Vulcan Performance Podcast

How do we define health? What are the three main buckets of health?  In this episode we discuss:  1. How society has reduced "health" down to looking good naked.  2. We believe health is a balance between physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, mental etc. They all affect each other.  3. How do we nourish our bodies in all these domains? How does food / fitness impact this?...

We often hear clients tell us that they are really good eaters. However, it is often followed up with the fact that they can't lose weight.  In this episode, we discuss:  1. The Main Principle of Weight Loss 2. Why Most Diets Fail 3. How to Maintain a Calorie Deficit in the Most Sustainable Way 4. How to Prioritize Health TOO in a Calorie Deficit  5. Calorie Deficit versus Macronutr...

Ellie and Geena of Vulcan Nutrition sit down to discuss the importance of behavior change in nutrition and lifestyle changes. Why we must start with our beliefs about the world and ourselves to be successful in making sustainable change. Let's talk!

Welcome to Impetus Health! We connected with Strength Coach Alyssa Parten and did and Instagram Live on this topic of Training through an injury.  Sean and Alyssa started working together in the strength and physical therapy realm to help Alyssa return to power lifting after having a baby (her son Koen) earlier this year. Alyssa currently holds the powerlifting State records for her weight cl...

Welcome to impetus health! In this episode, Sean and Ellie discuss their experience as a married couple competing in the CrossFit quarterfinals and then semifinals. We reminisce on some of the moments of tension as husband and wife training together and competing together (thankfully we are laughing about it now!) We hope you enjoy this episode and it makes you laugh along the way! 

Welcome to Impetus Health! Today we are covering part two of our recovery podcast, everything is about how do you recover after competition, after a workout, after training. POST-WORKOUT.  There are several misconceptions including, those myths that we were discussing, we debunk some of those myths and we talk about what is your best way and best option to recover optimally after you have jus...

Welcome to today's episode of Impetus Health! We're excited to discuss the topic that we are talking about today, RECOVERY! Recovery is a massive topic covering several different layers of health and fitness, training, and competition. There are several different types and ways to recover but we believe that there is the best method to recovery for each different type in each individual. There is...

Welcome to today's episode of Impetus Health! In the show today we are releasing PART 2 of our interview with Alexis Girvan, she is a life coach and she also specializes in team leadership development Alexis coins what she does as people development and she dives more into that in the introduction but some of what we talk about today is this concept of holistic health. Alexis gives us a different...

Welcome to today's episode of Impetus Health! In the show today we interview one of mine and Sean's dear friends, Alexis Girvan, she is a life coach and she also specializes in team leadership development Alexis coins what she does as people development and she dives more into that in the introduction but some of what we talk about today is this concept of holistic health. Alexis gives us a differ...

Welcome to another episode of Impetus Health! In this episode, we sit down with Matt Foster. Matt is a veteran in the personal training and fitness world, his the CEO of HomeFit and owns a gym in downtown Birmingham called Sculpt. Matt is also a former Marine and has done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.  We talk about all things personal training with Matt and the state of personal training in...

We had the pleasure of sitting down with the one and only Rebecca Blackmon.   Rebecca has a BS in Exercise and Sports Science, a Master's in Business Management and Sports Administration, she is a CSCS and CrossFit Level 1 certification. She is also a Kinetic Engineer with Masters Performance. Rebecca has lived in the fitness and strength conditioning world since her time as a Color Guard in...

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, we have the privilege to speak with Mrs. Christy Baynes, MSHA, MBA, CMC who is the owner of a LifeCare for Seniors in Mountain Brook Alabama.   Christy is President and Lead Geriatric Care Manager of LifeCare for Seniors, Inc.   She has dedicated herself and her career to helping seniors and their families.  Along with her education and pr...

Welcome to Impetus Health!   In this episode, Sean is giving a seminar at a Nutrition Challenge held by CrossFit Laminin.   He is speaking on Movement neurophysiology and how to improve the movements we do. We are talking about how the body learns movement, how to HACK your brain to learn movement quicker and more effectively, and is good movement actually important?   Check it out...

Welcome to Impetus Health! Honored to be able to have the Renowned Dr. Dennis Fell MD, PT on today's episode!  Dr. Fell's Background: Physician Resident in Pediatrics, highly focused career on Neurology and Neurological rehabilitation, Former Chair of Physical Therapy at the University of South Alabama. Editor of “Lifespan Neurorehabilitation: A Patient-centered Approach from Examination to I...

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, Ellie is speaking during a nutrition Seminar at CrossFit Laminin on one of the most common questions she receives in the world of Nutrition: "How can I lose fat but gain muscle at the same time?". Ellie speaks on the ways that he is possible and how to implement in your life. Great episode and information present by Ellie. If you want to know more about...

Welcome to Impetus Health! Great episode coming in hot with Dr. Caroline Sullivan!  Dr. Sullivan is a Nurse Practitioner who works in Birmingham in Primary Care. She has the luxury of working with people from the cradle to the grave!  She has great insight on just where we are at with Holistic health and the actual healthcare that is provided. She also touches on how she implements holis...

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, we discuss an interesting topic of how to reach people and introduce them to fitness and lifting for the first time.  Again, it is all about perspective, and it was great hearing from Nate Johnson on the mindset he takes with reaching beginning lifters and helping navigate them in starting their journey into fitness.   If fitness and nutrition...

Welcome to Impetus Health! This is a special episode for us.  This is the story of a friend of ours, Jacob Browder.  Jacob suffered a TBI from a bull-riding accident but guess what... the Bull Didn't Win! He and his mother have an incredible story of hard work and determination.  He has conquered many things and he still has more to go. We discuss his story and the role the healthca...

Welcome to Impetus Health!  In this episode, we are speaking with Dr. Kyle Thibodeaux PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS of Refine PT and Performance in Mobile Alabama.   Kyle is an expert in the human body from an injury and performance side of things but he is also very knowledgable in the area of pain and how pain manifests in the body.   We discuss many topics on pain and what pain means when w...

Welcome to Impetus Health!  In this episode, we talk with a true fitness programming virtuoso, Jake Naumcheff -CF-L1, CF-PowerLifting, CF-Gymnastics, CF-OlympicLifting, NSCA, TPI-L1, TPI-L2- about the relationship of Fitness and Healthcare and how we can better blend the two.    Jake is also the owner of CrossFit Laminin and Welded Fitness.  We discuss quite a few topics but th...

Welcome to Impetus Health!   In this episode, we talk with our very own co-host Dr. Sean Hiller PT, DPT, CSCS, USA-WL1 Sports Performance Coach, CF-L1, and Owner of Vulcan Performance Rehabilitation and Recovery.   Sean began Vulcan Performance in 2017 as a one-on-one physical therapy organization that is heavily grounded in movement and strength and conditioning principles.  Vulcan...

Episode 2 of Impetus Health.   All things Nutrition with our very own, Ellie Hiller.   We discuss how to apply nutrition, where nutrition falls in the entire healthcare system, and how we can change our mindset to empower our nutrition. How can Nutrition Change Healthcare?  Dive in and we will discuss! You can find more info on Ellie Hiller on her Instagram @elliehiller and at www.t...

Episode 1 of the Impetus Health Podcast.   These podcasts are created to spark conversation and thought on how to make our health and our system of healthcare better.  And move healthcare from reactive to proactive.   Episode 1 expounds upon this vision and tells a bit about your hosts!     Sean Hiller is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Strength and Conditioni...