Wed, 20 August 2014
Matt Rhodes Interview. 1. How you got to the position you are now. A little history. 2. What are some of the steps you (and any coach) need to do when first taking over a program
3. What are some of the biggest differences you have seen in terms of the various universities you have coached at. 4. Basic program philosophy and who you set up your training program.
5. The exercises you could not do without, regardless of sport or season.
6. The changes you have seen in the industry from whenyou started out.
Matt Rhodes
Matt Rhodes, who possesses more than 10 years as a personal trainer, weight lifter and coach, has been named head strength and conditioning coach at Morehead State.
"Most of all, I look forward to working with our student-athletes," Rhodes said. "I'm very excited to be a part of the Morehead State family. This is a great opportunity for me." Rhodes served as an assistant coach at Rhode Island in 2013-14, where he supervised the strength program for men's basketball, men's track, baseball and softball. "It became obvious after initial conversations that Matt was the right choice," said Senior Associate Athletic Director Richard Fletcher, who headed the search committee. "His enthusiasm for the field, plus his desire to see student-athletes succeed, made it apparent he would be successful in overseeing and continuing our goals of improving the strength and conditioning program." He was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Albany (N.Y.) in 2012-13. Rhodes directed activities for women's soccer and baseball. Rhodes also held coaching positions at Pittsburgh, Yale and Choate Rosemary Hall High School (Wallingford, Ct.). He served as outside linebackers coach at Richmond for three seasons (1999-2001). Rhodes was a member of the Massachusetts lacrosse program in 1995 and 1996. He transferred to Arizona and was a member of the football program in 1997 and 1998. "Being a Division I athlete, Matt knows the everyday rigors our student-athletes face, and he can guide them in improving their overall physical condition, which in turn helps them succeed individually and helps their team succeed as well," Fletcher added. Rhodes earned his bachelor's degree from Arizona in 1999. Article by Matt Rhodes: http://articles.elitefts.com/author/matt-rhodes/
Matt Rhodes Training Log: http://asp.elitefts.net/qa/training-logs.asp?tid=150&__N=Matt%20Rhodes
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Mon, 28 July 2014
Alwyn Cosgrove, Team Elitefts, Results Fitness Born in Scotland and initially exposed to fitness training through an intense competitive sport martial arts background, Alwyn Cosgrove began reading and studying any training related material he could get his hands on. This led Alwyn to formal academic studies in Sports Performance at West Lothian College and then progressed on to receiving an honors degree in Sports Science from Chester College, the University of Liverpool. During his career as a fitness coach, Alwyn began with assisting in martial arts lessons in 1986 and teaching fitness classes in 1989, and has studied under all of the top fitness professionals and coaches in the world and has worked with a wide variety of clientele, from general population clientele to several top level athletes, World Champions, and professionals in a multitude of sports. A sought after expert for several of the country’s leading publications including a regular contributor to Men’s Health Magazine, Alwyn has co-authored five books in the “New Rules of Lifting” series and currently spends his time consulting on fitness training, training clients, training his staff at Results Fitness, speaking on the fitness lecture circuit, and coaching fitness trainers worldwide in their businesses. For the past 13 years, with his wife Rachel, Alwyn runs Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, California – which has been twice named One of America’s Top Gyms by Men’s Health Magazine, a gym which specializes in programs for real-world, busy people and prides itself on “changing the way fitness is done – period!” |
Tue, 1 July 2014
Brian Cain Peak Performance
Topics Covered in this Podcast
1. How Brian Cain has helped me as a coach.
2. How Brian got into the mental conditioning game
3. Why mental conditioning and not sport psychology
4. The 4 Rs x 2
5. Process over outcome
6. Function over feelings
7. Run to Roar
8. Ten deadliest words
9. Change "have to" to "want to" to "get to"
10. Compared to What?
11. How people can get a hold of Brian
Brian Cain’s vast experiences in peak performance coaching, mental conditioning, and sports psychology make him your ideal coach, if you are looking to save time, maximize results and take your performance to the next level.
He has worked with some of the top high school, collegiate and professional teams and athletes; has motivated corporate audiences from 5 to 5,000 to reach their true potential; and has helped thousands of people like you break through their mental barriers and reach their peak performance. Cain energizes and educates his audiences with a unique teaching style that keeps you on the edge of your seat, totally engaged in the transformation and learning process. His teaching style is unique to his personality. A world-class educator, motivational and corporate speaker, Cain has worked with State, National, Olympic and World Champions to master the mental game. If you demand the absolute best from yourself and your team and are looking to DOMINATE the competition, you are exactly the audience who benefits from Cain’s custom mental conditioning and peak performance training programs – designed to help you achieve maximum success in a minimum amount of time. Cain has helped thousands of successful coaches and athletes like you take their world-class performance to an even greater level through a comprehensive and consistent mental conditioning program. If you are tired of falling short of your potential and watching other coaches, athletes, and teams steal your success, or if you’re looking for that little 1% difference in your approach that will generate a massive difference in your consistency and results, Cain is the coach and corner man you need to unlock your potential and take your game to another level. As you climb the ladder of success, there are fewer and fewer people who will tell you the truth, give it to you straight and teach you the exact success strategies you must master to take your already-successful performance to the next level. If you are serious about competition and performing your best when it means the most, Brian Cain is the Peak Performance Coach and Mental Conditioning Expert you need. Cain has helped thousands of successful coaches and athletes like you take their world-class performance to an even greater level through a comprehensive and consistent mental conditioning program. If you are tired of falling short of your potential and watching other coaches, athletes, and teams steal your success, or if you’re looking for that little 1% difference in your approach that will generate a massive difference in your consistency and results, Cain is the coach and corner man you need to unlock your potential and take your game to another level. For free mental conditioning tips and tricks, check out the most recent posts in Cains sports psychology blog. To learn more about how Cain can help you and your program, Contact Cain today!
