045: Peloton® on the Driveway

I kind of wanted to start this week out with something a little different and just kind of ask you a broad question of like how much you use the Wirecutter? I know you kind of mentioned it before that you've used it for like reviews and things that you would say are like, you know, I need to go buy X product and I want to learn more about it and go to a certain company. So it's something I'm starting to rely on a little bit more and it's grown on me, but I'm kind of curious what you've gone to it for, and have you ever really struck out with them? So I was kind of curious how this question came up.

And yes, I will tell you my ups and downs with the Wirecutter because the Wirecutter has a very specific purpose. And if you try to rely on it too heavily, you will end up getting screwed. So first of all, let's go over this. How did this come up?

Are you just, like you said, you're starting to use it more? You remember me talking about it? You just want to know more? Or is there something you're eyeing on the Wirecutter and you're just not too sure of the recommendation?

I don't know that I would say there's something I'm eyeing, but I guess I would say I'm always, I mean, come on, we're both tech enthusiasts this way, so I'm always looking at something. And so, you know, I just I enjoy reading the reviews of what's out there. And a prime example is something like mesh network routers. You know, I'm kind of loosely tossing around that idea.

It's not something I'm married to 100% yet, but something I'm considering, I guess I would say. And so that being said, you know, there's a bunch out there and I've kind of passively heard from friends, coworkers, you know, what they have and what they like about them. But I went to the Wirecutter and I kind of had heard of the Wirecutter through podcasting and through, you know, you and other coworkers and friends as well. And so I'm starting to put more weight into it because it seems like it's a pretty good resource, but I'm just kind of curious, have you been bitten by it and, you know, what landmine should I be worried about?

So the Wirecutter, as I mentioned before, serves a very specific purpose and that purpose is it's the easy way out. So the Wirecutter is a place that you go to when you don't want to do a lot of research and you just want a general overall good pick for whatever item you're looking for. And the Wirecutter, you know, previously was, you know, privately owned, right? It was just a set of people who were very passionate about products.

They review products and obviously they get affiliate linking for basically having these reviews and linking to the storefronts of their choice. So the Wirecutter independently was great and then they got bought by the New York Times, which basically just added a lot more manpower to the site. And you can see like lately they've stepped up their social game. There's a lot more kind of reviews of less common things that the Wirecutter was known for.

The Wirecutter used to be a very kind of like geared towards the tech audience and now they're kind of opening up to kind of reviewing lesser techie items. But I will say that the Wirecutter is good for, hey, I don't know anything about this. I want to buy one because I need one. I want to buy something that's decent, but I don't want to spend a couple hours researching it.

Tell me in 30 minutes which one I should buy and why. And that's what the Wirecutter is great for. The Wirecutter is not so great for, oh, hey, I know about mesh networks and I know all these other things. I really want to compare every single mesh router out there, you know, go through the pros and cons and look at all that stuff.

The Wirecutter is, I don't want to say they're not good at that, but it's not really what they're the best at because they focus on just a couple, like a handful of products. And especially with like emerging technologies, it's tough to say. And they usually put this in their review is like, hey, we know there's new stuff coming out, you know, that may change, blah, blah, blah. But it'll usually say this is the best thing for most people.

And the problem is, Lou, is that you're not most people. You kind of like to dig into things. And if you're looking for a very specific set of features or you kind of know what you want in a system, you're better off doing the research on your own using the Wirecutter as like almost like a broad filter to say like, hey, weed out the obvious like losers for me, right? Like, okay, I know I shouldn't look at this or this, but point me kind of in the right direction, but don't rely solely on that for something that you're passionate about or that you actually want to do the research on.

I think I kind of get where you're going with that. And I mean, I guess I would say what I'm hearing from you is if it's something tech related, something I probably know a little bit about and can read through more technical material on, I should probably just do the research, but also maybe use what they've already filtered out as like, hey, here's the top three. Just research those three myself versus if it's like, you know, I want the number one mattress out there, you know, I know nothing of mattresses, just go to the Wirecutter and, you know, that might help me a lot. Yeah.

It's like, hey, I need an umbrella. Like what umbrella should I get? You know, I don't want to just go buy a cheap umbrella that's going to break in two weeks. I actually want one that's going to be decent.

You know, and then you go to the Wirecutter and say, umbrella. And they're like, oh, here's the best umbrella for under $40. And you're like, yep, that sounds great to me because that's my price point. And I didn't want to do any research on umbrellas.

