Huntsman World Senior Games Active Life
The Active Life presented by the Huntsman World Senior Games is a weekly 25 minute podcast designed to help listeners get the most out of their life. We tackle all kinds of health and wellness topics including the value of competition as part of overall active aging.
Episodes
418 episodes
#553 Benefits of Technology in Urologic Procedures - Featuring Dr. Dave Ludlow
Urologist Dr. Dave Ludlow practices all aspects of general urology in Las Vegas, Nevada including minimally invasive and robotic techniques to treat urologic cancers, BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia), and kidney stones. He has published resea...
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Episode 553
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#552 I Run Around with Fast Women - Featuring Florence Anderson
At 86, Florence Anderson is an inspiring mother of six children, grandmother of 24, and great grandmother of 38! She runs every morning, a practice that began in 1973 when she started jogging laps around a high school track to reclaim her fitne...
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Episode 552
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#551 Bringing Out the Best in You! - Featuring Joyce Jackson
Joyce Jackson attended a very small private school in Selah, Washington and enjoyed playing team sports for fun. When she moved to a public high school her senior year, she made the varsity volleyball team, and this sparked her lifelong engagem...
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Episode 551
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#550 Master of Consistency in Running and Life - Featuring Todd Yerkes
Todd Yerkes transformed himself from an underdeveloped high school basketball player into an honorable mention All-State athlete through sheer grit, ultimately playing NCAA DIII basketball. In his 30s, he turned to endurance running—starting wi...
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Episode 550
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#549 Lock, Load, and Longevity - Featuring Walt Becher
University of California Berkeley graduate and U.S. Army Reserve veteran Walt Becher built a successful career spanning public service, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship. At age 65, he joined a boutique consulting firm where he continu...
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Episode 549
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#548 The Life of the RideGuy: Snowboarder and Mountain Biker - Featuring Paul Madeen
Paul Madeen is a passionate snowboarder and mountain biker who has built his lifestyle around outdoor adventure and seasonal freedom. In the 2024–25 season, he was one of 11 individuals honored at Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado for making at ...
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Episode 548
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#547 The OPPORTUNITY to Do Marathons and Ironmans - Featuring Brent Bills
Brent Bills is a passionate endurance athlete who has completed 22 St. George Marathons since 2002. He has completed 7 full Ironmans and 17 half Ironmans—11 in St. George alone. At 50, he pushed his limits with 500 miles of racing in one year. ...
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Episode 547
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#546 Scuba, Mountain Biking, and Rowing - Featuring Sherri Davis
Sherri Davis is a lifelong athlete who embodies the belief that fitness is a lifestyle, not a phase. She has a love for mountain biking and splits her time and rides between Orange County, California and the rugged terrain of Southern Uta...
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Episode 546
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#545 You Are What You Are, Right Now - Featuring Dr. April Flynn
Dr. April Flynn is a passionate advocate for healthy aging. At 55, she is in her second year of a Master’s degree in Innovative Aging (aka Gerontology) at the University of Florida, researching ageism and writing about Senior Games culture. A r...
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Episode 545
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#544 What do we do? We swim. - Featuring Steve Heck
Steve Heck is a lifelong swimmer who was hooked on the Huntsman World Senior Games at age 50 and looks forward to competing for the 15th time in 2025. A former AAU (Amateur Athletic Union), high school, and college swimmer at Georgia Tech, he r...
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Episode 544
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#543 Running with Real Motivation - Featuring Steve Brumwell
Steve Brumwell, 67, has been immersed in sports since junior high, excelling in basketball, football, track, and cross country. A standout athlete, he earned a scholarship to UC Santa Barbara where he focused on distance running and the steeple...
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Episode 543
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#542 Continuing to Thrive at 100 - Featuring Lee Calvert
Lee Calvert is a vibrant 100-year-old woman from Southern California. A former actress, she later worked in international dubbing for classic TV shows like The Brady Bunch and I Love Lucy, which enabled her to travel and compe...
