Today we are joined by Dr. William Kraemer on Episode 27 of The Hawkin Podcast.

Dr. Kraemer is ranked the number 1 sports scientist in the field, he also established himself as one of the Google Scholars, ranking in the top 0.5 to 1% in his field. Previously he has held full professorships at The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Ball State University, and the University of Connecticut along with appointments at their medical schools. Prior to his scientific career, he was a teacher and coach of football, wrestling, and strength coaching in athletics at the secondary and college levels. Dr. Kraemer has published 12 books, over 500 peer-reviewed papers in the scientific literature, and over 100 chapters along and a multitude of other educational publications. Additionally, he was a commissioned officer in the United States Army working in the Exercise Physiology Division at the U.S. Army’s Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick Massachusetts. With a wide variety of experiences, Dr. Kraemer is able to give our listeners some excellent takeaways from this episode.

Time Stamps for Today's Episode:

00:07 Introduction to today’s episode
02:12 Who is Dr. William Kraemer?
03:50 The beginning of the Husker
06:16 Specified conditioning
10:20 Finding the balance between upper limits & recovery
18:30 Is the Husker program right for you?
20:28 Psychologically strenuous
24:29 Flexible programming & recovery
36:28 How force plates can play a role in programming
39:50 Acute inventory during workouts
45:30 Everybody plays a role
54:10 Closing advice from Dr. Kraemer
58:52 Episode outro

If you are interested in learning more about Dr. William Kraemer, he can be found on LinkedIn here.

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