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Biking, Rowing, CrossFit, & Swimming with Coach Lou of CrossFit Apex

Scott Mulvaney — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Today We Talk Rowing, Mountain Biking, Kettlebells, CrossFit, and More:

Coach Lou Williams: I am a father of three who grew up in the Harrisburg area, where I graduated from Central Dauphin East High School.

For as long as I can remember I’ve been a lover of all sports, especially those that tested endurance and mental toughness. I was a YMCA national level swimmer, a competitive runner, and a soccer player growing up but also dabbled in basketball, baseball, rock climbing, and triathlons.

I continued my education at Bloomsburg University, where I pursued a degree in Mass Communications (Journalism) while a four-year member and senior-year captain of the Bloomsburg University Men’s Soccer team. It was during this time at BU when I started coaching both soccer and swimming and realized that working with children in an athletic forum was something I really enjoyed.

I moved to the Bucks/Montgomery County area in 2003 with my wife Lauren, who is a Pennridge HS grad. I spent a few years experimenting with different employment, including stints as the head swim team coach and youth sports director at the Ambler Area YMCA.

More recently I’ve stepped into positions as the Aquatics Director at the Souderton Area High School, head coach for the 200+member Souderton Area Community Aquatic Club, head coach of the SAHS swimming and diving teams, and head coach of the Souderton borough summer swimming and diving teams.

My CrossFit “Journey” began in April of 2013 when I was seeking a way to stay competitive in a non-contact sport. Many years of post-collegiate soccer were beginning to exacerbate injuries suffered as a young athlete and I needed a way to stay active. A recommendation from my sister to try CrossFit resulted in me checking out CrossFit Apex, a move that has honestly changed my life.

Among other things, CrossFit has provided me with new knowledge of and excitement for fitness, a ton of new relationships, an outlet for my competitive nature, and a healthy environment to grow as a person.

Top 3 Hot Point Takeaways:

Health and Fitness Life Balance
Getting Outside the Gym with Mountain Biking
Rowing, Kettlebell Training, and More.

Today’s Resource Links from the Podcast:

www.crossfitapex.com
www.crossfitapex.com/location—pa/trainers
www.log.concept2.com
www.alltrails.com/mobile

Our Mentioned Influencers:

Vinnie Tortorich of Fitness Confidential – http://vinnietortorich.com

Watch us on YouTube:

Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introduction

02:40 – We probably have similar time domains here, Scott, my Level 1 was set to expire this past fall, and I did end up paying $1,000 and getting my L-2. This was important to my everyday workspace both with swimming and with CrossFit. So I started in 2013. So we’re going on eight full years, it took me a year or two to get my Level 1, five years of that though is coaching extensively at the CrossFit Apex gym. So I just got my Level 2, so I guess it’s about eight years in the CrossFit space, but I’ve been in the swimming coach role, in the fitness world too, similar to you and some other areas for a long, long time.

16:40 – CrossFit Apex did a great job of lending out some equipment which I know a lot of gyms are doing which is awesome for them to kind of give that to their members so we can solve for them. So I got a couple of kettlebells from them. I love kettlebell work. I do swings every day, the rower is my go to right now, we’ve been linked into the concept2 logbook I don’t know if you have that app on your phone. I would highly recommend it.

25:00 – Let’s talk some bike stuff. So let’s take my 12-year-old son and then myself, which I would call myself a newbie. I’ve been riding my mountain bike since I was 16-years-old and it’s done the trick for me. But we’ve been looking at different ways to be fit like mountain biking, getting outside, and biking seems to be something that is available right now. I’ve got two bikes. We’ve been doing some mountain biking in the area, and it has been super beneficial. I always tell people I love to hike. We’ve done some Ragnar trail races. I love to be outside in the woods whenever my kids get rambunctious.

30:00 – I just leveled up, I turned 40 in February 2020. So I was anxiously awaiting all the summer comps for this year but that now looks like they won’t happen too. The CrossFit regulations were two years ago and now it’s 35+ for masters.

33:30 – Every mount bike nowadays applied a standard, which all pretty much have a front shock, it’s a no-brainer. The advantage of going to full suspension is you are going to gain some nice squish in the back so to speak. But I will tell you, I can’t beat a beautiful hardtail for climbing. Because when you pedal up hills, that rear suspension is going to lag a little bit and you’re going to lose some of that power displacement on the pedal stroke.

42:40 – The extent of where I’ve been lately is basically Lake Nockamixon. But certainly, I’m familiar with some hiking and biking trails, and Ralph Stover out that way, come up in Green Lane, PA. Tons of stuff on and off the park trail right there.

48:30 – I also recommend Wissahickon, but northeast of there is an area that has a fire tower, called French Creek. They have an entire network of mountain biking trails in there too. I had ridden there three to four years ago but I remembered them because they had a rare and small wildfire. So that’s probably closer to you than obviously my region of Allentown and French Creek is big and it’s beautiful. I think that might also be under the DCNR property as well, I don’t know. I know Lake Nockamixon is definitely DCNR, which is a land preservation organization for the state of Pennsylvania. You should totally check out the trails app called AllTrails.

