James Fitzgerald is the founder of OPEX and the International Center for Fitness. His 20+ years of experience and service as a strength coach/technician, tireless practice on refining energy system work, nutritional and lifestyle balancing techniques and training of other coaches has made OPEX a sought after method of bringing fitness to a higher order.

James has found a desire and passion to understanding fitness through assessment, testing, research, programming and more. He has had many years experience as an athlete from early childhood into adulthood, from playing top level soccer, short and long distance running to CrossFit where he was crowned “The Fittest on Earth”, Winner of the 2007 CrossFit Games.

Dave is the CEO/Founder of “SHIFT Movement Science and Gymnastics Education”. This company was started in 2014 to help educate those involved in gymnastics, medical fields, Olympic weightlifting, CrossFit, and more about optimal performance and preventative rehabilitation strategies.

The coaches address the concept of developing your methods and principles by which you approach your programming and working with athletes to elicit the desired performance response.

Join Jay, Ryan, and Dom as they discuss how to work with athletes as fatigue begins to set in. How do you speak to and cue an athlete at this point? Most importantly how does this change from athlete to athlete, as there is never a one size fits all when it comes to programming for and working with individuals.

On todays episode of the podcast, Jay sits down with two other Conquer coaches to discuss the conquer approach to maximizing volume and intensity in training, and more over...maximizing an athletes athletic potential by building the foundational elements needed to excel.

Brian is a #1 International best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on mental performance. His mental performance training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including industry-leading companies like Burton Snowboards and Fuddruckers, UFC World Champions, multiple NCAA National Champions, and hundreds of athletes in the UFC, NBA, PGA, NFL, NHL, and MLB.