How He Built an Audience from Mom's Basement

Mentor Sessions Ep. 037: Michael Morelli on Rock Bottom Addiction Recovery, Building a Bitcoin-Powered Fitness Empire, Parallels to Sound Money & Radical Longevity

Michael Morelli's Bitcoin journey mirrors his brutal addiction recovery: from high more than sober for a decade, snorting oxycodone amid bankruptcy and affairs, to a 113-day shred from 25% to 8% body fat—bootstrapping FitScript into a multimillion-dollar data-driven health empire coaching 600+ men with peak biomarkers while stacking BTC as a maxi since 2020. Inspired by Saifedean Ammous' "The Bitcoin Standard," Morelli draws logical parallels between paleo nutrition's ancestral simplicity and Bitcoin's finite, sound money—why it's the only asset that "just seems logical" in a fiat-fueled health and wealth disparity crisis. In this BTC Sessions interview, he busts carnivore myths (labs "fucking wrecked"), unpacks peptides for faster gains, red light therapy hacks, and his no-excuses mantra: if a coke-addicted bankrupt can rebuild to live until 150, stacking sats with low-time preference, Bitcoiners have zero excuses for subpar health.

Topics:

Brutal rock bottom: Addiction, abuse & what led there

113-day rebirth: Fatherhood spark & no-excuses mindset

Bootstrapping empire: Mom's basement to millions

Fitness myths busted: Carnivore dangers & paleo logic

Bitcoin awakening: Shitcoins to maxi via Saifedean

Health-money parallels: Disparity extremes & white coat traps

Actionable optimization: Low-hanging fruit for BTC stackers

Peptides decoded: Mechanisms for faster recovery

Red light therapy: Mitochondria boost & hair regrowth

Entrepreneurship grit: Fuck Aging brand & mindset mastery

Chapters:

00:00 Teaser & Intro

01:24 Background & Journey

02:09 Addiction & Rock Bottom

04:42 No Excuses

06:10 Abuse & Roots

13:04 Fitness & Control

16:34 Empire Collapse

19:03 Biz Success

23:42 Myths & Paleo

26:13 Lab & FitScript

31:05 BTC Parallels & Journey

33:06 Disparities & Pharma

38:50 Actionable Tips

43:07 Longevity & Alpha

47:53 Peptides & Red Light

1:02:45 Outro & Discount

About Michael Morelli

Performance health engineer, founder FitScript. Test, don’t guess.

X.com: @morellifit

FitScript: fitscript.me (mention podcast for $1000 off)

Check previous ep with Prince Filip of Serbia: https://youtu.be/h7kyNNUuLOg

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