Randall’s Handle (w/ Randall Park)

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Staying Alive" – Randall’s Handle (w/ Randall Park)

Date: August 21, 2025
Hosts: Jon Gabrus & Adam Pally
Guest: Randall Park
Producer: SmartLess Media

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of Staying Alive dives deep into personal health transformations, the challenges of aging, and the often-hilarious realities of getting (and staying) fit. Comedians and best friends Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally are joined by acclaimed actor Randall Park for an unfiltered, honest, and amusing conversation about mortality, fitness, grieving, goals, and the ups and downs of self-improvement—especially for those in midlife and in the public eye. They discuss setting health goals, the weird intimacy of body data, running marathons, and how family legacies and tragedies inform daily motivation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Gabrus’ “Starting Line” – Facing Health Findings

• [00:19–07:43] Jon Gabrus reveals recent scary health results: a doctor warns him his most likely cause of death is a heart attack unless he loses weight and controls his blood pressure.
  • He undergoes a DEXA scan: 307 lbs, 42.6% body fat.
  • Shares his vulnerability: “I showed you a fucking picture of my body fat scans, people. Who does that?” (Gabrus, 05:21)
  • He plans to chart his progress for accountability, aiming to see tangible improvement.

Notable Quote:

“I have friends that weigh 130 pounds. That means I'm carrying a whole person’s worth of fat with me.”
— Jon Gabrus, [05:30]

2. Accountability and Changing Habits

• Gabrus frames public vulnerability as a tool for accountability—hoping to motivate himself and perhaps inspire listeners.
• The group jokes about their body composition, using humor as a way to talk seriously about self-care and its challenges.

Notable Quote:

“This is like when you look at your flaccid dick in the mirror and you’re like, ‘Jesus Christ, what is going on here?’ I gotta get my shit together.”
— Jon Gabrus, [03:12]

3. Randall Park’s Health Transformation & Motivation

• [13:47–15:31] Randall opens up about getting health-conscious as he approached 50.
  • His motivation: family health tragedies (father's cancer, mother dying young), increased awareness of mortality.
  • Park quietly became “ripped” after previously gaining weight for a film role.

Notable Quote:

“My mortality is so right in front of me. My mother died young; my grandfather died of a heart attack at 42... So this whole last couple years has been a bit of, ‘Am I gonna make it every day?’”
— Adam Pally, [15:03]

4. The Impact of Parental Loss

• All discuss losing parents young and how these experiences pushed them to face their own health more seriously.
• This includes honest reflection about periods of destructive behavior following such losses, and finding new, healthier coping mechanisms (running, fitness).

Notable Quote:

“When you lose a parent, it’s so brain-chemistry changing. First, I panicked and went the other way—completely destructive.”
— Adam Pally, [19:18]

5. Fitness Routines & Running – From Reluctance to Runners High

• Randall describes his basic regimen:
  • Home-gym lifting (4-5 days/wk)
  • Running (outdoors – “That’s true SoCal privilege”)
  • Prefers solo workouts: “I like working out by myself” [21:12]
• Discussion on training for and running marathons; both Gabrus and Randall ran marathons or half-marathons.
  • The clarity of incremental improvement (“I did 225 for five yesterday, today I did 235 for five”), the therapeutic nature of marathon training.

Notable Quotes:

“It doesn't have to be a lot more. It’s like literally one rep more, or just two and a half pounds heavier…as long as you do that every workout.”
— Randall Park, [28:58]

“You get the runner's high—it's a real thing.”
— Randall Park, [55:04]

6. Aging Out of Old Behaviors: Partying, Travel, and Recovery Time

• The group gets nostalgic (and rueful) about their party habits in youth, compared to the slow, painful aftermath of even moderate nights out in their forties.
• Sleep becomes a central topic—“Sleep is the second most anabolic thing”—with all noting it’s harder to achieve with age and stress.

Notable Quotes:

“When you’re 25 you can work a 12-hour shift on two hours sleep and bounce back. At 43, you’re like: I’m gonna diarrhea myself.”
— Jon Gabrus, [44:26]

“I could sleep anywhere…My wife is not a great sleeper, which annoys her that I’m such a good sleeper.”
— Randall Park, [40:00]

7. Setting Big (But Achievable) Goals Together

• Group considers running the New York Marathon together; Randall highly recommends it.
  • Talks up the community spirit, the emotional power of marathon day, and the non-competitive goal: just finishing.

Notable Quotes:

“It's really about setting this goal for yourself that you think is impossible…then incrementally getting to a point where it doesn't seem impossible, but still daunting.”
— Randall Park, [49:20]

“Let’s make a pact. We will run the marathon together—New York City Marathon.”
— Adam Pally, [57:03]

8. Health, Grief, and Mental Wellness

• Running and exercise as core mood and mental health stabilizers, especially after bouts of depression or destructive coping.
• Randall and Gabrus agree: sometimes the “gym is therapy,” and cumulative little improvements can become life-changing over time.

Notable Quotes:

“At some point, I realized I need exercise for functioning more than I need it for cardio or looks.”
— Jon Gabrus, [18:01]

“How lucky to catch that wave where you’re like…using running and getting your mind right through physical fitness…that’s inspiring to me.”
— Gabriel Iglesias, [61:16]

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Memorable Moments & Quotes (With Timestamps)

• Gabrus on Scary Test Results: “Five minutes ago I told you you’re gonna die. Now, you’re like, but can I get a boner?” [00:19–00:54]
• Sharing Body Fat %: “42.6% body fat. If we’re rounding up, that’s 43%. I’m 43 years old with 42% body fat.” [01:58–02:20]
• Marathon Jokes: “Maybe I’ll start sumo wrestling, it came across my Instagram feed.” [10:54]
• Mortality Awareness: “My dad died when I was young too…all the doctors said, he lived longer because he was so healthy.” [16:00–16:36]
• Running as Therapy: “I need exercise for functioning more than for cardio or looks.” [18:01]
• NY Marathon Recommendation: “Highly recommend. Especially for you guys…it was such a special experience.” [48:56–51:08]
• Team Challenge: “Let’s make a pact. We will run the marathon together…” [57:03]

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Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | Highlights | |-----------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:19 – 07:43 | Gabrus' health scare & vulnerability | “Doctor says heart attack most likely; DEXA scan results; why share this so publicly.” | | 13:47 – 15:31 | Park & Pally – Facing mortality | “Approaching 50, motivators: parents’ early deaths.” | | 21:02 – 22:17 | Randall’s workout routine | Home gym, runs outside, self-programming. | | 24:41 – 30:02 | Marathon stories | NY, Vegas, half marathons, training, eating pasta, runner’s high. | | 38:54 – 41:10 | Sleep & travel | Impact of age, flight routines, the critical role of sleep. | | 44:26 – 47:06 | Aging, partying, & consequences | How “bouncing back” changes with age. | | 49:20 – 54:41 | Big goals, community, & race day | Marathon as a metaphor for personal growth. | | 55:04 – 61:16 | Why running helps mental health | Runner's high, audiobooks, “gym as therapy,” grief & change. | | 57:03 – 57:47 | Pact to run marathon together | “Let’s make a pact to run the New York Marathon before 50.” |

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Notable Quotes by Speaker

• Jon Gabrus:

  • “I’m trying. I’m fucking trying…showing you a picture of my body fat scans. Who does that?” [04:02, 05:21]
  • “At 43, you’re like: I’m gonna diarrhea myself.” [44:26]

• Adam Pally:

  • “It happened to me because my mother died young and my grandfather died young.” [15:03]
  • “Highly recommend [running NY marathon]…such a special experience.” [48:56]

• Randall Park:

  • “You get the runner’s high—it’s a real thing.” [55:04]
  • “It was very therapeutic and fun, which is crazy to say, training for the marathon.” [25:38]

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Tone & Style

The episode is candid, casual, and irreverent, full of self-deprecating humor and affection between the hosts, with vulnerability mixed with laughter. Guests (including Randall) match the relaxed vibe—admitting fears, failures, and motivations—while also hyping each other up. The conversation tackles serious topics (mortality, family loss, health scares) but never loses its sense of fun or camaraderie.

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Concluding Challenge & Inspiration

As the episode wraps, an informal pact emerges: Gabrus, Pally, and Park to run the New York Marathon together before turning 50—a metaphor for setting daunting but transformative goals, regardless of age or background. The recurring message: incremental progress, mutual support, and humor make change possible.

