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In this video, Elliott discusses his dislike for traditional cardio and his preference for high-intensity, explosive exercises. He introduces a new piece of equipment, the Sand Doom stepper, which he tries out for a 12-minute interval workout. Despite his resistance to cardio, he acknowledges its benefits for fat loss while maintaining his focus on preserving his functional strength for long-term fitness goals.
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I hate cardio. I'm more of an explosive guy
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I like to do things with a lot of intensity for a short period of time. In my early 20s, I wanted to get lean
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I ended up doing a lot of cardio, cutting my calories back, lost a ton of muscle
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So today, I'm going to actually take advantage of a brand new piece of equipment that I got
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It's called a Sand Dune Stepper. That's the piece of equipment I'm going to use. That's going to be my thumbnail
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Maybe. Guy who makes this, he hit me up on Instagram like a year ago
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and he was like, hey, Elliot, you need to get this. This is something that's going to help you
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I was resistant because I was like, I don't need to bounce around on that silly pillow
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Recently, I decided that, wow, maybe I need to start doing some more cardio
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and it would be good to bounce around on a little pillow because it would be low impact
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It's like a big trampoline. So let's check this out. Do I have a timer on here? Here's what I'm going to do
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I got this set up for 12 minutes. Hopefully, y'all don't watch me have a heart attack
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I'm going to go one minute on, one minute off, and that should be good enough to stimulate that fat burning
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I guess. All right, sand dune stepper. First time trying it out
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Whoop, whoop, and the timer is on because I guess it feels like you're running in the sand
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Pump those arms, ankles feeling good. Yes, the idea here is to pound the sand dune as fast as I can
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Ten more seconds. Whoa. Oh, man. Legs are burning. One minute on, one minute off
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My body transforms pretty quickly, but there are a number of challenges. Some old injuries that I'm overcoming. I'm really not that old
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My dad is 70-something. He's a beast. Time's up. Too much talking. I don't want to do too much cardio
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because that might impact my strength and my performance and training. I haven't eaten yet today. Oh, man. Legs are burning
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But after this, I'm going to do a nice walk with my dogs. I'm going to have a big meal, and then I'll do my workout
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Oh, gosh. Oh, I'm going to be slowing down. Yeah, this is like sprinting. Feels good, though. No impact
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Now, there are a ton of different exercises that can be done on this thing. Oh, three seconds. Two seconds. One. Time to go again
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There are a bunch of different exercises that can be done on this. But he has a YouTube channel that shows you all kinds of stuff
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most of which, to me, looks, well, kind of silly. But hey, look how silly I look right now
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I have a feeling my cardio is going to improve pretty quickly, too. I do need a little bit of fat loss. Belly looking like a mob boss
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I tell you, I like this a lot more than the rower. The rower is just so damn boring
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But interval training is good because I never get bored. Lymph movement going on here. Oh, gosh
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Oh, better than skipping rope. I got on my bear shoes. Murder on my lungs. Murder on my heart
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I guess that's why they call it cardio, right? Hopefully, I don't have a cardiac arrest
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Hopefully, I don't get no damn cardiac arrest. Cali muscle was arrested and had cardiac arrest
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Let's go hard now. Only a few more. I'm going to make this my hardest one
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Oh! I'm watching guys like Cali and CT Fletcher. They're kind of my heroes in a way. I appreciate both of them
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Big black eyes, struggling, heart disease. That's a part of the reason why I'm not taking the juice, the TRT
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Y'all keep telling me I need to. But I think doing this increases HGH, too, right
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Okay, last minute. Pick it up. Pick up those knees, E. Pick them up
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Oh! I did it. Sand Dunes stepper, you're okay. Nothing like a new piece of equipment to give some motivation to do something you don't want to do
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You ever notice that? Something you don't want to do is you get a new piece of equipment, maybe you don't like doing homework, so you got a new computer
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Now you're motivated to do homework, you want to use your new computer. I guess you could say I'm motivated to do cardio now
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Ha! I think the middle road is probably the worst road when it comes to cardio
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I either just do a lot of long walking, rucking with 40 pounds on my back, on an empty stomach, fasted cardio
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And as long as I keep my diet right, I lectured my wife. Why are you buying this junk
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Like it's her fault that I had poor self-control eating the shit that she buys for the kids
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But kids shouldn't even be eating this shit. She argues that we're better than 90% of families
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She's right. Hey, let me know. What's your best methods for fat loss? I'm a student again. Let me know
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What do you do for cardio, fat loss? But here's the key. Without losing that strong man functional strength, bro
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No rush. I ain't trying to go fast. That's the old Elliot. The new Elliot is longevity
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I'm thinking in terms of how can I do this for the next 20 years and just compete for fun. I would like to do a strength camp challenge again and invite all y'all to come
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I'm going to go break fast, hit my strong man workout in a couple minutes here, a couple hours
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And I think I'm going to make a what do I eat in a day video tomorrow
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So I start eating at 3 p.m. I finish at 9 p.m. So y'all be chilling with me in the evening. Until then, done
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