Men's Mental Health and Training - With Mike & Justin
Complete Human Performance Radio
Release Date: 03/22/2025
Men's Mental Health and Training - With Mike & Justin
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Join Director of Coaching Ariana Scalfo as she chats with new CHP coaches Mike Thompson and Justin Jones about men's mental health and how it plays out in lifestyle, health, and ability/motivation to train. Mike and Justin are relatively new fathers, and they discuss with Ariana (a new mother) the loneliness and pressure that comes with fatherhood, and the dangers of depression, and lack of clearly defined paternal support during that time. [tw: discussion about depression, anxiety, mentions of suicide, body dysmorphia] Dealing with interalized shame; are men's health issues framed more...
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Clayton Foster: Crucible Champ 2024
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Clay Foster has been a part of Complete Human Performance for years, and has been doing the hybrid thing for even longer. He won The Crucible Pro Men's Division in 2024, he's competed in the Hybricon Games (2023), and is registered for Rally in the Valley 2025 to name a few things. A coach himself, Clay's training has run the gamut from bodybuilding to CrossFit to 100-milers, and he's excited to spend 2025 enjoying his hard-earned fitness. Listen in and follow Clay on Instagram at @clayfostfitness
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The Art of SISU - Interview with Pete Nelson
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Pete Nelson is the founder of SISU Lifestyle, a Northeast-Ohio company specializing in handcrafted saunas and contrast bath technology. He joins us on the CHP Podcast as a long-time user of our Strength + 50k and Marathon templates (most notably, winning the inaugural Antarctica 50k) and brings with him boatloads of wisdom. Too much to summarize, dive in with Pete and learn about what keeps him focused, how he prioritizes as a father of 2 young children and devoted husband, and what he's most excited about in 2025. Notable timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro to Pete Nelson 00:01:07 - Hell on...
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20 Top Training Priorities: Sorted (Sorta) Ep 1/2
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Ariana, Alex, and Trevor try to work out how they'd rate the relative importance of 20 training priorities, from 1-20 (1=most important, 20=least important). In this hour they manage to discuss roughly 10, so expect a second episode for sure. The theme of today is "It Depends." The 20 "Commonly Discussed Priorities" are as follows (and in no particular order, trust me): Individualised coaching, NEAT, Structured training, General nutrition, Intra workout nutrition, Sleep, Training periodization, Training volume, Training specificity, Extra recovery (cold plunges, saunas, thera guns, etc), Body...
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RALLY IN THE VALLEY: Race Director Matt Stevens Talks Everything Rally
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Join Ariana as she chats with Matt Stevens, race director of Rally in the Valley, an incredibly fun and exciting hybrid competition held in Hurricane, WV every year since 2023. Matt is also the Head Judge at Hybricon Games, held at the end of October, and brings his rich military experience and experience as an athlete and gym owner (ShotFire Fitness) to the table for each event he's involved in. Learn about what it takes to host a multi-day hybrid competition (a lot), how many people it takes to put one together, the need for strong sponsors in the hybrid space, and a recap of 2024. Teasers...
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Alex Viada: What is "HYBRID FITNESS"?
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With the safeties off. Ariana and Alex discuss what he meant by "hybrid" the first time, how it's evolved (for better or for worse), what they think it means and who it refers to (and doesn't), which hybrid athletes they believe embody the spirit of hybrid the most, and why hybrid events are still heavily endurance (but getting better). @completehumanperformance @alex.viada
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EPP: Group Training & What Physical Preparedness Looks LIke
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Join Ariana Scalfo and Alex Viada as they do their first ever (???!! but first of many) podcasts of them just talking to each other about stuff they're doing, planning, building, and why they're excited about all of it. How did an offhand idea about deep-diving into Space Marines/metahuman supersoldiers train turn into a 100+ page protocol? And why are we turning it into a group training program? What does that look like? Largely just gabbing about what "hybrid" is, what it means to them, and what programming would look like for complete physical preparedness (not just "general". cpp?)....
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Alex Viada & Trevor Tartaglia: TSS Scores (and similar) for Hybrid Athletes
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Coach Trevor Tartaglia takes the reigns of the CHP Podcast to chat with Alex Viada about the utility of TSS Scores (TrainingPeaks) and other "fatigue/stress" tracking algorithms for hybrid athletes. How they work, the pros, the cons, and how coaches can fully utilize these metrics (or similar) all included, as well as coaching insights from them both. Discussed: What workouts are Trevor and Alex doing, and enjoying lately? How can athletes use TSS for strength workouts, if at all? What metrics can you use to overcome cons of TSS, as a mixed-sport athlete? Does TSS even have value...
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Tyler Koch: Training F-35 Fighter Pilots
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Join Ariana as she chats with Tyler Koch about his time working as a Subject Matter Expert for the United States Air Force, overseeing Human Performance within the F-35 fighter pilot community. He was also integral in founding the first ever Human Performance Initiative within Undergraduate Pilot Training. He has an M.S. in Exercise Science from George Washington University and prior to his role in the Air Force, he owned a gym, worked with professional athletes, and thoroughly explored the private sector of strength and conditioning. Currently, Tyler is training to become a Physician...
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Trevor Tartaglia: .V3 Templates
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Ariana and Trevor sit down and chat about the V3 template changes, what's next for CHP templates, and why they chose to push hard in this direction (app development aside). Plus, it's a general introduction into who Trevor is and how he ended up a military yoga teacher who also did CrossFit (it's true). New to CHP: Strength + 5k Strength + 10k Trail + Distance Strength + Half Marathon Follow Trevor at @trevor.tartaglia
info_outlineJoin Director of Coaching Ariana Scalfo as she chats with new CHP coaches Mike Thompson and Justin Jones about men's mental health and how it plays out in lifestyle, health, and ability/motivation to train. Mike and Justin are relatively new fathers, and they discuss with Ariana (a new mother) the loneliness and pressure that comes with fatherhood, and the dangers of depression, and lack of clearly defined paternal support during that time.
[tw: discussion about depression, anxiety, mentions of suicide, body dysmorphia]
- Dealing with interalized shame; are men's health issues framed more as "their own fault" (insufficient preparedness, "toxic masculinity") vs the fault of external factors as women's are typically framed? Is the messaging "fix yourself" instead of "get help" even when help is available?
- What major life changes were the catalyst for realizing you needed more help? Do you see the same trends with clients?
- Body image issues, steroids, and body image issues and dysmorphia in male athletes - steroid abuse and "bigorexia"
- The pressures of being a new dad - "I need to lock in," not being a burden, pressure to provide, pressure to be more present and contradicting demands. Lack of resources for fathers.
- Fitness, the pursuit of health, and self efficacy; rebuilding your sense of self efficacy and self control after major life changes
- The concept of "Spoons" in chronic illness and how it applies to autoregulation in training
- Lifting less than ever, training infrequently as ever, and setting PRs - scuse me what
- Redefining a win, and hitting 90% instead of 98% is still a really good training day, the power of showing up and giving it time. The dangers of over-identifying with "daily" performance metrics (weight moved, speed traveled, distance traveled)
- What are some lifestyle changes you'd recommend for someone going through an indentity-shift and struggling with their training in ways they never did before?
- 'Filing cabinet mentality' - the benefits and the downsides
- What's the biggest benefit or takeaway you've experienced by hiring a coach, bringing on a mentor, or reaching out to a friend?
You can follow Mike on Instagram at @mjttraining
You can follow Justin on Instagram at @justinsjones
You can follow Complete Human Performance at @completehumanperformance
Questions about coaching or consultations from Mike or Justin? Contact them directly or email [email protected] to be connected.