Do It Anyway with Tyler Yasuda

Tyler Yasuda

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Fitness talk with the life left in.

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Do It Anyway with Tyler Yasuda pairs gym-floor specificity with open-ended life questions. Guests talk through how discipline, ego, setbacks, work, and relationships shape the person behind the routine.

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About Do It Anyway with Tyler Yasuda

Do It Anyway with Tyler Yasuda is a fitness-centered interview show with a wider view of what training is supposed to build. The episodes are grounded in real routines, real goals, and the messy personal histories behind them. Guests talk about bodybuilding prep, marathon ambition, strength work for runners, football lifting, CrossFit, acting, modeling, nutrition, emotional growth, and the strange confidence that comes from doing hard things repeatedly. It is not a glossy transformation show. The better fit is a candid back-room conversation between people who know what a gym can reveal about someone's habits, excuses, discipline, and sense of self. The host often starts with a simple question: who the guest is, how they met, what their training looked like, or what trait shaped their life. From there, the exchange drifts in a productive way. A discussion about a marathon goal becomes a sharper look at commitment and optimization. A bodybuilding conversation moves from heavy squats and nervous-system fatigue into the practical difference between effort and useful effort. An acting story becomes a conversation about trying something that once felt uncool or risky. A relationship discussion turns toward emotional availability, anger, grief, and learning how to articulate what is actually happening. The tone stays casual, with joking asides and familiar teasing keeping the heavier moments from becoming stiff. The show is especially good at linking identity to repetition: the foods chosen the night before a race, the systems used to manage attention, the decision to keep competing, the choice to stop treating toughness as silence. It assumes listeners care about training details but does not trap them there. The point is usually the person, not the program. For fitness-minded listeners who enjoy long-form interviews, Do It Anyway offers practical gym talk wrapped around stories of work, self-control, reinvention, and stubborn forward motion.

Made for: For listeners who like fitness conversations, bodybuilding and running culture, and practical talk about discipline and self-management. It especially suits people who prefer relaxed interviews over polished coaching monologues.

What sets it apart: The show uses specific training details as entry points into broader personal questions. It stands apart by letting conversations breathe long enough for guests to connect performance, relationships, work, emotion, and ego without forcing neat takeaways.

In their own words

Tyler Yasuda leans on 13 years of experience building businesses, competing in natural bodybuilding and strength sports, and coaching individuals in their own fitness in discussions about each guest's own fitness journey, their career, their life, and all things in between.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Tyler Yasuda connects bodybuilding and endurance goals to the habits, emotions, and everyday constraints that determine whether training holds together.

Do It Anyway with Tyler Yasuda turns training talk into candid, guest-led conversations about the lives built around physical goals. Natural bodybuilding provides much of the common ground, from contest preparation and heavy squats to the demands of fitting training around a…

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Derek's heavy squat days feel like getting sick; your gym bravado may need a chair.

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  • to hear Tyler and Kenan talk through building structure when basic tasks feel monumental
  • to hear why a sub-three marathon takes more than optimistic goal-setting
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#11 - Ross Dempsey: The Hybrid Blueprint - Building Elite Strength for Elite RunnersApr 8, 2026

Elite running depends on disciplined choices, not just general fitness.

Ross Dempsey keeps the discussion on training, running, and the plain fact that results come from work, not just fitness. The episode stays close to commitment and repetition, with small choices carrying more weight than they first seem.

#10 - Kenan Hower: Only The Strong SurviveJan 14, 2026

A blunt talk about resilience, judgment, and why certainty can get in the way.

The episode follows Kenan Hauer as he returns again and again to a simple but sturdy idea: a defiant streak can help someone endure the stretches of life when belief is in short supply.

#9 - Kenan Hower: Childhood Ski Prodigy Turned Natural Bodybuilder's Lessons From CompetitionDec 22, 2025

Kenan Hauer and the host trace a gym-origin story, then turn to suspected ADHD, systems, and the practical work of keeping life on track.

