How I beat drug addiction and won the CrossFit Games ft. Michael Cazayoux - Ep. 46

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We're switching things up a bit. I'm the one in the hot seat being interviewed by the wonderful Adee Zukier (@adeezukier). In this episode I’ll be sharing a little bit more about myself, such as my life and family in New Roads, LA, how I overcame drug addiction, winning the CrossFit games, my morning routine, and life after CrossFit.

My goal is to inspire as many people as possible and this episode is my chance to demonstrate how anyone can beat the struggles we’re all faced with in life. For me, it was drug addiction, a back injury, and an overwhelming fear of failure. For those of you looking to make a drastic change in your life to better yourself, just know that ANYTHING is possible once you put your mind to it. In this episode, I’ll be sharing a few things that have helped me along the way in hopes that it may also help you on your journey. Thanks for listening.

Topics of discussion:

[1:40] Growing up in New Roads, LA

[3:30] Drug addiction

[5:33] My rock bottom moment

[9:27] Staying clean

[11:25] How I found CrossFit

[16:53] Winning the CrossFit Games

[18:15] Dealing with Spondylolisthesis

[23:25] Life after CrossFit

[25:25] Going from Competing to Coaching

[27:30] Taking a leap of faith

[35:19] How I deal with the fear of failure

[36:50] My morning routine

[37:40] Meditation

How to meditate – Sam Harris (YouTube)
The HeadSpace App

[38:38] How to start good habits

[40:05] Book recommendation:

“The Perfect Day Formula” – Craig Ballantyne

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? This is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:04.4	This week I am actually the one getting interviewed.
0:07.6	My girlfriend, Ade Zooker, the owner of Working Against Gravity, interviews me.
0:13.4	We talk about my family life, overcoming addiction,
0:19.4	getting into crossfit, competing, winning the games,
0:22.8	starting Brood, all that kind of stuff.
0:24.8	So if you want to get to hear my story a little bit,
0:27.0	check it out.
0:28.3	Also, if you have time, please leave us a review by going to iTunes Brute Strength Podcast, give me some
0:37.4	feedback. Hope you enjoy the show. So this is a little bit of a different show today. My name is Adiseooker and I am Michael
0:47.5	Kaju's girlfriend and I also own a nutrition coaching company called Working Against Gravity. I'm also a weightlifter and I
0:56.6	decided that I'm going to put Michael in the hot seat and interview him on his own podcast for the first time.
1:04.4	We're both a little bit nervous.
1:07.6	Definitely.
1:08.2	I mean, it's my first time interviewing anybody.
1:11.0	So I'm a little nervous and it's your first time being interviewed on your own
1:15.3	podcast and by me. So this should be interesting. I will start with Michael is a really interesting guy. He's got a really good
1:27.7	story so I think we should roll in and out of your story and fitness and business and my goal today is to inspire as many people as possible.
1:37.0	So how about we start with you're from a city called New Roads in Louisiana and how many people live in
1:46.5	new roads? 5,000 and it's really interesting this is kind of a tangent but
1:52.3	it's 2,500 basically 2,500 white people
1:58.0	2,500 black people and it's almost completely split by a set of train tracks.
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