Rising Tribes Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 65: Digital Detox: Fall Break Unplugged We trade fall break stories that sound fun on paper but reveal what parenting actually feels like in real time. We walk through screen time boundaries, travel stress, and the hard truth that the moments you want to “pause” are already turning into memories.  • setting a no cell phones rule for older kids and seeing connection return fast...

Send us Fan Mail Ep.64: Habits That Win at Home We trade lighthearted questions that somehow turn into real talk about marriage habits, athletic confidence, and the weird ways competitiveness shows up at home. The laughs land because the stories are specific, relatable, and just honest enough to make you think about your own patterns.  • clean sheets before travel and why it matters to one partner...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 63: Build Strength While Building Endurance We talk through how to train like a hybrid athlete without living in the “runner” or “lifter” box. We share the simplest ways we build strength and endurance at the same time, plus what our HYROX prep actually looks like when life, injuries, and time limits show up.  • why hybrid training is just athletic training brought back  • the...

Send us Fan Mail  Ep. 62: You Already Know What To Do So Start Doing It We dig into why most people already know the right move but still don’t take it, especially with fitness, nutrition, and life goals. We break down the stories we tell ourselves, why comfort keeps winning, and how to build the mindset and systems that finally create action.  • why “I don’t know what to do” often means “I don’t...

Send us Fan Mail EP. 61: What If Your Kids Copied Your Marriage?? We ask a simple question with a heavy answer: would we be happy if our kids grew up and had our marriage. We talk about the standards we set at home, how we handle conflict, and how to drop the scorecard so our kids see teamwork instead of resentment.  •Our marriage as our kids’ first definition of love  •Date nights and daddy daugh...

Send us Fan Mail The Endurance Boom Endurance sports keep growing even as life gets easier, and we dig into why people are choosing hard challenges on purpose. We connect CrossFit, Hyrox, running, and real life loss to a bigger point: the win is control, community, and who we become while training.  • the rise of endurance training in a comfort engineered world  • how CrossFit culture shifted from...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever said “I just need more discipline,” we’re going to challenge that assumption and give you a cleaner framework that actually holds up when life gets busy. We start with a deceptively simple story from The Dark Side of Discipline: two people sit in a room with a burger. One person is dieting and has to fight an inner argument every minute. The other is vegan and barel...

Send us Fan Mail We ask ourselves a gut-check parenting question: if our kids copy our lives exactly as they look today, what parts would make us proud and what parts would worry us. We talk honestly about ambition, faith, failure, and the difference between being physically present at home and being mentally present with our families.  • pride in discipline, health, hard work, keeping our word, a...

Send us Fan Mail You ever hit a season where all your go-to moves stop working and it feels personal? We get real about what happens when you’re used to being the fixer, the fast responder, the guy with the plan, and suddenly God keeps putting you in moments that require patience, restraint, and a totally different kind of strength. We talk about faith in the “quiet” season, the kind where you fee...

Send us Fan Mail Leadership Beyond The Title We talk about why the best leaders don’t lead like bullies and how asking better questions creates trust, ownership, and real momentum. We dig into the Hippo Effect, accountability with relationships, and what “we over me” looks like at work and at home.  • leadership as questions and listening first  • why speaking last reduces groupthink and unlocks b...

Send us Fan Mail Guest Trevor Robinson walks us through the sharp turn from chasing NFL roster spots to living in a hospital as the father of premature twins, then choosing a different definition of success. We talk about identity after football, why conditioning changes everything, and how a Saturday run group quietly becomes a lifeline for routine and community.  • growing up in Nebraska and arr...

Send us Fan Mail We talk about identity instead of outcomes and push the question that changes everything: who do you want to be when nobody is giving you credit. We unpack the excuses and labels that keep people stuck, then share how community and consistency create real momentum in fitness and life.  • choosing identity first instead of chasing results  • how kids lose belief and adults inherit...

Send us Fan Mail We dig into why life guarantees suffering and why choosing the right kind can build strength instead of regret. We share how training, hard talks, and accountability shape character and carry over into marriage, parenting, and daily mindset.  • defining chosen suffering versus unchosen suffering  • why the messy middle is where growth actually happens  • using workouts as therapy...

