The VDown

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V we welcome former 2 sport athlete Danan Hughes! Danan Hughes was drafted in the 3rd round by the Milwauke Brewers where he played from 1991 to 1992 and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 7th round in 1993 where he played wide receiver from 1993 to 1998. 

  During his time as a Chief, Danan spent many season as a Special Teams Captain. He played 85 games with 46 receptions and 4 touchdowns. Like we said, he's a wide receiver but was also 2 for 2 in passing for 55 yards in his career! Danan is also the very first Chiefs Ambassador to appear on our show! Danan has many activities, some of which are NFL analyst for 610 AM in Kansas City and College Baseball and Football analyst for the Big Ten Network (www.http://goarrowhead.com/kansas-city-chiefs-ambassadors/ambassadors-profiles/danan-hughes/) 

  Join us Tuesday, December 30th at 5 pm Central Time as we catch up with Danan Hughes with what keeps him busy these days and talk some yesteryears. Remember if you can't catch us live, you can always listen to the archived version at www.blogtalkradio.com/vdown or download at iTunes.

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V, we welcome DDP Yoga Warrior and soon to be Certified DDP Yoga Level 1 Instructor, from Alive Fitness, Audrey Lee!

Audrey has been doing DDP Yoga since June of 2013 after gaining 40 pounds in college from lack of physical activity, poor diet and stress eating. She also suffered from a pilonidal cyst that affected her tailbone and caused her to have chronic pain.

  After having two operations on her pilonidal disk, Audrey discovered that DDP Yoga was a way to keep active without pain and if there was pain, she could modify and make it her own!

  So tune in on the Eve of Christmas Eve and listen to Audrey tell her story and about her upcoming future and plans after certification. Don't miss it on Tuesday, December 23rd at 5 pm Central Time. As always, if you can't catch us live, you can listen to the archived episode onwww.blogtalkradio.com/vdown or download on iTunes. Either way, Get down on The VDown! BANG!

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V, we welcome a fellow DDP Yoga Warrior and a recently certified DDP Yoga Level One Instructor, David Orth!

David was a person who had lifted weights during the course of his life. However, three years ago, the intensity and tole that lifting weights can take on the body caught up with David and he injured his left shoulder and right quad. Physical therapy was not proving to be helpful for David. He could not exercise and was putting on weight. David then found DDP Yoga and it changed his life.

So tune in and listen to David and hear his story of adversity and success on Tuesday, December 16th at 5 pm Central Time.. If you can't join us live, listen to the archived version of our show at www.blogtalkradio.com/vdown or download on iTunes!

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V, we welcome former wrestling superstar Scotty Riggs! Scotty is most notable known for his time in World Championship Wrestling where he won the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Marcus Bagwell as the American Males. They wrestled as a tag team until Marcus turned on Scotty, joined the notorious NWO and became "Buff" Bagwell which led to feud between the two.

After his WCW days, Scotty wrestled for ECW working with Rob Van Dam and then went on to wrestle with Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling. While at TCW, Scotty became a three time World Heavy Weight Champion and a one time World Tag Team Champion.

So tune in and catch up with Scotty Riggs at 5 pm CT on December 9th on The VDown. If you can't catch us live, all episodes are archived at www.blogtalkradio.com/vdown or available for download on iTunes.

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V we are joined by former NFL Wide Receiver JJ Birden. JJ's career in the NFL last from 1990 to 1996, spending a bulk of his career with the Kansas City Chiefs and his last two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. He totaled for 244 receptions for 3,441 yards and 17 touchdowns, including a game winning touchdown as a Chief from Joe Montana against the much despised Denver Broncos.

We will catch up with JJ and see what he is up to these days. We will also ask him about his book that is coming out, "When Opportunity Knocks, 8 Sure Fire Ways to Take Advantage!" So tune in and don't miss this episode of The VDown on December 2nd at 5 pm CT. If you can't catch us live all episodes are archived at www.blogtalkradio.com/vdown or available for download on iTunes.

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V, an even keel we will not be keeping! We will be rocking the boat with Coach Rick Kolster! Coach Rick is a DDP Yoga Warrior and motivational speaker, a personal life and business coach. He has been a several different shows such as DDP Radio!

  Rick has many clients with notable ones such as AFLAC and Sonic. Rick helps teach people and businesses about how to get what they want in life and in business and as it says on his website, www.coachrickkolster.com, "It's about goal getting, not goal setting!"

  We will ask Rick about his involvement with DDP Yoga and how he got started with and how it has helped him in his life and maybe even get a Diamond Dallas Page story or two! We will also ask Rick about his work and try to glean some advice for all of those veteran and newly certified DDP Yoga Level 1 Certified Instructors.

