In this episode of the Barbell Nerds Podcast, we welcome Coach Andy Ryland on the Show. Coach Ryland is the Senior Manager of Education and Training for USA Football.

"The Grappling Guy" as he is known, discusses how he and the team at USA Football program and progresses their tumbling, crawling, and grappling for their youth athletes. Other topics discussed are positions and leverages needed for proper and safe tackling, the role of the spine in rotation/anti-rotation, how to progress tackling efficiency (intensity, dosage, distraction, etc), and more.

Andy, it was a pleasure having you as a guest on our podcast! We cannot thank you enough for spending the time with us.

You can find more awesome information about Coach Ryland and his passionate work on IG and Twitter @USAfootballMT . 

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In this episode, we get to talk with Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Dennis Kerstetter of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

"Coach Stet" talks about all things involved with Shippensburg Athletic Performance. Everything from programming, scheduling, and educating his athletes and their coaches about the reasons why training is important for student-athletes. We also discussed how he has adjusted to the new covid regulations that have forced him to get creative with his facility, expanding his current weight room to unused racquetball courts nearby, which has been a blessing due to the number of student-athletes he and his staff train.

We cannot thank Dennis enough for taking the time out of his schedule to spend with us.

Find more from Dennis on Instagram and Twitter at @coach_stet

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Coach Cam Davidson is an Assistant Director of Performance Enhancement for Penn State University, specifically working with their Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Volleyball teams.

In this episode of the Barbell Nerds Podcast, we talk with Cam about training the Ice Hockey athlete and how that differs from many/most other court or field sport athletes. We also discuss certain programming principles and progressions he goes through in and out of season. He wraps it up with some great wisdom about acclimating to a culture of a new team.

Wanted to thank Coach Davidson for taking the time out of his busy schedule to chat with us. Please check him out on Instagram and Twitter at @CamDavidson94

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Coach Dan Roose is the Director of Performance for the Virginia Commonwealth Rams Men's Basketball team. 

On this episode of candid conversations with coaches, we chat with Dan about his past as an intern/GA with a crew of other brilliant coaches, shifting around progressions and regressions during an unknown period of training that was this summer's quarantine, and the savage simplicity of doing what works during training. We also discuss what being an EVERY DAY athlete looks like and how a bunch of EVERY DAY competitors have a great opportunity to make great things happen.

Wanted to thank Coach Roose for taking the time out of his busy schedule to talk with us. Please check him out on Instagram and Twitter at:

IG: @dr24187

Twit: @coachroose

In this episode we have an awesome discussion with Austin Jochum. Austin is a strength and conditioning coach at the University of St. Thomas and also owns a private gym, Jochum Strength. His philosophy allows for the athletes he works with to have autonomy in their training. In this episode we discuss how he has come to his way of thinking about training, how he handles different situations when dealing with athletes who have different personalities, as well as bounce some ideas back and forth. Enjoy!

Coach David Kitchen is the Founder and CEO of the Edge Leadership Academy, where athletes learn HOW to Lead. Through numerous stops at all levels of collegiate athletics as a Strength and Conditioning Coach,

In this episode of the Barbell Nerds Podcast, we chat about nothing sets and reps related! Coach Kitchen dives into what drives his passion for helping people how to be the "Guardian or Ambassador" of their team's culture. Listen in on how Dave came through the ranks as a strength and conditioning coach, learned from his experiences and exposures, and now building the leader within the athlete.

Huge thank you to Dave for taking the time out of his day to chat with us. You can see more of Coach Kitchen and the Edge Leadership Academy on these platforms:

IG - @coachdkitchn, @edgeleadershipacademy

Twitter - @coachdkitch, @EdgeLeadership1

Website:  https://www.edgeleadershipacademy.com/

Email:  [email protected]

Today we welcome Dr. Fergus Connolly to our podcast. Fergus is an Elite Sports Performance Consultant, Coach, Author, and "Sheepdog".

Fergus goes into detail about his passion for helping build better humans, prioritizing quality versus quantity when it comes to training for the specific sport, and learned lessons from life's adversity.

Can't thank our friend Fergus enough for giving us a look into his brilliant brain and the time of day. 

Find more of Fergus's work on his website, www.https://fergusconnolly.com/ , and check out his books (Gamechanger, 59 Lessons, The Process, and Happiness Handbook) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B075P1MJT3?_encoding=UTF8&node=283155&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-pages-popularity-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader

Listen to his TedTalk, "Leadership, vulnerability, and sheep dogs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKhTaE5Ph5k

Steve Jobs Insult Response Youtube video (referenced to in podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-tKLISfPE 

Give Fergus a follow on:

IG: @fergus.connolly

Twitter: @fergus_connolly

Chris is the Director of Basketball Performance at Coppin State University in Baltimore, MD.

In this episode, Coach Hays discusses the great things he is doing with his Basketball athletes in regards to "return to performance post-quarantine. He outlines his screening and assessments and gives us a very clear look as to how he and his coaching staffs are coordinating to create an environment of growth and progress.

You can find more of Chris online at:

Insta: CHaysStrength

Twitter: CHaysStrength

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In this episode we welcome Adam Menner from Varsity House Gym in New York. Adam gives his tells us about some data that he has collected on 500 athletes and what was found with it, he explains the assessments he goes through with his athletes whether a 13 year old or an NBA player. There are a lot of great take a ways from this one! Enjoy!