The Dad Bods and Dumbbells Podcast
The hosts Mitch and Bart discuss fitness, fatherhood, and guy stuff to help men live a great life, have fun, laugh, and get a little more fit in this weekly Podcast.
The Dad Bods and Dumbbells Podcast
500 Meter Row Challenges, Back to School, UT drops first Game, and Andy Glaze
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Mitch and Bart share their intense 500-meter rowing challenge, with Bart achieving an impressive 1:34 time and Mitch coming in at 1:59, showcasing how friendly competition pushes our limits and reveals our true capabilities.
• Bart discusses his physical transformation from 226 pounds to a leaner 213, shifting his fitness goals away from constantly gaining strength toward a more balanced approach
• The hosts celebrate ultramarathoner Andy Glaze who completed three 100-mile mountain races in one month, demonstrating what the human body is capable of at any age
• Discussion of how personal fitness "mountains" vary for everyone - from ultramarathons to simply getting off the couch
• College football talk focusing on the Longhorns' challenging season opener
• Both hosts share the welcome return to structure that comes with back-to-school routines after the summer break
• Special premium membership announcement for local subscribers to join an October fitness event with Mitch and Bart
Sign up for our premium membership by September 30th to be invited to our special October fitness event in downtown with running, calisthenics, and fun challenges!
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Intro and Workout Challenge
Speaker 1Welcome to Dab Bob the Dumbbells. My name is Mitch. Hey, I'm Bart. Thanks, sorry, we just got done with a 500 meter row.
Speaker 2You want to start over? No, let's roll right into this.
Speaker 1Oh dude, yeah, I'm struggling to remember why I'm here, but thank you guys for listening, liking and subscribing. We are again remote at Los Campeanos. Thank you guys, best gym in the world, for allowing us to record here, work out here, have fun here. We have a few sponsors. One of our sponsors is Solution Pharmacy and the other sponsor is you. The premium membership is available for our podcast. You get extra cool things, including something Bart would like to talk about.
Speaker 2Yeah, we want to really celebrate. Celebrate our especially local premium subscribers. So anybody who subscribes to premium by the end of September, that's September 30th, are going to be invited to an October fitness event with Mitch and I downtown, with some running, some calisthenics, some pull-ups.
Speaker 1Some challenges. We'll do some quick challenges. Let's do some manly challenges. We'll do firemen carry each other or something like that. Maybe'll do a fireman carry each other or something like that. Maybe bring a, bring a woman in fireman carry the woman, something like that. Very masculine, very masculine.
Speaker 2If you're a premium member already, congratulations, you're already invited. If you're, not yet but have been waiting for the reason to become this is the reason.
Speaker 1This is the reason, man. So I am still pretty winded.
Speaker 2I'm trying not to sound like Darth.
Speaker 1Vader, you got the shaky, so tell them what happened yeah so we did a bench workout kind of phase today, with some skull crusher burnouts at the end. And then Bart goes hey, see that row over there, let's do a 500-meter challenge, see who gets done faster. And since I have teeny little legs and Bart has really long legs, I assumed he was going to win, but I did not assume what was about to happen or take place. I finished in a respectable. Was it like 158? Yeah, 159, two minutes, just under two minutes. Just under two minutes, I'll say.
Speaker 2You actually took video of both of these things, so if you go to our YouTube channel you can find it there. It actually will be on both Mindset Forge YouTube and Dab Bods and Dumbbells Sweet.
Speaker 1I did get a video of your first attempt.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, and the first attempt. My butt slipped off the seat and I just ended up like laying.
Speaker 1Did you get racked? I didn't even look. No, I wasn't, because I didn't even look, cause I didn't like come up and then slam down, just kind of slipped off, but uh.
Speaker 2so there was a kind of a false start about 45 seconds in.
Speaker 1Dude, you were rushing, I bet you would've gotten broken one, 30 at that rate.
