Welcome to another episode of Impetus Health! In this episode, we sit down with Matt Foster. Matt is a veteran in the personal training and fitness world, his the CEO of HomeFit and owns a gym in downtown Birmingham called Sculpt. Matt is also a former Marine and has done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. We talk about all things personal training with Matt and the state of personal training in the world, we ask Matt to compare the world of personal training from where it is now to where he thinks it should be, and also gives us his opinion on how we can get there. If you want to know more about Matt and his companies you can check out home fit online at https://www.homefitconsulting.com/ or on insta @homefitusa and check out Sculpt Bham on their website at https://www.sculptbham.com/ or on Instagram @sculptbham. Enjoy the show!

We had the pleasure of sitting down with the one and only Rebecca Blackmon. Rebecca has a BS in Exercise and Sports Science, a Master's in Business Management and Sports Administration, she is a CSCS and CrossFit Level 1 certification. She is also a Kinetic Engineer with Masters Performance. Rebecca has lived in the fitness and strength conditioning world since her time as a color guard in Alabama's Million Dollar band to coaching CrossFit and training aging adults with us at Master's Performance! She has lots of experience and interesting insight into training the human body. We sit down with Rebecca and discuss the details of training aging adults and the challenges and knowledge we have and how to do that. Training older adults are not as mysterious as many think it is, we have great science to go off of on how to do this! Pleased to share this episode with you and hope you guys enjoy it! Rebecca's and Master's Perofrmance Contact Info: Instagram @rebecca_blackmon_ , @mastersperform www.mastersperform.com #enhancewhatmovesyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, Sean is giving a seminar at a Nutrition Challenge held by CrossFit Laminin. He is speaking on Movement neurophysiology and how to improve the movements we do. We are talking about how the body learns movement, how to HACK your brain to learn movement quicker and more effectively, and is good movement actually important? Check it out and let us know what you think! To learn more about Sean and Vulcan visit his Instagram @seanhiller_physio, @vulcanmovement, or the website www.vulcanmovement.com #enhancewhatmovesyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! Honored to be able to have the Renowned Dr. Dennis Fell MD, PT on today's episode! Dr. Fell's Background: Physician Resident in Pediatrics, highly focused career on Neurology and Neurological rehabilitation, Former Chair of Physical Therapy at the University of South Alabama. Editor of “Lifespan Neurorehabilitation: A Patient-centered Approach from Examination to Intervention and Outcomes” that focuses on the evidence-based approach to the neurorehabilitation of adult and pediatric patients across the lifespan. Vice President of APTA Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. Professor Emeritus and Professor of Neurology and My Chair and Professor at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Fell has incredible insight into where we are in healthcare and where we need to improve plus he has studied the brain for the better part of his life. We could have asked him questions all day and sticking to our normal time was hard. Hopefully more episodes to come with Dr. Fell. Let us know what you think about this convo! Want to know more about Dr. Fell? Lifespan Neurorehabilitation: A Patient-centered Approach from Examination to Intervention and Outcomes: https://www.amazon.com/Lifespan-Neurorehabilitation-Patient-Centered-Examination-Interventions/dp/0803646097 #enhancewhatmovesyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, Ellie is speaking during a nutrition Seminar at CrossFit Laminin on one of the most common questions she receives in the world of Nutrition: "How can I lose fat but gain muscle at the same time?". Ellie speaks on the ways that he is possible and how to implement in your life. Great episode and information present by Ellie. If you want to know more about this topic feel free to reach out to Ellie through email at ellie@thevulcannutrition.com, on Instagram @the_vulcan_nutrition, or on the website www.thevulcannutrition.com. Hope you enjoy the episode! #enhancewhatfuelsyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! Great episode coming in hot with Dr. Caroline Sullivan! Dr. Sullivan is a Nurse Practitioner who works in Birmingham in Primary Care. She has the luxury of working with people from the cradle to the grave! She has great insight on just where we are at with Holistic health and the actual healthcare that is provided. She also touches on how she implements holistic healthcare with her patients and advocating for fitness and nutrition for TRUE HEALTH. PLUS Dr. Sullivan opens up a great topic on "The 6th Vital Sign: Exercise"!!! This has our blood pumping and we love what is happening! Tune in and enjoy! #enhancewhatmovesyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, we discuss an interesting topic of how to reach people and introduce them to fitness and lifting for the first time. Again, it is all about perspective, and it was great hearing from Nate Johnson on the mindset he takes with reaching beginning lifters and helping navigate them in starting their journey into fitness. If fitness and nutrition are to be the ground floor of healthcare, then reaching people to help them enter into fitness is a HUGE endeavor. Great insight from Nate! Let us know what you think and if you want to know more about Nate check out the links below: Instagram: @natethegymowner and @steelstrengthtraining Website: https://www.steelstrengthbham.com/ #enhancewhatmovesyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! This is a special episode for us. This is the story of a friend of ours, Jacob Browder. Jacob suffered a TBI from a bull-riding accident but guess what... the Bull Didn't Win! He and his mother have an incredible story of hard work and determination. He has conquered many things and he still has more to go. We discuss his story and the role the healthcare system played in his story (the good and the bad). Fascinating insight from the perspective of the patient. Let us know what you think, if you want to know more about Jacob and his story, he and his mother have written a Book on what they have been through and the perspective it has given them. Links below. Book Website: https://www.facebook.com/thebulldidntwin/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/sjbrowder?fbclid=IwAR3boDdyOJZeGKHWWjdhr7du18fimD4Rolx7Fhnmh8tRdP9C8ClL702s7Xo Instagram: @jacob_browder #enhancewhatmovesyou

Welcome to Impetus Health! In this episode, we are speaking with Dr. Kyle Thibodeaux PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS of Refine PT and Performance in Mobile Alabama. Kyle is an expert in the human body from an injury and performance side of things but he is also very knowledgable in the area of pain and how pain manifests in the body. We discuss many topics on pain and what pain means when we experience it and what are we to do when pain is perceived? Great episode and if you want to know more about Kyle you can check out his company, Refine PT and performance at www.refineptp.com on Instagram @refineptp Hope you guys enjoy the show! #enhancewhatmovesyou