Bulldog Strength & Conditioning Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by our Registered Dietician James Whelan, Nate Harvey with EliteFTS, Christopher Chapman with Push, Joe Aratari with Penfield S&C, and Jason Asvart with the Buffalo Bills. We answer questions submitted by summit attendees prior to the conference as well as some live questions from attendees.

Take a listen with one of the best up and coming strength and conditioning coaches in the Upstate New York area and what got him into the field of strength and conditioning, how he connected with Next Level Strength and Conditioning and his role as the strength coach at Penfield High School. Throughout this episode, Joe and I highlight some of what sets Next Level Strength and Conditioning and Penfield apart from the other great programs in the area. We also hit on topics such as buy in with both sport coaches and athletes, pre season athlete screening, nutrition, recovery, training software (Train Heroic/ Teambuildr/ Push bands for velocity based training), as well as advice for the high school strength coach with programing in season vs off season programming. Leave feedback and enjoy the very much unedited version - keeping it real and having a blast!!

Angelo T. Buono, B.S, CSCS, is the Assistant Sports Performance Coach at the University of Buffalo where he works with Cross Country, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Women’s Tennis, and Track and Field. He has coached the 2017,2018 Women’s Tennis MAC Champions, 2014 Women’s Soccer MAC Champions, multiple individual MAC Track and Field, Swimming and Diving champions. In this episode, Angelo and I explore the misconceptions of strength and conditioning pertaining to swimmers and how important it is to utilize the weight room to develop strength, power, and build up muscular imbalances. Some topics include: - How can the weight room positively impact swimmers in regards to strength, power output, and injury reduction- Is there any correlation between energy systems used in S&C and swimming?- What physiological adaptations of strength training can help swimmers?- Swimmers at the high school level typically come in very strong aerobically but lack strength and power - why is strength and power essential to be a good swimmer?- In regards to rest and taper before a meet: Do you completely drop all lifting at any point? If so, how far out from competition day do you stop? If you don’t completely remove lifting how much and at what speed do you reduce volume and/or intensity?- Angelo's opinion of the top 5 exercises that all swimmers should be doing regardless of distance/stroke.- Recovery Advice

In this episode we talk to University of Georgia Director of Sports Nutrition, Jana Heitmeyer and explore the topic of nutrition and recovery for the high school athlete.