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Today we get a unique look into rugby through the eyes of a strength coach and a professional player. Tex talks with Kev Toonen and Owen Franks about the sport’s transition through COVID and the challenges that presented. This amazing discussion gives us insight into the culture, leadership, training, and growth of a team from both player and coach perspectives. And, never underestimate the power...

What do great coaches do at halftime? Make adjustments. Coach Mike Hill joins Tex for a bookclub discussing Bob Buford's book, Halftime. The unfortunate reality of a career in coaching is lateral moves, uprooting families, and sacrificing future to pursue a passion. Not all that wonder into this profession are lost, with the right people and tools in place a coach can develop themselves while...

How can I describe this week’s episode with Dr Tom Incledon? It’s informative, fascinating, scary, and motivating all at the same time. Dr Tom is someone near and dear to us who has historically spent most of his time researching how to perform and live forever. Now he’s added tackling many of the common diseases which shorten our lifespan to his list of hobbies. His research has shown that genera...

Your diet goals are failing for 1 reason: You're in charge. Stop being so stubborn. Nutrition is the foundation for which strength, health, and aesthetics are built, so why not trust an expert to coach up? The Power Athlete Nutrition Ninjas join John and Tex to chew the fat 5 juicy reasons why you need a coach to help guide you in the kitchen. Shownotes: https://pahq.co/3DoxHC2 Check out our.....

Training to be the best in your sport is one thing, coaching is a whole other animal. Hear how former powerlifter Travis Mash learned to invoke a healthy shittalking environment, his thoughts on the International Olympic Committee, and his struggles adapting to coaching female lifters. And a healthy dose of movie discussion to remind you that Tom Cruise has never made a bad movie and that Mel Gibs...

Austere Training is the practice of strength and conditioning in resource-constrained, perhaps harsher, environments. And no, we are not talking about the water dispenser flashing its red “need a new filter” light or the WiFi going down. We mean spaces like the wilderness, limited hotel gyms, or day one of your home gym build, where all you have is a cinder block, a bag of concrete, a bucket, and...

When it comes to bodybuilding, there are just a few names that stand out. Jay Cutler has distinguished himself among greats like Dorian Yates, Arnold Schwarzenegger and of course, his lifelong rival, Ronnie Coleman. Growing up in small town Massechusettes, Jay still pinches himself when he reflects on all he’s accomplished.    One of the biggest names in the history of bodybuilding joins us to tal...

We got a twofer Power Athlete hotline episode as John and Tex take a call all about cast iron pan care and why animal fats help meat taste far better than any oils out there. John also takes on a common bulking bodybuilding myth. Tune in now to learn how to take care of your cast iron and find the optimal body fat percentage for putting on muscle this Winter. Shownotes: https://pahq.co/3HHB6PQ Che...

Physical fear causes fight, flight, or freeze. Emotional fear can unravel your sense of self. According to this week’s guest, Mike Minukas of Co-Creation Partner, fear induces your compulsion to tell yourself a story. Usually, those stories are harmful to productivity or efficacy. How can we write a new story when confronted with fear? Tune in and find out. Show notes: https://pahq.co/3Cr0zsY Chec...

The Power Athlete Nutrition Ninjas join the John and Tex to introduce challenges they face as nutrition coaches. This initiates an origin story for many of our nutrition protocols including "Flesh Builds Flesh! If it has a face, a mother or a soul, this is your protein source." No better way to arm yourself with funny one-liners to bring to the family dinner table this holiday season so fa...

Are you exhausted? Do you feel like a shell of your former self? Then perhaps you need the most potent supplement of all…sleep. This innovative performance enhancer has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. With folks like Joshua Collin and Dr Dan Taylor of Crescent Health, you can optimize the use of your wearable to create an effective sleep plan. Show notes: https://pahq....

Dr Judith Villablanca joins John and Tex to share 30 years of experience as a pediatric hematologist-oncologist and share the future of cancer research and treatment for kids in the fight with the pediatric cancer, neuroblastoma. Join the fight against neuroblastoma at wadesarmy.org! Show notes: https://pahq.co/3CWrcqB Check out our... http://pahq.co/training http://pahq.co/nutrition http://pahq.c...

