In this inspiring episode of The Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show, Jeff Ross sits down with fitness entrepreneur and faith-driven coach Johnny Els, the founder of TrueFit Academy. From burnout to building a global movement, Johnny shares how he integrates faith, fitness, and AI-powered marketing to help men step into discipline, structure, and lasting transformation. If you're a dad ready to trade excuses for action, this one’s for you.
“It’s what you do in the dark that puts you in the light.” – Michael Phelps (shared by Johnny)
“A goal without a plan is just a dream. And motion is lotion, mate. Let’s get moving.” – Jeff Ross
“I want to talk to a human being. I want to hear the human behind the answer.” – Johnny Els
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Jeff Ross (00:00) Well, good day legends. My name's Jeff Ross. I'm your host for today's podcast episode. ⁓ dad of three wild, amazing boys living down here in Tasmania, Australia, also known as the, the caffeinated kangaroo in human form. Of course. ⁓ I'm the founder of the laptop lifestyle dad show. And this podcast is for freedom seeker online entrepreneurs, affiliate dads and moms, and anyone who's ready to rewrite the nine to five grind, you know, and leverage tools like AI and social selling and community building.
to be able to help you to build a business by design so you can live your life. Today's guest is a powerhouse. He's a man of faith, a freedom builder, and a fitness entrepreneur who's flipping the script on what success really looks like. Johnny Ells is the founder of TrueFit. He went from burnout to breakthrough and now leads a movement that fuses faith, fitness, and freedom. And he's using AI, content, social media to scale his mission to go to the world and beyond.
So let's dive in. So good day, Johnny. It's great to connect with you here today. Thank you very much for saying yes to jump you on and being a guest. Brother, let's take us back right back to the moment you knew something had to change. You know, what was the shift that sparked TrueFit?
Johnny Els (01:13)
Yeah, thanks lot, Jeff, for having me on the show. It's a pleasure. ⁓ Yeah, I've been an athlete pretty much my entire life. I swam in college. I coached the Texas A Triathlon team. And it wasn't really until then when I really found a passion for just helping other people just kind of learn more about how they can take care of their bodies and fuel themselves properly so that they can actually reach any kind of goal that they may have. Now, back when I was in college, I was
uh, training with, uh, pretty like some hardcore triathletes at the time. Uh, but once I graduated, I, uh, I moved and I became a certified personal trainer. And the first thing that I realized when it came to helping people is there's not a lot of, uh, confident information out there to where people were, will follow and actually reach their goals in a, in a healthy and sustainable way. I feel like there's a lot of.
misinformation, there's so much information on the internet that people get overwhelmed and they just don't know what's the right thing for them or if it is, if it's even gonna work long term or not. ⁓ when I started coaching people, I sit out on a mission to just help people in the best way that I know possible. I think where it all started for me is when I was going through middle school and high school sports, I was not.
Jeff Ross (02:17)
Yeah.
Johnny Els (02:36)
personally, I was not really educated a ton on ⁓ what nutrition does for your body and how you can you know use that to help you feel better and help you perform better and just kind of help you grow into a much better human and so when I started helping people I figured that that was or I just learned that was a big issue that a lot of people were running into it. We're just not informed, right? And so
That's kind of what sparked the whole thing. created TrueFit because I wanted people to truly understand their body type, how metabolism works, how certain food groups support your body in a way to where, I mean, you can live the most incredible, energized, confident, motivating lifestyle just by doing the right things.
Jeff Ross (03:26)
I want to talk a bit about that. So talk about the discipline really of doing the right things, right? And there's, seems to be there, there's a real huge difference between being formed versus informed. You know, there's a lot of noise out there on the internet. There's a lot of information, right? We can all go get informed until the cows come home. But the difference between actually taking that knowledge and applying it to help us to become formed. What are some of the things that you, you see out there?
Johnny Els (03:46)
Right.
Jeff Ross (03:55)
to help people to do just that.
