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Dusty is the co-owner and head gymnastics coach of DogTown CrossFit in Culver City, California. Dusty trains anyone and everyone, from your everyday Joe to elite CrossFitters, athletes, and teams. In the last few years he has worked with Lindsey Valenzuela, Kenneth Leverich, Noah Ohlsen, Ruth Anderson Horrell, Tommy Hackenbruck and the UTE CrossFit Team. This past season Dusty was as hired as the Head Coach of the Los Angeles Reign, a Professional Sports Team that plays GRID in the NPGL on NBC. Exclusive to WODcast listeners: Health solutions Trusted by 40,000 medical professionals, over 100 professional and collegiate sports teams, the UFC, and now CrossFit. Thorne, the Official Supplement Partner of CrossFit. Our exclusive WODCAST storefront can be found at http://thorne.com/u/wodcast – shop here for our crossfit 20% off discount. 2POOD- As the Official Belt of USA Weightlifting, our belts are worn by the best athletes. When you wear 2POOD, you crush your PRs. Made to help you lift heavy in style. Shop here for 15% off as a WODcast listener! https://2pood.com/?ref=QGECmQ7ZVrMAzc

In this week's episode of Healthspan Academy, I chatted with Justin Cotler, who coaches a range of high level athletes, including CrossFit Games Athletes Bethany Shadburne, Danielle Brandon, and podium finisher Kari Pearce. Justin and I talked about programming, health, and injury prevention. He outlined how he helps maximize his athletes' short-term and long-term performance.  Justin Cotler is the Founder, Head Coach, and Head Programmer of Underdogs Athletics and is currently the USAFF (United States Functional Fitness) National Team Head Coach. He is also the owner of CrossFit Dynamix in Queens, New York which has been thriving for more than a decade. He has coached multiple CrossFit Games teams and individuals over the last 10 years. He was also the head coach of the 2x NPGL champion DC Brawlers and was the 2014 Grid League Coach of the Year.  You can learn more about Justin and his coaching services at Underdogs Athletics.  *** Please note that the content discussed in this podcast is intended for self-education and is not to be interpreted as medical advice.

Justin Cotler is the owner of CrossFit Dynamix in Queens, New York, which has been thriving for a decade now.  He was the head coach of the GRID team the DC Brawlers, leading them to two championships and receiving NPGL coach of the year.  Justin is currently the USAFF (United States Functional Fitness) National Team Head Coach.In 2020, Justin and his family moved to Las Vegas where he started Underdogs Athletics.  Justin's coaching roster includes Kari Pearce, Bethany Shadburn, Danielle Brandon, Tola Morakinyo and Matt Dlugos.Together those athletes won 4 out of 10 of the 2020 Quarterfinals events in North America.Instagram: @justincotler & @underdogsathleticsFacebook: @underdogsathleticsWeb: underdogsathletics.comDiscussion Points• The benefits and potential difficulties of running a camp of athlete athletes• Justin's coaching philosophy, building trust with his athletes, and having tough conversations• Dealing with burnout with athletes• Navigating the logistics of individualized sessions while still having friendly competition to have the athletes push each other• And what else he has brewing in the future in Vegas with the Underdogs crewListen with Show Notes: https://zoarfitness.com/podcast/Get Pro [Upgrade Your Fitness Knowledge]: https://zoarfitness.com/pro/The Protocol [Weekly Programming]: https://zoarfitness.com/theprotocol/1-on-1 Remote Coaching: https://www.zoarfitness.com/coach/Movement Breakdowns: https://www.zoarfitness.com/movements/Gymnastics Density for the Big Five: https://www.zoarfitness.com/product/gymnastics-density-for-crossfit/Bulletproof Body: Accessory Work for Functional Fitness: https://www.zoarfitness.com/product/bulletproof-body/Cyclical Supremacy: https://www.zoarfitness.com/product/cyclical-supremacy/Your First Muscle-Up: https://www.zoarfitness.com/product/your-first-muscle-up-program/Follow ZOAR Fitness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoarfitness/Support the show (https://zoarfitness.com/get-a-coach/)

Just ahead of some of his athletes competing at the West Coast Classic this weekend, we catch up with one of the most dynamic coaches in CrossFit. Justin Cotler... Owner of Dynamix Fitness NYC (formerly CrossFit Dynamix). He is also currently the USAFF (United States Functional Fitness) National Team Head Coach. Justin has coached multiple CrossFit Games teams and individuals over the last 10 years, including Podium finisher Kari Pearce. He was also the head coach of the 2x NPGL champion DC Brawlers, and was the 2014 NPGL Coach of the Year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigredexpress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bigredexpress/support

