Episodes

  • Step Up Your Effort

    Step Up Your Effort
    Jun 6 2022
    Quick hitter this week. How do you maintain high effort? Everyone says they train hard, everyone works hard, but how do you know you are truly giving peak effort? WE break it down into being present and being motivated to hit the target. Many athletes come in with a goal to just “go hard” that intent is not good enough ...
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    23 mins
  • Mental Conditioning with Darren Treasure Ph.D.

    Mental Conditioning with Darren Treasure Ph.D.
    May 31 2022
    Hello, and welcome to our interview with Darren Treasure. Darren is a mental performance coach who works with multiple world level and professional athletes. We talk a lot about mental skills and what a mental performance coach can offer for athletes. As strength coaches and healthcare practitioners we can always employ a better battery of mental skills. This is a ...
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • The BAF Jiu Jitsu Journeys: Part 1

    The BAF Jiu Jitsu Journeys: Part 1
    May 24 2022
    Having trouble transitioning from wrestling to jiu jitsu? Or just starting jiu jitsu? We can empathize. As we continue our journey as sports performance professionals for MMA we detail our own transition into BJJ. Austin and I have been having a blast learning Jiu Jitsu and grappling. We talk about learning progressions, drilling, and etiquette when doing BJJ. It holds ...
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    37 mins
  • Interview with Jordan Rudolph of Unity Fitness

    Interview with Jordan Rudolph of Unity Fitness
    May 16 2022
    Jordan Rudolph! Jordan has been a great mentor and friend to Alex since 2016 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Jordan is the owner and operator of Unity Fitness. Unity is a fantastic gym where the commUNITY shines and people are able to move better, feel better, and look better. He talks a lot about starting a business, being genuinely yourself in ...
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    1 hr
  • Adding Value To Your Athlete’s Performance Team

    Adding Value To Your Athlete’s Performance Team
    May 9 2022
    How can you add value to a performance team? Is this your show or do you play a role in culminating a holistic service? There are times and places for both. You must know your role and be able to nail it on repeat.  At the same time part of nailing it is knowing where you fit in the team ...
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    36 mins
  • Lessons From The Field: Wrestling Adaptation

    Lessons From The Field: Wrestling Adaptation
    May 2 2022
    Lessons from the field. Within this new series we deep dive into our own process in adapting our wrestling skills to mma coaching. With the inclusion of striking, submissions, cage wrestling, and the general mma ruleset. Outlining our journey in coaching helps us to see where our thoughts lie and how we can progress into a more mma dominant mindset. ...
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    29 mins
  • Interview With Dr. Brian Gearity

    Interview With Dr. Brian Gearity
    Apr 26 2022
    We welcome Dr. Brian Gearity of The University of Denver. He is the director of the Masters of the Arts in coaching and sports education. “Dr. G” was Alex’s Graduate advisor and has published multiple works in sports sociology and the study of coaching. Formerly a strength coach Dr. G, has been around sport his entire life and now studies ...
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    59 mins
  • Book Club: Relentless by Tim Grover

    Book Club: Relentless by Tim Grover
    Apr 18 2022
    Book Club installment number two! Relentless by Tim Grover. This book is very popular as Tim Grover (the author) was the strength coach to many greats in the NBA, including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade. Tim outlines his thoughts on mental performance and the right mentality that takes you to the top. He classifies athletes into Coolers, Closers, ...
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    45 mins