08: In this episode Hosts Josh, Connor, Trevor, and Dave interview Coach Michael Johnson who runs sports performance at Oregon State University about his experiences training athletes, the path to becoming a D1 strength & conditioning coach, lessons for finding mentors in your career, unconventional training, gymnastic recovery, Strength & Conditioning resources and coaches to learn from, and cool apps for measuring your performance.
- Josh introduces our guest Michael Johnson! (00:25)
- How to become a D1 Strength & Conditioning Coach? (3:12)
- Graduate Assistants live in the weight room…literally. (6:52)
- How Mike has adapted to the new policies at OSU. (13:09)
- Movement Quality vs. Chasing numbers. (19:30)
- Strength or Conditioning first? (26:00)
- Mentors. (31:30)
- In-Season vs. Off-Season Philosophy. (33:00)
- Gymnastics Recovery. (39:26)
- Mike’s favorite book The Essential Wooden. (47:00)
- What separates Good coaches from Bad coaches? (47:17)
- Unconventional Training Experiences. (50:39)
- How Mike responded to Covid-19? (52:23)
- Apps for measuring rest and training efficiency. (54:35)
- Episode Recap! (1:01:06)