out of balance I think I was definitely predisposed to like
want to live I'm constantly like want to live I'm constantly like stressed out to the point where like I'm stressed out to the point where like I'm stressed out to the point where like I'm having a hard time sleeping and there's having a hard time sleeping and there's having a hard time sleeping and there's just a rise of anxiety in me and regret just a rise of anxiety in me and regret just a rise of anxiety in me and regret and depression and depression and depression that yeah I was I just called her up and that yeah I was I just called her up and that yeah I was I just called her up and I was like I have to just stop and I've I was like I have to just stop and I've I was like I have to just stop and I've always had uh the ability to like cut always had uh the ability to like cut always had uh the ability to like cut things cold turkey in life things cold turkey in life things cold turkey in life um and that goes both ways like um and that goes both ways like um and that goes both ways like discipline for whatever reason came
so talk about when you mentioned the so talk about when you mentioned the depression the anxiety and the stress depression the anxiety and the stress depression the anxiety and the stress and then you're when you got exposed to and then you're when you got exposed to and then you're when you got exposed to cold therapy how all of that that cold therapy how all of that that cold therapy how all of that that changed because we've seen some of the changed because we've seen some of the changed because we've seen some of the research and again myself being an research and again myself being an research and again myself being an amateur and have barely even touched the amateur and have barely even touched the amateur and have barely even touched the surface of cold therapy probably already surface of cold therapy probably already surface of cold therapy probably already looking at some communities around my my looking at some communities around my my looking at some communities around my my city in Charlotte that have cold plunges city in Charlotte that have cold plunges city in Charlotte that have cold plunges on the weekends that my friend's been
patients there and you know just like patients there and you know just like daily living that should be easy and daily living that should be easy and daily living that should be easy and enjoyable like was just becoming enjoyable like was just becoming enjoyable like was just becoming stressful and like so anxiety just stressful and like so anxiety just stressful and like so anxiety just started taking over when I started started taking over when I started started taking over when I started exposing my body to cold water exposing my body to cold water exposing my body to cold water it became so I became so present it was it became so I became so present it was it became so I became so present it was like my body was saying like hey I'm like my body was saying like hey I'm like my body was saying like hey I'm here come back to me and so like when here come back to me and so like when here come back to me and so like when you go into that extreme State it's you go into that extreme State it's you go into that extreme State it's immediate presence so now you're able to
like having this ice barrel and you're like having this ice barrel and you're at the races you're at the gym it's like at the races you're at the gym it's like at the races you're at the gym it's like hey you want to jump in this tub of ice hey you want to jump in this tub of ice hey you want to jump in this tub of ice like I can only imagine some of the like I can only imagine some of the like I can only imagine some of the reactions that you get asking some of reactions that you get asking some of reactions that you get asking some of that even I told a friend beforehand I'm that even I told a friend beforehand I'm that even I told a friend beforehand I'm like yeah I'm recording this podcast like yeah I'm recording this podcast like yeah I'm recording this podcast have you heard about ice Barrel have you have you heard about ice Barrel have you have you heard about ice Barrel have you ever done cold plunges he's like no why ever done cold plunges he's like no why ever done cold plunges he's like no why would I do a cold plunge and what was would I do a cold plunge and what was would I do a cold plunge and what was that like convincing people like hey
body's doing and how it feels and body's doing and how it feels and um yeah I would just offer anybody hey um yeah I would just offer anybody hey um yeah I would just offer anybody hey if you want to come get in the ice if you want to come get in the ice if you want to come get in the ice barrel and if you get out and you hate barrel and if you get out and you hate barrel and if you get out and you hate it and you don't you're not smiling I'll it and you don't you're not smiling I'll it and you don't you're not smiling I'll give you 500 and I've never paid out the give you 500 and I've never paid out the give you 500 and I've never paid out the 500 like everybody comes out smiling and 500 like everybody comes out smiling and 500 like everybody comes out smiling and they feel good they get all these they feel good they get all these they feel good they get all these incredible endorphins and hormone incredible endorphins and hormone incredible endorphins and hormone releases that releases that releases that um it's just incredible but when you're
anymore like I remember turning it cold anymore like I remember turning it cold and I would cheat I would like take a and I would cheat I would like take a and I would cheat I would like take a normal shower then at the end I would normal shower then at the end I would normal shower then at the end I would turn it all the way colder and then I turn it all the way colder and then I turn it all the way colder and then I would count to 30 then I got to the would count to 30 then I got to the would count to 30 then I got to the point where counting the 60 then I got point where counting the 60 then I got point where counting the 60 then I got to the point where I'm like oh uh cold to the point where I'm like oh uh cold to the point where I'm like oh uh cold does it get any colder does it get any does it get any colder does it get any does it get any colder does it get any colder yeah my body kind of got used to colder yeah my body kind of got used to colder yeah my body kind of got used to it I actually enjoyed it after a while it I actually enjoyed it after a while it I actually enjoyed it after a while and now Ivy obviously I think the next
in the ice and my preferred temperature in the ice and my preferred temperature which I know it's you like how do you which I know it's you like how do you which I know it's you like how do you even quantify it but I've been doing it even quantify it but I've been doing it even quantify it but I've been doing it for so long between like 42 and 46 for so long between like 42 and 46 for so long between like 42 and 46 degrees my barrels sit at 44 degrees degrees my barrels sit at 44 degrees degrees my barrels sit at 44 degrees consistently I say barrels I have two consistently I say barrels I have two consistently I say barrels I have two next to each other that way I can plunge next to each other that way I can plunge next to each other that way I can plunge next to my wife or for friends over or next to my wife or for friends over or next to my wife or for friends over or something like that something like that something like that um but yeah so four to six minutes at 44 um but yeah so four to six minutes at 44 um but yeah so four to six minutes at 44 degrees is what I do nice I love that
