The Golden One - January 28, 2021


Insights and Words of Encouragement

Topics
journey progression in podcast growth
Hosted by
Marcus Follin
Mentioned
Esterisk Fysik Broken Dreams Feelgood Ymir
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Length

18 minutes

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Word count

2,723

Sentence count

227

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Toxicity

6

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Hate speech

2

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Summary

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In this episode of the Jotunheim Podcast, I talk about the benefits of going to the gym when you are already fat, and why it is more fun to go there when you re already jacked. I also talk a bit about my own feelings about being fat and how I feel about it.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Greetings Laddingtons. I just received a voice message from YouTube and they
00:00:07.620 said, Esterisk Fysik. That's all. So I opened the mail so it's a voice message
00:00:15.040 from YouTube and that's the only thing they said. Esterisk Fysik. Then a few
00:00:20.400 minutes later they sent me a video message where all the YouTube employees
00:00:26.880 they were in some office and the clip was only a few seconds and all started
00:00:32.640 doing surprise flexes. And then they shouted out fucking massive Fysik. Okay, just as in a 0.99
00:00:45.660 recent video I said that YouTube said that I must post Fysik. They didn't
00:00:51.640 actually say any of it. They didn't send me a voice message. You might have
00:00:56.640 you might have already figured it out but I thought to point it out anyway. Some
00:01:04.500 people don't know when I'm joking. So it was a joke. No one at YouTube sent
00:01:10.620 me such a voice message. But again, it would have been fun. It would have been a
00:01:14.760 fun gesture of them to say something like that. Anyway, as you can clearly see I'm
00:01:21.760 checking in yet again from Jotunheim. And I wanted to share some wisdom with you
00:01:28.120 all. Initially, as I also mentioned in a recent video, I thought to make a video in
00:01:36.640 regards to if you're fat or skinny and go to the gym for the first time. But I
00:01:42.040 thought instead to give some overall advice to anyone who embarks upon a new
00:01:50.860 journey, whatever type of journey it might be. And I do believe I haven't made such a
00:01:58.280 video before. There are so many videos I've planned for three, four years and I
00:02:03.580 haven't gotten around to do it. Many such videos. And yeah, I'm being completely
00:02:08.360 honest. It's always something else that comes up. But anyway, it's supposed to be
00:02:13.340 called something like enjoy the journey. But it doesn't sound so clickbaity so I
00:02:19.040 will come up with something else. But keep in mind, I always, I only clickbait if
00:02:26.120 it's something, if it's good advice or good insights that I think most, most of you
00:02:33.440 will benefit from. Including myself. And I will talk a bit about how I feel now. I
00:02:41.060 will talk about my feelings. Remember, it's okay for men to talk about feelings. It's
00:02:46.580 good and normal. Then of course you shouldn't succumb to your feelings and you
00:02:52.340 shouldn't be, you know, spreading, you know, spreading negative energy. I spread
00:03:00.280 positive energy. Anyway, here's the thing. We can take the gym example first. Then I
00:03:10.280 will talk about my own feelings. If you're new in the gym and if you are a skinny
00:03:16.480 guy and you think to yourself, I can't wait until I'm jacked. Or if you're really
00:03:24.820 fat and you say, I can't wait until I'm a bit more, a bit leaner. Or if you're just a, 0.91
00:03:33.820 yeah, a regular young guy and you say, oh, I can't wait to be a hero Titan class
00:03:39.820 monstrosity. But here's something to keep in mind. And I can, I can vouch for this
00:03:48.820 myself, I can say this is absolutely true. When I look back on my own, my own
00:03:55.820 journey, so to speak. The progression is the fun part. The journey is the fun part.
00:04:06.820 Now you might say, isn't it more fun to go to the gym when you are already a
00:04:13.820 Ymir primordial giant class monstrosity. Now of course, I'm not a giant monstrosity. 1.00
00:04:20.820 I'm more a Thor level monstrosity or something. I don't know. I won't put labels on myself
00:04:30.820 like that. I'm far too humble. As you all know, it would be far too narcissistic and arrogant
00:04:37.820 to call myself a Jotunheim class monstrosity. But anyway, I will get on to the point. 0.78
00:04:47.820 You might think that it's so fun to train and you can't wait until you get to a certain state.
00:04:54.820 And maybe you watch other guys or you watch my training videos or you watch, you know,
00:04:58.820 you see some pictures of me or someone else being all jacked, you know, being in the gym.
00:05:04.820 And you might think to yourself, ah, I can't wait until I'm there.
00:05:08.820 And I would just say to you that don't think that way. Enjoy your own journey.
00:05:13.820 And believe you me, I am not saying this to be a nice guy who tries to, you know, say this for some reason.
00:05:25.820 I see it because it's true. It is true. If I look back upon all of my years, I have so many fond memories on,
00:05:33.820 you know, from the time I was on the make, so to speak. So if you look upon me and say, oh, how nice it would,
