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Adam Vogel from Bradley Bourbonnais high school located in Bradley Illinois has a great program with some pretty unique features to the school and the athletic department. He also has some exciting things going on there with some cool new tech he is using too. Catapult sports has helped him really get the most out of training. I also talk to him about his nutrition and mobility programming as well. This is a great episode with some great takeaways so make sure you try and catch them all.  Adam Vogel graduated from Indiana state and played defensive end on the football team and receive his bachelors in psychology there as well. After college he played in the arena football league for 4 years before getting his masters from Oliviet Nazarene university. Besides being the head strength coach at Bradley Bourbonnais, he also coaches the defensive line and he is USA weightlifting level 1 certified. Contact Coach Vogel email: AVogel@bbchs.org twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCHSAPT   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a form

Bert Sorin, who is the owner and president of Sorinex exercise equipment located in Columbia, SC talks about Summer Strong 9. Do you want to be around other like minded coaches and athletes? This is the clinic of the year! This is such a great clinic and there is so much to learn there and better yourself as a strength coach for your athletes. The speakers are amazing every year and as you will hear, the speakers, coaches and attendees come from all walks of life, and there is so much to learn from each other as well. Really a great clinic to attend an connect with others like yourself. Check out the clinic at summerstrongexpo.com .Remember if this clinic sounds like it is something you want to go to it starts next week May 20th through the 22nd Ok lets go that that interview with Bert right now! www.summerstrongexpo.com    My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coache

Coach Bryan Pulliam from Athens Academy has a highly successful program and recieves awards for it from the NSCA. His dedication to the program is awesome and it really shows in the structure and organization as well as the culture that he has there. There is great emphasis on strength and condition there and a huge buy in from administrators as well as sport coaches. Coach pulliam drops some great knowledge bombs in this episode so rewind and listen again if you have too.  Coach Pulliam graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in science in exercise and sport science. He has been the strength coach at Athens Academy for 12 years now and also is the owner operator of Sport Speed which is a sports performance training company. He was the NSCA Georgia state director for 2 years and was also on the state advisory board as well. He is certified through the NSCA with his CSCS and is a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with Distinction as well (RSCC*D). He has also been the recipient of the s

Coach Kevin Vanderbush from Ben Davis High located in Indianapolis , Indiana. Coach Vanderbush is one of the very first or possibly the first full time strength coach to make such a huge impact at the high school level. Since starting the program at Ben Davis in 1984, the success has only gotten better and better every single year from his program. He has some amazing things to share an there are so many gold nuggets and takeaways in this episode that you just might want to listen to it again.   If for some reason you are not familiar with Coach Vanderbush here is just a very brief history on him since he has done so much for the strength community.  Coach Vanderbush graduated from Purdue university with his bachelors in 1984 and got his master of science in 1995 from Indiana University. He has been coaching at Ben davis for the last 32 years. He is currently the NSCA high school special interest group chair, and has been a speaker at a lot of nSCA events. He is even speaking this July at the NSCA national co

Coach Brian Lutter from Johnston High school located in Johnston Iowa talks Dragon Strength & Conditioning. Coach Lutter has been with Johnston high for 11 years now and has really built the strength program to what it is today. The program has come a long way and it shows in the athletes there. Every athlete is getting better and improving athletic performance while decreasing injuries. Coach Lutter takes nothing for granted and just wants to train athletes and just do something to get them better everyday. He also has great relationships with the sport coaches he works with and is able to get help from them when training the athletes during the school year or even during the summer sessions. And this is one aspect as to why the program is such a success.  Besides being the director of strength and conditioning for all dragon athletes, he is also an assistant varsity football coach and physical education teacher.   He has also coached varsity wrestling and varsity girls track.  Brian received his Bachelo

Coach Kyle Keese from Denton Guyer High school located in Denton Texas trains the Wildcasts to get better everyday. If you know anything about the combination of Texas and football then you know that it is big business and this also includes the strength and conditioning programs there too. At Denton Guyer they take this very seriously and have had great success in the 10 years they have been open as a high school. Coach Keese has done a great job of getting all athletes involved and also keeping them highly motivated with goal setting for each player and building those personal relationships. Coach Keese is going to talk about some agility and movement drills called GRID and it is something that I think would be great to add to any athletic program. And notice how I said athletic program, because this really applies to all athletes and all sports. Kids need more movement these days and coach Keese has a great solution for it.  Coach Keese holds a BS in exercise and sports studies from Tarleton State universi

Coach Ryan Arnold from Pleasant Valley High School located in Bettendorf, Iowa trains all athletes and makes each one better every day. Coach Arnold has an outstanding program, and he has a great assistant coach staff as well as he uses a lot of college students that are wanting to be strength coaches from a few of the surrounding universities. He also has a tremendous way to motivate his athletes, and it has helped with the overall success and culture of the athletic department. Ryan Arnold has been the strength coach at Pleasant Valley Since 2009. He works with all spartan athletes and is committed to their success. His time, effort and expertise has been crucial to the development of each member of the athletic teams and the improvements on the playing field.  He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Sports Performance Coach (USAW) and USA Level 1 Track and Field Coach (USATF).  He also has his Masters of Education Degree.  Contact Coach Arnold: arnoldryan@pleasval.k12.ia.us Twitter:

Coach Dan Stevens is a superman strength coach as he is coaching and juggling two different strength programs in Columbus Ohio.  He splits time with both schools in the district and is able to work with athletes and non athletes and help everyone get just a little bit better every single day. He is part Cardinal and part wolf and obviously stays in beastmode the whole time to be able to accomplish this task as a high school strength and conditioning coach. Lets just say that lots of high school kids in north Columbus OH are in pretty good shape.  Coach Stevens has also coached football and track and field at both Worthington Kilbourne and Thomas Worthington. He has 30+ years of coaching experience. During those years, he has spent a significant amount of time under the bar learning to lift and learning how to teach others. He has competed in powerlifting and is a Bigger, Faster, Stronger Certified Strength Specialist, and USA Track and Field Level 1 & 2 certified coach and USA Weightlifting certified club

Coach Nico Tigulis from Carroll High school located in Fort Wayne Indiana has a big program with Charger Athletics. This is another episode with another great coach from Indiana. Coach Tigulis trains both athletes and non athletes and they have really bought into the program. Coach Tigullis is also a football coach too, so he is able to really be hands on with the football players too. The chargers have had excellent sports season since implementing a strength program and are looking to get better every day. Coach Tigulis has been in Northwest Allen County Schools since 2003 and has been teaching at Carroll since 2011.  He is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and a Certified Speed & Agility Coach (CSAC).  Contact Coach Tigulis: Email: nttigulis@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/ChargerStrength Youtube: Nico Tigulis   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High

Jayme Comer from Western Boone High school located in Thorntown, Indiana. Webo high school as they refer to it is just outside of Indianapolis. Coach Comer has some really exciting training programs going on there and almost all athletes are able to work with coach comer since he trains at least 90% of athletes that step on the court or field. He also has a really cool piece of tech he is using to track his athletes too so I can’t wait for you to hear it.  Jayme Comer is in his second year as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Western Boone Stars. Coach Comer previously worked at Texas Christian University, working with all of the Horned Frogs athletic teams. Prior to his time in Fort Worth, Coach Comer worked for the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds and their strength and conditioning department. Comer graduated from Universty of Indy in 2012 with a degree in Exercise Science. And he is also certified through United States Weightlifting (USAW). Lots of great things to hear from Coach Come

