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In todayβs podcast, Dr. Alex Jimenez and PUSH Fitness owner, Daniel Alvarado discuss how PUSH was created and demonstrate how the right motivation can help people achieve their goals as well as, improving their overall health and wellness.
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[00:00:01]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β You know what keeps them moving and growing and living? Tell me. It is another catfish or that predator. So we never have predators in our lives. We stay stuck, and we donβt progress anything. So every time we ask God to take away the stress or God take away this issue. Weβre asking God to make us weaker, not stronger. OK. Because instead of asking like, βHey God? Make me more creative. Make me more passionate, make me more patient.β We ask for, hey, take away this, but then we still want everything else that comes along with it. How does that work? Itβs not easy.
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[00:00:41]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β I donβt know. I mean, if you think about itβs from the first time weβre born. Itβs not easy. You got to be one in a trillion sperm, really, and only God is very clear that if you donβt get to that egg first, youβre done. So from the moment where weβre given a chance, weβre on the point of destruction from the beginning. Exactly. So, in essence, why did that sperm get to that egg? So you can pass and fight through it.
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[00:01:19]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Β All right, so then you think of everything else as far as how people complain, how people say, you know, I want more money, I want this, but they donβt look at everybodyβs backstory, the backend and the behind the curtains. They think, βOh man, Jimenez, you are a doctor?β You donβt know how many times youβve lost and rebuilt your practice or if youβre a gym owner and you havenβt made it. You donβt know how often you have to go in at 4:00 in the morning to get a workout in because you have to train people all day long to ensure that this business stays afloat. You know, people donβt see the back. You see, theyβre quick to say, Oh, must be easy. No, itβs not easy until you step into the personβs shoes because youβre the one that has to sign the checks. Youβre the one that has to stay up at night and figure out payroll. Youβre the one that has to be creative and figure out how youβre going to make ends meet. You are the one that constantly has to be on it. You know, as much as you want to kick back and say whatever and do this, and I would love to work out four or five hours a day. Thatβs my passion and your passion.
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[00:02:23]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Itβs my passion too.
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[00:02:24]Β Daniel Alvarado: And can we? No, right. What do we have to do? Do we have to be meticulous? We have to be disciplined and ensure we have a proper order to stay on top of the schedule. Yes or no? Absolutely. Exactly. You know, so Iβm saying at the end of the day that if you donβt have something chasing you, I mean, you become fat and dormant and become lazy.
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[00:02:45]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β I think nature is designed to eliminate you. Alex would say, you know, itβs survival, the fittest limiting the species or whatever heβd call it when heβs in biochemistry. You see, I got to tell you itβs not easy to be a business owner. Itβs not. Itβs not easy when you have no sleep. Ever since Iβve known you, youβve put the time in from early hours, and you here at 4:30 in the morning and here what time it is? Now youβre here, and weβre here sharing some stories. You know, itβs one of those things where itβs going to be nonstop all our lives. But hereβs the thing if you donβt do it, it doesnβt stimulate you to become good at what you do, right? You become lethargic. Everything goes bad. You slowly begin the process of ceasing to exist.Β
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[00:03:36]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Right. So we all need rest to rejuvenate. Get creative. Itβs scientifically proven. You need that to reset. You have to. Otherwise, you burn out. Right? But after how many days of rest, one or two where you get this disconnect spastic. Then afterward, you are like, βAlright, cool. I rested enough.β So you donβt stay stuck there.
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[00:04:04]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β No, and I pray for vacation, right? And when I get it, after about three days, Iβm like, OK, all right. Iβm done.
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[00:04:10]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Letβs go.
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[00:04:11]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Yeah, OK, what Iβm going to break. What am I going to do? Thatβs how we are.
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[00:04:15]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Exactly. But thatβs what makes you so successful.
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[00:04:17]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*: Yeah. Well, it drives us, and it drives us to create who we are. And it also gives us a vision as to what weβre going to do. When we start this podcast, you know, Daniel, we want to get or tell the people a bit of the story of what you do and tell them about, you know, where youβve been and whatβs been happening with you. OK. So for me, itβs very important to share with the people what is happening. Iβve always been one to say, you know, I see how hard you work, and I see how much effort you put into things. But Iβd like to know a bit of you as to what made you and what kind of makes you click a little bit. When I discuss these things, I want to ask you what made you begin PUSH? What made you start this massive organization?
