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The Kris Gethin Podcast

109. Harder to Kill: Overcoming Adversity through Grit and Perseverance with IFBB Pro Guy Cisternino

The Kris Gethin Podcast

Kris Gethin

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.9 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

IFBB Pro 212 body builder Guy Cisternino joins Kris on this episode of Knowledge and Mileage to discuss triumph in the face of adversity.

Guy's battled injuries, poor genetics and grew up a small and bullied kid but that didn't stop him from becoming one of the top bodybuilders in the world. Now even as he is at the top of his sport he still approaches life with a never fail attitude and is constantly preparing for the next step.

Time Stamps

  • From growing up the small guy to becoming a professional bodybuilder [1:05]
  • Why he is not a Plan B type of guy [4:48]
  • Does a bodybuilder lose their sense of purpose once they retire? [6:45]
  • How to develop an unbreakable mental tenacity [9:30]
  • The 'harder to kill' mindset [14:41]
  • The idea that people judge you based on what they see on social media [16:48]
  • Proving the haters wrong after his multiple shoulder surgeries [21:17]
  • Why his fans drive him and how he responds to 'keyboard warriors' [32:27]
  • A rant on Tiger King [37:12]
  • Investments tips during COVID-19 times [40:35]
  • The importance of sticking to a routine to build momentum [43:25]
  • Why once a day he is eating something he wants [46:30]
  • Stem cells, peptides, and their value [50:43]

Featured Guest: Guy Cisternino

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Everybody, Chris Gethin here.

0:01.3

Welcome to another episode of the Knowledge and the Mileage Podcast. This show has been a long time coming because myself and Guy were going to get together, the Arnold Classic. I decided to proceed and go to the event. Guy had cold feet, didn't go. Anyway, but he followed through today. Guy Cisterina, welcome to the show, brother. Thank you, man. Thanks for having me.

0:21.6

Yeah, we got that beard. We got the beard battle going on here, man. I'm catching up to you. You better watch out. If you want to take a snapshot of this and post it up on your Instagram, I'm pretty sure we can take a poll to whose beard is. All right, then. Okay, let's do that. Let's do that. I'll stay like this.

0:38.4

Okay, hold on.

0:39.3

Let me see. I'll have to get this better. There you go. And then I'm going to post it up. Ready? Okay. Yeah, I think we know who the winners is. That's for sure. It depends on many homeless people are out there, voting on this, I guess. Hey, listen, everybody's going to start looking like us in the next 30 days when they come out of this quarantine.

0:38.2

I know. We're all, everybody's going to start looking like us in the next 30 days when they come out of this quarantine.

0:57.0

I know. We're all got to, well, will we one step ahead? We'll be mad max all the way.

1:01.4

Exactly. Exactly.

1:05.3

Now, guys, I hope you are looking after your immune system. And he probably heard me say many times before that your

1:11.9

gut is your first brain, not your second brain. The reason why I say that is because 70% of your

1:18.3

immune system is determined in your gut. And this is why you probably heard your grandmother say

1:24.0

you are what you eat. So if you're going to eat bad, your immune system could be

1:28.9

compromised. So at this time, when we definitely want our immune system not to be compromised,

1:35.0

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1:40.9

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1:47.0

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1:49.5

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1:55.4

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1:59.4

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2:08.4

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2:11.2

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