Johnny Els (03:57)
That's a really good question. I feel like there are so many different types of people out there with different schedules, different restrictions, ⁓ different jobs, family, lifestyle, environment. There's so many things that kind of come into play with how you end up living your life. And so I feel like the biggest thing that's helped out a lot of people is just understanding what's gonna work best for you.
Right? Because what's going to work best for you, Jeff, might not work best for me and vice versa. Right? Because we have different lives, we have different goals. And that's the problem with a lot of the big corporations who sell to millions of people is this is kind of a very basic cookie cutter program. Yes, it will work if you follow it, but sometimes people have restrictions. People aren't able to do certain things. And so it doesn't really match.
Jeff Ross (04:23)
Yeah, I love that.
Yeah.
Johnny Els (04:52)
what you need specifically, right? And so I just, yeah.
Jeff Ross (04:56)
It's fascinating. Sorry, it's fascinating
you say that because I see a lot of thought leaders, know, experts in their world today and it seems to be a big shift that I'm noticing that, you know, we're trying to get away from trying to fit everybody into a box and looking at, you know, my normal is not your normal and vice versa. You know, that whole concept of normal around society is what is normal at the end of the day. And
Johnny Els (05:24)
Yeah.
Jeff Ross (05:25)
It's not necessarily when you're working with, you know, a student or a coach or whatever, it's been able to have the fundamentals, you know, the experience of the wisdom, to be able to go to the individual and meet them where they're at and then almost go, hey, maybe for you it's not an either or conversation. It's an and conversation. Are you finding that as well?
Johnny Els (05:51)
Yeah, definitely. mean, I feel like whenever I work with somebody, I have to learn everything about their life and their schedule and what they're, what they like and dislike. because that way, when you start building something that's going to work good for you, you need to know exactly what it is. Right. And it could be a multiple different things. ⁓ in my life, I've gone through a lot of trial and error with what works and what doesn't work. Sometimes it takes months to figure out if, if something works.
you know, doing cardio before versus after weights or having protein before after workouts, you know, there's definitely a lot of different theories out there about what works and what doesn't work. I ⁓ mean, it's 2025. I mean, we've pretty much nailed it down to what's going to work, what's not going to work. But it's also just about finding something that you're comfortable with, right? Because if you, let's say, if you sign up for a 75 hard, I mean, you go through it, it's going to be brutal.
⁓ you'll most likely hit the results that you want, but then once the challenge is over, now what? Right. It's kind of like you.
Jeff Ross (06:57)
Yeah, exactly. Now what?
It's, ⁓ it's like almost like going to a Tony Robbins weekend, you know, you know, and getting all of the, the, the mind candy, if you will, for, for the weekend, getting blown away. And then you go back to your, you know, your everyday normal. then now what? Right. You know, how do you continue that? And that's what I'm talking about. This difference between becoming formed versus informed.
Johnny Els (07:15)
You go back to your normal routine. Yeah.
Jeff Ross (07:26)
And the ones that I see that are forming or being formed are people who have done the discipline, who have done the 10,000 hours, have got the trial by error, the wisdom to fail forward fast, all of that, right? ⁓ So let's move on to talk a little bit about business, because thank you very much for just letting us get to know who you are a little bit and seeing a bit more of your heart. But you've built more than a brand around TrueFit.
Johnny Els (07:41)
Right. Yeah.
Yeah, of course.
Jeff Ross (07:55)
What I can see is you're building a movement. So how is using tools like today, as well as AI and social selling and social media, how has that changed the way that you grow TrueFit today?
Johnny Els (08:09)
You know, it's crazy because I mean, I grew up in the nineties. So everything, you know, with tick tock out nowadays and, and, know, ads literally being everywhere. It's just, I feel like it's, it is hard to understand what's going to work, what doesn't work. mean, algorithms are constantly changing as well with social media. So, ⁓ again, a lot of it, a lot of it's trial and error just to kind of see what's going to go viral. What's not going to go viral. ⁓ but I need to go back to my roots because.