So thank you, Wirecutter. OK. Very cool. So have you been bitten by anything then?

I mean, I don't want to say bitten by anything. Like there have been things that I've taken, you know, Wirecutter's word and said, like, yeah, this is this is what I want. Like, I'm just gonna get the Wirecutter recommendation and I get it. And it doesn't do exactly what I want it to do or it was missing this key feature that I wanted.

And that's my own fault for not doing more research. But like I said, that's when I learned that the Wirecutter serves a very specific purpose. And if I need very or have very specific needs, then I need to do more research on my own. I can't be super lazy.

OK. Fair enough. All right. So, yeah, I don't know.

I'm just starting to rely on it a little bit more. So I felt like it was I should ask someone who does a little bit more probably perusing or has perused it more than I have. So thank you for my introduction to it. Crash course on the Wirecutter.

Yeah. Crash course. Wirecutter 101. Yeah.

New York Times company is interesting. I found it interesting that they were bought by them. You know, obviously, that's probably just really helping the funding. But I think they're I appreciate some a site like that where you can, you know, they're making some affiliate linking, but, you know, they do a lot of the bullshit, you know, reviewing and finding, you know, weeding through all the crap before they give me a choice for the most part.

So that's not too bad. They they kind of weed out a lot of the cruft and just like the stuff that you don't ever want to or didn't ever think you'd need to research. Right. But just having something quality is good.

Like I mentioned the umbrella, like that's just one example. Right. And then vacuum cleaners, you know, like, oh, here's the best vacuum cleaner. And they usually give you like budget picks and everything.

So it's really good in that sense. And I still use the Wirecutter, you know, probably at least once a month to look at something and say like, oh, because they'll have, you know, a new review or I think I looked at like my cold brew coffee maker. I think I got the Wirecutter recommendation and I probably have like at least five products that are Wirecutter recommendations because I just, like I said, I was lazy. I didn't want to do any research.

So can I remind you of like the consumer reports of our generation? It's like our parents' generation, I feel like use like consumer reports more. And now we're like, yeah, the Wirecutter, the consumer reports. Yeah, I guess.

I mean, I think consumer reports, you know, they still have like, I don't want to say I give them more credibility, but they definitely have more at stake when it comes to a reputation to live up to. Yeah, very true. So I particularly don't have any follow up from from last week, but do you have anything you need to follow up on on the topic of music? No, sir.

I am solid. OK. Yeah. The only thing I took away, I guess I would say is I did notice just it's funny because like passively reflecting on my my music habits, I noticed that I use Siri a lot more to like direct what I want played more than I think I came on to in that episode.

But that's the only like real takeaway I have. So what do you It's a big difference. That's really good. So, I mean, this is gonna be a funny episode for me because I don't want to say that I started out the year with no goals, but I started out the year with goals of like, hey, my main goal is just to be more active, not to like, I was after some ambitious, crazy, like, lose a lot of weight.

I had some kind of ideas that it would be nice to lose a little bit of weight. Um, and I am down just a tiny bit, but maybe not as much as I, like, had thought in my, you know, my mind. I was like, ah, if I'm down 20 pounds, that's great. I'm definitely not down 20 pounds.

I'm down about 10 or 12 . Um, and so I'm down a little bit, but it's something that I wanted to, coming to your point, just kind of commit to like, hey, I'm gonna try to use my Apple watch, close my rings every day, and just work out more. You know, make sure I'm actually active and I'm not kind of like, you know, oh, today was rough. I'm just gonna, you know, I only got half my rings closed.

Oh well. You know, it's just kind of a commitment to myself to get outside and to be a little bit more active. And I found that about a year, year and a half ago, I was doing more walking and it just, it also helped me just kind of clear my head. And that was, I think, good for me mentally in a lot of ways.

So I kind of committed to, you know, that, that turn of the year, but I would say I'm not 100% where I would want to be, but I, I've gotten a lot better and I'm on a streak where I don't want to not close my rings. So that's, that's giving me some motivation for sure. Yeah. I mean, in this, I know it's different for everybody, but I think for me to date, it's been about 50 pounds that I've lost in the last, I think, 10 months or whatever it's been.

