Power Athlete Radio

Poor form is like terrorism. If you see something, say something. It’s always been my contention that poor form is like terrorism, if you see something, SAY something.  Granted, this mantra is usually only limited to the athletes that I am responsible for but when you’re, I don’t know, say Clemson’s Football program and you… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ht...

HEALTHY, HAPPY, & HARDER TO KILL. This week we are stoked to welcome Steph Gaudreau to the show. She is the creative culinary mind behind Stupid Easy Paleo, a blog turned brand dedicated to making paleo cooking accessible for the every man. Our conversation with her is like delicious a prime rib, meaty, satiating and… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https...

The Burgener legacy of coaching excellence. This week we welcome the dynamic father and son duo of Olympic Weightlifting, Coaches Mike and Beau Burgener. When you hear the Burgener name your mind probably references two things:  the Burgener Snatch Warm Up and CrossFit Weightlifting, the international specialty seminar for coaches and athletes looking to enhance… Advertising Inquiries: https://red...

movement that looks good usually is good.  This week we are excited to chat with Lauren Polivka and Zach Anderson.  These two hail from Atlanta, Georgia where Lauren is a licensed physical therapist and Zach is a coach and former CrossFit Games athlete. The two began working with each other in an attempt to… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...

Witness the making of an olympic athlete. This week’s episode features Sean Rigsby.  Sean is a member of Team MDUSA out of Charlotte, South Carolina.  If you don’t know what that means I’ll go ahead an summarize – He and all of his friends are way stronger than you. Sean’s life has had some… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Eat like you give a shit. This week we are pleased to welcome Charles Mayfield.  Charles is co-author of several Paleo cookbooks and the brains behind PaleoComfortFoods.com.  When he’s not whipping up delicious recipes with his wife, you can find him running two gyms under the Atlanta Strength and Conditioning umbrella. Charles found training after… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bra...

Brains, beauty, and brawn. Today’s athlete has arrived. Today we feature our conversation with the strong and exceedingly smart, Allison Brager.  This Neuroscientist and CrossFit Games athlete somehow managed to find the time to talk to us about her new book, Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain. In talking with Allison, we find what inspired her… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/br...

We are all adaptive athletes. We are proud to bring you episode 110 with our special guest, Travis Pollen.  Travis is an athlete, coach, and author whose background, as he’ll explain, is steeped in strength and conditioning. Travis discusses how despite being a born a congenital amputee, he never places barriers on himself or… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:...

People love to hate the strong and successful. The highly anticipated interview with the self proclaimed “World’s Most Muscular DJ” is here.  Our fascination with this hyper-confident caricature of masculinity began some time ago and now finally, we come face to face – or ear to ear, rather – with Gillz Einarsson; The brains… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...

TODAY’S SPECTATOR IS TOMORROW’S COMPETITOR. This week the crew is reunited.  After taking a week hiatus from the show, the band is back together to catch up on eachother’s travels. What was Regionals like for the CrossFit Football staff? Our perspective from the booth may be a limited one but we are fortunate enough… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://re...

Living up to the name. This week we are thrilled to host former MMA champ and current Training Director of popular training resource, Gym Jones, Rob MacDonald.  As if being on the 2005-2006 season of The Ultimate Fighter wasn’t noteworthy enough, “Maximus” as he’s known in some circles, jumped headfirst into his passion of… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

There is nothing traditional about Jim Laird. This week we welcome the owner of GYM Laird Strength and Conditioning and once roommate of Jim Wendler.  The former Powerlifter turned industry leader has some unconventional opinions about, well just about everything. After some discussion on Jim’s background, we get down and dirty with his fascinations with… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.c...

LIFT SOMETHING INCONVENIENT. Today is a great day.  Our two special guests are Rob Orlando of Hybrid Athletics and Logan Gelbrich of Deuce Gym and Original Nutritionals.  If those two names sound familiar it’s because they are basically the Devit0-Schwarzenegger combo of the CrossFit Strongman Specialty Seminar.  Similar to our very own CrossFit Football, these… Advertising Inquiries: https://redc...

Forget what you know about ACL injuries. This week, Power Athlete Radio is bringing you one the best and most informative episodes to date.  The crew welcomes Dr. Tim Hewett of Ohio State University and the Mayo Clinic.  Dr. Tim is a captivating voice for ongoing epidemiological studies being done to predict and prevent… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https:...

JIM STEEL WAS BORN TO COACH. No one knows Strength and Conditioning at the college level more than Jim Steel.  This episode, the University of Pennsylvania Director of Sports Performance takes us through his journey of acquiring nearly 30 years experience working with a diverse spread of athletes. We kick off the podcast by talking about… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy...

meet the sherlock holmes of human movement.  What does it take to be a “spinal Jedi”?  This episode’s guest has been called this among many other names in an attempt to convey his innate sense for human movement.  Dr. Stuart McGill did not set out to work predominantly with athletes but his research in spinal… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle...

ZACH EVEN-ESH PERSONIFIES INTENSITY. This week’s guest starts his day well before the sun comes up to make a 100+ mile drive to coach the wrestlers at LeHigh University.  The out of state trek must be paying off because his athletes beat National Champions, Ohio State, last year – a defining victory for Zach… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle....

100 Episodes of awesome. Happy 100th episode, Power Athlete Nation!  There is so much to celebrate on the podcast today.  Our centennial episode coincides with John’s birthday, the end of #22JackedStreet testing, and the start of the next one hundred installments of strength and conditioning’s premier podcast. You are in for a long treat today… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands P...

“Opportunities are all around us.” Power Athlete Radio is back with Part 2 of our interview with Elite FTS founder and CEO, Dave Tate. This second part kicks off with Dave discussing his history of injury and what he attributes his joint issues to.  Hear what he did to rehabilitate coming back from several major surgeries… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: http...

“When adversity comes, you need to embrace it.” We have an amazing two-parter coming at you from Power Athlete HQ.  The reason for this extended episode is none other than wealth of knowledge, Mr. Dave Tate. Dave is a former competitive Powerlifter and of course the Founder and CEO of Elite FTS.  John, Bobby, and… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redci...

“What are you going to do? Go home and watch Oprah every afternoon? That’s just not you.” This week we chat with CrossFit Games competitor, Christy Phillips Adkins.  2015 is a very special year for Christy as she has temporarily taken leave from her work as a full time nurse to pursue life as a… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Most injuries do not occur in the sagital plane.” This week we welcome Brent Brookbush of the Brookbush Institute of Human Movement Sciences.  We kick off our conversation with Brent discussing his background in personal training and steady progress over the years, eventually receiving his doctorate in physical therapy. Brent holds a fresh perspective on… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle....

“My job is to wave the smoke out of the way and find the fire.” If you don’t have enough reasons to love Dan John, that quote should do it. This week we welcome former world class thrower, author, coach and Power Athlete, Dan John. What can I say, this episode is packed with words… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Just sleep right through the apocalypse.” This week we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Kirk Parsley.  A native Texan, Dr. Parsley began his fascination of sleep studies after having spent six years as a Navy SEAL and another five as the teams clinician.  Hear why Dr. Parsley realized that despite his efforts instituting… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out...

“The Power Athlete Forum is the only forum I spend any time on.” One of our favorite guests, Robb Wolf, is back.  This week, he entertains questions about cholesterol, the fermented food craze, and killing animals with primitive tools. Hear our latest #22JackedStreet updates, Luke’s submission of the term “bulklemia” to Webster’s Dictionary, rand Robb’s… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.co...