Chasing Edges

Chasing Edges

By Brian PetersAlternative HealthHealth & FitnessEducationSelf-ImprovementFitness
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Chasing Edges episodes

  • Josh Storms | Florida State Head Strength Coach: BUILDING LEADERS, CONSISTENCY, BUILDING WEIGHT ROOM & COACHING CULTURE, ACTIONABLE VS INTERESTING, BUILD THE FOUNDATION.

    This week on Chasing Edges, Brian jumps on a call with Florida State's Director of Strength & Conditioning, Josh Storms.

    Topics include:
    - Intro (0:00)
    - Coaching at Florida State University
    -  Earning the trust of athletes
    - Hiring his team for FSU
    - Executing on the hard work and training

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    PRODUCED BY:
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    1 hr 16 min
  • Dr. Dylan Seeley, D.C. | CARDIO IS IMPORTANT, ENERGY SYSTEMS, EYE TRACKING, WEARABLE TECH, MENTAL TOUGHNESS.

    This week on Chasing Edges, Brian sits with chiropractic physician (and returning guest), Dr. Dylan Seeley. Dylan brings a well-rounded wealth of knowledge in about a million different areas of expertise, touting more certifications than almost anybody in the game. Hope you brought something to write with, you're going to want to take notes.

    Topics include:
    - Intro (0:00)
    - Concussions and Eyesight correlation
    - Energy Systems
    - Cardio doesn’t kill gains
    - Strategic exercise
    - The double edge sword of wearable tech
    - Mental toughness
    - Adaptability

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    PRODUCED BY:
    Alex Lagos / Lagos Creative

    1 hr 31 min
  • Ricky Stanzi | GOATA Movement Spevialist/NFL Quarterback: MOVE LIKE THE GREATS, NATURAL MOVEMENT, MOVING THROUGH SPACE LOGICALLY, ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

    This week on Chasing Edges, Brian chats with former NFL quarterback, Ricky Stanzi. Ricky is now a coach of the unique movement practice and skill called GOATA. Ricky goes into detail about this practice, how he discovered it, and how it can make a difference for you!

    Topics include:
    - Intro (0:00)
    - Where is Ricky currently Chasing Edges?
    - How did he get into GOATA?
    - GOATA: Explained
    - How to proactively look forward
    - Our bodies are binary systems

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    Catch the video podcast on YouTube, and follow us on social media (@chasingedges) for clips, bonus content, and updates throughout the week.

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    SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
    Breath Belt: Get 20% OFF with code EDGES20 at https://thebreathbelt.com/

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    PRODUCED BY:
    Alex Lagos / Lagos Creative

    1 hr 24 min
  • Josh Cuthbert | Sports Performance Coach for NFL Athletes: RACE HORSES, RECOVERY LIKE A PRO, EFFECTIVE DOES, BUILDING CULTURE & HIGH PERFORMANCE MINDSET

    On this episode of Chasing Edges, Brian sits down with Josh Cuthbert, a strength coach who trains some absolute beasts including George Kittle, Rob Tonyan, TJ Hockenson, and many more.

    Topics include:
    - Intro
    - How Fit Lab started
    - Workhorse vs Racehorse training
    - Recovery
    - Training with athletes
    - Training with your gen pop high performers
    - Training strategy & Josh’s program

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    Catch the video podcast on YouTube, and follow us on social media (@chasingedges) for clips, bonus content, and updates throughout the week.

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    Breath Belt: Get 20% OFF with code EDGES20 at https://thebreathbelt.com/

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    PRODUCED BY:
    Alex Lagos / Lagos Creative

    1 hr 2 min
  • Nick Littlehales | Sports Sleep Coach: PERSONALIZE YOUR SLEEP, SLEEPING FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, SLEEP IQ.

    On this episode of Chasing Edges, Brian chats with sports sleep coach, Nick Littlehales.