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Wed, 4 June 2014
Interview with University of Buffalo Head Strength & Conditionign Coach, Greg Pyszczynski. Topics in this Podcast 1. Making the transition as a first time head coach 2. Taking over a program with coaching turnover 3. Transitioning a new program during Spring Ball 4. Coach Pyszczynski's journery through coaching 5. Having so many different coaching influences 6. Greg's expertice on training the neck and head 7. External factors leading to head injuries 8. The trickle down effect with concussions 9. Quantifiable data with neck strength 10. The basic of implementing a program to reduce head and neck injuries 11. Standards for neck strength and size 12. University of Buffalo's Summer Porgram 13. Block Periodization in training Football 14. In-Season Football Training adjustment with the TV schedule 15. Motivatiing the next genreation of athletes 16. Advice for young Strength Coaches
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Fri, 23 May 2014
Interview with Joe DeFranco of DeFranco's Training Systems Topics Covered in this Podcast
Direct download: Elitefts20SPP_20Joe20DeFranco20Interview.mp3
Category:Sports and Fitness -- posted at: 11:42am EDT |
Wed, 21 May 2014
Dan Baker of danbakerstrength.com and formerlly of the Brisbane Broncos Topics Covered in This Podcast: 1. Coach Baker's transition from professional coaching 2. Wave-Cycling for In-Season training 3. Neuarl deload vs. Volumbe deload 4. Maintaining intesity in-season 5. Coach Baker's go-to lifts 6. Reflection of strength vs. building strength 7. Weekly in-season training schedule 8. Training for rugby vs. other sports 9. monitoring strength & power during the season 10. The PSychological aspect of training in-season 11. The state of strength & conditioning in Australia vs. the rest of the world 12. The biggest mistake when conditinign team sports 13. The biggest issues of LSD conditionign & circuit training 14. Integrating the Technical & tactical development with physical development 15. The best lessons Coach Baker got in the profession Dan Baker is one of the worlds leading authorities upon strength and power training for sports athletes. A PhD in sports science specializing in the testing and training of strength and power, he has the scientific knowledge and practical know how to implement effective strength and power training for sports athletes. Unlike most Phd’s he does not work as a full-time lecturer or in a laboratory – he trains athletes. No science bullshit – just the stuff that works. Some things about Dan Baker As an Educator and Mentor for strength & conditioning coaches Some cross-training workouts to enhance your energy system fitness
Direct download: Elitefts20SPP_20Dan20Baker20Interview.mp3
Category:Sports and Fitness -- posted at: 4:58pm EDT |
Wed, 21 May 2014
Dr. Michael Yessis Interveiw Dr. Michael Yessis received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and his B.S. and M.S. from City University of New York. He is president of Sports Training, Inc., a diverse sports and fitness company. Dr. Yessis is also Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, where he was a multi-sports specialist in biomechanics (technique analysis) and sports conditioning and training. Dr. Yessis has served as training and technique consultant to several Olympic and professional sports teams, including the L.A. Rams and L.A. Raiders football teams, Natadore Diving Team, and the U.S. Men’s Volleyball Team. He has also trained hundreds of athletes in different sports and developed unique specialized strength exercises that duplicate what takes place in execution of the game skills. By doing these exercises athletes improve their performance on the field very quickly. During his fifty plus years of working with athletes, and as president of Sports Training Inc, Dr. Yessis developed what has come to be known as the “Yessis System” for improving running speed. His three-step method has been successfully used to improve athletes in football, soccer, baseball, basketball, track and other sports. Most notable is the improvement in sports technique. |
Wed, 7 May 2014
Scott Umberger, Co-Owner and Head Physical Preperation Coach at Umberrger Performance
Topics Covered in this Podcast
Scott’s passion for performance enhancement started at an early age, stemmed by his desire to receive a Division I scholarship.
Sports Science Knowledge
One year interning at University of Pittsburgh under renowned coach, Buddy Morris changed everything. After working with Buddy,Scott spent two years working as Todd Hamer’s Assistant Strength & Condition Coach at Robert Morris University training 600 of their athletes.
