#301 Bart Kwan - Lifting Weights Can Change Your Life

Real Talk with Zuby

Bart Kwan is an American entrepreneur and YouTuber. He is a founding member of Just Kidding Films, US Marines veteran, powerlifter, and owner of the gym and athletic clothing brand Barbell Brigade. Bart shares his early days getting in fitness and video content, as well as the many setbacks and challenges as he tried to get things off of the ground. Zuby and Bart also discuss YouTube’s fitness 'Golden Era', obesity problems, how to scale self-development to help more people, the impacts of instant news media exposure, and the impact fatherhood has had on Bart's life.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(12:34) Early motivation

(20:28) Challenges

(27:07) The ‘Youtube Fitness’ golden era

(31:25) Fitness Gym cultural developments

(39:024) Obesity

(41:09) Scaling self-development

(50:54) Media exposure

(59:29) Personal responsibility

(1:05:05) Fatherhood

(1:13:20) Outro

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