Uh, and the first, like the first 15 pounds were the hardest to lose, I think. And then after that, you kind of like got on a pretty good trend where I just kept like shedding weight over and over and over each week. And then now I'm at a point where like, I'll fluctuate kind of up and down. Like I've hit, like, I guess kind of this, this valley where there's not much progress happening.

Like I have to work really hard or I have to change my diet completely, uh, to get to the last 10%. But I mean, the one thing I'll say is like words of encouragement for you is like, hey man, like if you start to see you're, you're on that, like 10, 12 pounds, like push past that 15 mark, because like after that, like once you kind of break that barrier and just say, hey, I want week over week improvement, you know, at least by like one pound or two pounds and just push yourself harder each week. I found that was like the best for me to get down to where I wanted to be. And then once I was down there, like, it was a lot easier to maintain that rather than to rebound back up.

So keep going, Lou. You can do it. Okay. Fair enough.

I will, uh, I, I will, uh, and, you know, part of the reason I committed to doing this, like meager check-in was I kind of wanted to measure a little bit of our goals, where are we at? And just kind of check in because we talked about it for sure. So, um, and, uh, so anyway, you, you kind of hinted at this a little bit already, but, um, you said you lost 50 pounds. So, you know, obviously that means probably a lot has changed about you physically.

So, I mean, does this lead to a whole new wardrobe for Adam pretty much? And, um, what have you noticed just about your, your body in terms of, you know, other changes? Anything, you know, sort of wow you? Um, interesting question.

As far as wardrobe, yeah, like I realized I could go down to shirt size and that I didn't have to be the shirt size that I was all the time, you know, or that I thought it was just going to be for the rest of my life. It's like, no, that's actually not the shirt size I need. So yes, that means I need to get all new shirts. And then when it came to shorts, it's like, okay, well, I had jumped up, you know, a couple of pant sizes after high school.

And then now I'm back down to the pant size I was in like early college, like end of high school. So yeah, I mean, my body's kind of gone back to that. But as far as changes, I've noticed that just things get more defined. Like, um, I've noticed that, uh, like my legs, because I do a lot of cycling, my legs now, like if I flex my legs, I'm like, dang, like I never worked legs ever.

So I'm like, there's actually some definition there. Like you can like pick out different muscles. So that was kind of a wow moment for me. And the other was when I had an extra vein popping out of my forearm, which I had never seen before.

I'm like, there's another vein there. And it actually like, you know, expands, swells up and like gets all like veiny, for lack of a better term, when I work out. So that was another exciting thing. So muscle definition and veins, you know, like those are, those are my, my wow.

My body actually has these things. I just never saw them. It's funny because the muscle definition thing totally is something, you know, I've started to see, granted, I'm doing cycling like you. And so I've started to notice that my legs, yeah, I can, if I flex my legs, I can see some muscles there.

And I'm like, whoa, I, I never knew these were there. You know, it's, it's just kind of nuts to see that change. I think the biggest takeaway I've started to notice is as I've worked out more and more consistently is my endurance. Um, you know, I, I used to, I don't know, I would go on a hike or something like that and it wouldn't take me long, you know, a mile or something like that.

And I would be really struggling. Like I would, I would need to stop for a couple minutes and then like keep hiking and then, you know, stop for a couple minutes and then keep hiking. And I've noticed that my endurance is just a lot better now. I can go a lot longer without the breaks.

Um, and I can push myself mentally more, um, to where, you know, I used to think, oh, I need to stop. And, you know, like cycling has kind of taught me that, that I basically, I'm on that bike for 45 or 50 minutes and I don't ever stop, um, while I'm on the bike, I may slow down a little bit during, you know, certain types of, um, you know. Like Hills or whatever, but I'm not really ever stopping. And so that's taught me to just push past and to believe that, you know, I can do my, I can push my body through whatever I'm going through.

So, um, that like mental strength is something that has come back. And I mean, I feel like I had that at different points in my life and I just kind of lost it a little bit and I'm back at it now. And, um, I guess that's the biggest like change I've noticed physically is pushing my body physically further than I thought I could. So, um.

Have you noticed any change in, like, your resting heart rate or anything like that? I mean, you started talking about it and I remembered another thing that, uh, that kind of changed with me was just my, my resting heart rate. Has yours changed at all? You know, that's a good question.

