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Hey, Power at the Nation.

I want you to tune in for a powerful podcast with Mr. Arash Safani.

We take Arash's journey in terms of weight loss.

And when I first met Arash, he was pretty heavy, 300 plus pounds, down from 355 pounds at his heaviest. And we go into not only the journey and his moment of self-discovery when he stepped on the scale and saw how heavy he was and realized that what he was doing as an athlete and the power lifting wasn't necessarily translating to what he thought it was

in health and how he was viewing himself. And then the journey that he went on in terms of losing weight

and where he sits today and really his progression in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and working with the team

and more importantly, just finding a tribe of individuals that believed in him that would help him

on his journey in terms of getting in shape and reclaiming his life and becoming the person he is today. So I'm excited to have seen the transformation and been a part of it. So we get into a little bit of it. And it's an excellent talk. I'm happy to hear him. And I'm so proud of what he was able to accomplish. Mr. Rush Safani. Dude, thanks for coming back to Power Authet Radio. I really appreciate you being here. Thanks for having me. I appreciate and I appreciate your friendship, your mentorship. I'm grateful for every opportunity to spend some time with you. Yeah, well, that's why I hug you every single time. Well, it's because I want to, I want to exchange my gut microbiome. Well, the fact that I've been around you so much, I'm interested to see to get your gut tested to see what I was able to give you.

They're like, how did you? gut microbiome. Well, the fact that I've been around you so much, I'm interested to see to get your

gut tested to see what I was able to give you. They're like, how did he get all the

the biota for mayonnaise? That's so crazy. Let's talk some training, John. Let's do it. Just to tell you,

of anybody I've had on the podcast in recent years, you've gotten by far the

best response. Everybody seems to enjoy you. I just think it's because they don't know you that

well. And I, it's really crazy, but I never get a haircut before these things. I'm always super

messed up before I come in. So, well, I'll get that done. I'll fix it. Okay. All right. So,

I'd really like to dive in on your transformation. Like you used to be heavy. I mean,

you were big at one point, what, 360 something? 3.55. Okay. Faithful day, January 1st,

2019. 355? Yeah, yeah. All right. So you used to be heavy and you went on this journey to losing weight.

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