Coming from a very competitive powerlifting background, how is running made you stronger?

When I say running made me stronger, it's not literal like it made me stronger in a deadlift,

made me stronger in a bench press. What about a stronger heart? What about a stronger mind?

An ability to move your own body through space more efficiently. I like to carry strength throughout

my whole life into my son all the way into my daughter all the way into my wife all the way into

my business. And when you build a lot of strength in your life and when you become more well-rounded

and have strength oozing out of your body not just from the weights that you lift but from

trying to carry that strength throughout everything that you do. You're left with no choice but

to feel confident and to feel strong and to feel powerful and to feel empowered all the way to

the point where you're able to empower a lot of other people.

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Today on the podcast, we have Mark Bell back for his second time on this show.

So Mark, welcome to Austin. Welcome back on the show. How are we doing?

Doing great. Got an early morning run in with NickBare and it was great. Pretty humid out here.

So it's humid. We got so wet. Hey, actually, I just came back from Nashville. I was in

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