Joining us this week is Dr. Jeff Potteiger, a Professor in the Department of Movement Studies and the Dean of the Graduate School at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Dr. Potteiger discusses his research, and how some of the world's premier athletes' transition out of their sport is often accompanied by health issues. A really interesting talk!

This week's Podcast Friday represents our 200th! To thank you for your continuous support, Dr. Lightfoot is joined by Producer Kenneth McIntyre to take you behind the scenes of the Podcast and to meet some of the people that make the Huffines Institute successful! To that end, this podcast also features Texas A&M Coaching Academy Director Dr. John Thornton, plus current and former Huffines staffers Ayland Letsinger, Alexis Appelquist, Carlos Guevara, and Sheril Marek

This week's podcast features an unlikely partnership - Texas A&M's College of Architecture and School of Public Health are combining with the Department of Health and Kinesiology to produce cutting-edge research on physical activity in communities!  Drs. Chanam Lee and Marcia Ory join us for an interesting discussion on health, location, and the environment as they discuss the NIH supported "Active Living Austin" project.

Today is the seventh video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Mindy Millard-Stafford, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Dr. Millard-Stafford's talk is called "(When) Will Women Outperform Men In Sport: Socio-biological Perspectives" and discusses the debate on whether or not women will overcome physiological barriers to performance

Today is the eighth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Claude Bouchard, The John W. Barton Sr. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Nutrition in the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Bouchard’s talk is called "Less Sitting or More Exercise or More Fitness?” and discusses the various benefits and drawbacks of approaching health in different ways. 

Today is the sixth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Mr. Kevin Spencer, Internationally acclaimed Illusionist and Researcher.  Mr. Spencer's talk is called "Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic!" and is a great talk about new approaches to physical rehabilitation using simple tools that seem to be magic

Today is the fourth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion. Up today in our series is Dr. Anthony Hackney, Professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in Exercise & Sport Science and the Department of Nutrition. Dr. Hackney's talk is called "Exercise: Too Much of a Good Thing?" and is an examination of how excessive exercise affects the reproduction systems of humans.

Today is the fourth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. P. Darrell Neufer, Professor and Director of the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute at East Carolina University.  Dr. Neufer's talk is called "Electricity - The Elemental Principle of Life (Was Dr. Frankenstein Right?)" and is an examination of whether the body's own electrical currents should be considered the determining factor in metabolic issues ...

Today is the third video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Janice Thompson, Professor and Director of Research and Deputy Head of School in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK.  Dr. Thompson's talk is called "Obesity Wars: Exercise vs. Diet" and covers the current controversies and understandings in the war on obesity.

Today is the second video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Mr. Reggie Brown, former linebacker at Texas A&M and for the Detroit Lions. Mr. Brown's talk is called "The Day My Earth Stood Still: From Injury to the Rest of My Life" and covers what happens when a life-threatening injury happens on the field - from the player's perspective!