Shadowing Practice: Training W/ Real Life Vampire (Anti-aging) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is the man spending millions to become 18 years old once again, Brian Johnson.
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For the next 24 hours, I'm going to be trying his daily protocol.
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Let's see if I survive.
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My name is Brian Johnson.
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I am a professional rejuvenation athlete.
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I started Project Blueprint to explore the boundaries of human aspiration.
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We're in front of this house.
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It's very interesting and dark.
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Brian!
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Hey!
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How you doing?
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Good to see you.
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Hello!
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Good to meet you.
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Welcome.
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You're not liver king.
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Yeah, I'm meta-vegetable.
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I invited Jesse over today and we're going to compete on three rejuvenation challenges.
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This is for you.
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This is a shot of extra virgin olive oil.
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You've got a chaser of this green concoction.
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I won't question what it is.
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Oh, that is so good.
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It's the best olive oil in the world.
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Wow, that's potent.
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Yeah.
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So come on in.
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That's potent.
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So today we're going to put you through my entire morning protocol.
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So this has been designed bit by bit of how we can maximally slow one's speed of aging.
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So I'm not trying to prepare myself to go to the jungle and fight a wild animal.
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I'm not trying to be a athlete.
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I'm trying to reduce my speed of aging.
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I think you're doing a great job.
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You look great, man.
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Thanks.
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This can take some time to acclimate to.
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So if you do need to take a bathroom trip.
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That's embarrassing, Brian.
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First time here, I'm going to blow up the toilet.
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But it's going to feel so good.
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After discussing the unpredictability of my bowels, I surprised Brian with a little gadget that I acquired from a secret tech corporation.
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I know that you want to improve your vision, right?
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It's perfect actually.
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But you want it better than perfect.
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Yes.
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Let's just say.
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Yes.
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I found these things on Amazon that improve your eyesight.
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They're really good.
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So if you want to toss your pair on, what you want to do is you want to wear these for only a few seconds because they're really powerful.
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And then you can hit them for buttons and they change colors.
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That's cool.
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Let me turn yours on.
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Okay.
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He seemed mildly amused.
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We're gonna start you off with heart rate variability therapy.
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So on your left, triagus, this guy right here.
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Oh, this little thingy?
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Yep.
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Oh my god, that's the weirdest feeling of my life!
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Okay, so it's on.
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Is it supposed to like sting a little?
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Yeah, exactly.
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It's telling your nervous system to chill out.
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There you go.
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Yo, I'm chill.
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I'm winning Cali, you know what I'm saying?
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Yeah, that's right.
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Ayyy!
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The best time to work on hair thickness and growth is before you start losing it.
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One of my biggest fears is losing my hair.
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Yes.
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And you got a nice solid head of hair.
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So I'm excited to try this thing out.
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So this is Red Light Therapy, has 312 diodes.
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Just put it on your head.
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Should I go forward or backwards?
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What do you think?
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Try out the backwards?
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There you go.
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You know what I'm saying?
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I've not done that before, but yeah, okay, cool.
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First time for everything.
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And then just hit this button.
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Oh!
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God!
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You just dropped me!
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No, I'm kidding.
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I'm kidding, guys.
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I'm kidding.
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My ear is just zapping right now.
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It's pretty damn crazy.
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Is it too intense?
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I kind of like it intense, Brian.
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Yeah, I know.
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You really went after it.
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Okay.
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That's one speed.
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Okay.
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So every day you're doing this, like, is it just such a routine that you don't even feel like you're doing it?
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Or was it something that you had to kind of get used to?
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All this runs.
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Yeah, autopilot.
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I love my food.
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I love my routine.
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I love my bedtime.
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I love everything about it.
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It's counterintuitive for most people.
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They assume I'm miserable, that I have a monk-like life.
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I've actually never been happier or fulfilled or felt more expansive in my entire life.
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This is breakfast.
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Wow.
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Do you take them all at once?
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So you just down it?
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Three times.
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I do three swallows.
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So you do 20 pills at a time?
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Yeah.
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There's one really big pill in here.
