MAS Performance Podcast

Martin Adame
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Fitness professionals are often misunderstood—portrayed as intimidating, loud, and unapproachable. Growing up, I believed strength coaches were just tough, no-nonsense figures who yelled people into shape. But my journey through the world of Strength and Conditioning has shown me something completely different. The best coaches I’ve met are passionate, empathetic, and dedicated to helping others become their strongest selves—physically, mentally, and emotionally. This podcast started as a platform to spotlight those coaches—the amazing individuals in the fitness world who are changing lives through movement, mentorship, and mindset.  But MAS Performance has evolved. Now, we’re opening the mic to a wider range of high performers: leaders in sports, science, business, education, and beyond. Because performance isn’t limited to the gym—it’s in every conversation, every career, and every pursuit of growth. Whether you’re a coach, an athlete, a curious thinker, or someone chasing excellence in your own lane, this podcast is for you. Expect real conversations, practical insights, and stories that challenge stereotypes and celebrate what’s possible when passion meets purpose.

  1. 2d ago

    Why We Make Mistakes:What I learned pt.2

    Why do smart, capable people still make mistakes? That's one of the questions Joseph T. Hallinan explores in Why We Make Mistakes. And one of the biggest things I took from the book is this: Mistakes aren't always the result of laziness, carelessness, or a lack of effort. Sometimes they're simply part of being human. We miss things. We remember things incorrectly. We focus on the wrong information. We make assumptions. And sometimes we don't even realize we've made a mistake until someone points it out. That made me think a lot about coaching and leadership. When an athlete makes a mistake, our first response can be: “Pay attention.” “Focus.” “I already told you this.” But what if we became more curious about why the mistake happened? Was the instruction clear? Were we asking the person to focus on too many things? Was fatigue involved? Is there something about the environment or process that keeps producing the same mistake? And this applies to coaches too. Sometimes the program doesn't work. Sometimes we make the wrong decision. Sometimes something we were absolutely convinced about turns out to be wrong. The question isn't whether we're going to make mistakes. We are. The question is what we do with them. In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about attention, learning from errors, and why good coaches and leaders should build systems that expect human beings to occasionally get things wrong. Don't waste the mistake by only getting frustrated about it. Study it. Learn from it. Change something. Then try again. Because a mistake becomes valuable when it changes what you do next. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    Why We Make Mistakes:What I learned pt.2

  2. 5d ago

    Why We Make Mistakes:What I learned pt.1

    Why do smart, capable people still make mistakes? That's one of the questions Joseph T. Hallinan explores in Why We Make Mistakes. And one of the biggest things I took from the book is this: Mistakes aren't always the result of laziness, carelessness, or a lack of effort. Sometimes they're simply part of being human. We miss things. We remember things incorrectly. We focus on the wrong information. We make assumptions. And sometimes we don't even realize we've made a mistake until someone points it out. That made me think a lot about coaching and leadership. When an athlete makes a mistake, our first response can be: “Pay attention.” “Focus.” “I already told you this.” But what if we became more curious about why the mistake happened? Was the instruction clear? Were we asking the person to focus on too many things? Was fatigue involved? Is there something about the environment or process that keeps producing the same mistake? And this applies to coaches too. Sometimes the program doesn't work. Sometimes we make the wrong decision. Sometimes something we were absolutely convinced about turns out to be wrong. The question isn't whether we're going to make mistakes. We are. The question is what we do with them. In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about attention, learning from errors, and why good coaches and leaders should build systems that expect human beings to occasionally get things wrong. Don't waste the mistake by only getting frustrated about it. Study it. Learn from it. Change something. Then try again. Because a mistake becomes valuable when it changes what you do next. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    Why We Make Mistakes:What I learned pt.1

