Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast - Inspire. Be Inspired.

https://youtu.be/B8TtFv3KUvs Sam Renfrow decided to stir the pot. Gavin May is a world-class eater, as is Wilson. Sam managed to mix the words harshly enough to where the only way that Gavin and Wilson can maintain their friendship is to settle a score. The date has been set for Saturday, July 20th where Wilson and Gavin will sit down across a table from one another and see who can eat the greatest amount of pizza to benefit the Chris Hope Foundation. The details are still being ironed out but as of right now we are looking at planning a four-hour trail run at Tour De Wolf in Shelby Farms and immediately going to Rizzi's Pizza Cafe in Arlington, Tn to try and tackle their 28" monster pizza. Details to follow soon. Also on the show this week: Please nominate Lift Heavy Run Long for Best Local Podcast in the Memphis Flyer. https://memphisflyer.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-Memphis-2019-1/gallery?group=320832 Davisdottir and Toomey leave Reebok for NOBULL https://morningchalkup.com/2019/06/18/first-davidsdotti

This week we are replaying one of our favorite episodes. Episode #39 from the Sylamore 25K and 50K. We think it's worth a revisit! Enjoy. Last weekend, we had an awesome crew of folks get together and run the Sylamore 25k/50k. This is my third year participating, and I think I enjoy it more and more each year. The people we had in our cabin, in our group, and on the trail are what makes this race so much fun. The trail itself is covered in beauty. The scenery is majestic and the race itself is run beautifully. We, of course, felt the need to bring the recording equipment. I can't promise that we cover just a great deal about the race, but we sure had a great time anticipating the run. I hope that you enjoy this episode as much as we did. Peace, love, and all things Beef related, Beefcake

https://youtu.be/jxUeaZ6EiD4 This week on the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast: The Rev's parents are moving, today, like right now...so leave work and come home and help. Crystal "Pistol" Landers asks the Fleet Feet Running community for suggestions for a low budget shoe to help her friend that battled cancer and is trying to get fit. What she found was an outpouring of love and support. We talk about the beautiful thing that is white bread sandwiches. Beefcake drinks 4 liters of coke in a day-and-a-half....because it was there. (That is probably more than he has drank in four years combined) We spend the majority of the time discussing, "What is CrossFit? What does it mean to CrossFit?". We talk about the haters, the advocates and the indifferent. it is a fun conversation and although we don't all share the same opinions we have a good time debating the topic.

https://youtu.be/bSDUyAgHiJY Let us proceed. I know you are busy. A quick rundown of what's going on with the hosts: Beefcake- Has new outfits. Managed to get poison ivy in his eyes. Sprayed an attacking dog with pepper spray. Admits to buying large quantities of Taco Bell prior to running so as he can enjoy it on after. Jacked and Tan- Thinks Beefcake is a pansy for spraying dog. Gets a treadmill. It is discovered that Amanda's 5th-grade project could have won a Pulitzer Prize. Von- Has kidneys tested. Finds he has outstanding guts. Claims to be too weak to hold a route 44 slushee to his mouth. Believes that 2 weeks out of weightlifting has turned him into the world's weakest person. Has been beaten by his children in arm wrestling. Is adamant that crunchy peanut butter makes you a better person than smooth. Thirsty- Has never heard of Indian Leg Wrestling. Continues to steer clear of fitness related activities. Uses excuse for not running a race by saying, "I was planning to go out of town...but now I

https://youtu.be/mfwtSYdkt6g Man, oh man, oh man! We certainly had plenty to talk about on Episode #148. For those of you who don't know, last week Von went on an expedition which was a simulation of a Special Forces type experience. He planned on it being a really tough 8-day adventure but what he did not expect was that he would have an absolutely wicked case of rhabdomyolysis within 24 hours of the event. Unable to move his arms and urinating the color of black coffee, Von knew that something had to give. He went to the cadre's tent and told him that he had to stop. Upon seeing the color of his urine, they immediately called the paramedics and Von was rushed to the hospital for a 5-day stay. Von shares with us what his experience was like, how he plans to recover and the changes that this experience has done for his outlook. It is really an amazing story and even more amazing is the attitude and outlook that Von has as a result. You are not going to want to miss this one!

