#WeGotGoals by aSweatLife
322 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThis podcast is by asweatlife.com and it's a place where we let our friends share their big goals, their life stories, and the things that make them tick. It's about what everything at aSweatLife is about - fitness, friendship, and fun. And because we love YOU, you'll usually get sweet deals for listening.
It’s edited for your ears by Ryan Deffet and for your eyes on YouTube by Ryan Barayuga. #WeGotGoals is hosted by founder Jeana Anderson Cohen and it’s another thing that’s better with friends.
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Learning to Create an An-Home Fitness Routine With CrossRope
December 20, 2023 06:06 - 46 minutes - 106 MBI was never the kid who sought out a jump rope for fun, I wasn’t counting how many jumps I could do uninterrupted, and I wasn’t doing double dutch. However, as an adult I was handed a jump rope to work out and after a couple of minutes, I was gassed. So I incorporated it into workouts and developed a love for how much I hated it. At one point, I was even teaching a fitness class called “Ropes Gone Wild,” but that’s a story for a different day. So when CrossRope reached out, promising to ma...
What Is an Essential Fatty Acid and What Do Dolphins Have to Do With the Newest One?
December 13, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes - 88.7 MBAs a lifelong learner, I feel pretty fortunate that I get to interview smart people, innovators, and inventors and say, "teach me something." And this week, the big question was about Essential Fatty Acids. What makes a fatty acid essential? Spoiler: you have to ingest it and your body needs it for important functions. And what about saturated vs. unsaturated fats? We dig in with the co-founders of Fatty15, Stephanie and Eric Venn-Watson, on the discovery of the essential fatty acid you'll...
Dr. Gwen Bass Talks About Helping Everyone To feel like They Belong at the Gym (and everywhere)
December 06, 2023 06:00 - 33 minutes - 76.2 MBThe thing about being human is that we’re born ready to discover the world - the sights, the sounds, what makes us happy, what scares us, and even who we are. Our identity is something that comes to us piece by piece as we mature and explore the world around us. Can you imagine living a life that fully supports you discovering your identity? Today, we’re speaking with Dr. Gwen Bass about her work in creating identity-affirming environments that promote belonging. She also wrote a book Calle...
Welcome to Season 9 of #WeGotGoals by aSweatLife
November 22, 2023 05:51 - 44 minutes - 102 MBWe kicked off season 9 of the podcast a bit later than expected. We learned of the untimely and unexpected passing of Ryan Deffet this fall - aSweatLife's friend and the longtime editor of this podcast. We waited to come back until we could mourn Ryan and find a way to properly memorialize him. His friends and band mates from The Space Gators allowed us to use a song that featured Ryan on vocals called "Somewhere To Be" at the upfront of the episode. We hope you'll take the time to listen t...
What We're Thinking About - Aliens, Astrology, and What We Save on TikTok
August 02, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes - 5 MBIt has admittedly been a weird week or so on the Internet. We went from learning that aliens might be super real (told you, Gideon) to moving on. Maybe it was the full moon, who knows. So, we decompressed and talked it over on our monthly tête-à-tête - our podcast episode that we call "Let's Talk About It." Sure, we spent a little bit of time talking about aliens and whether or not they're just tourist, but we also covered which astrology apps we like and what we're saving on Instagram and ...
What if AI could tell you which foods will spike your blood sugar?
July 26, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 5 MBHave you ever seen a small, round sensor on the back of someone’s arm? For a long time, those continuous glucose monitors were only used for monitoring the blood glucose of those with Diabetes. My grandfather had diabetes and he would check his blood glucose twice a day using a finger prick. I remember distinctly the sound of the little device - it was like a stapler - I also remember the curse words that would follow. So, I assumed as I was putting the Freestyle Libre on the back of my ar...
Why Hugging a Weighted Pillow Can Ease Anxiety with Quiet Mind CEO Mikey Goldman
July 19, 2023 11:51 - 41 minutes - 5 MBIf we were on TikTok right now, I’d be referring to myself as an “anxiety girlie” and as such, I have tried many, many anxiety coping mechanisms and recently, I discovered the Quiet Mind weighted pillow and I am super in love. And joining me today on the podcast is Mikey Goldman, creator of Quiet Mind. We talk through where the idea came from, and a few of his big backers, like Nick woodman of GoPro and Chad Hurley of YouTube. We also discuss the reasons Mikey created Quiet Mind - a diagn...
