
Jason Khalipa Podcast
The Jason Khalipa Podcast is a place where your hosts, Jason Khalipa and Gabe Yanez, chat with protectors, providers, parents, entrepreneurs, and all the everyday heroes doing badass stuff on the regular.
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Aug 19, 2024 • 1h 22min
073: Nick Freitas Shares Essential Values for Raising and Loving Your Kids
In this discussion, Nick Freitas, a passionate advocate for effective parenting, shares his insights on raising children with strong moral values. He identifies five essential characteristics that every person should embody, emphasizing the importance of communication and humility in parenting. The conversation dives into the unique challenges of raising boys versus girls and the significance of building emotional connections. Freitas also highlights the need for unconditional love while teaching respect, helping children navigate the complexities of today’s world.

Aug 15, 2024 • 57min
072: Cutting Back: Why Family Spending Has To Change Now
Gabe, an advocate for rethinking family spending priorities, joins Jason to discuss the importance of transforming how families allocate their resources. They argue for prioritizing shared experiences over material gifts to foster deeper connections. The conversation also touches on the need for kids to engage more physically, the dangers of local wildlife, and the challenges of choosing appropriate media for children. They even share insights from a scuba diving certification journey that highlights family fitness and involvement.

Aug 14, 2024 • 13min
Q&A: How Should My Eating Habits Change as I Age?
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Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 17min
071: Julien Pineau on Resilience: Mastering Your Body’s Response to Challenge
Jason and Gabe sit down with Julien Pineau for today’s episode of the Jason Khalipa Podcast:
- Teaching your body to respond to weakness
- Cognitive vs. somatic
- The key to resilience
- Is Ozempic the next opiod crisis?
- Julien's experience with Munchausen By Proxy
- Panic attacks
- Defining success and controlling variables
- CrossFit is a training system, not a methodology
- We need to go back to old school CrossFit
- This might piss some people off... (evolution from the barbell)
- Try these sandbag workouts!
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Aug 8, 2024 • 59min
070: Facing Parental Judgement: Would You Act Differently in Their Shoes?
Jason and Gabe sit down for today’s episode of the Jason Khalipa Podcast: - Gabe's 5 days of solo dad duty- We're headed to the CrossFit Games!- What we have is not specific to men- Athlete A Documentary... what would you do?- It's easy to pass judgement from the sidelines- There's no book on how to parent your child- Make the best decision you can with the information you have- What does Dave Castro have up his sleeve?- TANNAHILLS- FLEX Hybrid Program COMING SOONNever let momentum get to zero. Listen to the Jason Khalipa Podcast today and every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.Follow the Pod
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Aug 7, 2024 • 18min
Q&A: Would a Cost-Effective, High-Volume CrossFit Gym Survive?
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Aug 5, 2024 • 1h 18min
069: Why Cole Sager Can't Stay Away: 11 Years at the CrossFit Games
Jason and Gabe sit down with Cole Sager for today’s episode of the Jason Khalipa Podcast:
- 4 years of football and 11 years of CrossFit
- The importance of mobility for longevity
- Cole's CrossFit Games prep
- Down-regulating after a workout
- Take care of the mind and it will take care of the body
- Holding your body accountable
- Don't change something on gameday
- What keeps you going back to the Games?
- What matters in the grand scheme of things
- Faith is an advantage in competition
- Learning how to respond to the negative things in life
- This too shall pass
- Being on a team with your spouse
- Cole's transition to Head Coach at Comp Train
- What is the future of CrossFit?
- People train too much
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Aug 1, 2024 • 51min
068: The Future of Tipping, Tech, and Training
Jason and Gabe sit down for today’s episode of the Jason Khalipa Podcast:
- Thinking about the men on the railroad (we've gotten soft)
- Tipping culture
- What's the world going to look like in 20 years with AI?
- Never stop learning new skills
- Is Jason going to get the scale under 200?
- Pulling a police car around a track
- Strategizing HYROX
- Running on empty doesn't help you adapt
- Thoughts on the assassination attempt
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Jul 31, 2024 • 10min
Q&A: Can People Over 50 Sustain CrossFit and Lifting?
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Jul 29, 2024 • 1h 1min
067: Are You Too Tough On Your Kids?
Jason and Gabe sit down for today’s episode of the Jason Khalipa Podcast:
- Is Jason too tough?
- Fangirling over Deion Sanders
- "I f**king love sports documentaries"
- Because I said so!
- Letter from Winston Churchill's father
- Jason found some goggles in the lost and found
- Tim Kennedy v. Jason Khalipa: WATCH HERE!
- How is Tim Kennedy SO good at grappling?
- So... who won?
- Jason's goals for the Tactical Games
- Sand Program on the TRAIN HARD App!
- Gabe got a running coach
- Jason's legs aren't supple
- TRAIN HARD at the CrossFit Games
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