Coach Mike Guevara - Redefining Athletic Excellence with Co-Founder of GBG Hoops - Episode #190

Have you ever wondered what it takes to perform at the highest levels of athleticism? Meet Coach Mike Guevara, co-founder of GBG Hoops, who has made it his mission to redefine our understanding of what it means to be truly athletic. Tune in and join us as we unpack the different levels of athleticism, delve deep into the required skills to perform at the top, and even discuss which sports house the greatest athletes. 

From an athlete to a renowned coach, Coach Mike G shares his inspiring journey with us. Infused with a deep-rooted love for football, strength, and conditioning, his transformation is marked by emotional leadership, competitive drive, and a burgeoning passion for the sport. We also explore his exciting new endeavors including app development and NBA athlete training. Even under the pressures of the pandemic, Coach Mike G's resilience and constant strive for improvement remain unwavered.

The episode, however, is not all about athleticism and training. We take a step back and examine the crucial role of sleep in performance improvement, with practical tips to help improve sleep hygiene. From Coach Mike G's morning routine to how he prepares for a successful day, this episode is packed with useful insights for athletes, coaches, and sports enthusiasts alike. Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation with Coach Mike G that promises to reshape your perception of athleticism.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
How would you define athleticism Well?

Speaker 2 (00:04):
for me.
I actually define athleticismas a moving biological creature
able to learn new movement.
So how well do you adapt toyour environment in order to get
a job done?
That, to me, is athleticism.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Hey, welcome back to the Athletes Podcast.
This is episode 190 featuringCoach Mike G, also known as Mr
Do-it-Moving on Instagram andalso the co-founder of GBG Hoops
.
If you're not aware, Coach Mikehas numerous clients and the
NBA has worked with the world'snumber one tennis player,
formerly Victoria Azarenka, aswell as NFL athletes, NBA

(00:51):
athletes.
The guy is simply incredible athis craft.
Athleticism is an art and it issomething that Coach Mike has
mastered, One of the best in thebusiness.
I was so honored to be able tofeature him today.
We had the honor of actuallyrecording this in his home.
Honor, respect are some of thewords that come to mind when I
think about the conversationthat we had, and I can't wait

(01:12):
for you folks to listen.
Before we forget, I want you toremember that we have an
athlete agreement.
You listen to the AthletesPodcast.
All we ask in return is thatyou hit the subscribe button,
Whether you're listening onApple, Spotify, YouTube.
We appreciate it so much.
We can't thank you enough fortuning in.
Hope you enjoy the episode.
Here we go.
How are you, Kyo?

(01:32):
The cheat is pretty cool.
That guy's an animal.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I'd want to be his number two.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
I've seen you work with some incredible athletes.
He's another kind of incrediblespecimen of an athlete.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
He's on another level , I think there are levels to
the different types of athletesthat exist.
It depends on how you defineathleticism, but he, based off
of measurables like speed,quickness, vertical jump, these
types of things, he's probablytop tier.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
How would you define athleticism?

Speaker 2 (02:09):
For me, I actually define athleticism as a moving
biological creature able tolearn new movement.
How well do you adapt to yourenvironment in order to get a
job done?
That, to me, is athleticism,because there are a lot of size,

(02:32):
weight, height, speed, peoplethat aren't good at their sport.
Is that really a good athlete?
So, for me, I always considerthe skill of movement as a part
of my definition of athleticism,which would be a good question
to ask which sport houses thebest athletes?
I love this conversation.

(02:54):
I love this wherever we're going.
What is your mind goingimmediately?
Who has the best athletessport-wise?

Speaker 1 (03:02):
When it comes to the definition you just provided,
it's a combination of rugbyfootball and rugby basketball.
I see the different skillsrequired to perform those.
It's not just speed, it's notjust weight it's not just height

(03:23):
.
There's so many differentvariables involved.
What's your answer?

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well, rugby is actually in there.
So, yeah, we're here with it,believe it or not, basketball is
not in there, but hockey is,and the reason why is they're on
ice.
The skill of skating in itselfis a high athletic endeavor in
my opinion.
So hockey and rugby areprobably my two priorities.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Athleticism I love hearing that because I was a
hockey player growing up, alittle tendy though you must
have been a great athlete.
I'm not going to say I was thebest, because I'm here talking
to the athletes instead ofactually playing, but that's
part of what inspired it, Ithink hockey.
Just seeing playing a ton ofthose sports growing up, I
realized, hey, there's somethingto be said for people who are
capable of achieving greatthings, and I want to try and

(04:12):
dissect that and figure out whatmakes those people great.
And we're 190 conversations inthis one featuring Mike Guevara
Guevara Guevara.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
I was crying.
It was close.
I'm not mad at the effort.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
Considering my background, I'm like it was
close.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
That's why a lot of people just call me Mike G,
coach, mike G.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
Coach Mike G.
Mr Dewitt, moving from GBGHoops.
Thank you so much for coming onthe athletes podcast.
My man, I'm excited for thisconversation.
I'm honored really to be ableto film this here in your home
gym studio.
You got a six set up here first.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
Thank you, thank you I appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
I feel like just this whole first kind of 15, 20
minutes has been amazing becausewe get introduced to your wife
Mocha.
You got a team here going, yougot a set up.

Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yes.
So I love that you bring thatup because, as the forward
facing person within this entireoperation, I feel like my wife
doesn't get a lot of credit, andanytime I get an opportunity to
give her credit, which youactually brought up, I take that
whole heartedly.
She is definitely 50% of thisoperation.

(05:24):
She does all the things thatnobody really appreciates and if
it wasn't for her, thisbusiness would not be a business
.
So thank you for bringing thatup.
It is a team effort.
We all have our jobs and westay in our lanes and we do them
really well.
So that's kind of how thisworks.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
Yeah, you pointed a phoenix behind the camera?

Speaker 2 (05:46):
I did.
Who is the 50% of the athletespodcast?
I did, I did.

Speaker 1 (05:51):
I'm behind.
Every great man is typically agreat woman, and I think there's
it's underestimated what havinga partner in something, in
these endeavors that we tend topursue, leads towards.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
And.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
I think it's good that you shout her out and make
sure that she gets attention.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yeah, man, shout out to Phoenix.
Man, good for you.
When you guys pulled up I toldher I'm like, oh, they're like
us.
They got like a little teamgoing on.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
So that's really exciting to see.
It makes it so much better whenyou can share with someone.
Right, I think you've?
You're a testament to that overthe years of just basically
brute forcing your way into thesport world.
Let's start back at the earlydays.
For coach Mike G yes.
Football player yes.

Speaker 2 (06:36):
Believe it or not.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Who didn't have the measurables, if I remember
correctly quoting you.
Correct.
Why don't we start off bysharing, having you share a bit
of your athletic journey?

Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, so it could get quite wordy, so I'll try and
spare the audience with that.
But yeah, man, you know, if youguys are watching, you see what
you see.
I'm a five foot Asian dude notthat many high level athletes
that are Asian, let alone playAmerican football and also

(07:08):
wasn't blessed with blazingspeed.
So in an era in which I grew up, the spread offense was just
starting to get more prevalentand popular, which is like the
West Welkers of the world andJulian Edelman's and things,
these types of receivers.
So my role wasn't quite carvedinto the realm of football.

(07:28):
So I had to figure out how tomake my mark.
Why did I love football so much?
I have no idea.
My dad loved it.
We were Raider fans growing up,always around it, but just
identified with it the most.
It wasn't tennis, wasn't soccer, tried all those sports, it was
football.
So that's what I leaned intothe most.
And because I was always secondguest, based off of the eye

(07:52):
test, which is people justjudging you based on how you
look, I had to close thecompetitive edge somehow, or the
competitive gap somehow, whichwas training.
It was lifting weights, it wasdoing my own speed training.
You remember the jump soulswith the big things on the

(08:13):
forefoot, like wearing those andtraining those and figuring out
ways.
How can I close the competitivegap so that people don't judge
me based off of my appearanceand, more or less, my skill.
And that's how I fell in lovewith strength and conditioning.
That hard work and that fireand desire to be the best put me

(08:34):
in the category of earning adivision to scholarship.
I did play on scholarships.
I was pretty decent, right.
But my dream of playing in theNFL was soon struck down when I
started to train NFL athletesand I would see these six foot

(08:55):
two, six foot four receiversjust like me, 220 pounds,
running faster than me, movingquicker than me, stronger than
me.
So it was a very good realitycheck when I was working with
these athletes and seeing, like,what it really took physically
to be in this competitive realm,and I was okay with that.

(09:16):
I knew that my path was to be acoach.
Based off of my motivation, mydrive, my willingness to be
emotional and spirited all thetime.
It just boated.
Well, I had the qualities to bea good strength coach.
Considering my journey as anathlete always lifting, always
running, always training madesense and competed At the

(09:39):
highest level.
I feel like I could.
I feel like I tapped into mymost highest ceiling, had a
great career and became what Iwas supposed to, which was a
coach.

Speaker 1 (09:51):
The story just gives me chills because I did not
achieve a college scholarship.
But I realized at a young agethat I was not making the NFL,
NBA, NHL, insert any otherprofessional sport league.
But there's areas where you canimpact the game positively
outside of being a player, and Ithink that's something that
you've done extremely wellobviously training hundreds,

(10:12):
probably thousands of athletesnow to date who instilled those
qualities.

Speaker 2 (10:18):
I'd have to always begin with my dad.
He was 20 years army, unitedStates Army.
So with his own training hebrought to our household
discipline, honor, respect,routine things that just go hand
in hand with being an athlete.
And, truthfully, outside ofthat, you just grasp onto

(10:44):
important people that come intoyour life teammates.
One coach in specific was a guyby the name of Mark Survey who
was my first junior collegecoach.
He's the one that inspired theemotional leadership, the spirit
, spiritedness, the competitivedrive.
He's the one that reallyallowed my passion to breathe

(11:06):
from a vocal standpoint.
He gave me a voice and heencouraged me to have that voice
and, as an Asian person in thissport, it wasn't surprised a
lot of people, but he encouragedme to do that.
I was very physical, as youprobably know from hockey, but I
didn't shy away from contact,so he loved that about me and he

(11:27):
it's just one of these specialtypes of coaches that you want
to run through a wall for and hewas like that and he allowed me
to really grow from thatstandpoint.
So I would say my dad andsurvey I always said that I want
to coach like Mark survey, whois a head football coach now,
still to this day and I alwaysmodeled the way I approached

(11:51):
athletes after him, because healways found a way to Bring out
the best in his athletes,included myself.
So the regiment, honor, respect, discipline piece, my dad for
sure.
And then like the actualcoaching qualities, of Like
being a players coach andmotivating and inspiring,

(12:12):
definitely mark, survey for sure.
Sorry no, you're good.

Speaker 1 (12:23):
We had it in previous episodes.

Speaker 2 (12:27):
Yeah, because I'll for sure was touching that thing
, so I will be more mindful.
Yes, ma'am.

Speaker 1 (12:42):
The beauty were you.
Were you quiet before that orwhat did?
Yeah, what a coach servicestill like.
What do you?
What do you say?

Speaker 2 (12:49):
to you to get that like.
I was never afraid to be vocalon the field because you know,
american football is verypassionate, like it's.
It's it's Probably the mostemotional space I've ever been
in my life.
Like you know, you cry, you,you, you get angry everything in
the same game.

(13:11):
You know I used to like crybefore the star spangled banner.
That's how like emotionallycharged it was.
I'm not crying because I'm sador nervous, like I'm just like
so charged up.
But when it came to like thelocker room you know what I mean
or my teammates, or like hejust encouraged me to like you
know you have something to say,say it.
You know these guys Believe inyou and trust you because you

(13:34):
lead by example.
You know you're the first oneto go into the foxhole, if you
will, in terms of like blockingthe biggest dude on the field or
Blowing up a wedge or whateverwas back then.
You know football was stillreally, really physical.
I mean it's still physical, butlike less rules for sure.
And Most sports now, you knowright, exactly, except for
basketball actually it's gonethe other way, facts.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
So he just saw that in me and he and he and he just
brought that into.

Speaker 2 (14:01):
Like under a magnifying glass.
You know he amplified it and Ithink my teammates also gave me
inspiration to continue to growLike go ahead, my G yeah, talk,
you got something to say.
Say it, yeah.
And I always had something goodto say because I always led
From my actions on the field andpeople would listen and people
would follow.
So From that point on, thatgave me the confidence to be

(14:23):
that person and, like even mysenior year at Ferris State
University, shout out to theBulldogs.
I was awarded the most spiritedaward, which is the most
Emotional leader person on theentire team, and that was a
really cool award for me, yeah.
So yeah, that's a testament toit.
Who is your favorite Raidergrowing up?
Tim Brown.
I'm a big fan of the Bulldogs.
I'm a big fan of the.

Speaker 1 (14:44):
Bulldogs.
That's a testament to it.
Who is your favorite Raidergrowing up?
Tim Brown.

Speaker 2 (14:50):
Tim Brown, so wire receiver, just like me, number
81, and just remember what's theword just wanted to be like him
so much you know the way hewould tape his fingers, the way
he would always catch the ballwith his hands, the way he
Approach the game.
I just love the way he playedthe game, so that was my
favorite Raider, for sure.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
I always like bringing up who, like athletes,
tried to, who inspired them, whothey're trying to emulate.
So I'm always curious, becausenow you're working with a ton of
athletes on a daily basis, youget to see these incredible
specimens and you know, to meI'm like there's specific things
that make each person uniqueand Obviously it's your spirit,
it's your energy, it's yourability to coach.

