633: Amanda Bucci is Building a Fitness Empire

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Amanda Bucci, a 24 year old lifestyle entrepreneur who is building a fitness and lifestyles empire through her podcast, YouTube channel, instagram, and other social platforms. Amanda has built her social media following by focusing on consistency, transparency, education and authenticity. Her success is remarkable and there is much to learn from her approach.

You can find Amanda at www.amandabucci.com and her podcast, Bucci Radio.

Amanda’s early days (4:34)
- Parents’ divorce at early age
Too intimidating to men (8:20)
When did she fall in love with the training? (13:00)
- Flexible dieting
LA, vanity land (18:20)
Binge eating period (19:45)
Was she transparent with her fans going through this experience? (24:45)
Did she learn things about her relationship with food after each show? (26:26)
- Reverse dieting
When did she decide to stop competing? (36:25)
What new habits has she created since competing? Bad patterns?(38:19)
How has her business grown? (40:45)
Does she have any mentors? (42:55)
Who instilled her growth mindset? (44:00)
Online educator, her why (47:28)
- You can only pour from a full cup
What drives her to do what she does? (51:21)
- Motivated by having more time
Does she have a good concept of money? (54:00)
What would she say contributed most to her success? (56:28)
Where does she want to be in 5 years? (59:20)
- Imposter syndrome
Invest in a coach (1:03:50)
- Move the needle forward
What are the dos/don’ts of social media? (1:06:35)
- Attention is easy
- Instagram stories – poor man’s vlog
Email list converts (1:11:50)
What is a typical day for her? (1:13:52)

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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.
0:06.3	Mind up, mind up with your hosts.
0:09.2	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.4	Um, man, I tell you what, I was really excited to have this young lady into our studio.
0:20.9	I'm incredibly impressed with what she has accomplished at her age.
0:26.9	And you know, I think when we first had her down in the studio, a lot of people were asking
0:32.4	us like, oh, like, you know, she doesn't exactly lie with all your guys' fitness philosophies.
0:37.0	Well, no, we wanted to bring more of these kind of fitness influencers, people who are
0:43.6	dominating in their spaces.
0:45.7	And Amanda Bucci on YouTube is massive.
0:50.5	She's got, she just started a new podcast.
0:52.3	So she's starting to get into that space as well.
0:54.6	And she does like these, these like influencer academy, you know, things.
0:58.4	She's very big into charity.
1:00.2	She has a very interesting story, highly intelligent young lady.
1:03.4	When we get on the podcast, she gets pretty vulnerable.
1:06.0	It's a good, it's a good interview.
1:07.2	No, it's an, it's an excellent interview.
1:09.0	And here's the thing, man, there's, there is something to learn from everybody.
1:12.4	I mean, I know we've got well over 10, 12 years on, on this young lady, but to be as successful
1:18.7	as she is at the point in her life, I'm extremely impressed.
1:22.4	I wasn't there at 20, at least 24, 25 years old.
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