Lift for muscle. Jump for bone density. Sprint for metabolic health. Things we hear a lot about these days. Things I’ve been emphasizing on this platform and in my work for over 4 decades. Doing those things is nothing new. It’s just the way we’ve been thinking about it lately which may have experienced a slight focus shift. Lifting weights,…
There’s been quite a lot of buzz around the topic of Zone 2 training over the past couple of years. Z2 exercise is recognized as essential for endurance sport performance, valuable for general health and fitness, and significant for longevity and functional independence. I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a few thoughts and observations. Let’s begin with a…
I recently had a fantastic conversation with my friend Doug Fletcher. Doug is a Lifetime Athlete and in 2025 he completed the U.S. portion of the Great Divide Mountain Biking Route. Doug rode south to north, from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. He shares his experiences of riding, camping, and enjoying the Rocky Mountains along with his perspectives…
Today I had a fantastic conversation with TLA app and community member Brad Lundquist. I’ve gotten to know Brad over the past several years and have found him to a very forward-thinking Lifetime Athlete whose opinions and actions are as intelligent as they are inspirational. And he’s a damn stellar human to boot. Brad shared his recent journey in mountaineering…
Is Everyone Really an Athlete? Yep. You bet. Or can and certainly should be. This will take a little explaining but it’s a topic which is frequently debated in the fitness and athletic community. Let’s break down the whole “is, can be, and should be” (an athlete) perspective. As humans we are amazing, complex organisms. But we are also animals…
In Episode 386 of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast, we discuss Locomotion for Lifetime Athletes. We examine our walk, jog, run, and sprint model and also give consideration to racewalking and striding. This is essential information for anyone wanting to learn more about keeping locomotive capacity present in the body over a long healthspan. This podcast was brought to you by…
Rate of Perceived Exertion versus Readiness to Train. This is a fascinating comparison. RPE describes how hard you are working, and RTT depicts your level of recovery and output potential. These terms are not synonymous, but they tend to (and should) work in parallel fashion. RPE is but one of the many metrics available for gauging effort. Heart rate, power…
Today’s post is a quick one offering up a bit of training advice that you may find useful. As my buddy PK says, it’s a nugget of peak performance. Might even be a pearl of training wisdom. Whatever. Isometrics have great value in training and they should be a part of your conditioning system. I hesitate to use the term…
In today’s episode of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast, we answer listener questions about the grouse season opener, sprinting mechanics, and my results in The Summer 2023 Fitness Challenge. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping you to achieve peak athletic performance in any sport or fitness pursuit…fine tune your…
Exercise is Nourishment. Exercise should Nourish You. This is a concept we explore in today’s episode of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping you to achieve peak athletic performance in any sport or fitness pursuit…fine tune your body composition to get lean, healthy, shredded,…
The Ultimate Anti-Aging Workout! Learn how to harness your strength, speed, power, agility, and endurance to become Hard to Kill — on the playing field — and in the game of LIFE! Fight hard agains the Grim Reaper!
A lot of thought. A considerable volume of study. Extensive experimentation. Many conversations. That’s what went into today’s topic. We are of course going to be discussing the Ultimate Anti-Aging Workout! Right off the bat, I’ll admit that the title is a bit sensational. We are all aging. No doubt about it. Can’t deny it. But are there things we…
Not long ago I conducted a community query here at TLA. I asked 3 questions. A lot of you responded and the answers are contained in this episode. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping you to achieve peak athletic performance in any sport or fitness pursuit…fine tune your…
How ya doin’? I hope the answer is great, fantastic, or sensational! I’ve been enjoying the opportunity to engage with so many of you in a variety of manners. In this post I want to pose a few questions and inquire how I can possibly inspire, educate, or entertain you in an ever-improving way. Because I value you as a…
Training for Strength vs. Speed vs. Endurance, as well as hypertrophy, longevity, power, and agility…are the topics of today’s discussion. I think you’ll find this episode very thought-provoking as well as quite helpful in your own training and athletic pursuits. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping you to…
A couple of years ago, I wrote an article entitled “CrossFit vs. Hyrox vs. Spartan…Who is the Fittest?” That post was very well-received and it’s been one of my most popular to date. In the article I compared the different fitness competitions and identified the types of athletes that tend to do best at each discipline. All-around fitness is an…
The ultimate conditioning system for the backcountry hunter and mountain athlete, Fit for the Field…is LIVE! FftF23 is the latest, and greatest version of our online course specifically designed to address the biomechanical and physiological needs of the backcountry hunter. It’s a 16-week program that is literally like no other. Registration for FftF is now open and we launch the…
Everyone is an athlete. Everyone can be an athlete. Everyone should be an athlete. The minute you start seeing yourself as an athlete, good things happen. Your athletic identity guides you to not just exercise, eat well, and be healthy – but to train for peak performance in your chosen sport or passion pursuit. Almost magically, your behaviors become purpose-driven…