Jeff Ross (08:15)
Like that, right?
Johnny Els (08:38)
The whole reason I started TrueFit was to help people, right? I mean, yeah, I grow this business because I want to make money for sure. But yeah, but the whole goal is to help people, you know, live a healthier and better life. So especially with Facebook, with Instagram, ⁓ even with TikTok, I give out a lot of just helpful information. People, know, things that I think people are really going to want to want to try out valuable information, things that are going to make sense.
Jeff Ross (08:46)
Of it's a by-product.
Johnny Els (09:08)
Because if I can make that connection with somebody and they trust me and they, and they try something that I gave, like I gave some sort of tip and they, and they tried it out and it worked. Right. Well, that just makes them even more motivating to keep on going. Right. Which is the whole reason why I'm here. So.
Jeff Ross (09:23)
That's it. Yeah, I
love that. It's coming back to that mission, right?
Johnny Els (09:28)
Right, right. And so at first it was about helping people. Then as I started growing on Instagram and on Facebook, getting a lot of different clients, I actually had to up my prices at some point because there were so many people who were wanting to work with me. I kind of changed my message to be more inspirational at that time, right? Posted a lot of short list photos on Instagram, you know, showing off a lot of transformations on Facebook. And although people like seeing that type of stuff, it's not about
just being inspirational, right? ⁓ In my case, again, I love working one-on-one with people and I just found out that I get better results when I work one-on-one with people because then I am fully engaged and I know everything about them and I'm actually able to help them on their level, right?
Jeff Ross (10:16)
Yeah,
as a coach in my own right, I can totally connect with that. You know, I teach people how to find their voice and how to elevate their voice, you know, on social media. And I do group coaching as well versus one-on-one. And I'll, yeah, I think the difference is, and I'll ask you, what do you think the difference is? I think it's the intimacy. Is that right? Like because you're more intimate, more connected, you can get a bigger result. Yeah. Bigger impact.
Johnny Els (10:20)
Yeah.
Definitely like I'll run free seminars in my Facebook group and I'll give out my you know I'll give out promotions and things like that which which works out you sometimes you know it's always fun to help out people on a massive scale ⁓ But again it is hard if I'm selling a 30-day program to help you lose 10 pounds by following two rules for example ⁓ these two rules, I mean you pay a hundred bucks for the whole for the whole month, but
Jeff Ross (10:52)
Mmm.
Johnny Els (11:06)
It's not personal, right? Yeah, these two rules of wear will definitely help you out, lose weight and feel better. But I can tell you right now, if you did something that's a little bit more customized to the individual, ⁓ one, you can charge more, but two, you just see way better results. yeah.
Jeff Ross (11:08)
Yeah.
Yeah. And it's
the two key words that jump out through this whole conversation. Even if we go right back to the beginning is that intimacy and connection that helps you to do what you do best, but also to help the see the person, help them feel valued, seen, heard and known to help them get the best result.
Johnny Els (11:43)
Definitely. It's almost like hiring a therapist in a way, right? ⁓ In no way am I a therapist at all. ⁓ But mindset is a huge part of this, right? And it's about finding someone who you trust, you can rely on, right? Who you can be completely open with because that way they know you, they understand where you're coming from. They're not gonna make you feel like crap if you do something wrong or anything like that. And I've been like that my entire life.
Jeff Ross (11:47)
Mm.
Hahaha
Of course.
Yeah.
That's it.
Johnny Els (12:12)
getting to know people on a personal level.
Jeff Ross (12:14)
Well, you read every personal development book out there and the crux of it all is this think, do, have, right? So it doesn't matter what we're doing. There's a lot of mindset stuff there that needs to be tackled first on to be able to have that thing to have. you personally, you know, got an amazing mission ahead of you. I love that to be able to help us to really tap into our health because when our health is wealth, you know, without it, we don't really have anything. And it helps us to thrive in life and
Johnny Els (12:41)
Definitely.
