Is CrossFit a Great Way to Get Fit, Joint Friendly Strength Training, and Being a Certified Nice Person w/ Ben Bruno — Barbell Shrugged #355
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2018
⏱️ 117 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Ben Bruno lives and trains clients in West Hollywood, California. He's known as a celebrity and professional athlete trainer, who helps some of Hollywood's biggest names get in shape.
In this episode, we talk to Ben about the one piece of equipment you need in your gym, landmine training, celebrity training plans, working with professional athletes, learning from Mike Boyle, and much more.
Enjoy!
- Doug and Anders
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Show notes at:
http://www.shruggedcollective.com/bbs_bruno
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Please support our partners!
@bioptimizers: www.BiOptimizers.com/realchalk "shrugged" to save 20%
@thrivemarket - www.thrivemarket.com/shrugged for a free 30 days trial and $60 in free groceries
@OMAX - www.omaxcbd.com/shrugged and get 50% off a one months supply of Omax Stress Remedy.
► Subscribe to Barbell Shrugged's Channel Here
► Subscribe to Shrugged Collective's Channel Here
http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedSubscribe
📲 🎧 Listen to the audio version on the Apple Podcast App or Stitcher for Android Here-
http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedApple
http://bit.ly/BarbellShruggedStitcher
Shrugged Collective is a network of fitness, health and performance shows that help people achieve their physical and mental health goals. Usually in the gym, but outside as well. In 2012 they posted their first Barbell Shrugged 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.
Find Shrugged Collective and their flagship show Barbell Shrugged here:
SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES ► http://bit.ly/ShruggedCollectiveiTunes
WEBSITE ► https://www.ShruggedCollective.com
INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/shruggedcollective
FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/barbellshruggedpodcast
TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/barbellshrugged
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Shark family, it's Wednesday. |
| 0:02.1 | We're hanging out with Ben Bruno this week. |
| 0:04.6 | I often get the question from people, |
| 0:07.0 | should I open a gym? |
| 0:09.4 | What goes into opening a gym? |
| 0:12.0 | Well, it's important for everyone to know. |
| 0:13.9 | Before I ever opened a gym, |
| 0:15.8 | I had written hundreds of training plans. |
| 0:18.2 | Before I ever opened a gym, |
| 0:19.8 | I had written hundreds of nutrition plans. |
| 0:22.4 | Before I opened a gym, |
| 0:23.7 | I had answered thousands of questions |
| 0:25.4 | helping my friends live a healthier life. |
| 0:27.7 | You have to understand, |
| 0:29.6 | the internet didn't exist. |
| 0:31.8 | It was incredibly hard to find information, |
| 0:34.5 | coaches, and people that knew how to train. |
| 0:37.6 | In my world, my best friend Brian and I, |
| 0:40.6 | were the only people putting in the work |
| 0:42.8 | to find the information, |
| 0:44.4 | test it in the gym, |
| 0:45.6 | and then create our own ideas after seeing the results. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Doug Larson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Doug Larson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.