The ronmckeefery's Podcast

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comBrendan has worked with a variety of athletic populations from recreational athletes through to Olympians. Currently he is the head of Strength and Conditioning for Leeds Met Carnegie as well as the conditioner for the Asylum Vale Tudo MMA Fight-Team, and has numerous private clients including champion Mixed Martial Artists, pro cyclists and motor cycle riders, tennis athletes, strongmen and many other sportsmen and women.  Previous to his current roles he has worked as a strength and conditioning coach for Huddersfield Giants Rugby League, the English Institute of Sport, Durham University, British Tennis (the Lawn Tennis Association) and has worked with many national governing bodies and sports teams as a coach, coach educator, and consultant.He is an accredited strength and conditioning coach through the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), he also holds the CSCS qualification through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Academically he has a masters degree in strength and conditioning through the University of Bolton. He is a keen martial artist having trained in Thai Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Olympic Wrestling and many other forms of martial arts and is a qualified wrestling and boxing coach as well as a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.In This Episode We Discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.Program design and considerations for MMA FightersWhat a typical training sessions looks like.5 Step Model for adding value in Sporting Environment.His Book "It's Not About Sets and Reps".His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comFounder of Chip Smith Performance Systems, Chip is recognized as one of the foremost speed and strength experts in the United States. Chip holds a BS in physical education from Liberty University. He did post-graduate work in speed and strength at the world-renowned Soviet Sports Institute in Moscow. He holds a masters of sports science certification from ISSA. Other certifications include: exercise specialist from Cooper’s Aerobic Institute. Chip also holds a Master's of Sports Performance certification from MORR. He also spent three years as the speed coach with Phil Niekro's Silver Bullets. Chip was one of only three Master Trainers in the U.S. for SPARQ and Nike and was a Nike coach for four years, a UnderArmour coach for eight years and sponsored by adidas for the past four years. Chip has trained over 300 NFL players currently on rosters, and has trained over 1400 players who have signed pro contracts. Chip does combine preparation for scores of players selected each year in the NFL Draft and has trained over 40 first round draft picks. Chip’s clients include four Heisman Trophy winners. Other award recipients under his tutelage include: Outland Trophy, 60 All-Americans, Bronko Nagurski, Doak Walker, four Biletnikoff award winners, three Dave Remington award winners, Johnny Unitas, Walter Payton, and Jim Thorpe award winners. Chip has trained over seventy Pro Bowl players, one NFL Comeback Player of the Year, two Defensive Rookies of the Year, and most recently, the 2005 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Brian Urlacher, of the Chicago Bears, 2009 Defensive Player of the Year, James Harrison of the World Champion, Pittsburg Steelers and 2011 Defensive Player of the Year, Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings. Clients who have trained with Chip include: Jeff Franceour, Golden Glove Winner and right fielder with the San Francisco Giants and Michael Barrett, Silver Slugger Award Winner and catcher with the Toronto Blue Jays. Chip just finished a two year contract where he oversaw 14 Chinese Olympic Teams and most recently returned from Beijing where he trained 41 Olympic medalists including 21 Gold medalists from the 2008 summer Olympic games and 30 medalist including 20 Gold medalist from the 2012 London Olympics. Chip spent time in Liberia, Africa training their Olympic athletes and has been a consultant to other countries as well. He is a long time member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, NFL Alumni Association, and trainer to many current NFL, NBA , Olympians, MLS and MLB stars. Chip was the Director of Athletics at the prestigious Atlanta Athletic Club for 12 years, during which time the club was 4 times voted the number one athletic club in America by Newsweek Magazine. Chip is an accomplished author who has been published in numerous trade periodicals. Recently published by McGraw-Hill was Chip’s book, Football Training Like the Pros. He is a frequent guest on syndicated and local radio and television sports programs, including ESPN, CNN, NFL, Sirius Radio, and CSS. He is a sought after speaker and a consultant to numerous sports teams. Chip has lectured around the word in China, Germany, Russia, Africa, East Germany and around the US. Chip has developed a national Sports Performance certification called the M.O.R.R. Certification. An accomplished athlete in his own right, Chip was a former collegiate two-sport athlete, playing football and baseball. He was a four time offensive MVP in football and, after 30 years, still holds numerous university rushing and scoring records. Chip was inducted into Liberty University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.In this episode we discuss:H

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comShawn Myszka is the Pro Performance Director of Explosive Edge Athletics in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is entrusted with the personal consulting of countless NFL players who seek him out to take their performance to the limits of their potential. Shawn is a former National-level competitive bodybuilder who has become a sought-after clinician and leader in the field of sport-specific power development, the transfer of training to sport performance, and developing mastery in the movement of athletes at all levels of qualification. At the beginning of 2014, Shawn introduced a new brand into the industry, Movement Mastery (www.optimizemovement.com), which has the purpose of helping training professionals of all kinds to more fully understand the process involved in attaining more optimal movement for athletes in all sporting disciplines. He also runs a football-specific movement blog, Football Beyond the Stats (www.footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com), in which he breaks down the movement patterns mechanics of the top performers in the sport plus offers insight regarding training principles for football performance.In This Episode We Discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.Objectives and Responsibilities of a Movement Coach.What a Pre Game Warm Up should look like.Common movement compensations by elite athletes.What a typical training session looks like.The recovery methods he uses with his athletes.Best piece of coaching advice.