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Welcome to another episode of the Pulse Beats sponsored by Cardio Miracle.
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Uh we are so excited today.
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We we have a guest in here that um I've got a bio for him.
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I'm gonna read and introduce him.
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And um his name is Josh Murray.
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He's had over 15 years of professional acting experience.
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He debuted nationally in TV movie Killing Lincoln as Assassin Lewis Powell, executive produced by Ridley Scott and narrated by Tom Hanks.
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It set a record in viewership on the National Geographic Channel and was nominated for three primetime Emmys.
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Since then, he has appeared in dozens of films and television shows, including NBC Revolution, General Hospital, and Inheritance.
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He was most recently seen in theaters with the true life story of Protocol 7, opposite Matthew Marsden, Rachel Whittle, and Eric Roberts.
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Josh is also a film producer with his soon-to-be-release feature film Jim Rat, a thriller set in the the world of bodybuilding.
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Josh's diverse interests include playing music, sailing, scuba diving, as well as a passion for health and fitness, having coached scores of people to a breakthrough in their health.
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Josh Murray, what a pleasure it is to have you on the show today.
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How are you doing today?
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Good to see you, Josh.
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Yeah, I'm fantastic, man.
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Awesome, man.
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Yeah.
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Sorry, I I was like, I was going through that.
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I was I was loading it in my teleprompter, and I was like, I'm I'm just gonna read this so I have it.
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So forgive the the head down, but um no man, it's it's such a pleasure.
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You know, we've we've been able to work together a little bit uh with Cardio Miracle and and with your with some of your passion projects.
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And what I wanted to discuss with you today is is more about that.
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If if you could kind of give us an overview on your passion projects, what you're working on, and how all of this has come about for you and and how it's how's it going?
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Yeah, thank you, Josh.
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Um, well, to to dovetail on that with uh with Jim Rat, um, I can go as deep as you want, but uh this is my first feature film as a lead producer uh and also acting in.
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And uh we have been working on this for years now, and uh I'm actually gonna be looking at a semi-locked version of it today for final notes uh with the director.
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And um we're we're looking at wrapping up the next week or so having the film done.
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And uh yeah, thanks to you guys, uh Cardi Miracle, for for sponsoring the film and for joining us.
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Um and it was cool having you on set to uh to to shoot um Lou scene.
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So uh Lu Ferigno has has joined our cast, uh, was the final piece of the movie, which was which was great.
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Um, he was just an awesome addition to the project.
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And yeah, we're we're finally wrapping it out and getting ready to uh start the wonderful wild world of distribution and marketing and getting it out there into the world very soon.
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Um, but uh the film in brief is uh is about a fitness freak uh who's obsessed with becoming Mr.
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Olympia and all things incredible Hulk as well.
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Um deals with a lot of uh issues related to mental health as well as physical health, um addictions versus transformation.
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Uh and and uh we we've uh we put a lot of of themes into the into the film um that that deal with some of those issues that I'm I'm passionate about.
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Um and uh could speak speak a whole podcast just on some of those topics for sure.
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But you know, let me know what you want to focus on.
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No, I I know it's a loaded question, Josh, and I appreciate it.
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And you you said Lou Ferrigno's in the film, and that was quite um it was it was quite starstruck to to even see Lou, but to you know watch him you know coming out and walking around in a robe was I was like, oh my gosh, he's human, he's real, you know.
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So it was pretty cool.
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Yeah, I really enjoyed that.
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So how long has that has that process taken with Jim Radd?
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I understand it was it's been a while, hasn't it?
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Yeah.
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So uh six years ago, we started kind of started pre-production.
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We started preparing to uh you know get the the cast and the um the you know the locations and the team, the crew together for filming.
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Um, and we started filming that year, and then we had a couple of other phases of production um because we didn't end up raising enough money to get the film in the can originally.
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Um and uh being my first film, I did not want to let six years go by trying to raise money to shoot a film one day.
