#037 - Michele Letendre on the Training System that Made Her a Six-time CrossFit Games Veteran
OPEX Fitness Presents: Back Room Talk
English - October 30, 2018 13:28 - 1 hour - 144 MB - ★★★★ - 34 ratingsHealth & Fitness fitness health crossfit Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Six-time CrossFit Games veteran Michele Letendre is the owner of Deka Comp in Canada. She delves into the training that got her to the Games half a dozen times and how she utilizes that system with up and coming athletes to maximize their potential.
BIO:
All my life I have been around Sport and Art. I was a competitive swimmer then Waterpolo player for many years in my childhood into my teens. I have competed provincially, nationally and internationally in Waterpolo and in some cases as team captain. I studied design in University and nearing the end of my degree is when I found CrossFit and the rest is history.
2011 – 2nd place, Canada East Regional
2011 – 25th Place, Reebok CrossFit Games
2012 – 1st place, Canada east Regional
2012 – 24th Place, Reebok CrossFit Games
2013 – 2nd place, Canada east Regional
2013 – 17th Place, Reebok CrossFit Game• 2014 – 2nd place, Canada east Regional
2014 – 4th Place, Reebok CrossFit Games
2014 – Invitational Team Canada, Competitor, San Jose, CA
2015 – 1st place, East Regional
2015 – 18th Place, Reebok CrossFit Games
2015 – Invitational Team Canada Coach- Madrid, Spain
2016 – 3rd place, East Regional
2016 – 16th Reebok CrossFit Games
2016 – Invitational Team Canada competitor-Toronto, Canada
2017- East Regionals: 4 Regional Athletes
2017- CrossFit Games: 2 Individual athletes (Patrick Vellner and Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault), 1 Teen Athlete: • Marie-Pier Bonneau, 16th place
2018- Multiple Regional Athletes (East, West, Pacific, Europe)
2018- 4 Individual Games Athletes (Patrick Vellner, Laura Horvath, Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault, Willy Georges)
2018- 2 Masters Games Athletes (Mike Eberts, 40-44 & Michael Laverrière 35-39)
Websites and Social Media Links:
Website – dekacomp.comFacebook – Deka CompTwitter - @MicheleLetendreInstagram - dekacomp
Books mentioned:
Practical Programming for Strength TrainingAll the Light We Cannot See: A NovelUne lettre à un adolescent (Letter to a teenager about happiness)I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings
Podcast mentioned:
Mind Muscle Project: Ep 179 - From elite athlete to elite coach with Michele Letendre
Resources and People mentioned:Patrick VellnerLaura Horvath
Mat FraserBrook WellsSara SigmundsdóttirCamille Leblanc-Bazinet
Timeline:0:00 – 4:12 - Robbie Intro’s the show and asks Michele to introduce herself and give us her background
4:12 – 6:40 - Robbie asks Michele who have been the biggest influence on her professionally and personally
6:41 – 14:24 - Robbie asks Michele how she found the transition from being an athlete to becoming a coach?
14:25 – 17:43 - Robbie asks Michele - what are the good and not so good things that she currently sees within the fitness coaching profession, and for the not so good things, what solutions would she offer to counteract them?17:44 – 22:46 - Robbie asks Michele to outline her training philosophy
22:47 – 28:40 - Robbie asks Michele to outline her training system
28:41 – 32:35 Robbie asks Michele – who have been her biggest influence when it comes to program design?32:36 – 35:34 - Robbie asks Michele about training the general population at Deka Crossfit35:35 – 36:20 - Robbie asks Michele how much education she and her team at Deka Crossfit give their general population clients on nutrition and lifestyle
36:21 – 39:50 - Robbie asks Michele what is it like to work with Patrick Vellner and Laura Horvath?
39:51 – 43:03 - Robbie asks Michele how she individualizes the training for her high-level fitness athletes vs her general population clients at Deka Crossfit?43:04 – 50:08 - Robbie asks Michele what are the biggest lessons she has learned so far in his life?50:09 – 51:00 - Robbie asks Michele how being a previous Crossfit athlete has helped her with empathy as a coach?
51:01 – 53:17 - Robbie asks Michele does she think if Pat Vellner went full-time as a Crossfit athlete that this could help him reach his maximum potential?53:18 – 54:10 - Robbie asks Michele what was it like having to communicate with numerous athletes during the 2018 Crossfit games?
54:11 – 55:40 - Robbie asks Michele – does she prefer to train male or female athletes/clients?
55:41 – 58:03 - Robbie asks Michlele what are the main differences between the training of male and female fitness athletes?
58:04 – 1:02:21 - Robbie asks Michele about her thoughts on the 2018 Crossfit games1:02:22 – 1:04:40 - Robbie asks Michele what was the conversation with Pat like after Day 1 of the games?1:04:41 – 1:05:53 - Robbie asks Michele what is the interaction like between all the different coaches at the games?1:05:54 – 1:08:00 - Robbie asks Michele – which athletes at the games surprised her by their performance1:08:01 – 1:08:51 - Robbie asks Michele for her thoughts on the new competition format for Crossfit1:08:52 – 1:12:46 - Robbie asks Michele for her top and current book recommendations1:12:47 – 1:13:10 - Robbie asks Michele if she only had 1 year left on planet earth – how would she spend that year and why?
1:13:11 – 1:16:09 - Robbie asks Michele - if she could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?1:16:10 – 1:16:55 - Robbie wraps up the show!