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The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. This episode Coach Spurlock talks the WHY behind his own growth in the strength and conditioning profession along with inviting staff members Coaches Ryan DeVriendt, Brenna MacDonald & Emily Guimond to dive deep into their own WHY. Follow us on Instagram for more content pertaining to The University of Kentucky's Olympic Strength and Co...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. This episode Coach Spurlock sits in with Assistant Strength Coaches Brenna MacDonald and Steven Wood talking shop and on what the two have been up to since they very different year in strength training has started. Key highlights include the leadership course taught here at the University and Olympic Weightlifting meet prep for the two...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. This episode serves as part two of our conversation on the good bad and the ugly of the strength and conditioning profession. Follow us on Instagram for more content pertaining to The University of Kentucky's Olympic Strength and Conditioning department at @Uk_Oly_Strength.

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock tackles the good, bad, and ugly of strength and conditioning as a profession with Assistant Director Coach, Ryan DeVriendt, and former staff Alycia Carrillo and Cam Bird. Follow us on Instagram for more content pertaining to The University of Kentucky's Olympic Strength and Conditioning department at @Uk_...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: we invite former UK Strength intern: Cameron Bird on to the show to talk shop. On staff for both Olympic sports and working under Rob Harris with Kentucky Men's Basketball. Spurlock and Bird talk on the origins of this podcast, fatherhood, the experience of the internship at UK and whats new in life. Follow us on Instag...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this special episode: Coach Spurlock along with the majority of the University of Kentucky’s Olympic Strength Staff sit down for our regularly scheduled after-action review reflecting on our very unexpected but well-executed virtual summer internship. This summer we hosted and invited 7 interns to our virtual internship off-campus fr...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites Coach’s Stephanie Tracey Simmons, Brenna MacDonald, and Emily Guimond to the show to speak on their various experiences in the world of Strength and Conditioning. With 3 generations of coaches on the show, a wide perspective is laid out on the matter of being a woman in the world of sport and how...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: The Strength staff here at The University of Kentucky takes on the topic of conditioning their athletes. Both after time off or in-season we look at the different schools of thought and how we apply them every day in programs to steer towards the entire level performance you see on the field of play. Follow us on Instag...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: We bring back Dr. Cormier to speak on the performance psychology piece of our athletic development and performance unit, how a strength coach uses this school of thought to better their athletes and continue to dive into the relationship between Strength and Conditioning’s GA positions and Dr. Cormier’s master's program...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Following up on episode 11, Spurlock continues the conversation about training for shoulder health in today's athletes at The University of Kentucky as well as buy into the nuts and bolts behind a program for prehab and injury prevention. Follow us on Instagram for more content pertaining to The University of Kentucky's...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: The strength staff here at The University of Kentucky examines their roots from D3 to the SEC. Each individual including Coaches Spurlock, DeVriendt, Wood, Macdonald, and Knox come from the small school atmosphere now coaching on the grandest stage of them all. Follow us on Instagram for more content pertaining to The U...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites Sport and Exercise Psychology director and proud (French) Canadian onto the podcast to dive into the mental edge of sport and how we here at Kentucky are working into that field for our student-athletes. Follow us on Instagram for more content pertaining to The University of Kentucky's Olympic Str...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock switches gears and goes back and forth with Assistant Strength Coach Steven Wood on multiple topics ranging from the new normal in their lives, training the high-level athletes of the Kentucky track and field teams post-collegiate career, what it takes to get to that level and their routines in and out of...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites Head Strength coach of the Kentucky Men’s Basketball team Rob Harris to the show. Rob’s pathway to Kentucky, what he implements into training high-level talent, and what he is doing to continue bettering himself and those around him during this time are covered. Follow us on Instagram for more con...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock sits down with The University of Kentucky Internship Coordinator and Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Ryan DeVriendt, Former Coaching Assistant Ethan Quarles, Current Coach Assistant Steven Strobis, and Current GA Strength Coach Ken Knox to speak on their time at Kentucky. Topics include th...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites University of Kentucky Assistant Director of Olympic Strength Coach Ryan DeVriendt, Senior Assistant at Clemson University Coach Ryan Metzger and Director of Olympic Strength at Mississippi State Coach Stephanie Mock to the show to do a deep dive into the new world of strength and conditioning sum...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Let's Talk about the Shoulder. University of Kentucky Strength Coach’s Spurlock & DeVriendt talk round table with Kentucky Athletic Trainers Josh Walker from Baseball, Katy Poole from Volleyball, and Bri Papotto from Softball about programming for shoulder health to meet the demands of their sports, injury prevention, w...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: The staff here at the University of Kentucky Olympic Strength sits down and talks on their programming tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic. Coaches Ryan DeVriendt, Steven Wood, and Brenna Macdonald share where their individual success and struggles have come taking a step into coaching their athletes from home and what their...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites Head Coach of the University of Kentucky’s reigning SEC Champion Volleyball team to talk about what it takes to step up to the next level in college volleyball. How the University of Kentucky has found success in team culture and coaching under Coach Skinner, and how strength and conditioning has...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock asks Director of Strength and Conditioning at Eastern Connecticut State University and former Kentucky Strength Coach: Jeanne Rankin to give us a preview of her upcoming presentation at the CSCCA Virtual National Conference on “The Cares and Concerns of the Female Strength and Conditioning Coach” beginnin...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites Former University of Kentucky Women’s Basketball standout Maci Morris to talk on her time at the University of Kentucky. Topics cover the transition to to stepping up to the demands of playing for Kentucky, Maci’s experience in how the weight room helped her game, our summer strength and condition...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites University of Kentucky Senior Athletic Trainer, Katy Poole on to the show. Working with Volleyball and the women’s golf teams, Katy explains her path and why she has chosen to stay at the University of Kentucky. Along with that: the difficulties of being an athletic trainer while being way from yo...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock sits down with Director of Performance Nutrition: Monica Fowler. Topics include Performance Nutrition's growth under Monica, its place within our Athletic Development and Performance unit, and how she approaches a food first style of meeting the diet and nutritional demands of elite athletes. Follow us on...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. ***To commit to social distancing guidelines by the state of Kentucky and the CDC, The One-2 Kentucky Blue podcast has gone remote. Bare with us as we work through the kinks of this new set up and adjust to a new set up in recording our show*** In this episode: Coach Spurlock invites Coach Steven Wood, Assistant Strength Coach at The Un...

The University of Kentucky Strength and Conditioning podcast. In this episode: Coach Spurlock sits down with the Coach who brought him on staff. Currently the Associate AD for Life Performance, and formerly the head strength and conditioning coach for Olympic Sports: Stephanie Tracey Simmons. Conversation trails from her path as a strength coach into administration here at the University of Kentuc...