This episode's guest is Robert Jacobs from Outlaw Strength . As an international Lecturer/Coach and Published author, Rob has spent the last 21 years as a strength and conditioning coach. Coaching professional athletes, physique and bikini competitors, strongman competitors, title holders and World Champions in Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Judoka's for Team USA. Rob has worked with a diverse range of athletes; coaching Olympians and medalists in the sports of Soccer, National ...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 255
This episode's see's the return of Jim Kielbaso . Jim Kielbaso is currently the President & CEO of the International Youth and Conditioning Asssociation (IYCA). Jim was previously on episode 141 . On this episode Jim and I discuss: What's new since we last spoke? Jim's background and how he got involved in the IYCA I ask Jim about the IYCA's - Certified Athletic Development Specialist (CADS) course We discuss long-term athletic development (LTAD) for 6-11 year olds I ask Jim at what age shou...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 254
This episode's guest is Bret Contreras. You all know who Bret is! On this episode Bret and I discuss: What's new since we last saw each other in February 2017? I ask Bret about long-term hypertrophy development I ask Bret about quad development for a tall individual Bret talks about his "Strong Lifts" program I ask Bret about the mind-muscle connection I ask Bret about the importance of both mechanical tension and volume. I ask Bret if he ever takes a 1-2 week break from heavy lifting? This was ...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 253
This episodes guest if Tom Clough. Tom is currently the Head of Athletic Performance at Ulster Rugby. On this episode Tom and I discuss: Tom's background? Why did Tom intern at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)? How did Tom support himself financially during his internship at MBSC? How did Tom deal with a year out of coaching when he got let go from Bradford Bulls? Who have been Tom's biggest influences on him both professionally and Personally? I ask Tom, what are the good and not so ...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 252
This episodes guest is Augie Agyei. Augie is the performance coach director, NFL & NFL combine prep lead performance coach, and internship director at Landow Performance, CO, USA. Augie is certified through the NSCA as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and through Greg Roskopf’s Muscle Activation Techniques as a Muscle Activation Technique Specialist. His mix of experience and knowledge provides a well-rounded approach to the way he interacts and train his athletes. Under Lor...
Feb 26, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 251
He's back! Cal has been an Olympic Sport Strength and Conditioning coach for numerous sports at the University of Minnesota since 2000. During his tenure, Dietz has trained athletes that have achieved 400+ All-American honors, Teams that have won 33 Big Ten/WCHA championships teams and 10 NCAA Team Champions. He has consulted with Olympic and World Champions in various sports and professional athletes in the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, MMA and Professional Boxing. On this episode Cal and I discuss: How ...
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 250
This episode's guest is David Joyce. David is the High Performance Leader and Strategy Specialist at Synapsing—a sports-strategy and decision-making consultancy. For more than two decades in his career in elite performance, David has trained, rehabilitated, and maintained multiple world champions, Olympians, and more than 100 national champions. He was the Head of Athletic Performance of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League. He is also the first athletic performanc...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 249
In Part 3 Pat summarizes the first 3 of his foundational principles for optimizing movement and then goes onto discusses his final 3 foundation principles - Jacksonian dissolution, unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence, and the ability to climb up and down the evolutionary ladder This was a great discussion with Pat and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB Show Notes: Website - patdavidson.net Facebook - Pat Davidson Twitter - @pat_davidson_ Instagram - dr.patdavidson Bo...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 248
In Part 2 Pat discusses: Pat shares with us the content that is covered in his "Rethinking the Big Patterns 2.0" course. His current track and field training program Pat's cover's the first three (of six) foundational principles from his book "A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement" This was a great discussion with Pat and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB Show Notes: Website - patdavidson.net Facebook - Pat Davidson Twitter - @pat_davidson_ Instagram - dr.patdavidson Books Mentio...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 246
This episode's guest is Michelle Boland from Michelle Boland Training (MBT) . Michelle grew up in central Massachusetts where her interest for athletics and playing sports began. Michelle played soccer, basketball, and ran track at the collegiate level while studying Nutrition. After reflecting on her life passion for athletics and sports performance training, she decided to pursue a higher education degree in strength and conditioning (M.S.) and exercise physiology (PhD) at Springfield College ...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 245
This episodes guest sees the return of Derek Evely from EveltrakSport.com On this episode Derek and I discuss: Whats new with Derek Derek shares with us his thoughts on long term athletic development (LTAD) I ask Derek how would he educate parents on LTAD This was a great discussion with Derek and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB Show Notes: Website - eveltraksport.com Facebook - EveltrakSport.com Twitter - @eveltrak Instagram - eveltrak Podcast's Mentioned: Episode 100: Intervie...