Dusty is the co-owner and head gymnastics coach of DogTown CrossFit in Culver City, California. By the age of seven, he had started an active athletic regimen that has continued throughout his life. At thirteen, Dusty gave up a host of other sports to focus on Artistic Gymnastics. He was a very successful gymnast, and after his father's job promotion and relocation to Northern California, he began to train at Stanford University under two-time world champion Tong Fei. By sixteen, Dusty competed at the Junior Olympic National Championships and trained with the U.S. Olympic Team. In college, he competed in NCAA Division I men's gymnastics and scored a NCAA record perfect 10 on the still rings. After one more year of competition, he retired due to injury. He then traveled the world starring in a Cirque du Soleil-type live show before settling in Los Angeles and doing some stunt work in films. Dusty trains anyone and everyone, from your everyday Joe to elite CrossFitters, athletes, and teams. In the last few years he has worked with Lindsey Valenzuela, Kenneth Leverich, Noah Ohlsen, Ruth Anderson Horrell, Tommy Hackenbruck and the UTE CrossFit Team. This past season Dusty was as hired as the Head Coach of the Los Angeles Reign, a Professional Sports Team that plays GRID in the NPGL on NBC. His focus remains safety, health, and longevity in fitness. Dusty continues to travel and present the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course and has co-written “Breaking Parallel” with CrossFit Gymnastics Subject Matter Expert Jeff Tucker, due out in the Spring. Cellucor: Powered by CarnoSyn® Beta-Alanine, BetaPower®, and other key ingredients that support explosive energy, alertness, and performance, the C4® Energy lineup is dominating the booming performance energy category across the country. With ten amazing flavors built on zero sugar, sodium, carbs, and calories, C4® Energy offers a delicious way to awaken your super and conquer your goals. Go to C4Energy.com and use code WODCAST for 20% off. Ready State: The Ready State helps everyday athletes enjoy better movement, agility, and strength, founded by Dr. Kelly Starrett. Every day Virtual Mobility Coach gives you guided mobility videos. Right now, listeners of this podcast get a special deal. You can try Virtual Mobility Coach for 2 weeks completely free and if you decide to continue, you get 10% off for the life of your membership using promo code WODCAST10. Simply visit TheReadyState.com and use code WODCAST10 at checkout. Eat the 80: Eat The 80 has an awesome Affiliate program where you can quickly earn free meals sent straight to your door for yourself or your members/trainees. Help your gym members or trainees achieve their best and earn great rewards too. Contact info@eatthe80.com to get your own personal Affiliate code. You also get a box of business cards with your promo code on them for easy sharing.

Dusty is the co-owner and head gymnastics coach of DogTown CrossFit in Culver City, California. Dusty trains anyone and everyone, from your everyday Joe to elite CrossFitters, athletes, and teams. In the last few years, he has worked with Lindsey Valenzuela, Kenneth Leverich, Noah Ohlsen, Ruth Anderson Horrell, Tommy Hackenbruck, and the UTE CrossFit Team. This past season Dusty was as hired as the Head Coach of the Los Angeles Reign, a Professional Sports Team that plays GRID in the NPGL on NBC. His focus remains on safety, health, and longevity in fitness. Dusty continues to travel and present the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course and has co-written “Breaking Parallel” with CrossFit Gymnastics Subject Matter Expert Jeff Tucker, due out in the Spring.: You can find Dusty.... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DogTownCrossFit​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dustyhyland/​Website: http://www.theskillwod.com/

Marcus grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He played multiple sports as a child including soccer, baseball and golf, which eventually led to a collegiate career in soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. There he earned his degree in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Nutrition and Physiology. After Berkeley he complete a year of graduate work at the Ohio State University School of Medicine. His interest in both athletics and human health and performance eventually led him to CrossFit in 2007. He has gone on to compete at the CrossFit Games 6 times, three times as an individual (2016 12th fittest) and three times as a team member (2012 6th fittest team). Marcus is also the captain and member of the Phoenix Rise in the NPGL. For two years he has been voted to the all GRID league team, in 2016 earning 1st team honors, and in 2015 earning the award for leadership excellence. Marcus has been a health and fitness coach for 8 years since leaving Medical School in 2009. He was formerly a CrossFit facility owner for 5 years, has completed all 5 of the OPEX CCP courses, and has coached clients remotely from all over the world. He has coached athletes at the CrossFit Games as well as several Regionals athletes. He lives with his wife Megan, and two daughters. He lists his parents, Barbara and Roy, as his role models and drive to succeed

