Be Legendary - Bert Sorin

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest on Danger Close is Bert Sorin.

Bert is a hunter, hammer thrower, Highland Games athlete, and the president and co-owner of Sorinex.

Sorinex was founded by Bert's father Richard Sorin in 1980. The company has been making some of the industry's most durable strength training equipment for more than 40 years. The gear they make is utilized by professional athletes, service members, and students worldwide.

Bert is a 4-time Track and Field Division 1 All-American (Hammer and 35lb. Weight Throw), Southeastern Conference Champion, former Weight Throw record-holder, and an Olympic trials athlete. He is also a professional Highland Games athlete and Highland Games Amateur Division World Champion.

He is an ambassador of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, an organization that leads the effort to plan, fund, design, and build the Global War on Terrorism Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

You can learn more about Bert at bertsorin.com or by following him on Instagram @bertsorin

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0:43.4	This is the danger closed podcast.
0:51.1	Beyond the Books with me, Jack Carr.
0:57.0	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal
1:05.9	Credit Union. My guest today is my friend Bert Soren. He is the president and co-owner of SorenX, that is S-O-R-I-A-A-N-A-N-G-E-N-G-N-C-E-N-C-E-N-C-C-E-N-C-E-N-C-O-O-O-O-O- That is S-O-R-I-N-E-X.
1:16.3	Be sure and check them out online, also on the social channels.
1:20.2	Had a great conversation with him just before taking off for the UFC fight tonight.
1:26.0	So now without further ado, here's Bert Soren.
1:30.0	Awesome, Bert, thanks for coming up man. Hey man, thanks for having me.
1:36.8	Ah, so cool, it's always so great to see you. You're here for UFC.
1:41.3	Yeah. And I'm going to.
1:43.0	Yeah.
1:44.0	Might even be sent close.
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