Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life

Pickleball pioneer Barbara Wintroub brought the sport to Santa Monica, CA fifteen years ago and Palm Desert, CA the next year. As one of the best senior players the sport has to offer, Barbara is nationally ranked in pickleball and a tournament tennis player for 63 years. Beyond coaching and teaching pickleball, she is an active aging expert with a degree in kinesiology who has written a book that...

Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Frank Powers are nationally recognized relationship therapists in their early 80s who met through a dating app called SilverSingles and later wrote a book together called “Open to Love: The Secrets of Senior Dating.” In “Open to Love,” the two therapists share their personal and professional stories of love and romance in their later years. Inspirational, and most of all...

Eighty-year-old table tennis player Charlie Slater loves the fact that age isn’t a major factor in who will win a match. As a senior player, he has been beaten by an 8-year-old when he was 72 and an 84-year-old when he was 62. Charlie currently resides in Decatur, Georgia, where he plays weekly, runs an annual table tennis camp for youth, and also runs a newsletter and website for the Decatur Tabl...

Originally from Spain, Alfredo Aliaga lives in Berlin, Germany and has always enjoyed hiking. He has held a variety of jobs, including as a sheep herder, serving in the military, working for a telephone company, and as a pharmaceutical representative. He has hiked in Spain, the Alps, Nepal, and in many national parks in the United States. Alfredo set a Guinness World Record at the end of October 2...

Dr. Kelly Starrett is a coach; physical therapist; speaker; and three-time New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling co-author of "Becoming a Supple Leopard," "Ready to Run," and "Built to Move." He is also the co-founder of The Ready State, the world's most comprehensive collection of guided movement, mechanics, and mobility instructional videos. He was...

Today’s guest is Damien Leake, a master of the performing arts as an actor, singer, dancer, and more! Damien was born in the Bronx, New York and is a graduate of New York’s High School of Performing Arts. He also is a world-class Masters track and field athlete who is a multi-national champion in the 50m, 60m, and long jump and has competed at the Huntsman World Senior Games multiple times. Most r...

Dr. Barbara Nelson is a retired OB/Gyn and public health physician, and she also is a former exercise physiology professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho with a Master's in public health. Her extensive athletic achievements include completing 31 full Ironman triathlons, 54 half Iron distance triathlons, marathons, half-marathons, trail runs, road cycling, gravel, and mountain biking. Barba...

Fifty-seven-year-old Jon St. Arnaud started playing soccer in his youth and still loves it, though he retired from the game in his thirties to prioritize family. Facing health concerns in his mid-forties, he was motivated for change, and he embraced Spartan racing after a personal trainer's suggestion, reviving his competitive spirit. Two years of rigorous training and a shift in diet and lif...

Today’s guest is our resident volleyball expert, Sue Mailhot. Sue played high school volleyball up until 2010 when her knees told her she should stop. However, when she played college recreational co-ed volleyball, she got the opportunity to referee and a new love was born! She liked refereeing so much (and especially the fact that she could get paid doing it), that she began refereeing high schoo...

Our guest today has been a swimmer since she was 6 years old. Jeanne Smith was born in Southern California and spent an hour a day, 5 days a week, nearly every week at the pool until she graduated from high school. Swimming has always been a respite from stress for her, yet it was too inconvenient for many years as a working college student and young mom. Jeanne dove back into swimming many years...

Willie Spruill, a 64-year-old Army veteran from St. Pauls, North Carolina, has overcome physical and mental challenges to become a celebrated athlete. After serving in the Gulf War and facing post-war struggles, including contemplation of suicide, Willie found solace on the track. Attending a track meet in Virginia, he was inspired to participate in the 2017 Lumber River Senior Games, winning mult...

Misti Miller grew up near Lake Tahoe, where she loved the exhilaration of bridge jumping, cliff jumping, and rock climbing (with ropes and free soloing). One of her favorite experiences was participating in a Guinness Book of World Records event bridge jump off the Foresthill Bridge in Auburn, CA, free-falling 1200 feet before rope tension transitioned her into a huge swing. Professionally, Misti...

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Raelene Elam is a mother of 6 kids. After graduating high school in California, she accepted a full ride scholarship to University of Arizona for volleyball where she was a 3 year starter. Following college, she coached at the University of Arizona summer camps for 6 years and has coached high school varsity and club teams for almost 2 decades. Following a severe car accident in 2017, Raelene now...

Lisa Lander, a mother to four physicians, grandmother, and wife of 42 years, is a certified life coach and owner of Lander’s River Trips, an adventure company. She's also known for her brand "Adventures of Lolly." Lisa is a passionate athlete who advocates evidence-based changes to enhance health, happiness, and longevity. She focuses on optimizing nutrition, exercise, mindset, and...

May Tom is a registered dietitian and functional medicine practitioner. Formerly as the nutrition director of one of Conde Nast’s ranked best wellness retreats in the world, May has given talks and held workshops for groups such as Young President's Organization and Junior League and has contributed to publications such as Shape and Women’s Health Magazine. She currently works in private prac...

Bruce McBarnette is a man with a wide variety of talents. He has excelled in both sports and professional endeavors and enjoys being a philanthropist and coach. As a high jumper, he boasts an impressive record of 15 world championships and 43 USA national masters championships for his age group, along with numerous US and world records. His most recent achievement occurred this month as he broke o...

Sixty-three-year-old Eric Johnson is a 17-time Utah Best of State Male Amateur Athlete of the Year Winner. Eric has won 2 Utah Best of State Statue Awards for Sports, and is the first person to receive that honor twice. He is a member of 5 USATF National Champion Teams with the SoCal Track Club and a 10-time Huntsman World Senior Games Overall Racewalking Champion Gold Medalist. Eric has won a tot...

David Gibbon, born in Pittsburgh and raised in Garlandville, Mississippi, inherited his father's athletic prowess and competitiveness. His father, who once played professional basketball and baseball and even pitched in the 1960 World Series, inspired David's love for sports. Despite starting as a late bloomer, David excelled in baseball and briefly tried football. He pursued a degree in...

Our guest today is Larry Gelwix, known by some as "The Winningest Coach in America" or perhaps the "Getaway Guru." Larry served as the volunteer Head Coach of the Highland Rugby team for 36 years. The major motion picture "Forever Strong" tells the true story of Coach Gelwix and the Highland team who claimed a record 418 wins and just 10 losses, including 20 national...

Our guest today is 91 years young and a proud alumni of the Huntsman World Senior Games. Duane Brinton, aka “Dewey,” learned how to work hard through the Great Depression, living on a chicken farm. He graduated from American University and went on to a long career in banking, which took him and his family all over the country. He competed in several sports over his 21 years of participation in our...

Kyle Zagrodzky is the innovative mind behind OsteoStrong, a groundbreaking health and wellness system revolutionizing the way we approach fitness and aging prevention. As the Founder and CEO, Kyle’s visionary leadership has propelled OsteoStrong to the forefront of musculoskeletal strength conditioning, utilizing cutting-edge osteogenic loading robotic devices to provide remarkable results in unde...

In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week in the United States this week, we are honored to speak with May Bradley.  In 2010, May’s daughter, Talese, died by suicide. The extraordinary trauma, grief, and suffering this caused motivated her and her family to create a non-profit organization called LOSS (Loved Ones Suicide Survivors), where she serves as CEO. The main purpose of LOSS is to...

Diane Tracy's accomplishments are remarkable and diverse. This self-described exercise addict’s daily routine involves rigorous training, devoting five hours each morning to swimming, biking, and running. In 2022, she emerged as the victor in her age group, women 70-74, at the 2021 IRONMAN World Championship. Her journey spans from a teenage track star to a successful career in cardiac rehabi...

Dr. Stacy Sims, MSc, PhD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize sport and exercise training and performance, especially for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on women's health, sex differences, environmental stressors (heat, cold, hypoxia), and per...