The Impossible Podcast
Welcome to The Impossible, the official podcast of Impossible Performance, where we explore humanity in the Face of Impossible challenge. Our hosts Matt Hill and Austin Douglas are both cancer survivors who have faced The Impossible through near death experience, disease, PTSD, and addiction. Since overcoming these challenges, they now use the principles they learned from these difficult experiences to Be Impossible and Do the Impossible in business and athletics. Join us as we hear stories of those who have Faced the Impossible and learn how you can Be Impossible, building a version of yourself who is capable of overcoming any challenge you face...capable of Doing the Impossible!
At Impossible Performance, we strive to build a global culture of strength, fostering a spirit of growth in constant pursuit of The Impossible.
Thank you for listening and as always... Be Impossible
Episodes
167 episodes
His First Bodybuilding Show Ever, and He Walked Off With a Pro Card - With OCB Pro Russell Holland
The trophy lasts a day; the individual you build to earn it lasts a lifetime.Russell Holland lost his mother at seventeen, grew up without his father, and was working two and three jobs at a time before he realized the path he was on ha...
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This Mindset took me to the Olympics...and Beyond - With Amputee Sprinter Sydney Barta
All links: https://impossibleperformance.com/Some people survive the day that changes everything; a rare few decide, in hindsight, that it was the best day they ever had.At six years old, on a crisp and windy morning at a fun ru...
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How Squatting 500 lbs is Helping me Battle Cancer - with Matthew Hill
Some skills are built for years before you learn what they were being built for.Matt opens in the warm-up room of a meet last August: 402 pounds on the bar, a hundred under his opener, and a grinding, ugly rep that nearly did not go up....
This Mindset took me to the Olympics...and Beyond - with Amputee Sprinter Sydney Barta
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The Story You Think Doesn't Matter Is the One Someone Needs to Hear - With Matt and Austin
The Story You Think Doesn't Matter Is the One Someone Needs to HearA story untold is just potential energy at rest; the moment you tell it, that energy is released, and it never stops.In this one, Matt and Austin step back from ...
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From Addiction and a Stroke to One of the Strongest Adaptive Lifters Alive - With Arlyn Smith
From Addiction and a Stroke to One of the Strongest Adaptive Lifters AliveShe was broken all the way down; then she decided the story was hers to write.Arlyn Smith returns to the podcast after years away, now one of the stronges...
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A Chemo Drug Nearly Killed Me; Then My Doctor Told Me to Take It Again
A Chemo Drug Nearly Killed Me; Then My Doctor Told Me to Take It AgainResiliency is not never getting hit; it is how fast you return to baseline.One minute into an infusion, a chemo drug closed my airways without my consent; Mat...
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I Was Just Diagnosed With Cancer for the Second Time
I Was Just Diagnosed With Cancer for the Second TimeTwelve years ago, cancer built the man I became; last Friday, it returned.In 2013, at eighteen, Ewing sarcoma took my leg and very nearly took my life; it also built the Be Imp...
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"You're Throwing Darts at No Dartboard"; Why You Can't Hit a Target You Never Set - Paul Oneid
He knew before his chest hit the floor that he was going to be alright.Paul Oneid has built a life out of walking into rooms where he does not belong yet. A Canadian kid with no football background trying to coach Division I athletes; a...
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She Beat an Eating Disorder and Built a Coaching Empire on Brutal Honesty - With Kaitlyn Kenna
Some people are broken by the storm; a Powerhouse is the one it cannot stop.Kaitlyn Kenna grew up watching her father vanish into opioid addiction: the doctor-hopping, the withdrawals, the eviction, the slow erasure of the man he used to...
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Why Experiencing Another Culture Might Be the Antidote to a Chaotic World - With Austin
Why Experiencing Another Culture Might Be the Antidote to a Chaotic WorldTwo farmers on an Italian mountain could have walked right by; they didn't.In this solo episode, Austin takes the long way through a simple idea: that bene...
