The Outliers Podcast

By: Charleston DeLa Cruz
  • Summary

  • This is the Outliers Podcast, where we dissect the paths of the 1%, professional does not mean perfect. The reason why we started this podcast is to give insight to all the roads traveled to make it to the ultimate goal, being a professional athlete. Regardless of which sport you play, played or will play, we are here to bring these very unique stories together and to show how they can help you, someone you love or someone that you hope to inspire. We interview athletes as they look back on early athletics, current habits & routines, past hardships, perceived failures, successes and in their pursuit of happiness, with the hope to inspire others. We also don't take ourselves too seriously, so we make it fun! (WARNING: ADULT HUMOR)

    Us?

    We are just two sports performance coaches (Charleston & Chip), who are extremely curious of "the process," athletes go through. Although, we are not licensed sports psychologist, we have been in the professional Strength & Conditioning field for a combined 26+ years and both have been involved with sports our whole lives. We have worked with some of the greatest athletes in the world with that, comes A LOT of different personalities and different paths.

    Charleston DeLa Cruz 2023
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Episodes
  • Episode #8 - Dylan Cole I Undrafted 7-Year NFL Vet I Anger Management, Love, Hot Take on Social Media, The Politics of the NFL
    Nov 7 2024

    Missouri's finest, Dylan Cole is a 7-year NFL veteran who has played linebacker for the Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans, and the Chicago Bears throughout his career. In this wide ranging conversation, we speak about an early childhood and navigating through anger issues, where Dylan found music which helped him harness that energy and how football provided him with strong father figures throughout his career. We discuss Dylan's thoughts on love, the example he wants to lead by when showing his kids how important it is to feel loved and to love others. We speak about battling through injuries during his career, one of which was a double knee surgery and what it took to bounce back. The overall resilience of this undrafted kid from Missouri State and how the chips have been stacked against him from the beginning is truly an inspiration. There are a lot of really great nuggets of information in this episode, please enjoy and share with a friend.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Episode #7 - Austin Johnson I 8th year NFL Defensive Tackle, Drafted #43 overall in 2016 talks about recovery routine, battling through injury, marriage, mentors, self doubt
    Sep 19 2024

    Austin Johnson is one of the strongest athletes I know! Drafted in the second round (43rd overall) to the Tennessee Titans Austin comes from a strong bloodline of athletes, which will continue because Austin married a former professional female football player Danika Brace, the legacy continues! Austin is originally from New Jersey and elaborates on his environment growing up and how important his family to his success. We talk Penn State football, the environment and the mentors from there as well as teammates who are considered mentors now!

    We talk injury, the dark times with it and realization of how you can positively benefit from something so uncertain.

    Overall a great conversation, catch Austin on Sundays playing for the Buffalo Bills.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode #6 - Benjamin Morrison I This Notre Dame Team Captain talks about the importance of vision that leads to success, family and mentors
    Aug 29 2024

    Episode #6 with Notre Dame standout Benjamin Morrison. In this episode we take a dive into Benjamin Morrison's road to glory. Born in Washington DC, playing high school football in Arizona then earning the honor of being name a freshman all American his 1st year of college. We examine Ben's philosophy on life, sports, family and vision. We take a look of how important family is to him, how their love has proven itself through his success thus far and the importance of keeping faith #1 and his best practices to keep him in an optimal state physically and mentally.. Please hit the subscribe button!

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    1 hr and 1 min

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