892: Rich Gaspari

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin interview Rich Gaspari, bodybuilding legend and founder of Gaspari Nutrition, an innovator in the supplement industry. Rich built Gaspari Nutrition to a $100 million company, lost it and is now back at the helm. Hear this and other fascinating stories in this podcast.

The evolution of fitness conventions. (5:34)
Bringing conditioning to another level…Rich details his pursuit into bodybuilding. (6:55)
Did he believe to get to the next level you had to take supplements? (13:23)
What was the response from his level of conditioning? (18:17)
Why did he decide to make a comeback after an injury? (19:51)
From bodybuilding legend to founder of Gaspari Nutrition, how he became an innovator in the supplement industry. (24:28)
At what point did he realize he was doing something great? (27:34)
From the basement to $100 million dollar company. The grind in the beginning of Gaspari Nutrition. (32:08)
How did he pick the growth hormones he sold in the beginning? (37:00)
It’s all about the mouth feel…how he changed the game in the protein market. (43:39)
What was the scaling process like as his company grew? (46:20)
How did the change in marketing affecting his business? (47:30)
From building Gaspari Nutrition to a $100 million dollar company, to filing for bankruptcy: How he gained the reins back to the company he built. (50:46)
What does he think of the market now since getting control back? (56:47)
His take on facade supplement companies. (1:00:45)
Do any other brands impress him? (1:04:00)
What emerging trends excite him? (1:06:35)
How the most important sale is the 2nd sale. (1:12:10)
What are his thoughts on Amazon entering the supplement market? (1:15:15)
Does he feel like an uncaged lion since getting control of his company back? (1:19:24)
What was the most memorable moment in his bodybuilding career? Business career? (1:23:15)
What are his top physiques in bodybuilding? (1:26:55)
Does he believe the drug culture is affecting the current crop of bodybuilders? (1:28:19)

Featured Guest/People Mentioned:

Rich Gaspari (@richgaspari) Instagram
Gaspari Nutrition
Dorian Yates (@thedorianyates) Instagram
Lee "Hercules" Haney (@lee_haney_official) Instagram
Ronnie Coleman (@ronniecoleman8) Instagram
Flex Wheeler ® | Official (@officialflexwheeler) Instagram

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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, so this was another treat for me.
0:16.0	It was a little salbona right now.
0:18.0	I know, I know, and man, it's a little hero.
0:20.0	You know, I can see it from here.
0:21.0	He's a Richka Sparrow.
0:23.0	So we just had a podcast with Richka Sparrow.
0:25.0	Now, Gospari was one of the top bodybuilders of the 80s, but then he got into the supplement
0:32.0	business in the 90s and smashed it.
0:35.0	Brilliant marketing.
0:36.0	A lot of people were going to wonder why we would even bring somebody like that on the show.
0:41.0	Because of our stance on supplements.
0:43.0	And it wasn't about what supplements work for you.
0:48.0	I had no desire to get into debates about branch chain amino acids or what I think about pre-reviews.
0:54.0	We're promoting pro hormones or anything.
0:56.0	Right, right.
0:57.0	We definitely talked about it.
0:58.0	No, but it's important to talk to somebody who is one of the pioneers in the space, man.
1:04.0	He's partially responsible for where it is today, man.
1:09.0	He was one of the first guys to sell the designer steroids when they were legal.
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