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Orthopedic Physical Therapist -- Rick Olderman  Rick Olderman is a sports and orthopedic physical therapist with more than 25 years experience who specializes in helping people with chronic pain experience a pain-free life. He graduated with his Master’s Degree from The Krannert School of Physical Therapy at the University of Indianapolis in 1996. Listen in to hear Rick share his fundamental understanding about how the body works to create and solve pain. If you have back pain, shoulder pain, headaches or some other chronic pain, you must listen to my talk with Rick. He explains is simple language how you and I can truly understand why we are having pain, and follow simple tips for resolving chronic pain quickly. Rick is the very best at giving simple instructions to find and fix the mistakes you and I make everyday that contribute to the pain in our bodies. Rick’s system-based approach is simple yet effective for identifying solutions to reduce or eliminate pain in our bodies. Rick wrote the popular Fixing You® series of books — found on Amazon.com — to help people with chronic pain or injuries. Rick tells us how to live pain-free without the need for medication. Links for more info: Downloadable programs now available online at fixingyoumethod.com  Practitioners can find an online training program at healpatientsfaster.com Free stuff from Rick:  rickolderman.com Use code: fixingyou for a 20% discount on any program.

Heart rate is a powerful metric for guiding improvements in fitness. The only problem with heart rate is that while seemingly simple, it is really a complex aggregation of many variables that need to be considered and managed to make use of this valuable metric. Hunter tells us how to do it. Hunter's latest venture: Project Fuerza -- NFT artwork Hunter is co-author of the book  “Training and Racing with a Power Meter” (with Dr. Andy Coggan).  He also co-wrote “Cutting-Edge Cycling” with Dr. Stephen Cheung, was the co-developer of TrainingPeaks WKO software, and is the founder of Peaks Coaching Group. Widely known as one of the top experts in the world in coaching endurance athletes using power meters, Hunter Allen has been instrumental in developing and spreading the power training principles. Hunter is a USA Cycling Level 1 coach, was the 2008 BMX technical coach for the Beijing Olympics and has taught the USA Cycling Power Certification Course since 2005. A former professional cyclist for 17 years with over 40 road victories to his credit, Hunter has been coaching endurance athletes since 1995, and his athletes have achieved more than 2000 victories and numerous national, world championship titles and Olympic Medals. Hunter Allen - Contact http://www.peakscoachinggroup.com/hunterallen https://shoppeaks.com/category/training-plans/ projectfuerza.com

"How to get an Extended Warranty on your body." Dr. Nick DiNubile is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of the bestselling book, FrameWork- Your 7 Step Program for Healthy Muscles, Bones & Joints and is Executive Producer and host of the award winning national PBS television special, Your Body’s FrameWork. Dr. Nick has served on The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports with Arnold Schwarzenegger and also sits on the board as well as serves as the Chief Medical Officer of The American Council on Exercise (ACE). He has worked with Philadelphia 76ers, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and countless athletes and celebrities. Most recently he has been named Vice President of The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. drnick.com Dr. Nick says it’s not about longevity as much as it’s about durability. Find your weak links. Test yourself to find where you are weak, sore, tight, etc. You need balance...meaning, you need to have some minimal capability in all the major parts of your body...you cannot have certain movements or muscles or joints that you avoid using. Resolve the weak links. You have to be willing to work through some pain, and find the line before a level of effort that results in damage. Toughen the area around the weak link to reduce the chance of.the weakness allowing an injury Work around...avoid areas that you cannot resolve or toughen....but you must find a way to retain "balance" Toward the end we talk about new technologies for improved healing for the older athlete, and ways to mitigate inflexible scar tissue formation from injuries that leads to re-injury so often. BIO Nicholas A. DiNubile, MD is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine in private practice in Havertown, Pennsylvania. He is the bestselling author of the FrameWork series of health and wellness books and is also Executive Producer and host of the award winning national PBS television special, “Your Body's FrameWork.” Dr. DiNubile has served as Orthopaedic Consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Team and Pennsylvania Ballet. He was appointed Special Advisor to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1st Bush Administration with Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chairman). He has advised two United States Presidents on matters of health and health policy, and has cared for numerous celebrities and high level athletes. He is the Vice President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), Chief Medical Advisor for the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and is on the Global Advisory Board for the International Sports Hall of Fame. Dr. DiNubile was a contributor to the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health and is Executive Editor of the Physician and Sportsmedicine Journal. Dr. DiNubile has been part of the teaching faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine for many years, and is Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. He is a lead spokesperson for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic  Society for Sportsmedicine. He has had extensive healthcare executive experience and served as Orthopedic Medical Director for over a decade for US Healthcare and Aetna, and is currently Chief Medical Officer for Premier Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Associates, one of the largest orthopedic groups in the nation. He has strong interests in healthcare related technology and is founder and CEO of FrameWork Interactive Technologies (F.I.T.). Dr. DiNubile has been consistently chosen in “Best Doctors in America” and is also named a US News & World Report "Top Doctor." He received the prestigious HAFL (Healthy American Fitness Leaders) Award and was also inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame as well as the Philadelphia Sports Medicine Hall of Fame. He blogs for Huffington Post in their Healthy Living  section and can be heard regularly on WIP Sports Radio. He has been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, HBO Real Sports, National Public Radio, and in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Newsweek, and numerous other publications. Over the years, he has served on the advisory board of every major fitness publication including Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Fitness and Shape magazines. Through his extensive media work, he is one of the most quoted doctors in America. Dr. DiNubile's website, DrNick.com is a trusted source of health, fitness and sports medicine information as is his twitter feed @DrNickUSA Dr. DiNubile resides in Haverford, PA with his wife and two children. He is an avid tennis player and is a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) and the United States Tennis Association (USTA).

