Ebenezer Samuel is a trainer and the Fitness Director for Men’s Health Magazine. He joins the BarBend Podcast to talk about how his fascination with superheroes guided his career, the fittest professional athletes, giving pole dancing a try, and much more.
In this episode of the BarBend Podcast, David Thomas Tao talks to Eb Samuel about:
- Developing workouts for readers and fans during COVID-19, and do-it-yourself home gyms (2:11)
- What is Eb training for? (And the unique demands of fitness journalism) (5:40)
- Which superhero (or supervillain) would Eb most want to play on screen? (8:36)
- Eb’s fascination with superheroes, and how that influenced his career from sports journalism to Men’s Health (11:32)
- Finding real life superheroes in professional sports (17:00)
- The craziest things Eb has tried for Men’s Health (including pole dancing) (23:24)
- Who Eb wants to train with most (28:58)
- Why Eb checks the NFL combine every single year (30:50)
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