Joe Rogan Experience #1637 - Action Bronson

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum music) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. ABAction Bronson0:00

      (drum music) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.

   2. JVJamie Vernon0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. NANarrator0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) Action Bronson, ladies and gentlemen.

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      Dude, first of all, before we even get started, congratulations. I just wanna congratulate you publicly. What you've done is amazing. It's amazing. I've been following you on Instagram. It's super inspiring, man. I mean, it touches me, man. It really does. I love when someone gets a, a, a positive path going in their life and sticks with it, and you see real progress, and you're so dedicated, man. It's really inspiring. It's beautiful.

   5. ABAction Bronson0:38

      Thank you, man. Listen, it was a long time coming. It's, it's just... I'm, I'm happy that it happened now, 'cause if it, if it didn't happen, it would've been something else. I would've been in a grave.

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:48

      Yeah.

   7. ABAction Bronson0:48

      Or somewhere else. Who the hell knows where they would've put me?

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:51

      When did you start?

   9. ABAction Bronson0:53

      I've been, I've been fat my whole life. I've been thinking about losing weight for a long time, for probably about 30 years.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:59

       But when did you start losing weight? When-

   11. ABAction Bronson1:00

       Last March.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:01

       Last March?

   13. ABAction Bronson1:02

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:02

       So right around the pandemic, right as it hit.

   15. ABAction Bronson1:03

       Literally. Right when it hit. My brand new baby and my wife, they were gonna go to Colombia to show the child. You know, you have to show the child to the family. And it was around March 10th. We get to the airport, some sh-... They, they wouldn't let my dog get on the plane, 'cause they didn't have the... The air conditioning didn't work in the, in the galley or whatever that is. So we turned right back around and went home. And that's the day shit hit the fan. I was supposed to go on tour a week right after that. Everything done. I knew it was all gonna be done. I was talking to my agent. He was like, "Yeah, this shit's gonna be fine. Don't worry. They're gonna still do the show in Hawaii." I was like, "Nah, watch. This shit's gonna be fucking done." So bottom line is-

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:48

       Why, why did you think everything was gonna get shut down?

   17. ABAction Bronson1:49

       I don't know. I had a feeling. I just had a-

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:51

       Intuition.

   19. ABAction Bronson1:52

       I had a feeling that this was just bigger than what it was.

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:55

       Hm.

   21. ABAction Bronson1:55

       You know, than just... It, it just seemed fishy. Just seemed fishy.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:59

       Yeah.

   23. ABAction Bronson2:01

       So, pretty much, I mean, to get the dog onto the plane we had to put her on the scale, 'cause she was a little overweight.

   24. JRJoe Rogan2:07

       What's overweight, for a dog?

   25. ABAction Bronson2:08

       I'm not really sure. I think she looks great.

   26. JRJoe Rogan2:11

       What is overweight for a dog though? How do they decide that? Like, I used to have a dog that was 140 pounds.

   27. ABAction Bronson2:15

       Listen-

   28. JRJoe Rogan2:15

       Was he overweight?

   29. ABAction Bronson2:17

       I don't think so. Just jacked.

   30. JRJoe Rogan2:19

       (laughs)
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Yeah, for sure. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      up your testosterone.

   2. ABAction Bronson15:01

      Yeah, for sure.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:01

      And w- watching what you did today, the only way you were able to do that workout today is if you've been doing that for a long time. Like we, we did a difficult workout.

   4. ABAction Bronson15:09

      For sure.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:10

      E- especially that shoulder plex complex with the rows and the squats and the, the cleans and all that stuff that John had us doing. That's, that was real work.

   6. ABAction Bronson15:20

      For sure. And, you know, the dude Andrew from Onnit, he-

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:24

      Shout out to Andrew Craig.

   8. ABAction Bronson15:25

      Yeah. I w- Yeah, he was ... Andrew Craig was at a book signing of mine couple years ago, and he saw me working out and shit like that, and he just sent me the maces. He sent me a bunch of stuff. That dude fucking got me literally Onnit.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:39

      Yeah.

   10. ABAction Bronson15:39

       Literally, with the clubs, the bulgari. And that's really all I use. My studio is filled with that shit. I go to the gym for the things I can't do, like chest work and other stuff like that, you know? But I do a lot of kettlebells and a lot of swinging of the mace and Indian clubs at the studio and o- on the roof of the studio.

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:57

       That's awesome, man.

   12. ABAction Bronson15:58

       Yeah. That's my favorite stuff to do.

   13. JRJoe Rogan16:00

       Mm-hmm.

   14. ABAction Bronson16:00

       The mobility stuff.

   15. JRJoe Rogan16:01

       Right.

   16. ABAction Bronson16:02

       I love feeling static strong, you know, like squats and fucking deadlifts and all that stuff, but this is equally as, as satis- satisfactory.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:11

       Yeah. I love kettlebells because of that, because you're moving. You're doing a lot of things. I love like kettlebell flows-

   18. ABAction Bronson16:18

       It looks cool.

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       ... you know, clean, press-

   20. ABAction Bronson16:20

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:20

       ... lunge, squat, all that stuff. Yeah, it's fun.

   22. ABAction Bronson16:23

       That shit looks cool.

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:23

       Yeah, it does look cool.

   24. ABAction Bronson16:24

       It does.

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:24

       Yeah. That dude who was doing the maces, what was that dude's name?

   26. ABAction Bronson16:27

       I'm not sure.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       The mace guy. Hold on a second, let me find out real quick. That dude who was doing the maces at the, uh, the gym was a beast, man. That-

   28. ABAction Bronson16:33

       He was killing it.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:33

       Yeah.

