The Thane & Friends Podcast

In this episode of the Thane and Friends podcast (Episode 56), the host Thane Taylor interviews his guest, Jason, for the fourth time. They discuss Jason's recent addition to his home gym setup, a pulley system, and the various exercises and attachments it allows. Jason also shares his experience with setting up his home gym in the basement, which includes a squat rack, barbells, and various b...

In this episode of the Thane & Friends podcast (Episode 55), host Thane Taylor interviews Jeromy Bryk, who has recently opened a gym called BRYKSQUAD Barbell in North Royalton, Ohio. Jeromy shares the origin story of his gym, which started as a semi-private facility in a 1200 square foot space. He discusses his equipment selection process, emphasizing the versatility of barbells in a limited s...

In Episode 54 of the "Thane and Friends" podcast, host Thane Taylor welcomes guest Kyle Chen. The episode features an informal conversation between friends, touching on Kyle's shift from weightlifting to volleyball and running, his goal of completing a half marathon, and his involvement in a revived fitness podcast with Sam. They discuss potential podcast content strategies, AI tools...

ChatGPT Summary! In episode 53 of the Thane & Friends podcast, host Thane Taylor interviews Kieran, a software developer and CrossFit enthusiast. Kieran shares his fitness journey, how he transitioned from an office job to a healthier lifestyle during lockdown, and his passion for self-improvement. He also discusses the importance of listening to your body and the relief of receiving good heal...

Chat GPT Summary! In episode 52 of the Thane & Friends podcast, host Thane Taylor welcomes Gage, also known as Floss Boys, as his guest. The conversation covers a range of topics, including Gage's new job at Amazon, his passion for flipping items, and his on-and-off skateboarding endeavors. They also discuss content creation ideas and tools for creating shorter clips for social media. The...

In Episode 51 of the "Thane and Friends" podcast, the host, Thane Taylor, welcomes Joel (formerly known as the Wife-O-Sexual, now known as Joel Lopez) as a back-to-back guest. They discuss various topics, including Joel's efforts in marriage coaching, challenges with consistency due to family responsibilities, and the potential use of AI for content generation and organization. The c...

Joel hops on the podcast for ROUND 3! The man is maturing in front of our eyes, less shit-posting, more focused-posting. Saving relationships one marriage at a time. Yeeeeeah Buddy!

Gage AKA FlossBoys joins the show to talk about Lessons from VeeCon, what got him into the Veefriends Community, and what we're doing to reach the goals we set for ourselves.

Brian hops on the show to discuss progressing through adversity, fitness, and breath work. I've loved interacting with Brian throughout the years, criminally under-followed on Twitter. Pleasure having him as a guest.

Ben and I talk Boba! Ben is the owner of Live Healthy Be Happy Smoothie and Juice Bar in the Indianapolis area. We talk about his origin story, mindset, and even get a Varsity Blues reference in there. I always learn something from new business owners, absolutely loved having him on the show.

The Real JR Smith hops on the pod to shoot the shit about life, business, and GaiNZ! We've been twitter homies for a while so it was awesome having a real conversation for once. Enjoy

I talk about applying a new business framework to The Everyone Gym. I'm in the first few days of Donald Miller's Business Made Simple course and talking you thru my process so far. Hope this helps someone out there! lmk your thoughts.

Javier is on the pod for the first time! Jav and I connected over an options course on twitter. Made some money now making connections. Sports, WWE, great taste in music, dude is awesome. Fun having him on.

Jordan hops on the show as we discuss the importance of activity for the average adult, fostering Joy in movement, and starting professional wrestling elective classes for high schoolers. Loved having Jordan as a guest, enjoy.

Mike hops on the podcast! We dig into some gym talk, importance of being a fit dad, and taking on new challenges (half-ironman).

Nate hops on the podcast and FIRES UP your soul! we get into paralysis by analysis and the 8 pillars of masculinity. You'll be a better person for having Nate in your life. Loved this episode

Francis joins the show again to talk about his recent transition from powerlifting to bodybuilding, gives some insight into stiff-leg deadlifts vs. RDLs, discusses machine based training/some of his favorite pieces around. Always a pleasure

HAD TO get Sam's opinion on the barbell disparagement on Twitter. always fun to get my guests riled up. Barbells vs. Machines, optimal movements, and SAM gets stumped in the final 14 seconds. YOU DO NOT want to miss it

Hunter jumps on the podcast to talk about his new venture into personal training and has a VERY controversial opinion on trap bar deadlifts. ALso...Is this the origin story of "Mr. Sub-optimal"???

Eric makes his debut on the show and we talk about how successful gamers can transfer their skills into fitness. GAMERS, take care of your backs!!

Jeromy comes back to the podcast to talk about his recent bodybuilding shows, plans for the future, Mr. Olympia results, and business ventures! This man is doing great things in the industry. Excited to see what he's got in store for us.

Parker and I catch up as he's getting ready to host some friends. We talk minimalism, Indy 500, Harry Styles, and more! Always love seeing what this dude is up to. Check out his TikTok page, energy drink reviews are on point!

Jason hops on the podcast for ROUND 3! In this episode we do an impromptu Christmas Movie Snake Draft where we put our top 5 head-to-head against eachother! Check it out and let us know who won!

The spontaneous podcast sessions continue! We've got Femboy Fitness joining today to talk about what he's doing in life, what a Femboy is, and fitness pursuits.  Great to have him on the show!

Jason hops on the podcast for an impromptu episode! We talk about his aspirations to become a professional wrester. But mostly this podcast is about calling out a bluff.