54:40 – Final Words Shown Below…

Our Final Words of the Show:

I appreciate you referring to me as kind of a leader in the CrossFit space, as a coach, my thing is working hard here and controlling what we can control. I’ve heard tons of people talk about the focus on “I’m important right now”. With the times that we’re going through, I know this may not air to later, but I’m in the space that we’re kind of living into. Just be a hard worker, be industrious, keep moving forward, keep getting stuff done. Keep working hard.

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275: Your Abundant Mindset and Life Balance + Seasons = Awareness

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 24 May 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Create a more profit and balance your life for Adding Zeros with Coach Monte:

As one of the top coaches in ActionCOACH Business Coaching, Monte Wyatt brings over twenty years of remarkable leadership, business and personal development experience to executives and business owners.

Quote: We all can be leaders, we just need to develop it with the right tools. Leadership is not being the best, leadership is about making everyone else better.

Monte’s brand promise is threefold – Advance a career. Transform a company. Achieve incredible results.

Top 3 Hot Points:

Create a more profit.
Create balance in your life.
Adding Zeros

[spp-tweet tweet=”Create a more profit for balancing your life for Adding Zeros with Coach Monte! @coachmonte “]

Resources:

Final Words:

Balance + Seasons = Awareness.

Life balance comes in seasons, so we have to be ready for it to cycle, be aware and you’ll be more ready for it.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”10:00″] Every person should be a leader and a leader shares their viewpoint. They are also willing to listen to others viewpoints and doesn’t take it personally. They’re listening to find the best way. A leader thinks how can we make this happen? Not we can’t do that. It’s never been done before. That’s not a leader, a leader is casting a vision and then talks about how can we move forward? How can we overcome barriers?
[spp-timestamp time=”21:00″] There’s a difference between having your organization having your way of doing things and your processes vs being this is the way that we do it. We’ve got to make sure that we’re satisfying the customer, the customer is one of the five constituents that every business has to satisfy.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:00″] Hard work is making tough decisions. Hard work is defining how we will do certain things in the business, how we will handle customer issues. The hard work is defining here’s our sales process.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:00″] Here’s how we’re going to build trust and rapport. The hard work is here is how we’re going to manage our financials, hard work is here is who we’re going to hire, who we are not going to hire, and who’s who we’re going to fire. That’s hard work.
[spp-timestamp time=”41:00″] What is that abundance mindset? You know, it is all about abundance. It’s not about the business, it’s about the people inside it. So it’s how we approach things, every business out there can create greater discipline and every business out there can create impact. Every business out there has great influence. That’s the challenge of today, we need both leadership and management to get that abundance mentality.
[spp-timestamp time=”50:40″] A big piece of the mission discipline is core values. We have to make sure that every person on our team is the right fit. The right fit means that we have the same values. We have to define what those values are. So we interact appropriately, we think appropriately. It doesn’t make them a bad person. If they’re no longer with us, it just means that we’re not the right fit. Almost every time that I’ve experienced this, they do find something better. That’s a greater fit than where they were interesting.
[spp-timestamp time=”53:55″] Final Words

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164: It’s Time to Ignite Your Purpose with Dallas Cyr

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Discussing Evolution to Enlightenment. It’s time to Ignite Your Purpose:

Dallas is the Founder of Ignite Purpose, the ULTIMATE coaching for conscious impact-driven entrepreneurs, creatives, future leaders and those seeking an extraordinary and exceptional life!

He is the creator of SPEAK | EXPRESS | IMPACT, a powerful training for people who wish to Speak more effectively and Express more authentically to create greater Impact in the world.

Dallas has an incredible story of going from mess to success and adversity to abundance. At one point bankrupt emotionally, financially and spiritually to now living an extraordinary life of passion, purpose, and fun.

He has built 3 businesses and for the last seven years has been guiding his clients to permanently eliminate negative patterns, heal broken relationships, start or resurrect businesses and live extraordinary lives.

Dallas hosts a Live Facebook show called the TRANSMISSION 5 days a week Monday Thru Friday, providing breakthrough insights to move audience members from Adversity to Abundance.

His motto is Ignite Your Purpose – Live Your Passion – Love Your Life!

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”13:40″] You can’t compare, love, and judge someone all at the same time. You can’t judge yourself against someone else and love yourself at the same time.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:00″] Discussing millennials and next generations. Newer generations always LEAD where we are going next.
[spp-timestamp time=”56:00″] Discussing lifestyle simplicity and minimalism. Dallas likes it because he feels more mobile and lighter.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:10:00″] Get more open and willing to learn something new again.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:14:00″] Final Words

In any given moment you can operate from fear or faith. When one is present the other is absent, and both are a choice. – Quote Unknown

[spp-tweet tweet=”Ignite Your Purpose – Live Your Passion – Love Your Life! @DallasCyr “]

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Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Final Words:

Refrain from saying “I Can’t” and always replace it with “How Can I”. It’s either “I choose not to at this time”, so you feel empowered with a choice, or it’s “how can I”.

