
Mike and Brooker Show
Mike Guadango and Alex Brooker talk anything health, fitness, or psychology oriented. Mike is an American Personal Trainer and Gym owner who has trained 1st rounders from MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, PLL while Brooker is a European Trainer that has trained multiple pros and Olympic Gold Medalists from multiple sports. The goal of this podcast will serve as a source of education for anyone looking to improve in mind, body or spirit.
Latest episodes

Oct 22, 2024 • 1h 2min
#105 Randy Huntington Part 3
Part 3 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 have enjoyed all 3 parts to this epic podcast!

Oct 15, 2024 • 45min
#104 Nick DiMarco Part 2
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

Oct 9, 2024 • 52min
#103 Randy Huntington Part 2
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

Oct 1, 2024 • 30min
#102 Cale Owen CEO of Gym Launch, Prestige Labs & Gymowners.com
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!!

Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 14min
#101 Randy Huntington - Part 1
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

Sep 17, 2024 • 32min
#100 Nick DiMarco
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

Sep 10, 2024 • 57min
Mike and Brooker Show - #99 Cam Josse Part 2
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!

Sep 3, 2024 • 26min
#98 - Cale Owen
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

Aug 27, 2024 • 43min
#97 Ryan Hopkins
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.

Aug 20, 2024 • 41min
#96 Cam Josse - Part 1
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