Join us on Rise Up 43 as we talk about Rise Nutrition with Makenzie Howell. Makenzie is the full-time nutritionist at Rise Nutrition and shares her journey in pursuing her training and passion for helping people fuel their bodies for wellness and health. You can find out more on our socials (we just launched our TikTok channels!) and at riseperformance618.net and Rise Nutrition at risenutrition.shop

Join us on Rise Up 42 as we share Dawson Montfort's story. Joey and Dawson and sit down and share Dawson's history, from college sports to overcoming injury and addiction, meeting his wife and starting a family and ultimately to developing the vision and mission of Rise Performance. Give it a listen, this is a deeply vulnerable episode and Dawson reveals the soul that shaped the DNA of Rise. You can find out more on our socials (we just launched our TikTok channels!) and at riseperformance618.net and our NEW supplement shop Rise Nutrition at risenutrition.shop

Join us this week for a VERY special episode of the Rise Up Podcast! We talk with four of the young ladies that participated in our first youth powerlifting team - Finley, Josie, Kimber and Savvy! These four share their experience from the highs and lows in powerlifting training to overcoming the challenges of competition day. Rise Performance could not be more proud of these young ladies, and they are just one small part of the great youth athletes we had participate in our first powerlifting team. A huge thank you to Barbell 618 for hosting the meet and providing this awesome experience! As always you can follow us on our socials and at riseperformance618.net!

The Rise Up podcast returns for episode 40 with guests Ken McClelland and Mike Lohman, authors of "Mastering Strongman." Both Mike and Ken are experienced trainers and strongman competitors, and share their expertise and wisdom on overcoming ego, recovery challenges, and training strongman for the long run. Although directed towards master's (40+ years old) athletes, their book and insights are valuable for any strength sport athletes! Thanks for joining us and find more about us at riseperfomance618.net

Join us for Episode 39 of the Rise Up Podcast as Steven Wiseman recaps his trip to Denver for the 2024 United States Strongman Nationals competition. We talk through the challenges of training, the day of the event, and well-earned lessons from the competition!

Join us this week on the Rise Up Podcast as Joey and a familiar voice Kyle Isom as we talk former fat boy summer! Between Kyle and Joey, they have lost over 225 lbs and kept it off, so they and Dawson talk over their stories, motivation, and strategies to lose and maintain weight!

Join us this week with Coach Dylan Samuel of Carterville Strength and two athletes in the program, Mia Congiardo and Dakota Gee. Mia and Dakota share how a great strength program has helped their confidence, move past plateaus, and improve sports performance!

Join Joey as we talk over the Summer Strength Series here at Rise Performance 618! Yoga, strongman, powerlifting, high intensity interval training AND Olympic lifting ALL in one week! Plus several other coaches and classes that continue to offer the best training for physical strength and health! Rise Performance is THE strength

Join us this week on the Rise Up podcast with special guest Jake Curry. Jake is a strongman competitor and promoter and the man behind the Southern Illinois Strongest competition now in it's second year and the Southern Illinois Bench Challenge. We talk strongman, supporting the charities Be Humble Gym and Take Action Today through strength, and sharing personally what strength means for Jake as we end the show. You want to listen to the end, and check out the show notes for the charities, competitions and challenges mentioned!

Join Joey and Steven this week as we discuss the four pillars of mental health. Each of these aspects are important to our overall well-being and Rise Performance is committed to being a community of strength that promotes your mental health! Thank you for listening and remember to subscribe and share!

Join Joey and Steven this week as they discuss the 2024 Midwest Monster's Strongman Competition coming to Anna Illinois on November 3rd! 5 events with several being heavy events. Plan to come out, and if you are a business looking to sponsor the event reach out today!

Join us this week on the Rise Up Podcast with guest Chelsey Greenwood-Turk! Chelsey is one of the coaches at Rise and offers her coaching, nutrition and massage services through Trinity Total Wellness. She is a great resource with her "one-stop shop" approach to recovery. Reach out to her to see how she can help you!

Join Dawson and Joey this week as we interview guest Dustin Kueck of Barbell618! We talk his powerlifting career, coaching, hosting meets and the upcoming WRPF Mid American Regionals and the Rise Youth Powerlifting Team! Dustin is an incredible resource for powerlifting in our area so reach out to see how he and Rise can help you start in the sport!

Join Dawson, Steven and Joey as we talk about the Murph Challenge. Make plans and start training to be at Rise Performance 618 on Memorial Day Monday, May 27th at 9 am for the group Murph will scaled versions for all fitness levels!

Join Joey this week to go over all that Rise Performance is offering as we head into summer 2024! You don't want to miss out, from yoga to HIIT to group fitness to powerlifting and strongman, you can see why Rise Performance 618 is THE community of strength!

Join Dawson and Joey this week as they are joined by Strongwoman competitor and Strength and Fitness Coach Chelsea Morgan. Chelsea is an accomplished strongman competitor and coach, and she shares her journey in transforming her health, competing and coaching. Come join many of the Rise community on May 4th for Kopion's Strongest strongman competition! You can find her on Facebook or Instagram mighty_mouse573 or contact her through Kopion Fitness in Scott City, Missouri.

Join Dawson and Joey this week as they are joined by Rise Team Member and Online Coach Carson Pearson. In this episode, Carson shares about his journey from high school sports to building his physique and now working with men and women to build their body and confidence. Carson is finishing up his degree from SIU and offers training and nutrition coaching. You can find him on Facebook or Instagram carson.pearson

Buckle in and join us this week for Episode 26 of the Rise Up Podcast! Danny Smith, one of the new coaches here at Rise Performance, joins us to discuss training youth athletes. Danny is educated and explains the philosophy and practice of training athletes through the conjugate method in depth. Reach out to us if you are interested in Danny working with your youth athlete one-on-one or as a part of our group classes at Rise!

Join us this week as we interview Dylan Samuel, Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Carterville, Illinois High School and here at Rise. Dylan has doubled the number of kids enrolled in the Carterville strength programs and talks youth athlete training strategy, creating buy in and building a team strength culture!

Join us this week as Dawson and Joey interview Bryce Smith. Bryce had an outstanding senior year of football on the Carterville Lions and continues his athletic career playing for the Aurora University Spartans. Bryce talks though his mindset and training transformation, success on and off the field, and advice for youth athletes. Bryce represents the best of Rise athletes and you can hear it in this interview and see it in his continued focus and discipline!