The Nick Burns Show · Episode #008

How a 42-Year-Old Veteran Lost 40 lbs Without Running

Name: How a 42-Year-Old Veteran Lost 40 lbs Without Running
Uploaded: 2026-07-14T06:37:10-07:00
Duration: 39 min

With Will Rollins, Marine veteran, former detective and owner of Right Wing Precision · July 14, 2026 · 39 min

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Will Rollins is a Marine Corps veteran, a former auto theft detective and a dad of three who spent eight months telling himself he could figure it out on his own. Six months into the program he's down almost 40 pounds at 42, up at 4:45 every morning and training five days a week after swearing he only had time for three.

Will breaks down the price of coaching versus the cost of doing nothing, why the skinny kid from boot camp became a chubby dad, and why "big boned" is a myth. Then it stops being a fitness episode: the Silver Star he was angry about for years, the culvert Nick called all clear, and what veterans are handed when they come home.

Will's company, Right Wing Precision, runs long-range shooting courses at the Ox Ranch in Uvalde and sponsors a veteran on every course.

Chapters

0:00 Cold open
0:26 Meet Will Rollins: Marine, detective, dad of three
2:27 The three-word motto on every Tuesday check-in
3:12 The skinny kid who became a chubby dad
5:28 219.8, not 220: where it started
7:35 Eight months of "I can figure this out on my own"
8:24 Price vs cost and learning the why behind food
10:42 You're not the 25-year-old Marine anymore
12:28 Structure and accountability after the military
13:55 Almost 40 down and driveway squats
14:44 Raising daughters vs raising a son
16:56 Life at 220 vs life at 186
18:07 I can work out three days a week
19:21 His wife gave him a month
22:21 Big boned is a myth: habits, not genetics
24:07 Veterans and losing your structure
25:09 The first step is the hardest
27:34 The 390-pound security guard story
29:00 Right Wing Precision and the 1760 Club
31:19 What the VA hands you when you come home
33:23 The Silver Star story
35:21 The culvert Nick called all clear
38:14 Done losing, now building

Topics: Guest Stories, Weight Loss, Mindset & Discipline

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