58 – Training Green Berets; w/ Hunter Schurrer

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A little about Hunter Schurrer

Hunter has a master’s degree in exercise physiology. He has been a college strength coach for many years and currently works for Exos training Green Berets at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He has previously presented at NSCA conferences on training active duty military personnel and the considerations that need to be taken when working with these groups.

He is also personally a great athlete and excellent olympic lifter (see show notes for vids).

 

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In this episode we discuss:

• Training for a sport or profession
• How to get into a college strength coach position
• The needs of basketball players
• Training green berets and programming considerations
• Hitting main movement patterns every day

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Show Notes

Qualifying for the American Open

With a last min decision to enter a meet I was able to produce my best result yet, going 5-6. I hit my first 300 total, qualifying me for the American Open, and snatched 140 kg / 308 lbs. ???? Snatch – 130, 135, 140 – 4 kg meet PR C&J – 155, 160, 165x missed jerk- 2 kg meet PR Total – 11 kg meet PR Clean – 2 kg PR #olympicweightlifting #weightlifting #snatch #cleanandjerk #calpians #bewarethefuryofapatientman #feedthesphinx #oldmanstrength #mastersweightlifting #strength #conditioning #power

A post shared by Hunter Schurrer (@hschurrer) on Apr 16, 2017 at 10:00am PDT

165kg jerk

A post shared by Hunter Schurrer (@hschurrer) on Jan 17, 2017 at 6:35pm PST

Presenting at the NSCA TSAC:

@hschurrer telling it like it is at #tsac2017

A post shared by Nate Palin (@natepalin) on Apr 4, 2017 at 12:17pm PDT

To learn more from Hunter:

• On Instagram @hschurrer

Want to see anyone in particular on a future episode of TMF podcast? Leave a comment down below!

-Ryan