Matt McInnes Watson is a performance coach and specialist in track and field, speed, power and plyometrics. He has a master’s degree in athletic development and is currently studying for a Ph.D. in plyometrics. Watson is the owner of Plus Plyos, a coaching business that provides plyometric programs through video format. He is currently teaching in the United Arab Emirates, and he coaches multiple athletes from the U.K. and U.S. https://www.instagram.com/mcinneswatson/ https://www.instagram.com/P...
Sep 21, 2022•55 min•Ep. 105
Ryan Hopkins has spent the last 15 years of his life exploring everything fitness and weightlifting related and, with the launch of SoHo Strength Lab in 2013, transitioned into the gym ownership aspect of the fitness world. Ryan began his deep dive into health and fitness as an Athletic Training major at the University of Central Florida, but his most significant learning was done outside of the classroom. Ryan separates himself from many fitness professionals because of his exposure to and comp...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 104
Gabriel Mvumvure is a former NCAA champion and Olympian. Currently, Gabriel is a track and field coach at Brown University. In this episode we spoke about Gabriel’s transition as an athlete growing up in Zimbabwe to his time at LSU, translating strength to top end speed, full vs partial range of motion lifts, and the benefits of front squats for sprinting. https://www.instagram.com/gabrielmvumvure/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Aug 03, 2022•59 min•Ep. 103
Joel White is a sport performance specialist and athletic development consultant. With 9 years of experience working with hundreds of amateur athletes and over two dozen professionals, he has helped athletes at every level of the sports world. Known for basketball performance, Joel consults and trains professional basketball players, while also running his programs out of AXIS Performance and Training. https://www.jwhiteperformance.com/ https://www.instagram.com/j.whiteperformance/ Checkout my M...
Jul 27, 2022•48 min•Ep. 102
Bill Miller is an expert when it comes to rotational power development. Bill Miller is a strength coach and author of the book, Swing Fast: A Guide To Developing Rotational Power as well as the book, Throw Fast. Through his program of rotational power development Bill improves swing speed, throwing velocities, and all areas of rotation with his athletes. https://www.instagram.com/billmillertraining/ Buy Throw Fast Buy Swing Fast Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectiona...
Jul 13, 2022•50 min•Ep. 101
In this episode we cover a variety of topics including applying multidirectional plyometrics to different sports and large groups, improving aerobic capacity, and how strength and balance go hand in hand. https://www.instagram.com/jasonfeairheller/ https://www.instagram.com/ryan_heickert_/ https://www.instagram.com/speedandpowerpodcast/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Jun 22, 2022•27 min•Ep. 100
Dario Saisan is a strength coach from Vienna. Despite only being in his 2nd year of studies he has gained experience in coaching athletes, spending significant time in the trenches getting better. He himself is a basketball player and strives to make the jump to the pro level sometime in his mid-late 20s due to the option to play organized basketball your whole life in Europe. Follow Dario on Instagram Dario's Offseason Training Program Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidi...
Jun 01, 2022•47 min•Ep. 99
In this episode we cover a variety of topics including why we’ve changed a lot of the core training we did years ago, what makes a warm up effective and what is a waste of time, how to add something new to your training program, and the most common mistakes and limitations we see with athletes. https://www.instagram.com/jasonfeairheller/ https://www.instagram.com/ryan_heickert_/ https://www.instagram.com/speedandpowerpodcast/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpo...
May 25, 2022•35 min•Ep. 98
Antonio Squillante is a Registered Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (NSCA RSCC CSCS*D) with over ten years of experience coaching high school and collegiate athletes competing at the national and international level. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from the Universita’ San Raffaele (Rome, Italy). Antonio earned a Master of Science in Sports Performance and Orthopedic Rehab from A.T. Still University and a Master Degree in Biokinesiology from t...
May 18, 2022•59 min•Ep. 97
Matt Tometz is a Sports Performance Coach as well as the Sports Science Coordinator at TCBoost Sports Performance. Matt is also the host of The Talking Shop Podcast. Instagram/Twitter: @CoachBigToe Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetalkingshoppodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/matttometz Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
May 11, 2022•54 min•Ep. 96
Ben John is a former professional rugby player and is currently a sought out rugby skills coach. https://www.instagram.com/therugbytrainer/ Ben's YouTube Channel Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com
May 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 95
In 1982, Javorek defected to the United States and in 1984 became an all-sports strength and conditioning assistant coach at Texas A&M University . He was the Weightlifting coach of Texas A&M Weightlifting Club, but his duties were soon extended to coaching the field events and conditioning for men's and women's Track, Tennis, Basketball, Swimming, volleyball, and assistant for football. At A&M, Javorek designed the whole conditioning program for the 1986 world fastest 200m sprinter,...
Apr 27, 2022•59 min•Ep. 94
Angelo Gingerelli has been a strength and conditioning coach for two decades and has worked with youth, collegiate and professional athletes. Gingerelli’s background in powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting combined with his academic pursuits provided him with a solid background to work with traditional power sport athletes but was lacking when it came to training athletes specializing in longer-duration activities for the first decade of his coaching career. In 2010, he began running road race...
