We’ll Take it From Here with Joe

This week's episode was a banger as we were joined by our friends, Andy and Mikey Main, aka "The Main Brothers".  The Main Brothers were born and raised in Morris County New Jersey and are the founders/owners of Pure Mixed Martial Arts, the largest MMA gym in New Jersey, franchisees of Playa Bowl, and founders of their most recent entrepreneurial venture, Honest Supplements.  In addition, they have competed at the highest levels in fighting and grappling with Andy having fought in CFFC and Bellator and Mikey competing at ADCC.  Andy and Mikey love what they do and seek to live life to the fullest while providing memorable experiences for their customers.  Their business motto is simple: do the right thing.  This hasn't steered them wrong in their decade of entrepreneurial success.  We learn of The Main Brothers' story from how they started to present day.  We also hear some funny stories of Andy's time as a competitor in The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 12.  Finally, you all crushed it with the question segment and Andy and Mikey provided some solid answers. Learn more about these two on the show today!

This week we are joined by Joe's great friend, Scott Cooper.  Scott is a resident of Morris County, a mechanical engineer, and a father and husband to a beautiful son and wife.  Scott believes that confidence is the fundamental key to a fulfilling life.  Scott loves to live life on the edge and challenge himself daily.  This is demonstrated by his ice climbing adventures; hearing Scott talk about summiting mountains in sub zero conditions was mind blowing.    Scott also trains and teaches Jiu-Jitsu at Pure MMA in Rockaway, NJ.  We chat about our Jiu-jitsu journey, its usefulness in real life, Gordon Ryan's impact on the sport, and much more.  Enjoy!

This week we speak from the heart about our purpose in life and what are mission is on this Earth.  Money, big goals, dream jobs, etc. are all great things, but have you ever thought about WHY you want those things? We provide examples from our current lives which made for an honest and real conversation and allowed us to come to a realization about what we should do going forward. As Don says in the show, "Plan for tomorrow, Live for today".  Enjoy the show!

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Week 46 brings another duo episode in which we have a bro conversation about the World Cup, Balenciaga and some news regarding the death of yet another CEO/Founder of crypto.  This will make you think for sure.  We end with some questions from you guys!  Thanks for your questions they get better each week.  Enjoy.

On episode 45, we interviewed Joe's friend from Pure MMA, Matt Stavrakis.  There may not be enough space to detail how awesome this episode was, however, we will give you the summary here.  We speak about Jiu-jitsu, life, and politics (from a current events perspective).  This show was a blast and we could have definitely gone for 10 hours if we wanted.  Matt provides great points on all of the three topics above, however we will let you listen instead of read.  Also, we answer the audience's questions (and they were really damn good ones).  As always thank you for your continued support, have a Happy Thanksgiving, and enjoy the show!

This week we chop it up with Don's good friend, Ryan Cooling, who interestingly enough met through Instagram.  You'll want to hear more about that on the show.  Ryan is the owner of "What Dent?" Paintless Dent Removal, has owned multiple businesses throughout his entrepreneurship journey, and is now breaking in to the Strongman space with his "Southern Illinois Strength Expo" business.  We talk about his INSANE 75 Hard journey (No really, you'll want to hear it), the story behind "The More You Do, the More You Get to Do", and how the universe works in mysterious ways.  Enjoy episode 44, and let us know what you think!

In this week's episode we welcome back Todd Lyons, who was originally on the show back in March.  A lot has changed for Todd since then and for better as demonstrated by the following: getting engaged, completing a half-marathon, and taking first place in a bodybuilding competition!  We delve into all of those topics and have Todd walk us through his experience for each.  We also have a bro talk about working out at the gym and the diversity of exercises that exist.  Enjoy the show!

This week, we sit down with Joe's friend Anthony Bongiovanni.  Anthony shares his journey of becoming an EMT/Paramedic, along with his interest in Martial Arts such as Karate, in which he holds a rank of Black belt and Jiu-Jitsu.  Anthony's story is an example of the saying we have reiterated for weeks now, which is "the more you do the more you get to do"; this relates to the origins of becoming a paramedic.  He also believes that you can never know too much in one field.  We end the show with some fun Jiu-Jitsu conversations because that's what we do.  Enjoy!

After a month straight of awesome guests, we are back to the duo set-up for week 41.  Do not worry, we plan to have some great guests in the coming weeks so stay tuned.  This week we have some fun conversations and reminisce a bit.  We also answer some of your questions live on air, which sparked some great conversations.  We plan to do more of that so keep your eyes peeled every Wednesday.  Enjoy!

In this week's episode, we interviewed our friend Justin "Gerky" Gerkhardt.  Justin is a New Jersey native and collegiate wrestler for Centenary University, who comes from a hardworking family.  We speak about his wrestling career and the positive impact it has on his mental discipline.  Justin preaches being humble off the mats however, when it's all set and done, he is ready to go to war, thus epitomizing the warrior in the garden mentality.   We end the show with a fun political rant about what we think is wrong with society and how to fix it.   Enjoy.