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The Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor Boxing match is set for Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you saw any of the press conference this week, you know this thing is going to be a monster.

This episode features our conversation with George Lockhart, the cream of the crop in nutritional consultants for the cream of the crop in the UFC. Right now, he’s working with Conor McGregor (actually planning AND cooking all his meals for him personally) as he steps away from the UFC long enough to face Mayweather in the boxing ring.

George has worked with a great number of UFC fighters, starting with Bones Jones, but his greatest satisfaction seems to come from helping regular (overweight) people change their lives and recover their health through changing their diets. 

Because George was at the McGregor camp in Ireland, we weren’t sure how long we were going to get to talk to him on the phone, so we also got some opinions on the fight from retired UFC fighter and Team Alpha Male member Danny Castillo, and Amadeo Novella, strength and conditioning coach for several of the Alphas. Both have been on the show before and are guys we’ve known for a long time.

You’ll notice that we’re doing more interviews on the phone lately. We’ll be continuing to mix them in going forward, as it will allow us to connect with some guests who would have a hard time making it to record in person.

You can find George @LOCKloaded and at fitnessvt.com. Danny is @lastcall155, and Amadeo is @capitalstrengthperfromance. 

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In this bonus episode recorded this week, Mark talks about the first Keto style diet he was ever given. He was a teenager, and the coach who gave it to him only let him have meat and water at first. This coach (Ron Fedkiw), is a brilliant mathematician, is now Stanford professor, and has an Oscar for special effects technology. Back in the day, his bench press stats were beyond impressive. 

We talk about why some diet strategies seem to work better at certain times and for certain people. Mark has lost roughly 35-40 lbs recently, and talks about the conditioning workouts he's been doing lately.

Finally, we reminisce about the time in 2011 when Donnie Thompson trained at Super Training during his quest to break the all-time multi-ply squat and total records. Included at the end of the episode is a short interview what was recorded at the time. It's from a YouTube video Jim produced titled, "Nobody Gives a Damn About Your Squat." 

Here's the link to the Westside vs. The World Kickstarter. 

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Recorded on location in Los Angeles. We had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of successful trainers whose athlete and celebrity client lists are beyond impressive. Gunnar Peterson, who has been a humble giant this field for decades, graciously invited us into his gym and his home for this conversation. Joining us was Ben Bruno, a newer rising star in the training game. We got them to share their backgrounds, and compare their sometimes contrasting styles of working with clients. What they had to say about goal-setting and motivation could inspire anyone.

Since this interview was recorded, Gunnar also became the Director of Strength and Endurance Training for the LA Lakers.

You can find him at Gunnarpeterson.com and on social media as @gunnarfitness. Ben is at benbruno.com and @benbrunotraining.

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Steve Johnson – whom a lot of people know as Forsaken Warrior – joined us a couple months ago along with Lauren Quinn. Steve is a powerlifter with an 804 squat, 501 bench, and 843 deadlift, and Lauren just won her IFBB Women’s Physique pro card.

Steve shares some of his personal ups and downs, including being homeless and living out of his car for a year and a half. Lauren talks about growing up in an athletic family, and both   they share how they came together as a couple. You can find Steve at @forsakenwarrior and Lauren at @the_original_fitgirl.

They also recently launched the “Forsaken Warrior” podcast, which you should be able to find on Apple Podcasts.

We’ll be back next week with one of our LA shows with Gunnar Peterson and Ben Bruno.

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What should you be thinking about if you want to strike out on your own and follow your passion? Our guest for #206, Jacob Ross, and our buddy Matt Vincent, met for the first time a couple months ago. Someone had the great idea of capturing their first conversation on video. They talked about this very subject. Jacob was just a year into working for himself training athletes. Matt was just a couple weeks past having his job eliminated and deciding to make HVIII brand goods, which had been a side project, into his full time job.

Their conversation was very insightful and the video came out great. It's been on Mark’s YouTube channel for a few weeks, but our audio audience hadn’t been exposed to this material. We had touched on this some on their recent episodes, but this is a deeper dive into this subject than what appeared in Jacob’s or Matt’s with Kelly Starrett. Plus these guys had an instant, natural chemistry that’s honestly pretty rare.

You can find Jacob at jacobwross.com and @jacobwross on social media and Matt at thehviii.com and @ihviiimattvincent. 

There will probably be more bonus content like this in the future. 

This recording was originally produced by Chris Griffin (not the one from Family Guy) and Andrew Zaragoza. You can check it out on Mark’s YouTube channel SuperTraining06.

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Since the NBA draft is this week, we talked to a guy whose full-time job is to train an NBA player. Jacob Ross works with Luol Deng of the LA Lakers. He brings an extensive educational background in Movement Science, Health and Fitness, and Exercise physiology, and an impressive amount of experience working with pro athletes. We discuss all the preparation it took to create the opportunity to eventually work for himself, and hustle it took to make it a reality. (You’ve also probably seen him in videos from Barbell Brigade.)

You can find Jacob on IG at @jacob.w.ross. and at https://www.jacobwross.com/

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(+Updated Audio File) Mark’s dad, Mike Bell, joins us for this special episode. We talk about his career progression from a corporate job to his own successful business, what it was like raising Mark and his brothers, and what the phrase “I’d rather be dead than average” (from his son Maddog in Bigger Stronger Faster*) really means to him.

Chris Bell joins us on the phone from LA for a segment of this episode.

You can find Mike on Instagram at @mike_bell_inc and Chris Bell @bigstrongfast.

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EPISODE NOTES:

We welcome 2015 CrossFit Games winner Ben Smith back to the show. This time we’ve added his similarly athletic brothers Alec and Dane to the mix. Ben is gearing up for his 9th trip to the games, but this year is a little different. His brother Alec also qualified…with a slightly better score. Ben has made the podium in the three of the last four CrossFit games. How will he place this year? And will his brother be the one to beat him?

This episode was recorded in April at the beginning of the Open season, but we talked about this scenario. Check out what they had to say about competing against each other.

You can find them all at crossfitkrypton.com and in IG at @bensmit13, @danedoes, and @alecsmith.

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Episode Notes

We trekked down to C.T. Fletcher’s Iron Addict Gym in April to catch up with the man himself. C.T. talks about the many changes the past few years have brought, the novelty of seeing his life displayed in the documentary, “My Magnificent Obsession,” and finally being his own boss. We discussed the importance of family and never giving up on yourself.

You can find C.T. at CTFletcher.com. Also check out his YouTube channel, CT Fletcher Motivation.

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Our good friends bestselling author and mobility guru, Kelly Starrett, and Highland Games champ, Matt Vincent join us for a fun and insightful conversation. We cover a broad variety of issues, but we focus quite a bit on Matt’s recent career change from having a regular job to running his HVIII Brand Good line full time and his rehab from multiple knee surgeries.

Both have been on the show many times, and this conversation is pretty much what you’d hear if you were just hanging out with us.

You can find Kelly at MobilityWOD.com and on social media as @mobilitywod….and he has his own author page on Amazon.com 

You can find Matt at https://hviii-brand-goods.myshopify.com/ and on IG @ihviiimattvincent. Also check out his YouTube channel.

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