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I wanted to really move forward in in the current season however I could.
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And I in retrospect, it was kind of a tough way to do it, but maybe the only way to do it, and I I feel like it was helpful for me to prove myself kind of one stage at a time and say, like, well, what do we have right now?
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Let's move forward, let's do what we can.
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And then when I have you know actual footage and actual headway um to be able to say, okay, well, here's what we've accomplished with this little bit of resource, you know, let's let's ask for more people to jump on board.
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And and that's how it worked, you know, when we went through the COVID pandemic, you know, shutdowns and all the challenges with that, which was was really tough for a couple of years to make headway.
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Um, but uh I feel like in retrospect, I was able to kind of prove myself as a filmmaker, not just an actor in the process.
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And we were able to make progress with what we had.
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And once once we got you know this segment of the filmmaking process done with what we had, you know, the next chunk would happen would come through.
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And it was really like kind of, you know, they say you know, hand to mouth, but we really like we did the best we could with what we had, and each stage um it led to a little bit more momentum, and some more people would jump on and be like, oh, that's cool what you're doing, you know, I'll support you.
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And then we would get a little more and we would make a little more headway.
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Um, and that that kind of continued all the way through the end of last year and got the last piece into place to really finish this film strong.
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And um, yeah, like I said, six years later, we're we're looking at finally having a film that we can screen.
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That that is amazing.
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It's an amazing story, you know, and it's it's such a testament to in my opinion.
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I don't I don't know, I don't know the first thing about film and raising money and all of that, but I do know about sparing no expense and making sure that you stick with it so that you can can make sure that you have a quality, a quality product, you know, something that you're passionate about, and also that you know can help hundreds of thousands of people and that see it and can be impacted by it.
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So I love that.
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And and speaking of kind of dovetailing on that, um, can you tell us a little bit about Protocol 7 and and how that was um being involved with that movie?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Um, so Protocol 7 uh is uh um inspired by um a true story of a whistleblower who worked at Merck on the MMR vaccine.
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Uh I ended up getting to play uh a character that was representing or based on uh that character.
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Uh um sorry, that man, my character was based on that man who was a whistleblower at Merck in real life.
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Um and uh the film deals with the the falsification uh of testing.
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It centers around that, around the court case uh to do with that um issue.
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And um yeah, Protocol 7 interestingly, interestingly enough, came came through me through uh through my friend Greg, who who worked on Gymrat, um, and uh really appreciated you know my talent and also uh my stance on medical freedom uh and some of the um some of the hard choices I've had to make in the in the industry in recent years.
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And and he told them about me.
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Um and they ended up uh inviting me to audition, got to meet uh Dr.
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Wakefield, and um Andy was really appreciative of both both my talent and and uh my convictions and felt like it was a good fit.
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And so um it was in 20, I guess 2022, um, that they finally got greenlit and got the funding for that, and we got to shoot it.
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Um, and it was an awesome experience.
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Uh, there's just a lot of camaraderie, um, just a lot of um uh just mutual understanding and just a great atmosphere on set working with everyone.
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Uh, had a blast working with Rachel and Matthew, uh, especially on the cast and um and Andy and and the producers, um, Joey and Brian, just all just a really, really great team.
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And uh last last year came out in theaters.
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Um, and so we got to to travel around the country a bit.
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We came to the Salt Lake to screen it, we went to New York, Austin, LA, um, probably like a dozen different screenings I went to.
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And it was just really, really cool um to see it in so many audiences all over the country in theaters.
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Um, and I I can tell you, I don't think I went to a single event where I didn't have some person come up after me, you know, with tears in their eyes saying, like, I live this story, or like I have a son or a daughter, or I have a relative who was affected by this issue and um who's still suffering today in some cases.
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And um I I think in the uh the LA premiere, I had a couple of mothers who were literally waiting outside the theater who had gone to a different screening that just wanted to to say hi and to say thank you for for helping to get our story out into the world.
