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Speaker: Joe Lavelle

#63 — Boosting Testosterone Right with Rick Cohen, MD

For men, think of your testosterone as an overall marker of your health and wellbeing. Wondering about the benefits of sufficient testosterone? Improved athletic performance, Decreased workout recovery time—less joint pain, stiffness and muscle soreness, Increased lean muscle mass and decreased body fat, Enhanced libido and sexual function, Feeling calmer, more stress-proof, and more positive about your life

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#62 — Body Image & Eating Disorders, Doug Jowdy, PhD

Today we explore the all-to-common problem of using exercise to compensate for eating disorders and body image issues. Dr. Doug Jowdy talks though how to think about this problem and how we can overcome it.

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#61 — Mental Flexibility, Doug Jowdy, PhD

Dr. Doug Jowdy the renowned sports psychologist who works champion athletes as well as older athletes like you and me who seek a path to higher athletic performance today while ALSO transitioning toward a path of health and athletic longevity.
Today, Doug has returned to provide more tips for me and you to use to strengthen our psychology….to make us stronger mentally in optimizing the balance between longevity and athletic performance.

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#60 — A Winning Mind with Doug Jowdy, PhD

Dr. Jowdy has been practicing the art and science of psychology since 1986. He considers it a blessing to join people on their journey in the arena of sport, or in the game of life. It is his passion to serve as a guide to help others create a life that exceeds one’s expectations

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#59 — Strength Training for Endurance, Chris Peden

Strength training enhances exercise economy, anaerobic capacity, lactate threshold, maximal strength, maximal speed and endurance, while also reducing the rate of fatigue. Isn’t that a cyclists ultimate wish-list?”

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#58 — Is Sugar Really so Bad? (Richard Johnson, MD)

Dr. Johnson will tell us why we put on excess weight, why we find it hard to sustain weight loss, why we get high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and gout, and how these disease are all related.  Yeah.  And, You will also learn some easy changes to your own lifestyle to improve your health, which is of course the foundation for being a strong athlete.

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#57 — Climb Strong with Tom Bell, UK Hill Climb Champion

Sponsor: RePowerU — a free fitness practices assessment (a 10-minute questionnaire) Welcome back to the Wise Athletes podcast with Joe Lavelle and Glen Winkel.  On today’s episode, number 57, we are joined by Tom Bell, UK Hill Climb National Champion who is a past UK mountain bike marathon national champion and the current UK Hill…

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#56 – Mobility Drills –> Happy Body, Dr. Stephen Black

Sponsor: RePowerU — a free fitness practices assessment (a 10-minute questionnaire) Dr. Stephen Black, CEO and Owner of Rocky Mountain Human Performance Center. Stephen A Black, DSc, M.Ed., PT, ATC, CSCS is considered a world-renowned leader in the field of sports medicine, rehabilitation, fitness, and sports performance. As a physical therapist, athletic trainer, and certified…

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#55 — A Grand Fondo From The Heart – Bluewater International Grandfondo

I spoke with Ken MacAlpine and Jon Palumbo of the Bluewater International Grandfondo. Ken and Jon are not professional event promoters nor are they long-time leaders in the cycling industry or ex-professional athletes. They are just regular people like you and me….people who love cycling and who wanted to encourage other people, cyclists or not, to come together to ride for fun, and for community, and to go all-in in support of a worthy charity.

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#54 — Better Posture = More Power + Less Pain with Annette Verpillot

The Posturepro Method has gained global recognition for eliminating chronic pain, increasing strength, and improving sport proficiency

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