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[00:05:16]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β I want to reach the masses of people and help people. So in all reality, my sister, my brother-in-law, my brother, weβve all come from platforms as far as Iβm speaking, preaching, singing, whatever it is. I was always kind of the black sheep. And I mean it in a good way because I wasnβt trained differently. I just was very rebellious. That makes any sense. I wanted to create my own. So if someone is going right, I go left. If the people go right, I go left. I was always trying to find a different way, and I was stubborn enough to become the most successful by the end. But thatβs what allowed me to create this place to reach the masses of people and have my platform of change in peopleβs lives.
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[00:06:14]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Let me ask you when you first started PUSH; what was your reason you started it out? You were always into fitness ever since Iβve known you; youβve always been into a deep understanding. You see, I love sharing that story with people about when I first met you; you were driven. I mean, you were hunting for knowledge. You were trying to figure out what it was that made people tick, and you wanted to teach peopleβ¦ A little cocky, Iβd say. But being 18 years old, I mean, who isnβt right at that age? You havenβt been thumped in the head a couple of times. But you did, and you shared it with people, and you did that. But what made you? What drove you? Because I got to tell you, Iβm a big believer, Daniel, about when you evaluate families, I see how hard your dad works. I see how your momβs incredible in terms of what she does. She wins these CrossFit competitions just on meer drive. You have to turn off the lights to get her off the wall because she keeps on going, right? I mean, what is it that what do you feel drove you and what started the whole philosophy of trying to help people out?
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[00:07:24]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β I mean, you put in my parentβs work ethic; they just never stop. They still donβt stop and try to move forward despite what life throws at them, and theyβre successful in their way. They never stop working towards their marriage, towards their love, towards serving each other. They showed me that we always have to help people, and they serve each other. They serve at the church, and they serve wherever they go. No matter where my dad is, heβs always trying to help. It doesnβt matter. You try to take out your trash can and table; whatever it is, he will help. But thatβs where I learned it from him. You donβt just go anywhere and just be wherever you go. You always serve. And thatβs my interfaith mentality. You know, itβs biblical. Wherever you are, we are supposed to serve people as husbands and wives. Weβre supposed to serve each other. Thatβs what makes us so successful. You know, you look at Jesus in the Bible, and what do you do? You serve people. He helped people. Not the norm. The most unorthodox, nonreligious people. You know, all the people there that needed the most help, not the most religious. And I think thatβs what I love to do. I love helping the people that need the most help. The unconventional. Not the people that are all ready to let go. I mean, donβt get me wrong, I do love helping them. But I guess I like helping the unorthodox.
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[00:09:08]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Yeah. You know what, when you mentioned that about your dad, one of the things I noticed is that I came here to work out at around six oβclock in the morning and it was freezing outside, literally freezing. You had a flat tire. Your dad was lifting in the car by himself to get that tire up. Yeah, it was crazy. By the time I got there, I was like, Is this guy working on it? There was no jack, and he was picking up the car himself. Heβs pushing that thing up and lifting the vehicle to fit the tire on. I was like; You got to be kidding me. You didnβt even know until I told you, and you said, βMan, my dad never asked for help.β, you know, he does it. Thatβs one of the things you said, and thatβs who we are. We are our parents. We eventually become our parents to some extent, and thatβs very much how you are. Your philosophies have guided the PUSH fitness entourage, and the people who come here have been like extreme athletes. Tell me a bit of that in terms of what drove you to pick athleticism as your way of serving.
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[00:10:11]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β I think Iβve seen the potential of what people can be pushed to if you believe in them. Often, people will, you know, people do believe in themselves, but itβs amazing what you see people become or individuals or athletes. When you say, Hey, I believe you. Someone that is not your mom, not your dad, because itβs kind of expected. You know, not that they have to tell you that, but you know, itβs kind of sometimes expected. Youβre right. Yes, exactly. But then you have this stranger saying, I believe you genuinely wholeheartedly, and it brings out that much more in you. I know thatβs how I was, and I still remember various times where you tapped me on the shoulder and said, you know. What are you doing? You can, and Iβm very different; I donβt need someone to preach to me. It might get going, and that gets you going to move on to the next level of the mountain. And thatβs what I love seeing as a potential that you could bring down in all individuals.
