Exploring Fitness Podcast

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Doctor of Physical Therapy and fitness coach Dan Dallatore has over 10 years of experience as a clinician and a coach. He's worked with thousands of athletes to help them improve their health, wellness, and fitness. But he still feels that there is so much more for all of us to learn. This is a podcast dedicated to furthering our understanding of health, wellness, fitness and how to apply these concepts into our daily lives to create true and lasting changes in your fitness and health. Join as we continue Exploring Fitness by discussing topics with the experts in their respective fields.

  1. 2025-04-14

    Episode 18: Living for Longevity with Michael Leary and Dr. Ben Hagopian

    If you go back to episode #1 of this podcast, I discuss the 4 supporting models of CrossFit. One of those being the Sickness-Wellness-Fitness continuum. This continuum goes from sickness on one extreme end, to wellness being in the middle, and fitness being the other extreme end of the continuum. And almost any measurable health marker from things on a blood panel, to heart rate and blood pressure, to strength measurements can be placed along this continuum at either sickness, wellness, or fitness levels. Dialing in a majority of these markers can help someone stay as healthy and as functional as possible for as long as possible. This prevention of health and function slipping to a point of debility, can be seen as increasing the health span for as long as possible, or improving an individual’s LONGEVITY. And that’s exactly what my next guests are aiming to do! Their longevity health model has combined the resources of an integrative medicine family physician, a strength and conditioning coach, and a registered dietitian to deliver an all encompassing program to help people increase their longevity. Website: https://www.longevitymaine.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longevitymaine/ Emails: ben@longevitymaine.co or michael@longevitymaine.co

    38 min

  2. 2025-03-24

    Episode 17: Competing, Coaching, and Chiropractic with Dr. Ben Rogers DC

    In this episode, we sit down with a doctor of chiropractic with an extensive CrossFit background to discover how his experience coaching and competing has shaped this approach to healthcare. It’s not often that you have the opportunity to meet someone who has coached and competed for one of the most well-known CrossFit gyms in the world. And even more rare for one of those individuals to relocate over 1100 miles to become a local healthcare provider in Portland, ME. But that’s exactly the journey our next guest took. From CrossFit coach and competitive athlete for one of the most competitive gyms in the world, to a doctor of chiropractic who recently opened his own solo practice, this guy puts the same passion and hard work into everything. Exemplifying the idea that “the way you do anything, is the way you do everything”. For him, that has meant accepting the challenges placed in front of him, putting in the hard work, and connecting with people along the way. More on Ben and Rogers Health and Performance: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rogershealthandperformance/ Website: https://www.rogershealthandperformance.com/

    48 min

  3. 2025-02-24

    Episode 16- Relative Intensity in Fitness with Coach Sam Burns

    In this episode, Dr. Dan sits down with return guest Sam Burns to discuss "Relative Intensity in Fitness". Intensity is a key term in the definition of CrossFit (constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity), but making sure each athlete hits the intended stimulus of a workout at the correct relative intensity can be tricky. Throughout the discussion, they hit on some key points including: - using weightlifting percentages or repetition maxes as a gauge - appropriate scaling to maximize intensity - and they recap results from Coach Sam's proposed workout from Episode 2

    47 min

  4. 2025-02-03

    Episode 15: The Primary Care Healthcare Shift with Brianna Boutin, NP

    This episode discusses the current shift happening in healthcare, so that you can make more informed decisions about choosing the best provider for your personal health needs. The current state of the American healthcare system is broken. We’re currently working with a system where 65% of all healthcare dollars are spent on the sickest 10% of the population. Let me say that again… 65% of the health insurance premiums and Medicare taxes you pay every month, go towards healthcare spending for the sickest 10% of Americans. Those insurance premiums and deductibles continue to increase at unprecedented rates, yet what healthcare providers get reimbursed by insurance companies continues to decrease. This is resulting in unrealistic productivity standards for healthcare providers, requiring them to see more and more patients in less and less time… which inevitably causes a decrease in the quality of care the other 90% of the non-sickest Americans receive, as well as an extremely high rate of burnout for healthcare providers. For these reasons an increasing number of providers have sought a better method of delivering a higher quality, more personable, and overall better healthcare experience for both the patient and the provider. This movement for primary care providers has been referred to as Direct Primary Care. My next guest is a nurse practitioner who has recently opened her own direct primary care office in an attempt to deliver healthcare services the way she feels is in the best interest of her patients and herself as a provider. Website: https://beacondpc.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beacondpc/

    40 min

  5. 2024-12-09

    Episode 14: How Quality Accessory Programming Can Elevate Your Fitness with Chris Gahm

