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Fingers and toes.

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Big, beautiful obituary.

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[music]

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Welcome to The Outlifting Lounge, the weekly

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show serving queer conversation, news and no-nonsense

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fitness for gay, bi and trans guys.

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I'm Alan.

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And I'm his husband, Derec.

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Coming up on today's show, we'll reveal exciting

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news about our brand new Outlifting Lounge, talk

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about the telly that's been making us absolutely

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howl with laughter, trash talk Trump, and celebrate

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some amazing everyday fitness wins.

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Well, we are back.

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Back, back, back, back, back again.

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Apologies for the interruption

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to our normal service.

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We had been quite good at putting out

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a weekly podcast, but that kind of fell

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on the wayside for a few weeks.

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Apologies to our regular listeners who were expecting

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a show the past couple of Sundays.

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It didn't happen.

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However, we are back with a bit

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of a revamped and a refreshed show.

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We've been super busy, which is one of the reasons

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why we took a little bit of a break.

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But we're back.

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We've got new vigour, new life, and

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we've got lots to talk about.

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And if you're not a regular listener,

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if you are tuning in for the

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first time, we are Derec and Alan.

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I'm Derec.

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He's Alan.

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I'm Alan.
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I'm the Scottish one.

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Basically, we chat all kinds of queer crap.

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And we also run Outlifting, which is an online

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fitness agency for gay, bi and trans guys.

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So we actually do talk a little bit

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about fitness on the show as well.

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But it is approachable fitness.

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No nonsense fitness.

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I think there's so much crap out there.

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There's so much misinformation.

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And we like to just cut through all that

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BS, give you the facts, and hopefully give you

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some nuggets of information that you can take away

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and apply to your own fitness.

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The only toxic we like is

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the song by Britney Spears.

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Well, you do.

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I'm not a fan.

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You just lost half the listenership there.

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I need to hand back my gay card.

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And I'm sure I said that a few episodes back

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when we were talking about the Devil Wears Prada.

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So, oh God, is that me officially straight?

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I could attest to the fact

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that you are 100% not straight.

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homo!

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Did we mention that we're husbands?

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Yeah, we are married.

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So will we give a quick catch up on how

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life has been for us since the last show?

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It's that long ago.

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I mean, lots has happened and I

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can't even think what that might be.

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Well, we've got big news.

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So obviously, this is The Outlifting Lounge.

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In Gran Canaria.

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And the exciting news is that very

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soon we will have a new lounge.

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Well, we're getting the keys on the 1st of June.

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of that week because we need to hand the keys

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back from this place on the 5th of June.

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And the new place is very nice.

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It's very plush.

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So the lounge will be a bit of an upgrade.

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So we are no longer putting out a full

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video version of the podcast for time-saving reasons.

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into other aspects of the podcast.

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So it's audio only, but we still will be putting

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clips from the show on our social channels as well.

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lounge from the start of June, early June.

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So hopefully you're excited as we are.

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Or you're just nosy and you want

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to see what our house looks like.

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I love looking in people's houses.

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He's a nosy bugger.

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are moving is to be closer.

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the Yumbo Centre because I needed to get away from you.

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Derec is officially a terrace tart.

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I am a terrace tart.

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So basically, Alan and I just do

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everything, especially since we moved to Gran

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Canaria a couple of years ago.

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basically burning off some of the lots of

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excess energy that I have got.

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outside of teaching fitness classes, which I loved

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doing, but can't really do here.

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in the Yumbo and I absolutely love it.

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each other all the time over here.

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outlet for all that pent-up energy you've got.

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the tips, so it's brilliant.

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now moving house so that I can be closer

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and walk to and from work, basically.

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you're working with haggis or dog for a wee shandy?

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Nobody phone the Spanish equivalent of the RSPCA.

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The eth eth eth eth eth de perros?

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So, obviously, I am still

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working in Outlifting as well.

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I basically have two jobs now, and we don't

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really have time for much else, but we have

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managed to cram in a little bit of our

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favourite sitcom ever, which has made a comeback.

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See what I did there?

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For season three, which I never

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thought was going to happen.

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We can't believe that Lisa Kudrow is back

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as Valerie Cherish in The Comeback, and we spoke

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about this quite a few episodes ago, saying you

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have to watch it, but before you do, make

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sure you watch seasons one and two, because you'll

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get a lot of the references in season three,

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and we've been watching it.

