{"id":17796,"date":"2017-07-01T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T00:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/?p=17796"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:38:09","slug":"ep-154-worlds-strongest-bodybuilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/ep-154-worlds-strongest-bodybuilder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mike Dolce Show: Ep. 154 Worlds Strongest Bodybuilder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Mike Dolce Show &#8211; A Fitness Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5499506\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/standard\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-mike-dolce-show\/id591709101?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18269\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/itunes-300x114.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/itunes-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/itunes-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/itunes.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/the-mike-dolce-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18267\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/stitcher.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\"><\/a><br \/>\nOn this episode we&#8217;re joined by World&#8217;s Strongest Bodybuilder Stan Efferding, a serial entrepreneur who recently appeared on Shark Tank. He talks about earning a deal with Daymond John, training &#8220;The Mountain&#8221; from Game of Thrones and the world&#8217;s obesity epidemic.<br \/>\nMike Dolce is a 4X World MMA Awards Trainer of the Year, NJ Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee and was named a Men\u2019s Fitness Top 30 Fitness Game Changer. As the founder of The Dolce Diet &amp; creator of UFC FIT, Mike Dolce is known the world over for his work managing the incredible weight cuts of top UFC athletes.<br \/>\nHis #1 international best-selling books include The Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded, The Dolce Diet: Living Lean and The Dolce Diet: Living Lean Cookbook. 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