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Driven to Succeed. This week we are so pumped to share our chat with Matt Wichlinski. He is the head strength and conditioning coach at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. As you’ll hear, Matt is responsible for making the mediocre athletes stronger and keeping the strongest, most prized wrestlers safe. In a…
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Weightlifting is a test of work ethic. This week we are pleased to bring you our conversation with Glenn Pendlay. This long time coach has worked with athletes of the highest caliber from around the country. Originally gaining notoriety at California Strength with the likes of Donny Shankle, Max Aita, and Caleb Ward, Coach Pendlay…
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Have you ever lined up across from a brute on the football field, rugby pitch, or on the mats? I’m not talking about a strong opponent…I’m talking about a freaky, scary strong opponent. I’m talking about the kind of opponent who is strong in every single position (even the worst positions). Talk about a challenge…
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PAHQ understands the power of communication. Nothing beats the experience of a coach and athlete working off the same page. However, as with anything involving more than one person (especially with virtual training), the opportunity for miscommunication looms everywhere. Three major miscommunication faults pertaining to coaching come to mind: Misaligned Vocabulary: Athlete and coach are on two…
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HEALTHY, HAPPY, & HARDER TO KILL. This week we are stoked to welcome Steph Gaudreau to the show. She is the creative culinary mind behind Stupid Easy Paleo, a blog turned brand dedicated to making paleo cooking accessible for the every man. Our conversation with her is like delicious a prime rib, meaty, satiating and…
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The commissioner of fun: A Rebroadcast This week we are rebroadcasting a very special episode of Power Athlete Radio. If you didn’t get the chance to hear our conversation with Freddy Camacho and Chyna Cho, you won’t want to miss this. Freddy, known to us at HQ as “The Commissioner of Fun” talks about training…
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Chatter among the crowds during the 2015 CrossFit Games called this the year of the power athlete. Several events throughout the competition personified the methodology of Power Athlete, and these events exposed this as a weakness for many. If you did not watch the events, check out the Individual and Team workouts here for reference as we view them…
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The Burgener legacy of coaching excellence. This week we welcome the dynamic father and son duo of Olympic Weightlifting, Coaches Mike and Beau Burgener. When you hear the Burgener name your mind probably references two things: the Burgener Snatch Warm Up and CrossFit Weightlifting, the international specialty seminar for coaches and athletes looking to enhance…
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movement that looks good usually is good. This week we are excited to chat with Lauren Polivka and Zach Anderson. These two hail from Atlanta, Georgia where Lauren is a licensed physical therapist and Zach is a coach and former CrossFit Games athlete. The two began working with each other in an attempt to…
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[youtube width=”540″ height=”304″]https://youtu.be/ABQehivFGGc[/youtube] Power Athlete coach Cali Hinzman (@cali) closes the first warm up of a long weekend in Denver Colorado with an enlightening thought for the strength coaches in attendance. As a Strength and Conditioning coach, time is a very limited resource when working with an athlete, or even worse, a group of athletes.…
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