Cam Dietz, Head Strength Coach for University of Cincinnati Baseball, joins The Layback Podcast for episode 120. After a quick conversation on the local cuisine of southwestern Ohio, Adam and Cam dive deep on navigating the college baseball training schedule, long term athletic development, and the purpose of a strength and conditioning program. The Colorado native also shares a look at how the Bearcats staff collaborates to support their athletes. Adam and Cam cover the roles S&C and social media play in the modern age of recruiting.

Episode 119 of The Layback Podcast features Texas Christian University's Assistant Director of Human Performance, Anthony Adams. Adams assists renowned S&C coach Zach Dechant with the Horned Frogs baseball program, while also serving as the head coach for women's tennis. The PNW native played baseball collegiately at Pacific Lutheran University, while simultaneously beginning his career as a strength coach. The conversation revolves around motor learning, movement exploration, program design, and the role of performance training in collegiate athletics.

Adam Moreau handles episode 118 of The Layback Podcast solo to present a valuable athlete case study. This specific story showcases the butterfly effect that occurs with small changes elsewhere in the system, creating a call to action in the workload space.

Emily McFerran, formerly Emily Ferree, owner of Rival PT Lab in Irvine, CA, stops in once again on The Layback Podcast (episode 117). The bulk of the discussion centers around Emily's case management, boutique-style care, and treating the person, not just the athlete. Additionally, we take a look at Emily's unique relationship dynamics with professional organizations as a personal PT.

Dr. Matt Fury, orthopaedic surgeon with the Louisiana State University, returns to The Layback Podcast for episode 116, this time to discuss the hot in the streets "nanoscope" procedure (think Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell), FEVER view MRI's, arthrograms, and hybrid UCL reconstruction. At the cutting edge (pun mildly intended) of sports medicine, Dr. Fury offers insights on where the field is headed.

Cian Hamell-Kelleher, recent graduate of Stonehill College where he served as student assistant with the baseball program, joins episode 115 of The Layback Podcast to discuss his senior project, THROW. THROW is an app designed as a workload monitoring tool for pitchers with additional recovery, arm care, and pitching development features. After building and testing the app on himself and a few friends this past spring, he is looking to scale THROW in his role Pitching Development Coach role with the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. This will be Cian's second season in the role. Follow along with Cian's journey via instagram: @kelleher_pitching.

The Layback Podcast (episode 114) welcomes Detroit's very own, Joe Neal. Neal is a strength coach (CSCS*D), as well as CEO and Founder of 2sp Sports in Southeast Michigan. Conversation revolves around Joe's journey into the space, long term athletic development (especially for youth athletes), connections between hockey and baseball, and career advancement. Joe's unique experience shines through as he shares stories from across his career, highlighting athlete success and cutting edge programming decisions.

Tom Brosnahan, student of physical therapy and Head of Sports Performance at Alpha Baseball in Cincinnati, OH, headlines episode 113 of The Layback Podcast. The conversation centers around long term athletic development, expectations for PT school, and performance and programming considerations. Tom and Adam share some takes on industry standards and question why things are the way they are. Themes of exploration and experimentation ring through the episode.

Nick Katz of Lawrence University in Appleton, WI joins The Layback Podcast (episode 112) for a groundbreaking episode. As a senior capstone project, Katz elected to study the widely-utilized, but never before researched, "impulse" training style. The left-handed hurler's study examined the effects of both impulse training of pronation and supination of the forearm and offered comparison against more traditional pronation / supination yielding isometric holds with dumbbells. The relatively small, short trial should stir up a good bit of questions in the industry and pave a path for future research on the topic. Katz will look to finish out his senior year on the bump for the Vikings, prior to heading back to Silicon Valley to work at Kinetic Performance Institute and pursue publication of his seminal work.

Joshua Landry, left handed pitcher at Hope International University, joins The Layback Podcast for episode 111. The college baseball vet discusses the long and winding road through his collegiate baseball career, that he hope will end with a dogpile in Lewiston, ID. The 2024 NAIA national champion, shares a look into to team dynamics, friendly competition, development, and TJ rehab. The episode is full of laughs and some pretty comical story telling.