Afterburn Afterhours

About Afterburn Afterhours

Welcome to the Forge and Fortitude Podcast! We’re Heath and Faith Ellenberger, fitness professionals with over 30 years of combined experience in health and wellness. This podcast is all about real conversations, practical tips, and a little tough love to help you build strength, resilience, and a healthier lifestyle. Whether you’re a fitness pro or just getting started, we’re here to share what we’ve learned, what’s worked for us, and how you can forge your own path to becoming your strongest self. Let’s do this together!

Publisher

Heath Ellenberger

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 May 2022

Latest episode

1 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

85 of 218 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Mini Episode 4: New Year’s Frenzy Called And We Sent It To Voicemail

   Resolutions are easy to write and hard to live. We make the case that Q1 should be about direction, not speed—and we show exactly how to apply it so you can start strong without burning out by week two. Instead of trying to overhaul your life on January 5, we walk through a simple framework to select three priorities, stack hard goals in the right order, and define what “winning” actually means this quarter. We unpack why everything can’t be a priority and how that belief creates chaos at wo...

2. 

   31 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Mini Episode 3: You Don’t Need More Motivation

   If you’re tired of grinding with nothing to show for it, this conversation is your reset. We dig into a simple truth: you don’t need more motivation, you need more direction. By putting start lines, finish lines, and rules back into your work, you strip away hesitation, make accountability neutral, and unlock that effortless feeling of just executing the plan. We walk through how clarity becomes a competitive advantage during planning season. First, we tackle the real reason people and teams...

3. 

   30 Dec 2025

   Mini Episode 2: Resetting Standards For 2026

   This episode discusses how leaders should enforce clear standards to build trust and improve performance in various aspects of life.

Inside a recent episode

Mini Episode 4: New Year’s Frenzy Called And We Sent It To Voicemail

Published 1 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So the core idea here today is that strong starts aren't frantic. They're focused. They're calculated. They're planned. You're prepped because when you have direction, you have confidence. It's like a couple of years ago when I was prepping for my last competition, My coach sent over a plan. Here's the meal plan. Here's your workout plan. And you know, I like to program my own workouts, but because I have a coach, I follow the plan. I follow the plan to a T. Like there was, Faith was crazy about how crazy I was being because I was following it in such a T. But it's because I had And I was confident with that direction that I was going to come in at my best shape for that particular competition. […]

Who has been a guest on Afterburn Afterhours

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• Aaron Hinde
• Industry experts
• Rose Hankins
• Kyle McDowell
• Dustin Lash

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

28 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

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Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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