    In this episode, we discuss how accessory work can elevate your workout so you can improve strength, mechanics, and help prevent pain and injuries. As a physical therapist, much of my job essentially involves the prescription of personalized accessory work. I evaluate someone, find their deficits directly contributing to their pain, deficits that could potentially lead to pain points down the road, or directly improve their performance and I give them specific exercises to help improve these deficits. So, I’m a sucker for good accessory programming when I see it. I have attended functional fitness classes at LOTS of gyms over the years, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen accessory programming as consistently well programmed as it is by my next guest. Nobody knows the needs of gym members better than the coaches and owner of that specific gym. And this guy takes that to heart. He utilizes a unique blend of traditional CrossFit and accessory programming to deliver a daily dose of fitness that is exactly what will drive his community towards improved wellness. Livfit Athletics: https://www.livfitathletics.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livfitathletics/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livfitathletics/

    36 min

  6. 2024-11-04

    Episode 13: The Core Muscles Most Athletes Aren't Focusing On with Dr. Kate Taft

    Many people don’t realize just how integral pelvic health is to our core stability, athletic performance, and daily life. And before all the dudes out there turn this off or think this episode doesn’t apply to you… think again. We often hear pelvic health conversations geared towards women, especially around pregnancy or post-partum, but men are also impacted by pelvic health issues every day. For athletes and fitness enthusiasts, a strong pelvic floor is key to core strength, balance, and proper breathing. Pelvic health issues are incredibly common, yet many people aren’t sure when it’s the right time to seek help. Enter, my next guest… I invited her on to have a conversation about the issues both men and women face when it comes to pelvic health and fitness. And while some might feel uncomfortable discussing some of these issues, she makes it incredibly easy. Herman and Wallace Resources: https://hermanwallace.com/free-resources Could Pelvic PT Help Me? https://mcusercontent.com/1293dc0f64ed33690533de9f2/files/6e35a1d6-b818-af5b-b6ed-592337f910bd/Pelvic_Screen.pdf

    42 min

  7. 2024-10-28

    Episode 12: Simplifying Fitness to 100 Words with Hunter Wood

    Every so often, we read or hear something that really strikes a chord within us. A moving speech from someone clearly passionate about a topic, or a saying that hits us at the right time we needed to hear it and sticks with us. For me, one of those came from the founder of CrossFit Greg Glassman’s “World Class Fitness in 100 Words”. Throughout the quote, he seamlessly moves from the base of CrossFit’s theoretical hierarchy of development (nutrition) through the top of the pyramid (sport). He discusses the 3 main categories of movements as defined by CrossFit (monostructural, gymnastics, and weightlifting), along with other key concepts in CrossFit methodology like variability, mastering mechanics, intensity, and training-to-rest days. There is a saying that “beginners complicate, and experts simplify”. The ability to sum up all of these concepts, in the purposeful flow as Glassman does in 100 words is nothing short of expert and masterful. But at the same time, it is helpful to unwrap these concise statements and expand on the concepts to better understand and incorporate these ideas into our daily lives. My next guest did exactly that for the members of his gym. Through an email series of 4-5 emails, he unpacked the 100 words into an in-depth discussion on the significance of Greg Glassman’s statements, and how to incorporate them. I invited him onto the podcast to discuss some of those same points. Email Hunter: hunter@misfitathletics.com Email Misfit Gym Portland: info@misfitgymportland.com Misfit Gym Portland Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfitgymportland/

    1h 13m

  8. 2024-10-07

    Episode 11: Performance Technologies with Josh Segal of Hawkin Dynamics

    In this episode we discuss some of the technologies revolutionizing human performance and physical therapy. We took a little break during the busy summer here in Maine, but we’re back now with a brand new episode for you. If you remember back to episode one, we discussed how fitness should be measurable, observable, and repeatable. The same holds true for health and wellness metrics, or during a patient’s journey though physical therapy. It is important to collect meaningful data that can be tracked reliably for many reasons, including: - Being able to show a patient their progress through objective data. This progress can be small and incremental, and sensitive measurement can display these improvements. - Making informed decisions about plan of care. If something isn’t measured, or if isn’t measured accurately, it likely won’t be properly addressed. - Ability to measure the unseeable. There are many things that today’s technologies can pick up, that we can’t see with the naked eye, giving us more insight to better manage an athlete’s treatment or load management. There is a company based right here in the greater Portland area that creates these technologies. Hawkin Dynamics in Westbrook makes world class force plates and dynamometers, allowing clinicians and fitness professionals the ability to precisely measure numerous metrics to assist in health and fitness decision making. I sat down with one of their employees to fund out more about their products, and how they can be incorporated into the clinic and gym. Hawkin Dynamics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hawkindynamics/

    33 min
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Doctor of Physical Therapy and fitness coach Dan Dallatore has over 10 years of experience as a clinician and a coach. He's worked with thousands of athletes to help them improve their health, wellness, and fitness. But he still feels that there is so much more for all of us to learn. This is a podcast dedicated to furthering our understanding of health, wellness, fitness and how to apply these concepts into our daily lives to create true and lasting changes in your fitness and health. Join as we continue Exploring Fitness by discussing topics with the experts in their respective fields.

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    2024 - 2025
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