Patrick McKeown is an International best-selling author, the creator of The Oxygen Advantage® technique and author of The Oxygen Advantage. He has helped thousands of people to substantially improve their sports performance and overall health by incorporating simple, medically proven principles and breathing exercises into their lives.   In 1997, after graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, McKeown applied the work of Dr. Konstantin Buteyko to address his lifelong asthma, soaring stress levels, and sleep-disordered breathing.  The Oxygen Advantage is an extension of his work, combining simulation of high-altitude training and specifically formulated exercises not only for significantly improving anyone's health, but also to empower athletes to improve their sports performance safely, legally, and at no cost.  Whether you’re a weekend warrior or an Olympic athlete, McKeown will teach you a simple, fast, and sure way to revolutionize sports performance and and improve your daily wellbeing and health. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/26

26: Breathing and The Oxygen Advantage with Patrick McKeown

Joel is a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy Seals, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA, and more. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/25

25: Recovery with Joel Jamieson

Linda Fogg-Phillips, M.S., is the brawn behind the Tiny Habits programs. As a mother of 8 children, she knows how to design systems that work (and how to get her kids to do what they need to do – a  real-life behavior change lab). Linda’s expertise includes behavior change in the world of health and wellness. She has a masters in Health Promotion and Exercise Physiology. BJ Fogg, PhD, is the brains behind the Tiny Habit method. BJ’s expertise is creating systems to change human behavior. This is what he calls Behavior Design. Bj is the Director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University. BJ and Linda are a brother and sister team… the Donny and Marie of behavior change, so to speak.  In December of 2011, the Tiny Habits method was created by Dr. BJ Fogg as a new way to tap the power of environment and baby steps. Over 28,000 people have experienced the Tiny Habits way of developing habits since that day and more join the Tiny Habits program every week. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/24

24: Tiny Habits with Linda Fogg-Phillips

Nancy Clark is a registered dietitian and board certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD). She offers one-on-one personalized sports nutrition counseling to casual exercisers and competitive athletes at her private practice in the Boston-area (Newton). She teaches her clients how to have more energy, lose undesired body fat, enjoy a winning sports diet—and feel confident about their food choices. Nancy's "how to" books on nutrition for sports and exercise, including her best selling "Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook" and her food guides for new runners, marathoners, soccer players and bicyclists, are popular resources. They include tips on daily eating and how to effectively lose weight. Some of the more renowned clients that have relied on Nancy's expertise in diet for sports conditioning to gain a competitive edge have included members of: Boston Celtics, Boston College, and many collegiate, elite and Olympic athletes from a variety of sports. She has been Team Nutritionist for the Boston Red Sox baseball team. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/23

23: Sports Nutrition with Nancy Clark

Steven Low is a former gymnast, coach, and the author of the Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength (Second Edition) and Overcoming Poor Posture. He has spent thousands of hours independently researching the scientific foundations of health, fitness and nutrition.His unique knowledge base enables him to offer numerous insights into practical care for performance and injuries. Steven holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Steven performed with Gymkana, an exhibitional gymnastics troupe. Since then, he has coached Gymkana athletes and serves as a senior trainer for Dragon Door’s Progressive Calisthenics Certification (PCC). Steven’s training is varied and intense, with a focus on gymnastics, parkour, rock climbing, and sprinting. Feats of strength include: full back lever, full front lever, four one-arm chin-ups on both arms, ten-second iron cross, straddle planche on rings, five reps of +190-lbs. dips, +130-lbs. pull-ups, +70-lbs. strict muscle-up on rings, eight freestanding handstand pushups on paralettes, five hollow back presses, and twenty degrees off full manna. He is currently working on applying his efforts to achieving high level bouldering. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/22

22: Posture and Bodyweight Strength with Steven Low

Ben Askren is considered one of the best welterweight mixed martial artist on the planet (although recently retired). He is the former Bellator Welterweight Champion and former ONE Welterweight Champion.   He is also one of the most accomplished and well known wrestlers in the United States. Here are just some of his many accomplishments:    2008 U.S. Champion and U.S. Olympian Two-time NCAA Champion for Missouri Four-time NCAA finalist and All-American Three-time Big XII Conference Champion Two-time Dan Hodge award winner  In episode 21, Ben discusses what it takes to develop a mindset for greatness in all areas of life.     For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/21

