Mar 31, 2017
In today’s episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast we talk to Dr. Greg Wells about the theory of The Ripple Effect. His latest book, The Ripple Effect: Sleep Better, Eat Better, Move Better, Think Better comes out April 4th, 2017. We discuss the many contributing factors of this book and how it affects your life.
As a scientist, broadcaster, author, coach and athlete, Dr. Greg Wells has dedicated his career to understanding human performance and how the human body responds to extreme conditions.
Dr. Wells is an assistant professor of kinesiology at the
University of Toronto where he studies elite sport performance. He
also serves as an associate scientist of physiology and
experimental medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children where he
leads the Exercise Medicine Research Program. There, he and his
team explore how to use exercise to prevent, diagnose and treat
chronic illnesses in children. Previously, he served as the
director of sport science at the Canadian Sport Institute and
taught elite sport coaches at the National Coaching Institute.
Throughout his career, Dr. Wells has coached, trained and inspired
dozens of elite athletes to win medals at World Championships, the
Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. He has studied athletic
performance in some of the most severe conditions on the planet,
like the Andes Mountains and the Sahara Desert.
Dr. Wells has had his own personal experience with the challenges and opportunities of adversity and human extremes. Late in his high school career, he broke his neck in a freak accident while swimming in the ocean and was in a halo brace before undergoing neurosurgery. Told by his doctor that he would never perform as an athlete again, he went on to compete at the international level in swimming. He has competed in events such as the Nanisivik Marathon – 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle – Ironman Canada, and the Tour D’Afrique, a grueling 11,000-kilometre event that is the longest bike race in the world.
A sought after speaker on the topic of human performance, Dr. Wells has spoken at top events like TEDX and the Titan Summit, alongside Sir Richard Branson. Dr. Wells is a frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail and has been an expert source to other top media outlets like ABC News, “20/20,” The Discovery Channel, TSN, CBC and CTV. He also served as the sports medicine analyst for the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.
In this episode we discuss:
- Making a difference in India
- Breaking his neck
- Overcoming the odds
- Intrinsic motivation
- Fearful of failure
- Olympian Scientist
- Showing people how to improve their life using science
- Athletes’ biggest challenge
- The best Athletes’ common denominator
- The Ripple Effect: Sleep Better, Eat Better, Move Better, Think Better
- The most important of the Ripples
- Broccoli having more protein than steak
- 1 tsp sugar can help you lose pounds though the year
- His most meaningful work
Links to things we mentioned:
ENERGYBits – Use “PlantTrainers” at check-out for 20% off your order
Amrita Bars – Use “PlantTrainers” at check-out for 15% off your order
Dr. Greg Wells: Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat
The Ripple Effect – Sleep Better, Eat Better, Move Better, Think Better by Dr. Greg Wells – (release date is April 4 & available for pre-order)
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