Shadowing Practice: Prisoners vs. Cops - (Who’s Stronger?) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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These are the world's strongest ex -convicts
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and they'll be facing off against the strongest police officers in five competitions all to find out who is stronger.
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First event we've got one rep max on the bench press
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where each team will be sending up one person to see who can bench the most weight.
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Team ex -convict who you sending up.
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Gage get up here bro shake hands shake hands we got Gage versus Cody all right Gage how much do you weigh?
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3 12.
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3 12.
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That's it?
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3 12 today man.
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On a good day we like 230.
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Come on that's moving fast.
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Come on 225.
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225. Do it for the police.
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Officer chicken.
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Officer chicken.
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Easy.
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Do ex -convicts use clips?
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Yeah we use clips man.
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That's what we got bagged with.
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Oh.
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And with only one set of warm -ups we were already at 315.
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Oh easy.
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Very aggressive officer.
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What's up?
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That's how we gotta be.
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However, that was probably also the reason for this happening.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Damn.
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Them cooks ain't right.
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Them cooks ain't right.
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I almost hit my foot.
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Guys, this is chaos.
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This is pure chaos.
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But that wasn't going to stop Gage from trying again.
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And this time, he was going to show off the way he wanted to.
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Come on, Gage.
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Oh, easy.
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Oh, what are you doing?
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Are you going to drop it?
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Ah, ah, ah, ah.
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Don't touch it.
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Don't touch it.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Easy work.
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He's showing off somebody get the paramedic come here come here come here
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you can't do four man how many plates do you want four guys
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we're good i know mouth to mouth hey yo come on now good oh oh come on look how long
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it take them man count for me count for me one two three four yeah Five, six.
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You're going to sleep.
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He's got a pulse.
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He's got a pulse.
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He's alive.
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More weight.
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There we go.
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Oh, he's still going.
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Stay strong.
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Drive, drive, drive.
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Drive.
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All of you.
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All of you. That was close.
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He fatigued.
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Look, he probably got a price.
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No, I mean, we get set.
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Cops are respect.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Now put on some weights.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Yeah.
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So you're going to earn our respect a little bit
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that's too much bro
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you know just enough where he at he's over here 455 pounds on the bar am i allowed to hit
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you because you're a cop yeah go ahead that's all you got you want it bro
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come on like wait do it for ronnie coleman ronnie coleman was a cop hit it hit it
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no lift listen don't get discouraged the next events i got
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you guys i got you guys don't worry next one
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you got next one you got on behalf of all the convicts all over the world
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that came on and changed their life
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and still lifting weights we're gonna do this for you all right
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we're gonna go five plates man let's go don't end this man don't end this man
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but you know you part of us though that's right
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you bailed out dude i got bailed out
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i'm an ex convict at heart one easy money two easy money with the feet up three
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i think the ex -convicts win this one
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you come to us our world
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we gonna slitch into 10 pieces next event 10x convicts event number two
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we've got the punching bag machine every person is gonna go from lightest to heaviest whoever scores the highest wins
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it for their team first up
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we got the police let's go cinder home whoa what do
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we got okay four five hundred five nineteen five nineteen that's the highest score for you right now sound resistant
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that was embarrassing 495 519 is in the lead let's go try come on now come on trey
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come on get into it there you go we almost hit me hey that's in the fives five
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520 520 new lead come on
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you took out the big homie what 455 get walking get
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walking what's your motivation right here who is this this guy's just a bag free donuts bro no
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you don't do donuts all right my bad i know i don't look like it
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The score the prisoners have to beat is 682.
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Five prisoners, five chances.
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Tenderholm.
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498. 483.
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Police are in the lead.
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Get off my cell, yo.
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Get off my goddamn cell, man that's like 300 right there oh man
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machine's gotta be broke let me just show you guys what's
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up give me a scenario what what they do what they do they took our commissary
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they put it oh no no no they took the wigs back
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They took the win.
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Whoa!
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X -Con 614.
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I had to do that for you guys.
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Someone's got to beat me.
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Smash the subscribe button just like he's about to smash this.
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Come on now.
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Let's go, Con.
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Let's go, Con.
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667. That's second.
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That's second.
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However, it's not quite 682, which they only had one more chance to hit.
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Back up.
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Everyone back up.
