Chasing Edges

Chasing Edges

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Chasing Edges episodes

  • Michael Mauti: NFL Linebacker: BATTLING THROUGH HELL TO RETURN TO THE NFL, SOLVING DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, LEARNING FROM DREW BREES, LEADERSHIP THROUGH CRISIS AT PENN STATE, LOVE OF THE GAME, CHASING EDGES IN REHAB/SUPPLEMENTS.
    Michael Mauti is a former Special Teams Captain and NFL Linebacker for the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings. He was also First Team All-American at Penn State University and Big Ten Linebacker of the Year in 2012. Michael Mauti aka Mautzilla talks on his time at Penn State and the chaos that followed the NCAA sanctions on the football team pertaining to Jerry Sandusky and expands on the leadership it took to keep the team together. Michael then dives deep into his story battling Ulcerative Colitis his entire 5 year career in the NFL which led to him getting a total Proctocolectomy with a J-pouch reconstruction (removing large intestine and building one out of you small intestine) #NoColonStillRollin He had this done in the offseason before returning to the NFL in 2018. The story behind this battle is legendary. The boys also talk on edges he chased to solve these digestive issues and other edges with the ARPwave therapy, supplements, stoicism, and competitive mindset. Michael and Brian finish the conversation talking about what they've learned from other players in their time in the NFL. Hope you enjoy!
    1 hr 32 min
  • Anthony Schlegel: Jacksonville Jaguars Head Strength Coach: LESSONS FROM THE WEIGHT ROOM, SLAYING THE SELFISH BEAST, AUTHENTICITY, MINIMAL EFFECTIVE DOSE, PURPOSE STATEMENT, SERVANT MENTALITY, MAXIMIZING PLAYERS, IDENTITY AFTER SPORTS.
    Anthony Schlegel is the head strength coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars as well as the owner of The Difference striking machine company. He was also a Linebacker for Ohio State and a 3rd Round Draft Pick by the New York Jets. Schlegel has also served as an assistant strength coach for Ohio State where he simultaneously earned his MBA. On this podcast Schlegs dives deep into personal growth and the lessons the weight room has taught him, and how it has become the fertile soil for his best ideas. He elaborates on what the "slaying the selfish beast" saying he created means to him. The boys also dive into the concept of minimal effective dose in reference to training and recovery modalities and how to truly optimize yourself and your players. Additionally he adds his view on authenticity and the effectiveness for him of having a purpose statement. His statement lies in optimization and service where his roots are deep in his faith which he elaborates on beautifully. Schlegs closes out with advice from his experience in the NFL as a player and now as coach how he would properly approach maximizing your value as a player and extend your career. He is an eternally curious human that looks to find any edge or perspective change for him and his community to better every human around him, a truly incredible human with endless juice. Hope you enjoy!
    51 min
  • Dr. John Thoma: Chiropractor: OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, RED LIGHT THERAPY, DIET EXPERIMENTS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM, CORRECT BREATHING, THE 3 B'S: BRAIN FOG, BOWEL MOVEMENTS, & BONERS, EMFs, IMPORTANCE OF JAW & FOOT MAINTENANCE, CREATION AS MEDITATION
    Dr. John Thoma is a chiropractor and owner of Infinity Spine Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. John is an optimal performance enthusiast and extremist. He is dialed on living and tuning in with his circadian rhythms as well as supporting his diet experiments and red light protocols with bloodwork analysis. John and Brian talk heavily on the diet experiments particularly the Vegan Diet and the Monotrophic Diet. They also cover everything Red Light Therapy, along with breathing correctly, creating art for balance and meditation, the use of darkness and light for optimal hormone performance, and understand the effects of EMFs. Additionally the boys touch on the 3 B's of intuitive health indicators, Boners, Brain Fog, and Bowel Movements, as well as the importance of maintaining your feet and jaw, fermented vegetables, and philosophies on capability and the peaks and valleys of life. The undertones of discipline and curiosity are everywhere in this podcast. Hope you enjoy!
    1 hr 25 min
  • Tyrann Mathieu & Johnathan Joseph: Pro Bowl NFL Defensive Backs: LEADERSHIP, HOW TO PRACTICE LIKE A PRO, LEADING YOURSELF & YOUNGER PLAYERS, SETTING STANDARDS, TRAINING FOR PRECISION, BATTLING INJURIES, BALANCING WORK & REST.
    Tyrann and J Joe talk on leadership, with 25 years of NFL experience between them, both at a Pro Bowl level, Tyrann also as an All-pro, they impart wisdom on how to lead yourself and younger players, particularly leading by example and practicing at an elite standard. Tyrann expands on the art of leading yourself, the importance of having boundaries on the company you keep, and the mindset and support it took to battle multiple ACL injuries. J Joe dives deeper into learning and competing at high level, the contrast and benefit between different coaching styles he was experienced as a player, and how he trained while balancing work and rest deep into his 16 year NFL career and All time NFL leading 201 passes defended. Hope you enjoy!Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded right before the 2020 season under a different podcast Brian started but never released, "Leaders These Days" so the emphasis of the conversations is on leadership, since then Johnathan Joseph has since retired following the 2020 season, and Tyrann has continued on as a captain and All-Pro Safety for the Kansas City Chiefs.
    1 hr 12 min
  • Kollin Moore: Freestyle Wrestler/4x All-American/USA Olympic Alt: CHOSEN SUFFERING, EXPECT A FIGHT, FLOW STATE, SELF TALK IN DARK PLACES, DEVELOPING MENTAL SKILLS, IDENTITY OUTSIDE OF SPORT, LEADERSHIP & GRIT
    Kollin Moore is professional freestyle wrestler and a 4x All-American & 3x Big Ten Champion for Ohio State, he earned a spot as the USA Olympic Alternate for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics at 97 kg weight class. He competes between the 92 and 97 kg weight classes. On this podcast the boys cover Kollin's current curiosity in the sport and how he developed his mindset throughout his career to optimally perform on the world stage. The self talk and preparation it takes to become a master of the dark places the sport and it's training can take you. Kollin provides tremendous insight on developing an identity outside of the sport and how to reframe wins and losses to access results and grow. He breaks down the foundation needed to be successful and have a chance at reaching a flow state in the sport of wrestling. He also talks on leadership and coaching strategies he has found beneficial, as well as his savage concepts of Chosen Suffering and how he Expects a Fight. The podcast starts dialing in Kollin's transition into the professional wrestling world stage, and his grit filled journey to be one of the top wrestlers in the country and the world. Hope you enjoy!
    1 hr 4 min
  • Bert Sorin: President of Sorinex/Bow Hunter: CURIOSITY, RUNNING THE EXPERIMENTS OF LIFE, ELIMINATING GREY AREAS, LIVING WITH INTENTION, VULNERABILITY, THE POWER OF NATURE, and STAYING DANGEROUS
    Bert Sorin is the President of Sorinex exercise equipment, and a very intentional husband, father, hunter, and weight lifter. He was a SCC record holding thrower in college and a US Olympic Trials competitor. A truly incredible human who lives and develops fertile ground for a life full of shared experience, He dives in on this podcast on keeping curious company, running constant experiments in life, primarily in hunting. He explains his logic for going all in and eliminating the grey areas in life and why. He elaborates on how his balances family, business, and passions for lifting and hunting. Also covered are the power of vulnerability, the power of nature, and the constant chasing of edges. Hope you enjoy!
    53 min
  • Dr. Eric Serrano Q&A: VITAMINS, SUPPLEMENTS, & BLOOD WORK RECOMMENDATIONS, FINDING YOUR DEFICIENCIES, FAT LOADING & EDUCATION, TIME UNDER TENSION TRAINING, GRATITUDE, RECOVERY & COOKING METHODS, & MACRO TIMING.

