PODCAST · health
A Rocky Start
by Bryan Argott
Listen to the deep dive about the guests life when they hit rock bottom or maybe they have a "Rocky Balboa" story! We talk life and overcoming adversity with athletes, high performers, and other out of box guests. We all come from different walks of life where people think we have it easy. The Goal is to have the guests leave with some practical habits they can implement that can become daily bits of motivation from each guest.
Episodes
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One Year into Dad Life, Advice for New Parents to Stay Healthy
No matter how much advice you get on being a parent, remember that every child and everyone's experience is different. I share my experience as a father after a calendar year.
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21. Elysia Tan Zi Hui | How Coffee Became her Passion
Elysia is the Owner of Home Ground Coffee in Singapore but she goes all over World to compete in Coffee. She won the World Brewers Cup in 2022. She also has won the Singapore Brewers Cup in 2019, 2022, and 2024. She tells us how she got into coffee and why she wouldn't do anything else in life. I...
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20. Big News!!! A Rocky Start Community Launch
Big News, I will be launching A Rocky Start Community in the next few weeks. This will be a mens only community for entrepreneurs and top performers who want to live a healthier lifestyle and take their life to the next level. More details coming soon.
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19. Ryan Kelly | Battling Addiction While Learning Martial Arts
Ryan Kelly Story is an inspiration for people recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. We all have been at that rock bottom point in our lives, in different scenarios, Ryan gives us insight into his life, recovery, and Rocky Start to combat training. He traveled across Asia to fight and gives us...
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18. Andrew Jaurez | Self Defense for that Unexpected Moment
Andrew is a Black Belt in Krav Maga and teaches self defense in Southern California. He recently created his online course where is trying to raise awareness on how the defenseless can make a difference. He talks on the podcast about his online course and if you are interested you can use promo...
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17. Megan Nager | How Comedy Can Help your Personal Brand
Megan Nager is the founder and CEO of Wake and Make Media. Megan is the author of "Punchlines to Profit", in the book she helps brands generate profits by making there audience laugh. Megan has a great sense of humor and she gives us an insight into her life here on the show. She gives us…
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16. Staying Grounded with Less Phone Time
What could we do with more time? Less social media, less anxiety.
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15. Andrew Juarez | Navy Vet Teaching Self-Defense
Andrew Juarez is a black belt in Krav Maga and served in the Navy as a gunners Matt during operation Desert Storm. Andrew's 2 daughters are also black belts but in Tae Kwon Do. He takes us through accountability and mental fitness during the show.
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14. Brandon Boren | Ordinary to the Path of An Ultra Marathon
Brandon Boren was looking for a to get out during Covid like everyone else and thats when he found his love for running. Brandon started off just running for fun then he found out running was the only form of exercise he really enjoyed. Now Brendon has signed up for an Ultra Marathon(50K) later…
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13. Focus on Life that is your Control
Today's episode is about handling things that are in your control and not focusing on life that is not in our control.
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12. Journey To Mount Whitney
Over the past weekend I hiked mount Whitney with some friends. I talk about that journey today and what it was like. I also give my take on why doing ventures like this with good company is the perfect way to do it.
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11. Enjoying the Process and Focusing on the Journey
I talk about life and focusing on the process of anything we are enduring in life. We sometimes like to think ahead so much that we don't get take everything in. I talk about Super Bowl Champion Brad Johnson who was the Quarterback of the Buccaneers in Super Bowl 37. He reflected on his 17 year…
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10. Finding the Freedom from Needs
Do we really need everything we think we need? I talk about what I thought I needed in my life but found out that need was blocking me from what I really needed to do.
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9. Optimism | The approach I Live By
We all view life from different approaches. This is why I have an optimistic approach on life.
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8. Jorge Ventura | Investigative Reporter Not Settling For Mediocrity
Jorge Ventura is a courageous and hard working investigative reporter and correspondent for Newsnation. Jorge details his story during this interview on how he got started in news. He found his audience away from the mass media and created his following by actually getting into action of the...
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7. What a Relief Downsizing is When Moving
A few things I just learned from moving.
