The Lifetime Athlete

Setting up the essential home gym, a training center which facilitates your health and performance goals, is relatively easy and inexpensive. In this episode, I go over the exact items I recommend for all my home training and online coaching clients. These recommendations are also available in written and video format for your convenience. This podcast was brought to you…

Being a Lifetime Athlete means that you are Hard to Kill — on the playing field and in the game of life. Learn how combining the 5 foundational components of lifelong health to the 3 essential elements of peak performance allow you to become the 1 Lifetime Athlete you deserve to be. And as a Hard to Kill Lifetime Athlete,…

Make your training circadian-based. In other words, align the timing of your workouts to best fit your natural circadian rhythms. In this episode I offer some simple tips to help you discover the best time to train. Learn how to increase performance, decrease injury risk, and get better results. Training in an evolutionarily consistent fashion, like a true beast, will…

Determining if you are a complete and total athlete is easy when you use The Athletic Assessment. This tool contains a series of tests that allow you to get a handle on: Your ownership of the developmental sequence positions and motions. Your proficiency in the 7 basic movement patterns of squat, hinge, push, pull, lunge, twist, and ambulate. Your skills…

Defining the Lifetime Athlete involves several key indicators. First, a Lifetime Athlete has identified and developed an area of specialization…a sport or pursuit with fits his/her gifts and in which performance has been maximized. Next, the development of complete, well rounded, athletic athleticism is a must. Weaknesses or liabilities need to be shored up so they do not eventually bite&#82...

Coach Lee Taft joins me on today’s show to have a great discussion about speed and agility training, athletic development and retention, and health and longevity. In this outstanding episode, the Speed Guy covers: How Lee moved through the journey of being a coach and physical education teacher to becoming a world-renowned consultant in the field. Why speed, agility, and…

In this episode I tackle some great listener questions regarding training in the heat of summer. The role of sodium in athletic nutrition is discussed and compared to ancestral patterns in the human beast. And workout modifications in order to adapt workload to thermal stress is also covered. Thanks for joining me and I hope you are having your best…

In this episode of the podcast, I have the outstanding opportunity to visit with Coach James Cerbie. James is the founder and director of Rebel Performance and the host of Rebel Performance Radio. At Rebel, James directs an online training platform which melds science, technology and innovation to help clients get real results in fitness and athleticism. Here are some…

I hope today finds everyone healthy, enjoying summer, and both training for and achieving peak performances. In this episode I’d like to recognize that we are all still in this ever-evolving situation regarding the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic and offer some perspectives on lessons that we may have learned, or should have learned, from this crisis. MAIN DISCUSSION KEY POINT…

The title says it all. The way I see it…you need to do two things. First, be the best athletic version of yourself you can be at whatever point you are in life. If you are 16 or 66, there’s a way to go about your athletic goals that will get you the greatest results. Second, remain athletic through your…

Now here’s a great example of one way in which TLA coaching services can be used. I recently had the pleasure of visiting with a caring parent who wanted to do a consultation about ways in which she could support her daughter’s athletic endeavors. LeAnne is the mom of a freshman XC runner and she had a great series of…

As we progress through our series this month on Peak Performance Training, we’ve gone from personalizing training to making workouts more effective. Now, we arrive at intelligent training. And we do this by using the WISE System. This is my proprietary system that I use with all my coaching clients. It’s a numeric and color-coded method that allow us to…

Training is an art form. Last week we discussed how to personalize your training, matching up workouts with your body and goals. Now, in today’s episode, we are going to dive into how to put the elements of training together for best results. Learn about warmups, primacy, recency, cooldowns, and the difference between fitness maker and filler sessions. All this…

Creating a personalized training program, that truly fits you…your body, your goals, and your needs — is an art form. There are a number of things to keep in mind. Know your STRENGTHS Recognize your WEAKNESSES Address your MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTIONS Respect your INJURY HISTORY Prioritize your GOAL(s) Leverage your TRAINING This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete…

The foot is the foundation of not only our bodies, but for all our land-based performance. The role of the foot in athletic speed development is one of both a claw and a paw. We strike the ground with a rigid claw like a hammer. Then the foot undergoes a specific amount of pronation, becoming a paw, to adapt to…

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Nima Rahmany. Nima is a Vancouver-based chiropractor who has morphed his practice and life mission into helping others to overcome deep-rooted problems and achieve optimal health and happiness. Dr. Nima is the founder of The Overview Method and The Trigger Proof Virtual Workshop. We discussed how emotions can drive the body…

Do runners need orthotics? The answers are no, maybe, and it depends. Learn all about how athletic foot function relates to orthotics in this lively discussion. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching Services. Helping you to achieve peak athletic performance in any sport or fitness pursuit…fine tune your body composition to get lean, healthy, shredded,…

Plantar fasciitis is a very common problem for lifetime athletes. Usually manifesting as heel pain, and often quite challenging to manage, plantar fasciitis can keep you from being your best version of yourself. In this episode, PK and I discuss the following points: The anatomy of the plantar fascia. The biomechanical function of the tissue. What exactly plantar fasciitis is…

When I say don’t seek exhaustion I’m referring to the addictive habit of chronically chasing a state of absolute fatigue in every workout. It’s fine to feel that way from time to time following a competition, a KPI test, or a fitness maker workout. But craving and pursuing the beatdown every day will, in fact, beat you down. Learn how…

Pronation is a natural and necessary component of foot function. It describes the composite triplanar motion of the foot as the calcaneus everts, the talus dorsiflexes, and the forefoot abducts. It is how our foot accommodates and conforms to the ground. The reverse of this motion is known as supination. If all that sounds complicated, you’ll definitely want to listen…

This is an ever-popular topic in fitness, health, and athletic circles. More specifically, humans are born to locomote, or get from Point A to Point B using their legs as upright bipedal ambulators. This includes walking, jogging/running, and sprinting. These abilities are endemic to the human beast, anchored by our evolutionary biology, and necessary for Lifetime Athletes. But how much…

There is great potential that our world may be forever changed by the recent pandemic. However, as we enter Phase 1 of Reopening, some gyms and fitness facilities will be returning to availability in a limited manner. In this episode, I offer some advice and suggestions to help you stay safe, be productive in your training, and avoid injury. Thank…

In these trying times when many of us are training at home, we sometimes have to be creative to keep things interesting, fun, and effective. When we apply the right amounts of science and creativity, we can make our home workouts awesome. In this episode of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast, PK & I discuss some key points: Taking just a…

This is an op/ed post that I couldn’t resist sharing. At some point in the future (and who knows when that will be and what it will look like) we are going to see a change in the current COVID-19 restrictions. Let’s open our minds, and hearts, and arms to the possibilities of the human existence on planet earth. This…

Train at home and do a sauna style circuit. Eat an athletic diet for metabolic flexibility. And be creative with your exercises.