(15:32):
Did that transfer into CSUNwhen you went there for school?

Speaker 2 (15:37):
so, for those who don't know, I I competed my
athletic college eligibility atFerris.
I exhausted that, finished myCompetitive sports clock but
didn't finish my degree.
So once I was done playingfootball at Ferris I didn't want

(15:57):
to stay in Michigan.
Okay, no offense to no offenseto those that live in Michigan
or from Michigan.
But I want to be home, I wantto be back in LA.
So that's when I transferredFrom Ferris to finish my degree
at CSUN.
So once I got to CSUN it wasjust like head down, nose in the
books.
I don't care about anything butfinishing this degree and

(16:18):
getting into the workforce,which was coaching.
So that's kind of what that was.
It was just Kind of just mebridging the period from
competing as an athlete tocoaching.
I still had to finish my, mycoursework.
I didn't finish at Ferris, sothat's why I finished that was
at CSUN, so I didn't compete atCSUN.

Speaker 1 (16:36):
Yeah, yeah, no, but I mean like that, that transition
is important because people,Especially at the end of their
athletic career what is it?
Less than 1% of people who areplaying at that college will
make it to the pro level.
Sure, and one of the things wetalked about earlier about
Educating, entertaining,inspiring is like, even if you
don't make it to that pro level,there's things you can do to
impact oh yeah, that's why Isaid like you were able to

(16:58):
obviously transition Flawlesslyinto your current career now
right seamlessly.

Speaker 2 (17:04):
You're right.
You know we play organizedsports growing up and there's a
lot of tools and gifts that comefrom that that have nothing to
do with the sport, and that'sexactly what that was for me, no
question about it.
I mean, because of the factthat I was Ordained to go down
this path of being counted out,always having a chip on my

(17:26):
shoulder, blah, blah, blah Todeveloping all these qualities
that turned me into a coach.
That was the most amazingjourney that I could have ever
endured, because it gave me mypassion in my career, which is
not work right you.
You don't work a day in yourlife if you love what you do.
And I haven't worked since 2006Because I've been coaching

(17:51):
since 2006 and these are one ofthese things that you know.
I like I try to educate a lot ofcoaches that are up and coming
and on their journey as well.
As like it took me a good 8 to11 years to truly Start to make
a quality living from afinancial perspective.
Like it was a long, longjourney, but it didn't feel long

(18:13):
because I enjoyed going to workevery single day.
I enjoyed changing people'slives for the better and
inspiring them.
So you know they always ask howdid you get to where you're at?
How do you work with suchamazing athletes?
And you know a lot of it ispatience, time and just
investing the Sweat equity intoyour craft and over time.

(18:35):
If you truly are following yourpassion in your heart,
everything else takes care ofitself and I really believe in
that and I'm a I'm a testamentto it.
But don't get into strength andconditioning or performance,
thinking that it's a high-payingjob, because it's simply not.
It's simply not.
You know, we do it because welove to coach and that's really

(18:56):
the bottom foundation,underlying factor.

Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, and you've been consistent, like you said,
since oh six.
This is what you've been doingcoaching, training, impact
people positively.
Talk to me about that chip onyour shoulder, because I think a
lot of athletes have that.
Some do, some don't.
I think some people are alwaysof the opinion that I, you don't
want to have that for too long,but I think, like I've got,

(19:19):
that there's a reason why peoplesee success after having that.
Oh yeah.

Speaker 2 (19:23):
I mean, I Think there's levels to everything and
you know that Boulder could beexcessive if you allow it to.
If it's, if it's affecting yourrelationships and how you
approach people and how youinteract with your teammates and
your coaches, of course it'sgonna hurt you versus help you.
But that chip for me was justConsistently being counted out

(19:48):
as a small Asian wide receiveror football player, and that you
know that was difficult.
That was difficult to handle andI didn't have anybody that
looked like me to Use, as youknow, the North Star.
I never had any North Star wholooks like me that's doing what

(20:08):
I want to do and helping me getthrough this nobody.
So, you know, my dad alwaysjust taught me like, don't take
shit from nobody, I hope Iconcur, sorry, and, you know,
have honor but also don'tTolerate disrespect, and he
always just instilled that in meand I use that as a, as a badge

(20:29):
of courage, as my North Star tocontinue to fight and to
continue to to do what I feltwas true, my true passion and my
true path.
And I just love the game and ifthat meant hitting the biggest
dude on the field, I'm gonna doit.
If that meant, you know,blocking, I'll do it.
Whatever it was, whatever thejob that needed to be done was,

(20:51):
I was willing to do it and youknow, you know you can call it
what you may.
I think I was born that way.
I really just think that Godgave me a little bit of extra
courage to just stand up towhoever, whenever, wherever I I,
I can relate.

Speaker 1 (21:06):
I was the chubby white kid growing up so Realized
what a carbohydrate was afterafter high school and I
definitely helped.
But I mean I always am curiousbecause I think people got to
realize what makes people ticksometimes and.
It's cool to know.
You know what got peoplestarted and how they get on

(21:27):
their journey, and I want toknow the start of your journey
was really in tennisSurprisingly, yes, for some
people to know, despite the factyou're mainly ball players, now
, yep, you're working with thetop tennis player in the world
at one point.

Speaker 2 (21:40):
Yes, not everyone can say they were number one in the
world gold medals.

Speaker 1 (21:45):
That's pretty legit.

Speaker 2 (21:47):
Yeah.
So Shortly after I joined myfirst real gym, a part of the
staff called the factory in WestLake Village, california, I
Victoria Azarenka, who wasnumber five in the world at the
time number five, so she wasn'tLike from the bottom and then

(22:09):
all of a sudden she went tonumber one.
No, she was number five.
So she was already amazing.
She comes into the gym andshe's Observing me train a bunch
of high school kids, right?
So she comes up to us, to me,and she's like so what are your
thoughts on traveling andtraining me?

(22:32):
And I'm like Me.
And she's like you know, no,yeah, you.
And I'm like, I'm 26 at thetime, I just broke into the
coaching stratosphere.
You know, I'm just happy to bethere, right, I'm just happy to
be around.
So obviously I'm like, ofcourse, like hello, yes.

(22:52):
So she's like I'll give you oneweek, let's work together.
I'm in LA for a week and let'ssee how it goes and if the
chemistry is there, we'll talkfurther.
Dave, I took two days For her tooffer me a contract Two days,
yep.
So I did a training session inthe gym and then I went to the
tennis court and warmed her upand she was like you know,

(23:16):
you're the guy I want to put youon salary.
I want you to travel with me 20weeks a year.
We're going to be going toDubai, abu Dhabi, spain, blah,
blah, blah, everywhere in NewYork.
And you know, for a guy whodidn't have a wife or kids was
like a dream job For sure.
So it changed my life.

