Today we’re eating the craziest cheat meal of Jesse’s life. But first, we got to get a pump on. >> Side chest. Give him a side chest. >> That’s not That’s not side chest. This is side chest. >> You almost got it. Jesse James West is a fitness creator on YouTube who has filmed a wide variety of videos from exploring celebrity home gyms to training with elite athletes and even discussing major topics in the health and fitness field. You can check him out on his YouTube channel, Jesse James West. Welcome back to Cheat Meals. We all got to eat and sometimes we all got to cheat. We are here with the legend Jesse James West himself about to eat his cheat meal. But first, you got to work out, man. What are we doing today? >> Today, we’re going to be doing my travel style workout. Obviously, I’m on the road all the time. I just took a flight to be here and I’m proud to be here. We’re going to be doing back, shoulders, and biceps. >> So, this is like when people keep a bottle of Cholula in their bag at all times, like just in case they need to like get their fix. This is your bag of your little Cholula in the bag. For me, it’s like it’s more of like a sugar-free maple syrup or sometimes real maple maple syrup. I like to use that in my bag and bring it wherever I go. Put it on a salad. Put it on anything. >> You putting sugar-free maple syrup on a salad. This is the relentless mindset. >> I don’t want to talk when I put it on. >> What? So, we got lat pull downs right now. This to me is an interesting choice. If you’re only picking like three exercises for a travel day to get a pump on, why are you going lat pull down? So, the lat pull down, it’s similar to the pull-up, but you can at least adjust the weight to be pretty efficient on whether you’re going to do drop sets or if you’re just going to be going heavy. Like, you can kind of pick and choose right on the spot without wasting any other time. And for me, I’m going to make these sets as intense as possible by doing probably some drop sets. Like, I feel it out. I don’t really just >> I don’t have that much of a plan. It’s kind of like my life. Just I just kind of go with the flow. >> You listen to your body. It’s like jazz, baby. >> Yeah. We’re just playing as we feel. and flash, you know, like >> you know, I look like Miles Teller. >> You kind of do. I’ll be your JK Simmons. I’ll shave my head and start screaming at you. >> Yo, can you >> I want that on these sets. I got you. I got you. >> All right. So, we’re going to do three sets. >> Three sets. >> Uh pretty much just go to failure on every single set. >> All right. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Let’s go. I’m just going to go right into it. Like first set. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Jump in hard. >> I’ll JK Simmons you. >> Yeah. Please. It’s not my tempo. Do you even want to be here? Are you rushing or are you dragging? >> I’m dragging. >> Are you So you do know the difference. >> No, I got that was so good. All I can remember. >> Just remember it’s always about the motion of the ocean. >> I’m less motion of the ocean and more like it’s about your emotional attentiveness and afterare, >> dude. You know, like there’s going to be a great breakfast. Don’t lose that tension at the bottom. Drive all the way through. Come on out. Yeah, buddy. And I’m a peanut. >> Dude, you’re bringing out like the demon inside of me. >> The inner. It’s because you see your own mortality in me. Like 25. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. 8 years. It’s all downhill. Come on now. >> Testosterone rates drop after 30 statistically. >> You’re going to need TRT. Some >> got to fight against it. >> Someone call a medic. We need some TRT. Go. Pull. Pull. >> Two more. Two more. Come on. Come on. Go. >> That’s right. I don’t need no TRT. I need CTC. That’s Cinnamon Dust Crunch, baby. >> Yes. >> Oh my gosh. I couldn’t even open my hands enough to dap them up properly. You gave me a claw, bro. >> Last set. We’re going sideways hat. Just think about the delicious pancakes at the end of this. >> Yes, pancakes are coming for >> There it is. Drive, drive, drive, drive, drive. >> Drop that. I’m at 187. I’m feeling what? 143. I feel like that’s good. >> Sometimes I have trouble finding it. >> You got to use your finger to to find it. Yeah, which there’s no