Kenan Hauer and the host build a clear gym-origin story around his first stretch at 19, after about six months of training and a five-pound gain.

#6 - Derek Dokter: Dealing with Loss, Emotional Articulation, Faking it til You Make ItAug 20, 2025

A loose, honest conversation about outgoingness, emotional openness, and learning not to treat anger as strength.

The episode centers on Derek Dokter's idea that outgoingness may be the most useful thing he has to offer, and it follows how that trait shows up in his family and in the ease with which he connects with people.

#5 - Derek Dokter: From 4 Minute Miles to Natural BodybuildingAug 14, 2025

A working lifter shows how bodybuilding fits around real life and recovery.

Derek's first sit-down on Do It Anyway stays anchored in the practical side of bodybuilding, where a Monday-through-Friday job has to coexist with a first season on stage.

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Episodes

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    #13 - Andrew Rodarte: Losing 120 Pounds, Building New Muscle

    Sep 22, 2026·2h 1m
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    #12 - Ross Dempsey: Beyond the PR's - Overcoming Addiction, Anxiety, and Starting Over

    May 5, 2026·57m
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    #11 - Ross Dempsey: The Hybrid Blueprint - Building Elite Strength for Elite Runners

    Hidden gem

    Tyler records with Ross Dempsey from The Yard in San Francisco's Pack Heights.

    Apr 8, 2026·57m·3 clips
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    #10 - Kenan Hower: Only The Strong Survive

    Hidden gem

    The host and Kenan kick off with a loose, joking back-and-forth.

    Jan 14, 2026·1h 23m·5 clips
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    #9 - Kenan Hower: Childhood Ski Prodigy Turned Natural Bodybuilder's Lessons From Competition

    Hidden gem

    The host opens by asking how he and Kenan Hauer know each other.

    Dec 22, 2025·1h 34m·7 clips
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    #8 - Davis Yasuda: Paving Your Own Path

    Davis Yasuda discusses how he secretly started acting in high school as a joke inspired by High School Musical, despite being an athlete.

    Sep 17, 2025·1h 37m
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    #7 - Davis Yasuda: Evolving Fitness From College Sports to Acting & Modeling

    Davis Yasuda discusses his transition from college sports to acting and modeling, highlighting his roles in TV shows like All American and The Rookie.

    Sep 4, 2025·1h 47m
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    #6 - Derek Dokter: Dealing with Loss, Emotional Articulation, Faking it til You Make It

    Tyler opens with a big question about what Derek can teach people.

    Aug 20, 2025·48m·3 clips
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    #5 - Derek Dokter: From 4 Minute Miles to Natural Bodybuilding

    Hidden gem

    Derek calls himself a newbie.

    Aug 14, 2025·1h 37m·2 clips
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    #4 - Joe Cicero: Mastering your Fitness as an Entrepreneur, Avoiding Weekend Pitfalls

    Joe Cicero discusses his extensive fitness background and nutrition history, focusing on how entrepreneurs can master their fitness and avoid common weekend pitfalls.

    Jul 30, 2025·50m
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    #3 Joe Cicero: Reservation-Based Fitness, Empowering Personal Trainers, and Transitioning into Entrepreneurship

    Joe Cicero discusses his journey from finance and football to founding The Yard, a reservation-based fitness facility in the Bay Area.

    Jul 17, 2025·37m
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    #2 - Ricky Yee: Trainer, Coach, or Program? What Makes a Good Coach? Bonus Business Talk

    Ricky Yee discusses the pros and cons of working out alone, using online programs, hiring a trainer, or hiring a coach for fitness progress.

    Jun 26, 2025·1h 25m
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    #1 - Ricky Yee: Introduction, Our Fitness, Building a System

    Ricky Yee and the host introduce themselves, discuss their fitness coaching and video production businesses, and promote their services.

    Jun 18, 2025·1h 13m