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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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Marty, on the other hand, inherited a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease that affects almost all in his father’s family. They are part of the DIAN study or the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network that is focused on monitoring changes in individuals who has this specific genetic mutation.

Marty talked about the nightmares of this disease that he had seen with his family members, how his father kept a positive outlook and his part on the study of the disease. We also talked about the following topics:

• Reading Gary Reiswig’s book (his father’s cousin)
• Meeting his ex-girlfriend and now his wife, on choosing him despite the disease
• The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network
• Marty’s fitness and diet regimen
• Marty’s advise to people when his Alzheimer’s gets full blown

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Lindsay has a degree in American Studies from the San Diego State University, an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interaction.

We talked about some of these topics:

• Experiences she went through as a child with her condition
• Working on a morning show and taking naps
• Lindsay’s love for animals
• What is Amniotic Band Syndrome and how rare is it
• Sports that she played as an adaptive athlete

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On this episode, we talked about some of these topics:

• Fondest memories of Scott McGee with his father
• Why Dr. T’s father stuck with a flip phone until the end
• How is being a police officer both a blessing and a curse
• Why do we all have a terminal illness from the day we’re born
• Scott’s journey of being a father

Check out Dr. T’s episode on The Sisu Way.

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