Jeff Ross (12:43)
You know, I'm on my journey, you know, I'm 130 kilos, I'm probably 30 kilos overweight, but I've got my own stories and all that, my own excuses that I've been holding onto and losing that baggage. But, you know, I'm on my journey. I'm drinking now three liters of water a day. I'm eating right and I'm losing weight and I'm feeling much more alive because of it. You know, so I want to come back to the business and the marketing side of things. first off, you know,
Are you leveraging AI? And if so, how are you using it to lighten the load with deepening your message to create a stronger connection with your audience?
Johnny Els (13:21)
Well, so I'm still looking to getting AI integrated into my system in terms of like booking calls for me and finding ideal clients and things like that. Where I have found AI very, very helpful is when it comes to locating my ideal client, right? Finding and also figuring out specifically what their pain points are.
Jeff Ross (13:42)
Yeah, right.
Yeah.
Johnny Els (13:48)
Right? Because people who have different incomes, different lives in different places of the world, ⁓ one kid versus five kids, there's a lot of different demographics that go into finding at least my ideal client who one is actually willing to invest in their health, but two also can show that they're committed to it. Right? It's really hard working with people who are kind of half-assed in their way through things because
You know, I'm here to help you and I want you to receive the highest value you can. So you need to be putting in the work. ⁓ just finding the right people, knowing what they're into, where they hang out, what their goals are in life, and just also knowing how to speak directly to their pain points. Because that's the biggest point about all of this is understanding emotionally where they are, what they're struggling with. And then in six months time or five years time,
where they wanna be, how they wanna feel, like what kind of role model do they wanna be, right? ⁓
Jeff Ross (14:51)
Well, we're all walking talking
skin bags full of human emotion, right? So we need to learn how to really tap into that emotion. And, you know, I love how you're using AI to help you to go deeper into the research of it all, to understand your audience deeper in that space. That's a brilliant way to be leveraging it. Because I see, you know, there seems to be this, you know, once again, a bit of a divide us versus them. There are people who using it, you know, to ways to look for us that are a placement.
Johnny Els (14:58)
yeah.
Jeff Ross (15:19)
And then there are people who are looking at ways to use for an extension, you know, to, to, you know, I'm more for it's AI plus your heart equals your superpower, right? It's an extension of what we do. So how do you balance heart led service, you know, meeting people where they're at to be able to help them get the best version of themselves with smart systems and funnels and automation of today's world?
Johnny Els (15:41)
I mean, I love using AI to get like some really good ideas in terms of like what to post on Facebook, what to post on Instagram, how to hook people in, like what the next steps are that they, you know, for them in terms of like landing a client. ⁓ But when it comes to, you know, direct messaging somebody or hopping on calls with people, I do that by myself 100 % all the time. ⁓ mean, personally, if I'm looking to invest in
a software, I don't want some robot trying to sell me, right? Like I want to talk to a human being. want to ask person, I want to ask like real questions and I want to, I want to hear the human behind the answer as well. Right. Yeah.
Jeff Ross (16:14)
I love that.
Yeah, that's it. And there's a lot of
noise, you know, because of AI, there is a lot of noise out there and more content than ever. And I love that you want to, know, that human connection, right? Because that's where I feel is a bit of a void that's opening up. Those of us who can really tap in and high tech and high human touch are the ones that are going to win, you know, in that space.
How do you see the future of marketing for our businesses unfolding in this space in the next five years to come?
Johnny Els (16:55)
Man, AI has already grown so much and it's been out for maybe like a year, a year and a half maybe. ⁓ It's just wild and there are so many different things that people can do. People are starting to use AI to create systems for them so that they can find new clients. It just goes on and on and on, which is wild. And I feel like I'm not doing a good job of keeping up with all of the new stuff. It's difficult, but ⁓ I mean, I can see AI like,
writing emails, writing Facebook posts, responding to people who have questions, ⁓ booking calls for me, doing automatic text messages for accountability. There are so many different things that you can do. But again, I'm kind of old school. It takes the human out of everything. I want to be able to connect with my clients. I want to be able to understand them, ask questions, and listen to what they have to say. That way I can respond in a way that
Jeff Ross (17:42)
Mmm.
