travis mathew
April 19, 2022
Life is never black or white. We live in the grey. Rules however, need to be black and white. It is your job to decide where on the spectrum your actions will sit. We live in the greys and browns but judge others on the extremes. “Look at that asshole speeding past us like we […]
April 11, 2022
Would steroids help you play better golf? Isn’t the idea of golf performance training to maximize power and speed? Every sport that requires maximal power and speed output has to watch for athletes cheating. Most common forms of performance enhancing drugs include anabolic steroids and growth hormone. Bigger, faster and stronger in a pill! So […]
April 3, 2022
Is your grip strength important? YES! Should you train for better grip strength? NO! Is GRF (Ground Reaction Force) the future of golf performance? NO! Is it valuable to measure it and is it trainable in the gym? YES! Do I have to listen to this episode to find out why? YES!!!! These are a […]
March 27, 2022
Acquiring a new skill is one thing but mastery? What skill are you a true master of? Master chef, kung fu master, or a debate master? I know you practice often but to be a true master debater you need to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. I am a master coach, master at […]
February 27, 2022
What motivates you to get up each morning and do what you do? Something is driving you to push yourself out of bed. What is it? Do you even know? Motivation is a tricky subject. What motivates you is very personal and unique to you. Some of you have very clearly defined goals and each […]
February 17, 2022
Everyone wants more speed. I have lectured for over a decade on rotational power as it was the hot topic on the sport performance circuit. Now it is all about speed. These 2 topics are basically talking about the same thing. Where we focus the lens may change but it is still about hitting the […]
February 12, 2022
The Ying Yang of life states that with every positive there is a negative. If you want to achieve anything big, it will come with great sacrifice. I always talk about creating your DreamBIG. A dream so big that the thought of it coming true raises the hair on your arms. The question is…what are […]
January 29, 2022
This episode is a bouillabaisse to the face! #YOJAY episodes are where I answer your questions from the etherweb. Today we talk about training in the competitive season, the mentorship syndicate, how to build programming for any sport, psychology of basketball, and I commit to being rad! If you have a question or topic you […]
January 23, 2022
We have talked extensively about off season training on this podcast. In this episode we go DEEP into what I think is the most important part of off season training. Coming out of it! You started the off season with clear goals and expectations. You focus on the recipe that will help you create the […]
December 29, 2021
In this episode I want to look back at 2021 and see what lessons I have learnt that I would like to carry forward into 2022. This is a great exercise for you to try yourself! It is is like the opposite of a New Years Resolution, which by now you should know I hate. […]
November 13, 2019
Eric Cressey is one of the most influential performance coaches in not only MLB Baseball but all of professional sports. In this epic episode we go DEEP into the murky waters of baseball’s old school vs new school conditioning debate. So if you are still weighting bats, icing after a few innings or using Therabands to […]
August 21, 2019
This is another edition of The Coach experimenting with new forms of fitness. Let me start by saying I hate BIKES! I don’t own one and don’t want one. I once fell off a stationary bike. That should tell you everything. But for your edumatainment I ventured into the murky waters of Spin Class, Peloton […]
August 7, 2019
What if I told you there is no metabolic window, lactic acid flushing is like spinning your wheels and cryotherapy is straight up cold wrong when it comes to metabolic recovery? Some of our most trusted performance techniques are standing on shaky ground. Thats what happens when you put a topic like recovery in the […]
July 31, 2019
Celebrating 300 weeks of podcasting gold. 300 weeks without missing an episode. That is 5.7 years of podcasting! I started this podcast Oct 30th 2013 and it has transformed my life ever since. A community of Glisteners was born and the community his strong. Built on Grass Fed Buddah in De Coffee Ova Der! I […]
July 10, 2019
Do you ever show up at the gym and wing it? No plan, other than sweat and get pumped? You may accomplish your goal by accident but if you just took a few minutes to plan your session you could accomplish so much more. In this episode I look at programming from the athlete’s perspective […]
July 3, 2019
I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I learned so much about shoulder health for the over head athlete this week at Perform Better and I wanted to share it with you. Yes, we get technical in this episode. Yes, I become a Humble Bee and learn from others. Yes, I […]