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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1110: Doug Bopst- From Felony to Fitness to Free

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.811.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin have an honest and heartfelt conversation with Doug Bopst. Incarcerated at 20, Doug has since been able to overcome self-destructive behavior and self-doubt by taking ownership of his life.

  • How Doug reached out to Mind Pump. (2:42)
  • “How I used drugs to escape my own life.” (4:25)
  • What was his relationship like with his parents and siblings growing up? (8:54)
  • The moment he knew he was going to be dead or rot in jail. (11:06)
  • The first time he felt someone gave him unconditional love. His journey from ‘victim to victor’ while in jail. (18:45)
  • What is the ‘workout culture’ like in prison? (24:33)
  • How he used his pain and turned it into motivation. (26:28)
  • The moment he decided to use fitness to change other people’s lives. (28:52)
  • His transition from bitterness to spirituality. (34:07)
  • His relationship with fitness and how he found his current significant other. (39:24)
  • What was his craziest drug story? (43:12)
  • “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” (45:17)
  • The role of having a spiritual practice and the impact it had on his purpose in life. (48:34)
  • What are his current business ventures? (53:54)
  • What has been the scariest experience of public speaking so far? (55:17)
  • Why you MUST never forgot where you came from. (56:32)
  • Why exercise and nutrition of two of the most important tools we have to battle drug addiction. (58:28)
  • His biggest insecurities surrounding relationships. (1:00:58)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

MIND, MIND, MIND, UP with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

Alright, so in this episode of Mind Pump, we interview an individual not super well known at the moment,

0:20.0

but he reached out to us a while ago, and you know, we get a lot of people that reach out to us want to go down the show,

0:25.0

and nine out of ten times we turn them down, but this guy's story intrigued us a little bit.

0:31.0

He's been on a couple of podcasts that are good friends of ours, both Rich Roll and Tom Billu,

0:36.0

and I thought he had a really good story too.

0:38.0

Yeah, and so, you know, I got on the phone with him before we decided to have him on the show, and I talked to him.

0:43.0

And his story was compelling.

0:46.0

I think a lot of you are going to relate to his experiences through fitness.

0:53.0

This guy had a real rough childhood, eventually went to prison for drugs, and fitness kind of turned his life around.

1:03.0

And he's a very vulnerable, honest individual.

1:07.0

I enjoyed doing this interview. I think you'll like it as well.

1:10.0

Now, before we start this episode, I want to remind everybody that this is the final hours for the MAPS OCR program launch.

1:19.0

Okay, so you only have a few hours left for the $30 off discount code and the free t-shirt that's coming with the launch.

1:27.0

So here's what you do if you want MAPS OCR.

1:30.0

And I remember MAPS OCR is the program designed to get you ready to complete or do an obstacle course race,

1:37.0

or just get fit like somebody that would do an obstacle course race.

1:41.0

There's a lot of stamina implemented endurance strength, grip work, there's daily toughening exercises.

1:48.0

It's our most different and one of the funnest exercises that we've ever written.

1:53.0

And we co-wrote it with OCR Champion Amelia Boone.

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