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297: Blind Fury Fitness Model, Trainer, Psychology, and Sociology

Scott Mulvaney — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Lifestyle Podcast with Brittany Culp of Blind Fury Fitness:

Brittany Culp is a personal trainer, bodybuilder, and internationally published model. She runs her own personal training business, Blind Fury Fitness. Blind Fury Fitness provides one on one personal training, as well as online training plans and meal plans. Brittany also has a masters degree in counseling psychology, in addition to a bachelors degree in psychology and sociology.

She believes that mental health and physical fitness go hand-in-hand, and contribute to the overall wellness of an individual. As a child, Brittany was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which has caused her to lose her sight with age. Brittany has not let her blindness hold her back from becoming the best version of herself, and she encourages her clients to do the same no matter the circumstance.

Top 3 Hot Points:

Psychiatrists, Anti-depressants, Talk Therapy
Bodybuilding Competitions, a Pro Card, and Fitness Trainer
Find Your Why

Listen in with Blind Fitness Trainer and Model, Brittany Culp of #BlindFuryFitness! @livethefuel

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On This Episode You Will Hear:

[00:30] Introduction
[10:00] If your mind isn’t in it, you’re not going to get the results. With motivational interviewing, you have to do a lot with people that come in and kind of gauge where they’re at. Especially working out, it’s mental as much as it is physical.
[20:00] In reference to Blind, RP, I can see maybe three to five feet in front of me on a good day. The other big characteristic of RP is what we call tunnel vision. So it’s like looking through a straw, you don’t have any peripheral vision, you can’t see on the side. I can’t see directly above me or underneath me.
[30:35] I think the reason why psychological pharmaceutical drugs get a bad name is that general physicians are handing them out like candy. They don’t really understand what is good for what and for how long and the dosage.
[41:00] I’m what you call a licensed professional counselor in turn. So you know how doctors when they pass boards, they become an intern, and then they become a resident. The same thing goes for mental health counselors, which I don’t think a lot of people understand. Not everyone can just be a legitimate licensed professional counselor.
[52:00] When I have phone consultations, sometimes at the end, I disclose that I’m blind. Sometimes I’ll just let them show up to their first session, and then they find out. I’m never really hesitant about that. I know once you come in with that first training session with me, you’re fucking coming back, because I’m a damn good trainer!
[01:06:00] In bodybuilding and fitness modeling, nobody got there by being lazy. I’m taking some time off to really grow. I need to grow in certain parts of my body, mostly my legs. I’m a tall girl, I have giraffe legs.
[01:10:00] I think the most I ever deadlifted as I was training for a show, for bodybuilding, was like 185 lbs. That was the most I ever deadlifted. Now for my first day, the other week, I did three sets of three reps at 250 lbs.
[01:29:00] Final Words

Final Words:

“Find Your Why”

It’s three words, find your why I think for anything in life. This goes for whether it’s your fitness, your career, friendships that you’re maintaining or if you’re thinking about cutting off a relationship. This also goes for if you’re taking the leap of faith and starting a new business venture. Just anything in general, I think you should always find your why. That’s going to give you the answers that you’re looking for and help dictate your decisions moving forward.

Influencers Mentioned:

Maxwell Ivey aka The Blind Blogger: http://theblindblogger.net
Dave Steele, Stand By Me RP aka the Blind Poet: https://www.facebook.com/StandByMeRP

Resources:

Facebook www.facebook.com/BritCulp
Facebook: www.facebook.com/blindfuryfitness
Instagram: www.instagram.com/culpbrit
Referenced Eye Exercises with Dr. Travis Zigler: https://livethefuel.com/145-eye-love-coffee-blue-light-travis-zigler/
Strong Fitness Magazine: https://www.strongfitnessmag.com/motivation/im-an-athlete-who-just-happens-to-be-blind/

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109: Become FitPro Heroes with The Real AJ Rivera

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Your Creator and Influencer of FitPro Heroes Co-Host Today:

AJ Rivera grew up in Chicago always interested in the fitness industry. After being a personal fitness trainer he went on to owning multiple studios himself. As a result of helping numerous clients, he developed a repeatable system that he now teaches to personal trainers and studio owners. Now fitness business mentor, AJ helps his clients scale their business and life and become the FitPro Heroes of their own story.

You have to be willing to take the pain that comes with all of the rewards. ~ AJ Rivera

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:30″] Getting to know your AJ Rivera the FITPRO and talking Bulletproof Coffee.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:00″] Bulletproof Cafe and now a Lab in Santa Monica, CA?!
[spp-timestamp time=”04:30″] Featured in Success Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
[spp-timestamp time=”06:08″] As a fitness professional, nothing prepares you for being a business owner.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:25″] In fitness your psychological obsessions at times can become worse.
[spp-timestamp time=”09:35″] Getting caught up in the scarcity.
[spp-timestamp time=”13:35″] Fitness professionals have to be willing to seek and take the advice to succeed with their businesses.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:15″] Hamster wheels and the definition of insanity of “doing the same sh*t over and over again, expecting something different”.
[spp-timestamp time=”15:00″] CrossFit not supporting box owners and licensed business owners in the CrossFit space for business coaching and teaching proper entrepreneurship.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:05″] #1 Fitness Podcast, Barbell Shrugged.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:20″] Put in the reps for your brain too.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:10″] Push negative people away from you until you are mentally strong enough to be around them.
[spp-timestamp time=”23:40″] We are not better people because we are entrepreneurs.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:15″] Check your EGO.
[spp-timestamp time=”27:00″] AJ gets inspired and motivated while we chat on a GoalCast theme. You have to be willing to take the pain that comes with all of the rewards.
[spp-timestamp time=”27:35″] Maybe your vision is to transform 10,000 lives.
[spp-timestamp time=”31:35″] Play, Pause, Play… Podcasts are digital!
[spp-timestamp time=”32:15″] Just pick a direction and go! You’ll get there faster.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:05″] Feisty Pets
[spp-timestamp time=”36:50″] If you work 70-80 hour weeks and you have time to watch the newest Game of Thrones, then you have time to build your business.
[spp-timestamp time=”39:45″] When you’re no longer poor, in a place of pain, or overdrawing your bank account… it’s time to blow it up!
[spp-timestamp time=”42:00″] Strategically overdrawing three different bank accounts.
[spp-timestamp time=”46:00″] Give before your receive, help others grow the value “your network is your net worth”.
[spp-timestamp time=”48:25″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”We are sending that lightning bolt to turn you into your Fitness Superhero @therealajrivera “]

Doing the same sh*t over and over again, expecting something different! ~ AJ Rivera

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Final Words:

I’m trying to help FitPro’s become the superhero versions of themselves. I want our network, our services, and our community to give that lightning bolt to turn somebody into a Superhero.

To any fitness professional or business owner out there, make sure you’re willing to go through the pain required for achieving the goals you want. The fastest way to get anywhere is to get directions from someone who’s been there before. Not only can they tell you where to go, they can tell you what to expect.

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