View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 7-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Dan Garner has quickly become one of the go-to experts in the human performance industry. His detailed “inside-out” approach and science-backed programming have quickly pushed him to the forefront of his industry. With his extensive work as a world-class performance lab analyst, Dan continues to push the industry forward with his publications, research, and no-nonsense approac...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 130
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 7-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush As Vice President of Performance Science and Principal Scientist at Whoop, Kristen Holmes blends her academic and applied background in athletics, coaching, performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive research, education, partnership, and product development initiatives to strengthen WHOOP as a leader in Human Performance. Kristen's research is focused...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 129
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 7-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Bonnie Wan is an author and speaker, as well as partner and head of brand strategy at the world-renowned advertising agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners. As creator of The Life Brief, Bonnie helps people live with greater clarity, creativity, and courage by teaching them how to write creative briefs for their lives. The Life Brief has evolved from a short form biography ...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 128
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Dr. Eric Freitag is a licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified neuropsychologist, and certified Emergency Medical Technician. His clinical expertise includes assessing and treating dementia, traumatic brain injury, and sports concussions. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Mt. Diablo Memory Center. Dr. Freitag works extensively with individuals who have ex...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 127
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Tommy Wood BM BCh, PhD is a neuroscientist, elite-level professional nerd, and performance consultant to world class athletes in a dozen sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. Tommy is an Assistant Profess...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 126
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Andy Galpin is a tenured full Professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he is also Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and Founder/Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory. He is a Human Performance scientist with a PhD in Human Bioenergetics and over 100 peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Dr. Galpin has...
Nov 30, 2023•2 hr 48 min•Ep. 125
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Jared Hanley is a co-founder and CEO of NatureQuant, a research and technology firm building tools to assess and promote nature exposure. Prior to founding NatureQuant, Jared used data science and statistical modeling techniques and provided advisory services in finance, energy, and real estate applications. He is a published author and speaker on ERISA laws and plans. He has...
Nov 16, 2023•57 min•Ep. 124
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Adam Bornstein is a New York Times bestselling author who is rewriting the rules of nutrition and fitness. He is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Born Fitness. The former Men's Health fitness and nutrition editor and editorial director of Livestrong.com has seen a lot of trends come and go, and then something became clear: diet plans are designed to make you scr...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 123
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Dr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist that specializes in the treatment of pain and movement disorders. He is the founder of Rehab Science and dedicates his time to teaching people about human movement, pain, and how to most effectively recover from injury. Besides running his clinical practice, Tom served as a full-time undergraduate kinesiology ...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 122
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter and the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each month. A graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 121
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Brad Stulberg is the bestselling author of the new book Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything is Changing, Including You. Brad writes and coaches on mental health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He regularly contributes to the New York Times and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic, among other outlets. In his coaching pract...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 120
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world – dubbed blue zones hotspots – where people live the longest, healthiest lives. Buettner now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to impleme...
Sep 07, 2023•55 min•Ep. 119
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Josh Appel is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Southern Arizona VA. He is a former Air Force Pararescue Specialist (PJ) who deployed on the rescue/recovery missions for OPERATION: Red Wings, including Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell and LT. Michael Murphy. Working with the Murphy family, Josh founded the Memorial Day Murph tradition. Josh ...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 118
View This Week's Show Notes Start Your 14-Day Trial to Virtual Mobility Coach Join Our Free Weekly Newsletter: The Ambush Jason and Colleen Wachob are the co-founders and co-CEOs of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to well-being with 15 million monthly unique visitors. Jason is also the host of the popular mindbodygreen podcast, and the best-selling author of Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Resume. He has been featured in the New York Times, Entrepreneur,...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 117
Tom Morris is in his 16th year within the Indiana Strength and Conditioning department of Indiana University, serving as the senior Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance for the department of intercollegiate athletics. He is responsible for the development and implementation of sport specific strength, conditioning, flexibility, speed, and agility programs for Indiana's 24 men's and women's NCAA Division I programs including the 8x national champion men’s soccer program. In 2012, ...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 116
Dr. Darren Candow, PhD, CSEP-CEP, is Professor and Director of the Aging Muscle and Bone Health Laboratory in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. The overall objectives of Dr. Candow’s internationally renowned research program are to develop effective lifestyle interventions involving nutrition (primarily creatine monohydrate) and physical activity (resistance training) which have practical and clinical relevance for improving musculoskeletal aging ...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 115
Bestselling author, speaker, and a leader of the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman is changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Bowman teaches movement globally and has written 9 previous books on the importance of a diverse movement diet, including Move Your DNA, Dynamic Aging, and Grow Wild. Her latest book, Rethink Your Position, is a much-needed guide to how our bodies move, why we need to move more, and the intentional steps anyone can take to feel, move, and...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 114
Dr. Sean Pastuch is a dedicated husband, father, and leader. He is the Founder and CEO of Active Life, a company that guides its clients to a life well-lived, through the attainment of empowered thought, physical freedom, and emotional wellbeing. When he’s not working to improve the lives of his clients, Dr. Sean spends his time with his wife and three daughters. He credits his wife with being his biggest supporter, and his children with being the best leadership coaches he has ever had. At Acti...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 113
Joyce Shulman is Co-Founder and CEO of 99 Walks and Jetti Fitness, two wellness and walking lifestyle brands on a mission to forge connection and inspire millions to walk their way to better. Throughout her personal and professional life, Joyce’s regular walking practice has been her key for managing stress, fueling creativity, and maintaining her health. After discovering that the research bears out all that she knew instinctively, Joyce and her husband, Eric Cohen, founded 99 Walks and Jetti F...
