Building Forward

Paul Oneid and Joey Szatmary
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Building Forward explores personal growth through identity, struggle, and shared experience. Just two dudes talking openly about what it takes to develop as men—mentally, emotionally, physically and professionally by accepting reality, learning from setbacks, and committing to forward progress together. Built, not promised. Earned over time.

  1. 3d ago

    Episode 33 - Lessons Learned From A Funeral | Building Forward

    Paul's back from 10 days in Canada that held a lot: a day with Joey's family, a 10K with his mom, and his grandfather's funeral, a man whose burial needed a safe-passage agreement brokered by the President of Lebanon. From there, Paul and Joey get into what impact actually looks like, why Paul's dad ruthlessly accepts reality, and the moment Paul realized his clients wanted him to cash in his credits. Then it turns to fatherhood: the Sunday letters Paul writes to his unborn daughter, tracking macros without passing on food fears, and why training stress brings out the child in every adult you coach. CHAPTERS 00:00 Back On The Mic After 10 Days 03:27 A 100-Year Life And A Funeral 17:09 3 Lessons From 10 Days Away 36:51 Who Your Parents Tell You You Are 47:47 Sunday Letters To My Daughter 52:27 Parenting Makes You A Better Coach WHAT YOU'LL LEARN → Why cashing in the credit you've built with clients rarely costs you what you think it will → How ruthlessly accepting reality keeps a bad moment from turning into a bad day → The 4-stage path to identity, and why the first stage belongs to parents → How Paul is rewriting his relationship with macro tracking before his daughter arrives → Why training stress turns adult clients into kids, and how to coach them through it CONNECT Paul → @pauloneid on Instagram Joey → @joeyszatmary on Instagram Real time, real conversations with real people building forward. #BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #CoachingMindset #Fatherhood #StrengthCoach #OnlineCoaching #Legacy

  2. Oct 23

    Episode 32 - Cheat Meals, Forgiveness and Physique | Building Forward

    Joey eats cake at his son's 1st birthday 3 weeks out from the end of a 14-week cut, and he planned every bite of it. That kicks off a breakdown of the 3 kinds of meals Paul uses with MAP clients (and why the cheat meal never made the list). From there, Paul and Joey get into the 850-pound squat that came with a body that couldn't walk the dogs around the block, why your body is your business card in this industry, and how both of them handle grudges, forgiveness, and conflict. It closes on the simplest relationship analogy we've got: sit on the same side of the table. CHAPTERS 00:00 Stella's Twin And A Toy Story Party 05:03 Free Meals Over Cheat Meals 14:46 850 Squat, Can't Walk The Dogs 30:22 Letters To Our Daughter 38:38 Standards, Grudges, And Forgiveness 52:05 Same Side Of The Table WHAT YOU'LL LEARN → The difference between an enjoy-food meal, an off-plan meal, and a free meal (and why we dropped the word cheat) → Why the leaner you get, the easier it gets to stay lean, and the next diet gets easier too → How Paul fuels 3 hours of lifting, running, and zone 2 without wrecking body composition → Why forgiveness is something you do for yourself, and how it's separate from trust → The table analogy for facing problems with your partner as a team CONNECT Paul → @pauloneid on Instagram Joey → @joeyszatmary on Instagram Real time, real conversations with real people building forward. #BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #BuildingForwardPodcast #CheatMeals #FlexibleDieting #FitnessPodcast #NutritionCoaching

  3. Oct 2

    Episode 31 - Living With Intent | Building Forward

    A listener asked what we think about starting powerlifting at 48. Our first answer: why do you care what 2 dudes on the internet think? Our real answer: decide what you want out of it before you start. Paul and Joey get into outcome goals vs process goals, why Joey felt empty after winning nationals, living with intention, what we'd actually do with $3 million, and the pressure Paul feels becoming a girl dad. If you're about to sign up for something new (a meet, a show, a business move), start here. CHAPTERS 00:00 Taxes, A Dream Car, And An Ultrasound 08:07 Starting Powerlifting At 48 11:54 Decide What You Want First 25:31 Living With Intention 39:42 The $3 Million Question 55:16 Unhinged Food Logs And Gym Vetoes WHAT YOU'LL LEARN → How to pick a process goal you control over an outcome goal you don't → Why attaching your identity to a sport makes it harder to adapt when life changes → When a diet break is the smarter call (and why it isn't soft) → How to figure out what you're optimizing for: income, enjoyment, or impact → Why being yourself and leading with value builds better relationships than any pitch CONNECT Paul → @pauloneid on Instagram Joey → @joeyszatmary on Instagram Real time, real conversations with real people building forward. #BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #Powerlifting #LivingWithIntention #ProcessGoals #StrengthCoach #GirlDad