Send us Fan Mail Nobody posts the hard part: the quiet seasons where you are tempted to quit, cut corners, numb out, or compare your “real life” to someone else’s highlight reel. That’s where we’re going today. Braxston turns 37 and shares a raw, practical breakdown of the five lessons that shaped his last year, with Jake chiming in from behind the scenes as we talk about what growth actually look...

Send us Fan Mail We challenge the idea that leadership requires a title and argue that the first and hardest person to lead is ourselves. We share a practical framework for leading your family, your team, and your community through trust, humility, and consistent standards.  • leadership as impact and influence, not rank or job title  • leading yourself before trying to lead others  • quiet observ...

Send us Fan Mail We break down why fitness discipline slips in real life and how to rebuild it without willpower or perfection. We share the simple systems we use for training, nutrition, and community so progress stays possible in busy seasons.  • excuses that show up after sports, marriage, kids, and career shifts  • treating fitness like work so it stops being a daily debate  • lowering the bar...

Send us Fan Mail We get honest about the hardest pillar in our discipline series: family, and the ways ambition and exhaustion can quietly pull us away from the people we love most. We share mistakes we have made, the lies we hear the most, and the simple habits that help us lead at home with more presence and purpose.  • physical presence without mental presence and why leftovers damage connectio...

Send us Fan Mail Discipline Series We kick off our discipline series by starting with the faith pillar and getting honest about why “perfect routines” usually backfire. We share simple ways to build a daily devotional and prayer habit that survives busy mornings, plus how faith should shape our decisions at home and at work.  • why faith discipline is hard to measure but easy to neglect  • buildin...

Send us Fan Mail Why The Process Matters More Than The Result Wanting the result is easy. Wanting the process is where everything gets real. We start with a blunt James Clear quote that cuts through excuses: if you don’t want to live the lifestyle, release yourself from the desire. From there, we connect the same principle to the stuff we’re all living right now: kids’ sports schedules, the way pa...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 46. We're Building More Than A Podcast We built Rising Tribes because we kept watching solid men with faith and families lose the same fight quietly and alone. We share what finally changed for us and how we’re building a structured network so you’re ready when life gets hard, not scrambling after it does. • why strong men still feel broken at their “peak” • choosing your...

Send us Fan Mail Ep.45 Summer Smash Recap & Q&A 1st Phorm Summer Smash looks like a party on the surface, but what grabbed us was the standard underneath it: thousands of people training, rucking, sweating, and still leaving a massive facility without trash on the ground because everyone owns the culture. We start there, with Jake fresh off the trip to St Louis and Braxston breaking down w...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 44. Intrinsic Motivation Vs. Extrinsic Motivation In Fitness And Life We break down why external motivation fades and why intrinsic motivation is what holds up when pressure hits. We share our own fitness and life stories to show how identity, belief, and relationships shape the way we actually change.  • defining intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation through faith, family, fi...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 43: Training Before And After Kids We talk honestly about how training changes once you become a parent and why “no time” usually means “no freedom.” We share the mindset shifts, tiny workout tactics, and family conversations that help us stay consistent while leading our kids by example.  • training before kids as freedom disguised as discipline  • building workouts around re...

Send us Fan Mail Ep. 42 Freedom Or Comfort: Lesson From The Wolf And The Dog We read the fable of the dog and the wolf and use it to figure out why comfort can feel safe while still quietly costing us freedom. We get honest about the collars we wear, how fear and approval shape our choices, and why vulnerability and self-advocacy matter in real life.  • reading the dog and the wolf and focusing on...

Send us Fan Mail Ep.41: Q/A Prime Habits And What They Cost   Q/A about the habits that shape your “prime,” the kind of motivation that fades, and the practices that quietly compound over years. We get personal about marriage, fitness, faith, shame, and what it looks like to keep taking steps when life changes seasons.  • redefining “prime” as who we are now, not just peak performance  • losing th...