The Attitude of an Athlete and Entrepreneur with Margaux Alvarez - Ep. 134

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest is Crossfit competitor Margaux Alvarez. Margaux is one of the most composed Crossfit athletes I’ve ever watched, and it was a pleasure talking about some of the experiences that she’s had that have shaped who she is. We’re talking today about her mindset, how she developed it, the vineyard she has opened with her husband Alex, and some of the productivity and time management skills that she has had to develop as both an elite athlete and an entrepreneur. Enjoy the show!

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Topics of discussion:

[:48] Who are the funniest and most admirable Crossfit Games athletes?

[5:58] Margaux’s decision to continue competing after opening a vineyard.

[9:28] Shift your ‘but’ to ‘and’ and you’re going to find success.

[11:43] How sales at The Vine Yard Crossfit are affected by fitness followers.

[14:57] Time management skills allow Margaux to rock the vineyard and the gym.

[19:28] The evolution from high school golf team to powerhouse athlete.

[22:14] How the passing of Margaux’s sister has affected her life for the better.

[31:40] Where does calmness during competition come from?

[34:18] If she could start training all over again…

[37:01] Trainer turned husband and business partner — how Margaux and Alex make their multiple relationships work.

[42:43] Best books, core beliefs, and taking action.

[51:45] Connecting with Margaux.

Links:

@321gaux on Instagram

Margaux Alvarez on Facebook

The Vine Yard Crossfit

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, by Sebastian Junger

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Mike Kaju, and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:03.4	This week's guest is Cross Fit Games competitor, Margot Alvarez.
0:07.5	Margot is one of the most composed Cross Fit athletes that I've ever watched and it was a pleasure to learn about some of the experiences and lessons that she learned along the way that helped shape the type of competitor that she shed some light on her mindset and how she developed it and we also go into
0:30.5	we talk about her opening a vineyard and a wine company with her husband Alex and
0:38.6	some of the time management and productivity skills that she's had to develop by being an
0:44.7	elite athlete and an entrepreneur now. Hope you enjoy the show. And I'm here with
0:49.9	Margo Alvarez. Margo, I know you're a super busy girl. Thank you so much for making some time for this. I really appreciate it and I'm excited for this interview.
0:59.0	As am I.
1:00.0	So I've got some pretty serious questions that I've prepped you for today, but I'd like to kind of start out on a lighter note.
1:08.0	Who is the funniest Cross Fit Games athlete in your opinion?
1:12.0	In my opinion, I would say Emily Abbott or Alex
1:15.8	Parker they both have I mean the great personalities great people and they also
1:21.1	they obviously have that in person but when you see what they share through social media, whether that's Instagram or Facebook, you can just see their energy and their ability to be able to connect with people in a kind of funny,
1:32.8	whether it's sarcastic or not way.
1:34.8	And I've both, it's tough to say just one of both of those,
1:37.9	but they both are pretty funny.
1:39.9	I enjoyed being around them and following them
1:42.2	and their journey.
1:43.6	So I was telling you earlier that I just podcasted with Emily and I'll kind of give people some, shed
1:52.2	some light on how funny she is so I'll ask you these
1:56.0	questions later but her answers to the question what like what was your
2:01.0	most impact what's the most impactful book you've read in a while
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