The Dumbbells

Episode 44! The wonderful Beck Medina joins Eugene and Ryan in The Weight Room. She is a comedian, novelist (A Fantastic Mess Of Everything) and personal trainer! After The 'Bells make some obvious "Funky Cold Medina " jokes, she and Eugene tell Stanger about the "Funny and Fit" group exercise class Eugene started and Beck now teaches. Then, she tells them her story, how she almost became a l...

Episode 43! Billy Scafuri of the No Joke podcast brings his positivity to The Weight Room. The 'Bells needle him for being a "numbers nerd" and find out how ended up training Headgum royalty, Amir Blumenfeld. Billy tells the guys how his successes with fitness and otherwise are due, in large part, to building a solid support group or team around him. Then the group answers a question about fi...

Episode 42! For this very special episode The Dumbbells welcome Gilli Nissim to The Weight Room. She is the co-createtor and host of the amazing UCB show, We're Gross. The 'Bells start off by talking to Gilli about her show and how they were recently guests on it. Then she tells them about growing up in Los Angeles and making it her mission to not fall prey to all the "idealized female body" traps...

Episode 41! The Dumbbells welcome Mano Agapian to The Weight Room. Mano is a super funny guy that you would know from Bajiliion Dollar Properties and his UCB improv group Winslow. First the group talks about the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast for some dumb reason. Then Mano tells the guys his amazing story of dropping 130lbs from his heaviest weight of over 300lbs. He also talks about the psy...

Episode 40! The Dumbbells welcome the second half or the comedy duo Erin & Melissa, Melissa Luna! She is also co-host the podcast Group Text. Melissa tells the guys her delightful fitness story and how she ultimately ended up at GoTribe. She also tells the Bells about how she worked at Disney World and gives them a peak behind the scenes. *SPOILER* (It sucks working there) Last, the group helps a...

Episode 39!! The Dumbbells welcome their first repeat guest to The Weight Room and who better then the co-father of Headgum Studios, Amir Blumenfeld. The 'Bells learn all about where Amir is now with his workouts and what he's doing to put on muscle and get ripped. The group talks Detroit sports and Eugene tells a story about getting conned by his mom. Last everyone "Weighs In" on listener questio...

It's episode 38! The Dumbbells welcome The amazingly talented and super funny Erin McGown to The Weight Room. You know her as one half of the music/comedy duo Erin and Melissa. First, Erin and Stanger talk about "pausegate" from episode 37. Then Erin tells the guys her backstory in relation to fitness, and it's a great one, involving tater tot's and ranch, sweating to the oldies in costumes and ou...

Episode 37!! Happy Fourth of July! Have no fear The Dumbbells are here, even on a holiday week. In this episode the boys bring you up to speed on Eugene's knee injury/surgery and some recent changes he's made to his diet and exercise program. Both Stanger and Eugene are trying CBD oil so they share their thoughts. A potentially new segment is introduced and the 'Bells help a listener work around h...

Episode 36 is an absolute joy. Jessica Jardine is in The Weight Room, you know her as a writer for Papermag, Buzzfeed and a co-host for the hilarious podcast Kar Dishin' It. The Dumbbells talk to her about the Kardashians and their connection to fitness. Then Jess tells the 'Bells about her experiences growing up in Northern California with a family that didn't exercise OR CAMP! The group talks ab...

Ify Nwadiwe is in The Weight Room for episode 35. You know him from writing for @midnight and being a member of the hilarious improv team, White Women. The Dumbbells talk to Ify about growing up in LA and how his father's experience with a roommate made him forbid Ify from playing sports. Ify tells the guys how he about how he got into lifting and how his love of gaming helped facilitate it. The g...

It's episode 34 and it's a good one!! The Dumbbells are joined by funny lady Cissy Fenwick in The Weight Room. The Dumbbells talk to Cissy about background in fitness which is EXTENSIVE! They group also discuses Her current diet and exercise. Most interestingly, Cissy is educated in psychology and is working as a counselor so the 'Bells were able to ask her a lot of questions about health and ment...

Episode 33 is here! And it's with TV writing royalty and co-host of the great podcast Don't Get Me Started, Anthony King. The Dumbbells and King talk about his various writing gigs and he recently signed on to write for Silicone Valley. A little bit of his health and fitness history is discussed and then King takes over and starts asking the 'Bells questions. The boys answer his questions about a...

