Training Like an Athlete, Cluster Sets, Contrast Training, and More
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Who is Luka Hocevar and how did his early life shape his coaching career?
Welcome back to the Jordan side podcast. Before we dive into this very exciting episode, make sure you listen the whole way through. I have a quick announcement. If you're watching the video, you can see I'm sitting with my buddy, Mike Vacanti. Mike, you want to say hello? Hey, y'all. Mike and I are the hosts of the how to become a personal trainer podcast, which is meant for personal trainers who want to become really good at what you do. So if you want to be a better coach, learn how to help your clients get better results in a sustainable way, and also learn how to build your online coaching business, I'll put the link in the show notes for the How to Become a Personal Trainer podcast. Mike and I upload every single Tuesday, and it's 100% free.
We hope you like it. And now let's get into today's podcast episode. Today, I'm honored to introduce you to Luca Josevar. Luca has been a coach for 21 years and is, without question, one of the most intelligent trainers I've ever met. The way he combines strength, speed, mobility, and conditioning into his program is, in my opinion, among the best in the world, and I don't say that lightly. Luca is also a father to an adorable one-year-old girl. He's a former professional basketball player and my dear friend. Luca, welcome to the show, brother. It's an honor to be on a show, man. So glad to be out here. So before we dive into the fitness stuff and all the fun stuff, just give me some insight into who you are, where you're from, what was life like for you growing up, and how did you end up getting in the fitness industry?
Loaded question, but a great one. It's interesting because growing up when we kind of talked about this, I grew up – I was born in 81, which is still former Yugoslavia before the war and the breakup and all that stuff. And when people – You know, you only know what you know, right? It's like contrast is an interesting thing. So my childhood growing up was a lot of, I mean, put it this way. I've got two brothers. So as you can imagine, a lot of play, a lot of also like competitiveness. We're kind of like one plus year apart and four years apart. But also like, you know, Slovenia in general, that part of the world, like very, a lot of physical education, right? Tons of, I mean, I remember playing every sport, you know, when I was young, even for the high school, it was like anything I could get my hands on as far as like, oh, soccer.
Yep, I'm in tennis. You know, I'm trying to be competitive with everything. Which I think has a – there's a lot of kind of benefits to that. We could kind of dive into that when you look at youth and multi-sport development. But also just I think the – I think what sport – we could probably get there a little bit later. It's like what sport did for me from a standpoint of character, building friendships, hard work, teamwork, all those different things, right? Yeah. But that was like a lot of my childhood. And yes, like, you know, we moved to London when I was seven, which was kind of abrupt. I actually thought we were going on vacation. No way. You know, two weeks later, my dad drops me off at school.
He's like, all right, I'll pick you up at 3.30. Really? Like English school. I'm like, what? Did you speak English or no? I knew how to say, you know, I was like, my name is Luca. Yeah. Like table, chair. But you didn't know the language. No, it was very, you know how you remember, you know, from 40 years ago, you know, certain aspects of your life, right? So my first day in school in London, I remember sitting down and I'm just like, you know, teachers like, oh, this is Luca. I'm like, kind of know that. I'm like, hey. And she's talking. It's like, all right, we're going to write this essay. Now, I don't know how to really write English aloud. So I'm sitting there at the desk, and I'm just trying to copy everything from the person next to me.
They're kind of hiding it. And I'm just like, shit, I don't know what I'm doing. So it was very stressful. First day, I got in a fight. It was one of those.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who is Luka Hocevar and how did his early life shape his coaching career?
0:00–5:16
2
How did moving to the U.S. and college basketball change Luka’s path?
5:16–1:22:27
3
How can microdosing movement and conjugate training maintain multiple athletic qualities?
1:22:27–1:24:49
4
Why should coaches balance evidence from studies with real-world practitioner experience?
1:24:49–1:33:25
5
What are cluster sets, contrast training and practical ways to use them?
1:33:25–1:44:09
6
How do programming strategies (reverse workouts, isometrics, single‑leg work) improve strength, confidence and injury resilience?
1:44:09–2:42:22
Speakers
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