Why Gideon Akande Is Working out for 365 Days Straight
July 12, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 5 MBI'm the kind of friend that keeps up with people through their posts. And this year, it's been pretty hard to miss what my friend AND yours Gideon Akande is up to: he committed to doing 365 consecutive days of movement. He's calling it Project 365, and it's a lot less daunting than you might think. On this week's episode of the podcast, I asked Gideon to share the rules of his challenge - he didn't love the word "rules," but shared the guidelines nonetheless. Basically, he can do anything f...
Advice on Adulting To Our Summer Intern, Julia
July 05, 2023 14:59 - 59 minutes - 5 MBThis week, in passing we mentioned that at the end of the aSweatLife summer intern’s time with us we would sit down and tell her everything we had to learn the hard way after college graduation. Then we realized that we should probably record it as it’s hot on our minds and is really the only thing we can think about this week. Ever since we had the conversation as a team, I thought about the things that I learned through whisper networks or by falling on my face. They were innumerable. So,...
Where did aSweatLife Come From with Kelly Matkovich and Jeana Anderson Cohen
June 28, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 5 MBDuring aSweatLife’s annual event, Sweatworking Week, we met a lot of new people. We love that about Sweatworking Week. And they had questions about where aSweatLife came from and why. We figured we might as well share the story since you’re asking. So this week, we turned the tables and Kelly Matkovich, who leads aSweatLife's ambassador program interviewed Jeana Anderson Cohen, founder/CEO of aSweatLife. We talk over the beginning of aSweatLife, where the ambassadorship came from, our firs...
Literally Outside Makes Its Mark on Outdoor Recreation Wear
June 14, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 5 MBAt aSweatLife, we always say that everything is better with friends. And because of that, we get to spend time meeting entrepreneurs and tastemakers in the wellness space. Like a lot of them. But when one of the aSweatLife ambassadors mentioned the brand Literally Outside on our private slack channel, we dug into this Chicago-based brand and knew we needed to become friends. Joining us today is Steffan Williams, the Founder and Chief Executive Outsider at Literally Outside! Literally Outsi...
What we're thinking about this June: running shorts, Co-working, and Skin Care
June 07, 2023 14:39 - 55 minutes - 5 MBTo start off the month, we like to touch base as a team and bring whatever we're thinking about to the table. This week, we talked through three big questions: Kelly had a very specific ask for shorts for running. She has a very specific need for shorts that are High waisted, have a brief liner, have a 4 inch inseam, have Storage and come in a neutral color. We didn't have a ton to offer her on that front, so we'd love your help. Dana talked through her co-working needs. She's ready to co-...
How to Make Friends as a Digital Nomad with Maggie Umberger
May 31, 2023 10:51 - 56 minutes - 5 MBAt aSweatLife, we always say that everything is better with friends. And that's not just to be cute - high quality bonds are the clearest predictor of longevity. Not to be dramatic, but making friends and spending time with them is a matter of life or less life. Maybe you remember, but the past couple of years have been rough from a friendship perspective - you know what I mean. And many people took the pandemic to be an opportunity to reevaluate their surroundings, their happiness, and the...
Why aSweatLife's Editor Gave up Alcohol for a Year (and what she learned from it)
May 24, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - 5 MBStop for a second and ask yourself the following: if you meet a woman who tells you she isn't drinking, do you assume she's pregnant? Don't lie to me. I spent nearly a year as a mostly sober - ok, fine a California-mostly-sober person. I went on Lexipro last May and I liked not feeling anxious and depressed, but I did not enjoy browning out. So, out with the booze and out with the blues. After nearly a year of the pregnant pauses (that's a lazy pun) that followed explaining that I wasn't dr...
Why Weighted Apparel Brand Omorpho Thinks Wearable Weight is the Future of Fitness
May 17, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - 5 MBA couple of months ago, I saw the signature microweights on the Omorpho gear for the first time in the background of a workout on Bravo's Summerhouse. I thought, "What's that future-wear?" And then went on with my life. (Yes, I watch Bravo, but I wouldn't call myself a Bravo-holic. Except, please ask me about Scandoval if you see me in the wild.) So when I got my Omorpho G-tight and G-tank for myself, I couldn't fathom how this futuristic athletic apparel weighing in at under 2 pounds could...
What Makes a Good Wellness Retreat (Ft. Wild Rice Retreat)
May 10, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 5 MB"When nothing is certain, anything is possible." Heidi Zimmer, founder of Wild Rice Retreat said that on this week's episode of the podcast, and I furiously wrote it down. Because even though she was talking about the uncertainty of breaking ground on the project she'd worked on for years in March of 2020, I felt like it applied to absolutely everything. And today, Wild Rice Rice Retreat is thriving on the shores of Bayfield, Wisconsin. With stunning views of Lake Superior (my favorite Gre...
