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The Dumbbells

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A funny fitness podcast where comedian/hosts Erin McGown and Ryan Stanger guide your life towards Training Dirty, Eating Clean and Living In-Between.

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

169: January Weigh In (w/ Euge and Stang) 22.01.2020

OK BellBabies...it's just you and Euge and Stang this episodes. The 'Bells have some fun and then get right to it. They answer a bunch of listener questions on a whole range of topics - including; lifting weights to be a brick shithouse, gaining strength on a plant based diet, attracting a hot gay guy and many more! Your questions are answers this episode! If you have a question you'd like ask the...

168: Starting Strength (w/ Greg Tuculescu) 15.01.2020

What is there to say? The 'Bells are back in full swing baby. They got the legendary Greg Tuculescu (DRUNK HISTORY) to join them in The Weight Room. This is a great episode and a worthy first guest of 2020. Eugene and Greg have some good history and he and Stanger reminisce about a brutal shoot they were on together. Greg has great stories about growing up overseas in Saudi Arabia and his long fit...

167: Starting 2020 (w/ Euge & Stang) 08.01.2020

Happy New Years BellBabies! Euge is back dudes! The 'bells have a lot to talk about. Stanger finally gets to grill him on The Child aka "Baby Yoda". The guys bring you up to speed on what's going on in their lives and answer listener questions about calories and a post run protocol. It's 2020 y'all! "Lets Get To It!!" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

166: Happy New Year!! (w/ Stanger and Erin McGown) 01.01.2020

Happy New Year BellBabies!!! Stanger and Erin answer a bunch of listener question. Now get your asses to the gym! No days off in 2020. "Happy New Year!!" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

165: Merry Christmas! (w/ Dave Theune) 25.12.2019

It's Christmas BellBabies! And boy do we have a treat for you. Erin and Stang are joined in The Weight Room with the great Dave Theune (THE BIG BANG THEORY). This episode is filled with laughs and some talk about Dave's DEXA scan. Did he improve from the last test?? Did his body fat % go down?? Listen to find out. And Happy Holidays!!! "It's Christmas!!!" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

164: Step Class and Questions for Erin and Stang (w/ Toni Charline) 18.12.2019

The amazing Toni Charline (MUNCHIES) is in The Weight Room!!! Tonis is so funny and a favorite guest of the Bells. She tells Erin and Stang about her current training program and there is some discussion about the vegan lifestyle. Stanger attempts to answer a question about cool sculpting. Erin and Toni talk about the competitive step class they take and Stanger attempts to guess their favorite so...

163: Zaddy Workout Plan (w/ Jon DeWalt) 11.12.2019

The Bells have a good one for you this week kids! Erin and Stanger are holding down the fort and they are joined by the #1 zaddy himself Jon DeWalt (UNDATEABLE, THE COOL KIDS) Jon is a really funny dude, the group wastes no time getting in to some fun Christmas movie talk. He tells Erin and Stager about growing up in the suburbs of Chicago and being obsessed with basketball and eating junk - hot p...

162: Diet or Exercise??? (w/ John Flynn) 04.12.2019

Time to shake off the damage from Thanksgiving BellBabies and what better way than with the delightful guest this week John Flynn (TWO OLD QUEENS podcast) John is the funniest and he delights Stanger and McGown right out of the gates with some hot takes on this year's prestige movies. The group shifts the talk over to John's upbringing back east and how he spent most of his childhood as a self pro...

161: Funny Running and Thanksgiving Thoughts (w/ Alyssa Limperis) 27.11.2019

Happy Thanksgiving BellBabies! The Bells got a special one for ya this week! It's Stanger and McGown holding down the fort again this week and they are joined by the delightfully hilarious comedian and actor Alyssa Limperis! The group gets the talk going quick. Erin and Stang get the skinny on Alyssa's background and find out how she reluctantly became an all-America runner! She tells how she cont...

160: Running Lifting and Sleep Science (w/ Jon Gabrus) 20.11.2019

Special day BellBabies! The mighty Jon Gabrus (HIGH AND MIGHTY, ACTIONBOYZ podcasts) is in the goddamn Weight Room! Eugene is still out shooting but Gabrus is a Dumbbells all-star and he delivers as per usual. He tells Stanger about the 2 half marathons he ran and how he transitioned from roadwork back into the gym. Gabrus is a long time gym guy and has a lot of practical advice. Then Stanger brin...

159: Listener Questions (w/ Erin McGown and Stanger) 13.11.2019

OK BellBabies, here's the plan, Euge is off shooting Tacoma FD so Stanger called in the cavalry and got the amazing Erin McGown (ERIN AND MELISSA) to co-host some episodes till the Euge-man is back. Stang and Erin do a quick catch up and talk about NASM personal trainer certification. Then Stanger lays out his plan to get some wearable technology to monitor his sleep - it's all about that deep sle...

158: Being You (w/ Oscar Montoya) 06.11.2019

This is one of those good ones BellBabies!!! Euge and Stang were proud to welcome Oscar Montoya (SPANISH AQUÍ PRESENTS PODCAST) to The Weight Room. Oscar is a special dude with one hell of story. He tells the guys about growing up in Colombia as a boy and discovering a traditional Colombian dance that allowed him to find his passion in dancing. He brought his love of dance with him to the United S...

