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- Chef!

You got all dolled up.

Sorry, my mother wants to see her husband.

- The love of my life. How are you?

- Wow. He's a gigolo, Mama.

- Well, you need me there to take care of you.

I can make you some of my special serum...

- Aw. - To whip you back into shape.

- [indistinct] - Yeah.

- It's called Viagr-y stew. [laughter]

- We'll be out there to see you soon.

I love you. - Oh, I hope so.

- I love you, Mama.

- I love you too, honey. - Aw.

- [smooches]

- Dad? Keep it in your pants, Dad.

[spray can clicking]

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- 50 seconds!

45 seconds left.

- Hi. We are back at the F45 Studios.

I don't know why you're not here.

Come look at this class.

I am personally one of the trainers today.

I'm gonna be training Ace and Chef.

I gotta give them the hard- the hard, hard workouts

But you guys need to be here. Right now at F45.

Let's go. Team training, life-changing.

We're taking our...

We're taking it back. I didn't want to swear.

I'm not gonna swear. F-fuck that!

Let's go. We're going back.

All the way down. Back down, holding that gut.

Deep, deep, deep. C'mon, Ace.

Yeah! Again.

When the pandemic hit, you know,

1,500 some odd studios in 50 countries

all kind of shut down at the same time.

But now people feel really comfortable

returning to the studios. We're finally saying,

"You know what? Enough is enough.

We're all gonna start working out together."

Team training is life-changing.

The best way to get in shape is to work out together-

to be next to somebody, motivating somebody,

having somebody motivate you.

Ten seconds more.

Yes. Yes. Yes!

all: F45!

- Say it. - Whoo!

[applause]

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- I mean, we had so much great momentum pre-COVID.

I mean, business was... - Yeah.

- On fire, you know? - Yeah, yeah.

- I mean, we're selling, you know,

100 franchises a month.

- Mark does have a thirst

for being a public company,

because you're no longer dependent

on private investors.

You suddenly have access to public investors

that are constantly investing, reinvesting.

So there's forces outside of our control

that are causing volatility in the public markets.

The market's got a very strong appetite

for a-a fitness concept going public.

But COVID is still a big risk factor, right?

- Mike Raymond and I,

we met through a mutual friend.

Super-smart guy.

He and I sit on the board together at F45.

Really, really knowledgeable, especially in the IPO space

and taking companies public.

- That's the big question, Mark, in terms

of how the market is gonna price in

COVID's impact on the business.

- There's all kinds of companies

that never should have gone public.

You only want to be public

when you're really ready to be on that center stage.

Going public too early is going to sink your company.

- Mark, it could evaporate with a few world events.

You just never know.

- There's so much volatility in the marketplace,

but people have gone back into gyms.

So I got to discover whether going public

is the best opportunity for the business right now.

- That's my personal view. - Okay.

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I wasn't going to get involved with the company

unless I saw everything back of the house, you know?

I wanted to really understand where the product was made,

how it was made, all of those things.

So to really get behind it,

I wanted to feel comfortable in every respect.

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- Mark's an incredible marketing machine.

He knows how to market.

He knows how to get to the consumer.

And one of the things that we both liked

is Mark wanted to promote the brand.

He wanted to promote Abraham and myself.

He's like, "I'm-I'm not a tequila guy."

He was like, "I like you guys."

He doesn't get in business

with anyone that he doesn't respect

and have the same values.

- In every tequila glass,

there are more than ten years of hard work, magic,

traditions, and history.

- The most important thing, obviously, is the product.

So having gone to the distillery,

I really took my time to make sure that I can see

the attention to detail

that goes into creating the product.

He needs one more. Poco. Grande.

Four generations of family distilling tequila-

everything about it was so impressive.

- Tequila for us is the national drink.

The present of Mexico to the world.

[singing in Spanish]

- I like Aron and Abe a lot, but I also need

to get into the financials

and see if it makes sense

for me to be a part of it.

So that's important, you know?

- Cheers. - Cheers.

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- We have a Super Melt and a regular melt.

We only really need one melt.

And a lot of times you have a lot of bread left over.

Like, I was done with the meat part

and I still had, like, both sides of the bread

and all this here, that if you spread it out,

it think that comes across as better quality.

- John Fuller is our CEO.

He was the former CEO of Johnny Rockets

and I think Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

Once the pandemic happened and, of course, we realized,

"Oh, my God, people are just spending like drunken sailors,"

and "We need to really tighten up the business

and operate very tight, lean, efficient business"-

And so we brought John in. He's got a lot

of international growth experience,

operational experience.

- And one of the guys that I had at Johnny Rockets

who had all of Mexico's airports

under their control

from a food and beverage standpoint

has reached out to us trying to do some business together.

So they have control of 20 different airports

throughout the country of Mexico.

And so that could be, you know,

a huge opportunity there.

- Every business needs to be able to pivot.

COVID came along and you were screwed

if your business is starting to fail.

That's when you bring in all the knowledge,

all the firepower that you can find.

- Have you connected with the people at Hy-Vee yet?

- No, they were supposed to do it this week

and they postponed till next week.

Hy-Vee is one of those huge supermarket chains

in the Midwest.

They expressed interest

in 26 stores in total,

of which 20 will be in their locations,

in their- within their supermarket.

- So, obviously, the relationships with them

are very, very important, as with all of our franchisees.

- Right. - But those guys in particular,

they focus on so much growth. - Right.

- Hy-Vee became a Wahlburger franchisee.

And then they wanted to have a more substantial relationship

as they saw the potential for the business

and the partnership.

They're making a big commitment

to expand their footprint into opening, like,

200, 300 stores.

I mean, that could be 230 stores.

- Right. Exactly. - I mean, they've got

240 stores. If all goes well with Hy-Vee,

then right there alone, there's a real number.

- We'll always say yes. [chuckles]

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- We should now try to lean into the podcast.

- But I think if we're gonna take a swing,

it needs to be kind of a homerun.

- We don't want to just pump out stuff

that's been there, done that.

It just doesn't excite me.

It doesn't excite the people that work here.

So we really want to create fresh, innovative

concepts and programming that we can take a chance on.

- Dr. V reached out to me

to talk about a potential podcast.

Dr. Christopher Vincent is

Mark's go-to sports medicine physician,

chiropractor, jack of all trades.

- He's an interesting guy. He was, like,

an Olympic athlete, I believe. - He was.

With Dr. V's background and his client list,

I have a feeling that it would cut through.

He's worked with David Beckham.

He's worked with Chauncey Billups..

He's worked with Reese Witherspoon.

- Now can we get those people for the podcast?

- He says that we can.

- We could have Mark do, uh,

the first episode, I imagine,

and then kick it off from there.

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- This is the- - All right, reset.

[indistinct chatter]

- [chuckles]

- Going that way? Blue team steals it,

makes a break for it.

He has to go chase and that's what makes him fall.

- Oh, okay. Okay. - Okay?

- This whole sequence is

a little-a little intimidating.

I mean, it's a lot of, like, really kinetic action.

And establishing character through action,

like, it's a tall order.

- Here we go.

- All that goes into portraying these characters

has gotten tougher.

The older you get, the more problems you have.

And it's taken a toll on my body for sure.

- Roll, please. - Action, camera.

- Action!

- [indistinct] - [grunts]

Shit. - Ooh. You all right?

- I ain't playing possum, if that's what you're asking.

- Mm. Back to one. - Cut.

- Ta-da. Reset.

- He needs to get him, like, more up on his feet.

- Before they crumble? - Before they just kind of,

like-like the knees do some weird-

I had a-a very specific idea of what I wanted

with the choreography.

You think nothing is wrong.

- Yeah, but I've still taken a pretty decent fall.

So I'd... - Yeah.

- Take a second to recover.

- But let him get you all the way-

- Going again. - Like, right-

I think it may have surprised people.

I think I maybe earned a little bit of

street cred.

- Here we go.

- All right, [indistinct].

- Okay, so right here- - I'm used to being on set

in an actor and producer capacity,

but now as a financier,

I also need to worry about the budget.

It's my own money on the line,

which raises the stakes even higher.

It's tough, but hopefully it will work.

- Come on, man. - Whoo!

- Got you.

- Whoo. I got you. I got you.

- Oh, my God. [groans] Wait, man.

- Hey, you all right, man?

both: Cut.

- Good? - Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. It's good.

- All right, check the mat. - Great job, guys.

Thank you all. Great, great, great hustle.

Thank you all so much.

- It stuck-

[chuckling] - "Did I break you?"

- [laughs]

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- Can you believe that four years ago

we were talking about launching a tequila brand,

and here we are

talking of a partnership with Mark Wahlberg?

With Mark wearing the Flecha hat, and-

God's good, man. Yeah.

- We'll see how things go.

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- I'm excited. You are concerned.

- I'm excited. - I'm excited, you're not.

- Listen, there's just business reality issues

with the tequila market. Everybody's chasing it.

You know, do we have enough horsepower

to cut through the clutter and make it happen?

My hesitations with Flecha Azul is,

you know, they're very small.

You know, really just distributing in Texas

and on golf courses.

It's not like jumping into somebody

who owns a big percentage of the space.

