Do It Live - Episode 3 - Chris Fettes
Chris Fettes- A former Navy SEAL who now slings ice cream and teaches first responders how to deal with active shooter threats.
Aug 03, 2023•47 min
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Welcome to the Die Living Podcast! The SOFLETE gang and their guests discuss a wide range of topics including fitness, nutrition, veteran issues, and philosophies for life. If this is your first time listening, we recommend starting with #26 with Curtis Iovito, #47 with a close friend from a Special Missions Unit, or #63 with Worth Parker.
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Do It Live - Episode 2 - Matt Pranka
On this Episode we have arguably one of the most legitimate shooters still in the game. Matt @Xray.Alpha.LLC spent over 20 years in service in SOF and is a USPSA Grand Master. Him and Brent @sofletefish get together to trash talk fitness, run drills, and dissect why CQB is such a hot topic these days. Like and Follow for the next Episode of Do It Live.
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Do It Live - Episode 1 - Danny Draher
Former MARSOC Raiders get together to talk fitness, culture in SOF, and diet- while they live fire clear a shoot house utilizing basic principles of CQB Find Danny on IG @SOFLETE_Hypeman and the SOFLETE CEO and Founder Brent @SOFLETEFish
Aug 03, 2023•41 min
Performance Podcast - 84 - Life Balance And Transitions
Matt and George sit down with a cup of joe and drive in a conversation about life balances where they specifically highlight the Cognitive Warrior System. If you haven't listened to the lunch and learn series on the new human behavior program, please head over and take a listen. Now, as always our podcast comes and goes like the wind but when we sit down we bring something unique to the listener as time is finite and we need to make sure we bring in innovative information to those who support SO...
May 24, 2022•53 min
Performance Podcast - 82 - How To Set Up For Success In 2022
George and Matt, in-person together in Salt Lake City for a change, discuss how you can engineer success for yourself this year. Whether this is the year you finally run that first ultra, or take your shot at getting your tabs, the guys chat "new year, new you" SOFLETE style. George unwraps the psychological theories around goal setting, offering some great insight and tips based on his personal experience as an athlete and also as a writer. If you're struggling to build momentum this year, this...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Performance Podcast - 81 - Conscious Warrior System - Cohort 1 Reflections
Sitting together in George's office, he and Matt enjoy a coffee whilst catching up on what's been going on for them thus far in 2022. Alongside working arguably the best two jobs in strength and conditioning, the guys have been busy. George has been flat out balancing fatherhood, with studying for his Bachelor's degree, developing his writing skills and crushing training in anticipation of completing the Recon Challenge in April... Matt on the other hand has mostly been hard at work shivering in...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Performance Podcast - 80 - Inside The Mind Of Dr. Katie Pate
George sits down with Dr. Katie (also known as Kate to many) Pate and explores a holistic approach to life and the actions it takes to build an experience worth living. Dr. Pate and George have an authentic, honest conversation with each other and share some ways they’ve learned to combat fear, anxiety, addiction, abuse, and countless other difficulties. Kate cracks George open in this one after she shares and fills George in on what she’s been doing during the past four years since she was last...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Performance Podcast - 79 - From the GridIron to the Frontlines with RDN Diana Nguyen
Dive into a conversation with George and Diana, as they sit and chat about the importance of nutrition from an omni-directional perspective on nutrition. Both George and Diana carry a wealth of experiences that they each shared on the show, only adding and connecting the dots in moving the needle forward in human performance. Furthermore, Diana believes strongly in science, research, and how science is being used to help build a foundation for the tactical professional. Re-educating each tactica...
Nov 19, 2021•58 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 8 - CWS Final Thoughts
Closing out the Lunch and Learn series Join George and Matt as they wrap up the last in the series of the Lunch and Learn podcast. The boys reflect on how the Conscious Warrior System has slowly taken shape over the past few years, as a direct result of first hand experience. Utilizing the metaphor of the Parthenon, George describes how a solid foundation of health is necessary to support the load placed on the modern tactical professional. However, the boys also acknowledge that the CWS project...
Nov 17, 2021•21 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 7 - Occupational Stress Management - Episode 3
Episode 3 - Managing Your Occupational Stress As ever, in this final episode of the chapter, George and Matt get down to offering practical advice and suggestions for how you can better manage your occupational stress. From using the Conscious Warrior System framework, to specific breathing drills, the guys unpack simple and accessible solutions that you can put in place tonight, to help prepare you for tomorrow. This is definitely an episode to listen to if you need some help with work related ...
Nov 12, 2021•19 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 7 - Occupational Stress Management - Episode 2
Episode 2 - Occupation Stress in The Tactical Community In these times of increasing uncertainty, the tactical community, especially, faces ever greater levels of unpredictability. Alongside this, resource and funding restrictions place significant limitations on a group of people who pride themselves in always being ready to ‘‘answer the call’’. Unsurprisingly, this leads to levels of work related stress being exponentially amplified. In today’s episode George and Matt discuss what effects high...
Nov 11, 2021•17 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 7 - Occupational Stress Management - Episode 1
Episode 1 - What is Occupational Stress? This is the last chapter in this series and represents another one of the supporting pillars in the Conscious Warrior System Framework. George and Matt kick off this chapter with their understanding of occupational stress. The guys discuss how work induced stress, both physical and psychological, can have a very real effect on your physiology; the results of which can negatively impact quality of life and career if left unchecked. However, as is the case ...
Nov 10, 2021•15 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 6 - Psychological State - Episode 3
Episode 3 - How To Flex Your Psychological State In this final episode of Chapter 6, George and Matt are back to give you the tools needed to take back control of your psychological state. The guys talk through some simple and accessible options for increasing self-awareness and establishing a baseline for any future strategies you might employ. As is customary with the Lunch and Learn series, the guys also give you a fun challenge to try at home, that will highlight just how real the link betwe...