Um, I don't really know that I, I know that answer off the top of my head. Um, I'd have to actually like, uh, take a look at, at that over like a, uh, over a year. Um, if I look at it in health app, um, it's just a little, just a little different. It's not, um, not major, but it's, uh, about two to three beats per minute less.

It's not like 10 or anything, but, um, hovering in the, it's gone from in January at 60 down to the lowest it's been is 54 for an average of a month. That's pretty good. Mostly hovering in like 57 area. That's good.

I mean, you're a big guy, so I think yours is going to be lower. Um, but yeah, that's awesome. Um, because that was another thing I noticed is that my heart rate is my, my family kind of has like a history of prehypertension. So my blood pressure has always been high and that's never been helpful for my heart rate at all.

And now I think it's much better. And my resting heart rate is much better. I find myself not stressed out as much. I find it much easier to cool off after a workout, you know, like the cooldown has decreased substantially, right, where basically I'll be hovering at, you know, around 160, 170 beats per minute.

And then two minutes later I'm down to, you know, 60 or That's like, you're gonna fire up like everyone who's not from California, because In-N-Out is not good, apparently, but I love In-N-Out too, don't get me wrong. I mean, I'll get the East Coast in here, like if I'm gonna go to Five Guys, or I'm gonna go to like The Habit, or something like that. But I'm not going to In-N-Out, I'm not like, I mean, I'll be honest, man, if it's like two in the morning and there is nothing open, I mean, sure, I guess I will go to McDonald's. But the last time I went was probably like a year or two ago.

Like it's been a long time. It's a very rare option that, you know, oh, it's the only option open. And even then, if I've got the option of like In-N-Out versus like something like, like I honestly think like Carl's Jr. is probably a little better.

Like the burger just is at least like chargrilled or whatever, you know, it's like. In-N-Out, you think Carl's Jr. is better than In-N-Out? No, sorry, not In-N-Out, McDonald's.

McDonald's. Oh my gosh, I was like, whew! McDonald's, McDonald's. You just all upset heart attack.

Yeah, I was like, I don't think we need to rate, you know, rank food, fast food chains, but I was like, In-N-Out is definitely over all these other ones that you've mentioned. And you mentioned In-N-Out twice. I was like, yeah, you know, if it's fast one o'clock, I'll go to Carl's Jr., because, you know, it's better than In-N-Out. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I'll break something. Like, if it's the middle of the night and like, look, if there's a Carl's Jr. next to a McDonald's, I'm probably gonna go to the Carl's Jr., honestly. You know, they're like charbroiled, like mentality is probably a little healthier for me than whatever McDonald's is doing to the burgers.

But, I don't know, man, McDonald's has kind of turned the corner, right? They're all about the gourmet, like deluxe life now. They're not about, you know, just shoving your face full of, you know, quarter pounders with cheese and Big Macs. They're like, come try our deluxe brioche bun, English thief, whatever.

That's so funny, too, because it's like, I think we were walking past a McDonald's in the airport last week when we were traveling, and I was laughing at the menu prices are like ridiculous. I mean, of course, they're jacked up even higher for it probably being an airport, but it was like, you know, $11 or $12, which I gotta imagine, like, you know, at normal McDonald's on the corner, it's probably like $8 or $9. But McDonald's is getting pretty up there on the price chain for fast food and convenience. Yeah, I mean, that's the thing is, if you are going to eat crap food, right, just horrible shit food, you're gonna eat it, like, don't pay an arm and a leg for it.

Like, that's the problem I have with, like, decent Mexican food up here is like, whenever I go to a Mexican restaurant, it always costs like $12 and I'm not getting, like, what I want. Like, I'm not getting the really greasy, just garbage food that I want to shove on my mouth at 2:00 in the morning. Like, I don't get that. Yeah.

And yeah, just the price structure for McDonald's is out of this world. So yeah, when you say even $8 or $9 for a meal, I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no. McDonald's, like, we should be paying like $6 at the most, right? Like, $6 should be the high end, like double cheeseburger, you know.

Exactly, like, and that should be with my Coke and my fries and. Oh yeah, medium Coke and medium fries, too. No, the small nonsense. Yeah, exactly.

And it should fricking be, you know, like under $7 with tax. Like, because if I can go to In-N-Out and get, you know, a double-double fries and a drink for like $8 or something like that, like, yeah, McDonald's, you got to be at least $1 cheaper, minimum. Well, in the combo, right, that's where usually they'll discount it, right? But, but they're not discounting anymore, right?