Coach Jordan Johnson has a huge program at Jenks High school located in Jenks OK. If you are from that region like Texas and Oklahoma then you probably know where Jenks is and what its all about. Jenks has an outstanding football program. The Trojans just won their 4 state championship in a row and they have won 16 total state championships throughout the years. Their athletic program is really strong and Coach Johnson is right in the middle of all of it.. He has been at Jenks since 2012. Coach Jordan Johnson Bio: Director of Strength and Conditioning Jenks High School (CPR, USAW, CSCCA)Jordan is an Oklahoma native from Texhoma in the Oklahoma panhandle.  He graduated from Texas Tech in 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science and a Minor in Health. Jordan has been a strength and conditioning professional for the past 10 years. 2004: Texas Tech University, 2005 & 2006: Texas Tech University, 2007: University of Arkansas, 2008: University of Mississippi, 2009: University of Texas El Paso, 2009: Uni

Doug Bull trains 900 athletes and has an extraordinary program at Deer Park Strength in Deer Park Texas. You may have heard of Deer Park high and Coach Bull before since he holds a really big high school strength coach clinic every January for the past 6 years and it has grown bigger every year. Coach Bull came from the college ranks and really has a lot of experience with training athletes. His journey is pretty unique and since being at Deer Park, he has created a great strength program that produces great athletes. You need to check out www.dpstrength.com to see his not only one weightroom but his 2nd weightroom as well. He has pretty awesome facilities and his website is full of great resource too. Doug Bull is starting his 9th year as Deer Park's District Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. He brings with him 20 years of strength and conditioning experience ranging from Jr. High School to Division I athletics. Including coaching stops at Northern State, Fort Hays State, Illinois State, and The United

Coach Rob Brokaw from Archbishop Bergan high school is located in Fremont Nebraska. Coach Brokaw has done an outstanding job at his school and even though it is a smaller school he is really making huge improvements in the sports performance of the athletes there. A really awesome thing we will talk about is the High school strength clinic that is coming up this April and he has some big name speakers coming. He had a ton of success last year with it and is ready to make it even better this year. Rob Brokaw is in his 4th year as the Strength Coach of Archbishop Bergan High School in Fremont Nebraska. He is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University with a degree in Exercise Science. He is a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with the NSCA and also has a sports performance certification from the USAW. He loves his job as a strength coach and loves working with the athletes he trains. Being in Nebraska he has  tons of great coaches there as resources and he for sure reaches out to learn more. He is doin

Coach Brian Jackson from Lakewood high school located in Sumter, South Carolina. Coach Jackson is longtime strength coach in South Carolina being at one school for 18 years and now is making a transition from Crestwood high to the new school of Lakewood high this year for his 19th year as a strength coach.  You may remember coach Jackson as he was on episode 8 when I talked to him about strength meets and how the South Carolina strength meet is operated. And for sure reach out to him if you would like to start your own in our state or your region because he has all the info on how to run a great meet. He is an outstanding coach, mentor and friend. Coach Jackson is the head football coach and strength coach, and also teaches animated computer production, programming and other courses in the computer department. He was awarded the region track coach of the year in 2007, 2008, and 2009. And also received the state strength coach of the year for class 3A in 2003 and 2007. And also After playing football at Clemso

Coach Clarke is in his 8th year at Noblesville High School. He is a native of the northwest side of Chicago and graduated from Butler University (Bachelors Degree: Secondary Education/ Exercise Science and Masters Degree: School Administration EPPSP). This is Coach Clarke’s 14th year as a head strength and conditioning coordinator. Coach Clarke came to Noblesville in the summer of 2008 after highly successful stops at Warren Central (IN) and Pike High School (IN). In all he has been taken part in 11 Indiana High School State Championships. Lastly, he was named a semi-finalist for the National High School Strength Coach of the Year in 2007 by, American Football Monthly. Coach Clarke is a strength and conditioning specialist who is responsible for over 650 students daily, and has trained over two hundred collegiate athletes and numerous NBA, MLB, and NFL players. Clarke teaches Noblesville’s Athletic Weights class and is responsible for developing and implementing pre/post season strength and conditioning progr

