This week on iTunes, STT interviews a strength coach in a non-traditional sport with a tendency to make left turns. Les Ebert enters his third season as the strength and conditioning coach for Roush Fenway Racing. Ebert oversees the strength and conditioning programs for seven Roush Fenway Racing pit crews along with two Richard Petty Motorsports pit crews and the Wood Brothers pit crew. Along with training the pit crew members, Ebert also works with Sprint Cup drivers David Ragan, Trevor Bayne (2011 Daytona 500 winner), Nationwide Driver Ricky Stenhouse, and development drivers Chris Beusher and Billy Johnson.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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For more information on STT’s events this year, CLICK HERE. Be sure to check out the audio interview series on iTunes too. CLICK HERE to see who is featured this week. Take advantage of all things STT by joining STT Nation and networking with those on the SMARTER team today! A 30+ minute video has been added for those who join the newsletter too.
This week on iTunes, STT interviews shares some insights from a coach in the NBA playoffs. Bob Medina enters his 10th season as the team’s strength and conditioning coach. Before joining the Trail Blazers’ staff at the start of the 1997-98 season, he served in a similar capacity with the Seattle SuperSonics for five years. Medina began his career in the strength and conditioning field at UNLV, serving for three years as a full time assistant. From 1985 through 1988 he worked in a similar capacity as an undergraduate student assistant, developing athletes in all sports.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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This week on iTunes, STT interviews a man who has been researching a common topic lately, concussions and collision sports. Ralph Cornwell’s profession for the past 20 years has been in the fitness industry as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at some of the finest institutions of higher learning around the United States. He has been fortunate enough to have owned and operated two successful One-on-One Training Fitness Facilities. Through his website he intends to pass the knowledge on to others in search of their fitness goals. He has been fortunate enough to work with some of the best minds in the Strength and Conditioning field.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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This week on iTunes, STT interviews a man who can elevate anyone’s game. Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS, is an internationally recognized performance coach, personal trainer and massage therapist who motivates, educates and inspires people worldwide. He is the owner of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, where his wonderful team of 35 focuses on personal training, massage therapy, Pilates, yoga, sports performance training and nutrition to help transform the bodies, minds and spirits of a broad clientele. Todd trains dozens of NFL and MLB athletes, including 2010 Super Bowl XLIV Champion and MVP Drew Brees. He is the head of the Under Armour Performance Training Council, serves on the Gatorade G-Fit Team, and is a featured presenter on the Perform Better educational circuit. He is a two-time Trainer of the Year (IDEA & ACE). Additionally, Todd provides motivational talks and programs to companies and conferences worldwide.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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This week on iTunes, STT interviews a passionate and enthusiastic NBA coach. Keeping the Nuggets in top physical shape is the job of Steve Hess, the team’s strength and conditioning coach. He oversees the team’s weight training, conditioning, stretching and nutritional programs. Hess designed and arranged the Nuggets’ sparkling new weight room in the Pepsi Center. He also designed functional pieces unique to the Denver Nuggets. He spends the majority of the off-season working with the Nuggets players as well as other professional athletes, overseeing every aspect of their workout programs. He pushes them to reach their peak physical condition.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
]]>It has been awhile since STT has posted a blog. Don’t assume that we have been up to nothing worth writing about. Quite the contrary. We have been trying to stay on the down low while we worked behind the scenes developing the new site, developing the iTunes channel for the new relaunch, developing new videos to add to the library, researching forum topics, reaching out to initiate contacts for the regional events, finishing up the brand new DVD series, and SO MUCH MORE!
Make time to check out the new site. With over 230 videos, STT nation features, and a FREE 40+ minute presentation for joining the STT nation newsletter, I could write forever about all of the new features on the STT site. Instead I will let you know more about each aspect over the course of the next few weeks. Let me know what you think of the new site by leaving a comment here.
More content to come so keep in touch with SMARTER Team Training! Registration for this year’s STT conference in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16 is up and ready for you. Details about who made this year’s starting line-up will be released soon. Don’t miss out on the early bird registration savings! More info on the regional events will also be available soon.
Before I go, I want to say thank you to Rogers Athletic for taking on the first Grand Slam sponsorship for this years event. If you are looking to upgrade your old strength equipment, or are embarking on building a new facility, take a look at these unique pieces of training equipment. You will not be disappointed by adding these tools to your program. For more information, click here.
I hope all is well. Have a great day!
Coach Taylor
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This week on iTunes, STT interviews an innovator and entrepreneur in the fitness industry. David Weck is a visionary in the fitness world. He is the inventor of the BOSU® Balance Trainer, BOSU® Ballast® Ball and other innovative products and training programs including Rolling Ropes
and BOSU® FIST Training. David is a lifelong sports and fitness enthusiast who has been working professionally in fitness for more than 19 years working with a wide array of clients including professional and Olympic athletes, sports teams, special populations and kids. David is grateful to all the talented and dedicated fitness professionals who use his products and programming to help others achieve better balance, performance, and health.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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This week on iTunes, STT interviews the creator of a tool that should be in everyone’s weight room. Michael Wehrell is the President of the VertiMax company which develops advanced sports performance training equipment. VertiMax systems are now used by the majority of NFL and NBA teams implementing unique designs that allow athletes to perform resisted, sports specific training movements at high velocities. The training methodology is highly effective towards developing any athlete’s power producing capabilities for improved athletic performance at all levels and for all sports.
The SMARTER Team Training Audio Interview Series has been developed to share insights from some of the best in the industry. Stay tuned for more insights, tips, drills, and techniques to come from STT on iTunes. Be sure to share the STT Audio Interview Series with coaches, trainers, parents, and athletes too.
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