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The Dumbbells

82: Transformation (w/ Dan Black)

The Dumbbells

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Ryan Stanger, Gym, Health & Fitness, The Dumbbells, Health, Weights, Exercise, Comedy, Comedians, Eugene Cordero, Fitness

4.9619 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

It's Episode 82!! The Dumbbells (still just Stanger) welcome the legendary host of the Comedians Of Wrestling podcast, Dan Black! Dan and Stanger get right in to Dan's past on the east coast playing baseball when he should have been doing plays. Dan tells Stanger about becoming a true meathead in college and his various stops and starts when it comes to fitness. The guys connect over diet and the moment they realized carbs were bad. Last Dan talks about being a vegan for a few months and they answer a listener question about fasting while doing crossfit.

"Light Weigh Babyeee!!!!


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0:00.0

This is a headgum podcast.

0:27.6

This is the Dumbels of Personal Fitness podcast where we, this is the part where Eugene would say I'm Eugene Cordero.

0:31.6

And me, I'm Ryan Stanger, have discussions and answer questions on all things, health and fitness.

0:36.1

This is solely based on our own working experience and a little bit of bro science.

0:39.5

So please keep in mind that we're not doctors and never claim to be.

0:43.3

We're just a couple of dumbbells that love herself some fitness and want to help you with yours and the help can start right now.

0:46.6

What's up, Bell babies?

0:47.7

This is Big Rye back on the Horny Horn.

0:50.5

I'm amped up today because of our guest.

0:54.0

Super funny dude, comedian, actor, improviser, podcast host.

0:59.0

You know it's a great podcast.

1:00.2

Comedians of Wrestling.

1:01.7

I've done it before.

1:03.2

You can get it on anywhere podcasts or found.

1:05.8

He's also got a Patreon of that podcast.

1:09.2

Some people know him as the Patreon, Don. Dan Black is in the house. What's up, babe? What's up? Thanks for a shout out my nickname, the Patreon, Don, baby. I love it. I'm jealous of it. It's great. Yeah, no, I have like a million. That's just a running gag on the comedians of wrestling where, you know, I say all of the nicknames I've ever been given at the beginning of the show. You want to give a couple now?

1:29.3

Oh, yeah.

1:30.0

There's Donnie Capri from the time I went to Italy.

1:33.2

Doni K-Fabe, Donsky Blackamora, the modern day goof Haraja.

1:39.4

There's a bunch of them.

1:41.4

They're all related to wrestling, so any wrestling fans is in this will understand the crossover. I love it. Wrestling is ubiquitous now. Would you say, right? Meaning what? I mean, I think that like before it used to be a lot more fringing, I feel like now it's, I feel like with guys like the rock and stuff. Yeah. And it's kind of like, in John Cena, like it's just crossed over and everybody has some kind

2:03.6

of reference point for it.

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