Swole Friends

EP23 is all about resilience, pursuing the extremes of mental and physical fitness, psychedelics, military service, mental health, and living life every day as the greatest adventure of all. Our guest, Nick Ige, joined the military at 18 and served in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment for 10 years. During that time, he was deployed 6x to Afghanistan. He now i...

Karmen Gregg, Ph. D.(c) MS CN specializes in Women’s Health, and in Episode 22 we’re talking all about optimizing training with your menstrual cycle, fueling for hormonal balance with exercise, and how to take your performance as a female athlete to the next level. Karmen is also the co-owner of Selkirk Integrative Medical Clinic "FOR women, BY women" (@selkirkwomenshealth on IG) an inte...

What do the military, breast cancer, and fitness have to do with one another? The common denominator is Lindsey Marcelli,  founder of Girls Gone RX and the 'Compete For A Cure' foundation. In this episode, we learn more about the emotional story of being deployed during the War In Iraq as a woman, owning a gym, starting Girls Gone RX, trying to conceive,  as well as the waves of change C...

Dean Saddoris is the mastermind behind Caffeine and Kilos. With a shoe game that could make you faint, a desire to provide for the competitive athlete, and a willingness to create a brand that you could wear both in and out of the gym, we get into all the details of creating this brand that was birthed in Fall of 2013. We also chat about how Saddoris has taken his love for caffeine, coffee, and fi...

Webb Travis is the owner and co-founder of the popular TURF Newport Beach and has made a very successful career as a personal trainer and nutrition coach. Originally hailing from New York, Webb was in the top 1% of all coaches who have ever worked at Equinox, has quite the story about losing over 100 lbs, and is extremely intelligent with two master's degrees and a wide array of training cert...

Matt Torres is an esteemed and accomplished Brute Strength 1:1 remote head coach who’s coached 8 individual athletes to the CrossFit Games including Danielle Brandon, Fee Saghafi, Dallin Pepper and Emma Cary. On this episode we dive deep into what it takes to become one of the best coaches in the CF industry, the personal struggles it took to get there, and how Matt takes an individual approach to...

Brandan Fokken is an IFBB pro physique athlete, sponsored athlete, published writer, speaker, international cover and fitness model, actor (MTV), coach, and anti-bullying advocate gym owner. He has been published on 31 fitness magazine covers and featured in over 300 different fitness magazines‼️

Miranda Alcaraz is a fitness professional, female entrepreneur, wife, mother, and overall genuine and integrity-based woman. She was not only a competitive CrossFitter and Games Athlete, but she spent over 8 years contributing to the vision and future of the sport as an integral member of CrossFit HQ as a Seminar Staff. In 2016 she founded @streetparking with her husband, Julian Alcaraz, where the...

Adam Neiffer is a 10x CrossFit Games Athlete himself and the current coach of the 2x Fittest Man On Earth, and CrossFit games champ, Justin Medeiros. He's also the sole owner of CrossFit Fort Vancouver, one of the OG affiliates in the sport, a husband, and a #girldad. In this episode, we're going to get into what you may not know, which is what lies beneath the surface of the tip of the...

This episode is all about characters in action. James Newbury is a 4x CrossFit Games Athlete, 3x business owner (Phyba) and hybrid athlete who paints his nails, wears a bathing suit every time he can, and rocks dreads, bringing his whole vibe to this episode. We talk about how to implement a holistic approach to health, training, and life in general while still striving to be present, have a good...

From supermodel to Semi-Finals CrossFit Athlete Swolverine athlete and up amnd coming badass Abigail Domit talks about how she went from strutting the runway as a high fashion super model to throwing heavy weight around as a competitive Crossfit athlete! 

IFBB Pro and world-renowned fitfluencer Jessie Hilgenberg joins us to talk about her journey into bodybuilding, her training, nutrition, and how her fitness journey has changed as she transitions into a new chapter of life.

Christian (Chris) Harris is a husband, father to two boys, professional athlete, entrepreneur (Move Fast Lift Heavy), content guru, and coach. He is also a 3x CrossFit Games Athlete, 5x Regionals Athlete, and a 1x CrossFit Demo Team athlete. Confidence doesn't always roar, and with Chris, you can hear through his calm, quiet demeanor, that while he's got it together, he means business in...

Kyrie Fontana a calisthenics phenom will be joining us to talk about her favorite color, why she loves the zoo, and how she eats onions like apples

Swolverine and elite CrossFit athlete Chelsea Nicholas talks about how she balances life as an elite athlete and structural aerospace engineer

5x CrossFit Games athlete Jamie Simmonds (Formerly Greene) and talks about her life, training, growing up in New Zealand, and what she has in store for the 2023 season! 

2x CrossFit Games Teen Athlete and CrossFit Games rookie Paige Powers talks to us about her training at Mayhem with Froning and friends, her nutrition, and how to optimize your CrossFit performance. 

CrossFit Games & Swolverine Athlete Alex Gazan talks to us about her journey to the CrossFit Games, her rookie season and training as an Underdogs athlete with Justin Cotler. 

From 5x Regionals athlete in 2014, to finally making the CrossFit Games two years in a row, we're talk about what changed in Arielle Loewen to get her over the edge.

Leonel (Leo) Franco is a full-time CrossFit Athlete, CrossFit Coach and earned the title of being the Fittest In Nevada in 2021. In this episode of the Swole Friends Podcast, we talk about what it was like to grow up playing soccer and transitioning into a weightlifting-based sport where he needed to learn all the skills from scratch. From falling in love from his first CF class to gaining over 30...

CrossFit and Swolverine athlete Danielle Dunlap talks about overcoming adversity, as she was denied the chance to compete at the CrossFit games, not just once but twice, after qualifying. Danielle also covers topics like nutrition coaching, eating as an athlete, and what it is like to be a fit mom as well as a military wife.

Colten Mertens is a 3x CrossFit Games Athlete. He is also a full-time pig farmer hailing from Iowa. One of the things that makes Colten unique is his mindset, fortitude, persistence, and willingness to overcome adversity. As one of the shortest CrossFit Games Athletes to ever compete in pursuit of becoming The Fittest On Earth, he works all day, trains all night, and still finds time to sleep, eat...