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71 | Melanie Strong, Managing Partner at Next Ventures
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03/24/21 • 59 min
Our guest in this episode is Melanie Strong. Mel is a Managing Partner at Next Ventures, working alongside Julian Eison and Lance Armstrong. Next Ventures is a health and fitness focused venture capital fund. Prior to joining Next, Mel spent the majority of her career so far in Sports Marketing, included 17 accomplished years at Nike.
In this episode, Matt and Mel discussed things like her decision to move on from Nike, how she goes about setting expectations for herself, and building relationships with people in the venture space. The two also talked about things like the possible lasting changes of 2020 and the connection between mental health and spending time outdoors.
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70 | Ask Momentous
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03/17/21 • 33 min
For this week’s episode, Matt is joined by Momentous Employee, Nicky Mullen, in the first installment of ‘Ask Momentous’. In this episode, questions and topics have been culled from Instagram and our podcast landing page to be answered and discussed. The two went over questions like “What products are you planning to release in the future?” and “Why did you start this company?”
If you have any questions you’d like to submit, please visit our landing page!
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16 | Jamal Liggin, Performance Coach, Founder of JLT, & NFL Trainer
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04/29/20 • 60 min
Today my guest is Performance Coach, Jamal Liggin. Jamal is the owner of JLT in Los Angeles (Jamal Liggin Training), a performance training organization that builds custom training programs for professional athletes from the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and UFC. For the past ten years, Jamal has been called on regularly by countless superstars to build their training programs, including Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Von Miller, and even DJ Khaled.
In today’s episode, we discuss things like injury assessment in athletes, training groups versus individuals, developing buy in from an athlete, how to coach athletes mentally in addition to physically, and how much Jamal values family.
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53 | Brad Weiss, Professional Triathlete & 2-Time XTERRA World Champion
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10/21/20 • 58 min
Today’s guest is Brad Weiss, a professional Triathlete from South Africa. Brad is a 2-time world champion in XTERRA Off-road Triathlon and has recently been collecting some wins at the Half-Ironman distance as well. We started working with Brad at Momentous recently, so we enjoyed getting to discuss his sport and training.
In this episode, Brad and Matt talked about being an endurance athlete, the dynamics of multiple coaches in triathlon, and how to prepare for a race. The two also discussed how Brad plans workouts and when to end a workout early.
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21 | Mary Cain, Professional Runner, Mental Health Advocate, & NYC Community Manager at Tracksmith
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05/27/20 • 66 min
My guest today is professional distance runner Mary Cain. She’s currently 24 and living in New York. For those of you not familiar with her story already, we’ll take you back for a moment to 2013 when Mary was a 17 year old track & field phenom. She was breaking records left and right and signed with what was then considered the best track team in the world -- the Nike Oregon Project. To the surprise of many, Mary’s performances actually began to decline after training with the Oregon project full-time. She eventually left the team, and last November Mary came forward with her story of training with Nike in what we now know to be an abusive, destructive training environment, characterized with the coach’s obsession with lowering her bodyweight to improve performance.
To quote the New York Times article on her story from last fall, “Cain found herself choosing between training with the best team in the world, or potentially developing osteoporosis or even infertility. She lost her period for three years and broke five bones. She went from being a once-in-a-generation Olympic hopeful to having suicidal thoughts.” I’m sure this is never an easy experience for her to discuss, so I really appreciated her openness and her positivity. It’s so important for the sport to have positive voices like Mary’s, and we shouldn’t take those for granted.
Recently, Mary signed on with the Boston-based running brand, Tracksmith, not only as a sponsored runner, but as an employee. I was excited to ask her about this new form of brand athlete relationship, and of course about what her life has been like since coming out with her story. As a fan of the sport and as a fan of Mary’s, this was really a privilege for me.
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82 | Dr. Robert Huggins & The UConn Study on How PR Lotion Improves Hydration
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08/26/21 • 42 min
This week we are joined by our writer, Phil White, and Dr. Robert A. Huggins of the University of Connecticut.