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6. Break the Funk
Let's try to break the midday funk.
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5. Don't Take Like to Serious
Remember to be grateful for those around you.
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4. My Push Up Regiment
I started to my push up regiment and keeping track of the effect it has had.
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3. Marcus Gates | Thriving Lives Fitness
Marcus Gates is the host of Food, Fitness, and Family Podcast which can be found across all podcast platforms. HE can also be found on Instagram @thrivinglivesfitness
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2. Rohan Gupta | Finding the Good Life in Real Estate
Rohan Gupta serves as Investment Partner of GoodLife HP, responsible for the investments, asset management, development and value added project executions. He is the Co-host of the "Investing with Good Life" podcast and his info can be found at https://goodlifehp.com/rohan-gupta/. Please do not...
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Try Not To Overreact
First episode of not being sports here on A Rocky Start Podcast. Looking to bring you more smaller episodes throughout the week.
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105. MLB one week into May, Suns fire Power and 76ers Surprising Fight
Steve and I talk nba and mlb
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104. 76ers Upset the Celtics, Yankees in Last Place, and The Disappointing White Sox
Steve and I talk baseball and some NBA playoffs.
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102. A's Might Not Be Moving to Vegas? Aaron Rodgers Traded Finally. Podcast Name Change is Coming
Steve and I Talk NBA Playoffs, Aaron Rodgers trade and MLB weekend.
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101. Joe Ceraulo | New York Mets Max Scherzer Suspension, NBA Saturday Bets
Joe Ceraulo is a sports betting analyst over at the Stadium Network. He is the host of Ceraulo Sports as well.
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100. Max Scherzer Suspension, A's Moving to Vegas, and Mad Bum is Now a Bum
Baseball Today with Steve
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99. NBA Play-In, Stoicism, and Trip to India
On this episode of the podcast I did a solo episode. I gave my thoughts on the NBA Play-in games. I talked about my morning routine and stoicism and lastly my trip to India in 2022.
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98. The Tampa Bays 10-0 Start with Steve Welhaf
Steve and I talk about the Rays being 10-0 and what that means.
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97. Opening Day with Steve Welhaf
Steve and I talk baseball on Tuesday morning at 5am PST!
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96. Ryan Sullivan | The Perspective of Running
Ryan Sullivan is an avid runner who to become the best running version of their life. Ryan leads by example and is always giving back with his knowledge and in running groups.
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95. Jacob Cersosimo | How His Sister Helped Inspire Him to Get Into Sports
Jose Cersosimo is a multi media journalist for KY3 news in Springfield. Missouri. He is doing what he loves and is excited for what is come in life. We talked about his career and talked about the Super Bowl, which is painful for me as an Eagles fan but it also was rewarding for my pocket book.
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94. Top 5 MVP and Cy Young Predictions, Plus Joey Votto Missing Opening Day
Steve and I talk about our predictions for the mvp and cy young awards for the 2023 MLB season.
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93. Danny Kantar | Owner of Colossal Tennis and What It Was Like being Top Ranked
Danny Kantar is the founder of Colossal Tennis in Minnesota. Danny played tennis throughout high school and college where he found his love for coaching. He coaches some of the most talented tennis prospects in the nation. His training style is unique in tennis because he teaches a team first...
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92. WBC Finals and The Countdown Until Opening Day with Steve Welhaf
Bryan and Steve cover the WBC and talk injuries around the MLB.
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91. Andrew Goldberg | Co-Host of the Luka Tiger Brons Podcast and How It All Got Started, Plus NBA Top 10
Andrew Goldberg is the Co-host of @lukatigerbronspodcast. Andrew is a big time card collector and his show is one of the biggest sports cards podcast the hobby has to offer. He is very open in this interview and gives practical advice on how to get started in the card hobby. Please go susccribe…
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90. World Baseball Classic with Steve Welhaf
On todays episode, Steve and I talk about the WBC and the USAs chance to win the whole thing. We also give our takes on 3 players who we think will take a step back, a step up, and one that comes out of nowhere this coming MLB season.
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89. Baseball Edition with Steve Welhaf
This episodes is dedicated to Rays radio announcer Dave Wills. We talk about the National League and what some expectations we have from each team.
