Michael Alfaro is a preeminent figure in the world of fitness, technology and brand partnerships. His latest venture is NEO U (“New You”). It’s being called “The Amazon of Wellness”, a one of a kind gym which brings together trainers, fitness instructors, brands and celebrity fitness personalities to create and shoot content that can be shared globally on a subscription basis. The company has raised over 20M and is about to launch their flagship studio in Midtown Manhattan, which can be transfor...
Sep 21, 2018•54 min
Joel “Thor” Neeb is a husband, father, former fighter pilot, an Ironman competitor, American Ninja Warrior, stage IV cancer survivor, expert leadership expert, and President of Afterburner Inc. As an F-15 pilot, Thor escorted the U.S. President through the sky and flew missions to ensure the safety of the country after the attacks of 9/11. He was the tactical leader of 300 of the most senior combat pilots in the Air Force and he oversaw the execution of a $150M/year flight program. Thor was name...
Sep 14, 2018•48 min
Michael Chernow is the founder of Seamore’s Restaurants which focuses on sustainable seafood and has 6 locations around New York. He is also the co-founder of The Meatball Shop, a chain of successful, fast casual restaurants. He has been working in restaurants since he was a teenager and went on to graduate from the French Culinary Institute with honors with a degree in both Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management. He is a passionate fisherman, athlete, husband and father. He describes himself a...
Sep 07, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Nate Checketts grew up in a prominent sports family. His father Dave was the President of The NY Knicks and MSG. We could’ve talked sports for hours. He’s also got a brother who’s a sports talk host so it comes naturally. But rather, what we got into was his close, loving and respectful relationship with his family and how he was raised with chores, responsibilities and having to earn and learn for himself along the way. An entrepreneur from his early teen years starting a camp at age 13, collec...
Aug 31, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Ken Lubin helps people achieve their dreams and companies to reach their goals. He has been in the Executive Search business for over 20 years and is The Founder of Executive Athlete Organization, which currently boasts over 16,000 members. He also recently launched The Executive Athlete Podcast. A competitive skier growing up he initially wanted to be a competitive skiing coach and realized that financially for him (and his girlfriend at the time and now wife...) that it wasn’t going to work. H...
Aug 24, 2018•55 min
Eric Falkenstein is a top Broadway producer. His company, Spark Production’s credits include “The Iceman Cometh”, “The Color Purple”, “All My Son’s”, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” and “The History Boys,”. He’s received multiple Tony Awards and nominations throughout his career. He’s also a husband and father to 3 children. We talked about the challenges of developing and mounting Broadway productions, juggling his professional and personal schedule, the need for work/life balance and the impo...
Aug 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Met Shayn Robinson thru The D10 Decathlon. He’s a super executive athlete, husband, father, entrepreneur and Midlife Male. Really enjoyed competing with him, getting to know him and he’s a super bright guy with a very sound and balanced perspective on life, business, family and health and fitness. He’s been one of my favorite guests to date as we share many of the same interests, values and similar positions in life. Shayn runs DARROW & Co. DARROW is a Houston based commercial real estate fi...
Aug 10, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Huge day on The MidLife Male Podcast. My guest is Chad Lemons - Mr. Drive himself, The Lone Wolf. Founder of The Drive Clothing Company and The Drive Diet program Chad has a distinct history and background in weightlifting, bodybuilding and nutrition along with being a successful entrepreneur and influencer on social media with his motivational and inspirational posts, videos and stories. Chad and I got to talk about the challenges of building a brand from the ground up, where he developed his w...
Aug 03, 2018•1 hr 6 min
I read this story on Facebook and was completely moved. Luke Marklin, Bellhops moving company chief executive, gifted his car to an employee named Walter Carr in Birmingham, Alabama on July 16 after Carr walked nearly 20 miles to his first day of work when his car broke down. On so many levels this is beautiful and inspiring. From the commitment, perseverance and work ethic of Walter to the kindness of the police officers who bought Walter breakfast to the good nature of the Lamey’s who were mov...
