735: Kortney Olson- Fitness Entrepreneur & Watermelon Crusher

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2018

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Kortney Olson. Kortney has quite a story... from Stanford University to meth addiction, to fitness entrepreneur and social media phenom. Kortney is a bodybuilder, Australia's first ever female arm wrestling champion, founder and CEO of GRRRL Clothing and can regularly be seen on social media crushing watermelons between her powerful thighs (which recently caught the attention of Arnold Schwartzenegger).

You can find Kortney @kortney_olson on Instagram, Kortney Olson on YouTube and at www.grrrl.com

You can also find her upcoming event, Grrrl Live, held in Las Vegas April 28th & 29th at www.grrrl.com/live

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/enlist-in-the-self-love-rebellion-project

Always felt uncomfortable in my own skin. She shares being a product of divorce, alcoholic parent, being raped and the impact on her growing up. (6:58)
I’ve always been a big girl and the tomboy. How she got into lifting and her longing of being one of the boys. (12:20)
KO was my alter ego. She shares personal stories of her internal anger and how it turned into alcoholism. (16:40)
Created shell to feel safe. Subconscious spirituality and how she started listening to her higher self. (20:25)
The world is not exactly what you think it is. Her introduction and deep dive into the muscle fetish world. (26:05)
- Bedroom Boom
I would make more money, to spend more money. How beauty is not what it appears to be. (39:40)
- “Confidence is like lines of coke, they do not last long.”
So easy to judge. She shares the story of turning around her career, empowering women and how an article aimed to tear her character down. (42:45)
Teaching women self-love. How everything is fake and she explains how there is no such thing as a flaw. (53:00)
- The more you hate yourself, the worst you are going to treat yourself
- Time is a man made thing.
Women are held back as a gender do to our own undoing. They discuss white privilege, living in the “United States of Offended,” cultural appropriation and moving our society forward. (1:06:48)
- Form of collectivism
- This point of this brand is about unity
You have to be so committed in what you are doing. Does she feel like she is fighting a losing battle? (1:27:45)
As an entrepreneur there is no off switch. Focusing on the essentials of life and finding the right balance. (1:30:33)
- Talking about things outside of work
Women empowering other women. Grrrl Live. She talks about her upcoming event and what to expect. (1:43:20)
- The clothing is just the flag we fly
- Freedom from size stigma
- If you ask, the universe will guide you

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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.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	Man, was this a little heavy, a little fun, a little bit of all over the place?
0:20.0	We touched some third rails, we had told some really dark stories, like we kind of went all over the place.
0:27.0	I was kind of strapped my seatbelt in.
0:30.0	We first met Courtney.
0:32.0	Well, actually, I'd seen Courtney before I met her.
0:35.0	There was a viral video going around Facebook of a very muscular female smashing a watermelon between her legs.
0:43.0	And it went viral.
0:44.0	And then, you know, that was it.
0:46.0	And much later, maybe, I don't know, months later, Adam and I were doing a talk over at the LA Fit Expo.
0:53.0	And one of our fans, one of our favorite fans, Aiza, amazing, that's her name.
0:59.0	She walks up to say hi to us and brings with her her friend Courtney Olson.
1:04.0	So Courtney walks up and both, Aniza is pretty buff too.
1:08.0	So these two girls come up and they're built in a strong wind.
1:11.0	And strongly salad and I are intimidated.
1:13.0	Yeah, right away I'm like, hey, you guys could beat us up.
1:16.0	Normally, I feel confident in that situation.
1:19.0	I can back salad, but I'm in a boot.
1:21.0	I'm so disappointed we didn't have sal arm wrestle.
1:24.0	I know.
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