In Episode #114 of the LEO Training Podcast, I interview triple olympic gold medalist Eskild Ebbessen. Eskild Ebessen won three olympic gold medals, 2 bronze medals, 6x world champion, and 19 world cup gold medals. In 2013 he was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by World Rowing and named to the Danish Sports Hall of Fame in January 2017. This interview will take you through Eskild’s career and how he continued to find speed. Enjoy the show! Interview Topics: How you go started in rowing...

Episode 113: Lindsay Shoop - Mindset Makes Rhythm Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher In Episode #113 of the LEO Training Podcast, I interview world champion and Olympic Gold Medallist Lindsay Shoop. I sit down with Lindsay Shoop. Lindsay has amassed nearly two decades of coaching and rowing experience through to the Olympic level. She earned her MS Ed in Exercise Physiology and her Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the NSCA credential all while coaching...

Episode 112| Annie Vernon: Mind Games Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher In Episode #112 of the LEO Training Podcast, I interview world champion and Olympic Silver Medallist Annie Vernon. Annie is the author of the book, Mind Games: Determination, Doubt and Lucky Socks – the psychology of elite athletes . The book aims to show how elite athletes train their mental skills in exactly the same way that they train their physical skills. Our chat takes you through some of the...

Episode 111: Pat Rufo - DISC Assessment   Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher In Episode #111 of the LEO Training Podcast, I interview strength and conditioning and rowing coach, Pat Rufo. Pat’s company, RUFO OPTIMAL WORKOUTS®  was established in 2011 to serve as an athletic consulting company for all types of athletes (especially rowers!) and clients of all ages and abilities. The goal has been to fill the “gaps” in their training and mindset. Pat has been a strength and...

Podcast interview with Jeremian Brown, author of The Four Year Olympian. Olympic Silver Medalist Men's 8+, London 2012 Olympics for Canada.

Phil White - Waterman 2.0    Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher In Episode #109 of the LEO Training Podcast, I interview Phil White.  Phil is an emmy-nominated writer and has co-authored the books UnPlugged, Waterman 2.0,  and Game Changer with Fergus Connolly. He is also a frequent contributor to The Inertia and SUP the Mag. Waterman 2.0 gives paddlers, surfers and rowers of all ages and abilities a one-stop guide to understanding: Basic movement baselines for optimal...

Phil White - Unplugged   Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher In Episode #107 of the LEO Training Podcast, I interview Phil White.  Phil is an emmy-nominated writer and has co-authored the books UnPlugged, Waterman 2.0,  and Game Changer with Fergus Connolly. He is also a frequent contributor to The Inertia and SUP the Mag. Unplugged will teach the reader the following: Reading Unplugged will enable you to: • Understand both the value and the limitations of technology...

Interview Topics: The 3 Pillars of Training Performance Mindset Skill What Erin learned from Dr. Kelly Starrett Why bodyweight movements are a key foundational piece to health and performance Learning tools that will help you excel in sport and life Why you should do the one thing that everyone else is not doing.

USRowing Dietician Liz Fusco breaks down rowing nutrition principles. Here are 3 key takeaways in this episode: 1) General principles applicable to all levels of rowing. 2) Diet and hydration tactics for when you travel. 3) Safely and intelligently going lightweight

Meghan Musnicki is a two time Olympic Gold Medalist and 5x World Champion with the United States Rowing Team. Meghan shares her journey as a two sport athlete in basketball and soccer in middle school and high school to a walk on at Ithaca College.

LT 104 | Aquil Abdullah - A Midweight's Journey Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher Aquil H. Abdullah won four letters in men’s rowing at GW from 1992-96. Aquil narrowly missed qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney by .33 of a second. After losing in the 2000 Olympic Trials, Abdullah considered retiring from the sport. Instead, he resumed training, competed again and won the elite Diamond Sculls race at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta at Henley-on-the Thames...

LT 103 | Michael Ranfone - Build Athletes. Make Monsters. Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher Biography Michael Ranfone BS, CSCS, LMT, FRC, ART is the founder and president of Ranfone Training Systems located in Hamden, Connecticut. For the past decade he’s dedicated himself to improving athletes as a performance coach and manual therapist. Mike graduated Cum Laude from Union College with degrees in Economics and Psychology—earning recognition in the National Honor Society...

Interview with Strength Performance Coach Brett Bartholomew discussing how to get buy in with your athletes and what we can do as coaches to communicate better.

Jim Joy is well known for his holistic and technical approach to a cyclical non-fragmented rowing stroke, where there is a strong bond between body, shell and water, creating a state of flow within an integrated whole. It is this approach to the rowing stroke where our interview will focus its attention toward.

Executive Director of NSCA Italy, Dr. Carlo Varalda sits down to discuss his evaluation of rowers which focuses on movement, posture, and power.

Dr. Stuart McGill, leading spine biomechanics expert and world record setting powerlifter Brian Carroll sit down to discuss Brian's return from a devastating back injury as told through their brand new book, Gift of Injury.

3 Things you will learn from Alex Wolf Head Strength & Conditioning Coach of the English Institute of Sport; 1. Evidence of strength training improving force development and power 2. What skills/lifts give the best return to the rowing stroke? 3. Technique vs. load - Why going heavier does not always translate to greater force production

Old Dominion University Women's Rowing Coach Dan Garbutt discusses the differences between technique and style in rowing.

This week's podcast guest is Dr. Craig Marker. Dr. Craig Marker is an associate professor, Chair and Program Director of Clinical Medical Psychology at Mercer University. He is also the Chief Operating Officer and Team Leader with StrongFirst. 3 Key Takeaways you will learn in this interview: How physical exercise can be used to treat social anxiety Overview of the 3 Energy Systems in the Body : Alactic, Glycolysis, and Aerobic Principles of StrongEndurance

Guest host Allan Phillips interviews Joe DeLeo as he shares his SFG II Preparation and Experience.

In Episode 094 I sit down with Kevin Rail, an expert in physical education culture based out of Utah. Here are 3 things you will learn in this interview: • The importance of movement quality preceding volume and intensity • Integrating the restorative arts into your training and how it improves posture and balance • The documentary film “The Motivation Factor” and what our present society can learn from La Sierra High School Physical Fitness program in the 1960’s.

Career firefighters Charles Bustos and Zar Horton discuss training various tactical operatives in the law enforcement, military and firefighting occupations.

Dr. Greg Rose discusses his lecture from the Perform Better Summit titled "Evaluating Rotary Athletes". He shares the 4 "must haves" for rotational athletes and also tells the audience how they can measure and train power development.

Meghan O' Leary shares her story of finding rowing at 26 years old and her journey to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as well as her training up to the 2017 World Rowing Championships!

Brandon Hetzler, Senior SFG and ATC, discusses his thoughts on movement, the neurodevelopmental sequence and achieving the half bodyweight military press for tall people.