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If I don't get it right, I have to kind of like move it around my mouth a little bit.
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I hate when that happens.
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Brian proceeded to have his breakfast.
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And once he got all 60 pills down his throat, it was time for the first challenge of the day.
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Challenge number one is sleep.
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The most important thing each of us do on a daily basis.
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Did we wake up today wanting to hug life or did we wake up wanting or feeling irritated about life?
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Well, you see.
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Um, Brian, why the hell do you get up this early?
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I was more than excited because I knew I was going to see those pretty eyes.
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I'm just saying, I'm just saying.
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The difference between hope and despair is a good night's sleep.
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How's Jesse doing?
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To track my sleep, Brian recommended for two weeks I wear a sleep-measuring wristband, which tracks my sleep scores.
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So it's time to see who is the better sleeper.
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I've been wearing this for like two weeks to like prepare for this.
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How'd you do?
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Uh, 80.
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What'd you say?
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That's respectable.
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80% sleep score.
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I got 6 hours, 25 minutes of sleep.
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Pretty stoked about the 80% as that was the highest score I have ever gotten on.
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Well, anything.
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But how good was it compared to Brian?
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My sleep score for the past three months has been 100% every night.
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Come on, man.
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You got to show me up like that.
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And I got 9 hours and 12 minutes of sleep.
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9 hours.
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That is impressive.
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What time did you go to bed?
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8, 10.
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8, 10?
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Yeah.
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Brian, it was still daylight outside.
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I know.
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How do you sleep when it's like bright out?
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This whole room is blacked out, so no light gets in here ever.
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So this is like the vampire cave?
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This is the vampire cave.
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Oh, damn.
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Okay.
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Drinking the equivalent of 20 laxatives, voluntarily stinging your ears, eating 60 pills and calling it a meal, and going to bed at 8 p.m every night,
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Brian was definitely not your typical guy.
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I'm just going to use the bathroom real quick.
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I'll be as quick as I can.
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I think he's a literal vampire.
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I'm not kidding.
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I don't think that he is an actual human.
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No light gets in his bedroom.
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There's barely no light in the living room, but he's a nice guy.
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Subscribe, please.
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Challenge number two is Jesse and I are going to compete in cardiovascular fitness.
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All right, so this workout's gonna be 53 minutes.
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Okay.
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We're gonna do about 30 to 40 different exercises.
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We're gonna go fast.
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Okay.
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So I'll do the exercise first.
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You just follow me through the whole thing.
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Okay.
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I try to flex and stretch every muscle of my body every day and I never get sore and I love it.
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Oh that's really tight.
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Oh my god.
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So how long have you been doing this whole protocol for?
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Two years.
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Two years.
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Yep.
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And how much have you reversed your age?
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Epigenetically, 5.1 years.
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Wow.
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And then, more importantly, slowing my speed of aging by 31 years.
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Oh my God.
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The rate in which my body ages.
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After Brian and I went through all the different exercises, it was time for a little cardio competition.
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You'll want to see how far you can get.
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Okay.
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In a 10-minute time.
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And as you do that, I'll be on the bike.
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Start.
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Okay, I'm going.
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As far as possible in 10 minutes.
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Yeah, in 10 minutes.
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Brian Brian Brian Brian Not even an ounce of pain
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What'd you get?
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1.7 1.7?
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Are you kidding?
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I suck I thought Jesse was going to school me It was very close I got work to do Hey, good work Good work All right, well, the 23-year-old loses once again.
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So yes, I did lose to Brian, but I'm gonna tell you guys how to win your diet thanks to this video's sponsor, AG1.
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So every day I start my morning with eight ounces of cold water along with one scoop of AG1.
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It gets me right, it gets me feeling good, and I literally just stir it up.
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You could use a spoon, you could use a straw, but I just like to use my finger.
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AG1 is packed with 75 vitamin, minerals, and whole food source ingredients, and it's made for everybody.
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If you're anything like me, you don't always eat your vegetables like you should.
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And that's why I use AG1 to fill in the gaps in my nutrition.
