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Fitness Confidential

ANGRIEST TRAINER 323: ONE-ON-ONE WITH JOHN LEE DUMAS

Fitness Confidential

Vinnie Tortorich

Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.72.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2014

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is John Lee Dumas, the host of the wildly popular daily podcast, Entrepreneur on Fire. With 750 episodes and 10,000,000 downloads, Entreprenuer on Fire was awarded Best Podcast of iTunes 2013. It has been featured in Forbes, Inc and TIme Magazines. Vinnie finds out why John does his podcast 7 days each week and how he created motivation and inspiration where there was none... How It Began At 17, John knew he wanted to serve his country and went to school on a ROTC scholarship He spent 13 months in Iraq as Tank Platoon Leader and was in charge of lives After this life and death experience, it was hard going back to normal life He found himself at a boring job sitting in a cubicle all day...he realized he put himself there and he could get himself out What Changed He was miserable and was trying to escape this drama John knew he had to mobilize, find mentorship and he listened to podcasts that interviewed successful inspiring entrepreneurs. He realized that people needed to hear these podcasts everyday so he created Entrepreneur on Fire, 365 potentially life-changing, relationship-building podcasts a year These podcasts build connections and create relationships Fitness and Nutrition He started out as a “cardio guy” ... on the eliptical for 60 minutes and then weights and he hurt his back He switched over to Crossfit because 2 hours on one machine will get you injured John is heavy into veggies and meats for all his meals Uses frozen bags of veggies as “go to” food What’s Next After establishing himself as a success, has to avoid “weapons of mass distraction"...things that distract him from what works Every Wednesday, he does a live free podcast workshop at 12 pm (pacific time) and teaches people how to create, grow and monetize their podcasts. That opens the door to Podcaster’s Paradise which offers 200 video tutorials and monthly webinars

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0:00.0

He's Hollywood's go-to guy for health and fitness.

0:13.1

And now, America's Angriest Trainer, Vinnie Tortridge, with co-host Anna Pacino.

0:21.6

Why am I America's Patriots trainer?

0:24.0

Your good intentions have been stolen, and I'm here to help you get them back.

0:28.8

I am Vinny Tortorich, and folks, this is the 101 edition of the show.

0:35.8

It sounded like I said 101, which we do sometimes.

0:39.4

Anna and me, we'll do the 101 where we did 101 Kitchen.

0:43.4

We did 101, how to, you know, get in shape, 101, what to eat.

0:50.8

Those are all back issues.

0:52.6

You can find those.

0:53.4

If you sign up, subscribe to the back issues.

0:57.2

You can get those podcasts.

0:59.0

But this is the one-on-one.

1:01.0

This is me with one other person.

1:03.2

Anna happens to be out of town right now.

1:05.2

So this show could come out on a Tuesday, even though we usually save the one-on-ones a Thursday. So don't be confused. Anna didn't go anywhere. She's just taking a little trip. She'll be back. Don't worry. Guys, I'm super excited today. We have a guest. Actually, I'm sitting here. I'm not worthy of having this guy on today, but he's going to be on in just a few minutes. I've got to get a little work out of way. Most of you guys may know who he is, John Lee, Dumas. And I always worry about two things. When you hear three names, John Lee and Dumas, especially when the middle name is Lee, you always wonder if that guy's going to end up in a clock tower or if that guy is going to end up, you know, shooting up to school. Whenever you hear three names, you know, if you're the president of the United States and John Lee Dumas is looking for you, run. That's all I'm going to say. These people always end up in the wrong place at the

2:02.0

wrong time. But John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur and Fire, a podcast I love, a podcast I've been on

2:08.9

once, but we just recorded me being on a second time. We'll be coming out really soon. I love

2:15.2

this guy, entrepreneur and fire. We'll have him on just a

2:18.4

second. Before we have him one, I've got to tell you guys about something that's near and dear to my heart.

2:25.4

Villa Capelli olive oil. Paul Capelli and Stephen Crutchfield, they didn't just go out and make

2:31.8

olive oil. They went out and created what I think is the best

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