Is Sports-specific Training a Gimmick? w/Jacob Ross (Encore)

We're taking a break this week, so we're bringing back one of our favorite early episodes with one of our favorite guests. We'll be back with a fresh episode next week. 

Original Episode Notes:

Can activities in the gym that are built around the requirements of a specific sport actually help athletes get better at that sport?

Our good friend, Jacob Ross —  an athletic performance coach and consultant who currently works with Luol Deng of Minnesota Timberwolves – joined us as our expert to answer this question.

As always, the question spawns more questions:

• Do better athletes just do better?
• What’s the role of injury prevention?
• Drills vs sport-adapted weight training

We kick off the episode talking about how technology is getting more challenging for us to keep up with.

Our ideas about the question start around 14:00.

Jacob shares his thoughts starting at around 27:00.

Huge thanks to Jacob for being our expert. You can find him on Instagram: @jacob.w.ross.

Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd).

Produced by Jim McDonald

Production assistance by Connor O’Neal.

Theme by Aaron Moore.

Branding by Joseph Manzo.