SUMMARY

What's going on everyone, Welcome to another edition of Confessions of a Native Son, I'm your host Mike Steadman, a Marine Corps Veteran, Entrepreneur, and Aspiring author, enjoys thought-provoking and engaging dialogue on race, culture, and business.

In this episode, I discuss why" boxing is wellness" and how my brand, IRONBOUND Boxing, is using our training methods to improve the health & wellness of people of color. Due to the abundance of chronic health issues such as diabetes, obesity, and other ailments, within communities of color, we are disproportionality affected by COVID-19. With the challenges of social distancing, PTSD from months of quarantine, and economic hardships, As a nation, we need to come up with creative solutions to help mitigate death from COVID-19 and future respiratory viruses. My hope is that by discussing IRONBOUND Boxing's approach to addressing these issues, we can manifest them into existent. As always, thank you for sharing your time with me and I hope you enjoy the show.

SHOW NOTES

Introduction:  What's up everybody, Welcome to another edition of Confessions of a Native Son. 

• Feels good to be on this show

• I took a week off

• Confess about struggling with consistency

Sponsors: 

• Dope Coffee: A lifestyle brand that pairs urban Black Culture with innovative product offerings in the coffee industry. We are not a coffee brand for Black people. We are a coffee brand that seeks to elevate Black culture through a lifestyle of premium coffee and candid conversation.

• IRONBOUND Boxing: a fitness brand committed to sharing our love, passion, and appreciation for boxing within companies, organizations, and low-income communities. As a social enterprise, we proudly dedicate a significant percentage of our proceeds, to fund free boxing programs for inner-city youth and young adults.

Theme: Boxing is Wellness

• Topic 1: Health & wellness in poor communities

  • Challenges

  • Chronic Health Issues

  • Food Desert

• Topic 2: COVID-19

  • Fighting back with Exercise and Nutrition

  • Getting low-income communities to access to proper equipment 

  • Teaching Wellness Culture

• Topic 3: Post Quarantine

  • PTSD

  • Social Distancing

  • Implications

Conclusion: Closing remarks. Boxing is wellness

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Order some dope coffee at www.realdopecoffee.com. For a limited time, Dope Coffee Company will be raising capital for our 2020-2022 operations which you can invest in for as little as $250* Details of this funding round can be found on our campaign page at bit.ly/dopecoffeeinvestment 

Also, be sure to donate at www.Ironboundboxing.org,  every donation allows us to support free amateur boxing programs for youth and young adults in low-income communities. go to our website and donate, every donation counts. 

Message me on Linkedin or shoot me an email at Mike@weareironbound.com, Special shoutout to my Co-Producer Mike Loyd and the team from the Gifted Sounds Network. Rooting for everybody black. 

Until next time, peace, love, and have a great rest of your week. 

WHAT IS CONFESSIONS OF A NATIVE SON?

Confessions of a Native Son: Perspectives on Race, Culture, and Business is Podcast that focuses on thought-provoking & engaging dialogue about race, cultural, and business, from the perspective of African-American Naval Academy graduate, entrepreneur, and Marine Officer, Mike Steadman.