The Professional Amateurs Podcast

By Zach Elder

Join Zach and Alex as we rub our brains together to make a spark discussing high performance in sports, fitness, business, and more.... more

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How many episodes does The Professional Amateurs Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 93 episodes available.

The Professional Amateurs Podcast episodes:

January 15, 2024 Pitching Episode: What changed in the World of Pitching since we played?
I know, I know. Nobody wants to hear a couple guys do the "back in my day" thing for an hour. But we did it anyway. Maybe you'll like it. Maybe you won't. Only one way to find out.
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1h
January 13, 2024 Becoming a Landlord, Higher Education, and Neuroscience: A Peek Inside Our Brains
We discuss the experience of becoming a real estate investor, what our views are on the higher education situation in America (for non-athletes) and as a cherry on top, you get to listen to our brains try to understand themselves. Enjoy!
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53min
January 04, 2024 From Zero Offers to D1 Baseball: Alex Mihalakis
Alex Mihalakis is a RHP at Long Beach State University, and he has an incredible story of perseverance and self-belief. Enjoy this episode where we talk about everything from training to travel.
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1h 20min
December 19, 2023Baseball Episode: Must-Have and Must-Avoid Training Tools for Pitchers
Zach and Alex discuss the best and the worst of the Training Tools on the Market for pitchers.
Water Bags

Core Velocity Belt

Plyo Balls/Weighted Balls

King of the Hill

Oven Mitt TAP throwing Mitt

Shoulder Tube

Khaos Shoulder Shaker/Spinner

Spinner

Clubs

Batter Up

Towel

Wrist Weights

Clean Fuego Ball

The Kinetic Arm

The Power Drive Pitch and Throw Brace
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1h 7min
June 02, 2023 PEDs: A General Overview and Some Thoughts for the Average Person
Zach (@CoachZachElder) and Alex (@AlexPTwengeDC) discuss how they look at PEDs for regular people, athletes, powerlifters, and others.

Enjoy!
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36min
June 02, 2023 Pitching Periodization: Case Studies, Load Management, and Talking to Doctors
Zach and Alex run through their pitching periodization, discuss some of the interesting cases they saw over this offseason, and more.

The audio on Alex's mic cuts out part of the way through this episode. Apologies to our listeners, but we are professional amateurs after all. We'll have our sound team take a look at it and get it fixed up next time.

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41min
May 01, 2023 Self Employed vs. Business Owner: What lessons can we learn from defining these?
Join hosts Zach Elder (@CoachZachElder) and Alex Twenge (@AlexPTwengeDC) in discussing the merits of self employment, business ownership, and more. Enjoy!
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39min
April 28, 2023 Megan Twenge: Overcoming injury, Women's vs. Men's sports, College basketball, and more
Join hosts Zach Elder (@CoachZachElder) and Alex Twenge (@AlexPTwengeDC) in an interview with Megan Twenge. Megan is an Occupational Therapist and co-owner of Integrate Institute. She played college basketball at the University of North Dakota, and has an interesting background of being a highly recruited athlete and overcoming severe injury in her career. Enjoy!
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55min
April 28, 2023 The 5 Levels of Communication: How they can help us become better managers, coaches, and friends
Join Hosts Zach Elder (@CoachZachElder) and Alex Twenge (@AlexPTwengeDC) as they discuss the 5 levels of communication: Ritual, Extended Ritual, Surface, Feelings about self, and Feelings about each other. Understanding these communication skills is vital if you are a manager, a coach, a teammate, or a human wanting to interact with other humans. Enjoy!
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41min
April 07, 2023 Supplements, Branding Niches, and Hair-brained Business Ideas
In this episode, Alex and Zach discuss supplements, Including what they take, why they take it, and what they've tried in the past.

Enjoy!
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29min

FAQs about The Professional Amateurs Podcast:

How many episodes does The Professional Amateurs Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 93 episodes available.