Surround Yourself With the Right People with Jess Racz

09/07/22 • 69 min

In this episode, we interview coach Jess Racz who is a former basketball player and current basketball trainer working with NBA/WNBA, G-League, Pro, NCAA, and all the way down to the youth level.
She suffered an eating disorder and severe depression in high school going into college which hindered her ability to fulfill her dream of playing division 1 college basketball. While searching for a new passion, she found CrossFit, but shortly after, herniated her L5-S1 and was out for 10 months.
She was in a very dark place and that is when she decided to pursue the strength & conditioning and sports performance industry. To get there, she started mopping floors at 20 years old, opened up my own gym location at 23, and now is climbing the ranks of basketball performance training.
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Blue Collar Upbringing to Superstar Wrestler with Matt Finesilver

In this episode we interview current D1 wrestler at University of Michigan, Matt Finesilver.

Matt grew up in a blue collar family out of Colorado with 3 other brothers where he wrestled with and against. He wasn’t very good in his youth but the constant competition allowed him to grow as a wrestler and all 4 brothers ended up wrestling for Duke University.

We also discuss his battle through his ACL/meniscus tear back in 2020. Before transferring to the University of Michigan for this coming year, he competed with the U23 world team.

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If You Love It Enough, You'll Persevere with Providence Bruins Goalie Brandon Bussi

On this episode, we interview Brandon Bussi who is currently on a 1 year deal with the Boston Bruins, playing for the Providence Bruins in the AHL.
Brandon was on episode 4 with us back in 2020 during his freshman season playing division 1 college hockey for the Western Michigan Broncos. During this episode we discuss everything from his sophomore year up until now. He went through an injury his sophomore season which required intensive rehab, then followed that up with a break out season his junior year, forcing him to make a decision to turn pro or finish his senior year with the Broncos. He chose the former...now playing for the Providence Bruins in the AHL.
If you want to hear about his journey prior to his sophomore season, go to Episode 4: The Importance of Loving What You Do with Brandon Bussi
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