Rising Tribes Podcast
Welcome to the Rising Tribes Podcast — where raw conversations meet real growth.
Hosted by two former professional athletes turned husbands, fathers, and high-performance leaders, this is the podcast for people who look like they’ve got it all together… but still carry the silent weight of pressure, expectation, and self-doubt.
We talk about what most people only think about — the stuff that lives in your chest and keeps you up at night. From marriage and parenting to sex, business, faith, fitness, money, mental health, and the quiet battle of “am I enough?” — nothing is off-limits here.
Alongside our wives and powerful guests, we’re building a tribe of everyday warriors who are deeply rooted in character and relentlessly rising in every area of life.
This isn’t therapy. It’s not self-help fluff.
It’s honest, bold, unfiltered conversation — with people who get it.
Because the strongest tribes don’t fake it. They rise together.
Rising Tribes Podcast
EP 16: HYROX Chicago: We Ran Slow, Worked Fast (and What We’d Do Differently)
We brought the crew to Chicago and stepped onto Navy Pier for the HYROX Pro Division Team Race—both of us…and our wives. Here’s the full, honest debrief: the nerves, the pacing traps, the stations that helped us surge (top 1% on sled push/pull), and the places HYROX reminded us who’s in charge (spoiler: running—it’s ~70–75% of your day in teams).
We share our exact approach, what we’d change immediately, and real numbers you can benchmark:
- Finish: 1:09:59 (111/568 overall; top 25 in age group)
- What “run slow, work fast” looked like in practice
- Why the rock zone is where people quietly lose minutes
- Partner signals that save legs and time
- How to fuel and warm up when your heat is hours after you arrive
- The station-by-station plan that worked (and where it backfired)
Whether you’re eyeing your first HYROX or trying to shave minutes, you’ll walk away with a clear plan to pace the runs, attack the sleds, manage transitions, and avoid the rookie mistakes we made so you don’t have to.
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