#8 How To Be Recruited & Play For A Top Coach with Chris Poole

#8 How To Be Recruited & Play For A Top Coach with Chris Poole

SUMMARY: Volleyball coach from Florida State University. Coached Arkansas first, Elite 8 appearance , D1 Final Four, Rank 4 in the nation, acc conference best.

Quotes from Chris

“My motto that i live by !Q:“Every choice you make have consequences”@4:23,
whether it is in decision in job, life, the same way that i am raising my son and my daughter, they talk to me about things and i have repeated that many times when they were young and now when they are older.First i made decisions for them, that is what i am doing with my players also, we are trying to be prepared every year , every decision they made it is all critical, there is gonna be consequences, good positive, and negative for them.”

“In high school i realized that i really enjoy athletics, it is something that i wanted to do with my life , in the college i got in touch with boys and girls club. even when i was in college i started to coach and getting involved in teams”@6:40

!Q:“I had sucess, and i think that success was tight to that i am very committed and dedicated i am trying to learn, i was like that as player and i bring same attitude to coaching”@6.45

“My rise was the matter that i was humble when i was the young man , reaching people to learn , and i enjoy learning , i do not believe that there is one way of doing things , i do believe that if you keep an open mind, you are capable of pulling things from different peoples, and learn from different sources. “@10min

!RJO:”Who has been most influential in your life up until this point and what is the moment when you realize that they were?”
“Support of my parent, but they support was so critical in everything that i done. Graduating and becoming coach was not popular in 1980.

!RJO:”What types of things you do when students are preparing to come to your school, and while are there especially 1st year to try to get them to that level so that they do not regret 4 years of learning lessons?”

!RJO: “What do see for being a main difference between international players and your American players?”@16.40
“Internationals players tends to be a little more mature....

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#42 Becoming Emotionally Intelligent with Jordan HARBINGER

#42 Becoming Emotionally Intelligent with Jordan HARBINGER

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March 27, 2016

Game Plan Session: With the famed podcaster and co-founder of The Art of Charm, Jordan Harbinger

BACKGROUND

In this game plan session, we focus on emotional intelligence with podcasting phenom, Jordan Harbinger. We also get into the details of decision making in high-adrenaline situations, first impressions,and networking and how athletes can improve upon these skills.  

BIOGRAPHY

Jordan has spent several years abroad in Europe and the developing world, including South America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, and speaks several languages. He has also worked for various governments and NGOs overseas, traveled through war zones, and been kidnapped — twice.  He’ll tell you the only reason he’s still alive and kicking is because of his ability to talk his way into (and out of) just about any type of situation.

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PERSONAL QUOTE

“You never rise to the level of your expectations, but you default to the level of your training.”

— JH

KEY DISCUSSION POINTS

• How do we react in high-adrenaline situations?

• How can athletes prepare for being forced or having to take on different roles?

• How can we begin to make positive personality changes in our life?

• How important is it being able to be comfortable and confident with teammates and coaching staff? @21:30

• How does this translate to success and building our network not only in sports but outside of it?

• What are some simple ways for athletes to show up to new teams and come off in a way they they can be trusted? @29:30

• How important is it to treat people well before even meeting them?

• How important is this for general happiness in life? @36:00

• How can people get started on increasing their emotional intelligence? @40:55

KEY LESSONS

• Many people have the thoughts of: “if i get into a conflict, this is exactly how I will respond” but the way we react to things in high pressure situations is completely different. When we are in these instances, like athletes in a big game, everything falls back on training. This is why it is hard sometimes for an athlete to describe what they did during “that big play” because it is just second nature. No actual thinking was done in the moment because these moments happen so fast.

• If you are an athlete, you have to be able to step up to the plate because you might need to take on different roles on your team. One important skill to have is connecting with people.

• Just because you were not born with advanced emotional intelligence does not mean it is impossible to achieve. They are a set of skills. Some people use a fallback as being an introvert. You can’t fall back on introversion anymore. This is accepting mediocrity and denying the ability to gain more emotional intelligence.

