Ryan Lutke (Correct Exercise Specialist) joins Kohl and Zak to discuss the importance of maintaining healthy habits as an athlete. The group talks about their experiences with college soccer and what their strength and conditioning looked like at their universities. Ryan helps to go into depth about the importance of getting in the weight room and how it can help the overall performance of an athlete. He goes on to talk about what coaches can be doing during their practices to help get the most out of their athletes during the season. The group discusses why it is important to include rest days during a season and how to go about determining which players are going to need more rest between games. Ryan helps to describe what healthy movement patterns look like and how they can be beneficial beyond the field of play. He urges current athletes to get in the weight room and start moving weight around. It will not only make the athlete stronger but it will make them feel more confident about themselves. Ryan talks about the difference between bulking up and putting on good way to maintain the same level of agility that a player already has. The group rounds out the episode talking about how the body moves and how we can be efficient in our movements. Coaches and players alike can pick up lots of great information that are going to help them be successful everyday they step on the field.
