Echelon Instructor Shana Saka is our guest today and she brings a great conversation. We talk about the journey she has had from a place where she was confident and happy but wanting to make a change in her health, to discovering the importance of finding a guide that aligns to your needs and goals. We also discuss her path to being an instructor. He goal was to make the changes that her trainer helped make for her for at least one person - then she would be happy. Well, she's ...
Oct 25, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode we have a fascinating and informative visit from Dr. Michael Powell. Dr. Powell has a chiropractic and wellness practice in Minnesota where he focuses on using a total wellness approach to discover their full potential for a high performance life. He delivers some fantastic advice on achieving maximum performance, "active recovery", and overall wellness. This episode is jam packed with value that will help you get the best from your fitness journey. Fin...
Oct 11, 2021•2 hr 59 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast My "Echelot" friends, we have our first guest from the Echelon executive team on the show today when Chief Product Officer John Santo joins us! We talk about the origins of Echelon, the lessons learned and how they continuously adapted and learned, and how they strove to create excellent connected fitness products that were accessible to a wider audience. we also learn of some VERY exciting new things coming down the pipeline including new equipment, new content and features, and new...
Sep 27, 2021•2 hr 52 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Today we have the Queen of barre, red lipstick, and "Sweet Baby Jesus" - the one and only Marsha Goldberg. Marsha shares with us her path to the US via Trinidad Tobago and how she found her way to sports and confidence from being immersed in youth sports. We talk about how she still gets nervous before a class (and that's a good thing), building confidence through authenticity, and about how she balances being a badass fitness instructor with being the mom of a super talented youth a...
Sep 13, 2021•2 hr 58 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Every once in a while, we come across a brand that just speaks to us, connecting at a fundamental level. Well, Fluffy But Fit was one of those brands. They are a clothing and fitness brand completely dedicated to body positivity, and totally ok with mixing burgers and barbells. We speak with the co-founder of Fluffy But Fit, Cristian Del Valle, and he takes us on a journey that many of us have known. Ups, downs, and depriving himself of the joy of food in chase of that ever elu...
Aug 30, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Today we have a guest that if you've been with Echelon a while you'll surely remember. Megan Hanewald was our enduro leader and rowing master, teaching us how to love long rides and how to row without looking like a drunken octopus. She is now a Hydrow personal coach, endurance athlete, and fitness/triathlon coach for athletes around the country. In our interview, she talks about how she was never expected to be the "athlete of the family", but found her passion and pursu...
Aug 16, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we start with a big surprise - shhhhh you'll have to listen! Then we celebrate a major milestone and give Meredith praise for some accomplishments (that turns into a bit of a theme this episode - apparently she's kinda awesome). We then interview the amazing Richard Wilson - UK Rider, cake master, and creator of his very on in-home Echelon themed studio! Seriously, the thing is baller. Richard talks to us about his journey and how it started - he HATED the bike ...
Aug 02, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Jama Oliver is one of Echelon's lead instructors based out of Chattanooga. We had the privilege to speak with Jama about how she found her way to echelon, but also got to discuss some of the personal challenges she faced and overcame on her journey. Jama doesn't hold back and is a fantastic example of how authenticity is a gift to us all, and she uses her own experiences to lift the people she coaches and to also improve herself as she continues to evolve. We hit a number of other t...
Jul 19, 2021•2 hr 48 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast An exciting event happened last Friday and we couldn't WAIT to talk about and we were lucky enough to be able to talk to one of the lucky winners of Fit-Toned Fridays! Ryan Kopf wash shocked to find out he won, but was so excited to be able to join THE Joey Fatone in the Miami studio with Lindsay Gurry, Dani Dellarco, and all of the other winners. He gives us all of the play by play, tells us about the new studio, and about a new piece of equipment he saw there as well! Spoiler alert...
Jul 15, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode we welcome Kai Laird. Kai is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant who specializes in working with athletes (which range from us average folk just trying to improve our fitness to full blown professionals) to help them find their mojo, make a plan, and achieve goals that they never felt possible. He gives us all some very simple, actionable, steps that we can use to help us in our own goals - and we talk about how Sheldon uses some of these very tactics in a goal he re...
