(Ep055) Dan Garner: How Nutrition Helps Basketball Players Overcome Performance Plateaus and Become Beasts on the Court
When NBA players want to extend their careers, they come to Dan Garner. He also works with athletes in professional hockey, MMA, and football, using a comprehensive testing system to gain a full, 360-degree physiological footprint for each individual. Once the lab results are in, Dan and his business partner, Cal State Fullerton muscle physiologist Dr. Andy Galpin, create a full nutrition, training, and lifestyle blueprint.
Dan also shares the insights gleaned from working with the pros with competitive and amateur athletes in all walks of life. While nutrition is the focal point of his system, it incorporates sleep, recovery, hydration, hormone balance, stress, and every other facet of recovery and performance. Dan also created the popular Ultimate Nutrition Mentorship, Ultimate Training Mentorship, and Cutting Edge Strategies for Physique Transformation certificate programs where personal trainers and fitness professionals undergo an online education process to turn their passion for the industry into a successful and thriving career.
In this episode, Dan shares:
Why you have to recover like an animal to be a beast on the court
How consistency beats intensity every time
What role psychology plays in leading physiology
Why identifying and removing constraints is key to busting through performance plateaus
Which visible and hidden stressors might be holding you back
Learn more about Dan on his website, coachgarner.com, and via his Instagram feed.
