Sport Vitamins Roberto Iezzi

Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 51!  
Today's guest is Alex Cost, Head S&C Coach for the Delaware Blue Coats in the GLeague. 

In this episode Alex talked about his experience in the GLeague, giving some nuggets about performance, nutrition and recovery. 

Find Alex : https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cost-36887519a/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/  https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/ 

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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 50! 
After a very long break I have the pleasure to introduce our new guest, Coach Martin Rooney.

Coach Rooney is the founder of Training For Warriors.  An internationally recognized trainer, pioneer of strength and conditioning, speaker and author of two amazing books (Coach to Coach and High Ten) , Martin holds a Master of Health Science and Bachelor of Physical Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science from Furman University.

Hands down one of my favorite episodes!

Find Coach Rooney : https://trainingforwarriors.com/our-team/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60wOP7cCFBnRWwDAfJVEPc?si=63b31c72124b4216
Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202
https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

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Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 49! Today's guest is Dr Stephen Bird.
Dr Stephen Bird is a well-known author, speaker, and researcher with expertise in elite athlete preparation, strength and conditioning, and nutritional supplementation. He has been an elite performance consultant and advisor to professional sports teams since 2000.
Some of the topics we touched on are:
1:12 Background
3:52 What is stress
6:32 How to monitor stress
8:56 Assessing sleep
13:27 Accumulating sleep
15:46 Scheduling caffeine
24:23 Recovery tools
31:12 Psychological recovery
39:40 Managing stress for coaches

Find Dr Bird : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenpbird/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60wOP7cCFBnRWwDAfJVEPc?si=63b31c72124b4216
Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202
https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

#podcast #basketball #sport #vitamins #sportvitamins #research #australia #communication #sleep #coaching #recovery #bodylanguage #stress #monitoring #phd

Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for episode 48!
Today's guest is Benas Matkevicius.
Born in Lithuania, grew up in Germany, high school in Louisiana, college in Arkansas and then back to Germany before going to the Boston Celtics via Moscow.
Benas has now been working for the Celtics as an international scout for almost eight years, becoming one of the most essential parts of the Celtics operation

Some of the topics we touched on are:
1:00 Background 6:30 Playing career 16:45 Being passionate about the game 21:00 Transition from playing to coaching 29:00 Lack of effort vs Lack of focus 31:00 Body language 34:00 Becoming a scout 38:00 Best part of being a scout 45:00 Importance of traveling 48:30 Starting a podcast 54:30 Rapid Fire Questions

Find Benas : https://lt.linkedin.com/in/bmatke

The Benas Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/the-benas-podcast/id1558492852
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBenasPodcast

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/
https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/60wOP7cCFBnRWwDAfJVEPc?si=63b31c72124b4216
Apple Podcast
:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202

https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

#podcast #basketball #sport #vitamins #sportvitamins #nba #celtics #communication #playing #coaching #communicating #scouting #bodylanguage #effort

Welcome back on SPORT VITAMINS for Episode 47!

Today’s guest is the Suns and Mercury Executive Chef, Brendan Ayers.

Brendan and his team prepare the high-quality nutrition that fuels the Valley’s best athletes.

Nutrition is a key component of high level performance, but food must also be fun, tasty and meet the expectations of the athletes.

Brendan will walk us through the gourmet kitchen at the Verizon 5G Performance Center and unveil some of the secrets to become an NBA chef.

Find BRENDAN AYERS :
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-ayers-6a525514/

Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/ https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/
Find SPORT VITAMINS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60wOP7cCFBnRWwDAfJVEPc?si=63b31c72124b4216 Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202 https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins

SPORT VITAMINS is BACK with EPISODE 46!
Today’s guest is Antonio Squillante.
Antonio is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with over ten years of experience coaching high school and collegiate athletes competing at the national and international level.
Currently he is a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California.
Antonio is also the author of several books on strength training.
Definitely a must listen episode for all the strength coaches out there.

Some of the topics we touched on are :
2:25 Background
8:47 Being an athlete
15:32 Competitiveness
22:09 Evaluating an S&C Coach
26:16 Coaching philosophy
29:38 Working with athletes with no training background
32:30 Applicable research
39:03 Applying the intervention
43:14Creating a manual
48:59 Antonio’s secret for success
53:31 Rapid Fire Questions

Find Antonio Squillante :
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-squillante-22b584130/

Find me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-iezzi/ https://www.instagram.com/roberto_iezzi34/

Find SPORT VITAMINS:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60wOP7cCFBnRWwDAfJVEPc?si=63b31c72124b4216 Apple Podcast :https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sport-vitamins/id1483319202 https://www.spreaker.com/show/sport-vitamins