{"id":17620,"date":"2017-04-06T11:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/?p=17620"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:38:12","slug":"ep-149-check-your-ego-with-coach-joe-defranco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/ep-149-check-your-ego-with-coach-joe-defranco\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 149 Check Your Ego with Coach Joe DeFranco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5243111\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The Mike Dolce Show &#8211; A Fitness Podcast<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Dolce is a 4X World MMA Awards Trainer of the Year, NJ Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee and was named a Men\u2019s Fitness Top 30 Fitness Game Changer. 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