Johnny Els (17:54)
is gonna allow them to trust me.
Jeff Ross (17:56)
That's it. And that's, I'm glad that you brought that up because that word trust, you know, I believe that, you know, the, world that we have today, trust is at an all time low. You know, people are starving for trust, starving for connection. The way AI has helped me to support me in that space is by understanding buying psychology and understanding neuroscience. Like, I mean, I'm a high school dropout. I didn't go to university to learn all this, but
because I've got that knowledge base now, I can go deeper in that space and create content and speak directly more to my audience's heart. That's just one way where that partnership has come together and that marriage, if you will, is serving in this space. love it. so, yeah, if we can look to ways to embrace it, to help us to support on how to build trust, not take trust away, I think that's the question that we all need to be asking ourselves, right?
Johnny Els (18:51)
yeah, because I can't tell you how many times I've posted a question in a Facebook group and most of the comments were, this is a computer or this is a bot or whatever. And even though it 100 % is not, it's just me posting a question. People are already starting to see like some trends on social media about how people are trying to get people to comment or sign up for something.
Jeff Ross (18:58)
Yeah, chat jpg, yeah, yeah.
Johnny Els (19:16)
In my opinion, sometimes it becomes too like icky. It becomes like salesy almost. We're just trying to mask out with people or mask it emails or phone numbers. Like it works sometimes, but I'm just more about those personal connections. Like I want to make sure that if you're going to hire someone like me to solve this big problem that you have, like it needs to be a guarantee. Like I am going to solve this problem for you.
Jeff Ross (19:21)
Yeah, they're trying to game the system.
Yeah. And I, yeah, once again, glad you brought that up because it is, it doesn't feel salesy, Nikki. And, and, you know, I've been in this game for 16 years. I've seen just about nearly every evolution from SEO to, you e-commerce to the whole way. And now we've got AI in our space in the last three years. And the key difference for me is if it's making me feel like you're trying to automate things just for the sake of getting the sale, you've lost me.
Johnny Els (19:57)
yeah.
Jeff Ross (20:11)
you know, in that space. But if you're using it in a way that helped me feel more seen, heard, valued, known and loved, if you've connected, then great. That's where we need to go down that path, right? Yeah. Cool. So you've built a life, you know, with TrueFit here and you built some freedom into your life around that. So what does the laptop lifestyle actually look like for you now?
Johnny Els (20:23)
Definitely. 100%. Yeah.
Like my day to day typically. Well, so it's actually kind of cool. I'm definitely a morning person. My wife is not a morning person. So ⁓ on the days she works from home, I typically get up much earlier than her, is kind of nice. But then some days she goes into the office just depending on what she's going on with work. ⁓ But I get up early. I ⁓ pray, I read a devotional from some of the many books that I have over here.
Jeff Ross (20:37)
Yeah.
Johnny Els (21:04)
I like reading a chapter between pitch anything, persuasion, just to kind of get my business mind activated a little bit as well. And then I put in a solid, maybe two hours of work, just either posting content, responding to people, ⁓ posting help, posting free guides, ⁓ connecting with people on LinkedIn about my podcast, which is a pretty cool thing that I've started recently. ⁓ Just really try to put two hours of
of really good work in, the morning. That, then that way, whenever I go make breakfast, if I go to the gym later that day, I actually feel really good about the work that I've put in. Yeah. so I'll make a healthy breakfast. I'll go to the gym. I'll walk a little bit, come back. I, we got a dog, so I'm walking him five times a day. ⁓ but, then I usually try to save my one-to-one coaching calls or any kind of potential client calls for the afternoon, because most people either have work or they have kids. So.
Jeff Ross (21:41)
Accomplice. Yeah. Yeah.
