Beyond the Gym: Roman Fischer's Vision of Comprehensive Well-being

Rich Bennett 0:00
My guest, Ramon Fisher, is not just a fitness enthusiast. He's a transformative force in the world of health and wellness, with a track record of assisting over 50 individuals in their journey to better physical and mental health. Roman's expertise is unparalleled. His holistic approach to fitness goes beyond the physical delving deep into the mental and emotional aspects of well-being, whether it's muscle building, fat, burning body recomposition, or enhanced and flexibility and mobility, Roman's methods are designed to cultivate a better version of oneself. So join us as Romans shares his insights on how fitness can be a powerful tool for mental health and how you can harness its benefits to achieve a balanced and fulfilling life. ROMAN First of all, welcome in. 

Roman Fischer 0:49
Yeah, thanks for having me. 

Rich Bennett 0:51
You know, when you reached out to me because you mentioned mental health, we've talked about. Yeah. How fitness goes hand in hand with it, especially meditation and yoga. And a lot of people just, I don't know, for some I don't know if they're afraid to try it or what. And I guess I'll never figure that one out. But before we get into it, let's start with you. Growing up, was this something that you always dreamed of doing was fitness because this is your full time job now, right? 

Roman Fischer 1:29
Yes. Yeah, it's my day. Yeah. It's my main thing I'm doing right now. I do. You know, acting and modeling to you on the side with it. But yeah. 

Rich Bennett 1:38
Really. 

Roman Fischer 1:39
So, yeah. Bodybuilding, acting, modeling. So that's, that's another thing I do. But it's okay right now. Just primarily focused on fitness, you know, coaching and training. 

Rich Bennett 1:51
Well, I was going to say, acting wise is probably not allowed a lot out there right now because aren't they still on strike? 

Roman Fischer 1:56
Yes. Yeah, that's okay. 

F1 S3 1:58
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 1:59
What people are. 

Roman Fischer 2:00
Going to one gig like through a friend. But yeah, there's not a whole lot going on for the most part. Right. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 2:07
So when you were back in school, was this something you always dreamed of? Was physical fitness? 

Roman Fischer 2:11
I'll be honest with you. And it sounds crazy saying it now, but now, like, I was actually never in the fitness. I never even thought about, you know, you know, especially early on in my school career, if you want to call it that. When I was really early on in school, I never really cared much about, you know, working out or eating clean, eating healthy like that never even came to mind. In fact, I was one of those, you know, typical kids. I would just go to school, do what they got to do or kind of zone out more or less and come back home and then just get on the video game system, lounge around and eat potato chips or candy or anything else that came to mind or anything that I really saw in my house. I would just snack on without any thought or mind to it. 

Rich Bennett 2:58
All right. Something I like to ask, because you know how schools are always pushing the kids, the students, they got to have a career path. Yeah. What was your career path? What was it that you actually wanted to do when you got out of high school? 

Roman Fischer 3:12
Yeah. So honestly, the very first thing I was interested in, like working out, but I never really fully thought about, like, training people like I have. And now I was more just focused on just modeling, acting like that was my only son. So, you know, that's still part of me right now. But that's not my only focus and that's not like my main job right now. Of course, that's one of the things I want to do more of, especially when the strike lights out. Right. With that being said, the main thing that I was really wanting to do back in high school, right as I was getting out, was modeling, acting, specifically fitness modeling. Okay, funny enough and acting like film acting, voiceovers I didn't think too much of, but it was more so film acting and fitness modeling. 

Rich Bennett 4:02
So did you actually play sports back in high school? 

Roman Fischer 4:04
Yes. The okay. You know, I played earlier, you know, before high school, I played basketball and other things. But really, when I was in high school, I was playing soccer that was. 

Rich Bennett 4:15
So more cardio than anything. 

Roman Fischer 4:17
Yeah, I wasn't really muscular. I mean, obviously I had a little muscle. Everyone has some muscle, but I was more lean, just really lean on the skinnier side. More two more or less or skinny fit, but very skinny more than anything. And. Right. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 4:36
So what made you to actually decide to get into fitness? 

Roman Fischer 4:39
Yeah. So there were a few things, definitely from not just the weight lifting or exercise aspect of it, but also the nutrition and diet aspect of it with the healthy eating, healthy living type stuff. So the few things just to start with, the very first thing, this was just my younger brother. You actually, you know, got me interested in it. It's funny enough. 

Rich Bennett 5:05
My younger, my. 

Roman Fischer 5:06
Younger brother, not my older brother. I don't have an older brother, but no one else. 

Rich Bennett 5:11
But usually it's the other way around. You know, you would get your younger brother into it. 

Roman Fischer 5:15
Yeah, exactly. Now it's kind of been more like that now, ironically enough. But back then it was more my younger brother, believe it or not. He got me. He got me into fitness. And it wasn't the diet side of things, but it was the weight lifting and exercising side of things. That's what got me into that. Seeing him weight lift and just that transformation over time, of course, not overnight, but gradually seeing that muscle growth, that muscle gain and that increase in strength in his body and seeing that, you know, because he used to be skinny and I was skinny in that time. So seeing that, you know, occur, those changes that really inspired me to want to make that same exact transformation for myself to you. So I was thinking, okay, first off, that's great that he's making that transformation. But my younger brother of all people is showing me out. So I got a I got to get on the, you know, weightlifting train and I got to start making gains myself. Yeah. So that's what really inspired me to go down that route. 

Rich Bennett 6:19
And I've never was he at the time. 

Roman Fischer 6:22
So I was okay. I was fifth, I was like 15, probably dang near 16 years old, but so he was 13. He was barely a teenager. Yeah, barely a teenager. He he was getting I knew it already. I forget what fully inspired him. I think, if I'm not mistaken, what inspired him to get into fitness was seeing Rocky like the movie Rocky and some of those workout scenes and the music. 

Rich Bennett 6:48
That has inspired a lot of people. 

