45 min
Vinny Scollo — The Importance of Recovery in Training VertiMax Vive
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- Sports
Vinny Scollo is the Gold's Gym Sports Performance Director and Regional Fitness Manager in Middletown NY. As a strength and conditioning coach working with both amateur athletes and professional athletes in high school, college and the NFL, Vinny has over 12 years of experience in human performance.
In this episode hosted by Dan McDonogh, Vinny shares more about his perspectives and philosophy for recovery for his athletes. He shares more about his tried and tested methods and strategies to help athletes recover faster, and why sleep plays such an important role in effective recovery. Vinny and Dan also discuss the power of mindset and mindfulness in an effective training plan, and why a coach’s role and responsibility extends far beyond the time they spend actively training their athletes. Tune in to find out more.
Key Takeaways:
[:33] Dan introduces his guest for this episode — Vinny Scollo.
[2:08] The VertiMax Summit just took place over the past weekend. What were some of the highlights for Vinny?
[6:25] The real role and responsibility of a strength and conditioning coach extends beyond the time they spend with their athletes.
[8:48] What are some of the strategies and recovery hacks that Vinny is using with his athletes?
[13:00] This podcast is being sponsored by VertiMax.
[13:46] Dan shares some of his experience with recovery and some of his observations around breathing and recovery.
[18:28] Coaches need to learn before they teach, not the other way around.
[20:13] What are some of Vinny's recommendations around sleep habits and patterns?
[27:26] Vinny's three main aims for his mornings are mindfulness, movement and mindset.
[30:36] Keep it as simple as possible for your athletes.
[32:21] There is power in the life that our athletes are living outside the training room, and a lot of that has to do with positivity.
[35:02] Dan and Vinny discuss the importance of listening, not to respond, but to understand.
[39:59] Dan gives a short recap of some of the main themes of the discussion with Vinny.
Mentioned in This Episode: VertiMax
VertiMax on Facebook
VertiMax on Instagram
VertiMax on YouTube
VertiMax on LinkedIn
Dan McDonogh
Dan McDonogh on LinkedIn
Vinny Scollo on Instagram
Vinny Scollo on Facebook
VertiMax Vive Podcast Episode: Vinny Scollo— Gold's Gym Sports Performance Director and Regional Fitness Manager - Part 1
VertiMax Vive Podcast Episode: Vinny Scollo - Bringing Sports Performance Facilities to Commercial Spaces
The Five Minute Journal
Tweetables:
"We see [our athletes] for an hour. The more important hours are the other 23." — Vinny
"A lot of times, we can get so much benefit and bang for our buck just off doing the simple things that we readily have access to, but as long as it's done consistently." — Vinny
"Success comes from what we do consistently." — Dan
"If you're just stretching but you're not breathing, you're just doing busywork." — Vinny
"What are your silver linings every day?" — Dan
Vinny Scollo is the Gold's Gym Sports Performance Director and Regional Fitness Manager in Middletown NY. As a strength and conditioning coach working with both amateur athletes and professional athletes in high school, college and the NFL, Vinny has over 12 years of experience in human performance.
In this episode hosted by Dan McDonogh, Vinny shares more about his perspectives and philosophy for recovery for his athletes. He shares more about his tried and tested methods and strategies to help athletes recover faster, and why sleep plays such an important role in effective recovery. Vinny and Dan also discuss the power of mindset and mindfulness in an effective training plan, and why a coach’s role and responsibility extends far beyond the time they spend actively training their athletes. Tune in to find out more.
Key Takeaways:
[:33] Dan introduces his guest for this episode — Vinny Scollo.
[2:08] The VertiMax Summit just took place over the past weekend. What were some of the highlights for Vinny?
[6:25] The real role and responsibility of a strength and conditioning coach extends beyond the time they spend with their athletes.
[8:48] What are some of the strategies and recovery hacks that Vinny is using with his athletes?
[13:00] This podcast is being sponsored by VertiMax.
[13:46] Dan shares some of his experience with recovery and some of his observations around breathing and recovery.
[18:28] Coaches need to learn before they teach, not the other way around.
[20:13] What are some of Vinny's recommendations around sleep habits and patterns?
[27:26] Vinny's three main aims for his mornings are mindfulness, movement and mindset.
[30:36] Keep it as simple as possible for your athletes.
[32:21] There is power in the life that our athletes are living outside the training room, and a lot of that has to do with positivity.
[35:02] Dan and Vinny discuss the importance of listening, not to respond, but to understand.
[39:59] Dan gives a short recap of some of the main themes of the discussion with Vinny.
Mentioned in This Episode: VertiMax
VertiMax on Facebook
VertiMax on Instagram
VertiMax on YouTube
VertiMax on LinkedIn
Dan McDonogh
Dan McDonogh on LinkedIn
Vinny Scollo on Instagram
Vinny Scollo on Facebook
VertiMax Vive Podcast Episode: Vinny Scollo— Gold's Gym Sports Performance Director and Regional Fitness Manager - Part 1
VertiMax Vive Podcast Episode: Vinny Scollo - Bringing Sports Performance Facilities to Commercial Spaces
The Five Minute Journal
Tweetables:
"We see [our athletes] for an hour. The more important hours are the other 23." — Vinny
"A lot of times, we can get so much benefit and bang for our buck just off doing the simple things that we readily have access to, but as long as it's done consistently." — Vinny
"Success comes from what we do consistently." — Dan
"If you're just stretching but you're not breathing, you're just doing busywork." — Vinny
"What are your silver linings every day?" — Dan
45 min