  3. Sep 28

    Great Gamma Protocol:What I learned

    Sometimes the best training doesn't need to be complicated. That's one of the biggest things I took from The Great Gama Protocol by Pavel Macek. Inspired by the training traditions of legendary wrestler The Great Gama, the program brings things back to basics: bodyweight movements, quality repetitions, gradual progression, and consistency. And that's what I really like about it. In fitness, we're constantly looking for more. More exercises. More equipment. More intensity. More complicated programming. But sometimes the better question isn't: “How much can I do?” It's: “What's the amount I can do consistently and continue getting better?” The Great Gama Protocol emphasizes basic movements like squats, push-ups, and bridges while building a foundation of movement, strength-endurance, mobility, and general physical preparation. No fancy equipment. No complicated setup. Just movement and consistency. And one of my favorite ideas from the program is simple: Consistency trumps intensity. Because one brutal workout doesn't change you. Training consistently for months and years does. In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about what I liked about The Great Gama Protocol, why simplicity can be incredibly effective, and why we sometimes need to stop searching for the perfect program and simply start doing the work. Simple doesn't mean easy. And simple definitely doesn't mean ineffective. Sometimes you just need a few good movements, a reasonable amount of work, and the discipline to come back tomorrow and do it again. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    Great Gamma Protocol:What I learned

  4. Sep 25

    Tipping Point:What I learned Pt.3

    Episode Description — The Tipping Point Why do some small changes eventually create massive results? In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell explores how ideas, behaviors, and trends can build quietly before eventually reaching a moment where everything starts to change. That idea made me think about training. We love the breakthrough moments. The PR. The transformation. The faster sprint. The moment everything finally seems to click. But we don't always pay attention to everything that happened before the breakthrough. One workout. One better decision. One extra hour of sleep. Five more pounds on the bar. Showing up again tomorrow. None of those decisions feel particularly important on their own. But repeated long enough, small things can become big things. And I think the same thing happens with team culture. Culture isn't created by one speech or a slogan on the wall. It's created through behaviors that get repeated. Being on time. Training with intent. Helping a teammate. Holding someone accountable. Doing the right thing when nobody is watching. Eventually, enough people start doing those things that the behavior becomes: “This is just what we do here.” In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about what The Tipping Point made me think about when it comes to consistency, influence, coaching, and building culture. Don't underestimate the small things just because you can't see the result yet. Keep doing the work. Keep reinforcing the right behaviors. You might be closer to a tipping point than you realize. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    Tipping Point:What I learned Pt.3

  5. Sep 21

    Tipping Point:What I learned Pt.2

    Episode Description — The Tipping Point Why do some small changes eventually create massive results? In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell explores how ideas, behaviors, and trends can build quietly before eventually reaching a moment where everything starts to change. That idea made me think about training. We love the breakthrough moments. The PR. The transformation. The faster sprint. The moment everything finally seems to click. But we don't always pay attention to everything that happened before the breakthrough. One workout. One better decision. One extra hour of sleep. Five more pounds on the bar. Showing up again tomorrow. None of those decisions feel particularly important on their own. But repeated long enough, small things can become big things. And I think the same thing happens with team culture. Culture isn't created by one speech or a slogan on the wall. It's created through behaviors that get repeated. Being on time. Training with intent. Helping a teammate. Holding someone accountable. Doing the right thing when nobody is watching. Eventually, enough people start doing those things that the behavior becomes: “This is just what we do here.” In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about what The Tipping Point made me think about when it comes to consistency, influence, coaching, and building culture. Don't underestimate the small things just because you can't see the result yet. Keep doing the work. Keep reinforcing the right behaviors. You might be closer to a tipping point than you realize. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    Tipping Point:What I learned Pt.2

  6. Sep 18

    Tipping Point:What I learned Pt.1

    Episode Description — The Tipping Point Why do some small changes eventually create massive results? In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell explores how ideas, behaviors, and trends can build quietly before eventually reaching a moment where everything starts to change. That idea made me think about training. We love the breakthrough moments. The PR. The transformation. The faster sprint. The moment everything finally seems to click. But we don't always pay attention to everything that happened before the breakthrough. One workout. One better decision. One extra hour of sleep. Five more pounds on the bar. Showing up again tomorrow. None of those decisions feel particularly important on their own. But repeated long enough, small things can become big things. And I think the same thing happens with team culture. Culture isn't created by one speech or a slogan on the wall. It's created through behaviors that get repeated. Being on time. Training with intent. Helping a teammate. Holding someone accountable. Doing the right thing when nobody is watching. Eventually, enough people start doing those things that the behavior becomes: “This is just what we do here.” In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about what The Tipping Point made me think about when it comes to consistency, influence, coaching, and building culture. Don't underestimate the small things just because you can't see the result yet. Keep doing the work. Keep reinforcing the right behaviors. You might be closer to a tipping point than you realize. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

