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The most relatable discussions about evolving human performance topics. We Do the Heavy Lifting is dedicated to engaging in dialogue about current sport and exercise research, brought to you by the Huffines Institute at Texas A&M University.
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Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Our guest, Dr. Ryan Pittsinger, brings experience from all over the country studying counseling and sports psychology to focus on working with collegiate athletes to improve their quality of life and athletic performance.
In today’s podcast, Dr. Pittsinger shares his field expertise over mental health topics that are more frequent among students. Topics include performance stress and anxiety created by expectations from the athlete, coaches, and peers; balancing school and sport; and the pressures student-athletes face from social media. Dr. Pittsinger also dives into how student populations as a whole can relieve mental stress, and even provides strategies for parents to help their kids facing student-athlete pressures.
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Our guest on the podcast today is Ana Artiles - Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering. She has copious amounts of research experience at MIT, Cornell, TAMU, and International Space University, where she has explored human performance and deconditioning in altered gravity environments. Additionally, Ana spent 5 years with Ariane 5 Launch team and has had 30 successful launches.
Watch or listen to hear Ana talk more about her research, experience, as well as the future of space travel!
Thursday Nov 07, 2019
Thursday Nov 07, 2019
Extra special guest, Col Mike Fossum, is a veteran of 3 space flights, more than 194 days in space, and more than 48 hours in 7 spacewalks, and is now serving in an administrative role as COO and VP of TAMU Galveston. As the first Aggie in space, Col Fossum shares his experiences in space with fitness and exercise, and also shares what it’s like to move in a space suit!
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Today we have Monty Gibson - Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Cleveland Browns! A Master Strength and Conditioning Coach by the CSCCa, Monty Gibson has nearly 30 years of coaching experience, with 18 of those years spent on the Texas A&M strength and conditioning staff. Gibson is entering his second season in the NFL as the Browns' assistant strength and conditioning coach!
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Here we have our fourth Video Podcast from our new series featuring a special guest, New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller Christie Aschwanden! Back from podcast #80 and #159 of the 2014 Huffines Discussion, we have with us award-winning science and sports journalist Ms. Christie Aschwanden! Aschwanden's most recent book, Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery, is a New York Times bestseller that seeks to answer how modern recovery products and services actually help the body recover and achieve peak performance.
Thursday May 30, 2019
Thursday May 30, 2019
Our third Video Podcast from our new series features special guest Tanna Burge! Tanna Burge has been at Texas A&M University as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance since 2015. Burge brings in a large amount of experience in the field and currently oversees strength and conditioning for all Aggie sports except football. In this podcast, Burge shares with us what happens in a sports performance team, challenges that student-athletes face, and challenges she faces as well!
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
Today we have our second Video Podcast from our new series with our special guest Kristi Dosh! Lawyer turned sports journalist, Dosh, the "SportsBizMiss," became the first and only female sports business reporter for ESPN who also transformed her career through blogging and social media to become a nationally-recognized expert in the business of sports. Her book, Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges examines how the financial side of college athletics works and how football drives revenues for an athletics program. Dosh currently writes for Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Popsugar and speaks to audiences on topics of female leadership, personal branding, and business development.
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
You've been waiting for it, and it's finally here! The beginning of a new era of our Video Podcasts kicks off today with our first guest, the star and voice of TexAgs Radio Gabe Bock! Gabe's expertise in sports media comes from his background in journalism at Texas A&M University where he graduated in '03 and later spent time as a reporter and producer with Bryan Broadcasting. Gabe has been with TexAgs since 2008 and has now become the face of TexAgs where he is the Host of TexAgs Radio and the Director of Broadcasting!
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Closing out our series is Dr. Michael Roberts with our eighth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2018 Hilliard Discussion. Dr. Roberts is an associate professor from Auburn University and is the Director of the Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory here to share with us his talk titled "The Line-1 Jumping Gene: Hopping from Cancer Research to Exercise Science."
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Up today we have our seventh video and audio rebroadcast from the 2018 Hilliard Discussion! Here we have Dr. Lisa Langston, the Athletic Director of Fort Worth ISD and member of the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame as a basketball and track star. Dr. Langston's talk is titled "Using Athletics to Optimize the Academic and Learning Experience of Student-Athletes" and focusses on the relationship between sports, studies, and how this translates professionally.