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 good things he currently see's within the physical preparation field, and what solutions would he offer to counteract the not so good things he currently see's We discuss work-life balance and coaching burn-out What is Tom's exact role at Ulster Rugby? How does Tom create an interdisciplinary coaching staff at Ulster Rugby? How does Tom create an environment for continually feedback? How are final decisions made at Ulster Rugby? How much information does Tom need to present to the Head coach on a daily basis? How has Tom developed his communication and leadership skills? What is a typical day and week like at Ulster Rugby for Tom currently? What does Tom do for his own training currently? How does Tom learn? What are Tom's top and current book recommendations? I ask Tom, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why? This was a great discussion with Tom and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Facebook - Tom Clough Twitter - @TCloughie Instagram - s21tac   Podcasts Mentioned: Episode 246: Keir Wenham-Flatt - The future of coaching education Books Mentioned: Green lights Never split the difference  Belonging    People and Resources Mentioned: Huddersfield Giants Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC) Bradford Bulls Kevin Till  Ben Jones  Eric Cressey EXOS (formerly Athletes Performance) Hull Kingston Rovers Ulster Rugby Mike Boyle Francis Cummins Jamie Peacock Tim Sheens Dan McFarland Nick Winkelman  Joel Smith  Keir Wenham-Flatt Jason Cowman Matt Godfrey Shane Carney Mikey Kiely Matt Maguire Matt Daniels Nathan Mill Gary Vaynerchuk  

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 Loren, he has had opportunities to work and or assist with athletes in the NFL, MLB, professional MMA organizations, collegiate, and high school athletes from all sports as well. He has been assisting Loren with the Combine Prep for 3 years now. On this episode Augie and I discuss: Augie's background? What did Augie learn from his time selling cell phone sells that he now applies to his coaching today What is Augie's role at Landow Performance Augie outlines the training system that is executed at Landow Performance I ask Augie about data collection among some of the athletes at Landow Performance We discuss program design We discuss agility training  Who have been Augies biggest influences on him as both a person and as a coach What advice would Augie give to young coaches? I ask Augie how does his learn? Augie gives us his current and top book recommendations I ask Augie, what are the good and not so good things he currently see's within the strength and conditioning field and what solutions would he offer to counteract the not so good things he currently see's? I have Augie, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why? This was a great discussion with Augie and I hope you guys really enjoy it Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - landowperformance.com Facebook - Augustine Agyei Twitter - @Persistence21 Instagram - persistence21   Books Mentioned: Make it stick Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great People and Resources Mentioned: Loren Landow ALTIS Dan Pfaff Fergus Connolly Brett Bartholomew  Deci & Ryan - Self determination theory Eric Telly Amber Felchle Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC) Shawn Myszka Rob Gray  Marco Candido Mike Guadango Charlie Francis  Jim Kwik Jim Kwik’s FAST Method Will Help You Learn Faster Jesus  Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King Jr Joseph Chilton Pearce Jacque Fresco Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride Nelson Mandela Maya Angelou Michael Jordan Adolf Hitler Michael Jackson

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 was Cal's Covid experience? Whats new with Cal regarding his current thoughts on human performance Cal discusses the GOAT drill I ask Cal about the role of neurotransmitters in learning from the GOAT I ask Cal about his assessment process with his athletes I ask Cal how does he differentiate's between a technical issue or a capacity limitation? Cal discusses the importance of training the feet for force transfer  I ask Cal - how does he learn? This was a great discussion with Cal and I hope you guys really enjoy it Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - www.xlathlete.com Facebook - Cal Dietz Twitter - @XLATHLETE Instagram - cal.dietz   Podcast's Mentioned: Mike and Brooker Show - Episode 21 Cal Dietz Mike and Brooker Show - #46 Cal Dietz returns   Videos Mentioned: The Goat Performance Drill Part 1 - Raise Your Performance Ceiling The Goat Performance Drill - Part 2 - Advanced 3 Ring Method The Goat Drill One - Example The Goat Drill Front View Functional Transfer Complex in the Structure of workout Straight Leg Prime times    Books Mentioned: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope   People and Resources Mentioned: Dan Fichter Perry Nickelston  Chris Korfist Albert Einstein Deion Sanders Dan Pfaff Al Vermeil performancemadesimple.com Mark Manson  

