Power Athlete Radio

The Posh Power Sport Coach Kris Borthwick’s [@krisborthwick] career has come full circle bringing him back to a sport he played as a youth athlete in the UK. After giving tennis up to focus on rugby, Kris later found himself back on the court with the men’s and women’s teams at Wake Forest University. Now… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com...

Metabolic Flexibility & Movies It’s been a while since The Crew was able to sit around and reminisce on what was an epic 2019 Power Athlete Symposium. John, Luke, and Tex have a lot of NFL catching up to do and your questions to answer. While they consult the 2020 Galactic Calendar to see what the… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...

Find Your New Field of Competition What once began as a professional relationship between a S&C company and a few tech nerds quickly evolved into a long term relash with the goal of empowering athletes. Ben Crookston of Train Heroic [@TrainHeroic] brings purpose to this week’s episode with Luke and Tex, diving into the principles… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & O...

Not Your Grandma’s Weight Room Liza Reader of University of Louisville has seen the changes in collegiate athletes over the years. While she relents that internet has spawned a thirsty demographic of attention seeking “fitness experts”, she says that she’s seeing at least one positive change in the athletes entering her program. These young go-hards… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/br...

Fitness is Changing, and Not For The Better Everyone has an opinion about the sport of “fitness” but few have contemplated the implications of training systems like CrossFit more than Opex founder, James FitzGerald [@JFitzOpex]. A spicy discussion kicks off wherein The Crew debates long term effects of high volume and the glamorization that surrounds… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b...

The Old Methods Aren’t Effective This week Tara Miller takes The Crew through a brief history of psychiatry and discusses the antiquated techniques that are still in practice today. As Tara explains, although it may feel good to talk about traumatic experiences in the moment, it does nothing to improve the effects of PTSD. More… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out...

Dive deep into the neuroscience of self-discovery with the brilliant @DrTaraSwart on our latest podcast episode! Join John, Luke, and Tex as we explore how to carve out your authentic self using the power of the mind. Warning: may cause a paradigm shift at your next Thanksgiving dinner. Shownotes Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Ultimate Log of Information This week The Crew gets down and dirty talking literal shit with the fellas who founded Onegevity [@Onegevity]. Most people struggle to grasp the complexity of their gut and the bacteria that inhabit it. These two smarty pants make it easy by providing feedback to optimize bacteria ratios and gut health…all… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privac...

The Game Changers are Lame Changers Ohh lawdy. If you think you’ve heard The Crew criticize the vegan lifestyle, you ain’t heard nothing yet. With the fire of a thousand suns, the nerdiness of a thousand Robb Wolf’s, and the repetition of a thousand beaten dead horses, John leads the charge against recent vegan propaganda… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: http...

“If I’m such a cock holster, why do you follow me?” Paul Carter of @liftrunbang is passionate about climate change and identifying underdeveloped gluts. When he’s not advocating for the struggling straw industry, he’s avoiding protein farts at Mr Olympia shows. Hear about his athletic evolution from sport to platform, eventually nestling in to his home on… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle....

The Warfighter is a Complicated Cat When Karen Kelly began her work with the Military, she could not have predicted just how unique of a study the war fighter population would prove to be. With an incredibly wide array of stressors, unlike traditional athletes, soldiers are not subject to in-season or off-season training. This is… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-O...

Biting the Bullet on PT Reform When you think of Power Athlete Radio, a lot of descriptors come to mind…none of which are “high brow political conversationalists” or “Presidential historians”. That’s why this week’s episode marks our peaking season for legitimate semi-adult discussion. We have special guest and close friend, Dave Spanton of Blackhawk Lending… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcirc...

Run Towards the Difficult Conversations When you’ve coached as many college athletes as Nick Brookreson [@nbrookreson] you learn a thing or two about injury and recovery. The public’s perception is so far from reality that when an athlete finally breaks, all they see is failure. But Brookreson gives incredible perspective on the journey of those athletes who… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcirc...

Technology is distrac…SQUIRREL! When Nir Eyal set out to write the book “Hooked”, he wasn’t referencing fishing, prostitution, or the biography of a fictional captain. We are all susceptible to the clutches of technology in the age of the internet. Why? Because there is an entire market designed to tap into our most primitive evolutionary… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privac...

Genetics Continues to Go Undefeated It should not come as a surprise that even coaches working at the highest level of sport are not advocating for early specialization. This is further proof that the over-eager dad at your kid’s little league game needs to chill the fuck out. Daniel Roose [@dr24187] may specialize in bringing… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:...

The Cue That Actually Matters Ho. Ly. Shit. The Head of the Irish Rugby Football Union’s Performance & Science Program brings so much to the conversation this week. Nick Winkelman [@NickWinkelman] is a dynamic coach who is constantly refining his efficacy. He’s obsessed with the science that explains how we learn movement. Nick took himself… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...

The Not-So-Modern Man What does it mean to be a MAN in this day and age? The question alone provokes controversy in most social circles. Does chromosome combination require you to take on certain responsibilities? This week’s guest, Ryan Michler [@RyanMichler] of Order of Man [@OrderOfMan] argues that if you want to reach your maximum… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &...

Tell Me Where It Hurts (Or Doesn’t) You’ve heard his name many times throughout the podcast. Most times, he’s being referred to as basically the David Blaine of the human body…although his ability to repair athletes is anything but an illusion. The impact that Dr Craig Buhler has had on athletes throughout the world, including… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:...

Wade’s Army is YOU When the guys get together to answer your questions in a Crew episode, a lot of shit gets pondered. Tex spends most of the podcast trying to convince John and Luke that he’s not a robot and that he is, in fact, a human man with human emotions. Luke wrestles with… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dr Pat is Leaving a Legacy This week’s guest, Pat Ivey [@DrCoach_PatIvey] has been around the collegiate block. Furthermore, his career in pro football has provided him with the ultimate experience to guide young athletes through their own sport journey. He and John trade stories about learning from former coaches, teammates, and what they WISH… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...

Jacked Babies Are Made With Great Nutrition Ooooohhh baby…literally. This week’s show is all about prenatal nutrition. Even if you don’t have a GF bun in the oven, you’ll want to tune into our conversation with Lily Nichols [@LilyNicholsRDN] and find out the history and politics behind the uphill battle that is nutritional guidelines. Has… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privac...

Cannabis and Recovery Do you fancy yourself a person who stays informed about cutting edge recovery practices? Yes. I said “fancy yourself”. Take a person who has used their dome as a weapon for over a decade…someone like NFL vet Kyle Turley. After a career of being pumped full of pharmaceuticals at the hands of… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir...

The Future of Less Lethal Do you have a fever?…And the only cure is more PA Radio? After a one week hiatus we are BACK and finally bringing you Axon CEO and Taser developer, Rick Smith. His new book, End of Killing, will have you thinking about what purpose our military, LEO, and protective forces… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Adulting John Welbourn is known for a lot of things. He’s America’s number one fan of the hit show “Friends”. He’s been known to drift a rental van…or ten. And this gentle giant finds peace in the art of welding…any Block One Coach will tell you that. But there’s a lot you may not know… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Future of the NSCA This week’s episode of PA Radio does not disappoint with veteran guest, Scott Caulfield [@CoachCaulfield] of the NSCA [@nscaofficial]. Find out what’s new with the worldwide S&C organization and what you need to know about the changes to the CSCS certification. And if you like some good old fashioned shittalk… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &...