The Hawkin Podcast 〡Hawkin Dynamics

Pat Dixon is the Director of Applied Sport Science at Momentous - a company who engineers athlete focused supplements.   Dixon began his career in exercise science at the University of Connecticut while pursuing a Master’s Degree and also working in athletics as a strength and conditioning coach. Previous publications, online and in print, have focused on athlete development with a focus on improving power production and performance. He spent 18 years working with college athletes at UConn, Cal-Berkeley, St John’s University and Loyola Marymount University with a focus on improving performance and decreasing the incidence of injury. While working with athletes, Dixon’s efforts helped shape multiple NCAA tournament appearances and Sweet Sixteen finishes in Women’s Basketball, Soccer and Volleyball. While coaching, Dixon was a consultant and advisor to multiple biotechnology companies (Fitgenetix, Dyve Biosciences, Masimo Medical Technology). Efforts focused on developing products that better support physiological development and improve objective feedback leading to more efficient training protocols. Since leaving collegiate athletics, his work with Momentous has been focused on improving adaptation to training through nutrient intervention, specifically focused on bioavailability and timing of nutrient administration.    Link to Collagen Shot Referenced in Episode: Collagen Shot: https://www.livemomentous.com/collections/shop-all-products/products/collagen-shot-15-servings     Request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.

DJ Dolan describes himself as an Athlete, Leader, & Teammate.   As an Athlete, DJ was a former collegiate football player (at Merrimack College), and professional boxer for All-American Heavyweight (in California).  As a Teammate and Leader, and shortly after his athletic career, he joined the US Army as both an enlisted and commissioned officer. Post Army, he joined the Massachusetts State Police working primarily on two teams. The first as a detective with the violent fugitive apprehension section attached to the US Marshals fugitive task force, as detective he was responsible for planning and carrying out hundreds of operations with the mission of locating and apprehend fugitives who are wanted for violent offense as well as safely locating victims of human trafficking and kidnapping. The second as a member of the statewide full-service Special Tactical Operations Team as a breacher.  Expanding on his Leadership experience gained from the MA State Police and US Army, Dolan now serves as a social impact entrepreneur who empowers leaders, high performers, and organizations to help elevate HUMANITY. DJ is involved with multiple companies and missions. He is the founder and lead coach at EMPWR Coaching & Consulting where he specialized in helping leaders, teams, and organizations to discover their full potential to create a lasting impact on the world. He believes that this can be accomplished as a byproduct of living and leading authenticity and creating relationship-based systems aimed to enhance & nurture engagement, meaning, performance, well-being, and resilience. Additionally, DJ is the founder of One Tribe, which is a non-profit mentorship service with the mission of building purposeful relationships between servant leaders and youth leaders from at-risk communities guided with a curriculum from positive psychology, health science, Neuroscience and leadership development. DJ serves as a leadership instructor with a company named The Program working collegiate, professional athletic teams and corporations across North America.  DJ is a lifelong learner working toward a doctorate in neuropsychology and human performance as well as competing at Brazilian Jui Juitsu. Most importantly, DJ serves as the co-captain of “Team Dolan” with his wife Jenn and three little teammates, Savannah, Jack, & Charlie. Team Dolan resides north of Boston, MA.  We think you’ll enjoy this episode! Brought to you by Thomas Newman.   Hawkin Dynamics is an industry leader in force plates, education, and support. Check out www.HawkinDynamics.com to learn more, or request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs here.

Joe Staub, Executive Director at The Zenta Group and former collegiate strength coach, shares insights on transferring strength & conditioning principles to the business world. He discusses the importance of data in program audits and emotional intelligence in coaching. Joe emphasizes cultivating a competitive culture and the value of fundamentals over flashy trends. He also touches on collaborative efforts across disciplines to enhance performance and how to align training with athlete readiness for effective results.

Beau Bartone joins us in Episode 14 of The Hawkin Podcast! Beau is currently a Performance Coach at Future. Future offers one-on-one digital training with fitness coaches at home, the gym, or on-the-go. Learn more about Future at www.future.co.   Beau starting his coaching career as a student-assistant football coach at Southern Connecticut State University before interning with Yale University Football & Lacrosse in the summer of 2017. Shortly after, Beau entered the private sector at Competitive Edge Sports Performance in Milford, Connecticut. A year later he rejoined Yale University as the Assistant Director of Football Performance where he worked for nearly 3-years before joining Future.   In this episode, Beau & Thomas talk about: The things not talked about in strength & conditioning Attacking the lowest hanging fruits first Auditing your strength programs How they both ran and organized training at Yale And much more... If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review!   Also visit our website at www.HawkinDynamics.com - we offer much more than a product, we offer a service and would love to work with you and help provide objective insight to your training program. Request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.

