The Heavy Meta Podcast

Michael Blevins

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Heavy Meta is a podcast about training as a lifelong practice, not a program you finish. Hosted by Michael Blevins — coach, writer, and founder of We Are Heavy Meta — it treats fitness as a laboratory for agency, self-assessment, and survival rather than another optimization game or trend slop of common fitness culture. Each episode interrogates the assumptions the fitness industry sells as gospel: that intensity equals progress, that aesthetics are the point, that strength is something you can measure and be done with. Expect ruthless self-assessment, philosophy applied to the body, and a refusal to flatter the listener. If you've ever...

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Recent episodes

  • The Final Assault on the DusitD2 Hotel, Told by the SAS Operator Who Led It (Part 3 of 3)Sep 18, 2026 · 50 min
  • "They Were Already Planning My Court-Martial" — Christian Craighead, Part 2Sep 18, 2026 · 1 hr 50 min
  • SAS Operator Breaks His Silence: Christian Craighead, In His Own Words (Part 1)Sep 18, 2026 · 59 min
  • If You Are Not Going Longer, You Are Not Training EnduranceAug 27, 2026 · 15 min
  • Sub • Stance | Peptides: What Nobody Selling Or Regulating Them Will Tell YouAug 22, 2026 · 39 min
  • Tanner Guzy | Style, Identity, & Dressing To ExpressAug 13, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
  • A Metric Is a Point. Fitness Is a Shape | Hybrid TrainingJul 30, 2026 · 21 min
  • How to Train in a Hotel Gym (5 Rules, 5 Real Sessions)Jul 27, 2026 · 17 min
  • I Just Commited Brand Su*cideJul 19, 2026 · 22 min
  • Nobody Knows What They're Doing | Josh TylerJul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

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