How Did I Get Here?

This episode of the podcast, we are joined by Bryan “BullSweetFitness” Sweet. We discuss the events of his younger life, how he got started training, how he is building his business and brand, and his recent virality on TikTok.

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Nathan: @nathan_paris

Bryan: @bullsweetfitness

Bryan’s TikTok: @bullsweetfitness7

Bryan’s Business Website

www.bullsweetfitness.com

Intro Music:

Movin - Bazanji

Timestamps:

3:00 Bryan’s early life, nursing background, and how he started training

21:00 Having patience while building a brand

25:30 The future of BullSweetFitness

32:00 Bryan shares his training methodologies

41:00 What happens if I wreck a $200,000 car?

50:00 What it’s like to go viral

1:04:20 The craziest thing that’s happened to Bryan while training a client

1:11:00 Bryan almost died from riding a bike

In this episode, Nathan finally has his Mom on the podcast. They discuss her teen depression, her teen pregnancy, not knowing what you want to be when you grow up, her pie baking company, and her running career.

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Nathan: @nathan_paris

Josh Taylor (Not in this episode): @officialjoshtaylor

Intro Music:

Movin - Bazanji

1:00 Mom’s teen depression and suicide attempt

9:20 It’s okay to not know who you want to be when you grow up

16:30 The struggles of becoming a teen mom

27:50 My grandma helped deliver me

31:00 Your parents aren’t perfect

37:15 Growing up in a family that loves music

46:50 Starting your own business

52:15 It took her a year to run a mile, then she ran several marathons

1:09:30 Growing up in an active household heavily influences who I am today

In this episode of the podcast, you’re stuck with just Nathan. Nathan goes into how he got started in the stock market and what he looks for in his long-term investments. He also does the inaugural “Discography Deep Dive”, starting with Logic.

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Nathan: @nathan_paris

Josh Taylor (Not in this episode): @officialjoshtaylor

Intro Music:

Movin - Bazanji

Timestamps

5:30 The podcast is international

8:00 How I learned to invest in the stock market

15:30 What is a stock?

22:00 Never invest in something you don’t understand

26:30 What is value investing?

30:30 Pay attention to the dividend

40:00 Use some common sense

48:30 Early Mixtapes

56:00 Under Pressure

58:15 The Incredible True Story

1:01:15 Bobby Tarantino

1:02:00 Everybody

1:06:30 Bobby Tarantino 2

1:07:15 YSIV

1:09:45 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

1:11:45 Supermarket

1:14:00 No Pressure

This episode is all about the transition from high school to college and how to be a successful student.

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Nathan: @nathan_paris

Josh Wilson: @joshh_wilson

Josh Taylor (Not in this episode): @officialjoshtaylor

Intro Music:

Movin - Bazanji

Timestamps:

5:00 Transitioning from high school to college

10:00 NC State’s Engineering program is awful

15:45 The struggles of freshman year

22:45 Mastering the basics

25:15 You need to be able to teach the class

29:30 Start studying on the first day of class

32:30 Taking care of your body

36:30 Time management

37:30 Tricks to memorize things, and turning school into a game

49:40 Rewarding yourself

52:20 The ultimate note taking guide

On this episode of the podcast, Nathan and Josh Wilson sit down to talk about Ghost of Tsushima, Jeffery Epstein, billionaires, wellness coaching, and studying abroad.

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If you have any feedback, positive or negative, please send Nathan a DM on Instagram.

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Nathan: @nathan_paris

Josh Wilson: @joshh_wilson

Josh Taylor (Not in this episode): @officialjoshtaylor

Timestamps:

1:30 Ghost of Tsushima is game of the DECADE

3:00 Josh tells us about his experience studying abroad in Europe

10:00 The Jeffery Epstein documentary and all of the dirt he has of wealthy elites

31:20 Teen in MAGA hat gets $250,000,000

33:00 ABAB: All Billionaires Are Bad

44:00 Our thoughts on extremely wealthy pastors and churches

46:30 Josh is a plant dad now

50:00 What is a wellness coach, and what do they do?

1:00:00 Our morning Zumba routine

1:06:15 Are we adults?

1:10:00 Getting a tattoo in another country

1:17:45 We will never understand female nomenclature

1:22:00 The different between living in Chicago and Raleigh

1:25:30 The fee for listening to the show

In today’s episode, Nathan is joined by two of his roommates, Justin and Jalen Allamby. The trio discuss Justin and Jalen’s new homemade home gym equipment, powerlifting, gaming, custom built PCs, and internet search algorithms.