What We’re Thinking About This May - Trader Joe’s Snacks, Pickleball and Jury Duty
May 03, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 5 MBEvery month, we hit the record button as a team to talk about what we're loving, eating, watching, and how we're moving. This week, Head of Community at aSweatLife, Kelly Matkovich; aSweatLife's partner Dana Farber, who runs Moonstone Marketing; and I all brought three things to discuss. Here's what came up: Sleep: Kelly wanted to know how we're sleeping, what we use to go to sleep, and she makes a great pitch for the Hatch alarm clock Pickleball: Kelly's getting really into it pickleball...
A Deep Dive into Running Shoes with Todd Falker, Running Product Lead at Puma
April 26, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 5 MBApril showers are bringing May flowers, we're also seeing running goals on the horizon. That's why we're running with hundreds of ambassadors from across the nation who are training for for a 5k. For some of us, it’s just for the fun of it, for some it’s to get faster, and for others it’s simply to do the thing. It can be easy to think of running shoes as another accessory for your fit-fit (see what I did there), but we know that for runners, shoes are your equipment for your sport. We brou...
Running with Community featuring Nimbe Juarez
April 19, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 5 MBAs aSweatLife's #GoalForIt running program kicks off, we're bringing together aSweatLife Ambassadors from across the nation to train and run for a 5k. For some of us, it's just for the fun of it, for some it's to get faster, and for others it's simply to do the thing. We always say that everything is better with friends here at aSweatLife. And that especially applies to running. So today on the podcast, we’re talking about community and running. We've brought one of our resident community b...
What We're Thinking About to Kick of April
April 12, 2023 16:16 - 51 minutes - 5 MBIt’s the first podcast of the month. We're coming at you to share some things we’re thinking about. We’ll shoot the breeze, share things we love and try to crack each other up. This week, we're catching up on the podcast on food, friendship, fitness and fun. Each of us (Dana, Kelly and I) are bringing two topics we want to chat through to the episode. Here's what we cover: Cottage Cheese Traveling with friends The Barbie Movie, marketing, and trailer Passover food Jeana's #30Daysoffri...
Your Predictions for the Future of Fitness
March 29, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBIt's our favorite time of the breakdown of the State of Fitness - your predictions. We love to hear what you think is coming in the world of wellness and what you're over. First and foremost, this is a fun time for all of us to guess, joke around, and have a great time making wild predictions. This week, we dig into a few things you think are coming for the State of Fitness and we also share what WE think we'll see in the future of fitness. Here's a look at what you think is coming: Read ...
What's the State of Your Mental Health?
March 22, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBSo, on the podcast all month, we've been talking about the State of Fitness and this week is no different, but we're delving into the mental health of it all. One thing we're been touching on all month is how venture capital flowed into fitness - which in its purest form is community. And while cash gives things like groeth, cash taketh away when it demands insane metrics. We saw that with connected fitness and talked about it on last week's podcast. This week, I said aloud, "I hope there...
What’s Happening With Digital and Connected Fitness
March 15, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBWe recorded this podcast while I sat next to my Peloton, a machine that got me through the pandemic - Jess Simms, Tunde, Cody, Alex, Robin, all came at me live into my home while I - like everyone else in the world, looked for some normalcy. But cut to a more normal fitness world and there my Peloton sits, unused by me since July of 2022. And don’t get me wrong - I loved that thing while I loved it, but I am a person who uses fitness as a form of social connection. I use in-person fitness ...
What You're Doing For Fitness and Why Walking is So Hot Right Now
March 08, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MBThis month on the podcast, we're breaking down the intricacies of the State of Fitness Report we published in February. There is a lot to unpack in all of the historical data we're comparing and in all of the incredible insights you share with us. Last week, we talked a lot about your fitness spending habits and this week we’re digging into what you’re doing with your precious time dedicated to movement. Because we want to evaluate how far we’ve swung back on the pendulum, we’ll be doing a...
You're Spending How Much on Fitness Right Now?
March 01, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes - 113 MBWe've been collecting consumer data on fitness habits and spending since 2017, so we have numbers that show just how quickly things really did change over the Pandemic. We’re breaking down our State of Fitness survey and its results on our podcast all month, This week, we're starting with spending. We talk about how much we - the hosts - are spending, what you told us you're spending and what percent of you are getting your fitness for free. We also dig into a metric that is purely post pan...
