Down the Rabbit Hole
Things outside of the conventional strength & conditioning stuff.
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Latest Episodes
Jake Jensen - From Sweeping Floors To Leading An NHL Performance Program
Going from sweeping floors to running performance for an NHL franchise doesn’t happen by accident. I sat down with Jake Jensen, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Seattle Kraken, to unpack the real story behind a “made it” career: men...
The Art of Coaching with Ellee Beckman
A four-year-old “breathing fire” to escape a closed guard sounds like chaos until you see the coaching underneath it. We’re joined by Ellee Beckman, owner of Art of Coaching and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, to talk...
2026 Sport Movement Skill Conference Review
I’m back from a short hiatus with a field report from the Emergence Movement Conference, where debates replace slides and coaches actually talk face to face. I lay out why the real argument underneath ecological dynamics is capacity versus tran...
Paul Gagne - How Posture & Breathing Effect Performance
If you’ve ever watched an athlete dominate in games while looking average in the weight room, Paul Gagné has an explanation that cuts deeper than “talent.” We’re talking about posturology: how the brain uses vision, the vestibular system, and f...
Jesse Danger: The Movement Creative, Parkour, Play, And Purpose
What if movement was your first language? We sit down with Jesse Danger—coach, builder, and founder of The Movement Creative—to explore how parkour can turn a city into a classroom and frustration into the felt sense of learning. From a rough r...