Part 2 with Nick DiMarco. Nick is the Assistant Athletic Director in Sports Performance at Elon University. In this role he leads S&C staff for all 16 sports teams. Prior to his time at Elon Nick worked as Assistant S&C at Iowa Hawkeyes after playing for the team as an outside linebacker. He also played at the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens. DiMarco has every certification you could want in this field, earned his Masters degree and is about to complete his PhD in Health & Human Performance. A great episode with a great dude! We hope you enjoy! 00:00 Best Timing Gates for Sprinting 04:00 Short to Long protocol 08:30 Low day work/rest ratios 10:40 Protocols specific to Football vs pure speed development 18:45 Coaching team at Elon Football 20:00 Ground contact time 29:20 Making the biggest impact rather than getting lost in the weeds 35:20 Why unilateral? 38:20 Evaluating hamstring risk profiles

Part 2 with the legend, Randy Huntington. Randy is an internationally famous speed and horizontal jump coach. He has been coaching for 48 years and helped many reach their dreams. He has coached the fastest ever 60m sprint with Su Bingtian and long jump world champion Wang Jianan in 2022. Randy is one of 5 Master USATF coaches and brings a wealth of knowledge to this episode. We hope you enjoy Part 2, look out for Part 3, coming soon! 00:00 music, auditory feedback in coaching 04:40 importance of first step 08:55 coaching cues 10:50 dance and understanding movement 13:00 reengineering athletes 17:20 Dan Taylor - author recommendation 21:30 Randy becoming a 98+ coach 31:00 transfer portal 32:30 money in coaching 35:10 why China? 40:30 how much does China pay? 42:30 would Randy coach college? 44:55 recruiting dilemma

Its our pleasure to welcome this mighty man onto the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Cale Owen is the CEO of GymLaunch, GymOwners.com and Prestige Labs. As a previous professional baseball athlete for the Phillies, Cale then opened his first gym and sought GymLaunch to help him grow. From there he went all in on GymLaunch and went from a sales rep to CEO in under 4 years. We hope you enjoy Part 2 of this epic podcast with Cale Owen! 00:00 what Alex Hormozi is really great at 02:40 what Cale does better at GymLaunch 06:00 your own Operating System 09:15 CEO skills 14:55 Game theory 17:30 Financial advice for coaches 21:00 What’s the most a coach can charge? 21:35 Advice for coaches who only train athletes 26:05 what kills a business 26:50 skillsets matter!!

The episode we have been waiting for! Randy Huntington joins the boys this week. Randy is an internationally famous speed and horizontal jump coach. He has been coaching for 48 years and helped many reach their dreams. He has coached the fastest ever 60m sprint with Su Bingtian and long jump world champion Wang Jianan in 2022. Randy is one of 5 Master USATF coaches and brings a wealth of knowledge to this episode. We hope you enjoy Part 1, look out for Part 2, coming soon! 00:00 Background to Randy 03:40 The harsh reality of coaching on relationships 05:45 Hobbies 07:05 Philosophy and coaching 09:00 Dating at 70 years old 10:35 Randy working multiple jobs to be able to coach 14:10 Passion to help people achieve their dreams 15:30 Randy working for China Olympic Team 17:30 Failing doping tests and drug use in High School 24:48 Training Youth Athletes 30:58 Fundamental Movement Patterns 36:20 Using maths in training process 38:45 Intuitive coaching 44:10 Block starts 47:00 Rounded vs Flat Back 49:50 Acceleration 55:30 How Randy would train a Lineman 58:15 Does top speed improve acceleration? 01:01:00 Calf weakness in most 01:02:40 Femur - Tibia ratios 01:04:04 Nordics and hamstring training 01:07:00 Olympic lifting 01:10:50 Measuring eccentric

This week we are joined by Nick DiMarco. Nick is the Assistant Athletic Director in Sports Performance at Elon University. In this role he leads S&C staff for all 16 sports teams. Prior to his time at Elon Nick worked as Assistant S&C at Iowa Hawkeyes after playing for the team as an outside linebacker. He also played at the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens. DiMarco has every certification you could want in this field, earned his Masters degree and is about to complete his PhD in Health & Human Performance. A great episode with a great dude! We hope you enjoy! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Managerial roles in athletic performance 02:20 Changing perspectives - Career stability vs climbing ladder 07:52 What do we want from life? 18:30 Praising Mike Boyle - how to do it right 21:45 How to improve acceleration 27:10 Using contrast sprints 28:35 Short to Long specific protocols 30:50 Mishap with Exer-genie

This week we have long time friend and colleague Cam Josse. Cam was a previous client of Mike's when he was in college and also interned with Brooker at DeFranco's back in 2012. Since then Cam has climbed the ranks, he spent 7 years as Director of Sports Performance for DeFrancos TS, 3 years at Indiana University working with Aaron Wellman and is currently the Assistant S&C coach at Auburn University Football programme. Cam is also an author and is currently finishing his PhD focusing on speed and agility in sports. A great episode, this is Part 2!

Its our pleasure to welcome this mighty man onto the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Cale Owen is the CEO of GymLaunch, GymOwners.com and Prestige Labs. As a previous professional baseball athlete for the Phillies, Cale then opened his first gym and sought GymLaunch to help him grow. From there he went all in on GymLaunch and went from a sales rep to CEO in under 4 years. We hope you enjoy Part 1 of this epic podcast with Cale Owen! 00:00 Intro to Cale 01:58 Why Cale didn't go into S&C (money!) 05:15 Priorities in life 07:00 Columns of Genius 11:00 Advice to S&C coaches 16:10 How much money do you really want to make? 18:08 Why did Cale sign up with GymLaunch? 22:05 GymOwners.com 24:20 Trainers are the front line of changing the world

Part 2 of our episode with top bloke - Ryan Hopkins. Ryan is the co-owner and head coach of Soho Strength Lab based in NYC. He is also the S&C coach of the Cardinal Newman Crusaders based in Florida. Lastly, Ryan is an educator and mentor in his Performance Paradigm mastermind programme.

This week we have long time friend and colleague Cam Josse. Cam was a previous client of Mike's when he was in college and also interned with Brooker at DeFranco's back in 2012. Since then Cam has climbed the ranks, he spent 7 years as Director of Sports Performance for DeFrancos TS, 3 years at Indiana University working with Aaron Wellman and is currently the Assistant S&C coach at Auburn University Football programme. Cam is also an author and is currently finishing his PhD focusing on speed and agility in sports. A great episode, this is Part 1! 00:00 Moving to Auburn and the talent down South 03:40 What Is Cam's role and his goals 07:15 Having a coach who understands sports science 10:05 Cam's system for developing speed 21:15 Mike's system for developing speed 25:15 Individual differences in adaptation to speed training 30:55 Contrast training 35:45 Weekly structure of speed training for Auburn football

Part 2 with Fred Duncan. Fred is the owner and operator of Fred Duncan Performance Training. As well as having a legendary instagram, Fred is the author of "You're fat, let's change that" and "Feast. Fast. Fit". He has trained D1 to professional athletes in both S&C as well as rehabilitation and is also a published author in research journals. A great episode that challenges a lot of beliefs. To find out more about Fred check out his instagram:   / fred_duncan   00:00 Dynamic Correspondence 03:00 Mike's NFL off season programme 05:20 Stress shielding with isometrics 09:00 Eqi Quasi Isometrics 11:15 Mike's isometric system 14:10 Fred's isometric system 16:10 EQI part 2 18:10 Collagen 26:50 Stumble to the truth