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For listeners:
If you’re facing midlife, relaunching your health, or just need some inspiration and laughs along the way, this episode is a perfect blend of real talk, aspiration, and comedy.

Transcript

[Adam Pally]

Smart.

[John Gabris]

Bless me, dude. Adam, welcome to la. We are enjoying. I'm. I'm shuffling some papers over here.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, I think you're on such official business.

[John Gabris]

I did some crazy this week. I needed to get some baselines. I think I told you. I told you this because we talk all the time, but I'll say it on air. I had an appointment with the doctor where he said the most likely cause of your death based on these test results is a heart attack. I was like, oh, that's heavy. Later on, we're talking more and more, and I just ask him, like, you think, like, if I lose weight and get my blood pressure under control, that'll help with, like, erections and stuff? And he was like, yes, 100. And I went, then, doc, I'm gonna do it. Because just, like, five minutes ago, told you you were gonna die.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Right? Right.

[John Gabris]

And you're now like. But I. Wait, hold on. Am I gonna be able to jizz?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He didn't say anything about jizzing.

[John Gabris]

No, I mean, I got problems. This blood pressure shit's crazy. So I said to myself, I'm like, I'm gonna fucking make some changes. And I already have. This is about two weeks ago. I'm. I'm on. I'm on the program if. What is Wahlberg say?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

What are you talking about?

[John Gabris]

When you. When. When he's on one. When he's figuring it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Oh, this morning? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's on a program.

[John Gabris]

He's on the program.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, he's on the program.

[John Gabris]

So now I'm on the program. But one of the things I did that our friend and trainer Addie recommended to me was like, go get a DEXA scan, a body fat scan, so I could have a base.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

My face dropped. Because it's. That. That would be so scared.

[John Gabris]

It's so scary. And then also, I think part of why I shaved my face was to, like, look at my chin. You know what I mean? To, like, look at my neck.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You wanted to see yourself and be.

[John Gabris]

Like, get rid of this. But so I did my body fat scan. Well, maybe we'll post this with this episode on some IG slides, because I am 42% body fat. 42.6. Am I being honest? If we're rounding up, that's 43%. That's almost half fat. You can.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You can say 42. You don't have to go to 43.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, I'm 43 years old with 42% body fat. But here's the thing. Total mass, 307 pounds, 42 of 307 pounds. 130 pounds. I'm carrying around 130 pounds of fat. Now. There's a bunch of good stuff here. I have ton of lean muscle in my legs and stuff and my bone mineral content is great. My. My bmr, my basal metabolic rate is high because of my size and.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Because you love pizza.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, because I love pizza. But this, this report, I went to a place called Zela Fitness. Not an ad for them, but the body spec scan has, like, how much fat and mass is on my. I have 14 pounds of fat on my arms, seven on each arm. It's just something.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I don't want to know this about myself.

[John Gabris]

I don't want to know this about myself either.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Are you having a. Is this, Are you okay?

[John Gabris]

This is like when you, like, look at your flaccid dick in the mirror and you're like, jesus Christ, what is going on here? I gotta get my shit together. This is. It's been a lot to hear. This is still less scary than the conversation with the doctor, but this has been for me, like, look at this thermogenic freak there. Like, look at that. But I showed this to Mike, former or current guest of the podcast, Mike Mitchell, and he said, bones look good. I was like, hey, thanks, buddy.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, your bones look great.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, I feel.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I mean, I mean, look like I. No one is going to take that test and feel good except, like the, like, top percent percent.

[John Gabris]

Yes.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But there are definitely things that you can do from that.

[John Gabris]

There's definitely easy ways to, like, not easy, but there's an obvious path on how to recomp.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Right. How are you feeling? How are you finding the program?

[John Gabris]

The program is good, man. I've been, I've eaten pretty lean. I, I've been getting the fitness in, getting some mobility in. I've been doing. I've been doing more in the last, like two or three weeks than I have in a while, and it's. It's been feeling. I feel much better. Today is a little outlier because I'm a little hungover, but I, I'm. I'm. I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm fucking trying. GLP1 not yet. I'm going to start after travel, so I don't, like, have, like, constipation on flights, at lake houses.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, I think that's good.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, I, I would, I would urge you to do that. Kick it off in a safe time.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. Yeah. And so hopefully in the next month before the travel's over, I like get some healthy habits going and shit like that and come back.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Well, maybe you can treat your health, your, your, the way that you were saying being on set and stuff. Because you get to lock in. Maybe that's what this travel will do and it won't be just such a, like a, you know, gavon fest.

[John Gabris]

I don't have work, so like, you know what I mean? So I'm like, I'm gonna just make sure I get my run in today. Make sure I get some push ups.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I love when you get to Montauk, I'll love to run with you.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, let's go.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I mean, there's that awesome like hiking thing around there. Where the old military bases.

[John Gabris]

Yes. Let's do it. I would love to do. That's awesome.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, dude.

[John Gabris]

Well, enough about me.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Well, I mean, that's a, that's, it's, it's. It's also. I, I really.

[John Gabris]

This is the kind of vulnerability we go on the show. I showed you a fucking picture of my body fat scans. People who does that.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I was just gonna say, how do you feel about.

[John Gabris]

Like, I have friends that weigh 130 pounds.

[Adam Pally]

Are they healthy?

[John Gabris]

They're women.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Women, frequently.

[John Gabris]

But I have friends that weigh 135. And that means I'm.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Paul Downs weighs more than that.

[John Gabris]

Yes, but Paul Russ might not.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's true.

[John Gabris]

And I could. That's a whole person. I'm on my body extra. And so like, it's one of those things to think about. If I drop a few of these pounds, everything in my life would be, you know what I mean? Like, a little easier. Like you. I just, I'm, I'm. I feel it now, like pointing at it, seeing it, seeing literal images of it and shaving my face and looking at my Peter Griffin.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But how do you feel sharing it? Because this, that's like, it's a little.

[John Gabris]

Weird to share it, but I do think I'm low key selfishly doing this also as like a, an accountability thing. Because I would love for two months from now in these episodes to come in with. I'm 281 and.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Are you going. Do you have another appointment?

[John Gabris]

I'm going to do one before I start the GLPs and I'm going to do another one when I, after I've been on them for a couple months. I'm going to keep charting my progress because I think if I see results or, you know, it's quantifiable results, it'll make me want to keep going, you know?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Sure.

[John Gabris]

Like, yeah. Whereas sometimes, you know, you, you're on, you're on the program for a little while and you're like, fuck, I don't feel, I don't look or feel any different. But then like, oh wait, there's numbers on the scale different. Oh shit, that's a faster time on the peloton or whatever. So this is just like another way for me to quantify and like, and this is. I'm not like a fat shamer. Like if you feel comfortable and can. I can move better than a lot of people my size and age and shit like that. So I'm not, it's not. This is for me my own personal journey. I think carrying £130 around is a little much for what I want to do in life, which is like hiking, swimming, surfing and like a lot of that stuff is difficult with more weight and I'm feeling that. So that's what's part of the impetus to do this. Also our trainer Addy was like, go get a baseline so we know and like, you know, so you can improve. Yeah, so you can feel the improvement. Because she's all about quantifying. She loves like the bracelets and shit, but that stuff's too much for me. But having like a literal printed out before picture is probably like, that'll help. That's going on the fridge when I go home.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Wow, dude, this is a. You're staying alive.

[John Gabris]

I'm trying to. But enough about our bullshit. We have a fudgeing awesome guest coming up.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

You recently hung out with them. Fogging. We talked him into coming on the pod.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

We recently got out. I didn't even smooth talk him and it was one of the few times I didn't even meant. I didn't say anything. We just hung out and hit it off and. And got after it.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. And then just told and hey, I just met Randall. He's cool as hell. Would he do the pot?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yes, exactly. And he's the best. Like I was a fan of his work before I met him and then he cast me in something. Oh, I met him. So I always kind of thought of him as like a boss type dude so you don't get to know someone. And then when I hung out with him on location on a shoot, it was like we brought out.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, I don't know him at all. I'm a big fan and I'm stoked. I'm stoked to meet him.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

So funny. Great actor. You know, we didn't, we didn't get to talk about it. But also check out his freestyle on Sway in the Morning if you haven't seen it.

