A six-pack, a stress fracture, and a complete reframe. We mark our 100th milestone by unpacking Jeff’s three eras of wellness—how a quest for appearance morphed into performance and finally matured into longevity and capacity you can sustain for decades.
We start with the honest stuff: teenage ab routines, calorie diaries, bodybuilding splits, and the belief that soreness equals success. Then the story accelerates into endurance and functional fitness—fast 5Ks, marathons, Ironman, and the powerful pull of CrossFit community. Alongside the training, Jeff deepens his craft with behavior change coaching, learning how habits and relationships make results stick. The turning point arrives with injury and a hard truth: constant intensity narrows life, and recovery is the engine of adaptation, not an optional add-on.
Today, the focus is training for the life you want to keep living. We break down mobility and breath work as daily anchors, intelligent intervals that respect your joints, and foundational strength patterns—hinge, squat, push, pull, carry, rotate—that bulletproof real-world movement. We share how community multiplies consistency, why ego quietly sabotages progress, and how to design classes and personal routines that balance effort with recovery. You’ll hear favorite definitions of wellness from past guests, reinforcing a whole-person view that values mental, emotional, and relational health alongside the physical.
If you’ve ever confused sweat with success or felt stuck between doing more and getting better, this conversation offers a clearer path: intentional training, smart recovery, and habits that grow with you. Subscribe, share this milestone episode with a friend who’s rethinking their routine, and leave a review to tell us which era you’re in—and where you want to go next.
