Sideline Talk

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  In today's episode we had the the honor of sitting down with CrossFit analyst, Journalist for Morning Chalk Up, Podcast personality via The Sevan Podcast, and CrossFit's favorite statistician/voice of reason, Brian Friend.  Brian was in town this past weekend competing at the annual team competition in Spartanburg, SC, Crash Crescendo.  After a long weekend of competing, Brian took some time to sit down with us and talk briefly about where he was brought up, how he found CrossFit, and how his self proclaimed nerd side found him along side some of the most acclaimed faces and voices of the sport we all love, CrossFit.  We love Brian and we know after you listen to this episode ya'll will too!  You can Follow Brian on IG @brianfriendcrossfit.

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with an OG in the CrossFit world, Paul Burkert of the greater Grand Rapids/Holland, MI area.  Paul is the owner of CrossFit affiliate, CrossFit Lake Effect.  In this episode we learned more about Paul's background, how he found CrossFit, and how his vision for CrossFit turned into a flourishing Affiliate before owning an Affiliate was a cool thing to do.  He has traveled around the world and has dropped into over 170 different affiliates, bringing in some awesome knowledge on how to appropriately run a successful CrossFit business.  There have been several various games athletes that started their CrossFit aspirations at CrossFit Lake Effect such as: Anthony Davis, Danielle Dunlap; and of course yours truly, your hosts David and Zach!  We love Paul and we know after you listen to this episode ya'll will too!  You can Follow Paul on IG at, @burk556 and @cflakeeffect

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting back down with CrossFit Athlete, Wife, Mother, and Nutrition Coach Danielle Dunlap.  We had a super great time catching up with her talking all things family, friends, fitness, and business.  This is a fun, light hearted episode between 3 old friends from Michigan who now all live in the Carolinas - We love Danielle and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can Follow Danielle on IG, @jackeddanielles

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  In today's episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with CrossFit Games Athlete, Scott Tetlow.  Scott is active in the United States Military, is married, is a father, and continues to be a perennial elite athlete in the CrossFit space.  We learned a bunch about Scotts upbringing, how he found CrossFit, and what drives him to stay competitive in the fitness space.  We talk a lot about his training with Nick Uranker as his coach, and how nutrition has played a huge part in his most recent success.  Scott is a super cool dude and we love him, and after ya'll listen to this episode we know ya'll will too!  You can Follow Scott on IG @cfstetlow.

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  In today's episode we had the pleasure of sitting back down with Jenn Green; co-owner of CrossFit Greer, Co-owner of Local Comp, and CrossFit Affiliate rep for North and South Carolinas.  We had a blast talking about life, CrossFit, and hobbies.  Jenn's spirit shines bright as always and we love her and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can Follow Jenn on IG at the following handles: @green_jenn, @localcomp, @fittestofsc, @crossfitgreer

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with CrossFit coaches and programmers, Justin Bell and Andy Wilson.  Some notable athletes they coach and program for in the upstate region are: Alison Stall, Lindsey Lane, Amy Fryt, Kara Petruzelli, Evelyn Ballew, and Chris Buol, just to name a few.  This episode really needs very little introduction, we hope ya'll enjoy the 2 hours and 40 minutes of pure bromancing and overdosing on Athletic Brews!  We love Justin and Andy and after listening to this episode ya'll will too!

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with local Greenville, SC Business owner, CrossFit Athlete, and Greenville County Council Candidate, Joey Russo.  We had a such a great time learning more about who Joey is, how he was brought up, and how his experiences in school, sports, and working the streets as a Sheriff deputy, prepared him to take the reins of his family's 3rd generation business and gave him the tools required to become an exceptional Public Service official candidate via Greenville County Council. Joey is passionate about 5 things as made evident in this episode: His Savior Jesus Christ, his family, his business, his fitness, and the County of Greenville, SC.  We had a blast recording this episode!  We love Joey and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can Follow Joey on IG at @russo_joseph and @votejoeyrusso.  His campaign website is www.votejoeyrusso.com.  You can donate to Joey's campaign via the following link: 

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Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the honor of sitting down with Shanna Medeiros, the mother of 2021 Fittest Man on Earth, Justin Medeiros.   We dive deep into her background growing up, into how her experiences shaped her into the woman, wife and mother she is today.  We talk a lot about success and Life Lessons (not failures) and how you can't have one without the other in athletics and life in general.   We talk in depth about being The Fittest Man on Earth's mother, and her philosophy regarding raising children, and motivating them to be the best version of themselves in every facet of life.  We talked about a near fatal injury that occurred a few years ago involving her husband and how her family rallied together during that time; a very powerful story. It was really cool to get a mother's perspective of raising a son who has become a well known professional athlete in the CrossFit space.  We love Mrs. Medeiros, and we know after ya'll listen to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Mrs. Medeiros on IG at @shanna-medeiros.

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with Army Warrior CrossFit athlete, Jacob Pfaff.  Jacob Pfaff has a unique story regarding his fitness journey, and how CrossFit has quite literally turned into a career for him within the United States Army.  Jacob has made a name for himself in the CrossFit space, competing in several different regional and semi-final competitions via team and individual.  He has competed in several notable off-season events such as Wodapalooza and our favorite, Crash Crucible.  We had a blast learning more about Jacob, personally in this episode!  We love Jacob, and we know after ya'll listen to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Jacob on IG at @pf4ff_g

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with up and coming CrossFit athlete, Matt Poulin.  Matt Poulin started training CrossFit in 2018, after finishing a D1 college baseball career.  Within the short amount of time that he has been doing CrossFit, he has already made a semi-final in 2021 via the West Coast Classic, and was invited to and participated in 2022 Wodapalooza Elite Individual Division.  He is on the watch list for potential up and coming superstar in the CrossFit space.  We had a blast learning more about Matt, personally in this episode!  We love Matt, and we know after ya'll listen to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Matt on IG at @mattpoulin13