“Athletes are ending their careers early because of nutrition.”

“Sense the beginning of time, in every medical writing, in history, in every system of healing, the number one herb were herbs for stress response, they were adaptogens.”

“More people will research their next refrigerator, their next house, their next purchase, their next care, more than they research their health.’

“Mindset drives decisions”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Jim LaValle joins us today to share how he looks to improve nutrition and health to improve performance. After a brief run down of his background Jim drives right into how nutritional issues are leading to a majority of the problems athletes have, including shortening their careers. He then shares with us some ways he is looking at blood with athletes in a different manner than “general population” to help figure out what is best to provide nutritionally or supplementally with athletes including a in depth break down of how cortisol affects athletes including some misconceptions of it. We then discuss the role of stress management and some pros and cons of modern methods used to measure stress. He then discusses adapatogens, and how many of them have been used for a very long time, because they work. Jim then discusses methods used to get these nutrients and adaptogens into the system, including the future of delivery systems for athletes and limitations to the ones that we have now. Jim then runs down the rabbit hole of how helping athletes nutrition has helped improve their health, improved performance, and taken better care of them when they retire so they feel better and live better lives. We finish off talking about the role of accountability with the athlete in this whole situation, and at the end of the day they’re the ones that have to make the decisions and fix the issues at the end of the day.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

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“This inquisitiveness is very important to me. This is how we’re going to continue to improve. This is how we are going to not just find answer, but actually find better questions because I don’t know if we are every going to really find answers, at least not answers we all agree on.”

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It’s here! Seminar week is here! In this weeks My Thought’s Monday I share a couple of ideas for people in attendance at continuing education opportunities. Things have changed quite a bit since the inception of The Seminar in 2011 when it comes to attendees at these events. Although there are some great aspects to this, you may be missing what’s going on in front of you and opportunities to engage and improve your experience at the event.

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“If you can’t provide them with what they’re asking for you’re probably in the wrong position.”

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As a strength and conditioning coach we are in a support role, but all to often when we are questioned we get quite defensive. In this weeks My Thoughts Monday I share my thoughts as to how I see this idea of coaches providing input, and how we can be better at taking these critiques to help improve our athletes at a greater level.

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Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“The whole idea is recover ability, what’s your availability from day 1 to day 2.”

“My goal is to be able to peak every play, to be able to peak through the entire game”

“At the end of the day if you can’t define and support what you do, then you’re doing it wrong.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Josh Medler joins us to discuss the preparation program he utilizes with his football players at Wofford College. After a quick run down of how he got to Wofford Josh dives right into the program that they’ve built, including some of the hiccups along the way that lead him to make the decisions he has made about how they prepare their athletes. Next, Josh shares with us how they’re monitoring athletes on a limited budget, looking at both lift and practice in a unique way that they have had some good success with. Make sure you check them out on IG @woford_strength and twitter @wofordstrength to keep up with everything they’re doing down there.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“If you’re going to sit there and ask them to push through, but you don’t remember where those barriers are and how those barriers feel, you may not really understand what they’re pushing too, or if they are or aren’t.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

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A few weeks ago I was challenged to push myself past my limits with training for the first time in a long time. This really resparked my “love” for training, and got me thinking about why I got into this. This weeks My Thoughts Monday is a discussion about why I got into this, and why challenging ourselves in training from time to time may be what we all need to help keep that “spark” that got the fire started.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“Magnesium is the new vitamin D.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Today I get the pleasure of sitting down and discussing in season training in the National Hockey League with the San Jose Sharks Mike Potenza. After a quick rundown of how he got to the league and the Sharks we start diving right into the evolution of his in season training program. Mike has evolved it to a year long developmental model, and he shares how this program evolved and with what their focuses are and how he structures his training blocks. Next, Mike discusses how they evaluate the athletes, how often they evaluate them, and who gets access to the information to make sure the athletes are moving the the right direction. This leads him into how the warm up he uses with his guys is the backbone of all of their training where they check a lot of boxes to make sure the guys are best prepped and take care of. With all the travel in the western conference, Mike then discusses what’s involved in making sure the guys are good to go with all the travel and issues usually associated with it. Mike finishes off by sharing with us where the most important parts of nutrition and recovery he sees with todays athletes.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“Without objective data you’re just person with an opinion”

