960: Mark Bell

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin speak with Mark Bell at his Supertraining Gym studio in Sacramento, CA.

In his experience, what are the benefits that come along with age? (3:07)
How different is the skill of building mass for bodybuilding than powerlifting? (10:00)
What lead him to hire Hany Rambod? Did he do everything he told him to? (13:40)
How was he able to run his gym while getting ready for his show? (19:43)
When did he start making money? How did he figure out how to survive? (23:15)
Where does survival mentally come from? (31:46)
Is he more aware of the environment he is raising his own kids in? (36:43)
Does he remember his first business failure? (38:05)
His connection to ‘pro wrestling’ and how he met John Cena. (41:35)
From what he learned from pro wrestling, has that transferred into his success in new media? (48:12)
Did he battle with addiction during the ‘steroid era’? (51:17)
Does he remember what is first cycle was? Was it a love affair from day 1? (55:50)
Has he thought about the ‘going on gear’ conversation with his own kids? (1:00:35)
What is his opinion on SARMS? (1:02:11)
What made him think about getting into the podcast space? What has the journey been like for him? (1:05:42)
What did he learn from his relationship with his former co-host? (1:12:43)
How did his fans react with the podcast change? Was there any push back? (1:18:43)
The guys reminisce over their first interview with Mark. (1:20:28)
What have his kids taught him about himself? (1:24:25)
Are his kid’s naturals when it comes to sports? Have any interest in competition? (1:27:40)
Has his son expressed any interest in lifting weights? (1:35:00)
What is something specific he has been working on HIMSELF? (1:38:09)
Is social media enhancing or hurting what he is doing? (1:45:04)
What is in store in the future for himself and his companies? (1:48:40)

Featured Guest/People Mentioned:

Mark Bell (@marksmellybell) Instagram
Hany Rambod (@hanyrambod) Instagram
4x Mr. Olympia Physique Champ (@jeremy_buendia) Instagram
Chris “Boar” Bell (@bigstrongfast) Instagram
John Cena (@JohnCena) Twitter
Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) Twitter
Brock Lesnar (@BrockLesnar) Twitter
Stan "Rhino" Efferding (@stanefferding) 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	So in this episode, you're going to hear us talking to Mark Bell.
0:17.0	Now we do record these intros after the interview and I'll tell you we had a good time.
0:21.0	We had a good time meeting with him.
0:23.0	No, it was a really good time and I think God we did with him.
0:26.0	We did three, three, three, three, four, four, five.
0:28.0	Three hours on his podcast, three hours on arm.
0:31.0	This was a long day.
0:32.0	It was a lot to talk about.
0:33.0	I was impressed with his operation too.
0:35.0	We show up to his facility and we were treated with incredible hospitality.
0:39.0	His staff was on point.
0:41.0	The store in the front was amazing.
0:43.0	The gym was, if you're a strength athlete, it was impeccable.
0:47.0	That's a great gym.
0:48.0	That's a gym for strength athletes.
0:50.0	I also really appreciate how Mark and his team and everybody handle everything.
0:54.0	I've given him a lot of shit the last couple of years on this podcast when talking about his interview
0:59.0	because he was one of the first interviews we did and he did in this car.
1:03.0	We were a little salty there for a while.
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