About this episode

Episode 82 provides updates on various topics including a hill climb recap, training updates, and social media trends.

In Episode 82 of Lifting, Running, and Living, it’s an update episode! Kelly recaps the July 5 Vail Hill Climb weekend and her recent binge reads. JK shares his training split shift and recent trends regarding creatine on social media. He also addresses concerns around the death of college football player Nolan Wells and cultural differences regarding friends leaving someone behind. 00:00 Show kickoff updates 00:28 Vail hill climb recap 12:31 JK’s training update 28:45 Fourth Wing books 41:43 Creatine Claims Debunked 48:07 Nolan Wells Perspective 01:01:00 Wrap Up and Where to Find Us Follow the podcast at ⁠⁠⁠@liftingrunninglivingpod⁠⁠⁠ Email us at ⁠⁠⁠liftingrunninglivingpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Follow JK at ⁠⁠@coachjkmcleod⁠⁠ Follow Kelly at ⁠⁠⁠@runningklutz ⁠

People in this episode

Hosts: Kelly Lutz, JK McLeod

Topics covered

• hill climb
• lifting
• books
• creatine
• social media
• current events

Keywords

• Vail Hill Climb
• creatine
• Nolan Wells
• Fourth Wing
• training updates

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Fourth Wing

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