The Fitness Tribe Making Exercise Fun (and Free) - with Bojan Mandaric and Brogan Graham
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
The second rule of Fight Club? You know how it goes.
Lucky for us, the opposite is true for the founders of November Project, a fitness movement popularly known as the "Fight Club" of running clubs for its intense workouts, free membership, and tribe mentality.
Following their days rowing crew for Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, Bojan Mandaric and Brogan Graham found themselves struggling to stay in shape in the cold New England months and the absence of a structured exercise regiment.
Then one night in 2011 over a couple of beers, they decided to make a pact: every morning for that month of November, they would meet at 6:30am and workout together.
Running hill repeats, bounding up the stairs of Harvard Stadium, dropping to the ground for the occasional pushups - the city was their gym, and the results were significant.
After a few months, Bojan and Brogan decided to throw out a few invites on Twitter, and the rest is history.
November Project now has tribes in 45 cities all over the world with its biggest meetups bringing together upwards of 1500 people for a single morning workout.
Here Bojan and Brogan share a little about their story, how November Project works, and what you can gain from joining a tribe near you.
****This episode includes some inappropriate language - just a heads up.****
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | We can all relate to those runs we've gone on that need to be our long run or need to be |
| 0:09.0 | our tempo or need to be our big training day that because you do them solo or your minds on something else or |
| 0:14.4 | you didn't eat at the right time of day, but mostly because you're trying to find that internal |
| 0:19.1 | push, you're trying to create that competitive athletic atmosphere internally. |
| 0:23.4 | It just isn't that good. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast |
| 0:27.7 | from Runners Connect, where it's all |
| 0:29.8 | about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:42.0 | Now here's your host, |
| 0:43.5 | Shinnade Hockey. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey guys, this is Shinnade, back with you again for this latest episode of Rent |
| 0:50.2 | at the Top, brought to you by Runners Connect. |
| 0:53.0 | Thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 0:55.0 | I hope you're having a wonderful day |
| 0:57.0 | and that this podcast makes it even better. |
| 1:00.0 | Last week we spoke with one of America's leading physical therapists and author of running rewired, Jay Desheri. |
| 1:08.0 | Athletes from all over the world travel to Jay's REP lab in Bend Oregon where he blends clinical practice and engineering to eliminate over use centuries. |
| 1:20.0 | During the interview he shares why runners should devote more time to training movement and less time to building muscle. |
| 1:28.0 | So be sure to check it out if you missed it. |
| 1:31.0 | On to this week's episode. |
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