21: Mindset with Ben Askren

Ryan Hurst is the co-founder and head coach for GMB Fitness. With many years of experience in strength and movement coaching, Ryan makes sure that everything they do at GMB puts health first and gets results. He holds black belts in Kendo, Judo, and Shorinji Kempo and practiced 10 years as a competitive gymnast. After a training accident ended his competitive gymnastics career, Ryan moved to Japan and competed in various martial arts until another injury made him reevaluate his priorities in life. As Head Coach at GMB Fitness, his mission is to show everyone that you can define your own fitness as a sustainable and enjoyable part of your life. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/20

20: GMB Fitness with Ryan Hurst

James Maskell has been creating levers for significant positive change in healthcare for over a decade. Following education in healthcare economics, James has played a part in building a number of successful businesses in this space. Most notably, James co-created and hosts the “Functional Forum”, the world’s largest integrative medicine conference, with hundreds of thousands of viewers and over 400 physician meetups on six continents. His book, and organization of the same name “The Evolution of Medicine” further propelled the mission of exponentially growing the pool of Functional Medicine practitioners.  To further his mission of revolutionizing the world’s healthcare options, James partnered with Dr. Jeff Gladd, a leader in functional medicine, and Drew Little, a seasoned high-tech founder. Together, they created kNew Health in 2017, and the kNew Health Insurance Cooperative in 2018. James has taught physician audiences across the world, and has been featured on TEDMED, TEDx and Huffington Post Live, and many other major news outlets. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode visit: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/19

19: The Evolution of Medicine with James Maskell

In episode 18, you'll learn how to improve the crucial conversations that you're having in both your professional and personal life. Improving your ability to hold crucial conversations will have a tremendous impact in many areas of your life - your career, your organization, your relationships and most importantly your personal health. Justin Hale is a Training Designer and Master Trainer at Vital Smarts, the organization behind the New York Times Bestselling book, Crucial Conversations - Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High.

18: Crucial Conversations with Justin Hale

Lawrence Neal started the Corporate Warrior blog and podcast after having an epiphany that redefined what he considered to be "effective exercise." Lawrence is a big proponent of High Intensity Training. In episode 17, he discusses what it is, how it works and why it's such an effective training method.   

17: High Intensity Training with Lawrence Neal

Evan Brand is an Author, Podcast Host and a Louisville, Kentucky-based Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and Nutritional Therapist. He's passionate about healing chronic fatigue, obesity, and depression epidemics after solving his own IBS and depression issues. He uses at-home lab testing and customized supplement programs to find and fix the root cause of a wide range of health symptoms. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode, visit http://anchorsofhealth.com/16

16: Parasites, Thyroid and Depression with Evan Brand

Chef Lance Roll, also known as "The Flavor Chef" and has been professionally cooking for 30 years. He became an ACF Certified Executive Chef (CEC) in 2005 at the American Culinary Federation. He was also a Professional Chef Instructor at San Diego Culinary Institute during 2003 to 2007. His cooking was transformed upon meeting Paul Chek in 2006 and being introduced to The Weston A Price Foundation. He is the owner of bonebroth.com and theflavorchef.com. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode, visit http://anchorsofhealth.com/15

