Building and Becoming Show with Jim Motz

The Most Controversial Thing I've Ever Said: Christians Have a Spiritual Mandate to Be Fit Most Christians have separated their faith from their physical health. I believe that's a mistake. In this episode, I explain why I believe followers of Jesus have a spiritual mandate to steward the body God entrusted to them—not for vanity, not for ego, but because your body is the vehicle that carr...

What do faith and fitness have in common? Everything. In this special Mailbag #7 episode of The Building & Becoming Show, Mike Freeman joins me in studio as we answer your questions on faith, fitness, discipline, weight loss, spiritual growth, and becoming the person God created you to be. Mike has lost nearly 100 pounds from his heaviest weight, but this conversation goes far beyond physical...

🌊 THE DEEPWATER MANIFESTO: REFUSE TO LIVE A SMALL LIFE 🌊 This is not a podcast episode. This is a declaration. A line in the sand. A battle cry for those who refuse to drift through life settling for comfort, excuses, mediocrity, and passive Christianity. For years I've talked about faith, fitness, discipline, leadership, personal responsibility, marriage, purpose, and becoming who God creat...

Today marks 23 years since I took my last drink. But this episode isn't about sobriety. It's about freedom. Twenty-three years ago I was overweight, addicted, depressed, angry, lost, and convinced my life was headed nowhere good. Today I'm reading portions of the alcohol chapter from my first book, I Asked God To Kill Me, and sharing the story of how God pulled me out of the pit and co...

🚨 READY TO GO DEEPER? SCHEDULE A CALL WITH ME FIRST: 👉 Schedule Your DeepWater Call: https://calendly.com/jimmotz/schedule-your-call-with-jim Most men don't need more information. They need alignment. Alignment between their faith, their standards, their discipline, their body, and the man they were created to become. In this foundational episode of the Building & Becoming Podcast, I bre...

What happens when a 54-year-old man and a woman 22 years younger build a relationship rooted in faith, discipline, leadership, peace, attraction, chemistry, friendship, and shared purpose? Apparently… the internet has QUESTIONS. 😂 So today, Jim & Allie finally address the elephant in the room: THE AGE GAP. In this episode of the Building & Becoming podcast, we talk openly about: ⚔️ why ou...

Most people already KNOW what they need to do. Move more. Eat better. Drink water. Lift weights. Pray consistently. Stop numbing themselves with comfort, alcohol, distraction, and excuses. So why do so many people stay stuck for YEARS? In this episode of the Building & Becoming Podcast, Jim Motz breaks down the brutal truth: ⚔️ Information without execution is entertainment. This is not anothe...

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⚔️ JOIN THE BUILDING & BECOMING COMMUNITY (FREE): https://www.skool.com/building-and-becoming-3294/about 📞 SCHEDULE A CALL WITH JIM: https://calendly.com/jimmotz/schedule-your-call-with-jim 🎙️ BUILDING & BECOMING — EPISODE 70 MAILBAG #5 — THE QUESTIONS MOST MEN WON’T ASK This episode went DEEP. Not surface-level motivation. Not recycled self-help garbage. REAL questions from REAL people s...

🔥 NOBODY LIKES A DESERTER 🔥 A brutal conversation about comfort, compromise, discipline, faith, and the slow drift destroying modern men. 👉 JOIN THE BUILDING & BECOMING COMMUNITY (FREE): https://www.skool.com/building-and-becoming-3294/about 👉 APPLY FOR DEEPWATER COACHING / SCHEDULE A CALL: https://calendly.com/jimmotz/schedule-your-call-with-jim 👉 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rea...

There are people who impact your life… without ever shaking your hand. Today I honor one of those men for me: Greg Anderson. Host of the Endless Endeavor Podcast, author of Courage Through Adversity, and now embarking with 3 other savage men on RowWestPacific — rowing from Seattle to Maui with NO MOTOR. This episode is about courage. Discipline. Brotherhood. Adversity. Faith. Fitness. And why some...

Comfort is killing men. In this powerful Mailbag #4 episode, Jim Motz and Allie answer real questions from real people dealing with: ✅ Marriage struggles ✅ Lack of respect ✅ Weight gain & shame ✅ Faith battles ✅ Discipline problems ✅ Comfort addiction ✅ Why people stay stuck ✅ Real masculine leadership This one gets honest. This one gets uncomfortable. This one can change lives. 🔥 JOI...