[John Gabris]

I have seen.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Randall park is an amazing emcee. I've been trying to get him to make an album.

[John Gabris]

Oh, yeah. But he's had to do a feature on one of your songs.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I asked him right away, he was like, no, I do it. I do it as for fun.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I was like, oh, I guess that wouldn't be fun.

[John Gabris]

Sorry. You pitching something unfun?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, he shot me down right away. But he's like, he's so funny. And I'm interested to see he also recently, you know, he gained a lot of weight for that Seth Rogen movie and the interview. Yeah, yeah. Thank you. The interview. And. And then he. Now he's ripped.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And I want to know how that happened.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, he's. He's a pretty in shape guy. I'm very.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

And he's not. He's not young. I don't think I'm talking out of turn saying he's older than us, which I know. Yeah, that's. I'm. I'm stoked to hear from him.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You cannot help but bring up his ethnicity.

[John Gabris]

Wait, how do you know that?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Because I can just tell. Because you're. You're. You're already doing it in the intro. You're like. You're like, well, he's young. I talk out of turn. He's young. He looks young. He's young. He looks young, young, young. He's looks younger than. I know what's going on in your mind. You're talking about his ethnicity.

[John Gabris]

We are recording this intro after we did the episode. You little prick. Something up. We. It's still considered set up. Edit that. Keeping it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I didn't know they did a GQ real life diet of you, did they? It says. It says they here. I got information.

[John Gabris]

Oh, from 2023.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

2023.

[Adam Pally]

2023.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Still, that's a big deal.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Like GQ diet. That's like in my idea of becoming.

[John Gabris]

That's just below guesting on Staying alive. Like the health and wellness.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But you know what I'm saying? It's like men's fitness. Like, picture of you on the COVID of men's.

[Adam Pally]

Well, that's like.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, that's the end. That's the.

[John Gabris]

When you're a comedy guy, if you end up doing men's health or men's fitness, that's like the fucking dream guys.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Like the three of us, what happens is, like, it's the Progression, you know, and like, you. It's like Marvel movie picture of you in a magazine with, like, half of you underwater. Yeah, it's like the top, right?

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And then you.

[John Gabris]

I'm on the COVID of Men's Health for. It's like podcaster turned sumo wrestler. I. I have a problem. I. Watching sumo wrestling. It came across my Instagram algorithm and I'm like, I might actually be pretty good now. I'm going to end. I'm going to do it. You could be good at it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I mean, so I feel like I.

[John Gabris]

Was an offensive alignment and a rugby player. Same thing that you.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That you grow up doing, which is like standing your ground.

[Adam Pally]

Sumo wrestlers are. I mean, they're technically kind of healthy, right? I mean, they're. They're athletes.

[John Gabris]

They're putting on body fat on purpose, but they're eating exclusively rice.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's the thing that I always remember from. From Sumo Wrestling Journal because, like, you don't like.

[John Gabris]

That's the magazine you get every week.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

I can't believe they have weekly news.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's the level that I'm at. That's the spread that I did. I did a. I did a 2023.

[John Gabris]

Sumo journalism.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

What are you eating?

[John Gabris]

Yeah, it's just an hour and a half Omakase.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I go, we better have 26 hours in a day because two of them are going to be spent at the omaka.

[John Gabris]

Morning. One sausage McMuffin with egg, please.

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[Gabriel Iglesias]

Wait.

[John Gabris]

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[John Gabris]

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[Adam Pally]

Ba da ba ba ba.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But did you get ripped? Because you are. You're coming in here guns blazing. And I said that to you last week. But there's a change.

[Adam Pally]

There's a change.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yes. A marketable change.

[John Gabris]

I never considered you unbuff. You know what I mean?

[Adam Pally]

I don't like. I don't try to dress in a way that accentuates anything. I just, you know, so maybe it's.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Like the heat and your arms are out or something.

[John Gabris]

Sun's out, guns out.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But I saw you last week, too. No, I think. Were you always fit or was there a moment where you were like, oh, my God, I'm on Camera. I'm a leading man.

[Adam Pally]

I'm like, no, no, there was never that. But I was always health conscious. But I would always fluctuate, you know, I'd. You know, I'd, like, get really into it and then kind of stop and then fall out and then get back into it, and then.

[John Gabris]

This is wildly relatable. I've been kind of out of it for about 19 months now. I'm gonna lock in soon. Yeah. Eventually, once I get to hit 45 years old, I'm gonna really start focusing.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

On health, and that's when the body's best.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

But then I would say maybe a couple years ago, I started really getting. Locking in and. And not. Not really.

[John Gabris]

Like, what was the motivation behind that? What. What caused that? It was the job or health itself.

[Adam Pally]

I think it was at the time I was on the verge of turning 50.

[John Gabris]

Damn. It's so complicated with Asian people. Like, yeah, I can't believe you. I thought you were, like, 26.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I was my. I did not know what you were gonna say.

[John Gabris]

Yes. It's so complicated with Asian people. I don't know how to talk about that.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

The hanging, what you ended up saying and what I was like, what is he gonna say?

[Adam Pally]

Oh, yeah.

[John Gabris]

I paused, too, because I was like, why are you saying this?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It must be crazy for a Jew to be going through what's going through right now. It's like, what.

[John Gabris]

You know what's crazy about Jews? Dot.

[Adam Pally]

What?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, but. So that is something I feel like I hit. I now think of every day more than I ever. My mortality is, like, so right in front of me. It happened to me because my. My mother died young and my grandfather died young. My grandfather was 42 when he died of a heart attack. And I just. I turned. I'll be 44. So, like, that this whole last couple two years has been a bit of a. Like, am I gonna make it every day? Which is tough. And I feel like 50 is a natural point for people to feel that.

[Adam Pally]

Definitely. Also, I had a similar thing. My dad, who passed away not too long ago, was. He was. You know, he had lung cancer, and the effects were starting to show, you know, like, I could. And I'd see it every day, him getting weaker and weaker. And so that kind. And it wasn't like a conscious, like, oh, I better start, like, taking care of myself. It just kind of happened naturally from that, you know.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah. Your father passed away.

[John Gabris]

My dad died when I was young, too, and he died from. And along the same lines, my dad died from Brain cancer. But a lot of the doctors were saying they gave him three months to live, and he lived 18 months. And all the doctors said it was because he was so healthy. Despite glioblastoma. He was so healthy. And that's just something that, like, locked into my head of, like, yeah, you. You might want to be prepared for the shit that hits you. Like, being in shape will help you deal with whatever other shit comes in when you roll your ankle or need hip surgery or whatever. When you get older, not already being overweight with, like, a slew of comorbidities would probably be ideal.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah. I mean, I think that similarly, my mother was just not in. Not in good shape.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And, like, you know, a heart attack, it's quick, but it's. When you're talking about death and family and stuff like this, there's all these different. Like, it's like, oh, well, you had to watch it. And yours is quick. You don't know when it's coming. It's like. But you do with someone who's not taking care of themselves. Like, I didn't know it was coming, but I. Looking back, there are plenty of times where I was like, my mom's not in good shape.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You know, and so you're like, you're dealing with that at this age now, and you're like, God, I hope I'm not.

[Adam Pally]

What. What was her, like, spirit like, you know, in terms of, like, did you. Because I think a big part of it for me, too is. Is being having a healthy lifestyle and. And. And exercising regularly. And, like, it. It actually does really well for, like, my spirit, you know, and level of confidence, level of just, like, optimism. And, you know, that's something I learned.

[John Gabris]

In, like, my mid-30s. Was like, I say this all the time, but, like, when I'm younger and people are like, I just. My head is not right unless I run. And I'm like, what the fuck are you talking about? And now as a grown up, I'm like, I'm sorry. I haven't exercised in a few days. That's why I'm depressed.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Oh. I actually need it for functioning more than I need it for cardio or to lose the gut or lose boobs.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And her spirit was like, my. My father is a physician, and he's like, you know, yoked at 75 and, like, you know, can still climb a mountain. Was like, just. He just texted me. He's on vacation at some, like, fancy spa. And they. At the end of your, like, seven days they give out awards and they gave my dad, like, the best hiking award because he would wake up every morning at 5 and hike with the staff to see what the other hikes would be like.

