What’s on your Mind Coach?

Humiliation is not leadership. Degradation is not team bonding. And abuse is not a rite of passage.

In Episode 2, Coach Andrew talks about hazing and toxic locker room traditions, where the line actually sits between rookie duties and abuse, why coaches who claim they had no idea are failing their programs, and how real brotherhood gets built in the weight room, in practice, and through mutual respect.

Athletes, how does your locker room handle leadership? Coaches and parents, how are you enforcing real standards? Drop a comment below.

DM @xiosfitness for a movement test.

Music: "Cut Trance" by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under CC BY 4.0

ACL tears, blown-out shoulders, stress fractures, burnout. Every time an athlete breaks down, people call it bad luck. Coach Andrew calls it what it is: bad management.

In the premiere episode of What's On Your Mind, Coach Andrew? we break down why athletes at every level are running on empty: starters run into the ground with no real depth chart behind them, strength training dropped the second the season starts (gains start fading within 14 to 21 days), and athletes thrown back into competition the moment a doctor signs a piece of paper. Plus the playbook for keeping athletes healthy, fresh, and performing all season.

Coaches, athletes, and sports parents, this one is for you.

What's On Your Mind, Coach Andrew? is unfiltered, real talk on strength and conditioning, athletic mindset, and high-performance training, from XIOS Strength & Conditioning in Gilroy, CA.

Train with Coach Andrew: DM @xiosfitness on Instagram to book a movement test.

Music: "Cut Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/