He Walked Away From His Black Belt — Then the Globetrotters Gave It to Him Anyway | Prof. Matt McPeake EP93

The Biomechanics Blind Spot Ending Midlife Athletic Careers | Dr. Lyneil Mitchell on the Strong Angle, BJJ Injury Prevention & Neuromuscular Rehab EP97

Most midlife athletes aren't getting hurt because they're training too hard. They're getting hurt because nobody taught them the one question that determines whether a training session builds you or slowly destroys you.Dr. Lyneil Mitchell — two-time Division II All-American wrestler, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Marinovich Systems practitioner, and author of The Strong Angle Way — joins Josh Button to break down why the dominant-side game you've been building for years is quietly capping your performance, what the University of Cincinnati ACL research group taught him about how every joint in the body actually works, and the single evaluative question that changes everything.Topics covered:→ The turf toe that didn't heal — nine cortisone injections, two competitive years on one foot, what finally worked→ What the strong angle actually is — and why it's a felt sense, not a position→ Why weight always overloads your weakest angle first — and what that does to your kinetic chain over time→ The crossover infection — how a foot injury reorganizes every joint above it for years→ Hines Ward as a non-surgical ACL coper — what his nervous system could do that most can't→ The bilateral coordination blind spot — why training your weak side improves your strong side→ Ambikinesis — the four-sided body awareness masters have that most athletes never develop→ The breathing diagnostic — the fastest way to know if you're in the strong angle right now→ How BJJ framing injuries are actually scapular failures nobody is catching→ The return-to-sport principle that should govern all training, not just rehab→ Self-control vs. self-mastery — and why your white belt brain can't see the black belt pattern→ The basics before the exotic — why innovation only works on top of mastery━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Dr. Lyneil Mitchell:Instagram: @drlyneilWebsite & Free Assessment: thestrongangleway.comThe Strong Angle Way — Amazon🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.comOr grab the link in bio🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TIMESTAMPS0:00 — Intro: Who is Dr. Lyneil Mitchell?0:43 — Two-time All-American wrestler, turf toe, nine cortisone injections2:59 — From wrestling to physical therapy — the six-year path4:17 — ACL research at University of Cincinnati, non-surgical copers6:21 — Marinovich Systems — how Josh Rafferty and BJ Penn's barefoot training connected7:14 — Did Marinovich Systems fix the turf toe?9:05 — Traditional rehab vs. neuromuscular emphasis — the key difference9:45 — Non-surgical copers — Hines Ward and joint centration13:00 — Self-experimentation and the code behind the strong angle16:35 — The strong angle and weak angle defined19:45 — Why the blueprint nobody gives midlife jiu-jitsu athletes matters20:41 — The Strong Angle Way book — self-control vs. self-mastery22:30 — Mastery and leadership — how they develop whether you aim for them or not26:30 — Wrestling vs. jiu-jitsu — what each sport selects for28:44 — Biomechanics for grapplers — why it's the most neglected area30:00 — The dominant-side problem — one-sided jiu-jitsu and the hip it's building33:40 — The framing failure — when two identical-looking movements are completely different38:00 — Bilateral coordination, the crossover effect, and training the weak side40:00 — Stability training vs. proactive movement — where the crossover fails44:12 — Reactive vs. proactive stabilization — what the Wobbler trains51:30 — The SuperCAT, rate of force production, and Mike Maddox's isokinetic machine56:06 — Liability, the physical therapy profession, and self-efficacy01:04 — Part two teased — much more to cover01:04 — Three words: The Strong Angle Lyneil Mitchell, The Strong Angle Way, strong angle biomechanics, BJJ injury prevention, sports rehab, physical therapy for athletes

Navy Diver, BJJ Black Belt at 40+: How William Dorman Built a Game Nobody Can Touch | EP96

