Today I take great pride in introducing our final presenter for The 2015 Seminar, University of Houston’s Cross Country Coach Steve Magness. Coach Magness is the author of THE book on running, operates an amazing internet educational source (http://www.scienceofrunning.com), and is a PhD candidate. His extensive background in coaching and research, combined with his desire…
In this edition of The Central Virginia Sport Performance Podcast University of Iowa’s Landon Evans gives us a peek into the recent developments inside the Hawkeye athletic department. Coach Evans discusses the athlete centered approach being developed in their department, the evolution of the strength and conditioning staff at Iowa from interns up, and how…
In this edition of The Central Virginia Sport Performance Podcast University of Wisconsin’s Jim Snider holds no punches. Snides dives right into how he is training the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams at Wisconsin, what this specific GPP block is geared towards, physical results he sees, and how he sees the results through the…
I am extremely excited to announce our final speaker for The 2015 Seminar, Virginia Tech’s Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance, Dr. Mike Gentry. Dr. Gentry’s reputation is preceded only by his tenure at Virginia Tech. The author of A Chance to Win: A Complete Guide to Physical Training for Football, Dr. Gentry’s background as…
It’s always a thought provoking converstation when Cal Dietz is involved, and this fantastic interview with University of Minnesota Strength and Conditioning Coach and 2015 Presenter Cal Dietz is no exception. In our 20 minute talk, Cal dives into athlete monitoring and how he has used Catapult and Omegawave with his athletes, and the results…
Like every conversation with Dr. Bryan Mann, today’s podcast is full of amazing insight. Dr. Mann walks us through his soon to be published piece looking at stress and how it impacts the risk athletes have of becoming injured. The findings are really fascinating, and will without a doubt impact how I handle my athletes…
In a fantastic discussion, 2015 Presenter, Michael Regan discusses his career voyage that brought him from Australia to The US and back, and how sport science is different in Australia, what role he see’s it, and how they look at data to help the club as a whole. It was a really fun, interesting conversation that I hope you…
Making his second appearance at The Seminar is Dr. Vladimir Issurin. Most notably recognized for his method of Block Periodization published through Ultimate Athlete Concepts (Vol 1, Vol 2), Dr. Issurin also has an extensive background working with athletes, ranging from 3 Olympic cycles of scientific adviser and head of the scientific group for the USSR Olympic canoe/kayak, and…
