Coach Landow is highly sought after for his ability to analyze and correct biomechanics. He has trained thousands of athletes of all ages and abilities, including over 700 professional athletes in the NFL, NHL, MLB, UFC, WNBA and Olympic medalists. Coach Landow has worked with over 70 NFL All-Pro’s and over 20 first round draft selections in the NFL. He has been a National and International presenter for the leading organizations in the performance field, and also serves as a consultant for many professional and collegiate teams across the country including MLB Texas Rangers, USA Women’s National Soccer Team, and USA Bobsled Team. Coach Landow is the author of two books, My Off-Season with the Denver Broncos: Building a Championship Team (While Nobody’s Watching) and also Ultimate Conditioning for Martial Arts. Coach Landow developed the ACL prevention program and the ACL return to sport protocols for the world-renowned Steadman Hawkins Clinic-Denver. He currently is the owner and director of Landow Performance.
Quotes
“The more saturation of qualities in the offseason, the more we can retain these qualities during the season with less work”
“Once I have their trust, I can throw a couple of jabs at them but then I show them I’m not going away and still going to be there for them”
“Did the pillow feel better than success?”
“I hear the argument all the time – I squat, I deadlift, I do all these things, I don’t need to strengthen my core, my trunk, whatever you want to call it… and I completely disagree”
“remove the weight training completely (before a fight), and the guys are more suspectible to injury I find”
“I need to give them what their sport and practices are not giving them”
“If I’ve interfered with skill development, I’ve screwed up”
“We can monitor all we want but if we are not doing anything with it, its just a waste of time”
“If the stove is hot, quit touching it”
Shownotes
1) What asthma taught him incl multiple nights stay in the ER, food allergies, and breathing 4:19
2) Stages of his career 9:55
3) Working with other staff including surgeons and knowing your stuff 15:13
4) Lessons from Velocity Sports Performance & the link with Athlete’s Performance/EXOS beginnings 20:28
5) "My Offseason with the Broncos" book 24:40
6) A typical day in offseason for an NFL pro 28:52
7) How the NFL offseason works now 31:07
8) Coaching & maintaining athlete motivation especially in a private sector user pay model 35:25
9) Loren's private sector business models 40:31
10) Trunk training continuum philosphipes 45:07
11) His UFC Ultimate Fighter experience & MMA training systems he uses in camps 52:43
12) Monitoring & testing tools for a private facility 1:06:20
13) Metrics on force plates and how much symmetry should we have e.g. +20% assym 1:11:25
14) ACL and return to sport considerations 1:17:18
15) Importance of demonstrating things right for coaches 1:29:46
16) Getting dorsiflexion from the right spot 1:32:48
17) Tendon philosophy – a blister vs a callous 1:43:04
18) Burpees for speed & explosiveness, “sloptimal mechanics” and what to do if you are a lousy O lifter or hurt 1:45:27
19) The importance of guidance for people post internship and why he loves the message from the Talent Code 1:57:50
People mentioned
1) Loren Seagrave @lorenseagrave
2) Rett Larson @rettasaurus
3) Josh Aycock @joshuaaycock1
4) Victor Hall @victoriusr837
5) Ken Vick @coachkenvick
6) Charlie Francis
7) Tim Gabbett @TimGabbett
8) Christian MacCaffery @run_cmc
9) Stu McGill @drstuartmcgill
10) Matt Jordan @jordanstrength
11) Tom Purvis @tompurvisptrts
12) Mick Stierli @mickstierli
13) Missy Franklin @missyfranklin88
14) Greg Roskopf @mat_hq
15) Dan Pfaff @dpfaff
16) Stephen Plisk
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