(23:37):
It changed my life.
I'm forever grateful for herand her team for giving me an
opportunity and we were able todo really cool things, like be
number one in the world for 370something days no big deal, when
two Australian opens, a couplegold medals, like.
We did some really cool thingsand I can valiantly say I was a

(24:00):
part of that.
So it was really cool.

Speaker 1 (24:02):
So what is it that happened in those first two days
that sold her on it?
Was there one thing or anythingin particular that you're just
like I got to do this.
Make sure she knows I'm in thereal deal.

Speaker 2 (24:12):
So her coach mentioned that she wanted
somebody that was not in thetennis world and that was
purposefully because, like they,it's kind of like every sport
they all reuse and recycle thesame people.
You know, this coach goes tothis team, this, and it was very
similar to that.
So she was just like I wantsomeone fresh.

(24:33):
I want somebody that isn't apart of this.
You know, very small, tightknit, community and bubble, so I
was already winning because ofthat.
I come from a different sportand you know I'm just a young,
super energized, happy to betheir kid, ready to do anything
and everything.

(24:53):
You know what I mean Justextremely motivated.
And within the actual trainingsessions we did a bunch of games
.
So I gamify.
I learned early through myinspirations as coaches and
whatnot like like strengthcoaches, that gamifying warmups
and certain drills really allowthe athlete to engage mentally.

(25:16):
So I use that as a secretweapon and she loved all the
games I tapped into like whatshe really really liked, and
just hit that button over andover and over and over again.
So she felt like she wasgetting a great workout, but
also she was having fun doing itand that's the key.
I think training doesn't haveto always be difficult.

(25:37):
It could be difficult and funyeah.

Speaker 1 (25:40):
Yeah, and that passion shines through in your
content on social media.
Like I love just scrollingthrough your page and just
seeing not only the peopleyou're working with, but just
how you're able to control theroom and you're dictating the
energy that's being introduced.
And like that on its own is askill like you talked about.
And I think that's what keepsdrawing guys in like Freddie

(26:02):
steady Freddie, as you call them.
Yes, sir.
Green like favorite moment fromthat Victoria Azarenka kind of
experience.

Speaker 2 (26:10):
Whole experience, boy , I mean the most memorable you
know, favorite.
it's difficult because it's alot of time, but the most
memorable was when we lost toSerena Williams in the US Open
final.
The second time Serena gets upbig, first set like six one

(26:32):
destroys her in the first set.
So we're like, oh, here we go,because it's Serena, right, she
fights her butt back, wins thesecond set, six, two.
Now we're in the third set.
Now it's like, oh man, now likeall of the old football
emotions are coming back.
You know what I mean.
Because it feels that energetic, that electric, and we ended up

(26:54):
losing, I think in a tie break,and it was like heartbreaking.
But at the same time it was sucha fight, you know, because no
one bet, bet on her, victoria,you know.
Obviously Serena is at home inthe United States.
Everyone in that entire arena20,000 people were were cheering
for Serena, except for us.
So it just felt like an againstall odds type feel again that

(27:16):
chip on your shoulder type, feellike I know this space, I'm
very familiar with it, and we'regoing to stand up and we're
going to punch them in the face.
And she did that.
Unfortunately, it wasn't thethe knockout blow.
So, we were short, but thatwhole moment for me was one of
the most inspiring and memorablemoments, moments in my athletic

(27:39):
career, let alone as an athleteor coach like it was.
The emotions I felt, eventhough I wasn't playing, was
undescribable.

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Now let's get back to the show.
And then people think that youwent straight from tennis
working with her to drew andlike there's a lot of time in
the use of the UCLA action rightIf I remember?

Speaker 2 (28:29):
no, no, I never.
I never was with the school.
I actually never was attachedto any company until my first
couple years in coaching.
Then I became independent, thenI was with Victoria, then I

(28:49):
owned a gym space in betweenVictoria and drew, and then
finally drew brought me to thePelican.
So there was this period oftime where I actually owned a
space.

Speaker 1 (29:01):
Wasn't a Drew's girl at the time, though that
connected you guys.

Speaker 2 (29:05):
Drew's girlfriend at the time, lauren Chaney, who was
who went to UCLA, that's okay,so that's where I was putting
that tune together.
But she was already left UCLA,was with the US national team
soccer, had already won a WorldCup.
She was already way into aprofessional career.

(29:26):
But I actually started withLauren first, before I worked
with Drew.
And Lauren is the one that saidyo, drew, you know, next summer
you might want to work withthis dude Like he's really good.
I killed all of my fitnesstests.
Now I'm not going to takecredit for that, because she was
probably by far, pound forpound, the best athlete I had

(29:47):
ever worked with pound for pound.
Yeah, okay, yes, shout out toher and her amazing athleticism.
But she's the one that kind ofbrought it to Drew's attention
and he gave me a chance in therest of his kind of history.
I pretty much everyone knowsthat story.

Speaker 1 (30:05):
Dude Marathon man.
He's got some miles under hisbelt and you kept him in some
serious shape.
Yes, what?
Because it was three plus years.
You guys were working together.
You're on the road, Yep, Likeyou said, and people know the
story.
They can really search that up,but I mean most memorable
moments from that experiencethat you'd love to share, love
to share.

Speaker 2 (30:23):
I think that's the one that comes up all the time
for me because people ask methis question.
So my first year with the teamwent to the playoffs sweat
Portland.
That was when Dame had a reallytough time with the Pelicans
defense and Drew was obviouslythe head of the spear of this

(30:43):
one.
They blitzed the hell out ofhim.
He couldn't do anything.
We ended up sweeping them.
That was dope.
So here comes Golden State 4-1C.
They ended up winning thechampionship, obviously.
So no small order, right, verytall, tall task.
But they sweep us in agentleman's sweep 4-1.

(31:05):
And Drew had just been named theIron man of the league because
he traveled the most miles.
They have this, this trackingsystem.
I forget what it's called, damnit, but anyways, it literally
tracks distance travel for everysingle NBA athlete If you step
foot on that court.
They have these 3D cameras thatcan literally track how far
people travel throughout theseason.

(31:26):
He had the most miles, heplayed the most minutes, right,
so the last game we get swept,we lose the series in game five
in Golden State.
And I'm cooling them down,we're doing our stretches, we're
doing our percussion and I'mlike well, how do you feel?
And he's like, and he justfinished playing 48 minutes

(31:48):
didn't come out, 48 minutesstayed in the entire game.
He said, like I can keep going.
And that was the moment in which, a I knew that there's
something to this training thing.
There's something to it, like Iknow that we're making a
benefit, but damn.
And B we can actually peekbefore the playoffs.

(32:10):
It's not just get to theplayoffs, it's not survive the
season, it's literally we'rebuilding up to peek for April
and May.
And that's what we did.
And did I systematically dothat on purpose?
No, but the work we were doingthroughout the season was

(32:30):
clearly getting him ready topeek at the right moment.
And now every athlete I workwith mainly Spencer and Fred Van
Vleet, that's our goal is topeek for playoff time.

