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Maybe I could be your solace Maybe I could be something more Baby, it's always summertime When I'm with you, that's not a lie Maybe you could be my solace Only my truth comforts me When my heart is beating fast When our eyes meet, I go crazy My heart is bursting every night Will you love me as much as I love you? So now I have the wall shelf mounted and I think I'm going to put the lamp to the right of it over here, probably something like this Okay, took me a while but we did it So now this is what it looks like I have this lamp right here now and then I have the shelf Not sure what I want to put on the shelf yet I just have a piece of art for now but probably going to put some little plants on the side, maybe hanging down I don't know, we'll play around with it and see So now, if I need some light while I'm working I can turn on So fitness and nutrition have been a huge part of my life and I've gotten a few questions about what my workout routine is so I want to talk a little bit about that and just like my overall approach to diet or nutrition is in general So I first started working out around 4 years ago and back then it was definitely motivated by wanting to change how I looked Throughout high school I was always very self-conscious about how skinny I was I would pretty much only ever wear like very baggy clothing and so I initially started working out in order to put on some weight and kind of fill up my clothes a little bit more and initially during those first few years I was very strict with myself about making sure to eat an exact amount of calories each day and watching very carefully about what I eat which at the time I think I managed pretty well Since then, my approach has definitely changed so nowadays I don't restrict or count what I eat at all and that doesn't necessarily mean that I eat whatever I want I do still try to eat relatively healthy so there will be some days where I eat a lot more there will be some days where I eat a lot less Overall, the things that I still care a lot about are trying to number 1 hit my daily protein intake goals and then also making sure to drink a lot of water Water is I think something that's heavily underrated People don't realize how important getting a lot of water is and so I try to drink more than a gallon of water a day which sounds like a lot, but split throughout the day it's actually not that bad It helps you perform better in the gym It helps you recover better and overall I think just makes you feel a lot more functional as a human being Nowadays when I don't drink enough water it's so obvious to me because I feel sluggish and I don't know, just like kind of out of it Another super important thing that I have learned over time is that training and nutrition and all of that doesn't really matter unless you get good sleep. So I try to get at least 7 hours of sleep per day and yeah I've noticed that that has really helped with my overall well-being and my fitness goals In terms of actually like training and working out at the gym, I've switched how I go about that a lot throughout the years. I try to work out around 5 times per week and so on Monday I will work out my chest and my back, on Tuesday I'll focus on my legs and then Wednesday I'll focus on my shoulders and arms and then I'll take a rest day which is extremely important. Your body really needs time to recover and rest in order to repair all the muscles that you're working out. And then Friday I'll hit my entire upper body and then Sunday I will hit my lower body and then I'll rest again and then that cycle repeats itself every week. With that being said though, I've also realized that your workout split is actually much less important. You can make a lot of progress with whatever workout split you choose to do The most important thing though, and I'm sure you saw that from some of the workout clips that I've included is I take almost all of my sets that I'm going like heavier on to quote-unquote failure which basically means that I get to the point where I involuntarily start slowing down because of how difficult it is and that aspect of training hard is extremely important especially if you're trying to build muscle. Pushing myself to that limit is also just really mentally and physically rewarding and there are obviously days where it's hard for me to push myself and that's totally okay. I try to also listen to my body and what it's telling me. If I feel super tired, maybe I'll do a little bit of a shorter workout or I'll do one less working set than I usually do. So hopefully that all makes sense. I am by no means like a nutrition or a fitness expert It's just what has worked for me really well but everyone's body is different and everyone's own goals are different and so definitely take everything I say with a grain of salt Hey, come on In case you haven't noticed, I have a lot of plants. I wouldn't say I'm a plant expert or a plant connoisseur by any means but I feel like I know a thing or two about keeping them alive. Today's watering day and the way that I know that is because a few of them are looking a little bit sad and if I touch the top few inches of soil, a lot of them feel dried out. So I'm gonna go around, water all the plants and give a few tips to hopefully help you guys if you're struggling keep your plants alive Music One thing about plants is different plants require different watering needs so I got this one pretty recently and I wasn't super sure how it would do in my space and if you look closely I'm noticing that some of the leaves are starting to turn yellow which tells me that this plant probably needs to be watered more frequently than I've been doing so far I think another super important thing is unless you're somebody who is ready to invest a lot of time in taking care of their plants I would definitely recommend choosing plants that you know you can keep alive A lot of the plants in my apartment I've had for over a year and so at this point I know that they will work in my space but initially I definitely had a few plants that I thought would do well here and then they ended up dying and so I have definitely also killed my fair share of plants. So yeah, I don't think taking care of plants is really the hardest thing in the world I think a lot of people think it's more difficult than it is. I really think it's just about doing a little bit of research and having a little bit of an understanding about what plants work well in your space and then yeah obviously remembering to water them whenever they feel dry.