MTV's The Challenge Host TJ Lavin On How To Create Your Own Luck

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Sports, Mental Health, Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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TJ Lavin (@tjlavin) is a professional BMX rider and the host of "The Challenge" and "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" on MTV. He joins Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios at Wynn Las Vegas to talk about how he went from X Games athlete to TV host, his serious BMX crash that left him in a coma, how he feels he would do as a competitor on The Challenge, why he feels he's the luckiest guy on earth and much more! For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	All systems are good. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris, Ben, Bully!
0:36.9	Oh, welcome back my friends to another audio adventure here on Inside. I'm CBV Chris
0:44.0	Fambley. Thank you so much for being back with us inside the Gorgeous Blue Wire Studios
0:50.2	at the Windloss Vegas. With a face that if you've watched MTV at any point over the
0:55.2	last 15 years, you most definitely recognize. TJ Laban has been the host of the challenge
1:01.5	for what seems like forever. And we dig into how he became a pro BMX rider, turned TV host
1:10.2	and why he calls himself the luckiest guy in the world. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I
1:16.0	know that you will as well. And I'm sure you have a friend who loves reality TV and who
1:21.8	loves the challenge. So share this episode with them and take a screenshot. So we know
1:26.9	that you're listening to Agus. It's just our names on social media at TJ Laban at Chris
1:32.7	Fambley. And if you happen to be on TikTok, I'm at Chris dot fan fleet on TikTok. Also,
1:39.9	thank you so much for getting us so close to 31,000 subscribers on the CVV clips channel.
1:45.7	We just started this last year and it's been taking off like crazy. So if you have YouTube,
1:52.6	I imagine I'm hoping you subscribe to the main channel, which is my name, but the CVV
1:58.7	clips channel is growing at an amazing rate. So if you could join us on there as well,
2:05.7	that'd be incredible. Our fan of the week is Ralph Stark. He says, beautiful and wonderful
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