Hi friends, today I am sitting down with Michael Kaju, who is the CEO and founder of Brute

Strength Training and two times CrossFit Games team champion. He is also the man behind

Brookends, Jacob Hepner, Kara Webb and the winning team from Masters, CrossFit Games,

the Wasatch Brutes. What makes his story so compelling is the fact that he does not come

from what you would consider to be the typical perfect environment for an elite athlete

or a fantastic businessman. He is an extravagant alcoholic, he has been a rehab a number of times.

It is apparent that he has suffered with some really dark places in his life and yet he

has managed to come out the other side and be this incredibly well balanced, very altruistic,

very shrewd, intelligent and compassionate guy who also has an unbelievable capacity as an

athlete and as a coach. It is definitely one of the best conversations that I have had.

I have found it incredibly empowering. A lot of the conversation isn't about sport, it is to do

with his approach for how to mentally overcome obstacles within your life. He has been to a stage

where he was smoking heroin and injecting cocaine which I didn't even know that you could do.

Out of the other side of that, he has got this fantastic life where he is flourishing and he is

doing something that he really cares about and is well regarded within his field. It was a

wonderful chat and I feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to sit down with him.

So that is enough for intros. Here he is, the man himself, Mr. Michael Casu.

So, Mr. Michael Casu, welcome to Modern Wisdom. Thanks for having me brother, I am excited.

Me too, me too. So, CEO of Fruit Strength, two times CrossFit Games winner and all around

good guy. How are you doing today? Doing great man. Other than the fact that my water got shut off,

they sent me three warnings but I thought it was all spam. So I just threw them away and today

they shut it off and my wife's family is in town so we are having to use the bathroom and stuff.

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