Johnny Els (22:03)
Most of the time they can connect after around around 4 p.m. So around 4 to 6 I kind of leave open for for for coaching calls and things like that too. So it's a full day. I mean I take some time off to maybe watch an episode of something or go to the gym or you know, spend some time with my dog or something but It's funny ever since I became an entrepreneur. It's like I don't really have work hours anymore. I'm working all the time now
Jeff Ross (22:30)
Yeah,
Johnny Els (22:31)
People will message
Jeff Ross (22:31)
I just.
Johnny Els (22:32)
me at 930 at night saying, hey, I saw your stuff. Can I book a call with you? And I'm like, yeah, tomorrow. We'll do it tomorrow, but yeah.
Jeff Ross (22:36)
huh. ⁓ huh. ⁓ huh.
Yep. Let's just park that. I just had a really good conversation with a new client of mine. She's just coming out of a pretty high end corporate job in the entertainment and book space. And you know, she's shifting, shifting into this entrepreneurial space and starting her own thing. And, and the comment I said, how are you finding it? And she said, look, I love the freedom that I've got, but it's really hard to, you know, get motivated to work from home sometimes. Right.
And you got to create that. What I love about your day to day, and I'm glad that I asked that question, is you've got structure. You've got your big rocks in first and you're fitting in the sand around it. And you've got that structure. And that's what we need, right? Because as entrepreneurs, we don't have a time clock where we clock on and clock off. We don't have the systems already built out for us and the boundaries that are there. We've got to create that ourselves.
Johnny Els (23:06)
yeah.
Right.
Right.
Jeff Ross (23:35)
You know, if you're listening to this interview and you're just going through that transition from whatever it is, nine to five to, you know, this lifestyle, just know that yes, there's freedom in it, but you've got to be disciplined in there and obedient to the structure to get where you need to be. Right. I've had to go through that my journey myself. And so I really wanted to highlight that. Thank you very much for bringing that up. So just.
Johnny Els (24:00)
Yeah, of course.
Jeff Ross (24:01)
Just a quick open mic, so if you had one word of wisdom to be able to share with our audience, what would that be?
Johnny Els (24:07)
One word or like a phrase. Um, you know, I've been asked this question on other podcasts before, and I love this quote. So I'm going to just say it again. It's a quote by Michael Phelps. Uh, and he says, it's what you do in the dark that puts you in the light.
Jeff Ross (24:08)
⁓ a phrase, yeah, you know, some of the same. ⁓
Yeah, I love that. Yeah.
Johnny Els (24:27)
So
I find that in my own personal health and fitness journey, I see that in my business, in my relationship with my wife, with my family. Like if you want a certain outcome, you gotta put time and effort into focusing on that outcome, even if it means you're taking time away from what you wanna do. And I know it stings, but whatever this is that you want for yourself in the future,
Jeff Ross (24:49)
Yeah, love that.
We've got to get focused, right?
Johnny Els (24:59)
better health, more money, better relationships, whatever, we gotta get focused.
Jeff Ross (25:03)
Yeah. And I love acronyms and focus for me stands for follow one course until successful. Like just let's just get going. Like let's focus. Yeah. So let's do a little bit of rapid fire here. Let's wrap this up. So just quickly just answer the questions that come to the top of the mind and we'll go fast here. So what is your go-to tool for staying in shape mentally?
Johnny Els (25:11)
I like that. Yeah.
Swimming. But not a lot of people can swim, so walking for sure. Yeah, I wouldn't call it a swimmer, so I love swimming. It's kind of my piece. It's almost like my yoga, but ⁓ for people who don't know how to just swim laps, go on a long nature walk. would clear your mind, yeah.
Jeff Ross (25:25)
Swimming. I love that.
Walking. Yeah, get out there and get moving.
Yeah, I love that. Yeah.
And what's one AI tool that you're in love with right now? What's one AI tool that you're using?