You’re working hard. You’re trying to eat better. You’re hitting some workouts… So why do you still look the same? Because effort alone isn’t enough. Most people stay stuck because they only dial in one or two things… while ignoring the others. In this episode of the Building & Becoming Show, I break down the 5 Pillars of Optimized Physicality that actually create real transformation: 🏋️‍♂️ Tr...

Is your faith on offense… or defense? Too many Christians live passively — reacting to the world instead of advancing the Kingdom. In this episode of The Building & Becoming Show, Jim Motz explains what he calls Offensive Christianity — using the Word of God as a weapon against fear, temptation, and spiritual attack. Most believers own a Bible. Very few know how to use it. Jim shares the exact...

Welcome back to the Building & Becoming Podcast. In this episode we do something most people with platforms avoid… We lean into criticism. I pulled three emails from listeners who think my message is: • Too harsh • Too aggressive • Harmful to the church They challenged my beliefs about discipline, masculinity, strength, and Christianity. So today I respond. We talk about: • Is Christianity sup...

Most Christians say: "God only cares about your heart." But is that actually what the Bible teaches? In this episode of the Building & Becoming Show, Jim Motz confronts one of the most common lies in modern Christianity — the belief that physical discipline, health, and strength don’t matter to God. If your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit… then how you live, train, eat, and dis...

Most people do NOT have a knowledge problem. They know they should train. They know they should eat better. They know they should read the Bible, pray, and lead their families better. So why are they still stuck? In Episode 62 of the Building & Becoming Show, Jim and Allie Motz break down the real reason people keep starting over in faith, fitness, discipline, and life: They don’t need more mo...

Most people don’t fail at fitness because they’re lazy. They fail because no one ever taught them the system. In this Mail Bag episode of the Building & Becoming podcast, Jim Motz answers real questions sent in by people across the country dealing with the exact struggles millions face: • Drinking most nights but still trying to get lean • Feeling like metabolism is broken after 40 • Working o...

In this powerful conversation, Jim Motz and Allie Motz sit down for a real, honest discussion about depression, lifestyle, identity, and the hard truths many people don't want to hear. Depression is real. Anxiety is real. But what happens when we only treat the symptoms and ignore the root causes? In this episode of the Building & Becoming Podcast, Jim and Allie break down: • Why lifestyle...

Today is different. I asked you to send me your name, your city… and the questions you’ve been wrestling with. Some of them are raw. Some are uncomfortable. A few challenge me directly. We’re talking about: • Why you keep quitting • Fat faith & comfortable Christianity • Is building strength vanity? • Low testosterone at 52 • Leading your marriage without losing connection • What to do if you...

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He was bullied for being overweight… lost his mom as a teenager… and spent decades tying his identity to performance. Then retirement hit… and the drift got real. In this episode, you meet the REAL Mike Freeman — Air Force musician, Army National Guard band, band director for 36 years… and now a man rebuilt by Jesus + discipline + standards. This isn’t just a fitness story. It’s a testimony about...

This episode is different. No script. No notes. No filters. Just real questions—from you—and real answers. In this solo Q&A episode of the Building & Becoming Podcast, I answer some of the most raw, uncomfortable, and honest questions I’ve ever been asked… Questions about: • My neck tattoos and what they mean • What gives me the authority to challenge people • Failure, divorce, and rebuild...

This might offend you. Good. Because someone needs to tell you the truth. Everyone is arguing about Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, the Super Bowl halftime show, politics, culture, and what side you should be on. But they’re missing the real battle. The battle isn’t Bad Bunny. The battle isn’t the NFL. The battle isn’t the halftime show. The battle is you. Your standards. Your discipline. Your habits. Your l...

Most people don’t want to hear this — but it needs to be said. In this solo episode of The Building & Becoming Show, Jim Motz delivers one of his most challenging conversations yet. This episode isn’t about condemnation. It’s about calling people up. We talk about why personal excellence is not optional for followers of Jesus Christ — and why discipline, fitness, and stewardship of the body di...