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comGreg Werner became the Director/Head Strength Conditioning Coach at James Madison University in 1995 after working as an assistant in the program the previous three years. In addition to coaching at JMU, Werner has been the faculty instructor for the department of Kinesiology's Concepts of Strength Conditioning course for the past twelve years.In the past twenty one years at JMU, Werner has helped grow the strength program from one assistant coach with two weight rooms to the current program, which has a director of football strength and conditioning, five assistant coaches, and several interns, with five weight rooms and three multi-purpose/cardio rooms, totaling over 20,000 square feet.Before JMU, Werner was an assistant and taught classes for one year at the University of The Pacific. Werner received his MS in Exercise Science from JMU, and his BS in Human Performance from Austin Peay State University. Outside of the collegiate ranks, Coach Werner has worked with several NFL, Major League Baseball, Pro Basketball, and Olympic athletes. In 1999, Werner was selected the NSCA, Colonial Athletic Association Professional of the Year. Coach Werner has served as the Strength Conditioning specialist for the US Olympic Field Hockey team and as the NSCA Virginia State Director. He has also been an active speaker at the CSCCa National Conference, NSCA National Conference and Sport Specific Training Conference, the CSCS Symposium, as well as several other conferences, coach's clinics and camps.In 2005, Coach Werner received the NSCA's highest distinction of Coach Practitioner. In addition to his coaching and teaching, Werner has published over 24 strength and conditioning articles in various coaching journals and magazines and is the webmaster for the JMU Strength Conditioning website. Werner is Strength Conditioning Coach Certified through the CSCCa, is an NSCA CSCS, an ACSM Certified Health/Fitness Instructor, as well as an ISMA Certified Sports Nutrition Consultant.On top of his dedicated leadership at James Madison University, Coach Werner owns and operates AthElite Strength Conditioning Academy where he and his staff coach athletes ranging from 7th graders to Pro athletes. Werner is proud of the fact that over twenty of his previous assistants have gone on to become Head strength coaches or top assistants at other institutions.In this episode we discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.How he has been able to stay in one place for so long.Protocols he uses to develop his coaches.What he thinks it takes to become successful in the field.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comChris Costa has participated in athletics as a coach, player and official for 22 years. He specializes in hockey training, both on and off the ice, as well as nutrition. His athletic interests and abilities also extend to golf. He loves to help elite athletes achieve an even higher level of performance. Currently, he is working with the Philadelphia Flyers organization and pursuing a Master's degree in Human Performance.In This Episode We Discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.How and Why are Hockey players different to train.What a typical training session looks like.Why Golf is one of the most biomechanically challenging sports.What a Golfers training mindset is.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comBrett Bartholomew is a performance specialist at EXOS (formerly Athletes Performance) Phoenix, AZ and is the Director of  the NFL Off-Season preparation program for all EXOS facilities and works with athletes ranging from major/ minor league baseball, United States Special Forces Boxing/MMA and collegiate athletes.Prior to working with Athletes Performance, Brett served as an strength conditioning coach with Southern Illinois University-Carbondale as well as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He obtained his B.Sc degree in Kinesiology at Kansas State University, and his M.S. Ed from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where he studied and wrote research on the topic of Motor Learning. He is a Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S) and is a current member of the NSCAIn this episode we discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.4 Types of Motivation...Drives.  How he has incorporated that knowledge into his NFL Off Season training.  Examples of ways you can include these principles into your own program.  His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comKevin Schultz enters his fourth season as the director of sports performance for the UW-La Crosse intercollegiate athletic department and as an assistant football coach in 2014.  Prior to coming to UW-L, Schultz served as the director of strength and conditioning at Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) from 2008-11.He joined Carnegie Mellon as the first full-time strength and conditioning coach.  Schultz was in charge of all 17 varsity sports strength and conditioning sessions for the Tartans.  He also served as an assistant coach with the football team in the fall primarily working with the inside linebackers and with the men's and women's track field teams working with the throwers during the winter and spring season.Schultz received his bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science teaching with concentrations in strength and conditioning and coaching competitive athletics from UW-L in 2006 and his master's degree in exercise and sport science human performance with an emphasis in strength and conditioning also from UW-L in 2008.  In the spring of 2010, Schultz received a Post-Masters Certificate in Rehabilitation Sciences with an emphasis in corrective exercises from California University of Pennsylvania.  The following year in 2011, Schultz received a Associates Certificate from the Community College of Allegheny County in massage therapy.  In 2012 Schultz received a Post-Masters Certificate in Rehabilitation Sciences with and emphasis in sport psychology from California University of Pennsylvania.Playing fullback at UW-L, Schultz was a member of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship teams in 2002, 2003 and 2004.  He was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at UW-L from 2007-08 and was a member of the strength and conditioning student staff in 2005-06.  