Gym Jones' Bobby Maximus on Sport Psych, Work Capacity, and more - Ep. 9

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

I met Rob MacDonald (Bobby Maximus) in 2011 as he programmed for our team the first year I went to the Crossfit Games. He also trained two individuals that year, Tommy Hackenbruck and Taylor Richards-Lindsey. We were a hard working group if nothing else. However, when Rob would show up to train us on occasion, I remember thinking that every workout was the hardest one I'd ever done. He communicates with athletes in a way that pushes them to their limits, and he is good at finding each person's buttons.

Before accepting a job at Gym Jones, he fought in the UFC in the Light Heavyweight Division. At Gym Jones he is the general manager, and it is there that he has worked with NFL players, professional climbers and skiers, and many more. Physically, this guy is an absolute freak. He can bench 315 for a set of 20, back squats close to 500, and his strength isn't even his strong suit.

His strong suit is his engine. He has done some ridiculous things on an airdyne. He has biked for 88 calories in 1 minute, and 900 in 30 minutes!!!!! If a guy can get 300 in 10 minutes, he is considered to be in great great shape. To do that 3x in a row is unbelievable.

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0:00.0	What's up guys? This is Mike Cashew. This is the Brute Shrink Podcast.
0:04.0	This week I interview Rob McDonald also known as Bobby Maximus.
0:08.0	He's a former UFC fighter, the general manager of Jim Jones in Salt Lake City.
0:15.9	He's trained professional or big-time actors like the cast of 300.
0:22.6	He's trained professional athletes in a lot of different sports,
0:25.7	football, cycling, rock climbing, skiing, all kinds of things.
0:30.7	And then what he's known for in the Cross Fit community is he trained
0:35.4	Ute Cross Fit to back to back world championships. In this show we talk about a lot of sports psychology, a little bit of training.
0:47.0	Above all else this guy is the ultimate motivator. He's a man's man and he demands hard work and he gets people to work
0:55.4	harder than anyone else that I've ever seen. So I hope you can learn something from
1:01.1	this guy.
1:02.5	Enjoy the show.
1:03.4	What's up guys, this is Mike Kaju.
1:05.1	This is the Bruke Strength Podcast.
1:06.9	I'm here with Rob McDonald.
1:08.8	Rob has been the GM and training director
1:11.4	at Jim Jones in Salt Lake City for seven years.
1:15.0	Before that he was a professional fighter for years and fought in the U.S.C. as well.
1:21.0	Some of you may know that Rob trained us, meaning Hacks Pack, for three or four years, including
1:32.2	the two years that we won the game.
1:34.0	So I'm excited to have him share with you some of the techniques he
1:38.2	used with us and what he that I'm
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