Learning to Walk Again //SPARTAN COMBAT ep 003
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Mike Barwis is a strength and conditioning guru. He's trained Olympic athletes in over 40 sports, works with pro teams such as the Red Wings and Mets, and is the CEO of Barwis Performance Centers. On this episode, we focus on the work Mark did with Brock Mealer. Brock was involved in a car accident in 2009 and was paralyzed from the waist down. After 2 years of physical therapy, Brock was unable to walk. Then he met Mike Barwis. Tune in to hear the full story.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Gone Rogue, high protein chips. |
| 0:04.0 | Visit Amazon or Gone Rogue Snacks.com and use the promo code Spartan 25 to get 25% off. |
| 0:10.5 | You're listening to the Spartan Combat Series here on the Spartan Out podcast. My |
| 0:14.8 | guest today is Strength and Conditioning Guru Mike Barwitz. |
| 0:18.9 | What really matters is life, people, and what they do with the time they're given and how they impact others. |
| 0:27.0 | Ladies and |
| 0:35.0 | gentlemen welcome back to Spartan Combat |
| 0:36.0 | this is your host Ryan Warner |
| 0:38.0 | and you're listening to episode three of our show here |
| 0:41.0 | can't believe we're three episodes in and let's get to it. My guest today is |
| 0:45.2 | Mike Barwits. Mike is a strength and conditioning guru. He currently works with the Mets and |
| 0:49.9 | the Red Wings and formerly the Dolphins. He's the CEO of Barwits Performance |
| 0:54.2 | Centers and get this he's trained Olympic athletes in over 40 different sports. |
| 0:58.3 | This episode's going to focus on the work Mike did with an individual by the name of Brock Mueller. |
| 1:04.8 | Brock was involved in a car crash in 2007 which left him paralyzed from the |
| 1:08.3 | waist down after two years of physical therapy trying to walk again he was unable to do so until he met |
| 1:14.4 | Mike Barwis and I'm not going to spoil the ending folks the work that Mike |
| 1:19.3 | did with Brock Mueller is incredible it's motivational It'll make you cry. It'll also get you excited to get back out there and get on your feet again. |
| 1:27.0 | So thank you so much for tuning in. If you want to hear more from the show, please follow us on Instagram Spartan Combat. You can also go to |
| 1:33.8 | Spartan Combat.com for more resources. That's it folks let's give it up for Mike |
| 1:38.6 | Barwis. Upon arriving at the University of Michigan, the first two people I met, one |
| 1:45.0 | branded Graham, which is a unique story in himself, it was now a high-level defensive |
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