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Because I've been dieting lately, I've actually been lacking a lot of vitamins and minerals.
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So AG1 is a great replacement to start my day off to make sure
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that I hit all those goals and I'm not skipping out all the nutrients that I truly need.
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Not to mention, it's also been helping my energy throughout the day and my brain focus.
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And that's huge as someone who's an entrepreneur.
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And also it supports me a ton.
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I appreciate you guys.
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Let's get back into the video.
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We got some breakfast.
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Different breakfast.
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Is this for both of us or just one?
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Oh, thank you, thank you.
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We got some broccoli, some other type of broccoli.
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We got some vegetables, baby.
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Tablespoon of olive oil.
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Okay.
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So you want two or three tablespoons each day.
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You had your first when you arrived.
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Yeah.
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A lot of people who eat my diet, they're unable to eat all the food.
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It's too much.
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Really?
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Too much volume for them.
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This is really heavy.
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How many calories is this?
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With all the olive oil and chocolate, like 600 or so.
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Okay.
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Oh, that's a lot more dense than I thought.
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Definitely, this is some organic stuff, I can tell.
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This is like, do you have a farm back here or something?
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This is homegrown.
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What is your best piece of advice for anyone that wants to be an entrepreneur?
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Take care of your health.
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I just drove myself into the ground.
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There was a former version of me in my early 20s that was grinding very hard to be an entrepreneur.
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And I had a badge of honor.
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I was ragged.
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I didn't sleep.
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It was kind of what you did to be try to be an epic entrepreneur.
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I really wish I hadn't done that I wish someone would have told me health is your number one priority
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Everything else you're trying to do is secondary But what's the difference with having more money like that?
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You've noticed like lifestyle changing or like people looking at you different your money is honestly Really complicated.
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I grew up poor Never had money and really just 34 years old.
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I was just dead broke Wow and And it just changes your relationship with the world.
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You never quite know why someone's engaging with you.
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So it creates a lot of unknowns.
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It's just complicated.
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More money, more problems.
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Do you agree with that statement?
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Different problems.
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I'd argue you're going to be a better entrepreneur if you take care of your help.
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If that's your number one goal, you'll be just as successful as you would have been.
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It's a myth that you have to grind yourself to the ground to be successful.
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That's like my biggest goal of 2023 is to optimize my life to the best of my abilities
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because with that comes better outputs elsewhere.
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All right, next up, we're going to head up to the clinic where we're going to measure a bunch of things about Jesse, things that you cannot see with the naked eye.
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We're here in the clinic and we're going to go through a couple of routine practices we do of measurement and therapies.
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So we're going to start you on this side with red light therapy.
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I do this three times a week.
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You do it in the nude.
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Oh, really?
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What's the big deal?
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What's the big deal?
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All right.
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Hold this over.
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You can don those now.
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Okay.
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Oh my gosh.
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Alright.
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I don't know what's gonna happen to me, guys.
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Three, two, one.
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Ahhhh!
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I'm just kidding.
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Okay, so what exactly does this do to my body?
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Red light is good for general healing and repair, good for nitric oxide production, just good for the body energy overall.
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It feels amazing.
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It feels like I'm laying on the beach.
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It does.
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It's...
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It's relaxing.
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It's extremely relaxing.
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It's one of my favorite moments it makes me it's almost
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like a deprivation tank for me where after i get finished
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i just feel weightless oh my god am i glowing or what next thing we're going to do is a measurement
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so blueprint is powered by the ability to measure something okay
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so just like the diet we ate every single calorie you have designed for a specific purpose
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and every calorie has to fight for its life we're going
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to measure the age attributes of your face oh i don't
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want to know this sometimes you think you can assess the aging of your face or sun damage, you can't.
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You know that guy's pretty pretty good looking, huh guys?
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Good scores.
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So for spots, 88th percentile.
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Wrinkles, you're doing very well.
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99th percentile.
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Texture, 79.
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Pores, 96.
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Let's go.
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These are really good numbers.
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This one is your lowest score.
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Okay, 5%?
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This is UV damage.
