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Athletic Health

Athletes are the healthiest people in the world because they do not focus on baseline values. They strive to be in the Top 1% of ALL health & performance categories. This level of effort creates bulletproof bodies that heal with impressive speed. The Big Question: How Can Someone Who Doesn’t Have the Time or the Resources of a Professional Athlete Still Create the Same Health and Performance Benefits for Themselves? Join Sean Light, former coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and founder of the Athletic Health movement on his mission to reveal the world’s best strategies from the top leaders.
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Ep. 9: Baxter Holmes: Sleep Deprivation, The NBA's Dirty Little Secret

"Based on ... about 10,000 empirical scientific studies, the number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep or less without showing any impairment, rounded to a whole number ... is zero." ESPN Senior Writer, Baxter Holmes joins the Athletic Health podcast to discuss his research into sleep deprivation in NBA Players. In this episode, you will learn about... How Lack of Sleep Affects Performance How Sleep Deprivation Damages Long Term Health Strategies from NBA Players on How to Mitigate ...

Nov 17, 202456 min

Ep. 8: Dan Cerone: What's In Your Blood Right Now is the Secret

At the end of this episode, our guest Dan Cerone drops a knowledge bomb so big, it immediately changed the course of my training forever. In today’s episode, longevity expert Dan Cerone joins the show to share his most impactful insights from his clinical and research experience. You MUST listen to this show if… You are a biohacker You are interested in longevity You are training to for High-Octane performance You are at a training plateau and can’t breakthrough This is not an exaggeration. Some...

Sep 10, 202459 min

Ep. 7: Maria Fecik: The Secret Fifth Component of Athletic Health

Athletic Health is the process of becoming as healthy as humanly possible and there are four categories to making that a reality… …but in today’s episode, we reveal a secret, FIFTH category. Today we welcome HYROX Elite 15 Athlete, Maria Fecik to the show to discuss… What is HYROX? How she trains for the World Championship level The surprising challenges that came from competing with the other elite athletes Lactate testing And of course, that secret fifth category or Athletic Health I am a HYRO...

Sep 03, 202459 min

Ep. 6: Man's Search for Meaning and The Will to Win

I have long believed that the brain is the final frontier of human health and performance. Ever since my days in professional sports, it has been extremely obvious to me how the "elite" have brains that don't work in the same way as an ordinary person. I have been on a lifelong pilgrimage to find the answer and, to be honest, I think I've got it. This episode will explain to you what I've found. Here's What You're Going to Learn... Neural E-Brake Theory Ridiculous True Story of an NBA Player Why...

Aug 22, 20241 hr

Ep. 5: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: How to Use 100% of Your Brain's Power

“When our limbic system anxiety circuit is triggered, we are neuroanatomically cut off from accessing our higher cortical thinking centers, which is where our learned knowledge is stored.” – Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor In 1996, Harvard-trained Neuroanatomist, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain. On the afternoon of this rare stroke (AVM), she could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of her life. In the grueling 8-year recovery process, Dr. T...

Aug 20, 20241 hr 2 min

Ep. 4: Heart Rate Training in MLB Pitchers; Sprint Training; Why High Heart Rates Can Be Sub-Optimal in Training

"We want to close the gap between what is normal and what is optimal. We don't want to be normal. We want to be GREAT." - Jenny Martin On the last episode of the Athletic Health podcast, Jenny Martin joined me to discuss cardiopulmonary testing and what exactly the experts are looking for. In today's episode, we close the loop on that podcast to discuss some key follow-up topics including... More on VO2 Max Heart Rate Training in MLB Pitchers Why Athletes Heal Faster Variability in Training Why ...

Aug 15, 202426 min

Ep. 3: Jenny Martin: Lab Testing for VO2 Max and Cardiopulmonary Function

"What gets measured gets managed." - Tim Ferriss Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get an official lab test for your VO2 Max? While VO2 Max is a popular data point to measure, it's not exactly the most important metric that the experts are looking at. Today we welcome in Jenny Martin, the Chief Nursing Officer at RecoveryPlus, who will teach you everything you need to know about cardiopulmonary testing and give you an inside look at what the experts are looking for when you get you...