“You can always change your methods, you can never change your principles.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

We are rejoined by Kentucky’s Dr. Chris Morris to discuss some real world situations that a rise being in the “performance science” world. After a quick catch up with Doc, Chris gets right into some of the strategies he has had some good success with, and the reasons he feels they were successful. He then is open enough to share with us some of the areas and situations where he has had issues with different portions of the “science” area of athletics, including how he found his role and position in the department in Lexington and the steps he took to get there. These four values are what drive his direction at UK. These values have changed how they assess the athletes, develop programs, monitor the process, and communicate through out the department. Included in this is an awesome way they profile their football players to make sure progress is made and increases buy in. Dr. Morris finishes off by sharing some strategies they are utilizing at UK to communicate the data with athletes that is becoming very successful to help push improve performance. We finish off with Dr. Morris giving his one piece of advice he would give to me if he could go back 10 years and help me build a program.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“I really think it is ok for us to believe that we absolutely can have as much of an impact on winning as we choose to.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

Coppin State’s Chris Hays joins us this week to piggy back off of Episode #89 with his views of our impact as a profession on the outcomes of competition. At the present we, as a profession as a whole, deflect the blame when we are not successful to things like recruiting, instead of, where Chris see’s us going, taking on more responsibilities to make sure that we help drive better results.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“These principles, no matter who you are, will never ever vary by kind, only by need. Really it’s the application of principles that change, not the principles themselves.”

This episode of The Podcast is brought to you by Exxentric, the makers of the kBox and kPulley. Exxentric is the world leader in fly wheel training technology providing multiple pieces to fit your budget and needs to better serve your athletes. North American customers looking for more info should contact Andreas at andreas.ahlstrom@exxentric.com or 503-739-1391. All others, or to learn more about the kBox, kPulley and flywheel training, please go to their website at: https://exxentric.com/.

Tyler Ray joins us to discuss methods to evaluate and improve your athletes vertical jumping skills in this weeks edition of The Podcast. After a quick run down of his background Tyler gets right into sharing how he evaluates jumping technique and evaluates specific parts of the skill itself, including some terminology he utilizes at PPA. He then shares with us the incorporation of strength training, explosive work (jumps and plyos) and technique work together. Coach Ray finishes off sharing with us how he quantifies the jumps and looks at the numbers to drive training and increase jumping performance. Make sure you checkout and follow his IG @projectpureathlete, and subscribe to his YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/projectpureathlete Here’s a link to video he mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPImK_zEyM

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

You can find sensational content just like this in The Strength Coach Network. As a member of The Strength Coach Networks, you can access over 200 hours of the highest-level lecture content just like this one for 48 hours for only $1. Follow the link below to sign up and use the code CVASPS at check out to get a 48 hour trial for only $1. Check out The Strength Coach Network Here! https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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“If we are improving performance then the byproducts of decreased injuries, increased strength, size, power, aerobic, anaerobic endurance, whatever they may be, are going to take care of themselves.”

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by GymAware, the leading tool to measure your athlete’s weight room performance. Learn more about “The Rolls Royce” of bar velocity monitoring here: https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.html

This My Thoughts Monday is brought to you by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord, ForceDecks, the GroinBar and HumanTrak. With all their products providing evidence-based solutions to performance professionals so they can get the right information, for the right decision, at the right time. Make sure to go check out all their great products at: www.valdperformance.com

The role of the strength and conditioning coach is something that has been a bit of an unknown for quite some time. In this week My Thoughts Monday I discuss a bit of the history of our vocation and where I’ve seen some curves and turns away from where the initial reason for training came from in the first place, to improve performance.

We are hoping to provide the best possible content for strength coaches with each of our shows. If feel this could provide value for anyone else in the strength and conditioning field please feel free to share.

Enjoy the content? Then you should check out The Strength Coach Network!

The Strength Coach Network has taken The CVASPS Community and The Rugby Strength Coach Community and combined them to provide you the internet’s best content in one place. With more than 200 hours of fantastic lecture material make sure to check out The Strength Coach Network and use the code CVASPS to get a 48 hour trial for only $1 by using the link here: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/cvasps/

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