Robert is the Vice President of Research and Athlete Performance & Safety at the Korey Stringer Institute at UConn. There, Robert conducts performance testing on athletes who are looking to enhance their performance through the use of scientific insights.
Robert uses his experience as a professional trainer to treat cases of exertional heatstroke in events like The Boston Marathon and The Marine Corps. Marathon. Recently, Robert and his colleagues conducted a study on one of our products, PR Lotion, and found that it can actually help you stay hydrated in heat and humidity.
Show Notes:
1:00 - The Recent Study & How it Relates to War Fighters and First Responders. “I think the key findings here are the level of hydration maintained over the 5-hour protocol. We found that the group that used the PR Lotion showed a significantly less of a body mass loss.”
11:30 - Changes in Blood Sodium & Fluid Retention. “We may have given too much fluid, to the point that we were not able to see what happened to the sodium levels in the blood afterwards. So we’re super excited for the next studies because we’ll be able to see those blood-sodium levels after the placement of the lotion without any fluid being given.”
22:00 - Behavior Changes. “We know the reasons athletes die in sport. The top causes are head, heat, heart, and hemoglobin. In the months of August, heat is number one. We know how they die and we know how to treat them but often we are combated by old-school behaviors of ‘water is for the weak.’ and are resistant to change because it may have not been what they did when they were younger.”
30:00 - Wearables & Marketing Claims. “To be able to access hydration status accurately in various individuals is the holy grail. It’s going to impact so many different populations and not just athletes. Old people. People with diabetes.”
40:00 - Why Robert Does It. “The fact that my work, our work at the Korey Stringer Institute can go from making someone think better on a test or on a task during the day to getting a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.”
78 | Dan John, Strength Coach & Author
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05/19/21 • 71 min
Our guest this week is Dan John. Dan has been a strength coach for over 40-years and was an All-American Discus Thrower. Dan has also competed at the highest level of Olympic Lifting, Highland Games, and Weight Pentathlon, in which he holds an American record. Dan is also the author of more than 10 books - the latest of which is titled Attempts - Essays on Fitness, Health, Longevity and Easy Strength.
Our host this week is Phil White, an Emmy-nominated author and frequent contributor to the Momentous Blog. Phil has co-authored a number of bestselling books like The 17 Hour Fast with Dr. Frank Merritt, Waterman 2.0 with Dr. Kelly Starrett, and Unplugged with Andy Galpin & Brian Mackenzie.
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69 | Jason Havey, CEO of Onnit
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03/09/21 • 63 min
This week’s guest is Jason Havey. Jason is the CEO of Onnit, a health and fitness brand whose main business is selling supplements online. Previously, Jason spent 17 years in the hotel industry before he made the transition to health and fitness.
In this episode, Matt and Jason discussed Jason’s life and career before Onnit, Aubrey Marcus’s influence on the company’s trajectory, and how Jason goes about developing a product. The two also talked about how Jason defines success, how he’s gone about filling the CEO role, and the major decisions Jason has made to better his life.
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72 | Back with Jordan Mazur, San Francisco 49ers Director of Performance Nutrition
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03/31/21 • 64 min
We are joined again by Jordan Mazur. Jordan is a Registered Dietitian, the Director of Performance Nutrition for the San Francisco 49ers, and Advisor to Momentous. As this was his second time on the podcast, Jordan caught us up on a number of topics, including the whirlwind of an NFL season this past year, injury prevention, glucose monitoring devices, and more.
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How many episodes does The Momentous Podcast have?
The Momentous Podcast currently has 86 episodes available.
What topics does The Momentous Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Motivation, Athlete, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Performance, Professional, Fitness, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Sports, Health and Business.
What is the most popular episode on The Momentous Podcast?
The episode title '81 | We are back! Discussing the Merger & the Future' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Momentous Podcast?
The average episode length on The Momentous Podcast is 57 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Momentous Podcast released?
Episodes of The Momentous Podcast are typically released every 6 days, 15 hours.
When was the first episode of The Momentous Podcast?
The first episode of The Momentous Podcast was released on Jan 17, 2020.
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