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Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

World-renowned strength & conditioning coach Joe DeFranco shares his thoughts on training for peak performance, mindset, and living your passion. As the founder and owner of DeFranco’s Gym, he also provides the business knowledge that helped him turn a 500-square-foot storage closet into a global brand. Each week, Joe will educate, motivate and entertain his audience by answering their questions and/or conducting interviews with top athletes, fitness professionals, entrepreneurs, and other highly successful people.
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Now displaying: July, 2015
Jul 30, 2015
This weeks episode is all about the psychology of training and mental toughness. Unlike the physical changes made in the gym (that are very measurable), the mental changes aren't as easy to quantify. 
Joe sits down with longtime "DeFranco disciple" Pat Cole to get an athlete's perspective on what it was like to "grow up" in DeFranco's Gym. Pat gives some incredible insight on how he went from a nervous 13-year-old kid to a confident scholarship athlete. He also won the World's Strongest Athlete competition in 2010 in what Joe referred to as "the most epic moment in DeFranco's Gym history."
The insight and behind-the-scenes stories in this episode will give you a much better understanding as to why DeFranco's Gym is such a successful brand....(and it has nothing to do with bands, chains or getting athletes to faster.)
Jul 23, 2015
In this weeks episode, Joe sits down with the UFC's "Patron Saint of Cutting Weight" - Mike Dolce. 
Here are just a few of the things you will learn from their information-packed conversation: 
Why Mike considers himself a "longevity advocate" and not a performance coach; Mike's 4 Nutrition Principles that everyoneshould live by; Why the macronutrient profile of your food is NOT the most important factor when eating for health & longevity; Best strategies for keeping your calories low, but your nutrition high; Mike's world-renowned tips & tricks for cutting weight in ahealthy manner; Why you should replace your Gatorade with Mike's [easy-to-make] electrolyte drink; The Top 5 Superfoodseveryone should be eating; Living to be 120-years-old and much, Much MORE! 
Jul 16, 2015

In this weeks episode, Joe reveals 6 changes that the 40+ crowd can incorporate into their workout in order to keep making gains well into their golden years. Topics of discussion include: The difference between "training to warm up" & "warming up to train"; Joe's 5-Step approach to a complete warm-up; How to replace your max-effort work with sub-maximal work without losing strength; Why you should reduce the amount of direct spinal loading in your program; Joe's favorite "joint-friendly" methods for gettin' JACKED; Why you need to plan your recovery just like you plan your workouts; Joe's new views on aerobic training and how it affects YOUR health and progress in the gym; The ONE question that EVERYONE should ask themselves before EVERY supplement purchase...and much Much MORE! 

Jul 9, 2015
In this weeks episode, Joe D. speaks on 6 different training topics. These topics include: 
 
Practical examples of how both Unconventional and Traditional training methods contribute to a football players on-field success; Why he feels CrossFit is NOT an optimal training method for athletes; Advanced Vertical Jump training protocols...and some "Dirty Tricks"; Joe D's tried-and-true Progression for Improving Chin-up Strength; The safest and most effective way to incorporate Ballistic Stretching into your warm-up; Joe D's [extremely practical] prescription for Correcting Anterior Pelvic Tilt...and George DeFranco makes his return! (Apparently he's still PISSED :))  
Jul 2, 2015

In this weeks episode, Joe gives a quick recap of his vacation then discusses a topic that has come up quite often since the opening of DeFranco's Gym at the Onnit Academy -- Unconventional Training Methods vs. Traditional Barbell Lifting. While most coaches and trainers waste time arguing about which method is "better", Joe feels they both have their place. In this episode, he teaches you how to organize each method into your training in order to get the most transfer to the athletic field or your everyday life!  

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