The Long & Thick Podcast

Adam Wright is the owner of GYM5 in Nashville Tennessee. Not only does this episode mark the first ever in person interview for The Long & Thick Podcast, more importantly it captures the story of the man who built, rebuilt, and has continued to operate a legendary health club facility and marks it’s 20th year of business.  This conversation dives into the background and history of Adam and the...

This week, Daniel and I turn the mic on ourselves. If you're newer to the show, this is a good place to catch up on how we got here — we walk through the same questions we ask every guest who sits down with us: our history with sports and physical fitness, when and where it started, what it actually looked like, and how our relationship with fitness has changed (a lot) since then. From there we wi...

You Don't Need a "Travel Protocol" - You Need This How to travel and not completely disregard your program and goals. We had a real conversation about one of the most underrated challenges in fitness. What do you do when your routine doesn't travel with you? Not from a perfectionist standpoint, and not with the answer being "just give up until you get home." There's a middle ground that a lot of p...

5 Tips to Defeating Your Training Plateaus Episode 67. We're officially washed. The Uncs are still here though, still recording late into the night because that's just what we do. This week we're breaking down five ways to beat a training plateau — whether you've stalled on your lifts, your cardio, or both. And the honest truth is most of these points keep circling back to one thing: you can't man...

We Played The Best Version of Would You Rather!   On this episode of The Long & Thick Podcast Daniel and Ronnie sit down and health is on the afterburner. We focus on pure entertainment via the classic game "Would You Rather". Only thing is this version is different.    In this version the person is encouraged to ask several questions about the options they are presented with. To keep it fun a...

Are We Losing the Ability to Learn? There's a question we keep dancing around in a world built on instant access and instant convenience: are we actually getting smarter, or are we just getting better at looking things up? In this episode, we explore one of the most uncomfortable realities we are currently facing. Are the tools designed to make us more capable slowly eroding the cognitive muscles...

On this episode of The Long & Thick...   Daniel and Ronnie share some life updates and fit in plenty of good laughs. We chat about everything the title suggests (coffee, tattoos, travel, photo albums, PTU sponsorship, and more!)    If you find yourself needing to be entertained with your eyes while listening to us check out the YouTube channel and be sure to leave us a comment, subscribe, etc....

On this new episode of The Long & Thick, Daniel and Ronnie discuss mentorship and 5 key factors within it. This is an important episode in particular. Mentorship is a lost art within our current western society. Few people have experienced it and most don't recognize how vital it truly is. The things we dive into on this episode are as follows:  . What is mentorship? . Humans will find mentors...

Jason Colley Returns — And He's Our First Official Sponsor 🎙️ Round two with Jason Colley, and this one is a milestone for the show. We're proud to announce Jason is the first official sponsor of The Long & Thick Podcast, and in this episode we get into the heart and soul of PTU — the philosophy, the mission, and the why behind the program — alongside the story of how this partnership came tog...

Injuries 101 - The Quick Breakdown of What Breaks You Down   On this episode of The Long & Thick Daniel and Ronnie revisit the nature of musculoskeletal injuries split across 5 different categories.    1) Injury types 2) The mental and physical damage 3) Why they happen 4) How to best prevent them 5) What effective rehab and recovery look like   If you are alive, this episode is for you! Chanc...

On this episode of The Long & Thick Podcast we answer the top 5 most currently asked questions as it pertains to health and wellness (with one exception!)    We discuss:    1. Should I be on a GLP-1 medication - and what do I do about muscle loss? 2. How do I actually build and maintain muscle as I age? 3. What does longevity actually look like in practice? 4. How do I optimize my sleep and wh...

Daniel's birthday was the spark. The conversation went way deeper than that.   This week Ronnie and Daniel get into birthdays — the personal stories, the good ones and the rough ones — and then into the bigger picture: why do men and women age so differently in the eyes of culture? Why are women pressured by a biological clock while men just… get away with not growing up?   We talk emotional matur...