shame in that. >> Come on. Come on. You’re him. You are him. >> Someone call him Shalomé. >> Where’s he at? >> He’s so talented. >> He deserves so many more awards. >> One more pull. >> Good. >> Perfect. >> Okay. >> All right. That’s exercise one of three. >> Let’s hit the showers. I’ll uh I’ll meet you in there, bro. Let’s go. [Music] >> Next exercise is going to be a rear delt cable fly. So, we’re going to hit it from the behind over here. Grab your cable. It’s a little It’s a little weird. So, like pay attention. >> I am left arm, right cable, right arm, left cable. Okay, you’re cross chest up. Squeeze the rear delts. Can you touch the rear delts to make sure the audience knows what the heck that is? >> So rear delt right here. Some are calling this the muscle of the summer 2025. Now the delt has three different heads. You have rear side and then you have anterior frontal right here. A lot of people neglect the rear delt. So what Jesse’s going to do right now try and pinch those shoulder blades together then stay tight. Now I like what he’s doing. He’s getting a long stretch on that so he can really pull it back and retract the scap. That’s real. >> I was like I was making >> that was like that was like are you Dr. Mike or Greg Ducet or something? I just watched all of your content and all of them are there and exactly. No, that was that was perfect. What is the Titanic people’s names? >> Jack and Rose, come on. Come on, Rose. >> Rose, you got this. >> This is exactly what happens in the movie, dude. They were doing cable flies. >> Is that what you thought was happening in the car when it steamed up? >> Yeah. Do you think that Jack and Rose could have both fit on that thing? I think ultimately the story was a parable about sacrifice and love. And I think if they both had lived, we wouldn’t have gotten to tell that story. And then James Cameron wouldn’t have made Avatar. >> What do you think? >> There we go. Turn. Turn to the camera. >> Go. Go. Bring it here. >> There we go. Yeah. >> You’re here. >> Yeah. Let’s go side chest. Do >> you want to like Okay. Side chest. >> Oh, were you trying to trust chest? >> Well, this is how they in Avatar how they actually mate. They call it making sahaloo. What’s up, y’all? Now we’re moving on to the only exercise that actually matters. The bicep curl. >> Great take. We don’t have to do a second. Here you go. Here’s your mic. Thank you. >> Awesome. >> Call me the one take one. That’s >> That was sick. >> That’s pretty good. You did a great job. Great core stability. >> Hell yeah. That That was part of the exercise. Okay, so with this one, >> that was so sick. >> Okay, that was really cool. So, this is the wavy bar. I call it the wavy bar. Uh it’s a little more like Jesse James Zest than Jesse James West. So, just have that little like wiggle shimmy to you. >> So, we’re going to do eight to 10 reps underhand. And then when you’re finished, you’re going to flip over, hit it from the other side, and do overhand curls. I’ve got a 70 and you got a baby 50. >> This already feels heavy to me. >> All right. Ready? Let’s do it. Ready? Go. >> One. Slow. Two. Good. Three. Four. 10. >> Now we flip it. >> Flip it. Count. You >> keeping the same uh the same width on the bar? >> Yeah. Just just just straight shoulder width. Ready? One, two, three. One. I’ve never done this before. >> You’re going to feel it on your forearms so much. Three. You’re not going to be able to do full 10. >> Four. Five. One more. >> And then you just give them a little Dude, you see the peaks? >> Oh my god. The peaks and the valleys, man. Just let you know. >> It’s like a topographical map. >> The bathroom is that way. >> Really? >> No, it’s actually it’s actually it’s actually over there. >> Take a >> What? What? We’re I thought we were just flexing and talking about bathroom instead of Okay, so we’re going to do two more sets. >> All right, got it. >> Let’s hit this and finish strong. Okay, >> let’s do it, baby. >> Let’s finish together. >> I feel good. >> You ready to finish together at the same time? >> Always the goal, >> you know. It’s always the goal cuz it’s it’s really about it’s about that connection. You’re in the gym to be connected with each other. >> It’s special. It’s special when you do. Would you promise to look at me, though? >> I Yeah, >> I I do. I I think again