#313: Fergus Connolly, PhD – Authenticity, Elite Human Performance & Getting the Best From Others

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Danny Lennon

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🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Dr. Fergus Connolly is one of the world’s foremost human performance thought leaders and influencers, and has applied performance science with leading sports, military, and business teams. He is the only coach to have full times roles in every major sport. Fergus has served as Director of Elite Performance for the San Francisco 49ers, Sports Science Director with the Welsh Rugby Union, and Performance Director for University of Michigan Football. He has guided coaches, support staff and players in the NBA, Australian Rules Football and international cricket. Fergus has also trained world boxing champions and advises elite military units and companies across the globe.

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0:00.0	What does it take to achieve levels of elite world-class performance?
0:07.0	It's a question many of us find fascinating to explore in many different domains.
0:13.0	And there are many obvious first go-toes that we think of, whether that is genetics,
0:20.0	whether that's resources, whether that's resources, whether that's
0:22.9	funding, whether that's training methods, nutrition, and so on. But there is so much more underneath
0:30.9	the surface that's not usually looked at, or at least doesn't be front and center when we're
0:36.3	watching elite athletes on TV, for example.
0:39.5	And a lot of that can come down to the behind the scenes work and also the human interaction
0:45.2	that goes into that constant day-to-day work of trying to get this human being to perform
0:52.0	at their very best in a certain domain. And this is going to be the focus
0:55.8	of today's conversation I'm having with Dr. Fergus Connolly. You are listening to Sigma Nutrition
1:02.5	Radio. As always, I'm your host, Danny Lennon, and this is episode 313 of the podcast. If you are
1:10.6	just listening as we release this, then happy new year.
1:13.9	We are kicking off 2020 with our first episode of the year. I hope it ends up being an
1:20.1	amazing year for you. And hopefully this is a good start by listening to this episode.
1:26.5	As I mentioned, today's podcast guest
1:28.5	is Dr. Fergus Connolly, who has became really well known as, I suppose, a thought leader in the
1:35.4	area of human performance, particularly as that relates to elite level sport. But that also has
1:42.3	blended over into other areas like military and the business world.
1:47.6	He is pretty much the only person to have had full-time roles in elite performance positions
1:54.2	across every major sport. So, for example, Fergus has served as the director of elite performance for the San Francisco
2:02.7	49ers. He's been sports science director with Welsh Rugby Union. He was performance director
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