Coach Glass Podcast

Here is part 2 of my amazing conversation with Strength Coach to the stars, Scott Hebert. Scott is one of those people that takes the science of training to the next level and every time I speak to him he delivers another nugget of information that forces me to rethink everything I do as a coach. In this episode Scott shares the ins and outs of rotational training, the use of rotational slings, how train the body for speed, and tips for the young strength coaches out there who want to make it to the bigs! Listen, learn and enjoy! #DreamBig #OverDeliver and be #Undeniable. Cheers #CoachGlass   Check out Scott at http://excelfitness.ca and http://movementrevolution.com  

Scott Hebert is a Strength Coach who has worked with Gold Medalists, Stanley Cup Champions, MLB, NLA athletes and some of the meanest MMA athletes on earth! So why have so many of you not heard of Scott? Because he's not all about that. What he is about is building champions! I had the opportunity to meet Scott early in my career and he opened up my eyes to performance training in a fashion that altered the course of my career. Years later we reconnect for a once in a lifetime conversation about the science of sport performance training, where the industry is going, what it takes to make real performance changes in your athlete and the future of training! Scott and I were having so much fun chatting and catching up we went overtime and had to break the podcast into 2 separate episodes so we could fit the 1 and 1/2 hour conversation into 2 episodes. I hope you enjoy this amazing coach that pushes me to learn more, do more and be better. Listen, learn and enjoy! #DreamBig #OverDeliver and be #Undeniable. Cheers

Functional Diaphragmatic Breathing is a #HotTopic! Do you truly understand the depth of this topic or are you just inhaling the tag lines? The diaphragm is an amazing organ which not only helps us breathe but is also a massive contributor to true core strength and spinal stability. Dr. Brandon Marcello is an expert on this topic and shares how he uses instructional cues to help his athletes perform at their best! We are lucky to have the opportunity to pick his brain and have some fun discussing this and many other topics on this episode of the #CoachGlassPodcast. Brandon served as the Director of Sports Performance at Stanford where he was instrumental in turning their Varsity Athletics around by taking cutting edge science and mixing it with old school strength and conditioning. Brandon has worked with NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, WTA athletes just to name a few. Listen, learn, share and get your edumatainment fix!   Brought to you by @PerformBetter and @mytpi   Hit Brandon up on Twitter @bmarcello13 and visit

I don’t care how much power you have in your legs. Triple extension up the ying yang means nothing if it isn't moving in the right direction. The Pelvis acts like the transmission on a car. It takes the energy from the engine and moves it with just the right amount of torque, speed and direction to maximize power output. The #PelvicPowerhouse has 3 key components. The Pelvic Tilt, Pelvic Rotation, and Pelvic Sidebend. When all of these movements are combined in the right order with the correct timing and speed the power of the legs can move up the chain. Rotational Power happens in the pelvis! This episode comes off the highly anticipated and wildly successful #PelvicPowerhouse video series I did with Lance Gill @lgp_inc for @Kvest3D. We hosted 3 live webinar Q&As after the release of each chapter and I thought I would offer my #Glisteners a synopsis of the topic and highlight some of the hot topics that arose! For more information on the #PelvicPowerhouse, exercise technique or performance training visit

I had to get this off my #Chest #BURNYOURBENCHES!I posted a video on Youtube and people went ballistic! Some people are so ingrained with the caveman doctrine that they can’t give up on their precious benches and they are fighting back on Twitter and Facebook! Some have gone so far as to hiding them in their basements and burying them in their backyards to save them from the Revolution! BURN YOUR BENCHES!!! Its hard to defend yourself in 140 characters so here is my 30 minute rant where I go into detail on why I started the revolution and why you should join in our mission to abolish benches in all gyms. All I want is for athletes to get off that bench press and start to push and press with your feet on the ground! When you play your sport or walk down the street, do you need a bench to support you? No! So why do you use them in the gym? Plant your feet in the ground like an athlete and press! So join the revolution! Share, comment and most important…..BURN YOUR BENCHES!   For more information on the #BYBRevo

We did it! 52 #CoachGlassPodcast episodes! Who would have thunk it? A year ago today I posted the first episode and had no idea where all this would go. A year later and I can honestly say that this is one of the most fulfilling projects I have ever taken on. I had no idea that it would be this much fun to produce a podcast and interact with the fans all around the world! I love podcasts and have listened to them for years. I finally thought why can’t I have a podcast? I travel a ton and have such amazing conversations on the road with all my friends and colleagues and I thought “what if we recorded them and shared them in a podcast?” It has now morphed and grown into something bigger than I could have ever imagined. Thanks to you all, The #Glisteners! I dedicate this episode to all my long time listeners and those of you who have been there since Episode 1. #Glistener52! In this episode I share some behind the scenes stories, reflect on past episodes, favourite guests, topics and where we will be taking the