Roman Fischer 6:50
Yeah, which makes sense because I mean, it's a very inspirational movie, just just in general. But yeah, that's what really got my brother into it. I think, if I'm not mistaken, that's what really did inspire him. And then he inspired me and it was just a good domino effect from there. And ever since, I've never looked back from the weightlifting aspect at all. From there, this was a more serious definitely a more serious matter or circumstance that happened and occurred in my life. But yeah, one of the people I grew up with, you know, of course, your family, your family's very important. Yeah. You know, it should be at least. And my grandpa, he was someone I always grew up with and was very close to you and my grandpa, specifically on my mom's side. And he. Yeah, he was someone that I always was really close to. One of the things that I really shared as far as a common interest or, you know, thing that we liked were trains. Actually, when I was a kid, I always loved Thomas the Tank Engine. Like probably a lot of kids that were my age. 

Rich Bennett 7:56
Okay. 

Roman Fischer 7:58
And he actually had train tracks in his basement. And so that. 

Rich Bennett 8:02
Really later. 

Roman Fischer 8:03
Yeah, that really caught my attention because he was really interested in like mechanical, you know, type stuff of cars viewed. Yeah, trains. He actually I think he even yeah, he was a mechanic, not really by profession, but by experience, just by his actual experience. And funny enough, a lot of the people on my mom's side are too you. But yeah, he was really interested in that. So that was a common thing we shared. But also he was just always that, you know, that grandpa that you would always want to see. So yeah, it was one of those things. But what really, what really was hard and what really took a turn for just the worst was hearing the news. My mom actually got the news before I did, but she got the news from her own brothers. And so hearing that from my, you know, mom, that she got the news that my grandpa passed away, that that really hit me, that really hit me. And it really hit me hard. So that was a rough thing to have to first off here, because it actually took me by surprise. It was very off, just off beat, so to speak. It was very sudden, random, not expected at all. And so that shocked me really at first. But after, you know, being in shock for a bit, then it started really hitting me more. And the fact that I was just really sad, of course, by the news to hear it. 

Rich Bennett 9:33
How old were you at the time? 

Roman Fischer 9:35
I was actually 20. I was 2107. So yeah, five years ago. Now it's it's insane how time flies. But yeah, that, that was a rough, rough thing. And his birthday was just not terribly long ago, so. 

Rich Bennett 9:49
Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 9:50
Yeah, that was rough. You know, just hearing that and dealing with that for that moment and then when I went to his funeral, that's what really, really made it hard because that was the hardest. Because being there and then seeing, you know, of course, him and the casket, it's just like, yeah, it's not it's not something you want to witness. I mean, obviously life, death. People say there's life and death, but still, it's like regardless of that being true, it's not something you want to think of, especially see right before your eyes. So that that really did hit me just really, really hard. And while that did, it did put me in a huge depression for that time. Yeah, it wasn't like a long, long time, but it was a good period of time. I would say for sure that it put me in that depression. 

Rich Bennett 10:42
Even a minutes too long. Yeah. When it comes to the. 

Roman Fischer 10:45
Oh yeah, 

it's hard. Yeah. Dealing with that. Not just knowing what happened, but then having that depression with it, it actually makes it harder for sure. 

Rich Bennett 10:57
Now, were you sure you didn't know what happened? You mean as far as what he actually passed away from? 

Roman Fischer 11:03
At first I didn't know what he passed away from, but I did find out and this is actually what got me on my path or part of it got me on my path for sure. So he passed away due to cancer and that so cancer. And, you know, that's it's a horrible thing that I from a lot of people die from it every year sadly. But he died away you know, he passed away from cancer and and passing away from cancer was actually due to a link to his, you know, obsession over sugar added sugar and just yeah. 

Rich Bennett 11:37
Really. 

Roman Fischer 11:38
Wasn't the only thing. But that was one of the key driving things that led to his cancer. You know, of course, he didn't wear sunscreen. He was in the sun a lot, right? Part part of it was skin cancer, but there was also cancer from within them, too. You And that was a lot of it was from his diet and traced back to his diet, too, because he would snack on sugar. He was a sugar addict, as much as I hate to say so, that honestly spoke to me because as common as we were in good ways, we also were very common and similar in the sense that we both like sugar. And I was I was a heavy, you know, of course a lot of kids are, but I was a heavy, heavy, heavy sugar addict. I, I may even have was. 

Rich Bennett 12:18
The same way, man. 

Roman Fischer 12:19
Yeah, I may have even put some of the people I knew around me to shame because I would I would. It's crazy. But I would eat a whole bag. It's applesauce, for example. And. Yeah, and not look back. I mean, that that was one of the you know, it's one of the few examples that I'm guilt that I was guilty of, not any more, but I was and all those things. 

Rich Bennett 12:41
Wow. Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 12:43
Ultimately banished from my life because of that, knowing that he underwent that. And I didn't want to go down that same route, especially knowing he had that same exact addiction with our diets. I'm like, Yeah, I can't. It's bad enough he went through. I don't want to have to go through it myself. I don't want other people to see me go through it and have to live with that, just like I'm living with this. So I didn't want to continue the trend, so to speak. I wanted to break the trend, the unhealthy trend, and I just wanted to make a new path for myself. And from there I started feeling better. I slept better. You know, I just felt more energetic, I felt more alive, and I just felt more with it and everything. I did everything I said. So from there I had that high, you know, a good high. I had that good addiction, that healthy addiction, not just from working out for my brother, inspiring me to get into fitness, but then that healthy addiction of clean eating ever since, you know, I witnessed that with my grandpa. So from there, I just never looked back and I wanted to see the same changes for other people around me, especially the ones I knew first and loved. From there, I wanted to expand and help other people out. And the one other thing that really, you know, kept me consistent not just with working out and eating clean outside of those two things were really just researching all the negative chemicals and toxic stuff they put into our foods and even drinks, you know, artificial preservatives, artificial flavors, obviously the high amounts of sugar from just one glass of soda is basically at, if not above your daily recommended intake for sugar. So, yeah, that just that that kind of stuff just really caught my attention. I'm like, I can't put this in my body. I don't want to put this in my body. Especially, especially if I'm trying to live longer and just be a healthier version, a better version of myself, and be a good example for other people around me and help other people eventually. I can't be having this stuff like I got to get this stuff out of my body now, probably not overnight, but I got to get this stuff out of my face. Time gradually. Yeah, because I hate to say it, but it's kind of like its own drug in itself. Sugar being one of those things. Sugar is one of the, if not the worst thing you can put in your body. Added sugar specifically. Now, I'll admit there's like other types of sugar, like fructose, you know, natural sugars found in fruit. That's not bad. But even that has to be limited to an extent because too much of anything is not really good for your body. Right. But that's when I really talk about sugar. I'm really, really hammering the added sugars that they put in our foods and drinks. So that's the stuff you got to cut out and that's the stuff I've been cutting out for sure. But it's like it's own drug, though. Like I was saying, like added sugar is a drug. You know, it's it's very addicting. Your body will crave it and actually it will boost your hunger just in general for anything, especially stuff that has sugar in it. Your body just wants more of that same thing. And it's you can never really have enough. You have some, you think you're good, but then your body keeps wanting more and more until yeah, until you meet that ugly end if if you keep going down that path. But luckily there's hope. You just got to. Yeah. Step away for a minute by gradually, just like, you know, if you're smoking cigarettes, you can't just quit overnight. I mean, maybe if you get hypnotized and you believe in that kind of stuff, and if it works, cool the cold turkey. Maybe it does. 

