Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

179. Stories from Trevor Abshire on Transitioning from Strength and Conditioning to Sport Science | Cleveland Guardians Sport Science Analyst


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Trevor Abshire joins the pod to share the biggest stories from his strength and conditioning career and transition to sport science. What started as an internal fascination with answering his own questions turned into landing him a job in the MLB with the Cleveland Guardians. Tune in to learn about what it was like making that transition and how he made it happen.

-3:00 Fork in the road: being 30 seconds away from taking a job in the Dominican Republic and almost becoming an X-Ray tech

-10:00 Advice for those thinking about pivoting fields

-18:26 What he did to transition from S&C to sport science

-27:14 How to get into coding

-32:15 Coolest/craziest story: an athlete squatting almost 600lb and all the plates falling off the bar and what it was like walking into Spring Training for the first time

-36:49 Full circle: reflecting on his 4+ years of coaching and its impact on his current job as a sport scientist

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qXmDon1iBGg

Trevor on LinkedIn: Trevor Abshire

A thank you to this show's sponsors:

FYTT | Samson Equipment | Isophit

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