STRONG Life Podcast ep 269 is with Jason Leydon from his Conquer Athlete Podcast. I had a blast on this episode chatting about building leaders on a sports team as well as empowering your coaches to all become Leaders. Jason has been in the coaching game for a long time and it's interesting to see how CrossFit still has a hungry following. Jason and I dug deep into how I've evolved as a Coach through the decades and the years along with my many experiences from the private sector, to D1 … [Read more...]
Barbarian Brothers Strength Training Lessons & Inspiration
Lessons & Inspiration from THE Barbarian Brothers. I know that some people will dismiss this information. Others are simply not ready for it. They don't have an open mind yet. For me, with my decades of experience, I have seen a lot and gone through a lot. This gives me a massive pool of knowledge and experience to pull from. So if you're ready, read on. Heck, even if you're not ready, jump in and read on...... The weight room at my high school has been PACKED to the gills since … [Read more...]
Strength Coach & Strength Training Lessons Learned Since 1989
It was June of 1989 when I began lifting weights in my brother's room. For a year, perhaps even 2 years, I was already intrigued with getting strong and building my body. I would read the bodybuilding books and magazines my brother had before I even began training. Unfortunately, those books were bodybuilding based. There were NO performance based training books available at the book stores. Unless I completely ignored them and only read what captured my attention. When I began coaching at a … [Read more...]
Zach Goes on Mark Bell’s Power Project: Life, Business & Training Athletes
In this STRONG Life Bonus Podcast, prepare to go DEEP into a 3 hour podcast with my bro, Mark "Smelly" Bell and his team members, Nsima Inyang & producer, Andrew Zaragoza. We go deep down many rabbit holes and many have reached out to me telling me they did NOT know about a lot of these stories and experiences. Here's just some of the topics we get into...... … [Read more...]
261: Zach & Dr. Pat Ivey Talk Life, Strength Coach Career & More
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 261 with Dr. (Coach) Pat Ivey. We dig deep on this podcast from mindset, to life, to career and everything in between sets, reps and strength. Here are just some of the topics we cover in this BEAST of a podcast :) What is my morning routine and what runs through my mind when I wake up and start the day Finding the elegant balance between hard work and family time Taking care of the athletes we train like they are our own kids How growing up in tough … [Read more...]
260 – Coach Bill Gillespie | 40 Years of Coaching Experience: Sets, Reps, Exercises & Strength Coach Career Talk
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 260 with Master Strength Coach, Bill Gillespie Bill brings 40 Years of Coaching Experience and MANY world records in the bench press and has benched over 800 lbs in competition. Bill's Bio is HERE Contact Bill for Consulting / Education: Bill@sorinex.com In this episode, Bill and I discuss and exchange stories of training that go back to the 70s as we discuss Sets, Reps, Exercises & to cap it all off, some heartfelt Strength Coach Career Talk! Prepare … [Read more...]
7 Strength Training / Coaching Mistakes that Hurt Athletes
I'm gonna kick this off with something that might sound like arrogance, but in truth, it's me taking pride in what we do and the results we've been delivering since day 1, 2002 garage days. I used to get hated on for how we trained but I look back and feel even those early days, even as imperfect as it all was, it was VERY EFFECTIVE. It was effective because we crushed the basics. We developed athletes, NOT just athletes who could lift heavy weights. These athletes were succeeding in every … [Read more...]
253 | Joel Smith on Speed Training, Program Design & the Strength Coach Profession
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 253 with Joel Smith. This was a powerful podcast as we dug deep into ALL things Speed Training along with the ins and outs of the Strength Coach profession. Joel has been a Coach at the D3 and D1 University level and now in the private sector. Joel is also the author of the book, Speed Strength. We broke this podcast into 2 parts Make sure you connect with Joel HERE. Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode: … [Read more...]
Strength & Conditioning Thoughts: “Perfect” Training vs DOING THE WORK
Above: The Dumbbells at Diamond Gym. To get to the heaviest weights, you must do all the work to get them from the bottom! In sports, you can be a Coach or even a fan watching practice or competition and there will be stand out athletes. If you don't know that athlete, then you have NO clue how that athlete achieved his or her skill. he may have worked his ass off for it or, he might be gifted and lazy. But in the weight room, ahhhhhh, that's a different story. You can stand against the wall … [Read more...]
246 | Matt Nichol & Learning from Legends in Strength & Conditioning
WOW! What a BEAST of a podcast with Strength Coach, Matt Nichol. This is STRONG Life Podcast ep. 246. I first heard of Matt around 2004 when I was attending the first ever pilot certification for The IYCA which was being held by Brian Grasso. Here's just SOME of what we talk about in this episode: … [Read more...]
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