Muscle Moments Podcast

About Muscle Moments Podcast

Muscle Moments explores what strength as a life strategy. Real conversations on muscle, mindset & the boardroom-to-barbell connection, for anyone who refuses to shrink. Your lifestyle is your leverage. Don't die frail. www.musclemoments.com (https://www.musclemoments.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Dana Wildeboer

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Jul 2026

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   It’s Not Bad Enough To Quit

   Alden Heske played lacrosse from elementary school through college. Then it ended, and the coach, the team and the schedule went with it. In this episode, we talk to Alden about what happens when nobody's making you move anymore: pretending the season isn't over, driving to Vermont in a blizzard, mental health in athletics, and the question that gets him out of bed when he doesn't want to go. Do I feel bad enough to quit?Learn more about at musclemoments.com (http://musclemoments.com) Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   On to The Next One

   Meteorologist and Emmy-award winning environmental journalist Sarah Pilla-Grobes reads weather patterns for a living, and this year she found one in her own life. Her strength journey didn't start in the gym. It started with meal prep and led to morning workouts, lifting four days a week, coming back from a back injury, and joining the 5 AM gym club. We talk about the first domino, why "movement cannot be moved," and the pool party that proved it was all working. Learn more at musclemoment.com Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   I Don't Have to Do Movements I Don't Like

   Madison Butler built her career on the hard conversations most people avoid then found out her own knee had one more lesson for her to learn. This episode is about the boundary Madison learned to hold in the weight room before she ever held it in a boardroom, and why softness isn't something strength has to fight.Learn more at muslcemoments.com (https://www.musclemoments.com/) Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

4. 

   10 Sept 2026

   REDIRECTED

   Jen Andrew almost became a chef. Instead, a surprising call and a ribbon-cutting ceremony redirected her into the gym that would become central to her life. Over a decade, five surgeries, an MS diagnosis, and an ACL tear mid-meet, powerlifting taught her something bigger than how to move weight: how to know her own body well enough to trust it over anyone else's statement or diagnosis. This episode is about the strategic pressure Jen puts on her own life - from world-record squats to brushing her teeth with the wrong hand - and the 84-year-old client who reminds her why it matters. ABOUT JEN ANDREW A mom, small business owner, competitive powerlifter, and strength coach. She loves challenge and change as ways to build resilience and everything she does, she does 110%. It’s in her nature to always find a way to do her best and get things done. GET IN TOUCH WITH JEN Instagram: @jenandrewtx (https://www.instagram.com/jenandrewtx/) Website: www.trainwithtrybe.com/ (http://www.trainwithtrybe.com/) GET IN TOUCH WITH DANA from MUSCLE MOMENTS yo@wildefitcoaching.com (mailto:yo@wildefitcoaching.com) Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

5. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Scaling Is How We Do Everything

   On this episode of Muscle Moments nutrition coach, CrossFit trainer, and salon owner Jacki Ford joins Dana to talk about the real meaning of "scaling". Why meeting yourself where you are isn't a consolation prize but a smart strategy to get you to your goals. They get into transformation-photo culture, an honest version of the GLP-1 conversation, and the PR Jacki hit lifting in jeans on a dare.Questions?Reach us at wildefitcoaching@gmail.com Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

6. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Fitness Is About Finding What Works for You!

   On this episode of Muscle Moments: Rudy Rubio builds structure for a living, but in the gym, he's learned to make peace with chaos. On this episode of Muscle Moments, we share a conversation about quitting CrossFit the bar that hit his knee, and the hotel habit that keeps fitness non-negotiable in his life, no matter where he is. Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

7. 

