1120: Dan "Nitro" Clark

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin interview Dan "Nitro" Clark of American Gladiators fame. TV Host, Life Coach, Speaker, Former American Gladiator, NFL Alumni.

What made a kid from ‘The OC’ come to San Jose? (3:15)
HIs introduction to steroids. (7:30)
How he found ways to become bigger, faster, stronger on the outside after a tragic event in his early life. (10:23)
Finding the beauty in your scars. (12:37)
‘The beautiful dream’ of how he became “Nitro” on American Gladiators. (15:00)
Why you didn’t want to mess with the ‘Gladiator’ mafia. (21:45)
The pros and cons of celebrity. (23:40)
Why he is a HUGE proppant of therapy. (27:00)
How he had to constantly reinvent himself post ‘Gladiator’ fame. (30:55)
The BIG health scare that shattered the existence of who he was. (34:02)
Why he is always ‘rekindling’. (43:25)
The greatest challenge he has had as a father. (45:18)
What changes did he make to his diet post heart attack? (48:50)
Why with every setback there is a chance to comeback and rise. (54:54)
What inspired his pivot into the podcasting space? (57:56)
Craziest drug story? (59:20)
Why he is a HUGE believer in stem cell therapy. (1:01:21)
Mind Pump’s curiosity surrounding the ‘tennis-ball’ gun. (1:05:30)

Featured Guest/People Mentioned

Dan Nitro Clark (@dannitroclark) Instagram
Gladiator Rock 'N Run
#1 Bestselling Author of GLADIATOR and F DYING
TEDx Speech 500K + Views!
Check out my "Calm the Beast" show on Facebook
DanNitroClark.net

David Goggins (@davidgoggins) Instagram
Joe Rogan (@joerogan) Instagram

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Transcript

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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	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	How big of fans were you guys of the gladiators?
0:17.0	Huge gladiators.
0:18.0	One of my favorite shows.
0:20.0	The best.
0:21.0	It had a bunch of really buffed maniacs.
0:24.0	They were doing events with people.
0:27.0	It was such a fun show to watch.
0:29.0	I don't know how many shows today have spawned off probably from that concept.
0:35.0	There wasn't a lot of shows like that back when it was massive.
0:41.0	Now I think there's a million type of obstacle game course type of shows that are out there.
0:48.0	But American gladiators were one of the first ones ever to get released.
0:53.0	What year was that?
0:54.0	Do you remember what year was that?
0:55.0	It has to have been the 90s.
0:56.0	It's got to have been that early 90s for sure.
0:58.0	Back then.
0:59.0	I loved it.
1:00.0	Anyway, one of my favorite gladiators on there was Nitro.
1:03.0	He's a love watching that guy.
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