Language is key, conscious language.

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162: Twenties to Thirties Birthday Inspiration with Travis Roznos

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000

From his Twenties to the Thirties, Happy Birthday Inspiration with Travis Roznos:

Our newest regular co-host, Travis Roznos, has returned to discuss some Birthday Inspiration. He’s left his twenties and entered his thirties. We often discuss the impact that this podcast has on the Gen-X and the Millennials. Today, we get to dig deeper into that and its’ relativity. Welcome back Travis Roznos!

Travis is an ex-corporate ladder climber within the advertising technology space turned catalyst for change in the way the world identifies with and experiences masculinity. Achieving and performing were all that mattered in my twenties until the point where after getting the promotions and making the money, I kept coming back to feeling completely empty. All my intentions and energy were focused on consuming more of things external to myself to build up my identity. A lack of having a father figure my entire life has taken me on this journey of untangling myself from the social pressures we feel as men to be a certain way, to prove our manhood. Taking down the masks socially and emotionally has been my path to freedom, natural expression, and purpose. I’ve built a community for men to do the same and it’s called The Drop. As an embodiment coach and a current Wim Hof Instructor in training my focus is creating a path for men that will allow them to cultivate the way of being and discipline to carry out a life of depth and purpose.

Travis first aired on episode 137: Wim Hof Inspired Purpose Through Masculine Practice with Travis Roznos
We then aired him again on ep 150: Time to Build Identity Capital with Travis Roznos.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”01:20″] Travis’ unique methodolgies, ice cold water, and more.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:00″] Tap into your inner strength down to the cellular level.
[spp-timestamp time=”10:30″] Dating apps.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:00″] 80% of a workshop can be breath focused.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:30″] Shoutout to Scott’s former PVIHC firefighting brother, Dalton Lasater. His story, may he rest in peace.
[spp-timestamp time=”49:00″] Are the millennial’s actually lost or misdirected?!
[spp-timestamp time=”55:55″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Happy 30th Birthday and a Birthday Inspiration podcast today with @TravisRoznos “]

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Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Wim Hof Method

Final Words:

Summing up the twenties is about being aware that you are in a chaotic time. Most people are, the more aware you are of that chaos, find some ways to slow that down.

Mentorship is number one on that assist list.
Breathwork is the second most important.

You can completely maintain control of your state if you dig into what is available to you.

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067: Hobbies and Healthy Lifestyles with Dr. Megan Cannon Ph.D.

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Healthy Lifestyle Hobbies Co-Host:

Dr. Megan Cannon Ph.D. returns to catch us up on the latest for her Sports Psychology season ahead for Spring 2017. She has aired on our prior episodes 021, 042, 053 with Megan as the co-host. We start catching up on the club sports season for her. Dr. Megan has also recently achieved an additional role, with a new faculty position at Muhlenberg Unversity! Most importantly, we get together today to discuss the power of Hobbies and their value in a Healthy Lifestyle.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:35″] Defining what a club season is for sports. Plus Megan is now a faculty member at Muhlenberg College!
[spp-timestamp time=”08:25″] Digging into why Megan chose for us to discuss and teach our listeners about the importance and values of having healthy Hobbies. Scheduling that time in your schedule for yourselves.
[spp-timestamp time=”9:55″] Why the importance of not forgetting to schedule time for your life balancing hobbies.
[spp-timestamp time=”15:00″] Geeking out a bit on “burning off the stress” terminology. Why it’s so important to incorporate into your life, the “physical” activity.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:55″] Importance of getting out of your house to work if you work from home. Whether you’re into Network Marketing or another type of job that allows you to work remote. We need to be exposed to other human beings, like going to work at a local coffee shop or Starbucks.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:30″] Basic tips for people to start that basic level of new hobby introduction.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:40″] Relating hobbies to how injured pro athletes are forced to experiencing new lifestyles, hobbies, etc. Hobbies must change and evolve.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:35″] My latest travel souvenirs that I picked up which are inspirational magnets and how they relate to this episode.
[spp-timestamp time=”34:00″] Bo Jackson
[spp-timestamp time=”40:00″] Making a point on being spontaneous and not fearing to change things up.
[spp-timestamp time=”42:00″] Final Words

Taking the time to treat yourself to those opportunities… – Dr. Megan Cannon Ph.D.

[spp-tweet tweet=”Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life! @DrMeganCannon @LIVETHEFUEL “]

Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Bo Jackson

Final Words

Treat Yourself. You have to take the time to treat yourself. It’s all about that emotional energy and managing it in a positive way. Taking the time to treat yourself to those opportunities.