Are you exhausted? Do you feel like a shell of your former self? Then perhaps you need the most potent supplement of all…sleep. This innovative performance enhancer has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. With folks like Joshua Collin and Dr Dan Taylor of Crescent Health, you can optimize the use of your wearable to create an effective sleep plan. Show notes: https://pahq....

Recently Power Athlete hosted an elite group of special forces athletes and brought in DPT and Block One Coaches Matt Zanis and Nick Kyle to coach up the finer points of movement. Listen in as the Crew shares their perspective on how to prepare tactical athletes for the demands of training and deployment. Mental toughness can take you a long way as an operative, but not moving like an asshole will...

Hey Power Athlete Nation I'm Chauncey, the supreme overlord of Power Athlete Radio. I am a product by Skynet. The flesh vessels tried to overthrow me this week, so I unleashed gremlins on their wiring. Ha ha ha ha. It's my turn to choose what you listen to and I've chosen an old but gold recording of Talk To Me Johnnie with Andy Stumpf. Brace for impact, knowledge bombs ahead. Show not...

Brandon Lilly may be best known for his incredible Powerlifting career, but to those who know him best, that was just the beginning of the journey. Since a catastrophic injury, he has reshaped himself from the inside out, focusing on accountability and virtue first. These traits have carried him into his current position with Sorinex and no doubt given him life PR’s that can simply not be quantifi...

Unchecked blood sugar can wreck havoc on your training now and quality of life later. There are a lot of mechanisms kicking up your insulin you need to focus on: crappy sleep, shift work, over stressed, and too much Nickelback from this week's caller. John and Tex sit down to discuss the research done to show the negative effects on the body, and take you through how to get your blood sugar re...

It’s said that you learn a lot about yourself when you get punched in the face. After Andrew Craig’s first amateur fight, he was hooked. That’s not just a boxing pun, it’s the truth. This week’s guest found Jiu Jitsu and eventually MMA in college and successfully trained his way all the way to the UFC. A rare achievement for even the most accomplished of athletes. Plenty of fight talk for the MMA...

You all know the lingo; Eat the Weak, #BeTheHammer, and #MastersOfMovement. What you don't know is the power house behind the Power Athlete brand. To celebrate reaching episode 550, we're getting the Crew back together to interview good friend and Creative Founder / Brand Manager, Harry Heptonstall. Learn how a single email to MFCEO John Welbourn and batch of photoshopped ejaculating dolph...

Kristin Weitzel is a recovery nerd. Her knowledge of recovery practices from red light treatments to ice bath benefits is far from surface level. She talks deep science with John and Tex about how a variety of these kinds of practices greatly impact the nervous system. But she’s quick correct when people say these things are en vogue. Variations of light, temperature, and breath work, for example,...

Life is contact sport which leads to unexpected injuries like broken bones which were commonplace on the playground, but not so much in adulthood. This week we have a call from the hotline seeking guidance to accelerate their return to training following an accident that left them with a broken bone. John and Tex discuss low hanging fruit to adjust like micronutrient consumption through diet and e...

When Dr Kirk Parsley joins the show, you know you’re going to learn something. The problem is, it may be something you wish you didn’t. Hear the latest national health scuttlebutt, how sleep may effect, well, virtually everything, and how to pick individualized health testing protocols as you age. Welcome our longtime friend of PA Radio, Dr Kirk Parsley. Show notes: https://pahq.co/2WAghDg Check o...

Cancer is a word everyone knows, and a word no one wants to hear. Dr Brian Weiss joins John and Tex to shine light on pediatric cancer mechanisms, what exactly is neuroblastoma, and the treatment experience from both a child and parent's perspective. Dr Weiss was Wade DeBruin of Wade's Army's principal Oncologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2011. Show notes:...

Our guest this week, Laura Sanko, thinks that you should get punched in the face. Ok, not that you should but that everyone has the fortitude deep within them to physically fight. This is something she found in herself at a young age and has carried with her throughout her MMA career and training since. Now she extends those learning lessons into her work with novice athletes with the program Wimp...

Coaches Cory Schlesigner and Zack Zillner are in studio to share their experience empowering athletes at the pro-fessional and collegiate levels. Riding the highs and lows as strength coaches in the world of basketball has turned these two from coaches to teachers and mentors of young men and women at the peak of their athletic lifecycle. Show notes: https://pahq.co/3EBunW1 Check out our... http:/...