okay so i've been asked recently quite a few times about my diet and what kind of diet i follow. now i have frameworks in the meal idea classroom so if you're trying to understand what kind of diet you should do or what kind of framework you should be on if you're trying to bulk, cut, or just want some cool meal ideas, that's definitely the class you should visit. as far as my diet i really don't follow one. i just have a framework that i follow. my framework i'm following is a cutting framework and i just kind of eat the same thing all the time. i try to stick to: - fruits - eggs - vegetables - beef - chicken - fish - rice - potatoes very very basic simple things. for me honestly between running this business, running my personal training business, helping with landscaping, i'm doing multiple things across the board. i'm very very busy. i don't have 45 minutes or an hour to make a meal every single day so i have to stick to what i know is easy, simple, gets my protein in, and tastes pretty good. i just keep on moving throughout my day. that's kind of what i follow and that's what i recommend a lot of athletes follow anyway because you're going to spend more time thinking about what to make than you are actually eating that food and making it. for all my athletes who are training two or three times a day, going to the gym every single day, and they're super super busy, it's very very easy to just make the same thing over and over again and add some different sauces and some different seasonings to it to make it a little different. otherwise i kind of just stick to those main principles and i eat the same thing all the time. i did this while i was training because i was always on the road training and practicing and playing so it was just made a lot more sense for me to do that.

So if you've been doing our April challenge, it's going to consist of stretching every single morning, every single night, for at least 10 to 15 minutes, or just quiet time. That's one thing I can't stress enough for recovery. No matter what you're doing, whether you're an athlete, whether you're a desk worker, whether you have a real job, well no matter what you do, if you're a human being and you're working out and you're active, you need to be stretching every single night or at least every single morning. It just helps the body relieve tension, relieve pressure, get you feeling better. You won't wake up as stiff if you stretch at night and go to sleep. You won't be as stiff in the morning when you wake up. if you stretch in the morning time after you wake up as well, You won't be so stiff throughout the day. You'll get moving a lot faster and get orientated a lot quicker. Stretching before bed is honestly one of the ultimate recovery techniques you can use as a player or person who is working out intensely or competing at a high level to keep you level with the game and keep your body and mind all flowing together. That way you're not going through your day super stiff, only stretching for 5 minutes before training or before your workout. Please please please make sure you stretch in the mornings or at night. Ideally you want to do both but at least do one of them.