Companions of the Compendium

In this episode, I am debriefing a few questions that coaches have about how we use testing to maximize the output of our program.

Recently, I presented on back-to-back weekends at the Minnesota and M…

Chris is a top-flight hurdle and sprints coach for Minnesota State! He has become a master educator, with numerous national champions and record holders under his belt. Coach Parno and I had a wonder…

Coach Holler is best known for his impassioned philosophy, Feed the Cats, which involves drilling things down to their most essential elements to keep training fun. Tony and I had a unique conversati…

Henk and I had an awesome conversation. He and chatted about all manner of speed training. We talked about what he believes coaches need to do less and more to help their athletes reach their potenti…

Today is the fourth and final installment of my talk at the Central California Coaches Clinic. We discuss what is active recovery. I chat about how to layout plyometric training and cool down methods…

It was a treat to spend time chatting with World Champion and Olympian Ronnie Baker. We covered a lot of bases in our chat. From his early beginnings all the way through to becoming a World Champion …

This is Part III of my talk about sprinting. I take you quickly through a number of different workouts based on the still intense but extended sprint training. Clear your mind and open it to the poss…

We dive right in with a unique conversation on the podcast. In episode 35 we meet four-time Olympian & multi-time medalist Roland Schoeman. He and I went into the deep end on training young people, m…

In Part II we discuss the intricacies of rest and recoveries between intense workouts. I explain how to use games to make sports performance fun with acceleration. We talk about the load minimums and…

I thoroughly enjoyed my talk with Dr. Avedesian! We went WAY down the rabbit hole on injuries and sports performance. A lot of our discussion is cutting-edge research from a number of different sourc…

Today we start part one of our Central California Coaching Clinic Session: Coaching the Sprints A-Z. In this part, we break down how to set up a proper warm-up and attack daily drills for sprinters. …

Jonathan Marcus is an American running coach, meet director, podcaster, and total running geek.

Jonathan has over 15 years of experience and success developing runnings of all levels and abilities. H…

1- Physically Resilient   2- Always Competing & Being Challenged  3- More Skill to Be Used at the Highest level   4- Different Coaches to Sheppard Talent  5- Bigger Network of Relationships & More a …

Mike takes us through his development and mentors to bring him to the pinnacle of strength and conditioning. Coach Boyle talks about his time at Boston University and their hockey dynasty. Coach shar…

Saturday Night Fight Debrief Answering questions we didn't discuss from Tony Holler & my debate over how to train the 400m. 

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I had the pleasure of returning the favor to my good friend Mike Cunningham by having him on my podcast. Mike is was a long-time coach and former instructor for USATF education. Now his current posit…

Mike Cunningham one of the nicest people in the world of sport honored me by having me on his Gill Athletics Connections podcast. It was a unique conversation about sports without "X's & O's." I know…

Kelly Starrett is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, author, speaker, and CrossFit trainer. His 2013 fitness book, Becoming a Supple Leopard, was featured on The New York Times' bestselling sportsbooks li…

A while ago I have the pleasure of being a guest on Jimson Lee's site Speedendurance.com where we discussed a massive and comprehensive testing system for athletes. Today's post will be the SECOND of…

Gerry DeFilippo serves as head trainer and owns and operates Challenger Strength while also serving as the strength coach for the Jersey Hitmen. He orchestrates the programming and training for eight…