1040: Jamal Liggin
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2019
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin talk with Jamal Liggin, trainer of top-tier pro athletes and entertainment celebrities.
- How Marshawn Lynch ‘rubbed’ Adam the wrong way. (2:12)
- Why Jamal knew he was a trainer before he even knew he was a coach. (5:17)
- Where does his incredible drive and work ethic come from? (16:50)
- How he applies what he sees to incorporate into his client’s workouts. (20:10)
- Why it’s not about being the fastest guy anymore but maintaining the speed. (22:55)
- What are the biggest misconceptions about training for athletic performance and explosiveness? (25:05)
- The major differences in training between the college vs. professional athlete. (36:00)
- The hierarchy of tools used to control the body and get FASTER. (37:37)
- What are some of the most important exercises young athletes can do? More advanced athletes? (44:15)
- Impressive stories from the athlete’s he has trained and worked with. (45:53)
- The importance of being AWARE of your body. (49:13)
- The illusion that ALL professional athletes have the best trainer training them: How social media is diluting good trainers’ brand. (53:48)
- The pros and cons of bilateral vs. unilateral movements. (1:00:22)
- How did his partnership with Nike happen? (1:03:09)
- How your work ethic plays a KEY role in your success. (1:06:27)
- The importance of warming up/priming the body before a workout. (1:13:38)
- Biggest pet peeve with his athletes? (1:15:46)
- What are the current trends he is seeing? (1:16:54)
- Why sometimes being a workhorse in the gym doesn’t apply on the field. (1:21:14)
- The process to become a trainer in his gym. (1:25:25)
- The differences between working with athletes vs. celebrities. (1:27:58)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Jamal Liggin (@jamalliggin) Instagram
- Website
- Shawn Lynch (@beastmode) Instagram
- Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) Instagram
- Joe Haden (@joehaden23) Twitter
- Alana Blanchard (@alanarblanchard) Instagram
- Diddy (@diddy) Instagram
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- The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership – Book by Richard Branson
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Man, oh man, oh man, was this a good time right here? |
| 0:18.0 | I had been working on getting Jamal in the studio for quite some time right now. |
| 0:24.0 | This dude literally trains the best of the best to cream of the crop. |
| 0:30.0 | Oh, for sure in the NFL. |
| 0:32.0 | I mean, Odell Beckham, Sequan Barkley, Mercedes Lewis, Marshawn Lynch, Vaughan Miller, |
| 0:39.0 | Leonard Fernet, Puff Daddy. |
| 0:42.0 | Yeah, he trains celebrities too. |
| 0:44.0 | He's got, he has everybody, dude. |
| 0:46.0 | Some of the best players in the NFL have trained with him. |
| 0:51.0 | And he was a really, really fun conversation and a been a long time trainer. |
| 0:55.0 | Excellent, excellent personal trainer. |
| 0:57.0 | I always love talking to strength coaches and trainers who really know their stuff. |
| 1:02.0 | And he's definitely one of them, not just because he trains these high level athletes. |
| 1:07.0 | But when we, you'll hear in this episode, we talk all about training and exercise in the application, |
| 1:12.0 | or at least I should say the correct application of exercise. |
| 1:15.0 | And then we talk about a story, very entertaining. |
| 1:18.0 | I really enjoyed interviewing Jamal. |
| 1:20.0 | You can find him on Instagram at JamalLigan. |
| 1:23.0 | That's J-A-M-A-L-L-I-G-G-I-N. |
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