Cal spent a long time chasing money, social status, and all kinds of external validation. And he didn’t just chase it. He was good at getting it. As an interest rate trader in Chicago, he had checked a lot of the boxes that people think will make them happy. (Including playing golf with Michael Jordan - crazy, right?) Cal was in the audience at the Route 91 Festival shooting in Las Vegas, and - since then - his priorities have changed. Through his podcast, The Great Unlearn, Cal hopes to share his message with other hard-charging, successful people. The happiness and validation you’re looking for isn’t on the other side of whatever mountain you’re climbing. Check out more from Cal and The Great Unlearn here: Website: www.thegreatunlearn.com Instagram: @bunkercal Podcast: The Great Unlearn If you're enjoying the show, the best way to support it is by sharing with your friends. If you don't have any friends, why not a leave a review? It makes a difference in terms of other people finding the show. You can also subscribe to receive my e-mail newsletter at www.toddnief.com. Most of my writing never makes it to the blog, so get on that list. Show Notes: [01:36] Cal transitioned from interest rate trading into fitness and was an owner of the Phoenix Rise in the National Pro Grid League – but only recently has he been able to view the failure of the NPGL through a positive light. Learn how. [07:03] So, what even was the NPGL anyway? [12:33] Why was Cal so hard on himself for losing money in the NPGL if he knew going into it that it was a very risky investment? [20:35] Reframing a loss – and not just engaging in sanitized corporate doublespeak [24:34] Cal’s personal experience as a trader in the 2008 financial crisis [34:33] Did the 2008 financial crisis offer any opportunities for individuals or systems to shift out of of any negative patterns? Were we able to learn anything from the crisis? [39:23] How being present at the Route 91 festival shooting in Las Vegas made Cal realize that he had been optimizing his life for the wrong things. [52:14] Why is external validation so appealing? And, why doesn’t leave us actually fulfilled? [58:14] How to “play the game” of building an audience – which requires chasing certain kinds of external validation – with the inner work of not needing external markers of success in order to be fulfilled. [01:12:42] The writing process for Cal’s forthcoming book – and how he hopes to share his message with people who are not just chasing external rewards, but are good at it as well. Links and Resources Mentioned OPEX Fitness National Pro Grid League James FitzGerald Tony Budding Dave Castro Larry King Eliezer S. Yudkowsky “Inadequate Equilibria” by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2017 Las Vegas shooting Jordan Spieth Rickie Fowler Justin Thomas Michael Jordan Peyton Callahan Inception Dr. Shefali

Adee Zukier Cazayoux is founder and CEO of Working Against Gravity, who is also known as the “Barbell Gypsy”. You can find Adee weightlifting, bobsledding, powerlifting, or competing in the NPGL or the CrossFit open. In 2016, she took a Bronze Medal at the Canadian National Weightlifting Championships. Adee has a BAH Psychology, and Masters in Teaching. She is also a Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, and is currently completing her Masters in Nutrition and Human Performance. As an athlete Adee has studied/trained under many renowned coaches, most notably Aimee Everett, national champion, Travis Mash, world champion powerlifter, and Steve Sandor, Hungarian national champion. Adee is married to Michael Cazayoux, co-founder of Brute Strength, and host of Brute Strength Podcast. It was at Adee and Michael's house that I began developing The Strong Coach program. Talking to both her and Michael helped get clarity on what is needed in the industry and how we can best serve that role. There is no one way to be a coach, and Adee was my first client that I was not coaching as an athlete. She has exemplified organization and systems as a means of impacting people though her coaching. It's a real joy to have someone who used to be my student, now teach me many things. In this episode, Adee talks about how she created her business, Working Against Gravity, which now has 28 coaches on team! We also dives into all things coaching: Coaching as problem solving, the process for training coaches, mistakes made over the years, how to communicate authentically with clients, how to onboard new clients, how to receive feedback from your clients to improve your coaching, how to create accountability with your clients, how to give advice your clients actually take, and much more.

Jon and I both worked with Kristin during the NPGL's amateur GRID tournament - remember GRID? We put together a team of misfits and went out to LA to compete, and we actually did pretty well. We took second overall, which meant that we got an automatic bid to the next year's tournament. Still waiting for that invite... Kristin has gone on to make two CrossFit Games appearances with OC3 Black (in 2017) and CrossFit Mayhem Independence (in 2018). She will compete with CrossFit Mayhem Freedom in the 2019 season - which is shaping up to have quite the interesting structure. Show Notes [0:14] How did Kristin end up at CrossFit Mayhem? And the anxiety of “trying out.” [7:03] Commuting several hours to compete with OC3 in 2016 [13:19] Kristin’s dietary restrictions [19:44] Getting started with competing in CrossFit [23:42] What actually happens at Mayhem on a daily basis (There are no schedules) [34:53] Mayhem athletes mostly train individually - so how do they develop the team communication skills necessary to compete? [46:36] How is Mayhem approaching the changes to the 2019 CrossFit Games season? [52:21] How do Mayhem athletes work on their own individual weaknesses while still training as a group?

