Tight 5 Talks

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Empower Psychedelics

March 27, 2023 19:33 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB

Empower Psychedelics is establishing access to therapy programs for first responders and military veterans in North America. Pioneering the use of psychedelics in physical therapy, the team is headquartered at the Health and Technology District in British Columbia, Canada.The founding team hosts decades of knowledge in the cannabis sector (pre-legalization), and exceptional experience in underground psychedelic research. Their flagship physical therapy program "Running on Acid" originally s...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Dan from 99 Social

February 03, 2023 23:58 - 1 hour - 84.4 MB

With so much happening in Rugby right now this should have been a 3 part series. In this one Dan and I put our hands up for world rugby chairman and talk club rugby, pro rugby and how certain rugby unions have lost the plot. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jacob-nelson8/support

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Pints & Scrums

February 03, 2023 23:58 - 1 hour - 85.1 MB

With so much happening in Rugby right now this should have been a 3 part series. In this one Dan and I put our hands up for world rugby chairman and talk club rugby, pro rugby and how certain rugby unions have lost the plot. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-nelson8/support

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Nate Sylvia

December 07, 2022 01:37 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

Next up is Nate Sylvia of the San Diego Legion and USA Eagles! So excited to catch up about upcoming MLR season, Dubai RWC Qualifier and loose head vs tight head --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-nelson8/support

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Jed Thian

December 21, 2020 00:53 - 1 hour - 98.8 MB

This is a big one! I can't think of anyone that can vibe more with Tight 5 Sevens than the man, the myth, the legend, Jed Thian. Jed is the creator of the award winning Alternative Rugby Commentary and Rugby Roundtable in addition to being a full time sports commentator and general icon of social scenes near & far. If you don't know about these things you really need to give them a watch and listen and no international game is complete with an absolutely unique listening experience of Jed...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Lauren Daly

December 11, 2020 20:34 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

So good to sit down with Lauren Daly, the founder of Aspire Rugby and former USA Eagle. I met Lauren 3 years ago in San Diego and like myself she was working hard on this crazy idea of helping people through her platform as an elite player. Aspire Rugby is an amazing opportunity for any rugby player looking to connect with former national team players and she's employed her friends and team mates to help. Wether its skills or strength & conditioning Aspire Rugby can help you connect with ...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Kristin "Ham" Zdaneczewski

November 30, 2020 17:49 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Such a great opportunity this week to talk with Kristin "Ham" Zdanczewski, whom is currently an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University Minnesota but use to be an absolute monster for the USA Eagles. Ham won 26 caps through two world cups, missing out on a third due to a knee injury. We talked about how equality is and has been going in our inclusive sport and how women have made progress in others. We offer our fixes to MLR system as it is now and talk about professiona...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Ben from The Rugby Exchange

November 24, 2020 17:05 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

I'm very excited to share my talks with Ben, who at one point was a Collegiate All-American Wrestler at UC Davis and left the sport for Rugby, where he found a lot of success and later became an All-American as well. I met Ben while we both played college rugby and both selected to a touring side hosted by what would eventually become the Glendale Raptors (now MLR franchise Colorado Raptors) Coaching staff in Mark Bullock. The tour was to the Aspen Ruggerfest and it was the last time I tho...

Tight 5 Talks (Trailer)

November 08, 2020 21:29 - 20 seconds - 638 KB

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Tight 5 Talks - The One with Ashley Jones

November 05, 2020 21:16 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB

This was a special sit down for me as I've followed the preachings of Ashley Jones for 17 years! Coach Jones has worked with athletes across 3 professional sports and his CV is too long for this description but it includes The All Blacks, The Wallabies, Scotland National Team, The Crusaders and most recently is sharing his incredible knowledge base with The Houston Sabre Cats in America's Major League Rugby (MLR). Coach Jones has seen and worked with the best as an S&C coach and his work f...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Laurence Christie

November 05, 2020 20:39 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Epic talk today with Laurence Christie of the St. Andrews School in South Africa. Laurence is front rower with a wealth of experience and knowledge and now the Director of Athletic Performance at St. Andrews School in Grahamstown, South Africa.. Having such a professional set up for the power house school boys team Laurence has had opportunities to play and work with Southern Kings (Super Rugby), Ulster Rugby (Northern Ireland) and the Springboks and has an amazing analytical version of sc...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with James De Lacey

November 05, 2020 19:18 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

James was good enough to sit down with the Prop Cast and chat about the S&C coaches journey that took him from Auckland to Austin, Texas and then to Bucharest, Romania! James has been working with the Romanian National Rugby Team since 2015 and his world champion athlete wife have been stranded in Romania as there is only 1 flight a month from Bucharest to Auckland where they both live. Seeing as he's stuck and there's no rugby on he took some time to talk about rugby, travel, neck strength...

Tight 5 Talks - The One Naima Reddick

November 04, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour - 94.7 MB

This time around we talk to International Front Row Forward, USA Eagle and good friend of the cast Naima Reddick. I've had the pleasure of knowing Nai for 11 years now and we catch up about the good ol' days of training together in Oakland, CA, the state of women's rugby and the many disparities woman face playing the Inclusive Game of Rugby both here in America and around the globe. Nai is and always has been a brutally honest person and speaks her mind regardless of who is listening so ...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Ben Franks

November 04, 2020 16:22 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MB

Sitting down with All Black, Crusader, Hurricane, Northampton Saint LEGEND and the newest scrum coach for the Llanelli Scarlets in Wales, Ben Franks. Ben has won just about everything there is to win, he squats all the weights and blows up all the scrums, all over the world. I met Ben during a Captains run at the Franklin Gardens and reached out to him to ask if he'd be interested in talking about rugby, Mexican food, scrums and traveling to which he answered emphatically, "yea, nah bro. ...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Kane Hames

November 04, 2020 16:12 - 1 hour - 95.5 MB

Amazing opportunity to sit down with All Black Prop Kane Hames! Kane has an amazingly kiwi story of becoming a professional rugby player and All Black. Kane suffered a couple of serious concussions during his last AB tour and since then has been coaching and (hold for dramatic pause) reffing matches in the Nelson area. I know. Crazy. He's an amazing person and just about everyone that might call me a friend in New Zealand this guy is buddies with just proving how small the rugby universe...

Tight 5 Talks - The One with Charlie Purdon

November 04, 2020 05:17 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

Get to catch up with former Natal Academy, Edinburgh Gunners and now Head Coach of University of San Diego Charlie Purdon after being trapped in his home country South Africa during the COVID pandemic. I first met Charlie as a player when he was with the mighty Santa Monica Dolphins while I was playing for San Francisco Golden Gate. We briefly played together for the San Diego Breakers in the PRO competition in 2015 and later coached and played together in San Diego, CA where we both liv...

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