Complete Human Performance Radio

Join Director of Coaching Ariana Scalfo as she chats with her friend (and hero) Lauren Weeks. Lauren is a 3x Hyrox World Champion, CrossFit competitor, DekaFit solid, 2x GoRuck Games competitor, Spartan Games Champion, Spartan Race winner, and Battle Bunker finalist 2022/contender 2023. After her explosion into hybrid athletics thanks to Deka's unstoppable Yancy Culp, Lauren has dominated every sp...

CHP Director of Coaching Ariana Scalfo sits down with Laura Gordon, who is both a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology and an extraordinarily talented hybrid athlete. Recently at Battle Bunker Regionals in Texas, Laura uses her career to educate her fitness and coaching practice, while simultaneously using her fitness and coaching practice to assist her in her career. Areas of interest for Laura i...

A 60min primer with Director of Coaching Ariana Scalfo on how to think about approaching nutrition as a hybrid athlete, including common mistakes, the best way to approach recomposition as a hybrid athlete, and answers to some more specific questions like: Some hybrid/endurance athletes are using BCAAs during long runs/events - do you recommend? Is the spacing of macronutrients throughout the day...

Dr. Quinn, a member of the primary care team for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) joins host Anthony D'Orazio for a discussion on what her life on tour is like. How does her team interact with the professional athletes of the tour? What are they looking for when they evaluate athletes? What can you learn from her experience working with these high level athletes? Listen in to find out. Follow...

Ariana sits down with longtime CHP coach and Omnia Owner/Operator Jonny Pain, to discuss his goals this year and step 1 of his 4 part worldwide ultramarathon series. Listen to Jonny chat about the mental process of arriving at this ambitious goal after years of injury and no formal racing, the benefits of handing over the numbers to a coach (Alex Viada), and the wild ride that was the Ice Ultra. H...

Join Ariana as she co-hosts Episode 60 with CHP Founder and Owner, Alex Viada. Together, they chat with their friends Marc Howe and Lauren Rantala, who spearhead the Hyrox America affiliate program and the Hyrox Academy. Lauren and Marc discuss what brought them to Hyrox, one of Marc and Lauren's first dates that involved an infamous deadlift and beer chugging video, and the brilliance that is com...

Join CHP Director of Coaching Ariana Scalfo as she chats with Sam Hartman, longtime CHP client and collaborator, about a wide variety of topics that all circle back around to the importance of community in fitness. Hear what drew the two of them to CHP in the first place as clients, and how their personal goals have changed over the years; why CHP has so many military/LEO clients; tackling the com...

Host Ariana Scalfo welcomes CHP coach Nickademus de la Rosa to discuss Nick's participation in the World's Toughest Mudder run this past November. What was Nick's training and race experience like for this, his second 100 mile race after heart surgery? How did a race of that distance with obstacles feel? What are some general endurance lessons to take from his and his clients' experiences at this...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes Christian and Julia Anto to discuss young athlete development. What do they recommend young athletes do for athletic development? What types of sports participation and traveling leagues should they engage in? What issues do these two currently see with the current system and how young athletes are developed and showcased? All these questions and more are answered in...

Host Ariana Scalfo welcomes CHP coach Alec Blenis to discuss Alec's participation in the Battle Bunker competition. How was the set-up? How did the event go? What was Alec's approach to the event? Find out by listening in. Have a question, need to contact the show, or are interested in training with Complete Human Performance? You can email Ariana at: ariana@hybrid-academy.com You can email Anthon...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes on co-owner of Troponin Nutrition, fixer of ouchies (she is a great PT), deadlifter of lots of weight, and IFBB Women's Physique Pro Dr. Dani LaMartina to discuss her approach to helping address the injuries she finds in high level strength athletes. What are some commonalities in approach has she seen in these athletes? What rehab approaches does she use? Why do so...

Host Anthony D'Orazio discusses athlete improvements in year two of the Crucible. How much did performances improve over last year on average? Find out in the first segment. He then covers the recent Washington Post report on abuse of power, and sexual exploitation of female athletes in the IFBB and NPC. Listen to what he cautions athletes to look out for in a coach to protect themselves and their...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes back former co-host Sam Hartman to discuss all things trail running. Listen as the two dive into what Sam has been up to recently in the world of trail running. They discuss Sam's founding of the TINAR Racing Series over the course of the pandemic, getting trail running into the Olympics and much more. . You can learn more about this racing series here: https://www.t...