https://youtu.be/x7BtzrUBjxU Stage Fright, also referred to as  'avoidant paruresis', 'shy bladder syndrome', 'psychogenic urinary retention' and 'pee-phobia', is the world's second leading killer behind heart attacks, Malaria and Polio. We discuss it and it will likely change your life...or make you change podcasts. Nurse marathon- Guinness denied because she was wearing scrubs and not a nurses dress. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/world/europe/nurse-marathon-dress-guinness.html Man breaks 100k record running backwards. https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/ultramarathon-wuppertal-rueckwaerts-100.html CrossFit News: CrossFit box owner put a hidden camera in his gym and sent a dickpic to minor. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/4074165-allen-fitness-coach-arrested-after-hidden-camera-discovered-at-crossfit-gym/ Middle-aged men run faster marathons than 20 somethings. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2019/apr/22/why-are-middle-aged-marathon-runners-faster-than-twentysomethings  One-Ton

https://youtu.be/IanD0w_NQ_Q Another week, another podcast! Here is a rundown of what was discussed on Episode #145. People are totally pissed over this Devon Ford guy. I don't know much about him but folks don't seem to like him very much. https://morningchalkup.com/2019/04/25/devin-ford-declines-his-games-invite Teenager Matthew Boling shatters all-time high school 100m record in ridiculous time. Under 10 seconds! He ran a 9.98 in the final. Fastest HS time EVER RECORDED BY MANKIND. https://wwos.nine.com.au/news/matthew-boling-breaks-high-school-100m-sprint-record/a4cfa94f-534e-448e-9be4-01af0b29e6a7 CBD Oil. Interested to your thoughts on it. Effective? Dangerous? Dumb? Awesome? LHRL Community News- When asked what pre-workout most people drank before going to the gym, almost nobody named a powdered pre-workout favorite? This surprised me. HYPOTHETICALS- 1. Would You rather be the worst at your job and work extremely hard at it while naturally being the best runner or would you rather be the bet at your

https://youtu.be/KiTcuFPx8p8 Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast #144 Quick recap: Amanda almost makes Wilson vomit just seconds before the show starts by telling a hospital story. Von talks about his upcoming adventure, "The Process." Discussion on our varying opinions of "Life Coaches". Pepsi threatens CrossFit with legal action and CrossFit welcomes it. https://morningchalkup.com/2019/04/18/pepsi-gatorade-threaten-crossfit-with-legal-action/ First memory of running as a child for anything other than play. "Earthing" and what that is and what that means. The power of the internet over ignorant people. See you next week. Same bat time, same bat place. Find us wherever podcasts are streamed and on FB Live, Tuesdays at 7:10pm cst.    

https://youtu.be/Yl7nSe79lQY I will try and be brief... Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast topics for the week: We had a review! YES! We would love it if you would leave us one too: Leave a review  Amanda and I did a trail Ragnar in Atlanta which was great fun. Austin Malleolo deadlifts 600 pounds on the same day that he runs the Boston Marathon. Malleolo: “My goal was to deadlift 600 pounds and run the Boston Marathon in the same day! I figured not many people can do that and it proves the CrossFit methodology is potent and effective and we can create athletes that can have capacity at different ends of the spectrum!” https://morningchalkup.com/2019/04/16/austin-malleolo-deadlifted-600-pounds-then-ran-a-marathon/ 70-year-old breaks world record with 2:54:53 marathon at 6:39 per mile. https://blog.strava.com/gene-dykes-marathon-world-record-run-17459/ CrossFit Removes Footwear Restrictions at the CrossFit Games https://morningchalkup.com/2019/04/15/crossfit-removes-footwear-restrictions-at-the-crossfit-games/ S

https://youtu.be/Qr9__YInSdc Yet another large time was had on the LHRL® podcast this week. It was a lot to squeeze into one hour but we got it done. Wanna know what we talked about but don't wanna hear us talk about it? I don't blame you, that's why I put the topics and the links below. Wilson and Amanda are running Ragnar Trail in Atlanta this weekend. https://www.runragnar.com/event-detail/trail/atlanta_ga Glassman’s ex-wife to marry some dude that killed another dude in a treehouse shanty. And what the hell is a shanty? Can anyone answer that? What is the difference between a treehouse and a treehouse shanty? https://www.foxnews.com/us/multi-millionaire-crossfit-co-founder-to-marry-man-jailed-on-murder-charges-in-florida Runner Still Missing After Starting Malaysian Ultra 10 Days Ago. Some guy, whose name I clearly don't remember, was running a 20k and has been missing for 10days. Yikes. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a26988314/missing-ultrarunner-malaysia/ A very sad week in the lives of CrossFitters

