Wex Appeal - Barbells, Beats & Buffoonery

Joshy G is known in many circles from CrossFit to the WWE. He has been one of the floor announcers for the CrossFit Games. If you were at the Games he was on the mic with Kiki Dickson giving you all the action on the floor. He is also co-owner of Deadboys Fitness with Colby Lopez (aka WWE Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins). They are bridging the gap between fans of WWE and CrossFit and enc...

Hunter McIntyre returns to the show. We talk about what he has been up to since he was last on the show and how he keeps himself busy in an out of the gym. Not only is he the HYROX World Champ and current record holder but also holds the record for Murph. Outside of the gym he has started a new competition called Battle Bunker, a supplement company called BLDR and his training program HAOS (Hunter...

Amy Bream is a 3x CrossFit Games Athlete in the adaptive division. She is also a Nike Sponsored athlete and trains out of the PRVN camp in East Nashville. I got to sit down with Amy on Saturday in Vendor Village of the CrossFit Games and we talked about the challenges of fair play in the adaptive division, how she unwinds to Harry Potter and what it felt like to go viral from her 2021 performance...

John-Edward Heath is a Paralympic Hopeful and advocate for the adaptive athletes in Functional Fitness. With his trusty Corgi named Lord Voldemort by his side he is fighting to make sure that the voice of the adaptive athlete is seen in all sports, but more specifically the sport of CrossFit. We have a very candid conversation about the things CrossFit is doing right as well as the things they are...

Rob Kearney is pound for pound the World's Strongest. He is also the Head Coach for HWPO Strong training program. We sat down LIVE at the CrossFit Games to talk about how he became part of the HWPO Family and how he is also able to continue his training to become World's Strongest Man. You can follow Rob on IG (@worlds_strongest_gay) and HWPO Training (@hwpotraining) Follow our new sponsor...

Rory McKernan is one of the original OG's of CrossFit Media. We are LIVE in Madison, WI at the 2023 NoBull CrossFit Games and sit down in the Mayhem Lounge to chat about all things Mayhem and his journey that brought him into CrossFit, through cancer and ultimately to joining the Mayhem Family. Check out what they have going on this week.

Aimee Anaya Everett joins us for the third installment of the HWPO takeover. She is the Head Coach for the HWPO LIFT Program as well as the Weightlifting Coach for the HWPO Elite Athletes that are competing in Madison at The CrossFit Games. We talk about how she originally wanted to be an FBI Profiler but instead became one of the most well known names in Olympic Weightlifting. She also talks abou...

Jake Marconi is the Director of Coaching for HWPO Training. We sit down to talk about his role with the athletes as well as programming for the HWPO Online Training Program. He talks about his sports background and how Sammy told him that the staff is not allowed to get HWPO tattoos at The Games. You can follow Jake Marconi on IG (@jakemarconi) and HWPO Training (@hwpotraining) Follow our new spon...

Matt O'Keefe is the CEO of HWPO Training. He was formerly the director of Loud N Live and in charge of running Wodapalooza before leaving to help launch HWPO Training with his long time friend Mat Fraser the 5x Fittest Man on Earth. Known as Chief Keefe, he comes to the podcast to talk about the upcoming season, what's on the horizon for HWPO and how excited he is HWPO Training to be a partner at...

Dave Lipson is a former Professional Baseball player who is best known as the Founder and Creator of THUNDRBRO. He is married to the 2014 Fittest Woman on Earth Camille Leblanc-Bazinet and together they have become the power couple of fitness. They have both competed in CrossFit and Professional Bodybuilding. Dave is bringing his bigger than life personality to the episode and we talk about his jo...

Julian Marquez is a 2x Emmy Award Winner and sits down with Wex to talk about his time with the NFL where he won those awards for his work with the Oakland Raiders. We also talk about before he was a part of the "Butter Gang" with the Buttery Bros he was a Former CrossFit Games Athlete. Follow Wex Appeal on Instagram, FaceBook, YouTube & TikTok @wexappealpodcast Shop ⁠Blackout Barbell⁠ and use the...

Dwight Upshaw is the Head of Affiliate Programming and one of the Head Coaches for PRVN Fitness. He sits down to talk with Wex about working with the Elite Athletes leading up to Madison for the CrossFit Games as well as partnering with Girls Gone RX and Compete for a Cure. Follow Wex Appeal on Instagram, FaceBook, YouTube & TikTok @wexappealpodcast Shop Blackout Barbell and use the code "BLKOUT"...

