Barbell Shrugged

Although this mans first claim to fame came from the hit TV show the "bachelorette" he actually has his sights set on competing in CrossFit and eventually owning his own business in the fitness industry. After meeting him, working out together, and talking — there's no doubt that he's got some passion.    This episode touches on a little of everything in Lukes life. While the TV show may have made...

Matt Mullenax started Huron under the premise that the world didn't need another $40 body wash, and guys everywhere need access to great products at an approachable price. A native Ohioan, Matt hopes to fill an audience void: the fact that consumers in non-coastal markets aren't often shown the same variety of high-quality products as their coastal peers. Huron was built to offer A+ personal care...

Dr. Stefi Cohen has an extensive list of achievements in the athletic field but she is also very well accomplished in the academic field. Not only is Stefi a multiple world record holding powerlifter, she is also an exercise physiologist and doctor of physical therapy.   In Olympic Weightlifting Stefi was the Florida senior state gold medalist (2015). Illinois senior state gold medalist and record...

What do you do if you are a professional athlete and you have a potentially career ending injury to your knee that you do not want to get surgery for? You work with Active Life of course. . In today's episode Dr. Ryan and I discuss one of Ryan's clients, Max, who is a professional Rugby 7 player living in Hong Kong. Max tore his ACL for the second time and has elected to try and give his career a...

This week, Ashleigh speaks with the owner of "the world's deadliest thighs," Kortney Olson. You may have seen her viral videos, crushing watermelons between her legs and other awesome feats of strength, but there's more to Kortney than big muscles and a personality to match. Having struggled through disordered eating and addiction, it's been a long road to acceptance and perseverance for the woman...

Coach Kavanaugh's unique approach to training builds on his experience as both an elite athlete and an athlete who has endured a life-changing injury. His programs build strength, flexibility, speed, and teach proper bio-mechanics to increase performance and decrease chance of injury. After becoming a certified speed coach, he tested, trained and evaluated over 50,000 athletes, including stand-out...

I originally met Alex a few years while he was sponsored by a huge supplement brand called "SHREDZ." The company sponsored several athletes at the time and in just a short period of time and built them into super stars. It was at that time I started to ask a lot of questions and see what exactly all these people were doing that was giving them the kind of income that had people driving around in L...

Kelly Starrett, DPT is a coach, physical therapist, author, and speaker. Along with his wife Juliet, Kelly is co-founder of The Ready State. The Ready State began as Mobility|WOD in 2008, and has gone on to revolutionize the field of performance therapy and self-care. Kelly received his Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2007 from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, California.     Kelly's clients inclu...

In the highly competitive world of strength athletics, a back injury is seen by many as the ultimate career-ender. In truth, if handled properly, it is far from a death sentence. Follow the journey of international powerlifting champion Brian Carroll, who can attest to this first hand. This remarkable athlete went from 1100 lb squats and 800 lb deadlifts to unending pain and disability after a mas...

Larry Gaier is an Active Life 1 on 1 coach who you have heard from before (in episode 3). Brittany is the reason why we do what we do at Active Life. In this episode you are going to laugh, you are going to learn, and you might even cry.  Brittany came to us 2+ years ago and we failed her, we didn't get her to buy so we couldn't help. When Brittany came back a year later, she needed surgery and wa...

"Metabolic Mike" Mutzel is a leader in the fields of ketogenic eating and fasting, but there's more to his story (and yours) than food. Ashleigh and Mike dive deep into the importance of mindset and mindfulness around eating, and how the way you think about your food literally effects your metabolic response to that food. Mike talks about how health and fitness saved him from a troubled childhood;...

Phillippe Tremblay is the owner of Stronger Experts. Jae Edwards is the owner of of Spry Training Systems in Kingston Jamaica. Together, through a rare work trip to Westside Barbell, combined forces to create the fastest humans in the world. Their impact is more than athlete development. They are empowering the youth of today with the tools they need to make it in strength and conditioning. In thi...

Jared's story is pretty crazy. Although most of us know him as the really strong dude with the beard who went to the CrossFit Games... He was also a strongman competitor at a body weight of 305lbs and at a height of just 5'6". He talks about a particular time in his life where he even lost almost 100lbs in a 3 month window to start his CrossFit journey. An insane feat of his that I feel is rarely...

He's back everybody! M.D.V (Matt DellaValle) is a seasoned guest and co-host of the Business of Fitness Podcast. MDV is the Chief Fitness Officer at NCFIT, managing all fitness, coaching, and programming operations worldwide for the company. Over the past decade, MDV's journey has taken him a few different directions—coaching at some of the best gyms in the biz (CFNE, Reebok CrossFit ONE, CrossFit...

Jim Wendler is the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. This program has been used by millions of athletes and lifters of all ages and abilities. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. He went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He has coached high school...

 Dr. Ray is the director of staff at Active Life. He works with one on one clients and is responsible for coaching the staff. If you have heard of the Active Life Immersion program, Dr. Ray runs that too. The dude is a stud!   Knees hurt when you squat? It's been like, three years and it seems like you just have to deal with it now? Your friends are getting all swole and shredded and you're gettin...

Dr. Anthony Jay is well known for his book Estrogeneration: How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile , all about a class a class of chemicals that appear almost everywhere in our daily lives (from skincare to food to water and beyond) and how these unconscious daily exposures can cause weight-gain, depression, infertility and many other exploding health problems, as well as how we c...

Russ Green is the Director of Government Relations and Research at CrossFit, Inc.  His tenure at CrossFit started at the original CrossFit gym in Santa Cruz, CA where he admits he did not get along or care for Greg Glassman. He stuck around, continued to grow, and is now spearheading CrossFit's defense against some the largest companies in the world in CrossFit's efforts to raise awareness for hea...

Jordan just happens to be the trainer for one of the biggest social media beasts on the planet, Gary Vhee. Not only that, but he also happens to have one of the most informative and hilarious instagrams I have ever seen in my life. He's obviously learned a thing or two from being around someone like Gary and I am here to integrate him about all that he's learned while simultaneously trying to catc...

Joe Gigantino Jr. has been a leading entrepreneur since his arrival in the Silicon Valley. After playing Division 1 football at Fresno State, Joe received a BS degree in Business Marketing.   Joe started his first business soon after graduation. Results Marketing was formed to help athletic facilities incorporate EFT transactions into their billing procedures.     In 1992, at the age of 25, he mer...

Jim Wendler is the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. This program has been used by millions of athletes and lifters of all ages and abilities. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. He went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He has coached high school...

Dr. Bo Babenko has been in the CrossFit world for over a decade as a gym member, a coach, a manager of a gym in Dubai, and most relevantly to this show, as a physical therapist. Bo has a unique ability to merge his analytical approach with a human impact for his clients and he is a massive asset to the Active Life 1 on 1 staff.    Sheila Rixon is a current Active Life 1 on 1 client who exemplifies...

Turns out you can have it all – if you're intentional and mindful about what that means to you! Speaker, consultant, coach, and all-around superwoman Kristin Rowell chats with Ashleigh about her trajectory from lawyer to marathon runner to professional bodybuilder – and succeeding at all of them simultaneously –and how her unique mix of Type A personality and meditative mindset enabled her to find...

Dr. Mike T. Nelson has spent 18 years of his life learning how the human body works, specifically focusing on how to properly condition it to burn fat and become stronger, more flexible, and healthier. He's has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, a BA in Natural Science, and an MS in Biomechanics. He's an adjunct professor and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine.   He's been called in to...

I was lucky enough to get to chat with Hunter just hours after he found out he was getting cut from the competition floor at the 2019 CrossFit Games on day 1.    His "Wild Card" spot caused quite the stir in the community and love him or hate him, you bet there was a ton of people tuning in just to see how he was going to do.   In this episode we chat about his experience here at the games, his fe...