Cheeky Mid Weeky

Dr. Brian Biagioli is the Graduate Program Director for Strength and Conditioning in the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Science at the University of Miami. He established the university’s Strength and Conditioning/Fitness Entrepreneurship graduate program in 2009, which has earned NSCA Educational Recognition since 2011. An author of three college textbooks, Dr. Biagioli has presented interna...

In this week's Supertraining in a year pod Yosef and Justin pivot from the book and talk with Robert Heiduk. Robert is an author and researcher who went to Japan to learn from the creator of KAATSU Dr. Yoshiaki Sato. KAATSU is the original BFR and in his episode Yosef and Justin dig into KAATSU and how coaches can put KAATSU into their practice in the weight room and on the field. Robert is a weal...

Hear from Yosef in this Supertraining in a Year podcast episode explain to Justin why team sport athletes do NOT need to do overspeed sprinting. Just because it is popular does not mean it should be done. ___ Learn about CEUs to the NSCA and CSCCa: https://www.strengthcoachnetwork.com/pricing ___ CONNECT WITH US: 🌎Site: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/ 📱Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/streng...

Breanne Rowe, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F, RSCC is a strength and conditioning coach currently supporting the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron in Colorado. Her experience spans tactical performance, personal training, higher education, and human performance, with a strong focus on helping athletes and military personnel improve performance and resilience. Prior to her current role, Rowe worked as a stren...

In this episode of Supertraining in a Year , Justin Lima and Yosef Johnson work through pages 526–540 and a central theme emerges: you cannot microwave adaptation. The discussion begins with the problems associated with premature intensification and early specialization. Faster, harder, and more intense training may produce results early, but that doesn't necessarily mean it creates the foundation...

LSU Sports Dietitian Allison Wade joins the podcast to break down what performance nutrition actually looks like when working with athletes every day. Allison and Justin discuss the relationship between strength coaches and dietitians, sweat testing and hydration, fueling different sports, body composition, supplements, blood testing, nutrition during injury and return to play, and why nutrition h...

Alex Kanellis is the founder of Landmine University, a former University of Iowa football player, competitive wrestler, strength coach, and innovator in rotational power training. Holding a master's degree in kinesiology and the CSCS credential, Kanellis developed the Landmine University Training System after multiple shoulder and bicep surgeries led him to seek alternatives to traditional Olympic...

The conversation covers current adaptation reserve (CAR), protein synthesis, the sarcoplasmic reticulum, contractile and mitochondrial proteins, supercompensation, and the different cellular responses that occur when developing speed, strength, endurance, and speed endurance. But the practical message is much simpler: cut the noise. More training isn't automatically better training. Justin and Yos...

Chris Martin is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Louisiana State University Baseball, where he helped guide the Tigers to the 2025 National Championship in his first season in Baton Rouge. Before joining LSU, Martin spent six seasons with the Houston Astros, serving in multiple roles including Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator and Rehab Strength & Conditioning Coord...

Matt Aldred returns to the podcast after helping Michigan Men’s Basketball win a National Championship , but this conversation isn’t about taking credit for the title. Matt and Justin dive into what the championship season taught him about coaching: keeping training simple, minimum effective dose, learning from individual athletes, adjusting volume, building leadership capital, communicating with...

Chris Martin is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Louisiana State University Baseball, where he helped guide the Tigers to the 2025 National Championship in his first season in Baton Rouge. Before joining LSU, Martin spent six seasons with the Houston Astros, serving in multiple roles including Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator and Rehab Strength & Conditioning Coord...

Rick Brunner joins Justin Lima and Yosef Johnson for a conversation spanning four decades of sports nutrition and performance science. Rick shares how his trips to the Soviet Union in the 1980s connected him with scientists studying creatine, adaptogens, recovery, and athletic performance—eventually leading him to introduce creatine to elite American athletes around 1987. The guys dive into supple...

What could the STRONG Act actually mean for strength and conditioning coaches? Rachel Newman, Marketing Manager for Customers and Community at TeamBuildr, joins Justin to break down why strength and conditioning needs its own SOC designation, what that could mean for salary and employment data, funding for personnel and professional development, and why coaches need to continue supporting the STRO...

