1150: Mark Bell on How He Stays Lean & Jacked, SARMS, Business Mistakes to Avoid & MORE

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin talk with Mark "Smelly" Bell.

The unlikely sports Mark did when he was younger. (1:57)
How being wealthy is just as embarrassing as being poor. (5:12)
The fine line between how much we push our children. (9:38)
How would he define success for his kids? (11:35)
The significance of having quality TIME in the Bell household. (12:36)
The battle of managing digital wellness in today’s landscape. (15:47)
Mark’s take on the vegan movement and the premise behind The Game Changer’s documentary. (23:20)
What was his diet like before going carnivore? (28:33)
How every plus has a minus when it comes to the foods we eat. (32:38)
Why we should all have some caution with what we are taking: Mark shares the reasoning behind his supplement line and why he takes kratom. (34:52)
How does he stay lean and jacked today? (45:41)
Has there been anything that he learned from his bodybuilding training that he has kept in his current training? (50:07)
Are there big differences in the anabolic substances used in bodybuilding in comparison to powerlifting? (53:30)
If it’s not full it’s empty. (56:07)
What are his views on SARMS? (57:50)
The most common mistakes people make when trying to start a business. (59:45)
What is the best advice he has gotten? (1:04:15)
The importance of testing the water before you dive in. (1:06:08)
The value of team building and what does leadership mean to him. (1:07:46)
What are the greatest challenges for the CEO of a company? (1:11:03)
What role does the podcast play in his business? How does he pick the guests? (1:17:37)
One thing we would be surprised to learn about Mark? (1:22:36)
Biggest insecurity? (1:25:02)
His social media endgame. (1:26:51)

Featured Guest/People Mentioned

Mark Bell (@marksmellybell) Instagram
Chris “Boar” Bell (@bigstrongfast) Instagram
Charlie “Rocket” Jabaley (@charlie) Instagram
Mr Olympia Jay Cutler (@jaycutler) 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	Mind up, mind up with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	Mark Smellybell was harassing me in my DM for months and months and months and months
0:19.0	wanting to hang out.
0:20.0	We finally had him down at the studio, hung out, had a great time.
0:24.0	This is a good podcast.
0:25.0	You guys will enjoy this.
0:26.0	I know he's got a ton of people that have been trying to get us connected and finally do
0:31.0	one on the Mind Pump podcast.
0:34.0	This is fun, man.
0:35.0	He's a big figure in the strength world, very, very nice guy, super hospital to us
0:40.0	whenever we visit him.
0:41.0	He's the inventor of the sling shot, which is excellent tool to increase your bench press strength.
0:48.0	It's actually brilliant invention, even though it's very simple.
0:52.0	He has a podcast, it's a big fitness podcast.
0:54.0	He's got great guests on there.
0:56.0	It's called Mark Bell's Power Project.
0:59.0	If you want to check out the sling shot to get your bench press numbers to go up, go to
1:05.0	Mark Bells or Mark Bells slingshot.com.
1:08.0	Then of course you can find him on Instagram.
1:10.0	He's got a lot of followers on Instagram, doesn't he?
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