Carmen Bott
Episode description
Summary:
Professor Carmen Bott is a strength and conditioning coach from Vancouver British Columbia who specializes in physical preparation for combative and collision sports athletes.
Show Notes:
00:56 - Coach Bott talks about her history and how she got into the sports science space.
02:41 - Coach Bott's thesis on basketball.
05:14 - Her first experience with Pavel in 2004.
09:00 - How Coach Bott ended up marrying her trainer and mastering the kettlebell.
12:00 - How strength training can be taboo for wrestlers.
13:40 - How much conditioning for athletes during the season.
17:41 - What kind of off-season high-level athletes get.
21:33 - The difference between training athletes in different sports.
26:28 - Which muscles are most important to train for wrestling.
31:05 - How much Dr. Bott uses Olympic lifting and how much she uses kettlebells.
38:35 - Why you need to understand kinematics.
40:25 - The books Dr. Bott recommends.