This is a cross-post from the Legion Strength & Conditioning podcast. If you want some more detailed information on training, make sure to subscribe to that pod as well on iTunes as the "Legion Strength & Conditioning" podcast. Now, for the standard show notes: Jon and I both worked with Kristin during the NPGL's amateur GRID tournament - remember GRID? We put together a team of misfits and went out to LA to compete, and we actually did pretty well. We took second overall, which meant that we got an automatic bid to the next year's tournament. Still waiting for that invite... Kristin has gone on to make two CrossFit Games appearances with OC3 Black (in 2017) and CrossFit Mayhem Independence (in 2018). She will compete with CrossFit Mayhem Freedom in the 2019 season - which is shaping up to have quite the interesting structure. Show Notes [0:14] How did Kristin end up at CrossFit Mayhem? And the anxiety of “trying out.” [7:03] Commuting several hours to compete with OC3 in 2016 [13:19] Kristin’s dietary restrictions [19:44] Getting started with competing in CrossFit [23:42] What actually happens at Mayhem on a daily basis (There are no schedules) [34:53] Mayhem athletes mostly train individually - so how do they develop the team communication skills necessary to compete? [46:36] How is Mayhem approaching the changes to the 2019 CrossFit Games season? [52:21] How do Mayhem athletes work on their own individual weaknesses while still training as a group?

Tom Sroka is the owner and head weightlifting coach at The Strength Agenda, a Sports Performance and Weightlifting training center based in Elmhurst, IL. He graduated from Aurora University in 2010 with degrees in Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Health Education. On top of running The Strength Agenda, he's also a grade school PE Teacher at Immaculate Conception Grade School, as well as the Strength and Conditioning coach for the Elmhurst Rugby Club and Immaculate Conception Catholic Prep Wrestling team. As an athlete Tom is a 3x NCAA All-American in the shotput, 2013 American Open Gold Medalist in the 105+kg as a part of Team MDUSA Weightlifting, drafted by the New York Rhinos of the NPGL in 2016, 2-time World Team member (2017, 2018) for MAS Wrestling USA, and just finished his first season on the professional circuit in the Highland Games. As a coach, Tom was a throws coach at North Central College coaching 2 All-Americans, 5 National qualifiers, and helping the men's team win back to back national championships in 2011 and 2012. As a coach in USA Weightlifting, he's a National Level Coach working with athletes ranging from ages 10 to 70 years old of various skills and ability levels. This year alone the weightlifting team (Team SAW) had four lifters compete at Senior Nationals, 6 Masters Nationals Medalists (4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), 5 Matsers World Championships Medalists (4 Golds, 1 Silver), and 12 athletes qualify for the American Open Final. Tom's goal is to help athletes get stronger while moving proficiently and has helped 1,000's of athletes do just that in the last 8 years.

