The Journey to Becoming Mr. Universe | Doug Brignole

Highlights

So, Doug, you started competing again, started writing again. Have you found your love again for fitness? That's always a question. I always talk to the guys because you and I were young when we fell in love with fitness, I believe I tell people I enjoyed exercising in the process.

It depends on the weight you're using, and it depends on the angle of that limb relative to gravity or relative to whatever other direction of resistance you might be using based on either a cable or based on what's called friction force, which is if you push in a direction other than opposite resistance.

So one of the people that I sent the book the manuscript to was a guy named Wayne Westcott, PhD professor of Exercise science at Quincy College. He himself an author of 28 fitness books, very well respected.

Just talking to the audience, a lot of the audience knows that we have Muscle Matters and we're going to dig deeper into Doug with his thought process, with his analytical thinking, with his technique, developing from an old school format when he was young to where he is now writing two books.

I mean, I worked after the bodybuilding career was 16 years in the It business, so it was kind of a good career. But it was just like you said, that's crazy, Doug.

Timestamps

0:00:00

Interview with Doug Brignole: A 43-Year Veteran of the Fitness Industry

0:04:22

Interview with Doug Brignole: Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine and American Council of Exercise

0:06:05

Conversation with Doug Miller: Gym Owner, Competitive Athlete, and Bill Pearl's Gym Member

0:07:42

Heading: Conversation with Mr. Pearl, Former Mr. Universe Winner.

0:09:07

Conversation with Fitness Expert: Exploring the Physics of Resistance Exercise

0:11:15

Conversation with Doug Brignole: From Mr. California to Gym Owner

0:15:19

Heading: Reflection on Closing a Gym Business and the Impact of Depression

0:17:04

Conversation Summary: Overcoming Depression and Building a Successful Personal Training Business

0:18:45

Conversation between Doug Brighnoli and Tom Platz on Overcoming Adversity and Restarting a Career

0:23:20

Conversation with Doug on Reinventing His Career and International Export

0:27:21

Conversation on Bodybuilding, Analytical Thinking, and Writing

0:30:11

Conversation between Tom Platz and Doug Lawrenson on Fitness and Education

0:31:47

Heading: Exploring the Benefits of Preparation and Re-evaluating the Fitness Industry: A Conversation with Bodybuilding Expert

0:33:32

Conversation Summary: Doug Brignole's Journey to Writing a Best-Selling Fitness Book

0:36:58

Discussion of Resistance Curves in Fitness Training

0:38:44

Conversation on Leverage and Muscle Matters with Doug

0:40:17

Conversation with Doug Brignole: Finding Love for the Fitness Industry

0:42:10

Heading: Smart Training 365 and Rick Draison Show Interview with Fitness Expert, John Romaniello

0:43:54

Heading: Interview with Doug Brignole on Fitness and Diet