Matt Tometz Performance Podcast

By avoiding bodybuilding content, you're missing out on a crucial aspect of strength and hypertrophy development for sports performance. In this episode, I break down how learning from bodybuilding experts like Mike Israetel has made me a better coach. We'll dive into key truths, compare principles, and show how applying bodybuilding concepts can enhance your athletes' performance.

1:12 Analogy: consulting with someone else before giving advice

4:24 Truths of bodybuilding

6:16 Truths of sports performance

7:41 Truths of both

16:49 Comparing and contrasting the principles and variables of both

20:11 Real-life examples: proximity to failure/RIR/VBT, pump/metabolites, mechanical tension, "arm farm epiphany," rep ranges

35:56 Action items and value it provides

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

A thank you to this show's sponsors: FYTT, Samson Equipment, Isophit

Adam Moreau is on a mission to protect UCL's in baseball players everywhere. Although the application is much wider than just reducing Tommy John surgeries, he and his team created a revolutionary product to do just that. The FlexPro Grip directly strengthens and trains the muscles and tendons from the fingertips through the elbow with real-time data feedback. Tune in to learn more about the journey of this mission and product turning into reality.

3:14 Background and thought process for the FlexPro Grip

9:56 Process of going from the idea to a real-life product

19:48 Most frustrating part of making a product

21:35 Fork in the road story: having a booth at the 2020 ABCA with no prototype and COVID being the saving grace

33:58 Coolest story: eating dinner with Trevor Hoffman, Moises Alou, and Ian Kinsler

41:00 How getting started with their first MLB team spurred from a coach from during his high school travel playing days 7 years prior

47:21 Full circle story: a pro organization asking to unsubscribe from the product/research updates, to coming back around and being a big contributor 2 years later

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

Adam on social media: @FlexProGrip @armoreau (IG) @AdamMoreauPD (Twitter)

Link to FlexPro Grip: https://www.flexprogrip.com/

A thank you to this show's sponsors:

FYTT | Samson Equipment | Isophit

In this episode, I demystify the sprint force-velocity profile and connect it to its crucial role in speed training. I break down how to interpret the data to to directly enhance your speed training programming and performance. Drawing from real-life sprint testing with D1 college and high school football teams, as well as anecdotal evidence, I provide actionable insights you can apply tomorrow.

3:10: Understanding each metric: definitions, formulas, and how it's measured

10:40: Simplifying metrics: reducing from 10 to 5 with correlation matrices and rationale

31:53: Evaluating metrics: what’s good and bad for college vs. high school levels

33:28: Navigating data: decision-making frameworks and prioritizing issues with conditional logic

42:19: Key action items for immediate application

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3i3Mr2o3nAg

A thank you to this show's sponsors:

FYTT

Samson Equipment

Isophit

Nieko Torres (Louisville Baseball S&C) shares his journey from turning down his first job offer after his GA to being a part of a historic NCAA baseball run at Tulane. He reflects on his evolving philosophy as a strength coach to the nuances of contributing to a program during rebuilding years.

4:51 Fork in the road: deciding to not take his first job offer out of his graduate assistantship despite it ending

13:34 Coolest story: his first year at Tulane making it to the NCAA tournament with the lowest regular season wins ever

22:05 Where does the strength coach fit into "rebuilding years"?

24:52 Full circle: being completely out on technology when he first started coaching to now being a foundational part of his program

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/O1d3u-tb2j8

Nieko on Instagram: @neeeks21

A thank you to this show's sponsors:

FYTT

Samson Equpiment

Isophit

Corey Petersen shares his top stories from almost 10 years in strength and conditioning. Highlights include the backstory to his unique approach to injury management, insights from working with elite athletes like Christian McCaffrey, and the story of a remarkable ACL rehab getting back on the field in just 5.5 months.

3:10 Fork in the road: from his mom helping him a weight set growing up to starting college as a business major, realizing this field was for him

13:39 Craziest story: playing "trash ball" with his Women's Soccer team, destroying his ankle, and living to tell the tale through not icing his rolled ankle at all

20:20 His experience being at Stanford the year after Christian McCaffery's Heisman and his advice for working with higher profile athletes

26:51 Full circle: rehabbing the senior captain's ACL and getting her back on the field in 5.5 months, then creating a video summary reel called "The Journey"

Episode on YouTube:

Corey's Instagram: @CoreyPetersen44

A thank you to this show's sponsors:

https://fytt.io/

https://www.samsonequipment.com/

https://www.isophit.com/

Brad Thorpe, the inventor/CEO/Founder of Isophit, shares his incredible journey from facing daunting legal and medical bills to getting $100,000 from a Facebook post. Discover how he turned personal health challenges into a groundbreaking fitness innovation which even landed him a contract with the US Military.