Nov 27, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 244
This episode's guest sees the return of Chris Korfist from slowguyspeedschool.com On this episode Chris and I discuss: What's new with Chris Chris shares we us his current thoughts on hamstring training and rehabilitation I ask Chris how he navigated COVID-19 as a teacher We discuss training methods to dampen neural inhibition I ask Chris for his thoughts on using light and color to improve sport performance I ask Chris for his thoughts on warm ups Chris tells us about some of the new educationa...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 243
This episodes guest is Keir Wenham-Flatt from the Strength Coach Network and Rugby Strength Coach On this episode Keir and I discuss: Keir's background Does Keir still have an ambition to work in the NFL? I ask Keir what lesson's he learned from all his world travel? Why Keir established the Strength Coach Network (SCN) and what are his aspirations for it going forward? How fatherhood has changed him? I ask Keir about his approach to being a parent I ask Keir for his top and current reading reco...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 242
In this Part 1 Pat discusses: The genesis of this book The Foundations of his model, covering the 7 movement pillars, which are; 1) movement quality, 2) movement quantity, 3) movement standardization, 4) movement progression, 5) movement strategy, 6) muscular orientation, 7) muscular action. From here, Pat breaks down each of the 7 pillars component parts in detail This was a great discussion with Pat and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB Show Notes: Website - patdavidson.net Face...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 241
This episodes guest is Nick Ward. Nick is currently the programs director at ALTIS. Almost 35 years on from starting as a coach Nick is active and helping people achieve their goals and improve their lifestyle – whether for the outdoors, on the sports field or the Olympic podium. As the AlTIS Programs Director Nick builds education and training resources that share experiences and extend processes. ALTIS is an elite training environment for athletes, and a global leader in the provision of educa...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 240
This episodes guest is Matt Wallden . Matt trained as an Osteopath & Naturopath in the 1990’s completing a BSc (Hons) and, later a Masters in Osteopathic Medicine, then going on to train in the CHEK System between 2001-2005. His ambition was to work in professional sports; a goal he achieved by 2003. Since then he has contributed several chapters to various medical texts and has been the Editor of the Rehabilitation Section for Elsevier’s Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies since 20...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 239
This Episodes guest is Michael Mendizza founder of the Touch the Future organization. In 1987 Michael founded Touch The Future, a nonprofit learning design center whose mission is to promote Optimum Learning Relationships between adults and children. A five-year exploration of optimum states of learning, wellness, and peak performance led to a revolutionary parenting and coaching model the authors call The Intelligence of Play. Touch the Future's top agenda is to provide a lasting foundation for...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 238
This episodes guest see's the return of Christian Thibaudeau . On this episode, Christian lays out his thoughts on body recomposition. This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB Show Notes: Website: thibarmy.com Facebook: Christian Thibaudeau - Thibarmy Twitter: @Coach_CThib Instagram: christian.thibaudeau.thibarmy Books Mentioned: The Ultimate Guide to Body Recomposition Black Book of Training Secrets Theory and Application of Modern Strength ...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 237
This episodes guest is Cameron Josse . Cam is currently in his second season as an athletic performance coach with the football program at Indiana University Bloomington. Cams bio: • Owns seven years of experience preparing and managing multiple levels of athletes. • Trained over 40 professional athletes, including NFL, NHL, UFC and WWE talents. • Came to IU from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he served as associate director of football performance. • Spent eight years work...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 236
This episodes guest is Tom Purvis founder of exerciseprofessional.com and Resistance Training Specialist (RTS). Tom has been educating personal trainers nationally and internationally since 1989. Trainers entering the field in the past decade probably have not yet heard of Tom. In the past 15 years he has dramatically reduced his travel commitments to focus on a few long-term projects …as well as life. Nevertheless his monthly classes at RTS® (the Resistance Training Specialist® program) are reg...
