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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

Yeah.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

Yeah.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

I think, I think the first, you know, my connection to him was Ian.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

Larry was his coach.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

So crazy enough, 2023, when I was grinding, when I first moved to Austin, I was grinding for, you know, selling coaching to people.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

I get a call and this guy's like, yeah, like I'm on tour.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

You know, I want to run on that.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

I want to run around the Island of Bali.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And I'm like, Oh, like you're like a musician.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And he's like,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

No, he's like, I'm Jelly Roll's chef.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And I was like, holy shit, like that's crazy.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And then come to find out he's like, he won chef of the year for the UFC.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And like, and I'm coaching this guy.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

So that's how I got the in with Jelly is I gained the trust of Ian.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And Ian was like, oh, like, you know, Matt's personality, who he is, like, you know, and he pitched it to Jelly where he's like, because Ian wasn't there the whole time.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And the problem was, and you probably saw this with Jelly, Jelly and Ian are like side by side at all times.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

And Ian was gonna be gone and Jelly wasn't gonna have anyone to train with.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

Yeah, yeah.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
247. Matt Johnson: Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss, Running 842 Miles & Escaping Addiction

So they brought in a secondary chef, but then they wanted to bring me in to kind of play that Ian role to help him, to have somebody there to train with.