So they just charge you the a la carte price. And that's what In-N-Out does, which go In-N-Out for actually having like a price menu that, that makes sense when you combine everything together. But if you take something out, you're not penalized for not getting, you know, the combo thing, which is one of the reasons why America is overweight, because they look and they say, oh, I get more value if I just, you know, get the fries and the Coke as well. Otherwise I'm just paying for a burger.

It's like, no, man, like, no, don't make people eat more food. Don't incentivize, like buying more food. That's stupid. Don't do that.

But one thing I was going to say is that if it's two in the morning and you are having a fast food craving, my whole thought is if you're trying to lose weight, like kill two birds with one stone and just go to Taco Bell and then spend the rest of the night, you know, like I just did. Exactly. And boom, you've just lost, you know, the weight, everything that you put in, plus maybe a little bit more. So I think that's a win-win.

Isn't there like an easier medical way to do this? Like, you're just gonna like, I just send you like a pack of laxatives. Just like, you can just like. But see, I don't get the same, I don't get the satisfaction of eating the Taco Bell.

I mean, because that's the thing is like, I think I've told you my, my struggles with Taco Bell. Like I go through this every six months, like I'll have this phase. Just kind of out of nowhere craving for Taco Bell every six months. And then I go eat Taco Bell, immediately regret it.

Like immediately. As soon as I take like the first bite, I'm like, this is, this is garbage. Like this isn't good. This is, this isn't really what I wanted or I needed in my life, you know.

But now I've made this choice. I have to stick with it. I have to see this through. So I finished the Taco Bell and then sure enough, like clockwork, you know, usually like 30 to 45 minutes later, it's like, well, that Taco Bell coming right back out.

Along with everything else I ate for the rest of the day, you know, earlier this day. So, Hey, there it is. Like I said, sometimes you have that like just satisfaction of actually getting good Taco Bell, good Taco Bell. I don't think those are two words or a set of words that should never exist in the same sentence.

But every once in a while, there's like that silver lining where you get that chalupa that's been deep fried, like freshly fried. Oh God. This is, this is everything I wanted and more. Man.

Fast food Mexican is something I stay away from. Now granted, like when I say fast food Mexican is something I stay away from, um, you'll know the, the chain Alberto's, like I'm blurring the lines on saying that's not fast food. It's not drive-through fast food. It is fast food.

I will go to Alberto's, but. Like Del Taco Taco Bell, uh man, I haven't been in so long. And uh, if I'm going to go up. That's the thing.

If I could go to any Alberto's down in Southern California, Oh, I'd be going there. Trust me. I would have, you know, that five dollars. I would stop at an ATM and take out and pay the $3 fee just to have the cash.

Yeah, I would because I don't carry cash on me, right? There, there's something about at two in the morning, just going to this place and having a, I don't want to say California burrito because I don't do the California burrito. I just want the carne asada burrito. You have a Taco Bell sitting next to a Del Taco.

Which one are you taking? Taco Bell. Hands down. Like if I'm going to go, I want to eat the garbage food.

I want the garbage. I just like. Like you won't even choose like, like the McDonald's and the Carl's Jr. You're going to the McDonald's.

You're going to McDonald's and you're not even going to the McDonald's and ordering the Angus burger. You're ordering like the, you know, double quarter pounder with cheese. Yes, man. Like, like, if I'm going to do it, I'm going to go all the way.

You're going to commit. Okay, I get it. I get it. My thing is like, if you want to, you don't want to sugarcoat the fact that you're eating shitty fast food, right?

Like, I mean, why are you trying to get around the fact? Well, maybe if I order this, it will be better. It's like, no, it's all fast food. It's all going to be horrible.

Just accept the fact that it's gonna be horrible and just commit. All right. All right. Fair enough.

Okay. So we've gone on and on and on and on about diets and, you know, I think I like will track like the speed of the cycle and um more of those measurements. So I have one of those on camel camel camel, like just on a price notify to when it drops a certain amount to pick one up, but um I think it's the Wahoo mini or cycle mini, something like that. It's just a bike computer with a little sensor on the that you put on the hub of of the bike wheel and it just tracks how fast you're going.