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 235
This episodes guest is Jason Feairheller from Function & Strength. When Jason began his training career, he had an interest in developing athletic speed and power, and over the past decade, that interest has turned into a passion. In addition to training, he has lectured on strength and conditioning as an adjunct professor at Immaculata University. Jason has been sought out for his knowledge and application for speed and power development. Jason has also been featured on several podcasts tal...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 231
This episodes guest is Greg Muller from "Lead the Pack" . With over 20 years of experience of working in a wide range of sporting environments with athletes, teams and organisations Greg Muller is a premier human performance and leadership training coach. Having worked and trained in many countries including New Zealand, Australia, Canada, USA, Japan, United Kingdom and Ireland Greg has had success with athletes and sports teams including rugby, softball, racquet sports, martial arts, gymnastics...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 230
This episodes guest is Dave O'Sullivan from"Go To Physio". Dave O’Sullivan is a consultant rugby physiotherapist for England Rugby Union who has worked at the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup in Japan and the 2020 Six Nations. He was also the England Rugby League Physiotherapist for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in Australia. Dave has the unique honour to being involved in a World Cup Final in Rugby League and Rugby Union. Dave also is the clinical director of ProSport Physiotherapy in Huddersfield ...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 229
This episodes guest is Joel Smith from Just Fly Performance. Joel Smith, MS, CSCS is a NCAA Division I Strength Coach working in the PAC12 conference. He has been a track and field jumper and javelin thrower, track coach, strength coach, personal trainer, researcher, writer and lecturer in his 8 years in the professional field. His degrees in exercise science have been earned from Cedarville University in 2006 (BA) and Wisconsin LaCrosse (MS) in 2008. Prior to California, Joel was a track coach,...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 228
This episodes guest is Ryan Harrison from Slow the game down. Ryan Harrison, has a degree in Exercise Physiology from University of California at Davis. Ryan has worked with Dr. Harrison on improving athlete’s visual performance on the field since 1999. Through the years he has worked hundreds of baseball stars including position players,; Carlos Beltran, Mike Sweeney, Sean Casey, Jose Guillen, Jonny Gomes, Adam Dunn, Angel Pagan, Giancarlo Stanton and Hunter Pence in the 2000’s, and Rajai Davis...
Sep 30, 2020•47 min•Ep. 227
This episodes guest sees the return of Greg Potter. Greg was previously on episode 210. Greg has a PhD in nutrition, circadian rhythms, sleep, and metabolism, and he is cofounder and Chief Science Officer of Resilient Nutrition, whose products we discuss in the show. He also works as a health and performance consultant and is a regular speaker at international health summits. Highlights of Greg’s career include working with the US Naval Special Warfare, coaching a sprinter to four gold medals at...
Aug 31, 2020•58 min•Ep. 226
This episode guest is Nick Winkelman. Nick is head of athletic performance and science for the Irish Rugby Football Union. Nick was formerly the director of education for EXOS, and oversaw the speed and assessment component of their combine development program. Nick is an internationally recognized speaker, and has his Ph.D with a focus on motor learning and sprinting. Nick also has an anticipated upcoming book called “ The Language of Coaching ” where he goes in detail on his learnings and meth...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 225
This episode's guests are Shawn Sherman and Dan Fichter. Shawn earned his Exercise and Sport Science degree from Penn State University and operates a private practice in Western Springs, Illinois. Over the years, Shawn has held numerous industry certifications and therefore understands what and how the conventionalists think and believe. Over the past 25 years, his understanding of movement has evolved from that of an apprentice level to a level of mastery by continually seeking answers to his q...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 224
He's back - Enjoy! On this episode: We catch up with each other We talk about Rethinking the Big Patterns 2.0 We talk about creating content and mastering a topic Pat speaks about his potential partnership with Keiser I ask Pat about his next book We discuss about receiving feedback from the people in your close circle I ask Pat about his Body Comp goals We discuss learning, recall, and retention We talk about about the NFL at the time of this recording This was an outstanding episode and I hope...
May 31, 2020•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 223
This episodes see's the return of Derek Hansen from sprintcoach.com and strengthpowerspeed.com Derek was previously on episode 211. Derek is an International Sport Performance Consultant that has been working with athletes of all ages and abilities in speed, strength and power sports since 1988. His coaching career started in Track and Field, providing instruction to sprinters of all ages eventually working with collegiate sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. His career evolved rapidly working close...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 222
