Episode 191: Mike Guadango - Coaching, business, learning, and life lessons

This episodes guest is Mike Guadango from Freak Strength. Mike is currently a coach, writer & owner at Freak Strength and has been coaching for over 10 years. He has coached many levels of athletes from NFL, MLB, NBA, MLL, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Olympic medalists to pre-pubescent athletes.  He has also consulted for high caliber athletes and coaches worldwide. He has worked with 10+ NFL Super bowl Champs, 10+ All-Pro/Pro-bowl selections, 5+ College National Champions, 10+ Division 1A All-Americans, 20+ Collegiate All-Americans & players from every Division 1 conference. On this episode Mike and I discuss: Mike's background & Influences I ask Mike about how open was Joe DeFranco to the training concepts Mike brought to him after his internship at University of Pittsburgh under Buddy Morris and James Smith I ask Mike why did he go into the private coaching sector vs the professional or collegiate coaching route? I ask Mike about his training philosophy I ask Mike for his thoughts on aerobic development I ask Mike - what are the good and not so good things that he currently see's with the physical preparation and sport science professions, and what solutions would he offer for the not so good things he is seeing I ask Mike - what have been the biggest lessons he has learned so far in his life I ask Mike if he only had 1 year left on Planet Earth - how would he spend that year and why? I ask Mike if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?   This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - freakstrength.com Facebook - FreakStrength.com Twitter - @Guadango Instagram - freakstrength Books Mentioned: Behave  Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers The Body Keeps Score Principles Money: Master the Game People and Resources Mentioned: Joe DeFranco Buddy Morris James Smith  Dan Pfaff Chad Wesley Smith  Louie Simmons Mike Boyle  Cameron Josse Bill Parisi Fergus Connolly Mark Verstegen  Charlie Francis Robert Sapolsky  Robert Sapolsky - Human Behavioral Biology Mladen Jovanović Keir Wenham-Flatt Jon Goodwin Anatoily Bondarchuk Derek Evely's - Online Bondarchuk course ALTIS Foundation course   Joseph Stalin  Ray Dalio Ghandhi Genghis Khan Adolf Hilter Ben Johnson Donovan Bailey Show Sponsors: Ultimate Performance Online Mentorship To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com ALTIS ALTIS 360 ALTIS Education   Ultimate Athlete Concepts Ultimate Athlete Concepts is a multi faceted company, providing the most sophisticated scientific material in sport science. UAC is the worlds leading resource for translated sport preparation educational material.    National Sports Performance Association Certified Program Design Specialist Certified Speed and Agility Coach Cerfitied Weightlifting Performance Coach Certified Sports Nutrition Coach   Athletes Acceleration Complete Warm Up Complete Speed Training Complete Speed Games Complete Jumps Training Complete Olympic Lifting Complete Youth Training Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete Complete Core Complete Sports Conditioning  Complete Sports Nutrition Complete Program Design Sports Camp Empire   Patreon Help support the podcast by becoming a Patreon to the show here - Patreon