[Adam Pally]

Wow. And I'm, like, talking so, like, inspiring.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I'm, like, talking to him over text. I'm like, fuck you.

[Adam Pally]

You're like, what's the problem?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You. And he's like, how was last night with Gabris?

[John Gabris]

I'm like, yeah, how was two in the morning? You guys are drinking Basil Haydens in your hotel bar for four hours. Yeah, okay.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You know, like. But.

[John Gabris]

But, guys, you're doing mushrooms and floating around the pool.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But. But my mother was definitely more doing mushrooms and floating.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But, you know that the balance of trying, I. I just feel like more mortality and. And especially when you lose a parent.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's so brain chemistry changing.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You know, like, oh, yeah, call is.

[John Gabris]

Coming from inside the house.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Exactly. Everything starts changed at that point for me. Well, especially first, I panicked and I went the other way and was, like, completely destructive.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Well, you go the whole, like, well, if I die in 10 years, it would be a bummer if I wasn't wasted for eight.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

What is that logic? Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You're Wolf of Wall Street.

[John Gabris]

On the boat, I'm Wolf of Wall Street. While coaching improv and making, like, $400 a year off the books.

[Adam Pally]

No, I had that same thing, you know, and when my dad was, like, on his deathbed and the. The nurse was like, you know, should we give him. And, you know, he. He couldn't talk, or he's just kind of laying there and the nurse is, like, talking about whether or not to give him, like, kind of more morphine, you know, and I was just like, give him all the morphine. You know, give him all the morphine. And. And I think I went home that day, was like, I want all the morphine. Yeah. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I was disturbed.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

For the first couple years, and I feel like it was like. Like, you're just. You're saying you're just like, well, it's coming for me.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You, like, you feel like it's like, well, what's the point of any of this? Because, like, it's gonna happen tomorrow. If my grandfather can't even make. It's like, I'm on borrowed time. But then you start to realize that, like, it. You know?

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

What do you do for fitness? What's your go to.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I.

[Adam Pally]

Lift heavy. Lift. Sometimes I'll, like, lift heavy. Every third workout of of each, like kind of part, you know.

[John Gabris]

Are you programming for yourself? Do you have a trainer?

[Adam Pally]

Just by myself. Oh, by myself, yeah. But I write everything down in a little book.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He's by himself now. But like once the industry picks up, once that, Once he gets that.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. Agent Jimmy Woo Marvel Money.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, no, no, I like working out by myself.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. Really?

[Adam Pally]

I love it. Yeah. And I have a little of home gym and the like a makeshift kind of home gym and I just love it. Cuz I just get out of bed, go in the garage and. And, and walk out like a kutra as well.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Like you like a cold plunge and a.

[Adam Pally]

No, no, I don't not do that. No, no, but. But all. So I, so I lift maybe like four, four days. Four or five days a week and then I. And I run.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, what's your Run.

[John Gabris]

Run outside or.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, run outside.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, what's your.

[John Gabris]

That's like some real SoCal privilege. Take it aside for a second, like just getting a run outside. Like it almost never rains. You know what I mean? If you run early enough or late enough, it's not insanely hot, you get like the desert. Cool.

[Adam Pally]

Totally.

[John Gabris]

And it's like, it's such a treat to like live in LA for that reason.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, no, we're going outside.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, you can just jog outside. It's not on fire or.

[Adam Pally]

It's not on fire. Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Or if you're like not being chased by ice guys and baklavas.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Right. You're not being chased out of baklavas is a dessert.

[Adam Pally]

Just holding the dessert.

[John Gabris]

He's like, this is how I'll get this.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's how they're going to immigrate.

[John Gabris]

It's like, well, we'll get them the fuck out of here anyway.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's how they're going to lure the Jews in Italian.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, they're going to. They think I'm going to send me back to Naples. Yeah, I see a lick of Italian. Everyone there hates me. Oh, I finally unpack some shit with my, my mom because her mom died young too. And I was like, oh, where. Where's our family from in Italy? It's like, oh, from Naples. I'm like, oh, the stereotype is that that's where all the criminals live. And my mom's like, yeah, yeah. And I'm like, what do you mean? She's like, yeah, Google your grandma's brother's name. I looked it up and he's a murderer.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

A murderer.

[John Gabris]

Like a mob murderer.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Come on. There's a difference between a Murderer and a mob murderer.

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[John Gabris]

What kind of mileage are you doing running? What's your like? Do you have a go to route?

[Adam Pally]

I do. I have several routes. Sometimes I'll do a short run.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You hit the reservoir or you hit the ocean?

[Adam Pally]

No, no. Oh, sometimes I'll run from. If I'm training for marathon, which I. Which I ran a. I ran a marathon last year.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

26.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah. Yeah. In New York.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Oh, you did the New York Marathon?

[Adam Pally]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Holy. You ran a marathon? You just sold that undersold kind of famously called the New York Marathon.

[Adam Pally]

It was just.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It was on the same route, but it was.

[John Gabris]

I just went back and forth. It's just tap and z back and forth.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Still got my silver cape.

[John Gabris]

Oh, I was doing suicides on the bridge. Okay. Not what I thought you were talking about.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Dude. That's first of all, the most humble way to say you ran the New York Marathon.

[John Gabris]

That's awesome.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Secondly, that's awesome. How is. How many have you done? Is that your first one? Was the training crazy difficult?

[Adam Pally]

You know, it was again on the heels of losing my dad. So, yeah, it was therapeutic. Yeah, it was very therapeutic and. And fun, you know, the training, which is, like, kind of crazy to say. Yeah, yeah. But I really actually enjoyed it. And did you carb load before. Before the actual marathon? You did, because it was glorious.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's the thing I'm always, like, glorifying in my mind.

[John Gabris]

I might run the New York marathon so I can have a bowl of pasta guilt free.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Is that what you're saying?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yes.

[John Gabris]

I might train for seven months so I could eat pasta.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

So I could have one night where I walk into an Italian restaurant with.

[Adam Pally]

Like, you know, I felt like when I. The closest thing I had experienced to that was when I. When I did the interview. And they gave me, like, free rein. Just, like, gain as much weight as you want. And I just was, like, eating everything in Vancouver. And so for a few days before the actual marathon, I was just like, I'm just gonna eat, you know. Well, I mean, not like, total junk.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But did they give you a goal to hit, or did they say, gain as much weight as you want for the interview?

[Adam Pally]

Well, what happened was they were going. They fit me in a prosthetic outfit, like, my whole, like, face. And then they did a screen test of it. This was, like, a couple weeks before filming, and it just didn't quite look right. So they were like, we're not gonna do the prosthetics. Then they didn't say, like, go gain weight, but they only give you a couple weeks because we thought we were going to do the prosthetics. And then. And then they were. They were. I was like, should I go? Should I gain weight? They're like, if you want. You know, I love the idea that.

[John Gabris]

You'Re getting fitted for prosthetics. And then they go, you know what? You don't need them. I'm sorry, hold on. Before we. Why don't I need them? You know what? We're gonna go without.

[Adam Pally]

We're good. We're good.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It won't stick to his fat.

[Adam Pally]

He's falling off. But. But, yeah, yeah, Similar to that. A few days before running the marathon, I just. Just ate so much pasta.

[John Gabris]

That's awesome.

[Adam Pally]

It was so good just to jump.

[John Gabris]

Back to saying training for the marathon is fun for some people that's, like, maybe crazy to wrap their head around. I've done a couple of half marathon. I am not built for running. I am over £300, but I have done a couple of half marathons. The crazy thing about it is running Is one of those things that you're like, when you're running a half mile, you're like, I can never run a mile. This half mile is brutal. And then like, two weeks later, you're like, like, oh, shit. According to my training program, I have to run four miles on Saturday. I've never done. And then when you're training for a marathon like that, you're running a new. The longest you've ever run before in your entire life. So I'm like, yeah, on week nine of marathon training, I'm like, I have to go run 10 miles today.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

I've never. And it's so easy to improve because there is, like, a real growth curve to it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

And then you get better at. You're, you're at the actual mechanics of it. You get the cardio. All of it starts coming into play, and it is the most, like, quantifiable improvement again. Also, why I like lifting weights, where it's like, I did 225 for five yesterday. Today I did it for seven. Or I did 235 for five. And you're just like, that's objectively, scientifically more than I did.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Exactly.

