Nugget Of the Day:

“Being a fool is entertaining for others, don’t confuse the cheering”

This quote leads us into our guest today Zach Elder. Zach is the director of Strength and Conditioning and sport skill acquisition at Mac Strength a performance center rooted in working with baseball players. Zach comes in line with my recent obsession with the baseball world and how they are implementing movement and skill into their sport.

Today's guest is Brady Volmering. Brady is the founder of Dac baseball a baseball performance center and online consultant that does an amazing job providing their athletes with a holistic approach to sport. Brady works with baseball players on developing environments that lead to long term changes in their swings. Today we talked about how to approach the creation of these sessions and what really matters when we are training baseball players.

Nugget of the Day: "No one is a master. In ten thousand years, we will all look like apes." 

This quote leads us into our guest today, Carter Schmitz. We will be reviewing our summer programs. We will discuss what we really enjoyed and also be talking about what we didn't really enjoy and how we plan to adapt and evolve our programs over time. We had a blast recording this episode and are very excited for you guys to listen. As always, Keep Chopping Wood.

Nugget Of the Day:

“Can you understand their decisions are their decisions and you have plenty to work on, on your own.”

This quote leads us into our guest today Cullen Aubin. I originally connected with Cullen when he was a thrower at UNH. Cullen has done an amazing job at connecting and spreading the knowledge of the underground world that is throwing and bringing it all to light. He has experience as both a Strength Coach and a throwing coach and today we talked about his experience as a coach so far, how he believes you need to make connections and what providing value really means.

Nugget Of The Day: " Comfort is the killer of creativity"

This quote leads us into our guest today Bill Miller! Coach Miller is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist that specializes in working with rotational athletes to improve their power! He also just released his book "Swing Fast A Guide To Rotational Power" Today we talked about Bill's approach to training for rotational power, how he measures it and his journey the brought him to this thought process! 

Nugget Of the Day:

“The goal is to live without boundaries, without fear, understanding the bad is coming, while living for the good that is there”

This quote leads us into our guest today Bud Jeffries. Bud is one of the most extraordinary humans, physically, emotionally and spiritually. His message and way of living it out in his life is something I’ve very excited to dive into today. His Instagram bio reads as “a professional oldtime strongman. Author. Speaker. Minister/barbarian. Massage therapist. Good guy and bad guy” and if that doesn’t make you interested in this man I don’t know what will! Today we talked about what being strong for life really means and how to accomplish that goal! 

Nugget Of The Week - "Love the Humble Art you Have learned and take rest in it"

On this weeks podcast we had our first solo Q/A with Coach Jochum where we cover:

Why We Train the Way We Train

Stretching Do's and Don'ts

The Mindset it takes to be successful

What I have Changed my mind on in the past year

And Gilman Days 2020 preview

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Nugget Of the Day: “What is made to fly will not do well trapped on the ground”

This quote leads us into our guest today Mike Tucker. Coach Tucker is the head strength and conditioning coach For Villanova Football team. Mike has been in the circle of coaches that have been on this podcast and I love his approach to training! Today we talk about the choice between improvement or ego, how to create game speed and his approach to creating a full program!

Thank you for listening!

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Nugget Of the Day: “A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest man”

This quote leads us into our guest today Brett Adams. Brett is the owner of Transcending Performance and has been recommended by multiple legends in the field, today we talked about the importance of focusing on creating environments, but not in the traditional thought of way of sets and reps and drills, but the importance of emotion and what goes on between an athletes ears! Hopefully you guys get something out of this!

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Nugget Of the Day: “The hard and stiff will be broken, the Soft and supple will prevail”

This quote leads us into our guest today Kevin Foster. Kevin is a former D1 Javelin thrower and aspiring Olympic thrower as well as owner of Javelin Anatomy a page dedicated to the training of Javelin throwers. I heard of Kevin through past guest Jake Tuuras and Joels Smiths podcast and really loved his approach to training and his over arching general philosophies. Hope you get something out of this podcast.

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