The Strength Game

Jacob Behara is a Human Performance Data Scientist at the US Army. He has spent the previous two years serving in similar positions for Guardian Premier Solutions at both Kirtland Air Force Base as well as Albuquerque, NM. He transitioned into the tactical training space in 2019 after spending the start of the year as a performance specialist at EXOS. His first full-time position was at Stetson University where he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 2014-2015 before working as a performance specialist at SPIRE Academy in Ohio from 2015-2016. He transitioned back into the college realm as an assistant strength coach at the University of Kansas from 2016-2017 before jumping into the professional ranks, first as a MiLB strength coach in the Houston Astros organization in 2017 followed by the Kansas City Royals organization the following year. He has also been an intern strength coach at the University of South Alabama in2014 and his alma mater, Oklahoma State University from 2013-2014.Behara continues to stay active in his spare time, staying heavily involved in lifting and developing into a better athlete. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this interview are not that of the United States Government, the DoD, or the United States Army.Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Kyle Casillas is the Lead Strength & Conditioning Specialist at Sanford Sports in Grand Forks, ND. He has served in this capacity since the summer of 2021 after a brief stint as a performance coach with Future. Casillas spent nine years in the United States Marine Corps, finishing off his last contract as an Infantry Platoon Sergeant. During that time he was able to intern with the University of Hawaii’s strength and conditioning department from 2015-2016 before serving in a self-employed coaching role and later working in hospital and health systems as a human performance specialist at Altru Health System powered by EXOS from 2019-2021. He has worked in other capacities involved with the military such as Purchasing Agent for Defense Logistics Agency in Joint Base Pearl Harbor from 2018-2019, but now finds himself full-time invested in strength and conditioning. Casillas continues to train and has channeled and utilized his military experience and his passion for weightlifting into the athletes he works with on a daily basis. He is still an avid lifter, a military dependent, and father of 3 daughters that keep him very busy. Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Heidi Campo has had an interesting 17+ year career in the industry, starting in 2005 when she started coaching swim teams and triathletes. Over the years her career has evolved to personal training, coaching individuals and teams, and even opening a gym. As an athlete, Campo has also had a sampling of many sports, from competitive swimming to triathlons, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and even strongman. Campo has tried it all, but she found her true passion in strength sports. During her undergraduate at the University of Utah, she helped found and participated in their powerlifting team before moving onto strongman in 2015. Campo has been both the Strongman Corporation State Chairman for Utah as well as the NSCA Strongman Special Interest Group President since 2020. One of the defining things about Campo’s career is her ability to adapt to change, which she has demonstrated once again. In October of 2022 Campo sold her gym to marry her husband and pursue graduate education in specialized strength and conditioning. Even though her career is in a transitional phase, her passion is still as solid as an atlas stone.Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Brennan Sweeney is an Assistant Strength Coach at North Carolina A&T working with the Aggies track & field, baseball, and football programs. Additionally, he is the Head of Performance at Proehlific Park in Greensboro, NC working with a multitude of different age group athletes, sports, and teams.  Sweeney got his start coaching as an intern at Total Sports Performance Center in Wixom, Michigan while continuing to finish his undergraduate degree. Since then, he’s been the head coach for the NC Fusion, Owner of Pure Impact LLC, a lacrosse coach for Greensboro Day School as well as lacrosse referee all while looking to pursue his career into coaching. In addition to his coaching, Sweeney is the Host of “Coaches Cradle” podcast and former college lacrosse player. He played midfield for the Guilford College Lacrosse team from 2017-2021 and continues to strength train as well as play semi pro box lacrosse.Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Kaitlan Aries is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist at LMR Technical Group where she implements programs for fighter pilots and weapon system officers. Just before beginning coaching in the tactical setting in 2022, she spent the previous three years at Jacksonville University, first as an assistant coach prior to being promoted to the director of sports performance for her final year. Aries began her career interning at her alma mater, the University of Tennessee, in 2014 followed by serving as an intern at the University of Miami. From 2015-2017 she was the assistant director of sports performance as well as inaugural head girls weightlifting coach at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, FL. From there she returned to Tennessee as an Olympic strength & conditioning coaching assistant for two years. Aries also served as the strength coach for the US Rowing Olympic U18, U21, and U23 Development Program for three seasons. Aries is a former collegiate varsity rower at the University of Tennessee where she competed from 2011-2015. During that time she earned NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-American honors in 2015. Following her collegiate athletic career, she transitioned to Olympic weightlifting where she has been competing since 2016 as a part of AMP Weightlifting and most recently Boise Barbell team. Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Will Clayton is an Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning at the University of Nevada where he oversees the training for the baseball and women’s basketball programs. Clayton returned to his alma mater in 2019 after spending the previous year and a half as a coaching assistant at Fresno State University. He began his career as an intern coach at the Parisi Speed School in Reno, NV before interning with the Nevada Wolfpack in 2017. From there he spent a semester as an intern at Allegiate Gym in Redondo Beach, CA and then as an intern coach at Washington State University in 2018.Clayton played for the Nevada Club Lacrosse team from 2011-2016 and has recently stepped onto the platform competing in his first Olympic weightlifting meet in the 96kg weight class.Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Stu Roche is the Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Marquette University. In addition to his coaching role where he oversees the training for the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams as well as the men’s and women’s tennis teams, he is also the internship coordinator. Prior to joining Marquette, he worked as a Research Lab Specialist at the University of Michigan from 2012-2015 in the department of orthopedic research. During that time he authored and coauthored multiple peer reviewed research papers. While Roche was working at Michigan, he also led the performance training for both the men’s and women’s rugby teams after serving as an intern within the Michigan strength & conditioning department during a semester scholarship exchange program in the fall of 2011. He also spent time as an intern coach with Eastern Michigan football in 2015 and got his start in the profession serving in a studentship at UK Sport at Loughborough University as a sport and exercise biochemistry worker.Roche is the founder of My Momentum Pro, a non-profit that champions the growth of young professionals in the field of strength and conditioning. My Momentum is an online platform and organization designed for the aspiring performance coach, which provides resources and a community for individuals aiming to enter the sports performance coaching profession. Originally hailing from Stamford, England, Roche was a rugby athlete throughout high school and college playing in both the UK and overseas in the United States. Nowadays, he continues to strength train and challenge himself physically and mentally, most recently completing a 1000-mile bike ride the length of the United Kingdom. Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Justin Roethlingshoefer is the Founder and President of Own It System in addition to being the co-founder of Own It Coaching and creator of the Own It App. Justin has over 20 years of experience working with the best athletes in the world. Over that time he has worked in the NCAA, NHL, with Olympic national teams, and over 25 of the top brand name companies. Justin has spoken at dozens of events, including the TEDx stage. He’s the host of the Sports Science and Recovery Podcast and The Own It Show. Additionally, he is the author of three books (Amazon bestsellers), including Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development, The Athletic Performance Blueprint and Own It. He also founded The Hockey Summit in 2015, which is an all-inclusive training camp for professional hockey players. Justin himself is an accomplished and current athlete. A former college hockey player he continues to train and walk the walk, actively training and competing in both DEKA and HYROX fitness competitions.  Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Danny Wheel is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at UNC-Greensboro. Coach Wheel oversees the strength and conditioning department for all 15 inter-collegiate teams. He arrived at UNCG in 2011 after spending the previous 10 years at Eastern Carolina University, first as the assistant director of strength and conditioning before being elevated to the coordinator of Olympics sports in his final six years at ECU. Coach Wheel is a Master Strength & Conditioning Coach through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association earning the highest honor in the profession in 2019.Wheel was a three-year letterman and two-year starter after beginning his playing career as a walk-on athlete for the Virginia Tech football team. Following his college football career he trained and competed in both strongman and powerlifting. He continues to strength train in a variety of different ways as well as currently gearing up for his first 5k race. Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Alex Lee is the Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance at American University. He oversees the strength and conditioning department and the training for all 16 varsity sports after returning to American in 2021. He spent the previous year and a half leading the Memphis University School program as the head strength coach and creating the first strength and conditioning program at the high school. Lee previously spent five years at the United States Naval Academy as an assistant strength coach for football and wrestling. Prior to Navy, Lee was an assistant strength at American from 2013-2014. He got his start as an undergraduate intern at NC State University and later a professional intern in 2009. From there he went on to serve as a graduate assistant strength coach at Auburn University from 2009-2012. Lee is a competitive weightlifter and competed nationally in the 77kg weight class from 2010 to 2016. He still continues to lift and adds in more athletic and on-field movements to his own training.  Samson EquipmentSamson Equipment provides Professional Weight Room Solutions for all your S&C needs.Cerberus StrengthUse Code: STRENGTH_GAME at Cerberus-Strength.comDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show