When competitive fitness icon Marcus Filly says recovery is essential for health and longevity, I heed his message. As Creator of the Functional Bodybuilding program, he has changed the game by redefining what constitutes a healthy fitness routine. During this conversation, he shares his tips for achieving success in physical competitions and in business and how he maintains focus. Find the show notes here — DecodingSuperhuman.com/Marcus   “When people experience burnout, whether it’s in the corporate world or whether it’s in training and sport, it's the culmination of too much stress in their life and basically their systems can't keep up. They can't adapt or recover fast enough in order to feel normal, or in homeostasis..."   Who is Marcus Filly?   Marcus Filly grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He played multiple sports as a child including soccer, baseball, and golf, which eventually led to a collegiate career in soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. There he earned his degree in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Nutrition and Physiology. After Berkeley, he completed a year of graduate work at the Ohio State University School of Medicine.   His interest in both athletics and human health and performance eventually led him to CrossFit in 2007. He has gone on to compete at the CrossFit Games 6 times, three times as an individual (2016 12th fittest) and three times as a team member (2012 6th fittest team). Marcus is also the captain and member of the Phoenix Rise in the NPGL. For two years he has been voted to the all-GRID league team, in 2016 earning 1st team honors, and in 2015 earning the award for leadership excellence.   Marcus has been a Health & Fitness Coach for eight years since leaving Medical School in 2009. He was formerly a CrossFit facility owner for five years, has completed all five of the OPEX CCP courses and has coached clients remotely from all over the world. He has coached athletes at the CrossFit Games as well as several Regionals athletes.   Marcus lives with wife Megan and his daughter. He lists his parents, Barbara and Roy, as role models.   Key Highlights of the discussion with Marcus Filly: Competitive fitness can wade into unhealthy territory [5:02] Functional Bodybuilding [9:55] Recommendations for Training, Recovery, Nutrition, and Supplements [18:49] SARMs & Performance Enhancing Drugs in competitive fitness [30:56] How Marcus mentally prepares for competition and business [39:43] Marcus’ Pet Peeve about Medical Industry [46:02]: Contraindicated people. Marcus’ Tip for Enhancing Focus [47:51]: Have a healthy dose of pessimism — prepare for the worst. Marcus Filly’s Favorite Book on Peak Performance[52:14]: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, by Timothy Ferriss Continue Your Performance Journey: Revival Strength @MarcusFilly on Instagram @Functional.Bodybuilding on Instagram The Awaken Training Series   Our sponsor today is Neurohacker Collective. Chairman, Jordan Greenhall has been on the show discussing Sovereignty and Medical Director, Dr. Daniel Stickler joined me to discuss Unleashing your Human Potential Through Epigenetics. I enjoy the products so much that I use them 5 out of 7 days. Whether it’s Qualia or Qualia Mind, which is a new formula that you should all try, I do find them to be completely revolutionary in the supplement world. I do think it upgrades me as a person. If you wanna try either Qualia or Qualia Mind, go over to neurohacker.com, plug in the discount code ‘BOOMER’ and you’ll get 10% off your first order or 15% off any order if you subscribe. Get their free Foundational Guide to Neurohacking.   This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. This is being provided as a self-help tool to help you understand your genetics, biodata and other information to enhance your performance. It is not medical or psychological advice. Virtuosity LLC is not a doctor. Virtuosity LLC is not treating, preventing, healing, or diagnosing disease. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment. For the full Disclaimer, please go to (Decodingsuperhuman.com/disclaimer).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marcus Filly is the owner of Revival Strength and creator of Functional Bodybuilding.  Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, he played multiple sports as a child including soccer, baseball, and golf, which eventually led to a collegiate career in soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. There he earned his degree in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Nutrition and Physiology. After Berkeley, he completed a year of graduate work at the Ohio State University School of Medicine. His interest in both athletics and human health and performance eventually led him to CrossFit in 2007. He has gone on to compete at the CrossFit Games 6 times, three times as an individual (2016 12th fittest) and three times as a team member (2012 6th fittest team). Marcus is also the captain and member of the Phoenix Rise in the NPGL. For two years he has been voted to the all GRID league team, in 2016 earning 1st team honors, and in 2015 earning the award for leadership excellence. Marcus has been a health and fitness coach for 8 years since leaving Medical School in 2009. He was formerly a CrossFit facility owner for 5 years, has completed all 5 of the OPEX CCP courses, and has coached clients remotely from all over the world. He has coached athletes at the CrossFit Games as well as several Regionals athletes. He lives with his wife Megan, and daughter. He lists his parents, Barbara and Roy, as his role models and drive to succeed in life.  

How does Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, Katrin Davidsdottir & Brooke Wells handle their nutrition? They call Adee Zukier Cazayoux. Adee is the founder of a nutrition program called Working Against Gravity that is used by a TON of high level athletes as well as thousands of other people. On Episode 198 Adee drops by to talk to us about the importance of tracking macros, why calories DO count, how remote coaching is awesome and why being balanced is almost impossible if you are chasing greatness and much much more. This is a great one gang. Make sure you check it out. Adee Zukier Cazayoux is known as the "Barbell Gypsy," you can find Adee weightlifting, bobsledding, powerlifting, or competing in the NPGL or the CrossFit open. In her childhood, Adee struggled with her weight and found herself at 16 years old, 45 lbs overweight and leading an unhealthy and unhappy life. After some encouragement from her mother she decided to make a change. With the help of Natalie Bean-Sole (Nutrition Forever), she gained control of her body and diet and discovered a new passion — nutrition. More recently, Adee has gained an immense amount of knowledge from working with other nutrition consultants known for creating "macro counting" diets and helping athletes lose fat. Continuously advancing her knowledge, Adee has completed her Precision Nutrition Level 1 and is constantly researching and studying to become better in her field. As an athlete Adee has studied/trained under many renowned coaches, most notably Aimee Everett, national champion, Travis Mash, world champion powerlifter, and Steve Sandor, Hungarian national champion. You can find Adee here: https://www.instagram.com/adeecazayoux/ http://www.workingagainstgravity.com/

