Javier Pineda is a highly respected exercise physiologist, performance and endurance coach with more than 20 years of academic and practical experience in the fitness industry. As an athlete, he's a 2x Ironman Triathlon 70.3 World Championship age-group competitor and multiple Ironman Triathlon finisher.  Fitness and endurance sports saved Javier's life. Battling drug addiction at a very young age and now being more than 25 years sober, working in a dead end job as a banker before having great success as a private trainer in Miami, FL.  and coping with the death of his first son Luca.   The Endurance Cartel Podcast's mission is to provide you with educational, inspiring, and motivational   interviews from the most successful people in the world. They are renowned leaders in the fields of science, sports, business, entertainment and health that will help unlock your true potential as an overall athlete and individual.