6:31 Fork in the road: from a lawyer bill 2x the original quote to hospital bills from the NICU, getting $100k from a Facebook post

22:05 Where the Isophit idea came from: heart attacks and high blood pressure in the family, his own being 150/100 at 19 years old, to normalizing it in 2 weeks with isometrics

32:31 Craziest story: getting a contract with the US Military

40:18 Full circle story: a failed business partnership worth $3.5 million

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FShZY-Q_3Dg

Brad on Instagram: @isophit_inventor @isophit

Link to Isophit: https://www.isophit.com/ and Linkedin

A thank you to this show's sponsors:

FYTT Online Software

Samson Equipment

Josh Seligman shares some of the coolest, craziest, and most fulfilling stories from his 12 years as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Milwaukee Brewers.

4:55 What it's like working with Cy Young's, MVP's, and Olympians

10:21 Fork in the road story: leaving a fitness manager job in Hawaii to pursue his dreams in pro baseball

14:39 Recounting all the stops along the way from independent ball to the Major Leagues

22:57 Craziest story: the 2018 season and being 1 game away from the World Series

31:22 Full circle story: working as a performance unit and routinely being top 5 in the MLB in player availability

37:37 Reflecting on his unique experience of being both CSCS and ATC

42:18 Misconceptions about being at the Major League level

45:07 Comparing/contrasting the beginning, middle, and end of his 12 years with the Brewers

52:21 Changing identity with a new job/field, comparing it to when his house burned down

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iO28oYOT7yI

Josh on Linkedin: Josh's profile

Thank you to the sponsors of this show:

https://www.samsonequipment.com/

https://fytt.io/

Tom Barbeau, going on year 5 with the Carolina Panthers, takes us through the coolest stories from his career so far.

-2:52 Fork in the road story: Quitting his last college basketball season to get into coaching, then switching to strength and conditioning

-6:21 Explaining the Burdenko Method and his connection to it

-13:08 Coolest/craziest story: experience of working with athletes like Cam Newton and Christian McCaffrey

-18:36 First return to play experience getting a hockey player back for a first round playoff game

-20:05 Stumbling into Power 5 football at Baylor, going from 1-11 to 11-3 2 years later

-27:04 What is about return to play that means a little bit more as a coach?

-29:12 Return to play case: NFL athlete setting PR after PR from simply adding in 1 extra off-day

-34:49 Full circle story: coaching along side his parents when they came down to consult for the Carolina Panthers

Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bxu_48WSO20

Contact Tom on social media @BarbeauTraining

A thank you from our sponsor, Samson Equipment: https://www.samsonequipment.com/

Force plates can be your competitive edge as a coach or a fancy decoration in the corner collecting dust, depending on your understanding of how to use of them. But whether you currently have them or are interested in getting some, let's discuss how to maximize the value of force plates.

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Timestamps:

-2:15 What I want for you after this episode

-3:38 Creating context from my experience with force plates

-5:28 What are force plates?

-7:35 Quantitative and qualitative data from force plates

-9:57 Doing sport science with force plates

-12:12 Have your athletes out-earned well-rounded training?

-15:50 Understanding the data

-18:14 My ideas and decision-making tree

-22:56 What it's like actually using force plates

-26:44 Closing thoughts and my thought processes

-30:54 Action items for both those with and without force plates

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Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dfQ5Clb7qQg

Link to this episode's sponsor, Samson Equipment: https://www.samsonequipment.com/

Your network and networking isn't good enough to help you achieve what you want to achieve. "It's all about who you know" and "your network is your net worth" isn't cutting it anymore. Time to take action to take control of your networking!

Top quotes:

"If you do the right stuff for the right people over a long period of time, that's when the opportunities come your way."

"Not that it's a direct correlation: drive 1.5 hour each way to shake someone's hand and they offer you can opportunity. But I know how to not get those opportunities, by not doing those things."

"When you're trying to grow, you network upwards. When you're trying to get together, you network laterally. When you're trying to teach, you network downwards."

Timestamps:

-1:26 Stories and examples of when networking came back around to positively benefit me over the last 4+ years

-6:54 Core principles, concepts, and networking definition: intentionally (organically) exchanging value with other professionals

-12:49 Breaking down the different kinds of networking (upward, lateral, and downward)

-16:07 What NOT to do in networking, avoid this at all costs

-19:02 How to cold approach someone for networking using my XYZ formula

-21:22 How to continue networking over time with those already in your network

-24:41 Action items (3) for yourself moving forward to start taking control of your networking

Link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/HiDKLiqW-x4

A link to this show's sponsor: https://www.samsonequipment.com/