The Unbroken Podcast

We are back!!! After some time off, we are back to bring you all the info to live your life UNBROKEN!! In our first episode back, we are excited to introduce our new co-host Melissa Shrimplin aka Shrimp. We talk about her journey, mindset, vulnerability, coaching, and much more!!  Check out this episode to learn more about our new co-host and hear about what is coming!! @mshrimplin16 @relentless._...

Chris and James are talking about how to conquer the One Punch Man Challenge, cutting carbs, and the poisonous cycle of reward and punishment. They discover how consistency is key, and they once again talk about some pretty random things. Owls' eyeballs and how to "Simba" someone? What the heck? #punchtheunbrokenman

In a previous weight loss episode, James and Chris discussed the limitation Chris has in portion size. He has no luxury of eating mega amounts of food to satisfy his appetite. So, they posed a question. If we only had six bites of food as a meal, what would we choose to eat? To answer their question, in this episode, they both planned a meal, one bite of an appetizer, one bite of an entree, and on...

Shocked when his doctor told him he weighed 445 pounds, Jason Wells knew he needed to change something. At first, his changes were small and vague, but he eventually developed his diet with the help of health and fitness expert John Gorman. Jason has struggled with gout, diet guilt, and embarrassing situations as an obese man, even loose skin stigmas after his almost 200-pound weight loss. Jason i...

What do butterfly feet, turtle tears, One Punch Man, and New Year's resolutions have in common? Almost nothing! But, each of those topics and other random pop culture icons are discussed in this episode for your entertaining pleasure! In all seriousness though, Chris and James talk about achieving goals (by using a few essential tools) based on their own personal experiences. Each has had their sh...

James and I are back at it.  Talking about recognizing when you are weak and about to cheat on a diet.  Also, talk about self-love and what that means to us.  Is it okay to be okay with being unhealthy. James talks about our ability to love ourselves.  We also tease our "One Punch Man" challenge for the new year. 

It has been over a year...  And we needed to give an update on where we are at with our weight loss.  So James and I sat down and give an update.  We also talk about some Star Wars.  I've had weight loss surgery in July and am down 125 since the recording of this episode. Glad to be on the podcast train again.  I hope you enjoy it! 

Active military service. A tour in Afghanistan. Weightlifting. CrossFit. Weight loss. Rugby. Husband. Father. This is just a sample of what  Tycus McCoy  has experienced in his life, and he still lives day-to-day fearlessly taking on challenges and trying new things. And when he does, he goes all in. He would encourage you to do the same!

Episode 5-0!!! Dustin came on the show to shared his story of weight loss and setting his mind to reach a goal and doing whatever it takes to get to it.  We talk about how he started doing Jiu Jitsu, to becoming a cop, to finding a coach that helped him lose weight to also become a K9 Officer, to finding Crossfit and then being one of the K9 officers on Live PD for Greene County. Awesome interview...

Josh Keatts and Jon Reed come and hangout and we talk fitness, BBQ, and everything else in between.  What started out as a chance for us to work out every Monday together turned into a lot more as our friendship grew.  Enjoy this episode of the podcast.  

This power house of a 14 year old is such an amazing person. It was fun to sit down and talk to her about her perspective of weightlifting and how it doesn't make you bulky.  How she balances her training with being a teenager. Oh and she has two state and one national record in powerlifting.

If you look up the definition of true grit in the dictionary, there is a good chance you will see a picture of Cheyann. Do not tell her she can't do something, because she will prove you wrong.   Her whole life she has been shaming the haters and working her butt off to be one of the best in martial arts. Getting into the US Naval Academy and then becoming a marine. One of my favorite interviews t...

Nicole is OG Crossfit.  She has been involved with it for over 12 years. She had the opportunity to write updates for the CrossFit games page and live tweet during regionals.  She is a lot of fun and is an open book.  Went from struggling with weight to prepping for stage for a bikini contest. 

Mike Lewis has an awesome story of his struggle to lose over 250 pounds.  I have known him a few months after he started coming to CrossFit Republic and he has been inspiring and motivating others with is story of weight loss. 

So good to have Laura on the podcast.  She is the Executive Director of CASA of Southwest Missouri. We talked about CASA and what it is doing for kinds in Foster Care in Southwest Missouri.  The Fitness community has really rallied behind CASA to do things like do the Go Blue Community WOD or the Lift Up A Child competition.  Please go check out CASA of Southwest Missouri facebook page to help the...

Back and Bigger Than Ever Chris and James are back and getting back on track.  We go over what we plan on doing with getting on track and getting this weight off. 

Another episode of the Weight Loss Edition.  

James and Chris talking about weight loss. This episode was supposed to be released a month ago, but got hung up with my hosting service.  Got it fixed.  Enjoy!

So good to have the Wistrom's on the podcast. Melissa and I have been facebook friends for a long time, we met at a CrossFit competition and got into a good conversation about mindset and we have been friends ever since.  Melissa has been to the CrossFit games on a team and as an individual masters athlete. She is an awesome athlete and such a nice person.  Grant has played in the NFL for 9 season...

Goals for 2019: 1 Get back the lean, athletic body I had before the accident. 2. Stop calling getting fat and out of shape "the accident."  We discuss this and Giraffe's

Talking about the struggle with trying to stay on plan and be motivated to work through the hard times of the weight loss process.  Chris is not doing that great and talks about how he has quit in the past. 

We talk about setting a firm foundation for weight loss, sometimes we get caught up in the macros or supplements before we really figure out how our focus should first start with sustainability and adherence.   We also talk about how Ron Perlman will always be Hellboy

4th episode of our weight loss series with James.  How important is drinking water and sleeping?  We discuss the importance getting enough sleep and water when trying to shed the pounds. 

First full episode of the Unbroken Podcast in a few years.  So glad it was Kevin Inmon.  We talk about Crossfit and the community. We talk about where he was in his life. Marriage all but over and how drinking, fighting and partying ruled his life. We talk about his rock bottom and how he turned his life around with the help of his family and his new found faith.  Kevin in now a pastor of a church...

We invited our wives onto the episode. Wifeisode!  It was a pretty transparent discussion of weight loss and how loved ones are involved. Talk about fanny packs and how many NA NA NA NA's are in the old Batman theme song.