High Intensity Interview Of The Month: Mike Bradley
Welcome to the High Intensity Interview of the Month!
This month, to celebrate “March Madness”, we present my interview with High Intensity Training expert and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Florida State University Men’s Basketball Team, Mike Bradley.
Mike has had a long, accomplished career as a Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach, working with many, many elite athletes over the years, many of whom have gone on to have successful careers in the NBA, including Al Thornton of the Washington Wizards (pictured on the leg press), and Toney Douglas of the New York Knicks (pictured on the incline press). Mike is a firm believer in High Intensity Training, and uses the principles in all of his training programs. He’s also one of the smartest guys I know (dude has a Master’s degree in chemistry-if you think that’s easy to get, try it sometime).
In this enlightening interview, Mike shares with us:
- His professional and personal training experiences
- How he discovered High Intensity Training, and why he believes in it
- Who has influenced him in his developing his training philosophy (great learning references!)
- The goals and structure of his training program
- Examples of actual workouts his players go through
- His advice for non-athletes who want to build muscle
- The craziest thing he’s ever done as a Strength Coach
- And much, much more!
To hear the Mike Bradley interview, just click on the play arrow (the little triangle on the left) below:
**Special Bonus** At the end of the interview, Mike reveals a special offer on how to get behind-the-scenes access to the Florida State Strength and Conditioning program, or how to be personally trained by Mike himself! Check it out now, and leave your comments below!
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Comment on this interview I received on Facebook:
“The good Dr. Ken – how many people has he helped to see the light ???? Hardgainer led me to Dr. Ken and Dr. Ken led me out of going nowhere, to H.I.T.
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Thanks!
Very cool interview! – Great to see HIT being applied to sports and more. This guy knows his (s)hit…thats for sure!
MR
ps. Dave you rock…keep going like this!
Dave,
Thanks for taking the time to share these interviews with everyone. I noted that Mike pointed out that the athletes he trains are at the “genetic freak” level. My opinion is that many very young people (teens) and those new to training do not take this into consideration when ‘copying’ a training method used by the biggest gym in the gym. In other words, they may not understand that these people probably are big not based on their training volume (high or low), but in spite of their training. For example, some of the biggest forearms and calves I’ve ever seen were on friends of mine that NEVER lifted weights. So trying to nail down the correct way to train for strength (and health) is very confusing. I believe that Mike (and those whom prescribe to HIT) said it well, that is, short workouts, lift in good form with the goal of constant weight progression. Lastly, I liked that he mention the use of HIIT as a complement to the over training package.
Comment I received from my Mother-In-Law–thanks Mom!
As always, nice job Dave. Keep up the good work.
Love, mom
Comment from Christopher on the High Intensity Training forum, Heavy_Duty@yahoogroups.com (GREAT forum, highly recommended): good stuff, i know basketball is a skill game, but i wouldnt doubt that florida state might become a power house in basketball. ill take f state as a first round win.