   5 Aug 2026

   The Lie Fear Tells You

   She spent fifteen years in venture capital and now she travels the country in a camper thanks to a sabbatical that turned into a full life redesign. Dina Samra, founder of The Rewilding Collective, joins Muscle Moments to talk about the pivot that took everything she had, the muscle that got her up the tallest waterfall in Yosemite, and why the leap you're afraid to take might not be as risky as you think. Learn more at musclemoments.com (https://www.musclemoments.com/). Connect with Dana at yo@wildefitcoaching.com (mailto:yo@wildefitcoaching.com) Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

8. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Listen to Your Body

   Amy Dave spent 25 years as a physician assistant before learning on her own that PMS isn't something to just live with. In this Muscle Moments episode, Amy breaks down cycle syncing: how to match your training, food, and habits to the four phases of your monthly cycle, and what surviving two cancer diagnoses taught her about strength as something you rebuild over time.Learn more at musclemoments.com (https://musclemoments.com)Curious about health and strength coaching?Contact Dana Wildeboer at yo@wildefitcoaching.com Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

9. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Move from “No Way” to “Non-Negotiable”

   Strength coach Marshall Roy joins Muscle Moments for a coach-to-coach conversation on what it takes to build a strength practice that sticks, From a five-minute daily non-negotiable movement routine, to the case for adaptability over raw discipline. Marshall is a Philadelphia-based trainer with 20+ years of experience and a 2014 Philadelphia Personal Trainer of the Year title alongside an Equinox Trainer of the Year, gets honest about coaching people across every demographic, why aesthetic goals deserve zero apology, and why the real win is never needing strength to be sexy in the first place, just valuable. Learn more at musclemoments.com (https://www.musclemoments.com/). Connect with Dana at yo@wildefitcoaching.com (mailto:yo@wildefitcoaching.com) Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

10. 

    23 Jul 2026

    Above all else, chase adaptation

    Mark Rogers has trained Paralympians, professional athletes, and everyday adults for over 20 years. In this episode of Muscle Moments, Mark and Dana get into why chasing a number is the wrong goal (chasing an adaptation is the right one), what it means to be "just a resource" in someone else's life, and the injury that forced him to separate from strength as his identity. Plus, a breathing cue so simple it sounds like a joke. Mark Rogers is the founder of MR Sports Performance at Trybe Wellness and Performance Center in Leander, Texas Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

11. 

    20 Jul 2026

    The Art of the Ask

    Elise Brown lost everything in a house fire in her early 20s and it rewired how she thinks about asking for what she wants. If you don't ask, you never know what's possible. If you do, the worst answer is just "not right now." She's the SVP of Marketing at All Raise and former partner and CMO at Anthemis, and she's learned that suppressing what you want doesn't just cost you the ask, it costs you your body. Hers showed up as TMJ, hip pain, and brain fog before she finally listened. In this Muscle Moments conversation, The Art of Asking: why ambition and wellbeing aren't opposites, and what it looks like to check in with your body before it decides for you. Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

12. 

    15 Jul 2026

    Confidence Doesn't Need an Audience

    Rachel Noel has been doing CrossFit for eight years. For most of the last few, she’s done it completely alone; the training partners she started with moved on, life happened the way it happens to everyone, and somehow she became the last one left from her original crew. Her biggest lesson about grit wis consistently showing up to an empty gym to train, anyway. In this episode, Rachel tells the story of the day she found out she’d qualified for her first CrossFit Games. The people around her were her besties and her family, all cheering for her, and ready to celebrate. Then she got back to the gym, and it was back to training alone (for the most part). At first, Rachel didn’t set out to qualify for The Games. Her only goal was to try her best. “I knew it was probably unattainable, honestly,” she told me. “It was always like, I’m gonna try my best, and if it doesn’t happen, I can say that I gave it my all.” Her process: show up regardless of how she feels that day (habit, not motivation), trust that consistency beats intensity, and let go of the all-or-nothing thinking that kills most people’s progress before it starts. “You can keep going even if you mess up,” a line that applies to a missed lift or mistake in a workout, as it does to anything else. That same mindset shows up in how she coaches. Every athlete she works with gets the version of Rachel that spent years proving to herself, alone, that discipline outlasts feeling ready. Her experience is a core muscle moment belief: confidence isn’t something someone hands you. It’s something you build in reps when nobody’s watching. In this conversation, Rachel and I chat about: * The real difference between motivation and habit * Why “you can keep going even if you mess up” beats all-or-nothing thinking * How coaching other people makes her a better athlete * What confidence looks like when you’re alone On the personal side, we get into her less than glamorous years playing goalie in college soccer and why working harder than everyone else, even when the outcome wasn’t guaranteed, became the thing - the habit - she leans on today. Rachel steps onto the floor at the 20th anniversary CrossFit Games in July 2026. Whatever happens there, the real work already happened — quietly, alone, on a few thousand normal afternoons very few saw. Listen to the full episode now. ABOUT RACHEL Rachel Noel is a coach at CrossFit 801in Utah, and a first-time qualifier for the 2026 CrossFit Games. She’s been training in CrossFit for eight years, most of them spent training alone after the friends she started with moved on. Before CrossFit, she played goalie in college soccer, an experience she credits with teaching her that working hard has a value that outlasts the outcome. She brings that same philosophy into how she coaches: consistency over intensity, habit over motivation, and confidence built through repetition. GET IN TOUCH WITH RACHEL * Instagram: @RachelKNoel (https://www.instagram.com/rachelknoel/) Reminder: The first five episodes of Muscle Moments and all companion content is available for free. After, all podcast episodes will remain free and other content will be made available to paid subscribers who make this work possible. Enjoying Muscle Moments? Tell your friends and earn upgrades! Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