Jul 05, 2021•2 hr 56 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Friendship and accountability can be a great combination when you both have goals and are working together towards them. The guests this week are the perfect example of this. Nate Warwick and Debbie McLoughlin met through Echelon, and while they may not seem like they would be obvious buddies on paper, they've become key parts of each others' journeys to better health and fitness. They talk friendship, why they needed each other, how their families have also become close, and ...
Jun 21, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast What a joy it was to have an extra long and engaging conversation with the one and only Dani Dellarco! Her fascinating journey of finding her true self and pursuing her true passion of fitness was amazing and an inspiration for anyone that is looking to relate to chasing a dream. She has built her path with hard work, perseverance, a dedication to her craft, and courage to live her life in a genuine way. She talks about her first "riding the podium" (which I think needs to become a t...
Jun 07, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we start with talking about Meredith's trip to the "mothership" of the Chattanooga studio! Meeting new riders, almost completing the full gambit of instructors, ice cream, and the world famous scented cool towels! Then - the stars of the show - two from our rider community and the creators of the Good Vibes Spinning Tribe group, Jill Harman and Amy Cole Williams. We talk a lot about building a community of positivity, where it came from, ransom note like birthday card...
May 24, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Eden Lusk is an Echelon bike, row, and fitpass instructor as well as the owner of livewellwitheden.com. If you've ever taken a class with Eden, you'll know she always brings a unique and powerful energy and she does that for us in this interview. We talk about her path to fitness, including how she learned to swim as an adult and immediately joined a triathlon, which has lead to multiple Ironman events and a passion for improvement that she brings to her teaching. Eden takes us into the wo...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast It was just announced that Echelon received $65 million in new funding this week and Meredith and Sheldon discuss how to spend the cash! From rewarding the fantastic instructors, new content, equipment quality and expansion, new markets, to buying a monkey - we discuss and dream about all of the ways Echelon could spend this cash to continue the healthy expansion of our favorite obsession. We also discuss new scenic rides, do a couple of shout outs, and discuss the launch of a "sister podcast" l...
May 03, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nicole Griffin is a full time instructor for Echelon and may be one of the most recognizable personalities in connected fitness. You can't miss her ever changing braids and infectious smile! In this episode, we learn about Nicole's personal journey in fitness, how she found her way to Echelon (it's a fun story!), and how positivity isn't always as easy as it looks (even though she pulls it off brilliantly). We also talk about the power of music and how it energizes her and plays a ma...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In this special episode, Meredith and Sheldon discuss the launch of the new app/leaderboard. We hit the good and the bad and report in on everything we have seen, experienced, and heard about in the launch that happened earlier in the week. Other topics: News Shoutouts Badges Tacos
Apr 19, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 3, Meredith and Sheldon discuss Echelon's plans for a new Miami "compound" with studios, developers, poolside fitness and more. Mere gets a new book.... about serial killers and their last meals and Sheldon doesn't understand why one ordered a single olive... and didn't eat it. Echelon launches in France and Germany and we discuss the logistics New instructors and the new "get to know them" sessions which leads us down the path of super heroes Clip in shoes - do you? New class ...
Apr 12, 2021•39 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Season 1, Episode 2 - Amber Harper, Echelon instructor and owner of Amber Management Fitness join Meredith and Sheldon to talk about: Her path to fitness and Echelon How she almost had a different career path Confidence. What role "Image" played in almost pushing her away from fitness as a career and what she did to overcome its power. Living well and the importance of movement. Building the perfect home fitness setup and what pieces of equipment she just can't live without. In the post in...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast In this initial episode, Sheldon and Meredith introduce themselves to the listeners and bring them into this world of a podcast about a bike that goes nowhere. They hit on several topics: - What the Super Excellent Not Too Serious Bike That Goes Nowhere Podcast is about - Host "stories" - Leaderboard names, a bit about them, and their journey to Echelon and this podcast - Echelon news and "what was interesting" this week - Mario Lopez.... and WHY NOT MR. BELDING?!? ...
Apr 05, 2021•36 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