So I was looking at getting something like that, but I'm just waiting for the price to drop down to a point where I'm like, yeah, that works good. Like, I think I can pay that much for it. I don't want to pay full price. So I think that's the one thing that I that I want to get, but I know that's nowhere near as advanced as your uh your Peloton, which I was also like oohing and aahing over, but it had no desire, no remote desire to purchase this thing with white glove delivery because of the price tag.

So where did you end up on that? Because I know you're still going to cycle stuff. Uh, where are you at with Peloton though? Yeah, I mean, Peloton is, um, all right.

So I guess I should, uh, I should open up a little bit about, uh, what the, uh, remember I said last week, there's a, there's a little drama happening in this area of the cycle world. Yeah, you tease the drama with me, so. Yeah, well, I guess I will, uh, incentivize the drama a little bit and, and, and, you know, uh, go ahead and tell you what it is. So, um, so I told you I was going to, um, this cycle studio in town that opened and, um, long story short, there really kind of became two instructors that were like, the instructors, you know, there was like eight or 10 total, but like these two instructors were like the most motivational ones that were really kind of kick your ass and, you know.

So what ended up sort of naturally happening is these two instructors would end up filling up their classes would get full. There was 50 bikes in a class and like you would have to book like two to three days in advance to go to these classes because that's how, you know, demanded they were, which was not a problem for me. There was no big deal with that. But, um, and I did really like them.

They were probably some of the, you know, the ones that I'm kind of like that, uh, bootcamp style person. If I'm going to go in there, I want someone to like really just, you know, take a fight with me and, and get me to work and, and not just like baby me around. And so, um, they were the right type of instructors for me. And so long story short, what happens is they're doing really, really well.

And it sounds like what happened is behind the curtains, They asked for more pay, probably. And they got shut down with that because they were, you know, uh, the more popular ones and they wanted more pay and um, they ended up leaving both of them same time. Um, or like maybe not the same time, but like one right after the other, separated by like a day or two. And um, so this happens and, you know, not much is said at the actual gym about it other than just like we start seeing they're not on the schedule and all of a sudden there's subs for like every class, like every class is getting subbed that was originally their class.

And so, you know, I continued going, but I'm kind of bummed by the fact that, you know, some of the, you know, sort of A plus instructors are no longer there. And well, what happens is about another month goes by. And so this was only just about a week, week and a half ago, we learned that those two instructors, they did leave and that um, they kind of ended up pairing up after they left and are going to open their own uh cycle studio in town, um, and kind of make it a little bit more similar to um you know, the, the other cycle studio that I'm going to. But they're buying the same bikes that SoulCycle uses and they are going to be offering or opening here in September.

And um, they are offering anybody who goes to the studio and signs up before they open an introductory rate that is $30 less a month than my other cycle studio. So let's just say I hopped all over that. So for the time being, um, I'm still at my. But it's only two guys.

Like how are they going to be able to sustain, you know, doing all these cycle classes as well as they go through the day. I mean, the human body can only go so far. I think they can only do so many a day before they would like just collapse and die. No, no, no.

I totally understand what you're saying. Um, I think the big key takeaway here is that they're not going to be the only ones. Um, they're still, they have friends and they're connected in the like fitness community. And so they know people, um, but that's not what you want is you wanted them.

You wanted these guys. Correct, but they're going to be teaching there too. And so that's what the reason I follow them. Um, I should, I should, uh, I should warn you, they are both females.

Um, so they're not guys. Um, but uh... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to generalize in that sense. No, you're, you're good.

You're good. It's just in case the uh the, the names ever come up, you're going to be like, what the heck? Um, so, um, you know, the, the big thing is, yes, I mean, they are no longer the other cycle studio. And I really enjoyed their sort of mentality about um working out and how they worked out.

So my hope is that they attract um similar other instructors. And of course they'll be teaching at or instructing at the uh the new place as well. And I get to save $30 is the other, you know, benefit. So for right now, when you ask the question about Peloton, it's kind of no.

It was always kind of a question about like, hey, I don't, do I have the space? Could I do it? You know, all that sort of stuff anyway. And I don't have my own place right now.

So it's kind of like, it's backburner. Um, but let's just say it's backburner until I have my own place. If I have my own place, I think this whole thing just goes right out the window. And we, we like strongly consider then, then something like a Peloton because even saving, you know, $30 a month and I think we'll be paying $70 a month now for the both of us, um, or each, you know, that's, that's still $140 a month in gym fees, which that pays for a Peloton at some point.

