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0:06.7	I'm Paul Fabrets, and I'm an NBA strength and conditioning and performance trainer.
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0:26.3	All right, so we got my man less spellman in the building how we doing good man thanks for having me yes sir so we got a very special project coming out
0:32.1	called the speed code so i'm a vertical jump expert agility, injury prevention, but I have one area that I never really studied, and that is speed development, linear speed, speed mechanics, that kind of stuff.
0:47.9	And so I went on a quest to find the best in the world.
0:50.9	I'm trying to find, okay, who can complement me in this area? And I came across Les Spellman. And I reached out to him. I said, look, let's collab. Let's make something big. I mean, he trains NFL players, Olympic athletes. I'm doing it big on the NBA side. And so I feel like if we connected and came out with one thing together, they could take over all sports. And so we're coming out with the speed code. So I just wanted to introduce you guys to Les. And let's get your background story. Yeah, for sure. Well, I appreciate it, man. This is, I was a fan of yours. Even before I came out here, just seeing you do everything. And I was like, man, I wish I could dunk. Like I tell everybody in high school I could dunk like I I'd tell everybody in high
1:28.3	school I could dunk but I probably were just like touching rims I um you know I'm a consumer of your
1:33.0	content like I love it so yeah no I appreciate it and it's been it's been a journey for me
1:38.1	I started out in high school as a pretty average athlete I think I was on jv my junior year for like
1:43.9	half the year like I was just average and. I think I was on JV my junior year for like half the year.
1:44.5	Like I was just average. And I remember my mom sitting down and being like, I don't think
1:50.8	you should play sports anymore. Like I think you should just focus on school and get good grades
1:54.3	because you don't project out to be a college athlete. My sister was a four sport, high school
1:59.7	athlete, varsity, all four sports,
2:03.2	two sports she had offers for in college. So, like, it was just a completely different thing.
2:08.2	My brother was six foot seven. It is six foot seven, basketball player, beast. So I was the
2:15.4	only one in the family that was like not good at sports. So anyway, like get through my junior year. Senior year it comes. I'm in a high speed car accident, break my femur. So when I broke my femur, doctors came in the room and they're like, less, like you're not going to walk. If you do walk, you're going to have a cane and you're never going to be able to run. It's not possible.
2:52.7	Like you have screws in your, above your knee, you have screws above your hip. You're going to be in debilitating pain if you try to run or try to put force in the ground. Wow. So at that point, I was like, all right, bet. Like, let me figure this thing out. So I went through a phase where I was just like, you know what? I'm going to listen to the doctors.
2:53.8	I'm going to chill, whatever.
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