Aug 13, 20241 hr 14 min

Ep. 2: Rory Sutherland: Exercise Physiologist Gives Us the Truth Behind VO2 Max and More

"VO2 Max is a product of involved muscle mass." - Rory Sutherland. After recently getting my VO2 Max tested in a lab, I was shocked to find out how much lower I was than I expected (I tested at about 42 but anticipated being around 50). In this episode, Rory Sutherland, a San Diego based Exercise Physiologist breaks down everything you need to know about this newly famous data point...VO2 Max. Don't forget the mission! How does VO2 Max fit into the larger picture of Athletic Health? Listen to th...

Aug 08, 202452 min

Ep. 1: What is Athletic Health?

Welcome to the Athletic Health Podcast! Athletes are the healthiest people in the world because they do not focus on baseline values. They strive to be in the Top 1% of ALL health & performance categories. This level of effort creates bulletproof bodies that heal with impressive speed. The Big Question: How Can Someone Who Doesn’t Have the Time or the Resources of a Professional Athlete Still Create the Same Health and Performance Benefits for Themselves? Join Sean Light , former coach of th...

Aug 06, 202437 min

#411: A Radical Shift in Treating and Understanding Psychology

From thousands of hours of researching human performance, I've seen many parallels to the mechanics of performance and social anxiety. To be honest, I've seen the same connections to PTSD, cancer, auto-immune diseases and hypertension. In this episode, I will walk you through the dots that I've connected. I don't claim to be an expert in this category but I have seen some things that have really made me think and question the current rhetoric behind these concepts and how we treat them. Check th...

Feb 15, 202331 min

#410: How Your Brain is Destroying Your Personal Economy

Over the last 1,000 years, humans have behaved the exact same way. We have had the same problems with money, politics, and the economy. Books like The Fourth Turning and The Changing World Order, have perfectly predicted what would be happening today. How can everything be so predictable? Human Nature and the Brain is unchanging. To create a booming personal economy, you must hedge against the natural reactions of human nature and build a bulletproof brain. --- For more information, visit Weight...

Feb 08, 202325 min

#409: Why You Should be Training Like a Professional Athlete

There is a MASSIVE misconception about how professional athletes workout. When I got to the NBA, I was shocked at what these guys were doing. Well, more like shocked at what they WEREN'T doing. I would like to teach you why they do such untraditional workouts and why you are missing out BIG TIME but not doing the same. --- For More Information, visit WeightRoomWealth.com

Feb 07, 202325 min

#408: The Neuroscience Way to Wealth

This may be the most important podcast I've ever done. I am 100,000,000% positive that the brain is the answer to your struggles. If you're struggling to make a $100 or $100,000,000, you are only limited by the neural connections in your brain. Benjamin Franklin outlines his 2 rules to "reinforce their pockets" and they are simple. But the execution is the challenge and the challenge lies in your brain. --- Continue to Learn More About This Stuff at WeightRoomWealth.com/box...

Feb 06, 202322 min

#407: Secrets of Punching Scarecrows

Have you seen the video of the guy punching his friend in the face because he was dressed like a scarecrow and startled him? The brain has a built-in function that will react quicker than you can think. This is how your customers are making purchasing decisions and if you're not careful, you'll blow the sale! Welcome to the wonderful world of influential neuroscience. --- For More Information, Visit WeightRoomWealth.com/pro...

Feb 02, 202314 min

#406: Poor Richard's Almanac

In 1732, Benjamin Franklin printed the first edition of Poor Richard's Almanac. A periodic newsletter that reached tens of thousands of people throughout the colonies. But Franklin had a secret mission. Sprinkled throughout the news, current events and weather reports, were virtues, lessons and tips on how to get wealthy. Why did he go to such great lengths to help his fellow colonists bank ledgers? ...To Do the Greatest Good! --- Want to Learn More About the Neuroscience of Achievement? Visit W...

Feb 01, 202319 min

#405: How Domino's Pizza Dominates Marketing with Follow-Up Funnels

There is no one marketing better than Domino's Pizza. If you are an entrepreneur, you've got to study what they are doing. Today we will discuss the power of follow-up funnels and how you are leaving 99% of your revenue power on the table if you are doing zero follow-up. By the end of today's episode, I want you to be very clear about what the long-term process of marketing really looks like and get you to start adjusting the time horizon of your marketing strategy. This is a very tactical episo...

Aug 12, 202218 min

#404: The Secret to Training NBA Athletes and How You Can Use It To Be More Productive

Training elite athletes is a lot different than you think. When you are one of the world's top performers, the goal of training is to condition your body to be at your best every single night. When I worked in professional baseball, we played a game every single night. Well, as an entrepreneur, you face the same challenge. Long hours and working weekends and holidays, the game never sleeps and you must be at your best every night. Today's episode will show you three ways we trained this into our...