Action Steps

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061: Honoring Top 10 of the Past 6 Months LIVETHEFUEL Episodes

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Honoring Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes with your Host, Scott Mulvaney:

Honoring Top 10 most downloaded episodes today is essential for respect, gratitude, and appreciation. That first 6 months of this new podcast show have been a hell of an adventure! I felt it was essential for me to honor our valuable co-hosts who’ve helped grow this Podcast. This episode is also to serve you, our listeners, for educating our newer listeners of who the top episodes are to follow and learn from. Thank you for subscribing!

Your Top 10 Downloaded Episodes of the LIVETHEFUEL Podcast:

Honorable Mention #11 – 017: The Strauser Project Super Dad

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”02:30″] Noting main podcasting apps including iTunes and Stitcher.
[spp-timestamp time=”03:50″] Going behind the scenes of LIVETHEFUEL.com on our statistics, downloads, and reviews.
[spp-timestamp time=”04:45″] Using iTunes for submitting Podcast Reviews is a pain in the ass.
[spp-timestamp time=”5:55″] Mentioning some early iTunes 5 star show reviews submitted about our LIVETHEFUEL Podcast!
[spp-timestamp time=”08:20″] Reviewing our current downloads progress and the statistics report of the shows current success approaching 15,000 downloads.
[spp-timestamp time=”9:45″] Honorable mention of Brian Strauser of the Strauser Project. He just missed the Top 10 line up by 5 downloads and is in 11 Place.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:25″] 10th Place of our Honoring Top 10 is our voice over professional for the show, Anna Vocino, author of the Eat Happy Cookbook and co-host of the Fitness Confidential Podcast with Vinnie Tortorich.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:50″] 9th Place is Peter Driscoll of HES CrossFit and Tabata Kids. He crushed a successful GoFundMe event to help improve the fitness facility for his young students. All while gaining recognition by the CrossFit organization themselves.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:50″] CrossFit recognition and a personal visit from the CrossFit Champion, Vermont local, Mathew Frazer, 2016 Fittest Man on Earth winner!
[spp-timestamp time=”17:15″] You never now how powerful your message can become if you don’t put it out there.
[spp-timestamp time=”18:25″] Honoring Top 10 continues with Rob Eschbach, episode 013 of SYR CrossFit and the Start Your Revolution community also known as the SYR Army. We recorded this episode onsite in their lounge couches.
[spp-timestamp time=”20:40″] CrossFit is not that scary, it’s definitely not dangerous.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:25″] Episode 053 with Dr. Megan Cannon Ph.D. of the Mind of the Athlete team here in Bethlehem, PA of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania area.
[spp-timestamp time=”22:25″] Body transformation and lifestyle transformations take time. Have patience and put in the reps.
[spp-timestamp time=”24:49″] This is for the YouTube feed, showing the new book, Mind of the Athlete Clearer Mind, Better Performance by Dr. Jarrod Spencer. Dr. Jarrod Spencer is the founder of Mind of the Athlete.
[spp-timestamp time=”26:05″] Episode 008 Liven Up Ya’ll with none other than Whitney Carullo and Chris Carullo of Liven Up Fitness also here in Bethlehem, PA.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:20″] Short break before getting into the Top 5. A reminder to use our Resources page at Livethefuel.com/resources and don’t forget about our “best show notes in the podcasting industry”. Just like John Lee Dumas of eOFire.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:05″] The man, the myth, the legend Vinnie Tortorich of the Fitness Confidential Podcast. Also the founder of the NSNG trademark, author of the Fitness Confidential book, and founder of Pure Vitamin Club.
[spp-timestamp time=”31:02″] Shedding a light on what’s going on in the fitness industry with the Fitness Confidential book.
[spp-timestamp time=”31:54″] Episode 054 with Vinnie really digs into what NSNG, No Sugar No Grains is all about. As well as discussions on the KETO Lifestyle also known as the Ketogenic Lifestyle and becoming more fat-adapted.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:30″] Leptin and Ghrelin is what’s triggering weight gain, it’s hormonally influenced.
[spp-timestamp time=”34:10″] Moving into the Top 4 of Honoring Top 10, is the gentleman known as Tommy Baker. We mutually attended the popular event THRIVE: Make Money Matter in San Diego, California. It was created by a local entrepreneur, Cole Hatter.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:00″] Embracing money and learning to be more successful while making your money matter along the way. #THRIVE16 was attended by the famous author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield, who was one of the headlining speakers.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:30″] Returning to #THRIVE17 in Las Vegas this year for 2017.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:05″] Shoutout to Tommy Baker of Resist Average Academy and TommyBakerFitness.com
[spp-timestamp time=”37:35″] 3rd Place… Our bodies need our fat, paying for Liposuction doesn’t work, our body needs the fat. Episode 033 The Secret Life of Fat, author, Dr. Sylvia Tara Ph.D.
[spp-timestamp time=”38:29″] All the links to getting the books on Amazon are in the show notes here on Livethefuel.com/ “the episode”. For example /033 for Dr. Sylvia Tara.
[spp-timestamp time=”38:45″] Your Fat is an organ!
[spp-timestamp time=”39:18″] #2 most downloaded episode to date is another fellow podcaster with @FitFluential, “mitochondriac”, someone who had been living a very unhealthy life in Silicon Valley, California.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:05″] Kevin Cottrell of FitFluential Radio from episode 044. Learning how he beats cancer and most importantly learning what the hell a “mitochondriac” was. Becoming more than a biohacker.
[spp-timestamp time=”41:40″] Going from being a fatty to literally having abs in 2016. FYI The weight difference is less than 10lbs, in relation to inflammation within the body.
[spp-timestamp time=”44:00″] Episode 051 is our 1st place of Honoring Top 10 today. This crushed the downloads, approaching 5,000 downloads of our 15,000 downloads. He’s 1/3 of my shows current success. “Your Mitochondria and Biohacking with Dr. Jack Kruse”.
[spp-timestamp time=”46:30″] “I am a Mito-Hacker!”
[spp-timestamp time=”48:00″] Turn your car or your workouts into Your Mobile University, we need to be crushing new content every day.
[spp-timestamp time=”49:45″] Isagenix, using the nutrition since 2010 when I was firefighting. People are looking for systems that work. I’ve helped tons of people lose hundreds of pounds of weight and/or improve fitness performance.
[spp-timestamp time=”50:50″] Scheduling time with Scott to discuss coaching needs, Isagenix introductions, podcasting, etc at Livethefuel.com/schedule
[spp-timestamp time=”52:55″] Final Words