It's time for Episode 32 with Keiko Agena. She is so funny and cool and has been in so many things, Gilmore Girls and 13 Reasons Why just to name a few. The Dumbbells get the skinny on her growing up in Hawaii and her background in fitness and Stanger gets schooled on Hawaiian cuisine. Keiko tells the DBs about her super fit husband and how important it is for her to live close to where she works...

For Episode 31 the Dumbbells talk injuries with UCB great Brandon Gardner. Brandon tells The Dumbbells about growing up back east and playing sports in the kind of area that he appreciates more now than he did then. The group talks about how identity can be determined by what kind of exercise you're doing. And finally the DBs and Brandon talk about injuries and the different types of surgeries the...

For Episode 30 the Dumbbells sit down with Emmy award winning choreographer Kathryn Burns. She tells the guys all about growing up in Texas and how she started to dance when she was 5 years old. After some discussions about parkour and Pepé Le Pew, Kathryn opens up about her experiences with dance auditions and how she has shifted her motivation to exercise from negative influences to positive one...

For Episode 29 The Dumbbells welcome Michael Cassady of Netflix's Love to The Weight Room. He tells the DBs about how he was an indoor kid growing up and they make fun of him for studying to get a trumpet degree in college. Cassady describes all the different stages of exercise and nutrition he's hone through over the years with the most recent being intermittent fasting. Finally the group helps a...

Episode 28!! Ben Rodgers joins The Dumbbells in The Weight Room. He is a super funny dude who wrote for Workaholics, performs improv and can be seen on TV from time to time. The group talks movies for a bit and then The DBs discover how Rodgers played sports growing up but was always the worst in his neighborhood. He also discusses how exercise helps his mental health and how he actually worked wi...

In the first Dumbbells minisode!?! or Lake Half-A-Sode !?! We reveal the May Fitness Challenge... Here is the 4 week challenge set to begin May 1st. The challenge will consist of four exercises done in succession to complete 1 set. The four exercises are: 1) 31 push-ups 2) 31 mountain climbers 3) 31 second plank hold 4) 31 squats (body weight) The first week will be 1 set of each of these exercise...

Episode 27. The Dumbbells get the great Matt Selman in The Weight Room. He is an executive producer and writer for The Simpsons. The boys discover that Selman is an unabashed fitness enthusiasts. They look at an article written about him called The Anti Homer Workout. Selman also tells the Dumbbells how he has managed to stay fit despite the insane food culture where he works. Last the group talks...

Episode 26 is here. The Dumbbells welcome Nicole Byer to The Weight Room. She is truly one of the funniest comedians out there right now. The Dumbbells learn about her fitness background as a defiant/confident youth. Nicole's favorite movies are revealed and huge discussion about Sister Act 2 breaks out. She also shares with the guys were she's out now with health and fitness and how important hav...

Episode 25 is dedicated to fat loss. The Dumbbells decided to build the whole episode around fat loss and nutrition. They kick things off by wrapping up The March Nutritional Challenge and announcing the winner or actually the winners! Then the guys play voice memos from the two people they felt were most deserving of the prize. The DBs check in with each other and give a few fat loss tips of thei...

Kevin T. Porter is in The Weight Room for episode 24. You know him as the co-host of the incredible podcast, Gilmore Guys. The Dumbbells find out about how how he grew up in athletic family but never got into sports - and how his love of running came much later. He talks about how he wants to improve his body composition and The Dumbbells give him some help. Then, for some reason the group discuss...

Episode 23 is here!!! And Toni Charline is in The Weight Room. You know her from being a UCB performer and her Funny or Die show, Munchies. The Dumbbells find out about how she grew up as a chubby kid who played sports and how she became a vegetarian at age 4! Toni also talks about being a vegan now and her current exercise program (small group personal training). The Dumbbells give some more info...

Chris Kula is in The Weight Room for episode 22!! He is writer for shows like Madtv, @midnight and Wrecked. Kula tells The Dumbbells about how he went from barely pulling off a 5k to running half-marathons with regularity and ease! He offers some great tips for begging runners. Then The Dumbbells help Kula with a weekly routine to supplement his running. Finally the DBs and Kula "weigh in" for a l...

It's Tricia McAlpin in The Weight Room for episode 21!! You know Tricia from being a UCB performer and a writer on shows like Billy on the Street and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, also she and Eugene are married! The Dumbbells find out about how she grew up running track and cross country but stopped running after a major life event. Tricia also tells the guys all the fitness stuff she tried. The group talk...