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Building Forward
Building Forward explores personal growth through identity, struggle, and shared experience. Just two dudes talking openly about what it takes to develop as men—mentally, emotionally, physically and professionally by accepting reality, learning from setbacks, and committing to forward progress together. Built, not promised. Earned over time.
Episodes
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Episode 34 - What is "Health?" | Building Forward
Recorded on Paul's 39th birthday, this one wanders into territory we don't usually go. Paul and Joey get into why love might be the best burnout buffer you've…
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Episode 33 - Lessons Learned From A Funeral | Building Forward
Paul's back from 10 days in Canada that held a lot: a day with Joey's family, a 10K with his mom, and his grandfather's funeral, a man whose burial needed a…
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Episode 32 - Cheat Meals, Forgiveness and Physique | Building Forward
Joey eats cake at his son's 1st birthday 3 weeks out from the end of a 14-week cut, and he planned every bite of it. That kicks off a breakdown of the 3 kinds…
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Episode 31 - Living With Intent | Building Forward
A listener asked what we think about starting powerlifting at 48. Our first answer: why do you care what 2 dudes on the internet think? Our real answer: decide…
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Episode 30 - Success, The Process and Changing Seasons | Building Forward
Episode 30. Paul and Joey get into the curse of the high achiever: what happens when your best becomes your baseline and anything less starts to feel like…
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Episode 29 - Your Role As A Parent | Building Forward
In this episode, Paul and Joey get into the difference between what you tell your kids and what they actually absorb, the implicit stuff. We cover why safety…
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Episode 28 - Life, Death And The Seasons In Between | Building Forward
In this episode, Paul and Joey catch up after two weeks off, and it turns out those two weeks were anything but quiet. Joey welcomed his second son, Grayson…
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Episode 27 - Solo Q&A with Paul | Building Forward
Joey's off for 2 weeks with his newborn, so this one's me alone with a camera and a list of questions I've been sitting on. We lost our girl Stella last week…
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Episode 26 - Paul's Going To Be A Daddy! | Building Forward
Paul and Olivia are expecting, Joey's second is due any day, and Paul just ran 53 kilometers in 95 degree heat with 91% humidity. This one covers what changes…
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Episode 25 - Relationships, Training and Modern Masculinity | Building Forward
Paul and Joey open the mailbag. This one runs through balancing a relationship with hard training and a fat loss phase, what modern masculinity looks like when…
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Episode 24 - What's Your "Why?" | Building Forward
In this episode, Paul and Joey get into the four questions Paul runs before any big decision, why setting completion as your only goal keeps you from quitting…
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Episode 23 - What the Heck?! ft. Jon Heck | Building Forward
Jon Heck was a projected NFL draft pick who walked away from football to build a life he actually chose. In this one, Paul and Joey get into that decision with…
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Episode 22 - Paul's Trail Race And Feeling Proud
Three days before his first mountain 30K, Paul tweaked his lower back on a Hatfield squat and could barely stand up straight. He flew to California anyway, ran…
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Episode 21 - Sustainability, Productivity and Ego | Building Forward
Paul and Joey get into the stuff that runs underneath the training: raising kids in a world that looks nothing like the one we grew up in, the fraud feeling…
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Episode 20 - Starting A Coaching Business in 2026
Paul and Joey free-ball a full playbook for building a coaching business in 2026. They get into why you have to be good at something before you sell anything…
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Episode #19 - Both Literal and Verbal Diarrhea | Building Forward
Paul and Joey get real about the season where training falls to third place behind family and business, and what to actually do about it. They get into…
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Episode 18 - Chatting with Paul's Mom
Paul's mom Susan joins Building Forward this week, and she came ready. Susan spent 30 years in the fitness industry, raised Paul and his brother alongside it…
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Episode #17 - Asking For Help and Expectations | Building Forward
Paul and Joey get real about the heavy season they're both in. Paul opens up about asking for help, finding out his low mood was physiological before it was…
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Episode #16 - Falling In Love With AI | Building Forward
Paul and Joey get into how they're actually using AI in their coaching businesses, and why most people are doing it backwards. Joey breaks down the two weeks…
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Episode #15 - Gratitude
Paul and Joey go deep on saying no, gratitude, and what it means to live (and die) on your own terms. Paul's grandfather just turned down chemo at 90 and the…
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Episode #14 - Business Insights and Lessons
In this episode, Paul and Joey go wide. Joey talks through his 8-week health phase and why periodizing nutrition matters once you've maxed out a mass. Paul…
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Episode #13 - The Training Journey | Building Forward
Paul and Joey get into the lifter's journey, the long arc from full-effort beginner to over-optimizer, back to the foundational work that actually compounds…
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Episode #12 - Belief vs. Delusion
Paul and Joey lay out the difference between belief, delusion, and illusion, and why most coaches mistake one for the other. They get into how you turn a…
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Episode #11 - Strengths and Weaknesses
In this episode, Paul and Joey break down the gap and gain framework and why most coaches waste years trying to fix the wrong things. They get into onboarding…
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Episode #10 - The Self-Awareness Gap
This episode of Building Forward is one of the most honest conversations we’ve had.We got into the reality behind growth… the stuff most people don’t talk…
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Episode #9 - Common Traits of High Performers | Building Forward
This episode started with a catch-up about Arizona and turned into a real conversation about what actually separates high performers from everyone else. We got…
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Episode #8 - Dialing in Your Priorities | Building Forward
Most people don’t have a time management problem.They have a priority problem.In this conversation, we break down what it actually means to set priorities and…
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Episode #7 - Networking and Connections | Building Forward
Most people think networking is about getting something. This conversation flips that completely. Paul and Joey break down what actually drives long-term…
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Episode #6 - Life Hacks | Building Forward
A lot of people think personal development is about motivation, discipline, or adding more to your plate.I don’t think that’s true.Sometimes personal…
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Episode #5 - Managing Conflict
Most people think growth happens when things are going well. In reality, it usually starts when something breaks. A belief, a plan, a version of yourself that…
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Episode #4 - Goal Setting | Building Forward
Growth is not loud. It is not glamorous. And it rarely happens when everything feels good.In this episode of Building Forward, Paul and Joey unpack what real…
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Episode #3 - The Fear of Failure | Building Forward
Fear of failure isn’t what’s holding you back. It’s fear of what failure means about you.In this episode of Built Forward, Joey and Paul unpack what failure…
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Episode #2 - Morning Routines | Building Forward
Morning routines are cool. Stillness is better. But the real growth? It happens in the gap. In this episode, Joey and Paul break down morning routines…
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Episode #1 - Your Story Is Your Super Power | Building Forward
Welcome to the Building Forward Podcast. Meet your hosts, @pauloneid_map Paul Oneid and @SzatStrength Joey Szatmary.Just two dudes, trying to be better…