EP13 | Why I Stopped Training Like an Athlete (and Why I’m Back) | Brotherhood Beyond Business Podcast
Episode 13 | Host: Trev Warnke
🔥 Why This Episode Matters
Most adults stop training like athletes once their competitive years are behind them — trading speed and agility for simple gym strength. In this raw solo episode, Trev Warnke opens up about why he stopped training athletically for over a decade, what it cost him, and why he’s now on a mission to reclaim that part of himself.
👤 Meet the Host
📌 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Trev’s personal journey from athlete → gym-goer → back to athlete.
Why most adults abandon athletic training after their sports career ends.
The difference between gym strength and true athletic movement.
Why power, speed, and agility become more important with age.
How to gamify training to bring joy and purpose back into fitness.
🧩 Episode Summary
In Episode 13 of the Brotherhood Beyond Business Podcast, Trev Warnke shares his personal story of stepping away from athletic-style training for more than a decade — and why he’s making the shift back now.
He talks about his background in football, college athletics, and exercise science, and how life and business led him to focus on aesthetics and “gym workouts” instead of performance. But over time, he began to feel stiff, slow, and uninspired. That realization reignited his fire to start training like an athlete again.
Trev dives into the power of incorporating speed, agility, and mobility into training — not just for performance, but for resilience and longevity. He also explains how he gamified his workouts by tracking metrics, attacking weaknesses, and making training fun again.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an ex-athlete, or someone who’s simply tired of going through the motions at the gym, this episode will inspire you to rethink how you train and rediscover the joy of moving like an athlete.
🕒 Episode Timestamps
[00:00] Intro & why I’m revisiting athletic training
[01:30] My athletic background: football, college, and exercise science
[03:00] The shift to training for looks vs. training for performance
[05:00] What reignited my fire: feeling stiff, slow, and uninspired
[07:15] Power movements, sprint training, and mobility
[08:45] Why training like an athlete makes you bulletproof
[10:30] Gamifying training: metrics, weaknesses, and joy
[13:00] Why it’s OK to find your own version of fitness
💡 Quote Highlight
“Gym strength is good — but athletic strength makes you bulletproof.”
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