We were so happy to be able to get a chance to sit down with Firewall's favorite Irish woman: Kyra Jones.

Kyra dives into her past to explain her upbringing.  She tell us how she started horseback riding, met her husband Henry (also a Firewall member), as well as how she started with us at Firewall.

Having been adopted at just 5 days old, Kyra was absolutely loved and spoiled her entire life by her gracious parents.  She also has an adopted brother about 2 years younger than her.  In the interview, we discover what her birthday presents from her parents were at the early ages of 6 and 7.

When Kyra reached the age of just 16 she was the European Champion in the working hunter event which consists of jumping over rustic fences, water, ditches and much much more!  She was considered a professional horseback rider under 18.

Kyra goes into how her and her husband originally met.  The story is absolutely hysterical - one you'll particularly enjoy if you know them.

There are a couple quotes she says of Henry that I think perfectly sum up their relationship:
"Talk to me when you get a life" - Henry's response to Kyra after she tells him what she's been up to since she's been back in Ireland.
"Purely physical" - Henry's response to Kyra's dad when he asked him what his intentions with his daughter were.

At the end of the session, Kyra tells us how she found Firewall and her favorite part about it!

Having grown up near Harvard Square in Belmont, MA to currently living in Holliston, MA, Julie has had quite the life!

She attributes much of her success to careful planning and strategy along the way.  In CrossFit specifically, she continuously re-evaluates her weaknesses and attacks them head on.

In 2017, Julie retired from the military.  In this interview, you will find out why she chose to stick with her maiden name, about her experience being deployed in Afghanistan, as well as how her interest of the military was initially sparked back in high school during a historical event.

Julie also enlightens us on her CrossFit journey.  In 2012, she completed her first CrossFit Open finishing in dead last in her division in the North East.  A short 6 years later, she is now in the top 10 percentile of the same division through her reoccurring life theme - strategy.

At the end, Julie tell us why she thinks everyone should give the CrossFit Open a shot even if you have very little experience with CrossFit.

We hope you enjoyed this interview as much as we did recording it!!

You are in for a treat on this interview with Paul Pandolfino also known as Pauly P!

Paul has lived an incredible life.  We get into a lot of different topics throughout the interview including his family, his passions, his career, and upbringing.  Paul is a local guy who grew up in Natick and currently resides with his wife in Holliston.  Currently, he has two sons (Nick and Vince) who are both in the Air Force - one is stationed in Texas, the other in Alaska.  His daughter (Gianna) is cared for in Groton who he and his wife visits 1-2x/week.

In the podcast, you'll discover how and why Paul fell in love with the drums at an early age, hair shortly after high school, and martial arts on his 18th birthday!

Towards the end, we talk about how he went from a traditional globo gym member to becoming a member at CrossFit Firewall.

Paul has an amazing story, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we did!

In this episode, we interview the one and only Charles Kerchner!

We run through many different parts of Charles' life all of which include his development and practice of grit that he attributes much of his humble success towards. He explains how he ended up being a "hippie" after college following the band Phish on tour for 6 months to settling down in Holliston where he both remotely and non-remotely operates a cacao field in the Dominican Republic!

Another topic we discuss is balance of life.  Charles describes how when he reflects on his life, it was most definitely out of balance and how he continues to make the changes today to try and balance the 5 most important pillars.  

Towards the end of the interview, Charles goes into why, how, and when he started at CrossFit Firewall.  He also gives a few tips for those who are consistently traveling to keep up with their fitness journey.

Thank you Charles for being on and all the insight you gave us!

In this episode, we break down some of the hoops and hurdles we had to overcome from when we were collaborating as seniors in college all the way to opening day on February 1st, 2017.  Dave also gives some insight into his internship experience at Purdue and how it molded his decision for a career path after college.

This is a quick introduction episode explaining why we are creating this podcast.  We hope you're as excited about this new form of interaction as we are!