00:05:40.820 how nice it must be for you who are already jacked and aesthetic and you can post physique for the whole world to see on your YouTube or whatever it might be.
00:05:52.820 But here's the thing. It's not about who sees you. It's not necessarily about how many people see you,
00:06:01.820 who you can post physique to, who you can, you know, impress or whatever. It's about your own journey.
00:06:10.820 It's about, you know, your motivation. It comes from within. And when you see yourself that you're getting bigger and you might start at,
00:06:18.820 you know, you are a skinny guy and you weigh 60 kilos. And then half a year later, you've trained really hard. You weigh 65 kilos.
00:06:29.820 That is your victory. That is what makes you happy that you've set up a goal or it might be a strength goal.
00:06:37.820 The first time you take 100 kilos in the bench press, it's a great achievement because it's something that you're a normal guy doesn't do without training.
00:06:47.820 I still remember my first time I took 100 kilos in the bench press. That's about 220 pounds.
00:06:54.820 Since then I've taken 170 and 180. You can, yeah, search on my channel. You can see the lifts. Of course, it felt great as well.
00:07:03.820 But, you know, when I reminisce about all these years, it's the times where you are still building yourself. The beginning of the journey.
00:07:16.820 So keep that in mind. So if you're, so if you're ever envious of me, don't be, don't be envious of me. At least not in that aspect.
00:07:25.820 I'm envious of you. I'm envious of the guy who's just started training. Imagine how fun. Imagine being in that position. You have your iron journey in front of you.
00:07:35.820 And you can just, you know, make that progression. Learn new things. What an absolute luxury. So know this. I envy you. If you're in that position, I envy you.
00:07:45.820 Now, to take another example. I have talked a bit about my feelings now. I will talk even more about my feelings.
00:07:52.820 Yeah, it's true. I will. So you've heard me talk about my, you've heard me talk about my podcast. And then you might say, if you are some sort of YouTuber or content creator, you might say to me, oh, how fun it is to make videos for you.
00:08:09.820 You have 110,000 subscribers. You can reach a lot of people in a video. So why are you excited for something new where you have literally 1% of your YouTube audience?
00:08:25.820 And it's true. Why would I be excited for a podcast? Maybe I reach 500 people in the podcast and 50,000 in a YouTube video. You know, I've seen some good views as of late.
00:08:38.820 It's not about the novelty of it. You know, I've never been someone who seeks novelty. I prefer to commit to something, stick with it for a long period of time.
00:08:48.820 But what it is, it's also the progression. If you want more information about my own YouTube dilemma, you can search on the channel for Black Pills and Broken Dreams.
00:09:02.820 I'm going to talk a little bit about how I deal emotionally with, you know, having a shadow band on YouTube and haven't really seen so much growth as of late.
00:09:15.820 Being demonetized, of course, doesn't help. But yeah, you know, the money on YouTube, it was never any priority anyway, but it is a little factor at least.
00:09:25.820 So you might say, why am I then more excited for a podcast where I have many, many fewer subscribers?
00:09:35.820 subscribers. Yes, it's because I can still see the progression. I can still see the podcast growing. I can still see guys saying, oh, you know, this is worth listening to.
00:09:50.820 This is worth spending 50 minutes to hear your thoughts on this manner. And I mean, I remember my own YouTube journey been such a great journey.
00:10:01.820 It's been with me since, yeah, since I was basically a boy of, well, I don't know if you can call yourself a boy when you're 23.
00:10:09.820 But in retrospect, I felt a bit like it. Or if I look back on me, it's a lifetime ago. It's, yeah, it feels like a hundred years.
00:10:19.820 But anyway, point being, you might say then, oh, but isn't it fun for you when you already have a rather large reach?
00:10:30.820 You know, nothing compared to someone like PewDiePie. But you know, that's also an aspect I would like to mention.
00:10:38.820 You know, do I compare myself to PewDiePie and say, oh, he has so many more subscribers, I could never reach it.
00:10:45.820 No, that's him. That's his journey. He is very proud of him. He's very proud of his journey.
00:10:51.820 I'm also a bit proud of him being Swedish. We come from very similar backgrounds. Of course, he's from Gothenburg. I'm from Stockholm.
00:10:59.820 The glorious and beautiful pearl of the Baltic Stockholm. But anyway, yeah, I think PewDiePie does great work.
00:11:08.820 And if I see his success, it doesn't mean my success, or if I can call it that, is any lesson. I'm happy and proud of my own achievement.
00:11:18.820 And also, same thing for you. I've said this before, you shouldn't compare yourself so much to others. So if you are then a guy weighing 60 kilos and then you look at someone like me or whomever it might be and you say, oh, I have only gained 5 kilos and this guy, he has gained 20 kilos or whatever it might be.
00:11:44.820 Or someone might say, oh, I only recently got my 100 kilo bench press and this other guy, he got it after a week.
00:11:54.820 I mean, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. What matters is the accomplishment, the sense of achievement you have within you.