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the other seasons, which has been really nice.

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different in tone from season two, because season one was

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very rough and ready, and then season two became a

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bit more cinematic, a bit more polished, and then this

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season is, it's very much moved with the times, and

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there's, whereas the other two seasons were very much like

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behind the scenes, reality, raw footage, this one is a

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bit more like an actual sitcom show, so it's very

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much evolved, but there's been so many like funny bits so far.

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was an introduction, and then there's only been three episodes

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so far, but each episode has built on that and

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become funnier and funnier, so I'm really excited to see

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where the season goes after this.

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Yeah, and there was a little cameo by Trixie

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being on The Traitors, which was brilliant.

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we're just giving little tidbits of information about it.

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that scene, because that's so funny.

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Don't you wish you knew who the traitors were?

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Stressful.

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Stressful!
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It was stressful.

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So stressful.
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She's like, I think you really do have to

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watch it from season one to get it.

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The episodes are quite short.

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know who Valerie Cherish is.

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I guarantee you that your life will

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change after you are introduced to her.

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Absolutely. She's a gay icon.

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As well as The Traitors bit, where

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she became a contestant on The Traitors

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who only lasted for two episodes.

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She was also... so episode one opened up with her being a

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guest performer on Broadway in Chicago as Roxie.

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That in itself just set the

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scene for the entire series.

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She's so bad.

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It's so funny, but she's a bit more self-aware

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this time of how bad she is, which is

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quite something different for season three, I think.

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Less delusional.

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And we were in tears in episode three

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where there was a little throwback to Mickey.

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So Mickey was her hairdresser in

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season one and season two.

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And unfortunately, he's passed away.

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He's no longer with us.

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But there was a beautiful little tribute to

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him in episode three of this season.

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It was beautiful. Yeah.

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Going into season three, I hoped they

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would do a tribute to Mickey.

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They would do something because obviously the

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actor is no longer with us.

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Season three had me in tears by the end.

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And the show finished with

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this beautiful tribute to Mickey.

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And it was your funeral

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song basically played over.

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You're going to need to

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explain your funeral song now.

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So basically, I want Last Dance by

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Donna Summer played at my funeral.

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And all my friends know, Derec knows,

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because anytime it comes on, I'm like,

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this is my funeral song.

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And they played that at the end

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of that episode, which was really sweet.

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Very fitting.

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Yes.

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It's my last dance.

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It's my swan song.

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I know. I will get up and dance.

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If you go before me, I'll get up and dance to it.

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I won't want to.

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I'll be crying.

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I will be wiping away the

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tears with the life insurance money.

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[laughter]

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Wiping away the tears with the 50 euro notes.

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No, I want everybody to get

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up and dance at my funeral.

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I don't want it to be a miserable thing.

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Get up, get a drink in you and get dancing.

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Right. You're not dead yet.

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Let's calm that chat.

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Well, there's one other TV programme

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that we have watched recently.

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And it's just, again, it's

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just short 30 minute episodes.

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And it is so funny.

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We haven't watched season one.

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So, but for some reason we

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decided, but I know why.

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It's because Alan Carr's in it.

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We decided to watch season two and

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we have been in wrinkles laughing.

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It's called Last One Laughing.

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And the concept is that it's a

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room of maybe eight, is it?

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Comedians?

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Eight or nine, ten maybe?

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In a room.

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And basically, they're not allowed

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to laugh or smile.

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And it's being watched over by, what's his name?

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Jimmy Carr. Jimmy Carr!

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But there's challenges to make them laugh.

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And we have been in tears

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watching them trying not to laugh.

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It's so funny.

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And they do this bit where each of

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them has a joker that they can, well,

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Jimmy makes them do it at random times.

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And they take the stage and they have

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to try to make their fellow contestants laugh.

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And I have to say, so Diane

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Morgan is one of the contestants.

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She plays Philomena Cunk.

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And her joker was one of the funniest few

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minutes of television I have watched in years.

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Like, my eyes are watering up just thinking about

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it now because I was, when I say I

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was crying with laughter, I mean, the tears were

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rolling down my face and hitting the floor.

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And that is no exaggeration.

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She basically does this farting thing.

