Dr. Jack Groppel: The Corporate Athlete - How to Manage Your Energy, Recover Better and Perform with Purpose

What if the key to sustained performance is not managing your time, but managing your energy?

In this episode of the ALWELLCO Podcast, Andy and Lauren sit down with Dr. Jack Groppel, a globally recognised pioneer in sport science, human performance and leadership coaching, and a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association Hall of Fame.

Jack shares his remarkable journey from humble beginnings and an uncertain career path to becoming one of the earliest leaders in the science of tennis performance. He explains how lessons from elite sport can help business leaders, clinicians, parents and professionals perform more effectively without sacrificing their health, relationships or sense of purpose.

The conversation explores Jack’s influential concept of the “corporate athlete”, why modern professionals are constantly performing but rarely practising, and how periods of stress must be balanced with intentional recovery. He also breaks down the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of energy, challenges the idea that life is a marathon, and explains why sustainable performance is better understood as a series of sprints followed by recovery.

Jack also speaks candidly about achievement addiction, the personal cost of professional success and how climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with his son changed his understanding of fulfilment.

This is an honest and thought-provoking conversation about resilience, boundaries, human connection and building a life around what matters most.