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And um, it's crazy to me, you know, it is obviously such a controversial topic in our society.
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Um, and there's so many people who um who may who may be not receptive you know to the story or the message of the film, um, who who are so disconnected from the reality of these people that I've gotten to spend time with face to face and and live it.
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Um and I think that if more people, you know, could could confront you know the reality of people's experiences like that, they would would look beyond just whatever you know news articles or or uh medical journals have told them to think what to think about.
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Totally, man.
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And and you know, when you're when you're spitting facts, right, when you're bringing facts to the forefront, and the this is not an idea.
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This is not like uh you know something that you're just throwing out there and you're dreaming up, like this, these things really happened, which is amazing to me.
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And I love that you that you are at the forefront of pushing that forward.
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And that's exactly what we try to do, obviously, with nitric oxide therapy and cardiomerical.
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And you know, we're like going back to the whole sparing no expense thing, like John Hewlett, you know, putting together this formulation of a 58 whole food and or whole and organic fruits and vegetables, um, making sure that we have 100% efficacy and that people are able to live and have that vitality and the the vitamin D delivery, the nitric oxide delivery, and uh everything that's available to them.
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Um that's what we're trying to do as well.
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So it's almost like I love how we're we're you know, our our missions align in s in such different capacities.
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And um I just that's why we're so excited to to be able to work with you and and uh partner up, so to speak, and and support you guys, uh you and your team, and however we can, you know.
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So we're really honored to be a part of that.
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Thank you, man.
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Well, um, I uh you know, I got to spend some time for the first time on on the set, you know, with John.
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And um I was definitely taking some uh single serve cardio miracles, uh cardio miracle servings with me on set.
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Because with uh with film, you know, you you deal with a lot of extra challenges like you know, jet lag and sleeping in a hotel bed and being out of your milieu and having swing shifts where you're shooting late at night some days and waking up early in the morning other days, and it can be really hard on you physically.
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Um, and so like I need all the all the help I can get.
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And um, I was I was definitely chugging some cardio miracle um while we were filming Protocol 7 to just help to be, you know, I'm on my best, you know.
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As an actor, you can't really afford to to show up um like you know half there.
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You kind of have to be 100% on every day of work.
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So yeah, it's been it's been a real benefit to me.
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And yeah, and I definitely definitely don't leave home, leave home without it when I'm when I'm shooting a project.
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Um and I'm very glad to uh to have, like I said, have you guys partnering um with our film, Jim Rad, and and uh providing solutions for people, you know, that are truly supporting their health, truly um providing nutrition instead of workarounds and substitutions to problems.
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Yeah, you know, I've I've been on a couple film sets in the past myself, just you know, I was featured extra in a former life, is what I call it.
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And um, you know, every film set had like fried foods and like cakes and whatever.
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And I go on your film set with your film set with Jim Rat, and there's like nuts, there's every kind of nut down there, there's there's like bags of like high protein stuff, and I was like, this is the best film set ever, because and then you guys brought in lunch, you brought in this like chicken and beef and all this, and it was I was like, this is this is awesome.
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I could really get behind this one.
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So this I was really cool, man.
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That that not only are you um you know living your message, obviously, because you're you're this big, you know, ripped guy and everything, you really take care of yourself.
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I I saw you the other day on social media, you know, doing squat thrusts with your with your new little baby, you know, it was amazing.
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So I love that.
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And you said as he gets bigger, I'll get stronger.
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I love that, because you're just gonna keep going and you live your message, man.
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So it's such a testament of of what you're doing and um and how you know how we can support you.
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I think it's just getting the word out there as as much as possible.
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And so do you have a like do you have a say in like what is served on the set and everything, or is that kind of out of your control?
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Well, um, you know, with this production being my first production, we're doing this at an extremely low budget.
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Um, and so some things are just dictated by finances, like I'm limited in in what I can do.
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But um as a as a producer, um, your job is kind of to be the CEO of the film company, um, of the film production.