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I mean, farts on their own

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are pretty funny, but her doing it.

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And she was kind of doing it as Philomena Cunk.

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Just so deadpan.

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Deadpan, straight face.

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And everyone else was like, I'm sure

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one of the women, was it Maisie?

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With the short blonde hair.

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She was like actually going to explode

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because she was holding in a laugh.

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It's so, it's like so funny.

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And the farts, the fart sounds that

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she picks were just so good.

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Like there's every variety of fart

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sound that you can imagine.

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And she just played them so well.

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Absolute blinder.

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But yeah, if you haven't watched Last

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One Laughing, you are absolutely missing out.

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We're going to go back and watch season

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one now when we finish season two, because

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it is so, genuinely just so funny.

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We've still got a few episodes to watch, so

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we'll watch that over the weekend no doubt.

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Yeah.

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And not only that, but we found out that

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Diane Morgan is coming back as Philomena Cunk in

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a new series that's going to be on BBC

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and Netflix called, I think it's Cunk on Cinema.

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And if nobody knows who Philomena Cunk

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is, which I'm sure you will, but

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if you don't, go and watch it.

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It's Cunk on Earth.

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She's done Cunk on Earth, Cunk

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on Britain, Cunk on History.

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She's done loads of them.

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So good.

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But I think she started out on, it

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was The New Year Wipe by Charlie Brooker

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that he did at New Year's Eve.

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It was on BBC Two or something.

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But it was her, Philomena Cunk.

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And another guy called Barry Shitpeas.

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And they did these like little vox pop

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things as like members of the public.

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And that's, that's where

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their characters started.

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Okay. It was so funny.

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She is hilarious.

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Yeah.

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Looking forward to that.

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And I think the reason that we're watching so

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much funny TV at the minute is to distract

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ourselves from what's happening in the world.

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It's funny you should say that because I was

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watching some reels on Instagram the other day and

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it was giving me all this comedy stuff.

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And I was like, this is so nice.

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I can't remember the last time I was on

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social media and thought, well, that was good.

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Yeah. Because the world is basically

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fucking burning around us.

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Yeah. So a little bit of escapism is what

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we all need at the minute, I think.

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Like Trump's just gone insane.

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He's absolutely crazy.

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He has lost it.

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Who knows?

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Like we're recording this on Saturday.

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It goes out on Sunday.

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Who knows what's going to happen

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in the next 24 hours?

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Whatever information we give could

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be superseded by then.

404
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Well, we're hoping that we get the

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news that everybody is hoping for.

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Fingers and toes!

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[laughter]

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Big, beautiful obituary.

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Yes!

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[laughter]

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That's awful.

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But yeah.

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It's not awful.

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It's correct.

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No, it's awful if it doesn't happen.

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Oh, yeah.

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[laughter]

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Honestly, the man's gone crazy.

419
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What he's done with Iran is just horrific.

420
00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,023
Like we're not going to get too deep

421
00:13:44,023 --> 00:13:46,325
and too political on the show because this

422
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is like really very, very serious.

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Like we're talking possibly the start

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00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:53,799
of World War III, but something needs

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to happen to stop this man.

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00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:56,969
Yeah, we can't like not talk about

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it because it's just such big news.

428
00:13:58,804 --> 00:14:02,808
But again, yeah, there's so much to go into.

429
00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:04,343
We're just glossing over it to

430
00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,212
say that he is fucking mental.

431
00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:06,712
Yeah.

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00:14:06,712 --> 00:14:10,082
And he's committed so many war crimes and the

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00:14:10,082 --> 00:14:13,352
US officials are not doing anything to stop him.

434
00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:15,254
His own cabinet are fully behind him.

435
00:14:15,888 --> 00:14:17,323
Other lawmakers are not really

436
00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:18,924
doing enough to stop him.

437
00:14:18,924 --> 00:14:20,726
It's really, really serious times.

438
00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:21,961
So yeah, Last One Laughing.

439
00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:23,262
It's the best show to watch.

440
00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:24,496
[laughter]

441
00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:27,132
Also, Melania did that weird press conference

442
00:14:27,132 --> 00:14:30,169
during the week where she brought everybody's

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00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:33,672
attention back to Epstein after Trump had

444
00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:35,975
basically bombed the fuck out of Iran

445
00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:37,509
to try to distract him from Epstein.

