447: **The Biggest Loser**
The Dumbbells
Headgum
5 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Erin and Ryan revisit the 2004 weight loss competition reality show, *The Biggest Loser*, in preparation for the new *Biggest Loser* tell-all Netflix documentary. They'll be weighing in on the methods and the madness that the show highlighted, and of course, which trainer they identify with the most. Spoiler: it's Bob!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | This is Aaron McGowan, |
| 0:13.7 | Certified Personal Trainer and Mosquito Repeller. |
| 0:17.1 | This is Ryan Stanger, certified personal trainer and Beach Walker. |
| 0:22.7 | And you have found the Dumbels, a comedy fitness podcast. |
| 0:26.9 | Committed to bringing you inspiration, motivation, and sometimes information. |
| 0:32.6 | Hey, dumbbells, let's get dumb. |
| 0:36.1 | Perspiration. |
| 0:39.8 | Let's get, hey, come on, let's get dumb. Perspiration. Let's get, hey, come on, let's get motivated. |
| 0:41.8 | Look at me, look at me, look at me. |
| 0:43.6 | One, two, three, one, two, three. |
| 0:45.3 | Look at me. |
| 0:46.4 | Just, I'll make you throw up. |
| 0:50.3 | I'll make you throw up, dude. |
| 0:52.3 | Look at my eyes. |
| 0:53.0 | Look at my eyes. My eyes. No more words. There's something Bob says. No more words. It's all chat. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Stop the words. Okay. Are you Bob or am I Bob? I feel like we're both in the Bob category. That's true. I feel like we encompass both. but I would say we're a little bit more of, well, okay, so let's just tell people what's going on. |
| 1:18.1 | They looked at the description, but in case you didn't get it, we are talking about the reality competition series that aired on NBC for years and years called The Biggest Loser. |
| 1:32.4 | Some of you guys remember the show. |
| 1:34.5 | It was really hyper-present there for a while. |
| 1:37.4 | It had a long run. |
| 1:38.8 | You can see the ratings start to peter off towards the end of it. |
| 1:43.2 | They maybe brought it back once or twice. |
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