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168: Starting Strength (w/ Greg Tuculescu) Jan 15, 2020

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What is there to say? The 'Bells are back in full swing baby. They got the legendary Greg Tuculescu (DRUNK HISTORY) to join them in The Weight Room. This is a great episode and a worthy first guest of 2020. Eugene and Greg have some good history and he and Stanger reminisce about a brutal shoot they were on together. Greg has great stories about growing up overseas in Saudi Arabia and his long fitness journey from fat kid to gym freak. Also, his story about his Romanian dad dressing him head to toe in Greg Norman golf fashion is one for the ages. Happy New Years Bell Babies!!

"All the way up in Money20!!!"

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167: Starting 2020 (w/ Euge & Stang) Jan 08, 2020

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Happy New Years BellBabies! Euge is back dudes! The 'bells have a lot to talk about. Stanger finally gets to grill him on The Child aka "Baby Yoda". The guys bring you up to speed on what's going on in their lives and answer listener questions about calories and a post run protocol. It's 2020 y'all!

"Lets Get To It!!"

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166: Happy New Year!! (w/ Stanger and Erin McGown) Jan 01, 2020

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Happy New Year BellBabies!!! Stanger and Erin answer a bunch of listener question. Now get your asses to the gym! No days off in 2020.

"Happy New Year!!"

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165: Merry Christmas! (w/ Dave Theune) Dec 25, 2019

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It's Christmas BellBabies! And boy do we have a treat for you. Erin and Stang are joined in The Weight Room with the great Dave Theune (THE BIG BANG THEORY). This episode is filled with laughs and some talk about Dave's DEXA scan. Did he improve from the last test?? Did his body fat % go down?? Listen to find out. And Happy Holidays!!!

"It's Christmas!!!"

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164: Step Class and Questions for Erin and Stang (w/ Toni Charline) Dec 18, 2019

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The amazing Toni Charline (MUNCHIES) is in The Weight Room!!! Tonis is so funny and a favorite guest of the Bells. She tells Erin and Stang about her current training program and there is some discussion about the vegan lifestyle. Stanger attempts to answer a question about cool sculpting. Erin and Toni talk about the competitive step class they take and Stanger attempts to guess their favorite songs to step to. Last Toni asks the Erin and Stang some rapid fire questions including what they've learned about people being trainers.

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163: Zaddy Workout Plan (w/ Jon DeWalt) Dec 11, 2019

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The Bells have a good one for you this week kids! Erin and Stanger are holding down the fort and they are joined by the #1 zaddy himself Jon DeWalt (UNDATEABLE, THE COOL KIDS) Jon is a really funny dude, the group wastes no time getting in to some fun Christmas movie talk. He tells Erin and Stager about growing up in the suburbs of Chicago and being obsessed with basketball and eating junk - hot pockets and frozen pizza. Then the discussion devolves into talk about fist generation dick pics. Last everybody weighs in on a listener question about extreme soreness.

"LIGHT WEIGHT BABY!!!"

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162: Diet or Exercise??? (w/ John Flynn) Dec 04, 2019

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Time to shake off the damage from Thanksgiving BellBabies and what better way than with the delightful guest this week John Flynn (TWO OLD QUEENS podcast) John is the funniest and he delights Stanger and McGown right out of the gates with some hot takes on this year's prestige movies. The group shifts the talk over to John's upbringing back east and how he spent most of his childhood as a self proclaimed "fat kid". They all try to answer the time honored question of what to do when you accidentally like an someone's old Instagram post. McGown and Stanger give John their thoughts on what is more important diet or exercise. Last the group discusses the film adaptation of CATS and answer a listener question about how to stay healthy while working a night shift.

"LIGHT WEIGHT BABY!!"

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161: Funny Running and Thanksgiving Thoughts (w/ Alyssa Limperis) Nov 27, 2019

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Happy Thanksgiving BellBabies! The Bells got a special one for ya this week! It's Stanger and McGown holding down the fort again this week and they are joined by the delightfully hilarious comedian and actor Alyssa Limperis! The group gets the talk going quick. Erin and Stang get the skinny on Alyssa's background and find out how she reluctantly became an all-America runner! She tells how she continued to run until an injury stopped her (has she fixed it yet??) Finally the group talks about where she is now and they each share their thoughts on how to have a healthy but still fun Thanksgiving. Last, they all answer a listener question about how to put weight on and increase max lifts. Alyssa is the funniest!

"Happy Thanksgiving!!!"

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160: Running Lifting and Sleep Science (w/ Jon Gabrus) Nov 20, 2019

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Special day BellBabies! The mighty Jon Gabrus (HIGH AND MIGHTY, ACTIONBOYZ podcasts) is in the goddamn Weight Room! Eugene is still out shooting but Gabrus is a Dumbbells all-star and he delivers as per usual. He tells Stanger about the 2 half marathons he ran and how he transitioned from roadwork back into the gym. Gabrus is a long time gym guy and has a lot of practical advice. Then Stanger brings Gabrus up to speed on his sleep fascination and they get in to some sleep science. Last Gabrus and Stanger answer some listener questions about women putting on muscle, overeating with friends and family and more!

"Light Weight Baby!!"

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159: Listener Questions (w/ Erin McGown and Stanger) Nov 13, 2019

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OK BellBabies, here's the plan, Euge is off shooting Tacoma FD so Stanger called in the cavalry and got the amazing Erin McGown (ERIN AND MELISSA) to co-host some episodes till the Euge-man is back. Stang and Erin do a quick catch up and talk about NASM personal trainer certification. Then Stanger lays out his plan to get some wearable technology to monitor his sleep - it's all about that deep sleep baby! Last, they answer listner questions that range from Pilates for weight loss? to how to stay on the right eating track after completing a Whole30 and more!

"Train Dirty!!!"

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