    Topics include:
    - Intro
    - What Happens When you Sleep
    - Plugging yourself in
    - There is a freedom in the program
    - Stages of Sleep
    - How to get people to start caring about their sleep
    - Sleep isn't the same for everyone
    - How Brian has used this program to his benefit
    - Which supplements are best for increasing sleep
    - The necessity of sunshine for our sleep/mood
    - "It's about smashing it"

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    1 hr 19 min
  • Eoin Lacey | Performance Consultant: FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, MMA TRAINING & PROPER WEIGHT CUTTING, ATHLETE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES, ABC MACRO APPROACH, FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, HEALTH MINDSET.

    Eoin Lacey is a performance consultant and co-founder of the Irish Strength Institute. He started his career in the health industry where he went on to be part of the management team of Irelands largest health clubs with over 11,000 members. Understanding that everyone responds differently to exercise. Eoin began his studies in Physical Therapy, Corrective Exercise and Advanced Strength and Conditioning. This brought Eoin into the Personal Training realm and together with John Connor and Stephen Ward forged the beginning of what is now the largest chain of Personal Training and Nutrition Centers in Ireland , the Irish Strength Institute. Here he trains a wide range of humans and athletes, particularly MMA athletes, Conor McGregor among them. He has also branched into the business consult world where he splits his time between his Clinic in Malahide, managing the ISI Centre of Excellence, and teaching for his US Educational Company ICANS.On the podcast, Eoin and Brian talk about optimal approaches and philosophies to health and performance for athletes and all humans. Eoin talks on his path to his roles as a performance consultant and MMA trainer as well as co-founder of the Irish Strength Institute. He highlights the importance of treating you and your athletes on a personalized basis. This leads into his assessment strategies and philosophies on programming, warming up and activating properly, and proper weight cutting for athletes. Eoin then breaks down the weight room and its relationship to functional training, how to categorize athletes on ability and disfunction. Then the boys dive into MMA training and nutrition, this involves ideal training and recovery approaches, and body composition ranges and identifying and optimizing energy systems, then finishes with nutrition and supplement recommendations. Eoin closes out the podcast with a phenomenal approach to the foundations of optimal human performance in any field. Incredible conversation. Hope you enjoy.