Hosts and CHP coaches Ariana Scalfo and Anthony D'Orazio discuss what is happening at CHP  and dig into the upcoming Crucible event. What should you do if you have not trained for one of the events yet? What approach should you take for each of these?   To take advantage of our Labor Day sales click here:   https://completehumanperformance.mykajabi.com/store   Follow Ariana on IG @running_peaches...

Hosts and CHP coaches Ariana Scalfo and Anthony D'Orazio discuss CHP's upcoming No Lone Wolves fundraiser. A virtual run/ruck event of varying distances to raise funds for the California Wolf Center. The two then get into a discussion of CHP's big annual event that is coming up in October – The Crucible. For those that do not know what this is the two recap the highs (And their own personal lows)...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes CHP coach Alec Blenis as they discuss the latter's approach to his recent Murph world record attempt. What did his training look like and how did this year compare to his prior record setting attempt? What are his thoughts about the day of competition? Learn how a world class athlete thinks and goes about training, event pacing, and mental approach. Have a question,...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes on owner and operate of coachgarner.com, Dan Garner, to discuss the importance of gut health on athletic performance and every day health. They also get into a discussion on how pro athletes are the ultimate compensators and how we can learn from Dan's work with them.   Have a question, need to contact the show, or are interested in training with Complete Human Perfo...

Join host Ariana Scalfo as she welcomes on CHP head honcho Alex Viada and CHP client Jorday Syatt for a discussion on hybrid training for martial artists, maintaining strength while doing BJJ and conditioning. They also cover why ego gets such a bad wrap and where can it hurt athletes, and how to approach learning a martial art (or any new sport) where you are initially going to you're probably go...

CHP director Ariana Scalfo hosts this episode and welcomes on The Crucible Pro Women's second place finisher Lorraine Painchaud for a discussion on body image. Learn how their own body images have changed over time, how their training has moved from a body image centric approach, and much more from them regarding this topic.    Have a question, need to contact the show, or are interested in traini...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes back CHP head coach, awesome person, and general badass Ariana Scalfo to discuss burn out both mentally and physically in athletes. These coaches discuss how they deal with it themselves and their athletes. They then get into a discussion on off season training, and an exciting new off-season group training product that they will be running this winter starting on Ja...

Host Anthony D'Orazio discusses fitness gift ideas for the workout enthusiast in your life (or yourself). Collating ideas from some of CHP's coaches, this gift guide covers a wide range of price points and should help you out if you are stuck. Gift the gift of a CHP consult, gait analysis, or HPA membership: https://complete-human-performance-coaching.constantcontactsites.com/gifts-and-gift-certif...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes on three of The Crucible event winners to discuss their experiences. Join him as he brings on Dr. Heather Lawrence to discuss her win in the women's scaled division, Connie L. to chat about her win of the women's pro division, and CHP coach Alec Blenis as he ruminates on his win in the men's pro division. Want to train for the Crucible but do not have the funds for o...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes back CHP coach, awesome person, and general badass Ariana Scalfo to discuss her participation in the Spartan Games. Learn about what went into her being chosen, how much time she had to prepare, and what her experience competing was like. Have a question, need to contact the show, or are interested in training with Complete Human Performance? You can email Anthony at...

Host Anthony D'Orazio reminds you all that CHP's The Crucible is this month. Check out the CHP Instagram for more information (info below). He then discusses how he handles knowing he is going to fail a goal. Not every goal we set we are going to hit, so what happens when you realize that what you had planned to get to is going to end up out of reach? Have a question, need to contact the show, or...

Host Anthony D'Orazio welcomes on powerlifter, strongman, and coach David Herrera to discuss supplementation and enhancement in athletes. How it should be approached in a more holistic manner and in a way that minimizes risk. Have a question, need to contact the show, or are interested in training with Complete Human Performance? You can email Anthony at: anthony.dorazio@completehumanperformance.c...