Lesson for My Sons

By Royce

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Description

I’m on a mission to help people redefine themselves through honest conversations around health, purpose, fatherhood, faith, leadership, and personal growth.

After 20 years as a gym owner, coach, and personal trainer, I’ve realized that real transformation has very little to do with chasing perfection — and everything to do with becoming more honest about who you truly are.


This podcast is part life lessons, part self-reflection, and part message to my sons for someday when they’re older and trying to navigate life for themselves.

Through conversations with coaches, entrepreneurs, parents, athletes, and everyday people, we explore what it means to feel lost, rebuild yourself, lead by example, take care of your health, and create a life that actually feels aligned.


If you’re trying to slow down, think deeper, grow stronger, and become the person you were meant to be — welcome.


Episode Date
The Soccer Decisions My Son Won’t Understand Yet ft. Hayden Prasad
May 27, 2026
When You Feel Lost in Life, Start Here
May 19, 2026
This Is Why Your Health Isn’t Improving (No One Talks About This)
Jan 16, 2026
Why Motivation Fails (And What Works Instead)
Dec 03, 2025
What Two Trainers Eat in a Day (Realistic + Simple)
Nov 13, 2025
Why Anxiety Is Keeping You from Being Fit (and What to Do About It)
Nov 03, 2025
What If You Managed Your Health Like Your Business?
Oct 26, 2025
Before You Give Up… Watch This (When Your Weight Loss Stalls)
Oct 17, 2025
How to Get Healthier by Doing Less (Habit Stacking Easy Framework)
Oct 08, 2025
3 Things Every Dad Must Do to Avoid Dad Bod
Sep 24, 2025
How to Stop Stress Eating — From Trainers Who’ve Been There
Sep 20, 2025
The Skill You Can’t Skip When it Comes to Health
Sep 10, 2025
I Accidentally Hit My First $10K Month as a Trainer
Sep 03, 2025
The #1 Reason Trainers Lose Clients Fast
Aug 14, 2025
5 Ways to Stand Out and Get Hired as a Trainer
Aug 08, 2025
Can You Really Make $10K/Month as a Trainer? 10 Lessons I Wish I Knew
Jul 30, 2025
If I was a Personal Trainer Starting Over Again, This is What I Would Do.
Jul 16, 2025
The Hard Lesson I Learned After 20 Years of Personal Training Clients
Jul 12, 2025
Why Your Clients Aren’t Getting Results (And It’s Not Their Fault)
Jul 09, 2025
Your Personal Training Clients Don’t Care About Your Certs — They Care About This
Jul 06, 2025
The #1 Skill That Makes a Coach Great (Hint: It’s Not Knowing Everything) Part 1
Jul 01, 2025
Why I Chose Coaching (And Why You Might Too)
Jun 30, 2025
Why I'm Starting OVER in this YouTube Channel
Jun 27, 2025
You Need to Know this About Whole Foods ft. Registered Dietitian Tara Laguerta
Jun 10, 2025
The Hidden Cost of Weight Loss Obsession
May 27, 2025
Most People Fail Because of THESE 3 Fears ft. Mathiue Bolillo
May 19, 2025
How to Find Balance in Your Health and Fitness?
May 12, 2025
Why Obsessing Over Your Limits Is Making You Unhealthy
May 05, 2025
If Socrates Was Your Trainer — This is What He’d Teach You. Volume 1
Apr 21, 2025
Fit After 50: What No One Tells You About Training in Your 50s and Beyond
Apr 14, 2025
How to Stop Self-Sabotaging When it Comes to Health?
Apr 07, 2025
Can I Lose Weight While Eating Junk Food?
Mar 31, 2025
Exhausted? How to Find Energy to Work Out as a Busy Parent!
Mar 17, 2025
Can Injuries Actually Be a Good Thing?
Feb 16, 2025
Is it Possible to Have Fun While Losing Weight?
Feb 10, 2025
Will I be happier when I lose the weight?