Mike Woicik is one of the most accomplished strength and conditioning coaches in NFL history. Across 30 years in the league, he won six Super Bowl championships — three with the Dallas Cowboys and three with the New England Patriots — after beginning his career at Springfield College and Syracuse. Mike joins Justin to look back at the evolution of strength and conditioning through a career that sp...

In this episode of Supertraining in a Year, Justin and Yosef break down pages 466–480 and explore the relationship between pain, injury, and training. They discuss why pain doesn’t always reflect the severity of an injury, how microtrauma can accumulate over time, and why preparing athletes for imperfect and unexpected positions may be an important part of building robustness. As always, this podc...

Dr. Chad Herring is a Human Performance Specialist and Lead Strength & Conditioning Specialist supporting the United States Special Operations Command through KBR. His work focuses on integrating strength and conditioning, sport science, recovery, and performance analytics to enhance warfighter readiness and resilience. Prior to USSOCOM, Herring served as Director of Sport Science for football...

Are your athletes actually recovered — or do they just feel recovered? In this episode of Supertraining in a Year , Justin Lima and Yosef Johnson work through pages 451–465 of Supertraining , focusing on restoration, recovery, testing, and how coaches can actually apply these concepts. The bigger question throughout the episode: Are we using recovery and testing with a specific purpose, or are we...

Stephanie Mock Grubbs joins the Cheeky Mid Weeky to discuss leadership, career development, building performance systems, and her journey from collegiate strength and conditioning into professional baseball. Stephanie shares lessons from her time at Clemson, Mississippi State, and Pitt, including preparing for leadership before getting the title, developing staff, creating systems that last, and w...

Tommie Dorsey III, CSCS, M.A. is a Tactical Strength and Conditioning Coach with Serco in Hawaii and the Head Strength Coach for football at Kahuku High School. His coaching experience spans tactical, collegiate, private-sector, and high school performance settings, with a focus on long-term athlete development, movement quality, and evidence-based training. Prior to his current roles, Dorsey work...

In this episode of Supertraining in a Year , Justin Lima and Yosef Johnson cover pages 441–450 and dive into overtraining, recovery, and restoration — including the difference between general and local overtraining and why youth sport volume can create recovery problems that extend far beyond the weight room. They discuss why athletes don't always need to be fully recovered, how restoration should...

Kevin Maxen, Director of Sports Performance and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Tufts University, joins Justin Lima on the Cheeky Mid Weeky. Before arriving at Tufts, Maxen spent four years with the Jacksonville Jaguars and made stops at Vanderbilt, Baylor, Iowa, Army West Point, the private sector, and high school strength and conditioning. Kevin and Justin discuss what it actually mean...

Malorie Henderlong is the Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Auburn University, where she leads strength and conditioning and applied sport science efforts for Women's Soccer. Her work focuses on integrating performance training, GPS monitoring, athlete management systems, and sports science to enhance athlete development and availability. Prior to Auburn, Henderlong held sports performan...

In this episode of Supertraining in a Year , Justin Lima and Yosef Johnson break down pages 421–435 of Supertraining . The conversation covers needs analysis, athlete testing, reducing injury risk, contact preparation, exercise selection, and the Minimax Principle. They also discuss minimum effective dose, eliminating unnecessary training volume, and why coaches should constantly ask whether an ex...

BONUS Cheeky Mid Weeky episode for all the football S&C coaches out there! 🏈 Dr. Thomas Stallworth II joins the show to share lessons from more than 20 years in strength and conditioning across HBCUs, Power 5 football, and the NFL. We discuss leadership, culture, mental toughness, psychology, relationships with athletes, sports science, and why strength coaches may be making training more com...

Lonnie Maddox is the Associate Director of Football Sports Performance at University of North Carolina. Prior to joining North Carolina, he served as an assistant strength coach at Kansas State University, helping the Wildcats to a 9-4 season and a victory in the 2024 Rate Bowl. Before Kansas State, Maddox was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Valdosta State University and Alcorn State U...