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Um, and so you're you're ultimately responsible for everyone that's that's getting hired.
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Um, you know, sometimes you delegate hiring of people to other people, um, but ultimately as a producer, you're in charge of everyone that's there and how they conduct business.
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You know, you're the all the buck ultimately stops at you as a producer.
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Um, and uh, you know, you have your department heads who are in charge of all the different aspects of the production, but you're responsible to oversee all that.
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Um, and uh I'm looking forward, you know, to the future films that I'm gonna produce where we have bigger budgets and we can um we can take care of people even better.
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Um, but I definitely had a conversation with catering uh and crafty, that's what we call it, you know, on server the food services on set, uh crafty, um, about having healthy options for people, you know.
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Like I said, we we had to do things on a on a budget, everything on a budget, but I did specifically have a conversation of like, hey, I want to have healthy choices and I want to, you know, give people the best food quality and and healthy food options that we can.
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Uh, because it's super important.
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Like, you know, obviously what you do for your own, you know, habitually is the most important thing, but even what you eat on a given day can affect you.
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You know, if you stir up the crew macaroni and cheese for lunch, like they're gonna be affected by it immediately.
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Um, and so it's also just wise, you know, as a producer, like functionally, to just give people healthy food, but also because I mean it's so essential to who I am and even the message of the movie um about being healthy physically and mentally, uh, that you want to, you know, have um the continuity with that, you know, in everything that you do.
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And um like people, people I think appreciate that.
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I mean, you know, some people might want pizza, but I think most people appreciate it.
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It's like, oh, I feel I feel good.
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You know, it reminds me, I had a filmmaker, I did a I worked with a filmmaker years ago and had him over to my parents' house.
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And my my parents uh are into you know eating healthy too.
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My mom cooks well.
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And after he dinner, he said, Wow, I actually feel good after I ate, you know, like the food tasted good, but I feel good.
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And he kind of was like had an aha moment where he's like, usually when I eat, I feel lousy afterward.
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And it's like, what a what a terrible paradigm to think about.
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Food is like something you have to endure rather than something that actually improves your sense of well-being.
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For sure, man.
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Yeah, food is fuel, right?
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And so um now I know I I don't want to be too bold in saying that like all of Hollywood is woke or whatnot, but being in that space, you know, um, have you have you heard, I'm sure you've heard a lot of feedback or talking about like the Maha movement and um you know where the direction of our country is going.
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Um did you did you have any thoughts on on when you were when we were able to see that RFK Jr.
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was was really going hard on on helping that movement the make America Healthy again?
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You know, um there is definitely a pervasive, you know, uh political um you know perspective in in Hollywood in general.
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Um it's interesting when we worked on Protocol 7, uh there was a lot of kind of shared um shared values in a lot of the casting crew.
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It wasn't a requirement.
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Um I know that everyone you know saw the eye on that, but there the the issue of you know health care, medical freedom vaccines was um a real, I think, source of camaraderie in general with people on the set, like a like a the majority of people on the production shared that value.
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But there was a huge political spectrum in terms of people's values and perspectives and politics in general.
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Um, and if you look at, you know, make America Healthy again, you have just as many Republicans as Democrats, you know, who value this issue of like, hey, you know, not wanting corporations to go, you know, running roughshod over people, you know, and their health and putting profits over people is something that everyone should be able to agree on.
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But but certainly people from across the political spectrum do agree on.
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Um, and uh I think that it's really helpful for us to focus on what are the things that we we do have uh shared values on, what are the things that we do have solidarity on, uh and start from that instead of starting from like what can we disagree on?
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Because you can find something to disagree on with everyone.
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Uh and and and the disagreements have a place and and they shouldn't all be ignored, but um starting from disagreement doesn't really yield anything productive.
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Um, and I think that when you start with finding out like what is it that is important that we both value and we both agree on that we can start from, A brings a point of relationship to even be able to communicate effectively.
