Joining us today in the podcast is Ms. Tanna Burge, Texas A&M's new Director of Sports Performance.  This is a great conversation for those interested in strength and conditioning coaching with wide-ranging topics about current practices in the field and the future of the field.  Enjoy!

As we chat with various guests about human performance (and health), one item that comes up on a regular basis that is part of everyday life, is alcohol (in its many forms).  Today in the podcast we have one of the most renowned experts on all things alcohol-related, Dr. Adam Barry.  Dr. Barry has spent his career working to understand alcohol's impact on learning, performance, and health.  This is a great conversation with a great scholar.

On the heels of our podcast last week, we bring you the Race Across America (RAAM), which is a 3004-mile bicycle race.  Dr. Jose Bermudez from Texas A&M, was the 12th place finisher this past summer in the RAAM.  This is a great conversation about how these ultra-long-distance races are done (hint: no more than 90 min of sleep per day!) and the effort it takes to actually race across America on bicycles. Don't just ride, race....  Enjoy!

Our new podcast season kicks off today with a great conversation with Dr. Kathy Langlotz of Aerofit Fitness.  We talked to Kathy almost five years ago and she rejoins us to talk about her recent bicycle ride across America.  This is a great example of someone ticking a huge adventure off their bucket list.  Listen and find out what it takes to do this type of ride.

This week's "Best Of..." podcast is from your requests:  Dr. Molly Bray from Univ. Texas.  Dr. Bray is a great nutrition and exercise researcher and this is a fun conversation about her work and some of her findings (YES! Bring on the bacon at breakfast!)

This week's news that the Arizona Cardinals had hired a female for a coaching intern position triggered quite a bit of discussion regarding females in football.  So, we've got a "Best Of.." podcast with Lydia Dubuisson from the Texas A&M HLKN department who has both played and coached football.  This is a great podcast with a different perspective than what you may have heard in the news and certainly a perspective that is germane this week!

Football season is almost here!  As we all count down toward the football season, our "Best of..." podcast series is just going back to the spring, when we interviewed former Aggie Football Player Ben Compton.  This is a fun podcast with a great individual - that will give you some insight into what football players are starting to go through at this time of year.  Enjoy! 

Today we're bringing you a recast of a great podcast we did with an intriguing guest - Mr. Charlie Kimball who drives an Indy Car for a living (he placed 3rd in this year's Indy 500 in fact!).  Uniquely, Charlie is the only driver at an elite level who is also a Type 1 Diabetic.  Charlie's story is inspirational and an example of how high performance athletes often have to overcome many hurdles to participate.

In a special joint podcast with Texas A&M's Center for Translational Environmental Health Research (CTEHR.org), we are excited to present Dr. Steve Kleeberger, one of the countries preeminent scientists.  You may think - "wait, this is supposed to be about human performance" - but hang on; we think you'll find what Dr. Kleeberger says to be very applicable to sports medicine (just think about the smog and the Beijing Olympics).

This week's HHPM deals with how kickers make field goals.  For more information about this week's Human Performance Minute, check out the links listed below. Be sure to check out future weekly Huffines Institute Human Performance Minute broadcasts at TexAgs SportsRadio (The Zone 1150 AM) every Wednesday morning at 10:45am. If you missed it you can listen to it here!