13. 

    15 Jul 2026

    The Gym is the Lab for Discomfort

    Laura Dionisio spent 18 years as an aerospace systems engineer before she started helping high-achieving founders stop being the bottleneck in their own businesses. What taught her most about fear, pressure, and trusting herself wasn’t the high-power career, it’s the gym. In this episode, Laura tells the story of the day fear showed up somewhere it wasn’t invited: her sacred gym time. Mid-warmup on her leg press — a machine she’s used every week for years — she caught herself talking herself down from her usual weight because of something scary happening in her business. Thank goodness she wrote herself a note in her training journal the week before reminding herself she needed “to go heavier next time”. In that movement she chose to trust last-week-Laura and ignore the unease she was feeling. She’s done this enough to know what she’s capable of. Her process: name what she was feeling (fear), load the bar as she had noted (more weight with confidence), execute at a high level (mechanical tension and control to complete the set). Later that same day she talked about the scary business project, without fear. All born from a place of self-trust she created for herself in the gym. Her experience is a core muscle moment belief: what you practice under the bar, you can practice everywhere. In this conversation, Laura and I chat about: * Why “compartmentalized confidence” isn’t a thing * How to tell the difference between fear and being under-warmed-up * What it looks like to stop being the bottleneck in your own life or business * Laura’s ritual for walking onto a competition platform without losing her nerve. All things she practices in her life. On the personal side, we talk about the boudoir photoshoot she gave herself for her 40th birthday, and why it hit different than the one she did at 26. That grown-ass-woman confidence. Laura’s experience in the gym; the sense of empowerment, the confidence in knowing what she’s capable of has bled into every part of her life. She actively chooses to use the gym to learn how she can show up and perform better each day. By the end of this episode, you’ll understand why and get some practical tips on how. Listen to the full episode now. ABOUT LAURALaura Dionisio spent 18 years as an aerospace systems engineer before founding Lead Intact®, where she works with high-achieving founders who’ve scaled to high six and seven figures and quietly run everything themselves. She helps them stop being the bottleneck in their own business by building operational structure that fits the person, not just the company. She’s been training seriously since 2010, with roots in CrossFit and competitive Olympic weightlifting. She credits the gym with teaching her most of what she knows about fear, progress, and what it actually means to trust yourself under pressure — and she brings that same philosophy to how she works with founders. She treats the gym as a lab for discomfort, knowing firsthand that the confidence you build in one place transfers everywhere else. Laura is the host of The Pivot Point Podcast and stays most active on Instagram @laura.m.dionisio (https://instagram.com/laura.m.dionisio). GET IN TOUCH WITH LAURALinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/laura-dionisio (http://linkedin.com/in/laura-dionisio)Instagram: @laura.m.dionisio (https://www.instagram.com/laura.m.dionisio/)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lauramae.d (https://www.facebook.com/lauramae.d) Reminder: The first five episodes of Muscle Moments and all companion content is available for free. After, all podcast episodes will remain free and other content will be made available to paid subscribers who make this work possible. Enjoying Muscle Moments? Tell your friends and earn upgrades! Get full access to Muscle Moments at www.musclemoments.com/subscribe (https://www.musclemoments.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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