00:12:02.820 You don't need to focus on anyone else. And I'm not saying this to be Mr. Feelgood or anything. I'm saying this from a position of a vast experience.
00:12:13.820 I've said it before, I'll say it again. I'm a venerable ancient, so I can say this type of things. I say it now to you. I'm being completely honest when I say it.
00:12:22.820 You know, yeah, I'm envious of a lot of guys who have that sort of journey in front of them. So yeah, keep that in mind.
00:12:33.820 And also, when it comes to completely different, unrelated things, I'm excited for my podcast because it's something new. I can still see it grow.
00:12:44.820 I don't know what's going on with YouTube. I don't seem to be able to grow. YouTube, if I post physique, you may unshadow ban me.
00:12:55.820 So, in regards to the podcast, yeah, I can still see it grow. I get happy for each new subscriber. On YouTube, yeah, it doesn't seem to grow for whatever reason.
00:13:06.820 Of course, I still love making videos. I do. It makes me happy helping others. And this is a common human trait that you have.
00:13:18.820 Since you are social creatures, you gain happiness from helping others. It's very normal indeed.
00:13:25.820 So I still like making videos, but yes, I do miss that sense of progression. I do miss YouTube seeing the amount of subscribers going up.
00:13:34.820 And I miss in the gym, seeing weights go up like that. Then you might wonder, why can't I continue progressing in the Temple of Iron now?
00:13:46.820 Yes, because I have more or less reached my genetic potential. And if you want to break through that, you have to go to the dark side supplements, so to speak.
00:13:55.820 And I won't take any of that. I might take TRT when I get older, if my testosterone drops, but I have no wish to jeopardize my health to get that sense of progression in the gym.
00:14:10.820 But that being said, I will get shredded for summer. I will get into a great shape, take some epic pictures.
00:14:17.820 This is another video, but I do, of course, I do view myself as an artist. My physique, my masterwork. So I want to create some art come summer.
00:14:29.820 That's my plan, at least. So anyway, I don't know if this rambling out here in the beautiful winter landscape was any enlightening at all, or you perhaps just admired the view, I don't know.
00:14:44.820 But thank you for watching anyway, and I will see you on all links in the description box below.
00:14:51.820 So, boom! Now, I actually forgot something of utmost importance, and this is, if you are a skinny guy, you're a weak guy, you're a fat girl, or whatever it might be, and you feel a bit self-conscious, you feel a bit nervous going into the gym, or you feel a bit out of place,
00:15:13.820 and you wonder, oh, what will these other individuals think of me? And I can just say this also from the perspective of, well, someone like me.
00:15:25.820 I said it in a recent video, but I would just like to mention it again. You know, I have respect for you, who are actually in there trying to improve yourself.
00:15:33.820 Because, for every one of you, you know, if you are nervous, and you feel a bit, yeah, out of place, or whatever, there are a hundred other like you, who are still on the sofa eating something bad, watching Netflix.
00:15:51.820 So, don't be afraid that someone like me will look on you and say, oh, what is he or she doing there? No, we are delighted that you are there.
00:16:02.820 If you are polite and nice and everything, of course, just, you know, decent manners will get you far in all aspects of life, I assure you.
00:16:09.820 So, think about it. Instead of being nervous, it's a bit like going into a church. If you go into a church, you see other people, they might pray for something, you won't judge them.
00:16:25.820 You are there because maybe you want to pray for something. Or in my case, you are there to admire the art and architecture and stuff.
00:16:34.820 Point being, everyone is there for a reason, and no one really has any interest in what you are doing.
00:16:45.820 So, instead of thinking that, oh, these other people, they are looking on me, they are judging me, they are this or that, not the case.
00:16:53.820 And on the contrary, and I'm sure I can speak for some of the guys in various gyms I've met over all these years.
00:17:05.820 I've been, you know, helpful and polite because, you know, that's how I would like to have been treated in such a situation.
00:17:11.820 And there have been, you know, when I was younger, older guys, stronger guys who have, you know, given me pointers.
00:17:19.820 And it's usually the strongest guys who are the most polite.
00:17:23.820 Then, of course, to keep in mind, you know, if someone is tight on time, which I might be a lot these days, yeah, I won't have the time to talk for an hour or something.
00:17:36.820 But, yeah, in general, people are friendly.
00:17:41.820 Same thing if you are an overweight girl or something. 1.00
00:17:45.820 No one there will judge you, unless you go to a gym full of scumbags. 1.00
00:17:51.820 Then, change gyms. 0.99
00:17:52.820 But, the absolute majority of people, they are there to focus on themselves.
00:17:57.820 They are there to focus on their own goals.
00:18:01.820 Just as the people in the church, they focus on their own prayers.
00:18:05.820 Or what they want to do.
00:18:07.820 So, keep that in mind.
00:18:08.820 Now, thank you for watching.
00:18:09.820 XXO.
00:18:10.820 So, boom.