Why the Business of Pickleball Is Booming With Chris Clark From Toss and Spin
February 22, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutes - 91.7 MBIf you’ve ever watched Shark Tank or pitched your own business, you’re familiar with the concept of addressable market, or total addressable market (TAM). It’s an ever important metric to determine whether the thing you’re talking about has room for growth or - to put it simply - a way to quantify how many people care or could care about the thing you’re selling. I told you that to tell you this: Pickleball is booming. A couple of facts point us in that direction, but most importantly, mar...
Talking Sex with aSweatLife's Resident Sexual Health Writer Ashley Martens
February 15, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes - 113 MBContent warning: we talk about sex on this episode. So recently, we started to notice Ashley Martens - a health and wellness writer who lends her pen to aSweatLife as well as Women’s Health, Red Book and Delish - covering more of what we'd call "saucy content." It started after some jerk ghosted her. By the way, human adults, don't ghost each other. Have a tough convo and move on. K? And as she pitched article after article that touched on sexual health, we were loving the angles she was e...
Digging into The Workouts the Fit Your Sun Moon And Rising Signs with Twyla Atkins
February 08, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutes - 68.1 MBYou know that person who reminds you that Mercury is in retrograde and they ask new friends to share their astrological signs? It’s me. And we love leaning into the woo-woo in a fun and approachable way around aSweatLife. Each week, aSweatLife ambassadors get an email with everything fun that’s happening AND one of the Ambassadors, Mary Kessinger, writes a horoscope. So when Twyla Adkins raised her hand to write a piece for aSweatLife about the right workout for your sun, moon and rising s...
Revisiting the Article Diversify Your Friend Group with Kensli Diggs
February 01, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 71.7 MBOn the pages of aSweatLife in 2020, Kensli Diggs penned a piece that called on readers to use friendship to see the perspectives of others from different walks of life. It was titled Why it’s so Important to Diversify Your Friend Group. She said, “It’s important to diversify your friend group because it’s important to develop a familiarization and understanding of other people’s backgrounds.” Since, we’ve seen that piece get more traffic than any other on aSweatLife, which means that peopl...
How to Vet Your TikTok Trends with David Robertson
January 25, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 69.9 MBChances are that if you're reading this, social media was introduced in your lifetime. Whether or not that means you have vivid memories of retrieving the AOL CD ROM from the mailbox and begging your parents to set it up on your Gateway PC (which came in a cowprint box) is another thing. If all of that resonated with you, email me at [email protected] to commiserate about the series finale of Full House or your lower back pain. A considerable amount of time has passed since connection t...
Podcast: Digging in on Exercise, Pregnancy and Loss with Amanda Lauren
January 18, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutes - 99.9 MBTrigger warning: on this episode, we discuss pregnancy and loss. If you're not in a place to hear that, skip it and come back next week. Take care of yourself. Amanda Lauren, a contributor at aSweatLife and a lot of other publications, has covered a tried and true beat for about five years around here: Wellness and lifestyle. We love reading her take on the way movement bumps up against fashion, self care, and trends. But over the last year, she's been sharing a look inside something reall...
How to Build a Better Body Image with Amy Potter
January 11, 2023 05:15 - 30 minutes - 68.7 MBWelcome to Season 8 of #WeGotGoals, the podcast by aSweatLife.com. We’re doing things a little differently this season, featuring topics from our crew of expert writers, responding to moments in pop culture, or whatever the hell we feel like talking about. This week, we’re talking about body image … and since our team is practically all female and a lot of our readers and ambassadors are female, we’re going to be referencing body image for women - although we know men deal with their own co...
Welcome to Season 8 of #WeGotGoals- new cohost, new format, new year!
January 04, 2023 16:22 - 35 minutes - 82.2 MBMy mantra going into 2023 in general is "this should be fun." It's meant to be a not-so-gentle reminder that I started aSweatLife for joy - I wanted to fill my own life with joy and hopefully help others do the same too. For me there are too sides to this idea: the first is actively seeking out ways to add fun to my life and the other is eliminating the stuff that is depleting my joy. Don't deplete my joy, you guys. When it comes to aSweatLife's podcast - #WeGotGoals - I've been interviewi...
