TBT: The Secret To Speed Development ft. Ryan Flaherty

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Flaherty works on Nike’s training team with some of the biggest names in sports, including Serena Williams, Russell Wilson and Kobe Bryant. It’s no shock that he is one of the most sought after combine coaches in the world.

In this episode, Flaherty discusses his role working with the HeadSpace app to teach NFL athletes about focus and achieving a better mindset on and off the field. He also gets into why he uses concentric training when developing speed, how to improve programming for your athletes and how to prevent injuries that are common with age.

Topics:

04:30 - Working with Nike & HeadSpace

17:34 - Speed development & force production

41:45 - Track workouts

46:15 - How to prevent injuries as you get older

49:05 - CrossFit talk

Links:

@ryanjflaherty

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0:00.0	I'm trying to get harder and tougher mentally and physically every day.
0:04.0	You're either the growth mindset or you're the fixed mindset.
0:07.0	If you're trying to be the best, you need to look at who the best is and see what they do.
0:11.0	Relentless pursuit of progress.
0:14.0	There's a difference between the best and the rest.
0:17.0	Welcome to the Brute Strength Podcast.
0:22.0	Champions are built in the morning first.
0:24.2	Where we interview scientists, world champions,
0:26.6	doctors and experts,
0:28.0	in just about every area of health and fitness.
0:30.4	What do you care enough about?
0:32.1	What are you fascinated enough about to go so deep and learn so much that you'll know more about it than anyone else?
0:39.0	And now here's your host, Michael Kasyu. What's up? Welcome back. My name is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute
1:05.8	strength podcast. This week's guest is Ryan Flaherty. Ryan is on the Nike
1:12.3	training team and he works with literally the biggest athletes on the planet like Serena Williams, Russell Wilson, Kobe Bryant.
1:21.0	He works with, I think he told me, 18 of the 32 quarterbacks in the NFL,
1:27.0	and he's one of the most sought-after combine coaches in the world. He's known as the Savant of Speed and so obviously one of the
1:37.2	biggest topics we go into on the show is how he builds speed and athletes.
1:42.8	But we start out talking about some of the work that he's doing
1:46.7	with the founder of Head Space and how they're teaching NFL players
1:50.7	how to focus more and how to cultivate a better mindset.
1:54.0	We talk about a bet that he made with Johnny Manzel
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