So there's a lot of heavy-lifting to be done

to really build this brand.

- It would take us 20 years to get the exposure

if we did it on our own. - Yeah.

- And Mark's reach is so strong,

he can do that immediately.

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- You know, the reality of it

is that we have no controls. We don't have board seats.

We don't have controls of the operations.

I don't know what people are getting paid.

I don't know what kind of overhead they have.

There's always a problem.

- Tom's somebody that I always bounce things off of.

Sometimes we have a tendency to disagree.

But he's a very smart guy.

I don't think he's as bullish,

because there is no easy opportunity.

I think people are saying,

"Okay, here's a great way to build the business,

make a lot of money in a short amount of time."

But I haven't found one that's easy.

We're not saying, "Oh, I'm starting my own tequila.

We're now experts in the space."

No. We want to help them and support them.

And they thought it would be valuable to bring me on

as a strategic partner.

- The thing about being a celebrity in that business,

you're gonna get the benefit of the doubt

and people are gonna sample you to start.

The hard part is sustaining that.

- It's gonna be great to see it, man.

It's almost-I can't wait to out to my favorite places

and be able to see Flecha. - Yeah.

I mean, we have sacrifices that we-that we do,

at this time, and I feel like, just down the line,

they're gonna pay off.

- A number of things could go wrong.

That being said,

I really like what they've created.

We're betting on them.

- There's still, really, a lot of work to be done.

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- What's up, Mike? There you are.

- So, hey, um, had a long conversation

with the guys in Australia on the F45 IPO.

I've been over, you know, all of the numbers.

- Mm-kay. - And I'm pretty encouraged.

I think it's a good time to go public.

And, uh, the market timing seems, uh-seems right to me.

- There was a lot of uncertainty

in the marketplace.

But it's a, you know, very healthy business

and it's a fantastic product.

So we are gonna actually go live and file for an IPO.

I'll let- I'll let everybody know.

So the stakes couldn't be higher

when it comes to everything that we're doing.

It's all happening, you know?

All on black.

- Cool. I'll talk to you soon.

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- Hi. - Hello.

- Do you want to sit down and go over

what we're about to do? - Yes.

- Okay.

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- Dr. V has worked with a ton of athletes,

musicians, movie stars.

And so this podcast is uniquely different

in that not only are you gonna get

really interesting advice

about health, wellness, and fitness,

but you're gonna get some

inside Hollywood gossipy stuff.

And I think that's a great combination.

- I'm gonna have you read through your intro.

And once you hit, "Hi, Mark," we'll be done.

He's great when you talk to him one-on-one.

He's personable. He's funny.

He's incredibly knowledgeable,

but that doesn't always translate

to being a podcasting host.

While he is the go-to guy

if you want to get in shape for your next action film,

does he actually know how to host a podcast?

We're about to find out.

- I've worked with famous athletes

like David Beckham and Chauncey Billups,

and action heroes like Mark Wahlberg.

- The first episode

Dr. V is gonna interview Mark.

And in future episodes, Dr. V is gonna have

his other clients that he's worked with

over the past several years be guests.

- My first guest is viewed as a pinnacle

of health and wellness.

He's known for those brutal 3:00 a.m. workouts.

Here's Mark Wahlberg.

[chuckles] - What's up, Doctor?

- Hello.

- Aw, look at the face. He's nervous already.

What the fuck? - [chuckles]

I wasn't nervous until you walked in.

- Exact- well, that's what happens.

You know, I'm never nervous till the camera rolls, either.

- My first guest- - What do you mean guest?

- Well, you're the first guest on the show.

- I'm not the guest. I'm the fucking co-host.

- You can come on whenever you want.

But if we have other guests that you're not available

because of your busy schedule, we, uh-we'll have to-

- Fuck a schedule, motherfucker.

Let me tell you something about a schedule.

- Normally on these weekly shows,

there's, like, a different person that would come on.

Or would you want to also be actively

in those conversations with that third person?

- I think I changed my mind.

I think before I did, and now I don't want to.

- No, no, no. I think it's a great idea

if we can do that.

- Well, we gotta- first of all, we gotta get you

out of your shell. I'm gonna make you-

- Well, that will come along. - We have to be able

to figure out how we take your know-vast knowledge-

to figure out how you can articulate it

with a camera on you and you don't freeze up.

So, that being said- - So-

- And then, yes, we could do it all the time.

We have a wonderful guest, we could talk-

We could set up right here. This travels

like the rest of the traveling circus.

It's easy. Plug it in, Doc. - Okay.

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- So the brand is what walked them into the door.

- Right. - So they got through the doors

because of the brand. - The brand is humongous,

right? The awareness- everything's there.