Speaker 1 (32:43):
It's interesting because there's so much around
load management and guysspending time training.
How much training off trainingduring the season, off season,
like I mean you hear that guyplaying 48 minutes, having
played the most time travel themost travel, the most distance,
like to me, I'm like, okay, sothere's, I understand the load

(33:05):
management aspect to some degree, but obviously you're breaking
that stigma down.

Speaker 2 (33:09):
I think that we have to understand all the variables
that are going into thisEquation.
Okay, so I was Drew's littleAsian shadow.
You know he.
He was Going to all thesecities he had, you know, I was

(33:33):
there with him at home, I wasthere with him.
I'm seeing him before games,after games, like I'm literally
providing care, strength,training and treatment for him.
You know, stretching and thingsthat fall within the realm that
I'm Qualified to do.
I'm not, I'm not a PT, I'm notdoing Manipulations or Cairo

(33:54):
work or anything like thatnature.
I don't, that's not my skillset, but I just think that there
are.
There's a lot of value incooling down.
I mean.
There's a lot of value in Longduration stretching.
There's a lot of value in indown, regulating the system and
that's basically, you know, likewhen you play your games as a

(34:16):
hockey player and you just comeoff the ice, you're amped up.
There's a lot of value incalming that nervous system down
and getting you into arrest.
I just type Mode so that youcan sleep better, so that you
can recover better, like this.
This is science and that's whatI was there for and I would

(34:38):
make sure that he got thattreatment every single day With,
in conjunction with smartweight training, with things
like blood flow restriction andall the different strategies
that I can Think that was veryapplicable in our situation.
Load management management is athing as long as you understand

(34:59):
the picture in its totality.
What's their nutrition like?
How are they sleeping?
Do they like to go out, do theydrink alcohol, do they eat
sugar, like all of these thingsand because I'm around so much,
I was able to understand thepicture and I was able to imply
and input quality strategy Basedoff of that information.

(35:21):
So, as fans, when you guys seethe word or phrase load
management, you don't knowwhat's going on behind the
scenes.
All you hear is my fantasy teamis messed up.
I'm not gonna get my player inbecause of load management.
Well, we don't know what'sgoing on.
And because I was there all thetime, he didn't really need
load management because we werevery, very strategic on what we

(35:44):
did on a day-in-day out basis.

Speaker 1 (35:45):
Well, and because, fans, all they see is the 48
minutes of time on the court andthey forget that these Are
human beings at the end of theday and they have lives outside
and they want to have socialoutings and they want to have
relationships and they want togo out and do these things like
and those are important in Lifeto ensure that you're having a
living, a balanced, healthy life, absolutely, but there's

(36:09):
something to be said forensuring that you're primed and
ready to perform for your job.
Is that that?
The end of the day, that's whatyou're trying to do.
So, sir, why are peopleimplementing this?
The way drew was for threeyears.

Speaker 2 (36:21):
Yeah, that's a good question, but I Think a lot of
it.
Okay, so this is a very layeredonion to peel, because having a
guy you know my number onepriority was drew holiday, yeah,
so there could be some ruffledfeathers there.
So those are difficult watersto navigate as a GM, as a head

(36:45):
coach, as a medical directorlike how am I going to Organize
the environment so that everyoneis happy, but mainly my player?
Now I got to worry about thismedical staff who feels a
certain type of way about whatthis person is doing with their
athlete.
You know a lot of ego and I getall those dynamics and those
are real Dynamics that you haveto address and deal with.

(37:08):
So, to have a guy, it's verydifficult for it to be a very
symbiotic relationship betweenMedical staff, performance staff
and then this dude whose droosguy, right, so that was
difficult, right, that was.
That wasn't a walk in the park,like there were some Social

(37:28):
dynamics that we had tomanipulate and manage and figure
out how to make work care toshare some of the hardest parts,
I mean just truth be told.
You know, sometimes Certain pros, certain professionals, you
know, whatever, whateverPhysical therapists, strength
and conditioning they would feela certain type of way about

(37:50):
their number one athlete goingto somebody else.
And that's just what it is.
And I'm okay with Disclosingthat because it happens all the
time and I get it, I get it.
So the first thing you try todo is you try to create a safe
space for yourself.
You go in, you say, hey, myname is Mike G, I'm here with

(38:11):
Drew, I'm trying to do the bestthat I can to service him.
Whatever it is that you need meto do or want meet, want from me
, please let me know.
Like I'm not here to takeanyone's job, I'm here for one
purpose and one purpose only.
So you know you try to createthis environment that's safe.
But you know sometimes thatisn't enough right, and you just

(38:34):
kind of navigate as you see fitand try not to let your ego get
in the way, because we all haveego and that's something that
I've really grown from is justtrying to figure out how to
remove my personal emotions outof every situation, because
people are people and that's notgonna affect what I'm skilled

(38:55):
at.
I'm not gonna let that disruptthat.

Speaker 1 (38:57):
Well, and I think it helps that you're a humble guy
Despite, like, being loud proudof what you're capable of doing.

Speaker 2 (39:04):
That's another thing that could be misinterpreted,
right?
People misinterpret that loudproudness for threat, and you
know, the same thing that makesyou laugh, makes you cry, and
I'm good at what I'm good atbecause of my loud, proud Horse
voice, energy, right?
Like it's just the way it is.

(39:24):
It makes me go and some peopletake threat to that, so I don't
know how to really tone thatdown either.
You know what I mean, so it'stough.

Speaker 1 (39:32):
You're walking a fine line.
You're doing a good job.
Clearly it worked three plusyears.
I obviously got, like you said,marathon man.
When did GBG hoops come intothe equation?
Because obviously not everyonecan have a guy 15 year olds, 12
year olds watching this and havea guy Thanks.

Speaker 2 (39:48):
That's why we got GBG hoops right so GBG hoop stands
for greatness breeds greatnesshoops.
And Just a short story behindthat phrase, anthony Davis, is
the actual credit.
Credit her twice.
I give credit to him.
Whoa, and I used to always saygreatness breeds greatness all

(40:11):
the time Mid-set.
Greatness breeds greatness.
Come on, let's go.
Whatever You're the leader ofthe team, we got to see you work
hard and All of a sudden hecomes in saying GBG, gbg.
And I'm like what the hell ishe talking about?
Because I like didn't.
I never coined it as GBG, Icoined it as greatness breeds
greatness.
And he's like greatness breedsgreatness.
I'm like, hmm, I think I likethat.

