Midlife Male by Greg Scheinman

Justin Singer is the owner and co-founder of Mekanix Calisthenics Gym; Houston's first and only dedicated body-weight fitness gym emphasizing calisthenics training. He also operates Singer Holdings which focuses on the acquisition, improvement, and operation of real estate including commercial and multi-family properties in the Texas market. He has been extremely successful in the software and tech world as President of SMBology and stints at Tibco and Scalable. He is a certified XPT Life coach and passionate fitness, health, wellness and mindfulness expert. We sat down after a Mekanix workout and Ice/Heat Therapy session to talk about his transition from the Tech world to the fitness world and his unique perspective on work/life balance, how he makes decisions, the importance of incorporating breathing, meditation and various therapies into your lifestyle for long term health benefits and where he intends to take his life and career in the years to come.

Joe Krouse is the owner/operator of Ten Mile House, Fred’s Garage and DB3 Donuts in Chicago. The consummate “mid life male”, he’s an entrepreneur and risk taker coming off of a successful audio/video business sale who changed direction and entered the hospitality business with no direct experience but armed with a passion for great food and the desire to take care of people. He is a husband, father, son and brother and throughout this episode we chatted about how he makes decisions, family life and the effects changing industries and going out on your own has on your confidence, ability to balance work and life the highs of starting your own restaurant and the lows of having to close one. We dug into our changing/evolving philosophies on money and time and how we choose to spend both and whats really important in life. Having recently experienced the loss of his sister, we went deeper into the family perspective, perseverance and a legacy that he holds dear along with the values he chooses to live by every day. It’s always super interesting to me to reconnect with people I haven’t seen or spoken to in a while, or in this case knew when we were both just college kids trying to figure it out as opposed to now being 45 and still trying to figure it all out... Seeing what people have become, chosen to do, where they live, what type of family they have and what they’ve been up to for 20 years... Good times.

Robert White is a self described “Designer”. An architect by trade, entrepreneur, restaurateur, father and husband what I took away from our conversation is that he is more of a “Designer of life” than anything else. He expresses a personal sense of security, confidence, humility, creativity, vulnerability and passion for following his heart and conviction with each of his projects. He has experienced success, failure, loss and gain throughout his journey and speaks transparently throughout our conversation about many of his challenges, lessons learned and where he has chosen to step back and where he is compelled to move forward. This is one of the deepest and relatable conversations I’ve had to date and one that I think all men can both relate to and benefit from listening to. Enjoy!

Adam Nelson has qualified for a total of five World Outdoor Championship teams and earned seven world and Olympic medals, which included the 2004 Olympic gold. After initially winning silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Nelson was officially awarded gold in May of 2013 after Ukraine's Yuriy Bilonoh was stripped of the gold following a doping violation. He is a graduate of Dartmouth and received his MBA from The University of Virginia. He’s currently the COO of The D10 Decathlon; a nationally televised athletic competition produced for amateur athletes testing speed, strength, agility, and coordination through a mix of 10-events traditionally performed in the Olympic decathlon and NFL Scouting Combine. Adam, his wife and two daughters recently relocated to Houston. On this episode we talk about his journey from college football player to Olympic Shot Putter, the emotional and psychological toll of being awarded the gold medal almost a decade after the Olympic Games, fitness over the age of 40 and where he’s focused on taking the D10 and himself in the future.

Sat down with Brent Erenwert, Chief Innovation Officer for Brothers Produce to talk about what inspired him to create this role for himself after years of serving in management capacity as President and various other roles along the way. A family business started by his father and uncle Brent has helped Brothers Produce grow from 12 million revenue a year in 1999 to over 300 million per year today. In 2015 he started Houston Cold Storage a full service cold storage operation, that is doubling storage capacity at the end of 2017. He’s a father, coach and forward thinker with an eye and focus on innovation and looking to the future.

Dr. Garth Davis is a leader in the field of bariatric medicine, He is recognized as a Texas Monthly Super Doc and starred with his father, Dr. Robert Davis, on the hit show docu-reality medical series, BIG MEDICINE. He is the author of the book Proteinaholic and competes in Ironman events.

Dr. Richard Urso was a former college football player at UCONN before going on to medical at UT, where he graduated with honors and was number one in the class in both surgery and medicine. He has been chief of ophthalmology MDA hospital and is now in private practice in Houston, TX. Over 25 years he has written over 40 journal articles and given over 300 presentations at medical meetings. He has a patented diabetic wound healing drug as well as 4 trademarked eye drops for wound healing. A health and wellness fanatic, his latest product is Mitoade, a revolutionary non-GMO, physician formulated, Vegan and Gluten Free dietary supplement for efficient energy production in the mitochondria. He has a wife and six children and lives in Bellaire, Texas.

Terry Williams is the owner of The League in Houston, Texas; a unique warehouse gym that features his one-of-a-kind conditioning format called PAC(K) Training. It combines Power, aerobic and Circuit Training. Terry holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and recently released his first book; The Flavor Fuel Kitchen. He is an entrepreneur, athlete, husband and a father. We talked about building a business and brand, working alongside your spouse, fatherhood, work life balance and how to take an idea thru execution. Terry openly shared his thoughts on spirituality, discipline, drive, challenges and what’s in store for the future.

Greg grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended Baylor University, where he earned a BA in History in 1987, and was named Phi Beta Kappa. Greg attended law school at the University of Texas School of Law, earning a Juris Doctorate in 1990. Greg practiced law in Houston with Funderburk & Funderburk, LLP, specializing in civil litigation, from 1990 to 2011 before experiencing a call to ministry. Greg and his wife, Kelly, joined South Main as members in April 1994. Greg joined the South Main staff in 2012. They have two sons, Hank and Charlie.

Nick is an influential marketer and social media expert. He is the former COO of YogaOne Studios where he was instrumental in growing the brand from two to 8 studios during his tenure. Now as the COO of ROW Studios, a boutique indoor ROWing studio he is responsible for overseeing marketing and operations of the company and development of new studios.