#321: Dream Big, Never Quit with Marc Megna
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Marc Megna knows what it takes to win.
During his pro football career the retired NFL Linebacker was coached by some of the greatest in the game, including Bill Belichick, Bill Parcels, Pete Carroll and Dick Lebeau. The lessons he learned from these legends would carry over to his second act in life.
After designing training programs for teammates, he realized he could make a career out of his passion for fitness.
Listen as we discuss:
- Why growing up he wanted to be a great athlete. [2:15]
- The evolution of his football career and recap of his NFL experience. [7:10]
- What inspired his transition from the NFL to the fitness industry? [21:36]
- The highs and lows of his transformation into personal training. [25:58]
- Tips on how to create a positive company culture. [34:18]
- Business advice on building the ultimate gym. [39:54]
- What does his day to day schedule look like? [42:38]
- How many clients does he train daily? [45:20]
- Do his body architects have a particular training program they follow? [46:46]
- How does he stay healthy and lean? [48:01]
- What does a max effort/upper body workout look like? [50:42]
- How has his training changed over the years? [53:25]
- What tools does he use for recovery? [55:44]
- Defying the odds. The journey behind his latest book and documentary. [58:00]
- Taking time to smell the roses. [1:04:15]
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| 0:16.8 | What's up everybody? Happy 2020. Thanks for tuning in to the Renegade Radio podcast. Once again, let's do it the right way. Let's start the year strong. |
| 0:22.0 | It's going to be a great episode to |
| 0:23.8 | kick off 2020 with my man Mark Meagna Mark is one of the nicest most |
| 0:29.0 | gracious guys you could ever meet he is a great great coach. He's a great leader. He's great at |
| 0:35.2 | creating culture. I played pro football. He's got such an inspiring story and like I |
| 0:40.3 | said, just one of the greatest dudes you could ever meet. So I'm super psyched for you guys, |
| 0:43.7 | listen to this episode with Mark. |
| 0:45.0 | We recorded this down in Miami at his, not his, |
| 0:49.8 | yeah, his midtown locations. |
| 0:51.0 | He's got three different locations for the anatomy gyms, which are amazing. |
| 0:55.4 | One is in the one hotel, one is in South Beach, and another one is in Midtown Miami. |
| 1:00.0 | That's where we recorded this one. |
| 1:02.0 | All some of the most amazing gyms you'll ever visit. |
| 1:03.8 | If you're in Miami, I highly recommend you swing by, |
| 1:06.4 | get a day pass, train there. |
| 1:08.6 | Anatomy is such a great place to train, love it. |
| 1:11.3 | And I think you're gonna really enjoy this episode. Hope your year is off to a great start and I hope you have an amazing 2020. And if you need workouts to fuel you to get you through the year to get you jacked to |
| 1:24.0 | winter now tis the season to get jacked of course you're covered up in heavier |
| 1:29.8 | layers and you're probably you're probably been eating some extra calories hopefully now you got your diet |
| 1:34.7 | dialed in but anyway good time to really get jacked over the winter buckled down on your training. |
| 1:40.1 | Go to renegade strong.com to get the training programs you need |
| 1:43.5 | to get jacked and strong and athletic and feel good without beating up your |
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