Jun 01, 2023•53 min•Ep. 112
Dave Colina is the founder and CEO of O2 Hydration, an Inc. 5000 beverage brand and the Official Sports Drink of The CrossFit Games. A former corporate strategist, Dave cut his entrepreneurial teeth while helping open a non-profit charter high school in Columbus, OH. He then left the office life to coach CrossFit and create a healthier hydration drink - eventually launching O2 from the trunk of Ohio's hardest-working Prius in 2014. Dave is a graduate of The Ohio State University, a certified Cro...
May 18, 2023•53 min•Ep. 111
Lindsay Berra is a freelance sports journalist based in New Jersey. She is the oldest grandchild of Carmen and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and serves as an executive producer of the brand new documentary, IT AIN’T OVER, an intimate and revealing portrait of Yogi Berra. She currently creates content for Mustard, the pitching biomechanics app developed by Tom House, and contributes regularly to Men’s Health magazine. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Fast Co...
May 04, 2023•57 min•Ep. 110
Jon Gregory is the founder and CEO of Vitruvian, a resistance training technology company. Jon has a background in applied physics but worked for years in finance and as a high frequency trader, ultimately starting his own firm. The lo-tech weight room just beyond the trading floor sparked the idea for Vitruvian. Jon figured he could make resistance training a lot more sophisticated using technology and thus the tinkering began, and eventually Vitruvian was born. • This episode of The Ready Stat...
Apr 20, 2023•55 min•Ep. 109
Stefi Cohen is a 25-time world record holding powerlifter and the strongest woman pound for pound in the world. She has dedicated her life to pushing the boundaries of what is physically possible. In addition to her passion for sports, Stefi is also a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Exercise Physiologist, using her knowledge and experience to educate the public about health and fitness by sharing evidence-based information using a no-BS approach. As an author, podcast host, YouTuber, and influenc...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 108
Jim Smith or Smitty is the owner of Diesel Strength & Conditioning. He has dedicated his life to helping others fall in love with fitness. Developing the Ageless Athlete protocol, Smitty has created the solution for all lifters and athletes who want to train pain free and reach their goals - in and out of the gym. Smitty also co-created the best hands-on practical certification called the CPPS certification, along with Joe DeFranco, that has changed the lives of PTs, coaches, trainers, and l...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 107
Jason McCarthy is the founder and CEO of GORUCK. While serving in Special Forces, GORUCK was born and the goal was simple: build a rucksack with life or death quality standards that would thrive from Baghdad to NYC. Jason is also the co-founder and CEO of Sandlot, an organization that empowers everyone into fitness with the tools they need to workout with real people in the real world. We get into Jason’s background and the origin story of GORUCK, the extensive benefits of rucking, and building ...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 106
Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s leading endurance sports brand. He has built Spartan into a global fitness and wellness brand, with a 10 million+ community of athletes across the globe. Under his leadership, Spartan’s portfolio of brands has grown to include Spartan Trail, DEKA, La Ruta, Tough Mudder, and HIGHLANDER. Joe is also a New York Times bestselling author of a number of books. We get into the origin of Spartan, Joe’s love of suffering (and torturing others?), ...
Feb 23, 2023•58 min•Ep. 105
Marcus Filly is the founder of Functional Bodybuilding. After leaving medical school, Marcus turned instead to health and fitness to help people more directly with training and nutrition in their day to day lives. Drawing on an extensive training background in soccer and his competitive CrossFit career, Marcus owned an affiliate for years before changing methodologies to help athletes better succeed through individual coaching. After the 2016 CrossFit Games, Marcus was burned out and broken, and...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 104
Dave is a multiple-time USA Gymnastics National Champion and was part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team. Dave has coached gymnastics teams to multiple National Championships, was a lead coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics L1 Course where he developed the CrossFit Gymnastics Advanced Course. Dave is the co-founder of Power Monkey Fitness where he travels the world delivering world class knowledge and coaching to those looking to improve their movement quality and longevity by ensuring they have the ...
Jan 26, 2023•58 min•Ep. 103
Travis Mash has been strength training for over 21 years and has been working with athletes on their strength, speed, and athletic performance for over 15 years. Travis has worked with athletes and non-athletes of all levels from NFL and Olympic hopefuls, to 7-year-olds just starting out, to a 70-year-old senior seeking increased mobility. Travis is a current world champion in powerlifting and has held the all-time pound-for-pound world record. We talk to Travis about his career path, the import...
Jan 12, 2023•59 min•Ep. 102
Shane Farmer is the founder of Dark Horse Rowing. He's a rower, a 4X CrossFit Games athlete, former gym owner, Concept2 Master Instructor and has made his career de-mystifying rowing for non-rowers. He's married with two kids and has 13 chickens and an orchard. He loves soil regeneration, permaculture, and testing himself regularly at new and interesting forms of fitness. We go way back and hear how Shane first started rowing, almost by accident, and then was exposed to CrossFit as his rowing te...
Dec 29, 2022•57 min•Ep. 101
