Wake Up The Sun

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matt after long overdue multiple mutual connections trying to connect us. I met Matts mom beforehand at a dance competition for charity and she had mentioned we would get along and then came to find out my wife Chelsea had grown up with Matt so everything aligned and we made it happen. My first impression after meeting Matt was positive because his energy in...

I've known Steven since he was in middle school. He was just in town celebrating his induction into the Pinecrest Hall of Fame for his golf prowess and success in South Florida. He was a "lifer" at Pine Crest and his golf career led him to one of the most competitive Golf Universities around; The University of Texas. He became a Texas longhorn and was thrust into the highest level o...

I was introduced to Ryan through a mutual friend, super connector and former guest on this show Eric Hinman. While traveling through Denver and on his country wide tour I met Ryan through FaceTime. He has an amazing personal story of pain, suffering, suicidal thoughts at a young age. It led him into learning obedience, transforming PAIN into PURPOSE, creating a message out of his mess and jump int...

I met Jake when he was 12 or 13 years old as he was a mutual family friend here in South Florida. He was a nice kid, smart and very gifted athlete in many sports. While I heard he had excelled in life and heard through others about his sports career in high school/college, I lost track of how far he had taken his sports career until running into him at the airport. He had just left the Chicago Bea...

I was introduced to Elia through a mutual friend and another Wake up the Sun show guest Ann-Marie Saccurato.  I had the pleasure of sitting down with her 2 weeks prior to her next big fight to unpack the story behind her pursuing a career in fighting, her service as a policewoman and the opening of a gym to help others change their lives. She is all about her community and being a part of somethin...

I met Noah several years ago in Austin Texas at the HPLT fitness summit.  An awesome human that I connected with over competition, hot/cold therapy and good food. At the conclusion of the weekend we stayed in touch and when he visited South Florida for a business conference we had the chance to sweat and chat a bit more. His story is born of creative calling and when his day to day law office grin...

I met Dr Stanger years ago at a charity event hosted by his daughter Montana, another previous guest on this show. Every time I would run into the Doc, he was always so kind, asked questions about the business and be incredibly supportive. I had no idea the kind of story he had and the amount he had to overcome to get where he is today. He is truly a remarkable man that has overcome odds most woul...

I first met Berkley when she took my class at Slash years ago in Delray Beach.  She was very kind and always had great energy which translated into her passion for law and helping businesses achieve success.  Social media provides an insight to the day to day and she has a great account that provides humor and direct information on how to protect your business and how to do it right. I was so pump...

So pumped to have Amanda return to our show after 3 years. She has been up to a lot since we last had her on the show. Her business idea of the ultimate concierge recovery provider has flourished! It is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds hiring more staff to accommodate the growing need for serving the South Florida community and beyond. She has personally experienced some difficult times whic...

I met Jared freshmen year at Gettysburg College.  Both fans of debauchery and pushing the limit we hit it off and became fraternity brothers. College was an absolute blast as far as I can remember with many fun parties, trips, events and memories. Junior year, Jared had to do a project for one of his classes and it involved a local adhesive business. He stuck with it and upon graduation of college...

I got connected to Ryan through mutual friends and learned about his upcoming challenge to run/bike from Manhattan to Syracuse and back! The distance is 300 miles out and 300 miles back!!!!!! I was blown away by the challenge and asked FROPRO to be a part of the team he was building to help him  complete it.  As the months progressed he was down here visiting family and training and came by the st...

I met Chris at the Miami WODapooza Fitness event that kicked off the year for Crossfit. One of my favorite things is checking out vendor village and came across his booth. He had some awesome tee shirts, swag and purchasable items. We started chatting and he was telling me about the start of his company that revolved around him getting sober and I was intrigued. He hosts workshops and events for s...

I met Justin at a fitness summit in October 2021 in Austin Texas. We both attended HPLT which brought together people from all over the country to connect, workout, learn from industry professionals and raise each other up over the course of the weekend. Justin and I immediately hit it off with similar thought processes and approaches to life, training and overall work ethic. We stayed in touch an...

I had the privilege of meeting Corey for the first time when I asked her to come on the Wake up the Sun show. She is a force of nature in the yoga community as well as the event space in Delray Beach. Through social media I've observed her taking a small market concept an blowing it up over the last couple months to include local vendors, fitness professionals, teachers, athletes among many o...

I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Alyssa Shapper, Digital Marketing Director at Banyan Treatment Center here in South Florida. They dropped in at FROPRO HQ to record their podcast and I jumped in to record as well.  We spoke about sobriety and goal setting in early sobriety and what makes something realistic or unrealistic when setting such goals. We focused on mental health and why...

The health, wellness and fitness world is filled with some amazing people and I had the opportunity to sit down with Giovanni and get to know a bit more about his story.  He has a passion for helping others, treating everyone he works with like family and how we would want to be treated and honors time being our most precious commodity. He is an educator, trainer, coach, father, family man among m...

I get to meet so many awesome people since moving down here to South Florida and one of the most impressive is Curtis Cathcart. I met Curtis as he was starting over in life and he had this super motivating out look and attitude regarding life. What stood out of the most was I heard him share that he was starting his own business and had this passion and fire behind the statement that is quite rare...

The first time I ever saw Blessing was on social media in a prank gone wrong. He was on muscle beach and trying to wash his hair and someone kept adding shampoo and he kept getting angrier and angrier. He's had so many more amazingly awesome internet viral videos that I've watched but I had the opportunity to sit down with him and learn more about his story and rise to the top of the bod...

I met Carly several years ago when she opened the first SEED location off Palmetto. We were standing at a fitness event passing out coffee and snack bars to the clients. She was awesome enough to allow me to carry FROPRO in her location and share with the local community. Since that time the SEED has expanded to 3 locations with more planned to open by the end of 2023. Carly's sister Cassie h...

I met Amber at the Creative Mornings breakfast event earlier in the year and we recently reconnected when an event was held in her business, The Flamingo House. The Flaming House is a beautifully designed co-working and event space in Downtown Boca Raton off federal and 4th. Upon walking in I was greeted. by her and felt right at home. I was given a tour and felt the energy and passion that she pu...

I connected with John Jr through multiple friends and family after he moved down here. We played some golf, attended some events and when he started his business I was able to work with him and support his local business. One thing I love is getting to know the why behind someones story. In Johns story, he left a multigenerational family business to begin something new down in South Florida. He mo...

I met & connected with JP through social media and multiple friends. He bought 3Natives awhile back from a friend of mine and decided that the food and restaurant business was his end all goal. He spent some time working a 9-5 and never felt fulfilled feeing awful and watching "miserable" looking people come in and out of the bank he worked for.  JP is a people person and as a local...

David Welliver aka DJ or coach is no stranger to the fitness world. He has trained all disciplines, comes from a sports background, been mentored by some of the greats and his main purpose is to help those seeking to improve their overall health and lifestyle in a group setting. It started when he manifested on a small whiteboard at his moms house..........he wrote down LIVWELL fitness - a one sto...

I was fortunate to have met Austin, Joe and Andy at a pivotal point in my life and without question they gave me an opportunity to join their newly opened gym concept in 2012, Slash Fitness.  At the time, it was a one of a kind group fitness that focused on different levels of programming alternating throughout the year. It catered to all levels of fitness and provided a welcoming and fun atmosphe...

Ma' wife is a badass and has always been, this past weekend we sat down and spoke about the accidental entrepreneurship journey that we found ourselves on with the creation and growth of FROPRO snack bars. We spoke about the beginning, highs/lows, successes and failures. Chelsea spoke about her journey in embracing the responsibility of the CEO position. One of the most awesome decisions she...