Fit & Fire: The Prostate Cancer Comeback Podcast

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An Army Veteran’s journey through prostate cancer, recovery, faith and rebuilding the spirit, mind, and body. Hosted by Al Carter, SFC/E-7 U.S. Army (Ret.), this podcast tells the unspoken truth about cancer-a silent battle too many men face alone. This podcast exists to bring: Prostate cancer awareness Raw honesty about surgery, treatment, and recovery Hope for men and families fighting fear Faith for the days when the valley feels endless Strength for the comeback-physically, mentally, and spiritually. This is not just a cancer story. This is a prostate cancer comeback-one step, one prayer, one breath at a time. If you’re a man facing diagnosis, a family member supporting a warrior, or someone rebuilding after trauma, this is your place.  You are not alone. Your life and fight has purpose. And your comeback begins here!

Episodes

  1. Mar 16

    Episode 7 — The Summit Isn’t Where You Think It Is

    What if the summit isn’t the victory we imagine?   In this episode of Fit & Fire — The Prostate Cancer Comeback Podcast, I share a real-time checkpoint in the middle of my recovery journey.   Cancer has a way of forcing clarity. It changes the lens you see your life through.   Looking back at your life through today’s wisdom can be difficult. But sometimes that clarity is exactly what reshapes who we become.   In this episode, I talk about the deeper lessons that come during the climb:   • The difference between living as a victim or becoming a steward of your life   • Why movement, discipline, and health become acts of responsibility   • The mental and spiritual shifts that happen during recovery   • How adversity reshapes identity and purpose     Because the summit isn’t a location.   It’s transformation.   And sometimes reaching the summit doesn’t send you forward.   It sends you back down the mountain with responsibility to help others.   “The summit didn’t change me… the climb did.”

  2. Feb 8

    Episode 6 – The Mountain Speaks: The Narrow Path

    Episode 6 – The Mountain Speaks: The Narrow Path   Episode 6 marks a turning point.   This is where healing stops being theoretical and starts becoming visble.   In this episode, I step into the next phase of the journey and share four real-world steps that prove healing is not perfect, but it is real. Healing doesn’t mean everything is fixed. It means movement. It means awareness. It means choosing not to stay stuck.   This conversation is for the man who is trying. The man who is still hurting. The man who wonders if the work he’s doing actually matters.   I talk openly about recovery, responsibility, faith, fear, and the slow internal shifts that don’t show up on the outside — but change everything on the inside. This episode isn’t about motivation. It’s about confirmation that progress exists, even when it feels invisible.   If you’re walking the narrow path — physically, mentally, or spiritually — this episode is for you.   You’re not weak. You’re not behind. You’re moving.   Fit & Fire is about truth, resilience, and the courage to keep going when the mountain speaks to your spirit.

  3. Feb 2

    EPISODE 5- The Wind Shifts

    THE WIND SHIFTS.   In this episode of Fit & Fire, we talk about what happens when the wind shifts and everything feels different. Not rushing ahead. Not trying to fix everything. Just learning how to walk forward again — steady and intentional.   This is a reflection on recovery, resilience, and listening to your body and spirit. Progress doesn’t always look fast or loud. Sometimes it looks like showing up, taking the next step, and trusting the pace.   The climb continues — with faith, not force. Mind. Body. Spirit.

  4. Jan 25

    EPISODE 4 - The Mist, The Echo and The Mind

    This Episode was recorded without chasing perfection. Episode 4 speaks from the valley-where doubt, fear, and faith meet-and reminds us that clarity often comes through the mist, not after it clears.  This is for the man who keeps going even when he doesn't feel ready.

  5. Jan 17

    EPISODE 3-THE SUMMIT WIND

    Summit Wind is the resistance you feel when you’re closest to change.   At the summit, the wind doesn’t just test your strength — it reveals your identity. You see the man you used to be. You face the man you are in the moment. And you’re confronted with the responsibility of the man who must lead from here.   This episode is a real-time reflection on pressure, faith, and endurance — on what it means to stay grounded when doubt speaks loudly, and purpose demands maturity.   Recorded from the climb, not the finish line.

  6. Jan 9

    EPISODE TWO: THE MOUNTAIN CLIMB

    Episode 2 — The Mountain Climb This episode takes you into the raw middle of recovery — still healing, still in hormone treatment, still climbing. Al Carter shares what happens when the body is weak, the mind turns hostile, and faith becomes the only fuel left. This is an unfiltered, real-time testimony about identity, surrender, and learning to breathe at spiritual elevation — with a clear call to break the silence around prostate cancer and get your PSA checked.

  7. Jan 6

    EPISODE ONE: THE MOUNTAIN

    Episode 1- The Mountain opens Season One of Fit & Fire.  This episode is recorded in real time during my recovery from prostate cancer-not from a distance, not hindsight. What you hear is lived experience, unfolding as it happens. The mountain is a metaphor for the challenges we all face, especially the ones men are taught to ignore.  This 26-episode season follows a real-time journey through recovery, faith, resilience, and men's health-including honest conversations around prostate cancer awareness and the silent warnings too many men push aside.  This is not a story about reaching the summit, It's about deciding to climb while you still can

  8. 12/23/2025

    The Call Before the Mountain — A Phoenix Rises

    Episode 0 of Fit and Fire shares one man’s real-life journey from a routine check-up to a prostate cancer diagnosis and a spiritual awakening that reshaped his purpose. Through honest reflection, faith, and hard-earned lessons, he explains how pain became a doorway to rebuilding mind, body, and spirit and why men must stop suffering in silence. This episode is a call to action for men to face their mountains together, find courage in community, and turn prognosis into purpose.

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An Army Veteran’s journey through prostate cancer, recovery, faith and rebuilding the spirit, mind, and body. Hosted by Al Carter, SFC/E-7 U.S. Army (Ret.), this podcast tells the unspoken truth about cancer-a silent battle too many men face alone. This podcast exists to bring: Prostate cancer awareness Raw honesty about surgery, treatment, and recovery Hope for men and families fighting fear Faith for the days when the valley feels endless Strength for the comeback-physically, mentally, and spiritually. This is not just a cancer story. This is a prostate cancer comeback-one step, one prayer, one breath at a time. If you’re a man facing diagnosis, a family member supporting a warrior, or someone rebuilding after trauma, this is your place.  You are not alone. Your life and fight has purpose. And your comeback begins here!

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