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www.MOSTmag.com || MOST FITNESS || 65reach,%u201d but in actuality doesn%u2019t exist. I don%u2019t have a perfect body, there is always something I want to improve on, and I will always have insecurities. And before you write this off as trite and patronizing, you should know that I used to be fat, not a little thick, literally overweight. If you showed the overweight me the current me, I would have absolutely said, %u201cif I looked like that I would be 100% happy with how I look.%u201d But, I%u2019m not 100% happy with how I look; now that I have attained what I thought would make me happy, there is another body type I want to achieve. The perfect body is a fallacy that will ruin your sense of self. I%u2019m not motivated by attaining a perfect body, but I am motivated to attain a perfect mind. Where the mind goes, the body follows. So the better my discipline and work ethic is, the better my performance is. The result of that manifests physically. The battle is for your mind.MFM: Best pump-up/work out music?JC: Anything by Killswitch Engage! Especially, %u201cMy Last Serenade%u201dMFM: Do you enjoy cooking? Does Eva? What is your favorite healthy dinner?JC: My mom is Lebanese, and I was raised in the kitchen. I love to cook; it%u2019s art that you get to eat when you are done creating it. What could be better!? My wife%u2019s talents cheat meal? I think not. One time Natalie and I ate an entire Bisquick Costco-sized box of banana pancakes that I whipped up. I think we went through a block and a half of butter and half a bottle of maple syrup with them. Epic.MFM: When you work out together, who is the coach in the gym more, you or Eva?JC: I have been Natalie%u2019s primary trainer since we started dating, so in the gym I%u2019m the one coaching. But, she makes coaching her easy. Her positive attitude and insane work ethic blow my mind daily. She gets in there and kills her workouts consistently.MFM: What motivates you every day to keep pushing to be better, especially in your industry when you already have what most people%u2019s idea is of a %u201cperfect body%u201d and health?JC: I will let you all in on truth that once you accept, will increase your happiness exponentially: there is no such thing as a perfect body and no one on earth is fully satisfied with the way they look, and you won%u2019t be either. Accept that, make peace with it, and see how much happier you become. If you think that your physical appearance will bring you lasting happiness, you are setting yourself up to be miserable because you will always be chasing something that seems %u201cjust out of