Chasing Edges – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Lewis Caralla is in his 16th year in the Division 1 Football Strength & Conditioning industry, and the author of the newly released, Fire Lighters 365: Daily Motivational Messages for Coaches, Athletes, and Leaders. He is currently serving as  the  University of Charlotte 49ers Director of Strength and Conditioning. (2023) Caralla has served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Georgia Tech Football (2019-2022), prior to that he was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Buffalo (2018), where he was named Football Scoop's 2018 Coach of the year, 

His other her career stops also include director strength and conditioning at Louisiana-Lafayette (2016-17) and North Texas (2015) and serving as an assistant at Michigan 2012-2014), Mississippi State (2011) and Georgia Tech (2010-11). His career began with an internship at South Florida in 2007. He was an intern at Virginia in 2008 and became a graduate assistant at Mississippi State in 2009-10.

Originally from Tarpon Springs, Fla., Caralla graduated with a bachelor's degree in wellness and corporate fitness from Defiance (Ohio) in 2008. He was a two-time all-conference running back and also earned academic all-conference accolades twice. He received a master's degree in kinesiology from Mississippi State in 2010. Caralla and his wife, Lori, have three children: Marshall, Ali and Ava.

Where to Find Coach Caralla:
IG: @LewCaralla
Twitter/X: @LewisCaralla
YouTube: @LewisCaralla5753 or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKcvAOLerk5N6jHCNkZWIQ

Where to Find His Book Fire Lighters 365: https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Lighters-365-Motivational-Messages/dp/B0C9S88LGM

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Hannah Huesman is the Mental Performance Coordinator for the Texas Rangers Organization. She also travels for speaking engagements on how training your mental skills can help ANY performer. Hannah has worked with the FDNY, MLB, Business executives, actors, and athletes of all ages. She is also the host of #MentalSweatMonday on Instagram, Twitter, & LinkedIn. This is a 1 minute video, posted every Monday, of different strategies to help you work on your mental game. Hannah is passionate about helping performers become the best they can be by breaking a mental sweat every single day!

Hannah also has experience coaching with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pittsburgh Pirates, SportsStrata, University of Tennessee, and University of Tennessee Chattanooga, and as an adjunct professor at JFK University.  Hannah holds a Master's Degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior as well as her CMPC Certification from the Association of Applied Sports Psychology.

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IG: @HanahHuesman
Twitter: @Hannah_Huesman

 PJ is the Director of Performance at XPT and the VP of Performance at Fitlab. PJ is a human performance specialist with over a decade of experience preparing top athletes for competition. His life mission is to help athletes and coaches realize their true potential. With a passion for sports and a commitment to excellence, PJ has become a leader in sports performance training. He has trained dozens of athletes from the NFL, NHL and MLB and has worked extensively with over 100 fighters, including multiple Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champions and Top 10 ranked UFC fighters. Through the application of his progressive training philosophy and unique approach to every situation,  PJ continues to raise the bar for fitness professionals. He has emerged as a sought-after expert in human performance and trainer education.

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Retired Major Donny Bigham served 27 years of service to our Nation in the Marine Corps and the US Army with deployments to Bosnia, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Yemen. He was the First ever Strength and Conditioning Coach for the US Army (Conventional Forces) for the past six years while in uniform. Instrumental in being part of the team that changed the US Army Physical Fitness test after almost 40 years and co-authoring the Occupational Performance Assessment Test for initial screening of future Soldiers. Donny designed the Tactical Athlete Performance Center (TAP-C) at Fort Jackson and Fort Benning, emphasizing true strength, mobility, and speed to increase lethality and survivability across six pillars for the Warrior! Lastly, the TAP-C is the first-ever center that trains over 600 Soldiers daily within a Combat Battalion designed under his tenure. Donny was recognized as the 2017 TSAC-Facilitator of the Year (Strength Coach) and also awarded the 2016 Army Male Athlete of the Year. He is a 2x IPF World Champion in Raw Powerlifting and the current drug tested IPF World Record Holder in the Squat. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Rocky Mountain University pursuing a terminal degree in Human Sport and Performance.

IG: @onetimepowerlifting

Military Awards and Schools: Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Combat Infantry Badge, and Expert infantryman Badge.

Strength Coaching Credentials: NSCA RSCC, CSCS, *D, TSAC-F, *D, RPR, USAW 1, FMS 1 & 2, TRX 1 & 2, Kfit 1 & 2

He is also the Owner of OneTimePowerlifting L.L.C. and programs alongside Sorinex on the TrainHeroic Platform, and Educates in partnership with Kabuki Strength.

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(Time stamps + 1:45)

1:34 Lean forward in the foxhole

3:10 If you don’t understand the brain, you’ll miss the mark

8:00 Effecting Human Performance in the Army, Changing Army PT test

9:00 Energy Systems for Military, Barriers to Implement Systems

17:40 Military Opportunities in Military

22:30 Military Guys Different, Athletes Given too much potential, Having guys that are coachable

25:55 Powerlifting, 2x World Champion & World Record

27:30 Donny’s Philosophy. Faith, Use what you have, because God will take them away

29:20 Pursue God, Bible lesson, Following the Cloud, Pushing us towards the promiseland

31:30 God and Proximity (33:18)

33:30 Helping or hurting, gifts, your responsibility to pursue

36:30 Why listen to God? What was your purpose to be deployed

40:10 Sorinex Tactical app, Go Wheel & Mountain Tough

41:20 What seperates the app from others?