I’m here for the emotional intimacy. It’s never about the lifting. People think it’s about the lifting. >> Let’s face each other. It’s not. This is about connecting with other humans in a place where you feel >> if you look away once we restart. [Music] >> This is nice. I’m like forgetting that we’re doing biceps. See, I’m lost in your eyes. What color are they? >> I put hazel on my driver’s license. Okay. >> You have nice like light brown eyes. >> Thank you. That’s interesting. A little green in there. Little green. Do you have any like Iberian in you? >> Iberian. This isn’t a a would you like to thing? I’m just literally asking if family’s from the port like Portugal or Spain. >> I’m really close. Portugal and Spain. >> You’re really close to what I am country. I’m I’m definitely European. Flip over. We’re very close. Jesus. Come on. All right. Five together. >> Okay. I’m actually Puerto Rican. >> Are you Puerto Rican? >> Yeah. >> Just a little. Very European. >> Ready. Last one. Jess. That’s called brotherhood. There we go. This is the last exercise of the day. We’re going to be doing a push-up challenge. It’s going to fuel my body for the pancakes that are ahead. Um action. >> You got to say Mark. >> Mark. Who’s Mark? >> I’m Josh. >> You’re Josh. Why would I say Mark? >> You got to say Mark. That’s how they know it’s action. >> Josh. There it is. Got it. I’ve got a push-up challenge for you and I. We’re going to be doing as many push-ups as possible at the same tempo at the same time. We’re good at that together. And we’re going to go until one of us I wish I could say both of us are finishing, but only one of us is going to finish. The other one’s just going to fail. >> Sometimes it is just a war of attrition. And it is trying to win. Who’s Who’s giving us the count? >> I will. >> You’re doing the count. All right. >> When it gets hard, I I might struggle. All right. >> Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down. Hold it. >> I did not say up. Oh, I did not say up. Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up. You tired? Down. Not at all. That’s an extra rep for no reason. Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down. Up, down. I’m down. I’m down. Up. I’m down. I’m starfish. I’m starfish. Up. Down. Wait. Wait. Wait. Ready. Down. Up. Down. Do your sport. Starfish. >> What? >> Down. Up. >> I’m still doing it. >> Yeah, man. You need some pancakes? >> I think it’s time to get some food. >> Jesse, you ready to eat? >> I am starving. >> Bring out that cheat meal. >> Give me it. Oh, no way. Yo, it kind of looks like what a hyperactive 8-year-old would want to eat. And I mean that in the best way. That is me. We got the mint Oreo milkshake with some fresh whipped cream on top. We got the M&M pancakes with plenty of syrup. We got a big old basket of fries with some buffalo sauce on the side. We got the fried Oreos. And then of course, a bunch of greasy hash browns with ketchup. >> The milkshake. >> Hey, cheers, man. Milkshake. >> Oh my gosh. Drink up. Oh, sugar heaven. >> Have you ever engaged in the process of dirty bulking? >> That’s where all this food stems from. >> Wait, really? >> When I was 18, like the 16 to 18 realm, I most certainly dirty bulked. Every night, I would have this this giant shake, >> dude. Cons with that had like it was the extra calorie, extra sugar almond milk or or like chocolate almond milk. Then I would do half a cup of oats, two chunks of peanut butter, a mass gainer scoop, and oh, chocolate sauce. I would put chocolate sauce. I just wasn’t aware of like sugar and diabetes that you could potentially do yourself. >> It was gain. It was just gains back then. >> Dude, it was I’m not going to lie, but like it paid off. Look at that now. Just me and him. >> It went sugar to muscle somehow. Oh, are you kidding? >> When you’re younger, you can do that. The sugar just converts to muscle. Your body knows how to do it. >> Where do you want to start here? Pink. I feel like pancakes are the next move. Let me give you like some backstory here. My mom used to cook pancakes before high school a few days a week. >> Mhm. >> She’s one of the best people in the world. And she would make me or my sister M&M pancakes. Like most moms would never do this. They’d be like, “That’s too much sugar.” >> That’s such a good mom dish, though. >> For