Choosing the right exercises for YOU is what it’s all about. Exercise selection is a science as well as an art form. In this episode of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast, I cover many of the considerations in exercise selection that can help you to avoid injury and achieve better results. Enjoy! This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime…
I’m always thinking about how to select the best exercises for a given situation. I’m referring to what you do in your workout program. This runs the gamut from choosing movements that can help to correct deficiencies, to exercises that can embellish your natural gifts, or to motions that are “sports-specific.” Your conditioning program includes the assortment of exercises that…
Traveling and Training. Now there’s an interesting combo. When you are on a trip, maintaining your training can be interesting and challenging. In this episode, I discuss some tips and strategies that you can utilize to be more successful with your programming, even if you are on the road. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching…
In this episode I respond to some listener comments and questions regarding my shoulder rehabilitation journey. I also introduce the concept of Fatrophy. This then leads into a discussion on being athletic but not healthy versus being healthy but not athletic. Enjoy! This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping…
What’s new for 22 at TLA? Lots of new energy and program upgrades, that’s what. I’m so thankful for such a wonderful community and I can barely wait to get started on some of this year’s projects. In fact, they’ve already started. I hope you are kicking off an amazing New Year and if I can help you with your…
2021 is DONE. 2022 is NEW! I hope you had a great holiday and are getting started with an amazing New Year! This is a summary of what’s going on at The Lifetime Athlete. I’ll highlight a mix of topics going from the year that was to the year I hope it will be. The Blog: After a decade as…
Greetings Readers! I hope you are having a great Autumn and a safe Halloween. This is a short post to share with you some information about cardio training, or aerobic exercise. In Episode 154 of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast, PK & I recently had the opportunity to address some audience questions about cardio training. These occur frequently and it’s really…
I recently had the extreme pleasure of visiting with my friend and colleague Ruth Kack. A Lifetime Athlete and group fitness instructor — and an amazingly positive and energetic person — Ruth shared many of her perspectives on wellness, exercise, women’s health, and more. Ruth offered up many pearls of peak performance wisdom, mixed in with her witty sense of…
Greetings everyone, and happy summer to you! Yes, finally…it’s now official — summer is here! And with this warm and sunny season (hopefully), we usually feel inspired to get outside and move more, doing all sorts of activities and exercises that are supported by the pleasant weather. This short post is just a bit of a “Rah Rah!” I’m going…
Making your workout work for you can 10x your results in health, fitness, and athletics. In this episode, we discuss how to analyze the specific demands of a goal or sport, and then to match your training up in awesome fashion. Learn more about your specific body type, and leverage that knowledge to exploit your strengths and shore up your…
Getting the most out of your training, maximizing your health, and achieving peak performance are worthy but challenging goals. In this episode, I review a recent conversation I had with several colleagues in the physical therapy and athletic preparation fields. We discuss some of the key traits of peak performers and offer some suggestions to help you get more out…
This is Part 2 of the dietary experiment discussion. As you’ll recall from Part 1, my intention was to raise the question of individual dietary optimization, to report on some of my personal culinary explorations, and to encourage you to consider your own diet’s impact on your health and performance. That last edition has some stories of my eating evolution,…
Today, in this People with Perspectives show, I had the great pleasure of visiting with athlete, hunter, and renaissance man Kevin Davis. Profiled in Montana filmmaker Erik Petersen’s A Few Steps Further, Kevin provides many valuable insights on a life well-lived. In our conversation, we discuss Kevin’s athletic journey from all-around sports competitor, to rugby player, to ultramarathon runner. We…
Coaching and Training Secrets – Edition #1 of 10,000 Ok…maybe there won’t be 10,000 of these posts, but there is lot of material in this category for sure. I really enjoy working with clients in pursuit of their health and performance goals, and there are a lot of strategies and tools we utilize to get results. In this week’s podcast,…
Kicking Ass is a term that each of us can relate to in one fashion or another. In Lifetime Body terminology, it is not just the act of getting things done — it is the reality of efficiently and effectively achieving high levels of outcomes across every category in which you participate in life. Some would say you are “crushing…
Kicking ass for life means kicking ass in life and at life. It’s the pursuit and attainment of ultimate wellness, peak performance, and maximum longevity. It’s kicking the ass of adversity, self-doubt, and negativity. What everyone really wants, and truly deserves in this life is to do our best with accomplishments and contributions. This show talks about the basics of…
How we go about our training for health, fitness, athletic performance, and longevity are great topics of debate these days. Are you a bubble boy who goes easy all the time and fears hard effort? Or are you a warrior princess who slashes and burns every workout in full-crush mode? Humor aside, there is probably a place for both of…
Do you always go easy and never push yourself? Or do you crush workouts on a constant basis? Find out why you might want to do a little of both!