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An earthquake is about to go off.
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Officer, back up.
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oh it's a backup I take the hair wait yo
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it's recent 821 821 this machine's broken I oh
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you want a hug those are my guys right guys right
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I've got hope for the police in the next event let's
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head outside for event number three the outdoor prison yard relay race let's go here's what's gonna happen
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we got the chain farmer carries aka don't drop the soap you know we ain't dropping it what happens
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when you drop it ndl something bad happens
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so bad happen you ain't want to do
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that you're gonna go to your first teammate tag them
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they got 50 push -ups go to the next teammate
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you're gonna run with the barbell get to your next teammate
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and then you've got a foot race to catch the escaped inmate
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that's me baby with the pink handcuffs hopefully they catch
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you man these are yours right you let me borrow them how'd
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you get it they're in your cell oh my god three two one go go go
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one two three oh our guy's repping
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it out eight nine ten come on all right
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i gotta get my handcuffs going quick i'm gonna have to run so fast
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but it's a good thing i've been dieting i'm leaner than ever
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and smartest nutrition tracking app all right
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there looks like they're tied in push -ups right
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now seven eight come on nine forty come on one two
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so easy to make progress
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it the same way a coach will oh they're going right
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now they're going where you at indio let's go let's go baby
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so you keep losing weight and keep making progress towards your goals.
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All right, I gotta go, I gotta go.
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Because before I knew it, the cops were already on the last leg of the relay.
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You're never gonna get me!
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And apparently these cops were super fast.
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Too easy.
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And so were the prisoners.
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Oh!
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I already got one!
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I thought you played lacrosse.
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So yeah, the officers easily won the relay.
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However, apparently the ex -convicts were a little dissatisfied with Officer Trey's push -ups earlier on in the race.
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I don't know what they're doing right now.
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Don't get it twisted, man.
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He'll be top, but at the end of the day, we'll bash them all at the gym.
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There wasn't no real push -ups.
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My daughter could do both push -ups like that.
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The physique ain't good this way for no reason, you heard me?
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But that physique, IFBB Pro, talk to me.
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OCB Pro, Classic Physique 2023.
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Classic Physique 2025.
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Hey, wait, wait, wait.
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You know what?
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Different people.
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No, no, let's stop.
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Let's settle with the next event.
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Winner of event number three, police.
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Let's go, baby.
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Comeback season.
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Next event.
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Event number four, one rep max on the deadlift.
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We're starting off with 315 because we ain't little babies.
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Yeah.
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What he said.
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Let's go, bro.
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Let's go, baby.
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Welcome all of them.
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No straps, no belt, just power.
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Oh, easy.
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Let's go, Brody.
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Easy.
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Let's go.
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Is there any, like, prison slang that I can learn?
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Well, I mean, listen, I could teach it, but it's got to be off camera.
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Not in front of the police.
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Okay, not in front of them.
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Yo, let's get him up.
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Four plates.
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Get it up.
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Get it up.
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Easy.
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Let's go.
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Come on, let's go.
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Four plates.
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Four plates.
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Looked like he shrugged it.
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Half push -ups counts, so half deadlifts counts, too.
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Oh!
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Ha -ha!
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They still in the push -up.
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Anybody can run in back.
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495 on the bar.
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Show them what a real deadlift is.
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Up!
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Up!
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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That's easy.
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Nice.
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That's easy.
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Oh!
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Oh, watch out!
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Watch out!
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What the F word?
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Yeah!
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What the F word?
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That's a changed man!
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Give me some, ready?
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Next time, next time.
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All right, we need a quarter.
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Are you guys nervous at all?
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Oh my God, I think you blew my eardrum.
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How are you guys feeling right now about this?
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I have one thing to say.
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Look at that guy over there.
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You think that's a steak?
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Oh, I see what you're saying.
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I see what you're saying.
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Hey, farm fed.
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Farm fed, okay?
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Yeah, that's nice.
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I'm about to send him right back to the.. for 545
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pounds on the bar let's go get up oh oh oh
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oh oh oh no he's happy all the ex -convicts have to do is lift this successfully
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and they win this round oh let's go talking about tell him
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you tell him however once again just like the last event neither of these two groups of men could accept the result.
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Which is why when they couldn't get to an agreement, I had no choice but to step in.
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Push -up competition, then tug of war.
