Steve-O on becoming a stuntman, finding recovery, and sense of purpose

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4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Our guest this week is legendary stuntman and star of MTV’s Jackass, Steve-O. This is a story about self reflection, change, and growth. Steve-O talks about his remarkable transformation from a drug and alcohol addict to a man who has been sober for over a decade and practices mindfulness and meditation on a daily basis. He discusses surviving his younger years (3:42), getting in to drugs and alcohol (11:37), getting injured (13:40), dropping out of college (18:39), becoming a stuntman ...

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0:00.0	Hello, folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Amit, founder and CEO of WOOP,
0:10.2	where we are on a mission to unlock human performance. If you aren't familiar with the WOOP membership,
0:17.1	it comes with hardware and software and analytics, and it's designed to help you understand everything about your body, sleep, recovery, strain, you name it.
0:26.1	And I think what makes WOOP different is that we are able to help you change behavior and improve health.
0:32.5	I encourage you to check out WOOP.com. Use the code Will Ahmed and get 15% off a W-W-M-M-M-R-M-S membership. That's W-I-L-L-A-H-M-E-D to get 15% off a
0:43.8	W-W-P membership. All right, we have a phenomenal guest this week. Legendary Stuntman and
0:50.2	Jackass star, Stevo. Stevo might be one of the last people on earth you'd think wears whoop
0:56.2	but believe it or not he is all in on health and wellness and has been for years and this is really
1:03.3	a story about self-reflection and growth i'm not going to lie when i went into this interview
1:09.4	i was expecting one thing,
1:11.0	and I came out with something very different. And I think stevo is incredibly insightful about
1:17.4	his career and what it's taken to become such a successful stuntman and personality. But he's also
1:24.8	quite thoughtful about his challenges over time and what it took to get sober and going through rehab and how he was actually homeless when Jackass hit it big.
1:37.3	So Steve-O's very honest, I think, about the path to celebrity and the challenges that came with it.
1:46.1	And really what he's learned about the trials and tribulations of fame.
1:50.5	We go deep on mindfulness and meditation, how it's changed his life.
1:54.6	We talk about his crazy whoop data, HRV of 160, RHR of 45.
2:00.5	Yeah, did you have Steve O'Pin for an HRV of 160? I donR of 45. Yeah, did you have Steveo pin for an HRV of 160?
2:03.6	I don't know if I did.
2:05.3	And really everything he does to keep his life in order at this stage in his life.
2:10.9	You can check out Steveo's podcast, Wild Ride with Steveo,
2:14.1	and you can keep an eye out for Jack as four which is scheduled for release later this
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