

Power Athlete Radio
Power Athlete
Welcome to Power Athlete Radio. A podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day. Join former NFL pro and Power Athlete Founder John Welbourn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength & conditioning and more. So whether your goal is to Be The Hammer, Destroy Mediocrity or simply Move The Dirt, you’ve come to the right place.
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Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 19min
Ep 661: Be The Hammer
Discover how to Be The Hammer, never the nail. Tune in as John and Tex hammer home how the #BeTheHammer mantra can be applied by our athletes and coaches to have an empowering reverberation of performance each day.
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Nov 4, 2022 • 1h 38min
Ep 660: Self Reflection Skillz w/ Jen Widerstrom
Catching up with Jen Widerstrom never disappoints. For someone who has accomplished more than most, she’s still hyper aware of her missed opportunities. Gainz don’t always come in feats of strength. We can train so much that we forget to develop in other ways. Tune in as we ponder life, training, and self-reflection.
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Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 4min
Ep 659: Explosive Plyometric Progression
There is a right way to increase an athlete's vertical jump, and a wrong way. Tune in as Texas Women's Basketball's Director of Sports Performance, Zack Zillner, re-joins Power Athlete Radio to share the tools to training plyometrics from the ground up.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep659
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Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 28min
Ep 658: Mo’ Muscle, Less Problems w/ Dr Gabrielle Lyon
If you were to cut into your muscle what would it look like? A marbled ribeye or a lean filet? Find out if your muscle makes the cut for not only aesthetics but also health. If you needed one more reason to pack on muscle, here it is.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep658
TRAIN SMART NOT STUPID! Consider us your strength & conditioning Sharman, follow our training to unlock your goals - https://pahq.co/Train
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Oct 25, 2022 • 48min
Ep 657: Trick or Train Costume Q&A
Happy Halloween, Power Athlete Nation! Swap treats for meats as the greatest fictional football player of all time sits down with a big nerd to answer a batch of training questions. Tune in as John nerds out on bro-science BS and Tex tackles programming guidance.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep657
TRAIN SMART NOT STUPID! Consider us your strength & conditioning Sharman, follow our training to unlock your goals - https://pahq.co/Train
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Oct 21, 2022 • 1h 42min
Ep 656: Building Body, Soul & Stone
When your hands are your livelihood and the job is swinging hammers then shouldering boulders, training and preparation take on a whole new meaning. Master Stonebuilder Jon Aguilar joins John and Tex in studio to share the history of dry stone architecture and the art of using your body to break stone then your soul to build something beautiful that will stand the test of time.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep656
TRAIN SMART NOT STUPID! Consider us your strength & conditioning Sharman, follow our training to unlock your goals - https://pahq.co/Train
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Oct 18, 2022 • 44min
Ep 655: Building Muscle BFR Biochack
Strap yourself in for a BFR biohacking bonanza! Blood Flow Restriction Training has the ability not only to drive hypertrophy but also muscular strength and it's making its way into the Power Athlete training programs once again. Tune in as John and Tex tool you up for how to apply bands and the big benefits of limited blood flow and weight.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep655
TRAIN SMART NOT STUPID! Consider us your strength & conditioning Sharman, follow our training to unlock your goals - https://pahq.co/Train
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Oct 14, 2022 • 1h 33min
Ep 654: Becoming Powerful is a Science
Discover how to develop the power that yields explosive results. Combining the timeless principles of traditional weight room circuits with the modern sport science of physiology, Tom Newman has struck gold. And in sport, POWER, is that gold. Tune in, apply, and collect your gainzz.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep654
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Oct 11, 2022 • 1h 17min
Ep 653: Eat The Weak
Eat the weak has been a pillar of Power Athlete since it's inception and is the mindset we bring to training that separates our brand from all others pushing workouts your way. John and Tex go on journey to the ETW origins and how it has evolved from a turn of phrase to an appitite for devouring weakness, doubt, fear, and feeble excuses.
Show Notes: https://pahq.co/Ep653
TRAIN SMART NOT STUPID! Consider us your strength & conditioning Sharman, follow our training to unlock your goals - https://pahq.co/Train
Check out what we do:
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Oct 7, 2022 • 1h 55min
Ep 652: Unlock Your Bodies Natural Healing Powers
Unlock the ability to over come pain, injury, fertility issues, and more. When it comes to the complexities of the human body, we all acknowledge it’s vulnerabilities but how often do we take a step back and allow it to repair itself? Whatever the ailment, we’re more adept at solving our own biological issues than we recognize. Harness your inner healing NOW.
Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep652
TRAIN SMART NOT STUPID! Consider us your strength & conditioning Sharman, follow our training to unlock your goals - https://pahq.co/Train
Check out what we do:
Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training
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