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And you can't communicate effectively with someone if you don't have a relationship.
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Um, and it all overall for for life relationships and for society, um, including uh filmmaking and production, is a really important place to start from.
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Um, and I think that I mean this is we could talk a lot about this, but I think that there's so much that it leads to unproductive, you know, arguing uh and a lack of like productive accomplishment of something that we both value because people you know start from that place of like, oh hey, is this person in my camp or not?
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Too true, too true.
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I definitely, definitely get that.
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And I love I I love how it, you know, the the reason why I asked that is because when when we look at the health and wellness of of yourself and you the health and wellness of you know the the whole cast, it seemed like everybody and like the gym rap production.
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It's like everyone there seemed fairly health conscious to a certain degree.
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And so I I I can't imagine that anyone would have a real seriously like staunch argument on we don't want to make America healthy again.
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And so I I definitely think that that is that that hopefully that can bring us together more as a country.
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And whether you're, you know, right or left or you know, Democrat, independent, republican, doesn't matter.
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It's you know, we all want the health and wellness of our children and the health and wellness of ourselves to so that we can live and and uh be our best selves, you know.
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And so I I don't I love your um your opinion on that because it's uh it makes a ton of sense, man.
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So thanks for that.
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I appreciate it.
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Yeah, well and listen listen, um the the division and the argument, the argumentativeness and the the lack of productive dialogue, and and really just um the the breakdown of society, the breakdown of useful dialogue um is is exacerbated by people's physical and mental health, right?
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So the the more the more unhealthy you are physically and mentally, um, the more combative, the less um you're gonna be able to understand things, comprehend things, the more easily you're going to be triggered and um argumentative, and then the more easily you're going to be manipulated, you know, like that.
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So I think you know, the more we can improve society's health, including physics, because that definitely affects your psychology.
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Um, the more people will be able to have a healthy perspective on how to run a society, and the more they'll want to be able to engage with other people regardless of differences and in a healthy dialogue, too.
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Yes, sir.
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It's all connected, man.
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That's what I'm saying is it's all connected.
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You know what I mean?
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You can't eat junk food and and poison your body and not have it result in being toxic in your politics and toxic in your mentality.
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Um, and you can even have the right answers, like you can come down on the right side of the issue and and communicate it and and and disseminate it in a completely wrong way.
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You know what I mean?
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You could have the right answer and and have a toxic way of conveying that message too, right?
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Um there's a great there's a great truism that uh uh that um uh uh truth without love is is false, right?
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I love it.
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And and love without truth is a lie.
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And so you have to have both sides of of things, you know what I mean?
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It can't just be the correct facts.
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Totally, totally, man.
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And then if if we're you know, if we're just sitting around arguing all day, I mean it's true, like you were talking about the you know, if the staff is eating macaroni and cheese or they're eating pizza, you know, they they probably would be dragging for the second half of the day, which I I would I would argue that that that's the most important part when you're filming, right?
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And so uh as far as you know, people having like confrontations or discussions, like that, I I mean I remember being there on set with you, and even in a full day, I was only there till about four or five, and I had to run back to the hotel and and go to uh do a webinar.
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So I I remember that even that short time that I was on set, I was talking to, you know, different different people that were there helping out, and they had opinions about what was going on in the country, and they, you know, were talking about it real quietly, and you know, it's just it was really interesting the different dynamics that that were going on.
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But you know, and and I don't I'm I don't necessarily love to talk about you know politics as much as just um just unity and making sure that that we are healthy and and that's why I love that's why I love this product.
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Like this cardio miracle product, it literally our goal has always been to save the hearts of mankind, and that's what the goal is.
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And and just like with you, with these films that you're coming out with, is it's like you you are seeking truth and you are seeking to convey and help people understand um some real life things that have happened and gone down um in a theatrical way, which I absolutely admire and um love that you're that you're doing that.
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And um, so you know, a lot of people ask like Cardi Miracle, what is your goal, or what can we see from Cardi Miracle in 2025?
