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Listen in to learn the Future of Functional Fitness and the new Collegiate Championship, USAFF event:

 

What is the USAFF:

USA Functional Fitness (USAFF) is the national governing body for competitive functional fitness in the United States of America.

USAFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and grow the functional fitness as a competitive sport in the U.S. We are an official member of the International Functional Fitness Federation.

It is our responsibility to create rules, standards, and guidelines for governing competitive functional fitness in the U.S. Our mission is to create competitive opportunities for athletes of all ages and ability levels. We are focused on enhancing the competitive experience for the athletes, judges, coaches, and spectators. Through the Online Qualifier and the National Championships, we assemble the functional fitness national team that represents the United States in sanctioned international competitions.

 

Who is F13 Performance:

F13 Performance is an all-inclusive Functional Fitness Facility. It does not matter your current level of fitness or what your goals are we have programming, classes, coaches, and nutritionist that can help you become your best version of you. We have everything from Kids CrossFit to National Level Competitors and everything in between. We believe everyone starts somewhere, all that matters is you START, and everyday move one step closer to your goals. Adaptive athletes, stay at home moms, high school and collegiate athletes, couch potatoes and professional athletes all come through the doors of F13, now it’s YOUR turn!

We follow the methodology of constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity to give our members the best part of their day, every day.

Our programming follows the diversified modalities of Functional Fitness, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, accuracy, muscular resistance, cardiorespiratory resistance, agility, and balance. Our in house written strength and conditioning program is unrivaled in its diversity of drills, modalities, tools, and results.

 

Top 3 Hot Point Takeaways:

  1. What is the USAFF
  2. What truly is Functional Fitness
  3. The New Collegiate Championship Event

 

Today’s Resource Links from the Podcast:

  • first13athletics.com
  • facebook.com/f13performance
  • instagram.com/f13_performance

Collegiate Championship Event on Facebook:

facebook.com/events/2571971889747462

Collegiate Championship Event on Competition Corner:

https://competitioncorner.net/events/3482?fbclid=IwAR1I7QL-IfXhwwgKksiTo–yXvAPhhC4siIMBl1ZO2pNNc2fZ6VHcoqu4JY

 

Our Mentioned Influencers:

  • usafunctionalfitness.org
  • crossfit.com

 

Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30: Introduction

10:00: Coach Matt Beckwith, I come off a 20-year career coaching swimming at the collegiate and club level for United States Swimming. I got to work with a lot of really great kids, athletes, and other coaches. I still stay in the community a little bit but more on the strength and conditioning side.

20:00: Coach Rob Eschbach, If we don’t meet those athletes where they are, then it will be difficult for them. You can’t walk into a competitive performance environment with goals of carrying laundry up steps. Now those goals just don’t lie. So we’re trying to align the client’s goal with their programming.

30:00: I say to this day, I’ve never slept so well in my life as I when I slept in Arizona, and it was not a nice hotel. It was just your brain was shot, I was so fried. I think we were in mid-conversation during a basketball game, I woke up the next day, I have no idea what happened. I know I fell asleep and I woke up. I just passed out just because my brain was so fried and full of knowledge from the last three days of coursework.

40:00: I worked officiating and governing body type activities within the Mid-Atlantic Swimming and USA Swimming, as far as the structure of the organization goes. When I heard about the USAFF, USA Functional Fitness, it was something that I thought was cool. Their goals are in place to see Functional Fitness as an Olympic sport in 2028.

50:00: If we’re talking about functional fitness, we’re talking about programming and methodology that is more natural. This is important when looking at what’s next after your competitive career is over. We have talked about having a finite number of competitions left in my game. I know Matt the same thing. But this doesn’t mean you stop, functional fitness is functional. It is health and wellness. That’s the overarching goal of what we do. These kids want to know, they’re gonna bust their butts and compete at the national level or international level for however long the duration of their career is. But this should be something when they’re done competing that they can continue.

01:01:50: Final Words

 

Our Final Words of the Show:

Coach Matt Beckwith: I love working with people and seeing them grow. So that’s why I’m here.

Coach Rob Eschbach:

I’ve always liked helping people. Not everybody has someone to help them through life, has a mentor, leader, coach, or a trainer to help guide them. So someone needs it. I want to be here for them. It doesn’t matter where they are or where they need it.

 

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]]> 17114 021: Understanding our Mindset with Mind of the Athlete https://livethefuel.com/episodes/021-understanding-our-mindset-with-mind-of-the-athlete/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:30:00 +0000 https://livethefuel.com/captivate-podcast/021-understanding-our-mindset-with-mind-of-the-athlete/ Mindset Over Matter Your mindset is a powerful thing in regards to a daily commitment. It can allow us to do some amazing stuff. But like the body, we have to take care of it and maintain it. Today’s co-host helps us do exactly that. Dr. Megan Cannon from MindoftheAthlete.com helps athletes from various levels…

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Mindset Over Matter

Your mindset is a powerful thing in regards to a daily commitment. It can allow us to do some amazing stuff. But like the body, we have to take care of it and maintain it. Today’s co-host helps us do exactly that. Dr. Megan Cannon from MindoftheAthlete.com helps athletes from various levels deal with their mindset and understand how to overcome negativity.