Apr 20, 2022•53 min•Ep. 93
In this episode we cover a variety of topics including new strategies for developing acceleration, choosing squats or deadlifts, transitioning younger athletes to a barbell, and the pros and cons to using percentages for strength training. https://www.instagram.com/jasonfeairheller/ https://www.instagram.com/ryan_heickert_/ https://www.instagram.com/speedandpowerpodcast/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Apr 13, 2022•29 min•Ep. 92
Sam Portland is one of the UK’s most experienced S&C coaches for elite level athletes. Along with being a top notch speed coach, Sam also helps strength coaches through his mentorship program. https://www.instagram.com/coach_sportland/ https://coachsportland.co.uk/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Apr 06, 2022•54 min•Ep. 91
Matt Hank is the Head Sports Performance Coach at Santa Monica College. Over the past 19 years as a sports performance coach Matt has continued to evolve his training methods and challenge traditional views on speed and performance training. https://www.instagram.com/smc_strength/ https://www.instagram.com/coach_matt_hank/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Mar 30, 2022•52 min•Ep. 90
Dave Lasnier is the owner of LaserFit Training and has worked with a variety of clients throughout his career ranging from weekend warriors to professional athletes. Dave approaches health and performance through a very holistic methodology, which has allowed him to get spectacular results with his clients. Dave’s approach covers: movement quality, muscle imbalances, nutrition, sleep quality, recovery strategies, circadian health, and much more. https://www.instagram.com/laserfittraining/ http:/...
Mar 23, 2022•51 min•Ep. 89
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Teun Thomassen MSc. is an athletic development coach of the Dutch Olympic Committee, working at the national and Olympic Training Center in the Netherlands. During the past 10 years, Teun continued his education specializing in the field of movement analysis, injury prevention and the practical application of modern ideas of motor control and learning into training. In this role, he provides courses, presentations and consultancy for sports professio...
Mar 16, 2022•47 min•Ep. 88
Dr. Scott Dickenson, PT, DPT, ATC came on the show to discuss neck training in regards to pain, mobility, and performance. Scott is the inventor of the NecksLevel device, which is an all-in-one neck rehabilitation device. The NecksLevel is used by teams in the NFL, NHL, and NBA. Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower https://www.instagram.com/neckslevel/ https://neckslevel.com/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Mar 09, 2022•47 min•Ep. 87
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Josh Henkin is the founder of DVRT (Dynamic Variable Resistance Training) and the Ultimate Sandbag Training. In addition to training athletes at the highest level Josh is also an international speaker and educator. https://www.instagram.com/joshhenkindvrt/ https://ultimatesandbagtraining.com/ https://ultimatesandbagtraining.com/blog/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 86
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Derek Evely is Coach, Podcast Host, and Owner of Eveltrak. Derek is considered one of the foremost experts in youth development training and long term athletic development. As a throws coach Derek has produced multiple World Junior Championship medalists, which have gone on to become Olympic medalists. https://www.eveltraksport.com/ https://www.instagram.com/eveltrak/ https://evelchat.captivate.fm/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www....
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 85
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Jordan is currently a sports performance coach at Elon University. Jordan has also spent time at the University of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Concordia St.Paul. Buy the book- Reverse Engineering Sport: The 8 Vector System https://www.instagram.com/jordanbonieuwsma/ https://www.instagram.com/elonperformance/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Feb 16, 2022•47 min•Ep. 84
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Dr. Matt Jordan, bridges the gap between science and practice. He is a sought after presenter on sport injury prevention, training program design for elite athletes, and creating interdisciplinary high performance practitioner teams. Over his career, Matt was the personal strength coach to 30 World and Olympic medalists, and has worked with elite athletes in many sports including speed skating, cross country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, biath...
Feb 09, 2022•54 min•Ep. 83
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Rob Assise is a track and field at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. He has also coached football and cross country. You can find his articles at Track Football Consortium , Just Fly Sports , Simplifaster , and ITCCCA . https://www.instagram.com/hfjumps/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Feb 02, 2022•53 min•Ep. 82
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Jesse is a podcast host, teacher, and the strength and conditioning coach as well as powerlifting coach at Many High School in Louisiana. In this episode we talked about applying neurology to training, RPR, programming for football training and a variety of other topics. https://www.instagram.com/jesse_cur/ https://anchor.fm/jesse-curtis6 Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 81
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Hunter Crine is a strength coach and personal trainer who specializes in kettlebell training. Hunter is Level 2 certified through StrongFirst and is also a Level 1 RKC instructor. Hunter talks about how and why kettlebell training can be such a useful tool for athletes. https://www.instagram.com/hunter_crine/ https://builtbycrine.squarespace.com/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Jan 19, 2022•54 min•Ep. 80
www.exxentric.com/speedandpower https://www.instagram.com/jasonfeairheller/ https://www.instagram.com/ryan_heickert_/ https://www.instagram.com/speedandpowerpodcast/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Jan 12, 2022•26 min•Ep. 79
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower In this Q and A we answer questions about a variety of strength training methods and variables for programming multidirectional plyometrics. https://www.instagram.com/jasonfeairheller/ https://www.instagram.com/ryan_heickert_/ https://www.instagram.com/speedandpowerpodcast/ Checkout my Multidirectional Plyometric Course: www.multidirectionalpower.com...
Jan 05, 2022•30 min•Ep. 78
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower David Weck is a biomechanist and inventor who specializes in the study of human movement and locomotion. He created a training and performance system called the WeckMethod and is the CEO and Founder of BOSU Fitness. David has invented the BOSU Balance Trainer, Propulse Speed Trainers, and the RMT Club. https://www.instagram.com/thedavidweck/ https://www.instagram.com/weckmethod/...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 77
Presented By: www.exxentric.com/speedandpower Danny Foley is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Virginia High Performance. At VHP, Danny has developed a concentrated skillset of restorative-based strength training, working predominantly with U.S. Special Operations Command personnel and tactical athletes. Danny is also the co-founder of Rude Rock Strength and Conditioning. https://www.instagram.com/danmode_vhp/ https://www.ruderockstrength.com/ https://www.virginiahighperformance.com/...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 76
