V Shred is Ruining My Life…

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I gotta be real here this dude is kind of ruining my life it's making business very very tough people legitimately think I'm V shred this is comical if people know me but I can guarantee you even on this video there's going to be people that say oh my God I thought you were v-shred up until now I'm going to read a few comments just so you know like in the last video I did talking about this whole v-shred thing I know it's drama I know it's good but it's real okay first one oh my God I thought it was you seriously when I saw his face on my news feed I said what the heck is that Thomas I thought the same for a while I genuinely thought you were the same person I really thought that was you what the f I was just searching to see if you guys were the same LOL I made the same mistake I did think that was you lol I thought this I'm guilty sorry holy heck it all makes sense I was seriously so confused by the comments too I had to look up this video to see that you two were not the same person I also mistook him for you for years but shortly after listening I realized it wasn't you look it I've got literally hundreds of these I understand we're both Caucasian I understand we're both in shape I understand we both kind of have hair that goes okay I get it V shred I'm not even going to make this a hit piece on him the bottom line is that v-shred runs a lot of advertisements stop running on the treadmill every single day if you're trying to lose weight or I'm gonna jump in this pool that ain't how you lose weight he is a very good marketer his team they're very good marketers they know what they're doing chances are there was a v-shred commercial that probably played before this video and I understand that if you watch my videos then you know what I look like and you know what V shred looks like but the YouTube algorithm is weird the YouTube algorithm will serve my videos out to new audiences all the time and those new audiences those people that haven't seen me multiple times they are the ones that think I'm V shred you want to know what's getting insane here is I have been denied being a guest on some podcasts that are going to remain nameless for now I'll release them later at some point because they thought I was V Shred then once we actually discussed this we realize oh I'm not V shred just a member of their team thought that I was v-shred and vetoed me being on their podcast as a credible scientific guest because they're confused they think oh no that's the that's the don't do cardio guy it's insane got a quick tip for anybody who is trying to get in shape and burn body fat stop doing regular steady state cardio just stop doing it because why because it's not good for you now YouTube online it's a business I get it I understand that I have sponsors on my videos I have pre-rolls like sponsorships that come up at the beginning of a video I have sponsors that that's understandable I think most people get that that like you have to find a way to like make some coin in this world right and a lot of people are doing this as a matter of fact quick link down below I popped the link for House of macadamia they are a sponsor on my channel and they're a sponsor of this video so if you like macadamia nuts hey guess what that is a 20 off discount link and that is also a free 20 ounce bottle of cold press macadamia nut oil all of it's harvested in South Africa and then it's processed right there in South Africa less than an hour drive from where it's picked and harvested and that's it it's fresh okay they've got macadamia nut bars where the first ingredient is macadamia nuts macadamia nut oil straight up macadamia nuts you name it so that link is down below use that code and that's how you can get them see just like a podcast if you watch a podcast you have some ads it's the way way that it goes but I talk about products that I like Anyway point is is that people will get confused they will put comments out there and be like oh that Thomas guy is so gimmicky and always has his shirt off what the heck like I can't remember the last YouTube video I did with my shirt off it was probably a workout video maybe years back yeah I do shirtless Instagram content now and then because honestly it gets the viewership it's just people are scrolling in a one minute video they see someone that's in shape they're gonna at least stop and listen but on YouTube it's so confusing that he's always shirtless put a shirt on oh you finally have a shirt on I'm like I I'm always in a shirt like I don't do shirtless content The Shred is ruining my brand I am getting denied opportunities because people literally think I am him it's comical but it's not at the same time so what do I do do I bleach my hair do I like change my look do I what do I do do I wear a shirt that says I'm not v-shred I mean maybe I need to do that I mean what I'm starting to do now is literally campaigning I'm going on various podcasts having to announce that I'm not the shred now I don't need to list off the differences but in case you don't know who V shred is he's a guy that you know he does his thing he creates these ads best way to burn fat and get shredded is not keto not paleo and it's definitely not intense exercises like this that have really powerful hooks they get people in and you know then they go into a sales funnel and his programs and I'm not going to comment on the Integrity or the quality of his programs because that's not what matters here what matters is that there is what is called Banner blindness Banner blindness is where people see someone's face or content or image so much that they start to tune it out so what happens is vshred runs so much in the way of AD campaigns so much content that it's it overshadows me so then when people see me on a thumbnail it hurts our click-through rate because they think I'm him now it doesn't affect us to the point where our brand cannot grow but it does affect our credibility because the superficial level is people are going to say oh that's the gimmicky guy that's the guy that's running all those ads that's the shirtless guy and then they watch my content they say that's weird so here's a funny thing that happened okay someone that I know said I thought that you were the same person and that your strategy was to run really flagrant aggressive ad campaigns and then counterbalance that with really high quality content so I thought your channel was high quality content to help negate the fact that you were doing massive massive ad spend and creating aggressive somewhat gimmicky advertisements and that's what people are thinking so two separate large podcasts I had to talk and explain that I am not the shred it may not be ruining my life literally but it's making things very difficult I need your help we need