Known as the "Barbell Gypsy," you can find Adee weightlifting, bobsledding, powerlifting, or competing in the NPGL or the CrossFit open. More recently, Adee has gained an immense amount of knowledge from working with other nutrition consultants known for creating "macro counting" diets and helping athletes lose fat. She has just completed her Precision Nutrition Level 1. As an athlete Adee has studied/trained under many renowned coaches, most notably Aimee Everett, national champion, Travis Mash, world champion powerlifter, and Steve Sandor, Hungarian national champion. Starting out in the episode, Adee shares to us about the interesting story behind how she and Michael decided to get married. Moving on she shares about how she got into nutrition, weightlifting and becoming an entrepreneur. Next, we hear about the community, Working Against Gravity (WAG) and how the program has helped hundreds of people successfully hit their goals. Next, we dial in more on different types of diet, its impact on athletes, practical tips and her personal experience on the ketogenic diet. Then we discuss a little more on the psychological side of things as we talk about the association of food and insecurity, and how Adee practices and benefits from meditation. Wrapping up, Adee talks about what’s next for her and her greatest achievement so far with WAG. We then close our episode with 6 from 6. Great conversation guys. We hope you enjoy it True Pride is a wealth creation service who works with ambitious individuals & families looking to take control, worry less & get ahead. If you’re looking for a way to take control, worry less and get ahead when it comes to your money, True Pride is a wealth coaching business that will provide you with the tools you need to fast track this. Head to www.truepride.com.au/ADVF the get joining fee of $297 waived when you book a call via the website. Carve is a company that specializes in anything digital from building apps, designing a logo, automating your business down to setting up your next event. Carve is the partner to be when you want to have more time to focus on the things you love and scale your business. Get 10 hours free on any project by heading to www.carve.ph/advf. This podcast is proudly supported by AdventureFit Travel. AdventureFit Travel is an adventure travel company for the fitness community. Head over to www.adventurefittravel.com to check out all our trips, all our blogs from our blogging team, special offers and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Jim Kean Jim Kean is the CEO of National Pro Grid League (NPGL) and founder of WellnessFX. In this podcast Rhonda and Jim discuss the quantified self movement and the importance of measuring biomarkers more than once, the gut's role in cholesterol and serotonin in the gut versus in the brain, about the role of exercise in preventing neuroinflammation and the effects of overtraining on sex hormones. We also chat a bit about the psychology of constructing a new, non-gender segregated, team spectator sport and bringing it to market, the factors that separate a professional spectator sport from any other form of entertainment: including patriotism, justice, and vicariousness, the mathematical nature of the sport and the floor coach's role in monitoring athletes before they start "redlining," how NPGL teams may find new ways to tune their gameplay and find an edge on the competition in the future by stepping up the use of more advanced athlete-level analytics.   If you're interested in learning more, you can read the full show notes here: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/jim-kean Join over 300,000 people and get the latest distilled information straight to your inbox weekly: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/newsletter Become a FoundMyFitness premium member to get access to exclusive episodes, emails, live Q+A's with Rhonda and more: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/crowdsponsor

WARNING: First things first, Derek is REAL dumb and he lost a chunk of this podcast, so please be prepared, we are starting twenty minutes into the conversation. ENJOY! Candice Wagner joins us to talk about her contribution to The San Francisco Fire (of the NPGL). Working on her weaknesses, her past in the Marines and http://crossfitironhorse.com/   We chatted about developing and overcoming eating disorders, improving your performance by surrounding yourself with better athletes and using independence as a motivator for fitness (especially among females).

Chuck Hendo & Paul Stewart went live at Carolina CrossFit for the SAGL season opener and spoke with Co-Founders Carl Hardwick & Joe Christopher. Check out how the SAGL began, what ties the league has to the NPGL, and the future of this new sport.

Jamie Hagiya joins us this week. Owner of Torrance CrossFit, NPGL competitor for the Phoenix Rise and apparent leadfoot, she talked with us about getting pulled over on the way to Arizona, the joys of turning 30 and the longevity of the Lexus. We also discussed her recovery following a ruptured achilles (no this is not a repeat podcast, that was Jennyfer Roberts, RACIST!), her past as a Pro-Baller in Greece, how CrossFit/Weightlifting competitions are exciting for 5 minutes and boring for 9 hours.   Jaime was a delight, we got to talking about the OPEN, our feelings on the programming and format changes, stalking people’s scores and how some regions simple aren’t equal.

  Jennyfer Roberts talked to us about the road to recovery after injury as an elite athlete. After being drafted by the Boston Iron, Jennyfer suffered a damaged achilles and had to begin the road to recovery. Luckily she’s used her experience to become a better athlete as well as an example of getting stronger AFTER a setback. We talk about the mental and emotional toll of injury, being a guinea pig for a new sport and why weightlifters get bent out of shape when you say “Oly”. We also talk about the curse of T-REX ARMS, being a senior athlete at 13 years old and Why there 100% does NOT need to be three HOBBIT movies!

The National Pro Grid League has taken the nation's summertime viewing up a notch. In 2014, it was launched as a cable mainstay for NBC Sports, filling out some of the 8600 programming hours that the channel has to allot for. NPGL's Claire and Jim Kean, discuss how they created the game from scratch, designed various teams, took on ownership groups and launched within a 9-month time frame. As NPGL VP of Operations, Claire covers some of the issues that happened during the actual events themselves, and as NPGL CEO, Jim explains what the revenues, finances and pitfalls ended up looking like. The NPGL is set to launch its second season in 2015, and ready for the challenges that lie ahead in both league competition and revenue. Twitter: @TheGridLeague