Speaker 2So you, you killed it. But then and I've done this- not to be outdone. I actually had like a professional rowing coach, teach me, like you didn't have a great technique through a I think it was a 1250 meter row, yeah, which was about four and a half minutes long and dude, I died, yeah, but it was. He built me up to the last like 40 seconds and he talked about the pain cave yeah and just like how your body just starts shutting down.
Speaker 2You just have to like will yourself through it. So I kind of knew. So I pushed myself really hard. In the first 250 I got to like 30 rows and it was already like 220 in and I was like I think I can do another 30 rows and like get to 500, but about 10 rows into that, like into that 40th row yeah I just started feeling that lactic oh yeah, my legs are starting to catch fire my technique goes out the window a little bit and so that that last hundred I was just willing myself like I did.
Speaker 2I do like a countdown because I feel like I can get like every rose about 10 meters at that point. So I'm like, I just need like 10 rows yeah, I'm like 10 9. You're still breathing heavy dying and I'm like I look up and I'm at five and I see I got 50 meters to go. I'm like thank god I'm like four, three two, I get that last row and I just coast into the finish. What'd?
Speaker 1you get 130. What was it?
Speaker 233, I think that's awesome well, well done. This is the best I've done. I think at that, at that, uh, distance I mean, if you're, if you're keeping track.
Speaker 1I may have been slower, but I'm definitely not breathing as heavy, so did did I leave something out there.
Speaker 2To be fair, I didn't go after you, so you knew what to reach for Less recovery time.
Speaker 1Oh, I thought you were saying that you had something to shoot for.
Premium Membership Event Announcement
Speaker 2No, but I knew how hard I wanted to push. I don't think you came off of that completely fast, I had no idea. I don't understand. You jumped back on two minutes later and done another two minutes.
Speaker 1No way, I was done, yeah, anyway, so.
Speaker 2Hey, if something for you, if you, if you want to go test yourself.
Speaker 1Yeah, check it out.
Speaker 2Hey, you know what Beat me Get? Come, come in with a photo, of email me a photo of your row time. Yeah, 500 meters under one 33.
Speaker 1And and I will give you props on the next show or come in under two by name. Come in under 159. Beat the dad bod and you can win nothing. Beat the big boy Well, that's cool. So you walk into our workout and I notice something different about you. And you know I'm keeping a steady 230 in my body weight 10 pounds of beard.
Speaker 2Yeah, right, but then you look like a greek god man well, I'm, I'm leaner, so I, once the powerlifting show was over, I, I, I was I think I did the show about 225, 226 and I knew I wanted to like cut a little bit, get some of the fluff off me, uh. But ever since, like kind of summer came to an end, I just like I just stopped making you know, we stopped going out as much and yeah that kind of stuff and so get back in routine locked in.
Speaker 2So I weighed in at 213 today, eight pounds from about a month ago and some of it's just you know, I mean, when you have you eat less, you weigh a little bit less and yeah, that's how it works.
Speaker 1It's a science, some of its body fat.
Speaker 2Some of it's like you don't have as much food in your body.
Speaker 1Yeah, for sure yeah there's that too.
Speaker 2But yeah, I just feel a lot leaner. I'm not as strong.
Speaker 1Yeah, you notice it right away, just from that eight pounds, you don't have as much energy.
Speaker 2You're not as girthy, so you don't have as much size underneath you to push weight with, but it's fine.
Speaker 1That's yeah, it's been good. Well, I love it, man, I've noticed that. So now I'm kind of getting into the place in my lifting where I've kind of hit my number, and so I started this new workout that's designed around. Probably what you were doing with James was just do about 65%, 70% of your weight, 5 times 5, bench squat, deadlift and over the course of the next eight weeks, kind of trying to increase everything by 10% is the goal. So by maintaining my body weight, I would love to, of course, lose 5, 10 pounds. Get underweight so I could compete in my next competition in December is the goal, so I could come in and maybe qualify for nationals or something like that, because I'm right there on the cusp with the weight I'm lifting. So that's pretty exciting for me.
