Strong By Design Podcast

Send us a textIn a world of non-stop hustle, we often find ourselves maxed out in day to day life. All of the little things we say ‘YES’ to without realizing how it’s killing us inside. Most of us are guilty of fulfilling the needs of others while disregarding what fills us up… what fuels our spirit and what quenches our thirst for life. Like in an airplane, you must first put the mask on yourself before your loved ones. What good are you to others if you’re failing to devote time for personal growth? Coach Chris sits down with Mind Love podcast host Melissa Monte to share an insightful conversation about the POWER and FREEDOM in saying the word ‘No,’ being bolder and how life changing that can be. If you’re causing yourself pain by suppressing what you want most just to please the needs of others and make their feelings more important than your own, get ready to Fill Your Cup and begin acting on your own ambitions and dreams!   "It's our relationship with our self and how many of us sit there and spend time before we start doing a lot of work on ourselves to sit there and say 'what really lights me up, what are my triggers, what are the things I hate doing'..." and "It's really hard to have motivation to do anything if you don't know why you're doing and that includes those little intricacies within any mission." -Melissa Monte   Time Stamps 3:10 Melissa’s story – loss of loved ones, disorders and bad relationships 7:45 What Melissa has learned most by Oversharing and Connecting with her audience 10:30 People pleasing and not being CLEAR about what you want most 13:30 Logging your thoughts, goals, feelings to move you towards real growth 16:30 Emotions rooted in childhood – how this hugely impacts our decisions as adults 22:45 The biggest influences in kid’s lives – What builds true resilience in young people? 25:00 Are young people today MORE or LESS resourceful than our Grandparents? 30:00 Allowing yourself to be more connected in conversation 32:20 Saying NO doesn’t have to be mean or rude – how to deliver the WHY with your NO 35:55 Scheduling ‘Yourself’ In TO DO the things that Fill You Up Most 40:00 Is our brain hardwired to focus on the negatives? To identify with defeat and negativity first? 43:00 What can we learn from kids - living and seeing the world more like children 44:20 Melissa’s husband does the Human Flag 😊 Guinness World Record??? 47:00 Best ways to connect with Melissa Monte’s – her social channels     Resources: MindLove.com Mind Love Podcast 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails   Connect with Melissa: Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textWe Believe that you are Strong By Design, Made in God's image to have a Strong Body, Mind & Spirit. This "Teaser" episode gives you a brief look at what's coming NEXT Wednesday in the full episode. We are so excited to deliver you outstanding information and inspiring guests that we just have to spill the beans ahead of time........plus a lot of other random chit chat about living Strong By Design. Thank you so much for listening to the SBD podcast show, we feel truly honored to have amazing listeners like you!   Subscribe to iTunes, Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast? Tell us here!   Resources: The 7 Worst Testosterone Killers Why Stretching Won't Make You Flexible The 5-Minute Glute Workout The 5 Best Core Killer Exercises 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails   Connect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textYouTube sensation and Strength Camp Founder Elliott Hulse visited the CriticalBench Compound to shed some light on the often confused subject of FASTING. Elliott has been using fasting for 20 years as a serious strongman competitor and health & fitness influencer. His intimate understanding of this centuries old practice helped create his 14-Day Rational Fasting Challenge. This Fasting program is discussed in great detail in the interview with hosts Mike Westerdal and Chris Wilson who both participated in this 14-Day challenge to gain more awareness about a topic that is typically misunderstood. Get ready as Elliott unleashes some knowledge bombs about fasting and how it can radically change your perception about food, hunger, digestion, addictions and other deeply rooted emotions!    "You can't fix and reconfigure the road unless you shut down traffic! And so when we stop eating we're shutting down traffic to our body." and "Go to bed tonight without eating dinner, immediately you're going to have all kinds of resistance but know that you're not going to die and that will be a win in the face of fear." -Elliott Hulse   Resources: RationalFastingChallenge.com 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails - FREE DOWNLOAD   Connect with Elliott: YouTube Facebook Instagram   Connect w/ CriticalBench:  Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textWe Believe that you are Strong By Design, Made in God's image to have a Strong Body, Mind & Spirit. This "Teaser" episode gives you a brief look at what's coming NEXT Wednesday in the full episode. We are so excited to deliver you outstanding information and inspiring guests that we just have to spill the beans ahead of time........plus a lot of other random chit chat about living Strong By Design. Thank you so much for listening to the SBD podcast show, we feel truly honored to have amazing listeners like you!   