This week on the Jochum Strength Podcast Austin talks with Max Aita. Max is a weight lifting coach with over 20 years of experience helping athletes become stronger and technically better lifters.  Throughout the episode he talks about the mental preparation required during training and competitions that leads to winning, the importance of frequency, and the difference between technical abilities and strength abilities. If you are someone who loves weightlifting this an episode for you. As always thanks for listening and enjoy the episode. 

We sat down with Adam Meakins to talk about critical thinking in the rehab and strength world.
McGill. Squat U. FMS. 
Back pain fear. 
Neurotic athletes. 
Fascia training. 
“Magic coaching eye.” 
This is a conversation about nuance.
How to question dogma without becoming a troll. 
How to think critically without becoming arrogant. 
Why most pain problems are dosage problems. 
Why graded exposure beats avoidance. 
Why strength training is safer than sitting on the couch. 
If you’re a young coach trying to find your voice without becoming a carbon copy of your mentors, this one’s for you.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:05 Poking holes in dogma without being a troll
10:56 Willful ignorance, sunk cost fallacy, and Squat U
18:07 Planting seeds vs shock-and-awe on social media
26:00 Scapular dyskinesis and the myth of perfect symmetry
34:15 FMS, asymmetry, and creating neurotic athletes
45:49 “You’ll get hurt if you don’t”
50:00 Back pain, surgery culture, and financial incentives
56:05 Graded exposure vs avoiding movements
1:07:27 Fascia training, slings, and overcomplicating everything

This week on the Jochum Strength Podcast we complete the trilogy and sit down with the third strength coach from Cincinnati Kevin Deitz. Coach Deitz works with the women’s soccer team as well as track and field. Throughout the episode he talks about how to better implement return to play protocols, the importance of learning from mentors, why baseline testing is important, and how to approach addressing asymmetries. This is another great episode for someone looking to become a collegiate strength and conditioning coach. As always thanks for listening and enjoy the episode. 

This week on the Jochum Strength Podcast we sit down with coach Steven Whyte. Coach Whyte is a strength and conditioning coach out of Florida who trains a ton of team sport athletes of all ages as well as himself. Throughout the episode he talks about programming for varying ability levels and within the same session, having a framework for the weeks but being adaptable on the day, how he experiments with his own training. This is a great episode on concurrent training for team sport athletes. As always thanks for listening and enjoy the episode. 

This week on the Jochum Strength Podcast we sit down with legendary long time coach Dr. Bryan Mann. Coach Mann has been in the strength and conditioning field for decades  and is one of the grandfathers of Velocity Based Training. Throughout the episode he talks about who VBT training is right for, when to implement it with athletes, and human performance versus quality of life. If you have been curious about VBT Training this is an episode for you. As always thanks for listening and enjoy the episode. Interested In Learning More From The Legendary Dr. Bryan Mann? Check Out Texas A&M's Graduate Program:Learn more / apply here: https://texasam2026.cas.myliaison.com/applicant-ux/?_gl=1*gs2cgs*_gcl_au*MTk1NDI5NTA1NS4xNzY1ODI5MDc2#/login

This week on the Jochum Strength Podcast we sit down with Coach Adam Ross. Coach Ross is a registered dietician, sports nutritionist, and former professional hockey player. Throughout the episode he talks about simplifying nutrition for athletes and gen. pop alike, supplements that are over and underrated, and we even talk about the use of GLP-1s. If you like diving into potential ways to improve your health and performance with nutrition this is an episode for you. As always thanks for listening and enjoy the episode. 

This week Austin sits down with Dylan Cooper or as many people know him “Dozer”. He is an athlete, coach, and all around animal in the weight room. Throughout the episode they dive down multiple rabbit holes and cover everything Olympic Lifting related. If you have recently embarked on your own “Oly Journey” like Austin this is an episode for you. Thank you for listening and enjoy the episode. 

If you like combat sports especially Jiujitsu you’ll love our third guest of the year Roman Mori. Roman is a coach and competitor based in Austin TX, and a former Ranger with the 3rd Ranger Battalion. Throughout the episode we talked about mastering fundamentals, his thoughts on “sports specific training”, the importance of battle testing your skills, and how to be a good training partner. This episode was incredibly fun and as always thank you for listening and enjoy the episode.

For our second guest of the year on the Jochum Strength podcast we had the chance to speak to Liz Gleadle a three-time Olympic javelin thrower out of Canada who has now transitioned to coaching. Throughout the episode we talked about her 20 year athletic career, how she improved athletically by learning to dance and move, and how she creates an incredible training environment for her athletes by being the weirdest person in the room. This episode was an absolute blast to record. As always thank you for listening and enjoy the episode. 

Welcome to 2026. This week on the Jochum Strength podcast Austin had the chance to talk to Jin Mikami a coach and gym owner who he connected with a few years ago at a conference. Throughout the episode they talk about the importance of giving a program enough time to be effective, running a 5 day Jay Schroeder program for 6 months, and the power of bringing intent to training through a variety of tools. As always thank you for listening and enjoy the episode.