The Epic 500-Meter Row Competition
Speaker 2But I would trade 10% of my strength for 10% less body fat, for sure. Well, 10% body fat's a lot, I know.
Speaker 1That's why I'd trade for it. Yeah, maybe 20% of my strength. We'll do that. But that's cool man. I'm proud of you.
Speaker 2Yeah, thanks, it's been fun.
Speaker 1It's cool being 50, I think, and being able to have the shape that you have and the fitness that you have most people dream of when they're my age or when they're 30s, right, so it's really cool to see what you show is capable at this age and even having decent genetics, you know.
Speaker 2I think, on kind of a sad note from my own, I think I've finally just given up trying to be bigger, stronger.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2That's part of why I'm doing this is like I really came to terms with the fact that, like I want to be 208, fit, lean, healthy, do more swimming, cardio, rowing, you know, outdoor stuff.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2And not be so like addicted to the gym five days a week.
Speaker 1That's cool, and so that's a part of this.
Speaker 2I like it. Kind him five days a week, that's cool, and so that's a part of this transition. So I want to get back to like doing yoga, like once or twice a week and just all those things that feel so good and if I'm not trying to like oh, I got to put more weight on the bench or I got to add five pounds of muscle or whatever the things that kind of was chasing in my forties.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Uh, it's just going to feel different, so looking forward to that.
Speaker 1Well, good for you, man. Well, I think you know thinking about doing extraordinary things. I think I talked about this last time I was in Colorado for the Leadville 100, seeing old friends, but also some of my clients were running Leadville 100. And there's this one of my clients. His name is Andy Glaze and he's extraordinary. He's a chief battalion firefighter in Redlands, california, and he is an ultra marathoner and he has a streak of 286 weeks of 100 miles plus running, and he is in his 40s and he just decides that this is what he wants to do. He's writing a book with me, or he's writing a book, and then we're doing a lot of brand stuff together, and so I've been fully immersed in his like everything he's doing.
Speaker 1And he just finished this race called utmb. If you uh haven't checked it out, you need to. It goes through three countries in the alps, it goes. It starts in mount blanc, france, goes through italy and ends in switzerland, and so it's a really fun race. He goes about 109 miles, but it's like 35 000 uh feet gain in elevation, and so, uh, it's a really fun race. He goes about 109 miles, but it's like 35,000 feet gain in elevation, and so it's one of those things that gives you not only hope.
Speaker 1I think it shows what people are truly capable of, because I think he's the first person in history and actually it's probably a Guinness World Record. I've got to look into that for him he's the only person to ever run Crazy Mountain 100, leadville 100, and UTMB in one month. It was all the same month and it's been crazy to watch it happen and crazy to watch his recovery. And right now he's vacationing a little bit and vacation you put in quotes he's probably doing running every day. He's still going to put his hundred miles in for the week. You know it's crazy to watch and he's just an's just an extraordinary person. When you sometimes take a step back and kind of look at you know we have our own mountains, maybe your mountains, uh, five K, you know, maybe it's just to jog a little bit or to to get off the couch. I think those are. Those are things Some people it's mountain, whatever your mountain is. I think people like him really do show what your body's capable of and what you can be capable of Absolutely, and you know.
Fitness Goals and Body Transformations
Speaker 2Kudos to you, man. You're, you're getting a chance to work with him, help him with brand connections and things like that, and that's a big part of your new phase of your business and entrepreneurship.
Speaker 1Absolutely.
Speaker 2Uh, excited to help you continue to get connected with more uh well, you're the connector man outstanding.
Speaker 1Most of my clients came from you. You know that's how it really works, so you know we're a team brother. Yeah, I love you, man.
Speaker 2Yeah so that's, that's awesome. But andy glaze if you don't know who he is, go find him on instagram, follow him, check out the uh what's the name of that race that he just did in the out? Utmb yeah, check it out, it's so cool. He's got.
