This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a leader in our field from strength and conditioning through sports nutrition in many arenas of the field. Dr. Brandon Marcello is the Director of Sports Performance at Stanford University. His role is to oversee all aspects of athletic performance enhancement for the 35 intercollegiate sports. Acting as the chief administrator for the Sports Performance department, Marcello’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, budget oversight, facility design and equipment layout, nutritional strategies, staff development, and to direct methodology. Marcello brings over 14 years of experience in the area of athletic performance enhancement to the Farm. Marcello most recently served as the Director of Performance for USA Softball. Hand picked by Coach Mike Candrea, Marcello developed and implemented all athletic development programs for the 2008 Silver Medal US Olympic Softball team, 2007 Gold Medal Pan American team and 2006 Gold Medal World Championship team. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, Marcello served as the Speed and Conditioning Coach for the Baylor University Women’s Softball Team. Under his guidance, the Bears set the Big 12 stolen base record and achieved over 550 stolen bases for four consecutive years. During his tenure at Baylor, the Lady Bears produced three NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-Americans, won their first Big 12 title and made their first appearance in the NCAA Women’s College World Series.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a yogi that is commonly called “coach”. As a previous football coach at Northern Illinois University with a major in Movement and Sports Science from Purdue University, and a Masters Degree in Sports Administration from Easter Illinois University, Sid McNairy’s path to healing and inspiring others was destined. One of his players, Justin McCareins, former player of the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans, had injured both of his hamstrings. Under Sid’s guidance, Justin began doing Yoga to heal. Inspired by the impact Yoga had on his player, Sid began to incorporate Yoga as an integral part of his team’s training which led to the team’s first winning season in 23 years. Sid first began doing Yoga to find a way to heal both physically and emotionally. As Sid developed his own Yoga practice, he realized many health benefits such as the disappearance of his asthma which had plagued him for 30 years, as well as a full range of motion in his right ankle that was fused.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a doctor that you should already be reading his research. George Bartzokis received an M.D. degree from Yale University in 1983. He completed an internship at the UCLA/West Los Angeles V.A. Medical Center, and a residency in psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. In 1987, Dr. Bartzokis joined the UCLA Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Clinical Professor while also completing a schizophrenia research fellowship in the UCLA Department of Psychology, and serving as a Staff Psychiatrist at the West Los Angeles V.A. Medical Center. In 1989, he was the recipient of a Career Development Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs Research Service at the West Los Angeles V.A. Medical Center, and for two years served as an Associate Investigator. In 1998, Dr. Bartzokis moved to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Office of Psychopharmaceutical Trials. During this time, he was also the Associate Chief of Staff for mental health at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Dr. Bartzokis returned to UCLA in 2001, joining the Department of Neurology where he is currently Director of the UCLA Memory Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease Clinic, Director of the Clinical Core at the UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Professor of Neurology, and faculty in the Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Division of Brain Mapping. Dr. Bartzokis also hold a concurrent appointment as professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a heavy hitter in the field and someone who needs very little introduction. Dr. Stuart McGill is a Professor of spine biomechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He is the author of three textbooks and over 300 scientific publications that address the issues of low back function, injury mechanisms, development of evidence-based rehabilitation and performance exercise. As a consultant he sees difficult back cases and provides back performance enhancement in professional and top amateur athletes worldwide.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a young coach who is already making a big time impact through the athletes he works with. Adam Davis is the Director of Athletic Performance at The University of Tulsa. Davis works directly with the Golden Hurricane football program and oversees all aspects of Tulsa’s athletic performance program. Before coming to Tulsa, Davis spent five years as a member of the Baylor University Athletic Performance staff. During the his final four years at Baylor, Davis served as the Bears’ associate director of athletic performance and before that was assistant strength & conditioning coach for one year. As associate director, Davis assisted with the football team, directed the training of volleyball, served as the Director of the Iron Bear Club, and oversaw Football’s Sports Nutrition Department.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a high energy coach making a positive impact from the youth through professional level. After sustaining an injury playing professional basketball, Ganon Baker started his own business known today as Ganon Baker Basketball Services. He travels the world reaching kids through teaching basketball. He is a Nike Skill Development Trainer and Workout Director. He has worked with Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Paul and Vince Carter. He trains the top 150 Girls in the country for Nike Basketball and Directs Skill Academies all over the world, including The Michael Jordan Brand Classics in Europe. In 2008 he was hired as Amare Stoudemire’s Personal Skill Development Coach and trained players such as Jarryd Bayless, Tyson Chandler and Sean Singletary. Coach Baker also has 45 Best Selling Instructional DVDs. He trains over 3000 players per year and has worked with the best in business from Tim Grover, Del Harris, Kevin Eastman, Ivory Latta, Tamika Catchings and many more. Ganon speaks to thousands of players per year; he also does motivational speaking in schools and churches world wide. He focuses on 5 concepts; Intensity, Consistency, Persistence, Faith and Love.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a football strength and conditioning coach with the right touch to get his players to the next level. Chris Ruf serves as the Director of Football – Athletic Performance for Baylor University. He additionally oversees the track and field/cross country programs, as well as organizing the Baylor Athletic Performance Clinic. Prior to Baylor, Ruf served as Assistant Strength Coach at South Florida (USF). While at USF, Ruf also worked at Rich Lansky’s OPTI as a strength coach and assisted with Team Florida Gulf Coast Weightlifting. Prior to USF, Ruf spent eight seasons at Iowa State University as an Assistant Strength Coach with their football program. During that time, ISU went to five bowl games and won the first two bowl games in school history.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a college coach with an impeccable record in college basketball. Todd Wright is the strength and conditioning coach for the men’s basketball program at The University of Texas. Wright is widely recognized as one of the elite coaches nationally in his field. The Longhorns have made a school-record 13 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament while posting a 322-123 (.724) record under Todd’s watch. The 322 wins mark the most number of victories in a 13-year period in school history. UT also set a school record by recording its 12th straight 20-win season in 2010-11. Texas is one of just six programs to have advanced to each of the last 13 NCAA Tournaments, joining Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a NHL coach making positive strides through ice hockey. Sean Skahan is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Anaheim Ducks. Joining the club prior to the 2002-03 season, Skahan is responsible for the overall strength and conditioning program for all players in the Ducks system. Skahan also coordinates all off-ice training at the club’s annual prospect conditioning camp. Prior to working with the Ducks, Skahan was the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Boston College for the 2001-02 season. In 2000-01, he was the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of North Dakota. While earning his Master’s degree in Kinesiology, the Massachusetts native worked as a Graduate Assistant Strength Coach at the University of Minnesota from 1999-00. He earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston in 1998. He also holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (N.S.C.A.) and USA Weightlifting. Sean is also certified as a Russian Kettlebell Instructor (RKC).
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This week on iTunes, Stitcher and Spreaker, STT interviews a great resource for movement and functional training. Chuck Wolf has a Masters of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology from George Williams College, and specializes in Applied Biomechanics. He presently is the Director of Human Motion Associates, in Orlando, Florida, consulting with clients ranging from the rehabilitation setting to professional athletes of the highest level. Chuck works extensively with many of the top 50 PGA players in the world and also has worked with numerous professional baseball players and other high level athletes. He has emerged as a leader of functional anatomy and biomechanics within the fitness and sports performance industries and works extensively with internal medicine physicians, orthopedic specialists, neurosurgeons, and physical therapists addressing musculoskeletal issues and developing corrective exercise programs. Chuck has presented at many national and international conferences and written numerous articles and produced many educational videos in the areas of human motion, sports science, and human performance.
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