He started jiu-jitsu in 2006 when a 120-pound woman in a Hawaiian shopping center handed him his wrestling credentials back. He went home and trained harder. Two decades later, he's a BJJ black belt under Gustavo Machado, a BJJ Globetrotters international coach, a Navy diver veteran, and one of the most interesting conversations I've had on this show.William Dorman — founder of Blue Ring Solutions, We Defy Foundation ambassador, and BJJ Fanatics instructional creator — joins Josh Button to talk top pressure passing, staying on the mats past 40 with a body that needs replacing in multiple places, building cold plunges in Afghanistan, playing didgeridoo for his garden, and why he believes jiu-jitsu is the best thing for humanity.Topics covered:→ How Steve Hordinski and a Kailua shopping center changed everything in 2006→ Getting destroyed as a wrestler and going all in — the split that determines who stays→ The over-under top pressure system that nobody escapes — and why it protects his feet→ Half guard both ways: Gustavo Machado, Roberto Gordo lineage, and the offensive half guard game→ Gi technique in no-gi: the lasso sweep that works better than anyone expects→ The funnel system: three options, all accounted for→ Cold plunges in Afghanistan — the chest freezer setup, chemical testing, wood stairs→ Yoga since 2007, breath work for Aconcagua, HRV training with Warrior Wellness Solutions→ Gardening as therapy: grounding, barefoot in dirt, didgeridoo for the plants→ Plant medicine: ayahuasca in Brazil, Rising Ridge retreat, integration practices→ Why suffering is the prerequisite for growth — and what jiu-jitsu does that the military couldn't→ We Defy Foundation: jiu-jitsu for combat-disabled veterans, $80K raised at Renzo's→ What keeps midlife men on the mats — and why culture beats technique every time→ The 76-year-old judo guy who shows up every morning and what he represents→ "When you rest, you rust" — the 90-year-old on the plane and how to live by it→ One word: Positivity — and the fighter pilot who said "it is what it is"━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find William Dorman:Instagram: @williamdormanbjjBJJ Fanatics (Pressure Passing instructional): bjjfanatics.comBJJ Globetrotters YouTube: youtube.com/bjjglobetrottersWe Defy Foundation: wedefyfoundation.org🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.comOr grab the link in bio🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @stopkillingtheplants | @IamJoshButtonWebsite: joshbutton.com William Dorman, Blue Ring Solutions, We Defy Foundation, BJJ Globetrotters, navy diver jiu-jitsu, BJJ black belt over 40, Gustavo Machado BJJ, top pressure passing BJJ, half guard jiu-jitsu, midlife BJJ, BJJ over 40, staying on the mats, veteran jiu-jitsu, cold plunge recovery, yoga for BJJ, breathwork HRV, grounding earthing, plant medicine veterans, ayahuasca veterans, jiu-jitsu for veterans, Josh Button podcast, that jiujiteiro, stop killing the plants, hard to kill, ep96, suffering and growth, positivity mindset, BJJ Fanatics, pressure passing BJJ, when you rest you rust

Your Doctor Is Treating Your Symptoms. She Treats the Cause. | Kristin Oja DNP on Functional Medicine, Muscle & Longevity EP95

Sick care is not the same as healthcare. Kristin Oja, DNP — founder of STAT Wellness and the first person in the US to build a gym inside a functional medicine practice — joins Josh Button to break down what root cause medicine actually looks like for high-performing midlife men.Topics covered:→ Why the absence of disease is not health — and what the gap looks like→ The three master pillars of longevity: muscle mass, blood sugar, and inflammation→ Sarcopenia starts at 30 — what you're doing in your 40s determines your 70s→ Eating healthy vs. eating for blood sugar balance — the critical difference→ Why the gut microbiome governs immunity, serotonin, melatonin, and inflammation→ Terrain vs. germ theory — how she practices without using the terminology→ Fermented foods ranked: what works, what's marketing, what's sugar disguised as probiotics→ Glyphosate on both sides — plants AND animal products — and what to do about it→ Raw dairy, home fermentation, and sourcing principles→ The functional medicine panel every midlife man should actually run→ Continuous glucose monitoring for athletes who already eat well→ Testosterone, DHEA, cortisol, magnesium deficiency — what the labs reveal→ Manopause is real — and most men are normalizing symptoms they don't have to→ Peptides: the cherry on top when foundations are already solid→ VO2 max as a longevity biomarker→ The Harvard study that ran for 100 years — and what it says about the #1 predictor of long life→ One word: Happiness━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Kristin Oja:Instagram: @kristinojadnpWebsite: kristinoja.comSTAT Wellness: statwellness.com🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @stopkillingtheplants | @IamJoshButtonWebsite: joshbutton.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TIMESTAMPS0:00 — Intro: Who is Kristin Oja?0:34 — STAT Wellness: barbells inside a functional medicine practice2:55 — Membership vs. al-a-carte — $185/month, transparent pricing4:56 — Insurance coverage and HSA/FSA6:28 — Terrain theory vs. germ theory — the conversation they're both having8:16 — Gut microbiome: the foundation of everything9:40 — Children who've never taken an antibiotic — and why10:18 — The two patient types: the optimizer and the frustrated sick13:30 — The three pillars of longevity: muscle, blood sugar, inflammation16:05 — What the optimizer looks like — and what the cherry on top is18:00 — Wearables, objective data, and knowing your own body22:00 — Continuous glucose monitoring for performance athletes23:10 — How the STAT model works for midlife grapplers25:40 — Full functional medicine panel: what to run, why it matters28:00 — Ashwagandha, magnesium, and natural testosterone optimisation30:34 — Ancestral eating, plant tolerance, gut microbiome, and SIBO35:00 — Glyphosate in plants AND animal products — the full picture37:00 — Fermented foods: home fermentation vs. commercial products39:30 — Raw dairy, sourcing, and not being black-and-white44:30 — Sleep apnea in midlife men — the missed diagnosis47:00 — Manopause: normalizing what doesn't have to be normal50:00 — Sauna, cold plunge, and recovery non-negotiables54:00 — VO2 max, grip strength, breathwork as longevity markers55:28 — Supplements: creatine, glycine, magnesium, electrolytes57:00 — The Harvard longevity study and what 100 years of data says57:59 — One word: Happiness Kristin Oja, STAT Wellness, functional medicine, root cause medicine, muscle mass longevity, blood sugar balance, inflammation, gut microbiome, men's hormone health, testosterone optimization, manopause, sarcopenia, peptides, fermented foods, glyphosate, continuous glucose monitor, midlife performance, training after 40, hard to kill, Josh Button podcast, that jiujiteiro, stop killing the plants, functional medicine near me, women in medicine, happiness longevity Harvard study, terrain theory, gut health, magnesium deficiency men, VO2 max longevity, ep95