(40:33):
Yeah, so I married my dreamgirl and she's a creative and
she Developed this logo.
She sat down and made, made iton the computer and and
basically, if you guys can see,the G's are mirroring each other
.
Yeah, and and the phrasegreatness breeds greatness just

(40:57):
speaks to Iron, sharpening iron.
When I'm my best self, I'mgoing to lift you and elevate
you to be in your best self.
It's just the laws of nature.
Anytime you're around someonethat's like about their stuff
and they're getting it done, youwant to pick it up.
Yeah, I've seen it happen timeand time again, and that's the

(41:18):
moment, the, the, the epitome ofwhat I stand for.
Like.
My job is to uplift and elevate, so that's what this logo is.
You see this bar here.
It just represents elevation.
We're picking each other up.
You see the wings.
We're flying away because Goingup is the way we're gonna go,
and this is the Chinese symbolfor strength.

(41:39):
It just looks really cool.
I'm not Chinese, actually, butwifey, she, she wanted that
there, so it made sense.
So, yeah, that's that's whatGBG is.
That's a story behind the logoand the actual app Project began
during pandemic, you know.
Everybody was shut down, had awhole lot of time on her hands.

(42:01):
We started shooting, we startedpracticing, we started doing
little art projects on the, onthe, on camera.
There's a lot of cool stuff onher page where we would, you
know, film videos at like 10o'clock a night in New Orleans,
in the empty streets of NewOrleans, because it was just a
really cool, visually appealingsetup and and that just inspired

(42:22):
us to start the process.
And then we started to justpick a space and film so Many
exercises where I, you know, geton the camera, perform my
exercise and stumble over mywords and up, do it again, and
do it again, and do it again andjust keep honing the Level in
which I'm at right now.

(42:42):
I feel like I can still getbetter.
I definitely can get better,but I'm I was terrible at the
time.
Just being a presence on camerais completely different.
Yeah, and she used to work in.
Her name is Hedaya.
Hedaya used to work for complexin scenic design and she used
to work with producers anddirectors and videographers.

(43:02):
So she has this very elitePerspective of what it should
look like and that used to annoythe hell out of me, because I'm
like Hedaya, it doesn't need tobe perfect.
Yeah, if you want me to do this, yes, it does.
Yeah, she's like, I'm not goingto accept regular, like.
If you want me to do this, youneed to do it my way.

(43:23):
I'm like you're right,greatness breeds greatness,
greatness breeze greatness.
So she's the one that reallyhelped me develop my ability to
speak on camera, my presence.
You know everything in terms ofjust visual appeal, as, as the
app started to develop and thenyou know, just week by week,
month by month, we just gotbigger and bigger and bigger and

(43:44):
then finally we pulled thetrigger 2021, february.
So we've been live for twoyears damn Everything you ever
dreamed of.
It's a work in progress to thisday and I think that, for those
who do have the app and oursubscribers, thank you.
But there are many improvementsto be had and we understand

(44:06):
that.
But that's the beauty of tech,right?
It's a forever evolving fieldand I'm happy that that is the
case.
So we're actually indevelopment of part two, which
is going to be off the chain, soI can't wait for everyone to
see it.
I think that's the beauty oflife Like.

Speaker 1 (44:22):
I've heard you talk on other podcasts and say like
you're a constant learner,you're never, gonna stop
learning.
It's the same way with apps, isthe same way with working with
people.
You're still gonna learn aboutnew athletes, new ways to train,
new modalities, starting withisometrics, because that works
well to warm guys up.
Yeah, like there's alwayslevels that can always and to

(44:43):
your point.
You, you're always trying toraise that bar right and elevate
that's right, 100%.
What was that like COVID foryou?
Going through that process?
You've got, you're developingan app, you're working with
players.
How do you spread out your day?
What does the bandwidth looklike?
What is the day in a life forcoach Mike G look like during
COVID?

Speaker 2 (45:03):
Or just now in general now.

Speaker 1 (45:05):
Okay, yeah, so that let's get rid of.

Speaker 2 (45:07):
COVID.
Yeah, yeah, covid was was atough time, but it was also a
very flourishing time for us.
But Now it kind of depends onthe time of year.
But well, since we're in summer, we'll go through a day in the
life of the summer time.
The summertime is the most busytime for me, training wise.

(45:28):
This is when all the NBAathletes come back home or come
to LA to train.
This is when I'm literally upfrom 4 am Until I'm up at4.
I'm training from 6 30 am Until2 30 pm, straight, no break, no
lunch, no nothing.

(45:48):
You know, I do have anassistant.
His name is Daniel Chico Liniand he has been a godsend from
that standpoint of being able tostep away and take a bite of a
banana or whatever it is, take afive-minute nap.
You know I'm saying a littlesnooze, but for the most part
it's literally 6 30 to 2 30straight, trying to bring the

(46:10):
same energy and intensity toevery single session, whether
it's the first one or the last.
And that happens Monday,tuesday, thursday and Friday,
yes sir, so very, very, veryVoluminous in nature, but again,
like the field is where Ibelong.

Speaker 1 (46:27):
Yeah like.

Speaker 2 (46:28):
I understand how to scale, I understand the business
aspect of this and I understandin order to create freedom,
which is time, you need to haveSomething digital.
But where I am, my best is inthe field and that's training
people.
So this is where I kind of getthe itch scratch.
I was just gonna say you needthat itch.
Fortunately for us, we get alot of content during these

(46:53):
times as well.
These athletes are Gracefulenough to allow us to bring
cameras in session, so thathelps promote the app without
selling, as you know.
So it's just a really cool timeto just get back into what I'm
really here for, which is coachand Change the Horizon for these

(47:15):
athletes Athletically,physically, mentally.
You know in every single waythat I can, because I'm with
them so much, I'm able toinfluence so many different
things, that you really seethese people change and evolve
in front of your friend, infront of your eyes, and then
they go off and have, hopefully,good seasons, and then you're

(47:36):
just so happy and proud that youwere a part of that process.

Speaker 1 (47:39):
Well, and you get them at the end of their season
where they're probably battereddown, beat broken, and then you
bring them back to this greatstate at the beginning of the
season.
You see this huge transitionthat's got to just feel good on
its own.
Yes, you mentioned making up at4 am, starting training at 6 30
.
What happens between 4 and 6 30?

Speaker 2 (47:57):
Yeah, man.
So like this, this energy isnot manufactured.
There's nothing Synthetic aboutit.
But in order for it to be right, I have a process that I need
to commit to, an order formyself to be ready to go for
that first session, which wasSpencer Denwood II, every single
day, and in order to be coachmy G, in order to Provide the

(48:23):
best experience possible.
Who I am is a part of that, andif I'm not that person because
I'm tired or Whatever thesuperlative you want to place
onto that is, I'm robbing theathlete of their experience and
that's not okay.
So I wake up at 4.
The first thing I do is getinto a cold plunge.
Geez, I don't care if it's coldoutside, if it's hot outside,

(48:46):
whatever, how warm andcomfortable I am.
You know I'm always a firmbeliever of seeking out
discomfort so that whenUnnecessary, unfortunate events
happen to you, you're a littlemore callous to them, you're a
little more ready for them,you're a little more calm and at
peace.
So I seek out discomfort rightaway.