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 performance coach in history to work with team China after working with another national Olympic team. On this episode Joycey and I discuss: What's new with Joycey? Why did Joycey get into consultancy work? I ask Joycey if would ever considered returning to a full-time role with a sports organisation? Why did he and Daniel decided to produce the 2nd edition of High Performance Training for Sports? I ask Joycey on the structure the book, the contributors, and the topics covered within the book I ask Joycey for his main take away's from this edition of the book We discuss the chapter structure within the book I ask Joycey if he and Daniel will produce a 2nd edition of Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation? We discuss the timeline involved in the process for producing the 2nd edition of HPTS I ask Joycey if Covid was a vice or a virtue in the production of HPTS Joycey shares what a day in his life is currently like I ask Joycey about parenthood I ask Joycey how he learns? I ask Joycey for his current and top book recommendations? I ask Joycey if he meditates? I ask Joycey, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead of alive, who would he invite and why? Joycey shares with us the current services he provides and where he can be contact. This was a great discussion with Joycey and I hope you guys really enjoy it Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Facebook - David Joyce Twitter - @DavidGJoyce   Podcast's Mentioned: The Armchair Expert Podcast   Books Mentioned: High Performance Training for Sports 2nd Edition Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation: Integrating Medicine and Science for Performance Solutions 1st Edition Radical Uncertainty Atomic Habits Honeybee The Good Ancestor    People and Resources Mentioned: Daniel Lewindon Brett Bartholomew Nick Winkelman Sam Robertson  Jacqueline Tran Matt Jordan Martin Buchheit Paul Laursen John Kiely Shona L. Halson Lorena Torres-Ronda Rett Larson Stu McMillan Jean-Benoit Morin Darcy Norman Keir Wenham-Flatt Jas Randhawa ALTIS Mark Kilgannon Woody Guthrie Adolf Hilter Barack Obama Dax Sheppard  

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   Books Mentioned: A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement   People and Resources Mentioned: Bill Burr Connor Ryan

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 Mentioned: A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement How Much Should I Train   People and Resources Mentioned: Bill Hartman  Bill Hartman's Intensive Iordan Krouchev Connor Ryan Derek Hansen Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) Athletic Weapon Al Vermeil Bill Walsh San Francisco 49ers Renaissance Periodization diet app Jordan Shallow IFAST Mike Boyle Applications of Systematic Exercise Prescription Seminar  

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 (MA). Michelle has had several years of professional experience as a strength and conditioning coach at a Division 1 institution working with a nationally ranked top 5 Women’s Ice Hockey team, a nationally ranked top 10 Men’s Ice Hockey team, and other teams including Field Hockey, Women’s Soccer, and Men’s Basketball. Michelle then created her own company, Michelle Boland Training, in order to support others in achieving their performance and fitness goals to the best of her abilities. On this episode Michelle and I discuss: Michelle's background I ask Michelle about her "Strategy" course I ask Michelle about her biggest influences I ask Michelle about her training system I ask Michelle how she has evolved as a coach and person I ask Michelle about her decision making process throughout her coaching career and life I ask Michelle if she could share with us any resources that could help people in their decision making processes Michelle and I discuss core values and fulfillment  I ask Michelle how she learns? I ask Michelle, if she could invite 5 people to dinner, dead of alive, who would she invite and why? This was a great discussion with Michelle and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - michelleboland-training.com Facebook - Michelle Boland Twitter - @mboland18 Instagram - dr.michelleboland   Podcast's Mentioned: Physical Preparation Podcast - Building a Principles-Based Approach to Training with Michelle Boland   Books Mentioned: Status Anxiety Make it Stick   People and Resources Mentioned: Bill Hartman  The Intensive Dan Sanzo Pat Davidson Springfield College, MA, USA North Eastern University, MA, USA Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) Robert Sapolsky Daniel Kahneman  St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London Brett Bartholomew Dan Boothby Zac Cupples Ben House Doug Kechijian Lucy Hendricks Frans Bosch Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC) Mike Boyle Dave Tenney Joel Jamieson Araon Davis James Fitzgerald Cal Dietz Dunning–Kruger effect Tri-Phasic Training French Contrast Training Fergus Connolly Lee Taft Justin Moore Mike Robertson Jim Kwik Mary-Beth Cooper Jordan Peterson Ben House  

