7 Things I’m Thinking About (And Work/Life Updates)

7 Things I’m Thinking About (And Work/Life Updates)

From Physical Preparation Podcast by Mike Robertson

June 5, 2026 · 44 min

About this episode

Mike Robertson returns with a solo episode discussing seven key thoughts and updates on work and life.

I’m baaaaccckkkk! Did you miss me? It’s been a minute since I did a solo show, so I figured it was time to jump back in and hit you with some of the good stuff. Here we’re going to dive into seven things I’ve been thinking about lately, which are sandwiched between some random work and life updates as well. So without any further ado, let’s dive in and talk shop!   Quotable Quotes: I think one of my goals with IFAST Basketball is to just help the next generation of hoopers move better than we did   You can’t let athletes get hurt in the weight room. Like Joe Ken and I used to say, we (the strength coaches) are the often sane person in the room   For me, the most important thing is creating content versus consuming it – it’s trying to be more signal and not a part of the noise   This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast: Work updates: IFAST Basketball, podcast notes, and the Optimizing Movement Workshop videos are coming soon! Updated thought: Should you write all your programs at once? Programming plyos (especially deep tier) and a shout out to Matt McInnes Watson How I’m evolving my basketball-specific…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Robertson

Topics covered

  • work updates
  • basketball performance
  • athlete development
  • program design
  • movement assessment
  • signal vs noise

Keywords

  • basketball
  • athlete assessment
  • programming
  • plyometrics
  • performance
  • youth athletes
  • normative data

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IFAST Basketball

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