this world and we're here to serve this world and we're here to serve others and to take care of each other others and to take care of each other others and to take care of each other and so and so and so um yeah it's just really important for um yeah it's just really important for um yeah it's just really important for us to show balance to our kids both with us to show balance to our kids both with us to show balance to our kids both with how Abby and I and interact and then how Abby and I and interact and then how Abby and I and interact and then also how we interact with the world so I also how we interact with the world so I also how we interact with the world so I work from home I do have like we do have work from home I do have like we do have work from home I do have like we do have a headquarters and an office a headquarters and an office a headquarters and an office um but a lot of times I work from home um but a lot of times I work from home um but a lot of times I work from home and I'm just really careful about what
what the end goal is and so it really what the end goal is and so it really makes working together even in our makes working together even in our makes working together even in our differences and our individuality is differences and our individuality is differences and our individuality is really easy yeah and with that in mind I really easy yeah and with that in mind I really easy yeah and with that in mind I appreciate the time even more so and appreciate the time even more so and appreciate the time even more so and Abby I promise we're going to be Abby I promise we're going to be Abby I promise we're going to be respectful at this time as well respectful at this time as well respectful at this time as well um I wanted to talk about a couple um I wanted to talk about a couple um I wanted to talk about a couple routines I saw that you have really routines I saw that you have really routines I saw that you have really quick one that when you have the quick one that when you have the quick one that when you have the opportunity watching the sun rise and
day it was like super early and I was day it was like super early and I was like you guys gotta see this and we call like you guys gotta see this and we call like you guys gotta see this and we call it the golden hour at our home and all it the golden hour at our home and all it the golden hour at our home and all the kids got up and we all sat on the the kids got up and we all sat on the the kids got up and we all sat on the steps and wrapped up in blankets and we steps and wrapped up in blankets and we steps and wrapped up in blankets and we just watched the sunrise together yeah just watched the sunrise together yeah just watched the sunrise together yeah man that's what it's all about like I man that's what it's all about like I man that's what it's all about like I mean I studied meteorology I work as a mean I studied meteorology I work as a mean I studied meteorology I work as a meteorologist and when when folks meteorologist and when when folks meteorologist and when when folks sometimes ask like you know what got you sometimes ask like you know what got you sometimes ask like you know what got you into that and what do you enjoy about it
haven't worked for a couple of days I'm haven't worked for a couple of days I'm not looking at it when I'm not at work not looking at it when I'm not at work not looking at it when I'm not at work but that's that's also playing to being but that's that's also playing to being but that's that's also playing to being present and I'm sure I might have the present and I'm sure I might have the present and I'm sure I might have the skill to forecast but I'll do it when I skill to forecast but I'll do it when I skill to forecast but I'll do it when I have to when it's necessary yeah just have to when it's necessary yeah just have to when it's necessary yeah just because I'm on the weekend doesn't mean because I'm on the weekend doesn't mean because I'm on the weekend doesn't mean I'm going to keep checking my phone I'm going to keep checking my phone I'm going to keep checking my phone um I want to talk about the the mouth um I want to talk about the the mouth um I want to talk about the the mouth shut the the taping shut the the taping shut the the taping mouth tape yeah talk about that because
it's it's taking over the internet I'm it's it's taking over the internet I'm seeing a lot of the ads and I want folks seeing a lot of the ads and I want folks seeing a lot of the ads and I want folks to be able to check it out try it out to be able to check it out try it out to be able to check it out try it out follow on Instagram follow some of what follow on Instagram follow some of what follow on Instagram follow some of what you do as well and and maybe even get you do as well and and maybe even get you do as well and and maybe even get themselves in an ice plunge what's the themselves in an ice plunge what's the themselves in an ice plunge what's the best way they can they can find your best way they can they can find your best way they can they can find your stuff man stuff man stuff man yeah so the best way would be to go to yeah so the best way would be to go to yeah so the best way would be to go to the website at the website at the website at www.icebarrel.com uh and then also go
something very natural about the male something very natural about the male aggression and assertion and that done aggression and assertion and that done aggression and assertion and that done um in balance and healthily is a great um in balance and healthily is a great um in balance and healthily is a great force to protect provide and add value force to protect provide and add value force to protect provide and add value to your family yourself and your Society to your family yourself and your Society to your family yourself and your Society so I think that is so I think that is so I think that is um something that I had to learn didn't um something that I had to learn didn't um something that I had to learn didn't come very naturally to me I was on the come very naturally to me I was on the come very naturally to me I was on the other side and came across uh relatively other side and came across uh relatively other side and came across uh relatively uh passive in order to gain affection uh passive in order to gain affection uh passive in order to gain affection and appreciation but as I have grown
next thing or if you're living impatient you're probably feeling that anxiety you're probably feeling that anxiety you're probably feeling that anxiety that comes along with it the stress that that comes along with it the stress that that comes along with it the stress that comes along with it if you're programmed comes along with it if you're programmed comes along with it if you're programmed to be thought of I need to be somewhere to be thought of I need to be somewhere to be thought of I need to be somewhere where I'm not wherever you are it's not where I'm not wherever you are it's not where I'm not wherever you are it's not where you want to be then that's going where you want to be then that's going where you want to be then that's going to be an unhealthy mindset to be in and to be an unhealthy mindset to be in and to be an unhealthy mindset to be in and that's what's going to play into that that's what's going to play into that that's what's going to play into that anxiety anxiety anxiety immediate uh press uh uh immediate immediate uh press uh uh immediate
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