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Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
The Active Life presented by the Huntsman World Senior Games is a weekly 25 minute podcast designed to help listeners get the most out of their life. We tackle all kinds of health and wellness topics including the value of competition as part of overall active aging.
Episodes
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#618 Trading the Microphone for the Starting Line - Featuring Larry Bailey
Larry Bailey's love of sports began in a small Oregon town, where he was called up to the fifth- and sixth-grade track team while still in third grade. A…
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#617 A Ninja Warrior Gets Out of the Car - Featuring Sandy Zimmerman
Sandy Zimmerman is an award-winning teacher, coach, athlete, and motivational speaker best known for her 10 appearances on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. After…
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#616 Applying Analytics in Tennis and Pickleball - Featuring Martin Coe
Martin Coe has been an athlete since he can remember. At the age of four, his father introduced him to sports in the backyard with a wiffle ball and bat. What…
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#615 Track and Field Throwing Excellence and Sportsmanship - Featuring Elsbeth Padia
Elsbeth Padia has been a force in track and field for 19 years. Born in Switzerland when women’s sports were discouraged, she played soccer for 30 years before…
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#614 Understanding Type 1 Diabetes and Thriving in Volleyball - Featuring Dr. Suzanne Watson
Dr. Suzanne Watson is a retired general dentist who made history in 1974 as the first female recipient in DeSoto High School and Jefferson County, Missouri to…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#613 Reset with The Thoughtful 30 - Featuring Meridan Zerner
Meridan Zerner is an award-winning Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and nationally recognized wellness expert with more than 30 years of experience helping…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#612 Hitting the Mark in Archery and Pickleball - Featuring Joe Kody
Joe Kody is a retired sales professional, lover of all kinds of sports, and a Huntsman World Senior Games athlete who demonstrates that lifelong passions can…
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#611 Reinvention is the Name of the Game - Featuring Bob Warden
Robert Warden is an 82-year-old pickleball coach, community volunteer, lifelong learner, and Huntsman World Senior Games medalist whose remarkable second act…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#610 Table Tennis: Chess at Light Speed - Featuring Larry Hodges
For more than five decades, Larry Hodges has been a driving force in table tennis, as a player, coach, author, and advocate for lifelong athletic…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#609 Supporting the South African Soccer Grannies - Featuring Jean Duffy
Jean Duffy moved over 20 times before high school, including time in Algeria and Spain, and didn't discover her love of sports until adulthood. After years of…
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#608 Overcoming Overtraining and Athletic Burnout - Featuring Sue Reynolds
Sue Reynolds knows firsthand that transformation is possible at any age. At 335 pounds, she struggled with everyday tasks like walking a block or tying her…
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#607 A Great Indicator for Longevity: VO2 Max - Featuring Tiffany Gust
Tiffany Gust, MS, CEP, NBC-HWC, is an Exercise Physiologist with Intermountain Sports Performance, where she developed the High-Performance Aging Program to…
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#606 Facing Fears and Finding Adventure - Featuring Krista Tate
Krista Tate recently moved to St. George from Utah Valley and is excited to begin a new chapter. A wife, mother of three, and grandmother of four, she enjoyed…
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#605 Going to the Inner Gym - Featuring Hannah Rothlin
Hannah Rothlin lives in St. George, UT with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals and athletic teams on the benefits of mindful meditation to enhance…
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#604 A Legacy of the Games Across Generations - Featuring Leona Shurtliff
Leona Shurtliff is a lifelong athlete, devoted mother of twelve, and one of the Huntsman World Senior Games’ most enduring ambassadors. Now 84 years old, she…
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#603 Hooked on Pickleball, Traveling, and Staying Engaged - Featuring Kay Grundhaus
At 83 years old, Kay Grundhaus stays busier than many people half her age. A longtime hair stylist, realtor, world traveler, and community volunteer, she is…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#602 Living a Life Without Limits - Featuring Pat McEwen
Pat McEwen grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and has carried his work ethic established at an early age throughout his life. In high school he competed in four…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#601 Give Yourself a Life After Retirement - Featuring Norman Calvo
Seventy-two-year-old Norman Calvo is a former successful New York mortgage executive, a certified high-performance coach, podcast host, marathon runner…
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#600 How Music Becomes a Second Act Identity - Featuring Caroline McCaskey
A native daughter of the genre-bending West Coast music scene, Caroline McCaskey is equally at home in the regional traditional, improvising, and classical…