 

021: Understanding our Mindset with Mind of the Athlete Dr Megan Cannon

On This Episode You Will Hear:

  • [spp-timestamp time=”01:46″] Up and coming events
  • [spp-timestamp time=”02:29″] Megan enjoys working with the college athletes, Her team works with the athletes one on one. This helps them through the hard times and which helps them thrive and control their Mindset
  • [spp-timestamp time=”03:38″] Getting into sports Psychology
  • [spp-timestamp time=”05:41″] Mind of the leader
  • [spp-timestamp time=”07:58″] As a leader are you using an active listening skill set
  • [spp-timestamp time=”09:40″] Mistypes of communications
  • [spp-timestamp time=”12:39″] What is your learning style
  • [spp-timestamp time=”13:42″] Behaviors we do always serve as a function
  • [spp-timestamp time=”14:44″] We all get nervous. Take a breath. Put in the work
  • [spp-timestamp time=”19:36″] We all need our accountability partners
  • [spp-timestamp time=”21:46″] If your mind is not in it, you need to take a rest day
  • [spp-timestamp time=”24:37″] You have to have those outlets to stop you from exploding
  • [spp-timestamp time=”28:58″] Stop, breath and be aware of the thoughts that are going on in your head
  • [spp-timestamp time=”34:12″] Myth busting on Journaling
  • [spp-timestamp time=”37:58″] Self-talk, the good and the bad and body image.
  • [spp-timestamp time=”44:41″] Understanding a negative mindset and where to find Megan
  • [spp-timestamp time=”46:49″] A lot of success is breed from athletics
  • [spp-timestamp time=”48:51″] A talk on sleep
  • [spp-timestamp time=”49:40″] Final Words

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Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Final Words

When any of us go through those dark times, we go through those struggles, which inevitably happen to us. They get thrown at us, we get curve balls and the most important thing to remember is it is not permanent. Right now you may be stuck at this moment. It may appear to last forever, and you can’t see the end of the tunnel, but it is there.

When we go through things, when there are those struggles, it’s that awareness, that ability to see that there is another side of this. It’s not permanent. You can get help. You can get resources. You can get out of it with the aid of others, companies, podcasts, etc.

Action Steps

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]]> 15555 003: Rock Out Strong Marketing with Chris Mulvaney https://livethefuel.com/episodes/003-rock-out-strong-marketing-with-chris-mulvaney/ Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000 https://livethefuel.com/captivate-podcast/003-rock-out-strong-marketing-with-chris-mulvaney/ All right Ladies and Gents, welcome to our third episode of the LIVETHEFUEL show. Part of my goal is for us to be truthful and transparency while we balance health, business, and lifestyle. Please note that a couple of F-Bomb explicit’s do appear during this episode. I’m doing my best to keep this clean, but will not…

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All right Ladies and Gents, welcome to our third episode of the LIVETHEFUEL show. Part of my goal is for us to be truthful and transparency while we balance health, business, and lifestyle. Please note that a couple of F-Bomb explicit’s do appear during this episode. I’m doing my best to keep this clean, but will not edit out real life passion that arises. So today my co-host is the man, the myth, the strong legend himself, Chris Mulvaney.

This is a great insightful conversation, packed with great ideas you can translate into your life to FUEL your internal fire on fitness, rock and roll, and/or marketing. So tune in and enjoy your dose of LIVETHEFUEL today.

Todays Strong Co-host

Chris Mulvaney is a strong business developer, community activist, entrepreneur, and an award-winning creative marketing strategist. He also studied music at Monmouth University and has rocked out in some big band life along the way. More importantly he chooses balance through staying fit with CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting.

He is the founder and CEO of CMDS; a NJ-based marketing and design agency that provides integrated marketing strategies and tactics. CMDS has been around the integrated marketing block by helping businesses. They realize the power of the internet as a tool for building brands, engaging customers, and driving revenue. Some of the services that CMDS offers include Brand Strategy, Logo Design, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Website Development, Social Media Marketing and Paid Search Marketing.

Chris is also the founder and CEO of Post Café; a company that helps individuals and businesses to build an ongoing conversation with their clients that extends beyond the sale. They post strategically written, on-trend content on various social media platforms. This content helps businesses stay top of mind for repeat business and qualified referrals.

Besides CMDS and Post Café, Chris is also the founder of ProTasker. This is a project management software that helps individuals and businesses that need to keep an eye on production, quality control, and your bottom line. This software was redeveloped in 2011 for distribution to the public and has had astonishing success.

His extensive professional background includes working with some of the world’s leading brands. Personally dedicated to helping clients refine their corporate vision and generate the kind of eye-popping, strong revenue that many companies dream about. Chris also serves on the boards for several local businesses and charities, lending a creative and strategic eye to marketing and operational best practices.

In this show, Chris reveals how he has managed to balance his health, business, and lifestyle.

