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Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Joe DeFranco: High Performance Specialist and Entrepreneur

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5.01.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

"The best athletes in the world train for a higher purpose, not for the money." Joe DeFranco is the founder and owner of the world-famous DeFranco’s Gym. For the past two decades, athletes from around the world have hired Joe because of his remarkable ability to improve strength, speed, power, mobility, agility and sport-specific endurance. Joe’s training techniques have been featured in and on ESPN, Spike TV, NFL Network, WWE Network, Men’s Health Magazine, Men’s Fitness Magazine and in the NY Times best-selling book, The 4-Hour Body. His resume includes NFL players from all 32 teams, MLB & NBA players, UFC fighters, Olympic athletes, MLL players, WWE superstars, and college All-Americans. In 2015, Joe was inducted into the Personal Trainer Hall of Fame (an international organization) in the Trend Setter division. He is recognized as an individual who has had a significant contribution to the personal training industry, specifically by creating trends which have dramatically influenced the world of fitness. Joe co-created the Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS) course, DeFrancoInsider.com membership site, as well as a series of best-selling DVD’s and manuals. He also hosts the Industrial Strength Show – a top-ranked weekly podcast dedicated to training for peak performance, mindset and living your passion. I’m your host Paul Rabil and welcome to Suiting Up Podcast, where I interview athletes, media executives, team owners, and other key stakeholders about the performance attributes acquired through the vehicle of sports.Today’s athlete, whether active or retired, is continuously redefining what it means to be a professional on and off the field. You can find more info on DeFranco's podcast, links to his social media and businesses, by visiting http://suitinguppodcast.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Student Up Podcast. I am your host Paul Rabel. I'm a professional

0:08.7

lacrosse player in New York and with Team USA and on this show I discuss the intersection between sports and

0:14.9

business, sports and personal development and I sit down with professional

0:19.6

athletes, entrepreneurs, sports league owners etc etc, etc, and we dive deep in long form audio

0:26.2

content.

0:27.2

Now for this show, it's our longest interview, but hopefully very worthwhile. I sit down with world famous strength and

0:34.4

conditioning coach high performance specialist, entrepreneur, consultant,

0:38.9

motivational speaker, and co-creator of the certified physical preparation specialist course

0:43.8

Mr. Joe DeFranco. And if you haven't heard of them, Joe's trained athletes

0:49.2

from all 32 NFL teams, MLB and NBA players, UFC fighters, Olympic athletes,

0:55.0

W.W.E. Superstars, and even a few MLL guys.

0:59.3

And because this show is particularly long,

1:02.2

I'm going to keep this intro short and direct so here's

1:04.9

what you can expect throughout. Joe talks about superstar athlete

1:08.8

anecdotes from his tenure as a high performance coach.

1:13.0

The physical versus mental preparation game.

1:16.0

What separates the best performers from the rest?

1:18.0

How you can recover faster from workouts.

1:21.0

How to improve your speed and endurance, his nutritional recommendations.

1:25.4

We discuss things like keto to paleo versus vegan, gluten-free, and others.

1:30.6

And finally, we talk about Joe's businesses, how he started with a blog.

1:34.0

He then tiptoed into video instruction via his YouTube channel, opened his first gym,

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