Meet Kati Hengel, a longtime friend and TLB client. Kati is a wealth of information on fitness, athletics, and healthy perspectives for optimal living.
In this episode, PK & I discuss the concept of biohacking, or combining biology with technology to achieve better living through science. We look at the term as a whole and offer a few simple tips in each of the 5 TLB categories to help you make your 2019 spectacular.
The new Lifetime Body Program/ebook: AnimalFit, has just been released! These are exciting times, because now you can use the AnimalFit system to Unleash Your Inner Beast and Unlock Your Athletic Potential! AnimalFit is my 4th book to date and it’s not just the product of my 35 years of work and study in the field of human performance.…
Get ready to Unleash your Inner Beast with AnimalFit!
The first of the Lifetime Programs…AnimalFit is about to be released. AnimalFit is an ebook how-to guide that will help you take your training to the highest level. By unleashing your inner beast and unlocking your athletic potential, you celebrate your inner animal and make your fitness program FIT YOU! AnimalFit goes live, and WILD, on Tuesday, December 18th!
This episode is Part 1 of several in which we define and discuss common training terminology. Based on some great feedback from our audience (Thank You!), PK and I detail a number of key terms that can help you to make your training more effective and enjoyable. We look at different types of exercise such as aerobic and resistance training,…
In this exciting episode, PK and I answer some awesome listener questions. Marty from San Diego queries us about a number of approaches that can help mature athletes to succeed in performance while not compromising health or participation in other aspects of life. We get into the topics of workout parameters like frequency, duration, volume, and intensity and how they…
This episode looks at some Pearls of Wellness Wisdom as they relate to traveling. We all travel for business and pleasure, and it’s important to be able to not just survive, but to thrive while on the road (or in the air). PK and I discuss some simple strategies with eating, training, sleeping, and attitude that can help you to…
I recently had the utterly fabulous opportunity to engage with a dude who has many valuable insights into the world of health and fitness, as well as LIFE. That’s Elliot Canfield, and he’s a guy who shared with me many of his views and approaches to wellness…including how he used Project JACKED to lose 50 pounds and keep it off!…
In this “People With Perspectives” (PWP) episode I take a deep dive on health, weight loss, nutrition, training, and LIFE with Project JACKED client Elliot Canfield. We discuss Elliot’s backstory and how he used TLB methods to lose 50 pounds (and keep it off), look and feel great, and inspire others! Elliot is a local businessperson, an avid mountain biker and skier,…
You are an athlete…everyone is an athlete. Within all of us is an agile, durable beast capable of performing at the highest levels of function. In this episode PK and I discuss discovering, embracing, and celebrating our inner athlete. Seeing ourselves as athletes enhances our confidence and problem-solving abilities in all areas of life, and training like an athlete produces…
In this episode, PK and I take a dive into the 5 types of exercise that make up The Lifetime Body Training System: Aerobic, Mobility-Stability, Resistance, High Intensity Intervals, and Sprinting. To help create a better understanding of these methods of fitness and performance enhancement, we compare each form of exercise to a familiar and common cooking technique. In many…
In this show we dive into some of the Basic Principles that serve as a foundation for how we approach both wellness pursuits and human interactions at The Lifetime Body. PK and I are so excited to share some amazing news…this podcast was just named the inaugural Show of the Week by Castos! We were recognized for being innovative in…
It seems folks often want to lose in the moob department and gain in the booty department. We’ll show you how to do just that.
Human locomotion can take on several forms, and today PK and I discuss the attributes of running. We look at running not just as an exercise tool that most of us can use for health and fitness, but also as a natural functional capacity within the human. We link this discussion up to considerations on the efficiency of the one…
Locomoting, or running a mile, can serve as a valid measure of your cardiovascular fitness.
Learn some common misunderstandings that exist around carbo-loading, stretching, and training patterns.
Getting leaner, healthier, fitter, and more energized are all connected. When you get JACKED, you get all this and more. Get your copy of Project JACKED today.
Project JACKED is a comprehensive weight loss, health enhancement, fitness, and metabolic reset program. It’s a 4-month training, nutrition, and lifestyle system that shows you exactly what to do the achieve ideal body composition and improved performance. More than that, it’s a book about how 19 people in the pilot group did exactly that. Enjoy!
This episode really has a lot of power data in it. John just got back from the Ancestral Health Symposium and it was wonderful to see that the most recent science backs up what we do at The Lifetime Body. Making your body last a lifetime in this modern world has a lot to do with respecting your genes and their ancestral underpinnings.
Enjoy listening to a show that boils down the science and gives you Pearls of Wellness Wisdom to help you Make Your Body Last a Lifetime!
You can run a decent mile off very limited training, if you do a few things right.
You may want to consider what just a small amount of running can do for your health, longevity, functionality, and disease risks.
Running shoes can do a lot to enhance your running experience. Use this information to guide you in finding your perfect shoe and enjoy your running to the max!
