My guest today is the multi-talented Samuel 'Super Sam' Dubé. Sam is a human potential consultant and educator specializing in athletic strength training and a natural approach to optimum performance, health, and wellness. A martial arts instructor at age fifteen, personal trainer at sixteen, and master trainer at twenty, for over three decades, Sam has been a coach, mentor, and consultant to provincial, national, and world-class athletes, professional trainers & coaches, as well as several national organizations. A Carleton University and University of Ottawa alumnus, he has formal education in mathematics, physics, transpersonal psychology and biological sciences, including a doctorate in modern applied mathematics. Sam also holds a medical degree & residency in family & sports medicine. He is a multi-award- winning retired Carleton University faculty member where you taught engineering mathematics.

A proficient lifetime unenhanced (drug-free) unequipped strength athlete (including one-handed deadlifts of over 400 lbs.) Sam is considered one of the pioneers of modern strength athletics in North America. As “Super Sam” he co-hosted the award-winning Canadian Strength Athletes’ series on The Sports Network during its complete ten-year run. He is also an MC, sports analyst, and technical advisor to many world-class strongman events. He is a passionate teacher, mentor, and lifelong learner, and enjoy facilitating the health, wellness, performance, and life goals of others.

** On this episode **
- Balancing Western and Eastern medical modalities
- Is there absolute truth or is everything relative?
- What makes us human?
- Natural ways to move and exercise your body
- The power of lifting and free weights
- The best fitness modality
... and much, much, much, much, much more

** Connect with Sam **
Visit https://tinyurl.com/ttort
On Instagram: @supersamdube
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.berlin.543

** About The Awkward Mind Podcast **
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