Aug 11, 202225 min

#403: How to Virtually Guarantee That Your Business Becomes Successful

Like most entrepreneurs today, my business was built on the back of social media. Most of the money I earned in my first 2-3 years was thanks to Instagram. But social media has become a powerful, yet unreliable source of income. My goal became to find a way to make my income predictible instead of throwing out a ton of content and hoping for the best. I've developed a fairly simply strategy that revolves around one key tenet... DATA. If you can measure what you're doing, split test your funnel s...

Aug 10, 202216 min

#402: Grow Your Brand Through Serving at the Highest Level with Neal Hallinan

Neal Hallinan is recognized around the world as a leading expert in postural restoration but it's his own story that paved the way for that to be possible. In this conversation, Neal discusses how he has self-corrected his own skull (YES! You read that right), the power of being able to see the big picture and how he was able to grow his YouTube brand to nearly 25,000 subscribers. Personally, Neal and I have been friends for several years now and I can say he is one of the most genuinely nice pe...

Aug 09, 20221 hr 55 min

#401: I Believe "Flow State" Can Be Turned On/Off Like a Lightswitch

After finishing "The Unteathered Soul" by Michael Singer, I'm left wondering about the laws of flow. My eyes are more open to all the places that flow exists and it makes me wonder if this is one of the natural laws of the business. In this episode, I will explain my philosophy on what it means to be in "flow state" and why I think you can train yourself to effortlessly access it. This is the official launch of the Weight Room Wealth Podcast. You can start learning how to condition yourself for ...

Aug 08, 202223 min

#398: The Value of Volume

As we approach the official launch of the Weight Room Wealth Podcast, Sean discusses his plans and a new project he's working on.

Jul 19, 20225 min

#397: New Podcast, Vulnerability and Freedom

Welcome everyone to the first ever episode under the "Weight Room Wealth" title. I've always wanted to keep going with my podcast but never really knew where it fit. Well, thanks to Tony Robbins (of course!), I've had a few discoveries recently and I think the time has come to make a real decision about the future. If I want to do the podcast, JUST DO IT!

Jul 16, 202213 min

#396: Entrepreneurs Should Have More Fun

Everyone thinks entrepreneurs aren't allowed to have fun, but I'm saying the exact opposite. Procrastination and fun are completely different. Is is possible to work 14 hour days and never miss anything fun? Listen to find out! Learn More at WeightRoomWealth.com

Jun 09, 202211 min

#395: The Science of Focus

Entrepreneurs know the importance of focus on their business but do they understand how it looks inside of the brain. This video is about demystifying this stuff and making it easy to apply for real results. Learn More at WeightRoomWealth.com

Jun 08, 202218 min

#394: How 1 Story Made More Millionaires Than Anything Else

This story is as old as time but 40 years ago, when Jim Rohn told the tale, it went on to create wealthy people for generations to come. Now it's my time to spread the word to you. Here is the story of sowing and reaping. Learn More at WeightRoomWealth.com

Jun 07, 202215 min

#393: My Embarrassing TikTok Live

I just went live on TikTok to record another episode of this podcast and it went VERY poorly. But there's a really important lesson...Scratch that...a MONUMENTALLY important lesson for all entrepreneurs in what's going to happen next. Learn More at WeightRoomWealth.com

May 27, 20227 min

#392: Facebook is Getting Slapped by Apple

Facebook has lost over $200 BILLION in value over the last few months and, oddly enough, it's because of their neglect over one of the most fundamental principles of business...THE GOOGLE SLAP! In this episode, I'll teach you about the Google Slap and I'll do it for everyone live on Tik Tok. All sorts of a fun stuff coming your way in this episode and I hope you enjoy it. For More Information Head Over to WeightRoomWealth.com

May 26, 202233 min

#391: Discovering the Secret to Social Media Growth

I'm embarrassed to say that I've known this for a long time but never it never really hit home for me. For years, I've heard about the power of storytelling but it honestly never seemed relevant to what I was doing. With the growth I'm seeing on Tik Tok right now, it's very clear that I was wrong. Tune into this episode to learn how I'm growing on Tik Tok, why you should be posting there too and the power of stories. Learn More at WeightRoomWealth.com...

May 14, 202210 min
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