Rugby Strength Coach Podcast

For the half century episode of the Rugby Strength Coach podcast I sat down with William Wayland, owner and operator of Powering Through in Chelmsford, Essex. William is a strength [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #50: Training elite fighters with William Wayland appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Cory Schlesinger is a Sports Performance Coach responsible for the physical preparation of one of the most prestigious college basketball programmes in the world, Stanford. His coaching career also includes [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #49: Stanford Basketball with Cory Schlesinger appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Ryan Banta is a teacher and track and field coach at Parkway Central High school in Chesterfield Missouri. Ryan is a frequent contributor to well known speed development websites including [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #48: The Sprinter’s Compendium with Ryan Banta appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Mike Guadango is the owner and operator of Freak Strength, a private training facility based in New Jersey, USA. Mike made his name as an athlete training at Defranco’s Training [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #47: Defranco’s, Buddy Morris and training Chris Hogan with Mike Guadango appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Chris McCormick is Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Florida Atlantic University. Though he comes from an academic background of Psychology, Chris is doing work that I have admired for a [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #46: Yessis, Bosch, Dietz and the NCAA with Chris McCormick appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Tony Holler is a high school chemistry teacher and coach at Plainfield North High School in Illinois, USA. A coach for nearly four decades, Tony specialises in the preparation of [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #45: New school ideas for old school coaches with Tony Holler appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Brett Bartholomew is a strength coach, author and consultant from Nebraska, USA. Brett made is name as a high performance coach at EXOS (Athletes Performance), where he was responsible for [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #44: Buy-in, conflict, and why a happily married strength coach in his 40s is a myth with Brett Bartholomew appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Cameron Josse is Head of Performance for the world famous DeFranco’s Training in New Jersey USA. Over the course of a decade, Cameron has worked his way up from being [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #43: DeFranco’s Head of Performance Cameron Josse appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Introducing the Rugby Strength Coach podcast inbetweenisodes: short pieces where I will tackle any questions I get from readers, athletes or clients, or any other topics which I would like [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast Inbetweenisode: How to train if your time is extremely limited appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Chris Korfist is a teacher, coach and business owner from Chicago, Illinois. His coaching credentials include producing numerous 10.5 high school 100m sprinters, regular 40 inch verticals and working with [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #42: 40 inch verticals, no Squats, no Olympic lifting with Chris Korfist appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Tim DiFrancesco, PT, DPT, ATC, CSCS spent 6 seasons as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and is the founder of TD Athletes Edge.  He is [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #41: Training Kobe and the Lakers by Tim DiFrancesco appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Michael Macri is a sport scientist best known for his work with 2014 NRL Champions South Sydney Rabbitohs. In this episode Michael and I discussed his background as an athlete, [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #40: Winning the NRL with Sport Scientist Michael Macri appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Bob Alejo is the Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Strength and Conditioning at NC State University, one of the most prestigious sporting Universities in the USA. Bob has been [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #39: Oakland A’s “Moneyball” Strength Coach, Bob Alejo appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Daniel Martinez is a strength coach, consultant and researcher from San Antonio, Texas. Daniel coaches at Trinity University, Texas, where he specialises in physical preparation for volleyball. This also forms [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #38: Navigating the Cynefin Framework with Daniel Martinez appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Mladen Jovanovic is a strength coach, sport scientist and Phd candidate. He has worked in a variety of elite level sports in countries including Serbia, Sweden, Qatar, Turkey, Australia and [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #37: Sport science, stats & skin in the game with Mladen Jovanovic appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

James Smith is a USA Navy Veteran and SEALs trialist. He has worked alongside Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh Football, as Performance Director of Portugal Rugby, and as [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #36: Mental Toughness is an illusion by James Smith appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Steve Tashjian is the high performance director of Columbus Crew, the Ohio Major League Soccer franchise. His previous role was as Head of Sport Science for Everton Football Club in [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #35: Creating cultural change in Premiership football with Steve Tashjian appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Dr Timothy Hewett is a world leader in ACL research. As head of ACL research for the famous Mayo Clinic, he is responsible for furthering knowledge of the mechanisms of [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #34: ACL research specialist Dr. Timothy Hewett appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Dr JB Morin is one of the world’s leading researchers on sprinting and speed development. In this episode we discuss the topics he investigated when studying for his PhD, notably [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #33: World leading sprinting and speed development researcher, Dr JB Morin appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Ryan Horn is a Director of Athletic Performance at Wake Forest University basketball, one of the most prestigious basketball programmes in the NCAA. Ryan has experience of working in multiple [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #32: Learning how to “fill the gaps” with NCAA Div 1 coach Ryan Horn appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

In this special edition of the podcast I am joined by Ryan Hicks and Aiden Oakley for a wide ranging and free flowing round table discussion. The topics we cover [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #31: Special Roundtable Discussion with elite coaches Ryan Hicks and Aiden Oakley appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Jake Schuster is a PhD Student working primarily with New Zealand womens 7s rugby. He has arrived at this post via stints with Cressey Performance and the Netherlands Olympic Federation. In [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #30: How to Make Olympic Sevens Athletes Faster with Jake Schuster appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

James Collins is a strength and conditioning coach with Springfield College in the USA. His coaching experience outside of the USA includes Trinity College Dublin and Belvedere College in Ireland, [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast 29: How to live and coach in the USA by James Collins appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

