907: Cory Schlesinger
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2018
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
Episode 907: Cory Schlesinger
- Cory shares the painful experience of tearing his Achilles. (4:24)
- What lead him to become the Sports Performance Coach of Stanford Basketball? (6:06)
- How to be a GREAT strength coach, you have to COMPETE in something. (10:51)
- What does he mean when he says kids are coming in as “broken toys”? (13:28)
- Finding his value and being an identifier when it comes to his athletes. (18:13)
- What are some of the most common imbalances he sees with his athletes? (21:09)
- How does he revert the major lifts and balance risk/reward with his athletes? Replace the compound lifts with his athletes? (23:30)
- Using wearable tools to monitor and track an athletes practice load. How does he use the data as a coach? (30:51)
- The importance of strength training during the season. (43:00)
- Safety nets for safety nets. How does he monitor the output by his athletes based on the data he receives? (46:25)
- Understanding the dynamics of his athletes in the outside world. (49:24)
- Does he have a favorite kind of athlete? Least favorite? (51:45)
- Does he watch a lot of basketball or is he in it too much? (56:58)
- What are some of the biggest mistakes he sees strength coaches make on all levels? (1:00:54)
- His take on early specialization in one sport. (1:02:40)
- What are some of his favorite education tools/certifications for coaches to research? (1:08:13)
- The major backlash ahead dealing with activity levels and social media with our youth. (1:13:45)
- What does the future evolution of professional sports look like? (1:20:43)
- How does he feel about the early start to the current season? (1:31:07)
- His take on the Freshman 4 over at Duke? (1:31:57)
- Does he have any favorite NBA teams/players that he follows? (1:33:25)
- Is he a talent acquisition or leadership guy? (1:36:44)
- His take on college athletes getting paid? (1:39:10)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned:
- Cory Schlesinger (@schlesstrength) Instagram
- Jason Borrelli (@Jason_Borrelli) Twitter
- Kevin Durant (@easymoneysniper) Instagram
- Paul J. Fabritz (@pjfperformance) Instagram
- Eitan Gelber (@egelber) Twitter
- Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) Instagram
- Zion Williamson (@ZionW32) Twitter
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- Mind Pump Episode 900: NBA Superstar Sports Performance Coach Paul Fabritz
- NCAA Study Reveals When Athletes Begin Sport Specialization
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- Cracking the Metabolic Code: 9 Keys to Optimal Health: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition - Book by B. Lavalle R.Ph. C.C.N. N.D., James and James B Lavalle
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- Fantastic freshmen help No. 4 Duke blow out No. 2 Kentucky
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 | Yeah, so Corey Schlesinger, does he say his name right? |
| 0:17.0 | Schlesinger? |
| 0:18.0 | He said it right this time. |
| 0:19.0 | Okay, I said it right. Thanks. Good thing Doug didn't record the first one. |
| 0:21.0 | Yeah, it's good. |
| 0:22.0 | You met him first, Justin. |
| 0:23.0 | I did. I was able to go up to Stanford, and I feel like I already said this before. |
| 0:26.0 | But yeah, I was like hanging out and we got to see his facility, and he just kind of broke down the way that he programmed for these athletes. |
| 0:34.0 | And I was so impressed with, you know, what he's doing up there that I thought he'd be a great guest. |
| 0:38.0 | So he's what the coach, the strength coach for? |
| 0:41.0 | Yes, that's a strength coach for the men's basketball team. |
| 0:44.0 | And also I was connected to him from Jordan Shalos. |
| 0:46.0 | I knew that Jordan Shalos wouldn't just throw any Schlob our way, right? |
| 0:49.0 | That's right. |
| 0:50.0 | No, he's great dude. |
| 0:51.0 | Very cool guy. |
| 0:52.0 | And you know what we get into this episode, we get to talk about those you guys that are like sports. |
| 0:56.0 | You guys, if you like the the PJF performance, you'll love it. |
| 1:00.0 | It's a great follow up to that. |
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