The Performance Path Podcast

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Episode #23 is here folks and it's one of the best yet!!!!!

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In this episode i am joined by the phenomenally talented 

Adee Cazayoux,

Founder & CEO of Working Against Gravity. 

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Adee has a vast array of experience gained from both working with some of the fittest people on the planet as well as helping a huge amount of regular people improve their health and wellbeing. 

She currently works as Nutrition Coach with some of the best athletes in the world including

Reigning Fittest Woman on Earth

 Tia Clair Toomey, 

 Brooke Ence, Kara Webb, Alessandra Pichelli ,

 Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir ,Cody Anderson, Jessica Lucero

 & Cole Sager 

to name just a few. 

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In this episode we spoke about the following :

- Her background and her personal nutrition success story which ignited her interest Nutrition Coaching.

- Her favourite part of her current role as not just a nutrition coach but also as a business owner .

- The value of some of her favourite mediums for helping business owners to work better.

- Her thoughts on working with The best CrossFit athletes in the world and how they really are just amazingly professional humans who are a work in progress like the rest of us !

- Her thoughts on short term challenges and the value of their use depending on the context used in.

- Important lessons from the best athletes in the world.

- Her thoughts on the importance of coaching the individual holistically with a nod to some real life nutrition habits that are the building blocks of your clients progress.

- Recommendations for coaches who may be getting started in the nutrition coaching business and thoughts on scalability and the value of positivity and humility when getting your business going.

- Her thoughts on some of the changes in the CrossFit world over the past number of years.

- Her thoughts on some areas that have helped regular people improve their halth and wellness and have given them a place of safety to make progress.

- Her favourite Breakfast,Lunch & Dinner!!

- Some of her favourite Books and Coaches!!

- The next step in her own coaching development.

- Final lessons for all coaches and the “Writing reflex” !!!!

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Where to find out more about Adee & Working Against Gravity 

Adee's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/adeecazayoux/?hl=en

Working Against Gravity Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/workingagainstgravity/?hl=en

WAG Website : http://www.workingagainstgravity.com/

 

Resources mentioned in this episode.

Coaches : 

Michael Cazayoux ( Brute Strength) -

 https://www.instagram.com/michaelcazayoux/?hl=en

Annie Lalla -

 http://annielalla.com/

Books : 

Enders Game - 

https://www.amazon.com/Enders-Ender-Quintet-Orson-Scott/dp/0812550706

The Hungry Brain : Outsmarting the instincts that make us overeat -

 https://www.amazon.com/Hungry-Brain-Outsmarting-Instincts-Overeat/dp/125008119X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513900773&sr=1-1&keywords=the+hungry+brain

Podcast : 

Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman - Bonus Uncut Interview with Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg

https://soundcloud.com/best-of-tech-startups/masters-of-scale-with-reid-hoffman-bonus-uncut-interview-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg

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Thanks so much to Adee for joining me in a great episode. 

I hope you guys all enjoy the show and get some good info that will help you in your practice as an athlete or a coach.

Until next time Folks, 

Much Love , 

Your Humble Coach

Episode 22 is here folks and it is one of the most epic yet! 

In this episode i was joined by Adventurer Gavan Hennigan for a few cups of tea during which we gain some fantastic insight into what has driven Gavan to be the Special athlete that he is today! 

This episode covers so many topics that i would recommend blocking off some time and getting some strong coffee on so that you can delve deep into the psyche of a brilliant extreme endurance athlete and get your notebook at the ready as there is a goldmine of great ideas that everyone can use here. 

Here is where to find out more about Gavan and updates on his next spectacular adventure in Alaska.

https://www.gavanhennigan.com/

Welcome back Folks!! 

Episode 21 is here and I am joined by the awesome

John Singleton of The Progrm. 

John is an accomplished Osteopath, CrossFit coach to numerous Games and Regionals athletes and all around Movement Maestro . 

John is the Owner &  Head Coach of The Progrm Training system and has worked with some of the best CrossFit athletes in the world incuding Sara Sigmundsdottir, Björgvin karl Guðmundsson , Lukas Esslinger, Adrian Mundwiler and Axel Lundgren to name a few . 

