IGCT Episode #75: Juan Carlos Santana - Work Your Passion

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Juan Carlos Santana is the Founder and Director of IHP, his state-of-the-art training facility in Boca Raton, Florida. IHP has been recognized by several awards as one of the top training facilities in the world, and the country’s best “core-training” facility. Founded in 2000, IHP provides an unparalleled training environment for elite athletes including World Class Tennis Champions, NFL and MLB players, World Champion Brazilian Jujitsu and mixed Martial Arts Fighters, numerous NCAA Division I teams, and hundreds of nationally ranked teen hopefuls from a broad cross-section of sports disciplines.  Santana has been part of the strength and conditioning program for several Florida Atlantic University Sports teams over the last 10 years.

Santana is a member and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the NSCA, and a member and a certified Health Fitness Instructor with the ACSM. He is also a certified Senior Coach and Club Coach Course Instructor with the USA Weightlifting Team, and a Level I coach with the USA Track and Field Association.

Santana currently serves on the NSCA Board of Directors, and is Sport Specific Conditioning Editor for the NSCA Journal. His previous professional responsibilities have included serving as the Vice President of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), Chairman of the NSCA Sport Specific Conference, a member of the NSCA Conference Committee, and the NSCA Florida State Director. As a college professor, he has taught Sports Training Systems and Strength Training at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and is currently involved in several ongoing research projects with FAU and the University of Waterloo in Canada.

A graduate of Florida Atlantic University with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Exercise Science, JC is involved in several ongoing research studies with several universities and on his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology.

In this episode we discuss:

His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.

Where he gets his creativity from.

Functional Strength and Conditioning

How he programs for his MMA fighters.

The best piece of coaching advice he has received.

His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation

Book

Talent is Overated

Outliers - Malcom Gladwell

App/Website - No Apps

Quotes: