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Episode 114: Max Schmarzo

Joel Smith: Just Fly Performance Podcast, Podcast| ByMark Hoover

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Max Schmarzo is the Owner and CEO of Strong by Science. He is also the Director of Sports Science at The Resilience Code, a company that specializes in offering personalized solutions to health and wellness needs, and the Chief Science Officer at Exsurgo Technologies. Max is the author of Applied Principles of Power Development, Isometrics for Performance, and Force is King. He is considered an expert in multidisciplinary care, sport science data solutions, and athlete development. Max has worked to help develop evidence-based, data-driven sport science and training practices for teams at multiple levels of play.

Max is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS) and NATA Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC). He received his M.S. in Kinesiology from Iowa State University. He also holds dual bachelor’s degrees in athletic training and strength and conditioning from Coe College.

In this episode, Max discusses the adaptive processes, the different effects of recovery modalities, nutrition, and how those things impact programming decisions. He gives amazing insight into the adaptation of tendons and discusses inflammation and its role in training.

In this podcast, Coach Max Schmarzo and Joel discuss:

  • Adaptation to stress at both the muscular and cellular levels.
  • The overuse of the general term “recovery” and the specific responses from varying modalities.
  • Nutritional impact on the type of recovery protocol that is programmed.
  • The differences between training tendons and muscles.
  • Possible negative impacts of cryotherapy on adaptations.

Podcast total run time is 51:55.

Keywords: nutrition, recovery, adaptation to stress, cryotherapy

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Mark Hoover

Mark Hoover works for SimpliFaster in a coaching and technical consulting capacity and is the Director of Athletic Performance at Metrolina Christian Academy in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Coach Hoover started his career coaching football at both the high school and NCAA levels. After spending nearly 20 years in the dual role of sport coach/strength coach (including 11 years as a head football coach), he made the transition to full-time strength and conditioning in 2015.

Coach Hoover holds bachelor’s degrees in communications and physical education and is fully certified in K–12 social studies and physical education. He is currently pursuing an MS in Exercise Science. He is a USAW Level 1 and 2 Certified Advanced Sports Performance Coach, as well as an NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist.

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