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[00:11:32]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β When you see it, pretty much youβve been able to see everyone crack. What is it you look for when you see them kind of hit that wall when you start working with an individual with a specific set, whatever sport theyβre in, or whatever their dreams are? Weight loss or whatever it is. What is it you look for?
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[00:11:50]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β To see the reason why theyβre quitting. Are they genuinely tired, or have they been babied so much by society that they donβt know how to push for themselves anymore? Itβs a sensitive society nowadays; you canβt push kids because they get their feelings hurt or feel this way or that way. And sometimes itβs like you got to wake your butt up; if not, you will not make it in this life. Nothing comes easy, and I think weβre expecting things to become easy because weβre, you know, microwave generation, where everything wants to be done so quickly. So I look for the reason as to why theyβre quitting. This is genuinely why they are tired, and are they going to throw up? All right. But you remember firsthand that when I worked out with you, I went to the restroom and threw up. I came right back. Why? Because itβs what you build with that person that respect, you know, why would you want someone who is an equivalent you when he gets hard, you know?
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[00:12:59]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Yeah, exactly right.
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[00:13:00]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β How are you going to count on them? How do you depend on them? When it gets tough, they are going to jump off the wagon; thatβs it. You are left alone.
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[00:13:09]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β You know youβre given responsibility. A huge one with a lot of the El Paso kids in whatever sports they do and whatever the sport, whether it be agility, sport-based or just some sort of sport-based system where theyβre just kind of, you know, letβs say, hockey or even things like tennis or golf. But they all have a moment of reaching within. I love how you do that in terms of going ahead and seeing the depths of what is wrong with them, and you can connect with them like no other. Iβve noticed that every single time with my kids, too, when you train them. Did you ask why? So really, at that point, you know, no one cares what you know, they care that you care and that caring allows them to open up, huh?
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[00:13:55]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Right? Yeah, it does. You know, it makes them feel like, you know, I do have it in me. I need a quit babying in myself. And I need to get up and get after this because no one will give it to me, and I got to get up after it and work for it. Period.
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[00:14:11]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β I would tell my daughter when they would come in and say, βYou know what? Iβm not coming in, you know, Iβm not going today.β And I said, All right, well, let me call Daniel. βNo!β Now they sense the obligation and trust you have put into their hearts like no other? Because thatβs what they want. They want someone to believe in them.
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[00:14:35]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Exactly, to push them.
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[00:14:37]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Thatβs why the push to PUSH, you know, thereβs another way thereβs the adage the push. You know, these are vital points. Do you have to deal with the mind-stuff while working with them? How do you work on developing a childβs mind or working them through their mental impediments or their mental kind of dynamics to make them better of who they are? If that makes sense.Β
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[00:15:04]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β You had to build a foundation with them. First, you had to build trust with them. You can just go in and yell at them, Hey, letβs go. Move your butt! You know, you canβt do that. You have to build a relationship first, have them trust you, and understand why youβre pushing them. And then when theyβre at the brink of giving up, and you yell at them, and they know why youβre screaming at them. A good parent after they spank them and ground them. Theyβll tell them the reason why they did that. But they donβt stop loving them. They appreciate it because they know theyβre wrong. Right? Itβs the same concept here. Obviously, I yell at them after they know, like, hey yeah, I was sulking, and you start feeling sorry for myself and get after it, right?
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[00:15:53]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β You know, from my own experience with what you did. You see, you have a lot of moms watching you train their kids. Moms are sharp. Thereβs nothing more intelligent than a mother in this world. And they intuitively, they understand, and they feel the depths of the change in the child. Right? So when they see the depths of the difference in the child, they trust you. And this is in mass because I have like a whole wall of families, moms, dads. They bring their kids no matter what. Tired, cold, sleet, rain, snow. They bring their kids here to train with you and your entire crew with the philosophies of pushing to those limits. You know, how does that feel when you see those kids excel?
