Designing programmes and coaching the best combat athletes in the world with Bo Sanoval (Director of Strength and Conditioning at UFC Performance Institute)

Bo comes on the podcast with an incredible CV, initially working in college sport at University of Michigan and recently moving onto working alongside Duncan French (guest #162 on the Pacey Performance Podcast) at the UFC Performance Institute. In this episode, we were able to go DEEP on the exact process that Bo goes through when designing programmes for fighters competing in UFC. This is probably the most detailed any guest has gone into when it comes to programme design. Enjoy!

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is Bo Sandoval (background, education and current role)
• Strength & power profiling
• Designing training programmes - step by step process
  • Considerations
  • Individualisation
  • Needs analysis
• Interactions within the high-performance team
  • How this drives programming
• 'Sports Management Institute Executive Program'

Bo can be found on Twitter @OlyStrength

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord and the new Groinbar, a hip and groin strength measuring solution. They can be found at valdperformance.com and you can get more information on the groin bar at groinbar.com and on Twitter @groinbar.

This episode is sponsored by Fatigue Science. Fatigue Science combine wearable technology with biomathematical science developed by the US Army to offer fantastic insights into sleep and cognitive fatigue.

This episode is also sponsored by Forcedecks. If you want to know more about ForceDecks, listen to episode #139 of the Pacey Performance Podcast with co-founder, Dr. Daniel Cohen.

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following on Twitter @strengthofsci or visiting strengthofscience.com/podcast.

Enjoy

PP