Oct 22, 2021•21 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 6 - Psychological State - Episode 2
Episode 2 - How Understanding Psychological State is Relevant to the Tactical Community Everything we do in the Tactical Community revolves around teamwork. Even when operators deploy on their own, they are always supported by team members- be that professionally, in the form of radio operators or int’ specialists, or personally, in the form of spouses or friends. If a team, like a chain, is only as strong as its weakest link then we need to start looking out as well as in. The psychological sta...
Oct 20, 2021•15 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 6 - Psychological State - Episode 1
Episode 1 - Introducing Psychological State In Chapter 6, George and Matt look at the Psychological State and get to grips with how understanding your state, as well as those around you, will exponentially enhance performance and longevity. As usual, Episode 1 acts as an introduction to the topic. The guys use their own personal and professional experiences to highlight the importance of recognizing that how you feel affects how you perceive the world around you. Everything we do here at SOFLETE...
Oct 18, 2021•19 min
Bottom Of The Barrel 23 - The Fine Line
Bottom Of The Barrel 23 - The Fine Line by SOFLETE
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Performance Podcast - 78 - John M
Performance Podcast - 78 - John M by SOFLETE
Sep 28, 2021•40 min
Bottom Of The Barrel 22 - Bro Science
Brent and Doug discuss the intricacies of the human specimen.
Sep 16, 2021•51 min
Performance Podcast - 77 - 2021 TSAC Conference
This week’s episode has the boys reflecting on a truly awesome week. George and Matt recently attended the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning (TSAC) Annual Training event in Norfolk, Virginia. Aside from offering a stellar lineup of highly experienced and educated speakers, the event was also a fantastic opportunity to connect with other human performance specialists from across the tactical community. From earning a Navy SEAL Challenge Coin to playing the most competitive game of Jenga eve...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Bottom Of The Barrel 21 - Summer Drinks
Brent and Doug catch up over drinks.
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 5 - CNS Management - Episode 3
Episode 3 - How Take Your Nervous System Into Consideration To wrap up this chapter, George and Matt kick off with a quote from the legendary late Dr Fred Hatfield. In keeping with the no-nonsense, practical approach that ’Dr Squat’ was known for, the guys focus this episode on providing you with actionable steps to improve your performance and boost your health and longevity. To start with, they guys recap the ‘be your own scientist’ concept and explain how you can use this systematic approach ...
Aug 20, 2021•20 min
Bottom Of The Barrel 19 - Gymnastics
Brent and Doug discuss the Olympics.
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 5 - CNS Management - Episode 2
Episode 2 - How Understanding the Nervous System is Relevant to the Tactical Community In this episode, George and Matt discuss how being able to make some sense of the nervous system can help enhance performance and resilience, specifically for the tactical professional. In doing so, the guys dive into the role of the autonomic nervous system and consider how the stress response requirements have changed in humans over the last 1000 years. Matt explains that for a lot of this to make sense, we ...
Aug 18, 2021•25 min
Lunch And Learn - Chapter 5 - CNS Management - Episode 1
Episode 1 - Introducing the Nervous System This episode comes with a public safety announcement- the human nervous system is a pretty complex piece of hardware; the exact workings of which the scientific community still doesn’t completely understand. Consequently, George and Matt attempt to walk the tightrope balance between providing you with sufficient biological knowledge that you can understand the rest of this chapter in context, whilst still giving practical advice that you can implement d...
Aug 17, 2021•19 min
Bottom Of The Barrel 20 - Third Time Is The Charm
Bottom Of The Barrel 20 - Third Time Is The Charm by SOFLETE
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Performance Podcast - 76 - Coffee Talk 2
We're back with another episode, listening in on a conversation from the SOFLETE Human Performance Team's virtual office. Talk this time is based around another book on George's reading list, 'The Creativity Leap' by Natalie Nixon. In the book, Natalie illustrates the concept of balancing work and play through the construct of 'wonder versus rigor.' She describes how finding time to be creative and reflective ultimately leads to greater quality work being produced. George and Matt discuss how th...
Aug 16, 2021•56 min
Performance Podcast - 75 - Tony Nash
“Why not”? These two words have been the genesis for many of this week’s guest’s achievements. Long time SOFLETE Athlete Tony Nash first started asking himself, “why not?” when he accepted a place at Westpoint. Since then, the momentum has continued to grow exponentially for this Buffalo, NY native. Tony has now served as an Active Duty Field Artillery Officer for 11 years, whilst simultaneously authoring The Night Before Journal, hosting the Got Your Six podcast, graduating with a master’s degr...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Performance Podcast 74 - Theo Ballard Building A Stronger Tactical Athlete
This week the guys were fortunate enough to reconnect with Dr. Theo Ballard, SOFLETE’s in-house physical therapist. Theo is a civilian Orthopedic and Sport Certified Performance Physiotherapist specializing in both sport and tactical performance, specifically with conventional and SOF military personnel. In this episode, George and Matt get some great insight into a few of the more common injuries and training pitfalls that Theo sees in his clinic. Theo then provides some awesome advice to help ...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Bottom Of The Barrel 18 - Poop Stories Part Deuce
Doug and Brent revisit some of the tough times in the triumphant return of the Bottom of the Barrel podcast.
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Performance Podcast - 73 - EMDR Treatment For PSTD
George sits down with Derek to discuss his process with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Treatment. Derek provides insight into the minds of special operations solider and the risk that comes with it. Sharing personal stories and how he has is using EMDR to work through his own struggles and improve his mental defenses to create the life he deserves. This podcast has no relation to the Department of Defense.
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 8 min
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