Corey Peacock, PhD – Physical Preparation, Conditioning and Recovery for Elite MMA Athletes

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Danny Lennon

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🗓️ 22 March 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Episode 171: Corey Peacock, PhD discusses how he implements science-based practices in the physical preparation of the elite MMA athletes he works with, including Anthony Johnson, Michael Chandler, Matt Mitrione and Rashad Evans.
Dr. Corey Peacock is currently serving a dual role as the Head Exercise Physiologist and Performance Coach for MMA’s the Blackzilians fight camp. In this role, he is responsible for contributing physiological evaluations, strength & conditioning, and injury prevention methodologies. His experience as both a Strength Coach and Sports Performance Researcher have allowed him to implement state of the art injury prevention technology and coaching techniques within the team. A former collegiate football player and coach, Corey graduated from Kent State University with a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, focusing his application on human performance.

He works closely with many Strength & Conditioning professionals from the NFL, NHL, MMA and NCAAF and is regarded as one of the top Performance Coaches and Sports Scientists in South Florida. Along with coaching, Dr. Peacock also works as a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Nova Southeastern University. As a researcher, he has contributed multiple peer-reviewed publications integrating the fields of exercise physiology, athletic performance, and supplementation.

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0:00.0	When I find the higher levels that we're talking about, especially when we're talking
0:11.0	UFC, Bellator World Series, you know, you would think the majority of these guys really have
0:17.0	a lot of these things down if they've made it to this level.
0:19.0	And that's kind of the shocking thing is a lot of them don't you really see I feel like the higher the level that we're at in these
0:26.0	combat sports the more aggressive they are in multiple aspects of the things they do whether it's a
0:31.3	weight cut whether it's a rehydration whether it's a strengthening protocol they attack things
0:36.3	and you know kind of believe in that
0:38.4	more is better approach when sometimes we know that the objective data we're collecting
0:44.4	that more can sometimes be less or detrimental to their performance.
1:12.2	Yeah. Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. As always, I am your host, Danny Lennon, and thank you so much for listening into the show again today. We're here at episode 171, and I'm going to be talking in a few
1:20.9	minutes to Dr. Corey Peacock, who is both a researcher at Nova Southeastern University, as well as being an exercise
1:29.1	physiologist and performance coach to many elite level combat sport athletes, including
1:35.0	the likes of Vitor Belfort, Rashad Evans, Rumble Johnson, Michael Chandler, Chris Algeri,
1:43.0	Matt Mitrione, just to name a few of those.
1:46.5	His research in academia also focuses on elite performance and athletes, on sports nutrition
1:54.7	protocols and some environmental physiology.
1:58.5	The show notes to this episode are going to be over at sigmanutrition.com
2:02.3	slash episode 171. So if you go there, you'll be able to get a bit more of a background on
2:08.0	Corey, some of the work he's done, and any relevant links as well as related episodes.
2:13.0	And also related to that, before we get started with the interview, just for those of you listening
2:18.4	who are combat sport athletes, or maybe you're a performance nutritionist, or you're a coach
2:24.0	working with fighters, then you might be interested in checking out the Sigma weight cutting
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