The 18STRONG Podcast

This week our guest is Mike Romatowski, creator of the Mach 3 Speed Training system. Mike and the team at Mach 3 are using very unconventional tools to help thousands of golfers get stronger and faster specifically for golf. The Mach 3 tools were developed over the years after Mike was exposed to the value of using ropes and chains for building strength and speed. Using “dynamic, oscillating...

Today I’m joined by Gabe Caldwell of Chicago Made Training. Gabe is a golf fitness professional out of Chicago, IL. that initially caught our eye because of all of the great content he puts out consistently on Instagram ( @GabeCaldwellGolf ). In today’s episode, Gabe helps us break down the difference between training your body to play better golf vs working on the “skills”...

Today I’m joined in the studio by my good friend Casey Cox. Casey is a world-class golf instructor (Director of Instruction at Old Warson Country Club), biomechanist, and one of the co-founders of Sports Science Solutions, an institute whose mission is … To provide world-class assessment and training solutions to help create a more healthy and sustainable next generation of athletes. I...

It’s likely that you’ve never of this week’s podcast guest, Clint Ober and that’s a shame because it tells me that you likely don’t know about his mission.  Clint is a pioneer in health and performance, but one of the reasons that most of you haven’t heard of him is because he accidentally stumbled into being this pioneer of a health and fitness discovery that most people initially would write off...

Josh Gregory is a short game and performance coach to some of the greatest players on the PGA tour. His most notable client right now is Will Zalatoris but he works with a stable of golfers on the Tour including a friend of 18STRONG, Adam Long. When Josh was coaching collegiately he won 2 national championships with a young Patrick Reed and he was also the coach that recruited Bryson DeChambeau to...

If you recognize the name Dylan Meyer that’s because he was at the top of the golf world in 2016-2018 when he was playing golf for the University of Illinois under Mike Small, one of the top collegiate programs in all of the country. At one point he was ranked at #1 Amateur Golfer in the World which is just a crazy, incredible feat in and of itself. He won several tournaments including the Western...

Mike Boyle is not only one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the world, but a pioneer in the field. Every coach that is listening to this most likely recognizes Mike’s name. You’ve probably heard Mike speak or read Mike’s stuff, but I want to make it clear: this episode is also for the golfers out there that are NOT coaches, fitness instructors or medical professionals because Mike w...

Today I am especially excited to announce that we are bringing the podcast back with an awesome interview with PGA winner Adam Long about the 2021-22 season, the LIV Golf / the PGA Tour situation, and all of the drama that has fallen on the golf universe. When it comes to LIV, Adam puts it best when he says “it’s the thing that we’re all tired of talking about, but at the same time we can&#8...

If you’ve been listening to the pod recently you’ll notice we’ve been doing more Q&A style with the 18strong crew, however, this episode is a little twist on the format where I’ll be giving more of a presentation. Think less Q’s and more A’s because we wanted to provide a bit of a template for our nutrition principles here at 18Strong. The 1 8STRONG Diet Stack is not necessarily a “this is wha...

Welcome back for another Q&A style episode with my buddy Chris Finn from Par4Success on talking and answering questions all about speed. He and his team at Par4Success have done several in-house research projects regarding speed, training, and what they are finding to be the most effective ways to achieve speed as a golfer. We talk about Overspeed training, different styles of Strength and con...

We are changing it up this week; rather than having an interview with a top golf pro, we are publishing one of our LIVE weekly Q&A sessions with the 18STRONG Crew. These are questions that I’m sure many of you are wondering as well so we brought our buddy Tony Soaib, one of the worlds top Strength/Conditioning and Nutritional coaches. Tony who is a steel trap of information when it comes to fi...

In this episode, Jeff breaks down the details of The 40-Day FORGE, a physical and mental program unlike any other in the world of golf that is based on the concepts of building strength through consistent challenges and commitments to yourself. For all of the specific details and resources to start the 40-Day FORGE, click here . Partners: LINKSOUL:  For your 20% discount on LINKSOUL gear, go...

