157 episodes
Building a Fighter Dr. Austin Schoen and Alex Friedman
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5.0 • 8 Ratings
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Join our weekly coffee hour where we discuss the building blocks of making you a combat ATHLETE, not just a brawler. Dr. Austin Schoen, a sports chiropractor/wrestling coach, and Alex Friedman, an elite strength and conditioning coach, talk on the strength and conditioning, healthcare, nutrition, and sports science behind making you the best athlete you can be.
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Being A Part Of The Total MMA Process With Aaron Porter
Building a Fighter welcomes Aaron Porter. Aaron is a sports performance coach with Alex at Landow Performance and Aaron has the privilege to train some of the best MMA athletes in the world such as Kamaru Usman, Justin Gathje, Cory Sandhagen, Drew Dober, and various other high level mixed martial artists. We have a great conversation just talking about training and MMA and UFC and how important it is to be part of the total process. Really knowing your athlete’s and being there for them in more than just being a strength coach is so pivotal to making a meaningful impact in their camp and in their life. Thanks a ton for coming on Aaron, and we really appreciate the training information and advice! If you want to see more from Aaron, you can shoot him a message or follow @a.aronporter
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Using Tech In Training
Technology and life balance! How should you approach technology as a business person in 2023. Alex takes the Bah-humbug approach to tech, whereas Austin thrives in it. This is a talk as much about taking on challenges and deciding how to address hurdles as it is about embracing technology in training or business. This talk gets heated as we argue about systems and how to become robust in dealing with technology. We end talking about the best way forward in coaching athletes and how to approach their development! We cover a lot! Hope you enjoy this “civil discourse.”
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Alex: IG @strong_a.f email: afriedman.strong@gmail.com
Austin: IG @warriorsportswellness email: austin@warriorsportswellness.com -
Do More Cool Shit
Life outside your hustle. Does doing cool things make you a more well rounded human and add to your ability. When we as humans get so focused and narrowed into what we are doing we have a hard time seeing with perspective. This can lead to being unattached and unable to relate. There are benefits to hyperfocusing at times, but the eternal struggle to be balanced is worth the pursuit. Take this opportunity to reassess your own hustle and see if you are truly living out your values or if you are hyperfocusing out of convenience or habit. We take some time to talk about the life development side of our personalities in this one. We hope you enjoy and can relate! Then at the end of the day, do cool shit.
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@buildingafighter on Instagram
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Alex: IG @strong_a.f email: afriedman.strong@gmail.com
Austin: IG @warriorsportswellness email: austin@warriorsportswellness.com -
Communication, Recovery, And Performance Training. An Interview With Adam Lusby of Enhanced Sports Performance In Scotland
Building a Fighter welcomes Adam Lusby, Strength and Conditioning Coach out of Dundee, Scotland. Adam has a great story of how he found his love in Strength and Conditioning and pivoted from no background in the space to owning and operating a high performance facility. Communication is a huge sticking point for Adam, he speaks to the importance of this ability and how coaches can go from simple communication to connection. The conversation then shifts toward workload management and recovery, and rounds out with programming and general to specific exercise selection! Overall this was a fun and great strength and conditioning interview with a true professional! It was great to have Adam on, and we really appreciate his insight into training mixed martial artists. You can find Adam Lusby at @enhanced_sports_performance on IG or on Tik Tok! You can find his programming for a special promotional bundle on https://payhip.com/EnhancedSportsPerformance/collection/all
Visit our Website at buildingafighter.com
Message Building a Fighter directly at buildingafighter@gmail.com
@buildingafighter on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnU40nTDk17_7m614Njakw
Alex: IG @strong_a.f email: afriedman.strong@gmail.com
Austin: IG @warriorsportswellness email: austin@warriorsportswellness.com -
Strength, Conditioning, Weight Cutting, And Connecting With Your Athletes. An Interview With Brandon Morgan Of BMOFit
Special Guest! Brandon Morgan. “B.Mo Fit” is a strength and conditioning coach for the Serra-Longo fight team based in New York. You can find his online bio here! He has some excellent insights into the strength and conditioning game and how to truly connect with athletes. A lifelong martial artist himself Brandon is entrenched in all performance related to the fight game, strength and conditioning, nutrition, mental performance, and skill practice. WE go through his process and how he handles athlete’s schedule, stress, and fight camp! It was a great pleasure to have Brandon on, and I really enjoyed our conversation. Thanks for listening! You can find Brandon @bmofit4life on Instagram, or send him an email atbmofit4life@gmail.com or visit his website at https://bmofit4life.com/
Visit our Website at buildingafighter.com
Message Building a Fighter directly at buildingafighter@gmail.com
@buildingafighter on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnU40nTDk17_7m614Njakw
Alex: IG @strong_a.f email: afriedman.strong@gmail.com
Austin: IG @warriorsportswellness email: austin@warriorsportswellness.com -
Sports Nutrition Tips With Guest Christina Chu RD, CSSD
Our most frequent guest returns! Miss Christina Chu is back and we do a bit on a nutrition Q & A! We also spend time exploring the gray area in the questions from Christina’s Instagram Poll. We cover topics that range from good pre-workout fuel (food not supplements) to optimal weight loss strategies. Christina brings lively energy, great information, and professional conduct no matter her venture and we are luck to be associated! Check out her new venture into patreon where you can get great nutritional information at a rate that won’t break the bank! Thanks as always Christina! Finder her at @christinaychu and on her new patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ChristinaChuStudios
Visit our Website at buildingafighter.com
Message Building a Fighter directly at buildingafighter@gmail.com
@buildingafighter on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnU40nTDk17_7m614Njakw
Alex: IG @strong_a.f email: afriedman.strong@gmail.com
Austin: IG @warriorsportswellness email: austin@warriorsportswellness.com
Customer Reviews
Highly Recommend
Educational, insightful, entertaining. Great show.
Great Pod
Alex was my S&C coach at the university of Denver when I played rugby there. He’s super knowledgeable and personable and that definitely comes across in the podcast. Absolutely worth listening to!
Insightful and Entertaining
Austin and Alex can go on deep dives into the sport science of combat sports while also sharing their own personal experiences from being a part of a collegiate wrestling team. Great podcast that anyone working in combat sports should be listening to!