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This conversation is with Danny O’Connor, a former professional boxer, author, and advocate for men’s mental health and eating disorder awareness. Danny earned 31 professional wins, held a top-five world ranking, represented the United States on the Olympic stage and became a WBC International Silver Super Lightweight Champion.

In his book, Weight Class, Danny shares the story behind those achievements: his longstanding struggle with an eating disorder, the extreme weight-cutting practices that nearly took his life, and his journey into recovery. He now uses his experience to bring attention to the struggles around food, body image, and identity that can remain hidden behind athletic success.

We Discuss:

• Introduction to extreme weight cutting tactics as a young wrestler
• His career in professional boxing
• Athletic discipline vs pathologic restriction
• Fitting into a lighter weight class won’t make you a better athlete
• Inside an extreme binge eating episode
• The weight cut that landed him in the ICU
• Barriers men face in eating disorder recovery
• How Danny beat his eating disorder
• Should combat sport promotions change weigh-in rules?
• Athletes need to be educated on how to healthily cut weight

Get the book! Visit: www.bitelikeaman.com/

Episode Show Notes

• Connect with Danny on Instagram @therealdannyconnor | LinkedIn Danny O’Connor
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)
• Eating Disorder Hope

Connect with me on Instagram: @casswarbeck

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @herealldaypodcast

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*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*

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How can athletes continue to perform, compete, and stay healthy as they age? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Sharon McDowell-Larsen and Dr. Regan Stiegmann, coauthors of Staying in the Game: Leveraging Lifestyle Medicine to Elevate Health, Outsmart Aging, and Enhance Performance. Dr. McDowell-Larsen is an exercise physiologist, decorated endurance athlete, and age-group world champion, while Dr. Stiegmann is a board-certified physician in Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine and a nationally recognized leader in lifestyle and performance medicine. Together, they bring decades of experience helping people optimize health, performance, and longevity.

We Discuss:

• How to slow athletic decline and maximize performance longevity
• The power of consistency and embracing “non-zero days”
• Can a plant-based diet improve athletic performance?
• Why nutrition compounds over decades
• Why carbohydrates matter more for performance than protein
• Do masters athletes need more protein?
• Why fibre may be one of the most important nutrients for athletes
• How gut-derived postbiotics may influence performance
• Simple ways to eat more fibre
• Reducing inflammation and managing osteoarthritis
• Why women may excel in endurance events
• Key considerations for postmenopausal athletes

Get the book! Staying in the Game

Episode Show Notes

• Connect with Sharon: Substack | Instagram
• Connect with Regan: LinkedIn
• Film: The Game Changers

Connect with me on Instagram: @casswarbeck

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @herealldaypodcast

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*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*

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This conversation is with Andrew Cordssen-David, CEO and co-founder of HeadFirst and a former semi-professional hockey player. Driven by his own experience with concussions, Andrew is working to transform how these injuries are detected and managed through the development of a rapid, saliva-based screening tool designed to help physicians make better sideline decisions.

We Discuss:

• Andrew’s hockey career and personal concussion history
• Current diagnostic tests for concussion
• Athletes hide concussion symptoms
• Concussion pathophysiology
• Saliva biomarkers of concussion
• Best case use for point of care saliva testing
• Bringing the product to market in North America
• Advice for athletes dealing with a concussion

HEADFIRST

Episode Show Notes:

• Connect with Andrew - LinkedIn
• Sport Awareness Concussion Tool
• Parachute Concussion Resources
• Concussion Awareness Training Tool

Connect with me: @casswarbeck

Connect with me on Instagram: @casswarbeck

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @herealldaypodcast

Audio editing and processing by Wyatt Pavlik

Theme music by Ievgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay

*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*