It's Finally Over! | Day 31 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0033)Rick Carman (00:00)Hey everybody, Rick Carman here again, and this is GenXpert. That's right, we've made it. Day 31 of the Patriot Push Up Challenge. We've done 31 push ups for 31 days in a row. today is the last day.if you're new to this channel, we've been doing 31 push-ups for the month of July.next week's show. we'll be one episode a week and we'll be talking just about purpose and life after fifty and fitness and men's health and problems in the world and everythingAnd I'll be taking you on different trips to different places in the car around the property or whatever. So we'll be doing just more than just these push-ups. So stay tuned for that.So let's get these push-ups out of the way All right.Because the things of this world cannot give you the one thing that you need. And that's a relationship with Jesus Christ. So if you're struggling out there and you can't figure out what it is and you're watching these YouTube channels to say, what are these guys? What's this guy doing that that I need to do to make myself feel better? Or what's this guy, what's this person doing? How's this person you're making more money? How how come I make all this money and I'm not happy? How come I have all these things and I'm not happy?How come I have a great family and I'm still not happy? Why am I lonely? Why am I depressed? Because you don't have peace.Jesus Christ and reading the Word of God will give you peace and it'll fill that void that you don't know sometimes you don't even know that's there. You know, I throughout my life I've struggled with eating and eating things, you know, and I would just eat to fill the void. I would just eat and eat and eat. And you ever get to you ever do you ever do that where you go out to eat?God is our nutrients. So if you're out there feasting on everything of this world and all the all the cakes and the candies and the cheeseburgers and the french fries and you know the tacos and all that stuff and you're not eating any vegetables, you're not getting your nutrients, you know, God is your nutrients. The things of this world are your is your junk food. So you're never gonna you're you're gonna be craving, you're always gonna be craving something.

Another Day On The Farm | Day 30 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0032)

Rick Carman (00:00)Hey everybody, Rick Carman here again with GenXpert. We are at day 30. Yes, day 30. That means one more day of the Patriot Push-Up Challenge is left. We're gonna do 31 push-ups today, and we got one more day left. I'm so excited, so excited. You might hear some weed eating and stuff in the background. I got my little worker bees working today. It's kind of an overcast day, so it's not too bad, not too hot.a little bit humid, but that's about it. man, I tell you what, I'm excited you're here. If you're new to this channel, if you haven't been here before, what we've been doing is 31 push-ups for 31 days of the month of July to honor our patriots and our founding fathers and our veterans, people who keep this country safe and free. if you've missed this ch you know, we only got one more day left. So if you're new here,Go back and watch the previous ones. Start it with day one and work your way up and you can do it. You can do that. Or you can just catch the last few days. We got a a different type of channel coming next week. We're gonna do one episode a week starting next week. And no push ups, no push ups. But I'll tell you what, I've gotten stronger and I've I just feel better about about my health and fitness and all that stuff. it's doing wonders. Well31 push-ups a day will make you stronger. So let's get after it.Ready One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty,Thirty one.Got my little mascots here with me today. All the dogs are out here because it's not as hot as it has been. So that's 31. One more day. One more day left. Can you believe it? I can't believe it. I'm ready. I'm excited. I'm ready. I'm excited. Not sad at all that it's gonna be over. So like I said, this channel will change dramatically next week.it'll be a little bit longer video. we may start going different locations either around the property or I'll take you a car with me sometimes. It'll just be me talking about life, stuff like that, getting away from the push-up videos. This may not this part of the channel may not be for everybody. I see you girl, I see you. I'm talking to the camera, okay?may not be for everybody but next week the true purpose of the channel will be you know going again so while i've enjoyed the pushup part of this channel i'm really excited to get back to the meat of the channel which is men over 50 find a purpose stay in fit and shape after 50know dealing with the society that's trying to push old guys out dealing with retirement and going from that earlier stage in life transitioning into back 50 of your life you know from the first 50 to the back 50 so we'll talk about all those kind of thingsAnd it'll be it'll be nice good discussions. We'll go like I said, different locations. I'll have you in a car at some point. I'll be walking with you at some point up on a you know with the camera on a stick and or I'll just stand here like this. But I know you're getting tired of seeing my porch probably and all the same same background over and over and over, but it was just the easiest thing to get these push-ups done. So one more day, guys, one more day.I'm excited. So as usual, I'm proud of you for showing up today. Thank you for coming. You could be anywhere else, but you decided to show up here and I really appreciate it. So I'm Rick Carman, this has been GenXpert. Until next time, get up, get out, and get better.

Are You Ready Yet? | Day 29 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0031)

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Hey everybody, Rick Carman here again, and this is GenXpert. We're on day 29 of the Patriot Push-Up Challenge. We got two more days left of this after today, of course. Two more days. Man, it's it's it's been quite a journey, actually. it's a little cloudy here, it's a little humid. Might rain a little bit. we'll see. but let's get these push-ups knocked out because I'm just ready to get this.Get this going, all right? Let's do it.Alright.One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, twentyHope you could see that. I'm not sure, but if you didn't, you at least heard me. So so that was day 29 of the Patriot Push Up Challenge. If you're new here, we're doing the Patriot Push-Up Challenge to honor America 250 right here, and we're doing it to to honor our Patriots and our veterans whohelp keep this country safe and free and you know just to stay in shape. You know it's good to stay in shape. today I had a little issue. I had to go to the doctor. I thought it might be something serious, but now I think it may not be. I'm having some more tests tomorrow, so so pray for me if you will. ButGoing to the doctor and having this issue kind of made me start thinking about, you know, you know, am I am I ready? Am I right with God? Am I right with Christ? Am I ready, you know, for the next thing that's gonna happen? You know, am I ready for the next afterlife? You know. And I thought really hard about it, especially last night when I wasn't sure what was going on. And, you know, I don't know.I don't know. I mean I'm doing all the right things, you know. I feel like I'm doing all the right things, and I feel like, you know, I'll go to heaven if something happened. But am I ready to go? That's the thing. Am I ready? Do I have things left to do? And I thought to myself, yes I do. I have a lot left to do, you know. I'm not ready to go anywhere yet. I've got more videos to make for you, more Bibles to read, more kids to raise.you know, I've got tons of stuff going on around the farm. I want to get through the you know, I got through the New Testament a couple days ago, yesterday, as a matter of fact. And so I want to get through the Old Testament that way I'll have the whole Bible done. So I want to do that before I go for sure because I don't want to get up there and say, nah, I hadn't read it, you know. So so yeah, there's so there's some things I want to do. So ask yourself if your time came tomorrow.is there some things that you you don't have completed yet that you want to do? Do are you ready to go? And if you're not, what steps can you take to make sure you're ready if that time happens? You know what I mean? you know, get up instead of getting up and watching football all day, maybe you get up and do something to guide you towards that step.That's gonna make you ready, gonna make you complete, gonna make you peaceful. It's all about peace, having peace with it. Having peace. That's what it's about. Once you get peace, you're good to go. You're golden. Nothing else matters after that. But getting that piece is hard, and then keeping the piece is even harder. So, you know, I had the piece once and now I'm trying to get it back.So we'll talk more about that later on this channel after we get done with all these push-ups and stuff. So anyway, that's all I wanted to tell you about. I got another test. I got tests tomorrow. I'll I'll be I'll be here doing push-ups again tomorrow and I'll let you know how that went. hopefully hopefully everything's going good. I think it will be.

They Aren't Intelligent! | Day 27 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0029) Rick Carman (00:00)Hey everybody, Rick Carman here, and welcome back to GenXpert. we're on day 27 of the Patriot Push-Up Challenge. That's day 27 of the Patriot Push-Up Challenge. That means we got four more days left after today. So that's awesome. I'm so excited. If you're just now joining us, we're doing 31 push-ups for 31 days of July, and we're on day 27. So if you missed it, go back and do all the push-ups and then catch up. I'm just kidding.if you miss it, you can start today and finish up with us, or you can go back and start with number one and then finish up and do it do it yourself. Either way, if you've been with us this whole time, thank you so much for joining me on this journey. I really appreciate it. You could be anywhere else, but you're here and I'm proud of you for showing up today. We're just trying to stay fit as men of our 50. We're just trying to stay fit in shape, you know, develop consistency.I'm gonna do this because I gotta go to the gym here in a minute. It's like a hundred degrees outside, but the wind is blowing a little bit, so not not as bad as it has been. And but I'm gonna do my push-ups so I can go to the gym. Trying to get consistent with going to the gym, trying to get consistent with eating properly. you know, at this age or at any age really, we've really got to watch what we're eating, what we're putting in our body. Our body is our temple, right?So we gotta be careful what we're putting in our body as we're made in the image of God. And we need to take care of this image, okay? And we need to make sure we look good, we feel good. and you know you just want to stay healthy, you want to live long for your family, for your grandkids, for your kids, and all that stuff. The longer you live, the more people you can bring to Jesus. Am I right? I'm right. So so that's what we're trying to do. I'm getting stronger. I'm gonna go check my bench press today, see how I do.