Joe Taft was born a mover. He has always found refuge in the pursuit of excellence in a variety of sports and outdoor activities. He has been studying human movement patterns as either an athlete, coach or the teacher in a variety of sports, such as skiing, tennis, kayaking and yoga. In 1990, after a decade-long career in whitewater kayaking, Joe discovered yoga. Yoga provided Joe the insights into how the body desires balance in order to be pain-free and how to apply subtle alignment actions at the right time. Levels of Progression: Find something that is a means to an end (e.g., driving to work, washing dishes), and do it mindfully. Do a workout but be super mindful in what you are doing (e.g. your foot hitting the ground, your breathing) Do a daily stretch or a time where you are "in you body" to practice awareness of how your body is feeling BIO Joe (E-RYT500 and YACEP) has been teaching yoga for two decades. He has spent thousands of hours on his mat as the student and the yoga teacher, which is demonstrated in his acute attention to detail in creating a powerful theme-based class. Joe's classes strive to connect our human journey to the yogic principles of alignment. Joe spends hours each week creating a life-inspiring theme which is present in every part of the class sequence and aspect of each pose and its action. His classes are unique to Joe's style of weaving together clear and careful instruction with a fun and flowing synthesis of building balanced strength, core stability, flexibility and breath work. His students have a deep appreciation for his therapeutic insights and eye for correcting postural habits and helping them become pain-free. Students leave his classes and trainings feeling uplifted and inspired. JOE'S  YOGA  JOURNEY: Joe was born a mover and has always found refuge in the pursuit of excellence in a variety of sports and outdoor activities. He has been studying human movement patterns as either an athlete, coach or the teacher in a variety of sports, such as skiing, tennis, kayaking and yoga. In 1990, after a decade-long career in whitewater kayaking, Joe discovered yoga and has never looked back. The practice of yoga has given Joe the insights into how the body desires balance in order to be pain-free and how to apply subtle alignment actions at the right time. Joe continues to expand his studies and enjoys participating in a variety of movement practices such as Pilates, weight training, mountain biking, kayaking, rock climbing and running.  He applies his understanding of how the breath, meditation, and balanced musculature work together. Contact Info: https://joetaftyoga.com/ https://www.instagram.com/joe_taft_yoga/ https://www.youryoga.com/

Brad Stanfield, MD Today on episode #69, I talk with Dr. Brad Stanfield, a medical doctor and searcher for ways to optimize longevity. This is a impossibly complex subject fraught with wrong-headed shortcuts, snake oil, and marketing lies. What is aging? How to stop accelerated aging? Supplements to take to help offset the impact of aging? No mega dosing.. Some good ones: Vitamin D, omega 3, zinc, magnesium (threonate), creatine, collagen, glycine, Dr Stanfield's prediction of chemicals that will prove to make a big difference in longevity and healthspan: Rapamycin -- look after the protein / MTor type of issues Stains -- look after the fat / cholesterol issues SGLT2 Inhibitors -- blood sugar related issues Contact info: https://drstanfield.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBradStanfield/about https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836174/

