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Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

#226 From High-Tech Sport Science to the Bare Essentials: How Chad Dennis produces consistent results!

Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

Joe DeFranco

Fitness, Muscle, Health, Sports, Health & Fitness, Lifting, Bodybuilding, Strength

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week Joe sits down w/ Cameron Josse and the Head Performance Coach of XFL's Seattle team - Chad Dennis. Highlights from their conversation include: The difference between the "sport science" and "strength & conditioning" staff at the professional level; How to effectively use GPS data to improve training/programming; If Chad could use only 1 piece of technology to improve health/performance what would it be; The power of communication; The link between health & performance; The importance of "speaking your clients language"; Chad's [unusual] training philosophy; The bare essentials that every weight room needs; One of the biggest mistakes young gym owners make when equipping their gym; The greatest thing that Cameron has learned from working with Joe; The importance of context; Chad's new role as Head Performance Coach of the XFL's Seattle team...and much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to episode number 226 of the Industrial Strength Show.

0:04.9

I got a good one for you guys today.

0:07.8

Kind of a roundtable discussion, I would say,

0:11.4

with myself, Cameron Joss and our guest this week Chad Dennis and if you

0:20.0

haven't heard of Chad previous to today. We kind of joked when I first met

0:26.1

Chad and Cam recommended I have him on the podcast this week. I told Cam I Googled him just to get some basic background information a little bit of a bio that you know I could use to introduce them at the beginning of the podcast and there wasn't really much that

0:46.2

came up when I googled him but to me that's a good thing and that is a breath of fresh air in this day and age where most quote-unquote coaches slash trainers are spending the majority of their time trying to become

1:03.1

fricking insta famous

1:05.0

instead of getting out there in the trenches coaching

1:09.5

Chad is a coaches coach you know he's he's not trying to build his online social media

1:16.6

presence he is out there getting the job done and he has gotten the job done at

1:22.1

the highest level, worked with the Houston Texans when Brian Cushing was there in the you know on the sport science staff worked with sports science strength and conditioning the sports,

1:33.0

science, strength and conditioning,

1:35.9

you know, at the highest level in professional sports

1:39.0

and even with smaller organizations and having to deal with very minimal resources and

1:48.0

minimal equipment and technology so he has gotten the job done and has gotten real world results at every

1:57.1

level with the the highest of technology and with the bare essentials so those are the type of coaches I like speaking with

2:06.5

the ones out there that are getting the job done in the real world and if you are a strength and conditioning coach at the high school college or professional level

2:17.2

You will definitely love this conversation, but also

2:21.6

Don't be fooled this this conversation isn't just for strength and

2:25.7

conditioning coaches if you're a washed up meathead you know if you're a mom out

2:30.3

there someone who listens just to for your own benefit and to get in shape

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