Athletes Over 70

A friend recently said to me, "Age is just a number." But I don't see it that way. To me, it's an upgrade to a new version. As you age up to your own new version, how does that look? What's working, what's not, and what needs a pivot? In this episode your host, Jeff Seckendorf, looks at upgrades, updates, and creating the best version of yourself. For more information...

Patty Wagstaff has been flying airshows and competition aerobatics for over 40 years. Now crossing into her 70's, Patty is still flying, still teaching, and still making aviation safer. In this episode Jeff and Patty talk about risk, teaching and training, staying fit, and share a couple of seemingly crazy flying stories. Learn more about Patty and her Florida-based flight school at https://p...

What is the risk of riding a bike downhill at 60mph/100kph and, more importantly, are you willing to take that risk? That's the first question. The second question is what is the perceived risk of that same descent? Are you lulled into a false sense of security because you've had a successful outcome time after time? In this short walking podcast I take a look at risk vs. perceived risk...

I coach athletes at all levels and I've divided the constituencies into four groups: masters athletes, adults 50+, executives and other really busy people, and another group: people with Parkinson's disease. In this short podcast I take a look at the differences and similarities working on fitness with this seemingly disparate group of people who all have similar goals. For more info on...

There is health, and there is fitness. And there is some discussion that you cannot have both as you age up. In this episode Jeff talks with Marcus Riley about how both health and fitness can successfully come together as we age up and stay competitive. Check out Marcus's book, Your Aging Advantage. Check out our sponsor, the Strength and Movement Alliance. And for coaching and booking, check...

What is your path to mastery? How do you sort out something new that you want to get good at? In this episode, Jeff looks at a simple, structured way to take something you've done well in the past and overlay that structure onto something new. Want to learn to row? Write a book? Jump out of an airplane? This is the episode for you. Check out Jeff's coaching services and website at https:...

We've heard it said you can be a high performing athlete into your 70's but it's not healthy or, you can be healthy into your 70's but that is not necessarily compatible with high performance. In this episode, health and wellness coach Graham Hawley looks at how to be both with proper nutrition, sleep, and training. Check out Graham's website at https://www.simplyhealthcon...

In this conversation, Fuelin founder Scott Tindal is joined by Jeff Seckendorf, who shares about his remarkable journey of breaking four world records in ultra cycling at the age of 70. They discuss his transition to cycling and the meticulous planning and execution that led to his record-breaking achievements. Jeff emphasizes the importance of nutrition, training, and mental resilience, particula...

This podcast was originally published on Sports Will Save Us All, the wildly popular human interest Sports Podcast based in Arizona and hosted by Sasha Graham.  In 2023, elite cyclist Jeff Seckendorf came on the show to share his quest to break the national velodrome hour record in the 70-74 age group. His goal was set, his training dialed, his eye was on the prize. But as so often happens in spor...

This podcast was originally published on Sasha Graham's Sports Will Save Us All podcast channel. Jeff Seckendorf doesn't seem to have met a lot of sports where he didn't excel. His experiences range from land (ice climbing) to sea (scuba diving) to air (aerobatic flying) and have culminated in his current passion, the velodrome, where he rides his fixed gear, brake-less bike really,...

This episode was originally recorded for the Parkinson's Association of San Diego Podcast series. When we conceived the topic for this microcast the idea was to talk about the differences for a coach working wth older athletes and younger athletes, or older people with Parkinson's who have to exercise and younger people, with or without Parkinson's, who want to exercise. However, as...

Do you feel like you are in a rut with your diving? Doing the same dives over and over? How do you stay motivated year after year? These are the question we look at today in another of Jeff's soon-to-be-famous UTD Carcast episodes. For more information and to contact Jeff, click here. The Strength and Movement Alliance is a  non-profit organization providing financial assistance, scholarships...