In Episode 13 of The Hawkin Podcast we are joined by Dr. Larry Wilen & Vince Wilczynski from Yale University Center for Engineering Innovation & Design (CEID).   Since 2012, the 8,700 square foot CEID design lab serves as a hub for collaborative design and interdisciplinary activity at Yale University. Its goal is to enable the design, development, and actualization of ideas, from the whiteboard to the real world. It is a "Maker Space" and a one of a kind resource for Yale students, staff, and faculty to take ideas to the next level.   Vince is the CEID Director and Deputy Dean for the School of Engineering & Applied Science. Dr. Wilen serves as a Senior Research Scientist and Design Mentor for CEID. Our host, Thomas Newman has direct experience in the "Maker Space" at Yale CEID with both Vince and Dr. Wilen. In this episode, they discuss inventions that were made during Thomas' time at Yale to track & train athletic performance.    Key topics from this episode include: History of Yale Engineering (since 1852) What is CEID? From idea to working product Working with athletics to engineers solutions Failure as part of the design process And much more Learn more about Hawkin Dynamics at www.HawkinDynamics.com. Learn more about Yale University CEID at: http://ceid.yale.edu Request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.

In Episode 12 of The Hawkin Podcast we are joined by Hewitt Tomlin, Co-Founder of TeamBuildr. Founded in 2012, TeamBuildr is a SaaS company that saves strength & conditioning coaches time by automating program building, tracking, and auditing.    Key topics from this episode include: • How the TeamBuildr idea evolved into a business • Picking the right software to build, and how it changed overtime • Determining what features are impactful & important for all users • The evolution of strength coaches & analyzing community trends from a different lens.  • Competing with the Googles and Apples in the hiring process • Thomas' experience with TeamBuildr and onboarding new staff with TeamBuildr at Yale University Learn more about Hawkin Dynamics at www.HawkinDynamics.com Learn more about TeamBuildr at https://www.teambuildr.com/en/        Hawkin Dynamics is an industry leader in force plates, education, and support. Check out www.HawkinDynamics.com to learn more, or request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.

Thomas Beckett joins The Hawkin Podcast in Episode 11 to discuss his tenure at Yale University which includes 24-years as the Director of Athletics for the Bulldogs, 118 Championships, 73 first-place Ivy League finishes, 43 Olympic Athletes, 337 All-Americans during his time on campus.    Beckett also significantly grew the department financially. In 1994, there was an athletics endowment of roughly $20 million. In 2017, when he retired the endowment was $283 million, an increase of $263 million or $11 million growth per year. This included the expansion of the department where he oversaw the renovation or construction of 20 key facilities spanning across 2,000 acres of land used for athletic activities.    Learn more about Hawkin Dynamics at www.HawkinDynamics.com or Request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.  

Boyd Epley, MEd, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E, FNSCA, founder of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and one of the most decorated strength coaches of all time, talks to Thomas Newman, Hawkin Dynamics Chief Innovation Officer.   In this episode, Boyd talks about his innovation within Strength & Conditioning over the course of his 35-year coaching career. During this time, Boyd recorded 356 Wins, 5 National Championships, and a host of National Player of the Year Award winners. He is the creator of Husker Power, the recipient of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) Lifetime Achievement Award, Lindy’s National College Football magazine named him one of College Football’s Top 100 Most Important People of the Century.   Key Topics From The Episode: Starting year around training with Nebraska Husker Football Importance of testing & auditing your training program Creation of the electronic timer for 40-yd sprint testing Creation of the Strength Index & Performance Index (www.boydepley.com) Creation of the Power Rack, "Tractor Jack" Bench Press, and Jammer Creation of the Push-Pull Machine  How to design strength circuits, and work-rest ratio The importance of power in collegiate football ...and much much more Learn more about Hawkin Dynamics here: www.hawkindynamics.com or request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.

Brandon Shaffer joins us in Episode 9 of The Hawkin Podcast from the Minnesota Twins where he is a Complex Strength & Conditioning Coach.   Prior to joining the Minnesota Twins, Brandon was a Strength & Conditioning coach at Yale University for nearly 2-years, and previously a graduate assistant coach at Northwestern State University.    Interested in learning more about Hawkin Dynamics? Check us out at HawkinDynamics.com or Request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.

We are joined in Episode 08 of The Hawkin Podcast by Eric Renaghan. Eric Renaghan is currently the General Manager at Sanford Power in Irvine, California. Prior to leading Sanford Power Eric was the Head of Strength and Conditioning for the St. Louis Blues (NHL) starting in 2016. Prior to his position with the Blues, he held the title of assistant S&C coach for the Vancouver Canucks. Eric has also recently completed his graduate studies in biomechanics from Lindenwood University. His main interest is in neuro-mechanics and movement expression as it relates to sport performance.   This is Eric's second feature of many on The Hawkin Podcast. Hawkin Dynamics is an industry leader in force plates, education, and support. Check out www.HawkinDynamics.com to learn more, or request a hassle-free quote to see what the HD System costs, here.