Rich Bennett 16:22
Cold turkey is. 

Roman Fischer 16:23
Hard. It is? Yeah. Just in general. Just a general rule of thumb. Don't go cold turkey. If you can beat my guess, be my guess. That's the best thing to do if you can. But really, by the end of the day, I would just say to not go cold turkey, the success rate is you're going to be very low. It's very low. 

F1 S3 16:41
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 16:42
Yeah. You will be miserable. Oh, yeah, I bet. I used to chew tobacco a lot. Yeah. And I, I, I, You can't. I can't say I quit because I quit a few times, which means I didn't quit because I kept going back to it. 

Roman Fischer 16:57
Right. 

Rich Bennett 16:59
But I, you know, all these times I quit cold turkey and the last time, which was we were just talking about this this morning, which was over 15 years ago, is when I quit. And I well, I didn't. I did that what you call the dip. And I found these pouches. They had tea leaves in them. 

Roman Fischer 17:20
Oh, wow. 

Rich Bennett 17:20
And and that's what I started using. And that helped. Then after that, I couldn't find them anymore than went to gum. Hmm. Yeah. Sugar. But it helped, you know. And one of the things, one of the things that helped me quit, I'll never forget it. I think my daughter was maybe five. So I went. I was going somewhere. I went to give her and my niece a kiss goodbye. And they're like, Oh, God, no, your breath stinks. Do let me tell you, man, that died or hit you right in the heart. Yeah, and it did. And it was tough. A few questions real quick. Number one, how old was your grandfather when he passed? 

Roman Fischer 17:59
Yeah, he was trying to remember his exact age. I know he was in his mid eighties. 

Rich Bennett 18:05
Okay. Yeah. Okay. 

Roman Fischer 18:06
I think 84, 85 or 84. 85. 

Rich Bennett 18:10
Okay. And how was your brother with all of this when he passed? 

Roman Fischer 18:14
Right. He was definitely, you know, hit by it, too. Of course, everyone, I would say in my family, no doubt. But he he didn't take it not to say he didn't care as much or anything, but he didn't seem to, at least from the outside, you know, he didn't seem to have that same type of reaction I did, so to speak. Like, okay, I could tell he was sad, of course, like everyone else in the funeral. But he wasn't. Yeah, he wasn't like in his emotions as heavily compared to. Yeah, compared to me. I mean I actually just bawled my eyes out. 

Rich Bennett 18:52
Oh, you and your grandfather did model railroading together, right? Yeah, I know what you said. 

Roman Fischer 18:57
Well, yeah, we had that same common interest. 

Rich Bennett 18:59
I mean, it's a tight. Yeah, believe it or not. I mean, that's some. You had that connection there with somebody that, that much older than you to be able to have that connection. Yeah. I can understand how that. Yeah. That would take a lot on your own. Yeah. I mean I was Yeah, yeah. 

Roman Fischer 19:20
It's crazy. Go ahead. Yeah, I remember. You know, also a side note on that, too. When I came to his house, in addition to that, I would always, you know, it was great. We, we would always watch TV or have some snacks together. And then sometimes we would roll down the hills because they lived on a hill. So it was just kind of like he went it roll on down the hill. But I would. And just being there. Okay. Doing that. Yeah. Not not like both of us. 

Rich Bennett 19:48
He would roll down the fastest route. 

Roman Fischer 19:51
But that was cool seeing, you know, just looking back at it, seeing it in my head myself, doing that like, it's nuts, man. Like, but yeah, I mean, but that was it's crazy, man. Like when you have these people in your life, especially ones you're close to you and it's like they're gone. It's like it's hard. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:13
But yeah. Oh yeah. 

Roman Fischer 20:15
But yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:16
So we passed since he passed. When's the last time you actually did anything for model trains? 

Roman Fischer 20:22
Yeah, the last time I've, you know, I haven't really, I haven't really done too much. It's, it's been a while. Yeah. But yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:30
I think you need to. Yeah. In all honesty, I mean I, I think you need to let's, I mean it's a cool, it's a cool bond to have, it's something that I think it's making a comeback. Yeah. You're see you're seeing more and more people doing it. Something else you mention which I had to laugh because a lot of kids today think they need it for the energy. But you should do 

more than that. You don't need sugar to give you energy. 

Roman Fischer 21:00
No. 

Rich Bennett 21:01
How can that be? 

Roman Fischer 21:02
Yeah. Sugar. It's so. Yeah, it's crazy. You know, sugar itself. It's. It is. I'll admit like obviously, other than being unhealthy, it actually is a commonplace myth that sugar itself will give you, you know, a lot of energy and make you hyper sugar won't actually give you energy. If anything, it tends to do quite the contrary or quite the opposite. 

Rich Bennett 21:26
It drains you. 

