“I’d love for people to come in forever, but my understanding is I know this, like they’re going to get busy or they’re going to move, they’re going to go college or whatever. So I want to give them all the tools that I possibly can for them to succeed outside of here. ”
— GABE SALINAS
Gabe Salinas is the owner of the Sports Performance Facility, The Sports Lab, a former professional MMA Fighter, and a speaker on the topic of performance in various facets.
Gabe has helped Professional Athletes to Weekend Warriors and everything I'm between to achieving their peak athletic performance. As someone who desires to learn and improve daily, Gabe stays on the cutting edge of the research on Human Performance in hopes of helping both his athletes and himself.
Show Notes:
(00:05:47) Where did the interest in movement begin?
(00:07:04) Were there any coaches or mentors to help guide him early on?
(00:07:49) MMA Early On
(00:10:54) Using the gym as a place to fail
(00:12:38) What makes a high performer?
(00:14:24) Motivation only gets you so far
(00:18:07) Recommendation for the average person
(00:20:27) Getting into the body
(00:23:35) Is it better to specialize or generalize?
(00:28:19) How did Gabe's training evolve?
(00:31:04) Being a fighter doesn't mean you are aggressive
(00:33:45) Why did Gabe stop pursuing MMA?
(00:39:50) Not wrapping his identity as a fighter to tightly
(00:42:58) What were Gabe's other interests?
(00:44:39) How do you filter information?
(00:48:28) Good Coaching or Teaching
(00:49:24) The Diet Wars
(00:52:33) Diet Recommendations to his athletes?
(01:00:05) View on supplementation
(01:01:31) The Three Big Pieces
(01:03:33) Getting Recovery Right
(01:04:24) Overestimating the good and underestimating the bad
(01:07:33) Breathing work
(01:09:42) Back to sleep data
(01:12:34) Why We Sleep
(01:14:13) Alcohol and Athletes
(01:18:23) Where does the discipline come from?
(01:19:48) Having a reason to get in shape
(01:24:10) Giving someone all the tools to be self-sufficient
(01:25:47) Recommended Books
(01:27:21) Advice to someone entering the "real" world or starting on a new path
For more information head to https://feedingcuriosity.net/podcast