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And so I pose the same question to you, Mr.
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Josh Murray.
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What what can we expect to see from Josh Murray in 2025?
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Okay.
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Um well, most uh imminently um I'm I'm gonna be on uh uh this sitcom called The Neighborhood on CBS, uh February 24th.
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I don't know if this is airing before then, but it will be available on reruns.
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Uh I'm I'm uh appearing in an episode of uh The Neighborhood on CBS.
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Uh I have, like I said, you know, the next week or so plans to um get a screener ready for Gymrat and we'll be starting the process of distribution.
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So hopefully later this year you'll see an announcement of uh distribution plans for Gymrat where you can see that film.
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Um I've got a couple of other uh you know um inspirational and family-friendly films that are either just released or coming out this year that I'm in in some capacity as an actor, which I I I you know share on my social media, uh generally on Instagram is where I'm most active.
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Um, and uh I am also involved as a co-producer on a number of other projects that I'm excited about, one of which uh is called Vicarian.
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It's a supernatural thriller that's uh being shot in Italy.
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Um and uh we're starting production on that in the next couple weeks.
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Um and I have uh a couple of other other projects kind of like more you know behind the scenes that I'm involved in as a producer um that we're working on getting you know Greenland or getting going as well.
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And I'm excited about some bigger, some bigger projects that uh working with some fantastic people.
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I'm really proud to be a part of.
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Um and then, you know, otherwise as an actor, you know, it's uh it's always uh on that side of things, it's always a surprise.
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You never know what's gonna be coming up next, usually.
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Um, but yeah, I'm looking forward to to uh a couple uh a couple films that I do know about that uh we're shooting uh this spring.
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And um uh yeah, look really looking forward to going on the road, hopefully some film festivals this year, uh premiering uh uh Jim Rat.
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And uh of course um we're gonna be doing our LA screening uh coming up pretty soon as well, which uh I'll be reaching out to you guys to let you know when we've got that schedule.
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Awesome, man.
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Awesome.
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Can you can you can you help anyone watching this?
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Like, where can they find some of these projects?
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Where could they find to stream like protocol seven or watch some of your work?
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Um, well, the best place to connect with me uh is uh if you find me on Instagram, Josh Murrayactor, or you can go to joshmury.net.
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Um and and I I keep people up to date with what's coming out, with what I'm doing.
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Um Protocol 7 is is available on Amazon, on Google, YouTube, um, Fandango, a few other streaming sites, as well as yao.tv.
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Um, yao.tv is is our our uh our our home.
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Uh the producers created for the the film and other films um that can't be censored and can't be taken down.
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Uh it's an independent platform for independent films.
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So you can find uh definitely protocol 7 on yao.tv as well as as well as a bunch of other projects that are going to be forthcoming on that site.
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Um so that's always a great home for things.
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Um and uh if you wanna if you want to dig through my my work, um you can always go to IMDB, the Intermittent Movie Database, has as every uh film and television show that I've done in the past as well.
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Do you have any parting words for us, Josh Murray?
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What's what's uh what's a a final message from you or or what do you uh you know like what's your what's your mission statement, I suppose?
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Yeah, well I love I love that your your intention is to bring truth and optimism with with Pulse Bead, and um that's definitely integral to to what my mission is.
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I mean, uh storytelling is you know, with film is such a powerful medium, and it's it's how you know we create, we we convey truth, you know, in a way that's accessible, in a way that's understandable.
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Um, and my my goal um with everything that I do as an actor, filmmaker, producer is to give people an experience of truth um so that they can understand it on an experiential level and not just head knowledge, not just facts, um, but really to engage with it from their heart, from their soul.
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Um, and the more that you know you do that work, I believe, on your own too, and learn, you know, movies have for me have been that a way that I can really reflect and and explore and discover things about myself.