Pete Popovich is an instructor with a very thorough background in the game of golf. Pete played at a very high level and at the age of 17 started teaching his peers. Seeing his ability to not just play the game, but also a cunning ability to teach, he started to get more of a following which led him to learn everything he could about all aspects of the game. Pete didn’t only dig into the tra...

We are excited to bring you a legend in the world of Wedge-Making this week. Terry Koehler, Founder of Edison Wedges is known in the golf circles as “The Wedge Guy,” and rightfully so. Terry has over 40 years in the golf industry with over 20 years of experience specifically designing and making wedges with his own hands. Prior to founding Edison Golf, he was the CEO of the Ben Hogan G...

Today’s episode is phenomenal in standing with our mission here at 18Strong to help you get strong on and off the course. We have Ben Newman, world-renowned performance coach who has worked with business execs and sales organizations all over the world, as well as professional athletes from the NFL, PGA, NBA, MLB, UFC and NCAA. Ben is also the mental conditioning coach for the 18-time national cha...

Matt Saternus is the founder and editor in chief of Plugged In Golf , an online publication that provides no-nonsense information for the golfer looking to dig into their equipment, instruction, game improvement, and just about anything else under the golf sun. One of their specialties at Plugged In Golf is testing and busting common advice in golf that we’ve all heard and simply take for gr...

Today, Evan Singer from The Par Train Podcast and I dig into a lot of different topics surrounding the mental game and how most of us regular golfers think our way through the round. We also talk about Evan’s personal experience winning a long drive competition and learned lessons on managing stress and pressure with the game and managing the mental load. Afterward, we dive into a ton of different...

Today I am especially excited to bring back our special guests, Garry Nicol and Karl Morris, authors of The Lost Art of the Short Game. Gary and Karl are good friends of us here at the 18Strong podcast and we’re excited to have them back on to talk about their latest book in the Lost Art trilogy. Karl and Gary think differently than most golf instructors and mental coaches that you see or re...

This week we have Wes Patterson, world long driver, on the show to talk to us about really everything in the world of Long Drive. Wes is one of the top Long Drivers on the planet. Currently ranked #12 in the world, he came in T5 in 2021 and has been a 4-time finalist in the world long drive championship. He has some ties back to St. Louis so we got to catch up on some local golf, his recent long d...

Today we’re talking to, Chris Harder, golf coach for our good buddy and PGA Tour rising star Hayden Buckley. Chris has been working with Hayden since he was a youngster around the age of 12 in Tupelo, MS. He continues to guide and coach Hayden through the ranks from a high school player that really wasn’t on track to play collegiate, to a hopefully soon-to-be PGA winner. We get to catch up talking...

Today we’re tackling an ailment that almost every golfer on the planet has struggled with, or will, at some point in their golfing life … and that is Golfer’s Elbow. Our special guest, Emma Green (known as the “Tennis Elbow Queen”) joins us to explain exactly what the tennis elbow and golfers elbow are (they’re very much the same diagnosis just different spots of the elbow,) and walk us thro...

This week we have Johnny Wunder, the Content Marketing Manager for Callaway Golf on the show. Johnny is the man with the inside scoop when it comes to the tour pros’ equipment. Johnny enlightened me on what goes through the mindset of a golf “gear head” and what he’s looking at when breaking down a WITB (What’s in The Bag?) video. In this episode, we cover Johnny&#821...

Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guests, Frank and Mike Fasano from Golficity. Frank and Mike Fasano, two cousins that, nearly a decade ago, decided they wanted to make golf more fun and enjoyable through exciting and entertaining content. Thus, Golficity and The Golf Podcast were born! Today, the guys share their journey from the corporate world to living in the world of golf...

Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Ronnie Doss. It is good to be back! We took a bit of a break here at the 18STRONG Podcast getting our new facility up and operational, but we are back and have some awesome guests and content in the pipeline! I don’t even know how to describe Ronnie Doss. He has been executing leadership training for the last decade in more than 10 count...

As we continue to finish up construction and moving into our new 18STRONG HQ, we are doing one more “revisited” episode from the archives. This interview is one of my favorites on the short game with one of the top instructors in the world: James Seickman. James not only teaches at Shadow Ridge Golf Club in Omaha, Nebraska, but he is also recognized as one of the top Golf instructors i...