Mission-driven Fitness | Guest Kevin Meier (@purebullfit)
50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD
Jim McDonald
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Through his employment at Blizzard Entertainment, he met someone who was critical to recovering his strength and physical capabilities. He also came to understand that he had to find a life mission and let it chart his path.
They discuss the importance of community-driven fitness initiatives, the value of low-cost resources, and personal transformation stories. Kevin shares his experiences with mental health, PTSD, and the challenges of the fitness industry, emphasizing the need for critical thinking and authenticity. The conversation highlights the potential of future generations to challenge existing norms and create positive change in the fitness landscape.
You can find Kevin on Instagram @pure_bullfit https://www.instagram.com/pure_bullfit
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Kevin's Journey
05:42 Community-Driven Fitness Initiatives
11:32 Military Experience and Its Impact
17:16 Finding Purpose Through Strength Training
23:57 The Importance of Authentic Connections
29:06 Reflections on Life and Relationships
38:47 Impact and Authenticity in Life
45:56 Transitioning to Coaching and Mentorship
54:48 Personal Accountability and Growth
01:00:35 Critique of the Fitness Industry
01:08:23 Future Generations and Critical Thinking
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Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) https://www.instagram.com/silentmikke/ and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). https://www.instagram.com/thejimmcd/
Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Sam McDonald and Sebastian Brambila. Theme by Aaron Moore. Show art by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And we're live. |
| 0:10.8 | All right. |
| 0:13.2 | Hey, this is Jim, and I am continuing my series of just talking to people that I want to talk to on this podcast without a hell of a lot of |
| 0:24.4 | agenda beyond that. |
| 0:25.7 | And I've got Kevin with me today. |
| 0:27.7 | Kevin, just kind of, in nutshell, who you are and what you're doing right now. |
| 0:35.8 | I was tempted to go Mike Myers from, |
| 0:38.4 | so I married an axe murderer. |
| 0:40.0 | This is in a nutshell. |
| 0:41.0 | Ah, I'm in a nutshell. |
| 0:46.5 | I'm Kevin. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm a former Marine. |
| 0:48.6 | I worked in video game development |
| 0:50.3 | before I figured out what I wanted to do with my life |
| 0:53.6 | when a strongman coach by the |
| 0:56.0 | name of Scott Brangle from East Coast, West Coast strength conditioning saved my life. |
| 1:00.0 | And then I've been since then passionately pursuing attempting to help folks live longer, |
| 1:05.0 | better quality lives through incorporating activity, pushing back against the nonsense in the fitness industry, |
| 1:12.3 | learning my lessons from that, becoming the thing you hate. |
| 1:16.6 | And now I'm moving forward, attempting to turn my community into a nonprofit organization |
| 1:22.2 | that will help people everywhere live longer, better quality of lives through providing |
| 1:26.3 | low and no cost resources so that |
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