real. It’s become a staple in in the West household to have M&M pancakes. I just did a trip to Colorado with my sister for we’re doing Airbnb gyms. That’s a video I’m working on. >> Oh, cool. And we’re just going to we’re staying in really fit houses. Of course, we’re being fit. But in the morning, M&M pancakes. >> So many people have never had it either, though. Have you ever had M&M pancakes? >> Dude, I don’t think I have. >> You got to try it. It is gas. >> You got to split the whipped cream. I can’t get the pancake off the top. >> Okay. Okay. And then another thing is there’s this restaurant in New Jersey where I’m from. I’m from Jersey, North Jersey. It’s called Jefferson Diner and they have insane pancakes that have M&M’s in them. How often do you allow yourself to do stuff like this these days and actually just like rub out? >> I feel like once a week I’ll have maybe not all of this. That would be a little crazy. Is it good? >> Mhm. >> It’s amazing. I know. >> But I I definitely do have cheat meals every so often. I try to not live too restrictive unless I’m really cutting for like a bodybuilding show, but that’s just really rare. So, I make sure I get my protein in early in the morning. I make sure I get my protein in at lunch. And then I’m like, you know what? I got a little extra carbs for for the night time. a few Oreos, have a have a little little cereal bowl or make some pancakes and enjoy them. I don’t think you should restrict too much in life, dude. Food is one of the greatest pleasures. Why cut it out completely? I found a balance and I feel like there’s definitely ways to do it, >> dude. 100%. And I think so many people, especially in fitness, right? Right. Hold your thought. I need I need another bite, bro. >> We got all these pancakes to eat, too. >> Oh my god. So many people in the fitness world, they get into this like grind set mentality. Everything is supposed to be the most intense thing in the world. You have to dry scoop your pre-workout because pain is ultimately good. >> Like actually though, >> I think some people fall into that with diet, too. I was at the gym and I heard two guys talking. One just goes, >> “Yeah, I’m down to half a cheat meal a week.” I was like, “The hell does that mean?” >> A PR for some reason. >> Yeah. Like everything is a PR, though. >> I think I think fitness fitness is amazing. Obviously, it gives me a beautiful life. I love my life. If I love healthy pancakes in my mouth, >> dude. For real. Let’s go. >> No, you’re saying something real. >> I was trying to get deep there, but we’ll get back to >> um I’ve had my struggles with food. Like, >> I wouldn’t say that I have an eating disorder, but I definitely have disorderly eating habits. >> And I’ve gotten way better over the years. Like my my wife Claudia has truly helped me. She’s like, “When I first met her, I would eat this and then I would feel so guilty and I sometimes it’s tough to admit this. I would literally go for a run, >> which is so psychotic and so bad.” >> Same thing. Yeah. You’re punishing yourself for the >> You’re like, “Oh, I I just had 1,000 calories. I got to go run and burn what 100.” Like, it’s not going to do anything. >> Yeah. But it’s not doing anything physically, and you know that when you understand the science of it, but it’s >> it’s doing something for you mentally because you’re feeling that pain on the outside that you feel on the inside. I always say it’s memories over macros, which is like, >> do you have a t-shirt that says that? >> No, I should. Can you get some merch? >> I’m getting it. >> So, it’s memories over macros. If you’re out at a carnival and there’s fried Oreos with your girlfriend or wife or whoever, like, are you really going to skip out on having a good time making a core memory, or are you going to dive in and at least have one or two? I think the the the best way to look at it is like 8020. >> Yeah. So, like 80% of the time or even 7030 if you really want to push it. 70 70% of the time you’re being solid. you’re being good, whatever you want to call it. The other time you’re you’re indulging and you don’t have the self-control to be, you know, maybe a single person shouldn’t eat all this with your >> Well, let’s not get crazy. I think >> let’s not get crazy. Give me Cheers. As I >> don’t forget it. Don’t Yeah. Just let me get