    Doc Serrano Pod Notes

    1:07 Supplement Recommendations: Multi Vitamin, Why.

    3:17 Vitamins Made in a lab/chemical compounds vs Natural/Active sources

    Vitamin E/A deficiency, ways to identify

    5:15 Knocks on Centrum Vitamins

    5:40 Protein Shakes, P5P

    6:15 A, B, C, D, E, F vitamins

    6:30 Vitamin/supplement Brand Recommendations

    8:00 Take vitamins with food

    8:40 RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) understanding

    9:00 Depletion, Deficiency, Dysfunction: Measurements on vitamin levels

    9:55 Take multi in morning, usually because of vitamin D, sunlight vitamin

    10:50 To get right dosage of sunlight, needs to be between 11am-1pm 

    11:30 Effects of Sunlight

    13:00 Amish Lifestyle

    15:50 Multi doesn’t treat deficiency, treats depletion

    17:00 Visual ways to find deficiencies, finger nails, cracked/wrinkles hands/back of wrists, heart murmur, cracks in lips, strawberry tongue, back of neck.

    19:00 Recommended blood tests, ways to approach, basic understanding

    24:20 Insulin/Glycomark

    26:45 BUN/Creatinine

    28:30 Protein shakes, Protein and Fat Relationship

    30:00 Protein shake limits, allergies

    30:20 Free Form Amino Acids

    31:15 Eggs, and the forms you consume them in

    32:30 Meat and protein sources

    33:35 Never cook protein in the microwave! & Why

    35:20 Alternate protein sources

    36:15 Collagen / Tryptophan / Creatine

    38:00 Benefits of Creatine

    38:50 Glycine function and benefits

    41:30 Back of neck indicator for dysfunction

    43:07 Fat and Fat Loading, No to Vegetable Oils/Fats

    44:00 Monounsaturated fats

    44:30 Bad Oils/Fats and the consequences, sunlight, heat, cooking in bad oils

    45:10 Recommended Oils to cook in
    46:30 Fat Salad/Recipe

    47:15 Fat loading, women and men

    48:08 Triangle approach: Calorie Restriction, Macronutrient restriction, time restriction

    48:40 Approaches to Fat Loading

    49:40  Beware Milk at the store

    51:10 Quantity of Fat Loading for men and women

    52:40 Maintaining weight & understanding for fat loading for power lifters

    53:50 Digesting Fat & Timing

    54:45 High Protein, High Fat Ratio Recommendations

    55:49 Timing Carb intake

    56:30 Adenosine and Coffee consumption

    58:15 Mike Myhold, Dr. Stout

    58:30 Benefits of Fat Loading

    1:00:00 Fat consistencies in body

    1:01:15 Fat analogy to drinking alcohol

    1:02:10 Fat adaptations in the body, volume adaptations vs multiplying adaptation

    1:04:20 Eliminate PolyUnsaturated Fats to lose weight

    1:05:00 Breathing for optimal recovery, cold and hot showers, free form amino acids, sleep, variants of meditation

    1:07:35. Find a strength coach the fixes your weaknesses, building strength on dysfunction, mind your comparison

    1:08:50  Absence of disease doesn’t mean you’re healthy,  

    1:09:40. Show reference, Alone

    1:11:00 Practice for gratitude

    1:12:40 You can’t measure what you don’t track, track the negatives and positives in your life

    1:13:30 Memory tricking you, negatives relevant for survival, not modern society

    1:18:30 Huberman Lab Podcast Reference

    1:19:00 Writing things down in your own handwriting 

    1:20:55. Heart attack occurrences

    1:21:55 The Guardian Movie Reference on perspective

    1:23:45. Time Under Tension Training, Ian King 1986

    1:25:35. Time Under Tension Approach 

    1:27:30 Ischemic Strength System

    1:28:20 Cluster Set Method, pull up example, and challenge to win 2 free books and $100 with video

    1:33:50 Mario DePasquale, Anabolic Diet

    1:34:40 Lactic Acid Threshold and Oxygen Availability, Developing Capillaries, Ian King Sports Academy

    1:38:40. Difference between power and strength, function of time under tension training

    1 hr 42 min
  • Dose Khan: Pro Athlete Trainer/Gym Owner: TRAINING ALL STARS, NO EXCUSES MENTALITY, STAYING DRIVEN, HONING YOUR PURPOSE, DEVELOPING & EXECUTING TRAINING METHODS, STARTING A GYM, & THE POWER OF WAKING UP EARLY

    Dose Pod Notes

     

    Khango Gym

     

    Cory Gregory

     

    9 Innovations

    Arian Fosters

     

    Athletes Performance/EXOS

     

    Andre Johnson – Texans WR

     

    Post Oak Hotel

    Fertittas – Owner of the Houston Rockets

     

    Mamba Mentality

     

    Patrick Fertitta

     

    James Harden

     

    Lunges – 1 miles

    100 rep workouts

     

    Fighting Complacency 

     

    Fuck an opening, go to work

     

    Thaj Khan

    Wyoming University

    Utah

    GA = Graduate Assistant

     

    Holiday Lodge

     

    Naval Ravikant

     

    Chris Meyers – Ex Houston Texan Center

     

    Gunnar Peterson – Celebrity Trainer

     

    Powerlifting 

     

    MuschlePharm

     

    Eric Winston – NFL Vet – Ex NFL PA President

     

    Kealia Watt/Kealia Ohai

     

    Adrian Peterson/ACL

     

    Deandre Hopkins

     

    FMS = Functional Movement Score

     

    CSCS

    NSAM

     

    CAL DIETZ – TRIPHASIC TRAINING

    University of Minnesota Head Strength Coach

     

    Overtraining

     

    How do you stay driven.

     

    Cupping – recovery method

     

    Dr. Eric Serrano

    Infinity Fitness

     

    Fischer Institute in Arizona

     

    Houston Rockets – Javar Trainer

     

    Dedication to the craft

     

    Kobe

     

    Russel Westbrook

    1 hr 4 min
  • Eric Kendricks: Pro Bowl NFL Linebacker: CURIOSITY IN TRAINING TACTICS, MENTAL SKILLS & THERAPY, PREP FOR BODY & NFL GAMES, THE LOCKER ROOM, PILATES, KEEPING YOUR PEACE, ART, & CHASING EDGES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP & GROWING TOGETHER.

    1:25 THERAPY

    2:35 MENTAL SKILLS IN FOOTBALL

    5:15 ON FIELD VS OFF FIELD, FOOTBALL AS OUTLET

    6:10 BUSSIN WITH THE BOYS “LIVE DUDE” T SHIRTS

    7:20 LEARNING VIKINGS DEFENSE IN THE FIRE

    8:00 ZIM = MIKE ZIMMER VIKINGS HEAD COACH, ANTHONY/AB = ANTHONY BARR VIKINGS LINEBACKER

    8:45 CHESS GAME OF MAKING CHECKS IN THE NFL

    10:45 LOCKER ROOM IS SPECIAL PLACE/MELTING POT

    13:30 CHASING EDGES, RED LIGHT

    13:45 SHARING INFORMATION

    14:00 PILATES

    15:10 CHAD GREENWAY – 12 YEAR NFL VET WITH VIKINGS

    15:50 2 WAYS TO HAVE THE TALLEST BUILDING 

    16:15 DEEPER INTO PILATES, REFORMER, BENEFITS

    19:00 DERRICK HENRY, TENNESSEE TITANS

    19:40 ACCUPUNTURE, DR. CASEY HO

    20:00 BODY MAINTAINENCE ROUNTINE

    20:40 VITAMIN D, FISH OILS, PROTEIN SHAKES

    21:00 GAME CHANGING YEAR TO YEAR

    21:30 TRUSTING SELF ON FIELD

    22:20 HAVING FUN PLAYING THE GAME

    27:30 4AMC CREW, NATE EBNER, AND ZACH BOREN

    29:00 NORMATEC, HYPERVOLT

    30:45 ART/PAINTING, ERIC WILSON NFL LINEBACKER

    32:00 DONATING PAINTINGS TO FOOD BANKS, RAISE THE BARR FOUNDATION

    32:45 CARS, GOING FOR DRIVES/HIKES, MEDITATION

    34:45 DRIVING IN SILENCE

    35:00 NOT LISTENING TO MUSIC BEFORE GAMES

    CORDARELLE PATTERSON, EVERSON GRIFFIN, SHAMAR STEPHEN

    37:45 USED FIRST COLLEGE STIPEND TO HELP PAY FOR MOTHERS TIRES

    38:20 FAMILY, CHAD, TERENCE, LORAINA, MICHAEL KENDRICKS NFL LINEBACKER, DANIELE

    39:30 JLT PERFORMANCE, JAMAL

    40:00 TRAINING TACTICS

    41:45 LIFTING AFTER RUNNING

    42:10  ADRIAN PETERSON AND HIS TRAINER JAMES COOPER

    43:45 POSITION SPECIFIC TRAINING

    44:40 TURF VS CONCRETE

    46:00 WALKING THE LINE OF PERFORMANCE, WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER

    47:15 BOOK REFERENCE: STUMBLING UPON HAPPINESS, WILL COMPTON

    GOTTA EAT YOUR OWN VEGETABLES

    47:45 TEST = TOTAL TESTOSTERONE, DHEA

    HARRY = HARRISON SMITH, JJ WATT, BRIAN CUSHING

    49:00 LEARNING NEW TRAINING METHODS, PILATES

    49:40 KETTLEBELL TRAINING, YOGA, BIKE NOT FOR ME

    51:00 DO YOU OWN THE ROUTINE, OR DOES THE ROUTINE OWN YOU

    51:40 POOL TRAINING

    52:00 ALLY = GIRLFIEND

    53:10 WHERE ERIC IS CHASING EDGES IN HIS RELATIONSHIP, GROWING TOGETHER, COMMUNICATION, BOTH HAVING DREAMS, SPACE FOR EACH OTHER, NOT MAKING DEMANDS

    57 min
  • Darleen Santore: Mental Skills Coach: MENTAL RESILIENCE, EMOTIONAL AGILITY, DEVELOPING FOCUS & PRESENCE, NEVER ARRIVING, SHEDDING IDENTITIES, COMBATING LONELINESS & ROCK BOTTOM, THE HEARTBEAT OF LIFE.

    Dar Pod Notes

    1:00

    Occupational Therapist – Patients with TBI

    Hope Dealer

    1:47

    Had Stroke due to chiropractic adjustment

    Could Die any day

    No fear, could die any day

    2:50

    Ran health care industry

    Went back to school

    Ran health care company, record label

    3:50

    Left business world, gunna start my own practice and help people

    Walked into mental skills world since 2008

    Coach pro sports and CEOs

    And create greatness

    No limitations

    6:30 

    Irony of mental skills world

    How do I hack my mental game

    Phonenix Suns mental skills coach

    How to handle life

    The higher up you go, the lonelier it gets

    How to sustain

    7:41

    Loneliness is the biggest epidemic

    Kobe/Jordan social skills

    10:00

    Trust

    Conquered everything, but have no joy

    Want to be known

    Loneliness Sport to Sport

    You can still be in a crowd and be super lonely

    12:15 

    Action Steps to combat loneliness

    Develop your tribe, gives you confidence

    Blue Zones, places where people are the happiest

    13:50

    Physical Touch and Human Interactions

    People that have a connection to faith feel less alone

    Faith

    15:40

    Scaling of tribe

    16:55

    Quality over quantity 

    18:05

    Distractions

    Information

    18:30

    Raising the bar is in reference to what you’re good at

    Master your niche

    BOOK: Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck, by Mark Manson

    Commitment

    20:00

    People getting offended

    Identifying with these mental health issues, and letting it consume you

    Move towards awareness and resiliency

    Tendency or experience vs victim identifying with emotion

    22:00 

    Need to get momentum

    Reinforcing 

    BOOK: AWARENESS BY ATHONY DE MELLO

    23:00

    Identifying with emotion, I’m depressed vs I’m experiencing depression

    Reinforcing words and narratives is good and a problem

    25:15

    Experience the person not the labels

    25:45 

    Keep an open curious mind

    What is going on?

    Part of you, not all of you.

    26:30

    Where is anxiety coming from?

    Acknowledge don’t identify with it

    Grit, life happens

    27:20

    Situational Stress is part of life

    Ride the waves

    Everyone experiences trauma

    Adjust and make a choice

    28:00

    Boundaries/clock on your emotions

    BOOK: GRIT BY ANGELA DUCKWORTH

    28:50

    Developing Positivity

    30:00

    Learned grit, had pain, but still had joy

    30:45

    Never Arriving

    Found strength in struggle

    31:00

    Have a mentor for every decade, 10 years old, 20 years old, all the way to 90 years

    Choosing your circle and your perspective, lead to resiliency

    Don’t be extremist, don’t identify so harsh with label

    32:30

    Emotional Agility & Resiliency are trained behaviors

    Stay at it, it’s a tolerance

    Tangibilze mental struggle

    35:00

    Kids these days? Or is it on Leaders these days?

    36:20

    Social media principles

    Just because we can quitify likes and followers, doesn’t mean it holds value.

    37:30

    Where you spend your time is where you see your results

    38:30

    TONY ROBBINS – If you don’t feel growth, you’ll feel stuck, need movement

    What you do matters

    If you don’t feel like youre not contributing on field, in house, in friendships

    How can you contribute, add value

    40:00

    Free knowledge, add value

    When the world shuts down, find a way to add value

    Don’t wait for opportunities

    40:30

    Your title doesn’t matter

    You can add value somewhere or to someone at any time

    No identity, nothing to take away from me

    Can awaken Greatness anywhere

    41:45

    Help and support are not yours to k

    1 hr 18 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…