Zelos Podcast

Rock talks to Daniel DeBrocke about strength training & conditioning. Don't miss out on any episode. Click subscribe right now! TIME STAMPS: 2:00 Daniel’s opening prayer 3:00 99lb. weakling turned Hercules 8:00 Behavior modulation 10:15 Food palatability reward hypothesis 14:00 Introvert and extroverted coach 17:15 Time with Kabuki and after 23:00 Compress and decompress 28:30 Navigating t...

Rock talks with Coach Kelly Dormandy, Director of Sports Performance for USC Women's Basketball. Tune in and subscribe today! TIME STAMPS: 1:30 Leaving LMU & the LA Sparks 5:00 Leaving Athens Georgia 7:00 Getting the gig at USC 10:30 Bringing effective tools to USC Women’s Basketball 16:00 How Coach D interviews the best staff 20:30 Taking on the role of guardian and maternal figure 23:00...

Rock talks to Coach Katie Guillory, Asst. S&C Coach for LSU Women's Gymnastics and Beach Volleyball. TIME STAMPS: 1:30 Katie Guillory’s path to LSU 6:00 Pivoting away from personal training 9:33 Winning the World Series 11:30 Moving to Liberty 12:45 On to the Fighting Illini 14:30 Comparing sports experiences 18:30 A question of how much do we load 22:15 How sports shape athlete’s structure 26...

Rock talks with Blake Brightwell, the NSCA's Personal Training Program Manager. Give a listen. Hit the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 2:30 Blake Brightwell’s journey to NSCA HQ 5:30 Acute care was just not cute enough 7:45 Michael Johnson Performance Training 13:30 Working at NSCA Headquarters 15:00 The NSCA and personal training 19:30 Demographics of NSCA-CPT’s 24:00 How universities and colleges...

Rock talks with Gini Grimsley, NSCA's Executive Chairperson for the Personal Trainers Development Group. Tune in and be stoked! TIME STAMPS 1:15 Getting to know Gini Grimsley 4:15 Pursuing Cardiac Rehab 8:00 Enter personal training and VASA Fitness 12:00 Appalachia State juggernauts 13:30 The state of the personal training industry 17:00 “Special” populations are now the norm 20:00 Meeting clients...

Happy holidays! We pulled one from the vaults this week while on vacation. Enjoy the conversation between Rock & Gary Ward. TIME STAMPS 3:00 Anatomy in Motion coursework 7:00 How we move 10:00 The Flow Motion Model 15:00 Why there are different views on gait 22:00 Offer new experiences to a body in motion 30:00 Follow the bones not the muscles 36:30 Really understanding the knee 52:00 Anatomy...

Rock talks to the Philadelphia Eagles' former VP of Player Performance, Ted Rath about his new book, Beyond Comfort. Give a listen and hit the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 2:00 Ted Rath’s career change from the NFL 4:15 Beyond Comfort 8:00 Events of the past shape the future 11:00 Manual labor and work ethic 14:30 Taking a leap of faith 16:15 The importance of role models 17:45 Chapters of Beyond...

Rock talks to creator of BAM Metrics, Bobby Aldridge. Tune in, sit back, and hit the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 2:00 the birth of BAM Metrics 5:00 Jumping into Plyometrics 8:00 The importance of feedback 12:15 Feel isn’t always real 16:00 Simple BAM tools 21:00 Explaining the basics of movement 24:00 The why behind exercise selection 27:00 The search for shiny objects 30:00 The Dirty Dozen 33:0...

Rock talks to Dr. Ryan Comeau, CEO/Founder of the markerless motion capture company, Kinetisense. Give a listen and hit the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 1:30 Who is Dr. Ryan Comeau 7:00 Early versions of motion capturing 9:00 Planar reactivity deviation patterns 13:00 Movement neurology 17:50 Getting to the root source of non-contact injuries 20:00 Detecting functional fatigue 23:00 Building a da...

Rock talks with the Houston Texans' Sports Science Coordinator, Cole Gardner. Give a listen and slap that subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 2:00 Unique pathway through Florida State 4:00 Sports Science becomes a viable career 6:00 Athlete management system at Penn State 7:00 Getting the job with the Houston Texans 8:30 Mining the big buckets of data 11:00 The importance of fatigue monitoring  14:00 Th...

Rock talks with Utah Hockey Club's High Performance Director, Devan McConnell. Tune in. Tell friends about Zelos. Subscribe so you don't miss out. TIME STAMPS 1:30 Resources for Team Development 6:00 High Performance Director, what does that encompass? 10:30 Management tools Devan uses 14:00 Devan’s biggest challenge 16:00 Core values of the Utah Hockey Club 18:30 Team building with staff 21:00 A...

Rock talks to himself for this special 200th episode edition of the Zelos podcast. Sit back and learn a bit about the host for once. TIME STAMPS 1:00 How the Zelos Podcast began 5:00 Check out the Zelos archives for some amazing guests 8:20 Rocky Snyder’s origins 11:30 Where the heck is Santa Cruz? 13:45 Beginning personal training in 1992 15:00 Business owner and horrific training programs of the...