https://youtu.be/TSJ96CDTu7U Another week, another podcast. Y'all ready for this, cause here we go. This is the lightning round of things discussed on the podcast: Brian Williams and Sean Hilsdon complete the Gerorgia Death Race "Two for flinching." The frog and the deadleg. ** LHRL Community feed** Diane Wood signed up for tunnel Hill 50! Elijah is doing his first “official” 50k this Saturday. Patrick McChesney- “Best way to find new trails in a new area. I'm moving from AZ to AL and would like as little downtime as possible. Recommendations on apps or websites or whatever would be great.” THE APP IS ALLTRAILS. Great app! Rebekah Hicks-Overuse injuries. And why my friends can run ridiculous distances but when I try there is Always another injury I haven't had yet...And running a marathon With overtraining injuries because Yer Stubborn. Tony Whelan- Weirdest things you’ve seen in a race - so weird when it’s over you actually wonder if it really happened. Years later, you still wonder... Participant stats fo

https://youtu.be/h7UFOg4jNVE Emily Reed is a small town lawyer with a CrossFit problem.  She is a life long resident of Mountain Home, Arkansas, with a solo practice handling mostly family law issues and select criminal defense matters. After several years of practicing law, it was at an annual meeting of lawyers that she looked around and realized her sedentary profession was killing her and her colleagues. Barely a casual jogger herself, she decided to try something new, and that’s when she saw The CrossFit Games on ESPN. She found a local gym and joined. Six months or so later in 2014 she was at CrossFit Mayhem getting her Level 1 certification. She’s enjoyed coaching at her local affiliate, CrossFit Amend. She also has her Level 2 certification and some other neat papers from Crossfit HQ. She has also taken a stab at judging the big dogs at Central Regional and The Crossfit Games in 2017. While she’s not super fit by any stretch, she is a super dog mom to her main man, Bubba.

https://youtu.be/vbIPAo33_QM Guess what? We got Big Thirsty a new toy. We upped the ante and hardwired the studio for internet access. Thirsty is now our official "fact checker" and information provider for the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast. It should be fun to interact with the FB Live audience as well as provide links to the different topics that we discuss on the podcast. We are excited about the future of LHRL and we are thrilled that you are a part of it. Post any topics, questions or suggestions that you would like to hear discussed on the podcast within the LHRL Community on FB and we will be happy to talk about them. Here is a rundown of what went on this week on the show: Definitely check out Von's new podcast, the Find My Way Podcast where he connects with successful people in an effort to learn, understand and implements some of the techniques which help them maintain an edge. http://findmywaypodcast.com/ The legend of Cliff Young. 61 year old farmer who won the world’s toughest race. https://

https://youtu.be/TwYMQFCYvnw We were busy yacking it up this week. Here is some of what we talked about with links on where to find it. Feel free to drop us a line if there are any topics or events that you would like to hear discussed. Thanks for tuning in! Crossfit Open 19.4 A study suggesting that endurance runners actually regenerated cartilage after long periods of time on their feet. It also suggested that they lost over 6% of grey-matter in their brain which could explain why we sign up for such stupid events. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151130084002.htm The Strange Tale of Buster Martin. Claims to be 101 years old and the oldest man to finish a marathon. He also drank seven beers along the way while enjoying a cigarette with each one. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jul/21/london.healthandwellbeing Lazarus Lake’s Backyard Ultra. Runners have one hour to finish 4-ish mile loop and get back in the corral. This is repeated until you cannot make the loop in one hour or cannot brin

https://youtu.be/BCToh3m-xBc Taylor Somerville is the Founder and CEO of The Long Game, LLC and Symmetry. Taylor worked in the investment business for over 15 years until 2017 when he decided to transition his career to focus full time on health and fitness and started his company, Symmetry. After going through a divorce in 2014, Taylor began focusing on his long time love of fitness and through that process, discovered breathwork as a way to deal with stress and anxiety.  Through breath work, Taylor was able to change how he responded to stressful situations and learned to respond instead of react.  In 2015, Taylor began working with a group called XPT, started by Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece. Through XPT, Taylor delved deeper into breathwork and learned about heat and ice contrast therapy.  After seeing the positive benefits in himself, Taylor felt a calling to help others with their stress and anxiety through XPT’s philosophies. In 2018, Taylor was invited by XPT to be a part of the first group of XPT ce