Jul 20, 2018•32 min
On the Midlife Male Podcast today I’ve got Robert Andrews he’s Founder of the Institute of Sports Performance in Houston Texas and the Author of Champion's Mental Edge – tales that help take you and your team to the next level of sports performance and beyond. Learn about overcoming mental blocks, addressing the emotional and impact of sports related injuries, parenting athletes and building championship sports culture with Champion's Mental Edge. For anyone that has coached youth sports, has ki...
Jul 13, 2018•1 hr 4 min
David Lazarus is the Sr. VP at Trillium Trading. He’s based in Miami, married, father of 3 and a 4 time D10 Decathlon Men’s over 40 Champion. He’s a perennial member of the 10k club for those raising over 10k each year for pediatric cancer research. We connected thru our mutual appreciation and commitment to health, fitness, family, business and philanthropy. We had a chance to talk about each of these topics, balance, motivation, inspiration and keeping things in perspective and how recovery an...
Jul 06, 2018•33 min
Andrew Frankel is the Co-President of Stuart Frankel and Company.
Jun 23, 2018•40 min
here is no person that has been as effective an influence in my life over the past year than Chris Bernal. For years I resisted the notion of therapy or life coaching as from the outside looking in at least; things seemed to be going “pretty well”. My perception was that something had to be “wrong” in order to seek help or improvement. And maybe “wrong” isn’t the “right” term but certainly there were many areas I could use some help and improvement and thru a trusted friend Chris and I were conn...
Jun 15, 2018•57 min
Doctor, Lawyer, Police Officer, Pilot, Husband, Father…Dr. Aashish Shah is all of these. We spoke about the path he took thru education to achieve the career he was seeking and how along the way his priorities have changed and how marriage and fatherhood entering the picture have played a role in seeking greater balance in work and in life. A strong connection and desire to serve led him to pursue law enforcement as military service was no longer an option and becoming a Harris County Sheriff be...
May 25, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Daniel Singer is the founder and CEO of Filthy Foods. Daniel opens up on all things “filthy” and his mission to build the best premium drink garnish brand in the world. He’s a husband, father, former Royal Shakespeare Company actor, and quintessential “Midlife Male” pushing the boundaries of balance, spirit and entrepreneurship. He’s also one of the best humans I know.
May 18, 2018•55 min
Brian Gallagher is the co-founder of Throwback Fitness and the author of Simple Man Guide.
May 11, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Adam Lamb is the Co Founder and CEO of SizeSlim Supplements and author of Better Than The Binge.
Apr 27, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Taylor Somerville worked in investment business for over 15 years. Last year, at age 38 and after experiencing a divorce and unfulfilled in his professional life he decided to transition his career to focus full time on health and fitness to help others become the best version of themselves. He became interested in XPT and attended two XPT experiences, one in Malibu and one in Kauai. He went on to earn his XPT Coaching Certification as well. He also holds the Art of Breath certification and is a...
Apr 20, 2018•53 min
Darren Sloniger is a real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is The President of Marquette Companies and has over 25 years of real estate experience and executed over $1 Billion in acquisitions and development projects. We sat down in his latest development, The Catalyst in Houston and talked about his passion for development and business along with his commitment to spirituality, the development of community and helping people on a local, national and global level. We delved into an ins...
Apr 13, 2018•57 min
James Ighedigbo is all about putting in the work. After a standout High School football career he had no scholarship offers so he took a preferred walk on role at UMass. Within a year he was on a full ride. After a stellar college career no NFL teams came calling despite being told he’d be taken in the 5th or 6th round...Here we go again he thought. He persevered and not only worked his way into the NFL but played 10 seasons for several teams including the Jets, Bills, Patriots and winning a sup...
Apr 06, 2018•51 min
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 ...
Mar 16, 2018•43 min
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 ...
Feb 23, 2018•1 hr 3 min
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 ...
Feb 16, 2018•1 hr 7 min
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 tel...
Feb 09, 2018•48 min
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 st...
Feb 02, 2018•53 min
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.
Jan 26, 2018•1 hr 9 min
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 healt...
Jan 13, 2018•57 min
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 a...
Dec 23, 2017•49 min
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 ...
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 4 min
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.
Oct 13, 2017•1 hr 20 min
