Chasing Edges Brian Peters

 PJ is the Director of Performance at XPT and the VP of Performance at Fitlab. PJ is a human performance specialist with over a decade of experience preparing top athletes for competition. His life mission is to help athletes and coaches realize their true potential. With a passion for sports and a commitment to excellence, PJ has become a leader in sports performance training. He has trained dozens of athletes from the NFL, NHL and MLB and has worked extensively with over 100 fighters, including multiple Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champions and Top 10 ranked UFC fighters. Through the application of his progressive training philosophy and unique approach to every situation,  PJ continues to raise the bar for fitness professionals. He has emerged as a sought-after expert in human performance and trainer education.

IG: @COACHPJNESTLER
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Retired Major Donny Bigham served 27 years of service to our Nation in the Marine Corps and the US Army with deployments to Bosnia, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Yemen. He was the First ever Strength and Conditioning Coach for the US Army (Conventional Forces) for the past six years while in uniform. Instrumental in being part of the team that changed the US Army Physical Fitness test after almost 40 years and co-authoring the Occupational Performance Assessment Test for initial screening of future Soldiers. Donny designed the Tactical Athlete Performance Center (TAP-C) at Fort Jackson and Fort Benning, emphasizing true strength, mobility, and speed to increase lethality and survivability across six pillars for the Warrior! Lastly, the TAP-C is the first-ever center that trains over 600 Soldiers daily within a Combat Battalion designed under his tenure. Donny was recognized as the 2017 TSAC-Facilitator of the Year (Strength Coach) and also awarded the 2016 Army Male Athlete of the Year. He is a 2x IPF World Champion in Raw Powerlifting and the current drug tested IPF World Record Holder in the Squat. He is currently a Ph.D. student at Rocky Mountain University pursuing a terminal degree in Human Sport and Performance.

IG: @onetimepowerlifting
Military Awards and Schools: Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Combat Infantry Badge, and Expert infantryman Badge.
Strength Coaching Credentials: NSCA RSCC, CSCS, *D, TSAC-F, *D, RPR, USAW 1, FMS 1 & 2, TRX 1 & 2, Kfit 1 & 2
He is also the Owner of OneTimePowerlifting L.L.C. and programs alongside Sorinex on the TrainHeroic Platform, and Educates in partnership with Kabuki Strength.

Mentions on Podcast
Breath Belt: Code: EDGES20
thebreathbelt.com

Sorinex Tactical App: STATP 
https://www.sorinex.com/pages/statp

MTN TOUGH + APP
https://mtntough.com

Kabuki Strength Education
https://www.kabukieducation.com

(Time stamps + 1:45)
1:34 Lean forward in the foxhole
3:10 If you don’t understand the brain, you’ll miss the mark
8:00 Effecting Human Performance in the Army, Changing Army PT test
9:00 Energy Systems for Military, Barriers to Implement Systems
17:40 Military Opportunities in Military
22:30 Military Guys Different, Athletes Given too much potential, Having guys that are coachable
25:55 Powerlifting, 2x World Champion & World Record
27:30 Donny’s Philosophy. Faith, Use what you have, because God will take them away
29:20 Pursue God, Bible lesson, Following the Cloud, Pushing us towards the promiseland
31:30 God and Proximity (33:18)
33:30 Helping or hurting, gifts, your responsibility to pursue
36:30 Why listen to God? What was your purpose to be deployed
40:10 Sorinex Tactical app, Go Wheel & Mountain Tough
41:20 What seperates the app from others?
41:40 Assessment built in, specificity, demo
42:00 Rower 2k in 8 min, elite VO2 630
43:12 The importance of getting assessed before the program
44:30 Learned by working with thousands, need to be efficient
45:50 Baseline Strength
47:30 Best advice to recovery and train optimally, programmed recovery and specificity
48:15 Hot and Cold therapy
50:00 Doesn’t set anything before 9am, 10 hours of sleep non-negotiable
50:30 Massage therapist, yoga
51:20 Breath Belt
56:57 Cold arm exposure experiment on soldiers

1. WHAT ACTION IN YOUR LIFE HAS HAD THE LONGEST LASTING CONSEQUENCES?
2. HOW LONG AGO WAS THE LAST NICEST THING YOU'VE DONE THAT IS STILL BEING RECIPROCATED TODAY?
3. IS IT BETTER TO BE KIND OR HONEST?
4. WHAT IS THE BEST PART ABOUT GROWING OLDER?