Roman Fischer 21:27
Yes, it drains you. It really it adds fatigue. It makes you more hungry. And eventually it just makes you want to keep eating and just feel lethargic. By the end of the day, just feel very, you know, lazy and just exhausted. You're going to feel just like that. So I really believe that, you know, having sugar, at least in moderation, if not limiting and cutting it out as much as you can. But yeah, there's other and better ways to get your energy and sugar doesn't really give you energy anyway. So you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot when people do that, sadly. 

Rich Bennett 22:04
Well, isn't that what's mostly in these energy drinks? 

Roman Fischer 22:07
So a lot of it is there is some sugar, but what's really. 

Rich Bennett 22:11
Going. 

Roman Fischer 22:12
About, what's really giving these people energy is the caffeine. And sometimes the vitamins that they'll throw in which the vitamin part's not bad, but the caffeine in large amounts is not good. And they also fill it with a lot of other artificial flavorings. And we just don't really need to put it in our body and and consume. But yeah, it really it's the caffeine and sometimes vitamin B6 and other vitamins that they'll throw in that can actually boost your energy. But yeah, I would definitely say that cutting that stuff out, you know, energy drinks, I just don't believe in them personally. No, I do believe that a cup of tea would. Coffee's fine if you want to have that in the morning. But just do it earlier in the day and not later in the day. Do it definitely. Well before 2 p.m.. That's when you really want to cut really all caffeine out of your system by then at the latest. Yeah, I always get my my coffee right as I wake up or shortly after that. That way I'm good for the day and I don't have to worry about, you know, being consuming caffeine. Caffeine too late. And I'll have to then worry about not having the energy and and then affecting my sleep, because that's the one of the worst things you can do for your energy is not getting sleep to you. 

Rich Bennett 23:32
Oh, yeah. Yeah. And a lot of people think they get by with only 4 hours. I'm sorry. I still think you need 6 hours minimum, but I would say at least eight. 

Roman Fischer 23:42
Oh, yeah, best definitely. And obviously your age can really sway that of course. 

Rich Bennett 23:48
Like yeah. 

Roman Fischer 23:49
For the for the most part I would say a good general rule of thumb for everyone is 7 hours of sleep. At least Now the older you get, I will admit the slightly less sleep you need. Believe it or not, it's weird to think that you would think I'd be the opposite. But the younger you are, the more sleep you need. However, yeah, you still want to at least get, you know, when you're older, at least 6 to 7 hours of sleep when you're older, for sure. 

Rich Bennett 24:15
Oh, yeah, I know. Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 24:17
And I'm sure you would understand. 

Rich Bennett 24:19
Oh, yeah. Cause there's. I mean, I remember well, because where I used to sell cars, that was a 99 job. Yeah. And then three or four nights of the week, I would go DJ in the nightclub. 

Roman Fischer 24:31
Oh, wow. 

Rich Bennett 24:32
So, yeah, So there's times I was getting home at 3:00 in the morning. Wow. Get back up at 7:00 to get ready to go to work at the car dealership. Wow. I don't know how the hell I did that, but nowadays. Oh, no, my old ass. I'm in bed while I'm in bed at eight Most of the time I don't fall asleep until ten or whatever, and then I'll get up anywhere between 430 and 530 and start working every day. But yeah, it's just with the sugar, because this is the thing that and I cut out sugar, I and I went to 

because I drink, I'll drink one cup of coffee in the morning. That's it. When it gets full wintertime I like to have tea but herbal tea. I don't like the caffeinated, 

but for a while I was using monk fruit. Yeah. And then I found that somebody said that monk fruit is not good for your heart. Have you heard anything about that? 

Roman Fischer 25:33
I've heard some stuff similar to that. I've never really heard a lot on that, to be honest with you. But I have heard a lot like small talk regarding that. I will say is monk fruit in itself is more natural. So it's not a bad thing to have per say. It's just you really got to you got to pay attention to how much you're having. I would say just like with caffeine itself, really the amount you're having determines if it's really healthy or not healthy. Yeah. So that's what you've really got to be aware of and really, really sure of. So I would say don't cut it out unless you want to you. But if you have it, just make sure to really have small amounts. And I would always start small and work your way up if needed. That's always the best way to deal with anything, really. That's the best way to do it. 

Rich Bennett 26:26
Unfortunately, I cut it out. Went to stevia. 

F1 S3 26:29
Oh. Huh. 

Rich Bennett 26:30
So I but I think where a lot of people mess up when I because if somebody is having a cup of coffee, you get some of these people, they'll put three tablespoons of sugar in. 

Roman Fischer 26:39
Or oh yeah. 

Rich Bennett 26:41
When it comes to the monk fruit in the raw or even the stevia, just use one. And I think I saw a lot of people mess up. They keep adding more to get it sweeter. Yeah. And it's like, yeah, no I don't need to do that. The other thing I'm what's your opinion on this because as a sweetener now I don't add it to my coffee. I do add it to my tea, I'll add it to my oatmeal raw honey. Not pasteurized honey, but raw honey. What's your take on that? 

Roman Fischer 27:13
I think it's great. Honestly. Raw, honey. It's really good. I'm not saying pasteurization is bad by any means. I'm not saying that's, you know, something you can't have. But raw, honey, it has a lot of that good. A lot of the good bacteria, a lot of the other good things that are definitely taken out whenever it's pasteurized now. 

Rich Bennett 27:36
Pasteurized longer, too. 

Roman Fischer 27:38
Exactly. Now, pasteurization can be good to remove some bad, unhealthy bacteria, but for the most part, if you have raw honey just every now and then, it's not going to affect you in a negative way. And if anything, you're probably going to get a lot more of the good stuff and good bacteria from it versus all the other negative toxic stuff that people are afraid of putting in their body. So yeah, I would definitely say Raw honey is good. Now, with that said, I would always limit it though, because it does have sugar. Oh yeah. As you as you would probably know. So really limiting that I would say to you know, maybe a teaspoon if you really want more light to teaspoons at the most. I wouldn't really go above 2 to 2 teaspoons a day though. Yeah. Because that I. 

Rich Bennett 28:26
Only have a choice maybe twice a week if that. 

