329 episodes
Prepare Like A Pro Jack Mclean
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 โข 76 Ratings
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At ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ, our passion is to help footballers and high-performance staff make an impact in elite sport!
We are the premier training program for footy players and an academy membership for strength & conditioning coaches founded by Jack McLean in 2020.
It's a place where youโll learn cutting-edge physical preparation strategies to optimize resilience and peak performance.
Every Monday an episode is released providing an update on the upcoming week of live interviews and new episodes with an AFL player, senior coach, sports psychologist, strength and conditioning coach, or sports dietitian, all of whom are leaders in their respective fields.
In each episode, the host, Jack McLean, talks to his guest about how they started out in their career, and how they achieved success, explores their biggest learnings and seeks practical tips for developing footballers and high-performance staff.
Every week, Jack hosts these conversations live on the Prepare Like a Pro YouTube channel.
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#219 - Gerard Majda, Founder of Body Majic
Highlights from the episode:
- Instagram and TikTok content strategy
- His mentors and people who influenced him
- Body Majicโs 8-week training program
- Gerardโs favorite movie or tv series
- His upcoming plan -
#218 - David Joyce, High-Performance Coach
Highlights from the episode:
- How cognitive tunneling helps as a coping strategy when dealing with pressure
- Performance mindset: Is it inbuilt or can be developed?
- Common challenges and solutions for athletes looking to develop their performance mindset
- Questions he asks to athletes who struggle to find their purpose
- Common misconceptions with regards to a performance mindset -
#69 - How to Effectively Transition from Pre-Season to In-Season Loading
Highlights from the episode:
- Developing robust athletes
- Mistake #1 Intensity wearing off
- Mistake #2 Recovery culture
- Mistake #3 Max velocity exposure
- Mistake #4 Ability to train at max intensity -
#217 - Emily Meehan, Advanced Sports Dietitian at Victorian Institute of Sport
Highlights from the episode:
- Emily's advice to her past self when she was starting as a dietician
- Her advice to newly hired dieticians on how to educate a club or team
- Her strategies when working with elite athletes
- Emily's approach to developing athletes who want to bulk up
- Ideal snacks for athletes who are on the go
- How she helps in improving an athlete's nutrition -
#216 - Cullan Ball, Head Physio at Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Highlights from the episode:
- Influencers and mentors that shaped his philosophy
- How he came about the idea that physios can benefit by thinking more like an S&Cs
- Effective ways for physios looking to think more like an S&C
- Common misconceptions with regard to injury mitigation when developing robust athletes
- What he learned as a physio from working with different sports -
#68 - Fuelling strategies to enhance gameday performance
Highlights from the episode:
- Fuelling appropriately and how to get Jess Spendlove's ebook
- Timing of your food
- Hydration and best electrolyte sources
- Confidence comes from competency
- Motivation comes from purpose
Customer Reviews
First of its kind
This podcast provides an insight into professional AFL strength and conditioning training like no other resource out there.
Jack does a great job of drawing on his knowledge and experience from within the AFL system and translating that for any young or amateur player or coach looking to gain a performance advantage.
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Great listen, good insight to what is required to compete with the very best!