VertiMax Vive
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThe Vive Podcast is for coaches, trainers, athletes, parents of athletes, fitness professionals, and human performance enthusiasts. We started this podcast to bring you insights from the biggest names in sports performance, strength conditioning, and athletics with hopes that you will gain understanding, insights, ideas and the tools you need to optimize your athletic program, sports performance business, athletic career and future in this ever-evolving space.
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Michael Carter-Williams — An NBA Star’s Journey
October 15, 2019 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBMichael Carter-Williams is a professional basketball player, currently with the Orlando Magic tema. Growing up, he came from a family of basketball players and coaches, and Eventually went on to play college basketball at Syracuse University, where he was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers and was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2014. On this episode hosted by Cameron Lynch, four-year NFL vet, Michael shares more about his journey from college basketball to becoming a professional a...
Marqui Christian — Experiences from the NFL
October 02, 2019 05:30 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBMarqui Christian is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL. Born in Houston, Texas, Marqui has had an illustrious career since he started playing football in college at Midwestern State University. On this episode hosted by Cameron Lynch, four-year NFL vet, Marqui shares his experiences working with and playing against some of the heavyweights of the NFL, including Eric Weddle, Jared Goff and Jameis Winston. He reveals his experiences as part of the Los Angeles...
Jordan O’Brien — A Light in the Soccer World
September 17, 2019 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBJordan O'Brien is a professional soccer player, and a soccer guru. After a very successful stint playing college soccer for the University of Tulsa, Jordan went on to become the first female soccer player in a male-dominated team in the US Tango League. She has won multiple accolades for her athletic and sporting prowess and is an inspiration to everyone, both within the soccer world and in general. On this episode hosted by Cameron Lynch, four-year NFL vet, Jordan shares her journey f...
Darelle Noel — Finding Your Path
September 03, 2019 05:30 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBDarelle Noel, sports performance coach and trainer in Houston and LA, NFL Combine Movement Specialist, works with professional athletes in the NBA, NFL and MLB. He shares the story of how he started off in the sports performance space by offering free training sessions, and eventually moved into training professional athletes in 2013, to today: working with top level athletes in LA. On this episode hosted by Cameron Lynch, four-year NFL vet, Darelle reveals his journey of the past seve...
John Alexander — Global Squad, A One-of-a-Kind Camp
August 20, 2019 05:30 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBJohn Alexander is the Head of Global Squad Basketball Camp, a camp that has been conducted every July since 2011. John started Global Squad based on his experience living overseas, and not having that experience and strength and conditioning training required to go pro. What he started in 2011 with 11 players training anywhere they could, has today grown to 55 and 75 players at two different camps. On this episode hosted by Chris Gorres, a VertiMax Master Trainer, John shares more abou...
Bill Saffore — From Training His Daughter to Business Owner
August 07, 2019 05:30 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBBill Saffore has a very interesting story to share on this episode. He has been involved in sports training for a while, but really got into it because of his daughter. When his daughter started athletics, there was a need to introduce her to speed and vertical training, but there was no one in the area to do that for her. Forced by necessity to figure out how best to train his daughter, Bill started learning the ins and outs of sports training and purchased some equipment to improve his dau...
Jay Hyber and Brett Kuehn — Insights into NHSSCA
July 24, 2019 05:30 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBJay Hyber and Brett Kuehn are Business Development Consultants with VertiMax. Jay is the Business Development Consultant for the Midwestern region and in his 5 years with VertiMax has met up with a lot of coaches in the areas he serves. Brett serves the East Coast in his capacity, and apart from attending events and meeting coaches in his area, he also writes articles to share information he has learned. Both Jay and Brett attend regional and national events, dive into their communities and ...
Angelo James — Systems to Be a Better Coach
May 07, 2019 12:37 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBAngelo James is the Owner and Founder of the James Training Systems. He has had extensive experience coaching all levels of athletes — he has been a strength coach at the professional level, collegiate level, high school level, and private sector. He also has experience with business and sales, coaching internationally, and working for one of the top performance brands in the world. He has been a Director of Strength Conditioning, Director of Programming, Director of National Athletic Sales ...
Jay Nixon — All About Mindset
April 23, 2019 15:13 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBJay Nixon is a speaker, mentor, coach, owner of his own Thrive Fitness Studio in Palm Desert, California, and author of The Overweight Mind. For over two decades, he has helped thousands of people achieve total body transformation — through fitness, nutrition and personal development coaching. On this episode hosted by Ned Arick, Jay dives into mindset and momentum. He explains what momentum stacking is and how the most successful people, athletes and teams use it to build on little wi...
Chris Gorres — Coach of the Best of the Best
April 09, 2019 17:21 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBChris Gorres is well-known as one of the smartest and best trainers. Chris has always had a passion for fitness, and was a high school and collegiate athlete in his youth. Today, he is the Lead Trainer and COO at Onyx Elite, and he works with some of the top athletes in the world and helps good athletes become great. On this episode hosted by Ned Arick, Chris and Ned are at the Winter Performance Camp by Onyx, a training camp specifically for professional and aspiring soccer players. C...
Kerry Bennett — Beast Bus, A Unique Business Model
March 26, 2019 23:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBKerry Bennett is a veteran in the strength and conditioning industry, with 17 years of experience. In his youth, he played football for the Stephen F Austin State University, and graduated with a degree in kinesiology. He went on to play for the Washington Redskins, before entering the sports performance arena. Today, he is revolutionizing the sports performance coaching industry with a business model that is so unconventional, yet so successful in Texas. On this episode hosted by Ned...
Ted Butler — Making Athletes the Best They Can Possibly Be
February 27, 2019 06:30 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBTed Butler is the Owner, Operator and Trainer Extraordinaire at Operation Athlete in Lexington, Kentucky. He has become one of the most sought after trainers and sports performance coaches in the country. Ted specializes in training elite athletes and teams with his systems to create a unique premier athlete experience that focuses on making athletes the best they can possibly be. On this episode hosted by Ned Arick, Ted shares more about how he got his start in the industry, his ideas...
Micah Kurtz - Strength Conditioning as a Success Tool
February 12, 2019 06:30 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBMicah Kurtz is the Director of Sports Performance and Assistant Athletic Director at Windermere Prep School in Orlando, Florida. He was named NSCA National Strength Coach of the Year in 2016 and one of the Top 40 under 40 Sports Professionals in the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. He started the Strength and Conditioning Program at AC Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, and in just the last 5 years, AC Flora has won 12 state championships. It was also named the ...
Ryan Bishel — How to Be Better
February 12, 2019 06:30 - 1 hour - 58 MBRyan Bishel is the Athletic Director of Champion's Quest, varsity and college prep athlete academy, a year-round athlete academy exclusively for 5-18 year olds that are student athletes competing in any sport. He has over 20 years of experience in the industry and consistently produces top performing athletes at every level. On this episode hosted by Ned Arick, Ryan shares a wealth of information about what it takes to get better. Whether it's having more income, impact or influence, i...
Vinny Scollo - Bringing Sports Performance Facilities to Commercial Spaces
February 09, 2019 01:33 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBVinny Scollo is the Gold's Gym Sports Performance Director and Regional Fitness Manager in Middletown NY. Vinny’s likeable personality and special ability to share his passion for fitness with others makes him an amazing trainer who is highly sought after by everyone from parents of youth athletes to professional athletes to people looking to improve their performance. Recently, he teamed up with Don Murphy and his family to build a sports performance facility inside the already successful G...