High Performance KPIs, Athlete Compensation, and HRV with Andy O'Brien #212
Muscle Intelligence
Ben Pakulski
4.7 • 761 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Interested in accessing movement fluidity, optimal performance, and nervous system synergy in your own training or your athletes' training? Both high achievers AND coaches can learn a lot from Andy O'Brien, a strength and health performance coach of over 25 years who has worked with numerous Olympic Gold Medalists, World Champions, and Major Sport MVPs.
Andy and Ben delve in to everything from physical programming and systems, to the importance of both curiosity and accountability. Don't miss out on this important conversation that touches on ALL aspects of sports and training -- physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Tune in to master:
- Basic premises that can be applied to ANY athlete's programming.
- What athlete compensation is + the negative and positive sides of it.
- When to practice consistent humility.
- How to define KPIs for individual athletes (including yourself).
- Why parasympathetic and sympathetic synergism are imperative for high performers.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, ladies and gents, welcome back to the muscle intelligence podcast. I'm host Ben |
| 0:16.5 | Pocolski. Today is one of my favorite podcasts ever. I'm going to tell you guys why. |
| 0:22.2 | Today's guest is going to give you some really interesting insights, not only into performance, |
| 0:30.1 | as he is, in my opinion, the greatest trainer on the planet, the greatest performance expert on the planet. |
| 0:37.4 | He also happens to be |
| 0:38.9 | my college roommate. And so maybe you'll get some insights into younger Benny P and how I lived my life |
| 0:48.9 | in university. Just kidding, you might not. But I have this amazing conversation with my great friend, Andy O'Brien. |
| 0:56.0 | And he's been a guest in the podcast before. |
| 0:58.1 | And you may have heard Andy's name if you're anywhere in the high performance space. |
| 1:01.5 | So Andy trains everyone from the top Olympic athletes in the world to he was the head of |
| 1:06.6 | strength of performance for the director of performance, I should say, with the Pittsburgh |
| 1:10.6 | Penguins for a number of years when they won the Stanley Cup consecutively. He's recently |
| 1:15.0 | signed on with a management firm to be their director of performance. When I tell you, |
| 1:20.6 | this guy is the best trainer on the planet. Again, I've met all the best trainers on the planet, |
| 1:25.5 | but as far as the people I've ever met, |
| 1:28.1 | this guy is in a league of his own. And there's no one that understands both exercise, |
| 1:33.9 | physiology, optimization, and performance like he does. And that's not blown smoke because he's my |
| 1:38.4 | friend. It's just I sit there with my mouth open most of the podcast and just listen to him |
| 1:43.0 | speak. And I try to ask |
| 1:44.3 | somewhat, you know, articulate questions. But for the most part, I just sit there and like, |
| 1:48.5 | and it's kind of like wind it up, let him go. And I will apologize in advance for the audio |
| 1:52.9 | quality. Andy and I are literally sitting in the living room. And it's not the greatest audio |
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