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Live Better is the experiential health brand that reaches thousands of women and men trying to live their best lives by sharing health, wellness, business, & lifestyle tips. Whether you want to learn more about wellness, are navigating the process of following your dreams, or have already found your purpose in life, this is the podcast for you. In each episode, Nike Trainers and Performance Coaches, Bret Gornik and Jason Loebig share helpful tips, strategies and stories with guests that you can apply to your own life to pursue your purpose. The dynamic co-founders interview guests (athletes, entrepreneurs, experts, coaches, best-selling authors, & thought leaders) who are making an impact on the world, using wellness to fuel whatever they want to do in life, better. New episodes every Tuesday. Have the best day ever.
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Feb 25, 2020

Live from the Live Better recording studio! Bret and Jason are here this week on the Live Better podcast with Megan Young , who is in her 2nd year as High Performance Director of the Chicago Red Stars. With formal education in Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology, Adult Education, and Information Systems-Data Science and coaching from UNCW, Baylor University and Auburn University, Megan remains a life learner across new disciplines and continues to innovate within her field.

Listen in as Bret, Jason and Megan discuss movement, mobility, rate and force development, emotional management in athletes (and more!) and Megan’s innovative approach in her field.

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Show notes:

  • [04:00-5:10] - About Megan Young
  • [5:15-8:00] - Serving each individual athlete + fitness testing 
  • [8:30-10:15] - Force plate testing/profile + the importance of collecting data 
  • [10:15-11:00] - Taking care of your feet, David Goggins + “running a marathon and  everything is broken”
  • [11:30 - 12:15 ] - Rate of force development, jumping and landing 
  • [12:45 - 13:15] - Force velocity curve, training different profiles
  • [13:15 - 17:05] - For the everyday individual, what is the most important data to track?
  • [17:05 - 18:30] - Sleep + nutrition, Jocko Willink vs. person who needs 8 hours of sleep, high performing individuals on the world
  • [19:00 - 23:00] - Emotional management in athletes, the perfect plan you never follow is useless
  • [24:00 - 25:00] - To get to that next level, they have to stop saying YES to the easy thing, and accepting hard things thrown at you in life
  • [25:00 - 26:45] - Seeking out discomfort that works - with pattern recognition 
  • [27:12 - 31:00] - Megan’s morning routine
  • [32:26 - 33:30]  Megan’s cancer journey and the importance of systematic support 
  • [33:30 - 36:00] Pain - cancer treatment, car wreck, emotional trauma + creating a space specifically for pain
  • [37:30 - 40:00] Jason’s pain tracker + chronic migraines 
  • [44:15 - 44:30] Do something different, get a different input, get a different output to make a change to be who you want to be
  • [45:40 - 47:45] Megan’s Best Day Ever! Purpose, water, training, surfing, sunlight, taking mornings slow!
  • [48:00 - 48:48] Connect with Megan on Instagram (coach_megastrong) + Email and  listen to more of her story here
  • [49:00] - Learn more about Beam here, THC-CBD to elevate your everyday
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