by Lena Anikina | Oct 7, 2020 | Life, Mind, Performance
My journey with BeActivated began in 2018. All my life I was involved in swimming at a high level. I was a multiple national champion and record holder and I still continue competing as a Master at a world level. I also coached for 15 years and my swimmers were in a...
by Pete Mueller | Sep 30, 2020 | Life, Mind, Performance, Stress
My introduction to Be Activated came through an email from Cal Dietz, who at the time, I knew as a Strength Coach at the University of Minnesota. I didn’t know Cal at all but respected his work and while I was curious about this guy that was flying in from...
by John Carlo | Jun 7, 2020 | Dysfunction, Pain, Performance
My story starts when I was in the fifth grade and my friend asked if I wanted to take a Judo class with him that was starting that Saturday at the local Boys Club. That was 1977 and I was 12. As you can guess I said yes. The funny thing is I was very small, shy, and...
by Staci Katsivalis | Jun 4, 2020 | Performance, speed
Working as a Lyno© Practitioner, I work with many athletes, everything between elite and weekend warriors, runners, cyclers, swimmers, tri-athletes and gym-bunnies. I was excited to add Be Activated to my toolbox, especially for an elite tri-athlete that had been my...
by JL Holdsworth | Jun 2, 2020 | Life, Performance
I grew up differently than most people. When I was born, the doctor cut me with the scalpel and I had to get stitches in my head as soon as I was pulled out of the womb. As I toddler and young child I would ram myself into walls and throw myself off of furniture. Once...
by Andy Kidd | May 30, 2020 | Performance
An introduction My story is not one of relieving pain as such. It’s about overcoming the limitations that we and society inflict on ourselves so that we can achieve. The Conflict/ Challenge/ Problem As a 400m athlete since 2003, I have strived to get the...
