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Hey, Power Athlete Nation.

I am going to take a slight detour in the beginning of 2026

and do a slightly different format than we've ever done here on Power Athlete Radio. Normally, we always have a guest, whether it be virtual or in person. But this time I'm going to talk directly to you and see if we can maybe set up a slightly different format on this. Now, if you love it, give me a thumbs up. Tell me I'm doing a great job. If you hate it,

keep that shit to yourself. But what I wanted to do is share some of the interactions that I've had

in the last few months, especially leading up to our January res program, where we do an annual

deal for training, and then you get a nutrition set up and then also a consult. So I do a ton of

consults. And wanted to share some of the questions that I get on those consults, but also some of the questions I've been getting towards info. So the January res is very dynamic. And at this time of year, people don't fail because they're lazy. Now, I know there's just feeling that, you know, these guys are lazy. They're not going to make it, but they fail because they're inconsistent. They're distracted. And they're jumping between plans. And the most well-laid intentions will fail without solid execution and support. And that's what we do here at Power Athlete. We support you in every way, whether it be in the training, putting the game plan together with the consults. All of these are just little stones in this bigger

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