Blog Archives

Episode #35 Applying Principles of Sport Science to Strength and Speed Training with Max Schmarzo (Strong by Science)

8/28/2019

Link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/1612918-episode-35-applying-principles-of-sport-science-to-strength-and-speed-training-with-max-schmarzo-strong-by-science

In this episode Gerry has the pleasure of talking to sport scientist and coach Max Schmarzo. In addition to being a former athletic trainer and strength coach, Max is the Director of Sport Science at Resilience Code and Chief Science Officer of Exsurgo. He also is the man behind "Strong By Science," which is one of the most followed and sought after sources for training information on Instagram with over 100,000 followers around the world. Max is a tremendous resource for sport science and training and helps provide valuable content to athletes and coaches everywhere.

After a brief rundown of Max's background, basketball career, early influences on his strength training philosophies and and journey in starting Strong by Science, Max and Gerry discuss some basic principles of strength training and how we can understand the force velocity curve and assessing athletes and programming to reach maximal effectiveness and validate training methods. The two tackle the "strong enough," debate in terms of training and how strength in the barbell and strength/force in the context of the small windows of sport can differ.

Finally, Max and Gerry talk everything related to building your vertical jump, Max's own vertical program and how to assess what you may need in your training (force vs. speed work). Lastly, Max describes his journey and undertaking with Exsurgo, a company geared towards making cost effective and quality equipment to help measure metrics in training (vertical jump, sprint etc.).

All this and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

0 Comments

Episode #34 Building Rotational Power & Velocity For Pitchers and Throwers (Rob Hill & Steffan Jones)

8/21/2019

1 Comment

Link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/1580713-episode-34-building-rotational-power-velocity-for-pitchers-and-throwers-rob-hill-steffan-jones

In this episode Gerry talks to two coaches who are experts in the field of building pitchers (Driveline Baseball Manager of Technical Development Rob Hill) and Cricket fast bowlers (Steffan Jones, Global Fast Bowling Expert) and how they use similar philosophies to develop insane rotational power, velocity and overall explosiveness in throwing athletes.

To start, Rob and Steffan share their backgrounds on how they met and how both have found principles of the opposing sport to aid their athletes. They discuss the main similarities between pitching and fast bowling and the ways in which you can develop maximal velocity.

From there, Gerry discusses some strength training principles and how they mesh with the throwing specific work, and Steffan and Rob also divulge how they have utilized strength training to build better throwers.

All that and more on this episode!

1 Comment

Episode #33 Foundations of Blazing Speed with Joseph Potts (Top Speed LLC.)

8/14/2019

0 Comments

Link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/1547758-episode-33-foundations-of-blazing-speed-with-joseph-potts-top-speed-llc

In this episode Gerry welcomes Joseph Potts of Top Speed LLC. to talk all things speed, agility and building blazing fast athletes.

Right off the bat the discussion talks about speed ladders and Joseph and Gerry discuss the many misconceptions some have in terms of how useful speed ladders are. From ground impulse and force displacement, rehearsing patterns and cuing short and choppy strides, the ladder does not provide much when it comes to linear speed AND agility.

From there, the two discuss EVERYTHING related to speed, starting with force development and strength training all the way to rate of force development, velocity based training, elasticity and reactivity and how it all plays in to build speed. Joseph gives his take on his favorite ways to utilize all of those modalities to make his athletes faster and Gerry gives some tips to how you can utilize sleds in your strength and speed training.

To finish up, the conversation discusses the finer points of acceleration and top speed mechanics of the sprint, giving the listener a comprehensive view of what goes into building and maintaining speed as an athlete and coach.

0 Comments

Episode #32 Strength, Speed, Movement and Finding Quality Professionals for Athletes with Stephen Osterer, Terry Phillips and Kyle Rogers

8/7/2019

0 Comments

Link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/238054/1514410-episode-32-strength-speed-movement-and-finding-quality-professionals-for-athletes-with-stephen-osterer-terry-phillips-and-kyle-rogers

In this episode Gerry sits down with the three men behind Baseball Health Professionals, a new venture aimed at connected athletes, parents and coaches with quality professionals in the realms of healthcare, strength training, physical therapy and more!

Dr. Stephen Osterer, Dr. Terry Phillips and Kyle Rogers are three of the best minds in the fields of baseball and sports performance training from multiple vantage points such as chiropractic care, physical therapy and strength and speed training. They give their takes on assessing athletes, how often athletes should be playing their particular sport versus training and tying all these aspects together to build stronger, better moving athletes and baseball players.

Then, the trio discusses Baseball Health Professionals and the inspiration behind their successful attempt at linking quality professionals with those in need of care. From the minds of three very accomplished professionals in the industry, hear all about how they go about working with their clients and athletes and how their insight can help you as well. All this and more on this episode!

0 Comments

Muscles & Management Podcast

Episode #35 Applying Principles of Sport Science to Strength and Speed Training with Max Schmarzo (Strong by Science)

Episode #34 Building Rotational Power & Velocity For Pitchers and Throwers (Rob Hill & Steffan Jones)

Episode #33 Foundations of Blazing Speed with Joseph Potts (Top Speed LLC.)

Episode #32 Strength, Speed, Movement and Finding Quality Professionals for Athletes with Stephen Osterer, Terry Phillips and Kyle Rogers

Author

Archives

Categories

Find Us:

Recent Podcasts and Blog Articles

Socialilze with us!

INQUIRE ABOUT TRAINING AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU