1395: Hunter McIntyre on Steroid Use in CrossFit, Avoiding Negativity, Surviving a Business Downturn & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin talk with the ever colorful Hunter McIntyre.
- Hunter’s CrossFit experience. (3:44)
- Shout out to Dave Castro. (9:00)
- The realm of steroids in the CrossFit industry. (13:10)
- Will he compete in their court again? (17:38)
- The difference in cultures between OCR and CrossFit. (19:03)
- His hot take on the Greg Glassman debacle and the future of CrossFit. (20:00)
- Why he thinks a lot of CrossFit coaches are idiots. (21:58)
- No pain, no gain. (24:53)
- How if you put anything in his mouth, he will survive. (27:20)
- Why he doesn’t watch TV and tips to avoid negativity. (29:51)
- How he balances the negative baggage. (32:38)
- Why he is removing himself from the playing field. (34:36)
- Shifting his environment in a positive direction, the creation of OCR Stars. (37:00)
- Surviving a business downturn. (42:07)
- How exercise is therapeutic. (48:47)
- How he accelerates his healing capacity. (52:31)
- Hunter’s COVID queen. (56:14)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Hunter McIntyre (@huntthesheriff) Instagram
- Hunter McIntyre Website - Hunter McIntyre
- Hunter McIntyre Organization – OCR Stars
- Dave Castro (@thedavecastro) Instagram
- Paul Chek (@paul.chek) Instagram
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- MAPS Fitness Products
- Mind Pump #905: Hunter McIntyre
- Hunter McIntyre on His Rookie Season and What Comes Next
- Promera Sports
- Mind Pump #922: John Romano
- Greg Glassman resigns as CrossFit CEO after controversial statements about George Floyd
- My HONEST Thoughts On Crossfit – Mind Pump Blog
- How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! - Book by Paul Chek
- HAOS - Hunter's Academy Of Strength
- Hunter McIntyre breaks 'Murph Challenge' record, raises money in Memorial Day tradition
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, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this episode of Mind Pump, the World's Top, ranked fitness health and entertainment podcast, |
| 0:18.0 | we interview the always entertaining super athlete Hunter McIntyre. |
| 0:23.0 | Now this guy is a phenom. |
| 0:25.0 | He's one of the top 50 fitness athletes, according to sports illustrated. |
| 0:30.0 | He was the undefeated champion of the reality show Broken Skull Ranch, |
| 0:35.0 | six time OCR World Champion, four time OCR National Champion, |
| 0:41.0 | the guy is a two time tough mudder champion, and he sets records all the time just for fun. |
| 0:48.0 | He's very entertaining, he's very outspoken, and in this episode we talk about his temp deck, |
| 0:53.0 | competing in CrossFit, his speculations on the steroid use. |
| 0:57.0 | He gets a little colorful when he talks about CrossFit. |
| 0:59.0 | That was a lot of fun. |
| 1:00.0 | Talks about what he's doing in his life, the book that he's writing. |
| 1:04.0 | You're going to love this episode. |
| 1:06.0 | Now if you want to find Hunter McIntyre on social media, |
| 1:10.0 | you can find him on Instagram at Hunt the Sheriff. |
| 1:14.0 | So it's at Hunt the Sheriff. |
| 1:16.0 | His website is Hunter McIntyre, McIntyre spelled MCINTYYRE. |
| 1:22.0 | Oh, and by the way, he has this awesome organization he's putting together, |
| 1:27.0 | raising money for athletes, because the fitness industry has been hit very hard by COVID. |
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