012: Sacramento Kings Strength Coach Ramsey Nijem talks NBA Training, Career Advice
The PJF Podcast: Elite Sports Performance
Paul Fabritz
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2019
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
- 1:17-Dr.Ramsey Nijem-Kings Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Intro
- 2:22-How he became the youngest NBA Strength Coach?
- 14:17-Thoughts on PhD?
- 18:03-What are the challenges in NBA S & C
- 26:06-What are the priorities for young NBA players?
- 33:08-Plyometrics during NBA Season?
- 37:44-Training on Game Day
- 47:42-What's a typical day for an NBA Star?
- 50:47- Recovery Methods
- 1:06:05-Force plate testing
- 1:15:31-Speed Round
- 1:15:52-Deadlift or Squat for vertical jump
- 1:16:36-#1 Most common error in a NBA player's diet
- 1:21:19-Best qualities of a Strength Coach
- 1:25:28-Flexible athletes or tight athletes
- 1:27:49-Bench Press vs DB Bench vs Push Up for getting jacked
- Vertical Code/ Vert Code Elite: www.pjfperformance.net
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, my squids? Today we had such a good podcast. We got Dr. Ramsey Nyjum, head strength |
| 0:08.1 | coach of the Sacramento Kings. We dropped dimes today. I'm talking about good, good, good stuff. |
| 0:15.9 | Bars for the entire episode don't skip anything. I mean, we talked about his role. |
| 0:21.7 | I mean, he's the youngest strength coach in the NBA. |
| 0:24.0 | So we talked about his grind, how he got there. |
| 0:26.9 | We talked about his advice for other strength coaches, young strength coaches, how to get in the game. |
| 0:33.4 | We went into the specifics. |
| 0:34.9 | I mean, we talked about vertical jump. |
| 0:36.2 | We talked about how to get stronger. |
| 0:38.0 | We talked about what his favorite lifts are for the vertical jump. |
| 0:41.9 | We talked about health. |
| 0:43.4 | We talked about monitoring. |
| 0:44.6 | I mean, what did we not talk about? |
| 0:46.3 | That's the real question. |
| 0:47.6 | We covered basically anything that you could possibly think of. |
| 0:51.7 | All right, let's get this work. |
| 0:55.4 | You're listening to the PJF podcast, |
| 0:57.5 | a show dedicated to decoding elite sports performance and fitness. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Paul Fabrets, and I'm an NBA Strength and Conditioning and Performance Trainer. |
| 1:06.5 | If you want to become superhuman, take your fitness and take your sports performance to the next level. |
| 1:12.1 | This is the podcast for you. |
| 1:13.6 | Let's do it. |
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