[Adam Pally]

And it doesn't have to be a lot more. It's like literally one rep more or like two and a half pounds heavier. It's like if. As long as you do that every workout.

[John Gabris]

Incremental progression. Yes.

[Adam Pally]

You're, you're, you're, you know, you're. You're going to progress.

[John Gabris]

Go out today and run a quarter mile next Friday, run a half mile Friday after that, run three quarters a mile and keep doing that, and you'll be surprised that you'll eventually run 20.

[Adam Pally]

Miles next thing you know. Yeah. Yeah.

[John Gabris]

The only bummer about training for it is the, the marathon itself or the half marathon, whatever, is a big event day, and it takes a lot out of you, and it's a long chunk.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

But when you're training for the marathon for the weeks before, you're running 20 miles, 18 miles, and those are long journeys. You're like, if you're a parent or whatever, you're like, all right, I'll be back in four hours and I'll be exhausted when I get back. But it does, it starts to build up to this thing where I, I remember just being on vacation with my parents and being like, in Montauk in the humidity, and I'm like, I have to do nine and a half miles on Saturday, and I'm hungover, and I don't even Run fast. So I'm just, like, slogging alongside the boardwalk for, like, so long. And then you do, and you. And then it's done, and you're like, I did it. I couldn't believe, if you asked me six weeks ago, could I have done this? I would have said, you're insane.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Now it seems crazy to do, but I know I could just rebuild it back.

[Adam Pally]

Just like, it's. It's. It's like the atomic habits thing. Right? It's just like. Yeah. Little. Little. Like, just a little progress each time. And for me, the biggest obstacle was the actual marathon because I had to run 20 before that. Right. And. And I had. And there was six more miles, and I was like, oh, gosh. That's kind of like. I've been, like, incrementally, like, huge jump. It's a huge jump. But I heard if you run 20, you could do 20.

[John Gabris]

Yes. They don't. Because you don't want to run, like, 23 two weeks before.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Right.

[John Gabris]

You know? Yeah. Yeah. But if. Yeah, it's one of those things where it's like, you can make it to 20 and don't die. You can just.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Do this for another.

[Adam Pally]

But also, it's like in. You know, I was training in la, where it was hot. I was training, and during heat waves, I was training, you know, and then I. I show up there the morning of the marathon, New York. It was very cool. Perfect weather for running.

[John Gabris]

Hell, yeah.

[Adam Pally]

And then you're running, and there's so many people cheering, and just like, the energy is crazy. So, you know, But I was breezing through up until 24, and then. And then it started to really, like. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And then you're like, wow, two miles is so long. It's so far. Like two miles. I just always think that how far a mile is, you know, you're like, God, this is not 100ft. 100. It's a mile.

[John Gabris]

Like, remember running the mile in gym class? Did you guys have that where you.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Eight minutes was the cutoff? I never got it.

[John Gabris]

Oh, dude. I was like. It was like, me and four goth chicks walking. It was just like, all right. It's like fat guys and the girls who refuse to take off the big boots. This is, you know, 1996 or whatever, so just a bunch of us, like, the absolute, like, Daria Cast, just walking in the back. The energy of the event is crazy. The best one I did was I did the Vegas Half Marathon.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, you've run a bunch.

[John Gabris]

You run the Strip. Dude, that sounds Fun. It's the only time they ever close.

[Adam Pally]

The strip at very hot.

[John Gabris]

And it's. No, it's not night.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, oh.

[John Gabris]

So it's mad chill.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And then you go party.

[John Gabris]

Then you go party. I was supposed to, but I had like a weird shutdown in your body. You were, I did a thing where I was like, I, I, I, I had only run up to 10 miles before the thing and I was like, I'll be able to do 13. And what I said was, if I get to 10 miles and I'm feeling good, I can eat 15 milligrams of weed gummies and finish and know that it's a treat. And I made a playlist that was 45 minutes long. And I said, said, you have to finish the last three miles before this playlist. So I got, I was like, super high to me. Are you okay? And I was like, I'm in the shower. I was like, okay. I should have consulted with someone who knew anything about running and, or weed. I was like, made so many bad.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's one of those moments in life where if you had seen a doctor at that moment, they would have been like, you, you did what? I know you took weed at the end of the marathon.

[John Gabris]

It was like so amazing to run underneath, like all the neon.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Let that enough.

[John Gabris]

That's amazing. One thing about that Vegas marathon also is it's on the strip for almost all of it, but there's like a two mile loop in the middle where you go through the scariest place you've ever been in. You're like, oh, this is why people stay on Strip in the, in Vegas. I feel like it's like a dumpster farm or something. It's absolutely terrifying.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, we, we build them from scratch and then we, we feed them with garbage.

[John Gabris]

They start out as little, little garbage, little garbage can, little bathroom garbage can.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And then you could buy them.

[John Gabris]

Do you listen to music when you run?

[Adam Pally]

You know, I don't.

[John Gabris]

Oh, you raw dog. You raw dog.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Do raw dog flights.

[Adam Pally]

You mean just not watch anything?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, like that trend usually.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, not, I don't follow the trend, but I watch the movie on a flight. Yeah, I mean, I do fall. Not actively. I, I, I, I'll like be on my computer like, like riding or.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I don't watch stuff on planes because I fall asleep the moment I get into my seat. I just like fall asleep. I usually don't wake up until three quarters of whatever journey it is I'm able to get in that seat. It's like, well, nothing I can do.

[John Gabris]

Now I'm the opposite. I consume insane amounts of media. When I'm flying, I'm already watching the movie or the TV series in the lounge and I'm. And I'm just flying.

[Adam Pally]

So I'm just setting yourself up.

[John Gabris]

And I get on. Yeah, I have on my to do list before I fly anywhere is load content onto the iPad. Like, I'm like, oh, that's great, iPad show. I'll stop.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Do you think that soothes, do you think there's an anxiety to flying and that soothes it for you?

[John Gabris]

I am literally like a kid. Like, I eat gummies and then I need my screen time. It's more discomfort than anxiety. I don't feel comfortable on planes. Even in first. Like, I still, I feel all squeezed and stressed and stuff like that. And so I, I just. Noise canceling headphones, some gummies and a fucking iPad or a lot of times the Steam deck, the handheld gaming system.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Which I heard is amazing. So I might go buy before I get on a plane today.

[John Gabris]

Dude, it melts. Fucking plane rides for me. And like, I don't get many opportunities to play 5 hours of video games unbroken, but it feels like when you're in the sky, headed in New York for work, you feel completely justified to do whatever you want.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah. Yeah. I feel like I'm more like you. If I, if I start to watch something, I'll only see the first five minutes and I'll be out.

[John Gabris]

Me too.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I really, like, I, I don't even eat anymore on, on planes. And you?

[Adam Pally]

Oh, I don't either. Yeah.

[John Gabris]

Usually when I'm flying, that's a good sign. When you've flown enough first class that you're like, I don't need to eat. I was gonna say I have a red eye on tomorrow. And they're like, dinner is meatballs. And I'm like, my flight's at 11:55pm eat two meatballs and go right to sleep.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I'm on the red eye tonight at 8pm and I'm thinking to myself, like, whoa, I'll. I'll stop at like Jones on third and grab a salad before so that I don't eat the airplane food. You know what I mean?

[John Gabris]

I always thought it was crazy when the, when you're sitting in first or business and someone busts out like a salad or something else. And I'm like, what are you doing? They got free food or. And for the longest time, like, I couldn't not drink on these flights back in the day. Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

Now I Can't drink.

[John Gabris]

No. Now I do not.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

If I drink on a flight, my legs, like, cramp.

[John Gabris]

I only drink on a flight if I'm with people. And we're landing into party. Party in veg.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Fine one.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. Because it's only two beers in like, you know what I mean? But like going to New York or like, we. We one time were told that we, a bunch of us, rugby play. We were going to Turks and Caicos as a Cayman Islands as a rugby team. And the woman was like, two things. We have no more beer. And separately, the pilot asked that you guys split up because we were so big on one side.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, my God.

[John Gabris]

We hit the split and they had to start moving, like. And now, now the. The flight attendants moving huge guys, big fat guys, guys all my size 300 pounders into other seats on the other side and moving people over. But now someone on this side's getting a £300 drunk rugby player snack. And someone over here sitting in between two £300 drunk rugby players. Everyone was miserable for, like, the last hour. We switched to red wine. We switched to gin and tonics. Just going through everything they had.

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Wait, we just. We accidentally touched on another part of staying alive that when you get older, you realize how important is like, sleep.

[Adam Pally]

Sleep.

[John Gabris]

I used to have a trainer that said sleep is the second most anabolic thing.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I still. I'm a terrible sleeper.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I haven't found my cocktail. I. I've been getting. I know it's because I drink, right?

[John Gabris]

And like, that's what they say is like. Because it helps you fall asleep but gives you worse sleep because the sugar kicks in.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I just, I, I have been getting horrible sleep here. I don't feel I. And I know that it's like, like awful. It's gonna kill me.

[John Gabris]

Do you know what the best sleep in the world is? And this is gonna be too crass, but the best sleep in the world is you wake up and it's five in the morning and you have to shit for some reason because you were like bad the night before. You're like, all right, so I'm taking a dump at 5 in the morning. You're like, I don't have to wake up till 8:30 though, so I can go lay back down after this dump. And then you're as you like going to lay back down. You're like, what if I also jerked off right now and let's just say this happened. Let's just say this happened. Happened 12 hours ago this morning. And I was like, it, I'm gonna jerk up. And then when. And I just going back to sleep like, oh, yeah, this is great. I slept like a angel. Yeah, you get sleep.

[Adam Pally]

I'm a good sleeper. I'm a good sleeper. I. I've always been. My wife is not a great sleeper, which annoys her that I'm such a good sleeper. I could sleep anywhere.

[John Gabris]

You know, I drive my wife crazy. She's like, babe. And I'm already snoring the second we lay down. Do you hear that? I'm like, hear what? She's like, you're a sweet boy. I'm like, so horrible.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, yeah, I'm the same. I'm the same.

[John Gabris]

Another grown up thing. When you, when you want to go to. When you want to be sleeping better, exercising, getting tired, making yourself physically tired. I found I'm like, oh my God, definitely. I need to like lift or do some cardio to help me. Just.

[Adam Pally]

And we know this with our kids, right? It's like when they're running around, you're like, oh, going to sleep. They're going to sleep.

[John Gabris]

Well, you know, if you have a dog, you're like, I got to walk this thing. So it shuts up a couple hours.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah. For some reason, I feel like as you get older, the, the, the mind is working so much harder and you're, you're so much more stimulated with the things that you're going through on a daily basis. Sometimes that winding down becomes even more challenging. Like, you know, like you could be on your feet all day directing a movie. I mean, I'm sure that was like when you, when you were directing that movie.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You're not sleeping well.

[Adam Pally]

Right. Like, you know, I was very conscious of like my sleep during that time. So I was like, I almost over prioritized it because I wanted to be fully present every day. So I was like, I have to sleep. Like, I have to get at the very least this amount of sleep, you know, and to do that, I have to exercise. Right. You know, after a day of shooting, I have to go to the gym.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You were exercising after a day of shooting?

[Adam Pally]

I was.

[John Gabris]

That sounds absolutely crazy. And I barely ever even work, like.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Direct, but I was directing, acting, writing.

[Adam Pally]

I, I, I, I wasn't acting it, I was just, just direct directing.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

But, but I was, it was my first movie that I directed, so I was like, I have to like, do this. Right. And I was, and I was older when I did it, so I, you know, I, I was very, very focused on that. This, it's called Shortcoming. Shortcoming? Yeah, it's on Netflix.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I mean, that's like a huge undertaking. We talked to a couple of our comedian friends, Jillian Bell, who have worked similar, like, areas of the industry.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And then when you direct, it's like, I can't imagine my health even. Like, my fantasy is that when I direct my movie, I'll start smoking cigarettes again, you know? Cause I'll be like, well, him.

[John Gabris]

If you're a director.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, I have my assistant hand rolled.

[John Gabris]

But like ad.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, you were the corner.

[John Gabris]

Oh, he's not. They fire. Good, good, good for optics. Now's the time.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But yeah, like, like I, that's how I look at directing. I'm like, oh, well, all bets will be off on my health.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, yeah, I, I would have, I would have been like that. I feel like, you know, a few years back, but I think at the time when I did it, I was just like, I knew that I just would not be able to function if I, at my sleep a few of.

[John Gabris]

The things we're talking about are all floating around. It's like once, once you like these moments where you're like, I'm in a, I'm, I'm working on location with people, I'm going out every night. Holy, we're in Toronto. I got to see the bars. And then when you, as your life goes on and you do this more and more frequently, you're like, okay, well if I'm going to be flying back and forth across this country like five times a month, I can't get blasted on every flight. Am I going to start direct? If I drive my one movie, I can be bad behavior, but if I want to do, do two movie a movie a year for the rest of my life, maybe I can't activate.

[Adam Pally]

Also, like as you approach 50, things really start to kind of, you know, you really start shedding the, the, the, the dumb stuff, you know, more and, and, and, and, and tried as much as possible to be a little bit more economical with your, you know, with your energy, you know, and, and, and time.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Do you think that's because the stakes are higher? Because it's like, you know, you have a family, you have a wife, you have a job, you like, you know, it's like. It is, it is.

[John Gabris]

I also think part of it might be the, the repercussions of behavior. Like they're harsher now.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, you're not insane. Like, you're not. Like the definition of insanity is like doing the same thing over and over again with the same result.

[John Gabris]

Right. But it's like when you're in your, when you're 25, you're like, okay, I'm on two hours sleep, but I can work this 12 hour shift and fucking get home and bounce back when you're 43, like, I'm on two hours sleep. I'm gonna diarrhea myself.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Oh yeah. The last, I remember the last time I had one of those days where I bit on More than I Can Chew. Work wise, party wise with a work day.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, yeah.

[John Gabris]

It was recently.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

We were, we were together. We were, we were, we were recording and I went out with Steph Curry.

[John Gabris]

Oh yeah. To the pot. The midnight.

[Adam Pally]

I went to. Oh, man. To me that sounds like a nightmare. A midnight pasta dinner.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It was, was. And I'm not used to that because I'm in, I'm usually in another mode, but it was like the warriors were in town. We all went to the game and at the game I'm, you know, like you said, like I'm acting Like, young. I'm acting young and dumb. So I'm like throwing drinks back in the lounge with Ben Affleck.

[Adam Pally]

You know what I mean?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's exciting, you know? And like. And then after that, Steph comes out and he's like, all right, let me just go shower and get a lift in and then we'll go to pasta. And we were like, a lift, lift.

[John Gabris]

Like, does he mean it's like 10:05pM when he's.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's like 10:00 a lift. Does he mean, like, he's gonna lift weights? So, like, we waited for him to work out.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, wow.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And do in the Lakers, like, private clubs, like, more drinks, more appetizers, you know? And like, I forgot why we were there, because I was just like, I. There were so many people just like a party, you know, And I'm like at that level where I get. Where I was just like, not kind of seeing anything. I was just like walking around like, doing bits and. And then he comes out. It's like, we're going to dinner.

[John Gabris]

And it's like some restaurant that stayed open because Steph Curry's bringing a crowd. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

A table of 40, you know, and wine's flowing and there's like. You know, and it was one of the best nights.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

That's worth it. That's worth.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Ever.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. That's like credit card roulette, Cass.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And I jump out the window.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

David throws me off the roof. I'm attached to like a chain of sheep that he.

[Adam Pally]

Over. Yeah. That.

[John Gabris]

That.

[Adam Pally]

That I would. I would do.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Right.

[Adam Pally]

That I would.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That. And I was like pushing, pushing, pushing, knowing we had an 8am yeah. Call time.

[Adam Pally]

And.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And it was like, really?

[John Gabris]

I called you in the morning.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

And you were like, thank God you did this.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Oh, yeah. If you had to call me. I woke up in the bathroom. Oh. At like 43. And it was so much harder.

[John Gabris]

And like, again, I just sit in a chair and talk. It's like, it's Is essentially our job is easy, but when you are beat up, all of a sudden it seems like the hardest thing in the fucking world.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Just get. Just doing that was so much harder than any time. I stayed out all night and then did 14 hours on happy Endings. Like.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That was child's play.