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[00:16:45]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β I feel proud. Iβm pretty much over the moon because you see the hard work you took to instill that time into them and make sure their full potential came out. So itβs rewarding, and itβs inexplicable.
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[00:17:03]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Let me ask you this. Youβre not young, and youβre in your 30s, which is a very young age. However, youβve lived long enough to see some of these kids go on in to do their thing. Tell me how that feels in terms of you watching them develop in terms of their theyβre who they are, and what they develop because of the foundation, or at least influenced by the foundation of just donβt give up and keep on pushing through it. How does it feel? What do you think?
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[00:17:36]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β In a lot of sense, a lot of pride, because you can see what they could have been in there, what they couldnβt have been in times. Some kids do come from poor extremities. And so to see them excel believing themselves, go to college, get a successful job, and be something of a higher profession that otherwise they thought they couldnβt build or settle for less and not letting them settle for less is amazing. Thatβs why I keep doing what Iβm doing.
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[00:18:17]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Do these kids keep calling you and talking to you personally?
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[00:18:21]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Yeah, they do. They still keep up with me as far as what theyβre doing, how theyβre doing. Theyβll come in and work out. So, you know, to share with me everything. Itβs fun. You build that long-lasting relationship.
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[00:18:35]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β If you could come up with a couple of words indicating what makes PUSH unique and you can look deep inside your heart and figure out what it would be a word to get an obituary being read about you. What would they say about PUSH and you, huh? Would you want them to say?
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[00:18:55]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Honestly, that they had somebody other than their parents believe in them.
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[00:19:03]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Thatβs amazing. Thatβs a considerable component of everything thatβs going on. When do you think someone actually should be coming out to this place and enjoying the kind of lifestyle that this place, you know, helps enhance their lives with? When is that time?
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[00:19:21]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Whenever. Whenever you want to be a better version of yourself.
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[00:19:25]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β What do you think people sometimes think about, you know, why shouldnβt they come in? What should not be an impediment of them coming in here?
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[00:19:35]Β Daniel Alvarado: Their image. They canβt do it, that theyβre not like, you know, theyβre obese, having problems, low back problems, and looking foolish. You know, the whole thing is that in the day, weβve all looked foolish to an extent or another. But the point is if I always assumed what others thought and paid attention to how I felt this was for members and not being good enough, then I wouldnβt be where Iβm at.
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[00:20:03]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β I tell you, Iβve learned a lot from you, and if anything, my kids have learned a lot from you by just your persistence. You know, I can honestly tell you that my son is better as an athlete because of your relationship with you. But let me ask you, what kind of physical and emotional changes have you watched your clients attain their goals?
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[00:20:34]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β Hearing people say. βHe saved me from diabetic medications.β We hear people say like I would have died, been in this obese state, and you saved my life. And thatβs how do you not get emotional with things like that? How do you not get emotional and people saying, like, you know, I thought I couldnβt walk or had this muscle imbalance, or how do you say where I have this one client that couldnβt build muscle? I canβt remember the terminology, but the fact that she can build muscle now, where the doctor told her she wouldnβt be able to squat a bar, and now sheβs squatting over one hundred and thirty-five pounds, thatβs phenomenal. How does that not keep you motivated to get up every day when you donβt feel like getting up? You know, and Iβll repeat it, in King Davidβs words. You know when you had to encourage yourself because somebody is not always there to inspire you. So you do have to encourage yourself so you can be the best or somebody else that needs it more than you. Ultimately, someone has more complicated than you, and you can always help somebody under you.
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[00:21:52]Β Dr. Alex Jimenez DC*:Β Well, Daniel, you said it is very short and essential keywords. You know, we appreciate you. Weβre here at the push fitness center. You know you got some information there that you can use to find Mr. Alvarado. The PUSH fitness center is a monster center with many people who care and change peopleβs lives. Suppose you guys have any questions, comments, or ideas about what we do for people. Let us know, and weβre here to serve as Daniel is. Thank you very much, brother, and I appreciate everything youβve done. And God bless, brother.
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[00:22:32]Β Daniel Alvarado:Β God bless. Thank you.
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