this down real quick. >> Oh man. But moving on up. What is this? So, this is buffalo sauce. >> Is this like >> I know you’re diggity down to the buffalo sauce. >> I love buffalo sauce. >> Big fan of fries and buffalo sauce. We also got a big ass thing of ketchup over here for >> No. So most of your meal is um some sort of pancake based sweet treat and or fried potatoes. >> Yes. >> Which I do respect. >> So this is another thing from that that diner in New Jersey. >> Mhm. >> They have killer hash browns. And I was curious if you guys want to do the shredded version, which is proper. >> Mhm. >> And that’s the best way to do it. So I’m going to give it a little try. >> We tried to go like half diner, half McDonald’s. >> I’m going to get a little Let’s get a little ketchup going. >> Too much syrup on my plate. >> Dude, if you miss if you mix the syrup and the ketchup, it’s actually fire. >> That’s nice. I think that’s just like a different form of ketchup at that point. You know, get that ketchup. >> Sweet. Delicious. >> Oh, hell yeah. >> That’s also what you are. >> Thanks, man. >> Oh. Oh, he’s peeking. I need an ambulance. >> So many people who end up take Sorry. Sorry. I had this intrusive thought. >> What were you saying? >> So many people who take fitness too far. To me, it’s completely antithetical to the reason that you should do this because for me, and I know you have like a history of like working out, getting into fitness to kind of cure depression in a way. It’s like you’re adding that stress when there should be something that alleviates it. >> What was what ultimately got you into the gym? Was it that mental aspect of it? >> There’s there’s what got me to the gym and then what made me love the gym. >> What got me into the gym was lacrosse. >> Yeah. I was 150 pounds freshman year of high school, which is not like that light, but >> I had the skill to play varsity, which is like the top level >> uh in the high school. Up to a certain degree, I I could not push back against these seniors physically. >> And my coach told me like, “Hey, we’ve got these other freshman. They’re a little bigger than you. You know, you’re you’re fighting for a spot because of your size.” And I was like, “Oh.” But that day, my coach told me that I literally went to the gym and I was like, “Okay, well, if I need to be big and strong, I need big legs.” So, I hit legs first. >> I squatted first. Like out of all things, I had a weird thing where I just never skipped leg day my entirety of the curve. Ahead of the curve. I was like I was like reverse reverse bro. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Orb. >> Orb. I was orb. I was real orb. >> Bro backwards. >> No. I got it. I got it. >> Oh, you got it. I just want to make sure. >> You can say it again though. >> So instead of bro, it’s orb. >> Oh, it’s like >> orb bro backwards. Okay. But so I hit legs. I I’m like I got to get big. I start eating. I start having that shake that I mentioned earlier. >> And then after like a year of doing that, I never skipped any days. I I went to the gym every day. I I ate every piece of protein I possibly could, all the calories I could. And once I started seeing the progress, I was like, “Holy crap, this is awesome.” >> Yeah. >> Like it becomes addicting in a way in like a very positive way where you once you see results, >> it’s so hard to actually like give up on that. You’re like, “Dude, I want to keep making making gains.” >> It’s the same way as anyone playing violin, I think. Right. It’s just like it’s that self-esteem building from a young age in a really vulnerable time. >> Exactly. And and being so young like I was it helped me build my confidence as well. Like oh I got muscle like you can’t tell me nothing, you know, like walking my head up a little bit. So I built a lot of muscle over the next few years. I pretty much put on like 10 lbs every year from 15 to 18. So I got up to like 180. And the gym just became a place where even if I had a bad game, even if I got broken up with or, you know, a friend’s pissed at me or I failed a test or whatever the hell might be going on in my in my actual life, I could just put myself in this in this space where there’s iron being thrown around and just kind of escape, which is good in the moment. You still have to face those things when you leave, which