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Barbell Shrugged

Aligning Actions with a Purpose Driven Life w/ Chris Hoppe, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash #799

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Chris Hoppe has spent nearly two decades immersed in the world of coaching — from CrossFit and personal training to recovery support, breathwork, and behavioral health. His approach blends performance and presence, helping clients not just optimize their bodies, but reconnect to their lives in a deeper, more meaningful way.

Chris has guided people at every stage of transformation — from their first day sober to the CrossFit Games floor. Whether he's working with entrepreneurs, athletes, or those navigating major life transitions, his work centers on building nervous system resilience, emotional awareness, and personal agency.

More than a coach, Chris lives his practice. He brings curiosity, groundedness, and heart into every conversation — and creates space for people to be fully human.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Shrug family this week on Barbell Shrug. Chris Hoppe is coming into the podcast.

0:04.4

For those of you guys in Rapid Health Optimization, he is on our behavioral health side of things.

0:09.7

So he works with Emily Hightower, who you've heard on Barbell Shrug many, many times.

0:14.1

And fantastic. Today on the show, we are digging into all things, mindset, behavioral health,

0:20.2

and really aligning your life with the

0:22.0

why and finding your own purpose. As always, friends, make sure you get over to rapidhealthreport.com.

0:26.9

That is where Dan Garner, Dr. Andy Galpin, are doing a free lab, lifestyle, and performance analysis,

0:31.5

and you can access that over at rapidhealthreport.com. Friends, let's get into the show.

0:39.1

Welcome to Barbile Sherlock. I'm Anders Warner, Doug let's get into the show. Welcome to Barbell, Charlotte.

0:42.9

I'm Anders Warner, Doug Larson. Chris Hoppe. Welcome to the show, man. I can't believe it's the first time we've had you on. Thank you for having me. I'm very excited. It's been a long time. A long time coming.

0:48.4

You work with us here at Rapid Health Optimization. And also, I don't get to talk to you that much. You're like at the

0:55.9

other end of the business working with the clients and like on all things, kind of the behavioral

1:01.8

health side of what we do. Did you go to the CrossFit games back in the day? Are you one of those?

1:07.7

I was close. I was videos and all the things. Right. I was in the Matt Chan, Chris Spieler, that era. That was my group that I hung with. And I was in the same region as those guys. So we threw down a lot. I was, I think 2014 was probably the closest I got.

1:29.3

And that was the year that a bunch of us got sick at regionals, like the second day.

1:34.1

And it knocked out most of the field.

1:35.5

And I was like right there in the top two or three and then just fell off.

1:39.9

So yeah, it's super funny.

1:41.0

You came into the company and like my frame of you was all things behavioral health.

1:49.5

And like this little piece in the back of my brain was like, I think you watched that man exercise really fast before.

1:55.4

I don't know if there's another one of you. But yeah, man, I'd love to dig in.

2:00.8

We're going to be digging into all things, kind of personal development and finding themselves, which actually I feel is when people come to us, there's like a pursuit of excellence.

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