205: Larger Than Life - with Bruce Pitcher

Rise Together Podcast

Dave Hollis

Business, Health & Fitness, Careers, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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TW: sexual abuse, suicide - If these topics are triggering to you, please skip this episode. We'll see you again next week! The Rise Together podcast is happy to welcome Bruce Pitcher to the show! Bruce was a record-breaking contestant on ABC's Extreme Weight Loss, a show on which he lost 200 pounds and ultimately transformed his life. He is now a motivational speaker, athlete, and the founder of his own lifestyle program filled with events, coaching and a whole host of things that are helping others transform their own lives. Keep up with Bruce by following him on Instagram and learn more about Larger Than Life by visiting the website! -------- Let's stay connected! Head to mrdavehollis.com and sign up for my newsletter today! -------- The next 60-Day Get Fit Challenge starts Sept 12 and is the ultimate platform for overall transformation. Out of an idea we had out in my backyard, this program was built by Heidi Powell and a team of experts in nutrition and exercise with the most well-rounded training programs and resources so you’ll get something new out of every round! This challenge is designed to provide you with the tools that are proven to work, not just for 60 days, but for every single day after. You’ll see incredible results in these next 8 weeks and leave with the biggest win…the blueprint on how to actually enjoy the journey of becoming the best version of YOU. Hit this link for more info: mrdavehollis.com/getfit To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello listeners, a quick note before the show.
0:04.3	Today's episode includes mentions of sexual abuse and a mention of suicide.
0:10.1	If either of those or triggers for you, this might be a show to skip.
0:14.5	Well ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of The Rise Together Podcast.
0:21.2	I am fortunate today to be sitting in person, with a good friend of mine who has an incredible
0:27.2	life story. His name is Bruce Pitcher and he's a record breaking contestant from ABC's
0:33.8	Extreme Weight Loss. He has a journey that saw him go from a 20 year old 410 pound gas station
0:42.0	employee to losing more than 200 pounds in that show and ultimately transforming his life,
0:49.3	where he became a fit motivational speaker and athlete and the founder of his own lifestyle program
0:56.0	filled with events, coaching and a whole host of things that are helping others transform their own lives.
1:03.1	His story comes through childhood abuse and coming to terms ultimately with some of why he
1:10.2	gained weight and how he can in his own life experience is help other people understand their own
1:16.7	journey. He leads a community now called Larger Than Life and he shares those tools and the methods
1:23.0	that helped him lose the weight and how he created a new healthy happy and sustainable lifestyle in
1:30.1	the hopes of affording that same opportunity to others. Larger than Life not only describes
1:35.2	Bruce's personality and approach to life but it's also the name of a book he's authored,
1:40.0	the events that he throws, his coaching community and the YouTube series that features his work
1:44.9	in helping people take on their own transformations, the second season of which just debuted on August 16th,
1:51.2	we are recording. Today, August 16th, it comes out at 6pm tonight, brother. Without further
1:57.0	ado, please welcome a man who's taken all of what life has handed him and turned it into so, so much
2:01.8	good, Mr. Bruce Pitcher. Welcome to Rise Together. My name's Dave Hollis. I'm the host of this show where
2:10.6	we're going to hopefully have you feeling a little more normal in this, the human experience.
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