I’ve learned as I get got older. But during that time, you really just, you know, you develop just kind of learning what you love and and escaping from that anxiety and depression. I dealt with a lot of anxiety growing up. I didn’t really know that I was until I got older and learned like what the hell I was feeling. I’m the type of person like I’m very energetic, but also like on the verge of having anxiety all the time where when I lift it kind of it kind of like kicks the edge off. So, if I don’t work out, like I almost I feel like there’s like zooies in me that are like I need like a dog ready to run around or I’m about to have like an like a little mini anxiety kind of thing going on. So, if I lift, I feel right. If I don’t lift, something’s off. I remember explaining the same thing to my therapist and she was like, “Well, what happens when you don’t have access to a gym?” >> I’ll just like start running or I’ll just like do push-ups or sometimes I’ll just do cut cuz you can find like a balcony and do burpees. She was like, “Well, I think the point I was trying to make is like you you may not always have access to that as a coping mechanism, so where else are you going to get it?” And I was like, >> “I ain’t never thought about that. >> That’s what therapy is for.” Damn. >> Yeah. Exact. No, I think she was trying to prove her worth. >> If you can take care of your physical health and your mental health and then eat some French fries with your boys, like that’s a great way. >> You ever go on walks with your wife? >> You ever walk on walks? >> We go on walks. >> How nice is that? Do a little walk. One thing that I do that is like super like I would say kind of hippie-ish, but like I love it. I take my ice plunge. I get out. I stand on the grass. I manifest into the sky. I literally I imagine that I’m absorbing all of my goals and future things into my body and I I picture everything that I that that that stands for what I want. Like I picture like before it was like picture the wedding, picture maybe like uh a kid in the future, picture like successful business, cutting a ribbon of something big, like big things happening. And I feel like trying to absorb the positive energy through that, it just like sets your mind right. And also, I really just believe that if you kind of put that out into the world and try to accept like things come. >> Yeah. >> Like this freaking Oreo into my mouth. >> Let’s use some Oreos, man. >> You ready? >> Sorry. You said things come and I was going to make a joke, but it was a really sweet sentiment and so I didn’t say that. >> I’m I respect it. >> But then by saying that I was going to make the joke, I’ve almost effectively made the joke without the ever >> You did. You did. But it wasn’t funny. >> It wasn’t funny at all. >> You know, you should work on that. I’m probably not going to >> All right. Cheers. >> Once you hit your 30s, you’re like, “This is as good as I get. There’s no improvement.” I was thinking about dipping it, but no, we should go. Okay. >> I’m too deep. We have so many. >> Yeah, dude. Okay, dig in. >> One of the world’s truly grape foods. >> Oh my god. >> Are you kidding me, bro? >> Well, I’m going to dip it in mostly maple syrup, but a little bit of ketchup. >> I got an idea. >> Get the white powder. He’s making a crash now. This is a white collar. This is the white color. >> Oh, we’re rolling. Oh, we’re rolling. >> Did the Jonas brothers sit here? >> Yeah. >> No way. >> Where are the Jonas brothers, dude? >> Which one sat here? Joe. >> No way. >> New Jersey legends. >> New Jersey legend. Legend. >> Yo, they’re from Wyoff. I am from Sparta. That’s like 30 minutes. We could have been best friends. We could have only if I just grew up a little bit younger. Or no, I was born sooner. I would have been I would have been the freaking fourth Jonas brother. I There’s There’s already a fourth. His name’s Frank. >> I would have been the I would have been the fifth Jonas brother. I I meant more like publicly. >> Sure. Yeah, the public. Yeah, >> I know everything about him. I already know. Sorry. >> I think you I would say I’m I’m more like Nick, but you know, it’s just I don’t I think you’re a Joe. No, I think I’m like Joe. >> I think you’re a Joe. Yeah, Joe. Kind of light-hearted trickster god. Nick, brooding, like really deep, sensitive, sweet