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Welcome to Power Athlete Radio. A podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day. Join former NFL pro and Power Athlete Founder John Welbourn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength & conditioning and more. So whether your goal is to Be The Hammer, Destroy Mediocrity or simply Move The Dirt, you’ve come to the right place.
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Sep 15, 2021 • 1h 46min
Ep 542 – Turning Working Out into Training Through Tech
What does it mean Being Your Best? According to the brains behind TrainHeroic, “Being” happens every moment. “Being” is flow. The perfect intersection of challenge, capacity, and focus. “Being” is where joy is realized and optimal performance occurs. TrainHeroic Founder Ben Crookston and Sport Scientist Adam Dawdy join John and Tex to talk training for the garage gym athlete and weighing and measuring recovery tactics to keep moving the proverbial dirt. No matter what real life throws your way.
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Sep 10, 2021 • 1h 47min
Ep 541 – FocusCalm Technology with Max Newlon
This week we welcome Max Newlon of Focus Calm. Monitoring the electrical activity in your brain may seem like a sci-fi leap in performance, but believe it or not, it’s the next natural and effective step in sports psychology. However, focus and calm are not just athlete essentials. They are a necessity in every person’s life to better conquer the rigors of acute stress.
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Sep 7, 2021 • 49min
Ep 540 – Don’t Hack Bloodwork, Ask Your Doc For These Markers
When it comes down to it, your health is the one place you do not want be cheap. Especially when it comes to getting bloodwork done. Now that John's attention has shifted from crushing souls on the field to being the strongest dad on the block, learn what markers he is looking for when going in for bloodwork.
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Sep 3, 2021 • 2h 4min
Ep 539 – Mental and Physical Recovery with Brian Peters
Football is a violently physical game comprised of hit after hit and so much of one’s success can be attributed to the recovery practices of the athlete. This is exactly why Brian Peters promotes the benefits of all the seemingly “little” recovery habits that have kept him performing and coming back from injury.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 1h 2min
Ep 538 – Soup to Nuts Home Gym Builder’s Guide by Power Athlete
The Rock's Iron Paradise is only rivaled by one home gym in all the world: Power Athlete HQ. John Welbourn guides you on how to build your home gym and takes you behind the scenes of how Power Athlete's Iron Fortress was conceptualized, built, and set up with essential equipment for empowering performance.
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Aug 27, 2021 • 1h 48min
Ep 537 – Debunking Food Lies with Brian Sanders
Debunking Game Changers was just a fun and fact full response to the ambitious vegetarian documentary. Now, Brian Sanders is buttoning up work on his doc, Food Lies, a more comprehensive look at meat as an essential part of farming and nutrition. Need some direction in your diet? Start with this conversation.
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Aug 24, 2021 • 58min
Ep 536 – A Different Generation w/ Andy Stumpf
Andy Stumpf is more than a pretty face/former SEAL, he has an insatiable curiosity for people and the complexities of their environments. Like a humble Yoda with a borderline irrational hatred for Steven Segal, Andy speaks on the current times and what it means for our country’s future.
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Aug 20, 2021 • 1h 41min
Ep 535 – Pratik Patel Perfects the Professional Athlete Diet
Pratik Patel is a dietitian and sports nutritionist working with some of the highest level athletes you can imagine. While the honor and prestige of rubbing elbows with these freaks of nature has it’s appeal, Pratik admits that the job is not without it’s challenges. But, that’s what has forced him to grow and evolve into the passionate professional you’ll hear in this episode.
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Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 15min
Ep 534 – Rest Easy Mountain Dog: Recast John Meadows Interview
We honor John Meadows by recasting his 2013 interview on Power Athlete Radio in which we unleash the brains, looks, and brawn behind The Mountain Dog. Meadows joins the Power Athlete Crew sharing his approach to nutrition as it relates to physique and performance. Rest easy, Mountain Dog.
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Aug 14, 2021 • 3h 2min
Ep 533 – Fighting, Guns, and Gunfighting with Jeff Gonzales & Craig Douglas
If you’re looking for some practical combat and communication skills for law enforcement, undercover, and/or military work, look no further than this week’s talk with Jeff Gonzales and Craig Douglas. Their combined experience of close quarter combat and firearms make them an informative duo to school you up on the real skills that will keep you safe and set you up for the win.
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