   30. ABAction Bronson16:34

       Yeah, I mean, when, when you can flow with those things, it's like dancing. It's like salsa.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Whoa. …

   1. ABAction Bronson30:00

      other for fucking 100 lifetimes, literally, in all kinds of different forms.

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:04

      Whoa.

   3. ABAction Bronson30:04

      And now this is the lifetime where it's finally meant to really like f- connect and fully bloom.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:14

      Mm.

   5. ABAction Bronson30:15

      We've waited 100 lifetimes to bloom and this is the one, according to-

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:22

      That lady.

   7. ABAction Bronson30:22

      ... in Colombia.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:22

      I would say that if I was that l- I was that, if I was that lady, I would say that just because I want your money.

   9. ABAction Bronson30:27

      I don't think she's paying her.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:28

       (laughs)

   11. ABAction Bronson30:28

       She's not paying her.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       Not at all?

   13. ABAction Bronson30:30

       It's like a stage-

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:31

       Oh.

   15. ABAction Bronson30:31

       ... it's like an internship-

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:33

       Oh.

   17. ABAction Bronson30:33

       ... where she's fucking learning spiritual shit.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:36

       Yeah. I think there's people that know things. There's people that get a feeling. The problem is, and I think there's a lot of people-

   19. ABAction Bronson30:40

       Listen, I know it's all about the fucking money too.

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:43

       Yeah.

   21. ABAction Bronson30:43

       I always reference Steve Martin, Leap of Faith.... you know that movie?

   22. JRJoe Rogan30:48

       I don't remember it.

   23. ABAction Bronson30:48

       He's a big, he's a big tent revival guy.

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:52

       God. (laughs)

   25. ABAction Bronson30:52

       He- he's like a fucking pastor in the big tent revivals, and they're just bullshitting, they're feeding him things, and he touches the woman and she starts fucking freaking out.

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:00

       (laughs)

   27. ABAction Bronson31:00

       It's my favorite shit. Listen, it's all about the bread. They lie to you all, in your face all day long.

   28. JRJoe Rogan31:06

       There's a lot of that, but it's also a lot of people that wanna believe, you know? There's- there's some-

   29. ABAction Bronson31:11

       They need to believe.

   30. JRJoe Rogan31:12

       Yeah, there's a lot going on.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Yeah, no, there's no…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      those cockamamie people will get in your life if you need them.

   2. ABAction Bronson45:02

      Yeah, no, there's no doubting. But they were in my life for a little bit, and then they left.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:05

      They were-

   4. ABAction Bronson45:05

      And that's the way it is. It's just-

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      ... they were in my life for a little bit too.

   6. ABAction Bronson45:08

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:08

      Yeah.

   8. ABAction Bronson45:08

      You leave, you come, you leave.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:09

      Yeah.

   10. ABAction Bronson45:09

       But-

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:10

       They-

   12. ABAction Bronson45:10

       ... um, listen, please-

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:11

       ... I-

   14. ABAction Bronson45:11

       ... go. Don't come.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:11

       I-

   16. ABAction Bronson45:11

       Don't come. Go.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:12

       ... I get it from their perspective. They're not of this world. They're not of the world of you and I-

   18. ABAction Bronson45:16

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:16

       ... of performance. They don't understand what it's like to go on stage and you get wild. They don't get it.

   20. ABAction Bronson45:21

       No.

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:21

       It's- they don't know how to write wild shit.

   22. ABAction Bronson45:23

       No.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:23

       You write wild shit.

   24. ABAction Bronson45:24

       Yeah, they have no clue.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:25

       If you, if you like ran your lyrics by them, and go, "Hey, come here." (blows raspberry)

   26. ABAction Bronson45:30

       (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:31

       (laughs) This is what I'm thinking of saying.

   28. ABAction Bronson45:31

       Sometimes I read that shit back-

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:33

       (laughs)

   30. ABAction Bronson45:33

       ... and go, "What the fuck is wrong with me?"
5. 1:00:00 – 1:07:51

   My lord. When... Does…

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      Strange.

   2. ABAction Bronson1:00:01

      My lord. When... Does this end or does he keep going? Does he have more?

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:05

      He's Benedict Cumberpatch.

   4. JVJamie Vernon1:00:06

      Probably half of it, though.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:07

      What's his name?

   6. ABAction Bronson1:00:08

      Damn, he has a lot of fucking moves.

   7. JVJamie Vernon1:00:09

      And then you got, then you got...

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      Benedict Cumberbatch?

   9. JVJamie Vernon1:00:10

      Mm-hmm.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:10

       Is that it? Patch or batch?

   11. JVJamie Vernon1:00:12

       Batch.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:13

       He's Dr. Strange, man.

   13. ABAction Bronson1:00:14

       Whoa! Whoa!

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:18

       Come on.

   15. ABAction Bronson1:00:18

       No. Come on.

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:19

       Come on. This kid's amazing.

   17. ABAction Bronson1:00:21

       He has an Evisu sweatshirt on.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:23

       Meanwhile, take that kid for a jog.

   19. ABAction Bronson1:00:26

       Yeah, definitely not.

   20. JVJamie Vernon1:00:28

       (panting)

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

       If he did what we did today, he'd be like...

   22. ABAction Bronson1:00:29

       Oh, come on, there's no chance.

   23. JVJamie Vernon1:00:31

       He's got a pretty good knowledge of, uh, cur- wind current. How do you cont... How the fuck did he do that?

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:00:37

       How'd he do that?

   25. JVJamie Vernon1:00:38

       How the fuck did he do that?

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:00:38

       That's a jellyfish.

   27. ABAction Bronson1:00:39

       This damn fucking champion over here, bro.

   28. JVJamie Vernon1:00:41

       Holy fuck.

   29. ABAction Bronson1:00:41

       He's a fucking weatherman.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:00:41

       Look at this shit.

Episode duration: 2:54:49