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S2E1 | No Human Left Behind with Dr. Theresa Larson

S2E1 | No Human Left Behind with Dr. Theresa Larson

Welcome to season 2 of My New Normal! We’ve got our own “new normal” with new hosts, Dr. Megan Graff and Piikea, who both work with our Adaptive Athletes. In this episode, we’re interviewing Dr. T and getting updates on her new projects, life, and all things adaptive.

In this episode you’ll learn:

    • The theme of this season “No Human Left Behind”
    • An introduction to your new hosts
    • How movement heals
    • Lessons learned from Season 1
    • How shifting your perspective can change your life
    • Dr. T’s prescription for finding your new normal
    • …and so much more!

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Find out more about Dr. T and view her contact information here.


Season 2 is sponsored by Adaptive Sports Connection whose mission is to empower children, adults, and veterans with physical and cognitive challenges through sports and therapeutic outdoor recreation.

S1E32 | Ret. Major General Malcolm Frost – Adapting to Adversity & Implementing THE Fitness Standard in the US ARMY

S1E32 | Ret. Major General Malcolm Frost – Adapting to Adversity & Implementing THE Fitness Standard in the US ARMY

US Army retired Major General Malcolm Frost has been supporting the physical fitness of soldiers because of his relationship with Pain. As a Westpoint cadet, General Frost suffered a couple of injuries by playing collegiate soccer and it has changed how he sees physical fitness.

Retired Major General Malcolm Frost led all initial military training and public affairs for the over 1.5M members of the United States Army with organizational budgets in excess of $538M. General Frost has over 20 years of experience in strategic communications, media relations, crisis and risk management, and leader development. He also possesses significant experience and skills in the areas of change management, strategic and operational planning, and keynote speaking.

  • Places where General Frost was stationed during his US Army career
  • How General Frost’s time at Westpoint looked like
  • Holistic Health and Fitness and Army Combat Fitness Test
  • Dr. T’s story about his first gunnery Sargeant
  • Understanding that everyday is a New Normal
  • What are the 3 P’s
  • How injuries shaped General Frost’s in understanding physical fitness

Contact

Connect with US Army retired Major General Malcolm Frost through LinkedIn or Twitter.

Listen to My New Normal Podcast here:


To check out Dr. T’s Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete Online Course (eligible for 0.5 CEU’s for NSCA under Category D), visit: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/

 

S1E31 | Anders Varner – Helping People Adapt Using His Voice

S1E31 | Anders Varner – Helping People Adapt Using His Voice

When you start working out at age 13 and started CrossFit at 23, what would you do? Anders Varner chose to work with adaptive individuals, start a gym of his own and use his voice as a guiding light for individuals to have inspiration.

Anders is the host of the Barbell Shrugged Podcast and the Director of Media for the Shrugged Collective. Previously, he was the co-founder of CrossFit Pacific Beach. On this episode, we talked about these

  • The story behind how the My New Normal  name
  • Why did Anders end up in California
  • On opening his own CrossFit training gym
  • Working with adaptive athletes and coaching the Wolfpack
  • Running an online company
  • How his voice impacts a lot of people in the gym

Contact

Connect with Anders Varner through his website and Instagram.
Catch Anders on his podcast, Barbell Shrugged.

Listen to My New Normal Podcast here:


To check out Dr. T’s Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete Online Course (eligible for 0.5 CEU’s for NSCA under Category D), visit: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/

 

S1E30 | Joe De Sena – Spartan CEO, Resilience, Running a Business and Adapting to Failures

S1E30 | Joe De Sena – Spartan CEO, Resilience, Running a Business and Adapting to Failures

Joe De Sena – Founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand. With more than one million annual global participants at more than 200 events across more than 30 countries, Spartan offers heats for all fitness levels and ages, from beginner to elite and Kids as young as four-years-old. The brand has transformed more than five million lives since it was founded in 2010.

On this episode, Joe talked about how he started his company and the strategies he took to take it where it is today.  We also talked about the following topics:

  • How hard is the road to building a resilient company
  • What obstacle does Joe like the most
  • Places around the world where Joe had lived
  • Invisible wounds of the athletes joining the Spartan Race
  • The role of the Spartan Race to the mental health of the participants
  • Joe’s work-life balance working with a big company

Contact

Connect with Joe De Sena by going to his website https://joedesena.com/ and by sending him an email at joe@spartan.com

Listen to My New Normal Podcast here:


To check out Dr. T’s Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete Online Course (eligible for 0.5 CEU’s for NSCA under Category D), visit: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/

 

S1E29 | Danny Matta – Finding His Way Helping PTs Build Businesses

S1E29 | Danny Matta – Finding His Way Helping PTs Build Businesses

Danny Matta is a former Army where he worked as a physical therapist for seven years. He then decided to take his talents to private practice and decided to open a cash-based physical therapy practice in the corner of a CrossFit gym called Athletes’ Potential. Danny is the host of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast.

Prior to physical therapy, Danny has been an entrepreneur since he was age 10 when he sold a couple of cut outs from a Hustler magazine he found in the woods. We talked about some of these topics:

  • Danny’s transition from the military to private practice
  • Why Danny thought he’s not a fit in the army
  • How sleeping at 8’oclock helped Danny with his health and well being
  • Starting his business inside a CrossFit gym
  • Building relationships outside the business

Contact

Connect with Danny Matta by going to his website http://drdannymatta.com and https://www.athletespotential.com
Follow him on Instagram @dannymattaPT

Listen to My New Normal Podcast here:


To check out Dr. T’s Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete Online Course (eligible for 0.5 CEU’s for NSCA under Category D), visit: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/

 

S1E28 | Alyce Fernebok – A Marine Leading with Love Through Letters

S1E28 | Alyce Fernebok – A Marine Leading with Love Through Letters

Alyce Fernebok is a former Marine Corps Officer from San Diego, California. Alyce started the Love, Harvey movement, a letter writing campaign, which started with her father writing a letter to show gratitude to a family member.

We talked about some of these Topics:

  • Alyce Fernebok’s experience as a woman on the Marine Corps
  • Role of women in the battlefield
  • Dr. T’s experience as an engineer
  • Battle with cancer of Alyce Fernebok’s father
  • How Love, Harvey started with one letter from her father

Contact

Connect with Alyce Fernebok through LinkedIn and the Love Harvey Campaign Instagram account and Alyce’s own Instagram.

Listen to My New Normal Podcast here:


To check out Dr. T’s Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete Online Course (eligible for 0.5 CEU’s for NSCA under Category D), visit: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/