Parkinson's: An Athlete's Journey

“How are you doing?” For most people, it’s small talk. With Parkinson’s, it can feel like an exercise in figuring out what people really want to hear, and how much truth is too much. Todd Vogt and Eric Von Frohlich talk through the lived experience of that moment, when you want to answer honestly, but the honest answer can come out sounding like a list of what isn’t working. They unpack how the an...

Parkinson’s doesn’t just challenge your body. It challenges your identity. In this episode, Todd Vogt and Eric Von Frohlich talk candidly about what happens when Parkinson’s forces a shift in career, competition, and self-perception: what do you do when the thing that defined you starts changing? They explore nostalgia, gratitude, job hunting, and the difference between outcome goals and process g...

Adaptive sport asks a simple question: what does the sport require, and how do you build the athlete to meet it. Todd Vogt and Eric Von Frohlich sit down with Ellen Minzner , elite rowing coach and leader in adaptive and Paralympic sport, to discuss coaching athletes with disabilities through standards, structure, and respect. From Parkinson’s to para rowing to the Paralympic Games, the conversati...

Parkinson’s doesn’t only show up during workouts; it shows up when you’re putting on a shirt, tying shoes, walking the dog, or getting up off the floor. In this episode, Todd Vogt and Eric Von Frohlich share how they “gamify” everyday tasks to turn normal life into training: adding constraints, timing tasks, using the non-dominant hand, and stacking small challenges that build mobility, coordinati...

What did Parkinson's look like before we knew it was Parkinson's?  In this first episode, Todd and Eric walk through the early signs they noticed, what the diagnostic process looked like, and the strange moment you leave an appointment with a folder of pamphlets and no real game plan.  They talk about the athlete brain and how it helps you push through hard days, but also how Parkinson’s adds a hi...

What happens when you’ve spent your whole life letting a time or a ranking define you as an athlete, and then Parkinson’s changes the rules? In this episode of Parkinson’s: An Athlete’s Journey, we talk about performance pressure, athlete identity, and how the “clock” can quietly become your self-worth. Todd breaks down why sports like rowing (and even swimming) can wire your brain to chase tenths...

Some days you wake up and feel sharp. Other days, you can barely get through the warm-up. In this episode of Parkinson’s: An Athlete’s Journey, we talk about the real day-to-day variability of Parkinson’s, and how we keep training anyway. We get into what helps most (and what’s just “interesting”): the basics like training and sleep quality, plus recovery tools like foam rolling, massage guns, sau...

Parkinson’s changes everything. But if you’re an athlete (or you’ve got that athlete mindset), you don’t just stop: you adapt, get strategic, and keep training. In this short trailer, hosts Eric Von Froehlich (EVF Fitness, Row House) and Todd Vogt (Paralympic rower + coach) introduce Parkinson’s: An Athlete’s Journey, a podcast built for people navigating Parkinson’s in real time, with a focus on...