Feb 03, 2025
If I Had 30 Days to Lose Fat Fast, This Is Exactly How I’d Eat
Jan 27, 2025
Is a 20 Minute Workout Enough for Busy People to Lose Weight?
Jan 24, 2025
How to Design a Calendar (for less stress)
Jan 13, 2025
How to Feel Less Drained and More Energized Daily?
Jan 06, 2025
Why am I Depressed and How Do I Get Out of it? ft. Yoni Banayan
Dec 09, 2024
How to Sleep Better: A Frame Work to Better Sleep ft. Christopher Williams
Nov 25, 2024
The Perfect Morning Routines That Boost Your Fitness ft. Nick Nash
Nov 18, 2024
How To Lose Fat in 2024? ft. Keith Menger | #thecoaches EP. 41
Nov 04, 2024
How to Overcome Failure? | A Frame Work to Winning In Fitness
Oct 21, 2024
Ditch the Calorie Counting! Your Weight Loss Questions Answered | Trainer & Dietitian Q&A
Oct 15, 2024
How to Get Motivated to Workout - 3 Easy Tips!
Oct 07, 2024
1000 Days of Murph Deep Dive
Sep 30, 2024
The One Life-Changing Habit That Transformed My Health
Sep 23, 2024
My journey losing 120lbs and revelations with Keith Menger
Sep 16, 2024
The Significance of Taking on Hard Challenges
Aug 29, 2024
How To Be Consistent: 3 Steps to Make Consistency Effortless.
Aug 19, 2024
Why Inflammation Could Be Harming Your Health ft. Talor Zamir
Aug 12, 2024
How do I tell my wife she needs to lose weight?
Aug 05, 2024
4 Simple Changes to Boost Your Calorie Burn Without Extra Effort
Jul 29, 2024
15 Years of Weight Loss Advice in 30 Mins
Jul 22, 2024
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Your Perfect Gym. (Weightloss Edition)
Jul 15, 2024
The Ultimate 12 Week Weight Loss Guide 2024 (For Beginners)
Jul 07, 2024
I Lost 100lbs 3 Seperate Times and This is What I Learned... ft. Stephen Hartlauer
Jul 01, 2024
Why Losing Weight After 40 Is Different – And How to Succeed? with Coach Royce & Byron Ross
Jun 24, 2024
The Top 5 Weight Loss Mistakes Sabotaging Your Progress ft. Coach Tara & Royce | #TheCoaches EP. 31
Jun 17, 2024
Why focusing on performance leads to more weight loss ft. Dr. Tony Mikla | #TheCoaches Ep. 30
Jun 11, 2024
Free Ways to Lose Weight with Coach Tara and Royce | #TheCoaches Ep. 29
Jun 03, 2024
Coach Keith and Royce Share Secrets To Designing Your Perfect Weight Loss Plan | #TheCoaches
May 27, 2024
How to Overcome Anxiety? ft. Lisa Marie Vasquez | #TheCoaches EP. 28
May 20, 2024
I Lost 100lbs 3x and this is what I Learned... ft. Stephen Hartlauer | #TheCoaches EP. 28
May 20, 2024
Three Lessons I Learned Losing 100lbs ft. Nick Nash | #TheCoaches EP. 26
May 17, 2024
Should I Take Ozempic to Lose Weight? ft. Bracha Banayan | #TheCoaches EP. 25
May 06, 2024
3 Simple Strategies for Weightloss with Coach Tara and Royce | #TheCoaches EP. 24
May 06, 2024
4 Triggers Making You Gain Weight ft. Coach Tara (4K) | #TheCoaches EP. 23
Apr 30, 2024
How Come I Can't Lose Weight? with Coach Tara (4K) | #TheCoaches EP. 22
Apr 22, 2024
Frame Work to Handle Hard Times ft. Coach Nick and James (4K) | #TheCoaches Ep. 21
Apr 15, 2024
How Changing Your Posture Can Change Your Life ft. Amber Okenson | #thecoaches EP. 20
Apr 08, 2024