[John Gabris]

I used to. When I was a PA at VH1, I used to play in the company soccer league and we'd play against other. And one night after a Thursday night soccer game, after the 10 hour PA shift, then play Thursday night Soccer game. We start drinking. Someone goes, you know, the buses to AC Run all night long from the Port Authority. And I'm like, I'll go if you go. And then three guys, none of us could back down. We went to Atlantic City, gambled and drank all night. Got back on a 6am bus back to New York City with everyone else commuting, and just went to work at 10am same clothes, knees dirty from. We didn't get a hotel room or anything. We just gambled and drank and partied the whole night. Turned around, came back, and I worked another 10 hours. And I was like, I've been up for like, 30 hours. Transcribed. Chuck. Nice interviews and shit. Best week. Shout out. Best week ever. With dirt on my knees, hungover as Fuck. I drank a 40 of Bud Ice on the ride up. That's how.

[Adam Pally]

How old were you at that time?

[John Gabris]

I was probably 23 or 24.

[Adam Pally]

That's all you do.

[John Gabris]

I could do it.

[Adam Pally]

That's what you do.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, but I feel like. And you know what?

[John Gabris]

Like, then you eat, like, three hoagies, like, throughout the day. I'm gonna go get a breakfast hoagie. And then you're at lunch. Like, I think it's lunch hoagie time. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And then you're like, dinner hoagie.

[Adam Pally]

You get to the farm with spaghetti in it. Yeah. Y.

[John Gabris]

I'm carb loading. I'm running a marathon tomorrow. It's in New York. Maybe you've heard of it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's how I'm actually getting there. Oh, man.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah. No, none of that for me anymore. So I couldn't.

[John Gabris]

Would you recommend we try. Not necessarily together or anything like that. Would you recommend doing the New York marathon?

[Adam Pally]

Highly recommend. Yeah. Especially for you, since you've run marathons.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. I've never done a year full. Full. And it seems like it would be such an.

[Adam Pally]

And I mean, the both of you. I. It was such a special experience. You really.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

How long did you start training?

[Adam Pally]

I started training maybe about four months before.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

So, like, now, what are we.

[Adam Pally]

July? Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

October. End of October.

[Adam Pally]

I need a little bit more.

[John Gabris]

I need a little bit more of a Runway.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah, it's. It's. And. And less so about. I mean, the marathon is incredible, but really about, like, setting this goal for yourself that you think is impossible. And. And then kind of again, incrementally, kind of just like, you know, getting to a point where it doesn't seem impossible, but still seems very daunting.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

And then doing it like. Like, and just that feeling, you know that feeling I love.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

My dad did it at 21 and then at 29 I think, think and, and the pictures are amazing.

[John Gabris]

They're like it's not going to be easier once we're 50.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, it's.

[Adam Pally]

But I told myself when I was 50 specifically that's when I'm going to do it. When I, the year I turn 50, that's what I'm going to do.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

If we got a company to, to pay for the three of us to train and do it together, would you.

[Adam Pally]

I would, I would do it with, even without a company. If you guys.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Well, hold on. I'm negotiating.

[Adam Pally]

But if you guys want to train and work towards the that I would totally be.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You would do that with us.

[Adam Pally]

Oh yeah.

[John Gabris]

The company's Lockheed Martin.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

BlackRock. BlackRock.

[Adam Pally]

The company is ice.

[John Gabris]

We have to wear masks. Very frustrating.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I was going to ask you like because your Subaru is so military style, are there times when you're getting in it where people think you're ice?

[John Gabris]

People. People think I'm ice when I get out because I have the build of a gravy. Se was.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Gravy.

[Adam Pally]

But yeah, I, I, I like, I, I, it was such a special experience and, and I hadn't experienced something quite like that.

[John Gabris]

It's like an intense community. I've went to marathon parties where you stand like at a, a part where they run by and you find yourself like really cheering for people.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah. Yeah.

[John Gabris]

And when I, when I did the halfs people are along the road route to support their friends and it's like a really.

[Adam Pally]

But that was a crazy thing because I'm like, you know, I think of myself and would I like go to a marathon and cheer people on and just see them for like one second pass by me and it's like F1, right?

[John Gabris]

The energy of the, the, it's like a, a pop up community.

[Adam Pally]

It's incredible.

[John Gabris]

It's crazy. Like I don't care about this at all. Now I'm going to my friends because my friends like a, a cross country guy and he loves marathon. He's like we. And it goes right past our house. We can watch it from the and now we're up there and I'm like it's amazing. It's, it's truly a beautiful thing. Now I'm like talking about this. I'm like talking myself. I'm also like a box checker and going through as listeners of the podcast learning an extreme midlife crisis. So I'm like I should Run the New York Marathon.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, I would do it. I would do it. Paid.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Corporation get at us. Like, there's a corporation that like wants.

[John Gabris]

Dude, let's talk to the gummy company. Company, sure.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Or Saucony. Like if there's a company that wants to pay us to do it, I would love to do it.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But I, I just think of it. I have such a bad, like, as a born and bred New Yorker marathon day just like me all the time, traffic wise. Yeah, it's like the worst day of the year. You can't get in.

[John Gabris]

That's why you stopped going to the Puerto Rican day parade too.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

100. Well, no, no, no. That, that was because of my, I.

[John Gabris]

Was asked to stop showing up.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, that was different. That was because I guess my signs weren't appropriate.

[Adam Pally]

But it did make, make me really fall in. I mean, I've always loved New York, but especially, you know, as a New Yorker, I feel like you should experience it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I would love to do that because I, I really don't see it. I, I see it now from my car. Like I drive so much in New York. I'm like in, in an episode of Seinfeld.

[John Gabris]

Like I said, comedians and cars.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

God forbid. No, no, no, no. I, I, I really would do it. You know, my, my sister in law did year. It was like a really another reason I have like a bad taste of my, my, my brother in law, they f. Had a hernia and he had to get hip surgery and so he was going to be like out of commission. And then his wife had been training for the New York Marathon and broke her hip running the New York Marathon like a week before he had to get hip surgery and both of had it had to have their hips on at the same time. And they have like twin girls and, and like they're really Brooklyn and they were like, the New York Marathon killed us.

[John Gabris]

Well, there's also something kind of like, you know, interesting about the idea of like you're looking at this event as like I just need to survive it. You know what I mean? Like, you don't have a time in mind. Like that doesn't matter. You're like suggesting you live through.

[Adam Pally]

I had, I did not care. I just wanted to finish it. I just want, I ran it. I never stopped.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

If you don't mind me asking. Under four?

[Adam Pally]

Four?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, under five.

[Adam Pally]

I don't even remember. It was, it was, it was, it was.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's going to be good.

[Adam Pally]

All I know is I beat Oprah's time because that's what somebody told me, whatever that was.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Take that someone from the back was like, Whoa, 502. I mean, my thing was productions free.

[Adam Pally]

My thing was just to finish it. But. But I. My second thing was I just want to do it without stopping. Stopping. And. And I was able to do.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You didn't stop? You didn't. You didn't walk?

[Adam Pally]

No, I didn't walk.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

See that?

[John Gabris]

I walked a few times and I can't. Half marriage.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, but that's okay.

[Adam Pally]

It's just finishing it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I can't imagine not walking because I don't run. Like, on my runs, I walk. Yeah, I can't imagine.

[John Gabris]

But you just gotta, like, add a half mile every Saturday until you're doing 20 miles. And then, like, it's crazy.

[Adam Pally]

And then, I mean, do you get the runner's high?

[John Gabris]

You. It's a real thing.

[Adam Pally]

It's a real thing.

[John Gabris]

It's crazy. I mean, I listen to audio.

[Adam Pally]

It's a. It's a. It's a great high.

[John Gabris]

I listen to audiobooks when I run too, because then I feel like I'm in, like, Dragon Ball Z or something. I'm like, I'm improving my body and my mind. Like, I feel like, super powerful.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Are they like wellness books?

[John Gabris]

Like, no, no, it's just like. It's books that I read previously as books that I'm re. Listening to because then it's okay to, like, miss a couple of things. But also, for me, I'm not running at a pace where I need music, and then music comes in at the end at like. You know what I mean? Like, I saved a book for the Vegas marathon. I'm like, all right. The Drizzit Worden CR Chronicles. You know, like, some.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

How fast can you. You can listen the whole thing on a run or you speed up the time.

