The Stronger Life Podcast
This podcast will teach you how to be strong, healthy and fit, how to train without pain, and why everyone needs a coach, a plan and a purpose to power their results! Strength is synonymous with success & is the foundation upon which all other positive attributes are built.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 119
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Motivation Monday - The Unlikely Labor
Mike McCastle recently completed an Unlikely Labor, pulling a 2.5 ton truck for 10 miles along the Dalton Highway in freezing temperatures. This labor took him into the Arctic Circle, and beyond the …
What Cancer Can Teach Us About Strength w/ Dr. Shai Sewell, DPT
Hello friends, and welcome to this week’s episode of the Essential Strength Podcast! This is episode 11 and I had the pleasure of speaking this week with one of my best friends and fellow physical t…
Health & Fitness Friday - The American Health Emergency
There is a health emergency in this country, and it dates back far longer than this novel Corona Virus, COVID-19. But now, it's directly effecting our citizens risk of contracting the Corona Virus, a…
The Incredible Power of Accepting Change w/ Chase Chewning
Hello friends and welcome to Ep. 10 of The Essential Strength Podcast
Today we are talking with the one and only Chase Chewning, host of Ever Forward Radio.
We get into a lot of deep topics in this epi…
Health & Fitness Friday - Positive Psychology & Mental Agility
Welcome to Health & Fitness Friday on The Essential Strength Podcast!
Today’s episode is supported by the amazing folks over at FNX Fit. FNX Fit is a Utah-based company committed to creating the high…
Fighting Gender Inequality in the Fitness Industry w/ Claire Zai
Welcome to Episode 9 of The Essential Strength Podcast!
Our guest today is Claire Zai. Claire is competitive powerlifter and holds a Masters of Science in Exercise Physiology from the University of Co…
Health & Fitness Friday - The Benefits of a Gym Buddy
Welcome to another edition of Health & Fitness Friday. Your weekly mini-podcast covering health and fitness knowledge that will leave you a little smarter and a lot more motivated in less than 10 min…
Emotional Trauma, Stress and Injury Risk w/ Shauna Ericksen
Can emotional stress increase your risk of physical injury?
That's just part of the question that today's guest, Shauna Ericksen, is attempting to answer with her PhD research. It's the type of questi…
Health & Fitness Friday - Why Everyone Should Train Like an Athlete
What is it that you love to do the most?
We're talking specifically about things that involve physical activity - gardening, cycling, adult league softball, summer hiking, etc.
Now - consider that you…
Creating A Bright Future for Health & Fitness w/ Michael Mash
What if healthcare providers and fitness professionals worked together in an integrated system that built people up to become the strongest, healthiest, most resilient versions of themselves?
Sounds…
Health & Fitness Friday - Should You Use a Collagen Supplement?
Collagen Supplements - What are they, who should take them, where should you get them?
Let’s actually start with that last point - where should you get your collagen supplements? Well, it just so happ…
Strength is Never a Weakness w/ Mark Bell
Mark Bell has a saying - "Strength is Never a Weakness and Weakness is Never a Strength."
Today on Ep. 06 of The Essential Strength Podcast, Mike and David had the honor of spending over an hour talki…
Health & Fitness Friday - What Happens When You Don't Sleep?
Sleep deficiencies have both long term and short term impacts on your health. And while sleep is one of the most fundamental ways to improve our health and well being, it is also one of the easiest t…
Achieve Your True Potential by Training Your Mind & Body
Achievement lies on the other side of struggle.
Unfortunately, for almost all of us, our minds will persuade us to stop long before we find out just how much we can struggle and still overcome. Ultima…
Health & Fitness Friday - Do Strong People Live Longer?
Happy Friday Everyone!
David here to announce that we are launching a new component of The Essential Strength Podcast today called Fit & Healthy Friday!!
Every Friday you will get a bite sized podcast …
The Psychological Science of Diet and Behavior Change w/ Dr. Cat Steele
Addressing obesity isn't as simple as "eat less, move more".
On this episode we sit down with Dr. Cat Steele to learn how the food we eat literally changes our brain, why food cravings are so powerfu…
Momento Mori - Find Strength in Your Mortality
Get comfortable with your own mortality.
While many people seem to act as if they will live forever, this is simply not the way things work. No one in history has ever escaped the ultimate exit plan -…
Data Driven Strength w/ Brian Buck
On Episode 2 of The Essential Strength Podcast, David & Mike sit down (virtually, of course) with Brian Buck, Director of Sports at Sparta Science.
The conversation starts with an exploration of Bria…
The Origin Story
Welcome to the FIRST episode of The Essential Strength Podcast.
In this episode, David & Mike introduce themselves and share their backgrounds, including the vital role that STRENGTH has played durin…