Mike and Brooker Show

This weeks episode of the Mike & Brooker Show goes back to basics. The boys going back and forth talking all things high performance sport. This podcast delves into Kevin Love’s Olympic preparation, IronMan training, barefoot running and a bunch of other random topics. Enjoy!

This week we have Guilleume Blanchard join the Mike & Brooker Show. Guilleume is a French born entrepreneur based in NYC. After creating a successful fast food chain, Guilleume is now developing a new company in the optometry business. He aims to provide the cheapest and fastest glasses with the most enjoyable customer service to the US market. A great podcast full of business stories, entrepr...

This week we welcome Brian Cushing onto the Mike & Brooker Show. Brian is a former first round NFL draft pick who then played 9 years for the Houston Texans as linebacker. Now, Brian is the assistant S&C coach for the Texans and full time coach of his sons. A great discussion covering the reality of playing in the NFL and the lessons learnt.

This week on the Mike and Brooker Show we welcome Pratik Patel. Pratik is a S&C Coach, Nutritionist and Consultant. Pratik spent 3 seasons with the NY Giants. Prior to his time in the NFL, Pratik served as Director of Sports Nutrition at the University of Oregon. He has also spent time with Michigan State and KSU. A round table discussion on body composition, nutrition and the reality of high...

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show we have Joe DeFranco! Joe is the founder of the world famous DeFrancos Gym. For the last 20 years Joe has trained athletes from all over the world including NFL, MLB, WWE, UFC, Olympians and more. Joe has been featured on multiple TV stations and in best selling books. Joe is one of the OG’s of the “garage gym” and “athletic training” scene - he drops a ton of...

Dieter Schärer returns to the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Dieter is a financial advisor based in Switzerland. The theme of this weeks episode; how can we set ourselves up for long term financial success? Dieter discusses everything from budgeting, housing, investment ideas and some highly applicable general advise. We hope you enjoy! Let us know what you think.

Another Mike & Brooker classic. The boys review their feedback from the listeners, cover the upcoming podcasts and discuss a whole range of topics from entrepreneurship, realities of working within S&C and psychology. Keep sending us your feedback!

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show the boys are free styling on a range of topics. We would love to hear from you, we want to know more about our audience so we can best serve you guys. Thanks for your support!

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show we are joined by Flavio Di Giorgio. Flavio is a high performance coach working with some of the best athletes in Italy including; Sophia Goggia, Fillipo Tortu and a Pro Volleyball team. Flavio had interned both with Brooker in Zürich as well as Westside Barbell. A great guy, we hope you enjoy!

This week Elliott Hulse joins the Mike & Brooker Show. Elliot is CEO of Strength Camp, a Strongman and Strength Coach. Elliot has a very popular YouTube account where has over 2 million subscribers, the majority of them men. Elliot now focuses his time on providing inspiring and educational material for men to break free from self-limiting beliefs.

Justus Galac joins the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Justus is the former head of strength and conditioning for the New York Jets. Justus and has been involved with the team for the last 10 years since joining the Jets in 2012 as an assistant S&C coach. Prior to the Jets, Justus worked with the Villanova football team and earned the Samson FCS S&C Coach of the year in 2010. A great gu...

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show we have Ryan Nie join the boys.  Ryan is currently a coach at Freak Strength and an adjunct professor at Montclair State University.  Ryan holds a Masters degree in Exercise Science and is certified by USA Track and Field and USA Weightlifting.  Ryan was trained in Olympic Weightlifting by Jianping Ma and has previously worked as a Director o...

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show the boys are without a guest and go back and forth on a range of topics. They discuss everything from supplements to philosophy to ironman training. Crack open a beer or light a cigar and sit back and enjoy.

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show, we have James Burke. James is an Executive Coach based in Zürich, Switzerland. He has over 35 years of business experience at the highest level including being managing director 3 times and 5xVP of global companies. He managed companies from 10 to 500 million USD turnover in the textile, inorganic chemicals and aluminum production trade. Since 2000 James c...

Aaron Wellman returns to the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Wellman is the current senior assistant athletic director at Indiana University. Previously Wellman led strength & conditioning at the New York Giants, University of Michigan, San Diego State University, and Ball State University. As well as his vast experience, Wellman holds two Masters degrees and a PhD.

Cal Dietz rejoins the Mike & Brooker Show! Cal is known for being the creator of the Triphasic method and founder of the RPR system. He has been an Olympic Strength and Conditioning coach to the University of Minnesota for over 20 years as well as the current Head S&C for US Women’s Hockey. Cal has trained over 500 All-Americans, 35 Big Ten titles, 11 National Champions and consulted for O...

This week, Robbie Bourke returns to the Mike & Brooker show. Robbie is an S&C coach, nutritionist, physical therapist and educator based out of Dublin, Ireland. Robbie is also the host of All Things Strength & Wellness podcast. This is a continuation from our first conversation, the boys go off on a range of subjects from coaching, circadian biology, psychology, electromagnetic fields...

This week on the Mike & Brooker show we have financial advisor, Dieter Schärer on the show. Dieter has vast experience in the banking industry including; asset management, investment banking, and corporate finance. Dieter now works in private banking managing wealthy clients for the last 15 years.

This week on the Mike & Brooker show the boys are interviewed by Robbie Bourke. Robbie is a S&C coach, nutritionist, physical therapist and educator based out of Dublin, Ireland. Robbie is also the host of All Things Strength & Wellness podcast. A different type of show this week, Robbie asks the boys their opinions on a range of topics from coaching, psychology and philosophy. Let us...

This week on the Mike & Brooker show the boys go back and forth about soft tissue modalities, sauna, sharting and self hypnosis. Let us know what you think

Dr. Lenore Rubin joins the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Lenore is a clinical psychologist who dedicates the majority of her time to children and unfortunate populations. She received her Doctorate from Boston studying self-efficacy in children and then completed her residency at Harvard.

This week Chris Hogan joins the Mike & Brooker Show this week. After 1 year of college football, Hogan has celebrated a 10 year career in the NFL from an undrafted free agent to a in 2x Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots. A true underdog story, we hope you enjoy this episode with our buddy, Chris Hogan!

This week on the Mike & Brooker Show is Martyn Rothwell. Martyn is a previous Army Commando, Head Coach for collegiate Rugby League and current PhD student at Sheffield Hallam. To find more of Martyn’s research, he can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martyn_Rothwell/research

This week on the Mike & Brooker show the boys attempt to recap the episodes of 2020. It doesn’t take long until they go off on a tangent and start telling stories. Usually the Mike & Brooker Show is a podcast all about elite performance, however, at the core they are two friends that love to bullsh*t and have a laugh. We hope you enjoy!

Zach Even-Esh joins the Mike & Brooker Show this week. Zach is the founder of The Underground Strength Gym and creator of The Underground Strength Coach Certification. He is also the strength and conditioning coach for the Lehigh University wrestling team and the author of The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning. A legend in the underground training scene and one of the greatest...