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Interview with the late John McAfee, a British-American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software that bears his name to this day. But McAfee was also a fugitive of the US for years. In June, 2021, he was found dead in a jail cell in Spain soon after being scheduled for expedition to the US for charges of tax evasion. Authorities ruled it a suicide. Prior to his death, McAfee stated that he was not...

Great chat with Jacob Fasig - a man who has had a tremendous positive impact on the health and motivation of many people, most particularly your beloved host, Michael. Jacob is the host of the Barbell Voodoo Podcast, co-owner of Crossfit Donelson in the Nashville area, and life coach to many others. Jacob's journey to become "Fit by 40" was a key inspiration in Michael walking in to CrossFit for the first time, and this interview has been a long time coming. We get into all sorts of topics...

Great conversation with Athena Perez, someone we have been inspired by and following for quite some time. Athena is an L2 CrossFit coach, owner of Scaled Nation CrossFit, and author of "Lifting the Wait", a book that tells the story of how she lost over 200 lbs. in her journey to be where she is today. We discussed her fierce advocacy for plus-size inclusion in CrossFit and how the wrong assumptions about a severely overweight newcomer can leave a lasting negative impact. We also tackled...

After a long hiatus, The Forging Fury Podcast has returned as The Next Podcast on Your Playlist. Your hosts Reilly Kilbride and Michael Gray dust off their microphones to kick of a new season -- and a new direction for the show. The same crew you've come to love (hopefully) is back in the saddle again!

Buckle up for one of our most open and honest podcasts ever. We thought we were going to be talking to our guest, Bee Evans, about two of our favorite things: mindset and booty shorts, but this conversation ended up going so much deeper. Bee is the host of the Tear Out the Tags Podcast, a former Phoenix Suns dancer, and was a key player in her family's oil and gas business. Despite being someone who was as comfortable on the dance floor as she was in the oil industry, Bee still felt like she...

Honored to have NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl Champion MVP Kurt Warner join us on the podcast today. We talk a lot about mindset and how inner confidence is key to pushing past the discouragements that life inevitably throws at you. We also discussed football (obviously), his foundation's yearly UFE event, and and how to raise children to learn their value and elevate their inner confidence. We also got to dive into the work he and his wife Brenda are doing with Treasure House Phoenix, an...

Forging Fury Season 2 is here! As a podcast, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic really knocked us to the mat, but were back up and ready for Round 2. We plan on bringing you a ton of new content in the next season, and appreciate you sticking with us. We figured we'd knock the rust off by just getting back behind our mics and riffing for a while. We had a lot to catch up on together and spent some time doing just that. So pull up a chair with us and let's catch up.

Today we tackle the topic of becoming a stellar gym member. Sometimes, being a new member in a community can be daunting because we don't know the customs and behavior expectations of the place we've just joined. Or maybe some of us have been around for a long time and just need a refresher course to snap us out of our bad habits. Either way, we think you'll find a ton of good advice to help you become an ASSET to your gym community, and some helpful tips to help you avoid being...well..an...

So Jillian Michaels threw CrossFit in the mud this week. What did she say and how should we react? Coach Reilly Kilbride and Michael Gray share some thoughts in a special mini-segment we like to call the "5 Minute AMRAP".

Morgan Gregory is the Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach with MLB's Cincinnati Reds organization. He's also been a part of Fury's competition team, the Bomb Squad. Morgan joins us to discuss his career journey to the Reds, why a refusal to say "no" to opportunities can open new doors, how he approaches strength and conditioning for fine-tuned athletes, and how learning he had diabetes put him at a crossroads where he had to decide whether or not he could continue to compete and...

Our good friend Michael Stahl joins us on this episode. Michael, Kristen, and the kids are a much-loved Fury family, and we were honored to have him on to discuss all kinds of things – from family planning (or a lack thereof) to CrossFit to religion. Along with being a family man, a CrossFitter, and an avid Arizona sports fan, Michael is a church planter who is preparing to start a church in the West Valley in 2021. Reilly took this opportunity to ask a lot of questions that many...

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Buckle your seatbelts. Sarah Eunice joins us to tell her story of going through a divorce, battling with depression, and facing a bleak life as an empty-nest single mom. After praying for God to give her direction and purpose, she surprisingly finds peace and a newfound love story on the heels of a breast cancer diagnosis. This is an amazing story of how tremendous hardship can lead to surprising peace and a fresh positive outlook on life. Guess what, there is some CrossFit in there too!

Today we continue our conversation with Tommy Marquez and Sean Woodland of the Talking Elite Fitness Podcast. If you haven't had the chance to listen to Part 1 yet, or to the bonus episode where we put Tommy through our version of The Newlywed Game, be sure to give those a listen. Great conversation with two great men. As always, thanks for listening. Love you, mean it!

Today we pay another visit to our friends at CrossFit Uru to learn more about The Barbell Saves Project, an Arizona-based non-profit designed to help people combat addictions through physical activity. We talk first with Lindsey Cantelme about the support that Arizona State University is bringing to the table, then we speak with Amber Cays and Kathleen Welcher, both former addicts and leaders/participants of the program. We can't wait for you to hear more about this great organization. To...

On today's 5:Minute AMRAP, we discuss the all-too-apparent changes to the CrossFit Open's workout announcement releases. What does the cut in production value do to the Open and what does it mean for the average athlete and affiliate? We give you all we've got for 5 minutes. 3...2...1...Goooooo!

Here we go again. As we enter our second wave lockdown in Arizona, Michael and Reilly discuss COVID-19 information/misinformation, the public response to mask-wearing, and the new Executive Order that bans people from going to the gym Nevermind that healthier people fare MUCH better with COVID than those with obesity, diabetes, and other underlying health conditions. And let's definitely NOT point out the double-standard that allows Cracker Barrels and WalMarts and casinos to remain open....

We're excited to bring you this bonus episode where we cornered Tommy Marquez into playing our version of "The Newlywed Game". Before our interview we reached out to his fiancé, Tiffany Meeks, and asked her a handful of relationship-specific questions that Tommy had to answer on the spot. Short, sweet, and funny -- we hope you enjoy! Special thanks to Tiffany for being such a good sport and making this episode a blast!

Ladies and gentlemen, the first MALE Fury guest has entered the building! Longtime Fury member and official 18.4 Open Athlete Ryann Roberts joins us on the podcast today. Ryann talks about everything from starting and growing Arizona Orthopedic Physical Therapy to his upcoming individual competition at The Rockwell Championship Series in Salt Lake City, Utah. Plus he gives Reilly a run for his money as the of "Sexiest Voice on the Podcast". Just hear for yourself.

So, we did a thing. Have you ever heard the saying, "There are three things never to discuss in public: politics, religion, and money?" Well, that timeless advice is -- from here on out -- going to be completely ignored on the Forging Fury Podcast. We added a new segment called, "How to Deal" where your favorite hosts banter back and forth on a hot topic unrelated to fitness and nutrition. Since the first forbidden topic is supposed to be politics, we decided to start at the top of the list....