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In this episode we chatted about the following :

- John's martial arts background and how he got into coaching

- Thoughts on his current work with Competitive Teenage CrossFit athletes

- The importance of movement quality for progress in the sport of CrossFit

- Why he enjoys working with Individual athletes & small groups of athletes and the importance amore detailed approach with each athlete

- Advice for us as coaches on how we can help our clients improve 

- The importance of evaluating programming on a regular basis to identify potential problem areas. 

- His thoughts on recovery methods and the value of an individual approach for each athlete.

- His thoughts on the recent CrossFit Games season changes 

- Some simple sage advice to us as coaches 

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Find out more about John & The Progrm Training system here

John's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/johnchristiansingleton/?hl=en

Website : https://theprogrm.com/

The Progrm Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theprogrm/?hl=en

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Thanks so much to John for joining me

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Best of luck to you and all of your athletes for the upcoming season .

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Hope you all enoy the show , 

Much Love, 

The Humble Coach

Episode #20 is here folks and today I caught up with an excellent up and coming coach! 

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In this episode i am joined by

MARC CLEARY , 

S&C and Football Performance Coach 

University of Virginia "Cavaliers" 

NCAA American Football Team  

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University Of Virginia Football Website

http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/va-m-footbl-body.html

Marc's Linkedin Profile

https://ie.linkedin.com/in/marc-cleary-7bb1479a

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Marc is one of the most promising up and coming Irish Strength & Conditioning Coaches working in the USA as well as being an accomplished Powerlifter and Oympic Weightlifter who has represented Ireland at International level.

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In this episode some of the topics we chatted about were as follows : 

-  Marc's background as a high level youth athlete and his transition into his current coaching role. 

- His attraction to Rugby, Olympic Weightlifting and Powerlifting and how his experience of working with hgh level coaches in these sports has helped him with building his own excellent coaching philosophy. 

-His experience working with a Division 1 University American Football team at University Of Virginia. 

- Some thoughts on parts of our own coaching practice that he thinks we can improve on. 

- Some of his current favourite books and resources for Coaching and Sports Performance. 

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It was awesome to talk to a great young coach who i know will be a major name in the coming years. 

Best of luck with the Bowl game mate!!!

#hoosrising

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Some of the resources Marc recommends. 

Coaches 

Yuri Verkshansky ( "Father of Plyometrics" & Author of Supertraining )

http://www.verkhoshansky.com/CVBibliography/tabid/71/Default.aspx

Buddy Morris ( S&C Coach - Arizona Cardinals Football ) 

http://www.azcardinals.com/team/coaches/buddy-morris/29bbd6bd-0e77-4f1e-832e-1cc4eaa297ef

 

Books 

Cal Dietz - Triphasic Training 

http://triphasictraining.com/

 Applied Principles of Optimal Power Development by Max Schmarzo & Matt Van Dyke 

http://strongbyscience.net/product/applied-principles-optimal-power-development/ 

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Hope you all enjoy the show and don't forget to subscribe!! 

Much Love , 

The Humble Coach

Episode #19 : Ronan Brady  

Physical Artist, Coach & Acrobat at Anomaly Performance , Athlone. 

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" Effective communication is communicating in the language of the receiver "

- Blindboy Boatclub, The Rubberbandits 

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A man of many talents, Ronan Brady of Anomaly Performance in Athlone joined me to chat about everything from GAA to Acrobatics!! 

Ronan was an inter county footballer with Roscommon up until 2011 winning a Connacht medal in 2010.

Some challenging injuries forced him down a new path and he discovered aerial and acrobatics thanks to Taking Flight Education and Performance.

From there he found Cyr Wheel, acrobatics and handstands and now dabbles in CrossFit, travels all over the world performing in awesome acrobatic shows and is generally a badass! 

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Some of the topics we chatted about are as follows :

1. His sporting background and how he got to where he is now.

2.  How his sporting background helped him develop a strong Growth Mindset towards Acrobatics.

3.  Why he is glad to have eventually found acrobatics and how the pros of getting involved massively outweigh the cons. 

4.  He talks about the Cyr Wheel, Aerial Straps & Duo Trapeze and some of the challenges involved in these activities. 

5.  His personal coaching style and how he encourages an open-minded explorer mentality for anyone looking to  learn acrobatics. 

