Join us today for a historic podcast with Mr. Jim Whitehead, Executive Vice President and CEO of the American College Sports Medicine, the world's largest professional organization devoted to Exercise and Sports Medicine.  Jim chats with us about the recent historic United Nations Health Summitt (only the second health summitt ever held at the U.N.) that focused on diseases caused by lifestyle issues.

Join us today for a great chat with Dr. Dan Lieberman from Harvard University, one of the preeminent scientists in the world on the evolution of running in humans.  We talk about why barefoot running may be biomechanically the best way to run.  It is a fun conversation!

 In today's podcast, we talk to Dr. Lee Brown from the Univ. of California Fullerton about isokinetic resistance training.  We also cover whole body vibration and the role the National Strength and Conditioning Association plays in guaranteeing that your personal trainer knows what they are doing. 

Our awareness of the prevalence of concussions in sports is increasing....Join us today as we chat with one of leading experts in rehabilitating athletes after concussion, Dr. Mickey Collins from the University of Pittsburgh.  It is a great conversation and one that all of us need to hear.

What are the components of success?  Talent?  Practice?  Determination?  Join us as we chat with Dr. Angela Duckworth from the University of Pennsylvania who tells us about GRIT and the role of determination in success.  This is a great conversation about a topic that is easy to talk about, but hard to study.

If you knew exactly what sport you were best suited for, would you be interested.  Several companies claim that they can tell you what sport you would be best at.  Join us today as we talk to Dr. Steve Roth from the University of Maryland who is an expert on using genetics to select for sport.   We have a great conversation that is extremely relevant to sports science and if you are a parent with a child interested in sport, you'll want to hear this podcast.

It's still hot outside - so we all need to be very aware of hydration state to prevent heat-related illnesses.  Join us as we talk to Dr. Mindy Millard-Stafford, a well-published and nationally known expert on hydration during exercise.

There are people that have the urge to run for long, long distances...We have the pleasure of talking to Ultra Runner Extraordinaire Dr. Mike Sandlin in the podcast this week.  Join us to find about what it takes to run extremely long distances (more than 26 miles!).  This is a great conversation filled with laughs....

It's summer!  Time to go swimming!  Today, we talk to Mr. Roy Fielding who has been named as one of the 25 most influential Aquatics professionals in the world.  Roy has a long history as a swimming coach, aquatic director, SCUBA instructor, pool-software developer, pool-operator instructor, and national guideline writer.  If it has to do with water, swimming, lifeguarding, or pool maintenance, you can bet that Roy is or has been involved with it. It's a great conversation in many ways.....

Cardiac Rehab - two words that are many times misunderstood.  Today, we have Dr. Steve Martin - yes, that Dr. Steve Martin! - here to talk to us about cardiac rehab and how a rehab program not only decreases future health problems, but also decreases health care costs.  Join us for this conversation about one of the critical therapeutic benefits of exercise.