to spread the word on this it sounds so cheesy but we need to help get this out there otherwise this is going to continue to happen I've even thought about contacting V shred himself and saying you know what let's be in an advertisement together do what you want with it so that we can say I'm Thomas delauer this is V shred we have opposing views on many things I am a scientific brand that is all about that he does whatever he does maybe that would work let me list off a couple of differences I focus on nuance okay that pisses people off sometimes because Nuance isn't sexy and it sucks oh hey this works really well however this works really well however because that is the way of scientific rigor and then I talk about what works for me now on the other hand you've got hey this is the one secret trick this is the only thing you need to know this is what people aren't telling you way to lose weight and get in shape it's not keto not paleo it's not carnivore and it's definitely not this I always say stop doing cardio if you're trying to lose weight because there's just simply better ways the science of weight loss was cracked a long time ago it's not a trend it's facts following all those like trendy fad diets all those trending workouts that you see online is literally a waste of time does that sound like me really now I understand that six seven eight years ago my content was a little bit in an echo chamber I understand I didn't always look at both sides as well as I could have I was finding my way and I knew what worked well for me and I shouted it from the rooftops I now know that I can do that better I can use my gift of being able to articulate and effectively communicate for good not to be one-sided so for me intermittent fasting and keto worked so well the one thing that fixed me the one thing that helped me lose weight was that the one thing that helped my wife with her issues I would not have my kids here today if my wife did not do keto so it helped her and as a husband as a father I cannot deny that I don't know what went on there but it did something so for a long time that was the way for me that was how I spoke with such sincere passion but we run into another issue here then it looks like I don't look at the other side that is called nuance and you can still have nuance and be able to have benefit and have effective strategies but being gimmicky is a completely different ball game let's have some fun let's read some more comments I stopped watching your content because I thought you and V shed were the same person and I didn't like his ads my apologies brother funny first time I saw your channel I was like oh no this dude with a thousand annoying pop-up ads almost didn't watch it but I gave your channel a chance and noticed it wasn't the other guy good Channel great information I've gotten you two mixed up quite a bit but it's always been pretty obvious who you are when you guys open your mouths you've got that commercial guy who's always trying to sell you crap and then you've got Thomas who genuinely wants to help you with your health it's your hairstyle though and your jawline plus you're both jacked literally just saw a video of yours in a playlist and I thought to myself wait v-shred has a second Channel but I realized right away it was you because I used to watch it a while back OMG I thought you were him I think I bought some form of vshed program the fact I can't remember says I did nothing with it maybe it was emails to get free info well it's not the end of the world crazy though oh my gosh I always ignored all of your videos because I thought you were that guy okay so now how do I give your videos a chance luckily somehow I clicked on this video I swear I thought it was the other way around whenever I Saw V shred was the Lauer I blocked them all while I was watching your Channel yes I thought you were the guy hanging from one arm and doing bicep curls then why have we never seen you in V shred in the same room I actually was one who was trying to figure it out your videos say one thing then the ad said something different and I couldn't put y'all side by side I was hugely confused thank you for setting my thinking now thank you for settling my thinking now I can return to your videos LOL I've got to say that until I began looking for fasting information became addicted to your channel I thought that both of you shirtless ripped Square jawed fellas were the same guy wow I totally thought it was V shred I'm so glad I found this how sad I feel bad now I thought you were the same person I was confused about why one day he would be anti-kido and the next you were talking about keto I noticed the difference because he definitely seems cocky and you have a calm Vibe which I love I'm fairly new to this channel but I don't watch as often as I should V shred used to pop up on my Facebook feed a lot but a year or two ago thinking back to that Visa guy definitely saw the resemblance and thought you were the same person I had to Google it I had had a real dissonance with you because of this you were so genuine and I trust your information a hundred percent but then I see all these ads now I know you're not V Shred Thomas I'm sorry to let you know like this YouTuber twins separated at Birth he got lost at a state fair and grew up to be the prime anti-cardio villain of our times while you became a benevolent keto hero you two are fated to clash with only one philosophy certain of rising to the top and the fate of the YouTube Fitness Community is hanging in the balance and then James Smith posted a video James Smith is a cool guy like okay on the surface he looks like he's just a sarcastic kind of smart ass and he kind of is but he's a British dude and his content is quite funny we don't necessarily align on our nutritional views per se but he did a video talking about the shred faking being on Joe Rogan and I commented below it and said the biggest problem I have with v shred is people think that I am him oh my gosh the comments underneath that again I thought you were him it just continues okay I used to always get y'all confused back in the day I have made this mistake when scrolling fast I almost didn't click on your videos because of it wow that's what I thought I used to think that you were a scammer to be honest I thought you were the same guy I totally thought this was the same person I just realized just now that they were not the same person yep I thought you were that guy too I am cracking up because I've seen some of these comments in your videos and was confused never thought about them confusing with v shred so people I will see comments that be like oh this dude says cardio is bad I'm never gonna trust anything he says guys I love cardio like I am a runner we do not need to keep justifying this this needs to stop I am not V Shred stop ruining my life