Not The Summer I Wanted | GenXpert ((#0026)Rick Carman (00:00)Hey everybody, it's Rick Carman again. Welcome back to GenXpert. And we are in day 24. That's right, day 24 of the Patriot Push Up Challenge. we're doing 31 push-ups for 31 days of July to honor our Patriots and our veterans, and anybody else who had a hand in making this country great, the great freedom, free country that it is. And so we're on day 24. I'm so excited. One more week left.Next Friday will be the end of this Patriot Challenge. I'm getting so strong, but I'm also getting so tired. And and maybe we'll have some different kind of videos coming at you the next week, falling that week. So let's get these push-ups out of the way. It's getting kind of warm out here. I gotta go to the store, gotta go get some gasoline for the mowers and all that stuff. So let's let's get these push-ups done.myOne, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one,Before you say didn't go all the way down, my shirt was hanging. Cause I'm cause I'm you know a lot smaller than my shirt now. So it looked like I didn't go all the way down, guys. I know you're out there, but I did. I did go all the way down. Well maybe on a few I didn't. Who knows? But anyway. Yeah, it's hot on the farm today. We did a lot of mowing yesterday.We got some to do today, got to cut some trees down, all that stuff. you know, I realized today, I don't know about you, but I had a lot of plans this summer, you know. I had a lot of things on my plate this summer to do. And it's already almost August. And I'm not done with even half of them. So the summer kindaI I think because of all the rain the summer kinda got away from me. We had so much rain that my my schedule of stuff that I need to do outside the projects that I had planned and all that it kinda got thrown in the back burner. And so now I'm coming up on school starting in August where my schedule's gonna have to change d dramatically to take my kids to school, or one of them anyway.And so my project list is gonna have to change because with the break in the day, taking the kids to school, picking them up, and then going to martial arts and different activities and stuff like that, my project list is gonna have to change, get smaller. So I didn't get what I wanted done this summer. I had big plans this summer. This summer was gonna be the summer of me. And doing all this stuff, getting all this stuff done that I wanted to get done.But I spent most of the time watching it rain, then mowing, watching it rain, then mowing again. so I'm kind of disappointed. But I guess I could look back and say, what did I accomplish? You know, what what did I get accomplished? What what projects did I get done? I started a new project with this channel, so this this channel kind of took a lot a lot of my time, at least early on.I was trying to figure out how to do it and I'm still I'm still learning. But this channel is important to me because if I could just reach one person, one of you guys, and give you some good advice or or bring somebody to Jesus, or you know, just tell my story where somebody can relate and know that you're not going through something alone, then then I'll be happy. That's just just one person.There's just one person out there, I'll be happy. So it's worth it. You know, it's worth it to me. It's giving me new life and all that. But on the other side, I still have projects to do, I still have life to live. you know, I don't make any money doing this channel, so I've got I've got to earn my keep around here. So so that's that's kind of where I'm at with this.

