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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Chris Harry with you on a new episode

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Speaker 1: of Chargers Weekly. The super Bowl marks the end of

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Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen season, but we all know that football

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Speaker 1: never stops. Today's guest is Adam Farrand, the VP of

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Speaker 1: Pro and Elite Sports at Exos. Adam plays a vital

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Speaker 1: role in preparing prospects for the NFL Scouting Combine, and

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Speaker 1: today he'll share with us how Exos gets their athletes

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Speaker 1: ready for the biggest job interview of their careers. Adam

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Speaker 1: Farrand joins me on Chargers Weekly. He's the VP of

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Speaker 1: Pro Elite Sports at Exos. Adam excited to chat with you. Man.

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Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing great? How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing really good? Man. I know this is a

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Speaker 1: this is an extremely busy time for you. I thought

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Speaker 1: as a leaping off point, it'd be great for you

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Speaker 1: just to explain for those who don't know what EXOS

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Speaker 1: does and what your role is a Exos. Sure you

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Speaker 1: know Exos we started in nineteen ninety nine as a

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Speaker 1: company that specifically only worked with professional athletes, and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know we we have a fully dedicated team of

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Speaker 1: performance specialists, nutritionists, dietitians, physical therapists and have an integrated

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Speaker 1: approach to our training, so really looking at all the

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Speaker 1: elements that an athlete would need during the off season

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Speaker 1: and put together very specific plans to meet those needs.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of our focus initially as a company

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Speaker 1: was catered towards athletes, and we found that that integrated

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Speaker 1: system could really apply to a lot of different populations.

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Speaker 1: So we've branched out into supporting the military, corporate America,

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Speaker 1: and you know, youth and high school athletes as well.

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Speaker 1: So as a company, we you know, we we support

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Speaker 1: you know, hundreds of thousands of people a year um

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Speaker 1: and you know, my role specifically is to oversee all

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Speaker 1: of our professional athletes, whether that's the individual athletes that

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Speaker 1: domestic and international that we support, you know, through a

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Speaker 1: variety of different plays. So football specifically, Listen, this is

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Speaker 1: a big time for you guys. A lot of past

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Speaker 1: NFL prospects have worked out with the from our guys

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon, Mike Williams, Hunter, Henry Odell, Beckham, JJ Watts

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Speaker 1: to the world, I believe eight hundred and thirty eight

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Speaker 1: drafted players one hundred and sixty five first round picks.

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Speaker 1: How big of a deal is these next few weeks

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Speaker 1: for you guys? Yeah, I mean this, this next few

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Speaker 1: weeks is you know, this is our super Bowl. You know,

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Speaker 1: this is what as a company that that you know,

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Speaker 1: we really look forward to the Combine. It's it's you know,

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Speaker 1: it's really from a training perspective, the one time of

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Speaker 1: on a national stage. You know, as we work with

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Speaker 1: a lot of athletes during the off season. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's not the improvement in their speed and their strength.

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Speaker 1: You know, we see that on the field, but this

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Speaker 1: is a time where our training is directly correlated to

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Speaker 1: the results of the habit the Combine. So it's it's exciting, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, we we we're really excited about the opportunity

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Speaker 1: for a lot of these guys to you know, go

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Speaker 1: I'm sure these prospects quickly realize that playing football is

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Speaker 1: much different than participating in the Combine. What have you

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Speaker 1: the beginning of this process. Yeah, I think the biggest

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Speaker 1: challenge is, uh, you know, injuries. You know, a lot

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Speaker 1: You know, we had an athlete, Marcus Davenport UM who

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Speaker 1: You know, we bring in former NFL coaches and you know,

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Speaker 1: highlight the athletes that we worked with, so you know,

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Speaker 1: we we understand this is a big moment for them.

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Speaker 1: But it's also you know, a reflection of us. So

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Speaker 1: it very rarely do you actually see our staff you know,

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Speaker 1: promote them, you know, promote themselves. It's you know, more

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Speaker 1: how ultimately this will help them to to put themselves

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Speaker 1: in a position to achieve their dream which you know,

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Speaker 1: for all of our guys, they they want to play

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Speaker 1: at the next levels. You know, some have aspirations to

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Speaker 1: them on a on a personal basis. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: it becomes personal for the staff, you know, and I'm

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Speaker 1: me being based here, I've gotten to know you know,

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Speaker 1: quite a few of the kids that you know, I

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Speaker 1: call them kids is uh you know, I know, you know,

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Speaker 1: twenty to twenty three years old. But um, now we're

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Speaker 1: want to see these guys do you know, as well

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Speaker 1: as they possibly can. UM, because we know that's you know,

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Speaker 1: it's not only uh you know they're being evaluated, but

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Speaker 1: you know, we put our reputation on you know, any

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Speaker 1: athlete that we train that goes and competes with the

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Speaker 1: combine and and yeah, it's it's it's it's such a

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Speaker 1: fun process for us. And it's and it's exciting because

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Speaker 1: part of part of this process for for them. UM.

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Speaker 1: And and yeah, I mean I'm I'm I'm pumped. I

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Speaker 1: mean every year it's it's like I said, it's the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl for me, and I get it. I get excited. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, I travel out to Indianapolis myself and and

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Speaker 1: team there. And UM, it's fun and we're gonna you know,

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Speaker 1: we sit on the couch and you know, our coaches, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, prior to these guys running the forty look

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Speaker 1: like a bunch of dads, you know in the uh

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Speaker 1: in the waiting room, you know, when their wives are

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Speaker 1: about to give birth. You know, they're nervous and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know a lot of them are. You know, they're

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Speaker 1: anxious to see how these guys do because again it's

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Speaker 1: you know, it's been eight eight you know, seven eight

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Speaker 1: weeks of their work and their time and their you know, blood,

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Speaker 1: sweat and tears to you know, hopefully help these guys

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Speaker 1: to be able to go out there and do as

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Speaker 1: best as a possibly can. Adam Frand, VP of Pro

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Speaker 1: Elite Sports at Exos. This was quite the peak behind

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Speaker 1: the curtain. Adam, I can't thank you enough for your time.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we can follow up with you in India. I'll

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Speaker 1: be there all week and we can kind of check

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Speaker 1: in with you when you got some time. Absolutely, you know,

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Speaker 1: i'd we'd love to have you down at our you know,

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Speaker 1: mini training facility if you want to come down and

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Speaker 1: be awesome to see some of the guys work and um,

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Speaker 1: you know kind of see you know what you know,

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Speaker 1: that's even more of a peak, that's the kind of

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Speaker 1: exclusive behind the scenes. So but yeah, I'd love to,

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Speaker 1: you know, show you around and you know, show you

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Speaker 1: how we work and um, you know, if you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe we'll get you on the line and uh see

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Speaker 1: kind of what your forty start looks like. Let's go,

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Speaker 1: I'm ready, We'll get We'll get our social team out there,

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Speaker 1: do a little ig story you see me road like

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Speaker 1: a sixty. Absolutely, and thanks so much, buddy, no problem,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate, appreciate the opportunity. If that'll do it.

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Speaker 1: My thanks to Adam Frand for joining me, and of

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Speaker 1: course thanks to you all for listening. Don't forget. If

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Speaker 1: you like what you hear this offseason, be sure to

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Speaker 1: give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Please

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Speaker 1: help spread the word. Have a great weekend, and until

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Speaker 1: next time, I'm Chris Harry