The Steve Jordan Experience

Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the legendary sports icons of the 20th century whose very name epitomizes boxing and conjures the image of a champion. Having learned to box at the age of fourteen, Leonard’s illustrious career includes three National Golden Gloves titles, two Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships and the 1975 Pan-American Games crown. After winning a gold medal in boxing at the 1976 Olympic games, he turned professional to help his family defer mounting medical bills incurred because of his father’s illness. Blinding speed, tremendous power, and great charm turned Leonard into an immediate media favorite.

In 1977, at the age of twenty, Leonard won his first professional fight, setting the stage for a collection of the most memorable fights in history. He went on to defeat some of the finest boxers of the modern era, including Wilfred Benetiz, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler, from whom Leonard won the world middleweight title. During his twenty-year professional career, Leonard also won world titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight divisions. He was the first boxer to win world titles in five different weight classes.

Leonard has always been devoted to the community and to helping those in need. In 2009, Leonard and his wife, Bernadette established The Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation, which funds life-changing care & research for pediatric type 1 & type 2 diabetes. The Foundation is also committed to helping children lead healthier lives through diet and exercise. Leonard serves as Co-Chair for the Ambassadors of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the is international chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for a Cure. He also participates in a variety of national and international causes benefiting children’s charities.

In this episode Ray answers these questions and many more:

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Dr. David Friedman is the award-winning and national best-selling author of Food Sanity. He's a Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Chiropractic Neurologist. He received a post-doctorate certification from Harvard Medical School, is a Board Certified Alternative Medical Practitioner, Board Certified in Integrative Medicine and a registered Naturopathic Diplomate. He’s a former teacher of neurology and author of the college textbook, “Understanding the Nervous System.” Dr. Friedman is a contributing writer for numerous leading news, health and fitness magazines including U.S News & World Report, Newsweek, Readers Digest, Better Nutrition, AARP Magazine, and Woman's Word, just to name a few. He’s been a guest on over a hundred syndicated radio and television shows and his bestselling CD, America’s Unbalanced Diet, has sold over a million copies, helping raise awareness about the unhealthy foods people are consuming.

Dr. Friedman's list of clients has included many top celebrities like John Travolta, Jenny McCarthy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, and Paul Newman, to name a few.

He's been featured on NBC, CBS, Discovery Health, E!, TLC, The Food Network and Fox Sports to name a few networks.

Dr. Friedman's passion for health radiates in this podcast. I know you're going to find valuable information to improve your own health.

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Are you feeling like crap? You don’t deserve to feel like that.

The food that you put in your body has a lot to do with how well you function. The food you eat can be medicine.

Your body is incredible in how it can heal itself when you change your eating habits.

My conversation with Dr. Joel Kahn, America's Healthy Heart Doc who is working to transform the healthcare system with food and a healthy lifestyle.

At his core, Dr. Joel Kahn believes that plant-based nutrition is the most powerful source of preventative medicine on the planet. Having practiced traditional cardiology since 1983, it was only after his own commitment to a plant-based vegan diet that he truly began to delve into the realm of non-traditional diagnostic tools, prevention tactics, and nutrition-based recovery protocols. These ideologies led him to change his approach and focus on being a holistic cardiologist.

Dr. Kahn passionately lectures throughout the country about the health benefits of a plant-based anti-aging diet inspiring a new generation of thought leaders to think scientifically and critically about the body’s ability to heal itself through proper nutrition.

One of the world’s top cardiologists, Dr. Joel Kahn has treated thousands of acute heart attacks during his career. He’d like all that to stop. He’d like to prevent ALL future heart attacks by breaking through to the public to educate and inspire a new holistic lifestyle. Now is the time to focus on educating the public to eat clean, sweat clean and apply cutting-edge science to their lifestyle.

www.drjoelkahn.com

For 20 years Donavan has been learning, practicing, teaching and living through the awareness of yoga. Through his worldly experiences, he deepened his practice of meditation to be considered a world-renowned meditation teacher. I had the great pleasure of meeting and practicing with him here in Los Angeles at https://www.unplug.com/ where he teaches classes.