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Um but I think the more that you can find ways to do that, whether it's a truthful film, a truly artistic film, or or just spending time alone, you know, in nature with a notebook, um, the more that you can reflect and explore um the reality of what's going on inside of you and and really seek out truth, um, the more that um God's gonna be able to bring you into all that you were meant to be and um be able to experience in your life, you know, really overcoming and and really having abundance in your life in every capacity.
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And that's that's what I'm all about, you know.
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That's physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
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That's beautiful, man.
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Thank you very much.
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Well, if I could get real personal real quick, my last question is it you always look like a million bucks, but are you sleeping lately?
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Because I know you got you got a new a new baby.
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So are you sleeping okay lately?
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You know, we we have had some some weeks where it was really tough, really challenging.
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Uh a lot of people said, you know, when you have your first kid, you know, you can kiss sleeping goodbye for the next few years.
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Um, but uh we've uh I've been blessed to uh get some wisdom and and understanding about um how to help train uh Ethan to to sleep.
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And it's not always perfect, but um he's he's learned to do really well um you know after the first few months.
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Um and so you know when we travel, sometimes it's harder, but uh we we've done pretty well with him being able to sleep through the night.
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And um, he's had many nights where he'll sleep for 10 hours straight.
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And uh yeah, it's it's uh it's a challenge, but um, I I really this is something I'm really passionate about is not allowing other people's problems to uh to define your limitations.
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Yes, thank you.
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I love it, everyone's different for sure.
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And uh one last request I have from you.
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If if you could just tell us just briefly um about how cardio miracle has impacted your life, um just in a you know 30-second uh 30 to 90 second powerful way, uh, you know, however you want to say it.
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But if you could just let us know how cardio miracle has played played a part in your in your life so far since you've been on it, that would be fantastic.
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Sure, man.
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Yeah, well, cardio miracle, um, of course, it functions on the the award-winning Nobel Prize winning science of nitric oxide.
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And I actually have been aware of nitric oxide for many years um and have even worked on breath training to improve my nitric oxide.
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Uh, and finding a a formulation of supplement that that creates and supports our creation of nitric oxide so powerfully um was was like an easiest sell in the world to me.
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I was like, okay, this this creates 24-7 improvement of nitric oxide.
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I'm in.
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Um, and uh I've been taking it ever since.
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Uh one of the things that really benefits me with the added support of nitric oxide um through cardiomerical is sleep.
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I mean, sleep and recovery is huge.
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I track it on my whip band every night, um, and I'm constantly monitoring that.
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That's something that's really, really important to me.
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And the the depth of sleep um and the improvement in um HRB uh is a really, really key marker for me of like how well I'm recovering and how well I'm getting my nutrition.
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Uh and the other thing is energy, you know, especially like I said, when I'm acting, when I'm on a set, there's a lot of challenges, a lot of stresses, sometimes bad sleep in a hotel room.
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Um, but improving my energy, having that more stamina without relying on just dumping a bunch of caffeine that's gonna stress me out further and burn out my adrenal glands, um, is is so critical to me.
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And so for those two reasons alone, um, cardio miracle is is the easiest, easiest sell in the world.
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Fantastic, Josh.
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Thank you so much for your time, man.
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Appreciate you very much, and uh wish you all the best.
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And uh Josh Murray, everyone, the actor, producer, amazing man, businessman, father, husband.
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He's seriously, and he lives his message every time I see him.
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He's the nicest guy.
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Um, he you know gets back to me when I when I need something from him.
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And he's um, you know, I I actually I took a glance over at his phone at dinner one night, and he had like he had like 117 new messages, and I'm like, dude, you text me back, thank you, you know.
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So he's an amazing guy.
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So he lives his message and go check him out, uh, look him up on social media, and um, yeah, we're so excited to have you on today.
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And we have another episode of uh the Pulse Beat sponsored by Cardio Miracle.
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Thank you very much for joining, and don't forget to follow us on social media or uh any of your other platforms.
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Thanks for everyone, have a great day.