  7. Sep 16

    Rambo:What I learned

    Episode Description — Rambo: First Blood I recently rewatched Rambo: First Blood, and I walked away from it thinking about something completely different than the action. How often do we judge someone's behavior without understanding what's behind it? Throughout the movie, people see John Rambo's actions. They see someone who's angry, difficult, and eventually violent. But underneath that behavior is a Vietnam veteran carrying trauma, loss, isolation, and experiences the people around him don't fully understand. And by the end of the movie, you finally see some of what he's been carrying. That made me think about coaching and leadership. Someone isn't engaged. An athlete has a bad attitude. A person suddenly stops performing like they normally do. It's easy to label the behavior. Lazy. Difficult. Unmotivated. But behavior doesn't always tell you the whole story. That doesn't mean we remove accountability or lower our standards. It means we become curious enough to ask a better question. Instead of: “What's wrong with you?” Maybe we ask: “What's going on?” In this episode of MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts, I talk about what First Blood reminded me about empathy, accountability, coaching, and trying to understand the person behind the behavior. You never completely know what someone else is carrying. Hold the standard. But stay curious about the human being standing in front of you. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    Rambo:What I learned

  8. Sep 14

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Habit 7

    What does it actually mean to be proactive? I'm starting a seven-part MAS Performance: Quick Thoughts series exploring Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People—one habit at a time. Part One starts with: Be Proactive. Being proactive isn't about believing you can control everything. You can't. Athletes get injured. Plans change. Work gets busy. You don't get the opportunity you wanted. People don't always respond the way you hoped. But even when you can't control the situation, you usually still have control over how you respond to it. In this episode, I connect Covey's first habit to training, coaching, leadership, and the importance of taking responsibility for your next action. You might not control whether you start the game. But you control how you prepare. You might not control how busy your week becomes. But you can decide what you're going to do with the time you have. You can't always control what happens next. But you almost always have some control over what you do next. Habit #1: Be Proactive. Control what you can. Take responsibility for your response. Purpose Drives Intent. MAS Performance Podcast Conversations on strength & conditioning, sports performance, coaching, and the people pushing the industry forward. Hosted by Martin Adame, MS, CSCS, RSCC Follow @masperformancetraining for more training, coaching, and performance content. 🎙️ New episodes featuring coaches, athletes, educators, and leaders from across the performance industry. Purpose Drives Intent.

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Habit 7
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Fitness professionals are often misunderstood—portrayed as intimidating, loud, and unapproachable. Growing up, I believed strength coaches were just tough, no-nonsense figures who yelled people into shape. But my journey through the world of Strength and Conditioning has shown me something completely different. The best coaches I’ve met are passionate, empathetic, and dedicated to helping others become their strongest selves—physically, mentally, and emotionally. This podcast started as a platform to spotlight those coaches—the amazing individuals in the fitness world who are changing lives through movement, mentorship, and mindset.  But MAS Performance has evolved. Now, we’re opening the mic to a wider range of high performers: leaders in sports, science, business, education, and beyond. Because performance isn’t limited to the gym—it’s in every conversation, every career, and every pursuit of growth. Whether you’re a coach, an athlete, a curious thinker, or someone chasing excellence in your own lane, this podcast is for you. Expect real conversations, practical insights, and stories that challenge stereotypes and celebrate what’s possible when passion meets purpose.

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  • Creator
    Martin Adame
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 MAS Performance Podcast
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    MAS Performance Podcast

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