

Power Athlete Radio
Power Athlete
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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Jul 17, 2015 • 1h 3min
PA Radio – Episode 114: Lauren Polivka & Zach Anderson
movement that looks good usually is good. This week we are excited to chat with Lauren Polivka and Zach Anderson. These two hail from Atlanta, Georgia where Lauren is a licensed physical therapist and Zach is a coach and former CrossFit Games athlete. The two began working with each other in an attempt to…
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Jul 10, 2015 • 1h 5min
PA Radio – Episode 113: Sean Rigsby
Witness the making of an olympic athlete. This week’s episode features Sean Rigsby. Sean is a member of Team MDUSA out of Charlotte, South Carolina. If you don’t know what that means I’ll go ahead an summarize – He and all of his friends are way stronger than you. Sean’s life has had some…
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Jul 3, 2015 • 1h 6min
PA Radio – Episode 112: Charles Mayfield
Eat like you give a shit. This week we are pleased to welcome Charles Mayfield. Charles is co-author of several Paleo cookbooks and the brains behind PaleoComfortFoods.com. When he’s not whipping up delicious recipes with his wife, you can find him running two gyms under the Atlanta Strength and Conditioning umbrella. Charles found training after…
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Jun 26, 2015 • 1h 11min
PA Radio – Episode 111: Allison Brager
Brains, beauty, and brawn. Today’s athlete has arrived. Today we feature our conversation with the strong and exceedingly smart, Allison Brager. This Neuroscientist and CrossFit Games athlete somehow managed to find the time to talk to us about her new book, Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain. In talking with Allison, we find what inspired her…
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Jun 19, 2015 • 1h 6min
PA Radio – Episode 110: Travis Pollen
We are all adaptive athletes. We are proud to bring you episode 110 with our special guest, Travis Pollen. Travis is an athlete, coach, and author whose background, as he’ll explain, is steeped in strength and conditioning. Travis discusses how despite being a born a congenital amputee, he never places barriers on himself or…
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Jun 12, 2015 • 1h 3min
PA Radio – Episode 109: DJ Muscleboy
People love to hate the strong and successful. The highly anticipated interview with the self proclaimed “World’s Most Muscular DJ” is here. Our fascination with this hyper-confident caricature of masculinity began some time ago and now finally, we come face to face – or ear to ear, rather – with Gillz Einarsson; The brains…
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Jun 5, 2015 • 52min
PA Radio – Episode 108: The Crew
TODAY’S SPECTATOR IS TOMORROW’S COMPETITOR. This week the crew is reunited. After taking a week hiatus from the show, the band is back together to catch up on eachother’s travels. What was Regionals like for the CrossFit Football staff? Our perspective from the booth may be a limited one but we are fortunate enough…
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May 22, 2015 • 1h 15min
PA Radio – Episode 107: Rob MacDonald
Living up to the name. This week we are thrilled to host former MMA champ and current Training Director of popular training resource, Gym Jones, Rob MacDonald. As if being on the 2005-2006 season of The Ultimate Fighter wasn’t noteworthy enough, “Maximus” as he’s known in some circles, jumped headfirst into his passion of…
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May 15, 2015 • 1h 18min
PA Radio – Episode 106: Jim Laird
There is nothing traditional about Jim Laird. This week we welcome the owner of GYM Laird Strength and Conditioning and once roommate of Jim Wendler. The former Powerlifter turned industry leader has some unconventional opinions about, well just about everything. After some discussion on Jim’s background, we get down and dirty with his fascinations with…
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May 8, 2015 • 1h 20min
PA Radio – Episode 105: Rob Orlando
LIFT SOMETHING INCONVENIENT. Today is a great day. Our two special guests are Rob Orlando of Hybrid Athletics and Logan Gelbrich of Deuce Gym and Original Nutritionals. If those two names sound familiar it’s because they are basically the Devit0-Schwarzenegger combo of the CrossFit Strongman Specialty Seminar. Similar to our very own CrossFit Football, these…
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