by Theresa Larson | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
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
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by Theresa Larson | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
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
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by Theresa Larson | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
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
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by Theresa Larson | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Mark Browne is an adaptive athlete, playing Wheelchair Rugby for the San Diego team. Prior to being adaptive, Mark is a member of the border patrol in Arizona when a horrifying accident left him injured and losing blood. He was life flighted because of the severity of the situation Mark was in and according to the rescuers, it was minutes before life or death. Mark was in a coma for 4 days after the incident.
On this episode, Mark was graceful enough to share his accident that left him with a brain injury which affected his speech and movement and how his road to recovery looked like. We talked about some of these topics:
- How the nurses saved his life and being life flighted
- Experiencing double vision because of the injury
- What is Mark’s daily routine exercise
- Mark’s adaptive wheelchair rugby
- What was it like surviving a coma
- How Mark’s sense of humor helped him with his recovery
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by Theresa Larson | May 22, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
Brian Mackenzie is a human performance coach with more than two decades experience of innovating new protocols and ideas for training Olympians, Professional Athletes, Entrepreneurs, and High Performers in numerous realms on the use of performance, mechanical, and breathing tools to achieve maximum output in training, competition, and recovery.
Brian is the founder of UnScared Inc. (formerly Genetic Potential, and Athlete Cell) manages Power Speed Endurance brand, The Art of Breath, along with our training programs, personalized coaching, training camps, and subscription services. We are a human performance company rooted in understanding human potential for athletes, corporations, and the general population.
Brian recently suffered a serious accident that injured his spine which made him paralyzed for a little bit. On this episode, Brian recalls this horrific experience and how he faced the challenges. We talked about some these topics:
- How Brian got the name Unscared for his company
- Remembering the accident that almost made him a paraplegic
- How breathing is a vital part of his regimen
- Experiences with building businesses
- Impact of social media
Check out his books:
Power Speed Endurance | book
UnBreakable Runner | book
UnPlugged | book
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