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Jessica Hadley, Working Mom and RG Ambassador - The Importance of Having an Outlet - 015 Nov 06, 2018

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“Running has changed my life and saved my life, I'm a better mom, wife and worker because of this outlet.”

The Importance of Having an Outlet in Life

Jessica is a Wife, Mom of two boys (8 and 4), Senior Account Executive, Influencer and Run Gum Ambassador. This woman does it all and has mastered maximizing her busy days. She started running in 2015 after saying that she would never be able to run due to asthma. She was overwhelmed with work and parenting that she needed an outlet. Jessica had no idea how much running would change her life. She has used running as a way to better herself in all areas of life.

Since she started running in 2015 she has gone on to run 2 full marathons and countless half marathons and other distance races. To fit training into her busy schedule her alarm clock goes off every morning at 3:30am. Jessica is a real life wonder woman accomplishing so much in her life.

In this episode, Nick and Jessica discuss the importance of having an outlet in life, balancing being a working mom and her upcoming goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon.

Learn all about Jessica's story and what's next for her.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

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Check out Jessica's blog
Apply to be a Run Gum Ambassador

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Nicole Winhoffer, Fitness Artist & Celebrity Trainer - What You Do Daily Determines The Life You Will Create - 014 Oct 29, 2018

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“What you consistently do on a daily basis determines who you are and the life you will create.”

What You Do Daily Determines The Life You Will Create

Nicole is a world-renowned fitness artist who creatively combines the art of inner expression and fitness. Training clients like Madonna, Mya, Stella McCartney, Abbie Cornish, Rachel Weisz and Molly Sims, her individualistic approach allows each student to not only discover, but embrace their own personal strength and passion.

Nicole Winhoffer has become a world-renowned fitness artist, Adidas model and creator of her own workout brand, The NW Method. Through movement, she wants to inspire others to realize their dreams and lead them to their most balanced, beautiful, and best self. Through a continuous curiosity for the unknown, she is inspired to create a new way to combine fact, science, art, and energy. Winhoffer mixes her love for hip-hop music, dance, sports science and eastern practices for a total body and mind workout.

She is always pushing the boundaries of fitness and strive to set the new standard of fitness in the 21st Century. Most recently, Nicole has made the move to Los Angeles to be a trainer on Khloe Kardashian's, Revenge Body.

In this episode, Nick and Nicole discuss how you create the life you want by the things you do daily, overcoming obstacles, goal setting and so much more!

Learn all about Nicole's story and what's next for her.

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Book a class at NW Method
Order Transformation Nation, 12 Week Workout Plan
Download Nicole's Training App

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Jeff Coover, US Pole Vaulter & College Coach - Attacking The Goal That's In Front Of You - 013 Oct 23, 2018

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“It's all about attacking the goal that is in directly in front of you rather than what's way out there.”

Attacking The Goal That's Directly In Front Of You

Jeff Coover is a US Pole Vaulter & College Coach at Northern Iowa.

Jeff grew up surfing, skateboarding and playing baseball. It wasn't until he switched high schools and saw his brother on the track team that influenced him to make the switch from baseball to track and field. After being immediately intrigued with the Pole Vault, Jeff had much success in high school (vaulting 16.6 feet at state) that opened up the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level. He thought he would stay near to his Southern California roots for college but after visiting his brother in Indiana he fell in love with the college an decided to take it collegiate career and education to IU.

Coover had tremendous success in college, vaulting 18.1 feet in college and securing a PR every single year. Shortly after he won the Big 10 Championship in 2008, Coover made a big decision to not use his degree in Environmental Management and to give the professional career in Pole Vaulting a try. He has since then competed in several US Championships and continues to get better every year. He now splits his time between training and coaching the vertical jumps and multi's at Northern Iowa.

In this episode, Nick and Jeff discuss how to attack the goals directly in front of you, balancing being a college coach and professional athlete along with the adversity he's faced throughout the journey.

Learn all about Jeff's story and what's next for him.

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Jeff Pole Vaulting in the Snow

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Matt Wan, CEO of Momentous - Excellence is Achieved Through Belief and Focus - 012 Oct 16, 2018

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“When you have laser like focus you're constantly pursuing excellence.”

Pursuing Excellence is Achieved through Belief and Focus

Matt Wan is the CEO and Co-Founder at Momentous, a sports nutrition startup on a mission to change the supplement industry.

Momentous is the only brand of its kind to collaborate directly with dietitians and strength coaches from all four Major Leagues, and after launching their first product line just a few months ago, they can already count more than 30 professional sports teams as customers. They’ve raised money from an impressive array of individuals, including former executives from Facebook and YouTube, NFL and NBA ownership, and world-class athletes like Alex Honnold and Jimmy Chin.

Matt currently lives and skis in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and is proud to share his Co-Founder title with MTV legend and world-class brand builder Rob Dyrdek. It might also be worth mentioning that Matt recently turned 20 years old, and dropped out of Harvard to pursue his passions fulltime.

In this episode, Nick and Matt discuss how to he became a CEO at such a young age, his company Momentous and pursuing excellence!

Learn all about Matt's story, what's next for him and Momentous.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Follow Momentous on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
Enter the Super Bowl Sweepstakes
Check out Momentous products

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Camala Lapray, Run Gum's Marketing Manager - Greatness is found through the small things you do everyday - 011 Oct 12, 2018

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“Achieving greatness is done through the small things that you do every single day and those small things ultimately lead you to where you want to go.”