In the latest episode of the podcast we are joined by Jonas Tawiah Dodoo (@EatSleepTrain_). Jonas is owner and head coach of Speed Works, one of the most successful sprint groups in Europe. Jonas was coach to UK 100m Champion [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #28: Developing world class speed with Jonas Tawiah Dodoo appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Travis Mash is a world record setting powerlifter, elite level bobsledder, elite level Olympic weightlifter, former college football player and now gym owner and coach. He brings over 20 years [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #27: World record breaking powerlifter and Olympic lifting coach Travis Mash appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Martin Bingisser is a hammer thrower and coach with the Swiss national track and field team. He has worked extensively under Anatoli Bondarchuk, the most successful Olympic throws coach of [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #26: What I learned training with the world’s best hammer coach by Martin Bingisser appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Al Smith is an exercise, performance and innovation specialist who has worked with two of the most successful Olympic teams of all time in the Great Britain and Rowing teams.  [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #25: Al Smith’s experiences from working with two of the most successful Olympic teams of all time appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

In this episode of the podcast we rejoined James Smith (University of Pittsburgh Football, Portugal Rugby, elite T&F, military special operations) for an in-depth chat on the subject of his [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #24: The death of strength and conditioning with James Smith appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Dr Bret Contreras is a strength coach, researcher and writer from Arizona, USA. He has gained popularity in the fitness world as “the glute guy”, and his outspoken stance against hyperbole [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #23: Talking with Bret “The Glute Guy” Contreras appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Craig Pickering is a world class 100m sprinter and bobsled athlete. He holds a personal record of 10.14 in the 100m, has competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and after [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #22: 100m Olympian Craig Pickering appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Jason Pegg has lived an interesting life. He has squatted 1000lbs as a juiced up 330lb powerlifter, he’s been blown up in Afghanistan and spent two years in military hospital, he’s [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #21: 1000lb squatter Jason Pegg appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

James Smith is a sports consultant from the USA. He made his name as a strength coach working with Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh, but has also coached [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #20: Navy Seals trialist & coach James Smith appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Charlie Weingroff is a world recognised physical therapy expert. He has over 10 years of experience in the NBA, is a consultant PT for the Nike SPARQ project, he is [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #19: Canada Basketball Physio Charlie Weingroff appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

This episode is an interview I gave with the European Fitness Network, reproduced here with the kind consent of Gregory Bradley and Dave Hare, who I was speaking to. This [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #18: The European Fitness Network appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

The format for this episode is a little different. Rather than interview a guest, I will be sharing one of my online coaching calls to give some insight into the [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #17: An insight into my coaching calls appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Kamal Patel is the director of examine.com, an independent nutrition website dedicated to delivering scientific, unbiased information on supplements, diet and lifestyle to athletes, coaches and every day people. Kamal, [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #16: Kamal Patel of examine.com appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Shawn Myszka is a strength and conditioning specialist, NFL consultant and owner operator of Movement Mastery, based out of Minnesota in the United States. Shawn specialises in training American football [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #15: NFL strength coach Shawn Myszka appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Ryan Williams is a physical preparation coach from Waynesburg University, Pensylvania. He is the author of Physical Preparation for Football, and Iron Works Preparation, which he wrote with Arizona Cardinals [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #14: Author of “Ironworks preparation”, Ryan Williams appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Mark McLaughlin is the owner and operator of Performance Training Centre, a private training facility based in Oregon, USA. Mark is one of the very first North American users of [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #13: Omegawave consultant, Mark McLaughlin appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Jay Demayo is head of strength for the University of Richmond, a division 1 college in Virginia, USA. Jay is one of the smartest, most connected coaches I know, and [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #12: University of Richmond Coach, Jay Demayo appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Mark Watts has a LONG resume: US Marine, Strength Coach at several different D1 Universities (including the West Point Military Academy), Ohio State Director of the NSCA, host of the [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #11: Elite FTS Education Director, Mark Watts appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Ed Lea is a member of the strength and conditioning staff with Harlequins in the English premiership. In this episode Ed and I discuss how he got his start in [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #10: Harlequins strength coach Ed Lea appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Connor Browne is the head of strength and conditioning for Essex County Cricket Club. In this episode we talk all about his experiences of finding work as an intern and [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #9: Essex Cricket strength coach Connor Browne appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Mike Hedlesky is the 2013 IPF world deadlift champion in the 115kg weight class, an MSc graduate and a strength coach and facility manager from Maryland, USA. In this episode [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #8: World Champion Deadlifter Mike Hedleskey appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

I have recently been sent a questionnaire by a future graduate coach. For his dissertation he has decided to sent me a few questions on the factors that underpin programming [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #7: My thoughts on programme design appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Sam Portland is rehab coordinator for London Wasps in the English Premiership. In this episode he shares his top tips for getting internships and coaching jobs, how to organise rehabbing [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #6: London Wasps strength coach Sam Portland appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Dan Howells is head of strength and conditioning for England 7s. In this episode we discuss the biggest differences between 7s and 15s, his system for speed and energy system [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #5: England 7s strength coach Dan Howells appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

In this episode I speak to Greg Bradley, owner of EFP Gyms, Northern Irelands most successful gym equipment manufacturer. He gives us his thoughts on good business and career development, [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #4: Equipment manufacturer Greg Bradley appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

Will Stuart is the rehab coordinator for Australia 7s. In this episode we talk about career development, his experiences as being part of the NRL winning Sydney Roosters staff, and [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #3: Australia 7s strength coach Will Stuart appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

In this episode I sit down with head of strength and conditioning for Newtown Jets, Graeme Morris. We talk about training for rugby performance when you are short on time, [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #2: Newtown Jets strength coach Graeme Morris appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..

I am delighted to announce that as of this week I will be running a weekly rugby strength and conditioning podcast. If you are a rugby strength and conditioning coach [...] CONTINUE READING The post Podcast #1: Grapple Coach Tom Farrow appeared first on The web’s #1 provider of rugby strength and conditioning information..