  4. Sep 25

    Episode 30 - Success, The Process and Changing Seasons | Building Forward

    Episode 30. Paul and Joey get into the curse of the high achiever: what happens when your best becomes your baseline and anything less starts to feel like failure. From Paul stepping away from powerlifting to Joey's hybrid season, they talk about moving goalposts, why a roster full of "ugh" check-ins is the real price of fast money, and how to stand out in a red ocean of coaches all running the same template. Plus the one question from Paul's mentor that rebuilt the CCU website: what are you optimizing for?CHAPTERS00:00 Colic, Ice Bowls, And Purpose12:10 No Relationship Is 50-5017:52 The Curse Of The High Achiever28:37 When The Goalposts Move43:12 Red Ocean, Blue Ocean, Purple Ocean50:33 What Are You Optimizing For?WHAT YOU'LL LEARN→ How to redefine success when you can't perform at your old level anymore→ The question to ask before you build a business faster than it fits you→ Red ocean vs blue ocean, and why being yourself puts you in the purple one→ How to choose what you're optimizing for: money, balance, or fulfillment→ Why no relationship, at home or at work, ever runs 50-50CONNECTPaul → @pauloneid on InstagramJoey → @joeyszatmary on InstagramReal time, real conversations with real people building forward.#BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #CoachingBusiness #HighAchiever #BlueOceanStrategy #FitnessBusiness #Fatherhood

  5. Sep 18

    Episode 29 - Your Role As A Parent | Building Forward

    In this episode, Paul and Joey get into the difference between what you tell your kids and what they actually absorb, the implicit stuff. We cover why safety has to exist before any hard conversation can happen, Paul's own childhood pattern of hiding how he felt until he met Olivia, and the letters he's already writing to a daughter who hasn't been born yet. We also talk about community as the most valuable thing in business right now, and why consistency between who you are on camera and who you are at home is the whole game.CHAPTERS00:00 Catch-Up And A Busy Season04:56 Safety Before Hard Conversations11:13 A Daughter, And Childhood Roots20:45 Community Is The Next Five Years29:22 Letters To My Unborn Daughter43:00 Setting The Example, Staying RealWHAT YOU'LL LEARN→ Why safety, not agreement, is what makes hard conversations possible→ The difference between what you tell your kids and what they actually absorb→ How reparenting works, and why you can't skip your own childhood to show up for someone else's→ Why community costs nothing to build and pays out for years→ What it means to let your kids see the same person on camera and at homeCONNECTPaul → @pauloneid on InstagramJoey → @joeyszatmary on InstagramReal time, real conversations with real people building forward.#BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #BuildingForwardPodcast #PaulOneidPodcast #CoachingMentorship #FatherhoodForMen #ParentingPodcast

