The Active Life Podcast

On this bonus episode you will get the opportunity to listen in as Dr. Sean consults with a potential new teenage client and his mother to determine whether Active Life can help solve his low back pain with exercise when other doctors have been unable to deliver.

Too many people have trouble establishing themselves in the career that they would really enjoy because they are stuck with the job that they are afraid to be without.   In today’s bonus episode Dr. Sean and Larry discuss how to create a gap between emotion and reason so that you can set a goal to quit the job you hate, but currently need, to pursue and crush a career in what you know you are meant to do.

Learn how the mindset Bill Anthes developed while serving the United States as a Green Beret has helped him develop as a coach and a leader in his fitness community. In this episode we discuss various interesting topics like: Should everyone be a leader? How do you know if you should be a leader? What is the difference between culture and community? Which is more important? How do you empower your staff to run your gym in your vision? What is BTWN The Ears (Bill’s Immersive Mindset Camp)? And many more! If you are someone who has great respect for the Armed forces and who wants to become a better coach, this interview will Bill Anthes is a must listen. Learn to become a better coach and athlete through the principles that Bill discusses in this episode which are meant to make you a better person first.   Bill can be found at: @billanthes @btwntheears www.btwntheears.com

This is one of those episodes that will have a lot of people nodding their heads and sharing with friends. Khrystle is a health and nutrition coach who specializes in helping women overcome anxiety. Anxiety is a real thing. It’s not a weak mind or something people who suffer from it simply need to “get over”. Khrystle helps her clients reduce the negative impact of their anxiety (because anxiety does not go away as we discuss on this podcast), through diet, exercise, and self awareness training in under three months. If you or someone you care about is suffering from anxiety that makes their life more difficult to enjoy, you must forward this episode to them. Khrystle can be found at: @khrystleRea www.khrystlerea.com Khrystle Rea on Facebook

Episode 81 -  Kristine Andali is to CrossFit what Rocky Balboa was to fictional American Boxing in the 1980’s and 1990’s. She lives the famous line from Mick to Rocky “It ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep movin’ forward!” Kristine narrowly missed the CrossFit games in 2014 when she finished third in a region that only took two athletes to the games, Canada East. The two women who finished ahead of her, one by mere seconds went on to take 1st and 4th respectively at the 2014 Games. The next year, 2015 Kristine was poised to get herself to (At the time) Carson California to compete at the CrossFit Games. But she tore her achilles in training. Fast forward to 2016 and she is the number 3 seed in the entire state of California, everyone knows this is her year… Until she tore both shoulder labrums on the regionals floor at the same time. 2 years and four surgeries later Kristine is finally back to getting in the mindset of competing again. With just one month of training she is sitting in the top 100 in the Northeast Region as this was recorded. She is on the comeback trail and this is the first interview of more than we have planned to document the mindset and the 2019 return of Kristine Andali. Kristine can be found at: @kristineAndali

The safety of CrossFit as a fitness modality has been debated since people found the CrossFit.com website back in 2003. People lifting heavy weights fast and often. Athletes who find ways to bastardize classic weightlifting and gymnastic techniques for the purpose of efficiency often at the expense of technical beauty have driven many doctors to suggest CrossFit is dangerous. On this episode we speak with renowned Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Sean Rockett about just that. Is CrossFit safe? How does one make their experience in a CrossFit gym more safe? What risk factors are there? Why do doctors hate CrossFit? Is the traditional medical model failing us? We cover all of these topics and so many more in this episode. While Dr. Rockett was able to communicate in avery layman language on this episode, this interview is a nerd’s dream. It is an absolute must listen for any coach or doctor who sees clients in the CrossFit or fitness space. Dr. Rockett is a wealth of knowledge and an example of humility. It’s no surprise that Greg Glassman (CrossFit’s CEO) has him on speed dial and has picked Dr. Rockett to head up the medical staff at the CrossFit Games every year. Enjoy this episode and share it with your friends, especially the ones who disagree. Dr. Rockett Can be found at: @321gomd 321gomd.com

Britt Ghiroli and her sister April Co-Founded “Athlete Daily” when the reality hit them that quality writing and great storytelling was not happening in the fitness world the way that it was in other major professional sports. In this episode Britt discusses the massive undertaking that it has been to launch a business that started as a muse in a space where she had no contacts, no connections, no inside track. While Britt could publish an article for the Baltimore Orioles that she conceived and put on the web all before lunch and get 50,000 reads, she would spend weeks researching and creating an article in this brand new space for her brand new publication only to have friends, family, and maybe a few others find it. This episode is a great story about getting things done against the odds and rebelling against what comes easy. If you want to learn how to gain access to elite athletes, how to gain trust from powerful people, and how not to start a website (Britt and April made a lot of mistakes and we definitely talk about those too), then tune into this one. Britt can be found at: @athlete_daily http://theathletedaily.com

These days we are bombarded by all kinds of ads and anecdotes from companies trying to sell you their equipment. Foam rollers, lacrosse balls, tapes, rubber bands, knee sleeves, weight belts, lifting shoes, and many more “devices” have been marketed to the high heavens to get you to believe you need them.   In this episode Dr. Sean breaks down the real world value of various implements that are commonly found in the average gym bag.

Annie Miller is the next big fitness star, you heard it here first. Annie runs a company designed to help empower women in their fitness pursuit by educating them through their entire training process. I wanted to have Annie on because I have a deep respect for the work that she is doing it as well as the way she is doing it. Annie is a pretty, young, likeable woman who could very easily grow her social media accounts by posting her butt a lot more often, and she knows it. But Annie refuses to use her looks to grow her following. She wants to bring people in for the right reason, she doesn’t want to have to sift through the crowds of people gathering to admire her appearance to find the ones who want access to the value her brain brings. In this episode Annie and I discuss what it means to be a young entrepreneur, what the struggles are, what the successes feel like, and what she thinks everyone needs if they want to be successful at whatever they do. For those of you out there who want to start something but you’re afraid you won’t be successful, this episode was created with you in mind. Annie can be found at: @fitdesignbyannie www.fitdesignbynannie.com

Matt Gary is the owner of Supreme Sports Performance & Training in Rockville Maryland where his wife, a 25 time (yes, 25 times) National Powerlifting champion and five time world champion trains and coaches alongside him. The Maryland Powerlifting Association website has a link dedicated to “Matt Gary Articles” on it! Matt’s humble approach to coaching has earned him the opportunity to be the chairman of the coaching committee for the USAPL. He was the 2012 USAPL coach of the year, and he is a competitive lifter himself. I was there when Matt suffered a major, life changing injury on the competitive platform while attempting a PR back squat of 501#. He tore just about everything in his leg at the same time and Matt says that this injury has made him a profoundly better coach. In this episode we get into what he means by that. We also talk about what it’s like to coach the most accomplished powerlifter in American history (his wife), and what it takes to coach an athlete who owns a back squat of over 1,000 pounds.   Matt Can be found at: @MLGary72 Facebook: Matt Gary Supremesportspt.com Articles by Gary are found at: https://marylandpowerlifting.com