(49:08):
First thing I do again the coldplunge neck deep.
45 degrees Fahrenheit what'sthat in Celsius?

Speaker 1 (49:14):
divided by double it, not 30, so it's what divided by
two.
Mental math in front of acamera 22.

Speaker 2 (49:25):
So when did you?

Speaker 1 (49:27):
start.
When did you start doing thatso?

Speaker 2 (49:30):
I actually started to seek out like cold with Dang it
.
There was a book that I readthat just went through the
amazing benefits of cold waterexposure.
Cold water immersion, coldshowers yeah, damn, I'm not
doing it, them a service.

Speaker 1 (49:49):
I think it will find it.
You will talk about it.

Speaker 2 (49:51):
We'll, yeah, we'll reference it, but you know, that
happened about three, threeyears ago, but I wasn't as
consistent, okay, but then Istarted to go into stoicism and
and Greek Philosophers, marcusAurelius, and they all talk
about how being able to seek outdiscomfort is what we should be
doing on a day-to-day Basis sothat just further myelinated

(50:11):
what I wanted to do, based offof just being the best that I
could.
You see, you know, I'm sayinglike I just attached myself to
these things.
And now, you know, hadiah rollsher eyes every time I quote
Marcus Aurelius.
He was like, uh, here we goagain with the stoicism crap,
but it just works for me, likeI'm not saying that everyone
needs to be stoic, but it worksfor me and in order for me to do

(50:34):
my job at a high level, this iswhat works.
So I'm in the cold plunge.
I have a cold plunge.
Shout out to cold plunge.
Thank you so much the plunge.
Everyone should go get one anduse my code.
There you go.
But uh, I'm in there two tothree minutes, sometimes two,
sometimes three.
I'm either listening to apodcast or an audio book or my

(50:56):
breathing, and Then I go up andI'll make morning drinks for my
wife and I.
We do matcha lattes.
I'll throw some salon cinnamon,some Lions main mushroom, like,
whip them up, real nice, put alittle honey in hers, but not in
mind, because I'm still tryingto maintain ketosis and then
I'll do like an element talkedabout element earlier, like a

(51:17):
salt water, and then I'll get onmy computer and do some like
some programming, because Iprogram best, my mind is
sharpest, most sharp in themorning time, so I'll be able to
knock out some programming.
Then I'm on my way and the driveis like a 45 minute drive from
here to Calabasas.
So in that 45 minutes I'mListening to more audio books,

(51:39):
like I used to be really biginto music, you know, maybe ten
years ago, but now because I'mso into self-improvement and
self-awareness that I'm nowlistening to things that help me
.
Yeah, music Does help me, butnot from a state of mind
perspective, not from amindfulness perspective.
It helps me, helps my moodright doesn't necessarily help

(52:01):
me as a human.
No, exactly how you're talkingso I'm listening to less music
which is up, which isunfortunate, but because music
is beautiful.
But this is just my process andthis is kind of what works for
me and that's why I wake up twoand a half hours prior to the
session.
What time are you gonna sleep?
So that's another part.
So, like, as a married man, youneed to fill your marriage

(52:22):
bucket and because Hadiahdoesn't wake up at 430.
She's not going to bed at 930or at 9 for that matter.
She's up till probably 10, 11,12.
So what's the happy medianright Cuz usually at nighttime
is when we spend our qualitytime together.
You know we have dinnertogether, we watch something
together, you know we talktogether.

(52:42):
So you know, probably 10 to 10,30 is acceptable for her.
Okay, I'd like to be in bed by9, but for her 10, 10, 30 is
more acceptable.
So that's the compromise.

Speaker 1 (52:54):
Do you do any like Mouth taping, any like nasal
breathing on so?

Speaker 2 (52:59):
the prisoner tape is dope.
I actually Read that book byNess James Nester.

Speaker 1 (53:05):
James Nester breathe.

Speaker 2 (53:07):
Say look, I'm working on getting him on great book
and I can't wait till you gethim on.
Thank you, sir.

Speaker 1 (53:13):
Yeah, that book life-changing.
People don't realize it.
Nasal breathing man.

Speaker 2 (53:19):
So messed around with it, with training, with the
tape, but never delved intosleeping, because I actually
sleep with my mouth closed.
Okay, I'm not a big snore, mywife could attest to that and If
anything, for the sleep piece,I started doing magnesium, what

(53:39):
I mean?
I see you wearing the whoop.

Speaker 1 (53:41):
Yeah my HRV at least plus 20.
Damn, since the magnesium,they're gonna clip this and use
this as a promo.

Speaker 2 (53:49):
I'm cool with that, because I've been doing work
with whoop for like since theyfirst came out.
I'm no longer like affiliated,but they're such a great,
they're good people, they're agreat product.

Speaker 1 (53:58):
I don't care, a free promotion, do your thing,
because you know that thatinformation is key right now
that just power it is, and likethere's so much data now out
there for people to consume,it's like, okay, what am I
actually looking at and trackingand making sure that I'm not
just overload?

Speaker 2 (54:17):
of information.
It's just numbers at the end ofthe day, right, unless you know
what you're looking at.

Speaker 1 (54:21):
So magnesium, that's key, that's huge.
I mean, what should like?
We talked about trying to helpthat next gen.
What are some things that youngathletes should be doing, other
than getting the GBG hoops out,to ensure that they're See in
success when it comes to theirathletic performance?

Speaker 2 (54:38):
well, when this question comes up and it comes
up often, you know I alwaysdivert to the low hanging fruit,
and we briefly spoke aboutsleep.
But Understand, people, thatsleep is the most effective
recovery tool known to man.
It's not a, a device, it's not,you know, cold plunge, it's not

(55:02):
, you know.
Like all these tools which aregreat tools, it is sleep.
It is the, not only thequantity but the quality of
sleep that is truly going tohelp you Recover at your best,
to be ready to take on stressfor the next day.
So how do we look at sleephygiene?
How are we educating our youngathletes about sleep hygiene,

(55:24):
about screens and blue light,eating late which I too need to
get better at because that'sprobably the worst thing that I
do from that behavior that sleephygiene is.
I always eat late becausequality time with the gal,
quality time with the wife, andwe eat late, and now I'm going
to bed with empty stomach.
So now my body's working ondigesting my food versus

(55:45):
sleeping.
So you know, just things likeapplicable Two hours before you
go to bed, no more food.
So if you go to, if you plan ongoing to bed at 11 or 10, stop
eating at 7 or 8.
Make the room as dark aspossible, make the room as cold
as you can tolerate so you know.
They say 68 to 71 degreesFahrenheit.

(56:07):
Take a nice warm bath or showerprior to getting in bed.
And then, the most importantpiece of all, is Reducing screen
time an hour before yourtargeted bedtime, because you
know, cell phones, laptops andTVs literally kick on the awake
hormones.