• Improving your skills in ”emotional intelligence” may not sound appealing, but changing your outlook to “having awesome relationships, becoming more attractive, and improving your leadership charisma” is basically the same thing. @14:10

• Everyone is always looking for the quick fix or easy way to learn a new skill, but the reality is everyone is different.

• Psychology says people in conversation tend to mirror each other. It also says that our body language exposes what we are feeling inside even if we are not trying to show it. So, if we are nervous, our body shows it and whoever we are conversing with mirrors this feeling. This explains why girls get weirded out by guys leaving them to wonder: why? It is not in fact what they did, it is how they are. @21:30

• “Your body is a terrible liar” @25:30

• People with bigger social circles usually have happier lives, funner social lives, and . larger incomes.

• First impressions in sports and in life are made from the first instance you appear on your new teammates radar, not necessarily when you are first introduced. So pay attention to how your body language is coming off. Female sports are even tougher because women are much harder on each other than guys are. @29:30

• “Everything good that has happened in my business, 99% of all the positive things that have randomly happened, were through random social connections.” You need to go outside your normal inner circle. “Massive opportunities can be found in situations where you are forced to meet other people.” @36:00

• One drill to start working on improving emotional intelligence is through posture. Every time you walk through a doorway, straighten up, keep your shoulders back and your head up and smile. This creates a positive, nonverbal impression. If you do this every time, even in your house, it becomes a habit. This is how we make our first impressions. @40:55

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#37 How To Perform At Your Peak Potential with Ben GREENFIELD

#37 How To Perform At Your Peak Potential with Ben GREENFIELD

Expert Game Plan Session: New York Times Bestselling Author, Top 100 Most influential People in Healthy and Fitness, Ex-Body Builder, Ironman Triathlete

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June 3, 2015

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BACKGROUND

Today we will discuss health vs performance, the misconceptions of pre and post workout fueling, as well as the benefits of thermoregulation. You will learn how you can change your surroundings to optimize your recovery and help perform better on a day to day basis, travel tips, warrior breathing, ways to OPTIMIZE your breathing, and things to do during the day that optimize your body’s potential to adapt to training. ​

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BIO

• Born, Ben GREENFIELD

• Currently living in Spokane, Washington with wife and twin sons

• Ex body builder; Ironman Triathlete,  Spartan Racer, Coach, speaker

• Author of the New York times bestselling book Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health, and Life

• Voted NSCA’s Personal Trainer of the year in 2008; Top 100 most influential people in health and fitness

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PERSONAL QUOTE:
“Every little win counts.” -BG

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Key Discussion Points:

• Why did you title your book “Beyond training”?

• What are the top 5 mistakes you see athletes making?

• What is the importance of pre and post workout fueling?

• How should athletes prepare for days with weight trainings, conditioning, and practice all in one day, with less than an 8 hour window?

• What can you tell us about cold/hot thermogenesis?

• What is the significance of “Warrior Breathing” and “Breath Hold Walks”?

Key Lessons:

• Its not hard figure out how to get stronger, its how do you optimize your ability to doing so the best and healthy way

“What gets left on the table is how to incorporate things in your life that are going to optimize hormones that are going to enhance your deep sleep, that are going to speed up your recovery, get rid of annoying issues like bloating and gas and gut problems that plague a lot of athletes.” BG @ 3:47

• Its not only about looking good on the outside; but its most important to FEEL good(healthy) on the inside

• Think more about your long term health and career and not just about the acute performance

• Most athletes neglect the areas of strength, power, balance, mobility, and speed.