Live The Fired Up Epic Life! – Scott W. Mulvaney LIVETHEFUEL

[spp-tweet tweet=”Honoring Top 10 Highest Downloaded Episodes and Living The Fired Up Epic Life! @LIVETHEFUEL” @LIVETHEFUEL”]

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

1st Place: Dr. Jack Kruse
2nd Place: Kevin Cottrell
3rd Place: Dr. Sylvia Tara PhD
4th Place: Tommy Baker
5th Place: Vinnie Tortorich
6th Place: Whitney & Chris Carullo
7th Place: Dr. Megan Cannon PhD
8th Place: Rob Eschbach
9th Place: Peter Driscoll
10th Place: Anna Vocino
11th Place: Brian Strauser

Final Words

Why did I create LIVETHEFUEL? It’s not just that we are here to FUEL Your Health, Business, and Lifestyle… It stands for Living The Fired Up Epic Life. “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life!”

Action Steps

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Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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056: Scoring Some Align Therapy with Aaron Alexander

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Align Therapy in Your Life

A practice not thought about enough is how we move. If we took the time to analyze how we move we would probably uncover the root causes to most of our joint pain and inflammation. Helping people align their everyday movements is Aaron Alexander a movement coach from Align Therapy. Aaron has literally made courses about movement in our everyday life, such as chopping carrots, getting out of the car and sitting in a chair. Aligning these simple movements would improve your quality of life. Aaron is also a fellow Podcaster with the Align Therapy Podcast.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:36″] Dr. Jack Kruse and transitioning from Oregon to California
[spp-timestamp time=”04:56″] The brand Align Therapy and how it came about
[spp-timestamp time=”06:41″] The Power of Podcasting. Aaron has had his podcast for 2 years. He is now approaching 100k downloads per month. When he started his show his numbers were pretty low but after being a guest on other shows his numbers began to pick up.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:04″] Aaron has created courses around literally getting out of a car properly. He is creating a series of videos about the most effective ways to inhabit their bodies. The course should be about in April’17
[spp-timestamp time=”12:24″] It’s the consistency that makes the difference
[spp-timestamp time=”14:41″] It takes time to reprogram. It is a long game. Pulling the best practices from various different worlds, whether it’s CrossFit, Yoga or Martial Arts they all have something valuable to offer. If we can pull from all that and instilling those practices into our daily movement, it will eventually become who we are. Too often we get wrapped up in the quick fix. The way to get past that quick fix is to make it fun and the way to do that is to create activities around it.
[spp-timestamp time=”18:40″] Foam Rolling for mobility and recovery. Making sure your metabolic fire is always running.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:55″] We all have to be open until we have tried it. Give your body that space to step away from your habits.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:04″] Your environment and sleep is key. We always take from the cup but never take the time to ask how to fill it back up.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:38″] Look to the successful. When Aaron is looking at someone’s health, he is looking at the structure organisation around their joints, their skin quality, the elasticity of their tissue, how much they smile, their eye contact and how they relate to people in a social environment, all that is health and it is all things successful people are doing. What are they doing that could be applied to normal life?
[spp-timestamp time=”31:09″] Cycling and paying attention to you posture.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:33″] The effect of dance, art and the curse of handwriting on your creativity.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:04″] Who are you, where are you. The use of standing desks. It’s not about sitting or standing it is about the quality of the way you are sitting or standing.
[spp-timestamp time=”45:21″] Focusing on your mobility. Create a ceremony and an anchor around your sleep or the other things you want to get good at.
[spp-timestamp time=”50:37″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Aligning your life with @alignpodcast on LIVETHEFUEL Episode 056″]

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Final Words

Aligning your life. Figuring out, how can we start to make life like a game. `

Every moment is an opportunity. Take advantage of it. The best way to do that is to educate yourself.

Action Steps

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047: Corporate World Exit Strategy with Ellory Wells

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:51:00 +0000

Exit Strategy Co-Hosting:

Don’t quit. Your life outside of the corporate world can exist. Use your transition to build a solid foundation and surround yourself around positive and like minded people. This inner circle you cultivate will catapult you towards your goals and ambitions. Today’s guest did just that. Ellory Wells of ElloryWells.com and author of his Exit Strategy book talks about his exit strategy and how he handled the transition to freedom.

On This Exit Strategy Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”02:06″] THRIVE: Make Money Matter event
[spp-timestamp time=”03:49″] Creating more purposeful results from your dollar. When people say you can’t buy happiness, Cole Hatters response is You are shopping at the wrong store.
[spp-timestamp time=”06:38″] Financial freedom to release time freedom. It’s not always about the pursuit of money
[spp-timestamp time=”08:41″] What are you doing with the Dollars you are making now and what the three domain focal points of LIVETHEFUEL means.
[spp-timestamp time=”15:18″] Corporate life in the US vs the rest of the world
[spp-timestamp time=”19:39″] Handling the transition from corporate to freedom. Gary Vee and Time management
[spp-timestamp time=”24:12″] Gary Vaynerchuck’s brand is Hustle but was the first one to admit he struggled with balance. Now he has become more balanced with a personal trainer and family matters. Schedule your downtime.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:11″] When Ellory first started, he was getting up three hours early to work on his brand and create content before work then when he got home he would work on it till late.
[spp-timestamp time=”26:30″] Ellory’s story of being let go from his job and his struggles really resonated with his audience.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:24″] Ellory missed a promotion and the guy got the job ended letting him go. Ellory took over the other guys accounts and crushed it.
[spp-timestamp time=”31:10″] Not fitting the companies culture. John Maxwell ruins Ellory’s career to the point of no return. Ellory created a book club at his old job that opened his mind. Ellory’s message is that anything he has done can be achieved. If you are willing to put in the work and go all in yourself you can do this.
[spp-timestamp time=”45:54″] January was Ellory’s biggest revenue month to date and we are only a couple of day’s into February and he has already surpassed that. He has reaping the rewards of the work he put in six months ago.
[spp-timestamp time=”46:58″] People give up before they give their work a chance to come to fruition

[spp-timestamp time=”52:49″] You have two choices, build a brand behind your name or you build a brand off of a title and once that brand(s) are successful the name recognition will come. Ellory’s tag line Empowering and Equipping Entrepreneurs
[spp-timestamp time=”58:14″] Relaunching The Ellory Wells Show
[spp-timestamp time=”1:01:16″] Ellory now makes a point of stopping work when his wife comes home so they can hang out more. He is really focusing on the lifestyle element of his business.
[spp-timestamp time=”1:04:33″] Nutrition, how you fuel the body and how you rest the body with proper sleep cycles then the fitness.
[spp-timestamp time=”1:05:31″] Get as much healthy fats in your diet as possible. The myth about water intake in your coffee
[spp-timestamp time=”1:12:13″] Hydration and Third Alarm Coffee
[spp-timestamp time=”1:19:26″] Final Words

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Final Words

You cannot make a positive change with a negative attitude. Surround yourself with the right positive people who will encourage you, keep you accountable and move you towards the goals that you have set for yourself. Your circle of influence has more of an impact on you than you probably realize.

Action Steps

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037: 2017 Money Resolutions with Whitney Hansen

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 18:15:00 +0000

Resolutions, Money and your first 2017 CoHost:

Do you set New Years Resolutions? To get 2017 cranking we are bringing on our first repeat co-host. We have brought back The Money Nerd, Whitney Hansen to make the biggest impact on your financial resolutions this New Year!

