March madness is a fantastic time of year where the NCAA executives, conference commissioners and coaches get to take part in the bounty that is provided by the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The players, the reason most of us tune in to watch every year, do not benefit financially from this windfall. They are given college scholarships, but is …

Workouts can be challenging both mentally and physically. Tyler Spezia has had plenty of them, but he views them as an important part of his college career because of the bonds it created. Tyler and his teammates endured many brutal workouts together, but in the end, that is what kept them inspired to fight for each other. Team building is a corner…

In this episode, I talk with David Braswell and Erika Canales about how they train their athletes at Outright fitness. Since they both have a strong background in track and field, their approach to training athletes is unique. Most trainers come from a strength and conditioning background, but these two bring more to their approach. Running in some…

Carla Nowicki is an accomplish weightlifter, strength coach and Dietitian, and is the founder of Pursuit Nutrition. Carla had struggles with body weight at an early age competing in gymnastics, cross country running and triathlons. She was told to be a certain weight, and that confused her on how to properly fuel her body so she could compete. Once…

The alarm clock rings early for these guys. The sky is still dark, there are few cars on the road, and there is not one person in the gym with them. Would they be there if they were doing this on their own? Who knows? What is certain, is that the two of them are determined to be prepared for their next opportunity in football, and they keep each ot…

Dan Burke is an endurance race junky who has competed at the highest of levels in kayaking, marathons, trail races, ultramarathons, bike races, and now an Iron Man. Dan got his start in kayaking, where he joined the United States kayaking team in 2003, 2007, 2009. He was crowned the C1 freestyle kayak world champion in 2007. After partaking in some…

Welcome to the Athlete Peeps Podcast! Join me on my podcast to learn about different ways athletes train, eat, recover, manage negative thinking, and much more!By Mark Fernald

Katie Donegan is an accomplished women's soccer/football player from Basingstoke, England. On a whim, Katie decided to join an effort that included a 9 day hike up Kilimanjaro with 59 others to set a world record for the highest elevation official soccer match ever played. Katie had never really hiked before and was new to camping, so the venture p…