On this episode of The Bader Show, Bader and Bray talk with Joey McKenna about the PRTC as well as Gabe Dean and Joe De Sena about the Spartan Combat RTC.

Order of Show

0:01 Joey McKenna talks about the growth of the PRTC

0:08 The PRTC treats athletes like professional employees

0:10 How McKenna thinks about his professional future

0:12 How McKenna has developed a love for the city

0:14 The RTC recruiting process

0:16 RTC practices are different from college

0:19 The connection between the PRTC and BTS Philly

0:23 The COVID-19 training situation

0:28 McKenna is excited to be in full time freestyle

0:30 What it feels like to know Hall and Burroughs are joining the team

0:32 Why McKenna decided he wanted to go the RTC route

0:35 International shenanigans

0:38 Joey McKenna aks Gabe Dean why he started his podcast

0:40 Gabe asks Joey if he likes Philly or Columbus better

0:42 Joe De Sena helped rebrand the Spartan Combat RTC

0:46 DE Sena grew up around the mob bosses

0:50 Starting Spartan Races

0:56 Getting back to business after COVID-19

0:58 When Gabe met Joe, he was doing burpees for a whole wrestling practice

1:00 Where combat sports fit into Spartan

1:02 When Gabe did a Spartan Race and what he learned

1:10 Kyle Dake is a freak

1:13 De Sena wants to know about Russian wrestling

1:18 What does Spartan bring to the RTC?

1:21 Joe’s new farm program is insane