Glenn Auerbach has been a sauna evangelist for over 30 years.  In 2008 he started www.saunatimes.com, as a source for sauna building and sauna culture.  In 2016, he created Sauna Talk, the podcast about sauna and most often recorded on the sauna bench.  Glenn wrote “Sauna Build, From Start to Finnish” which includes step by step instructions for building a sauna.  He has built many saunas and has helped many hundreds build their own saunas. He is a founding member of the Sauna Research Institute (Saunastudies.com)  He is also an advisor at Lamppa Manufacturing, Vice President, 612 Sauna Society, and has been the Upper Midwest Territory Manager for a division of a global food company for the past 20 years

2:00 Is it sauna or sow-na?
*2:55 What is a sauna? Infra-red is not a sauna
7:00 NHL Finns & Sauna Culture
7:30 Health Benefits to Hanging Out in the Sauna
8:20 Downsides to sauna
8:35 The truth barrel & intangibles of the sauna
9:25 Nature and sauna analogy, 3 climate zones
*11:30 Go by feel vs rigid structure of sauna routines
13:00 What’s going on in America is funny to the Finns
14:45 Every body is different at different times. No rule aspect.
“What better way to know yourself? This contemplative space is medicine in its own right”
17:30 Average sauna in finland better than our best sauna, heat, steam, ventilation
18:20 Ventilation, bench height, feet at the rocks are American chatter
Brian break down ventilation
22:10 How important is the steam? No steam, no sauna.
23:05 Steam changes the sauna climate
26:40 “When you feel great heat, its all over. Your search is over” “Wood burning, hits different”
29:30 Electric sauna trick, latent heat in the rock
31:00 3 types of heat transfer: Radiant, conductive, convective, up to the dynamic of the sauna, jazz trio of heat transfer
33:30 Misnomer of steam
34:40 2 fists rule and wisking broom
36:15 Whens the best time to get out of the sauna?
40:00 Sauna and cold, sauna and cold shower, sauna and cold like peanut butter and jelly
41:10 Brian: Heats better than no heat, performance vs experience, RICE, when to use heat and cold solo
46:30 Every sauna is different, let go of some of the control
48:23 Diet, Hydration, & Fatigue, you treat sauna like an aggressive sport, it’s a stress
50:20 Quality of Hydration, Reverse Osmosis, Mineral Water (magnesium, iron, potassium, sodium)
51:30-55:30 Water, Blood, Breath, Sleep Brian rant
55:50 Grass analogy
1:01:30 Cold tub gauge of exhaustion, immune system, resilience, temperature rant
1:08:15 History of Sauna & sweat therapy, Book Reference “Sweat” by Mikkel Aaland

1:12:38 Guided experiences around the world.
1:17:00 DIY Sauna advice Glenn’s book “Sauna Build, From start to Finnish”

0:15 What's the biggest lie you once believed was true?
3:02 How do you define genius?
8:33 What is the most fascinating part of the human body?
15:45 What's the most spontaneous thing you've ever done?
28:15 What's more important, what you say or how you say it?
46:00 What is the most important thing a person can do to improve themselves?

The Docs sit down with Brian to talk medical devices and the 2023 EliteFTS SWIS Symposium
Dr. Ken Kinakin: Drkenkinakin.com @swis_drkenkinakin
Dr. Dylan Seeley:  https://cospineandjoint.com/meet-our-providers/ @Dylan_seeleydc
Dr. Eric Serrano

1:48 S-healy-Sorin – Gamma PEMF, Magnetic Therapy Units
Norm Shealy – TENS Machine, Pain Modulation
https://normshealy.shop
https://normshealy.shop/products/pemf-device
4:22 Resting Neurological State = -70mv, What happens when it raises? Fibromyalga
5:00 Trauma, Stress, Depolarization
5:35 Aleviate Pain
6:00- DEMOSTRATION: SEE YOUTUBE
12:00 Hand Held Pressure Plate Produce – Dynamometer/Transducer
https://activ5.com
14:00 Rehab, Stretching, & Strength Training With Devices
16:37 Transcutaneous Stimulation
20:30 SWIS Magnets
20:35 2023 ELITE FTS SWIS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
https://www.eliteftsswis2023.com (Sign Up For Newsletter)
https://www.eliteftsswis2022.com (Last Years Videos)
https://www.swis.ca
21:00 Descriptions of SWIS Experience from all the boys
29:45 Dr.Leaf Story, fixing a boy’s gate by changing his language
30:55 Evidence Based vs Experiential Based
32:50 Mat that lengthens Telemeres, Chromosomes, Advice: Only 1 lab reads all chromosomes
39:50 Bart Bellon – Dog Trainer, E collar
41:10 Jimmy Culp 1,350 Pound Bench, 820 lbs x 17 reps
52:30 CELLEV8 (Superoxide Dismutase) PRODUCT CODE: edge15
https://cellev8.com
59:17 Ali Gilbert @thealigilbert