15: Nourishing Bone Broth with Chef Lance Roll

Brian is renowned for his expertise in performance nutrition. He’s a Registered Dietitian with a Masters in Food Science and Human Nutrition and a long list of credentials and publications (including five books) under his belt. He is also a Certified Sports Nutritionist (CISSN) as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). Brian worked for three years at Cressey Sports Performance as the head Sports Nutritionist and as a Strength and Conditioning Coach, working with hundreds of athletes and recreational exercisers of all types. Brian is currently the Director of Performance Nutrition at Precision Nutrition, working with a host of professional sports teams including the San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Browns, and more. He also works closely with Dr. John Berardi as a nutrition educator at Precision Nutrition, writing articles, presenting at seminars, and educating other fitness professionals as part of PN’s Certification courses. Brian is a regular contributor to the Precision Nutrition blog, and has been featured in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Q Magazine, STACK, Testosterone Magazine, and more With his contagious passion and enthusiasm Brian is able to communicate with people of all ages, from a multitude of backgrounds, which has allowed him to work with young student athletes, professional athletes, and working professionals alike. With his obvious passion for seeing his clients succeed, Brian is able to use his knowledge, experience, and energy to create highly effective training and nutrition programs for clients of any age and background. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode, visit http://anchorsofhealth.com/14

14: Nutrition Fundamentals with Brian St. Pierre

Dr. Christopher Winter has practiced sleep medicine and neurology in Charlottesville, Virginia since 2004, but has been involved with sleep medicine and sleep research since 1993. Currently he is the owner of Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine clinic and CNSM Consulting. Dr. Winter is not only an active participant in patient care, but a dynamic speaker and researcher on the science of sleep. Dr. Winter’s current research focuses on sleep and athletic performance. In 2006, Major League Baseball awarded him a grant to study the effect of scheduling and time zone travel on team performance. In the winter of 2008, he was an invited lecturer at the MLB winter meetings in Las Vegas, NV. He has served as a consultant for several baseball teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to MLB teams, he has worked with the Chicago Bulls and is currently the sleep medicine specialist for NBA teams including the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Washington Wizards. Within the NHL, he has consulted with the Washington Capitals and currently works with the New York Rangers. He has served with the NFL's Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Ravens. In addition to professional athletes, Dr. Winter has studied the sleeping characteristics of 560 Division I-A college football players, and works with several collegiate teams to help optimize their sleep. Dr. Winter also consults with the United States Women's soccer team. His expertise in sleep as it relates to health and fitness led to Dr. Winter being named to the Men’s Health Magazine Health Advisory Board. He regularly appears on Fox News Channel as a sleep and neurology expert and regularly answers readers’ questions about sleep and contributes to its articles as well as articles in Women’s Health, Runner’s World, and Details. He’s also written articles for other magazines including Triathlete and writes a blog entitled Sleeping Around for the Huffington Post. In 2017 he released his book, The Sleep Solution, Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How To Fix It. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode, visit http://anchorsofhealth.com/13

13: The Sleep Solution with Dr. Chris Winter

At age 76, Stephen Jepson is living proof of his philosophy of lifetime fitness called Never Leave the Playground. He rides a unicycle, juggles while balancing on a bongo board, throws knives and plays jacks with both hands, walks a tightrope, swam across Iowa's Spirit Lake at age 66, and has won over 80 gold medals in swimming since age 65. And more. Much more. He knows the secret is to "just keep moving" through constant play, not exercise. He's developed toys for all ages and degrees of physical fitness to use throughout our daily lives so we never have to leave the playground no matter where we are or what we're doing. No matter how impaired the body has become through neglect or disease or aging, consistent movement is imperative to regain and maintain balance, stability, coordination and growth. He calls it "age proofing the brain and body," and it can begin at any age or any condition of the body. For the show notes and everything we discussed in this episode, visit http://anchorsofhealth.com/12

12: Never Leave the Playground with Stephen Jepson

Anthony Renna is a trainer and fitness education content provider. His early success as a trainer at Equinox Fitness Clubs fueled the creation of his own business, Five Iron Fitness. It eventually led him to open one of the country’s first facilities dedicated to golf fitness in 2008 in White Plains, NY. During that time, he consumed everything he could in the form of books and DVDs related to the fitness business, and constantly attended workshops and seminars. He went to everything from small workshops at Equinox to Perform Better Summits to certifications like Strongfirst, RKC, Functional Range Conditioning, Functional Movement Screen, USA Weightlifting and the Titleist Performance Institute. It was at those events that he created the strategic alliances with Perform Better, Michael Boyle, StrengthCoach.com, Functional Movement Systems, Results Fitness University, Athletes’ Performance (now EXOS), Titleist Performance Institute, Nike and countless professional and collegiate strength coaches. He used those alliances to help create the different educational platforms that make up Continue. Those include: The Strength Coach Podcast, StrengthCoach TV, Stop & Give Me 20 Podcast, Tell Me About That Book Podcast and StrengthCoach.com

11: Better Golf with Fitness with Anthony Renna

Dr. Stuart McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 32 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance both injury resilience and performance. This produced over 240 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers, several textbooks, and many international awards. He mentored over 40 graduate students during this scientific journey. During this time he taught thousands of clinicians and practitioners in professional development and continuing education courses around the world. He continues as the Chief Scientific Officer for Backfitpro Inc. His advice is often sought by governments, corporations, legal experts, medical groups and elite athletes and teams from around the world. Difficult back cases are regularly referred to him for consultation. For the show notes on everything we discussed visit: http://anchorsofhealth.com/10   Also, please sign up for my exclusive newsletter where I give my key takeaways from every episode (I don't mention it anywhere else) at http://anchorsofhealth.com/10

10: Fix Your Back Pain with Dr. Stuart McGill

Julian Chua (@julian_chua) is a professional boxing coach schooled under world renown trainer, Eric Brown. Originally from Indiana, he was brought out to Los Angeles in hopes to box in the Olympics. Due to a series of injuries, he decided to let the dream of fighting go- then focusing his time and energy into becoming a professional boxing coach. He now trains a vast array of clients ranging from kids to professional fighters. In this episode, Julian reveals the ups and downs of his journey and what it took for him to get where he is now. It's a fascinating story you don't want to miss. He also talks about his boxing philosophy and tips on boxing technique. For the show notes on everything we discussed visit: http://anchorsofhealth.com/9   Also, please sign up for my exclusive newsletter where I give my key takeaways from every episode (I don't mention it anywhere else) at http://anchorsofhealth.com/9

9: Life, Faith and Boxing with Julian Chua

Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders, is one of only 163 psychologists in the world with his credentials and distinction. Dr. Breus is on the clinical advisory board of The Dr. Oz Show and appears regularly on the show (&gt;30 times in 4 years). To find out your chronotype go to: https://thepowerofwhenquiz.com For the show notes and Freebie Cheat Sheet on all the action items discussed go to: http://anchorsofhealth.com/8

8: Get Better Sleep Tonight and The Power of When with Dr. Michael Breus

Habits of a Happy Brain with Dr. Loretta Breuning. Loretta Breuning, PhD, is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute. She started researching the happy brain chemicals when her experiences as a professor and a mom conflicted with prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned that our happy chemicals are inherited from earlier mammals, and they evolved to do a job rather than make us happy all the time.   When you know the job they do in animals, you can rewire yourself to enjoy more happy chemicals and relieve your distress chemicals. In this episode, you'll discover:    [1:48] The conflict and struggle in various stages of Dr. Loretta Breuning’s life and what motivated her to look into what causes human ups and downs.  [3:07] What is dopamine and how it turns on. [4:40] Why dopamine leads to frustration in everyone. [7:09] An example of dopamine working in my daughter. [7:50] How our brain is always comparing rewards to expectations. [8:35] Dopamine exercise strategies. [9:55] What is endorphin and how is it triggered. [10:32] How endorphin releases when you’re in pain. [11:41] Endorphin exercise strategies. [14:08] What is oxytocin and how it turns on. [15:55] If your trust was ever broken what you should be aware of. [17:17] Oxytocin exercise strategies. [18:36] What is serotonin and how it’s stimulated. [20:41] Why the brain is always comparing and what we can do about it. [22:55] The importance of having realistic expectations. [24:15] Serotonin exercise strategies. [25:38] The role of cortisol and adrenaline. [28:48] How our brain is wired from the time we’re born and as we age.  [32:34] Her parenting advice. [34:40] What we can expect and how we should go about creating new habits. [37:15] The Science of Positivity and why our brain goes negative. [39:58] How her approach is different from mainstream academic views.  For show notes and everything else we discussed in this episode click here: http://www.anchorsofhealth.com/7

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