Subscribe to iTunes, Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast? Tell us here!   Resources: The 7 Worst Testosterone Killers Why Stretching Won't Make You Flexible The 5-Minute Glute Workout The 5 Best Core Killer Exercises 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails   Connect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com  Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textDr. Minkoff is an alternative healthcare expert, guest lecturer, writer, tv and radio show guest. He also authors two weekly newsletters, the BodyHealth Fitness Newsletter and the Optimum Health Report.  Dr. David Minkoff graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1974 and was elected to the “Phi Beta Kappa” of medical schools, the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Fraternity for very high academic achievement.  He is board certified in pediatrics and has completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of California in San Diego, which included research in developing new medicines to fight viral disease. As a clinical faculty member at the University, he also served as co-director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Palomar Medical Center.  In this episode our very own Holistic Health Practitioner Tonya Fines sits down with the very fit and energetic Dr Minkoff to discuss his latest book, The Search for the Perfect Protein.   "While regular medical practice if you have an emergency... these things are wonderful and they really help people but virtually for all the chronic diseases that people have, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, rheumatoid arthritis, auto-immune disease, Alzheimer's, MS, it's virtually worthless because none of the treatments actually target what's wrong.." and "I think that the people who aren't eating are organic are just virtually taking their life in their hands." Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textWe Believe that you are Strong By Design, Made in God's image to have a Strong Body, Mind & Spirit. This "Teaser" episode gives you a brief look at what's coming NEXT Wednesday in the full episode. We are so excited to deliver you outstanding information and inspiring guests that we just have to spill the beans ahead of time........plus a lot of other random chit chat about living Strong By Design. Thank you so much for listening to the SBD podcast show, we feel truly honored to have amazing listeners like you!   Subscribe to iTunes, Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast? Tell us here!   Resources: The 7 Worst Testosterone Killers Why Stretching Won't Make You Flexible The 5-Minute Glute Workout The 5 Best Core Killer Exercises 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails   Connect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textKylie Slavick is a Slam Poet gone Digital Marketer and Brand Storyteller whose generated millions of dollars for her clients through authentic storytelling. Her first story based ad campaign generated $2.5 Million in the women's coaching industry in just 12 weeks. She believes that great marketing stories can change the world for the better... In her spare time she's either at the beach, working on getting plastic out of our Oceans, or raising awareness about her mission to end human trafficking. But Kylie's success wasn’t something that just happened easily nor without some dark, challenging times.  Coach Tonya Fines was fortunate enough to catch up with Kylie to hear her inspiring story of how she overcame addiction to establish a successful career fueled by what is her passion. "I studied for many years why 'story' works and what makes it so emotional and I grew into my reputation more and I grew into my expertise.." and "Any time I do a webinar I will tell stories for the first 20 minutes and I know that's what people are connecting to... " -Kylie Slavick   Time Stamps  3:11    It’s our stories that have the greatest impact 3:57   “I feel like I’m on the ground floor of what is basically a little niche in this industry.” 6:05    Where/ how it all began 11:06   Kylies pivotal moment 14:45   Kylies biggest struggles 16:48   The biggest keys that helped Kylie “kick” her addiction 22:04   “Stories run the world.” 