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.
Episodes
403 episodes
#538 Healing through Recreation and Adventure - Featuring Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson is dual-licensed recreation therapist and addiction counselor who specializes in behavioral health service delivery: both private practice and professional trainings and development. With a career spanning clinical, administrative...
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Episode 538
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#537 Welcome to 261 Fearless - Featuring Rosy Spraker
Rosemary “Rosy” Spraker is an accomplished marathoner, advocate, and mentor who found her passion for running in 2005 while raising funds for cancer research in honor of her late father. Growing up running in the Colorado mountains with six sis...
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Episode 537
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25:50
#536 Get Your Socks On - Featuring Matt Blanchard, Part 2
This is part 2 of our conversation with Matt Blanchard. In this episode Matt describes what happened after a second car accident derailed his progress from the previous 15 years of recovery. He thrives in serving others in many ways, including ...
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Episode 536
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#535 Get Your Socks On - Featuring Matt Blanchard, Part 1
Matt Blanchard is a Utah-based motivational speaker, devoted husband, and proud father of three. His journey is one of resilience, redemption, and the belief that life happens for him, not to him. In 2006, a rollover accident left Matt paralyze...
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Episode 535
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25:50
#534 Bounce Back with The ReboundPlanner - Featuring Paula Franetti
From as early as 6 years old, Paula Franetti had the dream to be in the Olympics to experience the thrill of being her very best. This far-reaching Olympic experience fostered an active childhood playing a variety of neighbor pick-up sports unt...
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Episode 534
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#533 Ultra-Marathon Walker is the Walking Diva - Featuring Yolanda Holder
Sixty-six-year-old Yolanda Holder, also known as the “Walking Diva,” is a professional ultra-marathon walker and a two-time Guinness World Record holder for the “Most Marathons Completed in a Calendar Year.” She set her first record in 2010 by ...
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Episode 533
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25:50
#532 Cardiothoracic Facts and Gravel Cycling - Featuring Dr. Alec Eror
Former Army Ranger and member of the Special Forces, Dr. Alec Eror, is a cardiothoracic surgeon in St. George, Utah who is affiliated with multiple hospitals in Utah, including Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital and Intermountain ...
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Episode 532
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25:50
#531 From Pro to Senior Bowling - Featuring Mort Friedman
Mort Friedman, 88, is a decorated senior athlete with an impressive career in bowling and softball. Over more than 30 years, he has earned 38 medals at the Michigan Senior Olympics, National Senior Games, and Huntsman World Senior Games. In 202...
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#530 Leading the Way in Cycling - Featuring Stan Swallow
Stan Swallow’s first bike race was in 1999 when 59 years old. He has been a dedicated cyclist since then. He established a cycling group named the Utah Velo Club in 2003 at the request of a bike shop in American Fork, Utah. He rides...
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Episode 530
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#529 Human Hall of Sport - Featuring Carmen Campbell
Carmen's 22-year journey in the Huntsman World Senior Games spans a wide variety of sports and teams, including softball, pickleball, bowling, and track and field. She has competed on multiple teams at the Games, and she has left a lasting impa...
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Episode 528
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#528 From Loathing to Loving New Pursuits - Featuring Elizabeth Bille
Starting her running journey in her early 20s, Elizabeth Bille signed up for a 5K charity race in Washington, D.C., despite never having run that far. The camaraderie and joy of the event hooked her, leading to her first half marathon with her ...
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Episode 528
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25:50
#527 Find Your Flow: Is It Pickleball? - Featuring Dr. Glynis Worthington
Dr. Glynis Worthington redefined the concept of lifelong learning by earning a Doctor of Education from the University of Northern Iowa. Her groundbreaking dissertation explored the experience of adults aged 50 and older playing pickleball doub...
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Episode 527
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#526 Track Your Progress and You'll Progress on the Track (and Everywhere) - Featuring Tom Simek
Tom Simek, a 72-year-old Navy Submarine veteran, homebuilder, husband, father of 3 and grandfather of 2 inspires with his journey of resilience and determination. Like many of us, he has had his ups and downs with nutrition and fitness, but Tom...
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Episode 526
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#525 Pro PSA, Prehab, and Philanthropy - Featuring Todd Miller
Residing in Laguna Beach, California, Todd Miller works in Industrial Real Estate investing. A former USC volleyball setter in the early 1980s, Todd played in two NCAA Final Fours. His daughter also played for USC, competing in one Final Four. ...
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Episode 525
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25:50
#524 Aging with High Performance - Featuring Tiffany Gust
Tiffany Gust holds an Applied Exercise Science and Sports Nutrition master’s degree and is a certified USAT triathlon coach, US Masters swim coach, and a certified exercise physiologist. She works as an exercise physiologist at Intermountain Sp...
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Episode 524
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#523 Benefiting from Senior Sports - Featuring Dr. Kenton Brown
Dr. Kenton Brown, the older of two siblings, grew up during a time of war. While his father was a gifted athlete, he wasn't strongly encouraged to pursue sports. Ken played Little League baseball as a child, but his true passion for sports bega...
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#522 Behavior Change for High Performance - Featuring Kathleen Fors
Kathleen Fors is a health and well-being expert, author, and speaker who specializes in behavior change for high performance. With a Master’s Degree in Physical Education, a minor in Biology, and expertise in the mind-body connection for optima...
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Episode 522
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25:50
#521 Cellular Cleansing with Infrared Heat and PEMF - Featuring Alyssa Blue
Alyssa Blue is a non-practicing aerospace engineer that found the human body more fascinating than rockets. After suffering a health crisis in her early 20's, she went on a decade-long journey learning how to heal herself. Today as an FDNP (Fun...
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#520 Swimming: That Looks Fun! - Featuring Daniela Barnea
Daniela Barnea first joined a swim team at 13 through the YMCA, and she now teaches swimming to people aged 2-72! Daniela holds many Huntsman World Senior Games records since she began her journey with our Games 13 years ago, but her excellence...
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Episode 520
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#519 The Ins and Outs of Arthritis - Featuring Dr. Robert Jamieson
Dr. Robert Jamieson is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who is fellowship trained in Total Joint Replacement, focusing on the hip and knee. In 2014, he performed the first outpatient total joint replacement in northern California, where th...
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#518 Running Transformed My Life - Featuring May Chou
At age 14, humiliation from a PE teacher at Taipei First Girls' High School left a profound impact on May Chou, a young refugee from mainland China. Discouragement and self-doubt evolved to three decades of inactivity. At the age of 43, inspire...
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Episode 518
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25:50
#517 Active Aging Role Models - Featuring Games Staff
This week's podcast features several guests from our Huntsman World Senior Games staff. Each was asked to share a story of someone who epitomizes active aging to them. Tune in to hear some inspiring and heart-warming stories!
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Episode 517
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25:50
#516 Volunteer from the Beginning - Featuring Dori Tharp
Dori Tharp is a remarkable 73-year-old woman, originally from Salt Lake City and raised in Hollywood, CA. She lives a life rich in family, community, and service. Dori moved to St. George, where she and her husband raised eight children. She co...
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Episode 516
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25:50
#515 Innovation and Invention in Healthcare and Beyond - Featuring Kevin Shelley
Raised in the rugged landscapes of New Mexico and inspired by a tradition of faith, family, and frontier values, Kevin Shelley is a true pioneer whose career bridges technology, health, and service. Kevin’s journey began with a groundbreaking p...
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Episode 515
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25:50
#514 What is Vascular Health? - Featuring Dr. Arne Olsen
Dr. Arne Olsen, a Massachusetts native, graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and completed a general surgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. He then completed a vascular surgery and endo...
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Episode 514
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