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Athletic Recovery & Performance Podcast

16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -

Join Anthony Kjenstad, the founder of Athletic Recovery and Performance, in creating awareness of technologies and products developed for athletes to reach their optimal performance. Listen in as Anthony gets to work with coaches, trainers, sports scientists, physicians and the elite athletes themselves. He dives into what helps them perform at a high level and divulge some secrets to their craft, while also focusing on learning more of how the technologies can also help them.

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Episodes

Dr. Meeta Singh-PRO Sports need a wake up call!

February 10, 2021 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

🎧 New podcast episode 16 Dr. Meeta Singh Dr. Singh is the Medical Director for the Sleep Disorders Center at Henry Ford Medical Center – Columbus in Novi and Henry Ford Medical Center – New Center One in Detroit. She is also part of Henry Ford’s Sports Medicine team and advises teams in the four professional sports leagues: Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Football League and National Hockey League. She led a study titled “Urgent Wake Up Call for the NBA” pub...

Healing in a bottle- Why Not Neosporin with CEO Justin Gardner of BLDG Active

December 31, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Why Not Neosporin? Synthetic Antiobiotic Doesn’t Kill Complex Bacteria and might Spread it Allergic Reaction—10 % of the time.  Very harmful to healing wounds BLDG-Active Innate to your immune system No Sting! More Powerful Anti-microbial 6 log reduction(stronger) Added benefit to response to your immune system Killing Bad bacterial but not killing good bacteria Speed Healing and also reduce infection rates “Your white blood cells in a bottle” HSA/FSA Approved Scar reduction N...

2nd fittest male on the planet-CrossFit® athlete Sam Kwant

November 13, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

🎧 New podcast episode 14 Sam Kwant Sam Kwant just finished the 2020 CrossFit® Games where he finished 2nd place behind Matt Fraser which we feel makes him the 2nd fittest male on the planet! In this episode Sam Kwant walks us through the process of qualifying for the games in the 2020 year and how the experience was based on the past years. With part of the qualifying portion taking place at your home gym and the finals bring held in CA with the top 5 women and Men competing for the title!...

Alfie Mansfield from TRACKSTAA interviews me about the firefly™!

September 03, 2020 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

🎧 Podcast episode #13 The Interviewer becomes the Interviewee! Trackstaa was the brainchild of Alfie Manthorpe and Rory Leonard. They saw an unmet need in the track and field space and they are aiming to improve the performance and exposure of runners 🏃🏻‍♂️  Alfie came off a recent Injury and was just Introduced to the firefly™ so we connected and he actually Interviewed me for his podcast.  They have the goal to accelerate the growth of the sport, as well as increase the exposure of athle...

Steve Tashjian-US Men's National Team Head Performance Specialist

August 22, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

🎧 Podcast episode #13  Iron sharpens Iron Steve Tashjian is the US Men’s National soccer team Head Performance Specialist.  Steve started his career as a Physical Therapist and S & C coach in Pasadena.  Steve had some early connections with the LA Galaxy with early mentor Jim Listin(@jimlistonfc) who is the co-founder of CATZ physical therapy and now the Director of Sports Science with Toronto FC which lead him down a path where he now finds himself with the US National Team. Steve has a u...

Brad Godbold- Director of S&C at NY University

August 11, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

🎧 Podcast episode #11 Brad is the Director of Strength and Conditions for all of NYU’s 22 sports teams.   His journey from being in the military to being a head collegiate strength coach was an interesting fast track compared to most peoples journey.   In this podcast we cover Brad’s  journey along with:  Mentorship and how important this is early in your career  Programming during Quarantine   Balancing Performance Programming based off of what every other strength and conditioning coa...

Darren Treasure-Mental Performance Coach- Control what you can control!

August 05, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

🎧 Podcast episode #9 For over twenty-five years Darren has served as a mental performance coach for teams, coaches and athletes competing in the challenging and high-paced world of elite sport.  He has had the opportunity to work with multiple Olympic and World Champions, athletes and teams competing in the NBA, NFL, and MLB. His passion is coaching his clients to achieve their full potential with a focus on the development of self-awareness and personal mastery. At the team and organization...

Founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Therabody Dr. Jason Wersland discusses their new App launch and CBD-TheraOne

August 04, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

🎧 New podcast episode #10 There are not many people as passionate about their products as I am and I think you're going to feel that with my next guest Dr. Jason Wersland,  Founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Therabody and inventor of the Theragun. In this podcast, Jason goes over his journey from building this technology specifically for himself to over a period of eight years and many iterations realizing he had built a product with many applications from post injury therapy to self care...