Roman Fischer 28:29
Yeah. And at that if you can limit it just a few times out of the week, that's even better because you're still going to get the benefits from it, but you're not going to have too much of the sugar from it then too. Right? So you're more balanced, at least with that. 

Rich Bennett 28:42
Go I, I'm not going to mention other foods because then you'll make me feel bad. 

But so how do you actually think your physical activity impacts your overall mood and mental well-being? 

Roman Fischer 28:56
I think that it really plays a huge deal and a huge role in it. They really feed off of each other. You know, if your mental health is not there, your physical health probably won't be in there because if you're not even right mentally from the get go, from the very start of everything, you're not going to have that drive, that motivation, and you're definitely not going to have that consistency to want to keep it going then from there. Now, on the flip side, if you don't have your physical self right, you're not going to really feel good mentally because you won't have those endorphins to balance out any, you know, sadness or depression or anger that you might have if something comes up, let's say in your life, you also won't have that extra mental abuse of energy because working out will actually help boost yourself mentally in a good way. It'll give you mental clarity, mental focus, just a lot of energy in your mental state. And of course, it'll make you feel happier with the endorphins that I was just referencing. So really having them both is key. I mean, you can't really have one without the other. If you want to be fully successful in life, it just really healthy in and just happy. 

Rich Bennett 30:12
Right there with your grandfather because you said when he passed, you went into a state of depression. Did he exercise and stop or even if it was for a brief period 

and if so, or if not, did he exercise and actually help you get through that depression? Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 30:36
Now, that's a great question. Honestly, you know, a lot of people would be affected different ways. For me, I was actually affected overall, I would say at the very, very, very start, like the very first day I worked out right after all that happened, 

it did hit me, you know, hard emotionally and it did make it hard for my workouts. At the very first day. I would say I still worked out regardless, but my workouts, I didn't go like all out the very first day. But after that I went all out in the gym like I used that that pain for feel. I use that pain for a feel to really fuel my workouts in a good way. So I use something bad or something sad to my advantage actually, and not trying to say that in a selfish way, but just saying that as a, you know, as a means to actually make my grandpa proud, so to speak, and then make myself just feel better and help everyone else around me from there. 

Rich Bennett 31:41
Interesting. Okay. Yeah. So what ways do you believe fitness routines can actually serve as a form of meditation or even mindfulness? 

Roman Fischer 31:50
Yeah, really, There's different ways of working out, obviously. Yeah. I don't believe that the, you know, have you way low rep routines the way to go if you're trying to meditate. I think that's more if you're sure that you have you rock heavy heavy metal music or a classic rock type stuff, maybe hip hop. But if you're trying to just really unwind or at the very least relax a little bit clear, clear your mind, I would recommend, you know, stretches, of course, stretching in that moment. Any part of your body or full body stretching if you can. So that's that's one routine that's great, especially if you're listening to some meditation music and just trying to close your eyes and clear your mind. So stretching is next and yeah, it's just next level for that. Now, beyond stretching, I would also recommend, you know, doing maybe the elliptical that's that's also another way. Yes. Yeah. I mean obviously you're not going to be 

still or like super super calm, but you can still do some light activity on the elliptical, some light walking that way. You're still you can still tune in. And if you have AirPods or some kind of headset that you can use, you can just put that music on and put those headphones, a headset in or headphones on or earbuds, whatever they are. And you can really just you can really tune in, tune in to that meditation music and get those vibes going. So that's another way of doing it for sure. It's mainly stretching, I would say, and like light cardio. Now you could also do this. You could, you could do bodyweight workouts or some light dumbbell workouts to you and meditate, but it's not something that you really want to go all, you know, go all out in. You don't want to like you don't want to just go super intense with that if you're trying to relax. But it's really it's not a common thing. It's definitely more unconventional, but you could use some white light, slow weightlifting while like you close your eyes and just really get in, you know, get into that music. So that is a way of doing it. It's not a very commonplace thing to do, admittedly, but it is something you can actually do to still, you know, delve in to that meditation and still reap some benefits of weightlifting and strength training or calisthenics, if that's your thing. But for the most part, I would recommend stretching or some light cardio or even walking outside, just walking outside into nature. And that's that's really out of everything I've just said. That's the very top best thing you could do for yourself mentally and physically if you're trying to meditate and still got those health benefits. 

Rich Bennett 34:51
Yeah, I know. I'm glad you mentioned all that because with when it comes to fitness, you have just your body builders as all they'll do, they'll go with the weight, that's it, nothing else. And then you have people that will do yoga. They'll do the meditation. You have others that will do like the yoga for strength as well and some other things. But do you find that a lot of people are too many people focus on just their body exercise and for their body and not exercise in their mind? 

Roman Fischer 35:31
Yes. Yeah. I mean, the thing is, of course, weightlifting, yoga, meditation, like all that helps with your with your body, especially weightlifting, cardio and stretching. But yeah, that will help your mind. But it's not going to fully do everything for your mind, your mentality and your just overall mindset. It'll help make you more positive. It'll boost your endorphins, it'll help make you happier. But on the flip side of things, on the flip side of that, it's not going to do everything for you mentally. You also have to you work it. You also have to work on positive affirmations. That's what I was really wanting to stress with this. You know, you've really got to work on your positive affirmations and practice. I can statements. I know it sounds very cliche, but if you're not practicing statements like I can do this, I do that, I can get this done, I can get that done. If you're not practicing such things as that, especially in times that you're very, let's say, down in the dumps, so to speak. Let's say the days that you feel like you can't get this done, you can't get that done, you have to almost lie to yourself, not lie to yourself, but you have to trick your mind is really what I'm getting at. You have to really trick your mind into believing something that you don't believe in. So on days that you really got to push yourself mentally because honestly, your mental state is most of it. Not just in life, but also with working out, even your mental state governs much of what you do, if not all of it working out. For example, it's at least just like they say, you know, the results are 80% diet working out to 20% of it. Just like with your mental state, it's about 80% of it, I would argue at 20% physical, much of your weight lifting or exercising in general is from your mind. It starts from your mind, Right. Just like if you're trying to get through a rut, you probably are not going to get through that last rep if you don't believe it. So you really got to believe it. You got to work on your mental state, you got to work on the perseverance aspect of your mind that you can do, that you can get through that. You can go one. Yeah, you can get one more rep, you can get stronger, you can get more intense. You can go a little slower maybe or a little faster depending on what you're all training for. Like, you can do this, you have what it takes. You just got to really focus in zooming in and believe it. So it really is a mind game. Yeah, more or less. It's a mind game and you really got to get to that. That part of your mind, that frame of your mind, you know, you got to be in that frame of mind. 

