Christian Guzman On Adderall Addiction, Weight Fluctuation, What Building Alphaland Really Took, Losing His Mind & Marrying Buff Bunny

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Ep. #89 On today’s episode of Pursuit of Wellness, I’m joined by Christian Guzman. He sits down for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, bodybuilding, and where his business is at now. For Mari’s Newsletter click here! Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Christian Guzman’s Instagram click here! For alphalete Instagram click here! For POW Brand Promo Codes click here! Sponsored By: Use code POW for $150 off your purchase at purchase at plunge.com Visit clearstemskincare.com and use code POW at checkout for 20% off your first purchase Save 15% and get free shipping on your Starter Kit when you use code POW at www.branchbasics.com Topics Discussed: 03:02 - Christian Guzman’s journey 05:40 - Christian’s influences 07:52 - Creative vs business 08:50 - Figuring out your own business 19:57 - Summer shredding 21:01 - Bodybuilding competitions 23:26 - Recovering from competitions 26:44 - “Proud, but never satisfied” 29:25 - Motivation in business and fitness 30:48 - Alphalete 33:00 - Alphaland 36:03 - Christian and Heidi’s love story 39:30 - Struggle with Adderall 44:36 - Current health goals 47:33 - Christian’s 10 goals 49:45 - What’s next for Alphalete 52:30 - Being the face of the company 56:38 - What wellness means to Christian

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0:00.0	I really try to think of like yesterday is yesterday tomorrow is today.
0:04.3	You're proud to look back at everything you've done and you know that's made you who you are
0:08.1	but you're not gonna linger there. There's more to do.
0:10.4	This is the pursuit of wellness podcast and I'm your host, Mari Llewellyn.
0:17.0	Hello, welcome back to the show. Today I am joined with Christian Guzman. He is a
0:26.1	legend in the fitness industry one of the OGs. He's a creator, he's a founder,
0:31.5	he's now a husband.
0:34.0	And if you haven't heard of him, I highly recommend you guys check out his story.
0:38.0	He is really big on YouTube and has done a lot in the fitness industry.
0:42.0	He was a really an OG inspiration for Greg and I when it came to our business and he has had such an interesting journey just through the fitness industry. He started as a gym shock athlete and then you know began his own company
0:56.1	Alphaleet he's now the founder of Alphaland one of the biggest most insane gyms I think I've
1:01.7	ever been to in Texas, Sugar Land, Texas.
1:04.4	We talk about his and Heidi Sommer's love story, also known as Buff Bunny.
1:09.5	You will have just heard her episode launch on Monday.
1:12.3	Christian gets really vulnerable vulnerable with us and talks
1:14.6	about his struggle with Adderol addiction, which I think is a really important discussion
1:19.5	to have, I think so many people struggle with that and it isn't spoken about very often.
1:23.6	He also talks about his 10 goals for the next few years,
1:27.4	being the face of his company and what wellness means to him.
1:30.9	This is a really in-depth conversation and I really appreciate Christian going as deep as he did with us today.
1:37.0	He said it was one of his favorite interviews he's ever done, which I was so honored.
1:40.0	Without further ado, let's hop into this conversation with Christian.
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