The influence of James Smith, who is regarded as the leading American expert on Soviet Sport Science, led Scott to an understanding of Sports Science held by handful of Americans. Since Sport Science doesn’t exist in the U.S.(Scott confirmed this during his exploration of a PhD at PSU). Scott’s knowledge has been obtained via mentorships, self study of his small library of translated foreign materials, videos, seminars with foreign Sports Scientist, and personal correspondence with leading experts and Sport Scientists. This knowledge of non-U.S. Sports Science is essential because of the understanding of human performance that this non US research has uncovered through the study of 20,000+ elite athletes. The funding for this kind of research does not exist in the US. This monetary investment in Sport Science research is one of the very few ways that the world can be thankful towards communistic regimes.
Speed
Attempting to “get the edge” on the competition, Scott read and has tried everything that he could get his hands on. Taken under the wing of D1 track coach, Waddie Freeman his senior year of high school, Scott reduced his 40 yard dash time from 4.6 to 4.4. Scott played football, baseball, and ran track in high school. This led him to compete at the Division I level in football and track at Robert Morris University. Scott’s personal experience teamed with his extensive knowledge of the late sprint coach Charlie Francis’s methodologies present a very unique mix of knowledge and practice experience regarding speed development.
Strength
Scott spent three months training at the strongest powerlifting gym in the U.S., Westside Barbell. There he gained an advanced knowledge of the three powerlifts, the bench, the squat, and the dead lift. He also learned about the concept of strength and its application to specific athletic scenarios.
Resume
As part of his 17,000 hours in the trenches training experience, Scott has worked with over a 2,000 athletes and clients:
Scott practices what he preaches. Research is fantastic but it is useless if it’s not applied in a real world setting. Scott studies and applies knowledge on himself before having his athletes use it. He’s squatted 650 lbs, dead lifted 635 lbs in competitions and bench pressed 505 in the gym at a body weight ranging between 190-200 lbs. In August of 2013 he completed a Tough Mudder Race(which is consider the most legit race of it’s kind in the US) which is a 12 mile “mud run” with 20+ obstacles.
Though it’s Scott’s formal education(BS, MS) that enhanced his abilities as a coach, it’s the intensive study of ”The Soviet Sports Science,” as well as Sport Science stemming from sources outside of the United States(primarily Premier League Soccer and Australian Sports Science) that have really separated him from the majority of the field. Real world success with real athletes using his “in trenches training experience,” as well as a unique blend of leadership and knowledge of legitimate non US Sport Science makes Scott a rare commodity as a physical preparation coach in the US.
Direct download: Elitefts20SPP_20Scott20Umberger20Interview.mp3
Category:Sports and Fitness -- posted at: 4:53pm EDT |
Fri, 2 May 2014
Interview with Cal Dietz, Head Strength & conditionign Coach for Olympic Sports at the University of Minnesota and co-author of Triphasic Training. Topics in this Podcast What Cal attributes the success of his teams to How Triphasic Training has evovled Tripahsic Training in relation to non-cyclycal sports General Overview of Triphasic Training Approximate loads for eccentric and isometric training Three-day undulating model Post-Activation Potentiation & French Contrast Training Peaking cycle, skill aquisition, and Olympic lifting Sports-Specific conditioning Advice for young strength & conditioning coaches Cal Dietz's Bio Cal Dietz has been the Head Olympic Strength and Conditioning coach for numerous sports at the University of Minnesota since 2000. Since Dietz's return to Minnesota he has developed the Strength and Conditioning Programs and over seen the daily progress in Men's Hockey from 2000-present, Men's' Basketball from 2004-2010, Women's Hockey from 2003-present, Men's Golf from 2000-present, Women's Golf from 2006-present Men's Swimming from 2000-Present, Track and Field from 2000-present, Baseball from 2000-2007, 2010 -present, and Wrestling from 2000 to 2004. During his tenure, Dietz has trained: a Hobey Baker Award winner, two Big Ten Athletes of the Year, athletes that have achieved 400 All-American honors, 29 Big Ten/WCHA championships teams and NCAA Team Champions, and 13 teams finish in the top four in the nation. He has consulted with Olympic and World Champions in various sports and professional athletes in the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, and Professional Boxing. Triphasic Training Triphasic Training is the pinnacle of sports performance training. That’s not hype. Cal Dietz, strength coach at the University of Minnesota, has the results to back up this claim – a Hobey Baker Award winner, two Big Ten Athletes of the Year, over 400 All-Americans, 30 Big Ten/WCHA championship teams, 7 NCAA National Team Champions, and 14 teams that finished in the top four in the nation. Buy the Book here: http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?cid=134&m=PD&pid=6283
Direct download: Elitefts20SPP_20Cal20Dietz20Interview.mp3
Category:Sports and Fitness -- posted at: 3:55pm EDT |
Thu, 10 April 2014
Interview with Ron McKeefery, Director of Sports Performance at Eastern Michigan University. Elitefts™ Collegiate Line Podcasts at elitefts.com™ Coaching Articles at elitefts.com™ Sports Performance Articles at elitefts.com™ Articles by Mark Watts Mark Watts' Training Log Elitefts™ Q&A Elitefts™ SPP on iTunes Mark Watts on Twitter
Direct download: Elitefts20SPP_20Ron20McKeefery20Interview.mp3
Category:Sports and Fitness -- posted at: 3:16pm EDT |
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