Howdy! Welcome back to another episode of We Do the Heavy Lifting, this week’s guest is Dr. Mike Thornton! Dr. Thornton is the director of the Thornton-McFerrin Coaching Academy at Texas A&M University. The coaching academy focuses on a few aspects of coaching: the students and veterans wanting to get involved in coaching and administrators that help support coaches. Coaches can hold many roles in a young child’s life as they guide them through the challenges of being a young athlete. Listen t...

We are back with another episode this week! This week’s episode is Dr. Adam Case. He is an associate professor at Texas A&M university studying redox biology with numerous publications on research about oxidants and antioxidants. Today Dr. Case is talking about the importance of oxidants and antioxidants and how they are utilized in your daily life. Antioxidants are found in numerous skin care products and fresh foods, and we are always told we need them, but why are these molecules so importa...

Our third Video Podcast from our new series features special guest Tanna Burge! Tanna Burge has been at Texas A&M University as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance since 2015. Burge brings in a large amount of experience in the field and currently oversees strength and conditioning for all Aggie sports except football. In this podcast, Burge shares with us what happens in a sports performance team, challenges that student-athletes face, and challenges she faces as well!

Our third Video Podcast from our new series features special guest Tanna Burge! Tanna Burge has been at Texas A&M University as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance since 2015. Burge brings in a large amount of experience in the field and currently oversees strength and conditioning for all Aggie sports except football. In this podcast, Burge shares with us what happens in a sports performance team, challenges that student-athletes face, and challenges she faces as well!

Today we have our second Video Podcast from our new series with our special guest Kristi Dosh! Lawyer turned sports journalist, Dosh, the "SportsBizMiss," became the first and only female sports business reporter for ESPN who also transformed her career through blogging and social media to become a nationally-recognized expert in the business of sports. Her book, Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges examines how the financial side of college athletics ...

You've been waiting for it, and it's finally here! The beginning of a new era of our Video Podcasts kicks off today with our first guest, the star and voice of TexAgs Radio Gabe Bock! Gabe's expertise in sports media comes from his background in journalism at Texas A&M University where he graduated in '03 and later spent time as a reporter and producer with Bryan Broadcasting. Gabe has been with TexAgs since 2008 and has now become the face of TexAgs where he is the Host of TexAg...

Today is the eighth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2016 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Russell Pate from the University of South Carolina.  Dr. Pate's talk is called "Physical Activity - The Red-Headed Step Child of Public Health" and looks at national efforts to increase physical activity by making it part of public health.  LISTEN  or WATCH NOW! 

Today is the seventh video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2016 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. James Hill from the University of Colorado.  Dr. Hill's talk is called "Why Aren't We Making Progress in Promoting Healthy Living?" and looks at potential factors that may be limiting health through weight loss and exercise.  LISTEN  or WATCH NOW! 

Today is the sixth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2016 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Peter Wagner from the University of California San Diego.  Dr. Wagner's talk is called "The Long Debate About VO2 Max - Does the Limit Come from the Heart or the Periphery?" and considers the arguments about whether oxygen consumption is regulated by cardiac factors or muscle factors.  This is a great talk and reflects a long...

Today is the fifth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2016 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Sue Bodine from the University of California Davis.  Dr. Bodine's talk is called "Skeletal Muscle and the Key to a Healthy Life" and talks about muscle is an important tissue to consider in health and how we can change muscle size.  LISTEN  or WATCH NOW!