What's going on everybody? It's the real background with the real bodybuilding

podcast. It's episode number 105 and I'm here with Nate Epler, the pro-debut

shocker of the IFPB. How are you man? How's it going? I'm doing a lot how are you? I'm good man. So I think a lot of people were talking about

blessings pro debut and you kind of flew under the radar a little bit there and kind of shocked everybody. How does that feel?

It feels really good man. I've been an underdog in the past as well and kind of been that

that sleeper mentality you know just kind of flying low and it definitely it feels good

because obviously this is the big leagues you know and this is my this is my debut

I definitely knew what we were bringing but you know you just never really know until you stack up next to them yeah yeah how did it feel well first let me ask this how old do you?

I am I just turned 27 in February.

Okay, so and this is your first.

When did you turn pro?

What showed you turn pro at?

I won the USA Championships in the heavyweight class in 2019.

Okay, so you took a year, was that last year?

No, you took a year off, right?

Yeah.

I just because COVID, yeah, just because of COVID.

Yeah, I had actually been prepping last year for the Indy Pro as well because Indy, so it's my hometown, this, I'm from Indiana.

And I had turned pro at the USA Championships in 2019 and then I had about six months of an off season and then we started prepping at the end of 2019 like December is for May of

2020 would have been the indie pro and I have been prepping for about five months

and then the indie got cancelled completely.

So, yeah.

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