Schultz was also an assistant women's track field coach for the Eagles.He holds the distinction as a registered Strength Conditioning Coach® and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength Coaches Association, a Level 1 Certified Weightlifting Club Coach and Sports Performance Coach by USA Weightlifting, a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist and Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), a Certified Strength Conditioning coach by the United States Cross Country and Track Field (USTFCCCA), a Registered® USATF Level 1 Coach by USA Track Field, a Certified Technical Coach by the USTFCCCA, a Certified Sports Nutritionist by the International Society of Sports Nutrition, a Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist by NASM, a BioSignature® Level 1 Practitioner by the Poliquin Group, a Certified Kinesio® Taping Practitioner by Kinesio® Taping Association, is trained as an Upper Body Active Release Therapy Practitioner, is Certified as a Myofascial Decompression Practitioner,  and is licensed by the state of Wisconsin as a massage therapist.In This Episode We Discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.What makes Wisconsin La Crosse a unique Strength and Conditioning environment.How he funds and secures resources.The hardest lesson he has learned as a Strength Coach.Where he sees the profession going.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comBrad Lokey is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Stetson University.  A former member of the United States Marine Corps, Lokey oversees the strength and conditioning program for all 19 of Stetson’s varsity sports. Lokey is a certified Strength and Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength Conditioning Coaches Association as well as by the National Strength Conditioning Association. He is also certified as a personal trainer. Lokey came to Stetson from Cumberland University in Tennessee where he was the Director of Strength Conditioning. Before that, he spent six months working in the Georgia Tech Strength and Conditioning department – primarily working with the football, softball, swimming and diving and cheerleading squads for the Yellow Jackets.  Lokey was the first head Strength and Conditioning Coach and Fitness Center Manager at Webber International University in Babson Park, Fla., working in that position for two years. He was responsible for the 19-sport Warriors program, designing and implementing workout programs for all sports, implementing and analyzing results to test the effectiveness of the programs and creating a computer data base for workouts for student-athletes. Lokey was born in Shelbyville, Tenn., but grew up in Florida, graduating from Lyman High School in Longwood. He received his bachelor's degree in Recreational Administration with minors in Biology and Coaching from Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo., in December of 2006.  He played football for four years at LHS and two years at CMU before spending four years of honorable military service in the Marine Corps prior to completing his scholastic-athletic endeavors. He earned a master's degree in Business Administration and Sport Management from Webber International in 2009. Lokey is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa). Lokey possesses three credentials from the NSCA including; Registered Strength Conditioning Coach (RSCC), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Personal Trainer (CPT). He is also Strength Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) and is recognized as an approved mentor by the CSCCa.In this episode we discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.What he wishes he knew then that he knows now.His biggest obstacles in starting a new program at Stetson University.Experiences he has drawn upon to get things going.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comDavid is the Head of Athletic Performance at Emirates Western Force in the Super Rugby competition.  He is a sports physiotherapist as well as a strength coach and lectures on the Masters of SC at Edith Cowan University, as well as the Masters of Sports Physiotherapy course at the University of Bath (UK).  Previously, he was Chief Physiotherapist and Performance Specialist for the Chinese Olympic Team.In This Episode We Discuss:His journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.Differences and similarities of programming for Rugby vs. American FootballHow the profession of SC differs from country to country, and where best research is coming from.The assessment process he uses with his team.His motivation/inspiration for writing the book High Performance Training for Sports.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.comNow Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMeiStrength On Demand - Archive of Strength and Conditioning Clinic Presentations http://www.Strength-OnDemand.comStrength Coach Basic Training - Online Internship Program http://www.StrengthCoachBasicTraining.comA native of Huntingdon, Pa., Hudy was a four-year letter winner in volleyball at Maryland where she graduated in 1994. Her freshman season at Maryland, she was a member of the 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball championship team. Hudy earned her bachelor of science degree in kinesiology at Maryland and her masters of art and sport biomechanics degree from Connecticut. She is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a USAW Level I Coach. Andrea Hudy joined the Kansas staff as the associate director of strength and conditioning in September 2004. She was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Sport Performance in July 2008. Since her arrival Hudy has handled the strength and conditioning responsibilities for the KU men’s basketball team. Currently Hudy oversees the Anderson Strength and Conditioning Complex for all KU sports except football. Hudy came to Kansas after nine and a half years at the University of Connecticut, where she worked closely with the Huskies’ national champion men’s and women’s basketball teams. In all, Hudy was part of eight national championship teams while at Connecticut – two men’s basketball; five women’s basketball; and one men’s soccer. Including the seven Jayhawks that have been drafted in the NBA, she has worked with 25 former student-athletes who went on to play in the NBA.In this episode we discuss:Her journey into the Strength and Conditioning field.Program Design for Basketball.Her new book: Power PositionsRecommendations and advice for Female Strength Coaches.Getting administration to buy in to your vision.Her favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation