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Dr. Brian Gearity is the founding director of the Master of Arts in Sport Coaching program and the graduate certificate programs in strength and conditioning at the prestigious University of Denver. In this conversation, he discusses some of the sociological, pedagogical and psychological aspects of being a strength and conditioning coach.

Kerry Harbor, head strength coach at Reagan High School in Pfafftown, NC, shares his heart for helping others and spreading positivity during a time when coaches seem more than ready to hit the reset button.

If you're looking for sage advice on how best to invest your athletic performance budget in 2021, look no further than this compilation of recommendations about products and services from some of the best strength coaches in the country.

Among athletic performance coaches, it's common to hear the virtues of sports science shouted from the proverbial rooftops. But is there a lack of real science in the so-called sports science of our weight rooms?

Dr. Jeremy Weeks, the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Pennsylvania, is a firm believer in applying the scientific method to answer important questions about improving athletic performance. In this episode, he discusses how and more importantly why coaches shouldn't be afraid to embark on a journey of scientific discovery for themselves.  

Coach Joe Kenn has been a well-known and respected name in the field of strength and conditioning for decades. Now, with a new chapter in his career as part of a leading equipment supplier, he's growing and adding to his skillset by learning about all the hard work that goes into manufacturing and delivering products and services in the athletic performance market.

Long-time strength and conditioning coach Joe Kenn shares lessons he has learned over a long career.

The COVID-19 pandemic has flipped the world of strength and conditioning upside down this year. As that battle continues, there's another adversary that faces athletes across the country - an epidemic of injuries brought on by unsafe approaches to training.

Frank Wintrich, the football performance coordinator for the UCLA Bruins, became a strength and conditioning coach so he could help young athletes chase their dreams and unlock their potential. In this episode he calls on the strength and conditioning community to examine the elevated risk of injuries right now, and put athlete health above all else.

With all that strength and conditioning coaches have to worry about, it’s imperative to remember the most fundamental building blocks for any good program – relationships. Jon-Michael Davis, Associate Athletics Director for Sports and Human Performance at Eastern Kentucky University, talks all about how relationships have been critical in navigating the pandemic, designing their weight room and getting the most out of EKU athletes.

Sometimes it can seem like an impossible task to untangle the programming mess caused by athletes playing multiple sports, at different stages of development, with overlapping seasons - especially at the high school level. That's exactly why the 2020 NHSSCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year, David Neill, takes a unified approach to his strength and conditioning program at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas.

When it comes to making business decisions within the school sports space, if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense. Coaches have to keep this in mind as they try and elevate themselves and the profession as a whole.

In this episode, Micah Kurtz, the director of sports performance at Windermere Preparatory School (Fl.), discusses the ways strength and conditioning coaches can be an asset to their athletic program. Perhaps more importantly, Kurtz stresses the importance of demonstrating those benefits to the school administration and local community.

With the pandemic impacting nearly every aspect of coaching, many have been left to figure out how to make effective coaching adjustments in previously uncharted territory. In this episode, Stephanie Mock, director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Mississippi State University, gives her thoughts on how her staff has handled this unprecedented year.

Many strength and conditioning coaches are doing an excellent job of making a lasting impact on their athletes' lives. In this episode, Garrett Keith, strength and conditioning coach at Westminster Christian Academy in Huntsville, AL, shares how his program has taken steps to be more intentional about every coach on staff looking first for improvement within. By coaching each other, and improving together, their athletes reap exponential rewards.

In this episode with the director of strength and conditioning for the reigning national champs, Tommy Moffitt details some of the reasons why he has been so successful for so long in the profession he loves, what made the 2019 LSU team so special and how he continues to push the envelope in everything the Tigers do.

Few people have done more to raise the profile of the high school strength and conditioning coach in recent years than Gary Schofield. In this wide-ranging conversation, he shares what it means to him to be a high school strength coach and what's in the works at the NHSCCA, as well as some perspective and wisdom gained over the course of his career.

In this episode, Zach Fears, the director of strength and conditioning at Southeastern Oklahoma State, shares why he is a firm believer in VBT, what it has done for the SEOSU athletic program and some of the basics you need to know to get started.

Dr. Coach Pat Ivey, Associate AD in charge of Student-Athlete Health & Performance at the University of Louisville, has made it his life's mission to give back to the athletic performance profession, his peers and his athletes.

There is no better way of giving back than setting a great example, and in this episode, Ivey explores what that means to him, and how he has taken advantage of every platform and opportunity to take a leadership role.

Coach Hill didn't wait for opportunity to find him. He went out and found it on his own, and has worked his entire career to add value and be valuable both at Georgetown and in the strength and conditioning profession as a whole.

In the premiere episode of Three Cycle Strength, we take a walk down memory lane with a true pioneer in strength and conditioning, Coach Jeff "Maddog" Madden.

With well over 30 years of experience in athletic performance, Madden shares his perspective on how the strength and conditioning coaching profession has evolved, and the principles that have withstood the test of time.