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God dang it.
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My God.
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It's like two little babies.
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Trey and Jason, bring it on the street.
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No, let's go.
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Everyone over here.
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Guys, they are literally arguing i'm not kidding get over here boys
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or i'll tell your mother
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i'll show you boys how to do a push -up like
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a man all the way one hey trey are you watching this two like
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that yeah okay all right so he just admitted it that
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that one was wrong that's why he said he said he did
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that he said he did
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that at the competition no more yapping no more yapping trey
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any any one of y 'all any one of y 'all
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you pick anybody you pick anybody i'll go who actually wants
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it let's go you go on my command full motion get
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your chest right to the ground up okay down up down up down up down up wait till
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i say up down hold it oh yeah you guys are good
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Come on, let's push.
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Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down,
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up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up,
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down, up, down, up, up, down, up, up, down, up, up, down, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up,
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up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up,
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up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, Hey, you,
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you see this quiet next event last event
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We've got the tug of war with a little spin on it.
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We're going 1v1 3v3 5v5 first guys up Cody and Gage Oh, there's gonna be easy walk in the park.
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We got to get the jumpsuit past the plates.
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Okay, two one go go go go
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Let's go go
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Oh, my God.
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Hold on.
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What's up?
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Let's go.
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Come on, man.
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I failed.
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That's the count, man.
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No, that counts.
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I failed, yo.
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It's okay.
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There's two more rounds.
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That's one.
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Yo, he was all jerking, all crazy.
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Hey, you can't be all upper body, man.
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You got to be lower body, too.
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I'm stronger than you in everything.
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You're crazy.
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I don't leg press you, squat you, everything.
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All right.
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What are you talking about?
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Man, that's not going to win.
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Let's go 3v3.
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Three, two, one, go.
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Pull.
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Pull.
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Come on, guys.
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Come on get squat get low get low come on come
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on come on we got him come on come on come on we got him
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we got him win ex -convicts win
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that one we got one more round 5v5 that's everybody okay
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we built for this man you feel me final event how are we feeling right now just two words all natural
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all natural that's all i gotta say honestly all natural assume position never been able to say
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that to so many men at once
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and it work anyways three two one go go go come
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on come on it sounds like the rope is going to
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snap come on we got him come on pull pull pull
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we got him we got him we got him almost there come on oh it's going back it's going back Winners!
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Winners!
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Winners!
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The convicts took over the yard.
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Respect to the cop, man.
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We gotta gain some weight, that's about it.
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The winners, officially, ex -convicts.
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Reformed men!
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Let's go!
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If you enjoyed the video, subscribe, but most importantly, do not forget, stay relentless!
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Peace!
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Huge shout out to ZHinge for getting last week's top comment.
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Make sure you drop a comment on this week's video for a chance to be shouted out in the next.
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Also, YouTube and I think you're really going to love this video that's on screen right here.
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So click it, check it out, and I will love you forever.
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Appreciate you guys.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Prisoners vs. Cops -”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: event, convict, push. This video has 332 sentences and 2453 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:33. The speaker talks at a natural 169 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| convict verb | /ˈkɑnvɪkt/ | To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| cop noun | /kɑp/ | A police officer or prison guard. |
| prisoner noun | /ˈpɹɪzənə/ | A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence. |
| relay noun | /ˌɹiˈleɪ/ | A new set of anything. |
| teammate noun | /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/ | One who is on the same team. |
| bench noun | /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ | A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| chaos noun | /ˈkeɪˌɑs/ | The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. |
| clip noun | /klɪp/ | Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. |
| nutrition noun | /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ | The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. |
| smash verb | /smæʃ/ | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| adjust verb | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | To modify. |
| pulse noun | /pʌls/ | A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| back up verb | To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. |
| push up verb | To make (something) higher; to increase. |
| bail out verb | To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| send up verb | To imitate (someone or something) for the purpose of satirical humour. |
| show off verb | To exhibit the best attributes of something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you going to drop it?
- You know what I'm saying?
- The physique ain't good this way for no reason, you heard me?
- Are you guys nervous at all?
- You think that's a steak?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 82 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, nutrition /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, smash /smæʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, macroeconomics /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/, commissary /ˈkɑ.mɪˌsɛɹ.i/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like convict, whoa, cop.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.