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Upper Left PerformanceUpper Left Performance #34 Brenan Ghassemieh - Living Well and Being PresentBrenan Ghassemieh is a great friend and a damn good trainer. He played football at Idaho State University, has prepared countless athletes for the NFL Combine and is currently working at Equinox as a trainer and Tier X Manager. He has worked with kids, athletes and senior citizens, connecting with all on an extraordinary level, which is why I wanted to bring him on.
Brenan is a firm believer in living well, practicing mindfulness and the art of being present. There are few I see who walk the walk when it comes to these...2020-08-2449 minUpper Left PerformanceUpper Left Performance #22 Black Lives Matter Zoom Call w/ Jamal Hill Richardson-Albini & Brenan GhassemiehI run a weekly Zoom Call for coaches, which is open to all (sign up via the link in my bio on IG). This past week was a massively important call discussing the Black Lives Matter movement and I felt it necessary to post the audio on the podcast.
It's not often you have your perception completely altered in a weekend, but when Jamal and Brenan share stuff like this...just wow.
We have so much work to do to right a lot of wrongs. "What can I do?" is something I'll be trying to...2020-06-101h 18
Point CenterDon't Confuse Complexity With ProgressHost, James Parker of iBallAcademy.net interviews Brenan Ghassemieh, who was Kobe Bryant's performance coach and the strength and conditioning coach for Kobe's youth team, Team Mamba. They discuss the need for integral training, incorporating all facets of performance and skill development to make the whole athlete. Also discussed is how to navigate fitness/performance goals during the stay at home directives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow Brenan on IG at Brenan_GhassemiehFollow Point Center Twitter @PointCenterPCPoint Center IG @PointCenter_PodcastEmail: JamesParker@iBallAcademy.net 2020-05-0844 min
Beyond The PointeTraining Young Athletes - Brenan GhassemiehWhat goes into cross training a kid? What are we focusing on in a strength training arena when we work with dancers? How do we continue to work from home on our goals? Brenan is back on the podcast to discuss this. His clear, easy approach to training makes strengthening easy do + follow. You can hear is first episode #12 Follow along for more tips at @alignfitnessbyallie on Instagram2020-04-151h 04Beyond The PointeTraining Female Athletes - Brenan GhassemmiehStrength + Conditioning coach, Brenan Ghassemieh talks working with female teenage athletes + dancers. From stigmas these athletes have to over come, to amazing tips to find a trainer for your dancer. Growing up dancing, + with a professional dancer blood in the family, he shares his wisdom in training dancers + all he's observed in the dance world. Brenan's IG @brenan_ghassemieh More tips on IG @alignfitnessbyallie2019-12-041h 07
Restoring Human MovementThe Clinician Coach Handoff & Nutritional Habits With Brenan GhassemiehI’ve been fortunate to have worked with Brenan Ghassemieh, Strength Coach, while overcoming a lumbar spine injury I sustained last year 2017. My goal was to be able to play baseball again (recreationally) in the 2018 spring season, which I was able to do so! Booyah! Throughout our strength and conditioning sessions over the last year, Brenan and I have had some great conversations about cueing, strength, anti-rotation and much more. I’ve learn a lot so before my training session today we did a quick recorded conversation. Perhaps we could capture some gold nuggets? You’ll have to lis...2018-10-0346 min
Restoring Human MovementTraining And Lifting With A Hamstring Injury Brenan GhassemiehSHOW NOTES Brenan Ghassemieh was introduced to me by a good friend, Dr. Cody Dimak (Session 31), as the perfect guy to speak about training responsibility around injuries. Since we’ve been focusing on hamstring injuries, we kept that as a central focus BUT it’s important to realize the body works as ONE UNIT and we can’t separate regions in training and rehab. You’ll hear this concept of centrality throughout the entire podcast. A few major points/ concepts we come back to are: Hamstring tightness vs the “feeling of tightness” Exercises to...2018-01-241h 19