446
00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:38,711
Yeah. What is going on?

447
00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,579
I think there's a few theories going

448
00:14:40,579 --> 00:14:42,948
about either he's going to die soon.

449
00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:45,217
So she's like, right, I'm distancing myself.

450
00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:46,485
Big news is going to come out.

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00:14:46,485 --> 00:14:49,021
So she's distancing herself or it's

452
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to distract from the absolute disaster

453
00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:52,424
that Iran is.

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It's just crazy.

455
00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:59,498
And so this podcast is all things queer, right?

456
00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:02,568
So we're talking about this through a queer lens.

457
00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:04,503
I think we have come up with the solution

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to just in general, all of the world's issues

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00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,207
to try to start fixing the world.

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And that is to stop letting old men run things.

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And from now on, only girls, gays and

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theys should be in positions of power.

463
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You can't see it because it's the

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audio podcast, but I'm doing ovahs.

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00:15:22,955 --> 00:15:23,856
Ding, ding, ding!

466
00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:25,424
Oh, this is where we go ASMR.

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00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:26,725
I'll try to bring it close to the mic.

468
00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:30,663
Let's hope that picked it up.

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00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:33,098
So... We're doing our gay clap, basically

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our middle finger and thumbs together.

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Also known as the other gay clap.

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But let's not get into that.

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[laughter]

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00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:42,741
So yeah, all I'm going to say is Beyonce was

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00:15:42,741 --> 00:15:45,878
almost right when she said, who run the world, girls.

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Because it really should be.

477
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Girls, gays and theys.

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00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:52,484
But Trump could possibly be one of us.

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Tell me why.

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00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,155
I hope he isn't, but tell me why.

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00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:58,691
That really funny clip that somebody put up on

482
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TikTok during the week where they clipped a segment

483
00:16:00,826 --> 00:16:04,763
of one of Trump's mad speeches and gave it

484
00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:06,699
the caption, has he been to a gay sauna

485
00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:08,334
or what is he talking about?

486
00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,102
Let's play that clip just now and you

487
00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:12,471
can decide whether or not Trump is talking

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00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:14,073
about his time at a gay sauna.

489
00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:16,508
They came in so fast and so hard

490
00:16:16,508 --> 00:16:18,210
and these guys knew exactly what...

491
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Let's go.

492
00:16:18,744 --> 00:16:19,778
Come on. Get in.

493
00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:21,113
Let's go. Pwah.

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00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:23,082
They came one right after another.

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00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:24,550
Not at the same time.

496
00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:26,618
They don't want to come at the same time.

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00:16:26,618 --> 00:16:27,720
They had to come right after each other.

498
00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:28,620
They didn't have any room.

499
00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:29,688
I mean, that's a man who

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knows what he's talking about.

501
00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:32,257
Yeah.

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00:16:32,257 --> 00:16:33,959
Although coming at the same time, that's quite an art

503
00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,928
form, but yeah, one at a time is better.

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[laughter]

505
00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:38,998
Oh my God.

506
00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:40,165
And on that note, shall we move

507
00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:42,401
to the fitness section of the podcast?

508
00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:43,569
Yes, let's do it.

509
00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:46,805
So this is our regular fitness section,

510
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but just before we discuss fitness wins,

511
00:16:48,974 --> 00:16:51,677
remember that we offer online coaching specifically

512
00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,812
for gay, bi and trans guys.

513
00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:55,914
If you don't feel like you're winning at fitness,

514
00:16:55,914 --> 00:16:58,150
but you'd like to be, stay tuned after this

515
00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:00,386
section for details on how you can book in

516
00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:02,921
for the free discovery call to chat with us.

517
00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:04,289
Okay.

518
00:17:04,289 --> 00:17:06,492
So you mentioned fitness wins.

519
00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:08,560
That is what we are talking about today.

520
00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,196
So we have found a Reddit thread.

521
00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:14,299
You know, we love Reddit threads and the title

522
00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:17,236
of this is what's a fitness win that sounds

523
00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:20,973
tiny to everyone else, but felt massive to you.

524
00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:23,275
And the reason that I really love this

525
00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:26,812
is because especially in our community, we mentioned

526
00:17:26,812 --> 00:17:30,215
earlier, fitness and body image and things like

527
00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:31,784
that can feel quite toxic.