https://youtu.be/XDztKyo-3-0 It's our monthly installment of "Just the Hosts". As usual, all bets are off and we spend an hour talking about whatever comes to mind. If the topic is fitness, that's cool. If the topic is family, that's cool too. It the topic is a week-long pizza and ice cream bender, well that is just part of it. This podcast is about friends getting together to entertain and enjoy each others company while getting to form new relationships along the way. On this episode we talk about Thirsty and The Rev crushing Give Camp Memphis by building websites for non-profits (and how I waited by my phone all weekend waiting for the invitation but it never came. #sadface.) We discuss Jacked and Tan getting back on point with her nutrition as she is dialing it all in with the help of Kate Lyman Nutrition. We talk about the CrossFit Open and 19.1. And, of course, we couldn't have a show without the universally popular "Hypotheticals" segment brought to you by Ted Horrell. Thank you for supporting Li

https://youtu.be/33tVFo71zhU This week we had the pleasure of conversing with our old friends Sean Hilsdon and Brian Williams. Brian and Sean are the Race Directors for the wildly successful Big Hill Pond Walking Tall 25k/50k.  The race is filling up fast so we hope you will sign up today.  Below is a little about what you can expect at BHP. Big Hill Ponds 50/25k is run in Pocahontas TN.  It will be run Oct 19th 2019. The race will have 31 or 15.5 miles made up almost entirely of single track trail with only a little park road used to string out the competition.  The race features a fire tower that you will have to climb and a swamp boardwalk that is over a half mile across.  The name of the race comes from the history of the area and local sheriff Buford Pusser, who is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining, prostitution, gambling, and other vices along the Mississippi-Tennessee state line.  The race will offer enough scenery and elevation for the most grizzled trail runner but should be doable fo

https://youtu.be/nAxIJY3RMNM Sylamore 25K/50K. Another year. I can't believe it. It's hard to say where I would be if I had not found these people or this race but I believe that I would be in a very different spot. The Sylamore 50k and the people that are part of it are very special to me. For five years in a row this race has meant something different each year but it always means gratitude and appreciation for everything that I have been through and all of the people who have helped me get through it. As always, I don't travel far without recording equipment and I am always quick to cram a microphone in anyone's face who is willing to tolerate it. I am fortunate that the people around me appreciate the LHRL® Podcast and are willing to subject themselves to the discomfort of putting on a headset while the cameras and equipment record. We have a great thing going at Lift Heavy Run Long. Getting to know everyone who enhances the community and watching people accomplish their first race distances and all

https://youtu.be/TfvWEpwDn74 Allen Couch, Jr. lives in Hernando, MS with his wife Michelle and their three children.  Allen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi. He was recently elected to a 4th term as a DeSoto County Court Judge. Prior to taking the bench, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for the 17th Judicial District of Mississippi and before that, a partner with his father Allen, Sr., in the Couch Law Firm. When not on the bench, Allen enjoys playing guitar and drums, hunting, woodworking, knife making, creative writing and travel. In other words, retirement cannot come soon enough! Allen does not enjoy running however, but sees it as a means to an end. After following his wife around to numerous races and dubbing himself the “Race Sherpa” Allen decided to give it a try. Flirting with 300 lbs., it was time to do something. Since 2012, he’s completed dozens of marathons, ultras and recently, a 50 miler. The obvious health benefits aside, per

https://youtu.be/qoWVAsemBes Jacked & Tan wants a snuggie. The Rev officially declares the Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast as "Pants optional". Thirsty proudly reaches a new low on "Cheezy Dad jokes". Beefcake, again, barely maintains his composure as the computer freezes up and stops recording....three times. Lift Heavy Run Long releases its theme song for its self- proclaimed smash hit segment "Hypotheticals" comprised of tunes made by Ted Horrell of TedHorrellMusic.com. As always, we have a blast and love that you are a part of it. Feel free to reach out anytime with anything you would like to hear discussed on the Podcast!