Well, I mean, their membership is gonna take a lot longer to pay that off, but I see what you're saying. And I mean, I'll say this is that if you have a dedicated place to put stuff, it's definitely nice, right? We're still in the process of, you know, of moving, right? So we've been working on the inside of the house, like getting the living areas all situated, but the garage, which was my workout spot, you know, before, still has a bunch of stuff in it.

So it's like trying to clear out the space, you know, and we've cleared out some spaces a couple times, but I just haven't moved this stuff over. And then as we, you know, kind of continue unpacking more stuff just kind of gets shoved over in the place that we, you know, cleaned out. So I totally, you know, echo your sentiment of like, if I have my own place, it's much easier to, to kind of pull the trigger on these things. And if you have your own space, it's much easier to like actually want to work out too, right?

Because you're not, you just remove another constraint, like, hey, I can only go cycle at these certain times. It's like, well, no, I'm home. As long as I'm home, I can go cycle. So that kind of just removes the restriction and lets you kind of more tailor or freely jump into a workout whenever you want.

So. Yeah, Hilary and I have always agreed that we want a, an in-home gym, you know, that, that is a must. And so we definitely don't want to, you know, live that life. That's on your must have for your first house is an in-home gym.

Yeah, just a room that's not like I need to have like a whole, like, you know, I need a Bowflex and 17 other machines in it. No, no, no, no. You know, just some weights and, and, um, you know, like a, a cycle, uh, um, you know, bike and, you know, something like that, just the basics. I'm not saying like we need full, full-fledged gym at the house, but um, you know, and I would like to, in theory, like, we spend a little bit of money and just put down like, you know, some sort of like, even if it's just like snap together floor, you know, so that, you know, everything can sit on something nice.

And if you sweat and you know, it's not dropping on like tile or, or, uh, you know, one of the machines aren't damaging the That's the holidays. I just don't. Leftover turkey sandwiches are the best. See, it's not a thing for me.

It's just not. And so, like, that just doesn't appease me at all. And so I'm just like, dude, I don't even care. Can we get, like, the smallest turkey ever so that we can just, like, eat turkey and say we did it on Thanksgiving and then be done?

So, I don't know. I- the holidays are, like, a good time for me. It's also, it's, like, really cool outside, which for me is like, hey, that's really nice to work out in because, you know, hey, I don't feel like I'm just sweating it like crazy. So, it makes it like...

Well, it's good for you, though. It's good to sweat, man. No, no, no. I get that.

I get that it is, like, I guess I shouldn't say, like, winter, but, like, you know, I like that, like, fall and spring workout is a lot better than, you know, 105-degree summers. So, you know, it is what it is. So, but yeah. I mean, holiday time, it's- this is my time of year where it's like, I will start to, like, slow down and I will- I will probably be able to lose more weight.

I have found that I am more successful at losing weight between, like, October and, like, you know, April than any other time of year. So, I don't know. Weird. Then summer comes.

You know, it's good for you, though. It's good to sweat, man. No, no, no. I get that.

I get that it is, like, but, like, I guess I shouldn't say, like, winter, but, like, you know, I like that, like, fall and spring workout is a lot better than, you know, 105-degree summers. So, you know, it is what it is. So, but yeah. I mean, holiday time, it's- this is my time of year where it's like, I will start to, like, slow down and I will probably be able to lose more weight.

I have found that I am more successful at losing weight between, like, October and, like, you know, April than any other time of year. So, I don't know. Weird. Then summer comes.

Then everyone else is, like, getting ready for the beach and you're like, oh, no. It's time to eat all the food. Anyway, uh, so do you have any uh parting goals or anything else? I mean, I know we've kind of rehashed this point over and over, but uh um the next six months brings you the goal of the next 10%.

Uh, yeah. I guess my goal is to find an accountability buddy, you know, to make sure that I meet those goals. And I guess in a way, you are my accountability buddy. So, I guess the question is, do you have any goals for me, Lou?

Anything you want me to set my sights on and hold me accountable for? I mean, I think goals are something self-set for the most part. So, I mean, I don't know that I want to say, you know, Adam, you need to be here at X time. No, that is something you can measure your own self-success.

That's what your cyclist person does to you all the time. Like, hey, keep going. You need to keep pedaling until we get to this part. Like, they're sending the goals for you.