Mike T Nelson, PhD Today on episode #68, I talk with Dr. Mike T Nelson, the creator of the Flex Diet for building metabolic flexibility, and now the Phys Flex certification for building anti-fragility across a range of physical and mental functions. Episode 32: https://www.wiseathletes.com/podcast/32-helping-older-athletes-feel-young-again-via-metabolic-and-physiologic-flexibility-with-dr-mike-t-nelson/ Bio Creator of the Flex Diet Certification & Phys Flex Certification, kiteboarder, lifter of odd objects, metal music lover.   PHD IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY FROM UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BA IN NATURAL SCIENCE FROM ST. SCHOLASTICA MS IN BIOMECHANICS FROM MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT CARRICK INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL NEUROLOGY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE (ACSM) CERTIFIED SPORTS NUTRITIONIST FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SPORTS NUTRITION (CISSN) INSTRUCTOR AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NUTRITION (ASN) PROFESSIONAL SPORTS NUTRITION MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SPORTS NUTRITION (ISSN) NATIONAL STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION (NSCA) CERTIFIED STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING SPECIALIST (CSCS) Dr. Mike's Website https://miketnelson.com Dr. Mike's Instagram drmiketnelson Physiological flexibility   the 4 main regulators pH, temp, blood gas oxygen and CO2, and blood glucose.  The 8 interventions (2 for each) are: ● Hot -such as warm temps outside or sauna ● Cold - cold water immersion, cooler temps, cold showers ● HIIT -high intensity exercise as Wingates (aka Beast Mode) ● LISS - as my buddy Luke from Muscle Nerds calls it "Least Mode" aka lower intensity exercise ● Low blood glucose - via fasting protocols ● High(er) blood glucose challenge - 2 pop tart test ● Slow breathing techniques and breath holds ● Fast (supra ventilation) techniques like Wim Hoff and others -------- Met Flex = Flexible Diet + metabolic flexibility.  The focus is Body composition and athletic performance, which are intertwined.  Body composition is good for health, self esteem and performance. Athletic performance is good for health (body is built to move), longevity (3 factors) and body composition (burning calories Principals  Speed of adaptation reflects health status and resilience:  fuel switching speed, sugar tolerance, temperature tolerance,  HR capacity (max vs. resting), endurance, mobility and strength provides headroom to recover from problems. Benefit stacking:  getting multiple benefits from our actions and food Health maintenance is the real goal.  Achieving goals is nice, but sustaining fitness and health is the real achievement.   The key is fuel matching and non-linear calorie imbalance. (Practice maintenance) No suffering; stay within yourself but push a little most days.  “Better is better”.  Optimal is elusive but will slowly be achieved for each person  Little things add up.   Start with easy to gain momentum and motivation for harder change. Exercise doesn’t have to dominate your life; you just need to do enough of cardio/ endurance and HIIT/ strength work.  More variability = better resilience Consistency of effort (we are forming new habits, need time to obtain positive feedback) Progressive overload (change is painful, but only a little and only some of the time, if done right) Modulated workload (for recovery, adaptation, mental health, and practice for maintenance mode) Inflexible people have a insulin resistance, have lots of insulin to deal with sugar, makes it hard to burn fat.  Issue in losing fat and using fat for endurance intensity exercise.  8 interventions for nutrition and recovery. Help people: higher metabolic flux, fast switching between fat and carb burning.   Getting stronger and getting control over body composition. Help people understand nutrition, and factors involved in body composition and performance. Not treating medical conditions.  Started with Dr David Kelly(Brooks and mercier) Coined “Cross over effect”  Leverage: Focus on high impact (make a big difference in physiology), easy to do (clients will do it) interventions: physiology & psychology. Actually have clients rank interventions according to what they will do.  Progressive disclosure.  

Dr. Kyle Gillett Today on episode #67, I talk with Dr. Kyle Gillett, a medical doctor and expert in hormonal health. Dr Gillett and I attempted to cover this broad topic in under an hour by avoiding the technical details and focusing on the high-level tips on how the older athlete can recover and maintain hormonal health for improved general health, higher fitness, and a better quality of life. Listen in to hear about the surprising mistakes people make with common supplements and other tips for dealing with common conditions such as: low energy, lack of focus, declining strength, and more. When I was younger, I felt great all the time.  Of course, back then ‘feeling great’ was just feeling normal.  Now-a-days, ‘feeling great’ is a special thing, and I want more of it.  Hormones are the key.  Much of what Dr Gillett told me I had heard or read about before somewhere in the internet universe timeline, but in our short hour together, Kyle was able to frame the topic of hormones to provide context to the why’s and how’s of getting more of feeling great. BIO Dr. Kyle Gillett, MD, a dual board-certified physician in family medicine and obesity medicine and an expert in: optimizing hormone levels to improve overall health and well-being in both men and women; improving hormones using behavioral, nutritional, and exercise-based tools; and safely and rationally using supplementation and hormone therapies. Website: https://gilletthealth.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylegillettmd/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GillettHealth ASCVD Risk Calculator: https://tools.acc.org/ascvd-risk-estimator-plus/#!/calculate/estimate/ Want to know more?: Read:

Derek Hansen is one of very few expert in using electronic muscle stimulation. WiseAthletes talks to Derek to finally understand how to get real benefit from your EMS unit. Welcome back to the Wise Athletes podcast.  Today on episode #66, I talk with Derek Hansen, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who has been using EMS or Electronic Muscle Stimulation as a part of his work with athletes of all ages seeking to recover from injury and surgery as well as seeking additional performance advantage. I have owned and used an EMS device for years without really knowing what I was doing, so I decided to find out how it is done.  Join me as Derek goes through the many ways EMS can be used by older athletes to deal with limited ROM, injuries, surgeries as well as simple recovery from exercise and as a substitute for exercise when traveling or otherwise unable to get it done the natural way. Derek is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist that has been working with athletes in speed, strength and power sports since 1988. Originally working with Track and Field athletes, Derek expanded his services to assist athletes in all sports with an emphasis on speed development. He has since worked with some of the top performers in the world as a coach and a consultant – including Olympic medallists, world record holders, Canadian National team athletes, professional sports organizations and professional athletes from numerous sports. Locally, Derek has produced some of the top sprinters in British Columbia and continues to work with some of the fastest athletes in various sports. Provided below are some of Derek’s key qualifications, credentials and designations: NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist NSCA Provincial Director for British Columbia – 2006 to 2010 NCCP Level 3 Track and Field Coach – Sprints and Hurdles Emphasis NCCP Level 2 Olympic Weightlifting Coach Course Conductor for the National Coaching Institute (NCI) Vancouver for Strength & Conditioning and Recovery & Regeneration Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada Sport performance consultant, sport technology advisor and rehab specialist for a number of teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS and NCAA Division I college sports Presenter, workshop leader and lecturer at major international conferences on various topics relating to sport performance, rehab and sport technologies Speed, strength & conditioning consultant – Cycling Canada – BMX and Track Cycling – 2013 to present Speed, strength & conditioning consultant – Speed Skating Canada – Long Track preparations for the 2010 Olympics Past Recruitment & Athlete Development Coach – Vancouver Region – for Bobsleigh Canada Head Coach – Metro Athletic Club – Track and Field – 2001-2009 Head Strength & Conditioning Coach – Canadian Men’s Field Hockey Team – 1999-2004 Head Strength & Conditioning Coach – Canadian Olympic Women’s Softball Team – 2001-2004 Consultant – BC Basketball/Basketball Canada – Centre for Performance Youth Development – 2001-2008 If you would like more information on Derek’s qualifications and experience, please e-mail him at derek@strengthpowerspeed.com and he would be happy to send you his curriculum vitae. Instagram: @derekmhansen

Sponsor: RePowerU -- a free fitness practices assessment (a 10-minute questionnaire) Dr. Egan is an expert in skeletal muscle function and adaptation during aging. Brendan joins Wise Athletes today to share his unique insights into the synergy between nutrition and exercise interventions to optimize performance in older athletes. BIO Brendan Egan, PhD is Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise Physiology, and Deputy Head of School, in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University, Ireland, and a Visiting Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA. His research investigates skeletal muscle function and adaptation across the life course, with special interest in the synergy between nutrition and exercise interventions to optimise performance in populations ranging from athletes to older adults. His research group performs human trials involving both acute and chronic interventions for outcomes around performance (physical and cognitive), recovery and adaptation, and have employed a wide range of experimental designs, and have been complimented by molecular analysis tools including transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Nutrients recently and presently under investigation include caffeine, creatine, omega-3 fatty acids, resveratrol, leucine, protein hydrolysates, beetroot juice, and exogenous ketones, as well as dietary interventions that aim to increase daily protein intake in older adults. Outside of academia, through his sporting career as an Gaelic footballer, Brendan has had a lifelong association with sport, training and performance at all levels of competition from grassroots to elite level, and also practices in the field as a performance nutritionist with emphasis on intermittent field-based team sports, and endurance athletes, most recently with the Dublin Hurlers and the Irish Paratriathlon team.

Sponsor: RePowerU -- a free fitness practices assessment (a 10-minute questionnaire) Discussion Summary: Today I am pleased to present episode #64 with one of the world’s foremost experts on fructose and why people get fat, Dr Richard Johnson.  Today you will also learn some easy changes to your own lifestyle to improve your health, which is of course the foundation for being a strong athlete. I have already stopped eating added sugar, and after my first discussion with Dr. Johnson I stopped all high sodium foods. After today I started a routine of drinking 2 liters of water or green tea everyday to make sure I do not get dehydrated. Bio: Website: https://drrichardjohnson.com Richard J. Johnson, M.D. has been a practicing physician and clinical scientist for over 25 years. He is internationally recognized for his work on the role of sugar and its component fructose, in obesity and diabetes. His work has also revealed a fundamental role for uric acid (which is generated during fructose metabolism) in the metabolic syndrome. Dr Johnson 's science research has been funded by the National Institute of Health since the 1980s. Rick is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He has published over 700 papers, lectured in over 45 countries, and is a highly cited scientist. He is the author of Nature Wants Us To Be Fat, published in 2022, and he previously authored The Sugar Fix with Timothy Gower in 2008 and The Fat Switch in 2012. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver.