Summary: In this episode John Sonmez introduces Robert Navarro as the new host. Robert talks about his background and how he got into fitness. Stay tuned for more content in future episodes. <a style="line-height: 1.5;" href="http://www.patreon.com/getupandcode" target="_blank">Patreon (Donate to Get Up And Code)</a> I’d really appreciate it if you could <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-up-and-code!/id646958161?mt=2" target="_blank">Rate Get Up and CODE on iTunes</a>. Thanks! Full Transcript: Speaker 1: Welcome to the Get Up and CODE Podcast with your host John Sonmez. The only podcast that combines fitness and programming and does it in less time than it takes to finish your workout. John: Hey everyone, welcome to Get Up and CODE. Are we back? What is going on? I said that was the last episode but it’s not the last episode so if you remember at the end of episode 110 I said that I was looking for someone potentially to take over the show. Well, I have found someone and I think everyone is going to be happy with the choice. I just want to say I would not have decided to do this if I didn’t find the right person. I’ve got—Roberto Navarro is—did I say your name right? Robert: You got it but you could call me Robert. John: Okay, Robert, all right. Robert, everyone will get it after sometime however you do your intro, but anyway, Robert is going to be taking over the show. I guess for this episode what we’re going to do is I’m going to interview Robert and give him the keys to the castle so to speak. He’s going to be the new host. I’m going to put him on the spot and hopefully you’ll see exactly why that I felt comfortable giving Robert control of Get Up and CODE and the legacy so he could carry this on. I’m actually really excited about this because it was a hard decision for me to say like to give up Get Up and CODE because we’ve helped a lot of people. It is something that I hate—I hate to kill something that has grown so much to something people are listening to. So hopefully you haven’t unsubscribed from your podcast. Welcome Robert! Robert: Thanks John! I’m excited to be part of the show now. John: Tell everyone a little bit just kind of about your background and who are you, where do you come from, what do you do? Robert: Sure. Hi everyone. Basically I’m a dot net developer that’s doing a lot of frontend development nowadays mainly with SharePoint online but I got into fitness—took fitness seriously back in 2012 and so just to give a quick disclaimer, I’m not a nutritionist or a certified personal trainer, but I do have the experience of actively competing in natural body building and physique competitions. As a matter of fact I’ll be competing in one in less than 24 hours from this recording and I also like to share that it’s taken me a while but I’ve developed the mindset that has both helped me excel in my IT software development career and also reaching my fitness goals. Just a little bit more background, I started developing software professionally back in 2007. Before that I was working at a radio shack selling electronics while still going to college. I developed this passion and interest for weight lifting. As a radio shack salesman I had to stand on my feet for many hours so lifting weights definitely strengthened my legs and helped me withstand the long shifts. That was my first experience and seeing a benefit that lifting and being fit attributed to my professional success. It basically made me a more active and alert salesman. When I started my development career in 2007 I continued learning about weightlifting and nutrition. I even bought one of those many online programs that you find on the internet about nutrition and exercises, which exercises to perform in order to gain muscle or lose fat. So I learned both how to put on weight and lose weight.