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89. Mike Mazzeo | The Legal Sports Report and Life's Work Covering New York Sports
Mike Mazzeo covers Legal Sports Betting for Catena Media. Before that he covered major sports teams such as the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets. While covering those teams, he also worked at places such as ESPN, Yahoo Sports, and The New York Daily News. Mike is very versatile in his career…
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88. Frank Stranzl | Talking Bay Area Sports and Whats Been Going On After a 3 Month Hiatus
It's been 3 months since the last time I did a podcast, after traveling to India, Dubai, and Indonesia for the month of December. I am back covering everything sports and there is no better way to it than having my good friend Frank back on the podcast.
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87. Natalie Morgan | The Lady behind the Kill Face
Natalie Morgan AKA Lady Killface is a Professional Muay Thai Fighter. Natalie is one of the most inspirational athletes and top performers I have met, her story is nothing short of incredible. Natalie is 23-9-2-1 in her career as a Muay Thai fighter. You can follow Natalie on Instagram...
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86. Annanya Raghaven | Google Fanalyst and Golden State Warriors Statistician
Annanya Raghaven is a Fanalyst over at Google and is a statistician for the Golden State Warriors. Annanya is obsessed with the NBA and how the game is played. She talked about why the Tim Duncan Spurs was one of her favorite teams to watch growing up. She talks about pivoting in college from…
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85. Howard Beck | 25 Years of Covering the NBA, Working his Dream Job at Sports Illustrated
Howard Beck is the co-host of The Crossover Podcast with his pal Chris Mannix for Sports Illustrated. He has been covering the NBA since 1997 where he worked at the LA Daily Times early on in his career. Howard Beck also is featured in the forward of the new book: "The Greatest Show on Earth, A...
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84. Josh Frydman | Growing up in Chicago and Living the Dream of Covering Chi-Town Sports
Josh Frydman is a multimedia Sports Journalist in Chicago. He is the host "Sports Feed" on CLTV, WGN-TV's 24-hour sister station, airing live Sunday through Thursday from 6-7 p.m. He also reports for WGN and fill-in anchor on the sports desk. Josh is always curious about learning and he shares…
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83. Clarie De Lune | The Unexpected Route To Becoming An NBA Writer, Life as a Singer-Songwriter
Claie De Lune is a Singer and a song-writer for her brand "Tiny Deaths". She is a Writer over at the Guardian.
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82. Rahshaun Haylock | Play-By Play For the LA Sparks, Growing Up In the LA Sports Scene
Rahshaun Haylock is the play-by-play announcer for the LA Sparks and is the sports reporter for KTLA 5. He has been in the LA sports scene as a reporter and play-byplay announcer for nearly 17 years. He can be found on IG: @watchrayray and on Twitter: @RHaylock.
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81. Joseph Ceraulo | Sports in New York, Life on the WestCoast
Joseph Ceraulo is the Host of Ceraulo Sports Talk Podcast and the Bleav in Queens Podcast. He works as the Talent Manager at the Bleav Network. He is also a sports betting analyst. He can be found on IG: @joeceraulo
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80. Joey Christopoulos | Chicago to LA, Host of "Bet on Chicago"
Joey is an experienced actor with over 12 years of experience. He is knowledge in every major sports especially Chicago where he is from. He is passionate about his Chi-town teams especially on his podcast "Bet on Chicago". Joey Christopoulos can be found on IG: @joeysportsguy. He is also the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Listen to the deep dive about the guests life when they hit rock bottom or maybe they have a "Rocky Balboa" story! We talk life and overcoming adversity with athletes, high performers, and other out of box guests. We all come from different walks of life where people think we have it easy. The Goal is to have the guests leave with some practical habits they can implement that can become daily bits of motivation from each guest.
HOSTED BY
Bryan Argott
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Listen to the deep dive about the guests life when they hit rock bottom or maybe they have a "Rocky Balboa" story! We talk life and overcoming adversity with athletes, high performers, and other out of box guests. We all come from different walks of life where people think we have it easy. The Goal...
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