Generalists vs. Specialists in Fitness

Yeah. You know, but I, I've also been fortunate enough to never limit myself. So like, um, when I first started, I started lifting because I wanted to be a bodybuilder. And then I got into high school, and I wanted to be a wrestler because I watched Vision Quest with, I think it's Matthew Modine. I don't even know if you've ever seen that movie, but it's like an early 1980s movie, Vision Quest. The guy was a wrestler against all odds and all that stuff. But I went to the head coach in my high school and said, hey, I want to start a wrestling team in our high school. And he was like, nobody in Texas wrestles. That's like the Midwest and the North. And I'm like, okay. And he goes, plus we're like a fucking really poor school, and there's nobody we can actually wrestle against. So I tell you what, why don't we start powerlifting? And I went, yeah, what's that? And he goes, you'll get really fucking strong and jacked. And I go, cool, sign me up. So I started a powerlifting team in my high school when I was 14. And, you know, you get kind of locked into that. So I was a powerlifter and a bodybuilder and this and that. And some people never leave that type of thing. And there's nothing wrong with that because we need people who specialize in things. Like there's people that I call on a daily basis to specialize in something that I'm not good at. So whether it's medicine or whether it's orthotics or whether it's powerlifting or whether it's weightlifting, I've got a list of people I call. And that's all they do. um but for me because i'm i because of my add i can't just specialize in one little thing i i want to have my hand in a lot of different things and you know for lack of a better word being like the crossfit of trainers the crossfit of educators i know i know a little bit about a whole lot of stuff and um and if i don't know a lot about one subject i do know the right people so let's get you with those people. So, um, there has to be a, an area where there's a general hub like muscle nerds where you're like, Hey, I like this. Cool. Learn this from us. And then when you're ready, we'll send you to this other person to then get, you know, further education and what you want to go into. Um, but there's not a whole lot of that going on. Like, uh, most people in the industry, they specialize in like one or two different things. Um, whereas, you know, like you said, We kind of have our fingers and a little bit of everything And then we had we do have our specialties like physique and general population training and powerlifting but There's there's a lot of stuff we don do like if you came to me and you said I have to get a this guy ready for the Olympics in badminton And you say Luke what do I do And I go don ask me Fuck call You know what I would do I would call Stefan Kozolt over at Kilo and ask him because that's the guy. If I had to train somebody for the Olympics, that's the dude I would call. So it's good to have the generalized foundational stuff. But then you also have to have specialists that they know their thing inside and out. and that's the guy you want to talk to if you have to go that route. Yeah, and I think that's great in terms of coaches need to understand that referring out isn't a sign of necessarily weakness. It's a sign of knowing and if you're someone who refers out and gets a result for someone, then they're going to come back to you and ask you next time because you've sort of built up that trust and reputation. Yeah, 100%. Like referring out is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. It's a sign that you're comfortable enough to admit that you don't know enough about a certain subject, so you're going to have to get some help. And in an industry where it's fueled by narcissism and egotistical guys and people that want to be alpha males and they want to be leaders, they don't want to ask for help. And that's the dumbest thing. Like I ask for help all the fucking time because, you know, you can only know so much. And so I have meant just like a muscle nerds is a mentor for a lot of people. I have I have mentors that I go to as well because there's stuff I want to know that I don't know enough about. And, bro, there's always going to be somebody who knows a lot more than you do at a certain subject. So trying to pretend like you're the expert is lunacy because there's always a guy with a bigger dick that's going to be like, oh, really? Let's talk about this. And then you're like, oh, shit, my dick isn't as big as I thought it was. So I don't know if I can cuss and say that, but that's the thing. Everybody stands at the table to pull their dicks out. Who's got the biggest dick? And I can tell you right now, in some of the circles where I get my information from, I got the freaking smallest penis there. So when you're dealing with people like Brian Walsh and Ben House and Mike Nelson and guys that have like four PhDs, they make you feel not by intention just because they're so brilliant. They make you feel like the smallest person in the fucking world, and that's the people you want to hang out with the most. Yeah. Yeah. So being a peak performer, I'm sort of interested in what you do, I guess, personally on a daily basis to, I guess, operate on a peak level with your business and just your own sort of training. So what does your daily practice look like, napping, nutrition, and training routines yourself?