Why World Gym is Set Up to Embrace the Changing Face of Fitness
November 30, 2022 20:08 - 44 minutes - 101 MBThis is the final episode of the seventh season of #WeGotGoals and we’re excited to kick off our annual State of Fitness survey with this episode. We’ve been keeping our fingers on the pulse of what you do to stay fit, recover and how you spend your money on wellness. And this year, we’re adding some questions about mental health. On this week’s episode, you’ll hear references to data from our state of fitness survey. A key number we’ve kept our eyes on over the years is the trend of our m...
How Bare Feet Power Yoga Transitioned Into a Practice off the Mat
November 23, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 80 MBThis week on the podcast, you’re going to hear a lot about “the universe” and listening to intuition from Robin Samples, the Founder of Bare Feet Power Yoga. Robin Samples and I both got into business around the same time - about 10 years ago. And over these 10 years it got easier and easier for me to scootch into the territory of woo-woo. I get the feeling that Robin’s journey to the spiritual was quicker than mine - she just brought her community along with her when she felt it was ready....
How The Co-Founders of Brrrn transitioned from Studio to Connected Digital
November 02, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBI’ve gotten to chat with Brrrn co-founders Johnny Adamic and Jimmy Martin a few times since meeting them in 2018. I’d like to remind you that 2018 was a time before the proliferation of zoom, so our first interview was conducted via freeconferencecall.com. I remember vividly chatting with the pair in 2018. They were equal parts entertaining and excited about a super-specific niche in fitness (cold temperature training). I have a memory of the thought, “it’s a shame that I’m the only one li...
[Solidcore] Founder Anne Mahlum Raises $5 million for New Concept, Ambition
October 26, 2022 05:19 - 37 minutes - 86 MBThis week on #WeGotGoals, I’m speaking with the woman behind [solidcore], Anne Mahlum. And before that, she started the not-for-profit Back on My Feet, and soon to come, she’s heading up her new venture in the fitness space: Ambition. One thing I noticed the first time I met Anne Mahlum on a lobby bench at the opening of Chicago's first [solidcore] is this: She fills up a room with her presence - and the name of that presence is the same name of her coming in 2023 concept: ambition. Ambit...
How Kamps Fitness Created Community Starting Location on Major University Campuses
October 19, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBOn this week's episode of the podcast, you'll hear a lot of references to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I'm an alumna and our guest - Sam Karl, co-founder and president of Kamps Fitness - is an alumnus. You'll hear a lot about the campus and its hot spots. And I have never really cared that much about sports, which is sort of the thing that ties alums to their universities for years and years. I experience no pang of guilt if I don't know the Badgers' standing in the Big 10 or wherev...
Why Citizen Yoga Makes Suicide Prevention Its Mission
October 05, 2022 12:19 - 52 minutes - 120 MBContent warning: In this episode of the podcast, we mention the concept of suicide in the context of prevention and raising awareness. If you’re listening with young ears or if you’re just not in a place to hear that today, skip this episode and come back I’ve never met Kacee Must, founder of Citizen Yoga in real life. We met during the pandemic and have zoomed through our relationship. We talked in February of 2021 when she’d been teaching yoga online for almost a year. We talked in April,...
How Free MVMT Shop's Founder Had Her Best Financial Year During the Pandemic
September 28, 2022 16:48 - 47 minutes - 108 MBFree MVMT Shop is a concept Ashley Rockwood conceived after retiring from dancing professionally - she wanted to create a space for herself in fitness that she didn’t see. She got a really good deal in a former dry cleaning location and viola, her first pop-up featuring dance, cardio, yoga, and sculpt had popped. You’ll hear her speak to it, but since 2018, Free Mvmt Shop has lived in 6 different homes across Chicago. And through all of that Ashley achieved most of her goals that she shared...
How Debra Strougo and Eric Von Frohlich Founded and Sold Row House to Xponential
September 21, 2022 04:25 - 52 minutes - 119 MBThe indoor rowing machine - or erg - has been in use since the fourth century when an Athenian Admiral created a rudimentary version to train his army. And since, innovators from Concept2 helped to commercialize the indoor rowing machine and CrossFit got millions of people across the world onto the erg in their intense workouts. And this week on the podcast, I spoke with two innovators who helped take rowing from the corner of the gym floor to the center of a workout. Debra Strougo and Eri...
Box Union Co-Founders Explain mid-pandemic Title Boxing Club Acquisition
August 31, 2022 05:38 - 50 minutes - 116 MBThis week I interviewed Todd Wadler, CEO of Box Union and Title Boxing Club, and Felicia Alexander CRO of Box Union and Title Boxing Club, and it was clear that their partnership plays on both of their strengths. This pair is bold and thoughtful, which you’ll hear throughout the episode. And if you're wondering how you missed that Box Union, which had three locations before the pandemic, acquired Title Boxing Club, you'll hear all about it in the episode. Luckily, or because Todd had the f...
