The Ready State Podcast

Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s leading endurance sports brand. He has built Spartan into a global fitness and wellness brand, with a 10 million+ community of athletes across the globe. Under his leadership, Spartan’s portfolio of brands has grown to include Spartan Trail, DEKA, La Ruta, Tough Mudder, and HIGHLANDER. Joe is also a New York Times bestselling author of a number of books.

We get into the origin of Spartan, Joe’s love of suffering (and torturing others?), and the amazing ability Joe has of inviting people in to discover their own greatness.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. There’s no denying that getting into an ice cold bed in the summertime is amazing. But in the winter, not so much. Kelly’s love language is cranking Juliet’s Dock Pro up to 95º before she hops in bed. The app then cools the bed down during the night for deep, dense sleep. If you want to control the highs and lows of your bed, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up feeling awesome, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Built to Move, or newest book out April 4, 2023. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. These ten essentials build durability, vanquish muscle and joint restriction, and improve overall health. They’re basic body maintenance for everyone, from Olympic-caliber athletes to people who haven’t exercised a day in their lives. For more information and to order, check out builttomove.com.

Marcus Filly is the founder of Functional Bodybuilding. After leaving medical school, Marcus turned instead to health and fitness to help people more directly with training and nutrition in their day to day lives. Drawing on an extensive training background in soccer and his competitive CrossFit career, Marcus owned an affiliate for years before changing methodologies to help athletes better succeed through individual coaching. After the 2016 CrossFit Games, Marcus was burned out and broken, and about to become a first time father. Functional Bodybuilding was born out of a need to train more for longevity and sustainability – while still looking good and moving well.

We get into how and why Marcus left medical school, went pro, and then synthesized all his experience and knowledge into his own methodology, Functional Bodybuilding.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Do you like waking up without an alarm? During the winter, Juliet and Kelly are obsessed with the Dock Pro’s Warm Wake-Up feature. You can use the app to set a time for your bed to warm right up which is way more delightful than a loud buzzing alarm. If you want to be stirred from your torpor by a cozy warm bed, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up refreshed, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Built to Move, or newest book out April 4, 2023. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. These ten essentials build durability, vanquish muscle and joint restriction, and improve overall health. They’re basic body maintenance for everyone, from Olympic-caliber athletes to people who haven’t exercised a day in their lives. For more information and to order, check out builttomove.com.

Dave is a multiple-time USA Gymnastics National Champion and was part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team. Dave has coached gymnastics teams to multiple National Championships, was a lead coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics L1 Course where he developed the CrossFit Gymnastics Advanced Course. Dave is the co-founder of Power Monkey Fitness where he travels the world delivering world class knowledge and coaching to those looking to improve their movement quality and longevity by ensuring they have the proper foundation in place to always strive towards their highest capability.

We get into everything from youth development, the state of gymnastics in America, to why everyone - including middle aged big guys like Kelly - should care about gymnastics skills.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. It might be true that in your 20s you could sleep on the floor of a rock-n-roll squat and be 100% the next day. But as you mature, that is definitely no longer the case. Sleep masks, black-out shades, and earplugs are the new normal, but if you want to really dial in your sleep, you have to control your temperature. Sleepme has you covered with an entire line of thermoregulation options. So head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up refreshed, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Built to Move, or newest book out April 4, 2023. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. These ten essentials build durability, vanquish muscle and joint restriction, and improve overall health. They’re basic body maintenance for everyone, from Olympic-caliber athletes to people who haven’t exercised a day in their lives. For more information and to order, check out builttomove.com.

Travis Mash has been strength training for over 21 years and has been working with athletes on their strength, speed, and athletic performance for over 15 years. Travis has worked with athletes and non-athletes of all levels from NFL and Olympic hopefuls, to 7-year-olds just starting out, to a 70-year-old senior seeking increased mobility. Travis is a current world champion in powerlifting and has held the all-time pound-for-pound world record.

We talk to Travis about his career path, the importance of athlete monitoring, youth development, and his love of the flywheel.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Did you know you can turn the temperature up on your Doc Pro to actually heat up your bed in the winter? Juliet changes her whole routine during the cold months so that she can hop into a super toasty bed in the evening. She then programs it to adjust back down to her sleeping temperature during the night and a warm wake in the morning. If you want to crack the code on your sleep routine this winter, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up warm and refreshed, everyday!

Shane Farmer is the founder of Dark Horse Rowing. He's a rower, a 4X CrossFit Games athlete, former gym owner, Concept2 Master Instructor and has made his career de-mystifying rowing for non-rowers. He's married with two kids and has 13 chickens and an orchard. He loves soil regeneration, permaculture, and testing himself regularly at new and interesting forms of fitness.

We go way back and hear how Shane first started rowing, almost by accident, and then was exposed to CrossFit as his rowing team’s exclusive strength and conditioning program. Fast forward to post-college life and Shane has turned his passion for rowing into a business instilling a love of indoor rowing in non-rowers and rowers alike.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Are you ready to wake up every morning and not feel tired? We track lots of things on the daily, but our sleep is what we really nerd out on with our Oura rings. And tracking it has proven to us that changing the temperature of your sleep changes everything about your sleep metrics. If you want more deep sleep, more REM sleep, better HRV and RHR scores, try thermoregulation with one of Sleepme’s life changing products. And if you don't track your sleep metrics, you'll be able to tell the difference by how you FEEL each morning. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up refreshed, everyday!

Lynsey Dyer is a professional athlete, illustrator, self healing and wildlife advocate. As an athlete, Dyer won the FREESKI overall extreme skiing tour (7 straight wins), was the first female on the cover of FREESKIER Magazine (mid air off a record sized 70ft cliff), and named Skier of the Year multiple times by Powder Magazine. Lynsey hosts the popular outdoor podcast ShowingUP with Lynsey Dyer. She is a trained Breathwork and flow-state facilitator offering movement, mentorship and breathwork to those who inquire. She also offers ski fitness and pregnancy workshops to elevate people to their highest potential. At 21 Dyer co-founded ‪SheJumps.org‬, to increase participation of women in the outdoors, and designed the iconic Girafficorn (the charity’s main fundraising and branding icon) to welcome more playfulness in the outdoors. She produced and directed the groundbreaking film, Pretty Faces, the first all female action sports film for women and girls.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. When you live in a midcentury modern Eichler home, it might be beyond beautiful, but it is also beyond freezing in the winter. Kelly’s new favorite feature of the Dock Pro is setting the warm wake-up so his bed heats up to downright toasty each morning. And you know what that means? Waking up without an alarm, which is delightful. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up like Kelly, refreshed, everyday!

Lieutenant General Ferriter, U.S. Army (Retired), is the founding President and CEO of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM). Not simply a museum, NVMM seeks to honor and positively impact the lives of Veterans by sharing the Veteran experience as well as through outreach programs directly supporting Veterans and their families.

Before heading to Columbus, Ohio, Lt. Gen. Ferriter successfully supported Veterans and their families, underserved groups, students, and business leaders with his consulting firm, the Ferriter Group LLC. He has dedicated his civilian career to helping organizations and associations, and remains committed and passionate about serving Veterans, military families, and families of the Fallen.

Lt. Gen. Ferriter served 35 years in the US Army commanding Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and International Forces at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels all around the world and has received numerous honors and distinctions for his service.

As an added bonus, we are also joined by Jennifer Ballou, Master Sgt., U.S. Army (Retired), who is the Deputy Chief of Staff of the NVMM supporting the entire staff and all programs, and is currently building up the museum's Resilience and Wellness program.

Jeff Byers is the co-founder and CEO of Momentous -- a holistic wellness and nutrition company based in Park City, Utah. Designed by the brightest minds in performance athletics, but available for the everyday wellness enthusiast, Momentous is the first and only supplement brand to build formulas directly with experts from each of the four Major American Sports Leagues, launching in 2018 with a line of products designed by performance directors and dietitians from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB.

Before Momentous Jeff had an insane collegiate athletic career all while getting his undergraduate degree and MBA, and THEN went on to play in the NFL for four years. We get into it all and learn why one of Jeff’s goals is to democratize high performance.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly and Juliet want to make sure to have all the building blocks on board to prevent those all too common middle-aged strains and tweaks. Which is why they are obsessed with the Momentous Collagen Shots. Yes, it's collagen, but because it's a little single-serve shot, their consistency game is leveled up. Keep them in your bag or your pockets and never get behind on Collagen again. To stuff your pockets, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Kelly used to wake up 1000 degrees. He’s literally a supernova. They’ve tried every iteration of fans and cooling devices, which didn’t work and also made Juliet miserable. But now with Sleepme, Juliet and Kelly each dial their side of the bed to the temperature they like and both can fall asleep and stay asleep all night. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time! So take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up refreshed, everyday!

We’re back with another bonus episode about our upcoming book, Built To Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully. The book is structured around “Vital Signs” and we get into what that means, and why we think these vital signs in particular are a simple way to assess and ultimately improve your ability to move and do the things you want to do throughout your life. We can’t wait for the book to be released April 4, 2023 and hope you’ll join us in adopting these super simple habits that will serve you for life.

For more information about Built to Move or to pre-order, go to builttomove.com.

Jill Miller, C-IAYT, ERYT, YA-CEP fascia expert, has 30 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities and corporations worldwide. Kelly and Jill have been friends and collaborators for over a decade. We get to learn about the evolution of her business and her thinking as well as hear about her new book, Body by Breath out winter 2023.

If you’ve ever had to lay on a roller or ball and gut smash with us, that’s all Jill Miller. You’re welcome.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly and Juliet are obsessed with sleep, and have optimized all aspects of their sleep hygiene - but travel and life can put a wrinkle in the best laid plans. They always take Magnesium before bed, but Momentous has made it even easier with the Momentous Sleep Pack. Each pack has Apigenin, L-Theanine, AND Magnesium L-Threonate. This is their go-to routine that Momentous created in partnership with Dr. Andrew Huberman, and it really levels up the Starrett's consistency. If you want to remove more barriers to adherence in your sleep routine with the Momentous Sleep Pack, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Sleepme’s thermoregulation devices have revolutionized the Starrett’s sleep for years. And now with the Dock Pro, Kelly is able to get as cold as he wants to fall asleep and stay asleep, but as morning approaches, he has set the Dock Pro to start warming up enabling him to wake up cozy and refreshed without an alarm clock. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time! So take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up refreshed, everyday!