Hey guys, welcome to episode number 403 of the Industrial Strength Show. I have a great show

for you guys here today. Well, they're all great, right? It's the Industrial Strength Show.

It goes without saying. But there is something a little more special about this one. I must say,

you are about to hear an incredibly open, honest, and just super impactful conversation

that I had with Chris Bartle earlier this week. Let me just start by saying this. We do talk

training because I know there's a lot of people who just they're here for the training talk. You get

that. We talk training. Chris has an awesome system that he uses with his high school athlete

clients that he shares on this podcast. He also talks about his own training, how he currently

trains as a busy entrepreneur, gym owner, etc. So really valuable stuff there. We do talk training.

You get plenty of that. But what I feel is the most impactful part of this podcast and really

was the main reason I reached out to Chris and asked him to come on the podcast is just his openness

and willingness to talk about his steroid and PED use and more specifically the struggles

that he dealt with when he attempted to come off of those drugs and transition from, you know,

jacked up, juiced up, elite level powerlifter to trying to have kids and just trying to transition back

to a quote unquote normal life of being a great husband and wanting to become a dad. And, you know,

I just feel like so many people, especially in the fitness industry, but, you know, I'm sure

just everyone, anyone who trains, anyone who's into working out, there's just so many people who

at some point are going to want or need to make that transition, you know, from the PED use to

clean. And I just feel like while that is a very common thing and a transition that many

will go through, yet there are just so few people who are willing to talk about that transition

because, quite frankly, you know, to steal a quote from Rocky Balboa, that transition ain't

all sunshine and rainbows. As you will hear from Chris, there is depression involved, you know,

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