John Grace has been in professional soccer for the last 9+ year and in the performance world even longer, seeing some crazy things like JOHN CENA. Tune in to learn more about John's takes on training high-level soccer players, how this can apply to you, and some of his coolest stories along the way.

4:13 Biggest realization of soccer-specific performance training: keep the in-season training as general as possible

18:31 Learning from the extensive (starting at age 12) pro soccer academy system, the value of some early specialization, and building relationships with the sport coach

30:32 One thing the soccer world can do better: actually addressing sprint mechanics, at least a little

37:31 Fork in the road story: stumbling into an internship with Mike Young at Athletic Lab and doing a totally *legal* internship in Vancouver with Mike

47:06 Coolest/craziest story: John Cena training at Athletic Lab and watching him crush facility records

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EXbgVl_ZC3c

John on Twitter: @john_r_grace

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