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#599 Evidence-Based Lifestyle and Performance Medicine - Featuring Dr. Regan Stiegmann
Dr. Regan Stiegmann is a former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, lifestyle medicine expert, and lifelong athlete whose passion for performance began on the…
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#598 Immersion in Competition and Volunteering at the Games - Featuring Jeff Asay
Jeff Asay has spent the past 14 years competing in multiple sports at the Huntsman World Senior Games, including softball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and…
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#597 Staying in the Game - Featuring Dr. Sharon McDowell-Larsen
South African native Dr. Sharon McDowell-Larsen is an exercise physiologist, leadership expert, and elite endurance athlete who has spent more than 25 years at…
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#596 Running a Marathon in Every U.S. State - Featuring Mark Ivie
Mark Ivie grew up as one of 11 children, loving any sport with a ball and a group, but especially basketball, volleyball, and baseball. He loved to play church…
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#595 Show Up for Yourself and Take That First Step - Featuring Evelyn Cook
Evelyn Cook was raised in a bustling, multigenerational household in Indianapolis, Indiana, where her grandparents raised 13 children and helped raise 14…
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#594 Being Vulnerable and DEKA Strong - Featuring Ronnie Figueroa
Ronnie Figueroa has not had an easy life full of confidence. However, in his fifties, after hitting rock-bottom, he made the conscious choice to break through…
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#593 Becoming My Best Through Basketball - Featuring Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley has played basketball his entire life, and his passion for the game has only grown stronger with age. A former college athlete at Fort Lewis…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#592 Who Benefits the Most from Volunteering - Featuring Linda Sappington
Linda Sappington has spent a lifetime building her community through service, leadership, and storytelling. A past Utah Rotary District Governor, she was the…
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#591 Competing in 10 Huntsman World Senior Games' Events - Featuring Terry Monda
Terry Monda grew up on a quiet street where days were spent playing every sport imaginable. This passion for athletics earned him a basketball scholarship at a…
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#590 One Woman's Journey to Wellness - Featuring Kim Washington
Kim Washington built a successful career in public and higher education, including serving on President Barack Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee and…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#589 Re-Learning to Walk and Beyond - Featuring Bill Baker
From an upbringing in Central California to life now in northern Utah, Bill Baker has spent decades chasing adventure outdoors: road and mountain biking…
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#588 Are You Tired of Being Tired? - Featuring Carolyn Zaumeyer
Carolyn Zaumeyer is a nationally recognized nurse practitioner with more than 30 years of experience in women’s health and hormone optimization. As the Founder…
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#587 Playing to Play vs. Playing to Win - Featuring Dr. Mike Studer
Dr. Mike Studer, PT, DPT, MHS,NCS, CEEAA, CWT, CSST, CBFP, CSRP, FAPTA is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in neurologic physical therapy…
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#586 The Fast Fashionista: Style, Speed, and Self-Belief - Featuring Madonna Hanna
Madonna Boclair Hanna is a sprinter proving that speed has no expiration date. Over the past 15 years, she has competed in nine Washington State Senior Games…
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#585 Neurofeedback for Training, Not Treatment - Featuring Lisa Cramer
Lisa Cramer, Master of Arts, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Certified in Neurofeedback, and Quantative EEG - Diplomate Level, is a nationally…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#584 NBA Injuries and Inflammation - Featuring Kristen Blake
This week’s Active Life podcast guest is Kristen Blake, functional nutritionist and founder of Kristen Blake Wellness, a virtual root-cause practice serving…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#583 Pancreatic Cancer in the Rearview Mirror - Featuring Rich Marquez
Rich Marquez, AKA “Pono,” was diagnosed with stage 3+ pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis where only 15-20% of patients are even eligible for the life-saving…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#582 Breaking Barriers as an Aboriginal Olympian - Featuring Wendy Lumby
Wendy Lumby’s journey into active living began almost as soon as she could walk. Adopted as a baby in Saskatchewan, she found her passion early: skiing just…
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#581 Continuous Improvement in Swimming and in Life - Featuring Mike Smith
Michael Smith is a lifelong swimmer whose relationship with water began at age nine in a small Ohio town with no high school pool. Instead, he had a YMCA…
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#580 The Next Yes Can Change Your Life - Featuring Paul Soroudi
Paul Soroudi is someone whose life has been shaped by saying yes. He didn’t grow up in an athletic family, but a simple invitation to join cross country in…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#579 From One Saddle to Another to Another - Featuring Dale Huckabee