528
00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,852
We totally are the opposite.

529
00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:37,056
We really work with people on changing their

530
00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,525
bodies, but also it's about changing their mindset

531
00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:41,393
and how they look at themselves and feel

532
00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:43,962
about themselves as well and dismantling quite a

533
00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:46,198
lot of that toxicity.

534
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:48,801
So this essentially is about fitness wins.

535
00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:51,070
So it's stuff that isn't, it goes

536
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:54,473
beyond six pack, big butts, all that

537
00:17:54,473 --> 00:17:56,108
kind of stuff, all that superficial stuff.

538
00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:57,776
And that's why I love this.

539
00:17:57,776 --> 00:17:59,511
That's why we wanted to include this today.

540
00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:01,947
Yeah, I think it's super important.

541
00:18:01,947 --> 00:18:04,650
We always talk about celebrating the wins,

542
00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,885
no matter how small they are, because

543
00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:09,021
those wins are absolutely huge to you.

544
00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:11,723
So like Derec said, it's taking away from all

545
00:18:11,723 --> 00:18:14,460
the superficial stuff and it's stuff that you can

546
00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:16,728
do on a weekly basis to celebrate your progress

547
00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:18,931
and how well that you're doing.

548
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:19,998
Yeah, it's super important.

549
00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:22,301
No matter how small, celebrate your wins.

550
00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:23,869
We always preach that to every one

551
00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:25,904
of our clients and anybody that listens.

552
00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:28,740
Celebrate every little small win.

553
00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,876
So the person who posted this on Reddit,

554
00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:33,378
they shared theirs and their win was that

555
00:18:33,378 --> 00:18:36,448
they had done a full push-up, not a

556
00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:38,817
modified one, not halfway, a real push-up.

557
00:18:38,817 --> 00:18:41,120
They'd been working towards it for six weeks and

558
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,555
they said they cried a little when they managed

559
00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:44,756
to do a full push-up on their toes.

560
00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:45,524
Absolutely.

561
00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:47,493
Like doing a full push-up is

562
00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:50,229
a difficult exercise to do.

563
00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:51,763
And the fact that they've been working on it

564
00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:54,199
for six weeks, that's, you know, a good amount

565
00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:55,667
of time to be working on it.

566
00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:57,636
And then that first, like, you know what, I'm going to

567
00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:00,405
give this a go and then you do it is amazing.

568
00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:02,374
It's similar to clients of ours who maybe want

569
00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:05,244
to work on their first pull-up, for example.

570
00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:06,645
You know, all the steps to get them there

571
00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:09,381
and then they do their first unassisted pull-up.

572
00:19:09,381 --> 00:19:10,449
And that's the thing.

573
00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:12,050
It might not seem like a win to somebody

574
00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:15,154
else who is further along in their fitness journey,

575
00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:16,555
but they were there once as well.

576
00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:19,825
And that's why it's so important to recognise

577
00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:22,461
the small steps that take you from where

578
00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,263
you are to where you want to be.

579
00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:27,533
Some of the other comments in here

580
00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:29,768
from other Redditors are really good.

581
00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:31,270
So I love this one, which

582
00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:34,706
is, my shoulders cannot slouch anymore.

583
00:19:34,706 --> 00:19:36,975
I'm physically incapable of pulling them

584
00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:39,344
down and making myself small when

585
00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,479
I'm not feeling confident.

586
00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:42,381
Do you know, for me, that was such a

587
00:19:42,381 --> 00:19:44,550
big win when I first got into fitness.

588
00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:49,021
And the big realization for me was that

589
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,889
I did not have good core strength.

590
00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:55,694
And that realization happened when I discovered

591
00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:57,596
that my core had gotten strong.

592
00:19:57,996 --> 00:19:59,431
And I was standing taller.

593
00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:01,200
My shoulders were more pulled back.

594
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,234
I was just, I felt more

595
00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:04,937
confident walking down the street.

596
00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,772
That physical change translates

597
00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:09,741
into amazing confidence.

598
00:20:09,741 --> 00:20:10,709
It really does.

599
00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:11,376
So yeah.

600
00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:13,612
We used to see that when we taught fitness

601
00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:16,281
classes, we could see the difference in people.

602
00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:17,416
And as soon as you pointed that out

603
00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:20,052
to them, they're like, oh, actually, yeah.