This week on the Barbell Shrugged podcast we welcome Dr. Steven Platek, Neuroscience Professor, Crossfitter and gym owner, contributor to Power Athlete Radio, and current member of the NPGL’s Miami Surge. Yeah, he’s a busy guy.    Those are impressive credentials, but I actually didn’t know any of it at the start of our interview. I just knew that Steven was a really sharp guy, and yes, he was strong as hell. Earlier that day at the Las Vegas NPGL Combine he absolutely destroyed the deadlift ladder, lifting close to 4,500 pounds in total in less than 60 seconds, and finishing with a lift of 585 pounds. Not bad for a Master’s level Crossfitter, right? Really, it’s amazing. It was no surprise that Miami took him when they had the chance.    There’s a clear niche for Master’s level competitors within this new sport of Grid. No, Steven and most Master’s level athletes simply cannot get away with the super-high training volume that some of his teammates and competitors require in order to make progress. A huge priority has to be placed on recovery, any older competitor who wants to stay in the game and remain strong has to accept that. However, Steven’s vast experience translates to a very high level of skill, especially in strength movements like the deadlift. Other teams in the NPGL should take note, you should have a Master beast on your bench just in case things get really heavy.    Loads of people struggle to make progress in the gym, especially as they age and become more experienced. They have a plan, they work as hard as they can, but at times nothing improves. It’s frustrating, but the answer might be as simple as training less and spending more time on recovery. Just like Steven, back off and consider leveraging your valuable experience instead. Train smarter and more optimally, and you’ll get a superior result. The same thing goes for the manner and mindset with which you lift the barbell. Many lifters assume that you have to be very intense to be very strong. I myself assumed that Steven’s coach had to have been screaming and pushing him from the sidelines during that aforementioned 585 pound deadlift, but actually the opposite was true. His coach’s function was actually to keep Steve more calm and focused as the barbell got heavier and heavier, maintaining an optimal balance between arousal and performance. As Steve explained, this was a classic real world example of theYerkes-Dodson law, which basically states that arousal is a great thing for performance, until there’s too much of it.    If you are an athlete that’s interested in performing optimally, you need to know just how much arousal is necessary for you. Will a little do, or are you a 7-cup of coffee type of person? The very best athletes know just how far to push it, and just how to modulate their sympathetic nervous system response to stress. The result is more fight than flight, you could say. If you find yourself getting far too excited and anxious ahead of training or competition, take note. You are more than likely out of balance. If you can do a better job of controlling that sympathetic response - if you can settle your mind a bit - you’ll perform much better.    If you find that you’re still a little sleepy and groggy after a few cups of coffee, well, maybe you’re Jon North! That guy really loves his stimulants. He also believes 100% in himself, and what he’s capable of lifting, and his purpose. As Steven will also tell you, the mind is unfathomably mysterious and powerful. Your very first step towards success, regardless of what you're training and living for, is to believe in what you’re doing. Call it the placebo effect, call it magic, it doesn’t matter at all. If you can believe 100% in what you’re doing then magical things will happen. Thanks for the reminder, Steve.    You can see hear more from Steven over at Power Athlete Radio. You can also follow him on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.    Cheers,      Chris

This week on Barbell Shrugged we have the pleasure of welcoming the big man, Aja Barto back to the show. In case you missed it, make sure to go back and check out his last appearance on Episode 76. It’s always a great conversation.    We caught up with Aja at the 2014 USA Weightlifting Nationals in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our chat came before his turn on the platform, but I knew he was going to put up some large numbers. Just look at his recent training. At 6 foot 5 inches and 220 pounds of bodyweight, Aja has put up a 250 pound strict press, a 520 pound back squat, a400 pound squat jerk, just for starters. That’s very impressive. I wasn’t surprised to hear that he later snatched 310 pounds and clean and jerked 352 at the meet. Hey, not too shabby for a Crossfitter, right?   It actually might be more accurate to call Aja a Weightlifter, at least for the time being. He made news earlier this year when he decided to sit out the 2014 Crossfit season in favor of pursuing Weightlifting full-time. His reasoning was simple, “I just decided I wanted to see what I could do if I completely dedicated myself to it, without having the interference of burpees and box jumps.”    Interference might actually be too strong of a word. The truth is that Aja has made a really strong run in competitive fitness for several years in a row now, ascending from Crossfit rookie to three-time Games athlete in relatively short order. But despite that success, he ran into the same problem that just about every other athlete comes across eventually - Progress started getting really tough. The easiest gains were long gone.    As Aja saw it he had two choices. First, he could spend another year beating himself up with tough METCONS in hopes of moving up a spot or two at the Games, but he’s the first to admit that it probably wouldn’t have made that much of a difference. The alternative was to switch gears. Instead of another year of the same old thing, Aja decided to commit himself to getting really strong, to refining his technique, to seeing just what he’s capable of on the platform. It’s a wise move. He’s definitely stronger, and will probably end up being much fitter in the long-run, should he return to competitive WODs.    Between you and I, I do hope he does make a return. He’s just too much of a beast not to. But the return might come in some other sport all-together. Sure, he could do proper Crossfit again, but I was thinking he should try something a little different this time. Something a little more powerful, shorter in duration, and befitting a behemoth of his size. Yeah, I was thinking he should actually give the NPGL a try. I guess we’ll see, right?   For more from Aja, make sure to check out Behemoth Crossfit. You can also follow the man and his monster lifts on Instagram, Twitter, and YoutTube. Aja, it was great to see you dude. Take your time with the Weightlifting. I don’t think we’ve seen your strongest work yet.    Cheers,    Chris