In this episode, Donavan shares with us the culmination of what he's gathered from his experiences of teaching and practicing meditation. Meditation has the influence to heal, to protect and create abundance in your life when practiced regularly. Accepted as an alternative healing practice in the medical field, meditation has been known to have these benefits:

In the last 5 minutes, Donovan takes us through a meditation demonstration that can be done anywhere. You don't want to miss this awesome opportunity to learn and practice with him.

To learn more about Donovan and/or follow his teachings and offerings worldwide, you'll want to visit:

www.amplifiedyoga.com

Marc Cohen is a health & fitness consultant for several of the biggest name brands in the fitness industry. Marc's global expertise and 20 plus years of experience in the fitness industry set him apart from many of the others. Marc has an uncanny ability to look under the hood of health & fitness to dissect business operations, fitness departments, and other obscure areas of business that many top CEO's and managers might not be aware of to help raise the industry standards.

In this in-depth and fun interview, Marc sheds the light on areas of growth in the next 5 years and provides the consumer an opportunity to find the best solutions or trends to keep you healthy and fit.

Marc is entertaining, knowledgeable, and without a doubt, knows this industry. I am certain you will benefit and gain new perspectives on the health & fitness industry as much did.

www.marccohenfitness.com

Pete Holman is a Physical Therapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist & former US National Taekwon-Do champion & team captain. His passion for health & fitness has spawned a successful adjunct career as an inventor. Producing several products in the fitness industry, most notably the TRX Rip Trainer and the Nautilus Glute Drive, Pete has positively impacted fitness communities on all 5 continents. Pete is a top presenter at IDEA Fit, the largest provider of personal training continuing education in the world and has presented at notable events including The Steve Harvey Show, The Dr.’s Show, The NEV summit, The Aspen Brain Lab, The Project Move Summit and multiple TRX Summit’s.

I am proud to call Pete a friend and colleague. His passion to help raise the standards and help grow the fitness industry is apparent in this episode.

Girls On Fire is a discussion about the process of transformation with two extraordinary clients and friends who have transformed their health, fitness, and lives from the inside out.

Robin lost a total of 91 lbs to reach her desired goal of 125 lbs. Her journey has been nothing less than extraordinary balancing a full-time career, being a mom, and wife. She off medications, she's setting new personal strength records, and she's inspiring everyone around her. I have no doubt you won't be inspired and motivated by her transformation too.

Kaylah lost a total of 55 lbs to reach her desired goal of 150 lbs in almost exactly 1 year. That's an incredible consistency of losing a total of 1 lb per week for 1 year. Kaylah just finished as one of the top finishers in the Downtown, LA US Bank stair climb challenge. She's living pain-free from chronic neck pain she's dealt with for over 5 years and her hormone levels are balanced after suffering from PCOS for several years.

Both of these extraordinary women are on fire in their health & fitness pursuits and I am honored to have been their health & fitness coach during their transformation.

Check out their before and after pictures at www.stevejordan.com

Today, so many health issues come from a lack of nutrients in our agriculture. Where agriculture falls short, aquaculture is quickly picking up the slack! Spirulina is a type of algae that has been recognized (along with chlorella) as one of the world’s healthiest foods. With a laundry list of research-backed health benefits, including obesity reduction, cancer prevention, and immune support, it’s no wonder why so many people are turning to spirulina as a source of balanced nutrition.

Catharine, Founder & CEO, started ENERGYbits after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. She sprung into action to help her sister research alkaline foods and in the process she discovered algae. When Catharine learned that algae was the most alkaline, plant-based, nutrient-dense food in the world and had been used for 50 yrs in Asia to improve health & longevity, she knew she had discovered something BIG. www.energybits.com

Tea is truly an art. There are literally thousands of teas from around the world, and each culture has a unique method of preparing, serving, and drinking tea. Don’t worry, there will not be a test at the end of all this.

In 2008, Anthony Capobianco founded Zen Tea Traders. Anthony has taken several courses on tea and continues to expand his knowledge. He has traveled to many Tea Houses all over the world and in 2013 he visited Tea Farms all over Kagoshima, Japan.

We discuss the health and fitness benefits of drinking tea before, during and after your workouts. Anthony brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this podcast. If you're someone who drinks tea, even if on an occasion, then you need to listen to this episode. You won't find as much information about tea in 30 minutes anywhere else. Sit back, drink a tea and enjoy Anthony's passion for the art of tea.