Navin Hettiarachchi-4 pillars to the best version of you!

July 28, 2020 22:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

🎧 New podcast episode #8 Great Interview with Navin Hettiarachchi. Navin is the Director of Wellness and Performance with the Washington Wizards and hosts his own podcast 9' minutes to thrive with Navin(https://www.navinhealth.com/podcast/)focusing on the 4 Pillars to the BEST version of you! Navin is also the founder of the REDT method that integrates his unique expertise in multiple healthcare disciplines– osteopathic, functional medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, Trigger Point nee...

Adam Bobo- IV Therapy and Stem Cells-Tools to Maximize Performance Episode 6

July 14, 2020 18:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

🎧 New podcast episode 6 Great Interview with Adam Bobo.  Adam started his career as a Nurse anesthetist and quickly realized his passion existed outside the OR as an entrepreneur. With the help of Mentors Dr. Koniver(https://koniverwellness.com/) and Dr. Chad Prusmack @ Resilience Code(https://www.myresiliencecode.com/) Adam opened up his clinic Arete(https://aretenashville.com/) which is a IV and Wellness clinic In Nashville. IV Clinics are making a push in the recovery world and similar...

Balance and Movement with Dr. Ray Solano, DC, CCSP®

June 23, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

🎧 New podcast episode Raymond S. Solano, DC, CCSP® is a private practice DC, CCSP in Virgina for the last 17 years and is also one of the specialists working with the Washington Wizards and the GeorgeTown Hoyas. In this episode we discuss the difference between a general chiropractor and how he has advanced his training to become a CCSP.  Please see links to his training. CCSP information https://acbsp.com/certification/ccsp/ Dr. Solano also has done extensive additional training in recove...

Clive Brewer-Head of Performance Columbus Crew- You can't be a scientist unless you have been a subject

June 16, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

🎧 New podcast episode In this podcast I get to sit down with a good friend Clive Brewer.  Clive is Head of Performance with the Columbus Crew and was previously Asst. Head of Performance with the Toronto Blue Jays. Clive also has worked with Wimbledon for the the last 20 years. What does It take to run a high performance team, how did he get here and what does a optimal sports scientist look like In the future?  These are all questions I tackle with Clive and he has some great guidance. "S...

Elite Youth Sports Performance with Dr. Lawrence Lemak/Susanna Shivers

June 12, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Dr. Lemak Is a highly accomplished surgeon in Birmingham Alabama who Is leading the charge to bring technologies and innovation to the competitive amatuer and youth athletes in his community. Jake Wilks and I get to spend time learning about the Aspire Sports Institute.  https://www.aspirebhm.org/ and the technologies and principals Dr. Lemak and Susanna have Implemented with their athletes. There is a growing trend for prominent sports medicine groups to work In the performance space. Thi...

MLB/NHL/Youth Athlete Return to Play with Sports Medicine Ortho Dr. Brian Schulz

June 02, 2020 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Podcast #3 In this podcast I speak with Dr. Brian Schulz(https://kerlanjobe.org/services/knee/).  Dr. Schulz Is a sports medicine trained physician at the Kerlan Jobe Institute and one of the teams physicians for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Anaheim Ducks. On a regular day Dr. Schulz shifts from working on athletes like ourselves to working with PRO players at all levels and has great perspective on what works In the the training room and what technologies that come out of the...

Courtney Watson- Dir. of Sports Medicine-Recovery focus

May 22, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Courtney Watson is the Director of Sports Medicine for the LA Sparks and the USA 3 on 3 Olympic Basketball Team.  She is also the founder of Courts Corner(www.courtscornerla.com) a youth mentorship program for sports medicine and works side by side with Floyd Mayweather on his Performance Team.  She is a busy lady and an unbelievably nice person! Please join me as we discuss all things recovery In the pandemic world! Courtney was by his side during Manny Pacquiao Fight helping him add reco...

Alexis Johnson CrossFit Athlete-We like Pain!

May 07, 2020 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Alexis Johnson Is an elite performer In the CrossFit space and was awarded Rookie of the Year In 2016 when she placed 31st!  Fast forward to 2020 Alexis moved to team competition with Misfit Athletics, received her PHD In Mathematics, moved to Minnesota🥶and tore her achilles and lets throw In Covid 19 for good measure! Alexis and I connected over IG In my constant journey to connect with athletes and discover how they separate themselves from the pack.  Asking questions about nutrition, sle...

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