Ross Schwisow serves as the Strength and Conditioning coordinator Basehor Linwood Bobcats in Basehor Kansas.  Ross Schwisow serves as the Strength and Conditioning coordinator for the USD 458 district. This program involves morning sessions, class sessions, and after school sessions that reach over 300 students a week during the school year as well as the summer. Schwisow came to Basehor-Linwood high school in the summer of 2006 from the University of Missouri where he served as a Strength and Conditioning Assistant. Schwisow was directly in charge of the Tigers golf and tennis programs while also assisting the football and basketball programs among others. Schwisow is a Certified Specialist in Strength and Conditioning (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a Strength and Conditioning Certified Coach (SCCC) by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also currently in the process of training to receive his Level 1 Olympic Certification Schwisow began his

Coach Michael Gilligan is the head strength coach at Bixby High school located in Bixby Oklahoma. Coach Gilligan has had incredible results and successes since implementing his strength program for the Spartans 2 years ago. Last football season they were 2014 state champs for their division. And many other teams have had successful seasons as well. And their facilities at Bixby are top notch too and coach Gilligan really uses all the space he has and makes great use of it for the huge number of athletes he trains. Here is a little bio about Coach. Coach Gilligan is in his second year as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Bixby High School. Prior to Bixby High School, Gilligan coached in the Big Ten Conference at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois. In 2010, Gilligan received his Bachelor's Degree in Health Promotions with an emphasis in Exercise and Health from Oklahoma State University. Gilligan later earned his Master’ s Degree in Sports Administration from Northwestern Univers

Coach Garrett Keith is the head strength coach at Westminster Christian Academy located in Huntsville Alabama. Coach Keith has really implemented a great program there and his athletes have really bought into the strength program. And in turn they seeing great results in their athletic program.  Garrett has been the strength and conditioning coach at WCA for 6 years. He is a 1999 graduate of American Christian Academy. After high school he attended the University of North Alabama where he was a four-year letterman and captain (2002) on the football team. Garrett is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the national strength and conditioning association (NSCA), is a Certified Underground Strength Coach through Zach Even-Esh's Underground Strength Gym, and is a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS) through Joe DeFranco and Jim Smith. He works with all of the athletic teams at WCA as well as being an assistant football coach. Contact Garrett Keith email: garrett.keith@wca-hsv

Hunter Wood from Apopka High school located in Florida. Coach Wood has had a very successful run with football over the last few years, and the other sports he works with have been successful as well. Lots of good things going on at Apopka, so before we get to the interview, here is just a little about coach wood. Coach Hunter Wood is a graduate of East Carolina University where he was a 4 year letter winner with the Pirate Football Team. After graduation Coach moved to Central Florida and began to train and prepare Central Florida’s top athletes, teams and corporate professionals. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist a  Performance Enhancement Specialist as well as being Functional Movement Screen Certified, Coach Wood uses his education and experience to gain the most out of each client and team that he trains. Coach Wood has had the opportunity to train and prepare the following over the past 9 years... He has trained NFL Pro Bowlers NFL Drat Picks  NCAA All Americans Under Armour All American

Coach Patrick McHenry from Castle View high school located in Castle rock, Colorado. Coach McHenry has been in strength & conditioning since 1989 so he has a ton of experience in what he is doing. He has a ton to share to today but before we talk with him let me give you a little bio info on him. Coach McHenry has a Masters of Arts degree, is CSCS certified with Distinction, and has his USAW cert too. In 2003 he was the regional strength coach of the year for American football monthly, in 2005 he was the national strength and conditioning coach of the year for the NSCA and in 2006 he received the editorial excellent award from the strength and conditioning journal. He received the strength of America award in 2010 from the presidents council on fitness, sports, and nutrition. In 2012 coach McHenry was the Colorado high school physical education teacher of the year. Contact Coach McHenry: Facebook: Patrick McHenry email: ptmach@aol.com twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcentral My info: My name is Dane Nelso