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Translation & Subtitles: thoseguiltyeyes | scandal-heaven.com
Hello! RINA here.
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I get questions about this from time to time,
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and today I will be talking a little about how I train my body.
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I don't do anything like limit myself for a diet,
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but as playing the drums for live performances is pretty hard to do,
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there are things to take care with when building up your physical strength and training your body for that,
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as well as mental aspects to consider.
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I will be talking about these things.
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I've mentioned this many times,
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but I first started playing the drums when I was 15 in my third year of middle school.
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Back then I just tried to increase the things I could do,
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such as playing an eight-beat rhythm or four-on-the-floor.
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I didn't at all think about my body while playing my instrument.
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That thought never occured to me.
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I prioritized being able to play my instrument and didn't consider anything else.
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That continued for about five years,
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until I was around 20 years old.
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Thinking about it now,
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I wasn't really worried about anything and I didn't have any problems,
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so I just played in way that made it easier for me.
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I kept on going without paying attention to my body.
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Then, sometimes my wrists would feel tired and hurt.
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I would ice them down after playing.
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I made sure to always cool them down.
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I'm sure there are people who know this is a basic thing for drummers to do,
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but I really didn't know anything.
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I thought the pain and discomfort I felt was due to something small like fatigue,
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and I was doing things in a way where that would gradually be resolved.
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I would be back to normal after icing them.
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I would stretch for a while, head to rehearsals,
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play the actual show, and ice my wrists afterwards.
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My menu grew--well, I can't really call it a menu,
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but I made myself a routine where I'd stretch properly and then play the drums.
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I started doing this when I was about 22, 23 years old.
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I didn't have any problems with that method,
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but when I turned 25, I suddenly started feeling discomfort in my lower back.
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I didn't really think much about it at the time
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and chalked it up to fatigue or stiffness.
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I thought it'd get better if I just rested.
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It suddenly disappeared on its own after about a week,
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so I thought it was just due to fatigue.
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I forgot all about that discomfort.
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A little bit of time passed,
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and when we were in the latter half of a tour, my lower back felt weird again.
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It felt heavy.
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I went to get a massage.
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It was an aroma oil massage and it felt nice,
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but that heaviness and little bit of pain didn't go away at all the next day.
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It felt like a lump of pain that wouldn't go away.
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That never really happened before,
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so I went to the hospital.
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There, I had them do all kinds of exams,
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and I interpreted what they told me as,
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"There doesn't really seem to be anything wrong,"
"Perhaps you're mistaken,"
"You should get better in a bit."
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I left feeling like I was ignored.
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The pain still didn't go away after a month.
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When I drummed, I felt like I was getting into the habit of bending my lower back.
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The pain was still bearable then.
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One of our roadies introduced me to a doctor that specializes in caring for the body,
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and I had the doctor come on tour with us.
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They continued to watch what I could do.
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I couldn't really go and see a doctor at a hospital who could tell me exactly what's going on.
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I continued to have this unexplainable sense of discomfort.
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I kept on touring like that,
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and one day I suddenly felt a completely different level of pain I hadn't felt before,
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which I thought was weird.
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I went to see the doctor that our roadie introduced me to one more time,
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and they told me that I had sciatica.
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At any rate, my lower back was in pain.
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I was told that I needed to improve my strength to support my lower back by doing muscle training.
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I starting doing Pilates
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and doing training that I could do while still being in pain.
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I tried out a lot of things.
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I began to come across Pilates exercises that I couldn't do,
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and I felt like I couldn't do them due to there being too much training to build up the necessary strength.
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At that time, my right leg--
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the outside of my right ankle started to get really numb.
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My right leg felt really weird when I was sleeping, when I woke up, when I would sit, when I would stand.
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However, when we would play a show, a switch would be flipped and I would get an adrenaline rush,
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so I wouldn't be that bothered by the numbness or pain.
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I managed to endure it and kept training as much as I could on my days off.
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I was kind of worried that this training wouldn't actually fix it.
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So I went to a different hospital.
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There, I had an MRI done where they checked to see what was going on inside.
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The results came in,
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and I had a full-blown herniated disc.
