EFR 243: Redefining Strength and Unique Training Modalities for Muscular Endurance with Mike Salemi
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Chase Chewning
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🗓️ 1 November 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Mike Salemi specializes in human performance and is a sought after international presenter in the field of health and fitness.
Mike has a diverse background in strength and conditioning and has competed over the course of 15+ years at an elite level in Powerlifting and Kettlebell Sport. Through his own path of resolving sport-related injuries, Mike understands the importance of integrating the body, mind, and spirit as a means to foster high performance for the long term. His motivation is to help athletes, fitness professionals, and coaches discover their own potential from the inside-out.
Professionally, Mike has served as a Division 1 strength and conditioning coach for Santa Clara University, as well as been the trainer to elite athletes across a wide range of sports.
His focus is teaching educational workshops, certifications, and creating programs on unconventional training that build more balanced athletes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up Mike Selemie? I'm here on Everforward Radio. It's been a blast and my biggest takeaway today is that |
| 0:06.8 | where you start in your journey from Strength, Fitness, Health, is most likely not going to be where you end up five years ten years |
| 0:13.7 | 15 years from now and that is a hundred percent okay so stick to the |
| 0:17.4 | process keep moving forward it's been a pleasure to be on the show and |
| 0:20.6 | this is everforward Radio. |
| 0:24.8 | Welcome back everyone. |
| 0:29.6 | This is your number one source for inspiring content from people who are putting a purpose to their passion and truly living a life ever forward. |
| 0:35.0 | Conversations and messages that will take your fitness, nutrition, and mindset to the next level. |
| 0:42.0 | I am your host host Chase Chuning. |
| 0:45.0 | This is Ever Forward Radio. Have you guys ever trained with kettle bells? Have you girls ever trained with kettle bells? Have you all listening right now? |
| 1:06.5 | Well, odds are you have because maybe it's just me, but they've become very, very |
| 1:12.0 | trendy over the past couple of years we've seen |
| 1:14.1 | them go from just being a really unique training tool in some gyms to now being in pretty much |
| 1:21.7 | every gym I've been into the last couple of years, but not everybody really |
| 1:27.2 | knows how to safely and properly use them. |
| 1:31.2 | And like me, not everyone knows the full potential to which we can use this |
| 1:36.0 | very very unique training tool the kettlebell is something that you can just get |
| 1:40.9 | started with one weight and use for a multitude of exercises |
| 1:46.4 | different ways to use it for rehab for getting into kind of working that fascia |
| 1:53.1 | Getting into flows getting into kind of working that fascia, getting into flows, getting into strength training, |
| 1:55.7 | conditioning, and really who better |
| 1:58.6 | to help walk us through the kettlebell training |
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