• It isn’t always needed to massively prioritize your pre and post workout meals

• You can stay fueled without relying on energy bars, powders, and other processed sources

“The trick is to be able to keep the body fueled without necessarily relying on franken fuels to do so.” BG @ 16:25

• Its important to go out of your way to find convenient fuel sources that are more natural

“Chia seeds are fantastic; you mix them in water, they give you a slow bleed of amino acids along with fatty acids, and you can add some REAL honey to that..some sea salt..put it in water..or coconut water..you’ve got a little more natural rehydration beverage.” BG @ 17:26

• Cold exposure can be beneficial for stress resilience

“If you train yourself every single morning to hop in the shower and put it on the cold setting, take a deep breath and just let yourself flow, let your mind block any type of pain or discomfort, there’s a huge bonus there in terms of stress resilience.” BG @ 22:43

• Heat has similar benefits to cold

“..trains your body how to shovel blood very efficiently around your body.” BG @ 23:22

• Warrior Breathing can be done with meditation

“50 sharp and deep inhales...and each of those sharp and deep inhales is followed by a short and shallow exhale.” BG @ 16:19

• Breath Hold Walks can increase your overall breath hold times

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TIPS FROM BEN

Positive ways to hack your environment?
-Reduce the amounts of electrical signals to your body and increase the amount of natural light

-Replace your regular light bulbs that produce blue light ( which shuts down your ability to produce melatonin), with Warming Red Lights

Travel Tips?
After landing from a flight, sleep on a “Grounding/Earthing Mat”

INFO

Business/Work:
Fitness And Lifestyle Performance Coach
Blogger and Podcast/Show Host for BenGreenfieldFitness.com

Past/Current Teams:
IronMan Triathlete
Spartan Racer
Ex Body Builder

Recommended Books:
Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health, and Life

Mentioned Resources:
Pemican (US Wellness Meats)
Warrior Breathing
How to Bio Hack the Ultimate Healthy Home
IronMan
Spartan Race
BenGreenfieldFitness.com
Fitness And Lifestyle Performance Coach
Warming Red Lights
Grounding/Earthing Mat

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"..having the ultimate combination of performance, fat loss, recovery, digestion, brain, sleep, and hormone optimization...once you’ve got to that point..then you’re performing like the human machine has the potential to perform." -Ben Greenfield

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#34 Why Women Aren't "Smaller Men" & How Both Maximize Performance with Dr. Stacy SIMS

#34 Why Women Aren't "Smaller Men" & How Both Maximize Performance with Dr. Stacy SIMS

Expert Game Plan Session: Triathlete, Graduate of Stanford School of Medicine; PhD from University of Otago New Zealand; Innovative Exercise Physiologist-Nutrition Scientist of Thermoregulation, Hydration, and Performance Nutrition

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March 15, 2015

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BACKGROUND

On today’s podcast you will receive tons of information regarding hydration, thermoregulation, and what it means to  hydrate properly for different sexes as it is not the same for both. Dr. Sims has studied all over the globe and has been an athlete in multiple sports. Her knowledge will help your overall health and performance as an athlete.

BIO

• Born, Stacy Teresa Sims on July 24, 1973.

• Ran track in high school, competed on the crew team for Purdue University; was an ultra runner, triathlete. She retired as a pro elite roadbike racer when she was pregnant with her 2 year old daughter, Jera

• She graduated from Stanford’s School of Medicine and also received her PhD from the University of Otago in New Zealand

• She is an Innovative Exercise Physiologist-Nutrition Scientist of Thermoregulation, Hydration, and Performance Nutrition; The key researcher officer and co-founder of Osmo Nutrition, who has products designed to address different needs for both sexes; consults for elite individual athletes; has worked with Lance Armstrong.

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PERSONAL BELIEF:
“Women are not small men.”

“taking a broad view of the world and having a lot of tolerance and patience and making myself grow in whatever environment I’m in”

Key Discussion Points:

• How did you get into your field of work/research?

• What has you most excited these days?

• Why can’t both sexes hydrate the same way?

• What hydration sources out there being pushed commercially actually cause dehydration?

• When are the best times to hydrate? Is there a wrong time?

• How does dehydration play into injuries?

• How should athletes hydrate properly while traveling by plane?

