Hey guys welcome to episode number 199 of the industrial strength show.

Before we get started today,

I would like to reintroduce you guys

to our first official sponsor of 2019.

It's crazy because I was contacted by at least seven or eight new potential sponsors leading into 2019.

But there's a reason why I respectfully turned them all down.

Yet I would never turn down today's sponsor, Mark Bell's slingshot. Not only is Mark a former

industrial strength show guest and someone I have a tremendous amount of

respect for but I actually use his products.

Like anyone who listens to this show or anyone who knows me knows I have been using his

products for years and recommending them for years.

Yet I don't want to get off on a tangent but I don't think I've spoken about this since the new year.

It just baffles me.

It's almost like a lack of respect some of these companies that contact us

and want to sponsor the show like clearly they've done zero research on me or what I'm all about or what this show is all

about you know obviously they know we have a large audience and a very loyal audience that's why they're contacting us

but it just it's so painfully obvious that most of these companies don't even listen to five minutes of an episode because if they if they did they would probably know enough not to pitch me on

freaking cellulite cream or waste trimmers or shitty unquality garbage supplements like it's

just amazing you know how they don't know that we're all about quality and just integrity.

I only promote products that I use and love.

And occasionally maybe there's a product that comes along,

maybe it's more, you know, meant for females or

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