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Barbell Shrugged

Hustle, Loyalty, Respect with John Cena β€Šβ€”β€Š 309

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.7 β€’ 2.8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

John Cena is an American professional wrestler, philanthropist, movie star, and most importantly he loves to lift weights πŸ˜‰ He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a free agent who appears for both the Raw and SmackDown brands. He also stars in the new comedy movie, Blockers, and has trained under Anders Varner as a member at his gym.

Cena has been lifting weights since he was 12, was a football lineman in high school, studied Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology in college, has trained and worked with Mark Bell and his brothers at Gold’s Gym Venice, became a professional wrestler, opened his own gym called Hard Knocks, and created the One Ton Club.

Cena is a true hard worker, who is not afraid to fail, always up for the challenge, and knows how to enjoy the ride. In this episode, we learn about his athletic background, life journey, life philosophy, and much more. Enjoy!

β€Šβ€”β€ŠMike, Doug and Anders

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Barbell Shrugged helps people get better. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first podcast and have been putting out weekly free videos and podcasts ever since.

Along the way we've created successful online coaching programs including The Shrugged Strength Challenge, The Muscle Gain Challenge, FLIGHT, Barbell Shredded, and Barbell Bikini.

We're also dedicated to helping affiliate gym owners grow their businesses and better serve their members by providing owners tools and resources like the Barbell Business Podcast.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Very rock.

0:01.0

Let's do it.

0:02.0

We'll go to Barbell's shrugged.

0:03.0

I'm Andrews Varner.

0:05.0

Join by Mr. Doug Larson.

0:07.0

Yeah, yeah.

0:08.0

We took a big trip down from LA today.

0:10.0

Got a sweet text message.

0:11.0

And, uh, man, we found ourselves in San Diego tonight overlooking the city.

0:18.0

And today is a very special day in my life because I have two people that I have spent

0:23.0

a lot of time underneath barbells with.

0:27.0

Both of them have had a massive impact, not just on me as an athlete and what I think

0:33.5

is important in the strength and conditioning world, but they've also been good friends.

0:37.0

They've been mentors and two people that I can't wait to introduce to the barbell shrug

0:42.2

community, one being my training partner, Doug Larson.

0:46.5

The other, I've spent the last three and a half years with training in San Diego.

0:52.0

You have probably heard of this person.

0:54.8

His name is John Cena and a little bit in Tampa too.

0:58.8

Lot in Tampa actually.

0:59.8

We have a phenomenal story to tell you about in Tampa.

1:03.8

Mr. John Cena is on the show today.

1:05.8

Yeah, thanks for having me, man.

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