    1 hr 16 min
  • Cory Gregory: Fitness Entrepreneur: HOW TO BUILD CONFIDENCE & WIN AT LIFE
    Cory Gregory, fitness entrepreneur, owner of Max Effort Muscle, Cory G Fitness, and Old School Gym is back on the podcast this week to talk about the release of his new book HOW TO BUILD CONFIDENCE & WIN AT LIFE, dropping today! You can find it on Amazon and on Audible where there's podcasts with his RoundTable podcast partners after each chapter On the podcast the boys break down his journey from the trailer park into the fitness entrepreneur he is today. Why he wrote the book and what it means to him. He dives into the writing process and how he overcame his literary limits to tell his story and inspire and guide others with this book. There is a big emphasis on getting into the spotlight to gauge not only your abilities but your confidence. Cory then tells his take on self-awareness and intuition he used to change his circumstances. This leads into the development of self belief and the observations that led him down the entrepreneurial path. A massive part of the conversation and the book emphasize the power of questions, and the impact of asking yourself questions and full heartedly pursuing the answers. So the boys chop it up on the friction it takes to start an endeavor and the non-negotiable habit of consistency and going all in to get what you want out of life, and the acceptance of the time and years, and depth of knowledge and curioisty it truly takes to master your craft and master your confidence. Then he goes on to explain why he shares his craft and holds a standard for those in his circle. Hope you enjoy!
    59 min
  • Dustin Myers: RTC Strength Coach at Ohio State University: CHASING DISCOMFORT & PRESENCE, PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EARNING RESPECT AS A COACH, DARK PLACES, WRESTLING STRENGTH & CONDITIONING, TRAINING OLYMPIANS, MAX EFFORT.
    Coach Dustin Myers is the strength coach for the Ohio Regional Training Center at The Ohio State University training Olympic hopefuls in freestyle wrestling. With the Ohio RTC since 2012, he served as Ohio State Wrestling’s primary strength coach from 2014-18, helping the Buckeyes win three Big Ten titles, their first-ever team NCAA championship, and two runner-up finishes. A certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), Coach Myers the co-owner of Old School Gym in Granville, OH, and is one of the founding partners of Max Effort Muscle supplement company. On the podcast today, Dustin covers wrestling strength and conditioning methodologies, as well as building the life and physical capability you want. He makes the argument for pursuing discomfort and how he manages to push himself and his mind through the dark places of conditioning, and how it translates to everyday life. He then speaks on his coaching experiences with youth, college, and professional athletes, what separates them, what type of character they train and compete with. The boys rip on a bunch of topics throughout the podcast including, culture building, sauna and ice, pool training, really everything Chasing Edges. Enjoy!
    1 hr 1 min
  • Dr. Ken Kinakin: DOMINATE YOUR NICHE, MASTER YOUR METABOLICS WITH LACTATE TESTING, THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER ASSESSMENT, BATTLEFIELD ACUPUNCTURE, MPS DOLPHIN USE/PROTOCOLS, SPECIALIZATION, HOW TO BUILD YOUR HEALTH NETWORK, SIMPLE BREATH TOOLS
    Dr. Ken Kinakin is an Ontario based chiropractor, lecturer, power lifter, and founder of the SWIS conference. He specializes in weight training injuries and sports medicine. His SWIS (Society of Weight Training Injury Specialists) conference brings the best therapeutic professionals, doctors, and weight lifting trainers together to bridge the gap and tie together doctors/therapists, trainers, and the client, to optimize performance on all fronts. Links to conference and 20 year video library ( Swis.ca & swisvideoflix.com )On the podcast, Dr. Kinakin starts emphasizing the importance of specialization and utilization of health and fitness professionals mastering their niche, then goes in depth on the importance of proper assessment of athletes and gen pop to solve and prevent problems, emphasizing the use of assessment as a precursor to new training and for constant maintenance. He breaks down his assessments with muscle testing and identifies if asymmetries, imbalances, or weaknesses fall into the reconditioned, dysfunctional, or damaged categories, as well as them being local, regional, or central issues. The boys then start speaking through recovery modalities, primarily battlefield acupuncture and the use of the MPS Dolphin for real time treatment and the treatment of brain trauma. The conversation the leads to simple power of breath work, and finishes with an insightful talk on pursuing optimal metabolic function using lactate testing. Hope you enjoy!MPS Dolphin = dolphinmps.comLactate testslactateplusmeter.storenovabiomedical.com
    1 hr 22 min
  • Dr. John Thoma: Chiropractor: MAXIMIZING MITOCHONDRIA, INCREASING TESTOSTERONE WITH RED LIGHT, CHIROPRACTIC INTERVENTION, GROWING OWN PRODUCE, DRY NEEDLING/ACUPUNCTURE, EATING SEASONALLY, RED LIGHT/NIR PRODUCTS & PROTOCOLS, EMF DEFENSE
    Dr. John Thoma is a chiropractor based in North Scottsdale, Arizona. On this podcast Dr. Thoma speaks on his current curiosity with growing his own produce, why and the benefits, along with why you should eat seasonally. This is paired with the importance of conscious approach to the food and water forms you consume. This is followed by a conversation heavily focused on the importance of maintaining healthy mitochondrial function, primarily with the use of red light and near infrared use. Dr. Thoma gives his recommendations on products and protocols in this category, as well as examples of the profound benefits he has seen with the use of this modality. He also gives recommendations for sleep products and ideas to protect yourself from EMF. The conversation closes with his approach to chiropractic intervention, along with other modalities, manual therapy, neuromuscular connection, dry needling, and acupuncture. Hope you enjoy!
    1 hr 15 min

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Interviews uncovering the edges incredible humans chase in human performance, perspective, and the art of living. Seeking the hacks, habits, and mindsets of high performers. Learn. Grow. Explore your…