The Professional Amateurs Podcast
By Zach Elder
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Episodes: 94
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Join Zach and Alex as we rub our brains together to make a spark discussing high performance in sports, fitness, business, and more.
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Mike Guadango: Training Elite Athletes, Acupuncture, and Gym Ownership
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Jared Slater - Neurological Models of Human Performance and Gym Ownership
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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New Fatherhood and the Paradox of Self Improvement: Guilt, Identity, and Fulfillment.
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Fitness Myths That Need to Die
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Perception vs. Reality in Athlete Development
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Building a Service Business: Referrals, Margins, and Difficult Customers
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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The Enhanced Games & The Future of Performance Enhancement
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Youth Sports Have Lost the Plot & The New Steroid Debate
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May 20, 2026 |
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When Confidence Becomes a Problem
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May 07, 2026 |
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School Ruins Athletes! And a conversation about so much more.
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Talking Training, Coaching, and What’s Actually Working
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Running a Golf Course and Figuring It Out
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Why Perspective Changes Everything
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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The Reality of Getting Better
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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A Random Catch-Up: Vacations, Coaching, and the Meaning of Memory
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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The Unexpected End of a Baseball Career | Alex Mihalakis
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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A Career of Coaching | Paul Twenge on Baseball, Leadership, and What Never Changes
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Failure Isn’t a Fork in the Road
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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From Coal Mines to Private Islands | Cory Gregory on Fitness, Fatherhood, and Building an Empire
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Curiosity, Expertise, and Why the Best Never Stop Learning
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Velocity Unlocks, the Nervous System, and Lessons We Learned Too Late
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Ask a Chiropractor - Shockwave Therapy, Joint “Pops,” and What Actually Works
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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A Year in Review, Big Lessons, and What Comes Next
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Velocity, Pain, and the Reality of Pro Baseball
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Third Place, Coming of Age, and Why We Crave Risk
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Why Two People Can Run the Same Program and Get Different Results
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Keir Wenham-Flatt: Raw Talk on Sport, Business, and Building Real Value
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Second Swing Golf: Leadership, Growth, and the Future of Fitting
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Strength, Simplicity, and the Science of Doing Hard Things
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Travel, Time, and Beauty: Why History Still Matters
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Building Teams in a Virtual World: Hewitt Tomlin on Leadership, Growth, and AI in Strength Training
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Education, Failure, and the Future of Brain Tracking
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Winsome Leadership: Brian Slipka on Faith, Business, and Building People
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Bats, Brains, and the Problem with Memory
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Louie Varland on Getting Traded, Staying Ready, and Joining the Blue Jays
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Catching Up, Crashing Economies, and Why Travel Changes Athletes
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Creatine Confusion, Gut Health, and The Foot You’ve Been Ignoring
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May 27, 2025 |
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The Accidental Breakthrough: Creatine, Doping, and the Science of Recovery with Mark Faulkner
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May 19, 2025 |
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Courtside Chaos, Golf Legends, and the Wildest Backup Rules in Sports
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May 05, 2025 |
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From D1 to the Grass League: Jacques Wilson on Competitive Golf and the Future of the Game
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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The 90 MPH Formula, Eye Tracking, and Athletic Evolution with Dr. Josh Heenan
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The Mind Game: Golf, Identity, and Taking Big Swings with Casey Bannon
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Torpedo Bats, Basement Dungeons, and the Mind of a Pitcher
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Perfect Offseason Recap: How MacStrength Coaches Build Velocity, Health, and Culture
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Michele Tafoya on Broadcasting, Pressure, and the Power of Sports
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Zach Muckenhirn: The Long Road to the Majors and Lessons from Pro Ball
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Building a Business, Building Athletes: Connor Cornell on MacStrength FL
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Inside the Yankees: Brett Degagne on Coaching, Development, and Big League Standards
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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The Cost of Specialization: Athletic Development, Stress, and Injury Prevention
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Rehab to Performance: Training the Core for Real-World Movement
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Crash the Car: Unlocking Athletic Potential Through Risk, Adaptation, and Mindset
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Gene Therapy, Biotechnology, and the Future of Medicine with Mike DeCosta
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Lessons from the Mound: Graham Anderson on Coaching, Injuries, and Baseball’s Purest Form
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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From North St. Paul to the Majors: Louie & Gus Varland Share Their Journey
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Building Winning Habits: Maddox Mihalakis on Baseball, Development, and Discipline
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Clarity and Goal Setting: Building Habits for a Better Year
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Athletic Eligibility Chaos & The Future of College Sports
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Youth Baseball Challenges, MLB Pitcher Injuries, and the Future of Training
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Hitting Philosophy: Player Development and Vision with Drew Sannes
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Pitching Progress: Athletic Adaptation and Sensory-Motor Learning
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Meet Yuji Suzuki: Redefining Movement and Pain Management
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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The Legacy of Mike Marshall: Baseball’s Maverick Scientist
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Could This Story Get Alex Killed??
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Visual Systems and CNS Discussion
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Gene Editing, Organized Crime, and the Mystery of Athletic Potential
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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The Business of Sports and Fitness: From Twins Sale to Youth Sports Trends
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Understanding Pain Science: How the Brain Shapes Our Pain Perception
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Off-Season Pitching Program Preview
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Catching Up, Sports Science & Puppies
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Austin Jochum: Training, Philosophy, Business, and More
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Will Ratelle- Olympic Lifts, Hoss Project, Overhead Athletes, Online Marketing
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May 30, 2024 |
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The 8 Most Common Problems We Solve and How We Solve Them
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Intra Abdominal Pressure, Advanced Training Methods, Neurological Adaptations, Olympic Weightlifting, Coaches Smoking Cigarettes, and more
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Thinking in Systems and Using Technology
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Knee injuries and other stories - Jack Duffy
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Pitcher's Offseason Recap: MacStrength Episode
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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AIRWAAV Product Review, Nervous System Regulation, and More
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Brett DeGagne- NYY Player Dev Pitching Coach:
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Matt Paulsen: Summer Baseball going into College: What should I do?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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What to look for in a good Rehab program: How to return to play better than before
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Pitching Episode: What changed in the World of Pitching since we played?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Becoming a Landlord, Higher Education, and Neuroscience: A Peek Inside Our Brains
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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From Zero Offers to D1 Baseball: Alex Mihalakis
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Baseball Episode: Must-Have and Must-Avoid Training Tools for Pitchers
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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PEDs: A General Overview and Some Thoughts for the Average Person
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Pitching Periodization: Case Studies, Load Management, and Talking to Doctors
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Self Employed vs. Business Owner: What lessons can we learn from defining these?
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May 01, 2023 |
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Megan Twenge: Overcoming injury, Women's vs. Men's sports, College basketball, and more
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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The 5 Levels of Communication: How they can help us become better managers, coaches, and friends
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Supplements, Branding Niches, and Hair-brained Business Ideas
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Ryan Zimmerman: Indy Ball, D3 College, and Spin Rates
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Is Powerlifting a bad influence on Strength Coaches? A hot take episode
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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The Placebo Effect: Is it a weapon for good?
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Mar 24, 2023 |