Final Surge Podcast

Episode 135: We welcome Dr Jason Karp who has been a competitive runner since sixth grade. Dr. Karp is also a coach and the bestselling author of 8 books and over 400 articles. We talk about several issues including cardio, mental health benefits fo running and the importance of coaches and athletes knowing about the Female Athlete Triad. 1:10 Background on how he got started getting interested in running 2:29 Did you become interested because you had success? 3:40 In high school did you continue sprinting or did you move up in distance? 5:08 In high school did you know you wanted to take this career path? 6:50 Where did you decide to go to school? 11:33 Was your intention to keep coaching after this process? 11:58 What level of coaching are you doing right now? 12:44 You are a big supporter of running while not all exercise trainers are a believer in cardio, you even wrote a book called Run Your Fat Off what do you find so beneficial about the sport? 14:05 So how do you Run Your Fat Off? 16:11 How often do y