How to Become More Resilient? ft. Coach Corey | #TheCoaches EP. 19
Apr 01, 2024
Simple Principles to Building Wealth ft. James Bristow | #thecoaches EP. 18
Mar 31, 2024
Should I Hire a Lifecoach? ft. Moises Santiago | #TheCoaches EP. 17
Mar 18, 2024
How Get Better as an Executive? ft. Michele Kline | #TheCoaches EP. 16
Mar 17, 2024
How to Retain Clients Longer? ft. Madison Jones (4K) | #TheCoaches EP.15
Mar 16, 2024
How to Lead New Teams? ft. David Graybill (4K) | #TheCoaches EP. 13
Mar 16, 2024
Creating Healthy Environments for Failure ft. Nick Nash (4K) | #TheCoaches Ep. 14
Mar 07, 2024
Creating Growth Environments ft. Mark Huffman | #TheCoaches EP. 12
Mar 01, 2024
How to Coach Greatness? ft. Eric Nicksick | #TheCoaches Ep. 11
Feb 26, 2024
Success Requires lots of Coaches ft. Crystal Solis | #TheCoaches EP.10
Feb 22, 2024
How to Coach a City? ft. Debra March| #TheCoaches EP.9
Feb 19, 2024
Challenging The Boundaries of Learning ft. Yoni Banayan | #TheCoaches Ep. 8
Feb 15, 2024
Embracing Hard Conversations ft. Madison Jones | #TheCoaches EP.7
Feb 12, 2024
The Coach You Never Expected ft. Tara Laguerta | #TheCoaches Ep. 1
Feb 10, 2024
Why Being Lazy Can Be Effective!? ft. Brian Eller | #TheCoaches EP.6
Feb 08, 2024
Going from Professional Athlete to a Coach ft. Taylor Jones | #TheCoaches Ep. 5
Feb 05, 2024
What makes a great coach? ft. James Hoskins | #TheCoaches EP.4
Feb 01, 2024
Mastering the Art of Energy ft. Nick Nash | #TheCoaches Ep. 3
Jan 29, 2024
How to find my voice ft. Joe Martinez | #TheCoaches EP.2
Jan 26, 2024
How to 10x your productivity?
Nov 14, 2023
How to handle shitty days?
Oct 20, 2023
Recreating Your Self
Oct 11, 2023
Frame Work to Solve Problems
Sep 12, 2023
Road to 1 Million in Revenue Series: My Stages in Entrepreneurship
Aug 29, 2023
How to Reduce Distractions?
Aug 22, 2023
How to Create Momentum?
Aug 10, 2023
How to Reduce Overwhelm?
Jul 31, 2023
The Most Powerful Thing About You
Jul 24, 2023
How to consistently do hard things?
Jul 17, 2023
How to learn better?
Jul 11, 2023
A Deeper Dive on Managing Stress
Jul 03, 2023
How to Handle Stress?
Jun 20, 2023
Why Being a Better Parent Makes a World of Difference In other Areas in Life w/ Coach Mark
Jun 08, 2023
Life Lessons from 12 Hour Murph
Jun 02, 2023
Uncovering Your Path to Fulfillment
May 17, 2023
Definition of Happiness and Success
May 09, 2023
3 Lessons Learned in 2023 as an Entrepreneur
May 01, 2023
How to keep going as an Entrepreneur with George Lui.
Apr 21, 2023
How to become more resilient?
Apr 11, 2023
How to Make More Money in Your Job
Mar 27, 2023
6 Life Lessons from Video Games
Mar 22, 2023
How to Worry Less?
Mar 14, 2023
How to become productive instead of procrastinating?
Mar 06, 2023
How to be excited for you next problem?
Mar 03, 2023
Vote for the Person You Want to Be
Feb 28, 2023
How to Change Other People?
Feb 13, 2023
3 Axioms that Do More Harm than Good
Feb 06, 2023
3 Numbers that will Change your Life
Jan 30, 2023
A System to Strengthen Your Relationships
Jan 24, 2023
How to Reduce Fatigue?
