Zelos Podcast

Rock talks with a true leader in the field of movement: Dr. Charlie Weingroff. Too much information to write in one paragraph so it's best to watch or listen in.  TIME STAMPS 1:00 Perform Better Summer Series  4:00 Why Charlie can’t stand “Bridging the Gap”  11:00 Charlie’s weapons/tool box  19:00 Load Management, what it means and it’s importance  26:30 Joint Centration&n...

Rock talks with Nate Brookreson, the first strength coach of the NHL's brand new team: The Seattle Kraken.   TIME STAMPS  1:45 Creating the Seattle Kraken  6:00 What is different with the Seattle Kraken  13:00 Becoming the Strength Coach for the Seattle Kraken  20:00 Forming the brand new NHL team  25:00 Program Design: Periodization vs Velocity Based Training  3...

Rock talks with Certified Athletic Trainers and the co-hosts of the Move Your Body Move Your Brain Podcast, Meghan Barrington and Aleena Kanner.   TIME STAMPS  1:00 Move Your Brain Move Your Body begins  6:45 Pursuing a career in athletic training  23:00 Gender gap in athletic training  27:00 Athletic training in high school vs college vs professional sports  34:00 Wo...

Rock talks with Brandon Moran, Head of Developmental Performance for the Seattle Sounders. Listen to all that is involved with developing Major League Soccer players.   TIME STAMPS  1:40 Brandon Moran, Head of Developmental Performance of the Seattle Sounders  4:45 LTAD (Long Term Athletic Development) of soccer  9:40 Assessing soccer athletes  12:00 The chance of making i...

Rock talks rugby conditioning with Randy Ashe, athletic trainer and Jared Collinson, strength coach.   TIME STAMPS  2:30 Relationship between Athletic Trainer and Strength Coach   3:30 Major League Rugby - Do all players play hurt?  6:30 Rehabbing rugby athletes - progressions and regressions  14:00 Screening rugby athletes  16:30 Program design for different rugby po...

Rock talks with the head of strength & conditioning for the entire Houston Astros organization.  TIME STAMPS  1:30 Strength & Conditioning Coach Nick Shedd & the teams he oversees for the Houston Astros  5:00 The fundamental go-to lifts for baseball  7:00 Loading the rotational athlete without putting compressive forces on the spine  11:00 Proper programming of...

Rock's podcast guest this week is Christoph Wyss, the Assistant Strength Coach for the Anaheim Ducks.  TIME STAMPS  4:15 Mitigating injuries with strength & conditioning  7:15 Getting into hockey via the Chinese Olympic speed skaters  10:00 Similarities between speed skating and hockey conditioning  12:30 Injuries and return to play with NHL players  18:30 Interva...

Rock talks with Rob Campbell with the Detroit Red Wings about training & conditioning.  Time Stamps  2:30 Transitioning from MLB to the NHL  7:15 Joint by joint assessments  11:50 Knowing how to speak the language of the NHL  14:30 Using the force plate with the Detroit Red Wings  18:55 Keys for getting buy in with athletes  21:50 Dealing with the new NHL Tax...

Rock talks shop with John Griffin, Assistant Strength Coach for the Los Angeles Rams. TIME STAMPS 2:15 Playing college football at Northeastern & UMass 3:30 Joining the Bengals and then the Jets 7:45 Transitioning from NFL player to NCAA & NFL Strength Coach 13:00 Best coaching advice 15:00 Long Term Athletic Development 17:00 Being a coach for the LA Rams 21:30 Periodization in the NFL 25...

Rock talks sailing conditioning with America's Cup champion strength coach, Adam Storey, PhD.  TIME STAMPS 3:00 Coaching New Zealand’s Olympic Weightlifting Team  7:50 The differences between coaching teams vs individuals  10:00 The variety of athletes that made up Emirates Team New Zealand  12:55 Creating the training & conditioning program for America’s Cup  19:00 Tr...

Rock gets a lesson in business leadership and how to create raving fans from Jamey Rootes, President of the Houston Texans. TIME STAMPS 2:00 Jamey Rootes and the Columbus Crew FC 3:30 Creating the Houston Texans 6:30 Going from the MLS to the NFL 8:50 Best and worst decisions as president of the Texans 10:30 Building a winning culture and the IMPACT awards 13:45 Building the fan base 19:00 Working...

2021 Baseball season is underway and Rock talks strength training & conditioning with Derek Cantieni, Seattle Mariner's Assistant Strength Coach. TIME STAMPS 1:30 Derek Cantieni’s career path to the Seattle Mariners 9:30 Blending athletic training with strength coaching 15:30 Mariner’s strength & conditioning program design 18:30 Movement screening 26:30 Asymmetries 30:30 Regulating the au...

Rock gets a lesson in sport science from Saul Martinez of the San Francisco Giants TIME STAMPS 1:15 Saul Martinez’s role with the San Francisco Giants 4:30 Training templates that can be individualized 7:30 In season baseball training & conditioning 10:30 Return to sport protocol 13:30 Float tanks and sleep patterns 17:15 What is a sport scientist 25:45 SF Giants 2020 season 30:30 SF Giants 20...