Norman Woodring is a multi year CrossFit SemiFinal/Regional Competitor and a veteran in the sport. He trains with JumpShip Training and made the announcement that this will be his final year attempting to qualify for the CrossFit Games. He has turned his competitive sights towards the Hyrox Challenge and made a splash in announcing that not only will he be competing in Hyrox this year but will als...

Chase Ingraham and Adrian Conway join the show to talk about the late night calls that led to the CrossFit Games Podcast Live Stream for Day 2 & 3. We also go over some of the top performances and our thoughts on "Who is CK Guy?" We also talk about what it takes to make something like this work. Huge thanks to Brian Friend and Mike Halpin as well for their efforts to get great footage from the flo...

Justin Cotler is more than just the lead dog over at Underdog Athletics. He is a man of many talents. We talk about the upcoming CrossFit SemiFinals and how deep Underdog is rolling in all the different regions. We dig in on expectations for my former coach and current Europe SemiFinalist Bronislaw Olenkowicz. He will be making a huge splash attempting to get back to the Games in Madison. On top o...

Jason Ray is definitely someone to look for this year in Orlando at the CrossFit Games SemiFinals for North America East. He will be competing for the first time in SemiFinals after barely missing the cut last year. Jason is also a husband and father of 2 boys as well as the new owner of CrossFit Valdosta in Georgia. As someone who loves to hunt, fish and CrossFit he said his wife calls him the "G...

Adam Von Rothfelder is a whole different energy! Which is definitely what you need if you are the CEO of a Coffee Company. Strong Coffee Company is a coffee company that prides itself on giving you quality product to not just start your day but to enhance your health at the same time. Adam is setting out to revolutionize the Coffee landscape one cup at a time. If he looks familiar to you he has al...

This week Wex sits down with Evan Holyfield. He is the son of the Hall of Fame Boxing Legend Evander Holyfield and he has made his own name in Professional Boxing. Evan started boxing at a young age and he talks about what it was like growing up and forging his own path. He also talks about how different this last win in the ring was after suffering his first loss. He has a 10-1 Pro Boxing Record...

Marston Sawyers is a content creator and entrepreneur that is one half of the creative team called "The Buttery Bros." Marston, alongside Heber Cannon (Episode 26), travel the globe chronicling their adventures with numerous people in the Fitness space. They created a sort of cult following in CrossFit after they were let go from CrossFit with the rest of the media department in 2018. That led the...

On this episode, Wex sits down with Kekoa Mana "The Hawaiian Warrior". He has been wrestling since first falling in love with it at the age of 17 years. He talks about how he got into Professional Wrestling, his sports background and how becoming a father changed everything. This is a great peak behind the curtain of wrestling and Kekoa is bringing over 17 years of knowledge to the next generation...

Rebecca Fuselier previously competed in the Teen Division at the CrossFit Games and make her rookie Elite debut in 2022. She became a community icon after The Capital event where the entire crowd rallied around her on the steps to cheer her to the finish. From that moment people came to find out her personality is just as big as her heart. Her Instagram is a hilarious mix of CrossFit instructional...

Dylan Malitsky has been involved with Wodapalooza since its inception. He joins the show to talk about his first year of being the man in charge as Director of TYR Wodapalooza 2023. Dylan opens up about both the key wins from this year but also the obstacles that came up and how addressing those opportunities head on will make the 2024 installment bigger and better. We also talk about the future o...

Huge thanks to the team at The Jedburgh Podcast as this episode was thought to be lost but they had an unknown recorder still rolling. Tyler Christophel & Sam Cournoyer are 2/3 of the Mayhem Team with Rich Froning for the Elite Men's Team Division at WZA. Unfortunately they had to withdraw on Saturday due to an injury but we had a great time talking about competition and how they are looking forwa...

Lindsey Marcelli is the Founder of the Non-Profit Organization called Compete for a Cure with a mission to fund breast cancer survivors' wellness within local communities and provide breast health education for coaches and trainers.  They seek to empower the survivor, the gym owner, the event planner, and the business owner so that the survivor can be a part of a community that revolves around phy...

Mat Fraser & Matt O'Keefe are the driving force behind HWPO. Mat Fraser is the 5x Fittest Man on Earth and since retiring from competition has gone on to start some very successful business ventures like Podium and HWPO Training. Matt O'Keefe is a staple in sports management and has been working with Mat as his manager. Since departing from Live N Loud last year O'Keefe has taken over the reigns t...