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Tony Gentilcore is one of the leaders in the fitness industry. He writes articles for the biggest websites and magazines you can imagine (Men's Health, T-Nation, Bodybuilding.com), has his own gym, and is one of the funniest guys in this industry. See for yourself: Hello Tony and thank you for your time, I really appreciate it. Could you please introduce yourself to those, who aren’t familiar with you? TG: My name is Tony Gentilcore, but my closest friends call me Jason Bourne. Some interesting facts about me: I grew up in a small town in central NY (in the Finger...

Petr Koukal je osoba, kterou není třeba představovat. Jeho příběh o boji s rakovinou už jste v médiích jistě zaznamenali nesčetněkrát. Spousta mužů se díky němu dostavila na preventivní prohlídku, která jim zachránila život. Po olympiádě v Riu ukončil svou sportovní kariéru a věnuje se hlavně své nadaci STK pro chlapy a také mu nedávno vyšla nová kniha. I přesto bychom neměli zapomenout na to, čím doposud Petr Koukal hlavně byl: Sportovcem, který podstoupil nespočet hodin tréninkových dávek. Na podobu jeho sportovní přípravy se podíváme v tomto rozhovoru. Přeji příjemné čtení. Na začátku našeho rozhovoru bych Vám chtěl moc poděkovat...

In the first part of our interview, we discussed mainly the importance of speed work or endurance training for basketball players. In the second part, you will find a lot of insights about player-coach relationship, in-season strength training or team culture. The interview is pretty long, so let's get straight to it. How long is the warm-up prior to a vigorous sprinting session? A typical warm-up for us may last as long as 30-45 minutes.  This includes all of our technical mechanics, plyometrics, medicine ball throws, starts, build-ups and any other prep work relevant to what we have planned that...

Josh Bonhotal is a Strength and Conditioning Coach who specializes in basketball specific conditioning. Currently, he is working for Purdue University, whose men's basketball team ranks very high in preseason (as no. 9 in NCAA, according to Blue Ribbon Yearbook). In the first part of our interview, Josh will be talking about offseason and preseason training, endurance training, or the effect of a coach on the attitude of players. Lot of space is also devoted to speed work. Enjoy!  Josh, thank you for making time for this interview, I really appreciate it. Could you please introduce yourself to our readers? Currently,...