The Lifetime Athlete

Fall is here! It even looks more like Winter in some places like Montana! This is a great time to reflect on your seasonal training patterns and maximize your health. Your fitness and athletic pursuits, as well as your diet and sleep patterns, might benefit from a seasonal shift. Celebrate Fall!

Sometimes we can tinker or experiment with how we train, eat, and sleep. The results of these experiments can have profound impacts on our health, fitness, and performance. Today PK & I discuss some recent investigations that we have done on ourselves. There’s a good chance you’ll find this information both interesting and useful as you conduct your own experiments.…

On Saturday, October 12th, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge ran history’s first sub-2 marathon. His time of 1:59:40 represented the breaking of a barrier which many though insurmountable. In this episode, PK & I give a quick recap of Kipchoge’s amazing accomplishment, and then we delve into what his peak performance can mean for all of us. We talk about the relationship…

Crushing a lifelong athletic goal is a great achievement. In this episode, I had the honor of visiting with athlete, client, and friend Clem Naples. Clem used TLB’s performance coaching and training services to go after his goal of completing his first IronMan triathlon. He shares his experience in preparing for and accomplishing this feat, and this is a show…

Health and performance coaching can be a game changer in helping you to reach your goals. Tuning up your body composition, looking and feeling better, and crushing your objectives is easier when you have a coach. In this episode, PK & I discuss the coaching relationship, examine how it’s done at TLB, and provide some examples of clients who are…

In this episode, PK & I have a discussion about the telePT Revolution. Telehealth physical therapy is really starting to take off nationwide, and it’s great to see this valuable service being made available in most states. In the show, we talk about how telePT works, who it is good for, and how it’s done at The Lifetime Body.

Sorry for the long title but this show is worth a listen. PK and I go over some of the foundational concepts of AnimalFit and TLB. We discuss ways to identify your specific strengths and weaknesses, recognize them as gifts, and celebrate the hell out of them. Learn how to minimize, moderate, and maximize training emphases to get more out…

In this new show format, PK grills Coach JZ with questions about health and fitness…to which John had no prior exposure. It is good to be put on the spot sometimes, and to respond off the cuff. Thats exactly the type of discussion JZ and PK have. This episode dives into topics of fat shaming and body image, recovery hacks…

There are several common items that can create blockades to your overall wellness and performance progress. In fact, these things can act like splinters in your health and fitness practices just like a mildly annoying splinter in your finger. Removing these splinters can provide amazing results. This process represents the foundation of lifestyle in that it emphasizes the things we…

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Health, Longevity, and Peak Performance can actually coexist! Yes, you can have it all — if you use your instinctive wisdom to meld science and common sense. Training intelligently, by understanding the relationship between work and recovery, and balancing lifestyle factors, is the key to your success. Don’t fear intensity, but know how to apply it wisely and in the…

Getting the right amount of movement, or more specifically the proper mix of general daily activity and specific exercise — that research proves to support health and longevity — doesn’t have to be a mystery. In this episode, PK and I break down the movement requirements for creating an optimally healthy human beast. We provide a simple recipe that can…

I recently had the outstanding opportunity to visit with Darren Schmidt, D.C., who is the director of the Nutritional Healing Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Darren emphasizes nutrition as the most powerful tool in health restoration and maintenance. Here are some of the highlights of what turned out to be an empowering and inspiring conversation: Health and healing are dependent…

There is a right way to train hard. And doing so gets you both health and performance benefits that you just can’t obtain otherwise. Learn the who, how, when and why of hard training. It’s a mandatory piece of the movement puzzle. Git ye some!

I recently had the honor of visiting with Montana State University Head Track and Field and Cross Country Coach Lyle Weese. In this episode, Lyle and I discussed many aspects of the athletic experience. This show is rich with pearls of peak performance and wellness wisdom in areas such as life balance, communication, training, and the human experience. You don’t…

Life happens. Injuries happen. But that’s not the end of the world. You can still make progress in fitness and athletics when you are injured…you just have to be creative and intelligent in your approach. There truly is a way when there is a will, and this show explains all about how to train with injury using the Orthopedic Workaround.

Life teaches us many lessons, especially if we are open-minded. This episode contains some lessons in health and fitness that I have learned and re-learned over the years. These particular lessons are those which have been recently affirmed by research and experience working with clients. They are from the Science Project Book series and lessons that relate to each book…

Movement is important and we all need lots of it. What’s equally important to overall movement is how we perform that motion. Our technique and form matter so much! Movement should be a poetic, graceful art form…no matter what we are doing. Daily life activities, exercises, sports — all these things should be practiced as a skill and hopefully perfected…

If you are a hunter or an outdoor athlete who takes his/her sport seriously, Fit for the Field is the Ultimate Training Program for you! This Lifetime Body Program is a time-tested conditioning system that employs biomechanical analysis and specific programming for the ultimate warrior and athlete…the hunter. Ancestral fitness meets modern science in magnificent beastliness! Get more out of&...

Pain and discomfort are commonly occurring experiences in our bodies. And many times, when something doesn’t feel right, we are faced with a question. Should you work through this pain? Or should you avoid it, or even purposely move in the opposite direction of the pain? There are distinct reasons to do each of those, depending on the situation. We…

Morning routines are all the rage. But are they bogus? Who might benefit from a morning routine and what could be some of the gains? These and other questions are addressed from this discussion.

Stretching is one of the tools in our exercise and training toolbox. There are many circumstances in which we may ask ourselves if it is appropriate to stretch, or not to stretch. In this episode, PK and I discuss some of the considerations we may want to observe when exploring the application of stretching. We discuss who might benefit from…

Summer is here! Check out this brief episode which is rich with tips to help you get more out of your training this summer. Learn about considerations with outdoor training, circadian patterns, heat, dehydration, electrolytes, fueling, and more!

In this episode we offer a glimpse into the terms of looseness and tightness. Learn how mobility and stability are genetically driven and how they exist on a continuum. Find out how you can leverage your training and your lifestyle to work with your natural gifts. Get more out of your training. Prevent injuries and recover from those you have…

I recently had the pleasure to visit with Joel Smith on the show. Joel is the host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast and he is a wealth of information and insight in training and athletics. Joel pulls from his experience as an athlete, a D1 Strength and Conditioning Coach, a collegiate and club sports coach, trainer, author, and entrepreneur…