The Active Life Podcast

Yesterday I made a post promising I would review the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation that children take medications and undergo bariatric surgery to fight Obesity. The Wall Street Journal and CNN (and many other outlets) wrote articles discussing the medication and surgical recommendations. In this podcast I break down in very simple terms how truthful they were, and what I believe...

This episode is a live sales meeting between Dr. Sean Pastuch and the Active Life Sales team ======== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. This podcast provide...

What if the reason you aren't happy with the medical care you are receiving is because the way you are communicating with the doctor is incomplete and not specific enough? What if you could change very subtle things about your language and get everything you ever wanted from a doctor patient relationship? In this podcast Dr. Sean goes into how you can better represent what help you need from your...

Every year we make promises to ourselves, it's not often enough that we keep them. This podcast covers some of the thought exercises that Dr. Sean and Larry put themselves through to follow through on the things they promise themselves they will do.  This is a bonus episode. It's our intention to provide you with more content than ever this year. Please let us know that you value it by leaving a r...

If you haven't heard of Practical Fitness yet, you will in 2023 ======== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. This podcast provides the actionable information...

Dr. Sean Pastuch talks about the marketing strategy you might not have thought of. ======== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. This podcast provides the acti...

Andrea Werner is the co-owner of Element 26 Fitness, CrossFit Ferrum in Jacksonville, FL. ========== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. This podcast provides...

People always tell us they wish they were in the room to hear some of the conversations that take place on a daily basis between Dr. Sean and Larry.  Here you go! ===== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors,...

Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in Bluffton, Georgia. After Will took over managing the farm, he made the bold decision to transition the pesticide-, herbicide-, hormone- and antibiotic-intensive farming system to a regenerative farming system like his grandfather had 130 years before. Jenni Harris Is the Director Marketing f...

Dr. Sean Pastuch talks you through our key education around underdstanding pain. =======   50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. This podcast provides the actio...

Josh Goodelman is the President & CEO at Liqui-Mark Corp.  He has the distinction of being one of Dr. Sean Pastuch's first personal training clients many years ago. ========= 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiroprac...

Laura Dlizonna is a Stanford instructor, keynote speaker, executive coach, and author of four books. She is an expert in psychological safety, leadership effectiveness, emotional intelligence, and wellbeing.  ===== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches,...

Brian is the Founder & CEO of O23 Coaching & Business, an innovative system that is leading the a revolution in the Health/Fitness Industry by positioning the Coach as the most powerful influence in Health Care and shifting the focus to the power of the  "other 23hrs". Brian has spent years developing the most thorough Holistic Lifestyle Systems in the industry, fundamentally transforming the way...

This bonus episode is an uncut call between Dr. Sean Pastuch and a CrossFit Coach. ======== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. This podcast provides the acti...

Sara Hayes is the founder and head coach of Mindful Miles Running, a coaching practice rooted in mindfulness habits, intuitive movement and personal development.  Since 2020 Mindful Miles has helped hundreds develop a consistent movement routine while avoiding burnout and embracing their inner potential. ========== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesi...

Dr. Sean Pastuch delivered a keynote address to the New York Fitness Alliance in September 2022 on Marketing. ========== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is not the problem. T...

Billy Eubanks is the manager at 3 Points Fitness Solutions in Oak Groove Mississippi.  Billy has a background in fitness and training and worked as a CrossFit Level 1 coach since 2014. Learn more about 3 Points at this link =========== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousand...

In this keynote talk from the summer of 2021, Dr. Sean talks about the fitness landscape and what gym owners can do to professionalize their businesses .  ============ 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, a...

Zach Even-Esh  is the founder of  The Underground Strength Gym  and the creator of the Underground Strength Coach Certification and author of  The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning. Since opening his gym, Zach has trained hundreds of athletes from youth levels to the Olympic level. Many have gone on to achieve All-State, All-American and National Championship titles. In additio...

In this bonus episode, Dr. Sean talks about how you can make a brand, and what you have to do to differentiate it from others. ========== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US, access is n...

Cody Ringle is the Head of Operations at the Active Life Long Beach and Active Life Professional mentor as well as a previous gym owner for over seven years. ===== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and g...

In this never aired keynote address, Dr. Sean Pastuch is talking at the Active Entities event in 2021.  Listen to his keynote to this group of gym owners and see how you can apply these tips to your business. ========= 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coac...

Hewitt Tomlin s the co-founder of TeamBuildr. When not helping strength coaches, Hewitt can be found lifting, running, skiing and golfing; he is known for "hot takes" and being a mediocre eSports athlete. He loves his wife, Sarah, and his dog, Bella. Find Hewitt Tomlin @ Instagram Teambuildr website @ https://www.teambuildr.com/ ======== 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Amer...

In this bonus episode pulled from our coursework, Dr. Sean talks about how you can audit whether your product is great or needs a lot of work. ======= 50% of Americans have musculoskeletal pain. Over 1/3 of Americans suffer from obesity. 67% of Americans are overweight. With thousands of gyms, hundreds of thousands of fitness coaches, doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and gyms in the US...

Mike DeMarco is the owner of Motives Movement in Millstone, New Jersey.  Mike has owned Motives Movement since 2013 when he opened a CrossFit gym with some friends.  Mike, a collegiate wrestler and lifelong athlete, was also the strength and conditioning coach for the Rutgers wrestling team and has competed at high level CrossFit events. We did a profile last winter on Mike's gym.  Watch it here L...