  So do not miss this episode of The VDown with Michael V. It is surely to be informative and entertaing on November 19th at 5 pm Central Time and available after show in our archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/vdown or you can download on iTunes!

On this episode of The VDown with Michael V, we defy technical difficulties and we hit the mat again and to steal a Booker T gimmick, get back with the three time, three time, three time World Championship Wrestling Heavy Weight Champion of the Woooorrrrrrlllllddddd... Diamond Dallas Page!

  We tried to have Dallas on the page before, but technical difficulties got in the way and knocked us down but did not sink us. One of the mantra's that Dallas preaches in DDP Yoga is "Fall down seven times get up eight." So we're going to dust ourselves off and have a kick ass show with Dallas. We'll get updates on DDP Yoga Workshops, the DDP Yoga Performance Center and the upcoming app!

  This month we will donating 10% of our net proceeds from the sales of our products at our website, www.thevdown.webstarts.com to The DDP Yoga Hardship Fund and the other 90% to The Annie Appleseed Project. You can also donate directly by going to www.lizddpyoga.com for The DDP Yoga Hardship.com and go to www.annieappleseed.org for The Annie Appleseed Project and don't miss our episode with Diamond Dallas Page on November 12th at 5 pm Central Time or listen to our archived version after the show at Blog Talk Radio or download on iTunes!

On this special episode of The VDown with Michael V, Michael recogonizes a very special day in the United States, Veterans' Day. Michael will recogonize and pay tribute to the many men and women who have served and/or currently serving in our armed forces. Michael will also recount his own tales from his tours in Kosovo and Iraq deployments which took up almost 3 of his 13 years of service in the Kansas Army National Guard. Michael will also be taking calls for anyone who wants to give a special salute to a veteran who is special to them or just a general thank you to all veterans. So join us, Tuesday, November 11th at 11 am Central Time for our salute to our veterans.

On this episode of The VDown, we welcome Ann Fonfa of the Annie Appleseed Project to the show. Ann is a breast cancer survivor and a proponent of alternative medical treatments.

  Ann founded The Annie Appleseed Project in 1997 to help educate and raise awareness for alternative medical treatments and other issues and to also help give patients a voice to there medical providers. Ann has also testified in front of Congress and the FDA on these issues.

  Not only did Ann found The Annie Appleseed Project, but she is also a member of many groups devoted to the treatment of cancer but is also a board member for several in her fight to help end this horrible disease as well as inform and educate patients on ALL the options they have available for treatment.

 For the month of November, we here at the show will donating 90% of our net proceeds from the sales of our products at our website, www.thevdown.webstarts.com, to The Annie Appleseed Project and the other 10% to the DDP Yoga Hardship Fund. You can also donate directly by going to www.lizddpyoga.com for the DDP Yoga Hardship Fund and you can go to http://www.annieappleseedproject.org for The Annie Appleseed Project.

 Don't miss this episode of The VDown with Michael V on November 5th at 5 pm Central Time. You can also catch it archived after we air on Blog Talk Radio or download on iTunes.

On this extremely special episode of The VDown with Michael V, we have the one, the only, the Godfather of DDP Yoga, the man himself, Diamond Dallas Page! A lot of people know Dallas from his days in professional wrestling and is one of the best wrestler of the 90's. During a time when wrestling was red hot with the Monday Night Wars, Dallas reached the top of the mountain in WCW, not once, not twice but three times. He's mixed it up with such legends as Bill Goldberg, Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Hulk Hogan. His success is not without its adversity. 

When Dallas's career was beginning to sky rocket, he ruptured his L4 and L5 discs in his back. Several doctors told him that right when he was going to achieve it all in his career as a wrestler, it was over. That was something Dallas could not accept. He was desperate and tried everything. So when his wife at the time suggested yoga, he gave it a shot. He could tell immediate results. The short story there is DDP came back to wrestling and the rest there is history. Also though, born out of this adversity was not just wrestling history, but what is becoming a fast fitness phenonmenon, DDP Yoga.

DDP Yoga is not yoga. Let's get that clear. While the traditional yoga helped Dallas, it wasn't for him. He made it his own and added his own exercises from his knowledge of fitness and exercise as well as physical therapy. The key to DDP Yoga is dynamic resistance that works the muscles and gets your heart rate jacked to give you an excellent strength conditioning and cardio workout while gaining flexiblity.

DDP Yoga was not designed as a weight loss program, but with it's ability to modifiy the moves to one's own fitness level, DDP Yoga has made it so that people who are not in any sort of good physical condition to work to their ability and as their ability increases to continually modify their workout to continue to challenge themselves. Tune in!