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March 15, 2020 94 mins
Antoine Vaillant is an IFBB Pro bodybuilder who has overcome significant adversity. Prior to it's recent postponement due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Antoine had been preparing to compete at the prestigious Arnold Sports Festival South America where he would showcase his return to the professional bodybuilding stage. 

In this episode of Barbaric Wisdom, Bronson and Antoine discuss the mental and physical hurdles he overcame after a devastating bicep tear put a wrench in his previous year’s contest prep, fear and gratitude, training smart, the surreality of your heroes becoming your peers, the power of believing in your own potential, the importance of learning how to lose from a young age, his battle with addiction and the psychological patterns associated with addictive behaviour, true friendship, Pure Muscle and Fitness, HD Muscle, and the influential people who have helped him along the way.

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