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:32″] A quick recap on who Whitney Hansen is
[spp-timestamp time=”02:19″] What people are freaking out about this new year. We all want and make the same goals in the New Year, Lose weight and get our financials in order.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:50″] New Year resolutions. 75% of people who set New Year’s resolutions give up within the first 30 days. People don’t spend enough time on who they are and what make’s them tick, and function every single day. It is something that is key to health and finance.
[spp-timestamp time=”04:39″] Profit First. Taking Action. In the fall of 2016 Whitney started teaching personal finance at a College level. Whitney creates little money dates with herself to check in on how her finances are doing. That weekly check-in allows you to align yourself with your finances.
[spp-timestamp time=”07:36″] Whitney would go through the past 30 days of your Credit Cards and your Bank accounts and start to group together common spending habits and remove spending that doesn’t align with your goals and your expenses. Reallocating the funds to the right domains in your life.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:09″] Budgeting and saving for a trip to Italy. Booking trips with Google Flights. Setting up a saving’s account for just travel.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:53″] If there are important things in your life you want to pay for, set up an account and have your money automatically transferred to your account. Even if it is only 2% or 3%. Cut out what does not matter to you and reallocate it to other areas of your life.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:52″] Prioritization. It is really easy to get distracted.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:41″] Digit and other apps
[spp-timestamp time=”18:56″] The power of your success is down to the power of your network. Also discussing using tax refunds properly
[spp-timestamp time=”21:56″] Are we really tracking our budgets? Take your tax refund and put it towards your goals. Taxes and ROTH IRA’s
[spp-timestamp time=”26:53″] Emergency funds and added expenses funds.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:04″] Become more self-aware with money. Track every expense for the next 30 days.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:40″] Challenge people to achieve to boost the income by a dollar amount or by a percentage amount
[spp-timestamp time=”43:13″] Conferences. Getting out there and growing your network
[spp-timestamp time=”47:35″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Be more intentional with your financial resolutions @whitneyhansenco #MONEYNERD on LIVETHEFUEL”]

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Final Words

Be more intentional. You can do anything in the world that you want. But you can’t have everything. Your savings are important. Look at your expenses, does what your spending align with your values and goals? If it doesn’t start to make a few tweaks so that it does.

Action Steps

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030: Balance, Sleep & Emotional Health Dr. Julie Amato

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:00:00 +0000

Balance, Sleep & Emotional Health

The mental game is the toughest of all. Your mindset is what ultimately holds everything together. You have to keep developing yourself to keep all the domains in your life balanced and your emotional health in tack. On this episode of LIVETHEFUEL, another co-host from, the team at MindoftheAthlete.com joins us. They help develop the minds of young, aspiring athletes. Visualizing the end game is Dr. Julie Amato.

“The ones who decide to embrace changes are the ones that ultimately will succeed“

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:29″] Dr. Julie Amato is a sports psychologist. More broadly she is a clinical psychologist. Psychologist have PhD’s and Psychiatrist have MD’s.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:03″] Both focused on the mind. Dealing with depression.
[spp-timestamp time=”03:48″] You have to keep working on yourself and developing yourself. Don’t leave all your eggs in one basket. Diversify. If you have good balance in your life, and one piece falls away there are other parts of your life that are fulfilling that gives you a little psychological sturdiness.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:16″] Fuel your health, business and lifestyle. How do you manage adversity? Keeping all the domains in your life balanced. The college athletes Julie works with put their lives into three domains, Social, Academic, and Sport. They find it hard to balance the three.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:51 “] The Phone Tree

Biohacking, Mind Mapping and Visualization

[spp-timestamp time=”13:09″] Bio Hacking with Bulletproof Coffee Dave Asprey. Putting healthy fat sources in your coffee. 80% of your brain tissue is fat cells. How are we fueling these fat cells?
[spp-timestamp time=”15:28″] The importance of sleep. Sleep is critical for muscle repair and growth recovery. Memory consolidation occurs whilst sleeping.
[spp-timestamp time=”17:54″] Dr. Perlmutter, author of The Grain Brain is a researcher that studies brain health.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:40″] Dr. Mah and the improvements in performance with more sleep.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:47″] Develop a template or a mind map in your mind. You will gain more confidence if you create this template in your mind. It will feel like you have already done it. Get your mental reps in.
[spp-timestamp time=”24:07″] Concussion. If you are injured, you should be visualizing and taking mental reps. This process will smooth your transition back to a full fitness performance.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:58″] Utilizing the visualization process. People underestimate the emotional impact of injury.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:46″] The ones who decide to embrace changes are the ones that ultimately will succeed. Are you going to choose to embrace it first and how are you going to adapt.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:49″] Celebrating the wins
[spp-timestamp time=”32:45″] Are you using the word failure or are you using it as an opportunity to improve
[spp-timestamp time=”36:41″] Supporting Berkeley and schools in our local Lehigh Valley area
[spp-timestamp time=”37:32″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Live with passion & purpose with @drjulieamato of @mindoftheathlete on LIVETHEFUEL.com/030″]

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Final Words

Living with passion and purpose. Take care of your emotional health. Be around people that fill you up. Stay away from the drama and the people who bring you down. If life throws something at you that you really feel you cannot handle or are not handling well, get some help. We all need to do that.

Action Steps

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022: Passion, Purpose, Singularis IT and Semon Dorgam

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 15:17:00 +0000

Passion with Purpose Co-Host:

Finding your passion can happen from getting to a point where we have to stop, look at ourselves and say what am I doing. We need to take stock, make a point to embrace fun and live our life! Most importantly be there for somebody besides ourselves. It took a head on collision with a deer for our co-host to realize exactly that. Founder of the hosting solutions company Singularis IT. He has been hooked on technology since the age of fifteenth and is living with purpose. Please welcome Semon Dorgam as today’s co-host with passion!

