Nov 25, 2013
Jon Hinds (http://www.monkeybargym.com/) is
thefounder of Monkey Bar Gym, inventor of Lifeline USA equipment,
bodyweight strength coach, & vegan athlete. For over 30 years, Jon
has successfully trained a variety of clients, from NBA and major
league baseball players, to the everyday hard-working joe and jane,
to some of the top celebrities in Hollywood.
During episode #32 of the Live Life Aggressively podcast, Jon joins Mike & Sincere to discuss:
- Jon shares how the early days of his career training celebrities, professional athletes, and helping clients make amazing transformations helped create his Monkey Bar Gym training system
- Jon's secrets to training celebrities and the most common mistakes many trainers make when focusing on training celebrities
- What's the connection between Jon's company, Lifeline USA, Jon's dad, & former mob boss, John Gotti?
- What are the benefits of training with resistance bands vs. weights
- What training equipment has consistently improved Jon's jump training for the past 15 years and how
- How Jon effectively utilizes bodyweight training with kettlebells and why
- How Jon first connected with Sincere and Mike in the fitness industry
- Jon shares the events that led him to shift his focus to a plant-based diet & how it affected his training and lifestyle
- Jon's biggest mistakes in his earlier approach to a plant-based diet & how he corrected it
- How Jon has helped to grow his Monkey Bar Gym's in 5 continents and growing
- Jon shares how he maintains his diet regimen in spite of a consistent global travel schedule
- What listeners can learn from Mike, Jon, and Sincere's individual diet choices
- What was said during the show that may tick off some nutritionists
- Why calories don't matter as much as most may think, as well as how the guys feel about the IIFYMs diet (If it fit's your macros)
- What you don't know about some of those fitness models featured in those inspirational quote memes often shared on social media
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