93 Dan Fichter: Using Neurology to Build Athletic Monsters | Sponsored by SimpliFaster

Today’s episode features performance coach Dan Fichter.  Dan is the owner of WannaGetFast, a sports performance business in Rochester, NY, and is one of the most innovative and educated coaches in the field.  Dan’s knowledge of the neurological aspects of training is on another level. His work comes out of his time with many legendary mentors, such as Jay Schroder and Mel Siff, and also has been impacted heavily by the work of “DB Hammer”.   When it comes to training athletes, Dan is a coach that is absolutely driven by results, and pushes himself to learn more and get better on a regular basis. Dan has been a two-time previous guest on the show, with a solo episode and a popular DB Hammer episode where he spoke alongside Chris Korfist.  Todays episode is in the neuro-dynamics vein, as Dan digs into his methodology on a number of training methods that center on the optimal function of the nervous system.   Today, Dan goes into detail on long duration isometrics, and how he uses them to get better results out of barbell lifting.  He also goes in depth on a training method he mentioned in episode #8, oscillatory isometrics, which is one of my personal favorite training methods.  Dan also goes into detail on harnessing the reflex system to get athletes better results, as well as sensory inputs, amongst other topics of power and performance.  This is a true coaches episode, as lots of means and methods are described that can get athletes better results immediately. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster.com, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more.   View more show notes at Just-fly-sports.com/podcast-93-dan-fichter