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Ep 846 – Super Bowl 2026 Predictions w/ Will Fries
The Super Bowl isn’t won by highlight plays, it’s decided in the trenches. Vikings offensive lineman Will Fries joins John to share his Super Bowl 2026 predictions, breaking down what really wins championships: offensive line play, defensive pressure, conditioning, and mental warfare. No hot takes. Just real football.
Ep 830 – Tanner Shuck’s Journey Through the CrossFit Machine
Tanner Shuck joins John to break down his journey from Division 1 football to competing at the CrossFit Games. He pulls back the curtain on the rise and fall of CrossFit, from the early days of raw competition to the corporate collapse that followed, and shares how life and coaching in Dubai reshaped his philosophy on strength and performance. This is a brutally honest look at what happens when fitness loses its soul and how real athletes find it again.
Ep 778 – Classic re-up: Wendler’s Wisdom
The legendary Jim Wendler joined us to talk about coaching, high school football, life, and everything in between. One of the undisputed stone cold classics from the Power Athlete Radio vault.
Ep 731 – Unveiling the XFL’s Gridiron Secrets w/ Sean Hayes
Take an adrenaline-pumping ride through the XFL trenches. I take a ride through the XFL trenches with…
Ep 707 – NFL Hall of Famer Joe Thomas
Offensive Linemen took the weight room and the workouts much more seriously. NFL Hall of Fame inductee…
Ep 698 – Jim Wendler Pizza Party Part 2 1/2
“I can’t relate to people who wouldn’t die for what they do.” The legend Jim Wendler returns…
Ep 664 – A Coach Needs A Coach
Tap into the talent of two of the most dynamic coaches who’ve influenced the PA framework. If…
Ep 612 – Dominating the Multi-Year Program
Learn what it takes to plan your peak four years in advance and how to rear your…
Ep 598 – Wendler & A Once Violent Game
“You want science and studies? F#%k you. I’ve got scars and blood and vomit” Jim Wendler is…
Ep 584 – Developing Real Coaches with Keir Wenham-Flatt
“Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t…
