Today we are pleased to have Dr. William Hale from Prairie View A&M University in the podcast today.  We chat about elite cycling, stretch (and whether you should do it or not), and health disparities in cheerleaders.  It's a fun conversation!

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Podcast rated "R" for language....Join us as we are immersed in a provocative story about cross country running, gene doping, and competition.

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IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball joins us to talk about the special sports medicine needs of an IndyCar driver as well as his special physiological needs.  Charlie is the first elite racing driver to race with Type 1 Diabetes and it is incredibly interesting to hear how his team (and IndyCar) handles his condition.

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We've got something different for you this week.  Our friends over at EscapePod.org are allowing us to broadcast one of their episodes - "Fuel" by Matthew Rotundo - that deals with the future of athletic performance enhancement.  This is a great episode to generate conversation about the future of performance and what we will allow as a society.

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We've got Dr. Ross Tucker, from the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa in the podcast today.  Ross is currently on the management team of the South African National Sevens team (you'll have to listen to find out what Sevens is), is one of the most astute and well-spoken young Exercise Physiologists in the world, and has been heavily involved in the debate about whether Oscar Pistorius should be allowed to compete against able-body track athletes.  If nothing else, tune in for the discussion of the Pistorius case for an illustration of how politics, science, and the judicial system sometimes intersect to the detriment of truth.

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We've got a great conversation with Mr. Adam Davis who is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Stewart-Haas Racing, the parent company of the race teams of Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman in NASCAR's Spring Cup Championship Series.  We talk about strength training of pit crew athletes and injury issues for the pit crew athlete

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 Join us today for a great podcast with Dr. Dan Lieberman from Harvard University, one of the preeminent scientists in the world on the evolution of running in humans.  We talk about why barefoot running may be biomechanically the best way to run.  It is a fun conversation!

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 There are people that have the urge to run for long, long distances...We have the pleasure of talking to Ultra Runner Extraordinaire Dr. Mike Sandlin in the podcast this week.... 

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Join us for one of the most high energy senior athletes we've ever met.  Doug Tremaine is in the studio - world-ranked triathlete and Director of the Brazos Valley Senior Games.  It's fun!

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Today we chat with Dr. Jacques Dallaire, primary mover of Performance Prime.  Dr. Dallaire has specialized for years in helping athletes and other individuals with the mental skills needed to maintain performance.  This is a fascinating chat and the topics can be applied to a wide-variety of life situations.

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