Flight Performance Podcast Flight Performance and Fitness

In this episode we discuss:

-The Flight model when we opened.

-Initial problems that led to creating a real system for development and curriculum for coaches

-The evolution of our model and our continuing education

-New plans for continuing education moving forward

Barak works as a private S&C coach for professional basketball players in Israel but has also worked as an S&C coach for the some of the top teams Euro League teams. 

Topics Discussed:

-Specific considerations he makes when training basketball players from an exercise selection, periodization standpoint.
-Some  of the pros and cons of working for a pro team as an S&C coach VS working in the private sector.
-The considerations he makes when training former NBA players compared to gen pop or youth athletes from a psychological perspective. 

-The main things Barak has learned in the last couple years of coaching that he wishes he could have told young Barak 

-His main strategy he uses to build his brand

Flight 2.0 is open! Our brand new facility is in waltham on 13 wall st and we are ready to take new people! Dylan and Jared spend this podcast reflecting on some of the mistakes they made in the past when they opened the old flight facility as well as looking into the details of what is truly needed to be successful in opening and running a new fitness business.  Hope you all enjoy!

Topics Discussed:

-Mistakes we made when opening the first Flight Facility.

-Main things that need to be in place before you open a gym. 

-The team that is needed to be successful when you open. 

- Things that we did differently opening Flight 2.0

Mike Reinhardt is a performance-based physical therapist who thrives in helping others achieve their performance and health related pursuits. Mike has a passion for integrating strength and conditioning principles with the intricacies of human performance and rehabilitation to help realize an individual’s true potential. He enjoys the art of blending the multi-faceted nature of human movement into a progressive and individualized plan to build resiliency and maximize an individual’s capabilities.
With over 10 years of strength and conditioning experience, Mike has worked with diverse populations of athletes and active individuals from both rehabilitation and performance perspectives. He has worked with a variety of athletes, civilian and military service members, CrossFit, powerlifting, and weightlifting athletes.
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Mike earned his B.S. in Exercise Science and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University at Buffalo. Mike completed Strength & Conditioning and PT internships at IFAST (Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training). Prior to Resilient, Mike served as a clinic director for Rehab 2 Perform in Maryland. 
Mike has competed in Olympic style weightlifting for the last 8 years and remains involved in numerous weightlifting and strength sport communities. He enjoys the beautiful complexity of the sport of weightlifting – a perfect blend of speed, strength, power, mobility, and coordination required to execute at one’s max potential.

Topics Discussed:

-How creating mental models  can help influence decision making as a clinician or a coach.
-Teaching new coaches concepts of strength and conditioning and rehab.
-Energy system progressions for return to sport athletes.
- Why "just load it" might be a flawed thought process with performance and rehab.
-The application of partial reps in performance and rehab.

Dan Pope, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and strength coach and has an enormous passion for fitness, rehabilitation and optimizing human performance. Dan’s background in athletic performance is extensive, leading to his unique knowledge of rehabilitation as it applies to sport. 
Dan was also a strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer for 6 years prior to beginning his journey into physical therapy and has continued to be a trainer or coach to this date. Given this unique background he has a special talent for helping individuals in the strength and fitness world who need either rehabilitation or tips on optimizing performance.
Dan specializes in treating Crossfit, olympic lifting and strength based athletes. As much as he likes working with athletes, Dan loves working with regular people looking to enjoy their fitness pain free.

Topics Discussed:

-Dan's model for rehab and performance.
- Navigating psychological factors in rehab
-Strategies and modalities that Dan has changed his perspective on over the years.
-Dan's strategy for building an online following while remaining authentic. 
-The biggest lessons Dan has  learned in the last couple years.

Topics Discussed: 

-Kristi's journey into rugby.

-The sacrifices of playing for the national team. 

-What it means to her to play for her country.

-Feelings about being a role model for young woman coming up in the sport.

-How her training has changed over the years.

-Experience playing for the olympics. 

- Favorite moments playing for the national team.