The Strength Game
The Strength Game is a weekly podcast dedicated to discussing all things physical culture with the coaches, athletes, iron enthusiasts, and experts deeply imbedded in the strength game on both sides of the profession; as coaches and as competitive athletes. Hosted by Nick O’Brien, each episode we discuss, rant and dive deep into all things related to strength and conditioning, high performance and training lifestyle. Join us in The Strength Game!
Episodes
134 episodes
#133 - John Bloom
John Bloom is the Founder and Head Strength Coach of Elevated Athlete Development LLC. Based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Elevated Athlete Development offers coaching services for athletes and mentoring for coaches alike, and is committed to ...
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Episode 133
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#132 - Brandon Reyes
Brandon Reyes is an Assistant Football Strength & Conditioning Coach at Colorado University. Reyes came to Boulder in 2023 and in addition to his coaching responsibilities, he coordinates and oversees the sports science integration for the ...
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Episode 132
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#131 - Madison Peele
Madison Peele is an Assistant Sports Performance Coach at the University of Southern California. Peele joined the Trojans in 2022 where she works with the beach volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s water polo, women’s cross country, and men’s cr...
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Episode 131
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1:17:57
#130 - Conor Hughes
Conor Hughes is the Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach at Army West Point. Hughes is in his eighth overall season and sixth as the Head S&C Coach for the Black Knights being named to his current role in 2019 after serving two y...
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Episode 130
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#129 - Colin Kenyon
Colin Kenyon is the Associate Director of Football Strength and Conditioning at Tulane University. Kenyon came to the Green Wave in spring 2024 after spending the previous two seasons working as an assistant football strength coach at Troy Univ...
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Episode 129
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1:52:15
#128 - Cole Hergott
Cole Hergott is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC, Canada. He is entering his sixth season at TWU overseeing all 14 teams and over 300 athletes. Prior Trinity Western he spent time as an inter...
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Episode 128
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1:38:52
#127 - Jared Heumann
Jared Heumann is the Director of Strength and Conditioning at UT Permian Basin where he oversees the training for the football and the women’s basketball team. Heumann arrived at UTPB in 2020 as a graduate assistant coach and was promoted to fu...
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Episode 127
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1:24:51
#126 - Connor Gettemy
Connor Gettemy is the Director of Sports Performance at Flagler College. Arriving in in 2019, he is entering his sixth year overseeing the sports performance department where he is also in charge of training the men’s basketball, volleyba...
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Episode 126
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1:35:45
#125 - Brian Roller
Brian Roller is the Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Jacksonville University where he oversees the training for the Dolphins’ baseball, women’s soccer, and beach volleyball programs. Roller joined JU in 2021 first as an assistant coa...
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Episode 125
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1:36:48
#124 - Rashan Chanyothi
Rashan Chanyothi is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Temple University where he oversees the training for the field hockey, crew and gymnastics programs. In addition to his teams, he serves as the internship coordinator and an Ad...
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Episode 124
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1:05:29
#123 - Natalie Portwood
Natalie Portwood is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of South Dakota. Portwood works with the ‘Yotes women’s basketball and women’s soccer teams in addition to being the first assistant for football. She joined S...
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Episode 123
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#122 - Haili Wimer
Haili Wimer is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Saint Mary’s High School in Bismarck, ND. Prior to SMCHS, Wimer worked in the collegiate setting as an assistant strength coach at Florida International University from May 2023-January...
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Episode 122
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1:19:42
#121 - Sam Romanski
Sam Romanski is the Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning at Stetson University working directly with the men’s basketball, beach volleyball, Men’s Soccer, men’s golf, women’s golf programs in addition to assisting with football. Ro...
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Episode 121
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1:24:21
#120 - Lilly Bernardi
Lilly Bernardi is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Hofstra University. Bernardi works with the Pride’s women’s soccer, baseball, women’s lacrosse, men’s golf, track & field and cross country teams in addition to being the i...
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Episode 120
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1:24:52
#119 - Nat Sauberan
Nat Sauberan is the Assistant Director of Athletic Performance at Gardner-Webb University where he works with the men’s and women’s basketball and wrestling programs, in addition to supervising the intern coach over men’s soccer. Before GWU, Sa...
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Episode 119
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1:30:39
#118 - Sam Jeffries
Sam Jeffries is the Director of Strength & Conditioning at the University of Detroit Mercy. Jeffries came to Detroit Mercy from Elizabeth City State University where he was the assistant athletic director for sports performance where he dev...
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Episode 118
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1:30:04
#117 - Ron Dickson
Ron Dickson is the Assistant Athletic Director for Strength & Conditioning for Olympic Sports at Virginia Tech. At Tech, he directly oversees the department as well as designs and implements S&C programs for men’s soccer, women’s lacros...
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Episode 117
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1:42:29
#116 - Mason Baggett
Mason Baggett is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for football at the University of Maryland. He returned to College Park to work with the Terps football program after previously serving as the associate director of football stren...
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Episode 116
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1:22:31
#115 - Mat Clark
Mat Clark is the Director of Strength & Conditioning Coach for track & field and cross country at the University of Arkansas. Clark joined the Razorbacks as a strength and conditioning coach in 2014 before being promoted to director in ...
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Episode 115
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1:30:13
#114 - Joe Sheffield
Joe Sheffield is the Head Strength coach at Rolston Hockey Academy and Little Caesars AAA Hockey. With over 20 years of experience personal training and strength coaching, Sheffield has been in his current position since 2021. After getting inj...
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Episode 114
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1:51:58
#113 - Chad Snodgrass
Chad Snodgrass is the Director of Sports Performance at Old Dominion University and the head football strength coach for the Monarchs. Snodgrass joined the ODU sports performance department in January of 2022. Prior to ODU he spent his entire c...
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Episode 113
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1:08:23
#112 - Jay DeMayo
Jay DeMayo is in his 21st year as a strength and conditioning coach at the University of Richmond, and his 19th year working with the men’s basketball team. DeMayo is directly responsible for the training for the men’s basketball and tennis tea...
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Episode 112
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1:26:27
#111 - John Odden
John Odden is the Owner and Head Coach of Empowered Strength. Located in Bend, Oregon, Empowered Strength offers in person and online coaching for athletes, business coaching and both in-person and online Highland Games programming and clinics....
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Episode 111
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