Forgive & Forget | Day 23 | GenXpert (#0025) Hey everybody, it's Rick Carman again. Welcome back to GenXpert. We are on Day 23. That's right, Day 23 of the Patriot Push-Up Challenge. We are doing 31 days of 31 push-ups in the month of July for the push-up challenge to honor our Patriots and our Veterans and anybody else who had anything to do with keeping the country free and bringing this country here to us.And so that's what we're doing. We're on Day 23. I'm so excited. It's a little bit cooler here today. We're going to do a little bit more yard work here today. but I wanted to get out here and knock these push-ups out before I did some yard work so that I wouldn't be too tired afterwards. So let's get on it.Rick Carman (01:20.364)Ready one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one.Rick Carman (01:55.138)Okay. I don't know what happened. Something pooped on me or something. I don't know. That's 31, man. They're getting easier. They're getting a lot easier every Day. They're getting easier and easier. Maybe I'll do 32 tomorrow. No, I'm just kidding. I won't do that. so anyway, I don't know if I have much wisdom for you today.Rick Carman (02:20.706)I was thinking, I was talking to a friend earlier today and he said he said something about forgiveness. And I was thinking about forgiveness. You know, it is pretty hard for us sometimes to forgive those who've who've done us wrong. We all have somebody that's done us wrong.You know, it's says somewhere in the Bible not to harbor that that unforgiveness. Because if we harbor unforgiveness, what's it say about us? The Lord forgives us for all our sins, but we can't forgive our brothers and sisters. How's the Lord supposed to forgive us if we can't forgive anyone else? So think about that. If you're harboring unforgiveness towards someone,I know it's difficult, I know it's hard, but the Lord forgives us for the awful things we do. And if He can forgive us, we must forgive anyone else. And remember, revenge is the Lord's, it's not ours. So just keep that in mind. If you're going through a tough time, if you're dealing with something where someone has wronged you severely, or you had a horrible child upbringing.Doesn't mean you have to forget what happened. You know, it doesn't mean you have to be someone's best friend. But in your heart, you need to forgive them with the Lord, pray about it, and say, Lord, take this burden from me, take this hate from me, and because it can eat you up inside, it's not good for you. just let it go and be be at peace with it.Hand it to the Lord. That's that's why He's here. Hand it to the Lord and say, Lord, deal with this person. Deal with my feelings. If you're having trouble, say, Lord, take these feelings away from me and give me peace. Because honestly, if you can't forgive somebody, they're living rent-free in your head, right? If you can't forgive somebody, they're they're they've got you right where they want you. So you're really just hurting yourself. Holding that holding that unforgiveness. SoRick Carman (04:42.392)Just think about that. If you're dealing with that, maybe that message is supposed to hit with you somewhere, somebody out there. I don't know. try to find some good things to talk about, some wisdom to share, and maybe maybe maybe I need to pray a little bit more. Maybe God will give me something to share with you that somebody needs out there. So maybe I'll focus on that more. Maybe I should focus on prayer more. So, so anyway, we're on Day 23.

Leave A Legacy | Day 22 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0024)

Leave A Legacy | Day 22 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0024)Hey everybody, welcome back. It's Rick Carman here, and you're watching Gen Expert. we're back for day 22 of the Patriot Push-Up Challenge. We're doing a 31-day push-up challenge, 31 push-ups and 31 days for our Patriots and our veterans who keep this country free and safe. And just America 250. We're just doing it to stay in shape and honor America and toget in shape and get consistent with our workouts. I know I'm getting stronger. I can do pushups, you know, all in a row now, which I wasn't able to do really before. So that's good. If you haven't been here before, we're doing the 31 push-up challenge, 31 days, 31 push-ups a day. That's what we're after. So join us in on that. If you're coming back for the 30 30 the 22nd dayThen thank you for being here. I know you could be anywhere else. Appreciate you being here. I got I got dogs here. They're they're they don't know that they're extras. They're supposed to be extra. Quite on the set. They don't know. Let's get these push-ups out of the way. It's kinda hot.Alright, back off. Alright. Ready. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty one, twenty two, twenty three, twenty four, twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight,Twenty-nine? Thirty? Thirty-one. Ugh.Had to hurry and do those cause I was getting tired. And we still got a lot of mowing to do today. Cause we live in the country and we got a lot of mowing to do. So it's warm. SoAs these days go on, we're doing this every day. I started off with a lot of wisdom and a lot of comments, and you know I was able to talk to you for a long time, but as the days go by every single day, I ran out of wisdom. Ain't that funny? So I run out of things to talk to you about, but not today. Today I want to talk to you about something likeyour legacy. I don't know if you ever think about your legacy. I do. Especially when I see people die. And I wonder I wonder, you know, like what was their what was their legacy in life.When you pass away, who's gonna miss you? Not just your family and your friends, but will the world miss you? What are you doing every day to make yourself valuable? Are you are you doing something to better the country, to better the world, to better your life, to better someone else's life?Are you active in your community? You know, are you do you do special things at work? Do you volunteer? When you're gone, are you gonna be missed? Is there gonna be a gap where you were? Or are people just gonna say, he was a good dude? That's what I'm thinking about. That's what I try to think about. I want to get up every day and make myself valuable.I wanna make myself valuable first of all to the Lord Jesus Christ as a spokesman and I walk in his feet and I show the light to anyone that'll look. That's number one. Number two, I wanna be valuable to my community. when I'm gone I want people to say, Man, we're sure gonna take a hit in this area, or man, he sure did volunteer a lot orMan, he well he's gonna be missed, you know. You know, there's you know, been some people die like Lindsey Graham, for instance, regardless of your side of the aisle you fall on. He was working in Ukraine, he was working on Iran, and he was working, you know, to against the Russians to try to get these deals done. He had all these irons in the fire. AndYou know, there's a big hole now that he's gone. You know. so I think about somebody like that, you know, in our in your community. Think about somebody that goes to your church that just does everything. Or somebody that you just is a solid rock that you lean on all the time. Somebody that's dependable. That's what we're trying to be. That's what I want to be. That's what we all need to try to be.]

