Uncle Pat's Last Ride and a Conversation with Jayson Hopper
Talking Elite Fitness
Tommy Marquez & Sean Woodland
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Pat Vellner is calling it a career. One of the most popular athletes in the sport has decided that 2026 will be his last season on the competition floor. Sean and Tommy discuss his legacy and tell us why they think he will continue to make an impact on the sport and the community. Jayson Hopper is getting set to take the first step in defending his championship as he is ready to throw down in the live announcement of 26.1. He talks with Sean and Tommy about winning the Games in 2025, what is was like walking on at Clemson and his interest in conspiracy theories.
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| 0:00.0 | One, two, three, go! |
| 0:10.0 | What is going on, everybody? |
| 0:11.9 | Welcome to another edition of Talking Elite Fitness. |
| 0:14.5 | I am Sean Woodland, joined, as always, by Tommy Marquez. |
| 0:18.3 | Lauren Khalil is on assignment, gallivanting around the world someplace. |
| 0:23.2 | So we'll sally forth without her. |
| 0:24.8 | But how you doing, man? |
| 0:25.8 | How's building the house going? |
| 0:28.1 | We're getting close here, right? |
| 0:30.0 | We are. |
| 0:32.1 | Drywall got textured. |
| 0:34.7 | So flooring cabinets, |
| 0:37.4 | that kind of stuff is going to start coming in next. |
| 0:39.2 | That's the fun stuff. |
| 0:40.5 | Yeah, I spent a good portion of today cleaning with a garage floor to seal it. |
| 0:46.4 | We're going to put a ceiling on it. |
| 0:47.7 | So I'm sitting there scrubbing the garage floor and I was just like, yeah. |
| 0:54.1 | Yeah. That was nice. Yeah, but we're moving. We're moving. It's like having the walls up with like drywall feels like a house now. Yeah, yeah. That's great, man. Does that new house smell? I'm excited for it. Oh, man. That's great. Yeah. Can't wait. No, it's good stuff. Well, we got a lot to talk about today. |
| 1:12.4 | Our featured guest is the defending, reigning, fittest man on earth, Jason Hopper. |
| 1:17.8 | Tommy and I were able to talk to him a couple days ago. |
| 1:20.2 | So we'll bring you that interview. |
| 1:22.0 | Also got a lot of news going on with people announcing retirements and some venues changing |
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