604
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,353
And then you could see them walking

605
00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:22,955
with even more confidence after that.

606
00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:23,555
Totally.

607
00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:24,523
That's a good one.

608
00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:25,290
Totally.

609
00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:26,792
Any that you like in there?

610
00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:28,594
So this is one that I really like, and

611
00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:30,429
it's running all the way home from the gym.

612
00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:34,333
So this person lives 400 metres from the gym, and

613
00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:36,902
they tried last year to run home from the gym,

614
00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:38,170
but they had to stop a few times.

615
00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,305
And now they are able to do the whole

616
00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:44,276
distance without stopping, which is a huge, huge win.

617
00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:45,210
Do you know what?

618
00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:47,279
On a similar note, somebody else has said,

619
00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:49,781
being able to walk up two flights of

620
00:20:49,781 --> 00:20:51,850
stairs without gasping like a dying fish was

621
00:20:51,850 --> 00:20:54,453
the most noticeable in my day-to-day life.

622
00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:57,122
So yeah, just like that increased

623
00:20:57,122 --> 00:21:00,425
level of fitness, doing these day-to-day

624
00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:02,294
tasks and noticing big change.

625
00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:03,395
It's amazing.

626
00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:04,496
It is.

627
00:21:04,496 --> 00:21:06,465
And we notice it with our clients as well.

628
00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:08,600
So we've had three wins that I can

629
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,335
think of off the top of my head

630
00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:12,671
this past week or two from our clients.

631
00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:16,608
So number one, Mark, he is smashing it.

632
00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:18,010
He's been so consistent.

633
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:19,544
He's been doing the leg press, and then

634
00:21:19,544 --> 00:21:21,813
he just realized that the leg press actually

635
00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:23,148
had a starting weight on it.

636
00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:25,684
So he's been lifting probably about 45 kg

637
00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:27,886
heavier than what he thought he was lifting.

638
00:21:27,886 --> 00:21:29,688
And I was like, fucking brilliant.

639
00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:30,322
On you go.

640
00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:31,523
Yeah. Which is just great.

641
00:21:31,523 --> 00:21:33,992
Well, I mean, so in the business,

642
00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:36,628
you're the one who deals with clients

643
00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:38,563
on a day-to-day basis with everything.

644
00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:39,965
But in the back end, I keep an

645
00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:42,701
eye on progress and we talk about everything.

646
00:21:42,701 --> 00:21:44,269
And I have to say that I have

647
00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:46,738
been so super impressed with how Mark has

648
00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:48,307
taken this and just run with it.

649
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,542
I mean, he loves the gym now.

650
00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,711
You can see it from his social media channels.

651
00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:55,247
He just loves being there, there all the time.

652
00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:57,949
And he has found his place, like really found his

653
00:21:57,949 --> 00:21:59,851
place in the gym and he just owns it.

654
00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:00,419
It's amazing.

655
00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:02,521
He started off doing home workouts and now I

656
00:22:02,521 --> 00:22:04,523
can't actually get him out of the gym.

657
00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:05,857
[laughter]

658
00:22:05,857 --> 00:22:07,592
He's just, he's found his spot,

659
00:22:07,592 --> 00:22:08,794
his place, which is brilliant.

660
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:11,396
Yeah. Ian as well, big shout out to Ian.

661
00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:14,866
He's the lightest he has been in eight years.

662
00:22:14,866 --> 00:22:16,802
Also, he put up some progress photos this

663
00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,371
week and he is like a different person.

664
00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:22,341
It's unbelievable the change in him.

665
00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:23,241
I'm so proud of him.

666
00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:25,444
I am super impressed.

667
00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:29,881
That transformation is unreal.

668
00:22:29,881 --> 00:22:32,517
His, his whole, like the whole shape

669
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:35,687
of his body has changed so much.

670
00:22:35,687 --> 00:22:37,356
He has taken it and run with it.

671
00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,157
And I know, I know that this

672
00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:41,493
will be giving him so much confidence.

673
00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:42,260
Yeah.

674
00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:43,795
And Richard as well.

675
00:22:43,795 --> 00:22:47,032
I can't not mention Richard this week because

676
00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:50,769
again, he is someone that, um, maybe wasn't

677
00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:52,871
as confident in the gym as other people.

