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The First-Ever Farallon Swim: 17 Hours in Freezing Water | Amy Gubser, 55
Season 1 Episode 51
Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person—man or woman—to complete the swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands.
Nearly 30 miles. A…
1 year, 4 months ago
Long Game: What You Are Getting Wrong About Protein | EC Synkowski
Season 1 Episode 50
"When you understand nutrition isn’t about specific food choices, you stop chasing the trends"
n this episode of The Ageless Athlete Podcast, I sit do…
1 year, 4 months ago
He Falls Making Dinner—But Climbs El Cap | Wayne Willoughby
Season 1 Episode 48
Wayne Willoughby doesn’t move through the world easily.
By his own account, even making dinner can be a challenge. Balance, coordination—things most o…
1 year, 4 months ago
Long Game: Most People Burn Out. These Athletes Didn’t
Season 1 Episode 47
This is Part II of a simple question:
What do people who stay in the game for decades actually do differently?
Not just in training—but in how they thi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Fear Is the Wrong Signal | Timmy O'Neill
Season 1 Episode 47
He’s a climber, yes—known for speed ascents on El Capitan and decades in Yosemite.
But he’s also a comedian, musician, and someone who’s spent a big p…
1 year, 5 months ago
You’re Not Your Performance: Letting Go of Identity and Starting Again | Heather Heynen
Season 1 Episode 46
Heather Heynen works with people who look like they have it together.
They’re disciplined. High-performing. Driven.
But underneath, a lot of them are s…
1 year, 5 months ago
Strength, Skill, and Staying Dangerous at 50 | Ben Moon
Season 1 Episode 45
Ben Moon has been at the sharp end of climbing for over three decades.
He was there when the sport was raw and undefined—pushing standards, shaping cu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Long Game: What Athletes in Their 50s and 60s Do Differently
Season 1 Episode 44
After dozens of conversations with athletes still performing in their 40s, 50s, and beyond, I started noticing something.
The same patterns kept comin…
1 year, 5 months ago
She Changed the Limits of Human Performance | Lynn Hill, 62
Season 1 Episode 43
In 1993, something happened in El Capitan that changed climbing forever.
Lynn Hill became the first person to free climb The Nose—one of the most famo…
1 year, 6 months ago
He Won Leadville 6 Times—And Beat Lance Armstrong | David Wiens, 60
Season 1 Episode 42
Winning once is hard.
Doing it again—and again—is something else.
David Wiens won the Leadville Trail 100 MTB six times in a row.
He’s one of the few ri…
1 year, 6 months ago