man. And then, you know, Kevin, the loving family man. Listen, the Jonas Brothers, when you need uh either a backup singer or honestly another front man, like listen, >> listen, bro. Listen, you don’t have to beg. It’s all good. Like, don’t embarrass yourself. I’m in. >> I’m in. >> Oh, man. >> Hold on one sec. >> There it is. Yeah. >> Yeah, we >> I’m never washing my butt again. This is a this is going to be a violent turn in conversation, but I really wanted to ask you given how much work you’ve done talking to like teens about steroid use. >> Yes. Yes. >> Do you think it’s better or worse that people are now so open with steroid use? Cuz I hear all of these natty or not videos of people going like, “No, I’m not natty. What I have done is not achievable naturally. Don’t think that it is.” And then sort of writing that off as in like that’s a good thing that I’m admitting that. >> But now I think we’re seeing a huge explosion. Yeah. >> of young people on steroids that is like frankly freaking me the hell out being a reflection of 17-year-old me. >> It’s definitely really tough like to witness cuz obviously when I go to meet and greets a lot of my a lot of my followers are, you know, there I have a lot of the range of every age, but a lot of them are 15 to 23, you know, like just young like young. I’m I mean I’m 25, not that much older, but in the developing age of their fitness journey. And so many of them have come up to me and asked me like, “Dude, do you think I should take steroids?” And I’m like, “Are you serious?” I’m like, >> I mean, I’m not going to judge them that they’re asking me this cuz they’re genuinely asking. And I always try to be like, “Dude, there’s like give yourself 5 years of lifting before you even think of that that question.” >> Social media has rewarded people that do steroids. >> When someone posts about something that taboo, holding the steroid, or they’re jacked as hell, like, it’s novel. It’s unique. It’s it’s it’s controversial. And when people see that and they’re like, “Oh my gosh, that guy just blew up overnight and he’s on gear,” they don’t think like, “Oh, maybe it’s because of this or maybe because of that.” They’re just like, “He’s huge. If I was huge, I could be that person.” >> Yeah. >> I mean, I’m not an idiot. Like, there’s a lot of people that watch my videos. And if I’m juiced up, subconsciously, I’m promoting steroids. But instead, I’m natural. I have a natural physique that is achievable with good genetics. Like if you have bad genetics, you you’ll be the best version of you. You’ll never look exactly like me. I’ll never look like you. Just that’s not how it works. But I but what I show is that I put in the work and the habits to look the best that I can and live the best life I can. And I’m trying to show that subconsciously through the same thing as if I was big >> that you can do the same naturally and live a great life. And that’s like my goal is just to show people that to live life to the absolute fullest in a very healthy way. >> You can be diced to the socks here, but it’s being diced to the socks here. >> Yes. >> Really matters. >> That’s honestly that’s one of the reasons I I love your content so much. I made for years and it’s this kind of holistic view of fitness and I >> I didn’t grow up with a lot of these fitness content creators. I grew up on like bodybuilding.com message boards which were >> what a wild place to be in in the early 2000s. But to see people out there that are genuine role models, you know, to young kids like me who are out there. Sorry, I choke. I literally just show content. >> But no, man, it it rolls to see and it’s um >> I appreciate that a lot. >> Thanks, man. As you get older and you start thinking about having kids of your own, you like suddenly start to get scared of the youth and like, oh god, what are they going to think about the world? And >> yeah, >> knowing that you’re out there, man, it No, it means a lot to me. >> I appreciate that for real. Thank you, man. >> Honestly, >> and you’re not one of the youngsters, though. >> Oh, man. We always ask people, what does strength mean to you? >> I think an Oreo is going to give me the thought that I need. What are you doing? You want me to do that? No. Or you want me to I was going to Which one are they all? >> What? >> I forgot