What I learned in 2019

The sports world was shocked to its core this past weekend. As a Celtics fan, I was never the biggest cheerleader for Kobe, but relentless pursuit of greatness was something to behold and extremely inspiring. This episode talks about the mentality he had, along with athletes like Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, and others, to become the incredible athletes they became and how the masters athlete can absorb that mindset for sports, finances, and relationships. 

We've all read what Men's Health and Muscle & Fitness magazines have told us regarding strength training. But the reality is that our training programs need to mimic EXACTLY what it is we are looking for in terms of our goals towards performance. This week I touch base on the basic concepts of strength training and will build to more advanced concepts in the upcoming weeks. 

We've all done it. We've done 30 minutes on the treadmill and then headed off to our strength training session and pumped out some squats, pull-ups, bench press, whatever (or strength THEN cardio...whatever). Well, science shows this isn't the best way to attack your training and in today's episode I'll discuss why you should do these on separate workouts rather than in the same session. This is my first of a series of episodes dedicated to strength training. 

In part three of my series on aerobic endurance, I wanted to talk about the types of aerobic endurance needed for performance and the fuel needed for long slow distance events. 

I ran into a situation this past week where being prepared for a health emergency was of the utmost importance. I talk about that along with a recent study regarding shoes on this week's episode. 

2019 was a banner year for being a masters athlete. With the launch of this podcast, running at the Masters National Championships, and coaching several athletes, I’ve learned a ton throughout this year. This week’s episode i talk about what I’ve learned along the way and what to look forward to for next year.

And we're back with another episode dedicated to aerobic endurance. This week I touch base on long-distance versus short distance endurance training and when it's appropriate to use HIIT as a training tool. I talk about using heart rate as an indicator of fat utilization and to focus on long steady increases rather than fast improvements. 

Aerobic endurance has many different aspects and types of training associated with it. It can be anything from a 1-mile run to a full marathon. But the training for those two events, while both being aerobic endurance, is not the same. Today I give a high-level overview on why the concept of specificity is extremely important when programming for this type of competition. 

It's no secret that our healthcare system is broken. From the education that physicians receive to the care plans insurance allows, to the fact that the allied health field is completely shut out from working alongside MD. The entire system is broken and today I go into detail about how this directly affects the masters athlete. 

We've all seen and heard of What the Health and Forks over Knives. Pro-vegan movies that promise everlasting life and make you scared to ever eat another hamburger again. Unfortunately, though, they have little to do with actual science and more to do with tugging at your emotions. There's another movie out now that does exactly the same and it's called Game Changers. This time the vegans are attacking animal-based proteins and how it affects athletes. In this episode, I talk briefly about the movie and how it can be misleading.