Speaker 1He's pretty big on tiktok am glaze and then glaze runs on tiktok. You can check out. He puts out great content. Uh, check out his website, andyglazecom. We just launched some merch for him and, uh, this wasn't uh meant to be a plug for andy, but he's just a great dude. He's somebody to really inspiring. Yeah, so that's cool, but speak of uninspiring, though inspiring going to uninspiring. How about them longhorns?
Speaker 2maybe uninspiring. How about them Longhorns maybe? Yeah, rough first game. I think everyone was a little nervous that. You know it was a big test to take on OU or, you know, ohio State OSU.
Speaker 1OSU yeah, the Buckeyes, the Buckeyes.
Speaker 2You know that's the strength pyramid we use. So obviously great creds, great credentials over there. Yeah, and Arch Manning, you know his big start and didn't look the way people wanted him to look. It doesn't mean he's a failure, it just means you know he's got a lot to learn.
Speaker 1But he's got three home games in the next three weeks with a bunch of less than average teams, cupcake teams, yeah Well, I mean I think a few things that I saw is, if he can play the way he played in the second half of the fourth quarter, that is going to be an extraordinary piece that allows him to really be connected to what he can be in the future. I think he just needs to get his sea legs and I think Sark didn't really do a great job of coaching to where his strengths were, because the Ohio State defense was incredible. So, all that to say, I think, uh, he's got a lot of hope and I think the Longhorns will recover, they'll make it to the, the playoff and go from there, but ultimately that'll be Oregon.
Speaker 1No they definitely won't, because Oregon is actually ranked higher than them. Now the new poll. They moved up to six and Texas is right behind in seventh. But we had a cupcake team and crushed them like we should have. Next week is, I think, oklahoma State and it should be the same thing. It should be just a pretty, pretty easy cupcake team.
Speaker 2They're not Ohio State, san Jose State, yeah.
Speaker 1Are you going to that game at home, right?
Speaker 2UTEP. Yeah, we're going to the home game on Saturday.
Speaker 1They need a booster, they need a Eli Arch needs to have about four tutties 54 and 54 to 3 or something Four tutties. One rush on, absolutely yeah, I think it's cool, but the Ducks are looking strong man. One rush on, absolutely yeah, I think it's cool, but the ducks are looking strong man.
Speaker 1I was a little nervous. I'm not too worried going into them. The ducks look like they normally do going into their first game and so I think dan landing's just put together a great defense. Um, the team's very cohesive. I was a little worried at quarterback but I think he he got somebody in the transfer portal. That's going to be pretty great, okay. And then the backup's actually a Dripping Springs kid. He played for the Dripping Springs Tigers, really yeah.
Speaker 2So if you were glazing over in the last few minutes, you just came back because you heard about the Dripping Springs player coming back. Yeah, I mean he's an Oregon guy. The rest of us are UT guys.
Speaker 1Well, I wanted UT to win because I hate Ohio State.
Speaker 2You're probably asking why we're not talking about Indiana right now.
Speaker 1I know right, no joke, they looked okay. They're not going to be good, they're going to make it through a couple games, but anyway I mean all that means new football season, everything's going strong.
Extraordinary Athletic Achievements
Speaker 2I mean the routine. Uh, well, it's really nice. My son's going to uh middle school now. Uh, he gets on the bus at 720, gets back off the bus at 420 so that's nine hours my son's at school, so it's been a great to really have, like you know, obviously, mornings getting off to school.
Speaker 2I'm going off to train people work out all that kind of stuff, take care of stuff. In the afternoon he gets back home around 415, 420. You know we got basketball, we got karate, all this type of things afterwards and it's been, it's been, I mean, always a challenge to change routines, but it's nice for my wife and I had a lot more of a break, yeah, in between summer's tough and coming back and that just allows us to be able to do more and just take care of other things, and so it does.
Speaker 1it does feel like our life pauses through the summer and I'm just desperate for school to start, not because I want my kids out of my hair, I just want routine again.