Jan 11, 2023
Another Way to Find Your Purpose for 2023
Jan 02, 2023
How to Make Decisions Guilt Free
Dec 28, 2022
Is Emptiness a Bad Thing?
Dec 20, 2022
Why are you so tired?
Dec 06, 2022
Self Sabotage Part 2: Skewed Value of Product Over the Process
Nov 30, 2022
Self Sabotage Part 1: Anemic In Your Thoughts
Nov 22, 2022
3 Unexpected Lessons from Reading Books
Nov 07, 2022
The Success Spiral and How to Keep Winning Using It
Oct 31, 2022
How to Handle Rejection?
Oct 24, 2022
Your Problem is not the Problem
Oct 21, 2022
How to make Stress Work for you with Douglas Bertram CEO of Structural Elements
Oct 17, 2022
Imposter Syndrome to Feeling Worthy
Oct 12, 2022
The 7 I's to Reduce Anxiety
Oct 10, 2022
The Daily 3
Oct 07, 2022
Finding Abundance through Lack
Oct 03, 2022
Energy, Emotions, Healing with Rawlins at Ageless Performance, Recovery, and Wellness
Sep 30, 2022
How to Acquire Skills
Sep 27, 2022
3 Biggest Lessons I've Learned This Past Year
Sep 23, 2022
Formula for Miracles
Sep 20, 2022
Dealing with Hard Seasons Part 3 of 3
Sep 12, 2022
Dealing with Hard Seasons Part 2 of 3
Aug 29, 2022
Dealing with Hard Seasons Part 1 of 3
Aug 24, 2022
Redefine Happiness
Aug 17, 2022
Making Meaning from Your Madness
Aug 08, 2022
Do a Brain Audit
Aug 01, 2022
Part 4 Time Management: Refining Your Calendar
Jul 25, 2022
Part 3 Time Management: Building Your Calendar
Jul 18, 2022
Part 2 Time Management: Relationship with Time
Jul 11, 2022
Part 1 Time Management: To Delete List
Jul 08, 2022
Change Your Face
Jun 27, 2022
Are You Burning Out?
Jun 20, 2022
Formula to Accomplish Goals
Jun 15, 2022
The Most Powerful Practice to Bring Clarity
May 29, 2022
Charge into the Storm
May 23, 2022
Life is Like a Bottle of Wine
May 16, 2022
The Most Important Conversation
May 09, 2022
How to Find my Purpose?
May 01, 2022
Abundance Starts in The Mind
Apr 25, 2022
Best Thing You Can Do Sometimes is to Let them Fail
Apr 11, 2022
Sometimes the Greatest Thing You Can Do is Just Listen
Apr 03, 2022
Pain Dissolves When Life Gets Bigger
Mar 28, 2022
3 Ways to Strengthen Your Faith
Mar 21, 2022
Is Being Judgmental Serving Me?
Mar 09, 2022
Enjoy the Struggle!
Mar 02, 2022
Having Less is More, No Freaking Way!
Feb 21, 2022
Your Strength is a by Product of Struggle
Feb 14, 2022
6 Habits That Will Change Your Life Forever
Feb 07, 2022
Your Results Will Tell You Everything
Jan 31, 2022
Pain + Reflection = Progress
Jan 17, 2022
3-2-1 Be Better Routine
Jan 10, 2022
3 Ways to Gain Muscle
Jan 07, 2022
What Happens when I am Not Motivated?
Dec 29, 2021
Pain is the Path
Dec 24, 2021
Being Obsolete is the Goal
Dec 21, 2021
Stop Trying to Control Everything
Dec 15, 2021
It Takes Strength to Ask for Help.
Dec 06, 2021
2 Things You Need to Be Successful
Dec 03, 2021
Lessons from Bear Crawl Murph
Nov 29, 2021
Change Your Definition of a Challenge Please!
