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🗓️ 2 May 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Gamers have historically been stereotyped as lazy, unmotivated, and unhealthy individuals. Kenny Vaccaro believes he is the man to change that.
Kenny is a former NFL safety who played at University of Texas before being drafted first round to the New Orleans Saints in 2013. In 2021, after eight successful years in the League, Kenny made the decision to retire with the intention of co-founding and building up Gamers First, a competitive gaming organization based in Austin, Texas.
Kenny plans to set his organization apart by leading with health, nutrition, and performance. He believes that proper nutrition, sleep schedule, and exercise is the best way to ensure that his Esports athletes are reaching their full potential and have the mental clarity and acuity to win competitions and create the best content for their fans.
In this episode Kenny shares his journey from humble beginnings in a small town to professional athlete, and how that has influenced him today as he hopes to revolutionize the gaming industry.
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0:00.0 | In this episode of the Bear Performance Podcast as CEO of G1 and the gamers first team, |
0:07.4 | you guys are trying to do some of the different words. |
0:10.3 | You're leading with health and performance as the foundation of G1. |
0:16.4 | No, it'd be difficult for me to be, say I'm a different CEO that doesn't, |
0:20.6 | didn't come from this background and haven't seen the benefits of it and wasn't actually in the |
0:25.2 | trenches authentic gaming streaming. It's hard to tell another gamer to do that when you're not |
0:30.5 | doing it yourself and we don't worry about convincing everybody. We do it ourselves and when they |
0:35.6 | see that, I'm like, man, what are they doing? They're just moving different. We already bring a |
0:39.3 | team doctor to every tournament and people are like, man, G1 does it different. I've got my guys |
0:43.7 | getting massages. He's got a Theragun, like on their forearm because people don't understand |
0:47.6 | it. It's straining and sitting down in a chair for 12 hours and gaming. The first thing they do when |
0:51.0 | they get it from the mornings, they get a little workout in because you know how it feels when you |
0:53.6 | release those endorphins. You think faster, more mental clarity. You have a better day. So my |
0:57.6 | guys working out in the morning before we go compete. I'm going to change the game and you got to |
1:02.2 | start big. Welcome back to another powerful episode of the podcast. I'm your host Nick Bear, |
1:09.2 | founder and CEO of Bear Performance Nutrition. Every week, we bring you insightful stories, |
1:14.8 | knowledge and inspiration to help you reach your full potential in life, fitness and business. |
1:20.9 | If you enjoy the message, we're promoting in this podcast. We would greatly appreciate it. If |
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1:31.9 | don't miss out on future episodes that embody the Go One More mindset. |
1:41.6 | All right, we got Kenny Vakoro, eight year NFL that go founder of gamers first right here out |
1:48.9 | of Austin, Texas. What's going on? What's up, man? I'm glad to be here. It's been good to connect, |
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