Nathan’s Instagram: @nathan_paris

Jalen’s Instagram: @jalenallamby

Justin’s Instagram: @justinallamby

Josh’s Instagram (not in this episode): @officialjoshtaylor

FireFitness YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FireFitnessYT

Jalen’s Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/jambyszn

Timestamps:

1:20 Building a home gym during the pandemic

13:00 What’s it like living with your brother as an adult?

15:15 What goals are you currently pursuing?

17:00 Building a brand around fitness

28:00 Jalen and Justin’s love of powerlifting

39:30 The casual gaming industry

43:00 Our start in gaming

55:50 Jalen’s story in competitive gaming

1:15:45 Building a PC for gaming

1:22:15 Does gaming change children’s behavior?

1:29:30 Jalen’s recent experiences streaming and driving the algorithms

Today’s episode is only about one topic: Mental Health.

Nathan and Josh Wilson have a very open and honest conversation about their experiences and struggles with their own mental health.

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

Instagram

Nathan: @nathan_paris

Josh Wilson: @joshh_wilson

Josh Taylor (Not in this episode): @officialjoshtaylor

Timestamps:

1:20 An apology

3:30 The moment Nathan knew he wanted to be friends with Josh

8:40 The stigma of male mental health

19:00 What is living with depression like?

25:30 How does Josh deal with depression

28:00 What living with anxiety is like

30:00 My biggest fear in life is being average

39:00 The problem with feeling wanted

44:45 How Nathan deals with anxiety

48:00 If you have suicidal thoughts

In this episode, Josh Taylor takes a break for a while and Josh Wilson steps in to take his place. Josh is one of Nathan’s roommates. Josh is a human biology major at North Carolina State with an intent to go to medical school after undergrad with the ultimate goal of becoming a pediatric neurologist. Nathan and Josh discuss sneaker and street wear culture, Virgil Abloh’s recent donation, black lives matter, Cam Newton’s recent contract with the New England Patriots, and Kanye West’s presidential bid.

Timestamps:

2:40 Who is this new Josh?

5:40 Has Josh hit triple digits in his shoe collection?

16:30 Thoughts on Virgil Abloh’s $50 donation

28:50 Our thoughts on being required to wear a mask

39:00 Getting eaten alive by a grizzly bear

43:00 How should non-black minorities feel during these times?

49:00 “But what about black on black crime?”

53:00 How can you support victims of injustice?

1:00:00 Nathan comes out of his Cam Newton closet, and our thoughts on his recent signing

1:15:45 We miss March Madness

1:26:00 Our thoughts on Kanye West’s presidential bid

Episode 4 is here! The guys cover a lot of topics in this episode. The first half is very lighthearted and fun. The second half of the episode is all over our experiences with self improvement and what that means to us.

Enjoy!

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1:00 Grizzly Bear vs Silverback Gorilla

3:00 Would you rather fight a Crocodile or a Great White Shark?

6:00 Happy Gilmore or Waterboy?

8:30 What is our favorite genre of movie?

15:50 For the people that found us through the podcast

18:30 Josh doesn’t know how sound checks work

19:20 “If you were a rapper, what would your name be?”

23:00 Does going too hard in the gym take the fun out of it?

29:30 Our thoughts about strongman

32:30 What Nathan hates about CrossFit

35:00 Josh had to drive to the gym with his knee sleeves on

39:00 How to justify paying $200+ for a pair of shoes

42:30 You know what kind of person someone is by the shoes they wear

43:45 A message to the basic white girls

48:00 A message to the UGLY people

50:00 How to glow up

55:00 Waking up early will change your life

1:03:00 Do everything with a purpose

1:05:45 Surround yourself with a strong circle

1:09:50 You need haters

1:11:00 You need to genuine wish the best for EVERYBODY

1:17:00 Self improvement never ends

1:20:00 Don’t be somebody you’re not

In this episode, the boys walk you through their their thoughts on sliding in the DMs, Josh breaks down the basics on steaks, the boys discuss the NBA coming back, and Nathan tells you what being in an operating room is like.

Timestamps:

5:50 The art of sliding in the DMs

22:50 Our thoughts of dudes that slide in dozens of DMs a day

24:40 How girls can slide in guys DMs

27:50 Why guys are stupid and can’t take a hint

33:20 How to practice sliding in the DMs

34:00 Should the NBA come back?

40:40 A real life NBA fantasy draft

42:20 The basics of steak from Josh

43:45 Nathan’s perfect steak

46:25 Josh’s preferred steak, and all of the basic cuts of steak

50:50 Nathan finds a way to mention Hannah Montana in the middle of a conversation about steak

53:00 Nathan talks about what shadowing a surgeon is like

57:00 Doing surgery with a robot

1:00:15 The profound experience of holding someone’s body part in your hand

1:07:15 The nastiest surgery Nathan saw while shadowing

1:13:40 Staying calm under pressure when things go bad in an operating room