#20A - Turn ons & Turn offs! Todd Fossey talks about managing arousal levels in training and competition.
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05/06/22 • 79 min
Todd Fossey is the founder of and Chief Instructor at Integrative Defense Strategies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Today he accepted my invite to chat with me about managing anxiety and arousal in training and competiton, and how getting the right levels can help promote learning, skill development and performance.
Todd has been in the sport coaching and motor-learning space for several decades, add to that movie producer, trained psychotherapist and high performance consultant and it's clear he has lived a very interesting a full life thus far.
Todd is also both a coach and a student of highly regarded MMA coach Greg Nelson of the "Academy' in MN where trains grappling and bjj. Todd has also built a firearms training and education business that combines gun handling with modern practical MMA techniques and skills.
Should you want to follow up or reach out to Todd you can contact him via his FB page, or email [email protected]
You can also check out his website and his youtube page where he shares a ton of content about firearm training and personal saftey and protection skills.
Todd Fossey is the founder of and Chief Instructor at Integrative Defense Strategies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Today he accepted my invite to chat with me about managing anxiety and arousal in training and competiton, and how getting the right levels can help promote learning, skill development and performance.
Todd has been in the sport coaching and motor-learning space for several decades, add to that movie producer, trained psychotherapist and high performance consultant and it's clear he has lived a very interesting a full life thus far.
Todd is also both a coach and a student of highly regarded MMA coach Greg Nelson of the "Academy' in MN where trains grappling and bjj. Todd has also built a firearms training and education business that combines gun handling with modern practical MMA techniques and skills.
Should you want to follow up or reach out to Todd you can contact him via his FB page, or email [email protected]
You can also check out his website and his youtube page where he shares a ton of content about firearm training and personal saftey and protection skills.
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#20B - Turn ons & Turn offs! Todd Fossey talks about managing arousal levels in training and competition.
Todd Fossey is the founder of and Chief Instructor at Integrative Defense Strategies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Today he accepted my invite to chat with me about managing anxiety and arousal in training and competiton, and how getting the right levels can help promote learning, skill development and performance.
Todd has been in the sport coaching and motor-learning space for several decades, add to that movie producer, trained psychotherapist and high performance consultant and it's clear he has lived a very interesting a full life thus far.
Todd is also both a coach and a student of highly regarded MMA coach Greg Nelson of the "Academy' in MN where trains grappling and bjj. Todd has also built a firearms training and education business that combines gun handling with modern practical MMA techniques and skills.
Should you want to follow up or reach out to Todd you can contact him via his FB page, or email [email protected]
You can also check out his website and his youtube page where he shares a ton of content about firearm training and personal saftey and protection skills.
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