Chasing the Olympia Featuring IFBB Pro Austin Burge

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01/01/21 • 47 min

On this episode, Joey Stanizzi, Colin Cunningham, and Dylan Schuett Interview Austin Burge, an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder who has an unmatched drive and dedication to the sport of bodybuilding.
Before the Interview, the guys catch up, discussing the chance that Colin's college football season might happen this spring, Dylan's commitment to Long Island University after constant adversity throughout the college recruiting process, and finally a preview to our guest.
Austin was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas where he eventually fell in love with bodybuilding. He played basketball throughout his high school career, but soon realized that he loved the training in the gym more than he loved basketball, which made him consider training to become a bodybuilder. Before he knew it, he was standing on stage to compete for his IFBB pro card. He missed it by one place and we talk on the episode about how he learned from that experience and used it to secure his pro card the following year. We talk about the disciplines it takes to become successful in life, and where better to learn that than in the sport that requires the most discipline in the world.
What a great interview with wise words and advice about being passionate and disciplined. Follow him on his widely followed Instagram and YouTube @beezyphysique
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How I Fought Off a Rare Blood Disorder and Changed My Life Featuring Adam Krueger

On this episode, Joey Stanizzi and Dylan Schuett interview Adam Krueger, a driven and passionate individual, with multiple businesses and huge goals; however, it wasn't always that way.
Krueger grew up with two deficiencies. One was a growth hormone deficiency where his body couldn't produce enough growth hormone to naturally grow, and if having that wasn't enough, he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called Neutropenia. Only 0.000006 people have it and Krueger was forced into this battle through his early years. Neutropenia is an abnormally low number of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) in the blood. Neutropenia, if severe, significantly increases the risk of life-threatening infection.
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Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck Featuring Mario Beltran

On this episode, Joey Stanizzi, Colin Cunningham, and Dylan Schuett interview Mario Beltran, head strength coach and aspiring national champion in Olympic weightlifting. He left a stable job to pursue his passions in the fitness industry and he hasn't looked back since.
Beltran, from Tyler, Texas, has been competing in Olympic lifting since 2018. He was met with the decision not too long before to either stick to his steady job or pursue a career in fitness. If most people were in his position, they would've stuck like a leech to the steady job, especially considering he's entering one of the most saturated industries in the world, and he doesn't have a college degree to fall back on.
He explains in the interview how he'd much rather fail at something he's passionate about and that when it comes between money and passion, you have to choose passion every time. Like the most successful people in the world say, if you love it enough, and you give it enough of your energy, you can make a living off of it. If you think about it, it's true. Once upon a time, Harvey Ball drew a smiley face outlined with a circle and filled it with yellow. Today, SmileyWorld owns the design and makes over $250 million a year.
It's amazing what passion can do.
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What an insightful interview and the perfect example of pursuing what you love most. You can follow him on Instagram @mariobfit
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