Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with Hans Molenkamp; the man responsible for bringing large sponsorship deals such as Monster Energy and CBDMD to the CrossFit space. Hans is an entrepreneur to his core, owning several businesses including Triumph United, and is responsible for a marketing group signing MMA/UFC, Action Sport, and CrossFit athletes to major sponsorship deals.   We dive deep into his background growing up into how his experiences shaped him into the man, athlete, and businessman he is today.  We talk a lot about success and failures and how you can't have one without the other in athletics, business, and life in general.   We talk in depth about Hans philosophy regarding fitness and business, and how he has molded his ideas into several different brands in and outside the fitness/fighting/action sports space.  Hans is a super good dude and we love him, and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Hans on IG @hansmolenkamp, @crimsontactical, @triumphunited, @cbdmd.usa, @monsterenergy, and at @microtechkinvesofficial

Shout out to JR and CrossFit Crash for helping David co-host this episode @crossfitcrash

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we got to sit back down with CrossFit SVL affiliate co-owner and Fittest of SC co-owner, Gordon Lake.  We had a great time recapping Fittest of the Upstate 2021, looking forward toward the CrossFit Open and Fittest of SC, and discussing which male and female athletes in the local upstate region we think are going to have standout years.  Always a good time catching up with our dude Gordon, we hope ya'll enjoy!

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with CrossFit Athlete, Coach, and Entrepreneur, Nick Urankar.  Nick has been a Perennial CrossFit regionals/games athlete in both Elite and Masters divisions, dating back to 2011 through 2019.   We dive deep into his background growing up into how his experiences shaped him into the man, athlete, coach, and businessman he is today.  We talk a lot about success and failures and how you can't have one without the other in athletics, business, and life in general.   We talk in depth about Nick's philosophy regarding fitness and training, and how he has molded his ideas into a Brand and online programs called the Zeus Method and Swole Program.  Nick is a super good dude and we love him, and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Nick on IG @nickurankar, @zeusmethod, @swoleprogram, and @061fit.

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with CrossFit Athlete, University of South Carolina Women's Soccer Alumnus, Entrepreneur, and all around local fan favorite, Lindsey Lane!  We also had the honor of having Jen Schult back on the show for this episode as a co-host!  We feel like this episode needs no further introduction; we hope ya'll enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did recording it!  You can follow Lindsey and Lindsey's business ventures on IG at the following handles: @lanelindsay, @noend_performance, @landydesignco.  You can follow Jen Schult on IG @jenschult

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with CrossFit games athlete local to Greenville, SC, Jayson Hopper.  Jayson has made a name for himself in the CrossFit space this year by winning the Mid Atlantic CrossFit Challenge, earning him a spot to compete at as a rookie at the 2021 NoBull CrossFit games.  This year has been super exciting for Jayson, but we had even more fun diving into Jayson's past and learning about his life growing up and how his experiences of successes and failures ultimately led him to the current path he is on as one of the top CrossFit Athletes in the world.  Of course, we talk a lot about the last 6 months as well.  We love Jayson, and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Jayson on IG @jhopper3

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with CrossFit Athlete and Coach, Taylor Self.  Taylor has made a name for himself in the Southeast CrossFit scene, spanning into the greater CrossFit space recently competing in the 2021 Granite Games CrossFit Semi-final and the CrossFit Last Chance Qualifier.  We dive deep into his background growing up into how his experiences shaped him into the man, athlete, and coach he is today.  We talk a lot about the current state of CrossFit including the Games and the CrossFit Seminar courses; and of course we talk in detail regarding Crash Crucible 2021. Taylor is a super good dude and we love him, and we know after listening to this episode ya'll will too!  You can follow Taylor on IG @taylormidself.  

Special shout out to JR Howell for co-hosting this episode.  Ya'll can follow JR and CRASH on IG @_crash_fitness.

Welcome to another episode of the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  We had the pleasure of attending days 2 and 3 of the annual Crash Crucible CrossFit Competition at CRASH, in Spartanburg, SC.  At the event we grabbed athletes, event staff, and spectators to chat about life, training, and their thoughts on the competition events!  It was a great time with some fun interviews, we hope ya'll enjoy!  Look for the tags of all the guests on our Instagram post, @apogeefitnesspodcast

Welcome to another episode of the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  In this episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Gao Orthopedic Surgeon with local ortho/neuro medical Private Practice in the Upstate SC area, Carolina Orthopedic Neurosurgical Associates (CONA).  Dr. Gao specializes in Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic procedures of shoulders/hips/knees, ACL and Rotator Cuff tears/repairs, shoulder and hip replacements, and orthopedic trauma/fractures.  We had a great time discussing Dr. Gao's personal and professional background, into how major surgical procedures such as ACL and rotator cuff repairs have progressed within the past 10 years.  We talk about injury prevention in sports, rehabilitation after surgery, recovery, and importance of a healthy working relationship between various providers in the surgical and rehabilitative world.  This was such a fun episode to record; Dr. Ian Gao is a natural behind the mic!  We love Dr. Gao and after listening to this episode we know ya'll will too!  Special thank you to Jeff Carter PT, MBA (David's dad) for stepping in and co-hosting this episode!  You can follow CONA on instagram at @cona_sc and at their website www.carolinaona.com

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  In today's episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with 2021 Teen CrossFit games athlete (14-15 division) Kaiden Myers and his coach Colin Leonard.  We learned some background on each of them as an individual, how they prepared for the games, their games experience, and all things fitness!  We loved recording this episode, we hope ya'll enjoy it as much as we did recording it!  You can follow Kaiden on IG at @Kaidenmyers06, and Colin at @Barbudo54 and @eletriccityfitnessco

Welcome to the Apogee Fitness Podcast.  In this episode we sit down with CrossFit Games Team Athlete, Steph Simmons.  We dive deep into what drives her to be competitive in and out of the box, and how her love for marine biology led her to Wilmington, NC and into CrossFit Reignited.  This was a really fun episode, and we loved getting to know Steph and hearing about some of the behind the scenes events at the 2021 CrossFit games.  We love Steph, and we know after ya'll listen to this Episode ya'll will too!   You can follow steph on IG @slsimmons3