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Doctors Told My Parents I Wouldn't Survive the Night - With Matthew Hill
Doctors Told My Parents I Wouldn't Survive the Night.One physician refused to give up; that single decision is why this story exists.On what should have been a final dose, the treatment meant to save him turned: sepsis, then sep...
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Heller's Harvest: Growing an Organic Home Garden the Honest Way - With Brian Heller
Welcome to The Impossible!Organic gardening Isn't a trend for him, It's how he protects his Family. Brian Heller has been surrounded by the warmth and responsibility of having and maintaining a home garden. Now we hear how ...
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Movement Is A Must, For All - With Austin Douglas
Welcome to The Impossible!Today, Austin is sharing some of his thoughts on the power and importance of Movement. Movement of the body, and what that can do as it percolates through the other domains of performance. Let us t...
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Chemo While Pregnant: One Mother's Impossible Fight - With Mikayla Mugrage
Some stories stay with you long after the conversation ends. This is one of them.In this episode of The Impossible Podcast, we sit down with Mikayla, a woman whose path to motherhood was anything but simple. After fighting through multi...
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Austins 18-Month Checkup - How Remission is Treating Him
Welcome to The Impossible!Almost 17 months into remission, Austin has been yearning for this checkup. Not only to answer the question of "Has it come back"? But also, to allow him peace with moving forward in life.
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Bringing Strength Back Home - From Stage Physique To Rebuilding A Hometown Community w/ Liz Strong
Being from a small town in Ohio, some can allow this fact to slow them or stop them from pursuing their goals of reaching their potential. Liz Strong is a prime example of pursuing those goals, of which can propel you to the many s...
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How We Built A Culture At Impossible Performance - With Matthew Hill and Austin Douglas
You have built that Impossible self: forged from the time facing adversity and enduring the suffering. Now you need to focus that pathway towards achieving those goals of which drive you towards a brighter future. How are ...
How We Built The Impossible Mindset - With Matthew Hill and Austin Douglas
Lore would say that we came from the mists of trails and tribulations. A pathway of which led us to becoming Impossible through the fire and flame. Within the crucibles of life and its' challenging potentials: We are doing that of which we knew...
The Fight of a Lifetime - Returning to the Front Lines after Brutal Amputation - with Jesse David
In this episode of The Impossible Podcast, Canadian police officer Jesse David shares his raw, unfiltered journey from a devastating farm accident to becoming an amputee who returned to full patrol duty.On July 25, 2022, a routine day o...
Becoming Home After Cancer Treatment | Gratitude & New Beginnings - with Austin & Riss
After years as a traveling technician living out of hotels and battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma—including a bone marrow transplant—Austin finally steps into his first real home in Columbus, Ohio. In this heartfelt episode of The Impossi...
She Woke Up Paralyzed after Heart Surgery - Now Bella Will Walk Again!! - with Bella Mohn
Join our Online Community here for 1:1 Growth and Podcast exclusives: https://aaafairbenefit.com/p/impossible?ref=54837868In this episode, Matt and Austin sit down with Bella Mohn, who was left paralyzed from the waist down at age 18 fo...
You must Sacrifice who you are...to Build who you can Become - with Austin, Matt, and Riss
The uncomfortable truth about real growth: you must sacrifice who you are today to become the Impossible version of yourself tomorrow.In episode, host Matt, Austin, and Riss have a raw conversation on the identity death required for tru...
Turning Loss into Reinvention of Life and Purpose - with BattleFlow Founder Zach Caudill
In this episode, we sit down with Zach Caudill, founder and CEO of BattleFlow Nootropics, Air Force Veteran, and new father, to explore how the deepest pain can forge the strongest Purpose.Zach discusses the process of taking his heartb...
Mastering Resilience, Faith, and Ownership in the Face of Impossible Challenge – Marty & Kate Jacobs
In this episode of The Impossible Podcast, Marty and Kate Jacobs return to discuss what it truly means to lead yourself and others when everything seems to be falling apart.From overcoming failure, navigating marriage, and raising child...