Your Liquid Diet Is Quietly Destroying Your Body (And You Don't Even Know It) | Chris Ryan EP94

Most midlife men think their training is the problem. Chris Ryan says look at what you're drinking first.Former Division I track athlete, celebrity and executive coach, and Men's Fitness cover athlete Chris Ryan joins Josh Button for a conversation about what actually works past 40 — and what most guys are getting completely wrong before they even step foot in a gym.Topics covered:→ Why your dad was right: you don't know what a tendon is until you turn 40→ The liquid diet audit that changes body composition faster than any training programme→ Why beer is alcohol (and why your clients keep forgetting this)→ The hex bar: the single best strength tool for midlife athletes→ Unilateral training, barefoot work, and the BJJ-specific case for Pilates→ Why long slow miles are breaking midlife grapplers — and what to do instead→ The Norwegian 4x4: the elite protocol that's finally gone mainstream→ Echo bike, concept2 rower, and non-impact cardio that actually builds your engine→ Farmer carries, pull-ups, and the movements nobody does enough of→ Balance and stability: the training nobody does until they fall over→ Prehab vs. rehab: the back extension routine that saves spines→ Tight vs. pliable muscles: why rock-hard isn't what you think it means→ One word that explains every successful body transformation he's ever seen━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Chris Ryan:Instagram: @chrisryanfitnessWebsite: chrisryanfitness.comEmail: chris@chrisryanfitness.comLinkedIn: Chris Ryan Fitness🔗 Lineage Provisions — Official Podcast Partner:15% off with code JOSHBUTTON at lineageprovisions.comOr grab the link in the bio🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TIMESTAMPS0:00 — Intro: Who is Chris Ryan?1:00 — From ServPro franchises to NYC fitness career3:40 — Why entrepreneurship in fitness has never been better6:05 — The demographic Chris loves coaching most: busy parents8:00 — What you do at 35 compounds to who you are at 759:40 — Josh on why this podcast was born11:00 — How training shifts after 40: less is more13:00 — The hex bar case for midlife athletes15:15 — Liquid diet audit: what are you actually drinking?17:30 — Beer is alcohol — and why clients keep forgetting this18:15 — Abs are made in the kitchen (and Josh's NYC happy hour era)19:05 — Longevity: delaying father time the smart way21:25 — Training age vs. chronological age22:00 — Jiu-jitsu for longevity: why it works23:20 — What to tell the midlife grappler who keeps getting injured25:00 — Pilates for guys: why it's not what you think29:00 — The Norwegian 4x4 and why long slow miles are the wrong tool31:20 — Echo bike, rower, and non-impact cardio for grapplers33:00 — Max power production for grappling performance35:00 — Farmer carries, pull-ups, and why nobody does enough pulling38:00 — Water weights and odd objects for functional training40:00 — Balance, stability, and the slip-and-fall equation46:00 — Recovery non-negotiables: foam rolling, sauna, cold plunge50:00 — Pliable vs. tight muscles — what you actually want57:00 — Prehab: back extensions, obliques, the non-negotiable stack01:01 — Consistency: the one word that explains every transformation Chris Ryan, Chris Ryan Fitness, midlife training, training after 40, longevity fitness, hex bar deadlift, unilateral training, bjj strength training, liquid diet, alcohol and fitness, Norwegian 4x4, echo bike cardio, barefoot training, balance training, hard to kill, consistency fitness, midlife athlete, prehab, jiu-jitsu conditioning, josh button podcast, that jiujiteiro, stop killing the plants, midlife performance, ep94, lineage provisions, training smarter not harder, bjj over 40, foam rolling, muscle pliability

