All Episodes
The Lifetime Athlete — 439 episodes
Ep438 – Training Talk May 2026
Ep437 – The Last Word on Diets and Cold Plunges!
Ep436 – 6 Tips to Improve Your Lifelong Training
Ep435 – Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Training for LIFE!
Ep434 – Training Talk April 2026
Ep433 – Consistency, Social Media Influencers, & Anti-aging Exercise
Ep432 – Group Fitness Coaching
Ep431 – Training Talk March 2026
Ep430 – Chicks Dig Chicken, and Other Amazing Health and Fitness Stories!
Ep429 – Mobility and Stability Training for The Lifetime Athlete
Ep428 – Injury Avoidance for The Lifetime Athlete
Ep427 – Training Talk February 2026
Ep426 – 3 Levels or 5 Zones…Which is Best for YOU?!
Ep425 – Chiming in on the Zone 2 Discussion
Ep424 – Training Talk January 2026
Ep423 – Kicking it in the New Year
Ep422 – Training in Winter Versus Summer
Ep421 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A
Ep420 – What Members Love About the Annual Training Plan
Ep419 – Training Talk December 2025
Ep418 – 6 Ways to Modify Your Workout So You Feel Great!
Ep417 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A
Ep416 – Training Talk November 2025
Ep415 – Mail Bag…Community Member Discussions
Ep414 – Ride to Live, Live to Ride!
Ep413 – Training Talk October 2025
Ep412 – Fall Hunting Preview
Ep411 – Running, Deadlifting, and Stretching…Are They Bad for Longevity?
Ep410 – Training Talk September 2025
Ep409 – Bikepacking the GDMBR with Doug Fletcher
Ep408 – Advanced Resistance Training for Older Athletes
Ep407 – Training Talk August 2025
Ep406 -Climbing to New Heights with Brad Lundquist
Ep405 – Dad Bod Be Gone!
Ep404 – Unique Workouts You Might Like to Try
Ep403 – 7 Reasons Not to Trust Every Longevity Influencer
Ep402 – The Top 5 Longevity Tips for Maturing Athletes
Ep401 – Training Talk July 2025
Ep 400 – How to Deal with Sore Legs
Ep399 – Zesty Challenges to Spice Up Your Week
Ep398 – Training Talk June 2025
Ep397 – Tips for Lifetime Athletes to Live By…Edition 1
Ep396 – Longevity-Based Resistance Training
Ep395 – Basic Movement Patterns for Lifetime Athletes…Part 2
Ep394 – Basic Movement Patterns for Lifetime Athletes…Part 1
Ep393 – Training Talk May 2025
Ep392…Deloading for Lifetime Athletes
Ep391 – The Morning Regimen vs. The Evening Experience, Protein Talk, and Heat vs. Cold!
Ep390 – Shoulder Season Possibilities
Ep389 – Training Talk April 2025
Ep388 – Carbs in Athletics…How Much is Enough, How Much is Too Much?
Ep387 – Training for LIFE!
Ep386 – Locomotion for Lifetime Athletes
Ep385 – Training Talk…A New Series!
Ep384 – Mechanical Versus Metabolic Training
Ep383 – Mail Bag…Listener Q&A
Ep382 – 4 Unique Diet and Training Combinations for Weight Loss
Ep381 – Exercise Selection for Lifetime Athletes
Ep380 – Scaling Workouts for Lifetime Athletes
Ep379 – Athletic Generalists and Specialists
Ep378 – Lean4LIFE…the 30-day Challenge
Ep377 – 2024…The Year in Review
Ep376 – Training for Maximum Healthspan
Ep375 – Zone 2 Cardio for Lifetime Athletes
Ep374 – Ergonomics and Healthy Workstations
Ep373 – Open and Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises for Lifetime Athletes
Ep372 – Unilateral Exercises for Lifetime Athletes
Ep371 – Training for Movement Competency
Ep370 – Seasonality Revisited
Ep369 – Staying Bouncy as You Age
Ep368 – Shooting with a Recoil-sensitive Shoulder, Part 2
Ep367 – Mountain Goat Hunt of a Lifetime…with Steven Graves
Ep366 – TLA Community Update
Ep365 – Sports for Lifetime Athletes
Ep364 – The Summer Longevity Series…Endurance Training for Lifetime Athletes
Ep363 – The Summer Longevity Series…Agility Training for Lifetime Athletes
Ep362 – The Summer Longevity Training Series…Coming Back After a Layoff
Ep361 – Lightning Fast Lessons
Ep360 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A
Ep359 – The Summer Longevity Series…Speed Training for Older Athletes
Ep358 – Listener Q & A on Strength and Power
Ep357 – The Summer Longevity Training Series…Power Training for Older Athletes
Ep356 – The Summer Longevity Training Series…Strength Training for Older Athletes
Ep355 – Meditation for Peak Performance with Jeff Patterson
Ep354 – Preview…The Summer Longevity Training Series
Ep353 – The Summer Splash!