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UV damage.
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So you've been out in the sun quite a bit.
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Yeah, especially the past few days.
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So this shows all the UV damage from sun exposure.
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You've actually scored really well in many areas.
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Some areas you could have improvement.
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Once we had a full analysis of my face, Brian then hooked me up to an ultrasound to assess my heart.
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So this is a medical grade ultrasound system.
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Okay.
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And it can measure your entire body.
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Moment of truth.
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How big is Jesse's heart?
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What is that?
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No. Why are they high-fiving what the hell is that gorgeous that's
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so wild structuring diet and exercise
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and every other routine we have this full 360 view all
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of our measurements we see exactly what happens inside the body
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from all these different measurement perspectives that's insane does it look like a good heart yeah
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never heard that one before this machine is high frequency electromagnetic
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stimulation so going s exactly okay it's gonna flex okay i'm gonna start you off at 50 okay
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oh man i can take it oh
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oh my god that was terrifying amp it up it's gotta be hurting now huh a little yeah Yeah.
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35. Give me 90.
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Go on, go to 100.
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Ah!
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Go, Brian, go!
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Stop!
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This is gonna be your favorite meal of the day.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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My favorite meal of the day is nutty pudding.
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Macadamia nuts, walnuts, flaxseed, berries, pomegranate seeds, and then you put a little pea protein in and some chocolate.
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You see, it's a lot of food.
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I mean, we haven't...
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Yeah, no, I mean, I didn't even finish it.
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Haven't even finished breakfast yet.
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Pea protein?
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Should we cheers it?
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Yeah.
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Hit me with the cheers.
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Cheers to...
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Blueprint.
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Blueprint.
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Blueprint, baby.
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Challenge number three is we're going to look at our speed of aging.
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Jesse did a test looking at his DNA methylation patterns.
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We're going to see is he aging faster or slower than me.
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My pace of aging.
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I'm hoping for something good, so...
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My objective with Blueprint is that we do something, all of us, in the early 21st century, that people in the 25th century look back on and say they figured it out.
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They figured out how to become the future of humans.
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What would be a good number?
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It is like 0.7s.
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Okay, and then what are you at?
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The last one was 0.69.
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Ah, best number there is.
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Being able to discuss multiple topics, including mental health, shined a light on how regardless of how wealthy you are and successful you are, when your health is not your main focus, you will never realize your full potential.
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I was chronically depressed for a decade and once you get in that hole, you can't dig out.
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It's just the walls are slippery, there's nothing to grab onto.
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Maybe I could have avoided that if I would have been wise enough to not fall into the trappings of that grind.
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Are you ready to discover my pace of aging?
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Live life to the fullest.
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Go have the most fun.
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Go make memories.
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Take in every moment.
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Point...
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Seven-nine.
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Wow!
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Great!
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Let's go!
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You did beat me.
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But you know what?
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My details.
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Jesse's doing many good things in life.
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Now he knows what things to do better.
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If you enjoyed today's video, make sure you subscribe to me, subscribe to Brian, and do not forget, one, two, three.
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Stay relentless.
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Peace!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 393 sentences and 2891 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:14. The speaker talks fast, about 190 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| entrepreneur noun | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ | A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| measurement noun | /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/ | The act of measuring. |
| pill noun | /pɪl/ | A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| protocol noun | /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/ | An amendment to an official treaty. |
| cheers | /t͡ʃɪəz/ | A common toast used when drinking in company. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| vitamin noun | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found… |
| grind verb | /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ | To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| calorie noun | /ˈkæləɹi/ | A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally… |
| complicated adjective | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | Difficult or convoluted. |
| compete verb | /kəmˈpiːt/ | To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| come on in verb | Synonym of come in (“to enter”). | |
| dig out verb | To remove something by digging. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been wearing · I've been dieting |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been designed · I've not done · I've actually never been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been designed · is blacked · is packed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 94 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, myth /mɪθ/, thickness /ˈθɪknəs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, shine /ʃaɪn/, nutrition /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
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 entrepreneur, routine, olive.
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.