He Walked Away From His Black Belt — Then the Globetrotters Gave It to Him Anyway | Prof. Matt McPeake EP93

What do you do when earning your black belt means betraying everything you believe jiu-jitsu should be? Prof. Matt McPeake walked away as a four-stripe brown belt — and the BJJ Globetrotters gave him his black belt blind, mid-camp, without him knowing the evaluation was happening.Josh Button sits down with the Burlington, Ontario-based coach and BJJ Fanatics instructional creator for one of the most honest conversations about the sport going right now.Topics covered:→ The black belt story no one else has — how Globetrotters awarded it, why it mattered→ Does lineage still mean anything? A 30-year honest answer→ Concepts vs. techniques: why the best coaches teach fewer steps, not more→ The 4 things midlife men get catastrophically wrong on the mats→ Why your first night in jiu-jitsu is the most important night→ The recovery stack keeping a 50-year-old training twice a day→ Why sleep is the non-negotiable that overrides every other protocol→ The 100-reps accountability system for real skill acquisition→ Filming as a coaching tool — why Matt does it as a black belt, publicly→ The Earl Grey Kimura — and where that name actually came from→ One word that explains why jiu-jitsu is the most human thing you can do━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 Find Professor Matt McPeake:Instagram: @jitsrollsBJJ Fanatics (Power Line): bjjfanatics.comBJJ Fanatics (Backpack Attack): bjjfanatics.comBJJ Globetrotters: bjjglobetrotters.comYouTube: search "Matt McPeake" for free Globetrotters content🔗 Find Josh:Instagram: @thatjiujiteiro | @stopkillingtheplantsWebsite: joshbutton.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TIMESTAMPS0:00 — Intro: Who is Matt McPeake?1:40 — Burlington Ontario, Finland camp, Poland Zen camp3:50 — Lineage: Carlson Gracie / Marcus Suarez and the tribal BJJ era6:00 — Why he walked away as a four-stripe brown belt8:30 — Training in garages and basements — jiu-jitsu for love9:30 — The camp where they surprised him with his black belt12:00 — Does lineage still matter? The 30-year honest answer14:40 — Cross training, information overload, and collecting techniques17:00 — Why concepts beat techniques every time22:00 — The ecological vs. traditional debate25:30 — The aha moment that became the Power Line system28:00 — Midlife BJJ: what men over 40 get catastrophically wrong33:00 — Your ego vs. a 150lb blue belt — what happens37:50 — Recovery non-negotiables for training past 5048:00 — Shifting to daytime training and sleep quality transformation54:00 — The 100-reps accountability system01:00 — Filming rounds, WhatsApp groups, and accountability that works01:10 — The Earl Grey Kimura explained01:17 — One word: Humanity Matt McPeake, BJJ Globetrotters, jiu-jitsu black belt, BJJ coaching concepts, midlife BJJ, bjj over 40, bjj over 50, jiu-jitsu lifestyle, training after 40, hard to kill, Power Line BJJ, Earl Grey kimura, backpack attack BJJ, BJJ Fanatics, jiu-jitsu lineage, cross training BJJ, bjj recovery, sleep and training, bjj skill acquisition, Josh Button podcast, that jiujiteiro, stop killing the plants, jiu-jitsu community, bjj techniques vs concepts, jiu-jitsu for beginners, Canada BJJ, BJJ Globetrotters camps, Jay Pages, ecological approach BJJ