Whole Team Eats Podcast

Growing up in St. Louis Lily didn’t play organized sports but was always active as a kid. Lily started to realize her passion for training when she went to the University of Florida. Upon graduating from Florida, Lily earned a degree in kinesiology and specialized in both biomechanics and exercise science. At first lily thought about physical therapy, but that quickly changed once she received an internship with a sports performance facility in Atlanta. On the show we discuss the challenges as a female in the sports performance industry over the past 20 years. In 2009 Lily made the decision to bet on herself and opened her own training facility. Since then, Lily has established herself as one of the top trainers in the industry. She trains notable athletes such as Jalen Brown of the Boston Celtics, Anthony Edwards Minnesota Timberwolves, and Quincy Williams of the New York Jets.

Growing up in Orange Texas, Kerry was immersed in the football culture early on. Kerry held records in both powerlifting and long jump in the state of Texas and would later go on to play running back at Stephen F. Austin State University. After a few injury plagued years in the NFL playing for the Washington Redskins, Kerry went back to his roots in Texas to start training athletes. On the show we discuss how Kerry started training a few athletes for the combine and how that eventually evolved into the training business that he has today. Kerry’s work ethic and attention to detail with athletes has helped several play professionally. Kerry works with future hall of famers like Mike Evans to keep him at the top if his game, but also plays a big role in the next generation of athletes in his work building a foundation for youth athletes.

From a young age, Darren has always had a passion for sports. This passion for sports, specifically football led him into training once his playing career was over. It was at this time that he was also starting to coach his son D ’Andre Swift and emphasized the importance of learning the fundamentals at an early age. On the show, we discuss Darren’s role coaching at St. Joes Prep and why he enjoys working with younger athletes. Mentoring young athletes on and off the field is extremely important to Darren and he acts as a father figure to several kids that he coaches and trains. Darren instilled principles to be successful into his son D ’Andre Swift who is now a NFL running back for the Detroit lions, and uses these same principles with other young athletes that he works with.

Growing up in Australia, Tim played lacrosse and developed a passion for sports and training. After receiving the opportunity to play in the United States Tim decided to make the move. It was after his playing career that he became a Physical Therapist at True sport where he would eventually meet Amanda Johansen. In the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited, Amanda was working back from an injury, and it was during this time that Tim was able to help Amanda get back playing even faster than she had initially expected. On the show, we discuss the expansion of both True Sport and Athletes Unlimited. We dive into what effective communication looks like as both a physical Therapist and coach. Amanda talks about why she is passionate about supporting Morgan’s Message and why she is dedicating her season towards creating awareness for the organization and mental health in sports.

Troy’s passion for training started from his roots coming from a family of educators. Constantly trying to understand the “why” behind things and challenging the status quo is what allowed Troy to stand out within the training industry. His detailed and structured approach to training created a natural audience who were eager to learn and better understand his training principles. On the show, we discuss Troy’s love to inspire people. Growing up, Troy witnessed several athletes fall through the cracks without proper training and made it his mission to help change that. His training business started on a football field with a makeshift weightlifting belt for resisted speed training. Out of his first 50 athletes, 30 went pro in some capacity. Troy also describes his 10- year rule and how he still does a minimum of one hour of research per day.