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”02:33″] Roofing was not for me and finding out what made technology tick on the inside
[spp-timestamp time=”08:33″] Tim Billy. Student and Teacher starting a class together
[spp-timestamp time=”12:39″] Becoming a janitor to collect spare parts to build computers just to get noticed
[spp-timestamp time=”15:06″] Getting into hosting solutions
[spp-timestamp time=”20:28″] SAAS – Software As A Service – Being the expert of your widget, not the blinking lights
[spp-timestamp time=”26:07″] Scaling up and scaling down your bandwidth and system resources based on your real time requirements
[spp-timestamp time=”29:07″] On-boarding clients
[spp-timestamp time=”30:37″] The giant guessing game
[spp-timestamp time=”37:31″] Singularis IT does not charge for bandwidth
[spp-timestamp time=”39:08″] Denial Service Attack
[spp-timestamp time=”41:30″] Getting educated in the online space and why security assessments are important. You need to be ahead of your customers
[spp-timestamp time=”44:01″] Understand what you are really paying for, understand what you really need. Don’t just go off of buzzwords like cloud
[spp-timestamp time=”49:18″] Second tier support
[spp-timestamp time=”53:48″] T-Boning a Deer
[spp-timestamp time=”59:03″] Find something that helps you remove stress, something that will help you truly be focused within your own zone.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:01:42″] The eight weeks Semon was injured was a life changer for him. It made him think about what was he doing with his business and what is he doing with his life. A reminder and realization that life is too short. Don’t sweat the small things.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:10:58″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Surround yourself with the people you want to be with and help succeed. @singularisit on @livethefuel visit livethefuel.com/022″]

Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Noah Galloway

Final Words

Take care of the people you love. Surround yourself with the people you love. Surround yourself with the people you want to be with, helping them succeed and you will ultimately succeed.

Action Steps

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008: Liven Up Ya’ll with Whitney and Chris Carullo

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:00:00 +0000

Good day ladies and gents! Today we have decided to one up it again and go with two new, happy couple co-hosts. This episode is about making an impact in the diverse and crowded Health & Fitness industry. All while we focus on how they are living a healthy, balanced, business lifestyle. This is demonstrated perfectly by today’s co-hosts, Chris and Whitney Carullo who choose to Liven Up. These two are a young couple that fulfilled their dream since college of opening their own fitness business.

Originally their plan was to open a small personal training studio with just them training their clients. We fast forward four years later and they have a 7,000 sq feet facility, 350 members, seven full-time employees, ten all together. They have built a healthy business and a great brand here in the Lehigh Valley.

I have been able to get to know them both personally and professionally over the past two years. Located in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, their facility and brand are known as Liven Up Health and Fitness.

On This Liven Up Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”1:27″] How we came to connect
[spp-timestamp time=”4:07″] Liven Up business model and retention
[spp-timestamp time=”5:51″] Why you should not go cheap on your health and why you should be fueling the lifestyle
[spp-timestamp time=”8:27″] Building your brand, building that recognition and a lasting impact in peoples lives
[spp-timestamp time=”9:55″] How Whitney and Chris impact the business separately and how they guide their customers through the fitness process
[spp-timestamp time=”11:49″] Having good mentors that help pave the way for you, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Masterminding and a great stat on gym membership in the US
[spp-timestamp time=”14:25″] Customer Retention and word of mouth referrals
[spp-timestamp time=”16:28″] Being in a very sales driven industry and caring for your fitness professionals
[spp-timestamp time=”20:16″] Knowing what they wanted to do since college and grinding everyday to change the industry
[spp-timestamp time=”21:21″] The Dream team. The intense, Liven Up hiring process
[spp-timestamp time=”23:35″] Building the systems, the process and infrastructure to free yourself from working on the business rather than on it
[spp-timestamp time=”36:46″] Why we create the lifestyle we do and getting that location freedom
[spp-timestamp time=”39:45″] Stepping away and giving your people the power to make decisions, people have to have self worth
[spp-timestamp time=”41:21″] Switching off, stress management and writing stuff down
[spp-timestamp time=”44:03″] Constantly evolving visions, utilizing square footage and managing your bandwidth
[spp-timestamp time=”49:03″] Hustle but keep your health balanced, this will only add to your bandwidth
[spp-timestamp time=”51:49″] Director of accountability and staying in your lane
[spp-timestamp time=”58:13″] The 20 mile march
[spp-timestamp time=”62:31″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”It all comes down to is taking care of yourself – With Chris and Whitney Carullo of Liven Up Here on EP008 of LIVETHEFUEL”]

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People Mentioned

Gary Vaynerchuk

Final Words

All it comes down to taking care of yourself, if you are exercising and eating well, good things happen. It will keep you motivated. Always go back to the basics and that start’s with you.

Also, have fun with it. Don’t take yourself too seriously and don’t take life so seriously; it is what you make it. It is all about fun, remember it’s a lifestyle. So make it a part of your lifestyle, don’t make it like a crash diet. Commit to it stay, with it and believe in yourself. Just keep it fun along the way!

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