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This often happens to drummers,
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and of course I knew of the term "herniated disc,"
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but I never thought it would happen to me.
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I was quite surprised and shocked.
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I wasn't sure what to do,
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but knowing that I had a herniated disc and that this was the source of my pain
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was a little relieving--or rather, it provided me with peace of mind.
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It's so important to correctly know what's going on with your body.
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I think each hospital has its own strong points,
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but I wouldn't know that this is what I had if I didn't go to a hospital that's right for me,
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so I think it's important to try going to several different ones.
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I then thought about what I should do to be able to keep playing the drums.
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I needed to fix things little by little,
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so I started doing rehabilitation.
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I wasn't able to do training anymore.
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At that time, my posture wasn't very straight.
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I always felt numb from my lower back on my right side to my toes.
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How can I explain it?
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Just my right leg,
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It felt like it was always immersed in carbonated water.
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My left leg and my right leg felt completely different from each other.
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It was even hard to sleep.
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I couldn't sleep at all,
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and when I'd wake up in the morning, I couldn't get up quickly.
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How can I put it?
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When I slept this way,
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I couldn't get up like this.
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I had to turn on my side and push myself up with my hand.
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It felt like a workout.
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It makes you feel really anxious when you can't use your body the way you want to.
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I got to the point where I'd be like, "I wonder if I can play our next show."
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That's how tough it was for me.
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It was hard for me to tell people about it.
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It's not like I was spewing out blood or withering away.
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But I talked about the trouble I was having with the other members and our manager.
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Even during rehearsals everyone would match my pace,
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and they told me to just take things easy during shows.
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The body care doctor would be on standby on the side of the stage.
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If something happened during a show, even it's right in the middle of it,
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we could take a break, I could get myself adjusted, and we'd continue playing.
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That's what our entire team told me.
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It was such great moral support.
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Looking back on things,
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our 47-prefecture tour where we played 53 performances around the country,
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that was like a bout between my body and my emotions.
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Also, during SCAFES, our 10th anniversary show held outdoors,
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my back was tightly taped up.
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When we held a hall tour in support of our album "HONEY"
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and I was taking painkillers for nerve pain,
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the other members' and staff's words made me feel secure.
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They told me, "No matter what happens, it's okay.
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Don't worry about it and just give it your best shot."
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They gave me that sense of security as we toured.
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After doing rehab for a year and a half,
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I finally got my body to move the way I wanted it to.
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When I had first started rehab, I wasn't sure it could truly get me back normal.
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They asked me use small movements to turn back as far as I could,
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but this was as far as I could go.
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I couldn't really turn myself that much.
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But as I did it little by little, my range of movement grew.
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I kept it up for a year and a half.
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It's thanks to the doctor who cared for me.
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It was tough, but experiencing that pain and discomfort
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and going through this rough time
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made me realize that, when I became able to move my body,
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I needed to build up a body that had the strength necessary to play for a long time.
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I'm not glad that this happened,
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but it's certainly important that this gave me the chance to think about that.
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It's calmed down quite a bit now
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and I now go to the gym and do personal training,
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Like training my core, adjusting my balance, and building my stamina.
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I'm doing it in a reasonable range every time while consulting with my trainer.
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Training really is like an amulet for your emotions.
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I think it's important for me to do as much as I can.
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I'm taking it easy
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and not overdoing it at all.
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For example, even if there are days when I'd want to meet up with someone or aren't feeling well,
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I will not judge myself by comparing myself to when I'm feeling well vs. myself when I'm not feeling well.
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Whatever my 100% is for that day is okay.
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So if there are people watching who are in a band,
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or people who play the drums,
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I want you guys to keep playing while taking care of your bodies.
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If a band member's health breaks down,
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I want you to give them moral support.
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Having that reassurance is really important.
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This instrument doesn't run on electricity,
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and I think it's interesting that everything, like your feelings and physical condition, is reflected in its sound.
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We'll be holding a livestream concert on August 21st,
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which is the day of our 14th anniversary,
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so please watch it if you'd like.
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I hope I've conveyed something to you.
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I kind of hit you with a lot, so some things might have been hard to understand.
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I will continue doing my best while interacting well with my body.
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Thanks so much for watching until the end!
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