Passing Power

Its Episode 4 and were back on the international hype! This week my good friend Masse joins me to talk about his collegiate journey and what he has been up to once he hung up his collegiate soccer boots. Tune in to find out what its like being from 34 different countries and how that can help the family business. We talk about different routes that are available to take in your senior year and that its truly not important to rush such decisions.

The age old question, do we really need college? My close friend Joey Owens joins me this week. We met playing college soccer, his career was short lived as he knew college was not for him. This started his journey through many people orientated professions to becoming a successful trader. Joey has his own trading business while having a full time job in customer service working for a tech company.

We dive in to how tough it could be finding your true calling. The importance of trial and error when it comes to jobs. Turning hobbies into professions and finally how to stay on top of your ADHD. Jump in and listen!

In the first episode of Passing Power, I chat with a former team mate, Leo Sowa who comes from Berlin, Germany. We discuss what expectations international students have when coming to America to play collegiate sports. We also tackle the tough question of what happens after you graduate and the difficulties that come with trying to make a career in either sport or in a profession. 

In Episode 22, I sit down with Providence Tucker, an Ex- Collegiate Football/ Soccer player, a current fitness manager and an athletic performance coach. We talk about the game of football (soccer) how it has evolved in recent years with the physical demands placed on players. How these demands lead to certain injuries and how we, as strength coaches can help players be less at risk of an injury and even improve sporting performance.

Rugby has a rich culture when it comes to personality and playing style. With the sport being so physically demanding, sometimes coaches can make or break themselves by trying to change it or just go with it. Lindenwood Rugby prides it self for having one of the best rugby teams for both 15s and 7s. This week I am joined by Matt Mata'u, their strength and conditioning coach, to talk about, exactly what its like to get the best out of those guys or girls, without trying to fight wars against them.

On Episode 20, I sit down with Dr. Grogan, a chiropractor and owner of Back Pain Centre and Trainology Fitness Systems. We dive into what the Joint by Joint approach is, where each area of the body qualifies as a stable joint or as a mobile joint. Whenever these joints get injured or we just do not move properly, a stable joint becomes mobile and a mobile joint becomes stable. As these joints are not suited for these functions, more often than not, these compensations lead to injuries. 

Chiropractors see this very often from an athletic population and general population too, for different reasons. On this episode we break down the reasons for these compensations, injuries and also ways in which to help solve them.  

On this weeks show I sit down with JD Mehlhorn, The Head of Olympic Sports @Georgia State. We discuss the common misconceptions players and coaches have about how pre season should be run. Many of us as athletes dread pre season because we come into it and on the first day were tired and our hamstrings are tight. It shouldnt really be like this surely? No. Coach JD takes us through how a good pre season should be planned with ascending volumes in order to prepare the body, not hurt it. 

Tune in to learn about the truths of pre season and listen about different ways this can be applied to multiple sports.

In Episode 18 I sit down with one of my old coaches Trenton Crain, who is currently the Olympic Lifting coach at Lindenwood University. On the show we talk about what the lifting is as a sport, how this helps in certain explosive sports and also what can be its drawbacks in terms of coaching it and exploiting its benefits. We then talk about how best to get the same results without using olympic lifts in a strength program.