Austin Brown is in an online fitness and elite physique coach helping bodybuilders earn pro cards and lifestyle clients get in the best shape of their lives.

His coaching brand, as you can see behind him, is distinguished training and nutrition.

Austin's been coaching for over a decade, bodybuilding for even longer, and recently got third at the Arnold Classic Amateur as a heavyweight.

He's also a co-host on the One More Rep podcast with my good friend Joseph Percher, one of the best

bodybuilding podcasts which I listen to for every episode. Welcome to the show. Awesome. Yeah, man. Thanks for

having me. I'm excited to have a good conversation. Yeah. Yeah. So I've listened to you a lot and i think you have

amazing perspectives i think it's so cool that you self coach but you also coach a lot of top guys

and you really care and you're very knowledgeable um so i'm excited to have you on um for folks

who don't know you uh give us some of your background.

Like, how did you first get into bodybuilding when you first start lifting weights and get in the gym?

And then we can go from that.

Yeah, cool.

No, I always love this question because it's been a long time, so it makes me think about it all.

It kind of revisit that time period, just as fun.

I played sports, like, very competitively all through high school and things.

And then I went to, I ended up going to a small school to play football.

And I was, like, a bigger linebacker.

I was, like, 245, which, but it was, like, different, right?

It was, you know, fluffier, just big and strong.

Chunky.

Yeah, yeah, it was like football big, you know?

Yeah, so, but I was strong as an ox and, you know, did that whole thing, and then I got

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