Welcome back to We Do the Heavy Lifting! This week’s guests are Madison Treece and Mattie Higgins! Madison Treece joined Texas A&M Athletics Department as Sports Science Fellow in August of 2021and is currently pursuing her PhD in Kinesiology at Texas A&M University. Mattie Higgins is a first year grad student in the Kinesiology Motor Neuroscience program at Texas A&M University. Today Madison and Mattie are here to talk all about grad school! Tune into this week’s episode to understand the pr...

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...

Welcome back to We Do the Heavy Lifting! This week’s guest is the one and only Mr. Bo Sandoval! Mr. Sandoval is the Assistant Athletics Director, Strength & Conditioning at Texas A&M University. He has traveled all over the nation to serve as the director of strength and conditioning for the UFC, and numerous collegiate and professional sports teams. Today Bo is going to talk about the number one thing keeping us alive…breathing. Tune into this week’s episode to learn more about practicing an...

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...

We are back with another episode! This week’s guest is Dr. Lisa Colvin. Dr. Colvin is an clinical associate professor at Texas A&M University who is currently teaching courses in therapeutic principles, exercise physiology, adapted physical activity/sport and sports nutrition. Her research interests include para-athletics training and performance optimization. Today, Dr. Colvin is talking about what para-athletics is, and how to get informed and involved in this program. To learn more about par...

Howdy! Welcome to We Do the Heavy Lifting where Dr. Jenna Yentes breaks down topics over improving human performance which features diverse experts on current health and fitness topics. The first podcast guest is Dr. Mark Faries! Dr. Faries is an associate professor at Texas A&M University and teaches 2 classes on health myth busting, HPCH 689 Social and Behavioral Health and PHLT 489 Public Health Special Topics. Dr. Fairies also has a blog called https://www.fitnesspudding.com/?start=40 wh...

Today’s podcast guest is the one and only Dr. Tim Lightfoot! Dr. Timothy Lightfoot is currently the Debbie and Mike Hilliard Endowed Professor of Kinesiology and the Executive Director of the Sydney and JL Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance at Texas A&M University and is joining us to talk about the path through academia. Dr. Lightfoot has written two books, “ Surviving Your First Five Years As A Faculty Member: Living and Prospering in Academia” and “Finding the Be...

What is the topic you ask? Our debate topic was "The keto diet is not the best diet for athletes". Essentially the keto diet is designed to burn fats by cutting carbs. Why is it called keto, are there health benefits to this diet, can it improve athletic performance? On Oct. 19, two experts debated this intriguing topic...watch and see what you think!

Today's podcast guest is the newest addition to the Huffines Institute, Dr. Jenna Yentes! Dr. Yentes' research focus at Texas A&M is primarily on functional resiliency and reserve in older adults. Her previous research focused on functional outcomes in those that suffer from pulmonary disease, namely chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dr. Yentes’ group were the first to document biomechanical changes in gait in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She has also explore...

Our podcast guest today is Dr. Jeff Potteiger, a professor in the Department of Movement Science at Grand Valley State University. He received his Ph.D. from Auburn University, his M.S. degree from McDaniel College, and his B.S. degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Potteiger has been a faculty member at Indiana State University, the University of Kansas, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Miami University. Dr. Potteiger has served in university administrative roles as a laborat...