something. >> Oh, thanks. >> I was going to give you some, but >> Oh, >> okay. Go ahead. >> What was the question? >> What are you thinking about? >> Wait, I for I had a thought and then it left. >> What does strength mean? What does strength mean? Okay, in all seriousness, I think strength to me, strength means going through something extremely difficult that’s not even physical, like a life moment, a life roadblock, whether it’s depression, anxiety, losing a loved one, whatever that might be. and being able to make specific choices in life to either reroute your life for the better or basically like have a comeback of your own and be able to overcome those obstacles. I think that is true strength. I would like I would say like my my my strongest >> point in my life was when I was the most depressed in 2018. I was at college. I was so depressed like didn’t hated life and and the only thing I could enjoy was music and lifting and I consciously made the decision to take charge and to make a change in my life by making different choices and escaping myself from that scenario to then live a life that I was meant to and not that I was supposed to. And that means a lot to me, like that saying in itself, like live a life you’re meant to, not you’re supposed to. Because everyone’s being told what they’re supposed to by the world, the government, society, friends, family, whatever it might be. But there’s a there’s a life that we’re all meant to be living. >> And I think strength comes within making choices to get yourself to that cuz everyone deserves that. >> Finding your purpose, man. People don’t realize that’s the biggest single thing in everyone’s life they should find. And >> I think it’s awesome that you found your purpose. And >> I’m so grateful. >> And mine’s just to eat pancakes with people, you know, >> dude. Heck yeah. That’s a purpose, you know. >> Dude, pancakes for life, dog. >> How many calories do you think was in this entire achievement? >> Oh god. Okay. I’m actually I’m actually like sickly good at calorie counting. >> Oh, I know you are. >> Um, we ate You ate two Oreos. >> Yeah. Oh, were you counting up the actual portions? We were just going to tally up the total thing. >> I’m I’m going to do like this, this, this, and this. It makes >> Yeah. Yeah. Do it. Do it. >> So, two, that’s 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. Every Oreo is 70 calories. I s I sickly know that. >> I’m going to say that there’s 1,000 calories of Oreos. Mhm. >> I might be wrong. I think it’s actually Let’s go. Let’s go. 700. 700 calories of Oreos. Fries. 600. I might even be low on that. 650. >> Hash browns. >> You got to think about surface area. >> I know. More oil. >> This is really thin, though. So, I’m going to go like 500. Pancakes. 1,000 easily. All right. 2,850 calories total with the pancakes. And then finally, the shake. >> Yeah, we’re calculating both shakes in there. >> Oh, okay. I’m going to say 550 for for each. to,00. So I’m going to say there is 4,000 to 4,500 calories in front of us. Do you know how much? >> Yeah, I do. No, >> you do. >> 6,200. The big the biggest underestimation >> was Oreos. >> If you think about how much the fry batter does, just think of like these could just be individual beignetes and you would look at that and be like that’s about 700 calories of just fried dough and then you wrap that around the 600 calories >> thousand off. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, it’s but it’s dude frying stuff. It Yeah, this absorbed a lot of oil. >> Get these away from me, bro. >> Hey, that’s why they’re so good. >> It’s about memories, not macros. >> Memories over macros. Hey, Jesse. Truly, man. This is incredible. Oh, we’re doing it. >> And that’s making memories over macros. Hey, man. I had the I think we just kind of kissed. I think we did. I liked it. Let’s go. What happened? What happens in the conquer all things locker room stays in the conquer all things locker room? Yeah. Out. Jesse, you got anything to plug? >> Kissing the homies. >> Just kiss the homies. >> Yo, don’t forget to kiss your homies good night and stay relentless. Mythical 247 is available to stream on Amazon Prime and Fire TV channels, Roku, Samsung, Plex, and more. Be sure to check out the Mythical 247 channel and stream episodes of Good Mythical Morning and Mythical Kitchen.