The Dumbbells

The Dumbbells

A funny fitness podcast where comedian/hosts Erin McGown and Ryan Stanger guide your life towards Training Dirty, Eating Clean and Living In-Between.

Episodes

June 11, 2025 84 mins

Alessandra Bonetti joins Erin & Stanger in the weight room to talk summer tennis camp, VHS Exercise tapes and her journey to becoming a yoga instructor and health coach.  

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Erin and Stanger are back and answering your questions about health and fitness! We are covering everything from our favorite protein powders to our best advice on ab workouts! We are also reading some of our best flex emails! Send yours at askthedumbbells@gmail.com

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A solo Stanger welcomes the hilarious and thoughtful Mike McLendon to the Weight Room! They talk about Mike’s wild life and how he got to where he is right now. The show closes out with some fit tips for parents and how to build a healthy foundation for all ages.

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May 21, 2025 71 mins

Erin and Stanger take you through the most cost effective protein to keep your gains both in the gym and in the bank. 

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The great Nancy Campbell Stanger returns to the podcast to talk about her quest for pull-ups, the protein she is now eating for muscles and a recent experience she had attending a fitness competition! 

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May 7, 2025 70 mins

Erin & Ryan try the newest and LITERALLY hottest new workout in Los Angeles at BURN LA. We fill you in on our experience with this new workout style and give our unfiltered opinions on this red light therapy & infrared heated fitness studio. 

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April 30, 2025 71 mins

Erin & Stanger are bringing their top picks of best auxiliary lifts to support your big lifts and shape that body.

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April 23, 2025 58 mins

Erin and Ryan help you navigate the age old question, How many reps do you really need to get the muscle growth you are looking for?? We throw around terms like "one rep max," "eek out one more," and try to pronounce hypertrophy correctly. Listen and learn bell babies!

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Erin and Stanger welcome Actor and Improvisor Julie Brister (Sex Lives of College Girls & Brooklyn 99) into the weight room to talk getting fit in NYC, Summer School PE and the benefits of a 10 minute fart walk. 

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April 9, 2025 66 mins

Stanger and Erin are back in the weight room answering more questions on alcohol and gains, favorite songs to dance to and the best ways to avoid eating your kid's snacks. Also, they read some flexes, like one listener's development of freaking abs, ya'll! Check it out.

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Erin and Stanger are taking a rest day so we have a delightful Dumbbells classic for you. This episode was a big day in The Weight Room! Erin and Stanger welcomed the amazingly funny Jackie Johnson (Natch Beaut) back to the show!! Jackie was hilarious! She talked with the ‘Bells about Peloton, boils, working out from home and all things vegan. The group finished out the show with a review of Plant Fusion Complete Protein a...

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March 26, 2025 72 mins

Erin welcomes first time Marathon-runner, Kevin Porter (Gilmore Guys and Good Christian Fun), back to the weight room! We talk Run Club, First Marathon feelings and the best Bruce Springsteen songs to end a race with.

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March 19, 2025 65 mins

Ryan and Erin finally answer the age old question - is creatine worth it? Will you finally become the hulk? Find out with us in the weight room baby!

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March 12, 2025 64 mins

As Erin celebrates her baby's first birthday, she opens up to Ryan about her physical and emotional changes that have been a part of this first year postpartum. Don't worry, we also talk current TV and Movie star hotties and Ryan gets a few impressions in to help keep our comedy status.

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March 5, 2025 70 mins

Erin finally fulfills her dream of trying Air Bungee Fit, and Stanger gets the full rundown of her time in the sky. Listen in to hear their brutally honest thoughts and review of Bungee Fitness.

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February 26, 2025 66 mins

Stanger needs to improve his sleep. So, he and Erin go into detail about what he’s gonna do, and what you need to do to optimize your sleep to maximize your health!

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February 19, 2025 65 mins

Erin and Ryan catch up on questions from listeners. They give their best ideas on ways to recover after an intense workout, getting the right amount of calories for your body and they hear a great flex from a UK listener! 

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February 12, 2025 78 mins

Erin and Stanger welcome Courtney James Clark (actor and Pilates instructor) to the weight room to talk becoming a Pilates instructor, stretching contests before bed and growing up in New Orleans with a healthy relationship to butter!

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February 5, 2025 62 mins

Erin and Stanger get into a new Scandinavian study showing some exciting news for squats and glucose management and weigh in on the reality of doing squats in your office!

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January 29, 2025 72 mins

Stanger and Erin are breaking down all of your favorite lunge varieties, muscles worked, how to save those knees and where to start if you are looking to add lunges into your workouts. Also Ryan sings like Kermit!

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