Touching BACE follows best friends Cara and Carli as they build a mobile fitness business from scratch. The hosts share the realities of early entrepreneurship, including the missteps and setbacks they encounter along the way. Each episode blends practical business advice with fitness tips and candid personal stories. The tone is conversational and honest, aimed at listeners who want strength in body and business while resisting the status quo.
Episodes
8. One Year of Tailgating: Highs, Lows, and Moving the Box Truck
Grab your energy drinks and cozy up, because in this week’s episode of Touching BACE, best friends and co-founders Cara Chambrello and Carli Haney are taking a massive trip down memory lane as they celebrate one full year of BACE: The Fitness Tailgate! It’s been 365 days of parking lot sweat sessions, custom 26-foot box truck magic, and building a one-of-a-kind fitness community right in the heart
7. The Workout Is Not Enough
Listen in as Cara and Carli dive into what truly sets their studio apart: a deep commitment to building genuine community both inside and outside their truck walls. In this episode, they share how BACE: The Fitness Tailgate goes beyond workouts by hosting awareness events, creating spaces for connection, and bringing people together around shared causes. From themed classes to outreach initiatives
*BONUS EPISODE* - BACE CAMP 2026
Join Cara and Carli in at Sequoia Highlands Camp October 9-11, 2026 for rest, relaxation, and sweat at BACE CAMP 2026!
6. Social Media Can Suck It
Listen in as BACE owners Cara and Carli gripe about social media while also loving it while also hating it while also craving it while also despising it.
5. Close Your Nose, Or Else
After a hiatus in Season 2 of TOUCHING BACE, co-founders Carli and Cara welcome listeners back and dive into everything that’s happened behind the scenes over the past few months. From the highs and challenges of growing their fitness community to the lessons they’ve learned along the way, they share an honest and energizing update on the evolution of BACE. This episode sets the tone for the new c
4. We Go Together, Like Ramma Lamma Whatever
In this episode, Cara and Carli open up about what it really means to build a diverse and dynamic team at BACE. They discuss how diversity goes far beyond appearances: it’s about bringing together people with different stories, perspectives, and strengths to create an environment where everyone feels seen and valued. Through their candid conversation, they share how inclusivity fuels creativity, c
3. Major Muscle Groups: Front, Back, Side, Top, Under?
Join Cara and Carli as they talk about nothing but also the most important topics out there.
2. Touch Grass, Idiot!
Tune in as Cara and Carli dive into a conversation about the heart of BACE: the athletes who show up day after day and bring the energy, commitment, and community that make the space what it is. They share stories about the people who inspire them, the moments that have shaped BACE, and why showing up matters more than perfection. Of course, in true Cara and Carli fashion, the conversation takes p
1. The Summer BACE Turned Pretty
Welcome back for another season of the TOUCHING BACE Podcast! BACE: The Fitness Tailgate co-founders and best friends Cara and Carli are back in the driver’s seat (literally sitting together in the same seat) and ready to dish on all things small business and their fuck-ups along the way! Tune in for weekly stories of building a business and keeping it afloat in the heart of Los Angeles and beyond
15. Welcome to the Danger Zone!
Listen in to the Season 1 Finale of TOUCHING BACE! Cara and Carli debate the history of Dip 'n Dots and reflect on bringing a small business to life from the ground up... finally!
14. Lights & Latches
Listen in as Cara and Carli become locksmiths. That’s it. That’s all they do.
13. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Listen in as Cara and Carli narrate the final days before soft opening BACE and the final details that just wouldn’t come to fruition… until they did. Well, most of them.
12. Panel-gate: A Saga (Part 1)
Well well well… turns out building things is hard. Follow along as Cara and Carli fail when attempting to install the interior walls of the BACE truck. Spoiler alert - it sucked and little did they know it would be the first roadblock among many to PISS THEM OFF! #panelgate2025
11. I'm Not Gonna Die On This Hill
Cara and Carli explore both the personal and professional challenges of receiving feedback and how they navigate their roles as co-owners of BACE especially when their opinions differ.
10. Is It Flamenco Or Flamingo? LMK.
Cara and Carli are at bow-and-arrow point (WE DON’T LIKE GUNS!) to finish the buildout of the BACE truck before launch. Also, Carli meets her dream man as Cara bullies everyone into wearing their ugliest hat in public.
9. You Look Tired! (said the b**** at work)
Cara and Carli continue taking small steps as they conquer the interior design of the BACE truck. But first, they fail 700x.
8. America's Next Worst Model
Cara and Carli are rolling closer to their BACE Launch date! But first, they must conquer the dreaded and obligatory marketing photo shoot. Hard pass.
7. Location, Location, Location
If your pee was a beer flight… would it be a hazy? Cara and Carli stay compliant with their trucker medical exams + reveal their semi-permanent location!
6. ‘Cause We’re Leavin’ in a Box Truck
Join Cara and Carli as they close important and impactful doors to jump into BACE with both feet (4 feet total).
5. If Benjamin Franklin did it, so do we.
Cara and Carli will face any judge in court with their truck binder. We're not boring, we're compliant.
4. Apple In The Raw
BREAKING NEWS! Cara and Carli bought a massive truck without driving it first. #intelligence
3. Chicken or the Egg or the Air Breaks
Where are we going next?! No, really... help us...
2. Get In Loser, We're Going Truck Shopping
Let's talk about trucks, shall we?
1. Along For The Ride
Just come with us, okay?
Trailer Trash
Rev your engines! The Touching BACE podcast is about to roll. In this trailer meet Cara and Carli, co-founders of the revolutionary new mobile fitness concept, BACE.
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