This episode of When The Going Get’s Tough is brought to you by blood, sweat and determination. Adam discusses the details of Sean’s weightlifting program he has to follow for 90 days, and if he succeeds, Adam will train for a marathon with Sean for the late summer/fall. 

Attached here is the document outlining Adam’s program for Sean if anyone is looking for a simple training plan that can easily fit into a busy schedule, while hitting all the important foundation.

Training Program

If you have any questions feel free to reach out via email to [email protected]

Thanks for listening and stay tough out there. 

-A&S

Adam and Sean reconnect for a much needed reflection on the 2024 season, discuss how their goals and expectations for last year held up to reality, and look ahead to the 2025. 

We would like to thank everyone who supported us with their listenership this year. This year we took some big leaps forward and a few steps back, as is the natural rhythm of life. Overall we are really happy and proud to continue this endeavor as we seek to bring you more conversations, more guests, and more ideas about living a life that isn’t easy, but is worth living. 

❤️

A&S

Sean and Lee Jarvis sit down to debrief Sean’s performance at the Hellgate 100k this past weekend. The fellas sat down just one day post race to discuss what went well, how the training worked and what might have been done differently. 

Sean placed 5th at this years Hellgate with an official time of 11:31:55, a small PR over his time from 2022. 

What is more remarkable is that Sean spent less than 50 miles of his training block on single track trails, and with Coaching from Lee, was able to create a non-specific training block that gave him the fitness necessary to finish a mountain 100k while living in the midwest. 

Sean would like to give a special thanks to Lee and Lee Jarvis for opening up their home to him the week of Hellgate, and for Lee’s expert coaching skills without which Sean would neither have entered or finished Hellgate this year. 

Find Lee’s website here:

http://leejarviscoaching.com

For details about coaching services! He’s still taking on athletes to reach out before it’s too late 😉!

Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas you mothertoughers!

Best, 

Adam and Sean 

On this weeks episode Sean Cate and special guest Alvah Ferguson breakdown Sean’s unorthodox training block for the upcoming Hellgate 100k. Additionally the fellas announce their upcoming new podcast exclusively dedicated to Trail and Ultra Running news, Trail Talk. 

The second half of the podcast covers Sean and Alvah’s most notable performances in ultra running for the 2024 year. 

Thanks for listening and being apart of the tough fam. 

-A&S

On today's episode the boys get real about how they approach Holiday season and cold winter days in terms of training and eating.

Most people experience weight gain and a significant decrease in physical activity due to shorter days, cold weather, and abundance of holiday parties where the food might be delicious, but not necessarily nutritious. Adam and Sean give their mindset and practical tips on how to stay active and reduce overeating. If you want your January resolution to stick, your best bet is to start forming good habits today. 

Thanks for joining us for another week of WTGG🤜🤛

Winter can be tough. We know y’all are tougher. 

Love, 

-A&S

Todays episode features Fort Wayne local legend, Founder and Manager of Apex Cycling, and new friend of Sean’s Dylan Curtis. 

Dylan is extremely passionate about riding bikes, which he’s been doing since he could walk (without training wheels). The boys talk about why Sean is dead wrong about his impression of cycling culture, about various teams Dylan has raced with competitively, and how he saw a gap in the development of post-grad cyclist and took the opportunity to found his own team, Apex Cycling. Apex competes with both mens and women’s teams at a National level and Dylan is continuing to develop the team both as athletes and as community members giving back to their sport and their neighbors. 

Big shoutout to Dylan for joining us for the pod this week!

Follow Apex Cycling here. 

As always, we hope you enjoyed this weeks edition of WTGGT. When it gets hard, keep going folks. 

Love, 

-A&S

Adam and Sean chat about the various challenges of job searching and transition phases in life. If you want to see the exercise Sean was attempting to describe check it out here.

Other topics include:

-The current arc of hybrid athlete training and where we go from here.

-Maximalism versus Minimalism in fitness.

-Why we never really want to be full time influencers.

-Hobbyfluencers and day in the life style content

-Why are we still doing this podcast? 

As always, if you liked the podcast give us a follow and share with your tough friends and family. Together, we might all be able to get going farther than we imagined. 

Love,

-A&S

Whats cooking Tough Fam. Today your beloved hosts cover a myriad of topics from:

-Effective strength training can happen in 20-45min 4 days a week

-Intensity is the key to efficient training

-Why people overtrain

-Building confidence doing hard things

-Looking for challenges that stretch your comfort zone without overtraining

-Adam’s more laid back approach to training

-The difficulty of balancing intense exercise with healthy lifestyle choices

Also noted in this episode, Adam challenged Sean to commit to a weight training block in the new year. If Sean lifts 4 days a week for 4 months, Adam will run Chicago Marathon. If you're interested in the weight training plan Adam is writing for Sean, reach out to us via email at [email protected]

When the going gets tough, y’all get going.

Your beloved Hosts Adam and Sean catch up on todays episode and Sean shares reflections of how he's redefined his running/training/racing goals in a way that is more aligned with his real values. These realizations opened up conversations about honest self reflection, the things that influence our beliefs about ourselves, and what fuels our desires.

Listen to the Run Singletrack podcast which inspired Sean's recent thought's here.

As always thanks for listening to this weeks episode of When The Going Gets Tough. Thanks for being a part of the tough family, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

-A&S

Welcome to another week and yet another collab with Ben Wright's 'Between The Guidelines' podcast. This time around, Ben and Adam catch up covering Ben's new interest in martial arts, philosophical discussions on how our physical activities can help us reframe the limits our minds put on our abilities to overcome.

Thankful for Ben Wright and his time this week! Check out Between The Guidelines on Spotify and be sure to follow Ben's work.

Have a strong week you beautiful mothertoughers.

A&S