Young George and Slow to Anger | Day 21 Patriot Pushup Challenge | GenXpert (#0023)Hey everybody, it's Rick Carman here, your GenXpert we're back for another day of push-ups. we're doing 31 push-ups in 31 days. Today is day 21. That's right. We've made it to day 21. Woo! Yeah, we're getting there, we're getting there. It's hot today, it's really hot. but we're gonna get these push-ups knocked out and we're gonna have a short push-ups because I don't want to overheat.So but yeah, if you're new to this channel, we're doing 31 push-ups a day for 31 days for the month of July to honor the Patriots of America that brought the the the the freedom to to to this world and also the veterans who keep the world free. So that's what we're doing is called the Patriot Push Up Challenge.So let's get after it. Thirty one push ups.Ready.One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one,Yeah.Well, they're getting a lot easier. I'm knocking them out now. Boom boom. I hope you are too. I want to thank you for joining me. I know you could be anywhere else, but I'm gonna thank you for watching this channel. this channel is for you. I'm hoping I can provide information. We're doing a put push-up challenge right now, so there's not a whole lot of information being provided, just doing push-ups together.But it's something we could do together to get in shape, to honor our heroes and the people that made this country great. you know we're just doing it America 250. We're just doing doing it for that and to build consistency with staying in shape. recently we went and saw young George Washington andIt was a really interesting movie. I never really thought about George Washington being young and brave and all that stuff. So wind's kinda blowing today. Hope the camera's not shaking too bad. it was just interesting. If you have a chance to go see it, go see it. It it'll it'll make you feel patriotic. And it gave me a little boost to get some push-ups done, you know, soit's been really hot here. We've been having hundred degree days here in Arkansas. one thing I want to talk about, we've had an air conditioner that's consistently been leaking. our air conditioner people who installed it have been out here probably at least four times to fix the same unit. We have several different unit heads, you know. And you know todayIt was super hot. It started laking a couple days ago and it was super hot today. And they came out today and I and I was just I wanted to be angry so mad so bad. I wanted to when they got here, you know how you feel, like you're you're just ready to light into them. You're like, you know, this this is shouldn't be happening. I paid a lot of money for this. I know it's under warranty, but you guys need to figure this out, you know, and I wanted to jump on them.They said they were going to send the the A-team, you know, the bosses out, you know, to check it out to see what's going on. two guys arrived. They look like they were they were on their summer jobs from high school. Braces, I kid you not, braces. And I was like, they haven't even been out here before. They never even dealt with my units before. I was not happy.And but they were young guys, they were polite and nice guys. And I told them I wasn't happy. but as I felt myself getting angry and my tone changing and my inflection of my different voice, you know, inflections change, I I I rolled myself back and I was like, these guys are kids, they're just here to do their job.