How Fhitting Room, One of The Toughest Studios, Is Growing Post-Pandemic
August 24, 2022 05:15 - 38 minutes - 87 MBNew York City has the same thing going for fitness that it has for every other industry: if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. I mean, granted, something that’s on the fringes of woo-woo and cult-fitness may not do great in Fargo. But for the most part, if New Yorkers will pack a class, it has a certain mile-a-minute effectiveness and cool factor that the rest of the country can get on board with. Fhitting Room stood out for a few reasons that you’ll hear come out on this week...
How One Very Determined Doctor Helped Rise Nation Expand to Chicago
August 17, 2022 05:04 - 33 minutes - 76.4 MBAsk anyone who’s been on a Versa Climber what they think of the machine and the first reaction will be a look that you’ll recognize quickly as a combo of fear and respect. It’s a machine that earns the title of love/hate. You might love how much you can get done so quickly, but you might hate how much you have to do so quickly. You know what I’m saying. Today, on #WeGotGoals, we’ll be spending a lot of time talking about the Versa Climber, a machine that’s featured prominently at the center...
Supermodel Erin Heatherton Empowers Through Strength at Resistance Chicago
August 09, 2022 16:43 - 126 MBWe could talk all day about the pressure of being discovered as a teenage model like Erin Heatherton, co-founder of Chicago-based studio Resistance Chicago, was. She was scouted on the street at 17 and would go on to walk in high fashion shows as well as Victoria's Secret Fashion shows. The pressure comes from being expected to stay that way - a teenage girl - for your foreseeable future. Erin recently wrote about it, and I’ll quote her instead. “At the peak of my career, there was constan...
Conik Runyon Talks about Building Culture at Basecamp Chicago
August 03, 2022 04:14 - 39 minutes - 90.6 MBConik Runyon's education in culture started as a kid, going to the Anytime Fitness conferences with his dad and seeing people who loved that brand so much that they tattooed the logo on their bodies. And today, he's the owner of Basecamp Fitness Chicago, a newer entrant into the fitness scene. And I don’t even really want to mention his dad except to say this: Conik was born into a world of fitness culture as the son of Chuck Runyon, Co-founder of Anytime fitness and CEO of Self-Esteem Bra...
Shred415's Co-Founders Bonnie Micheli and Tracy Roemer Talk Growing Together
July 27, 2022 05:15 - 45 minutes - 105 MB[This episode is supported by Athletic Greens. You can get an AG1 subscription and a free gift: a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your first purchase at athleticgreens.com/asweatlife.] I’ve come to know Bonnie Micheli and Tracy Roemer, co-founders of Shred415, as a package deal. I can't actually remember seeing one without the other. I've also learned to look at them as eager collaborators and mentors, but I'm willing to bet a lot of people in ...
How POMSQUAD Fitness Made Cheer an Inclusive Fitness Space
July 20, 2022 16:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBWe're using our 7th season of our podcast to celebrate fitness - its creators, innovators and everything in between. We made sure to include goodies from the studios and brand we’re chatting with for you, so make sure to listen, share with a friend and try something new. And a HUGE thanks to Athletic Greens for its support for this episode. You can get an AG1 subscription and a free gift: a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your first purchase at...
Studio Three’s Co-founder Talks Expansion, Culture and His Own Fitness Journey
July 13, 2022 05:03 - 37 minutes - 85.4 MBThis episode of #WeGotGoals marks the start of our seventh season of the podcast. Because we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of aSweatLife, we made sure to include goodies from the studios we're chatting with for you, so make sure to listen, share with a friend and try something new. And also, make sure you don't miss a single episode by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. When I started aSweatLife, I felt like I was constantly doing researc...
Trying to Conceive, Nutrition and Prenatal Vitamins with WeNatal
June 22, 2022 16:00 - 34 minutes - 79 MB[Trigger warning: in this episode, we mention pregnancy loss] So, every year on my birthday, I get a reading from a psychic, she’s the High Priestess of Brooklyn. She does my tarot cards, my astrology, and tells me an outlook for the year - it’s a whole thing. Two years ago, she gave me a timeline of when a baby could come into my life. It was the middle of a pandemic, I had just gone through an insane medical thing - so all signs should have pointed to, “no, thank you” for me. However,...