How to build mental toughness, work ethic and an unconventional life ft. Bobby Maximus - Ep.108

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Interview with my good friend, Rob McDonald (@bobbymaximus). If you guys have heard our first two episodes with Rob, you know that he offers a wealth of knowledge when it comes to training both the physical and mental. Rob was a huge asset to the Hackspack team that won the affiliate cup and more recently the author of the Maximus Body. Rob is the general manager at Gym Jones and a key contributor to the Gym Jones Seminars that are known for their lasting effects both in physical performance and in life transformations. We talk about the experiences the shaped him to be both the athlete and coach he is today, his new book, and training philosophies inside and outside of the gym. Enjoy the show!

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Topics of discussion:

[1:20] What happened to Rob’s bicep

[4:50] Becoming Bobby Maximus

[6:30] Finding the weight room as a kid

[7:50] Mentors and influencers growing up

[10:30] What it means to be a coach

[11:48] Getting into UFC and what it taught Rob

[18:38] Becoming aware of negative thoughts

[21:05] Setting everything you do toward a goal

[23:31] How to filter through opportunities

[28:30] Living an unconventional life

[32:51] Gym Jones Seminar

[35:45] The term “suffering”

[37:15] Being goal driven with programming

[40:26] What “salvation” means to Gym Jones

[44:12] Having a root belief in yourself and work ethic

[47:16] The 90% rule

[49:00] What Rob has been up to

Links:

Gym Jones Seminars

Gym Jones

The Maximus Body

First Podcast with Rob

Second Podcast with Rob

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Mike Kaju, and this is the brute strength podcast. This episode I'm back with my friend Rob McDonald,
0:08.0	general manager of Jim Jones, recent author, former UFC fighter, and all around, great guy. This is our third round,
0:18.0	and this one is our best one yet, if I can say so myself. We talk about his experience as an athlete, the
0:27.4	experiences that shaped him mentally as well as physically. We talk about his new book, training philosophies at his cult-like
0:36.8	following Jim, Jim Jones, as well as lots of other things. Hope you enjoy the show.
0:43.3	What's up?
0:43.9	This is Mike Kaju and this is the brute strength podcast.
0:47.6	I'm back for round three with my good friend Rob McDonald.
0:51.1	We're in his garage. We actually have two of him because he has a
0:54.5	poster of himself right behind himself. So we got two of him. Rob, glad to be here man.
1:01.6	Thanks to be here. I always bring back up so I'm ready to go.
1:05.1	Oh yeah and thank you guys for coming here. So in the past two videos that we've done, a
1:10.1	podcast we've done, we get a ton of because we've done both of them on video
1:14.4	we've gotten a ton of YouTube questions about your bicep yeah and so can you just start
1:19.2	out there and tell that story do you want the real story or do you want the one I usually tell people?
1:24.5	A little bit of both. Okay so the one I usually tell people is that when my son was born and he was
1:30.3	you know just three months old I had him born in Canada I'm from the Arctic so I took him for a walk so you could see our home country and I got attacked by a polar bear and most people shockingly just believe it and buy off on it that I fought a polar bear to the death
1:43.6	would of course which makes me feel really good about myself that they think I
1:46.7	can handle my business like that but the true story is I had a fight lined up
1:50.9	against a guy named Hector Rameris.
1:53.4	He was a really good UFC fighter, and I'd hurt my bicep
1:56.8	10 days before the fight, but a bunch of family members
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