Archive: Interviews

NAME: Dennis Stoika PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Current federal law enforcement officer 1998 – present Former local police officer 1994 – 1998 Former United States marine 1988 – 1992 LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND: FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dennis Stoika currently serves as a Special Assistant in the FBI’s Office of Partner Engagement. In this capacity he has overseen... Read More

Kyle Trudeau is a 25-year-old and has been cycling professionally for the last 4 years, frequently in cross-country marathons (a fairly new division of racing). In this interview, Kyle talks with SEALgrinderPT coach Danielle Faith about training, nutrition, how he recovers, and the goals he would like to achieve. How did you get into mountain... Read More

Photo by Jamie Wable By Brandon Richey It was fun to be able to talk to this young up and coming Thai Fighter Adrian Weathersby in today’s interview. If you are looking to follow any fighters out of the Atlanta area then you need to stop in and watch Adrian go to work. I hope... Read More

Charles Moser is a Navy SEAL veteran and is a sniper for SWAT on the Las Vegas Police Department. He also owns Swat Concepts where he teaches many fun things to his students. Seal Grinder PT was given a recent interview by Charles Moser and is now available in this audio below and enjoy this... Read More

Greg Shaffer served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for twenty years. He is currently founder and President of SHAFFER SECURITY GROUP, a global security, risk management and tactical training specialty firm based in Dallas, Texas. Greg is a recognized as one of the nations’ leading and respected policy experts in the prevention of... Read More

Tell about yourself. I am 56 years old and live in Colorado with my wife and kids.  Grew up and still help my dad on the farm. The kids and my wife Dena are all graduates of the University of Colorado.  My wife has a her own Real-estate company which she has been doing for... Read More

Garret Machine left his comfortable home in America to travel overseas and wound up becoming a member of the Israeli Defense Force. Though he grew up in Miami, Florida, Garret also has an Israeli citizenship. Upon graduating from college, he chose to visit Israel for a time. Israel has a mandatory military draft, and, within... Read More

Tell us about yourself. My name is Matt. I am a 39 year old, father of 2 boys and I’ve been serving in the USAF for the last 18 years. Did you have an athletic background growing up? I tried. Team sports weren’t my thing. I wasn’t very coordinated. I got into fitness later in... Read More

Tell us about yourself.I am 44 years old, married. I am a mechanical engineer by trade, and a former combat engineer with the 17eme RGP (Regiment Genie Parachutiste, French Paratroops). Did you have an athletic background growing up? No, I was a chubby kid, not into sports at all. Except for my time in the... Read More

Rich Graham is a Navy SEAL veteran and the creator of the Full Spectrum Warrior (FSW) System. President of Home Front K9 Project and Vice-President of SEAL Swim Charities and currently sit on the board of Directors for both of those charities. SGPT: What was your role on the teams? RG: Every SEAL takes on... Read More

Tell us about yourself. I’m 38 years old, married for almost 12 years and we have two kids a girl and a boy who are 7 and 4. I found SGPT while training for SEALFIT Kokoro camp almost 3 years ago. Did you have an athletic background growing up? Yes, I played baseball and basketball... Read More

SGPT: Tell us about yourself? DR: 47 years old, 5’9 160lbs. Born and raised in Chicago, I’m a married father with four ape-like boys. I’m an Adjunct Professor in Exercise Science and Sports Studies at two Chicago universities. SGPT: Did you have an athletic background growing up? DR: I tried to play as many sports... Read More

SGPT: Tell us about yourself? PD: I am a husband and a father to my two young girls. I am also a junior high science teacher during the week and mostly workout to be able to climb when possible over the weekends. My passion is ice and alpine climbing and being in shape makes this... Read More

SGPT: Tell us about yourself? DS: I am former United States Marine, former police officer, and currently a Supervisory Special Agent for the FBI with just under 30 years of total government service at this time. For the past 10 years, I have also ran a part-time self-defense and fitness business as the Owner and... Read More