SNR #173: PJ Nestler - Training Specificity, Fight Conditioning & Pre-/Post-Training Strategies

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Danny Lennon

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🗓️ 4 April 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Episode 173: Performance coach PJ Nestler discusses training approaches for combat sport athletes to increase their strength, speed and power so that it actually translates to improved performance in the ring/cage.
PJ is a human performance specialist with over a decade of experience preparing top athletes for competition, and a life mission to help athletes and coaches realize their true potential. Over the past ten years, PJ has trained dozens of athletes from the UFC, NFL, NHL and MLB. His passion for combat sports and commitment to excellence, has driven him to become a leader in combat sports performance training. He has worked extensively with over 100 fighters, including multiple Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champions and Top 10 ranked UFC fighters
Outside of training top athletes, PJ is devoted to sharing his knowledge and experience, with the purpose of elevating the fitness profession.

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0:00.0	We are now training them in rounds 7 and 8.
0:12.0	There's no way they're going to be able to sustain the same speed and output that they would be able to in round 1 through 3.
0:18.0	So they only fight three rounds in their fight. We're now training
0:21.7	them to throw slower punches, slower kicks, slower takedowns. All of that stuff is going
0:27.4	to be slower because they're now training at a level of fatigue. So that's what's going to
0:31.5	carry over into the sport. The more specific the training becomes, the more it's going to
0:36.1	carry over into that sport. And there's nothing more specific than sparring.
0:40.3	So that should be where we're mimicking the actual conditions of the sport as much as possible,
0:45.3	because your body is going to adapt to that whether you like it or not. Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. This is episode 173. And as always, I am your host, Danny Lennon. Thank you so much for
1:16.8	taking the time out to listen to the podcast. Today, I'm going to be chatting with performance
1:23.2	coach and strengthening expert, PJ Nestler, who works predominantly with combat sport athletes.
1:30.3	But really over the past 10 years or so, PJs trains numerous athletes from all sports
1:37.3	of different areas of elite sports. So not only the UFC, but the NFL, the NHL, Major League Baseball, et cetera, et cetera.
1:47.0	But as I said, his real area of, I suppose, passion and expertise lies within combat sports,
1:54.0	predominantly athletes that are in MMA or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and he's trained some of the
2:00.0	best guys out there.
2:01.3	Fighters that are top 10 ranked in the UFC, a number of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champions,
2:07.1	and this is an area that he's kind of focused on and there's lots of really good information on.
2:13.0	So I wanted to get PJ on because I think it fits in obviously with a lot that we've talked about
2:18.0	on the show recently from this stuff around weight cutting for combat sports, but also recently
2:23.9	we would have had Corey Peacock discussing physical preparation. In an upcoming episode, we're going to
2:29.3	be talking with Dr. Reed Reel, who is doing research on water loading at the Australian Institute of
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