  I sit down with Nick Wakin from Chandler Strength Weightlifting Club and we talk about… EVERYTHING. Olympic Lifting, CrossFit, STRONGMAN, The NPFL (now the NPGL), Bodybuilding, Micro-Dosing, Coaching, ARRRRRNOLD!, Genetic Destination and most importantly WHY PIE IS ALWAYS SUPERIOR TO CAKE. It was honestly one of the best conversations we’ve had on the show. We might have to keep this fella around for a while. http://chandlerstrength.com/

Christmas Abbott joins Armen Hammer, Eddie Ifft, and Scott McGee as they chat about Eddie's new neck injury, upcoming Games events, Games predictions, Christmas' adventure travels to Cabo, Christmas' experience at the USA Weightlifting National Championships, her new box, the question of the week, her upcoming book and new seminars, her soured relationship with CFHQ, her new relationship with the NPGL and the NY Rhinos, and answer questions during the lightning round.

Julien Pineau of Strong Fit joins Armen Hammer and Scott McGee as they discuss the unproven shirt, the name change to NPGL, the sport of Grid, Val Voboril's training with Julien, fixing holes in fitness, the listener question of the week, training, then answer listener questions during the lightning round.

This week on Barbell Shrugged we have the pleasure of welcoming Lindsey Valenzuela to the show, professional fitness athlete and current member of the Los Angeles Reign.    Lindsey is in an incredible position. First, she’s one of the very first women ever to sign onto a professional fitness team. Better yet, the Reign, and all other founding members of the National Professional Grid League, are actually coed.    That’s right. For the first time there is a mainstream professional sports league featuring women and men competing together on the very same field, or in this case, the very same “Grid.”   In competitive fitness, right from the start, men and women have both received equal spotlight and attention. The same can’t said for any other professional sports league, or quite frankly, our culture as a whole. Despite our progress, most playing fields are anything but level.    The truth is that women and men are equally capable when it comes to moving heavy barbells, crushing races, and entertaining an arena full of cheering fitness fans. Also, as Lindsey herself pointed out, those incredibly fit, powerful and beautiful ladies - the coed angle - might just be the NPGL’s secret weapon when it comes to breaking into brand new markets.    That’s really the most exciting part of this entire movement. Consider the classic sports fan with their weekend fantasy leagues and pick-up games, or maybe the aspiring young athlete who might not fit in or dig traditional sports like Football, Baseball or Basketball. Think of the influence an athlete like Lindsey could have on the average young girl who’s seeing a strong, successful woman slam barbells in front of a packed arena for the very first time.    That’s a damn incredible thing, indeed.    In all fairness it’s too early to know. There are no guarantees that the Grid thing will catch on. But it just might, and that could mean an incredible future where Eleiko barbells start arriving under Christmas trees during the holidays, right alongside shiny new bicycles and video game consoles (one can hope!). It could also mean waves of brand new, inspired clients pouring into local gyms and boxes, which is great for absolutely everyone.    That’s really the main point now. There’s no room in this movement for a scarcity point of view. It’s time that we stop trying to compare Crossfit and the NPGL, because really, they  are fundamentally different things.    As Lindsey points out, “Crossfit is about finding the fittest men and women in the world, period. The NPGL is all about putting on a show. It’s spectator friendly. It’s fast moving. It’s entertainment, like the NBA or NHL.”   She nails the point, concluding, “The Crossfit Games are basically like the Olympics. There are players who play in both - The NBA and the Olympics, for example - But nothing can replace the Olympics.”    We agree. In our point of view the emergence of professional fitness can only create more great opportunities for athletes, coaches and business owners. That’s really all that matters.    To learn more about the NPGL make sure to check out our interview with league founder and CEO, Tony Budding. We also had a great chat with NPGL President Jim Kean, where we talk all about the technology and future of this brand new sport.    For more Lyndsey, make sure to check out her website at B3LV.com. You can also follow her on Instagram,Twitter, and Facebook at @LiftLikeLindsey.    Lindsey, please keep inspiring folks and kicking ass! We look forward to seeing it all unfold.    Cheers,    Chris Moore