On this new episode of The Long & Thick podcast we explore alternate realities...sorta   We sat down and explored what life would look like if we had each made some different choices compared to the lives we currently live. We explored some odd and hilarious impossible variants as well as some more plausible and nearly lived lives. While this is a deviation from traditional health and fitness...

Thin isn't Thriving, Big isn't Brave, Mirrors Make us Crazy   This is a heavy hitter of an episode. Buckle up friends!   On this weeks new episode, Daniel and Ronnie dive into some subjects that are almost always challenging to discuss. . Obsession with being thin . Scale fixation versus muscle & metabolic health . Body positivity as an unhealthy enabler . GLP-1's, performance enhancing drugs,...

On this episode of The Long & Thick, you will be teleported through a fantastical trip down memory road as Daniel & Ronnie: . announce the end of the podcast . recant Daniels trip to and through Argentina . touch on the difficulties of living in America currently . Pokemon (duh) . skipping rocks and why it's important AND MORE   While this episode stays in what we consider our second and e...

Building The Bigger Picture - How to build what you want in life   This week on The Long & Thick we round out the fourth and final day of our free workout program. As a reminder, listeners/viewers now have a fully fleshed out 4 day program they can start tracking and progressively overloading. Throughout the month we have shared one new day of the program and talked through the exercises and w...

12//52//365 - One ACTUAL Year   At time of recording, we actually came full circle to putting out an episode every week for a year. We have chatted about end of year ideas during episodes nearing the close of 2025, but this for us is a true large accomplishment. Most podcasts don't make it past 3 episodes let alone 20. We have blown that out of the water and it is large part due to your support! W...

Welcome back to another episode of The Long & Thick. This week we are diving into something everyone can relate to. Escapist Tendencies. What methods do we use to cope with the difficult parts of existence? What are some of the tactics we latch onto when trying to avoid? Healthy? Sometimes, but usually not.   We take turns each sharing 4 different things we have noticed within ourselves when t...

What a title...On this episode of The Long & Thick Podcast we decided to mix fun with critical thinking and it made for an interesting cocktail. We each had to come up with our top three answers to the following.   Stranded on an Island, what three exercises would you pick?    What are you top three favorite supplements?    What are your three most important values?    You'll have to listen to...

This weeks episode on The Long & Thick - we chat through what we called The 3 Piece Wonder Combo Functional Fitness Our obsession with training and increases in health anxiety The impacts of fitness on anxiety & depression (fitting, we know)   This is a shorter episode that is great to listen to on your commute, on the rower, or while getting in your daily steps! Do you feel like we missed...

On this episode of The Long & Thick Podcast... We each brought 6 unknown categories/things The other person had zero prep and had to instantly decide: Love it or Leave it. But there’s a catch. If you love it — you have to defend it. If you leave it — you have to replace it with something better and explain why. Some of the categories are fitness-related (training trends, recovery tools, etc.)....

In this episode of The Long & Thick Podcast, we decided to each share one recurring thought we keep coming back to. Both thoughts lean negative. We discuss: Why modern American life feels overwhelming How media, technology, and constant stimulation affect mental health The sense of paralysis many people feel right now Loneliness, outrage culture, and attention economics How we’re personally re...

Some episodes have an outline. Some have bullet points. This one had… none of that. We hit record with no plan, no direction, and no idea where the conversation would land — and somehow ended up touching on things that were unexpectedly meaningful alongside moments that were completely unserious. We talk life, health, random observations, half-baked ideas, moments of clarity, and loads of other th...

Everyone wants the perfect protocol. The optimal split. The magic supplement. And somehow… they’re more confused, stressed, and inconsistent than ever. In this episode of The Long & Thick Podcast, we talk about why simplicity is king — in training, nutrition, habit formation, and basically every corner of health and wellness. We break down:   5 Key Areas where you should keep things SIMPLE If...

Second round. Same rules. Zero prep. This episode is just us pulling random questions and answering them in real time — some thoughtful, some dumb, some that probably shouldn’t be answered on a podcast (but were anyway). No health advice. No frameworks. No productivity hacks. Just personality, stories, opinions, and a little chaos. If you want to know how we actually think, how we disagree, and wh...