Ep352 – The Drag Rig
Ep351 – Staying Fit When Life Gets Full
Ep350 – Using RPE and RTT for Maximum Performance and Longevity
Ep349 – Hike for Your LIFE!
Ep348 – North of Forty with Lauren Hurst
Ep347 – All Things Bear Hunting with Joseph von Benedikt
Ep346 – RPE vs. RIR
Ep345 – MailBag: Training While Traveling…Revisited
Ep344 – 10 Current Thoughts on Human Nutrition
Ep343 – Lean4LIFE!
Ep342 – Recovery Training Simplified
Ep341 – The Lifetime Athlete 5-3-1 System Revisited
Ep340 – The Lifetime Athlete App!
Ep339 – TLA Community Update
Ep338 – The Devil’s Triangle…Balancing Mobility, Strength, and Endurance Training for Longevity!
Ep337 – How to Train for Longevity!
Ep336 – All About Knives with Evan Siembida
Ep335 – Mail Bag…Holiday Q & A
Ep334 – Field Report…Whitetail Deer Harvest!
Ep333 – A Conversation with Lifetime Athlete Brian Mathis!
Ep332 – A Conversation with Lifetime Athlete Rich Bradfield!
Ep331 – Training and Hunting for LIFE with Todd White!
Ep330 – Field Report…Late Season Elk Hunting Adventures!
Ep329 – Gratitude and Bonus Workouts
Ep328 – Field Report…Cow Elk Harvest
Ep327 – Workouts to Maintain Backcountry Fitness During Peak Season
Ep326 – Field Report…Elk Rifle Opener
Ep325 – Field Report…Antelope Hunt Recap
Ep324 – Testing and Training a Lifetime Athlete…Dennis Rackers!
Ep323 – Field Report…Archery Elk Late Season, and More!
Ep322 – Performance Nutrition for Female Athletes, with Drew Mulvey
Ep321 – Field Report…Elk Archery Mid-Season
Ep320 – Field Report…Early Elk Archery
Ep319 – Mail Bag…Listener Q&A
Ep318 – Making the Most of Your Workout!
Ep317 – Exercise is Nourishment!
Ep316 – Bonus Speed Episode!
Ep315 – Hunting Partners and Adventures!
Ep314 – Speed Workouts for Lifetime Athletes
Ep313 – Techniques and Cues for Optimal Speed Development
Ep312 – The Lifetime Athlete Track Warmup
Ep311 – Preparatory Training for Speed
Ep310 Introduction to Speed Week
Ep309 – Gait, Respiration, Lunges, and Effective Training
Ep308 – The Ultimate Anti-Aging Workout!
Ep307 – AnimalFIT…Case Studies (Part 2)
Ep306 – The Top 5 Resistance Exercises for Lifetime Athletes!
Ep305 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A
Ep304 – AnimalFIT…Case Studies (Part 1)
Ep303 – AnimalFIT…FAQ’s
Ep302 – AnimalFIT…Advanced Program Design
Ep301 – The Summer 2023 Fitness Challenge!
Ep300 – 2023 Community Feedback Report
Ep299 – AnimalFIT…Designing Workouts to Match Your Body Type
Ep298 – May 2023 Community Query
Ep297 – Training for Strength vs. Speed vs. Endurance
Ep296 – AnimalFIT…Using Body Type Knowledge to Prevent Injury
Ep295 – Fit for the Field 2023 is Live!
Ep294 – AnimalFIT…Personalized Exercise Program Design
Ep293 – Backcountry Performance…Selecting the Right Boot
Ep292 – AnimalFIT…How your Personality Affects Your Exercise Choices
Ep291 – Conference and Research Update
Ep290 – Athletic Analysis of the Backcountry Hunter
Ep289 – AnimalFIT…Your Training Preferences
Ep288 – AnimalFIT…Neurotransmitters
Ep287 – Forefoot Pain…Metatarsalgia
Ep286 – AnimalFIT…YOUR Cronotype!
Ep285 – Building the Backpacking Athlete
Ep284 – Lifetime Athlete Nick Ricardi…Perspectives on Health, Fitness, Hunting, and LIFE!!
Ep283 – AnimalFIT…What Kind of Athletic Beast are YOU?
Ep282 – AnimalFIT…Embracing YOUR Inner Animal!
Ep281 – AnimalFIT…Learning How YOUR Muscles Function!
Ep280 – AnimalFIT…Exploring Your Personal Muscle Fiber Physiology
Ep279 – AnimalFIT…Understanding Human Muscles
Ep278 – AnimalFIT…Assessing YOUR Joint Mobility
Ep277 – AnimalFIT…Identifying Your Inner Animal (Bones)!
Ep276 – AnimalFIT…an Introduction to the Animal within YOU!
Ep275 – Evolving Thoughts on Human Nutrition
Ep274 – How to Fail Your New Year’s Resolution!
Ep273 – Tragedy in the Backcountry…with Matt Josten
Ep272 – Holiday Workout Tips!
Christmas Gifts for Lifetime Athletes!
Ep270 – A Report from TLA Headquarters!
Ep269 – Squatting for Mobility, Hypertrophy, and Athleticism
Ep268 – Hunting Adventures with Phil Cox!
Ep267 – Late Season Elk Hunting Gear
Ep266 – Thanksgiving Thoughts
Ep265 – The Value of KPI Testing
Ep264 – Thank You Veterans and Embracing the Change of Seasons!
Ep263 – Elk Hunting Training and Trip Report
Ep262 – Elk Hunting Gear Test and Review
Ep261 – The Antelope Hunt Recap!
Ep260 – How to Develop an Annual Training Plan
Ep259 – Mail Bag…Extensive Plyometrics, Diversification Versus Specialization, and a Better Movement Pyramid!
Ep258 – PT Shop Talk with Amy Pakula, DPT
Ep257 – Endurance…What it is and how to train for it!
Ep256 – Developing Speed in Older Athletes!
Ep255 – Hunting Season Preview!
Ep254 – Research Review…Lifespan, Running Shoes, and Running Workload
Ep253 – (R)Evolutionary Training Principles!
Ep252 – If You Could Choose Only One Exercise!
Ep251 – Words for Lifetime Athletes to Live By!
Ep250 – Choosing the Right Exercises for YOU!
Your Mileage May Vary!
Ep248 – The Case of the Disappearing Buttock!
Ep247 – Recap of The Lifetime Hunter Summit!
Ep246 – Aging Gracefully…Aging Athletically!
Ep245 – Andrew Just and Train Fitness!
Ep244 – Running Shoe Update 2022
Ep243 – Advice for Aging Athletes!
Ep242 – Traveling and Training
Ep241 – Summer Outdoor Training!
Ep241 – Client Case Reports
Ep240 – Fit for the Field is Live!
Ep239 – Functional Fitness Redefined!
Ep238 – Treating Symptoms Versus Causes
Ep237 – The Magic of Recovery!
Ep236 – Footwork Nomenclature
Ep235 – The Backcountry Athlete with Joseph von Benedikt
Ep234 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A
Ep233 – The Amazing Lunge Pattern!
Ep232 – Taking Your Performance to the Next Level!
Ep231 – The Field to Table Journey
Ep230 – Kickstart Spring!
Ep229 – Using The 5-3-1 Lifetime Athlete System!
Ep228 – Thoughts on Storytelling
Ep227 – No Marbled Muscles!
Ep226 – The Earth-Based Diet!
Ep225 – A Tribal Discussion and More!
Ep224 – Mail Bag…The Big Three Lifts
Ep223 -Empowering People Toward Success
Ep222 – A Physical Therapist’s Guide to Backcountry Footwear
Ep221 – JZ Rehab Update and Fatrophy!
Ep220 – Evolution in Physical Therapy Practice with Amy Pakula, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Ep219 – Mail Bag and T-Shirt Giveaway!
Ep218 – No Days Off!
Ep217 – Shooting With a Recoil-Sensitive Shoulder, Part 1
Ep216 – What’s New for 22?
Ep215 – From Cancer Patient to Triathlon Medalist…John Bozzella!
Ep214 – Training Tribe Update
Ep213 – Advice for Shoulder Surgery Patients with Brady Wiseman
Ep212 – Hiking the St. Francis Way with Tammy Walker!
Ep211 – Training Before and After Surgery
Ep210 – The Real JZ
Ep209 – Hunter Performance Part 3…Applications and Mindset
Ep208 – Happy Thanksgiving!
Ep207 – The Backpacking Athlete with Ryan Jordan!
Ep206 – How I Build Lifetime Athletes
Ep205 – Hunter Performance Part 2…Gear Tips for Backcountry Hunters
Ep204 – Training for a Thanksgiving Race!
Ep203 – Hunter Performance Part 1…Conditioning
Ep202 – Footbal Season Fitness!
My Shoulder Surgery Experience
Ep200 – My Shoulder Injury…Onset and Diagnostics
Ep199 – Running Performance…Designing an Effective Training Program
Ep198 – Running Performance…Running Workouts Simplified
Ep197 – Running Performance…Optimal Stride Length
Ep196 – Running Performance…Video Gait Analysis Part 3 (Interventions)
Ep195 – Running Performance…Video Gait Analysis Part 2
Ep194 – Video Gait Analysis Part 1
Ep193 – Running Performance: Running Shoe Update 2021
Ep192 – Load Management for Lifetime Athletes
Ep191 – Speed Training Made Simple with Lee Taft
Ep190 – Running Performance…Determining Your Runner Type
Ep189 – Athletic Foot Function with Joel Smith
Ep188 – Training the Endurance Athlete
Ep187 – Training the Elastic Athlete
Ep186 – Training Strength Athletes
Ep185 – Identify Your Inner Animal…the AnimalFIT Quiz
Ep184 – Dr. Mike T. Nelson
Ep183 – Understanding Your Muscle Fiber Physiology
Ep182 – The AnimalFIT Jump Test
Ep181 – Understanding Anthropometrics
Ep180 – The Value of Athletic Stiffness
Take Your Training Outside!
Ep 178 – Physiologic Age Versus Chronologic Age
Ep177 – An Introduction to Somatotypes
Ep176 – How to Reset Your Metabolism!
The Sweet Spot for Cardio!
Tune Up Your Running For Spring!
Ep173 – How to Be More Consistent With Your Training!
Ep172 – How to Tear Your Hamstring!
Ep171 – Making Healthcare Healthier, Part 1
Ep170 – Interference and Crossover
Ep169 – Mail Bag…Hopping, Jumping, Prehab, and Mobility!
How Strong is Strong Enough?
Ep167 – Coaching Lifetime Athletes
Ep166 – Functional Human Locomotion
Ep165 – CrossFit vs Spartan vs Hyrox
Ep164 – Metabolic Reset Made Easy
Ep163 – Tips for Better Training in 2021
Ep162 – Seasonality in Training
Ep161 – Dr. Amy Pakula…Physical Therapy and More!
Ep160 – The Force-Velocity Curve
Ep159 – Hunters…the Original Athletes!
Ep158 – Knee Versus Hip Dominance
Ep157 – Thankful Thoughts!
Ep156 – Periodization of Training
Ep155 – Create Your Own Online Training Group
Ep 154 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A (cardio)
Ep153 – Communication Tips for Coaches and Athletes
Ep152 – Redefining Human Movement
Ep151 – Understanding Muscle Contractions
Ep150 – Training Intensity
All About The Squat
Ep148 – Scoring Your Fitness
Ep147 – Listener Q & A
Ep146 – The Evolution of the Training Tribe!
Ep145 – The Essential Home Gym
Ep144 – How to be Hard to Kill!
Ep143 – Circadian-based Training
Ep142 – The Athletic Assessment
Ep141 – Defining the Lifetime Athlete
Ep140 – Lee Taft…The Speed Guy!
Ep139 – Mail Bag…Listener Q & A
Ep138 – James Cerbie…Rebel Performance
Ep137 – Lessons from the Pandemic
Ep136 – Lifelong Training…Navigating the Lifespan as an Athlete!
Ep135 – A Coaching Call With an Athlete’s Parent
Ep134 – Intelligent Training…the WISE System
Ep133 – Effective Training…Creating Workouts That Work!
Ep132 – Personalized Training Programs…How to Create a Training Program That Fits YOU!
Ep131 – The Role of the Foot in Athletic Speed Development
Ep130 – Deep Healing with Dr. Nima
Ep129 – Do Runners Need Orthotics?
Ep128 – PT Basics…Plantar Fasciitis
Ep127 – Don’t. Seek. Exhaustion!
Ep126 – Pronation and Athletes
Ep125 – Born to Run (revisited)
Ep124 – When Gyms Reopen…
Ep123 – Technique Tips for Training at Home
Ep122 – When Distancing is Over
Ep121 – Updates on Dietary and Training Experiments
Ep120 – PT Basics…Stress Fractures
Ep119 – Get By With a Little Help From Your Friends
Ep118 – Training the Immune System
Ep117 – Online Physical Therapy…Now is the Time!
Ep116 – Physical Preparation and Rehabilitation
Ep115 – Training During Social Distancing
Ep114 – PT Basics…Breathing
Ep113 – What to do About Chronic Stiffness and Soreness!
Ep112 – Let's Talk About Surgery!
Ep111 – Metabolic Flexibility for Athletes
Ep110 – Yoga Versus CrossFit!
Ep109 – Fueling for Athletes and Fighting Back Against The Reaper!
Ep108 – Lift, Sprint, Eat and Sleep!
Ep107 – Ruth Kack…Perspectives on Health, Fitness, and LIFE!
Ep106 – Training for Hunting
Ep105 – Remembering Kobe
Ep104 – PT Basics…Healing
Ep103 – PT Basics…Structure and Function
Ep102 – Coaching Tips for 2020 and Beyond!
Ep101 – How to Simultaneously Achieve Peak Performance and Maximum Health!
Ep100 – Become Hard to Kill!
Ep099 – Tunes for Training
Ep098 – A 2020 Vision for the Year 2020
Ep097- The Secrets of Fluid Movement
Ep096 – How to Set Up a Home Gym
Ep095 – Fast, Cheap, and Good in Health, Fitness, and Performance!
Ep094 – PT Basics…Functional Training
Ep093 – Micro Workout Recommendations
Ep092 – Exercise Dosage…Minimum Versus Maximum
Ep091 – The 5-3-1 Lifetime Athlete System!
Ep090 – Metabolic Versus Mechanical Conditioning
Ep089 – Holiday SurThrival Tips
Ep088 – PT Basics…Movement Economy and Efficiency
Ep087 – Hunters, Meat Eaters, and Athletes!
Ep086 – How to Create an Effective Training Program
Ep085 – Winter Training Tips
Ep084 – Are You Fit and Healthy?
Ep083 – The Lifetime Body is now The Lifetime Athlete!
Ep082 – Push Versus Pull Thinking
Ep081 – Fall Fitness and Autumn Athletics!
Ep080 – Self-Experiments in Health and Fitness
Ep079 – Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Marathon…What it Means for All of Us!
Ep078 – Interview with an IronMan…Clem Naples!
Ep077 – Health and Performance Coaching…Is it Right for You?
Ep076 – Online Physical Therapy…What the telePT Revolution is All About!
Ep075 – Training Secrets…Leveraging Strengths and Weaknesses for Maximum Results in Performance and Longevity!
Ep074 – JZ on the Spot…Blind Q and A!
Ep073 – Removing Splinters From Your Health and Fitness Practices
Ep072 – Operation BootyJACK!
Ep071 – Health, Longevity, and Peak Performance…Can You Have it All?
Ep070 – Movement Demystified…The Right Amount of Activity and Exercise for Health
Ep069 – Dr. Darren Schmidt…Nutritional Healing
Ep068 – The Right Way to Train Hard
Ep067 – Lyle Weese…Coaching and Training for LIFE!
Ep066 – PT Basics…Training with Injury Using the Orthopedic Workaround
Ep065 – Lessons in Health and Fitness
Ep064 – PT Basics…Why Technique and Form Matter So Much!
Ep063 – Get Fit for the Field!
Ep062 – Should You Work Through Pain?
Ep061 – Are Morning Routines Bogus?
Ep060 – PT Basics…To Stretch or Not to Stretch?
Ep059 – Summer Training Tips
Ep058 – PT Basics…Looseness and Tightness
Ep057 – Joel Smith…Sports Performance for Everyone
Ep056 – When is the Best Time to Exercise?
Ep055 – Is Your Job Working for Your Health?
Ep054 – PT Basics…Posture
Ep053 – PT Basics…Fundamentals of Physical Therapy
Ep052 – Usain Bolt and Eliud Kipchoge…Lessons from the Greats!
Ep051 – Elite Beasts…And What We Can Learn From Them!
Ep050 – Great One-liners in Health and Fitness!
Ep049 – Mail Bag…How to Run Faster
Ep048 – Is Your Workout Working for You?
Ep047 – Are You Achieving Your Peak Performance?
Ep046 – Shaping Up for Swimsuit Season and Shredding for the Wedding!
Ep045 – Is Your Diet Working for You? Part 2
Ep044 – Is Your Diet Working for You? (Part 1)
Ep043 – R3…The Shout Out Show!
Ep042 – Kevin Davis…Hunting and Running for Life!
Ep041 – Foot Function and Running Shoe Selection
Ep040 – Coaching and Training Secrets
Ep039 – Dealing With Injuries…Part 2 (Chronic)
Ep038 – Dealing With Injuries…Part 1 (Acute)
Ep037 – Putting Struggle with Weight Loss in the Rearview Mirror
Ep036 – Mail Bag…Meat, Mobility, and More!
Ep035 – Feast, Fight, Flee, and Fornicate…for LIFE!
Ep034 – Kick Ass for Life!
Ep033 – Are You a Bubble Boy or a Warrior Princess?
Ep032 – How to Commit to a Fitness Program…with Doug Fletcher
Ep031 – How to Die Early!
Ep030 – Kati Hengel…Bobcat Training, Psychology, and Life!
Ep029 – Biohacking in 2019
Ep028 – Meat Haters?
Ep027 – Top 20 SuperFoods!
Ep026 – MailBag…CrossFit, Marathons, and Wolverines!
Ep025 – AnimalFit is Live…Do You Know Your Inner Beast?!
Ep024 – AnimalFit is Soon to be Released into the Wild!
Ep023 – Vegans and Carnivores Unite…The Meat Show!
Ep022 – MailBag…GymTalk
Ep021 – Rants, Raves, and Rambles…Wellness Practices
Ep020 – Thanksgiving Dinner!
Ep019 – Re-Wilding the American Palate
Ep018 – Mail Bag…Questions About Master’s Athletics
Ep017 – Thriving While Traveling
Ep016 (PWP) – Elliot Canfield…JACKED and Beyond!
Ep015 – Your Inner Athlete
Ep014 – Tips on Movement, Food, and Sleep
Ep013 – Recipe for Success…Cooking Your Fitness!
Ep012 – Mail Bag…Diet and Training FAQ’s
Ep011 – Celebrate the Seasons!
Ep010 – Basic Principles Part 2
Ep009 – Basic Principles (Part 1)
Ep008 – The Moob and the Booty
Ep007 – The Locomotion
Ep006 – Myths and Misconceptions in Fitness
Ep005 – Project JACKED!
Ep004 – The Ancestral Health Symposium
Ep003 – Eating for Life
Ep002 – Meet JZ & PK
Ep001 – The Lifetime Body