678
00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:55,440
He had his usual cardio machines that he would

679
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,043
go to, his usual machines that he would use.

680
00:22:58,043 --> 00:22:59,811
And I threw him a challenge when he

681
00:22:59,811 --> 00:23:02,314
started with us and he messaged me saying,

682
00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:03,615
really, you want me to do this?

683
00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:06,118
I was like, go in, see how it goes.

684
00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:07,085
And then let us know.

685
00:23:07,085 --> 00:23:09,855
And he has not looked back.

686
00:23:09,855 --> 00:23:10,589
He's like, do you know what?

687
00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:12,290
I just go in and I just do it.

688
00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:14,259
And he calls it the, the gorilla area in

689
00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:16,628
the gym where all the big muscle marys are.

690
00:23:16,628 --> 00:23:18,263
He's like, I just go in and do my thing now.

691
00:23:18,263 --> 00:23:19,931
I don't even care.

692
00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:20,632
I love that.

693
00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:21,666
I'm stealing that phrase.

694
00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:22,901
That is the gorilla area.

695
00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:23,635
Love it.

696
00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:25,036
I have to say, Richard came

697
00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:26,838
to us through the podcast.

698
00:23:26,838 --> 00:23:30,375
So he was a listener and he liked

699
00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:33,678
what we were saying and it really resonated

700
00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:35,981
with him and he became a client.

701
00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:38,650
But I think that underlines the real importance

702
00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:40,919
of getting the right coach for you.

703
00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:43,422
So from listening to the show, Richard knew

704
00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:45,023
that we were going to be right for

705
00:23:45,023 --> 00:23:46,958
him or he had a good idea anyway.

706
00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:48,693
And he came along and it's

707
00:23:48,693 --> 00:23:51,563
such a good symbiotic relationship.

708
00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:53,665
Because when somebody like that comes along

709
00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:57,102
to us, coaching is an absolute pleasure

710
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,870
because you know you can really work.

711
00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:00,472
You know, you're going to vibe straight away.

712
00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,875
And he has been brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

713
00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:06,445
And he is thriving on this coaching programme.

714
00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:08,413
And the changes in him as well,

715
00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:12,050
confidence wise, physically, mentally, he's just a

716
00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:14,252
different person now as well.

717
00:24:14,252 --> 00:24:15,454
He's absolutely loving it.

718
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,421
Yeah, definitely.

719
00:24:16,421 --> 00:24:18,457
But yeah, back to this Reddit thread.

720
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:20,425
I mean, there are so many here that

721
00:24:20,425 --> 00:24:22,994
are talking about wins within the gym, about

722
00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:25,230
being able to increase their reps, increase their

723
00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:27,866
weights, do specific exercises that they couldn't do.

724
00:24:27,866 --> 00:24:30,802
But what really jumps out to me is some

725
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:35,407
of the everyday things, the other wins related to

726
00:24:35,407 --> 00:24:38,710
your fitness journey that absolutely are just as important

727
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:40,612
as being able to lift an extra five or

728
00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:42,147
10K in a particular move.

729
00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:45,217
Things like, as somebody says here, putting

730
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:47,486
on my socks and shoes without putting

731
00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:49,187
my foot down, if that makes sense.

732
00:24:49,187 --> 00:24:51,523
So they're actually able to lift a leg up,

733
00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:53,959
stand on one leg and put their socks on.

734
00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,393
Put their socks and our shoe on.

735
00:24:55,393 --> 00:24:58,163
I mean, that again, getting that balance, getting

736
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,131
that core strength, it all adds up to

737
00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:01,833
the greater whole of your fitness journey.

738
00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:04,069
It just shows how much their core strength

739
00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:05,871
has increased if they're able to do that.

740
00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:07,372
Yeah. And there's another one here.

741
00:25:07,372 --> 00:25:09,741
I briefly flirted with a guy in line at

742
00:25:09,741 --> 00:25:12,177
a store and he said he wishes he was,

743
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,646
and then in quotes, athletic like me.

744
00:25:14,646 --> 00:25:15,280
Woohoo.

745
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,182
Love it.

746
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,951
Again, it's not only how you perceive yourself.

747
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:24,422
Other people start to perceive you differently because

748
00:25:24,422 --> 00:25:26,758
it's not only the physical changes in your

749
00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:28,326
body, it's how you carry yourself.