Rich Bennett 38:23
Daydreaming. You just gave me a flashback to my time in the Marine Corps because that's all we heard. Mind over matter. 

Roman Fischer 38:29
Oh yeah. 

Rich Bennett 38:29
Mindset my mind and you don't matter. 

But it's true because I mean they I mean they were always pushing you know if you got that 20th or 50th push up or whatever and you're like, give me one more. I can I get it now? You can't. It's in your mind. You could do it. And yeah, but if you sit there, think you could do it? You're going to do it. Oh yeah. But if you give up right away. No, you're not going to do it. Yeah. Plain and simple. Actually, when it comes to workouts, how do you think the community aspect of group workouts or fitness classes contributes to one's mental health? 

Roman Fischer 39:10
I think they're great. Obviously, they're not something you have to do to get fit or stay motivated, but if you are one of those people that are not really good at working out solo, and if you're not a lone wolf, let's say just about anything you do, then you have to have that group setting. I would almost stress at the very least, having a coach like myself or just anyone else out there just really you. That's huge. But if you don't have a coach with you, having a group setting is huge because if you have a group setting, what's great about having a group, especially with fitness and working out, is it'll help keep you motivated and especially consistent because if you're not really feeling it, let's say like a lot of people say, like, I'm not feeling this workout today, I'm not on that. If you're one of those people, especially on one of those days, that you just are not feeling it, get that workout in. Having other people around you pumped up will actually pump you up as a result. It's crazy, but energy is real. You know, energy I know it sounds a little like is, but energy will transfer from one person to the next. You know, like when you're in a room with a bunch of other people that that are really just, you know, committed, committed to fitness or committed to this workout, at least for this day, that will actually pump you up and you won't realize it till it's done. So it's really crazy, but it's one of those things that that really do work. You know, it's very simple, but it's very effective when you have a group setting of everyone that wants to actually achieve this workout, get through this exercise. Even if you don't, you know, really want to you when you walk in, you're going to come out being glad that you actually did that workout that you probably wouldn't have done by yourself. So yeah, having that group setting, honestly, it's not for everyone, but for a lot of people, it's actually very, very, you know, powerful, very powerful. 

Rich Bennett 41:16
So yeah, just Jai support group. Yeah, as well. 

Roman Fischer 41:19
Exactly. 

Rich Bennett 41:21
One of the things, okay, with the group settings, that's one thing, but you mentioned doing your individual workouts and I do all mine at home, 

but how do you actually deal with setbacks? Because there are times where a lot of people will say, Nah, I don't really feel like working out the day in. They'll skip it. 

Roman Fischer 41:43
Oh yeah. 

Rich Bennett 41:44
The next day the same thing, and next thing you know it's a week. Yeah, yeah, they have. They just set themselves back. Even further. How do you deal with that? With setbacks. 

Roman Fischer 41:55
Yeah, setbacks. Honestly, just to be honest, they're really not something that it's. It's really not something you can just overcome right away. Right now, when you have these setbacks, no matter how big or small that setback might be, The best thing that you could do in that instance is first, just realizing that you have a setback, realize it's there, don't avoid, you know, the setback. Don't try to run away from your problem. So whatever the setback is, no matter how major it is, understand, it's there. But then from there, understand that you're human. You know, life and life itself is it's human. It's it's not perfect. Just like you're not perfect. So really just getting down to knowing that first and foremost, so that way you're not having that crazy, unrealistic expectation that everything's going to be perfect in and just go 100% after that. That will take some of the mental stress and strain off of the current situation from there. Just making a game plan, you know, around that setback and doing it in small increments. So really pinpointing why you have that setback, understanding why is huge for anything, but especially with this understanding why you have that setback and then taking gradual steps to working through it, not around it, but working through that setback. Right. And that's the best way to go about it from there. And then honestly, I would say to you another thing to you to keep yourself mentally strong in the process of doing that is to write out everything that you've accomplished and everything that you're grateful for. So that will also be huge in keeping you motivated and especially consistent and getting through whatever setback you have, because that will keep you just aware and it'll have you realize, Wow, I've accomplished all of these the various different things. And if I can accomplish all these different things, you know, no matter how big or small these things were, then, I mean, I can get through this. But also what you could do is write down specifically all of the previous setbacks that you've already overcame so that that's even probably a greater thing to do. So writing down all the setbacks you already got through that can actually help assist you in getting through this setback, whatever it might be. 

Rich Bennett 44:33
Interesting. Now, you mentioned that, of course, and we knew this in the beginning, but you're a coach, a fitness coach, so you also do it virtually, right? Basically, not always in person. You can help anybody in any part of the world. 

Roman Fischer 44:46
Oh, yeah. 

Rich Bennett 44:47
All right. So so the very important tell people how they get in touch with you. 

Roman Fischer 44:52
Yeah. The best way to find me and just learn the best way to find me and learn more about me. What I do. You and all the people I've helped, what their transformation is. You can actually find me at Roman Fisher. Official dot com. That's my direct website. You can also get in touch with me directly on my social media. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube at Roman Fisher Official. Now I would recommend out of those Facebook or Instagram. 

Rich Bennett 45:18
Right? Wait a minute. Not really Tik tok or thread I'm messing with you. Yeah, Tik Tok is one of those weird things. 

Roman Fischer 45:26
You know, it's it it can get in touch with people, but it's harder because it's more focused on just, you know, straight concert to scroll through. Now you can message people, but it's you have to follow them first. And it's a lot of stipulations on that. 