6.  Why he loves working with beginners and some areas that we could improve on as coaches. 

7.  Some of his favourite education resources.

8.  Some of his awesome upcoming projects. 

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Thanks so much to Ronan for joining me and I hope you guys enjoy this really fun episode!! 

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  To find out more about Ronan and his amazing projects check him out on

Website: becomeyouranomaly.com

Facebook: Anomaly Performance

Instagram: @anomalyronan

Twitter: @AnomalyRonan

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Some of the Epic projects he has worked on!

Episode #18 is here folks!!

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Welcome back to another episode of The Humble Coach Podcast folks. (*47 Minute Listening Time )

This one is full of really great insights from a coach with a unique perspective since she currently works with two different sports codes at a very high level. 

Today i am joined by the excellent Ann Caffrey who currently works as a Strength & Conditioning and Performance Coach With Connacht Rugby and Mayo Senior Ladies Gaa teams. 

Ann has a fantastic coaching mentality which shines through by the way she speaks with such enthusiasm and passion about coaching.

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This was  an awesome chat with Ann and she has some great thoughts on a variety of topics. 

Some of those are as follows : 

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- Her Background and her route to becoming a Coach. 

 

- Her most recent coaching roles and some of the challenges she has encountered in them over the past few years .

 

- Her favourite part of coaching and some ideas on how coaches can improve in their own coaching practice.

 

- Her preferred coaching style and why she feels it is the best approach when working with athletes. 

 

-  Ann's thoughts on how movement quality, variety and fun are vital in as much of an athletes training as possible. 

 

- Her next step in her own coaching evelopment path and some of her favourite coaching resources that have helped her become an excellent coach. 

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Get the notebook out for this one folks as it is full of fantastic ideas for coaches of all levels . 

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Massive thanks to Ann for joining me on this episode.

It was a pleasure having you on the show and We wish you  continued success with both Connacht and Mayo! 

I hope you guys get some good ideas from this episode .

If so don't be afraid to hit the subscribe button to keep up to date with upcoming episodes.  

 

Until next time Folks, 

Much Love, 

Your Humble Coach

Soo.. we're back!!!

Episode #17 in the books!  

After a little time out your humble coach has returned with a really fun episode! 

I am Joined in this episode by the excellent Didier Bouic ,Owner of DFC, Galway City .

Didier has an awesome array of skills from Therapist to Coach to High level athlete and has a fantastic ability to help people get there fitness levels to a really excellent place both holistically as well as physically. 

It was awesome chatting to Didier and he is a breath of fresh air in the fitness world in my opinion. 

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Some of the topics we got to chat about are as follows : 

 

 - Didier's athletic background and how he got into coaching. 

 

- His particular interest in Sports Therapy and Kettlebells and the value of both of those tools and techniques when dealing with clients from all ends of the spectrum. 

 

- His preferred style of coaching and why. 

 

- Some areas that we could improve as coaches and advice on possible special populations that are ripe to be helped in a meaningful way fitness wise.

 

- His next coaching step and his favourite go to edcuational resources at the moment. 

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Thanks again to Didier joining me and below is where you can get in touch with Didier and his great gym . 

DFC on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/dfcgalway/

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Until next Time folks , 

Enjoy! 

The Humble Coach

Welcome back to another fun episode of The Humble Coach Podcast folks.

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Today i am joined by the curent reigning Fittest Woman in the Republic of Ireland ,

CrossFit Clonkilty's own Hilary Walsh ( Riordan ) .

 

Hilary has a fantastic sporting background having represented Ireland on a number of occasions in a number of different sports on the  Interational stage as well as being an inspiration to men and women all over Ireland with her awesome performances in the CrossFit world over the past number of years. 

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This was  a really enjoyable chat with Hilary and she has some great thoughts on a variety of topics. 

Some of those are as follows : 

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- Her sporting background and how she got into coaching

 

- Her favourite area of coaching and why she has changed emphasis recently regarding her competitive career. 

 

- Her preferred coaching ethos and philosophy and why movement quality and structural balance are so vital to as a coach consider to really help your clients make progress . 

