How To Maximize Your Training Outcome By Focusing On The Process with Dave Durante - Ep. 130
The Michael Caz Podcast
Michael Cazayoux
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2017
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Dave Durante, former elite level gymnast and multiple time World Team member, U.S. Olympic alternate, and assistant coach in 2009 for the Stanford team that won the NCAA Championship. Dave is currently the owner of Power Monkey Fitness, which specializes in teaching gymnastics around the world. We’re talking about the principles and experiences that have brought him success as an athlete and a coach and fundamentals of gymnastics. Dave is a wealth of knowledge — I learned a ton from our conversation and I know you will too. Enjoy the show!
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Topics of discussion:
[1:07] Introducing Dave Durante — persistent world champion with a desire to be the best.
[6:53] Finding balance may not be possible, but giving your all is.
[15:44] Your results are a byproduct of the processes you determine for yourself.
[22:00] Transitioning from elite athlete to successful coach.
[30:52] Benefits of shifting away from the outcome-focused mindset.
[39:44] Differences between what Dave did as an athlete and what he teaches as a coach.
[43:46] Details of the four-phase process on the gymnastics pyramid.
[48:25] How to gain significant mobility gains during intense training.
[50:21] Raising kids in gymnastics — good idea or terrible mistake?
[58:09] All about the Power Monkey apps and upcoming camps and clinics.
[1:04:45] Connecting with Dave.
Links:
@powermonkeyfitness on Instagram
@davedurante on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Mike Kaju, and you're listening to the brute strength podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | This week's guest is Dave Durranti. |
| 0:07.0 | Dave is a former elite-level gymnast. |
| 0:09.0 | He's a multiple-time world team member, an Olympic alternate for the US and he was an assistant coach in |
| 0:16.4 | 2009 for the Stanford team that won the NCAA championship. |
| 0:23.4 | He is currently the owner of Power Monkey Fitness, |
| 0:27.1 | which specializes in teaching gymnastics |
| 0:29.7 | through online programs, as well as camps all around the world. In this show we talk about |
| 0:36.3 | the principles and experiences that allowed him to be so successful in his sport as both an athlete and a coach. |
| 0:46.3 | We talk about the fundamentals of gymnastics, including what he calls the pyramid of gymnastics. And this guy is just such a wealth of knowledge when it comes to not only gymnastics |
| 0:57.6 | but what it takes to be successful in any area of your life. I learned a ton from Dave and I know you will too. |
| 1:06.0 | Enjoy the show. Hey this is Mike Kaseh and you're listening to the Brute Strength |
| 1:10.1 | Podcast. Dave, thank you so much for making time for me today. I'm really |
| 1:13.6 | excited about this one. Yeah, man, thanks for having me out. I appreciate it. |
| 1:16.4 | Yeah, it's been a long time coming. So I want to start here. I kind of have this |
| 1:21.7 | belief that the number one characteristic if there is if there if they're if |
| 1:27.4 | I had to say one the number one characteristic that world champions possess over all others is persistence and the reason I bring that up is |
| 1:35.6 | because you were one of the best gymnast in the entire world at one point. |
| 1:42.5 | And so in general, everyone has failures, injuries, |
| 1:46.7 | times that they don't want to train, |
| 1:49.6 | but world-class performers just get back up |
| 1:52.4 | over and over and over again. And with that said, in order |
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