157: Competitiveness (w/ Matt Besser) 30.10.2019

Happy Halloween BellBabies! The guys have an awesome episode for your goodie bags. The great comedian Matt Besser (improv4humans podcast and POT HUMOR) joins Euge and Stang in The Weight Room. The group kicks the show off with a discussion about competitiveness and wether it's genetic or socially constructed. Then Matt tells the guys his story about playing competitive soccer growing up, electing...

156: Recovery (w/ Amy Ruffle) 23.10.2019

What a treat! This week in The Weight Room the 'Bells welcome the great Amy Ruffle (FANTASY FLIX LEAGUE PODCAST) Amy comes to the show in great shape. She tells Euge and Stanger about growing up in Australia and excelling in competitive diving from a young age. She had an active family and an attempt to help her dad get healthy led to the first of a couple of scary bouts with eating disorders. Aft...

155: October Weigh In 16.10.2019

It's that time for just you and The Dumbbells BellBabies. It's mid October and Euge and Stanger are weighing in. There is some random horror movie talk, then Euge lays out what he's been doing while TACOMA FD is filming. He's getting up early and training!!! Also he shares some personal challenges he's been experiencing - it's very relatable. Last, Stanger divulges more details about his recent su...

154: Basketball Friends (w/ Rick Glassman) 09.10.2019

What a time the Dumbbells had in The Weight Room with the some-damn-funny Rick Glassman (TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF PODCAST). Rick is an amazing stand up comedian and basketball player. Was he always a great b-ball player? He breaks it down for the guys, telling them about how he grew in Cleveland and found friendship and identity in the sport. In fact, he put such a value on being good a basketball that...

153: Boxing (w/ Peter Banifaz) 02.10.2019

Its officially fall BellBabies and a perfect way to kick off the new season is to invite a hilarious guest to The Weight Room. This week it's the amazing Peter Banifaz (SHAMELESS) Peter is a super funny dude and the guys have a great conversation with him. He's got an incredible story about immigrating to America and losing his accent trying to assimilate. He found joy in boxing despite his mother...

152: Finding Fittness (w/ Ali Ghandour) 25.09.2019

It's that time! The 'Bells got a great guest in The Weight Room for ya this week! It's the so cool, so funny, Ali Ghandour (THE GOLDBERGS, GHOSTED) Ali is a born and raised Southern California guy, he tells Euge and Stanger about playing sports in his childhood and when he began to rebel. The group connects over finding your identity in sketch comedy and improv - Ali found his late after eventuall...

151: September Weigh In (w/ Euge and Stangs) 18.09.2019

It’s September weigh in time and Euge and Stang catch up on the last few weeks plus focus on some fall goals. They talk about strategies for lowering body fat percentage and locking in diet. Stanger reports of his hypnosis experience and Eugene eyes a few gyms that he can get to while shooting the upcoming season of his show. Plus the dumbbells weigh in on finding the right place to train during e...

150: Trainer Relationship (w/ Carl Tart) 11.09.2019

Happy days in The Weight Room. The guys got the mega funny Carl Tart (FLAGRANT ONES) to join them for today's podcast. Carl is a former college athlete and still plays basketball recreationally. Carl tells Euge and Stang about playing sports growing up and how once he stopped playing, he slowing but surely started adding weight over the years. Now he's decided to drop that extra weight and get bac...

149: Using Hypnosis (w/ Andrée Vermeulen) 04.09.2019

Here we go BellBabies! This is a fun episode with lots of info. The Bells welcome the very cool, very funny Drée Vermeulen (ANGIE TRIBECA) to The Weight Room. Dree tells the guys about being raised by horse trainers and struggling with her weight as a child. She was shamed into some food issues by a withholding grandma but managed to lose a ton of weight as a kid using WeightWatchers. She has a gn...

148: Eating Enough (w/ Joel Kim Booster) 28.08.2019

Summer is winding down BellBabies. The guys have a great episode to end the good weather with a bang. The endlessly funny Joel Kim Booster (SUNNYSIDE) joins Euge and Stang in The Weight Room. Joel talks about his struggles with putting muscle on and how negative Instagram culture can be. He also offers some encouraging words and relatable advice about how to navigate this social media hellscape. J...

147: August Weigh In (w/ Euge and Stang) 21.08.2019

Time to Weigh In with Euge and Stang BellBabies! The guys catch up with each other and catch up the listeners on what's going on with them. Stang whines about his shoulder and Euge talks about how he maintained and what he ate while filming a movie in OKC that past few weeks. Then the guys read some emails, one is gloat, one is a question from a 5X5 couple with squat rack in their house and the la...

146: Anonymity (w/ Joel Spence) 14.08.2019

BellBabies! It's time for another episode with your boys. This time they got Joel Spence (BIG LITTLE LIES) to join them in The Weight Room. Joel and 'Bells go way back and they catch up quick. Joel has always trained in some capacity. He tells the guys about all the stuff he's been into and about having a good stretch of jogging consistently. The consensus at the end of the episode was that a grou...

145: Dance and Weird Diets (w/ Megan Batoon) 07.08.2019

Big week for the Bells! You guys are in for a treat - the guys welcome the amazing Megan Batoon (Just A Tip Podcast) to The Weight Room. Euge and Megan talk about the pronunciation of names and make some connections over their Filipino American-ness. Megan tells the guys about growing up in Florida and how her obsession with competitive cheerleading led to dance. The talk turns to food and th...

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