Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
The Active Life presented by the Huntsman World Senior Games is a weekly 25 minute podcast designed to help listeners get the most out of their life. We tackle all kinds of health and wellness topics including the value of competition as part of overall active aging.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 423
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
#358 – Everything’s Coming Up Rosey
The Games are over, but we thought it might be fun to get some insights on how things went from our very own Director of Sports, John “Rosey” Rosander. He shares his thoughts on the new…
#357 - Chalk Up Another One
John Wunderli has been associated with The Huntsman World Senior Games from the very beginning. In fact, at 47 years old, he was the attorney who worked on the organizational bylaws as …
#356 – A Model Swimmer
The 2021 Huntsman World Senior Games are approaching the half-way mark. Kyle and Lil share their favorite moments (so far) and have a chat with Steve Hammond who is currently competing …
#355 – Six Olympics?
Anne Abernathy has spent her life inspiring people with her incredible story of perseverance and determination. She we introduced to the luge in her 30s and fully embraced the adrenalin…
#354 – It’s The Ramp Up
For this pre-Games show, Kyle and Lil give you a behind the scenes peek at what it takes, year-round, to pull the Huntsman World Senior Games together. You'll hear things you didn't kn…
#353 – What A Racquet!
Today’s guest is one of our amazing athletes. Sylvia Sawyer has played in the Games every year since 1990. That makes 30 years of competing in the Games. She is an incredibly accomplish…
# 352 – Three Decades Down And More To Come
Jim Demet is a longtime friend of the Huntsman World Senior Games. From Salt Lake City, Utah, Jim has been involved in the game since 1991. He’s competed in a variety of sports includin…
#351 – It’s Gotta Be The Exercise
Today’s guest is Ernest Quiocho, a former Dixie State University football player. Currently a personal trainer at the Intermountain LiVe Well Center. He graduated form Dixie State Unive…
#350 – The Toughest 66-Year-Old On The Planet
Robert Hamilton Owens is a man of many hats. He’s been and done a lot – mountain climbing, radio and TV personality, keynote speaker, minister, Ironman, philanthropist, triathlete, Spec…
#349 – Roar Like A Lionette
Della Mitchell walked on for the world-famous Orange Lionettes, get this, when she was 11 years old. She survived the try outs and a few years on their farm team, the Cubettes, and then…
#348 – It’s Like Riding a Bike, Right?
Today’s guest, Stan Ford, spent much of his life in sports, either competing or teaching it. He got into cycling a bit in his mid-forties. But at age 55, he decided to buy a new bike an…
#347 – Bocce
Some variation of the sport of bocce has been around for more than 7,000 years. John Charles Carr is one of the directors of the bocce tournament that will be played for the FIRST TIME …
#346 – Volunteer
It takes a truck load of volunteers to put on the Huntsman World Senior Games, about 3,000 actually. Today we visit with one of our valuable volunteers, Susi Lafaele. Susi started her “…
#345 – What’s Up With “Functional Training?”
Today, we’re excited to welcome back to the show Ryan Otterson. Ryan grew up in St. George, Utah, and graduated from Snow Canyon High School, which by the way is where my kids graduated…
#344 – Row. Row. Row Your … Rowing Machine?
Today’s guest is the director of one of our newest sports, Indoor Rowing. Irene Lysenko says she fell in love with rowing while living in Connecticut some fifteen years ago. What was s…
#343 – A Cycling Life
Louie Amelburu has been a health teacher for 32 years. He played baseball in college, he boxed and also trained professional fighters, cornering two world championships. But that’s not …
#342 – Don't Be Afraid To Try Something New
Wendy Holt is a multi-sport athlete at the Huntsman World Senior Games. She couldn’t wait to turn 50 so she could compete in the swimming and track and field events. Since then, she’s a…
#341 – Going For The Record
#340 – The Plate Method
Hanna Matthias is originally from Logan, UT, and graduated from the dietetics program at Utah State University. She joined the nutrition department at St. George Regional Hospital in 20…
#339 – You Are Not Too Old And It Is Not Too Late
As she approached her milestone birthday of 50, Deborah Chambers (more commonly known as Deborah Darling to her tens of thousands of Instagram followers), felt like she was ready for a …