Nov 23, 2021
Why more? Can't You Just Be Happy With One?
Nov 22, 2021
Saying "No" More Will Get You Everything You Want!
Nov 20, 2021
Discomfort is the Rx
Nov 17, 2021
Lessons from Doing 21 Murphs in 7 Days!
Nov 15, 2021
5 Things I Learned from Doing 100+ Murphs in 100 Days
Nov 12, 2021
Daily 5 Morning Routine
Nov 01, 2021
Weight Loss Journey is Like the Olympics
Oct 27, 2021
What is the cost of not being healthy? w/ Jeremiah
Oct 25, 2021
Being Unstoppable Part 4: Failure is a Gift
Oct 08, 2021
Being Unstoppable Part 5: "Formula to get to Flow State"
Oct 08, 2021
Being Unstoppable Part 3: Redefining Happiness
Oct 06, 2021
Being Unstoppable Part 2: "Manipulating Time"
Oct 05, 2021
Being Unstoppable Part 1: Unshakable Morning Routine
Oct 04, 2021
How to Win some Friends?
Oct 03, 2021
How to handle being offended?
Oct 02, 2021
How to stay Fit as a Parent?
Sep 30, 2021
Why Being Better is Important?
Sep 29, 2021
The Process is the End Result
Sep 28, 2021
7 Ways to Increase Recovery
Sep 27, 2021
Why turning it off is a bad idea.
Sep 26, 2021
When is Pain a Problem?
Sep 25, 2021
Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Competitive
Sep 24, 2021
How to Keep the Fight Going
Sep 23, 2021
Should my Fitness Goals Change when I Age?
Sep 22, 2021
When there is Pain, Pay Attention.
Sep 21, 2021
How to deal with Emotional Vampires?
Sep 20, 2021
How to Crush Big Goals?
Sep 12, 2021
How to get all the Valuable Things you want?
Aug 24, 2021
Make Your Whys Stronger than Your Excuses with Stephen Hartlauer
Aug 16, 2021
10 Reasons Why I'm Doing #75HardMurph Edition ;)
Aug 11, 2021
Blue Print to Find your Purpose.
Aug 10, 2021
Failure Based on Someone Else's Expectations
Jul 29, 2021
Taking Advice 101
Jul 29, 2021
Good Mom or Fit Mom?
Jul 12, 2021
5 Tips to Up Level Your Relationship
Jul 07, 2021
Frustration Leads to Profit
Jul 01, 2021
Can Balance make me Happy?
Jun 08, 2021
3 Relationship Principles I Now Have
May 30, 2021
Accepting Your Dark Side
May 26, 2021
Why we gossip and how to approach it?
May 16, 2021
Why do we have Hard Conversations?
May 01, 2021
Tips to Stay Present
May 01, 2021
The Infamous Burnout
Apr 27, 2021
What are you Tolerating?
Apr 22, 2021
3 Reasons Why You are not Successful
Apr 20, 2021
How to start a new habit?
Apr 10, 2021
3 Habits to Ease Anxiety
Apr 05, 2021
3 Ways to Manage Depression
Mar 23, 2021
Power through Desperation
Mar 16, 2021
Annoyances Turn into Gratitudes
Mar 09, 2021
Gaining Abundance through Resentment
Mar 04, 2021
Negative Perceptions take all the Positive Possibilities Out of It
Feb 15, 2021
Gaining Freedom through Organization
Feb 08, 2021
Change Your Friends or Change your Friends ;)
Feb 03, 2021
When things don't go your way, ask your self what's the test?
