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Jan 2025
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2522: Athletic Training Secrets With Ale...

SAL DI STEFANO, ADAM SCHAFER, JUSTIN ANDREWS, DOUG EGGE
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Athletic Training Secrets with Alex Whitehair

  • His background in the fitness and training space. (1:57)

  • Where did he get his inspiration? (6:32)

  • Translating application to action. (7:41)

  • How he assesses an athlete. (12:48)

  • The challenge of working with an athlete and not disrupting their timing or technique. (15:21)

  • How athletes are SO different from sport to sport. (18:16)

  • The difficulty in communicating recovery to his athletes. (20:23)

  • The various training modalities and how he would use them. (21:25)

  • Why if you’re going to add in one area, you need to dial back in another area. (24:10)

  • Risk vs reward. (27:03)

  • Why training cycles are important. (29:17)

  • The tools he uses and why. (33:05)

  • Exercises with the most value. (35:08)

  • A sports connoisseur. (42:43)

  • The most difficult athlete to train. (43:54)

  • Proud athlete comeback story. (48:29)

  • Lessons learned from Bruce Lee’s training. (52:31)

  • How he uses isometrics with his athletes. (58:09)

  • The differences between training men and women. (59:48)

  • Plyometrics AREN’T meant for conditioning. (1:03:37)

  • What does his business model look like? (1:10:00)

  • Downsides of building a business on social media. (1:11:19)

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