Rugby Strength Coach Podcast

Rugby Strength Coach Podcast episodes:

• 04.07.2018

  Podcast #50: Training elite fighters with William Wayland

  For the half century episode of the Rugby Strength Coach podcast I sat down with William Wayland, owner and operator of Powering Through in Chelmsford, Essex. William is a strength [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 11.30.2017

  Podcast #49: Stanford Basketball with Cory Schlesinger

  Cory Schlesinger is a Sports Performance Coach responsible for the physical preparation of one of the most prestigious college basketball programmes in the world, Stanford. His coaching career also includes [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 11.21.2017

  Podcast #48: The Sprinter’s Compendium with Ryan Banta

  Ryan Banta is a teacher and track and field coach at Parkway Central High school in Chesterfield Missouri. Ryan is a frequent contributor to well known speed development websites including [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 11.05.2017

  Podcast #47: Defranco’s, Buddy Morris and training Chris Hogan with Mike Guadango

  Mike Guadango is the owner and operator of Freak Strength, a private training facility based in New Jersey, USA. Mike made his name as an athlete training at Defranco’s Training [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 10.29.2017

  Podcast #46: Yessis, Bosch, Dietz and the NCAA with Chris McCormick

  Chris McCormick is Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Florida Atlantic University. Though he comes from an academic background of Psychology, Chris is doing work that I have admired for a [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 09.14.2017

  Podcast #45: New school ideas for old school coaches with Tony Holler

  Tony Holler is a high school chemistry teacher and coach at Plainfield North High School in Illinois, USA. A coach for nearly four decades, Tony specialises in the preparation of [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 09.01.2017

  Podcast #44: Buy-in, conflict, and why a happily married strength coach in his 40s is a myth with Brett Bartholomew

  Brett Bartholomew is a strength coach, author and consultant from Nebraska, USA. Brett made is name as a high performance coach at EXOS (Athletes Performance), where he was responsible for [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 08.23.2017

  Podcast #43: DeFranco’s Head of Performance Cameron Josse

  Cameron Josse is Head of Performance for the world famous DeFranco’s Training in New Jersey USA. Over the course of a decade, Cameron has worked his way up from being [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 08.13.2017

  Podcast Inbetweenisode: How to train if your time is extremely limited

  Introducing the Rugby Strength Coach podcast inbetweenisodes: short pieces where I will tackle any questions I get from readers, athletes or clients, or any other topics which I would like [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 06.21.2017

  Podcast #42: 40 inch verticals, no Squats, no Olympic lifting with Chris Korfist

  Chris Korfist is a teacher, coach and business owner from Chicago, Illinois. His coaching credentials include producing numerous 10.5 high school 100m sprinters, regular 40 inch verticals and working with [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 06.04.2017

  Podcast #41: Training Kobe and the Lakers by Tim DiFrancesco

  Tim DiFrancesco, PT, DPT, ATC, CSCS spent 6 seasons as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and is the founder of TD Athletes Edge.  He is [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.21.2017

  Podcast #40: Winning the NRL with Sport Scientist Michael Macri

  Michael Macri is a sport scientist best known for his work with 2014 NRL Champions South Sydney Rabbitohs. In this episode Michael and I discussed his background as an athlete, [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 02.10.2017

  Podcast #39: Oakland A’s “Moneyball” Strength Coach, Bob Alejo

  Bob Alejo is the Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Strength and Conditioning at NC State University, one of the most prestigious sporting Universities in the USA. Bob has been [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 01.31.2017

  Podcast #38: Navigating the Cynefin Framework with Daniel Martinez

  Daniel Martinez is a strength coach, consultant and researcher from San Antonio, Texas. Daniel coaches at Trinity University, Texas, where he specialises in physical preparation for volleyball. This also forms [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 01.04.2017

  Podcast #37: Sport science, stats & skin in the game with Mladen Jovanovic

  Mladen Jovanovic is a strength coach, sport scientist and Phd candidate. He has worked in a variety of elite level sports in countries including Serbia, Sweden, Qatar, Turkey, Australia and [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 12.19.2016

  Podcast #36: Mental Toughness is an illusion by James Smith

  James Smith is a USA Navy Veteran and SEALs trialist. He has worked alongside Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh Football, as Performance Director of Portugal Rugby, and as [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 12.18.2016