(56:27):
Yeah, and now you're sendingconfusing signals to your brain,
and now we can't fall intothose Very valuable stages of
sleep.

Speaker 1 (56:36):
You're rocking blue light blockers at night.

Speaker 2 (56:39):
I used to, but now we just kind of figure out, like
the filters, when we can, andthen Do as they say, not as I do
.
People, we try to watch TV fromafar, but no, I mean, it's true
, though it's true like I mean,I guess what I find most

(57:04):
Frequently is kids are on theirphones Always that's that's
number one or laptops right here, yeah, so like let's, let's
back up from our screens andlet's try to really understand
that that's killing Our abilityto fall asleep because of the
dopamine.
Yeah, you know.

Speaker 1 (57:20):
Like a melatonin being produced.

Speaker 2 (57:22):
Yeah, like you know, now I'm on Instagram getting
emotionally aroused because I'mtrying to, you know, measure up
or compare to different people'sscholarship offers or what have
you.
This kid ain't as good as me.
Why does he have more offersthan I do?
Whatever it is, and now you'rereally not going to fall asleep,
so have a.
Have a.
Have a cutoff time.

(57:42):
Yeah, have a cutoff time.

Speaker 1 (57:45):
I'd be remiss if I didn't bring up steady Freddy,
the impact that you've been ableto have with him this summer.
Obviously, this podcast startedin Ontario.
He was a Toronto Raptor foryears.
Stay true to believing himself.
What was, what's his quote?
I'm gonna bet on yourself.
Bet on yourself.

Speaker 2 (58:01):
Thank you, bet on yourself.

Speaker 1 (58:04):
What's it been like working with a guy like him
Consummate, professional.

Speaker 2 (58:09):
He actually cares about the people around him that
are servicing him.
For instance, how you doingtoday my G, believe it or not,
that's a question that is notasked often.
How's your wife?
Once again not another questionthat's at.
That's asked to me as often asyou would think.
So you know, like you don't,you try not to emotionally
attach yourself to this jobbecause at the end of the day it

(58:33):
is a job but we're human and wehave feelings and we have
emotions.
But we try to understand therhythm of the demographic that
we're working with.
He lives outside of thatdemographic.
He is a outlier, he cares abouthis people and I think a lot of
that comes from where he comesfrom.
He's from Rockford Illinois,blue collar city.

(58:58):
Got it out the mud and that's aphrase that young kids used to
Describe struggle, but I thinkliterally out the mud.
Like I've been to his hometown.
And to understand where someonecomes from is to truly
understand where they're headedor where they're at and I see
why he is who he is.
You know it was a rough area,rough city.

(59:19):
You know it was a rough area,rough city, again, undersized,
didn't really have themeasurables, but still figured
it out.
So, in a lot of terms and a lotof similarities, he and I.
He and I shared A similar path.
Yeah so I can attach myself tothat and I've always said, even

(59:42):
prior to working with him, Iwould love to work with him.
He stands for everything that Istand for and now that this
actually came to fruition, it'sthat and more, because he's
humble, he's caring, he's justone of my favorite people not
just people to work with people.
And, uh, you know, this is oursecond year and I hope that this

(01:00:04):
is just probably the secondyear of many more, hopefully to
then his career.

Speaker 1 (01:00:09):
Shout out to freddy and the other good people we got
a shine light on is Joe Good.
Janna, who made thisintroduction.
Um, you're incorporating flow atree with a guy like deandre
jordan.
He's seven foot one.
He's moving around like helooks like he's 22 again, like
right, you want to just touch onwhat that has looked like,
incorporating that into yourroutines as well.

Speaker 2 (01:00:29):
Well, I just need to be honest and say Janna is an
amazing spirit.
She is Such a quality presenceto be around.
And then you combine that withher practice Um, she's taken me
to multiple, through multiplesessions.
She's an amazing teacher, she'san amazing light and energy,

(01:00:51):
and mba athletes trust herbecause of who she is as a
person, but also her work.
So just being able to do thatwith her and collaborate with
her on that we also have a pieceof video content that we're
going to share with the world,in which she brought me through
a session and we documented it'sgoing to be really cool.
Um, I think she just makes yoga,like practice, really

(01:01:16):
interesting, fun and achievablefor mba athletes.
You know, these guys aren'tBuilt for yoga.
They're just simply not.
Their levers aren't they're?
They're oddly shaped humans.
They're very inflexible andtight in areas that are required
for yoga to be done effectively, but she has figured out a way
to make it fit a six foot 11,seven foot one basketball player

(01:01:41):
.
So Genius, right, like just wowcouldn't say it any better
myself.

Speaker 1 (01:01:47):
Good job, coach mike.
You know I can't thank youenough for coming on this
podcast.
Oh, we're done Uh yo, the waywe wrap up is.
We usually ask our guests whattheir biggest piece of advice is
for the next gen.
I feel like you've shared amillion tidbits here today that
we could clip up, but when canpeople find you to consume more
of your content, and is thereanything else you'd like to

(01:02:07):
leave our audience with heretoday?

Speaker 2 (01:02:08):
Well, number one.
I think a lot of people areconsuming most of the content on
my instagram, which is at mr Doit moving, and Because I'm
married to an amazing creativewho was just elite in her craft,
we have basically a mediacompany and y'all can find tune.

(01:02:29):
You can find that and tune intoour youtube, which is at GBG
hoops, where you'll finddifferent categories of content.
We have Training content, wehave interview content, we have
game content, we have all typesof cool content and categories
where you can really fall intothe rabbit hole of youtube, but
GBG style.
And, of course, our instagram,gbg hoops, we're posting all

(01:02:54):
types of educational pieces.
Go check it out, go subscribe,go tap in and and make sure that
you get this free information,because that's what it is.
It's free value that I'm tryingto provide for anyone that's
willing to listen and watch.
So piece of advice I would sayfor our next generation is is be
relentlessly fearless andstanding in the shoes that God

(01:03:19):
gave you and be who you are.
That's one of the things that Ihave taken a heart like.
I am who I am, I'm confident inwho I am and I'm Extremely
unafraid to be that, and I thinkthat that's very inspirational
to a lot of people that looklike me.
So I, in a sense, and somepeople's north star that I
didn't have.
But you never know, you couldbe someone's north star in a few

(01:03:43):
years as well.
So Stand firm in that position.

Speaker 1 (01:03:47):
Dude, you're an inspiration to me.
I'm honored to be able tofeature you on the show.
I can't thank you enough, manAppreciate it.

Speaker 2 (01:03:52):
Thank you so much.
Appreciate you.

Speaker 1 (01:03:54):
Hey, thank you so much for tuning into this
episode of the athletes podcastfeaturing coach Mike G.
It was an honor to feature himon the show.
Big shout out goes to him forgraciously giving us an hour of
his time.
Big shout out to theskateboarders for doing their
part in Wrapping up this video.
Again, such an honor to be ableto chat with Mike.
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