"Hiking's alright. I don't not do cardio. I run or swim for an hour a day," said Max. "As a part of my workout. No workout that relies on just one thing's as good for you as it could be. If you want a strong foundation, you can't rely on just one thing to give it to you. It's good to work the heart, but it's also good to work the parts the heart takes care of, too."

Max was waxing philosophical on the deepest feelings of his heart, Brock. It's a beautiful moment of manly passion. "You ain't gotta be as big as me, you just... Everybody can put on lean muscle mass, and get stronger. Be a little better than they used to be. The feelin' of bein' able to pick up a heavy thing when somebody needs it moved, 'cause you got a friend who needs a couch moved, or knowin' that you got the hand and arm strength to skin a deer by yourself so you could live in the wild if there was some sorta crazy war thing... it gives a guy confidence in himself. Hell, you open up the jar of pickles that somebody else can't get, it's a morale booster. And then you get to eat pickles. It's not about 'gettin' like me' it's about bein' a better, more complete version of you than you are right now. You wouldn't make tentacle guy do the same pokemon move over and over and over and never have him work on anything else, would you? Nothin' but water guns all day long every day for his only trainin'? Yeah, he'll probably be real good at water gun, but I bet he'd be pretty bad at, uh... rock... smash? Some sorta rock pokemon move, I dunno. Anyway, it's the same with people; I can't just work my arms, I gotta work my whole body."

Even though it sort of looks like you favor your arms a little bit, Max.

"You can't just work your heart; you do that, you're leavin' out most of the rest of you, too."