Johnny Els (25:51)
Look, chat GPT is just so conversational and you can ask it to ask you questions and focus on this and focus on that. And this is what I want and ask me questions. it's, it's very conversational and it'll kind of give you some really helpful feedback.
Jeff Ross (26:05)
Yep. Cool. And a real man is someone who, fill in the blank.
Johnny Els (26:10)
Steps up.
Jeff Ross (26:12)
I love that, steps up. Yep, steps up and shines and serves, right? Step up in there and serve in there, that leadership, that hero maker. I love that.
Johnny Els (26:20)
You know, we
did something like this in church a couple of weeks ago. was a whole two week ⁓ series about men and how they need to step up and you need to be the father figure. You need to provide for your family. You need to be in shape. You need to take care of your mindset. Like your family and your business depends on you. So you got to step up and take care of yourself.
Jeff Ross (26:44)
Yeah, but I love that. And for me, it's step up and serve. You know, it's not to be served, it's to be of service. And you've got to look at every area of your life in ways that you can serve because then that's when you get that space, then that's when everything starts to fall in. I love that. Cool. So I'll ask the question, you know, I'll put you on the spot here. If you don't, it's all right. I've got you. What's the worst dad joke you've ever told?
Johnny Els (27:01)
Definitely.
This is from Spongebob. This is a joke I've had in my mind a long time. ⁓
Why couldn't the kid go see the pirate movie? It was written in argh.
Jeff Ross (27:18)
I know why is that.
I love it. ⁓ Cool. Well, mine is, what do you call a cow with two legs?
Johnny Els (27:24)
That's silly.
Jeff Ross (27:27)
Lean beef of course.
Johnny Els (27:30)
Lee and me.
Jeff Ross (27:32)
⁓ Well, Johnny, this has been an absolute magic today. Thank you very much, man. I really appreciate you. Your story is a reminder that when purpose meets process, anything is possible. And for the legends listening, you if you want to follow ⁓ True Fit and you want to connect with Johnny, where's the best place that they connect with you, Johnny?
Johnny Els (27:33)
That's good.
Instagram and my website both of it is true fit Academy You guys go check it out. You just go check out some go check out my book I written that I'm getting it published right now, but you can get it off my website but go call of me off of Instagram Just so I can get to learn who you are and we can we can chat and just see if this would be a good fit or not
Jeff Ross (28:10)
Yeah, brilliant. And do the intimacy. Go through and ask Johnny the hard questions, because I'm sure he'll come back and you'll love that. So, champion, what would you say to the dad, especially, who's stuck in the grind and needs to step, you know, make that first step out in faith into fitness and freedom?
Johnny Els (28:27)
Get some structure. If you're a businessman, you have structure in your business. If you are stay at home dad, I'm sure you have structure with your kids. ⁓ Pick up, drop off, meals, shopping, whatever. If you need help with your health and fitness, get some structure. Figure out what you need to do in the morning versus the evening. ⁓ You gotta incorporate some resistance training, weight lifting. ⁓ If you don't have time for any of that,
you need to start walking because motion is lotion is what my wife's Pilates instructor said. ⁓ Motion is lotion. Yeah. Keep everything loose. Keep it energized. But you got to take time. You got to commit.
Jeff Ross (29:02)
I love that. Yeah.
Yeah, and I love that structure. That's a awesome word of wisdom. So guys, that's Boom Source for this episode. That's another Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show episode done and dusted. Thank you, Johnny, for showing up and being our amazing guest. And Legends, if this has hit home, I want you to tag Johnny as well, and me, and share what landed for you. But also, freedom isn't a dream. As Johnny just said, it takes structure and it takes a plan. A goal without a plan?
is just a dream and we need the plan, the roadmap to get where we need to be and we also need to understand what it is what sucks will looks like we're escaping what we're moving from. So let's build on it one rep at a time, one post, one conversation at a time and let's go. Thank you very much for your time legends. We'll see on the next one. Bye for now.
Johnny Els (30:01)
Thanks,
Jeff.