Oh, no, that's true. But like, I'm paying for that. Like, I'm paying for someone to kick my ass. I'm not gonna pay for it.

I'm gonna pay you. Don't- don't have a job that-that is to do that. And I don't- I don't want to do that. That's not, like, at all something that entices me because, like, let's be honest, I'm not walking around with a six-pack yelling at you.

All right. I have a new goal. My new goal is to get through Skype without a My new goal is to get through one podcast call without Skype crapping the bed. That's my goal.

What is it doing? Oh, I just couldn't hear a word that you said for the last, like, 45 seconds. Oh, how nice. Um, yeah.

Well, that is a goal, I guess. So if you told some really funny jokes, which, I mean, I'm sure they were zingers. Uh, but if you did, then I didn't hear them. So I guess I'll find out what that looks like in the edit.

You know, I'm full of zingers. Full of them. You gonna move to the wrap-up or what's going on? Yeah, I don't know.

I didn't hear you for a second. So, you know, that just go to the wrap-up. I didn't have anything to say to your zingers thing. You know, awkward silence speaks for itself, you know?

All right, fair enough. So, uh, I, uh, I had my first, uh, experience with a Lululemon repairs this week and, uh, you know, one of my shorts, uh... Okay, pause, pause, pause, pause. So this is your first set of repairs.

So how much Lulu have you bought over the years? And this is the one repair that you've had to do. So I've had two repairs in one week. Hillary really nailed two pairs of pants that I had in one week.

Okay, so that can be a good thing and a bad thing. A, it can be good because it speaks to you, you know, the durability of these clothes, right? You know, they've lasted for so long. You've never had to have them repaired.

B, it could also be like, well, I've never had to use a repair service. So all that extra money that I'm paying is just like insurance for them. So you never have to repair their stuff. So, yeah, I I totally understand what you're talking about.

It's like the debate of whether you buy warranties on a car or anything. All right, so you're saying that your girlfriend ruined your clothes and you went to Lulu and said, hey, fix my clothes because my girlfriend ruined them. Yeah, pretty much. Um, long story short, she was walking next to me.

She has a ring that's got some pointy crap on it and you know, holding my hand and like snagged the thread on the side of the, you know, shorts and one pair of pants that I have and it totally, like, you know, came loose and, like, out came a couple inches of thread. So anyway, brought both pairs in and um I have to say, it's very interesting. Um if you've ever been into any like, um like a place that just does like, like a massive amount of send-out and a massive amount of send-in, it's very interesting. So they, like, package it all in a bag and then it gets a little, like, form stapled to it and they kind of, like, put some little tiny red tape on, like, where the problem area is.

And then, um, the lady promptly told me in, like, five minutes, you know, hey, okay, cool. We'll put both these in here. They'll be sent to LA. That's the closest store that has the, like, um, like, tailor in it and they will work on them and then they will send it back.

We usually get stuff back in three business days, um or three, like, weekdays because of mail. And um then we'll call you when they're back and um you can come in and pick them up and that's that. And she said that, like, at that moment that I happened to be walking in to do this, um she had just received the shipment back from, like, you know, today's three days ago, you know, items and there was like a solid, like, I don't know, 15 bags, like, little bags with, you know, things in it. So, I mean, clearly, this service is used to a degree and I thought, the one thing that kind of blew me away was really more than anything.

One, how many they're sending out a day. So, like, if 15 is the normal daily load, like, that's actually seems like a decent amount. And two, um if um if this is the normal amount and everything in Southern California is sent to, you know, just one store in LA, like, Man, this person's got to be busy and the fact that they can do this all in three days turnaround time, like, props to them. Well, you know, that's like a full-time position, right?

Like a seamstress or tailor, you know, just repairing clothes and... I totally understand that, but like, does, I assume they only have one, but I don't know, maybe they have, like, a factory. They probably have a couple people. Oh, they have at least probably a couple people in, like, a room with all the industrial sewing machines and all the tools that they need.

Um, because my understanding is this is at a store. Like, literally, like... Yeah, I believe it. I mean, but it doesn't mean that it's, like, in the front, you know, of the store.

It's probably like, they probably have, like, also a mini warehouse there, right, where some of the distributing goes on or some of the packaging or who knows, right? Probably a separate section just for the repair stuff. And I mean, like, my wife, you know, she, she repaired clothes all the time, right? She, she