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Jan 2021
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238: Alex Brooker and Mike Guadango on T...

Joel Smith, Just-Fly-Sports.com
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Our guests today are Mike Guadango and Alex Brooker.  Mike and Alex (“Brooker”) met when Alex interned for Mike at DeFranco’s gym a decade ago, and they now have a podcast together, “The Mike and Brooker Show”, in addition to their coaching careers. Alex is the owner and operator of Pathfinder, a private training service focused on performance psychology ... Show More
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