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Dr. Andrew Fix once called HYROX dumb, so why did he sign up for the hardest fitness competition of his life anyway? Dr. Andrew Fix records this episode from the parking lot of REI’s Denver flagship, prepping for a Run Denver Day event, and uses the moment to talk […]
Running won’t outrun your trauma, and therapist Don Harris explains why the fastest people at the finish line are often the ones still carrying the most weight. Don Harris has built a practice and a run club around the same idea: movement helps, but connection does the deeper work. […]
What happens to your identity the day you can no longer do the thing you built it on? Dr. Andrew Fix reflects on a recent 5K to explore a question most people avoid. Are you measuring your worth against a version of yourself that no longer exists? He breaks […]
Ben Braverman dropped from 240 pounds and a couple of prescriptions to a sub-3:40 marathon, and he says the real transformation happened somewhere between his ears. Ben joins Dr. Andrew Fix to talk about what actually changes when someone moves from the far end of the wellness spectrum toward […]
The real test of motivation begins in the morning when life gives you another reason to quit. Motivation, drive, and aging all meet in one honest question. What keeps you moving when your body feels different, the news is hard, or the next step feels heavier than usual? In […]
Red and near-infrared light may be the most underestimated recovery tool in your environment, and the science behind what it actually does inside your cells is far more compelling than the wellness industry gives it credit for. Scott Chaverri didn’t set out to build one of the leading red […]
That tight hamstring you’ve been stretching might be your nervous system asking for something else entirely. When pain shows up in one place, the source is often somewhere else. Dr. Andrew Fix walks through a real patient case from Physio Room where a woman who was experiencing persistent pain […]
The secret to staying consistent might be hiding in your backyard. Most people quit their fitness routines not because they lack discipline, but because progress is invisible in the short term. We live in a world wired for instant gratification, and when weeks of hard work in the gym […]
When the question every injured runner is afraid to ask, “Do I have to stop?”, finally gets a straight answer, it turns out the real story has less to do with the pain itself and more to do with everything the runner wasn’t tracking. Dr. Andrew Fix sits down […]
Most runners are one bad training week away from an injury they never saw coming, and the way they think about shoes, strength, and recovery is probably making that worse. Dr. Drew Short specializes in working with runners at PhysioRoom, and his approach to running injury recovery starts somewhere […]
Sleep isn’t a luxury you negotiate with; it’s the biological foundation every other health habit is built on, and most people are getting far less of it than they think. Dr. Andrew Fix revisits one of the show’s most foundational episodes for Better Sleep Month, and the timing feels […]
Aging gets blamed for a lot of things that may have more to do with disuse, fear, and incomplete advice than the number of candles on your birthday cake. Dr. Andrew Fix talks with physical therapist Eileen Kopsaftis about pain, aging, and strength through a lens that challenges the […]