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From behind the wheel on a travel day fueled by too little sleep and too much airport food, Dr. Andrew Fix breaks down what it takes to protect your training, nutrition, and sanity when travel throws your routine into chaos. Two flights, two little ones, and a 2 a.m. […]
HYROX for Endurance Athletes: The Perfect Off-Season Training Tool A conversation with Matt Wilpers during a recent Peloton ride got me thinking about HYROX from a different perspective. As a physical therapist assistant and strength coach, I spend a lot of time working with athletes who are highly specialized. Runners […]
Mental performance coach Stacy Ingram reveals why teen athletes with the most talent still hit a wall when they haven’t trained the mental side. Talent gets an athlete to the starting line, but mental toughness is what decides who’s still standing at the finish. Dr. Andrew Fix sits down […]
Is Yoga Enough to Build Strength? What the Science Says Short answer: It depends on who is asking. Longer answer: It depends on what you mean by strength and where you are in your fitness journey. To answer that, we need to start with one important concept: Your Body Only […]
Dr. Andrew Fix pushed his body through a full HYROX simulation in the Colorado heat and walked away with a hard lesson about pacing that every first-timer needs to hear before race day. What happens when a plan built on paper meets an actual clock, real heat, and eight […]
TMJ Disorders: Symptoms, Causes, and How Physical Therapy Can Help If you’ve ever woken up with a sore jaw, noticed clicking or popping when you chew, or experienced headaches that seem to radiate from your temples, you may be dealing with a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, often referred to as […]
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 […]
Marathon Injury Recovery: 3 Strategies That Helped Me Keep Training Training for my first marathon was going better than I could have imagined—until it suddenly wasn’t. The injury happened during a strength session while performing front-racked box squats. I had jumped ahead in my training cycle, progressed the weight too […]
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 […]
Summer Nutrition: How to Stay Fueled, Hydrated, and Ready to Perform One of the hottest times of the year is here, and the sunshine just hits differently during the summer months. Between longer days, outdoor workouts, hiking, running, travel, and busy schedules, summer often means more time spent being active. […]