 

- Hilary's thought on the benefits of utilising Julian Pineau's StrongFit principles and how they have helped her and her gym make awesome progess since adopting them into their training. 

 

- Her thoughts on prioitizing education and coaching over cheerlleading and how puttign yourself in your clients shoes on a regular basis is so important in helping you as a coach to understand their journey. 

 

- Her favourite coaches/resources at present. 

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Massive thanks to Hilary for joining me on this episode. It was a pleasure having you on the show and continued success to yourself and Brendan. 

Herself and Brendan have a fantastic gym in http://www.guerillafitnessclonakilty.com/ and if you are ever in the area they will take good care of you. 

I hope you guys get some good ideas from this episode .

If so don't be afraid to hit the subscribe button to keep up to date with upcoming episodes.  

 

Until next time Folks, 

Much Love, 

Your Humble Coach  :)

 

 

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Welcome back to another fun & hopefully educational episode of The Humble Coach Podcast .

Today i am joined by one of the early pioneers of CrossFit in Ireland Colm O'Reilly , Owner of CrossFit Ireland. 

CrossFit Ireland has just recently celebrated it's 10 Year anniversary as a CrossFit Affiliate which is a fantastic acheivement .

Colm has always got a very interesting perspective on all things CrossFit from his love of the anyalytical side of the games to the more down to earth fun and games of a regular day to day gym atmosphere. 

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Some of the the topics we chatted about are as follows : 

- Colm's background and how he got into coaching and CrossFit 

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- His favourite part of coaching

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- Some of the things we could do better as coaches in the fitness world. 

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- Some great lessons learned from a business and coaching perspective from 10 years as a CrossFit Affiliate

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- His own prsonal journey through some challenging mental health issues and some of the resurces and actions he has taken to improve this part of his life.

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- His opinion on competition at all levels and also some great ideas on how to percieve success in a competitiove environment for each of us. 

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- His advice for Coaches of all ages on why core values are so important to guide your decision making.

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- Some of his favourite current educational resources and books.

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Resources that Colm recommends : 

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How bad do you want it?  - Matt Fitzgerald

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Bad-You-Want-Psychology/dp/1781315272/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1506556048&sr=8-3

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The Mindful Athlete - George Mumford 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindful-Athlete-Secrets-Pure-Performance/dp/1941529259/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506556145&sr=1-1&keywords=george+mumford

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10% Happier - Dan Harris 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/10-Happier-Reduced-Self-Help-Actually/dp/1444799053/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506556235&sr=1-1&keywords=10+%25+happier

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Chasing Excellence-  Ben Bergeron Podcast 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs9b1SWEVJ2N4_l6eJIHJ2Q

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Colm's Blog 

http://www.cheesecakeandbarbells.com/

 

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Thanks so much to Colm for joining me today for what was a really great chat with so many great insights and take aways for coaches & athletes in all fields and at all levels. 

I hope you guys enjoy this episode and that you get some good ideas from it. 

If you enjoyed this episode hit the subscibe button to get updates on when new episodes arrive. 

 

Until Next time folks, 

Much Love 

The Humble Coach

Welcome back to another Great episode of The Humble Coach Podcast everyone. 

Today i am joined by a brilliant Movement Coach and Therapist Ronnie Warde of OptimumBody.ie in Galway.

Ronnie has a great story and has been doing great work in the past number of years in Galway with people from all walks of life from Athletes to Grannies and Grandads. 

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In today's epidose we spoke about the following topics : 

- Ronnie's Background and how he transistioned from his previous career to becoming a therapist and some of the challenges. 

- His treatment philosphy & what has been the driving forces behind his development of it.

- Some of the benefits of his Person Centred and Holistic approach to pain management compared to what is a lot of people may have experienced before. 

- Some of the most common issues that people preent with and some tips on our own self care.

- Lessons for new and Mature coaches alike. 

- His favourite resources & books that he recommends.

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Where to find out more about Ronnie and how to get in contact with him 

Website : http://optimumbody.ie/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RonnieWardeOptimumBody.ie/

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It was brilliant to have welcome Ronnie to the show and some great take aways for all of us and i hope you guys enjoy the show. 

Until Next time ,

Much Love 

The Humble Coach