Hey everyone. Thanks for tuning in to Power Athlete Radio. The very coach that helped shape

John's NFL career through strength and conditioning is back again. Rafael Ruiz checks in

with the Power Athlete HQ crew to discuss his latest venture in working with

youth athletes and developing a program and culture that will yield future champions. He started by

introducing these young bucks to two simple concepts, accountability and expecting more from

themselves. The crew kicks it with Master Splinter, covering trends in training, how high school programs have

evolved, and of course, a few stories from way, way back. Raff has never minced words when it comes to

the industry of strength and conditioning. His guidance and experience has enabled top-notch

coaches, like our very own Tex-McQuilkinkin to approach their job from a science and performance

standpoint. Our hats are forever tipped to wrath for developing CrossFit football alongside of John

and the crew, traveling, coaching, and blowing some of the first minds ever, including my own,

during the early years of the CrossFit football program. This is episode 166.

Our Athlete Nation, what is up?

You got Luke John a text in one steamy, stinky room here in SoCal,

giving you another episode of Power Athlete Radio,

the world's premier strength and conditioning podcast. I figure if we say it enough, people will believe it. Well, you know, I believe it was Adolf Hitler said, if you're going to tell a lie, tell a simple one, tell a big lie, and keep telling it over and over again, and eventually the masses will believe you. And for our regular listeners, they've probably heard that exchange right there, like six or seven times. Well, I've never, I mean, I've used to quote before, but I've actually never told the listeners that it was Adolf Hitler that I got that quote from. Because, you know, there's some negative connotations I was saying. You know, and I mean, you can quote Nietzsche, you can quote Stalin, you can quote a lot of people, but you quote Hitler, and all of a sudden you're about, everybody gets offended.

But we're excited to have our guest on the show today.

We got Rafeuiz, aka. Razel Ghul League of Shadows, aka Master Splinter,

aka all sorts of AKA.

Well, it's because he changes his brand every other day. So it was access and then like it was Axis and then like I'm back I'm back in TFR 1441. That was my I first experience.

Well that was the evolution of strength condition.

Yeah, dude.

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