[John Gabris]

No, no, no, no. I. I don't. I. You know, then on the next run, I throw it back on or whatever. You know what I mean?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Oh, you're just. Till I get bored.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. I just saved it on the. For the run because I was like, I'm looking forward to listening to this book. And it'll. For me, it's the. The audio is also, like, a distraction from, like, what I'm dealing with with my body.

[Adam Pally]

Sometimes I will listen to audiobooks or. Or I'll. I'll listen to, like, guided meditations.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

That's something I might add in informative things.

[John Gabris]

Distraction.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[John Gabris]

It's like doing equations in your head so you don't feel how Much. Your feet hurt.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Exactly.

[Adam Pally]

Howard.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I'm a big Howard runner.

[John Gabris]

Oh, that's a good question.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Which is. I know a lot of people are. Would be like, how are you running? To Howard listeners, We would love to.

[John Gabris]

Find out if you listen to Staying Alive when you run. If you do reach out to somebody. I don't want to talk to you. One of our. One of our social media people.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You're listening to it when you run.

[John Gabris]

I guess comment on this episode's Instagram with the fact that you're on. Because I do look at the Instagram.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah, I look at that.

[Adam Pally]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But I don't listen to podcasts. Really. When I run.

[John Gabris]

I do, too, I guess.

[Adam Pally]

Why don't we make a pact?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah.

[Adam Pally]

When you guys turn 50 or before 50.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Well, you. Yeah, yeah.

[John Gabris]

But again, he's Asian.

[Adam Pally]

We'll run.

[John Gabris]

He'll run.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Too long. Still too long of a gap before what the last thing was.

[John Gabris]

I'm trying to build a pattern out of my racism.

[Adam Pally]

But let's make a fat. We will run the marathon together. New York City Marathon.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Honestly, I'm.

[John Gabris]

Before I turn 50.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Randall, you're the best.

[John Gabris]

Thanks so much for.

[Adam Pally]

Thank you, guys.

[John Gabris]

I'm, like, inspired.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, good, good, good.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

You're inspired.

[John Gabris]

I'm truly inspired. Here's the thing. When we're recording this, I'm leaving for two and a half weeks on the east coast where I'm going to be out of my routine and out of, like, the gym and stuff. But I'll be lakeside and beachside for a time. Long lot of it. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And I'll be with you by the beach.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I'm. I can keep you accountable.

[John Gabris]

Right. But that. My plan is I'm going to bring my. I'm going to run for exercise because I got to go to the gym or, you know, so I'm going to start maybe kick off this. Trying to get back into light running fitness. I'm going to start this week.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Look who's calling me.

[John Gabris]

Just talk to him on the phone. Yes or. Yeah, answer it. Former or upcoming guest on the podcast.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Hi, I'm recording right now with Gabrius.

[John Gabris]

Hello, Anthony.

[Adam Pally]

Hello. Are you both in New York?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No, we're in la.

[Adam Pally]

Oh, that's nice. That's even better.

[John Gabris]

Well, have fun. Go record. And Davis, I'll call you back because I felt like I cut that combo.

[Adam Pally]

Short on the subway.

[John Gabris]

Bro, we talked for 20 minutes only. You think we cut that short? I know.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I love you.

[John Gabris]

Love you, buddy.

[Adam Pally]

Bye.

[John Gabris]

We had a long one.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

What Isn't a long one. That was the shortest conversation I've ever had with Same. But so you're, you're gonna start. So running is your exercise?

[John Gabris]

Well, because I'm just gonna be on the road and it's like a good. And I'm, I'm also doing more standup and stuff, so I'm gonna be leaving and a friend of mine once got me into running as like a tourist thing. Like, well, you know, city too.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Like, you know who did that for me is our mutual friend Justin Tyler.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He was the one in all in every city when we were shooting 101 places season one. And I'm gonna start referring to his season one because I do believe it's coming back that he was the one that every morning, no matter how. And, and he's an amazing person to do. I've known him since we were babies. I mean, literally since we were 21.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. We all met at the same time. We're all put on the first Harold team.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He's al. Always been like this. That no matter.

[John Gabris]

Indestructible.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He's indestructible. Terminator. No matter how hard we go, how little sleep he gets and how little. And he goes hard. Yeah, I, I, I'm sorry if his family's listening.

[John Gabris]

No, he does go hard.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He goes hard. But like, no matter what. Wakes up in the morning and was. It became clockwork. I could be like, did you get your running? And he would show me his phone and it would be like six miles around Denver.

[John Gabris]

Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And he would be like, the city's awesome. And he would know the coffee shops and he would know all this. It was like, oh, you, when you run through the city, you see the city in a different way.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, it's cool. And he, he's inspirational. Like, he, he gets up and gets his run in every single day.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's wild. Yeah, it's wild. I mean, I always sound like he could also serve to do some abs and chest, but you know, he's all ass, that guy. He's all ass. One big butt.

[John Gabris]

He's got the Tyler back guard on him for sure.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

He's built like Tom Cruise.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. Randall was inspirational. His, his vibes are impeccable. If anyone has ever watched anything he does, you just know, like, his energy is so cool.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I knew you guys would hit it off. Yeah, I mean, he's just like so, so positive. He, he, he's, he was an improviser. When I asked him if he's been on stage, he was an improviser when he was young. And he has that feeling, you know, he has. Like, he's probably one of the best people to be on a team with.

[John Gabris]

Yeah, he's very chill vibes. And you're like. And. But that New York marathon thing kind of is hitting me kind of hard right now.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I mean, honestly, I need a lot.

[John Gabris]

Of change in my life for a lot of reasons, because what we talked about in the intro, you know, like, I really should be running, Right?

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Exactly. There's a lot of things you should be doing, but I think that a.

[John Gabris]

Lot of things I should stop doing.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But I think that I'm not. I'm not prescribed. I can't tell you. I don't even know what they are because I'm probably doing the same things.

[John Gabris]

Not all. I hope to God you aren't doing everything.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I don't think I am. But, like, I, I. I think that, you know, people always say, like, men in the gym is like, it's like, I'm in therapy. I go to the gym.

[John Gabris]

Right. Yeah.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But, like, running like that. He was saying he found it after his dad passed away, which was really, to me, again, like, we were. I was saying, I. I went the other way initially.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. Same.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

But how lucky to catch that wave where you're like. Like, it's an amazing thing to use running and. And getting your mind right through physical fitness. Fitness is. Is. That's what was inspiring to me.

[John Gabris]

Like, yeah, let's do it.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

I'm down if there's. But again, I need a company to pay for it or my wife won't let me.

[John Gabris]

Right. You can't. You can't be doing, like, two hour runs.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

No.

[John Gabris]

Multiple times a week without knowing a.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

First job could be like, Danielle, like, I have to do this because I have to finish the marathon because I Saucony won't pay me X amount of dollars if I don't. Then it's like, okay. But if I'm just like, okay, Gabriel's not going running. The.

[John Gabris]

You are. Yeah. You got to pick up.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's Saturday.

[John Gabris]

Yeah. It's shopping.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

It's.

[John Gabris]

We don't have a n. The nanny's off on Saturdays. Where are you going? You're going fucking running.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Yeah. We don't have a weekend nanny doing.

[John Gabris]

Three hours in the park.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Well, I look like we got a weekend nanny. I only did, like, 70 episodes of television. Stay Alive.

[John Gabris]

You have been listening to Staying Alive with John Gabris and Adam Pally, a smartless media production in association with Sirius.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

And XM Produced by Devin Tory Bryant and Anne Harris. Engineered and edited by Devin Tory Bryant, who also wrote the music.

[John Gabris]

Associate producer and video producer is Maddie McCann, social media producer Tommy Galgano, assistant engineer Kyle McGraw.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Special thanks to Jared O' Connell at Sirius XM.

[John Gabris]

Executive producers are John Gabris, Ooh me. Adam Pally, Ooh you Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Richard Richard Corson and Bernie Kaminsky. Do us a favor. Just rate and review the podcast. It actually helps.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Just so everyone knows we do not.

[John Gabris]

Have a discord, don't reach out to us.

[Adam Pally]

See us on the street.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

Walk the other way or you'll catch hands. Is there anything that you want us to make sure we highlight in some sort of social package for your for an upcoming project? Great corporate we did it.

[John Gabris]

Suck it. Smart list.

[Gabriel Iglesias]

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