• What eating habits should athletes have on 2-3 hour practice days?

Key Lessons:

• If you start with good habits, you will further your career down the road

• Most sports drinks are designed to replace carbohydrates first, and then provide some fluid second

“A standard sports drink has between 6-8% carbohydrate solution..when you look at that was a chemical..physiological standpoint...that concentration of carbohydrates are too concentrated to flow into the body easily.” SS @ 13:03

• You can remove stress by watching what you are eating and drinking

• Optimal hydration will better your overall performance

• There is NO pure water in the body; plain water isn’t the main solution for hydration

“If you are just drinking plain water, you’re not really maximizing what your body recognizes as the solution..so just a little bit of sodium in plain water..that will allow the body to pull that fluid in.” SS @ 18:28

• Hydrate throughout the day with MORE than just water

“...its eating watery fruits and veggies, its drinking mineral water that has the sodium in it or its making you own sports drink with 500 ml of water (16oz), dash of salt and a little bit of maple syrup (tsp.)..you’ll get some glucose..sodium, and then you’re going to get your fluid and its going to be absorbed.” SS @ 18:48

• When dehydrated, you are prone to tissue tears, cramping, ACL injuries,etc.

• Compression tights during travel help with getting up and walking around as much as you can to prevent swelling in the ankles

• Have your products to make your protein drinks WITH you on your flights

“12-13 hour flight...having two protein base drinks on the flight...the protein helps with the hydration aspect and the amino acids counteract some of the jet lag.” SS @ 24:37

• You want to maximize the food before you have practice

“..at least 90 minutes before you start and you can top up with  snack..a 150 calorie snack, about 30 minutes before you start training, so you’re going to be well fueled.” SS @ 26:56

• Stay hydrated all the way through practice with “functional hydration drinks” (glucose, sodium, potassium)

• HYDRATE and FUEL for whatever you are doing

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STACY’S TIP JAR

What is your recommended breakfast for an athlete?

Having a good balance of carbohydrates and protein
-Not eating animal products (vegan): quinoa w/berries, nuts, seeds; sprouted bread w/almond butter

-Eats animal products: Oatmeal w/almond milk, yogurt, nuts, berries; egg whites/yolk scrambles and veggies over toast; avocados, smoked fish, omega 3’s, flax seed oil, coconut oil, other nut oils

Your travel buddy:
Ipod

Your recipe for a healthy life:
Being Happy

Favorite Healthy Habit:
Sleep and training; “Without good sleep, you can’t train well.”

The first 3 healthy food items that make you smile
Coffee, blueberries, and raspberries

What is a book that you would give away as a gift?
Becoming a Supple Leopard and Ready to Run, both by Kelly Starrett
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Importance of Thermoregulation
The way your body deals with stress after exercise or extreme conditions is through thermoregulation; through changing constriction of vessels, through sweating, respiration; without thermoregulation there is no human.

INFO

Business/Work:
Osmo Nutrition - Co Founder, Chief Research Officer
Recommended Guest:
Selene Yeager; Freelance athletic journalist
Hannah Grant; professional chef for Tinkoff Saxo professional cycling team/ wellness-foodie consultant to corporations and athletes, cookbook author

Recommended Books:
Becoming a Supple Leopard by Kelly Starrett
Ready to Run by Kelly Starrett
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Mentioned:

Osmo Nutrition
thermoregulation
Lance Armstrong
glucose
sodium
potassium
Stanford’s School of Medicine
PhD
University of Otago in New Zealand
protein
amino acids
Purdue University

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Definition of Being an Athlete?

"A combination of mind, body, and spirit. There is not one without the other. You can’t be a complete athlete if you aren’t mentally strong and also aware of what you’re doing and how your body fits in space and time. Physically you can’t be an athlete without all the training components and nutrition components and spiritually, without that inner drive and the awareness of how you give and take from others, you can’t really be a complete person or a complete athlete. " -Dr. Stacy Sims

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