In this episode you’ll hear

[01: 02] Everything you need to know about Chris Mulvaney. What he is doing and how we both came to know each other.

[03: 11] What does CMDS do. Who are the company’s clients?

[04: 15] When did CMDS start?

[10: 11] Working hours at CMDS is only four days a week. Is this a lifestyle goal?

[14: 35] We are personally and collectively accountable for results.

[10: 11] Does having a bigger foosball table trigger smaller productivity?

[15: 00] What is CMDS’s business lifestyle like?

[19: 00] The importance of networking

[21: 50] If you are not willing to take risks and risk the power of failure you are not going to learn.

 

And Much, Much More

I ran into Chris a few months ago now. We are both are in the CrossFit world, and he came up for an Olympic Weightlifting competition at our facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. At our first meeting he had only just started his focus on getting strong through weightlifting in the past 7 months. Chris is still into Olympic Weightlifting training six days a week. Lifting is like his hobby and stress release from all the other stuff that he is involved in from his businesses, to family, to the charity work and more.

Chris explains that CMDS is a creative marketing agency. The company’s clients range from a smaller $10 million dollar kind of entities up to a Fortune 500 company. He helps them establish a presence in their marketplace from helping them determine the voices for their brand. They’ll also help them define the vision of their company by building out the creative piece and the identity of that company.

Thanks to doubling their income success in 2015 they’ve achieved the Inc 5000 award! Inc. magazine ranked CMDS, a leading NJ full service marketing and web design agency. They are weighing in at number 1989 on its 35th annual Inc. 5000. This is an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy: America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Dell, LinkedIn, Zillow and many others gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 5000.

Inc 5000 Strong CMDS Chris Mulvaney

Chris reveals that they work from Monday through Thursday from 8 to 6. So what does this mean? This is kind of cool because they are starting to see a few more companies that do that nowadays too. Smart CEO’s take on this supposedly risky expense by investing in ensuring their employees have better vacations and life balance. Chris is always trying to find ways to make his team strong and moree productive. This is the exact reason they officially have only four days required in the office.

Giving his employees three days off in a week; is it a lifestyle goal? He replies, a definite YES. Chris says that he is trying to figure out how his companies can attract and retain employees for life. He is looking for ways to keep employees happy. He says that clients can come and go over a few year period, but top talent employees are tough to find. So it’s important to build ways to retain their value.

We also discussed the importance of accountability. One thing you have to keep in mind is a quote I learned years ago: “We are personally and collectively accountable for our results.” It’s important to be personally responsible for what you’re doing but also think about it from a collective capacity for the greater good of the company.

Chris continued to reveal more about the strong CMDS business lifestyle. He says they’ve paid to have chiropractors on site in the past and they are planning to bring in a yoga instructor to give his teams more healthy options. This is a great practice to consider whether it be for the physical and/or the mental benefits. This will definitely FUEL their health, business and lifestyle success!

We talked about the importance of networking to ensure long term growth through connectivity. This goes for personal or professional network growth. You never know what’s going to happen down the road in your life or business for that matter. Keeping in mind that we truly are the product of the five people we spend the most time with. If you want to grow, you must be ready to increase your network and your circle of influence.

We also discussed the value of taking risks in whatever you do in life. If you are not willing to take risks, you are missing out on the powerful learning’s that come from failure. Failure leads to eventual succeed. You didn’t just start walking from child birth. Each of us crawled and failed at walking a few times along the way. Now who is the strong one?!

Links and resources

 

People Mentioned:

 

Finally, I have a small request:

Since this is my brand new show, I’ve got zero clout in the world right now. It takes a lot of work to bring something like this to fruition. Currently, my biggest asset is reviews and ratings on iTunes. When iTunes sees that this show is getting good reviews and ratings, it moves us up in importance to the “New & Noteworthy” section. A brand new show can get lots of traction from this!

So, if you wouldn’t mind, I will welcome positive reviews and ratings from you guys, love the 5 stars! Also, if you think it’s valuable; kindly share this page on Facebook or Twitter. It would mean a ton of gratitude to me as well.

If you want to be part of the growing community, please join the The FUEL Tank group on Facebook where we Fuel Your Health, Business and Lifestyle as a community.

Thanks so much, and I’m looking forward to hearing your comments about this show below.

Scott

LIVETHEFUEL is an online audio podcast hosted by myself of course. Part of my goal(s) is to help share the stories, lessons, and knowledge attained from the struggles and life successes of my co-hosts aka guests. These are highly active people from all walks of life, including the people from the fitness profession like coaches and gym owners. We’ll also be focusing on startups, entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, along with all of our diverse health professionals and some fellow adrenaline junkies along the way. These people not only standout in their professions, they also have the confidence to live life with more adventure and take the necessary risks with rewards to build an epic lifestyle!

The primary goal of these episodes is to FUEL your internal fire while helping you realize that LIFE IS SHORT! I also share practical steps and tools, including strategies, smartphone apps, audiobooks, websites, stories and training courses that will support you in every step you make to improve your life. So go after your dreams and conquer that next, supposedly, unattainable goal!

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