Rich Bennett 45:40
Social media is tricky, especially when it comes to business. Yeah, I had somebody I know put a post up the other day. Oh, what made us go viral? And it's like 56,000 views on a Tik Tok or a real a. I wanted to comment so bad, but we're Five-O. My rule of thumb is because you're business, 56,000 views should be fine. You know, 5600 leads, 10% of that. Right. But that's not the way social media works. 

Roman Fischer 46:14
Nope. 

Rich Bennett 46:15
It's. You're lucky if you get one lead, right? That's why I always tell podcasters that rely on social media, Hey, you got to be out there. But that's not where you're going to get listeners, right? Where you get your listeners from. Other podcast. Yeah. Real quick. Sorry for I saw a squirrel run by anybody. 

F1 S3 46:33
No, no. 

Rich Bennett 46:37
With your with the business. Can you share a success story with about one of your clients. 

Roman Fischer 46:43
Yeah, one of my clients. Her name is actually Pamela, but it's crazy. You know, she actually had it where her father was, you know, not very healthy and what he was eating. And he, you know, ate a lot and just was really unhealthy with his eating habits. And that led to him not really living nearly as long. But her just knowing that and then seeing the transformation that I've done for myself and other people that inspired her to actually want to join my coaching and become a client. And what's really cool is she actually started at £200 and she wasn't you know, she wasn't very 

fit at the moment. She was trying to, of course, do whatever she could to get there, and I definitely respected her for that. But yes, you could tell she didn't have as much energy and things of that nature. But then she joined my coaching and over time, just in two months and two months, she dropped literally £21. £21. Yeah. And she looks to this day and of course is dropping still, but she looks so much healthier, so much better. Her face is glowing. Yeah, happier. Her moods just dramatically uplifted. And you can tell she's more toned. She even has some definition and her stomach area and oblique area. It's crazy. Yeah. And she looks just better than she's ever looked in in a while, you know? And it's great. I mean, she's ex military, so she has some of that fire in her. So that's great. But then also with, you know, me helping her out and guide her every step of the way, it's cool just seeing that transformation. And I mean, she tells me that she's even stronger, she's leaner, which is great, but she's even stronger to you. Has a little muscle. Yeah. And she's able to pick up bowling balls, just eat, like, super easily. She actually works at a bowling alley. So that's one of her jobs. 

Rich Bennett 48:45
That's important then. 

Roman Fischer 48:46
Yeah. And it's so much easier for her just to lift the bowling ball. Like in a split second. She can just lift it up with nothing. Yeah. One before it was harder to lift each and everything, but now it's just. It's effortless, she says. I'm like, Great. 

Rich Bennett 49:02
Yeah. Because there's a lot of people, former military that after they get out here, they some of them will stop working out. They'll stop exercising. Yeah. And as you get older, depend on what you did in the military. It takes a toll on your body. Yeah. Yeah. Jumping out of planes and everything. And then after a while, you're like, Oh, man, my knees aren't the way they used to be. Yeah, I can't lift this up. Yeah, but yeah. You working out, that's going to help you a lot. Maybe not necessarily doing, you know, brute physical workouts, but still something where you're, like you mentioned earlier, stretching. Yeah. Yeah. That helps out. Breathing exercises helps out a lot. So many different things actually. Roman with you. So when you get up in the morning, walk us. Walk us through your daily routine what it is that you actually do, because there is times where you can't focus on yourself because you're helping your clients as well, right? 

Roman Fischer 50:04
Yeah. What I'll typically do just from day to day when I get up in the morning, the first thing I'll do, I try to at least think of something I'm grateful for, something that inspires me. Something of that. Yeah. I always like do that before my feet hit the floor. Very first thing. 

Rich Bennett 50:20
They do though, we're twins or something. 

F1 S3 50:23
Maybe. 

Roman Fischer 50:25
Maybe from another universe or something. 

F1 S3 50:26
Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 50:28
But yeah, basically that's what I do the very first time when I wake up, I always think of that. Right after that, I like to just wash up, get ready, just get myself right, of course, get dressed and all that. And then from there I just check anything for my clients if they have any messages they sent me, any questions or anything like that. And then if I do, I always return them just instantly and just make sure I'm there for them every step of the way. From there, I'll see about any messages I could send to some potential leads, maybe do a little follow ups quick in the morning and then get my cup of coffee. Usually I'll do that about the same time I do those other things. I'll just have a cup or two of get all, you know, medium roast Colombian coffee. So that's another thing that keeps me going. And then from there I just yeah, just make sure to get myself to the gym so that way I can take care of myself. And then from there, just really show up and take care of everyone else around me family, but also potential new clients and clients. And then from there, after that's all said done, I just work my business mainly. I do some audition videos if they come through. Yeah, especially when the strikes out, I'll be doing more of that. And then I do a lot of other things, you know, with podcast interviews like this, if I have a podcast interview and then I'll also upload content, which I'll have pre made and pre done for the week. Yeah, and that's a lot of what I do. And then I just do coaching calls with clients and any consultation calls and strategies sessions with potential leads. That's a much. 

Rich Bennett 52:10
How do you how do you remember to do all this stuff every day. 

Roman Fischer 52:14
Yeah, that's a great question. So a lot of people, you know, just get overwhelmed and I'll be yes, it can be super easy to do that. But the easiest way to avoid doing that and remember to do all of this is I actually write the stuff down or at the very least I put it in my phone, in my notes. So I'll structure like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday through Sunday. And so every week of every day I'll be sure to look out what I have to do in the morning. So that's another thing I do. I just look at what I have to do and the very start of the morning throughout the day. Yeah. And then I also structure it in order. So in precedence or in order. So that way it's not just there. So I see what I have to do, but I can see how I have to do it when I have to do it. And that makes it a lot easier to, to manage everything and structure everything. 

Rich Bennett 53:07
Man Some great advice because there are a lot of people who have a hard time doing that. 

Roman Fischer 53:11
Yeah, I mean, it's hard enough for people to really remember what they have to do, let alone write it down or put it in their phone and then organize it. But that's the best thing to do, is to have it down, to look at, but also structure it that way. You're not overwhelmed about when to do this, want to do that. 

Rich Bennett 53:30
All right. I have to ask you this because, I mean, you you've been offering a lot of great advice and I know you have a lot of good stories to tell. Have you actually thought about starting your own podcast? 