750
00:25:28,326 --> 00:25:29,694
It's how you stand a bit taller.

751
00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:30,962
You're more confident too.

752
00:25:30,962 --> 00:25:33,298
So all of these things, just brilliant.

753
00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:34,299
This is absolute gold.

754
00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:36,735
Celebrate every single small win.

755
00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:37,669
I know I've said it before, but

756
00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:38,637
I'm just going to repeat it.

757
00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:40,438
Yes, it's worth repeating.

758
00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:42,240
But yeah, I mean, this

759
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,975
thread is just absolute gold.

760
00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:45,110
If you do have time, we'll put

761
00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:46,278
the link in the show notes.

762
00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,746
You can have a look through yourself.

763
00:25:48,346 --> 00:25:49,414
But yeah.

764
00:25:49,414 --> 00:25:51,283
Sorry, I've just scanned down the thread here.

765
00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:52,651
And I've just noticed one that said, I

766
00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:54,452
can do 15 minutes on the Stairmaster.

767
00:25:54,452 --> 00:25:55,453
Well done.

768
00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:57,889
But one question, why?

769
00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,357
That's absolute torture.

770
00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:01,760
Yeah, Alan doesn't like the Stairmaster.

771
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,929
To be fair, you do have short legs.

772
00:26:04,195 --> 00:26:06,031
And a dodgy knee.

773
00:26:06,031 --> 00:26:08,300
So yeah, it's a bit more of a challenge

774
00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:09,801
for you than it might be for others.

775
00:26:09,801 --> 00:26:10,869
Let me at ‘em.

776
00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:13,672
So yeah, absolute gold in here.

777
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:14,639
I think this is brilliant.

778
00:26:14,639 --> 00:26:15,941
It's all about the wins.

779
00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:17,676
It's all about celebrating your wins.

780
00:26:17,676 --> 00:26:19,411
And let's leave that with you.

781
00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:20,879
Brilliant section.

782
00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:22,380
And we would love to hear from you.

783
00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:24,115
If you've had any wins that you have

784
00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:26,585
celebrated recently, why don't you drop us a

785
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,820
comment or even message us on Instagram?

786
00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:29,854
We always like to hear

787
00:26:29,854 --> 00:26:31,890
other people's success stories.

788
00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:33,525
Yes, absolutely.

789
00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:34,626
Always love to hear it.

790
00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:36,227
So you can get in contact with us

791
00:26:36,227 --> 00:26:38,830
about that or anything, actually, by email.

792
00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:43,034
And that is podcast@outlift.ing

793
00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:45,003
Our handles on Instagram and

794
00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:48,406
TikTok are @outlift.ing

795
00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:50,141
And you can send us a DM on Instagram

796
00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:52,811
as well as another way to get in contact.

797
00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:54,980
Okay, let's wrap up the show.

798
00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:57,782
So that is us for another show.

799
00:26:57,782 --> 00:26:59,951
I did mention before the fitness section, though,

800
00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:01,620
that we would talk about how you can

801
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,588
get in contact with us if you think

802
00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:06,391
you could benefit from our coaching services.

803
00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:09,260
So Alan and I run Outlifting, which

804
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is an online coaching service for gay,

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bi and trans guys who want to

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transform their bodies and build unstoppable confidence.

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We do that through online personal training.

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It's very specific coaching.

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You get basically hand-holding with

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daily contact through chats.

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You get a weekly video check-in.

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We've got lots of nutrition support and lots

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and lots of other support as well.

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If you want to join our ever-growing community of

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guys just like you who are growing in confidence

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and changing their bodies one step at a time

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and racking up some amazing fitness wins, you can

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book in for a free, no-obligation discovery call.

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To do that, the link will be in the show notes.

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You just click on that.

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It'll bring you through to a Calendly diary.

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best for you and get booked in.

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We would love to chat through to you and you can

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then decide whether we are a good fit for you.

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And don't forget, if you've loved the

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leave us a five-star rating.

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It really helps us reach guys just like

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you to spread the message of fitness.

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But that is us for this week.

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We will be back next Sunday with another show.

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Make sure you are subscribed on your podcasting platform

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of choice to keep up with the conversation.

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But for now, over and Outlifting.

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