1927: Performance Training Secrets from a Top NBA Trainer With Cory Schlesinger

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth · Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

October 20, 20221h 35m

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Show Notes

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with a top NBA head strength and conditioning coach about training for performance for the pro athlete and the average person.

If you stick out like a nail, you're going to get hammered. (2:55)
How to reverse engineer 'special' athletes. (8:10)
Why you got to give athletes what they DON'T get. (15:05)
Why is the sneaker trend now low tops in the NBA? (19:33)
The evolutions of strength training in basketball. (21:20)
Personal highlights watching the game and being a part of a 'winning' culture. (24:45)
The strange environment of playing in the 'bubble'. (27:38)
Would he change his approach if he were to work with college athletes again? (31:05)
Exposing to the rest of the world that basketball players lift weights. (38:40)
How fatigue is a good indicator of efficiency. (43:10)
Why isometrics is the "bee's knees" in sports performance. (50:02)
What has he learned through his training experience that he would apply to the average person? (56:38)
The trend towards calisthenics. (1:04:03)
Why he built a gym in a box. (1:05:15)
The mini-band plague in professional sports. (1:11:06)
How everyone can create a lot of force, but who can create it the fastest? That's what wins. (1:15:33)
What players blow his mind mentally and physically? (1:24:35)
His opinions on college athletes and sponsorships. (1:28:47)