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Battle Cancer Q&A | The Lean Machines, Sonny Webster & Zack George

I recently sat down with Sonny Webster, Zack George and Leon & John from The Lean Machines for a special edition super podcast before the Battle Cancer Fitness Competition in London. Lots of listeners had submitted questions in advance via Instagram and I posed as many as I could to the boys before Sonny have to rush off to some swanky event with the Queen. Expect to learn why the boys believe Competitive Bodybuilding to be an unhealthy lifestyle, what sport they would all be focussed on if they were not lifting weights, how to make your moustache join in the middle and why Sonny sucks so bad at Double Unders. Other Things: Check out Battle Cancer: https://www.battle-cancer.co.uk Follow Zack: https://www.instagram.com/zackgeorge Follow Sonny: https://www.instagram.com/sonnywebstergb Follow The Lean Machines: https://www.instagram.com/theleanmachinesofficial - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XrOqvxlqQI6bmdYHuIVnr?si=iUpczE97SJqe1kNdYBipnw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Chris WilliamsonhostLeon (The Lean Machines)guestZack GeorgeguestSonny WebsterguestJohn (The Lean Machines)guestGuest (unclear which of the four, very short interjection)guest
Nov 5, 201828mWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 0:00 – 15:00

    (wind blowing) Anyway, so welcome…

    1. CW

      (wind blowing) Anyway, so welcome back. I'm joined on the long-awaited super podcast, Sunny Webster, Zack George, Leon and John from the Lean Machines.

    2. LM

      Hi.

    3. ZG

      Say hello, everyone.

    4. LM

      How you doing? Hello.

    5. SW

      How you doing?

    6. CW

      What's happening? Mic's over here. (laughs)

    7. LM

      (laughs) Nailed it. (laughs)

    8. CW

      So we asked online for some suggestions for people to ask you questions, ahead of Battle Cancers big event tomorrow. First question, how are you guys feeling for the comp tomorrow? You've seen the workouts now, you know what's coming up. How are you feeling?

    9. ZG

      It's just gonna be fun to compete with the boys. It's just gonna be a laugh.

    10. LM

      Yeah.

    11. SW

      Very different workout to what we're used to.

    12. ZG

      Yeah, I'm feeling a little bit stressed because obviously I'm the biggest athlete out of all four of us here, so...

    13. LM

      (laughs)

    14. CW

      (laughs)

    15. SW

      He's got a lot of weight to carry.

    16. ZG

      Right. Yeah.

    17. LM

      I'm the biggest, you don't need to carry me.

    18. ZG

      Normally, normally when I'm on my own, it's, it's hard. But with these three to carry as well, it's, I don't know how I'm going to get through. But it'll be fun, I would say.

    19. SW

      I don't wanna run.

    20. ZG

      (laughs) Are there any, are there any workouts?

    21. LM

      (laughs) I'm sure there's one workout where you all have to run.

    22. CW

      Yeah.

    23. ZG

      You have to run all the way around.

    24. SW

      And there's a carrying one.

    25. ZG

      50 kilometer.

    26. SW

      I've got to carry Sunny.

    27. LM

      (laughs) Sunny's dead last.

    28. ZG

      (laughs) Who's gonna carry you?

    29. SW

      Yeah, they'll be sweeping up when they come across the line.

    30. LM

      (laughs)

  2. 15:00 – 28:28

    Yeah. …

    1. ZG

    2. SW

      Yeah.

    3. JM

      So has it grown back?

    4. ZG

      Yeah, it's growing back now.

    5. SW

      Is it thicker?

    6. ZG

      Yeah, it's thicker on the-

    7. JM

      Mercifully around the outsides and he got this really short bit in the middle.

    8. ZG

      Yeah. (laughs) In the middle it's just like a bald stamp.

    9. SW

      (laughs)

    10. ZG

      Because it hasn't been growing. It was brilliant.

    11. JM

      Oh my God.

    12. ZG

      It was so funny, yeah.

    13. JM

      Is it too late to start weightlifting at 18 years old?

    14. SW

      A lot of people have been asking this recently, but like...

    15. ZG

      Depends what the goal is though, I guess.

    16. JM

      Do you think that this is a...

    17. ZG

      What level you'll get to.

    18. JM

      Do you think that this is a byproduct of the fact that a lot of people that are good at the sport do it-

    19. SW

      Just go bring it later. Yeah.

    20. JM

      ... do it, do it young? Like you talk about the fact you've done it since you were 11, 12 years old, et cetera.

    21. SW

      Yeah. Of course for me-

    22. ZG

      He's been doing it for three years though.

    23. SW

      ... it comes so naturally.

    24. ZG

      (laughs)

    25. SW

      But at the end of the day more and more people are getting into weight lifting later. It depends like, if you want to be a competitive top level weight lifter starting at 18, that is quite late. But then to say that, like my old training partner Brad, he started at 18, he went to Commonwealth Games. So I don't think that's too late, it just needed to be sensible and have like probably a background from another sport that's going to carry over, because your transition could be quite quick.

    26. ZG

      I started 20 and...

    27. SW

      You know, like for example, Zach's numbers, he's like nearly lifting, you know, what's, what're your two bests, Zach can do?

    28. Snatch was at 125 and clean did at 155.

    29. Which are big numbers, yeah. So 25, 65 for someone who's only been lifting three years. But obviously you didn't start till how old?

    30. I started lifting properly when I was 25. Yeah.

Episode duration: 28:28

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