Ep 838: Building More Than Muscle w/ Bert Sorin

Power Athlete Radio

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Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Bert Sorin joins John to dive deep into personal growth, the power of mentorship, and how his late father shaped their journies. Eploring lessons in strength, resilience, and living a life of impact both in and out of the gym. This is more than fitness; it’s about creating impact, honoring those who shaped you, and passing the torch to the next generation. Shownotes: https://bit.ly/PARep838 Are you a fighter & grappler? Crafted to complement your existing combat training, max out your strength, skill and conditioning so you can master the mat, hit them so it hurts, and return home a hero. START TODAY - https://powerathletehq.com/dragonslayer/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Bert on Insta https://www.instagram.com/bertsorin/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.
0:08.4	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:17.0	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've
0:23.0	come to the right place.
0:24.6	Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin.
0:27.4	Yeah, Thomas Seeger, he's the Ph.D. at ASU that's doing all the coal plunge research.
0:33.0	He's a guy that's the Marosa Forges.
0:36.6	Okay.
0:37.4	Yeah, that's his company.
0:39.0	So I had them on the podcast and I have, I don't have one of those.
0:43.1	I should buy one, but I had reservations about spending 10 grand for a unit that sits outside in Texas.
0:49.9	Yeah.
0:50.8	Texas is notoriously bad for fucking destroying everything. Like I put a son outside, but I had to build like a cover on it, which involved pouring concrete platform. And then I did the weld up. So I had to go buy a generator welder. And then I'd learn to stick weld. And so I like, it was probably about a year plus in the making because of course I can't do anything fast. But the only way I was going to put that son up is if I had a cover and so I was like man
1:16.1	I don't know about spending 10 grand on a on a bitching coal tub like let me get like a plastic
1:22.1	one so I got the ice barrel one I've been using it and uh he's like over there talking right
1:26.2	his unit like makes its own ice it has like Epsom salt in it and it's grounded. Oh crap. I was like, fuck. So it was funny. I was looking at him last night and I'm like maybe he has like a discount. I just like I have a hard time spending as much as I would. I mean, that's double what I'd spend on a piece of shit project car and just to leave it sitting outside in Texas. So I kind of break everything into like project cars, which used to be two to $4,000 for a cool project car. Now they're like four to six. But like, I'm like, dude, but your cars and trucks are so cool. Like I, I so want to buy one from you. Um, like your fall guy truck and, and I, I definitely want to,
2:06.2	I want to Jed Eckert, um, you know, like red dawn early truck and this I want to piss in the
2:12.9	radiator. Dude. Uh, if, if you toss, god damn it, this is like my addiction, right?
2:22.8	I know, I get it.
2:23.7	If you tasked me with it, I'm pretty sure we could find one to make a pretty cool one.
2:28.2	You know, that was like a 50 grand or is it like actual?
2:32.0	Probably my, probably.
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