Perhaps the most overlooked part of an athletes training is sleep and Dr. Shane Creado is an expert in the field. How much do you need, the best way to maximize it and how many hours after you wake up are you at your best...all covered in this week's 'cast.

Coach Abdon Campbell joins JT and talks about life growing up in Jamaica and how track and field is an everyday experience.

Improving stride length and stride frequency at the same time is the best way to improve speed and coach Karim Wahab is a master at it. How does he coach it? With wickets. Lots and lots of wickets.

What's the real science behind carb loading? What's the reason you cramp? How to eat for competition?

Wendi Irlbeck is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified sports nutritionist who works with student-athletes around the world to better optimize their training and performance.

Coach Brian Kula, CEO of Kula Sports Performance, works with athletes of all levels from youth and club aged athletes, to professional track and NFL athletes. Brian and his team has recently introduced a digital training platform for athletes, parents and coaches to follow his training program.

Dr. Joel Brenner is a leading expert on youth sports including everything from overuse inquires, over training, lack of sleep, athlete burnout and the "professionalization" of youth sports.

Coaching at a community college has its challenges. So does setting a world record running 2:17.59 at an indoor marathon. CJ Albertson has overcome both.

Now coaching at Clovis Community College, CJ shares his training philosophy and methods for getting in the best shape of his life and what prompted him to run 50 miles on a treadmill.

Ragin' Cajuns head coach, Tommy Badon, is one of the most sought after T&F presenters in the world specializing in sprint events and this week, takes time out of his busy schedule to talk training 'special endurance' athletes, training in the general phase, and shares some of his favorite workouts.

What does the 2019 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year, the 2020, 2022 and 2023 Big Ten Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year do to motivate her team, recruit top athletes year after year and connect with her athletes? This week's 'cast has it all with Michigan State's Lisa Breznau.

LSU's jumps coach, Todd Lane, joins J.T. on this week's podcast and shares his coaching philosophy including how much sprinting his jumpers do weekly, what high school coaches could do better to prepare athletes for college and what role he plays in the lives of his athletes.