Athlete Factors

In this episode I talk with Dr. Bill Kelley, DPT, ATC, CSCS, about his injury experience and how to come back after a "career-ending" injury. Dr. Kelley is the Director of Physical Therapy and co-owner of Aries Physical Therapy, a premium Orthopedic and Sports physical therapy practice in South Florida. He has worked with world renowned athletes like Stefi Cohen and Noah Olsen, and has published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy as well as publications including Men’s health and The Huffington post. He has also lectured on mechanobiology and mechanotherapy at the AAOM (American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine) national conference.

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In this episode, I catch up with an old team-mate and class-mate from college, Joel Smith.

Joel has coached 2 national champions, multiple All-Americans and school record holders in his time as a track coach. In the realm of strength and conditioning, his programs have assisted 5 athletes to Olympic berths that produced 9 medals and a world record performance at Rio in 2016.

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In this episode, I talk with my new friend, Angela Lewis, a former NCAA Division 1 and professional Basketball player, and Championship winning coach. She is also a published author and inspiring and motivating speaker. We talk about how she got started in the world of basketball, getting out of your comfort zone to grow and experience the best that life has to offer, playing professionally in Germany, and how the collegiate recruiting process works. If you are an athlete, or the parent of an athlete, wanting to play college sports, this episode is for you!

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In this episode I talk with an old running "rival," Nik Schweikert.  Nik is currently the Head Boys and Girls Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at Canton South High School in Canton, Ohio. He is also the Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Coach. He ran at Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio and then continued his competitive running career at Malone University where he was a six-time NAIA All American. He recently began competitively running again after four years away from the sport. He lives in Canton, Ohio with his wife Becky and three kids, Ellie, 5, Eddie, 3, and Otto, 1.

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In this episode, I talk with an old friend, Matt Ison. Matt is a competitive Triathlete and accomplished Triathlon Coach. We discuss how to breakdown the triathlon into strategic parts, how to fuel training and racing, how to get tons of media exposure, and why you shouldn't brag about where you're at in a race until you get to the finish. The topics of racing weight, recovery modalities, nutrition, and strategy also make their way into our discussion, as well as how he got his Strava and Instagram handles.

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In this episode, I talk with my friend, Ambrose Coleman. In anticipation for a future podcast with another guest to discuss Knee Valgus and jumping, I asked Ambrose to share his experience and perspective on Knee Valgus as it relates to optimal movement, mechanism of injury (specifically ACL/meniscus), and injury prevention screening. Ambrose invents a new word, we crack ourselves up, and I expand my understanding of how the nervous system achieves movement tasks.

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In this episode, I chat with my friend Juan Carrillo. Juan is the Men's Cross Country Coach at Bowling Green State University as well as a personal running coach. His vast experience as an elite high school runner in Illinois, an NCAA athlete at Lewis University, a sponsored athlete with the Indiana Invaders professional running club and representing Mexico on the All-National Track and Field Team gives him a solid platform and base to coach his athletes to the next level. We discuss our time together at the Indiana Invaders pro running club, how he got into running, how he made his way into the coaching world, and how he continues to increase his running knowledge and coaching craft to get the most from his runners.

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In this episode, I talk with my friend and grad-school classmate, Jeremy Reid, M.S., CSCS. Jeremy is a 3 x United Shooting Sports Leagues Champion and an accomplished combat sport (bjj and mma) athlete and coach. We discuss how to genuinely improve just about any skill, how to improve athleticism for shooting sports, and how to prioritize training goals and variables for competition in combat sports.

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In this episode I explain why I don’t have a guest this week (Sorry, technical issues with the recording), why it is so important to know your body’s “Calorie budget,” how to calculate your predicted Maintenance Level of Calories, and the basic setup I use to determine preliminary gram goals for the macronutrients.

In this episode, I talk with an old friend, Jason Clinton, MS. Jason is a Strength Coach, Clinical Massage Therapist, and Sport Performance Coach, but he has knowledge and experience in just about every aspect of health, wellness, and human performance. We discuss our similarities in training philosophy, how to make athletes resilient, and the importance of owning your health and wellness. We also talk about some of the primary goals of wellness coaching, how success leaves clues, down-grading and preventing overuse injuries, and how we both love and use the Schwinn Airdyne Bike.

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