The Strength Game

Matt Tometz is the Sports Science Coordinator and Sports Performance Specialist at TCBoost Sports Performance in Northbrook, Illinois. At TCBoost, Coach Tometz works with youth, middle school, high school, college, and professional athletes from all sports as well organizes the sport science efforts and experiments for the performance staff. Prior to his current position, he was a sport scientist with TCU athletics and research assistant at The Sport Science Center at TCU. He also spent time as a youth baseball instructor for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, an equipment manager at TCU, and intern coach at TCBoost. In addition to his coaching, Tometz is the host of The Talking Shop Podcast, is a published research author in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, as well as a freelance videographer creating his own coaching education videos and content for YouTube and social media as well as companies like 1080 Motion. Tometz is a former college baseball pitcher that saw his career go from walk-on to competing in the 2015 NCAA DII College World Series for Truman State University (MO). He continues to stay heavily involved in lifting, using his own training to test out new programs, research, technologies, and ideas on himself prior to implementing them with his athletes.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

Guillermo Blanco is a tactical strength & conditioning coach currently working with the Army’s H2F Program at Fort Bragg, NC. Prior to his time in the tactical setting, Coach Blanco served multiple roles at McKendree University (DII) as the head powerlifting coach, assistant athletic performance coach as well as adjunct instructor. In the collegiate setting he’s also been an assistant coach at Aurora University (DIII) as well as beginning his coaching career as an intern at the University of Illinois (DI) with the football team. In addition to his collegiate experience Blanco has spent time coaching both at the high school level as well as the private sector at sports performance facility: Wheaton-Warrenville South High School and Acceleration Sports Performance, respectively; in addition to personal training at various large gyms when first starting his career. As a competitive powerlifter himself, Blanco, has been competing in multiple divisions and weight classes including raw, classic raw, and multiply powerlifting since 2015 in the APF/WPC.  He brings his coaching knowledge and personal experience competing to fellow powerlifters as an online powerlifting coach working with athletes of all levels, weight classes, and disciplines. 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

Sam Whitney is the Athletic Operations Coordinator and Strength & Conditioning Coach at The Agnes Irwin School in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to his current position, Whitney spent 9 years as first an assistant coach before being promoted to the Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports at Temple University where he oversaw training for the 15 varsity sports. He served as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University as well as both Assistant and Volunteer Coach roles at Villanova University before arriving at Temple. Whitney is a published author in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and is the owner of We Train Clan, which provides elite level performance training for individuals. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Instructor at Temple’s College of Public Health department as well as the creator of the Philly Area S&C Association, a community organization designed to foster relationships and develop knowledge specific to the profession of S&C in and around Philadelphia, PA. Sam himself is also a competitive powerlifter. Competing since 2013 in multiple weight classes in the USAPL and IPF, he has personal bests of 518 squat, 352 bench, and 611 deadlift. 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

Randy Flores is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. Prior to arriving at his current position he spent his time in the college ranks first as a student assistant coach at Texas Tech University before being elevated to full-time assistant coach. After his time at Texas Tech he spent three season as the head strength coach for men’s basketball at the University of Memphis, later going on to become an associate strength coach at Fresno State University. Flores is also a performance coach at Future FIt. Flores walked on the Texas Tech football team before deciding to shift his focus to coaching and working with the Texas Tech strength & conditioning staff. He continues to stay heavily involved in training both at home and on the road with his team.  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

Andy Ward is the Assistant Director of Football Strength & Conditioning at the University of Colorado. He arrived at Colorado after four years at Fresno State as the head strength coach and then the director of sports performance for football. Prior to Fresno State, Ward was a sports performance Coach at Stanford University. He began his coaching career splitting time between Custom Built Personal Training and as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, Cal State Stanislaus. Ward has also held internship coaching positions at Sacramento State, UC San Diego, and Stanford. Ward is a big proponent of knowing his program backwards and forwards, always fine tuning it to best fit his athletes. He continues to stay active by hiking in the Colorado Mountains and lifting, which he uses to test out new programs, research, technology, and ideas on himself before implementing them with his athletes. 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