Your Future is Created Through the Small Things you do Everyday

Our team started brainstorming on who we were going to have on our Birthday Episode celebrating 4 incredible years of Run Gum and I knew pretty quickly who that person should be. Not many people know this is a celebration of more than 4 years for us, Run Gum was started on the foundation of another company ran by our Co-Founder Sam Lapray's daughter, Camala Lapray.

Camala was in high school when she brought a franchise opportunity to Nick and Sam which she went onto managing full-time while also balancing a full-time college schedule. Between balancing the two for four years, the franchise had much success and they were able to go onto then create Run Gum from the small things that they did for several years leading up to the initial idea of Run Gum.

In this episode, Nick and Camala discuss how to achieve greatness, the foundation behind the roots of Run Gum along with celebrating 4 years of Run Gum!

Learn all about Camala's story, what's next for her and Run Gum.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Follow Simone on Instagram
Try Run Gum for $1 (Ends October 14)

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Simone De La Rue, Celebrity Trainer & Fitness Expert - Your Fitness is Rooted in Psychology - 010 Oct 09, 2018

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"What drives me and fuels me constantly are the changes people see and the way the training helps them evolve."

Fueling Fitness from the Psychological Side

Simone began training in classical ballet at the age of three and has enjoyed a successful dance career spanning two decades, including performances on Broadway, London’s West End, and in her native Australia. After retiring from dancing, Simone made a natural transition to the fitness industry. As a NASM CPT, she began with a loyal base of celebrity clients, and was then able to expand BBS into her New York and two Los Angeles studios.

Simone’s technique has lead to the growth of both the Body By Simone brand, and her reputation as one of the hottest Hollywood fitness experts. She is also a principal trainer in the E! Channel’s Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian. Most recently, Simone has launched the highly anticipated, ABC DVD, with the workouts Jennifer Garner used in preparing for her recent movie, Peppermint.

In this episode, Nick and Simone discuss the psychology behind working out, what it's like to work with celebrity clients and how she manages her busy lifestyle.

Learn all about Simone's story, what's next for her and Body by Simone.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Follow Simone on Instagram and Youtube
Check out Simone's website, Body by Simone
Download the Body by Simone App on iPhone and Android

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Jesse Thomas, CEO of Picky Bars & World Class Triathlete - How Being Conversant in Many Things Leads to Peak Maximization - 009 Oct 02, 2018

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“Transferring from a world class athlete to a world class CEO, is my primary focus.”

Being Conversant in Many Things Leads to Peak Maximization

In 2010, Jesse started training for his first Triathlon, while training he needed a bar to satisfy his nutritional and training needs but wasn’t able to find one. His wife, Lauren wanted to see her husband succeed so she went into the kitchen and worked on creating a bar that would help Jesse. 8 years later their company, Picky Bars is now sold in stores all over the world!

In this episode, Nick and Jesse discuss how his stomach pains led to the start of Picky Bars and how he balances his life of being a CEO, Husband, Dad and World Class Athlete.

Learn all about Jesse's story and what's next for him and Picky Bars.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Follow Jesse on Instagram and Twitter
Follow Picky Bars on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Check out the Work, Play, Love Podcast
FREE RESOURCE - Download Nick's Run The Day Block Scheduler

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Joel Einhorn, CEO & Founder of HANAH — Finding your Calling through Tragedy — 008 Sep 24, 2018

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"I wasn't thinking of it as a business thing until 4 or 5 years ago my now business partner said, 'this is your calling, this is what you do best.'"

Finding Your Calling Through Tragedy

Joel Einhorn, Entrepreneur and the founder of HANAH, a Superfood Supplement company was involved in a pretty serious bike accident in 2008 while training for his second Ironman. As Joel was healing he met with a doctor who introduced him to the daily herbal remedies and ingredients now found in his product, HANAH ONE.

In this episode, Nick and Joel discuss how a tragic event led him to creating a product that is now fueling people all over the world.

Learn all about Joel's story and how he found his calling through a tragic event.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Follow HANAH on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Learn more about HANAH ONE
Enter the HANAH & Run Gum Giveaway!
FREE RESOURCE - Download Nick's Run The Day Block Scheduler

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Gabriele Grunewald, Professional Middle Distance Runner & Founder — Be Resilient and Still Stop to Smell the Roses — 007 Sep 18, 2018

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“What motivates me is inspiring others that are in a similar situation as me.”

We Can All Learn From Perspective

Gabe is a professional American middle-distance, rare cancer survivor, fighter advocate, Chip Gaines Marathon Coach and the Founder of Brave Like Gabe. After being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma cancer in 2009 she was then diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2010. Gabe experienced recurrences of adenoid cystic carcinoma in 2016 and 2017. These battles haven’t held Gabe back from performing on the track, taking 4th place in the 2012 Olympic Trials and a USA indoor Championship in the 3 meters in 2014. She has also founded Brave Like Gabe who's mission is to support rare cancer research and empower cancer survivors through physical activity.

In this episode, Nick and Gabe discuss her continuous battle with cancer and how the adversity she has faced has given her a new sense of urgency and motivation in her life.

Learn all about Gabe's story and how she is inspiring others through her journey.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Follow Gabe on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Learn more about Brave Like Gabe
Check out this short video, "Gabe."
FREE RESOURCE - Download Nick's Run The Day Block Scheduler

Chris Dickerson, Former MLB & Founder —Being Dedicated to Your Craft — 006 Sep 11, 2018

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Chris Dickerson is a former MLB player who is now dedicated to empowering fellow athletes to channel their influence into eco-consciousness in ways that inspire the present and future of sports toward environmental stewardship.