  6. Sep 11

    Episode 28 - Life, Death And The Seasons In Between | Building Forward

    In this episode, Paul and Joey catch up after two weeks off, and it turns out those two weeks were anything but quiet. Joey welcomed his second son, Grayson, in a delivery that turned scary fast: a cord wrapped around his neck three times and three minutes without oxygen. Paul lost his 11 year old dog Stella that same week, and the two of them talk through what it actually looks like to stay regulated when two opposite emergencies hit in the same month. If you've ever wondered how to hold it together when life doesn't ask for permission, start here. CHAPTERS 00:00 Two Weeks Off And Family Of Four 04:18 Stella, Jellyfish, And Bad Luck 11:27 Grayson's Wild Arrival 28:32 The Fear Of Loving Someone This Much 33:06 Complete Control Over Yourself 46:28 Asking For Help And The Next Season WHAT YOU'LL LEARN → Why "be okay with stress, then move to action" beats trying to eliminate stress before you perform → How a 3 minute NICU scare and losing a dog in the same week forced Paul and Joey to compartmentalize without shutting down → The dials and switches framework for deciding what gets scaled up and down each season of your life → Why catastrophizing on purpose can be a planning tool instead of just anxiety → The jump most coaches miss: turning coaching into a repeatable product before trying to scale it CONNECT Paul → @pauloneid on Instagram Joey → @joeyszatmary on Instagram Real time, real conversations with real people building forward. #BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #BuildingForwardPodcast #PaulOneidPodcast #OnlineCoachingBusiness #CoachingMentorship #FitnessEntrepreneur

  7. Sep 4

    Episode 27 - Solo Q&A with Paul | Building Forward

    Joey's off for 2 weeks with his newborn, so this one's me alone with a camera and a list of questions I've been sitting on. We lost our girl Stella last week, and that loss set up the rest of the episode: what you actually control, where acceptance stops and giving up starts, and why the action you take is sometimes to pull back on purpose. I get into anger as rocket fuel and the fatigue debt it charges you, why I hold zero expectations for anyone but myself, and the moment I admitted I didn't want to build CCU on my own. If you're grinding hard and the needle isn't moving, start here. CHAPTERS 00:00 Flying Solo This Week 00:50 Losing Stella 08:00 Acceptance Or Giving Up 17:45 When To Stop Grinding 20:10 Rocket Fuel And Fatigue Debt 25:50 Partners, Beliefs, And The 50K WHAT YOU'LL LEARN → How to tell a conscious pull-back from quitting, and why the difference is the choice itself → The 3-layer audit to run before you spend money on blood work → Why anger works like a credit card and intrinsic motivation works like cash flow → How to hold a standard for yourself without holding expectations for anyone else → What to check for value alignment before you hand a partner a piece of your business CONNECT Paul → @pauloneid on Instagram Joey → @joeyszatmary on Instagram Real time, real conversations with real people building forward. #BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #RadicalAcceptance #IntrinsicMotivation #StrengthCoaching #CoachingPodcast #FitnessEntrepreneur

  8. Sep 2

    Episode 26 - Paul's Going To Be A Daddy! | Building Forward

    Paul and Olivia are expecting, Joey's second is due any day, and Paul just ran 53 kilometers in 95 degree heat with 91% humidity. This one covers what changes when the decisions stop being yours alone, how Paul audits his anxiety instead of sitting in it, and the reframe that let him walk away from powerlifting without ever feeling like he quit. We close on why variety is the thing that actually buys you longevity, and why most people shrink their training repertoire without noticing. CHAPTERS 00:00 Two Babies And One Big Secret 12:30 Presence, Plans, And Anxiety 17:00 The Pride That Beats Every PR 24:45 53 Kilometers In 95 Degree Heat 39:30 I Didn't Quit, I Finished 55:00 Dogma, Nuance, And Longevity WHAT YOU'LL LEARN → How Paul audits the things he's anxious about and builds a plan instead of sitting in the worry → The full cooling strategy for racing in 95 degree heat: ice bandana, frozen bottles, palm cooling, shirt rotation → Why cramping shows up right where your longest previous run ended, and what to do about it → The difference between quitting a sport and finishing it, and how to tell which one you're doing → Why your training repertoire shrinks over time and how that quietly costs you longevity CONNECT Paul → @pauloneid on Instagram Joey → @joeyszatmary on Instagram Real time, real conversations with real people building forward. #BuildingForward #PaulOneid #JoeySzatmary #BuildingForwardPodcast #CoachingPodcast #StrengthCoaching #OnlineCoachingBusiness #PowerliftingCoach

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Building Forward explores personal growth through identity, struggle, and shared experience. Just two dudes talking openly about what it takes to develop as men—mentally, emotionally, physically and professionally by accepting reality, learning from setbacks, and committing to forward progress together. Built, not promised. Earned over time.

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  • Creator
    Paul Oneid and Joey Szatmary
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Paul Oneid and Joey Szatmary
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    Building Forward