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: Interview with Frans Bosch - Strength Training and Coordination No Wristbands! We Drink For Free   Articles Mentioned: Periodization Paradigms in the 21st Century: Evidence-Led or Tradition-Driven? Periodization Theory: Confronting an Inconvenient Truth   People and Resources Mentioned: Derek's educational courses and resources  Dan Pfaff Stu McMillan Boo Schexnayder ALTIS Education courses Charles van Commenee Frans Bosch Kevin Tyler Peter Tchiene Iordan Krouchev Dan Carlin Hardcore History 50-55 – Blueprint for Armageddon Series Tom Novak Hammerman USA Jim Coxworth Dylan Armstrong Shane Niemi Gary Reed Istvan Balyi  John Kiely Vladimir Issurin Charles Poliquin Neil Young Mike Young James Baker Charlie Francis Mike Smith Vesteinn Hafsteinsson

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 educational courses offered by RPR I ask Chris about training the feet I ask Chris about coaching pedagogy  I ask Chris about his experience with England rugby and AUT in New Zealand This was a great discussion with Chris and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - slowguyspeedschool.com Website - reflexiveperformance.com Facebook - Chris Korfist Facebook - Reflexive Performance Reset Twitter - @RPR_system Instagram - korfist1 Instagram - rpr_system   Podcast's Mentioned: The Professional Athlete Podcast with Ken Gunter - 33. Chris Korfist - Speed Expert, RPR Co-Founder, Author Episode 215: Chris Korfist, Cal Dietz, and JL Holdsworth - Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR)   Books Mentioned: The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1) Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy People and Resources Mentioned: Bum Phillips Ken Clark John Cronin Dan Fichter Shawn Sherman Dan Pfaff Stu McMillan Mike Boyle Charles Poliquin The Gait Guys Shawn Allen Bo Jackson Eric Dickerson David Montgomery Mariana G. Figueiro Deborah Zelinsky Louie Simmons James Fitzgerald Postural Restoration Institute  Joe Newton (coach) Stan Reddle Jon Clarke Micheál Cahill Eric Helms Bret Contreras Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln

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 recommendations I ask Keir if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead of alive, who would he invite and why? This was a great discussion with Keir and I hope you guys really enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - strengthcoachnetwork.com Website - rugbystrengthcoach.com Facebook - Strength Coach Network Facebook - Rugby Strength Coach Twitter - @StrCoachNetwork Twitter - @RUGBY_STR_COACH Instagram - strength_coach_network Instagram - rugby_strength_coach   Video's Mentioned: Neil deGrasse Tyson - Cosmos | London Real   Books Mentioned: Power. The Training of Champions: From biomechanics to exercise physiology, the science of developing powerful athletes The Sovereign Individual The Checklist Manifesto The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Second Treatise of Government   People and Resources Mentioned: Strength Coach Network - ANNUAL Membership Discount Code for Sept 2021 - $50 off Annual Membership - CODE - SPRINT Dr. Dre Donald Trump Erik Korem  Chris McCormick Wasps RFC Sydney Roosters EXOS Ealing Trailfinders  Chris Tombs Rotherham Titans RFC Scott Kuehn  James Smith Farman Street Blog Shane Parish Jacob Rees-Mogg UKSCA Rich Clarke Nassim Taleb Atul Gawande Terrence Kennell Mladen Jovanovic Port Adelaide  Elon Musk Muhammad Ali Marcus Aurelius Christopher Hitchens