Top strength coach, Vince McConnell (http://www.mcconnelltraining.com/) is based in Alabama, but is known globally for his 30+ years as a leading resource in the world of strength & conditioning. Vince’s clients range from high school athletes, pro athletes, and the eveyday hard-working Jane and Joe.
During episode #38 of the Live Life Aggressively podcast, Vince joins Mike & Sincere to discuss:
- How Vince takes on the struggle between finding time to train his full client load and training himself
- The importance of Vince’s morning ritual and why you should incorporate it into yours, in terms of training longevity
- How Vince helps young athletes commit to the principles of recovery, despite their typical desire to only want to train with full intensity
- What you can learn from Vince’s training techniques he utilizes with his young athletes, in order to keep your training program interesting
- Vince shares the evolution of the fitness industry, during the past 3 decades of his professional career, and what he learned then that’s still relevant to coaching/training success now
- How strength & conditioning techniques for football can be applied to just about any training program for just about any client at any age
- The problem with following “celebrity” & pro athlete workouts
- The beauty of basic exercises, including sprints, and how to program them into your routine for maximal fat loss and conditioning
- What you need to know before you buy that late night infomercial workout DVD & how to avoid the “insanity” in today’s workout routine
- How Vince helps his athletes and clients improve their mental toughness and their relationship with fatigue
- Chasing fatigue vs. regulating fatigue & how to utilize the best one for your training program
- The difference between “coaching clients” and entertaining clients, and realizing which category you may fall in as a trainer or coach
- Vince’s view on training with kettlebells and Olympic lifts