“Do your metrics matter? And if they do matter are they driving decisions?” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com In this weeks My Thoughts Monday I share a...
Sep 09, 2019•13 min
What’s up everybody and welcome the 3rd episode of Outside The Rack brought to you by Kinetic Performance the makers of Gymaware. In this show we are going to try to dive a little deeper into the minds of the top practitioners in the world of sport performance to learn a bit more about who they actually are and how they got to where they are at today. Today we are joined by The Founder, Owner, and Dude That Started Body Creations, Inc., Andy McCloy. Andy, thanks for being with us. Before we star...
Sep 05, 2019•9 min
“Framing everything as an observation has been really beneficial to me.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flyw...
Sep 03, 2019•39 min
“You need to find better ways to be there for those individuals to understand that you’re dialed in for them too.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com Cha...
Sep 02, 2019•14 min
What’s up everybody and welcome the 2nd episode of Outside The Rack brought to you by Kinetic Performance the makers of Gymaware. In this show we are going to try to dive a little deeper into the minds of the top practitioners in the world of sport performance to learn a bit more about who they actually are and how they got to where they are at today. Today we are joined by Florida Atlantic University’s Director of Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports, Chris McCormick. Chris, thanks for ...
Aug 29, 2019•11 min
“The things that matter are always going to come down to movement efficiency.” “It all comes down to your body’s ability to project.” “Have you organized your body, your center of mass, and actually the timing of firing to make sure you go in that direction.” “We want it to be complicated. We can’t believe that running very fast is simple because when we try to do it as individuals we realize how difficult it can be, but everyone can get faster. Not everyone can be fast, everyone can get faster....
Aug 27, 2019•35 min
“We need to make this triangle with three points. One point is sleep, one point is training, and one point is their training, and we need to make that triangle as equilateral as possible.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sur...
Aug 26, 2019•13 min
“An athlete’s movement is driven by what they perceive in front of them.” This episode of Outside The Rack is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html What’s up everybody and welcome the first episode of Outside The Rack brought to you by Kinetic Performance the makers of Gymaware. In this show we are going to try to dive a little deeper ...
Aug 22, 2019•12 min
“Instead of giving them a bunch of coaching cues at first, give them the principle of the idea first and work backwards from there.” “The what, then follows, the why” “Everybody says work backward from the game, but not everyone has a road map to do that.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes...
Aug 20, 2019•36 min
“The last thing you want to hear when you’re going through rough time is there is nothing wrong with you.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com This weeks ...
Aug 19, 2019•13 min
This episode of Outside The Rack is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html What’s up everybody and welcome the pilot episode of Outside The Rack brought to you by Kinetic Performance the makers of Gymaware. In this show we are going to try to dive a little deeper into the minds of the top practitioners in the world of sport performance ...
Aug 15, 2019•19 min
“Unless you can give the information to the playing group in as many different modalities as possible you’re going to lose a couple of those players along the way.” “It’s the player we’re working with, and if they’re successful then by association I’m considered successful as well.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to...
Aug 13, 2019•35 min
“Let’s try to find people who will do a little less confirmation bias and a little more constructive criticism.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com Dr. C...
Aug 12, 2019•15 min
“When we train for traits we go on the kBox.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to...
Aug 06, 2019•30 sec
“Numbers can be very important and can help us find better ways to do things, to be more efficient, and to have better goals to reach for. They can help us decide what we actually need to be training for and why it’s important.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the rig...
Aug 05, 2019•13 min
“If I’m only looking at a problem one way, there’s only one solution.” “What you do everyday is more important than what you do once in a while.” “When people act authentically and transparently crazy things happen.” “We don’t base your maturity on your age, we base it on your ownership of responsibility.” Today we are joined by Liberty University’s Director of Olympic Sports, Henry Barrera to discuss how his building blocks to his programming and department. This idea of filters and frame work ...
Jul 30, 2019•32 min
Perception is reality, but context is key.” Last weekend was another great time of learning, sharing, and growling, but in every situation people can be better. In this weeks My Thoughts Monday Chris Hays shares with us a story to help us all be better when we communicate about our fellows in this part of the performance world. We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and condi...
Jul 29, 2019•9 min
“Peak performance really is an output of a well rested brain and body.” Dr. Meeta Singh joins us to discuss the role and nuances of sleep in athletic performance in this weeks edition of The Podcast. After a brief intro, Dr. Singh breaks down exactly what sleep is by definition, and how we can quantify it to help our athletes with it. This includes the role of naps, how athlete’s can utilize them to improve performance, and some negative impacts they can have. She then runs down the rabbit hole ...
Jul 23, 2019•42 min
“While you increase their ability to perform you perform, you then will decrease their likelihood of injury because you've put them in situations where they are going to be stressed similarly to not just practice, but competition.” There has been an uptick in the number of people discussing the role of the weight room in athletic development of late. This is awesome because it’s driving some really good conversation, but also some really gross click bait when it comes to people putting out some ...
Jul 22, 2019•30 sec
“Athletes are ending their careers early because of nutrition.” “Sense the beginning of time, in every medical writing, in history, in every system of healing, the number one herb were herbs for stress response, they were adaptogens.” “More people will research their next refrigerator, their next house, their next purchase, their next care, more than they research their health.’ “Mindset drives decisions” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPul...
Jul 16, 2019•39 min
“This inquisitiveness is very important to me. This is how we’re going to continue to improve. This is how we are going to not just find answer, but actually find better questions because I don’t know if we are every going to really find answers, at least not answers we all agree on.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/...
Jul 15, 2019•16 min
“The whole idea is recover ability, what’s your availability from day 1 to day 2.” “My goal is to be able to peak every play, to be able to peak through the entire game” “At the end of the day if you can’t define and support what you do, then you’re doing it wrong.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve you...
Jul 09, 2019•37 min
“If you’re going to sit there and ask them to push through, but you don’t remember where those barriers are and how those barriers feel, you may not really understand what they’re pushing too, or if they are or aren’t.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Pe...
Jul 08, 2019•13 min
“Magnesium is the new vitamin D.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their websi...
Jul 02, 2019•33 min
“If you can’t provide them with what they’re asking for you’re probably in the wrong position.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-...
Jul 01, 2019•14 min
“Without objective data you’re just person with an opinion” “You can always change your methods, you can never change your principles.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391...
Jun 25, 2019•37 min
“I really think it is ok for us to believe that we absolutely can have as much of an impact on winning as we choose to.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their pro...
Jun 24, 2019•9 min
“These principles, no matter who you are, will never ever vary by kind, only by need. Really it’s the application of principles that change, not the principles themselves.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.a...
Jun 18, 2019•33 min
“If we are improving performance then the byproducts of decreased injuries, increased strength, size, power, aerobic, anaerobic endurance, whatever they may be, are going to take care of themselves.” This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team ...
Jun 17, 2019•19 min
“The question you should ask, by lifting 20 kilos more are they now improving their performance on the field?” “The guys who go out on the field and put their body’s on the line, those are the one’s that count, and we need to help them get better.” This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North ...
Jun 11, 2019•44 min