My mission in life is to #InspireOthersToGreatness . The problem is that with so many motivational and inspirational tweets and FaceBook posts out there your message can get lost in the noise. If you follow any strength or fitness coach on Twitter you are guaranteed to get at least 5 quotes a day that will change your life! How much inspiration do we need? I am picturing a guy laying on the couch, eating cheezes reading a quote on Twitter that says “the most import element to success is starting! #StartToday” He says to himself “that sounds pretty good! I’ll retweet that one….. ohhh look another tweet from a Kardashian!” What if he read 5 different quotes all saying the same thing? Would he ever get up off the couch? "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing--that's why we recommend it daily." --Zig Ziglar  Do we really need others to motivate us? The great Mike Ditka said” The ones that want to achieve and win Championships, motivate themselves!”  So this episode is all you n

Owner of New York’s premier training destinations, Drive 495. Don has trained everyone from professional athletes to the biggest TV and movie stars on the planet. This episode is a must listen to if you want to learn how to make it big in any market. You know what they say about NY! If you can make it there you can make it anywhere and that is exactly what Don and his brother Joe have done. Don shares his secret training techniques he uses to make the stars shine on the silver screen and how training athletes requires a different approach! This was such an enjoyable conversation for me to have with a strength coach who I admire and a business owner who we can all learn from. Listen, enjoy and comment. #DreamBig and be #Undeniable. Cheers #CoachGlass   @donsaladino http://driveclubs.com

**Warning** This podcast has absolutely zero educational benefit for you. Edutainment minus the Education! You are so busy with buying gifts, baking, writing cards…… you don’t have time to listen to this episode! I also know that the day after Christmas you are going to be so sick and tired of Xmas this and Xmas that, there is no way you will listen to this Xmas Special. So I thought I would record an episode just for the hardcores. I share with you my thoughts on what is wrong with the modern day Christmas. How to navigate the Christmas Party without wearing a lampshade on your head and wake up with a Holiday Hangover! I also share some of my favourite moments and traditions from my childhood. Ooooh and while Im at it I might as well give you my secrets on making the perfect Coach Glass Turkey with all the trimmings! Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! Thats Goose with 2 O’s. Merry Christmas Everybody! #CoachGlass  

The key to success in the golf performance industry is to surround yourself with the best professionals in the business and stay in your lane! This episode is all about Teamwork and how we use the Team concept on the PGA Tour. Our guest this week is one of my closest friends and my go to medical guy on Tour; Dr Harry Sese.  Dr. Sese has a very unique skill set and an innate ability to adapt to his environment and deliver the right intervention at the right time for the right athlete. Add to that his Ninja skills and you have a lethal weapon that can treat your hip flexor with his “People’s Elbow” and finish you off with a spinning roundhouse to the temporal process of your zygomatic bone! (Say that 3 times fast!) Dr. Sese and I discuss how each team member on the team stay in their lanes and support each other to help the player reach their potential. Harry is revolutionizing the martial arts world by designing a screening technique and educational certification program (Martial Arts Performance Coach) that d

We mask our fear of growing old by training to stay young. It is inevitable, no matter how many deadlifts you do you will still end up……dead! How you grow old is up to you. Grow old or grow young, its your choice. Certain cultures and populations are doing it right and others set themselves up for a retirement filled with pain, dysfunction and prescriptions. My good friend and colleague Dr.Ernst Zwick says the way we are traditionally dealing with the elderly is ineffective. Its time for them to lift heavy, eat more protein and fats and focus on maintaining their daily chores and activities. If you want the full story listen to this weeks episode. #DreamBig #GrowYoung and be #Undeniable. Cheers #CoachGlass

Fat Shaming! The good the bad and the ugly! For some people fat shaming works and for others it can be send them on a downward spiral that ends in more weight gain. Some people respond to the stick and some people respond to the carrot. Now before you get your Spanx in a knot, I am sharing both sides of the equation. Dive into the obesity “epidemic” and you will find polarizing opinions that are so far apart they come across as entirely different topics!  Why are we so fat as a society? Is it will power, bad eating habits, lack of exercise? I think my opinion is different than the “masses” and Im not talking about weight measure. Look at other cultures, look at our grandparents, look at our food supply and look at our Walmart shoppers. The poor are getting fatter and the rich are getting skinny. Ive been on both ends of the scale personally and share my experience of being 20lbs overweight and 20lbs underweight. Both sucked. In this episode we also talk about your body weight homeostasis and why it is so hard

Competition is a contest between organisms for a limited resource. The resource could be money, fame, clients, likes, retweets, or championships. In my world my competition is none. The great Eric B and Rakim once said “No time for fun, cuz I don’t play with competitors. Its only one when Im done! The competition is NONE!” You see the only competitor that you have any control over is you! Everyday you battle to do the right thing and exist in the best way possible. Problem is that most people look outside themselves and attack their competition and are blind to their own strengths and weaknesses.  One of the most profound quotes I have heard on this topic is “Blowing out someone else's candle will not make your candle burn brighter.” Competition comes from the ego. This can be a dangerous mindset if it means taking down others to create an environment that you can succeed in. We need safe havens in which you can express your competitive spirit and express your ego. That is why we have sports! You can dominate