25:53   “Social Media has distributed power more evenly” 27:03   The biggest influenced in Kylie’s life 29:14   Kylie’s biggest “fail” 33:44   Correct it and move forward 37:05   What would Kylie give as her personal advice to someone “starting out” 40:40   How her spiritually helped her to get clean   Resources: Kylie Slavick -Story Marketing Kylie Slavick - Story Marketing Method 5-Week Course 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails - FREE DOWNLOAD   Connect with Kylie: Instagram Facebook   Connect w/ CriticalBench:  Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textWe Believe that you are Strong By Design, Made in God's image to have a Strong Body, Mind & Spirit. This "Teaser" episode gives you a brief look at what's coming NEXT Wednesday in the full episode. We are so excited to deliver you outstanding information and inspiring guests that we just have to spill the beans ahead of time........plus a lot of other random chit chat about living Strong By Design. Thank you so much for listening to the SBD podcast show, we feel truly honored to have amazing listeners like you!   Subscribe to iTunes, Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast? Tell us here!   Resources: The 7 Worst Testosterone Killers Why Stretching Won't Make You Flexible The 5-Minute Glute Workout The 5 Best Core Killer Exercises 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails   Connect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Start the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textBrant Menswar is a critically-acclaimed author, award-winning musician and the CEO and founder of Rock Star Impact, a boutique agency that teaches people and organizations how to cultivate values-based leadership and bring organizational values to life.  His son battled some terrifying health issues, which came completely out of nowhere rocking his world and tested his family's faith in God...at the time he was Pastoring a church he started in his living room...it's an incredible story that has touched a lot of people's lives. In this episode Coach Chris dives deep into Brant's book Rock 'N' Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change as well as his amazing journey as a super talented singer/musician and his band Big Kettle Drum. He's always partnering with community outreaches, using his gifts for music to bring awareness and fundraising to matters of the heart. This year Big Kettle Drum raised money for Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend's "Teen Cancer America." TCA is an organization that helps Teens with Cancer. These kids are the the forgotten kids in the realm of cancer treatment. Be on the lookout for Brant's BRAND-NEW podcast show 'Thoughts That Rock' that launched on August 7th, 2019!   "Before you know it you're 40 something years old and you're going, 'I hate my life, what am I doing, why do I have this job, why am I continually getting up every day in this existence?'..." and "There's an epidemic going on in this country of people winging it...and winging it is great until some storm in your life rolls in that rocks you like cancer did for us...the potential for you to make horrible decisions is astronomical." -Brant Menswar   Time Stamps :50 Does Chris mispronounce Brant’s name??? 😊 1:25 Brant’s bio and mission 2:55 His days as a legitimate Rock Star 5:00 Forced off the road and starts a church in his home 10:45 Creating your own set of Core Values that guide you in life 13:40 People “Winging It” in our world today and how Cancer rocked Brant’s universe 17:45 Brant says ‘goodbye’ to his son in a hospital bed 21:08 He defines what matters most – all things getting filtered through his Core Values 25:15 What Core Values guide the business or company YOU work for? Are you operating every day based on these? 35:00 When you LIVE by your own set of Core Values, things change 36:30 Brant’s book, Rock ‘N’ Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change 41:50 Every day is a NEW CHANCE for change… 43:10 Brant’s newest record with Big Kettle Drum 44:57 Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze – I Thought You’d Be Bigger 46:03 Raising money for Teen Cancer America with his amazing gift for music 49:33 Find out how to connect with Brant on his website and social channels and the true spelling of his last name 51:30 Brant’s NEW podcast show, Thoughts That Rock 54:00 Closing thoughts from Chris and Brant’s message to the StStart the New Year with more Focus, Clarity & Mental Energy!Grab some Neuro-Thrive at a Discount - Use Code: SBD2026 🧠 Your Brain will Love you 💙Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com

Send us a textWe Believe that you are Strong By Design, Made in God's image to have a Strong Body, Mind & Spirit. This "Teaser" episode gives you a brief look at what's coming NEXT Wednesday in the full episode. We are so excited to deliver you outstanding information and inspiring guests that we just have to spill the beans ahead of time........plus a lot of other random chit chat about living Strong By Design. Thank you so much for listening to the SBD podcast show, we feel truly honored to have amazing listeners like you!   Subscribe to iTunes, Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast? Tell us here!   Resources: The 7 Worst Testosterone Killers Why Stretching Won't Make You Flexible The 5-Minute Glute Workout The 5 Best Core Killer Exercises 5 Ways to Become Tough as Nails   Connect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Support the showConnect w/ CriticalBench: Youtube Facebook Instagram CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com