Jochum Strength Podcast

Nugget Of the Day: “What is made to fly will not do well trapped on the ground” This quote leads us into our guest today Mike Tucker. Coach Tucker is the head strength and conditioning coach For Villanova Football team. Mike has been in the circle of coaches that have been on this podcast and I love his approach to training! Today we talk about the choice between improvement or ego, how to create game speed and his approach to creating a full program! Thank you for listening! Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest man” This quote leads us into our guest today Brett Adams. Brett is the owner of Transcending Performance and has been recommended by multiple legends in the field, today we talked about the importance of focusing on creating environments, but not in the traditional thought of way of sets and reps and drills, but the importance of emotion and what goes on between an athletes ears! Hopefully you guys get something out of this! Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “The hard and stiff will be broken, the Soft and supple will prevail” This quote leads us into our guest today Kevin Foster. Kevin is a former D1 Javelin thrower and aspiring Olympic thrower as well as owner of Javelin Anatomy a page dedicated to the training of Javelin throwers. I heard of Kevin through past guest Jake Tuuras and Joels Smiths podcast and really loved his approach to training and his over arching general philosophies. Hope you get something out of this podcast. Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do” This quote leads us into our guest today Joel Smith. Joel is the founder of Just Fly Sports and host the Just Fly Performance Podcast where he has top level coaches from around the world talk about sports performance. He is also the author of Speed Strength and Vertical Foundations, both books I have gained a ton from. I have listened to Joel’s podcast for a long time and it really has helped shaped many of thoughts on sports performance as well as introduced me to many of the coaches I follow now. He was recommended by the legendary guest Dr. Tommy John and I can’t wait for you guys to listen to this conversation! Today we talked about creativity and the manufactured athlete and how we need to approach these subjects as coaches!  Thank you for listening! Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where h stands at times of challenge and controversy” This quote leads us into our guest today Connor Mielke. Connor is a Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Auburn University. Connor was a suggested guest by the powerful Cameron Josse and this was an awesome conversation about mastering the basics and making sure you are taking advantage of the opportunity in the moment! Thank You For Listening Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Week "Control the Controllables, the rest will take care of itself" This week on the podcast we had Joel Reinhardt, Sports Performance coach at U Mass talking about the Everything Effects Everything Approach to training and how he implements it with his athletes! Keep Chopping Wood

This quote leads us into our guest today Chris McCormick. Chris is the director of Strength and Conditioning of Olympics at FAU. I heard him give a presentation on “Reflections and Resources as A Coach” that was an awesome overview of how we train athletes and how we should train ourselves as coaches in our whole lives. Very similar to previous guests Cameron Josse's talk on the 4 Co-Active Models and approach to training, Chris seemed to take this a step further and dive into what this means for us as coaches as well and it fits the Jordan Peterson rule for life very well! Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “The box is created for a reason, but sometimes you have to escape” This quote leads us into our guest today Scott Kuehn. Scott is an athletic performance coach and coordinator of data science at William and Mary. We have had his brother Justin and his boss/coworker Erik Korem on the podcast before so we had to keep the train rolling with Scott! Today we talked about how to use data science in the sports performance realm to get the most out our training! Thank you for listening Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget of the Day: “Make sure you’re not made ‘Emperor,’ avoid that imperial stain, because it can happen before you know it." This quote leads us into our guest today Cameron Josse. Cameron has multiple accomplishments, is the head of Sports Performance at Defranco's Gym, and is the author of the book "The Process: The Methodology, Philosophy & Principles of Coaching Winning Teams". Cameron's thoughts and challenges of the traditional way of thinking have greatly helped me through the years. I was super pumped about this podcast and hope you enjoy it as much as I do. As always, Keep Chopping Wood.

Nugget Of the Day: “Length of Service Alone will never form a military man. For after serving many years, an undisclpinied solider is still a novice in his profession.” This quote leads us into our guest today Grant Fowler. Grant is the owner of Fowler Fitness where he works with athletes online and in person with the goal of a holistic high performance approach to training. I first heard of Grant on my good friend Jake Tuuras podcast and loved his approach to training and life. Grant is another young strength coach with his own business so we have a ton to talk about today. In this podcast we discussed setting your worth, variation in training and Grants approach to Holistic High Performance. Keep Chopping Wood