The Strength Coach Podcast

Brought to you by PerformBetter.com Al Miller,  Legendary NFL Strength Coach, one of the pioneers in the industry on  The MariGold Bars "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment   This is Part 2 of a 2 part interview We spoke about: Complexes and how he uses them to assess his athletes Can we develop different qualities at once? His thoughts on Olympic Lifts Exercise Selection In-...

Al Miller,  Legendary NFL Strength Coach, one of the pioneers in the industry This is Part 1 of a 2 part interview We spoke about: The current state of Strength & Conditioning What might he do differently What he looks for in assessment  What complexes can tell you about your athletes How he learned about Russian Periodization  The book is called The System     Check out t...

Ben Crookston,  CEO and Founder of TrainHeroic We spoke about: Everything Online training How TrainHeroic started Making a bigger impact in the industry Creating an experience for people Then different offerings of using technology Using it in a team setting and best practices the Readiness feature Click here to start your Free 14 Day Trial . If you decide you love it, tell them Anthony sent...

  Jim Kielbaso,  President of the International Youth Conditioning Association and the director of the Total Performance Training Center in Wixom, Michigan  on the  The MariGold Bars "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment   We spoke about: Everything Long Term Athlete Development What it is Misconceptions What trainers are taking too far The different segments Check o...

For this Special Episode, I put Gray Cook's whole 7 part series on the Fundamental Capacity Screen in one episode.    

The MariGold Bars “Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach” Segment Guy Massi, owner and Director of Operations at Massi & Machado, advisor at Tsunami Bar We spoke about: His upcoming workshop “Developing the Modern Athlete & Client” at the Perform Better Functional Training Institute on November 17th Intake and Assessment His work with the Philadelphia Eagles Oscillation Training The Tsunami Bar Dynami...

The MariGold Bars "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Pat Davidson, TJ Lopez and Mike Stella Share the Stage   We spoke about: Each of their topics at the AMP Fall Seminar on September 15 on Long Island, NY When: Saturday, September 15th, 8:00am-6:00pm Where:Athletic Movement Protocol (AMP), 275 Robbins Ln, Syosset, NY 11791  (516) 802-0152 CEUs: .6 CEUs, or 6 contact hours...

Bill Parisi,  Founder and Chairman of Parisi Speed School, a 95+ location franchise network with over 300 Full-Time Performance Coaches is on  The MariGold Bars "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Bill is recognized as one of the most successful personal training entrepreneurs in the world with a 25-year successful track record of consistent growth We spoke about: How he defines...

Brandon Marcello, High Performance Strategist and Consultant We spoke about: The basics of sleep Misconceptions about sleep Sleep Debt Napping My results with the  Readiband  from Fatigue Science Coaching Sleep So much more   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We talked about: His success with  More Thoughts on Sled Work The thread Testing Technology and Coac...

Kevin Neeld, Assistant Strength Coach, San Jose Sharks We spoke about: His assessment and performance profiling and how it affects program design Using Dorsiflexion as an example Strategies to individualize programming in group settings Workload and recovery monitoring His upcoming  workshop  with Mike Potenza and James Lavalle So much more   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner wit...

Highlights of Episode 233   "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Sue Falsone (founder of Structure & Function and author of Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance ) We spoke about: All about the book Psychomotor Control Issues Muscles turning on and off Soft tissue implications to apical breathing and how we can end up with instability and tension Breathing assessment The Four Diap...

"Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment PJ Nestler (Performance Director of XPT- Extreme Performance Training   ) We spoke about: Performance Breathing What the XPT Movement Curriculum looks like Training in the pool Recovery methods, including Recovery Breathing Going deep into Cold & Heat exposure     The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We talked about: His p...

The Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle- Complete Youth Training Coach Boyle is on to talk about his new product  Complete Youth Training   The role of Strength & Conditioning coaches in parent education Being the advocate for smart youth training The holes in Long Term Athlete Development The myth about the best players being born early in the year Are other sports part of deliberate practi...

"Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Tim Difrancesco (owner of TD Athletes Edge  in Salem, MA and former LA Lakers Strength Coach ) We talked about: Being at Physical Therapist, ATC and Strength Coach His former role with the Lakers Gaining trust of someone like Kobe Bryant who already had a trainer Is the Hybrid model of therapist and strength coach the new way to go His approach to t...

Highlights of Episode 230 "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Rob Wilson ( Head Coach, PSE Pro Breathe , Co-creator of The Art of Breathe Workshops ) We spoke about: How breathing effects movement, performance, and state Don’t Be a baby CO2 tolerance test Nasal Breathing Carbon Dioxide Breathing for Performance The Art of Breath Clinics   The StrengthCoach.com Coaches Corner with Coac...

Highlights of Episode Special Episode 229.5   "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Devan McConnell (Mass Lowell, Head Hockey Performance Coach) is on to talk about the 2 things we are doing to benefit the Humboldt Broncos Junior Hockey Team Memorial Fund. The team was  involved in a serious bus accident on April 6, 2018 where there were 16 fatalities confirmed out o...

Highlights of Episode 229   "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Kyle Holland ( KyleTrains.com , Tactical Strength Specialist, EXOS & Special Operations in the US Military)     Mike Perry (Owner, Skill of Strength , Chelmsford, MA) We talked about: Why is it that some MMA pros can get away with what we think as poor training yet still win fights The importance of develop...

Highlights of Episode 228   The TrainHeroic "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Alex Hutchinson (Author of " ENDURE- Mind, Body & the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance ") AlexHutchinson.net   We talked about: The Central Governor Justified Beliefs Why we are able to go so hard at the end of a race Limits to Muscle, Oxygen, Mental Fatigue, Hydration and Guel So Much Mo...

Highlights of Episode 227   The TrainHeroic "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Scott Carney (Author of " What Doesn't Kill Us ", " The Red Market ", " A Death on Diamond Mountain ")  We talked about: Going to Poland to debunk the Wim Hof Method and the genesis of the book " What Doesn't Kill Us " Environmental Conditioning His time training with Laird Hamilton His time training...

Highlights of Episode 226   The TrainHeroic "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment   Rob Assise (Track & Field Coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School)  We talked about: His article " Coaching Reflections: Avoiding Your Expert Phase " His article "On Teaching..." His article   "The Death of “Football Fast” and “Track Speed " The search for transfer- what transfers from pra...

Highlights of Episode 225   The TrainHeroic "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Cameron Josse (Director of Sports Performance for Defranco's Training Systems)  is on to talk about speed, speed, speed. We talked about: An overview of Horizontal and Vertical forces in Sprinting Expands on the Heavy Sled Research and Determining the Load of Maximum Power in Resisted Sprinting H...

Highlights of Episode 224- Sponsored by PerformBetter.com The TrainHeroic "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Brett Klika (Co-founder and CEO of SpiderFit)  is on to talk about training with kids and youth athletes. We talked about: Are we as strength and conditioning coaches, to blame for the popularity of early sport specialization? Stages of training for different ages and what sho...

The TrainHeroic "Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach" Segment Devan McConnell (Head of Hockey Performance at  Mass Lowell) and Justin Roethlingshoefer (Head Strength Coach of the San Diego Gulls) , are on to talk about their new book, " Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science and Athlete Development " Save 10% off the cover price and reserve your copy today by going to http:// the...

  Mark Watts , 5th Grade Teacher, former Dir. of Education at Elitefts.com.  Follow Coach Watts on Twitter We talked about: Four Essential Steps Athletes Need to Take Relationships with Sport Coaches The Coaches Corner with Coach Boyle We talked about: Forum thread " On Ice/Off Ice Speed Comparison " Sean Skahan's article " The In-Season Guy " Rob Assise's article-" Coaching Reflections:...

Highlights of Episode 221 Hit The Gym with a Strength Coach Mark Watts , 5th Grade Teacher, former Dir. of Education at Elitefts.com.  Follow Coach Watts on Twitter Working with young athletes Changing the "Outcome over Process" mentality The 3 Phrases You Need to Say to Your Kids About Sports How being a 5th Grade teacher has changed his perspective on coaching The Coaches Corner with Coach...