[Show Notes] In Part 2, we’re talking how social media has changed fitness, weightlifting and CrossFit, how to tell the frauds & fakes from the real deals, and why CrossFits need to change the way they operate if they want to stay in business. Syn Martinez of AfroBrutality joins us again for another dose of […]
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Business & Fitness on Your Own Terms: AFROBRUTALITY’s Syn Martinez [Ep 19, Season 2]
[Show Notes] We’re sitting down with AFROBRUTALITY founder, early CrossFit adopter, no-nonsense wisdom giver Syn Martinez. Syn’s experiences as a high-level earner and one of the early adoptees of CrossFit methodologies put him in the position to launch AFROBRUTALITY, to change his community for the better, and be a source of advice and motivation for […]
Gym Gypsy: Justin Metts on Running a Fitness Business with No Boundaries [Ep 18, Season 2]
[Show Notes] Justin Metts, the self-proclaimed Gym Gypsy, is a physique bodybuilder, nutrition and strength coach, former weightlifter, former MMA athlete, and 2nd biggest WWE fan on the planet (behind host Tom Sroka). Listen in as he and Tom talk about building interesting and profitable careers in the fitness industry while designing a life you […]
Dan McKim: How to Create Sustained Success through Strength [Ep 17, Season 2]
[Show Notes] Dan McKim is a 5x World Champion and 6x National Champion in the Highland Games. He’s also a dad joke connoisseur and one of the funniest, strongest humans on the planet. In this episode, we talk with Dan about how he rose up the Highland Games ranks, why his training and recovery protocol […]
Dave Spitz: The Cal Strength Juggernaut & How To Create An Environment of Success [Ep 16, Season 2]
[Show Notes] Dave Spitz has been quietly engineering an entire generation of weightlifters, from the elite to the everyday. Whether he’s preparing athletes for the NFL Combine, the World Weightlifting Championships, or simply producing weightlifting WODs for CrossFit athletes, Dave has been a strong undercurrent in the strength world for years. Listen in as he […]
Bonnie Schroeder on Women’s Roles in Strength Sports + Creating More Positivity through Social Media [Ep 15, Season 2]
[Show Notes] Bonnie Schroeder is a natural 57kg USAPL powerlifter and coach with a 466 Wilks coefficient. Suffice to say, she is one strong person. Bonnie has built up a large following on instagram, which has provided her a platform to follow her own role models, inspire other athletes, and unfortunately, become the target of […]
Building Champions Through Successful Youth Programs with Kevin Doherty of Hassle Free BBC [Ep 14, Season 2]
[Show Notes] On the top of the show, Tom answers a listener’s question about whether to cut to a new weight class and why it really doesn’t matter. During the interview, Kevin Doherty of Hassle Free Barbell Club drops in to share how he built an incredibly successful, if not THE most successful youth weightlifting […]
How to Get Better: Courtney Kendal on Weightlifting, Coaching, Motherhood & More [Ep 13, Season 2]
[Show Notes] Courtney Kendal (nee Valerious) is a perennial national weightlifter, owner and coach at Dog House CrossFit in Chicago, a mom, and a former D1 athlete. Having been a lifter before the big resurgence in American weightlifting, and now a coach + CrossFit owner contributing to it, she has some incredible insight into the […]
Tougher than You: Adriane Wilson’s Journey from Cancer to World Champion [Ep 12, Season 2]
[Show Notes] In 2003, Adriane Wilson was on the edge of big things. She was poised to graduate college with a four year degree, consistently ranked in the top three or four throwers in the US, and was a favorite for the 2004 Olympic team in Greece, until she found out she had Hodgkins Lymphoma. […]
The Basics of Strength & Why So Many Get it Wrong with Dan Tennison [Ep 11, Season 2]
[Show Notes] Dan Tennison has come up quickly in the Highland Games ranks and is looking to dominate on the pro circuit this year. Listen in as he and Tom talk about the basics of strength and programing, his mentality and approach on acquiring new skills, and See if you qualify to save big on […]