Historic Performance Podcast #10 - Dr. Bryan Mann

In the tenth episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I interview Dr. Bryan Mann.  Dr. Mann is the Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning & Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Missouri.  He is greatly respected both in the United States and abroad due to his knowledge about velocity based training.  

I decided to approach the tenth episode of the podcast a bit differently since in my eyes it is a small milestone.  I decided to reach out to fellow S&C colleagues to ask them who they wanted to hear from in terms of S&C.  The overwhelming response was Dr. Bryan Mann.  

Luckily, Dr. Mann was gracious enough to accept my invitation.  From my discussion with him both before and during the podcast, I can say that he is truly a man of great passion.  He is very humble, extremely nice, and quite personable.  I felt like I was talking to my best friend.

Overview of Podcast

Here is a brief outline of what we covered in the show - 

• Bryan Mann's Background
• Integrating sports science with the soccer teams at Mizzou
• Overview of VBT + How to Implement It
• How to use velocity to establish loads for athletes
• Recommendations for S&C coaches - Find your passion
• How to contact him

To contact Dr. Bryan Mann:

Twitter: @jbryanmann

Facebook: Bryan Mann

E-mail: Bryan Mann

List of References Mentioned/Referred:

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Simmons L. Measuring Speed:  The Tendo Unit, in: PowerliftingUSA. 2002.

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Stock MS, Beck TW, DeFreitas JM, and Dillon MA. Test–Retest Reliability of Barbell Velocity During the Free-Weight Bench-Press Exercise. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 25: 171-177 110.1519/JSC.1510b1013e318201bdf318209, 2011.

Verkhoshansky V. The Fundamentals of Special-Strengths Training. Sportivny Press, 1982.

Zatsiorsky VM. Science and Practice of Strength Training. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1995.

Jennings, C. L., Viljoen, W., Durandt, J., & Lambert, M. I. (2005). The reliability of the FitroDyne as a measure of muscle power. J Strength Cond Res, 19(4), 859-863. 

Jidovtseff, B., Quièvre, J., Hanon, C., & Crielaard, J. M. (2009). Inertial muscular profiles allow a more accurate training loads definition. Les profils musculaires inertiels permettent une définition plus précise des charges d'entraînement, 24(2), 91-96. 

Randell, A. D., Cronin, J. B., Keogh, J. W., Gill, N. D., & Pedersen, M. C. (2011). Effect of instantaneous performance feedback during 6 weeks of velocity-based resistance training on sport-specific performance tests. J Strength Cond Res, 25(1), 87-93.

Pareja-Blanco F, Rodríguez-Rosell D, Sánchez-Medina L, Gorostiaga EM, and González-Badillo JJ. Effect of Movement Velocity during Resistance Training on Neuromuscular Performance. International journal of sports medicine 35: 916-924, 2014

Movement Velocity as a measure of loading intensity in resistance training, Gonzalez-Badillo, Sanchez-Medina. Int J Sports Medicine. 2010, 31: 347-352

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