41:40 Assessment built in, specificity, demo

42:00 Rower 2k in 8 min, elite VO2 630

43:12 The importance of getting assessed before the program

44:30 Learned by working with thousands, need to be efficient

45:50 Baseline Strength

47:30 Best advice to recovery and train optimally, programmed recovery and specificity

48:15 Hot and Cold therapy

50:00 Doesn’t set anything before 9am, 10 hours of sleep non-negotiable

50:30 Massage therapist, yoga

51:20 Breath Belt

56:57 Cold arm exposure experiment on soldiers

1. WHAT ACTION IN YOUR LIFE HAS HAD THE LONGEST LASTING CONSEQUENCES?
2. HOW LONG AGO WAS THE LAST NICEST THING YOU'VE DONE THAT IS STILL BEING RECIPROCATED TODAY?
3. IS IT BETTER TO BE KIND OR HONEST?
4. WHAT IS THE BEST PART ABOUT GROWING OLDER?

Glenn Auerbach has been a sauna evangelist for over 30 years.  In 2008 he started www.saunatimes.com, as a source for sauna building and sauna culture.  In 2016, he created Sauna Talk, the podcast about sauna and most often recorded on the sauna bench.  Glenn wrote “Sauna Build, From Start to Finnish” which includes step by step instructions for building a sauna.  He has built many saunas and has helped many hundreds build their own saunas. He is a founding member of the Sauna Research Institute (Saunastudies.com)  He is also an advisor at Lamppa Manufacturing, Vice President, 612 Sauna Society, and has been the Upper Midwest Territory Manager for a division of a global food company for the past 20 years

2:00 Is it sauna or sow-na?

*2:55 What is a sauna? Infra-red is not a sauna

7:00 NHL Finns & Sauna Culture

7:30 Health Benefits to Hanging Out in the Sauna

8:20 Downsides to sauna

8:35 The truth barrel & intangibles of the sauna

9:25 Nature and sauna analogy, 3 climate zones

*11:30 Go by feel vs rigid structure of sauna routines

13:00 What’s going on in America is funny to the Finns

14:45 Every body is different at different times. No rule aspect.

“What better way to know yourself? This contemplative space is medicine in its own right”

17:30 Average sauna in finland better than our best sauna, heat, steam, ventilation

18:20 Ventilation, bench height, feet at the rocks are American chatter

Brian break down ventilation

22:10 How important is the steam? No steam, no sauna.

23:05 Steam changes the sauna climate

26:40 “When you feel great heat, its all over. Your search is over” “Wood burning, hits different”

29:30 Electric sauna trick, latent heat in the rock

31:00 3 types of heat transfer: Radiant, conductive, convective, up to the dynamic of the sauna, jazz trio of heat transfer

33:30 Misnomer of steam

34:40 2 fists rule and wisking broom

36:15 Whens the best time to get out of the sauna?

40:00 Sauna and cold, sauna and cold shower, sauna and cold like peanut butter and jelly

41:10 Brian: Heats better than no heat, performance vs experience, RICE, when to use heat and cold solo

46:30 Every sauna is different, let go of some of the control

48:23 Diet, Hydration, & Fatigue, you treat sauna like an aggressive sport, it’s a stress

50:20 Quality of Hydration, Reverse Osmosis, Mineral Water (magnesium, iron, potassium, sodium)

51:30-55:30 Water, Blood, Breath, Sleep Brian rant

55:50 Grass analogy

1:01:30 Cold tub gauge of exhaustion, immune system, resilience, temperature rant

1:08:15 History of Sauna & sweat therapy, Book Reference “Sweat” by Mikkel Aaland

1:12:38 Guided experiences around the world.

1:17:00 DIY Sauna advice Glenn’s book “Sauna Build, From start to Finnish”

0:15 What's the biggest lie you once believed was true?
3:02 How do you define genius?
8:33 What is the most fascinating part of the human body?
15:45 What's the most spontaneous thing you've ever done?
28:15 What's more important, what you say or how you say it?
46:00 What is the most important thing a person can do to improve themselves?

The Docs sit down with Brian to talk medical devices and the 2023 EliteFTS SWIS Symposium
Dr. Ken Kinakin: Drkenkinakin.com @swis_drkenkinakin
Dr. Dylan Seeley:  https://cospineandjoint.com/meet-our-providers/ @Dylan_seeleydc
Dr. Eric Serrano

1:48 S-healy-Sorin – Gamma PEMF, Magnetic Therapy Units

Norm Shealy – TENS Machine, Pain Modulation

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4:22 Resting Neurological State = -70mv, What happens when it raises? Fibromyalga

5:00 Trauma, Stress, Depolarization

5:35 Aleviate Pain

6:00- DEMOSTRATION: SEE YOUTUBE

12:00 Hand Held Pressure Plate Produce – Dynamometer/Transducer

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14:00 Rehab, Stretching, & Strength Training With Devices

16:37 Transcutaneous Stimulation

20:30 SWIS Magnets

20:35 2023 ELITE FTS SWIS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

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https://www.eliteftsswis2022.com (Last Years Videos)

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21:00 Descriptions of SWIS Experience from all the boys

29:45 Dr.Leaf Story, fixing a boy’s gate by changing his language

30:55 Evidence Based vs Experiential Based

32:50 Mat that lengthens Telemeres, Chromosomes, Advice: Only 1 lab reads all chromosomes

39:50 Bart Bellon – Dog Trainer, E collar

41:10 Jimmy Culp 1,350 Pound Bench, 820 lbs x 17 reps

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59:17 Ali Gilbert @thealigilbert

Brian sits down with the boys on The RoundTable Podcast to catch up on his travels and talk all things human performance and life, including getting everyone back to feel, positive self talk, the connection and understanding of our physiology and psychology, journaling, and self awareness. Then the boys finish off with a dynamite Fire Away Friday, 5 questions asked to all 4 of the boys to get the mental juices flowing. Hope You Enjoy!

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Is there a difference between deserve and earn? and do we truly deserve anything?
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