The Body of Knowledge

Sep 03 2019 28 ep. 65 mins 7.6k

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The Body of Knowledge is a serialized podcast featuring stories from the intersection of science and fitness. Each story is born in a conversation about quality of life and incubates until it can grow into actionable insight. The show is hosted by former comedian and lifelong human performance coach, Kenny Kane and Professor of Exercise Physiology at CSUF, Andy Galpin. The show is produced in volumes and the chapters of each volume are released weekly.

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The Snapshot

Sep 03 2019 69 mins

Where do you spend your time and energy? We describe the snapshot and how we use it to be honest with ourselves about where the chips fall.

Growth Quadrants

Aug 27 2019 77 mins

Kenny drops one of his favorite models for growth - the four quadrants. We also dive deep into how to use them for just about anybody.

Muscle Growth

Aug 20 2019 63 mins

Andy hits us with what's new in the science of muscle growth. Spoiler alert - we were all wrong about a few things...

The Five (Voltron) Tenants

Aug 13 2019 73 mins

Kenny lays out the five tenants of coaching at Oak Park - purpose, growth, connection, contribution, and value.

Invest vs Consume

Aug 06 2019 25 mins

Are you investing in your growth or consuming physical experiences? We break it down and help you distinguish between the two.

Use Your Brain

Jul 30 2019 42 mins

Kicking off season 3 with a conversation about the growth of science and technology.

Going Dark 2

Jul 23 2019 77 mins

Going deeper on why we're going dark.

Going Dark

Jul 16 2019 23 mins

We're back... but not in the way you might expect. We're going dark on social media and moving to a new model.

2.8 Epilogue

Mar 08 2018 85 mins

We conclude Volume II with some reflections on leadership. Kenny, Andy, and Josh lay out what leadership means to them and what they learned from each guest.

2.7 Mental Skills (featuring Jared Cohen)

Mar 05 2018 112 mins

In chapter 7 of volume II, we dive into the mental side of training with Oak Park Mental Skills Coach Jared Cohen. There's a lot of discussion about mindset and mentality out there but few tools for measuring and improving these things with training. We describe some broader context and provide hands on examples for actually developing mental skills.