Dale Huckabee became a professional Quarter Horse jockey at 16 and later set a world record in mule racing at the Aspencade Stakes in New Mexico that stood for…
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#578 The Physical Path to Mental Balance - Featuring Jacquie Hertlein
Jacquie Hertlein is a powerful example of how leadership, service, and sport can shape a lifetime. A lifelong multi-sport athlete, spanning volleyball, soccer…
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#577 Passion, Pursuit, and Perseverance - Featuring Pink Johnson
Janette “Pink” Johnson has been living an active life since childhood, from competitive volleyball and basketball in college to earning her first-degree black…
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#576 Lighting Things Up, On and Off the Field - Featuring Aileen Gaumond
Aileen Gaumond spent 20 years as an electrician at a time when women were rarely welcomed in construction, earning her place in the union and working on…
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#575 Think Young. Move Often. Eat Well. - Featuring Stephen Matakovich
Stephen Matakovich, better known as "Tako" in the Senior Softball circuit, grew up just outside Pittsburgh as a proud Pitt fan and someone who still builds his…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#574 Breaking Barriers for Latinas in Track and Field - Featuring Isabel Eliaschev
Isabel Eliashev grew up in Venezuela and came to the United States as an international student, eventually earning a track scholarship at the New York…
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#573 The Art of Reinvention - Featuring Michael Sharkey
A 75-year-old Army veteran and lifelong outdoorsman, Michael Sharkey spent years hiking, fishing, and skiing. More recently, he has taken up trap shooting, and…
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#572 The Universe Will Always Say Yes: What is Your Mindset? - Featuring Rocky Jackson
Rocky Jackson has always enjoyed staying active. He was an employment labor attorney for 43 years, and at age 19, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in…
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#571 Precision, Perseverance, and Possibility of a Champion - Featuring Vera Koo
Vera Koo is a first-generation Chinese American woman whose life reads like an adventure in courage and reinvention. She is a 79-year-old wife, mother of three…
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#570 When I Could Run Again, I Didn't Stop - Featuring Margie Mettenet
At just eight years old, Margie Mettenet survived a devastating car accident that left her in traction for months. Once she could walk again, she learned to…
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#569 Foundation of a Healthy Life: Consistency, Nutrition, and Optimism - Featuring Tim McMahon
Former Junior Olympian and college football player Tim McMahon has been a masters track athlete since age 32, having competed nationwide in sprints, hurdles…
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#568 The Cardiovascular Conversation - Featuring James Neider
James Neider is the Executive Director of Cardiovascular Services for Intermountain Health’s Desert Region, leading a team of more than 75 cardiology providers…
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#567 Buzzing Around the World for Pickleball - Featuring Bee Kilgore
At 70 years old, Bee Kilgore is proof that adventure doesn’t come with an expiration date. A retired trauma ICU nurse of 20 years who completed three…
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#566 I Brainwashed Myself into Loving Fitness - Featuring Debbie Barry
At 65, Debbie Barry is a powerhouse and benefactor of people who believed in her. Once a high school drum major and avid reader, she didn’t start her fitness…
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#565 Fitness is My Anti-Drug - Featuring Merilee Bingham
Merilee Bingham is a first-year gift shop superstar at the Huntsman World Senior Games and a passionate, certified group fitness instructor who has turned her…
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#564 What is Your Everest? Try 29029 Everesting - Featuring Larry Kiser
Larry Kiser is a lifelong athlete whose passion for movement started on the football field, where he walked on, played, and lettered at Brigham Young…
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#563 International Hospitality at our Games - Featuring Mindy Case
This week's show features an update on our 2025 Games and features our Director of International Hospitality, Mindy Case. Mindy and Kyle discuss how our Games…
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#562 Diamonds, Dinks, and Double Plays - Featuring Joe Gray
Born in New York and raised in Texas, Joe Gray, has spent a lifetime blending passion for competition with dedication to teamwork. A lifelong ballplayer, he…
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#561 Cycling Solo from Washington to Maine - Featuring Pat Davies
Pat Davies enjoyed participating in a variety of sports in his youth, including Little League and swimming. As an adult, he found new outlets for his…
- Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
#560 Ping Pong vs Table Tennis - Featuring Steve Claflin
Steve Claflin’s life in racket sports is one of resilience, reinvention, and passion. A former nationally-ranked table tennis champion and Port Huron Sports…
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#559 Disc-rupting the World - Featuring Tita Ugalde
For 50 years, Tita Ugalde has been lifting up the sport of disc golf with skill, passion, and a contagious smile. PDGA #83, she first discovered the game in…