JOHN PATRICK - DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE @ SECKINGER HIGH SCHOOL #135

About this episode

Manny Silveira interviews John Patrick about strength and performance coaching at Seckinger High School and the importance of earning respect and results in the profession.

We sit down with John Patrick — Director of Strength and Performance at Seckinger High School (Gwinnett County, Georgia), former collegiate director across 20+ years to talk about building programs from scratch, earning the barbell, and why no free lunch is more than just a saying. In this Playbook: No free lunch: Nothing gets handed out. Not in the weight room, not in the profession. You earn the barbell before you load it, you earn the coaching position before you expect respect, and you earn the results before you expect them. AI is the new "get into computers": Thirty years ago the advice was get into computers. Now it's get into AI. John's already using it to analyse programs and get feedback. Listen to the intern: Early in his career, interns cleaned racks. Now he pulls them into program design meetings, lets them run sessions, and asks them what went well and what didn't. TeamBuildr ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Coaches, revolutionise your training programs with their cutting-edge platform. Create and customise workouts, track progress, communicate effortlessly, and analyse performance data — all in one place. Take advantage of our 30-day free trial and…

People in this episode

Host: Manny Silveira

Guest: John Patrick

Topics covered

• strength and performance
• program building
• coaching
• AI in training
• intern development

Keywords

• strength training
• performance coaching
• AI in sports
• internship
• TeamBuildr

Sponsors

TeamBuildr

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seckinger High School, Exxentric

Places: Gwinnett County, Georgia

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