Speaker 2Well, the first half of summer is like oh, we got the vacation, we got this and they got this camp, and it's like you're so excited about all these things that you're offering them because they now have time on their hands. But then about mid to late July you're just like get back to school.
Speaker 1July is the worst, then it gets really hot. So for us it's all new, except for my daughter. She goes, she's going into eighth grade same middle school, so this is her third year at the same middle school. My son we got rezoned to a new, brand new high middle sorry, elementary school. I'm still a little tired from the 500 meter row.
Speaker 1He's going to a new elementary school so and he's in fifth grade and so we went there because we couldn't get transportation otherwise back home, because if we, they would have grandfathered us into the other place but I would have to wait in car pickup line, which is a whole disaster. Basically it's a full-time job just picking her up and dropping off your kids. So he takes the bus home for the first time, seems to love it because he's like the first stop, you know. But the big thing was it's so much smaller. It's brand new school but the classrooms are so much smaller as far as kids size.
Speaker 1You know, dripping Springs Elementary was just packed full of kids and what happened was basically they come in. It's brand new. They get teachers pretty well, three teachers all together in the same room, all connected. It's just a perfect environment for them to learn and he's thriving. So that's fantastic, that's pretty cool. And then soccer started. We had our first tournament, and I think I talked about that, and so now we're getting in the routine of just practices, and my daughter's lacrosse will start soon, and so we'll be pretty busy you know, in the evening time, just like that, there's always something going on yeah yeah, we got.
Speaker 2We got my son in activities Monday through Thursday, sunday, saturday he's got karate.
Speaker 1Dang.
College Football Season Talk
Speaker 2He's got a tournament coming up in October, so just a lot yeah. It's the way it should be right. We're just giving them so many opportunities to learn and adapt and thrive.
Speaker 1Build relationships fail. Succeed all those good things.
Speaker 2Yeah, man Excited about next week We've got a dad.
Speaker 1Yeah, definitely a dumbbell Another dad.
Speaker 2Not in his smarts, but in his size. He's a very physical, massive individual.
Speaker 1He's a manly man. I know him from Lifetime Fitness. That's cool, very cool interview. He's coming over.
Speaker 2Have him over at my place. We're going to be a cool interview. He's coming over. Have him over at my place. We're going to interview him next week, so that's going to be exciting. Look forward to that he's also got a kid, so we'll talk a little bit about that too and looking forward to just kind of sharing people's kind of personal stories, and not like celebrities, but people that are like you and me.
Speaker 1Yeah, you and me.
Speaker 2Every man except for the fact that he sounds like a human being so, let's get some, uh, short kings in here. You know, let's, let's do that. Nobody's shorter than you. Oh, dang dang dude.
Speaker 1All right, let's what we got next on our on our agenda? Well, next, let's I mean next week with the interview. I think that's the big one telling everybody that check out the premium memberships. But I think that's it for us, man yeah, I think it's been a.
Speaker 2It's been a solid week. I did sell my car on saturday. Oh, dang, dang the Rivian stuff, Wait what. Excuse me.
Speaker 1Was I not supposed to say anything?
Speaker 2No, it was the big secret.
Speaker 1Oh man, no, it's true. I forgot we were getting a top secret.
Speaker 2I still got 15 days of weight. I thought we mentioned it. It hasn't even gotten here yet.
Speaker 1Because in my Instagram feed I got a ton of Rivian advertisements, so I think we talked about it on the pod. We didn't. I'm so sorry.
Back to School Routines
Speaker 2I ruined your surprise. Yes, I ordered a Rivian SUV. I let it slip. It's on the way. It's still in normal Illinois.
Speaker 1Can we do a? We're doing a pod in it, right.
Speaker 2No, you're not allowed in it, especially after you blab Dang, my bad, let's wrap this up Well.
Speaker 1Thanks so much for listening, liking, subscribing. We love you guys. Make sure you check out our premium membership. We'll see you next time, peace.