And we're this little, small business.

JJ Smith, he's in charge of all business development,

whether it's growing our Wahlburgers at-home retail,

international- he's our all-things-business.

The Hollywood Casino,

uh, Jim was pushing back a little bit

that he didn't think that was a-

you know, wanted to wait a year.

I think that's a huge mistake,

'cause- - It opens the doors...

- Exactly. - For, you know-

We have that one success early, and we can grow-

- Exactly. This is our chance.

We have a tremendous opportunity

with the Hollywood Casino.

Any time we're in a captive space

like a casino,

we've always done very, very well.

I think they had a big company mentality

a little bit earlier, but, you know,

we've right-sized them.

But I think the ability

for us to move really fast is here,

if we can just get our arms around it and do it.

And 'cause I think we're way too slow.

- Just because we had ten seasons

on a television series doesn't mean

that we're, you know, a $10 billion business.

We need to operate like a small business.

We have to be nimble and creative

and start moving towards our goal, right,

which is opening 200, 300 stores

and getting back to being a highly-profitable

successful business.

- We want to give Mark confidence that we're on it.

- Exactly. - So we just gotta go do it.

- Mark Wahlberg is viewed

as a pinnacle of health and wellness.

He's definitely fit.

But is he fit and healthy or simply fit?

- Dr. V, he knows the health and wellness space quite well.

We're very similar in that we want to kind of seek out

information and knowledge in new and interesting ways,

to encourage people and help people find

the tools and the skills to things

that are going to help them.

- The first time I was

really on set with you for a long time,

I remember being in this enclosed tent.

And the aroma that was coming from your body

was a little unbearable.

Your entourage were, um, pleading with me

to help do something about your intestines.

And that's where we first started

talking about it.

It took two years- - This could be a hit.

- Well, hold on, it took two years

to actually do something. So-

- So I had already had a bad stomach.

We were shooting "Arthur the King."

First day, I tear my meniscus.

So then I was down and depressed.

So after work,

I started drinking a lot of beer.

[both chuckle]

My stomach is just now terrible.

Then I got COVID.

I got COVID.

After the COVID, I got bronchitis.

And then I got a stomach bug.

I got the stomach flu on top of it.

The-the health issues that I was having

on top of the pandemic... - Yeah.

- And everything else- all the uncertainty, all the-

I-I mean, I dealt with a lot this year

and, I don't know, it just hit me in a way

that was different- that I hadn't dealt with.

So then I finally agreed to do the fast,

and the cleanse, and the detox,

and all those things.

I feel like a new man. - Yeah.

- [burps] - Do you think it-

- [British accent] Excuse me, Doctor, this is

from all the ingestibles you've given me.

I've had many vitamins and- - You've still got some

gaseous exchanges. - No food for 19 hours,

and then I ingested way too much at one time.

- You're getting good, Doctor.

- Talking about your mind. - You're good.

Now we can- see, we got him loose, now.

Let's start over. Can we start over?

- [chuckles]

- We have lots of laughs together.

You know, his philosophy versus my philosophy,

and just how opposite we are.

But at the end of the day, we're very similar

in that we want to encourage people

and help people be the healthiest, happiest

versions of themselves.

[British accent] You're a natural, Doctor.

You're a natural.

We will need to see some credentials

before any of this airs, as we don't want any liability.

- [chuckles] Yeah.

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- I'm just gonna blend a little bit of that.

- Yeah. All right, I'm about to get a paint job

by fucking Earl Scheib. - [groans]

- All right, we love you.

- Love you too, brother. - All right.

- [indistinct]

- And my lines to him were good there?

- Yeah, they were good. - Sound speed.

- [grunts] - Rolling! Rolling!

- Rolling! Quiet all around, please.

- Set.

- Action.

- I never did like these things.

Haven't done one since your brother's funeral.

- God. - Almost done, Mark.

We'll get it. - That makes me happy.

- Yeah, almost there.

- Well, let me just tell you that Howard's

one of the most world-renowned makeup artists.

As long-along with Allan... - [chuckles]

- Who really was, uh, his mentor.

And they started a business.

- Picture's up. - Here we go.

- Quiet please. - Thank you.

- Close your eyes real quick. [airbrush hissing]

[phone rings] All right.

We're gonna make you kind of sweaty

in the scene, too, Mark. - Hmm?

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- Should we-

Mark, you okay?

[dramatic music]

- You look great in there, though.

- Yup. - [grunts]

Where's Levy? - He's [indistinct].

- Levy! - Can I take that?

Here, do you want to hold it?

- He's right here.

- Mark. - Fuck.

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