3 knee surgeries in one year, at 22. A family that didn't want him playing basketball at all. Then one day he quit his job, drove to Best Buy, bought a laptop and put every dollar he had into a garage gym. Today John Bickford's Verity Mvmt trains everyone from top youth players to overseas pros.
Dave & JDam get John to walk through the whole build:
- Growing up where hoops was frowned upon, when a missed shot felt like his "eternal salvation is on the line"
- ACL, meniscus, meniscus again: how 3 surgeries taught him to bring players back fast
- "This has to work": the construction job, the garage gym and the "Go All In" documentary
- Messaging Trey Drechsel after his knee injury overseas, and the summer that found his niche
- Why the best trainers never stop learning (LeBron isn't just icing)
- Constraints-led training: learning French from an app vs. moving to France
- Sports parents: 5 a.m. workouts, too much pressure and letting kids fall in love with the game first
- The irrational fear of missing, and why the best players play free
Plus: John calls his shot on who should be the next guest. 👀
Chapters
0:00 Welcome to Brick by Brick
1:57 Who is John Bickford?
3:44 Not allowed to hoop, then 3 knee surgeries in a year
6:01 Quit his job and bet it all on a garage gym
11:07 Garage gym freedom and building his own protocols
14:35 Training Trey Drechsel back from a knee injury
19:36 Never stop learning: LeBron isn't just icing
25:49 Constraints-led training: an app vs. living in France
32:11 Sports parents: stop pushing your kid
35:18 Let them play free: fear of missing, Steve Kerr and LaMelo
39:22 Next guest nomination 👀
42:48 90% skill, 10% strength, 0% recovery
43:25 The tool that fixed Dave's lower back
Run it and drop a take: what's one thing every sports parent needs to hear?
Follow John: @veritymvmt on Instagram · veritymvmt.com
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