Three Cycle Strength

With all that strength and conditioning coaches have to worry about, it's imperative to remember the most fundamental building blocks for any good program – relationships. Jon-Michael Davis, Associate Athletics Director for Sports and Human Performance at Eastern Kentucky University, talks all about how relationships have been critical in navigating the pandemic, designing their weight room and getting the most out of EKU athletes.

CSCCa President Ethan Reeve and Vice President Stacey Torman weigh in on a bevy of challenges facing strength and conditioning coaches today. As this challenging year draws to a close, they encourage coaches to lead by example and listen to their peers, sport coaches and athletes to secure a bright future for athletics and the profession.

It's hard to argue any other group of exercises could provide more benefits to athletes than Olympic lifts. An efficient, versatile and proven cornerstone of strength and conditioning, today's guest breaks down all of the reasons why he considers Olympic lifting a veritable multitool of the athletic performance coach.

Sometimes it can seem like an impossible task to untangle the programming mess caused by athletes playing multiple sports, at different stages of development, with overlapping seasons - especially at the high school level. That's exactly why the 2020 NHSSCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year, David Neill, takes a unified approach to his strength and conditioning program at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas.

When it comes to making business decisions within the school sports space, if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense. Coaches have to keep this in mind as they try and elevate themselves and the profession as a whole.

In this episode, Micah Kurtz, the director of sports performance at Windermere Preparatory School (Fl.), discusses the ways strength and conditioning coaches can be an asset to their athletic program. Perhaps more importantly, Kurtz stresses the importance of demonstrating those benefits to the school administration and local community.

With the pandemic impacting nearly every aspect of coaching, many have been left to figure out how to make effective coaching adjustments in previously uncharted territory. In this episode, Stephanie Mock, director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Mississippi State University, gives her thoughts on how her staff has handled this unprecedented year.

Many strength and conditioning coaches are doing an excellent job of making a lasting impact on their athletes' lives. In this episode, Garrett Keith, strength and conditioning coach at Westminster Christian Academy in Huntsville, AL, shares how his program has taken steps to be more intentional about every coach on staff looking first for improvement within. By coaching each other, and improving together, their athletes reap exponential rewards.

Understanding the fundamentals of performance nutrition is critical for any serious strength and conditioning program. In this conversation, Kayla Martin, the Assistant Athletic Director of Performance Nutrition Services at Penn State, shares the basic framework of how her nutrition team functions, some basic concepts to get started and some ideas for what to invest in with a limited budget.

NHSSCA co-founder Kevin Vanderbush has been a high school strength coach for almost four decades. On this episode, he shares some of the most critical advice he has to offer about working with high school athletes.

When Michael Silbernagel took over as the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Mary, he had little to use as a foundation for establishing a winning culture. In this conversation, he shares some of the misconceptions he had about starting from scratch, and how his approach had to evolve to arrive where Marauder Strength is now.