Be Legendary Podcast

The most under-managed and overlooked factor in collegiate sport performance (and probably optimal human performance if we're being honest): SLEEP. Dr. Craig Turner has made a career in sport science by focusing on sleep - how much do athletes need versus what is optimal? How can we best measure it and use that data? So much unknown about sleep, but we explore some of it in this episode of the Research 2 Reps Roundtable.

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This Beyond Sets & Reps episode with Luke Day ended up being too good of a conversation to limit it to ~30 minutes so we've got a 2-parter for you! In part I Coach Day sets the stage for where he's at now and he doesn't hold any punches when it comes to talking about his highs and his lows. Listen now and then be on the lookout for part II where he takes his experience one step further!

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Spanning coaching and consulting in combat sports, sport science and nutrition, Jennifer Gibson has 18 years in Athletic Performance and while that's easy to say in one sentence, it's MUCH more difficult to sum up her experiences in one podcast episode... but we tried. In this episode of the Research 2 Reps Roundtable our conversation makes it clear why she's one of the best in the field and continues working with elite athletes to reach the top of their game.

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USFL Director of Player Performance, Coach Zac Woodfin, is our guest this week on the Beyond Sets & Reps podcast. Not only do our career paths have a lot more in common than we initially realized, but he started speaking my language when he began discussing the relationships he prided himself on developing. So much so that while he was the Director of Strength & Conditioning, the University President asked him to serve as the interim Athletic Director at University of Southern Mississippi. Relationships got him there! You can't miss this episode.

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Dr. Katie Nichols, Director of Mental Performance begins our Research 2 Reps Roundtable conversation by defining what mental performance actually is - essentially it's having the skills to put yourself in a position to be successful. Notice she didn't equate it to mental toughness! I know that's enough to have you intrigued, so go ahead and press play on this episode.

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"My body loves kale, my soul loves fried chicken" - our guest this week, Melissa Crowson, Dietician and Nutritionist. If that doesn't sum up our conversation, I don't know what will. Instead of focusing on broccoli, Crowson focuses on performance goals and winning to really get nutrition principles to hit home with athletes. Find more from Melissa Crowson at performstrong.org.

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The 'sport science' of mental health - while we typically think of sport science and the nerdy sport stuff, we often forget that how our brain works is most definitely science! Our athletes' brains run the show and this conversation with Dr. Brittany Collins examines the intersection of sport, sport science, mental health and social science. To say it was a high level conversation doesn't do it justice.

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Chris Crumpler AKA Coach Crump brings the fire this week with his motto: "I don't make excuses, I make adjustments!" BOOM. As a serial entrepreneur, coach, and athlete, his perspective on life is one that I don't see often, but his presence makes his mindset contagious. After this conversation you'll be ready to go and be saying, "check up!"

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Our Research 2 Reps Roundtable guest, Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan, is an Exercise Physiology professor at UNC Chapel Hill with over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts - so she's quite prolific in the sports research world. With alphabet soup after her name (said with admiration) - Ph.D., CSCS*D, FNSCA, FACSM, FISSN - she's well on her way to helping improve the health and quality of life for others. And a very unique aspect of this specific episode is that she ended up running the show and asking us more questions than we asked her!

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University of Louisville Rowing Coach, Derek Copeland, had a unique childhood and early experience with sport that makes him a unique coach, to say the least. He has embraced the high performance model approach because he's seen it in action and how successful he and his team can be with it. If you want real world insight into how the HPM can be implemented and used, this episode is it!

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