Jan 29, 2021
Strategy to Lose Weight without Depriving Your Favorite Foods
Jan 18, 2021
Activities That Feed Your Inner Boss Voice
Jan 11, 2021
Handling Injuries and Adversity
Jan 05, 2021
Technique to Manage Anxiety by Establishing What is Most Important
Dec 21, 2020
Separation Season
Dec 10, 2020
Pretending to be Fit will lead to being Fit
Dec 10, 2020
Taking the Red Pill in Fitness
Dec 03, 2020
Staying Fit through The Holidays
Nov 25, 2020
3 Fitness Habit Tips I Wish I Started With
Nov 19, 2020
Why Adding Meditation is Game Changer for Your Fitness
Nov 06, 2020
Making Recovery Great Again
Oct 29, 2020
Letting your Past Submarine your Future
Oct 27, 2020
How to get your Spouse to Workout ;)
Oct 22, 2020
Stop Spectating & Start Doing
Oct 20, 2020
You are not Fit because you are not willing to be bad at something
Oct 18, 2020
How Our Long Workouts Translate to Life
Oct 15, 2020
Side Effects of Getting too Fit from A Challenge like 75Hard
Oct 12, 2020
Three Stages of a CrossFit Athlete
Oct 07, 2020
Staying Jacked during an Injury
Oct 01, 2020
Strategies for Weight-Loss after Pregnancy with Coach Janae
Sep 25, 2020
How Stress Can Make You Stronger!
Sep 17, 2020
What Do I do when I don't have Motivation to Workout?
Sep 10, 2020
Why More Locations? What is Nevada Fitness Concepts Vision in the Next 2 Years
Sep 02, 2020
Strong Mind Paired with a Strong Body Makes You Unstoppable
Aug 31, 2020
Team Work makes the Dream Work with James Bristow
Aug 27, 2020
Using Fitness to Move Up the Career Ladder with Justin Thuet
Aug 25, 2020
Tip of the Iceberg Major Weight-loss with Jeff Cheek
Aug 22, 2020
Are You Shortcutting Your Life??
Aug 04, 2020
Finding Your Tribe of Powerful Women
Jul 31, 2020
Bristow with More Fitness More Sales
Jul 22, 2020
Does CrossFit Cause Injuries? with Dr. Erica Wong
Jul 15, 2020
Suffering a Little for a Life Time of Success with Tommy Hackenbruck
Jul 09, 2020
Fitness Literally Saved My Life with Gus Kalathakis
Jul 04, 2020
Jeff Improving Physically and Mentally through CrossFit and Obstacle Course Racing
Jul 01, 2020
Angelina Being a Fit Makes Me An Amazing Mother
Jun 25, 2020
Improving your Golf Game Through Fitness w/ Paul Michealetos
Jun 15, 2020
Fitness Improving Entrepreneurship with James Bristow
Jun 08, 2020
Jim Taking Health Back and Losing 50lbs After Amazing Career
May 25, 2020
Weight loss with the Coaches
May 15, 2020
Using Fitness for Everything with Coach Royce
May 01, 2020
Tara Laguerta in Balancing Health and also Being an Amazing Mother
Apr 21, 2020
Coach Nick Nash Having Faith that it is Going to Work
Apr 10, 2020
Journey from 305lbs to 187lbs with Coach Corey
Apr 07, 2020
Fear of Criticism with Coach Madison
Apr 06, 2020
Byron Wheeler Take Care of Yourself First
Apr 04, 2020
Death with Coach Mike Thompson
Apr 03, 2020
Conquering Fear #3 Old Age with Coach Nick Nash
Apr 02, 2020
Husic Hamo Life Changing Habits
Apr 01, 2020
Matt Lott "Sometimes you just have to eat a turd sandwich.""
Mar 30, 2020
Conquering Fear #2 Poverty With Coach James
Mar 26, 2020
Conquering Fear #1 Losing Someone you Love
Mar 24, 2020
The Mann being a Masters Athlete
Mar 22, 2020
3 Positive Things from COVID-19
Mar 20, 2020
Olivia Caring for Self to take Care of Others
Mar 15, 2020
Suito Competitive Heart for Family and Work
Mar 09, 2020
James Investing in your health ;)
Mar 01, 2020
Atkin with Unforeseen Benefits of Fitness
Feb 24, 2020
Nurse Marika Prioritizing Sleep, Fit for Travel
Feb 17, 2020