Aging up. It's inevitable. But that does not have to stop us from diving. If you are working your way up to what we're calling Gen O/W, or Generation Older/Wiser, or you're diving with parents or grandparents or friends who have joined Gen O/W, then this episode is for you. Jeff (who is now officially Gen O/W) and Ben (who is getting closer) look at some of the options and ideas tha...

This is a short addendum to my previous carcast on quitting. In this quick episode I add a little info, this time about when it's okay to quit. There is a time and place for everything and sometimes the best thing is to "know when to fold 'em." For more information and to contact Jeff, click here. The Strength and Movement Alliance is a  non-profit organization providing financ...

"Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away,  know when to run." Great words to live by. In this carcast, actually recorded as a "hikecast" during this year's solar eclipse, Jeff looks at some of the mental and physical elements of quitting – quitting a class, quitting a training path, quitting anything. But, more importantly, how to avo...

Back in 2020, as the Covid pandemic began, a few of us got together and started a company called Coach Me Strong, an individualized exercise coaching program for people with Parkinson's. One of the first things we said to anyone who called to learn more about Coach Me Strong was, "No matter what you previous career was, now that you are diagnosed with Parkinson's your new career is...

Jeff Seckendorf shares his experience about discovering a new sense of purpose, and how this contributes to our longevity, health, and happiness. This is seen through the lens as an hour record holder in his age group at the San Diego Velodrome and at the World 6-hour Time Trial Championships. Our guest for this Living to 100 Club Podcast is Jeff Seckendorf. At age 70, in about two years, Jeff wil...

"Aging up" is inevitable. Retirement may be inevitable. Many of us completely identify with our jobs and careers as our "purpose." But when that job, or career, goes away, how do you continue to find purpose in your life? In this episode  Partner in Aging's Jonathan Schwartz looks at the power and joy that comes from finding purpose at any stage in life. For more informati...

Your "Path to Mastery" is a buzzword (or buzz-phrase) that's been around forever but, what does it really mean and how can you take your path to becoming great at one thing and apply it to becoming great at something else (like scuba)? In this carcast, recorded on an endless, rainy drive from San Diego to Las Vegas, I explore the path to becoming good at something, then I define a s...

This podcast originally appeared on Sasha Graham's "Sports Will Save Us All" podcast. Thinking about getting into cycling — but not sure where to start? In this No Huddle Pro Tips episode of Sports Will Save Us All, Sasha Graham sits down with master cyclist and coach Jeff Seckendorf to break down the essentials of getting started with cycling the right way. From choosing the right...

Consistency and compliance. Or is it compliance and consistency? Either way, these are the two hallmarks of a great client relationship with their coach and coaching program. In this carcast, Jeff takes a look at how consistency and compliance inform the best possible training for scuba divers. If you are just chasing a certification card, the UTD Coaching Program may not be for you. But if your g...

Setback happen. This is true for everything we are learning, particularly when moving to a higher level in any field. In scuba training, in Unified Team Diving, we have a thing called the "ebay dive." This is when you come out of the water after such a frustrating dive that you want to put all your gear on ebay, sell it, and take up another sport. How we deal with the frustration of setb...

Things don't always go quite as planned. Sometime the planning turns into a setback. What is the best way to deal with that? Take "no" for encouragement and take a setback for opportunity. For more information and to contact Jeff, click here. The Strength and Movement Alliance is a  non-profit organization providing financial assistance, scholarships, and support for exercise, welln...

Do you have goals?  In life? Sports? Work? In this episode Jeff Seckendorf takes a look at goals and goal setting and the process of training to reach those goals. If the point of the goal is just to get there, you run the risk of missing the most amazing parts of life. Listen to the episode, set some goals, and have some fun. Jeff is the CEO of UTD Scuba Diving and co-founder of the Institute of...

Do you feel like you are good enough? That is the core of this episode. In diving, and in sports, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others and that can be a huge impediment to any successful outcome in a class or training program. The most important thing in any training situation, or in a competition, is simple: you do you. As usual, I tie diving to cycling. Regardless of whether these sto...