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Episode 542
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#541 Utah's Best of State Female - Featuring Terah Johnson
Terah Johnson, a 64-year-old Masters Track and Field athlete from Lehi, Utah, is a mother of seven and married to Eric Johnson. A graduate of San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, she enjoys sewing, cooking, reading, singing, and painting. Te...
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#540 Parks and Recreation Started It All - Featuring Robbie Stuart
Seventy-five-year old Robbie Stuart is a lifelong athlete whose journey began before women’s sports were widely available. In high school, she jumped at any chance to play, joining the after-school Girls Athletic Association and diving into eve...
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#539 My Superpower is Consistency - Featuring Trevor Cowley
Trevor Cowley is the kind of person who is all in, in all aspects of life. As a youth, he loved baseball and won the Utah state championships in Little League. As an adult, he loves to play ping pong. However, what gets him out of bed is settin...
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#538 Healing through Recreation and Adventure - Featuring Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson is dual-licensed recreation therapist and addiction counselor who specializes in behavioral health service delivery: both private practice and professional trainings and development. With a career spanning clinical, administrative...
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Episode 538
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#537 Welcome to 261 Fearless - Featuring Rosy Spraker
Rosemary “Rosy” Spraker is an accomplished marathoner, advocate, and mentor who found her passion for running in 2005 while raising funds for cancer research in honor of her late father. Growing up running in the Colorado mountains with six sis...
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Episode 537
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#536 Get Your Socks On - Featuring Matt Blanchard, Part 2
This is part 2 of our conversation with Matt Blanchard. In this episode Matt describes what happened after a second car accident derailed his progress from the previous 15 years of recovery. He thrives in serving others in many ways, including ...
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Episode 536
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25:50
#535 Get Your Socks On - Featuring Matt Blanchard, Part 1
Matt Blanchard is a Utah-based motivational speaker, devoted husband, and proud father of three. His journey is one of resilience, redemption, and the belief that life happens for him, not to him. In 2006, a rollover accident left Matt paralyze...
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Episode 535
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#534 Bounce Back with The ReboundPlanner - Featuring Paula Franetti
From as early as 6 years old, Paula Franetti had the dream to be in the Olympics to experience the thrill of being her very best. This far-reaching Olympic experience fostered an active childhood playing a variety of neighbor pick-up sports unt...
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Episode 534
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#533 Ultra-Marathon Walker is the Walking Diva - Featuring Yolanda Holder
Sixty-six-year-old Yolanda Holder, also known as the “Walking Diva,” is a professional ultra-marathon walker and a two-time Guinness World Record holder for the “Most Marathons Completed in a Calendar Year.” She set her first record in 2010 by ...
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Episode 533
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25:50
#532 Cardiothoracic Facts and Gravel Cycling - Featuring Dr. Alec Eror
Former Army Ranger and member of the Special Forces, Dr. Alec Eror, is a cardiothoracic surgeon in St. George, Utah who is affiliated with multiple hospitals in Utah, including Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital and Intermountain ...
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Episode 532
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#531 From Pro to Senior Bowling - Featuring Mort Friedman
Mort Friedman, 88, is a decorated senior athlete with an impressive career in bowling and softball. Over more than 30 years, he has earned 38 medals at the Michigan Senior Olympics, National Senior Games, and Huntsman World Senior Games. In 202...
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#530 Leading the Way in Cycling - Featuring Stan Swallow
Stan Swallow’s first bike race was in 1999 when 59 years old. He has been a dedicated cyclist since then. He established a cycling group named the Utah Velo Club in 2003 at the request of a bike shop in American Fork, Utah. He rides...
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Episode 530
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#529 Human Hall of Sport - Featuring Carmen Campbell
Carmen's 22-year journey in the Huntsman World Senior Games spans a wide variety of sports and teams, including softball, pickleball, bowling, and track and field. She has competed on multiple teams at the Games, and she has left a lasting impa...
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Episode 528
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