John Romaniello: Man 2.0: Engineering the Alpha, the Problems with Being Skinny, and What Tucker Max Says About His Book

Abel James Show

Abel James Bascom

Alternative Health, Business, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2013

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

John Romaniello (better known as Roman) runs Roman Fitness Systems with a tongue-in-cheek approach to fitness. Equal parts narcissism and self-loathing, Roman writes with passion and humor, show-casing his belief that training doesn’t need to be serious, stern, science-laden monotony. It can be fun, too.

Roman stopped by The Fat-Burning Man Show before going on other shows such as Dr Oz, The Colbert Show, and a few other stops in the mainstream media.

This is a fun show, but let's put it this way: it's a bit more "Tucker Max" than "Paul Jaminet."

I already know this show is going to be controversial. If you're offended by colorful language, what a male at 23 years old has to say about sex (or women in general), or a few other topics that might raise some eyebrows, you may want to skip to the next show.

That said, Roman is brutally honest about his transformation from a chubby kid to a model and unapologetically shares his physical, mental and emotional journey with all of us. It takes a great deal of courage, and gumption, to do that, so there's a lot to learn from the show if you pay attention.

* If you are listening to the podcast, we've bleeped out the potty mouth words.

In today's show we talk about:

What it’s like to go from being a chubby kid to ripped
The head trash that comes along with body transformation (that no one talks about)
How you can dramatically improve your life while improving your body
And why Tucker Max and Arnold Schwarzenegger say Roman’s book doesn’t suck.

Here's the show

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi folks, this is Abel James and welcome to the Fat Burning Man Show where we talk about real food and real results.
0:16.2	Today's special guest is John Romanello, better known as Roman, and he's a fitness trainer, a chubby kid who turned into a fitness model.
0:24.0	And he's also the author of a book that's about to be a bestseller.
0:27.8	I just have a feeling.
0:29.0	So stay tuned for that.
0:29.9	We're going to be talking about it on the show. If you go to fat burning man.com right now and put your best email address in the opt-in box,
0:38.9	I'll shoot you a free e-book called The Primal Rockstars with exclusive interviews with Mark Sisson,
0:44.4	Dave Asprey, Rob Wolf, Dean Dwyer, and a few other folks.
0:48.4	So all you have to do is go to fatburningman.com, put your best email address in the opt-in box,
0:53.7	and I'll shoot it right over to you.
0:55.8	All right.
0:56.2	So on to the show, Roman stopped by the Fat Burning Man show in advance of filming on Dr.
1:01.3	Ross, the Colbert show and a few other stops in the mainstream media.
1:04.9	It's a fun show, but let's say it this way.
1:07.2	It's a little bit more Tucker Max than it is Paul Janine.
1:10.6	So I need to warn you guys.
1:12.3	I already know that this show is going to be controversial. If you're offended by colorful
1:16.9	language, what a male at 23 years old has to say about sex or women in general or a few other
1:22.9	topics that might raise some eyebrows, then you might want to skip to the next show. That said,
1:27.8	Roman is brutally honest about his transformation from a chubby kid to a model and unapologetically
1:34.1	shares his physical, mental, and emotional journey with all of us. It takes a great deal of
1:39.6	courage and gumption to do that. So there's a lot to learn from the show if you pay attention.
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