Project Warman

On Episode 237 I sit down with Amy Jo Dimeglio. Amy Jo is a friend of mine from CrossFit Roots and someone who I think is absolutely hilarious.

Amy Jo is from New Jersey and after high school, she jumped right into the workforce and ended up working for a small family-owned supermarket in the seafood department for 17 years. After realizing that there were no growth opportunities where she was she decided to join an emerging company called Whole Foods in 2002. Amy Jo started at ground level and worked her way up to hold many different positions within the company. She is very proud of the work that she does at Whole Foods and was part of a team that put together industry-leading standards for the company in seafood.

On this episode, we also talk about how she found CrossFit, some funny stories from her early days at CrossFit Roots, and now competing at a high level as a Masters Athlete.

Thank you all for listening and I hope that you enjoy the show!!

My guest today is Taylor Nelson. Taylor is a friend of mine from CrossFit Roots and someone that I got to know a little bit better through this conversation.

On this episode, we talk about his time swimming in college, becoming a swim coach, working at Twitter, conspiracy theories and censorship on social media, CrossFit, and a whole lot more!

Thank you all for listening and I hope that you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

My guest today is Sarah Brittain. Sarah is a friend of mine from CrossFit Roots and someone who I didn’t know a whole lot about going into this, but whom I really enjoyed talking to and learning more about today.

On this episode, we talk about her journey from engineering to speech pathology to finance back to speech pathology, and then into real estate. We talk about a year-long break that she took in her 20s and how that year helped shape the rest of her life to this date in terms of living out her values and the life that she wants to live.

We break down the human mind and how complex and capable it is and also talk about the importance of taking risks in order to live the life that you want to live and be the person that you want to be.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Sarah and I hope that you all do as well!

Thank you for listening!!

On Episode 234 I sit down with Lindsay MacDonald. Lindsay grew up in Boston and played Ice Hockey growing up through high school and then got into Rugby in college.

In college, Lindsay majored in Psychology and Political Science. During this time she also started coaching CrossFit and got a job scooping ice cream which she describes as one of her favorite jobs ever.

On this episode, we talk about Lindsay’s coaching journey and her evolution from basically writing a workout on the whiteboard and shooting the shit for an hour to the incredible coach that she is today. We talk about challenges that she’s had to overcome throughout her coaching journey, when and how she decided that she wanted to make coaching a long-term thing, and her constant desire to continuously get better.

We also had a cool conversation surrounding toughness. We talk about society’s false perception of what toughness is, what toughness actually means, and what a real-life “tough person” actually looks like.

Every time that I talk to Lindsay I walk away having learned something new and this conversation was no different. Lindsay has a desire to learn and grow and a knack for discussion/debate that is very similar to my own and which always leads to some great conversations and discussions.

I hope that you all enjoy this conversation and that you’re able to learn as much from Lindsay as I did.

Thank you for listening and enjoy the show!

On Episode 233 I sit down with Blakley Graham to discuss, well, me. On this episode, Blakely asks me questions about a wide range of topics and tries to get me to dig a little bit deeper with some of my answers. We talk a lot about this podcast and the impact that it has had on me, episodes that have stood out over the years, and lessons that I have learned from guests and how I've turned around and applied them to my own life.

Blakley asks me questions about previous episodes, guests, and even pulls out a few direct quotes so that we can talk about the changing of thoughts and opinions and how it is okay for beliefs to change over time.

This conversation was a ton of fun and it provides a little glimpse into some of the conversations that Blakley and I have on an almost daily basis.

Thank you all for listening and I hope you enjoy the show!

On Episode 232 I sit down with Dr. Angelo DiLullo. Angelo is a practicing anesthesiologist and author of the book, "Awake: It's Your Turn". I was connected to Angelo through our mutual friend Kevin Brockman after a conversation that he and I had a couple of months ago where we started to dive into different topics surrounding religion, philosophy, and overall ideas about the world.

Today, Angelo and I talk about this idea of awakening and what it means to be fully awake. The idea of waking up from this slumber that we're in and being able to have a totally different sense of self and the way that we see the world.

It is totally normal for all of this to be a little bit confusing and for your head to start spinning as you listen to what we are talking about. That's okay. This episode is titled Part 1 because Angelo and I are just beginning to scratch the surface of all of this and what it means. So with that, listen to this information, take some time to absorb it, and then figure out what you want to do with it.

This was a really cool conversation and I hope that you all enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

Thank you for listening and enjoy the show!!

On Episode 231 I sit down with Nick Ralston to discuss, well, me. On this episode, Nick asks me questions about endurance/longer-type events from the past and ones that I have planned for the future. We take a deep dive into experiences had, lessons learned, motivations, and potential benefits that come from putting yourself through events like this and a whole lot more.

For a long time, I have been a big believer in doing longer events in order to learn about/improve yourself. Like other things that I see as valuable for self-improvement, endurance-type events are one vehicle, not an end all be all to help solve the world's problems. With that being said, I believe that when done right, they have the ability to inspire some real change within yourself and the world around you.

Don't believe me? Well, I can only take you so far in what I have to say. At some point, you're going to have to find out for yourself.

Thank you all for listening and I hope that you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

On Episode 230 I sit down with Eric Christensen. Eric is the owner of CrossFit Roots along with Nicole and is someone that I find to be hilarious and interesting.

On today's episode, we talk about Eric's early days of wrestling, his story about getting into a fight, going to school for Forestry and what he did there, finding CrossFit, meeting Nicole, starting CrossFit Roots, and the journey that they have been on with that ever since 2009. We also talk about how much he values and loves being a Dad.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Eric and I hope that you all enjoy it as much as I did!

On Episode 229 I sit down with Lindsay Andrew. I met Lindsay last year when she came out to Colorado for a Diesel Day.

Lindsay first found CrossFit in 2008. She co-owned multiple CrossFit gyms in Las Vegas and also competed on a team at Regionals for 6 years. In 2013, she became a member of the CrossFit Seminar Staff.

On this episode, we talk about her journey into finding CrossFit, coaching, working on Seminar Staff, and her Diesel Day experience from last year.

Thank you all for listening and I hope that you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

On Episode 228 I sit down with Drake Smith. Drake is a friend of mine from CrossFit Roots, the husband of Amy Smith(who was featured on Episode 209), and someone who I really enjoy talking to because of the interesting conversations that we have.

Drake grew up in Kansas and started playing competitive golf at a young age. He went on to play in college and later helped start a Golf school for kids in Mexico. Drake has had some interesting jobs throughout his life and, most recently, taught himself how to code and is now a day trader.

On this episode, we talk about all of this and a whole lot more. Thank you all for listening and I hope that you enjoy the show!