Rock talks with Bay FC's Sports Scientist, Gaby Smith, CPSS. Be sure to spread the word of Zelos to your friends and colleagues. They don't know what they're missing! TIME STAMPS 1:20 Do Sports Scientist keep to themselves? 3:30 Framing sports science for Bay FC 5:45 Gaby Smith’s origin story 11:30 Transitioning through COVID 14:30 Heading to KC 17:00 Building Bay FC from scratch 19:00 Wellness qu...

Rock talks with Mental skills coach, Chase Kough, about his book and G.O.A.T. Mind program. Give a listen and click the subscribe button now. Don't miss new episodes every Monday at 9am EST / 6am PST. TIME STAMPS 1:30 Chase Kough’s path to Mental Skills Coaching 6:00 I want to train Tyson Gay 9:00 Universal laws and principles 12:30 The G.O.A.T. Mind 16:00 Everything just is 20:00 Make your life u...

Rock talks with Angelo Gingerelli, Strength Coach for the Seton Hall Pirates and author of The Next Four Years. Give a listen and hit the subscribe button. Don't miss out on new weekly episodes every Monday at 9am EST / 6am PST. TIME STAMPS 2:30 Angelo found a job that works best 4:30 The Next Four Years: Compete, Win & Thrive in College Sports 7:00 Preparing high school athletes for college s...

Rock talks with Victor Cruz, Tampa Bay Rays Strength & Conditioning Coach. Listen in and hit the subscribe button. New episodes air weekly every Monday at 9am EST / 6am PST. TIME STAMPS 1:45 Victor Cruz’s elevator pitch 5:00 Transitioning to Strength & Conditioning 7:30 The Latin American presence and buy-in 13:00 The Rookie League 14:30 Victor’s tools in his toolbox 17:00 Baseline screeni...

Rock talks with Premier Lacrosse League's Head of Rehabilitation, Nate Neff, all about lacrosse. Give a listen and hit the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 1:00 Nate Neff’s path to pro sports and the PLL 4:15 Howard Head sports medicine 6:30 Working with NHL and NFL players 8:15 Collaborating with the pro sports teams 12:00 Ski and snowboard athletes in the winter 14:30 Integrating Eastern medici...

Rock talks with UConn Women's Basketball, Director of Sports Performance, and legend in the field, Andrea Hudy. Give a listen and click that subscribe button! TIME STAMPS 2:00 Andrea Hudy’s scholarly pursuits 3:00 Growing up as the youngest of 5 5:00 UConn, Springfield College, and Appalachian State 8:00 Time with the Kansas Jay Hawks and Texas Longhorns 12:00 Injuries lead to more injuries 13...

Rock talks with the New York Yankees Director or Player Performance, Eric Cressey. Give a listen and click that subscribe button! TIME STAMPS 1:45 Eric Cressey - the Maine-iac 4:00 Becoming the authority on baseball performance 7:00 Writing his tail off 12:30 Small town values 16:45 Perform Better Training Summits 19:00 Tommy John surgery and the pursuit of velocity 25:30 Don’t take away their sup...

Rock talks with Las Vegas Golden Knights' Associate Director of Player Performance, Jeff Conkle. Click the subscribe button before you hit play. TIME STAMPS 2:00 Jeff Conkle’s rise to the Las Vegas Golden Knights 5:00 Reaching out to Ohio State’s Olympic sports program 10:45 Working in the AHL 15:00 Developing an LTAD program 18:00 Development camps 20:00 The role of Player Performance 23:00 J...

Rock talks with Bryan Gardner, USA Rugby 7's Head Athletic Trainer and physical therapist. Click that subscribe button before you hit the play button. TIME STAMPS 2:00 What are the Rugby 7’s? 4:15 Bryan Gardner’s career path 10:00 From Rochester to the Buffalo Sabres 12:20 Return to play insight 14:00 Falling in to rugby 16:00 The drawbacks of frequent travel 20:45 Approaching injury strategy...

Rock talks with fellow movement specialist and AiM student, David Grey. Hit that subscribe button before listening. TIME STAMPS 2:00 Getting to know David Grey 5:00 Growing through social media 8:00 David’s path of knowledge 12:00 Initial insult and the compensatory path ensues 16:00 Influences like Gary Ward and Ido Portal 20:00 It’s not a tool, it’s a toolbox 25:00 Understanding the concepts of...

Rock talks to JC Santana about the personal training industry and a whole lot more. Tune in and click the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 1:00 Looking back on the early days of the NSCA 3:00 Buy the real estate 5:00 What personal trainers really do 8:30 Defining the psychological aspect of training 11:30 Hard to get wisdom at a young age 13:00 The requirements of world class coaches 19:00 What ignit...

Rock talks to Minnesota Twins physical therapist, Danny DiGregorio about the ins and outs of treating professional ball players. Be sure to cklick the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 1:30 Danny DiGregorio’s career path 6:00 Working in the Florida complex 8:30 What’s in Danny’s toolbox? 13:00 Mentors and influential pros 15:00 Working with Eric Cressey 17:00 Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training and...

Rock talks with Ashley Goodman, Kansas University Football's Director of Player Development. Be sure to click the subscribe button. TIME STAMPS 1:15 Origin story of Ash Goodman 5:00 Michael Johnson’s Center & Georgia Tech 9:00 Director of Player Development for KU Football 12:30 The NCAA and the NFL positions 15:00 Workshops for over 100 athletes 18:00 Dealing with legal, mental, and finan...