Drug Addict to Pro Bodybuilder, How Bodybuilding Saved My Life - Doug Fruchey || MBPP Ep. 969
Mark Bell's Power Project
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🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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In Episode 969, Doug Fruchey, Mark Bell, Nsima Inyang, and Andrew Zaragoza talk about how Doug went from a drug addict to an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and while a much better choice, he admits he left one addiction for another.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes people are just thinking about like how big they can get right now or how strong they can get right now |
| 0:04.3 | But it seems like you have a longer term plan. I think it started with understanding that this was all I was going to do |
| 0:09.5 | I'm 20 years old shit. I've been a jail. I got an ankle bracelet on and bodybuilding was like an immediate boom |
| 0:15.0 | No, you're not stuck. You're bigger. You stronger. You're faster now. Bodybuilding stayed my life |
| 0:18.2 | Do you sometimes feel like you traded one addiction for another? Oh, absolutely. Honestly, I thrive on being addicted to train |
| 0:23.7 | Like so what I'm addicted to training. I'm addicted to being a better person than I was yesterday |
| 0:27.7 | Was there concern over the use of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs? |
| 0:32.8 | I didn't I didn't even think twice. I was like that'll make me better at this. I just basically bent over like |
| 0:39.7 | I will definitely agree, you know, there's an argument to be made that anabolic steroids are addictive |
| 0:43.5 | Yes, it doesn't seem to have the same negative impact as the drugs that you did before |
| 0:47.5 | Yes, not going to make your teeth fall out as fast as meth |
| 0:49.5 | I've told some of my clients are like, oh my god |
| 0:51.1 | You're gonna go to the doctor and get your blood work done while you're on steroids like they're gonna know |
| 0:55.4 | I'm like, well, yeah, every day the first thing I think about is what I'm gonna eat the last thing I think about is what I'm gonna eat tomorrow |
| 1:00.7 | Hope you guys are enjoying this episode |
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| 1:14.5 | Thank you and enjoy the episode |
| 1:16.5 | Please let's not do a post down with Doug because that that would be discussed |
| 1:20.6 | Doug, I wanted to tell you something make sure you stand on the microphone there |
| 1:24.9 | Gonna be really important people to hear your lovely voice. Oh, yeah, there we go |
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