Ian Jenkins | The Freak Athlete Protocol

The routine I take every day

I broke 17 bones learning this the hard way. This is what I take now, why I take it, and what I would hand to 17-year-old me.

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Drafted by Reds in 2017

Trains 800+ Athletes

400k+ Followers

17 broken bones, 7 torn ligaments, 6 major surgeries

Why I partnered with the Collection

Someone I trust in the game, a voice of experience, introduced me to The Collection. The old me would have argued, or ignored it, or assumed I knew better. The new me listened, and then I verified. I ran my own test. I took it every day for months before I said one word about it to anybody. Once I knew The Collection was real, I did not just want to promote it. I wanted to be part of it.

Be careful what you let your kid put in his body. The supplement aisle is full of products that are loud on the label and light on proof. Look for clean ingredients you can understand, real transparency about where it is made, and a company that teaches instead of hypes. If they cannot explain it to you, leave it on the shelf.

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CurQLife Joint Support

Supports Joint Comfort and Mobility*

Helps Signal to Your Body That It Is Time to Wind Down*

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Pure Iso Whey Protein

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Recovery Aminos + EAAs

Supports Muscle Recovery During and After Training*

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Muscle Builder Complex

Supports Strength and Lean Muscle*

Supports Focus and Mental Clarity*

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Ian's Routine

Morning

First thing when I wake up, before the phone: 32 ounces of water with Hydration Electrolytes. Water by itself runs right through you. Electrolytes help your body hold onto it and put it to work. That is the base the whole day is built on.

After Breakfast

Elite Focus. Mornings are my creative hours. I shoot content before I ever touch a workout, and this keeps me clear and locked in. No jitters, no crash.

30 minutes pre-workout

Three things, every training day.

Creatine. The most studied, most proven supplement there is. It fuels the explosive movements this game runs on. On non-training days it goes in my morning water instead. It never gets skipped.

Muscle Builder Complex. A non-negotiable for me. It has helped me put on good muscle and hold onto my exit velocity and bat speed.

Full Tilt pre-workout. Attack the session from the first rep to the last. Energy and pump without the shaky feeling.

During the session

Recovery Aminos, sipped through the whole workout. Long days get another scoop of Hydration mixed in. Aminos are the building blocks your muscles use to repair and rebuild. This is where I noticed the biggest change in my recovery time.

Post Workout

Pure ISO Whey Protein, right away. That post-session window is when your body is primed to rebuild, and whey is the fastest, cleanest way to feed it. Best tasting too, which makes it easy to never skip.

Night

The part of my routine I protect the hardest, because I learned it the expensive way. When I played, I trained hard, ate well, and supplemented well, and my body still broke down on me. The reason was sleep. I never gave my body the hours to actually use any of it. Now sleep is my number one priority. Minimum eight hours, chasing ten. When my mind is still running, Deep Sleep helps me shut it off. The work only counts if your body has the rest to absorb it.

My One Non-Negotiable

CurQLife: A patented form of curcumin your body can actually absorb, where most of what is on the shelf barely absorbs at all. Joints, muscles, how my whole body feels day to day. My own folks take it now. Every single day, no matter what the rest of the schedule looks like.

My Motto

Nothing I say is law. Take what works and drop what doesn't.

I am not here to promise your son is going to make it to the major leagues. As you know, the likelihood of that is very low. My purpose is much bigger than that. Sports, especially baseball, are a microcosm of life, and the lessons learned here are universal. What I want for your kid is the same thing my parents gave me: unshakable belief and conviction in himself, the mindset to take full ownership of his development, and to become the kind of person who does not make excuses and just gets it done.

1. First, you are not a bystander, you are a partner. Stay informed, ask questions, be in the loop.

2. Second, know that your kid will probably fight your voice the way I fought my dad's. Say it anyway. You are recognizing patterns you have seen before, and one day it will click for him the way it finally clicked for me.

3. Third, be careful what you let your kid put in his body. The supplement aisle is full of products that are loud on the label and light on proof. Look for clean ingredients you can understand, real transparency about where it is made, and a company that teaches instead of hypes. If they cannot explain it to you, leave it on the shelf.

You have already done the hardest part. You raised a kid with ambition.

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