Kara Concheck is the Head Coach for the Women’s Lacrosse team at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Prior to her joining SCAD in the summer of 2021, Concheck was an assistant, interim head coach, and head coach at Fresno State University. She began her coaching career with the Major Force lacrosse Club in Columbus, Ohio before working as an assistant coach at Oberlin College and then the head coach at Saint Francis University. A former four-year lacrosse athlete at Fresno State University, Concheck completed her career with All-MPSF Academic and Athletic team honors. She was also awarded team Offensive Player of the Year in her senior season, finishing her career as the all-time leading scorer in school history. Concheck is a certified CrossFit Trainer in addition to being a competitive CrossFit athlete with her best finish at 328th in North America in the 2021 CrossFit Games Quarterfinals. 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

Dustin Dailey is an Assistant Sports Performance Coach at Georgetown University working with the football and men’s lacrosse programs. Prior to his arrival at the Hilltop in 2021 he was the head speed and strength coach at D1 Sports Training in his home state of Texas. Additionally, he’s spent time as an assistant coach at Saint Leo University, professional performance intern at the NSCA headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO and graduate assistant coach at Salisbury University. Dailey got his start as a personal trainer before completing internships at American University and his alma mater, the University of Maryland. Along with his current role, he is also a weightlifting coach programming and coaching both recreational and competitive weightlifters. A former quarterback and wide receiver at the University of Maryland, Dailey got into competitive weightlifting following his college football career. He competes for Category 5 Athletics Weightlifting, and has competed at the American Open Series (2017-2019) and 2018 University Nationals. 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 Lillie is an Assistant Track & Field Coach at Sacramento State University working with the throwers. He began his coaching career at Division III Husson University in Bangor, ME in 2015 and soon after, Mesa Community College in Arizona before arriving at his current role at Sac State in 2018. A two-time junior college All-American, Lillie claimed the outdoor title and placed 2nd in indoors in shot put in 2012 before making his way to Arizona State University. At ASU he was an NCAA qualifier in the hammer throw placing as high as 5th at Pac-12 Outdoor Championships in 2015 and currently sitting 4th all-time at ASU with a 210’02” hammer throw. After college he looked to make the US Olympic trials for the 2016 Olympics but after falling just short began his career in Highland Games where he quickly went from amateur status in 2 ½ years to Professional in 2018 after capturing two Amateur World Championship Titles. Lillie continues to compete on the professional circuit in Highland Games all across the United States and World. In addition, he’s competed in strongman as well as various natural stone challenges. 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

Regan Quaal is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Minnesota where he assists with both the men’s and women’s hockey programs in addition to departmental research. Prior to his current role he’s spent time as a sports performance coach at the University of Providence and Georgetown University, a head strength coach at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA as well as graduate assistant coach at Belmont University. Quaal started his career as an intern at Western Michigan University and local CrossFit gym as well as served as a sports science intern previously at Minnesota under Cal Dietz. During his collegiate coaching stints, Quaal has coached, programmed for and consulted with many other gyms and athletes including CrossFit Lake Effect, Big North Barbell, and CrossFit Sabertooth. He is the owner of MASQ Training, an online training program for gyms and individual strength athletes. Quaal himself is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys mountain biking and backpacking when he is not training in the weight room. He has been competing in CrossFit since 2014 and has been most recently training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.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

Lorenzo Tomasiello is a Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Maryland where he is responsible for all aspects of training for the Terps women’s soccer, gymnastics, and golf programs. Before arriving at College Park in 2019, Tomasiello was a graduate assistant coach at Missouri State University and has also served time interning at both Rutgers University and the University of Iowa, working with the Olympic strength and conditioning departments. Tomasiello is a competitive powerlifter in the 93kg weight class and trains out of Tyson’s Playground gym in Fairfax County, VA.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