Roman Fischer 53:42
You know, I've I've thought about it. I thought about it. Now I'm just not sure what I would call it at the, you know, given time. It would probably be about similar about what I do right now as far as like interviews, but I've just never really fully thought about what to call it, though. But I have thought about potentially starting one down the road. 

Rich Bennett 54:05
Well, if you do interviews, it's easy, man. Just say, Hmm. Rapping with Roman. 

Roman Fischer 54:10
Yeah, rapping. Oh, Roman. 

Rich Bennett 54:12
Yeah. Something that. Yeah, it's easy. Yeah, it's that. See, I would seriously think about it. And God, if you if you need any advice or whatever, feel free to contact me. Yeah. Yeah, I love helping other podcasters, and especially the ones that are just getting into it because I've been doing this. Oh, my God. Since 2015. Nice, man. That's a long time. 

Roman Fischer 54:37
Yeah, that is. Wow. 

Rich Bennett 54:38
Holy cow. Something. Oh, well, first of all, before I ask you this last question, is there anything you would like to add? 

Roman Fischer 54:47
Yeah, I just want everyone listening to remember this. And this is something to live by each and every day of your life. Remember, motivation gets you going, but consistency keeps you growing. 

Rich Bennett 55:02
I love that. So you've been on several interviews, actually. Do you have any idea how many different podcasts you've been on? 

Roman Fischer 55:10
OOF That's adds. 

Rich Bennett 55:13
Up in well over 20. 

Roman Fischer 55:15
Yeah, it's yeah, man, it's probably not in the hundreds. 

F1 S3 55:19
Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 55:20
But it might just be if I'm not getting. 

Rich Bennett 55:22
Close to it. 

Roman Fischer 55:23
As close as close. 

Rich Bennett 55:26
So something I like to ask everybody that's on out of all well provided they've been on several shows. Yeah. And of all the shows that you've been on, all the interviews you've done, is there anything that a host has never asked you that you wish they would have asked you? And if so, what would that question be and what would your answer be? 

Roman Fischer 55:51
Wow, that's that's great. This is I've been asked a lot of different, great questions. Let's see if I. 

Rich Bennett 55:57
Had this is why I don't do this one live. 

Roman Fischer 56:00
Yeah, Yeah. No, no, I actually just thought of it. Believe it or not, with all the questions I've been asked so far. Yeah. A question such as? Where would you see yourself in ten years? That that's something that actually I've never been asked. 

Rich Bennett 56:15
Nobody's issue that like, Are you serious? 

Roman Fischer 56:18
Yeah, that's the one question. Where do you see yourself in ten years? I think I've been asked, where. 

Rich Bennett 56:22
Do I do. 

Roman Fischer 56:24
Five years? But that's been the closest to that. 

Rich Bennett 56:28
That's weird because I do exercise sometimes, but I was. So where do you see that's interesting. Where do you see yourself in ten years? 

Roman Fischer 56:37
Yeah, well, other than being 35, I see myself. I see myself at that point being obviously just crazily successful, you know, not just for myself, but also of having helped thousands, at least of people transform their minds and their bodies. I also at that point want to have a gym by then, have a gym and have the gym be a chain gym at that point with a supplement and workout gear. Fingers crossed. Being an Oscar winning actor. And then yeah, just that. And then also being and being on some covers of fitness magazines, Men's Fitness, maybe even GQ on that. So that would be really cool. Some magazines and yeah, winning some awards for bodybuilding shows, maybe even getting to Mr. Universe so that. 

Rich Bennett 57:33
Those are some of that stuff's going to happen before ten years. 

Roman Fischer 57:36
Yeah. So by ten years for sure. But really before then, as the ultimate goal. But in ten years, I like to believe all that's accomplished. And then, yeah, I have like at least two residences, one, maybe I'm not sure where per say, eventually I have a dream of living outside the U.S. to you, hopefully having a home in the U.S. and at home somewhere outside. I feel like it'd be awesome, for example, to have, you know, one place in Tokyo because I love the culture, the technology. Now but also having a place in Rome, Italy. And it's not just because my name is Roman either. I feel like that. 

Rich Bennett 58:18
Oh yeah. 

Roman Fischer 58:19
The few the the, the history, the food, the people, the weather's. I heard great things about it. 

Rich Bennett 58:26
Yeah. And apparently they have something from my home state that's very invasive over there. 

Roman Fischer 58:32
Oh, wow. 

Rich Bennett 58:33
Yeah. Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs. 

Roman Fischer 58:35
Oh, wow. Nice. 

Rich Bennett 58:37
It's like I. I'm tempted to move over there and open up a restaurant and so I was like, Yeah. 

Roman Fischer 58:42
Oh, and that's, that's. 

Rich Bennett 58:43
Another steamed crabs. 

Roman Fischer 58:45
That's another thing too. You potentially having my own restaurant, too? Yeah. Wow. Just aligned with not probably. I used to think that I was going to have it connected to the gym, but I don't think that's very sanitary. That would be. I mean, but then again, you never know. But I think. 

Rich Bennett 59:04
I was going to say, Yeah, yeah. I mean, you see fruit was it fruit bars and yoga bars in the gyms. Yeah. Right. So yeah. 

Roman Fischer 59:10
I really feel like more or less, I mean you could have it somewhere in the gym, just like you see right by the, the weights or anything. But like, not terribly far away. So I feel like that would also be a very neat thing to have like the restaurant be part of the gym. Because, know, first off, I don't think gyms ever done that. So that's a good idea. 

Rich Bennett 59:32
That is actually a good idea because a lot of times people. 

Roman Fischer 59:35
Want to eat either. 

Rich Bennett 59:36
Before or after they when they eat. 

Roman Fischer 59:38
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 59:39
Yeah, that's a good idea. I think it's going to happen. I think it's definitely going to happen. Well, Roman, I want to thank you so much. And man, anytime you want to come back on the doors open. 

Roman Fischer 59:50
Yeah, for sure. Man. Yeah. It's been great. Great interview, great questions and great. Just great energy. 

Rich Bennett 59:57
Thank you.