Athlete internal dialogue, energy conservation, and becoming a coach with Chad Vaughn - Ep.104

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Chad Vaughn, one of the most successful American weightlifters, is on the show this week. (@olychad) Altogether, Chad has one of the most successful careers in the sport of weightlifting. Having been a two time Olympian, breaking and holding national records, and medaling in the Pan American Games. Not only is he a superior athlete but he has also transitioned into a coaching position and working to build confidence and focus in athletes. In this episode we’ll be getting into Chad’s Olympic journey, his gym demeanor, as well as all aspects of coaching ranging from gym culture, making the transition from elite athlete to coach, and teaching focus. Enjoy the show.

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Topics of discussion:

[1:50] Gym demeanor

[3:46] Athlete internal dialogue

[8:05] Competitive awareness is a learned trait

[12:25] Becoming an Olympian

[23:26] Transitioning to coaching and finding CrossFit

[28:49] How being an elite performer has/hasn’t helped be a coach

[33:17] Coaching crossfitters

[38:15] Common mistakes in strength building

[41:01] Coaching the importance of fundamentals

[45:30] Excess volume and its appeal in the CrossFit community

[51:48] Coaching focus to athletes

Links:

Vaughn Weightlifting

World Series of Fitness

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey this is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:03.0	This week I interviewed Chad Vaughn two-time olympian.
0:07.3	We talk a lot about the experiences that led to him being so dominant in the sport of weightlifting, his transition
0:15.2	from being an athlete to a coach and how conserving energy played such a huge role
0:20.6	in his success overall.
0:23.0	Enjoy the show.
0:24.0	Hey, if you've got a question about health and fitness, mindset, or even life in general that you'd like me or one of my guests to answer,
0:32.0	I'd love to hear from you.
0:33.0	To do so, call into the brute hotline at 801-490503.
0:39.9	Talk to you soon.
0:41.1	Hey, this is Mike Kaju, and this is the Brute brute strength podcast I'm here with
0:44.8	Chad Vaughn he doesn't need much of an introduction but for those of you who are
0:49.7	not to weightlifting savvy he's a two-time Olympian, the 2003 Pan American gold medalist,
0:57.2	as well as a nine-time national champion.
0:59.4	Chad, thanks for carving some time out of your day
1:01.2	to do this with me, man.
1:02.4	Absolutely, I'm glad to do it.
1:03.6	I'm excited you here.
1:04.8	I'm excited to chat with you a little bit.
1:07.7	Well, I got to know you probably starting three or four years ago during the advanced, the cross-fit
1:15.4	advance weightlifting course and so I got to see you as a coach you know and I got to
1:20.5	admire you as a coach but through that we didn't really discuss a lot of what it was like for you as an athlete
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