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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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Jun 8, 2019 • 1h 39min
EP 314 – Champions On and Off the Field with Nicole Davis
The Edge of Performance So you think you’ve got a decent idea of how to bring your athletes or even yourself to the very edge of your performance capacity? Maybe you’ve got some of the physical components down but I assure you that after listening to this episode, you’ll be reevaluating how you communicate, how…
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Jun 1, 2019 • 1h 25min
EP 313 – PT Work and Politics with Sue Falsone
From Table to Field Keep a cool head and stay in your lane. Sound advice from a woman who has worked her ass off to earn the distinction of first female head athletic trainer in any of the MLB, NHL, NBA, or NFL institutions. She prides herself on being honest with her recovering athletes and…
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May 25, 2019 • 1h 37min
EP 312 – Mike Hill Coaches with Authenticity
Developing The Mike Hill Brand How meticulous is your coaching routine? If you’re not keeping track of everything down to the music that was playing, you need to get on Mike Hill’s level. He is notoriously detail oriented and extremely practical in his approach to college level strength and conditioning. What compelled him to hire…
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May 17, 2019 • 1h 29min
EP 311 – Ron McKeefery Changing Lives Through Sport
Adapt, Overcome We just can’t get enough Ron McKeefery [@RMcKeefery]. His enthusiasm for coaching is fueled by his sense of obligation to change lives. If you’re looking for motivation to jump start your own passion for training others, you NEED to listen to this episode. He’s made weight room leadership an art by studying the…
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May 10, 2019 • 1h 21min
EP 310 – Bobby Smith and Athlete Resiliency
Find your Why Coach Bobby Smith [@coachbobbysmith] battled injury and what he considered less than optimal training as a collegiate javelin thrower and football player. After rehabbing and making his way to California to train with one of the best javelin coaches in the world, Smith threw at the Olympic trials. The training he received…
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May 3, 2019 • 1h 31min
EP 309 – OuraRing Sleep Tracking with Harpreet Rai
Put A Ring On it Are you chronically tired? Do you feel like your sleep sucks ass? Is it affecting your training, your job, your relationships, your attractiveness and your ability to listen to a full episode of Power Athlete Radio? Your problem just became our problem. And we are PROBLEM SOLVERS. Luckily we are…
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Apr 26, 2019 • 1h 44min
EP 308 – Conscious Coaching with Brett Bartholomew
Good Coaches Provide Value Being on Power Athlete Radio three times is like getting to third base. The excitement, the sense of achievement, and the undeniable sexual tension. Just ask this week’s three-timer, Brett Bartholomew [@coach_brettb]. What started as a few bros catching up turned into another incredible conversation about the value of connection. Now…
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Apr 19, 2019 • 1h 21min
EP 307 – Rachel Larson Talks Mind Over Muscle
Mind Over Muscle Did you know that the types of cues you use with your athletes can have a SIGNIFICANT effect on how they perform? Of course you did. But I bet you didn’t know that the mind-muscle connection is known as attentional focus. Take something like training the almighty bench press…External focus is when…
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Apr 13, 2019 • 1h 18min
EP 306 – Vernon Griffith and Virginia High Performance
Break The Bad Coach Cycle Vernon Griffith [@vernongriffith4] sees coaching as an opportunity to provide athletes the leadership and direction that he lacked as a youth athlete himself. While this is a departure from most coach’s come-up stories, it provides an interesting filter for someone who wanted to break the cycle of poor and impersonal…
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Apr 5, 2019 • 1h 17min
PA Radio – Episode 305: The Crew
The Birthday Episode This week we are retroactively celebrating the birthdays of both John and Tex. In this episode you’ll get tales of birthday’s past and answers to your questions…both training and personal. When was Luke most recently propositioned for an orgy while at sea? And why did John end up spending his 21st birthday…
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