Rock chats with Al Vermeil, legendary strength coach for the Super Bowl Champion 49ers, the NBA Champion Chicago Bulls and the Chicago White Sox. TIME STAMPS 2:15 Al Vermeil’s path to coaching 5:15 Hired by Bill Walsh to be San Francisco 49ers Strength Coach 6:00 Hired by the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox 9:30 The finer points of strength training 19:30 If you can’t run, you can’t play - The...

Rock kicks it with childhood friend, Joe Fitzgerald - Vice President of the NHL Events. TIME STAMPS 6:30 Turning down the Boston Celtics  8:30 Beginning with the Boston Red Sox  11:00 Joe's time with the United States Baseball Federation in Cuba  13:00 Guarding the 2004 World Series Championship Trophy  15:30 Working for Major League Baseball  20:30 Making the switch betwe...

Rock gets a lesson in NFL strength & conditioning by the one who has been doing it for 16 years, award winning coach, Dan Dalrymple, CSCS.  TIME STAMPS  2:30 Dan’s college days  4:30 Difference between college & the NFL  8:20 Working with specialists  12:30 Importance of free play as a child   18:30 Continued education  20:30 Velocity based training ...

Rock has a fun conversation with one of the female coaches of the NFL, seasonal strength & conditioning coach - Cristi Bartlett.  TIME STAMPS  2:00 The road to strength & conditioning  13:30 Tennessee Titans strength coaching  20:30 What Cristi learned from the Titans  27:00 Cristi’s college basketball career  33:30 Cristi’s advice for young trainers and coach...

Rock has talks to Lee Brandon about her time with the NY Jets (91-92), Hofstra University, coaching at the Olympics, training the cast of Baywatch, her 9 patents,  and her singing career.   TIME STAMPS  2:30 Signing on with the NY Jets  12:00 Life changing experience  16:30 Becoming an Olympic coach  23:30 Training the cast of Baywatch  27:00 Females in NFL Footb...

Rock has a chat with Scott Hannan (played over 1,000 NHL games) about surfing, hockey, and how COVID has changed the NHL.  GET YOUR SHARKS APP CHECK OUT THESE HOCKEY HELMETS   TIME STAMPS:  6:00 From hockey to surfing  8:00 Commentating for the San Jose Sharks  10:00 Stepping away from the NHL  12:00 When hockey feels like a job  14:00 San Jose Sharks app & A...

Rock talks with Emily Zaler, CSCS the first female coach for the Denver Broncos.  TIME STAMPS 4:30  Emily’s non-traditional path  10:00 Emily as a strength coach for the NY Knicks  16:30 Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship  19:00 Training the Denver Broncos  22:15 Broncos & COVID restrictions  29:30 What it’s like to be a female coach in NFL football  35:00...

Rock gets a behind-the-scenes look at athletic training and the NY Football Giants.  TIME STAMPS  2:30 Joining the NY Giants  4:30 Need for athletic trainers  7:00 Thirty years with the NY Giants  10:00 Benchmarks of a career  13:15 Interdiscipline Communication  16:30 Work schedule for an NFL athletic trainer  19:00 NFL injury treatment  23:00 Rehab an...

Rock has an in-depth conversation with Dr. Jen Welter, first female coach in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals). TIME STAMPS 1:40 Becoming an NFL coach  5:30 Breaking the barrier  8:50 Going from women's football to playing with the guys  11:30 Being a runningback and a teammate, earning respect  17:10 Being with the Arizona Cardinals  22:50 Post-NFL struggles  31:30 Gridiro...

Rock sits down for a quick chat with Sue Falsone, physical therapist, athletic trainer, and first female athletic trainer on a U.S. Major sports team.    GET TO KNOW SUE FALSONE   SUE'S TWITTER MEET ROCKY Rocky's Book Return to Center INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK LINKEDIN  TRAIN IN PERSON OR ONLINE TRAIN WITH ROCKY  INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK

Rock talks about omnidirectional training with Michol Dalcourt, inventor of the ViPR and co-founder of PTA Global.   TIME STAMPS  2:00 Farm vs. Gym Strength  7:00 Balancing Traditional Lifts w/Omnidirectional Training  13:50 Inventing the ViPR  19:20 Dealing w/Push Back & Buy In  24:00 The Art of Program Design  30:00 Odd Lifting  35:00 Motor Control&nbs...

Rock has a championship conversation with Ed Streit, Assistant Strength Coach for the NBA Champion LA Lakers.  Time Stamps 2:10 How to become an NBA strength coach  9:30 Reducing likelihood of injuries  11:20 Favorite moves & exercises  13:27 Sport specific conditioning  16:45 NBA training philosophies  18:30 Working with the Chicago Bulls  21:00 Plyometric p...