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Adriane Wilson joins us to show how daily mobility, honest intensity, and smart recovery keep a world-class thrower competitive as a masters athlete. We unpack her one-hour training template, nutrition resets, and the lessons she brings from coaching the Warrior Games.

• Adrian’s path from collegiate throws to Highland Games world titles
• Why twenty minutes of mobility anchors a one-hour session
• Simple warm-up primers that raise heart rate and pattern the lift
• Managing a “spicy” hip with blocks, variations and RPE
• Season planning for strength early, speed late
• Compression, massage, sleep and hydration as recovery pillars
• Food triggers, alcohol and honest macro tracking
• Underfueling risks for masters athletes
• Coaching adaptive athletes and seated throws at Warrior Games
• How to get involved with adaptive sport and resources

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We drive home from a strongman meet and dig into why traveling to compete after 40 sharpens focus, grows community, and raises your game. Real stories of grit, the difference culture makes, and how to handle costs, logistics, and recovery without losing the joy.

• why travel builds sharper focus and intent
• meeting new athletes who push different gears
• lessons from a truck pull and teen tenacity
• sharing technique across strength sports
• culture, charity, and choosing the right meet
• costs, packing lists, and recovery on the road
• training deadlines that drive consistency
• sportsmanship over showboating
• building partnerships and long-term community

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We weigh the tradeoffs between chasing lifetime PRs and training to stay strong for decades, then land on a simple rule: let longevity set the frame and let smart, contextual PRs keep you hungry. Strain becomes the guide—enough challenge to adapt, not enough to break.

• setting longevity as the framework and performance as fuel
• defining “strain” as appropriate challenge across sports and life
• redefining PRs by age, bodyweight, and context
• building capacity: gas tank, bone density, joint resilience
• warm-ups, recovery, sunlight, nutrition as longevity levers
• listening to your body and auto-regulating effort
• competing with yourself rather than chasing others
• planning seasons, stacking small wins, finding a tribe
• using coaching and accountability to sustain habits

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