Do you have off season goals? Just like last year? And the year before that and the year before that? What are you going to do different this year that is going to get you the results? Do you even know what your needs are to improve upon last seasons performance? If you don’t know then go back and listen to the CGP Ep43 Off Season Training Pt1! For those of you who have been playing along then ask yourself this question. How much time can you give me? Most say they don’t have enough time because they are too busy but they really really want to see change! “What can I do if I only have 2 hours a week to train and practice? What would the best exercise be if I just had time to do one?” I hate to say it but there is no “ Magic Pill” when it comes to performance.You need to set a schedule and stick to it. With Juniors I see the opposite! Young eager people say they can train 7 days a week. Well thats great, you do a lot of things too much when you are a teenager and although strength training won’t make you blind

You want an off season training program for your sport? For any sport? Long time listener Brent Wells does! So this episode we dive deep into the process of building an off season periodized program that will get real results! First place to start is to figure out what you are trying to accomplish by asking the right questions. Its not just about the right answers but more to do with asking the right questions: What are the power/strength requirements of your sport? Do you match these requirements? Time for a Needs Assessment! Choosing the right tests, screens and assessments can be the difference between success or a wasted off season. Make sure you are testing and comparing against the leaders in the sport by using the norms from your sport.  How do you test for strength and power? Is it safe for you to test your 1RM? Probably not so we need a better option!  Now you know where you sit in the needs assessment you need to determine whether or not you need strength gains or speed gains. The training program f

There is a time for coaching and then there is time for fun. Can fun and coaching coexist? I always say that a perfect training session is when the athlete leaves with sweat on their brow, smile on their face and they are moving better, feeling better and performing better. Some athletes perform at their best when they are having fun. Are you a player who smiles, chats with your opponents, stays loose and enjoys the competition? If so you should train in the same emotional environment. Athletes like Allen Iverson, Djokavic, Peter Jacobson, Jerry Kelly, all have fun whether they are in competition or just at practice. Practice? Are we talking practice? Practice as you play and play as you practice! Winning and competing is no joking matter but optimizing your performance mental state and getting them to the point where they feel loose and free to compete without restrictions or boundaries is an art. For some athletes they look serious and fierce but they are having their own version of fun on the inside. Commu

So lets just say that I am wondering around the World Golf Fitness Summit and I found a magic lantern. I rub the lantern and a magic genie comes out of the bottle. “ I am the Magic hit the dam ball farther genie! I will grant you 3 wishes” Rub the genie bottle and get 3 wishes! The first 2 wishes I would take is scapular stability and pelvic stability! Your like seriously SERIOUSLY Jay? You got 3 wishes and your going to waste 2 of them on scap stab and pelvic stability? Before you get all worked and get you khakis is in a knot let me explain why!  Last summit there was a presenter talking about rotational power slings, forget his name but he was a chiseled handsome fellow in a labcoat. Well as genius as he was he was missing something. You see no matter how strong and dynamic your slings are….if they are not connected to a stable base they are useless!! In this episode we will focus on the scapula and how it works dynamically to create a stabile functional base to transfer power to the arms. Lets look at a K

You asked for it and you got it! Another batch of #Edumatainment with Lance Gill @lgp_inc and yours truly. Topics include marketing, team building and so much more. You need to surround yourself with talented professionals to truly succeed in the coaching industry. How do you create a team that works? Take care of your team and take care of the people who send you referrals. Give, Give, Give, Take! It is important to give to your referral team before you take from the team. This applies to all business and personal relationships.   We also dive into the topic of content creation and using social media as a marketing tool. Everyone is either on Facebook or Twitter nowadays. Well guess what? Facebook isn’t just for checking up on your ex girlfriend from high school. It can actually help you build a brand and increase revenue in your business. Creating content can become a full time job at times! You just need to be aware of why you create content and whether or not its coming from the right place. You don’t cre

There are things you do in life that you need to mark as significant experiences. Tokyo was one of those experiences! Seeing a culture that is so different to the North American culture and dive into their way of life was eye opening to say the least. The fitness culture in Japan is growing and they are opening up to new ideas and westernized philosophies. Mix that with a rich heritage of recreational and cultural activities based on movement and you have a recipe for some pretty special skill sets. Japanese are hard working and fun loving people with a rich history based on respect, honour and order. All of this makes up an experience that we can all learn from and enjoy. Because this was such an amazing experience for me I decided to share my experience with you on this special edition of the #CoachGlassPodcast. Arigato and Cheers Everybody! #CoachGlass @mytpi @performbetter

Devun Walsh is as one of the greatest backcountry snowboarders in the history of the sport. Jumping off 60ft cliffs is what he does for a living and he does it very well (Understatement of the day)! In this episode we talk about FEAR! You think you have fears in your life? Career?  Or a fear of pushing your personal performance boundaries to see what you are made of when the chips are on the line? Once you drop in on a 60ft jump you have to have 100% commitment and rely on 1 thing! Your confidence in your preparation and your previous successes and experiences. We draw parallels with fear of failure, first tee jitters, staying true to yourself, and hucking yourself over a road gap. Do we get less risky as we get older? Hell yeah we do! The more you have to lose the more cautious we tread. So how do you compete with people who are willing to put their health and life on the line to make their mark on this world? You stick to what you are good at and believe that quality trumps quantity and do what feels right