Host Nick Symmonds and guest Vern Gambetta, author of "Building the Complete Athlete," discuss athletic development and training insights in this interview.
12 Jan 2026
327: Debriefing the year
If you don't try learn from your mistakes, you'll never improve as acoach. Nick and I often reflect on our coaching to see what went well, what didn't, and what we want to try going forward. No time is better to do this than the start of the year. On this week's episode we look back on 2025 and also look forward to what we'll be trying differently in 2026.
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We mentioend the upcoming release of Vern Gambetta's new book Building the Complete Athlete: A Coach's Guide to Athletic Development. You can preorder it exclusively on HMMR Media.
We also referenced the work of the late Anatoliy Bondarchuk. We'll have more about him in the coming weeks, including a free webinar on his training methods. In the meantime you can read a few words about his death here, and learn about his training methods in HMMR Classroom Lesson 1 (https://www.hmmrmedia.com/classroom/lesson-1-the-basics/).
We've done similar season and year debriefs on past episodes such as Episode 205, Episode 117, Episode 110, and Episode 30.
24 Nov 2025
326: Strong mind (with Wil Fleming)
When it comes to strength, Wil Fleming is one of the top coaches in the world with his athletes having set American records and won world medals in weightlifting. But the key to strength isn't just in the muscles, it is also in the mind. On this week episode Fleming joins us to discuss the mental side of training and lessons he has learned on developing a strong mind.
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Click here for details on the Strong Mind book pre-launch. You can also get a lot of great weightlifting products and programs from 1Kilo. You can also check out his past books Velocity-Based Training for Weightlifting: Current Concepts & Applications and Complete Olympic Lifting Handbook.
Fleming presented HMMR Classroom Lesson 35 about strategies on rethinking strength and power training. Fleming was also a guest on Episode 299 (muscle snatch) Episode 251 (fixing weightliting technical issues), Episode 236 (velocity based training) and Episode 147 (programming).
Mental training was the site theme in April 2019. There we featured a special podcast Episode 195 looking at mental preparation with Olympic champions Adam Nelson and Szymon Ziolkowski. We also looked at Ziolkowski's example in a more detailed article.
We also have plenty more on the topic of mental training in our archives:
Podcasts: GAINcast 159 on sports psychology, Episode 14 on mental toughness with Kibwé Johnson, GAINcast 66 and GAINcast 124 on making the champion's choice. Episode 194 on mental skills with Mona Pretorius de Lacey.
Articles: the role of training for mental toughness by Chris McCormick, psychological aspects of coaching from a sports science persepctive and coaches perspective, Vern's definition of what mental toughness is and what it isn't.,tips from Kibwé Johnson, and lessons from mountaineering and climbing.
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