  Podcast #35: Creating cultural change in Premiership football with Steve Tashjian

  Steve Tashjian is the high performance director of Columbus Crew, the Ohio Major League Soccer franchise. His previous role was as Head of Sport Science for Everton Football Club in [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 11.29.2016

  Podcast #34: ACL research specialist Dr. Timothy Hewett

  Dr Timothy Hewett is a world leader in ACL research. As head of ACL research for the famous Mayo Clinic, he is responsible for furthering knowledge of the mechanisms of [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 09.09.2016

  Podcast #33: World leading sprinting and speed development researcher, Dr JB Morin

  Dr JB Morin is one of the world’s leading researchers on sprinting and speed development. In this episode we discuss the topics he investigated when studying for his PhD, notably [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 07.23.2016

  Podcast #32: Learning how to “fill the gaps” with NCAA Div 1 coach Ryan Horn

  Ryan Horn is a Director of Athletic Performance at Wake Forest University basketball, one of the most prestigious basketball programmes in the NCAA. Ryan has experience of working in multiple [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 07.09.2016

  Podcast #31: Special Roundtable Discussion with elite coaches Ryan Hicks and Aiden Oakley

  In this special edition of the podcast I am joined by Ryan Hicks and Aiden Oakley for a wide ranging and free flowing round table discussion. The topics we cover [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 07.09.2016

  Podcast #30: How to Make Olympic Sevens Athletes Faster with Jake Schuster

  Jake Schuster is a PhD Student working primarily with New Zealand womens 7s rugby. He has arrived at this post via stints with Cressey Performance and the Netherlands Olympic Federation. In [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 06.23.2016

  Podcast 29: How to live and coach in the USA by James Collins

  James Collins is a strength and conditioning coach with Springfield College in the USA. His coaching experience outside of the USA includes Trinity College Dublin and Belvedere College in Ireland, [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.31.2016

  Podcast #28: Developing world class speed with Jonas Tawiah Dodoo

  In the latest episode of the podcast we are joined by Jonas Tawiah Dodoo (@EatSleepTrain_). Jonas is owner and head coach of Speed Works, one of the most successful sprint groups in Europe. Jonas was coach to UK 100m Champion...

  
• 05.24.2016

  Podcast #27: World record breaking powerlifter and Olympic lifting coach Travis Mash

  Travis Mash is a world record setting powerlifter, elite level bobsledder, elite level Olympic weightlifter, former college football player and now gym owner and coach. He brings over 20 years [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.02.2016

  Podcast #26: What I learned training with the world’s best hammer coach by Martin Bingisser

  Martin Bingisser is a hammer thrower and coach with the Swiss national track and field team. He has worked extensively under Anatoli Bondarchuk, the most successful Olympic throws coach of [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 04.17.2016

  Podcast #25: Al Smith’s experiences from working with two of the most successful Olympic teams of all time

  Al Smith is an exercise, performance and innovation specialist who has worked with two of the most successful Olympic teams of all time in the Great Britain and Rowing teams.  [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 02.12.2016

  Podcast #24: The death of strength and conditioning with James Smith

  In this episode of the podcast we rejoined James Smith (University of Pittsburgh Football, Portugal Rugby, elite T&F, military special operations) for an in-depth chat on the subject of his [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 02.05.2016

  Podcast #23: Talking with Bret “The Glute Guy” Contreras

  Dr Bret Contreras is a strength coach, researcher and writer from Arizona, USA. He has gained popularity in the fitness world as “the glute guy”, and his outspoken stance against hyperbole [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 01.20.2016

  Podcast #22: 100m Olympian Craig Pickering

  Craig Pickering is a world class 100m sprinter and bobsled athlete. He holds a personal record of 10.14 in the 100m, has competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and after [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 01.20.2016

  Podcast #21: 1000lb squatter Jason Pegg

  Jason Pegg has lived an interesting life. He has squatted 1000lbs as a juiced up 330lb powerlifter, he’s been blown up in Afghanistan and spent two years in military hospital, he’s [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 12.02.2015

  Podcast #20: Navy Seals trialist & coach James Smith

  James Smith is a sports consultant from the USA. He made his name as a strength coach working with Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh, but has also coached [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 09.25.2015

  Podcast #19: Canada Basketball Physio Charlie Weingroff

  Charlie Weingroff is a world recognised physical therapy expert. He has over 10 years of experience in the NBA, is a consultant PT for the Nike SPARQ project, he is [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 09.17.2015

  Podcast #18: The European Fitness Network

  This episode is an interview I gave with the European Fitness Network, reproduced here with the kind consent of Gregory Bradley and Dave Hare, who I was speaking to. This [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 09.17.2015

  Podcast #17: An insight into my coaching calls

  The format for this episode is a little different. Rather than interview a guest, I will be sharing one of my online coaching calls to give some insight into the [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 08.27.2015

  Podcast #16: Kamal Patel of examine.com

  Kamal Patel is the director of examine.com, an independent nutrition website dedicated to delivering scientific, unbiased information on supplements, diet and lifestyle to athletes, coaches and every day people. Kamal, [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 08.26.2015

  Podcast #15: NFL strength coach Shawn Myszka

  Shawn Myszka is a strength and conditioning specialist, NFL consultant and owner operator of Movement Mastery, based out of Minnesota in the United States. Shawn specialises in training American football [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 08.17.2015

  Podcast #14: Author of “Ironworks preparation”, Ryan Williams

  Ryan Williams is a physical preparation coach from Waynesburg University, Pensylvania. He is the author of Physical Preparation for Football, and Iron Works Preparation, which he wrote with Arizona Cardinals [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 06.11.2015

  Podcast #13: Omegawave consultant, Mark McLaughlin

  Mark McLaughlin is the owner and operator of Performance Training Centre, a private training facility based in Oregon, USA. Mark is one of the very first North American users of [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 06.07.2015

  Podcast #12: University of Richmond Coach, Jay Demayo

  Jay Demayo is head of strength for the University of Richmond, a division 1 college in Virginia, USA. Jay is one of the smartest, most connected coaches I know, and [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.26.2015

  Podcast #11: Elite FTS Education Director, Mark Watts

  Mark Watts has a LONG resume: US Marine, Strength Coach at several different D1 Universities (including the West Point Military Academy), Ohio State Director of the NSCA, host of the [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.19.2015

  Podcast #10: Harlequins strength coach Ed Lea

  Ed Lea is a member of the strength and conditioning staff with Harlequins in the English premiership. In this episode Ed and I discuss how he got his start in [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.12.2015

  Podcast #9: Essex Cricket strength coach Connor Browne

  Connor Browne is the head of strength and conditioning for Essex County Cricket Club. In this episode we talk all about his experiences of finding work as an intern and [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.05.2015

  Podcast #8: World Champion Deadlifter Mike Hedleskey

  Mike Hedlesky is the 2013 IPF world deadlift champion in the 115kg weight class, an MSc graduate and a strength coach and facility manager from Maryland, USA. In this episode [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 05.02.2015

  Podcast #7: My thoughts on programme design

  I have recently been sent a questionnaire by a future graduate coach. For his dissertation he has decided to sent me a few questions on the factors that underpin programming [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 04.26.2015

  Podcast #6: London Wasps strength coach Sam Portland

  Sam Portland is rehab coordinator for London Wasps in the English Premiership. In this episode he shares his top tips for getting internships and coaching jobs, how to organise rehabbing [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 04.13.2015

  Podcast #5: England 7s strength coach Dan Howells

  Dan Howells is head of strength and conditioning for England 7s. In this episode we discuss the biggest differences between 7s and 15s, his system for speed and energy system [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 04.12.2015

  Podcast #4: Equipment manufacturer Greg Bradley

  In this episode I speak to Greg Bradley, owner of EFP Gyms, Northern Irelands most successful gym equipment manufacturer. He gives us his thoughts on good business and career development, [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 04.06.2015

  Podcast #3: Australia 7s strength coach Will Stuart

  Will Stuart is the rehab coordinator for Australia 7s. In this episode we talk about career development, his experiences as being part of the NRL winning Sydney Roosters staff, and [...] CONTINUE READING

  
• 03.30.2015

  Podcast #2: Newtown Jets strength coach Graeme Morris

  In this episode I sit down with head of strength and conditioning for Newtown Jets, Graeme Morris. We talk about training for rugby performance when you are short on time, [...] CONTINUE READING