Jochum Strength Podcast

Nugget Of the Day: “Forget About Me I Love You This quote leads us into our guest today Mark Dowdle. Dowdle and I have played on the same college football team, coaches together and have been constantly helping each other find the path of improvement through our late night hot tub talks. He is one of the most motivated and driven people I know and is one of the few I consider to be looking at me and not up to me. One that when I’m off the path will put my ass back on it. He recently just finished up Calendar club which had him run 471 miles and 7+ marathons in April. Today we talked about Finding your meditation and the process of growing as a leader and person. I hope you enjoy. Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of The Day: “Easy Choices Hard Life. Hard Choices, Easy Life” This quote leads us into our guests today, PJ Dundass and Lee Kirk (known to his colleagues and friends as Kirky). They are founders of Methodical Movement Systems, an online education platform for athletes, coaches and the everyday weekly and weekend gym warrior. They also both work as performance specialists at the University of Exeter. PJ and Kirky come highly recommended from previous guest Danny Foley so I found their Instagram page and loved the content they have been putting out! Today we covered focusing on what you will talk about on saturday's and teaching your athletes how to drive their own lives!  I Hope You Enjoy Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “A tower built on a hill can't be hidden. Let Your Light Shine" This quote leads us into our guest Erik Korem. Coach Korem is the Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete High Performance at William & Mary's, is the owner of BJJ Prep and has his Ph.D. in Exercise Science. I first heard of Coach Korem on the Just Fly Sports Performance Podcast where he broke down his approach to training and I was instantly bought in and knew I had to have him on the podcast.  Today we talked about reverse engineering your sport, the process of bringing someone into your team and owning a side business to own your profession. If you want to check out Coaches work you can follow him on Insta @Erikkorem or go to his website bjjprep.com Thank You For Listening

Nugget Of The Day: "The Secret to doing more, is mastering less" This quote leads us into our guest Kibwe Johnson. Kibwe is an Olympian, a Throws Coach at the IMG academy and hosts the FORTIUS podcast. I first found Kibwe when I was a hammer thrower myself and his un-traditonal approach to movement, coaching and life is something I’ve always loved and I’m really excited to have him on. Today we talked about Solving Movement Riddles and how to find peace in the chaos that is the hammer. Hope you Guys Enjoy. Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “Sophistication is born out of hunger and difficulty is what wakes up genius.” This quote leads us into our guest Dr.Tommy John, is a high level chiropractor, coach and author of “Minimize Injury and Maximize Performance A sports parents survival guide”. I was first found Dr. Tommy John through his podcast and feel in love with his approach to training and living a healthy life style. Today we talked about the process of healing yourself, the foundation of movement and the importance of feet, hands and spine.

Nugget Of The Day: " Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure" This quote leads us into our guest Justin Kuehn. Coach Kuehn is a GA Sports performance coach at NDSU. I first heard of Justin when I was a GA at St.Olaf college and performed a mock interview with him, I was very impressed with his answers and have stayed in touch ever since. Today we talked about training for wrestling and how Justin Goes about it, the life of a GA and climbing your Everest.  This conversation was just two young strength coaches talking about their journey and experiences so far and I hope you enjoy! Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “Good is coming, few have the courage and simplicity to believe it” This quote leads us into our guest Dan Casey. Coach Casey is the head football coach at St.Davids high school, a track and field coach and was apart of AFCA 35 under 35 coaches leadership group. I found coach Casey after being tagged in a couple of his posts about the importance of speed and technical and tactical abilities of a football athlete. I loved the breakdown of these posts and thought it would be an awesome opportunity to bring an actual sports coach onto the podcast to talk about how he thinks and goes about training. Today we talked about the speed advantage, why it’s important for your players to enjoy practice and how he goes about breaking down the technical aspects of the game.

Nugget Of the Day: “The Enemy gets a vote, no plan survives first contact” ” This quote leads us into our guest Andy Ryland. Coach Ryland is USA Football’s Senior Manger of Education and Training, a former Division one Football Player and was a member of the US Mens Rugby Team. I first heard of Coach Ryland on a seminar he gave about Grappling and how we can use it in sport. I have been a big fan of his message and training philosophies ever since and he does an amazing job of “Keeping the Goal the Goal”. Today we talked about “Speaking the languages of your sport, the difference between weight room strength and on field strength and diving into the why of what we are doing " You can reach Coach Ryland through Instagram here

Nugget Of the Day: “Hell is described as laying on your death bed and the person you’ve become meets the person you could have been” This quote leads us into our guest Michael Zweifel. Michael is the owner of BBA Performance, was a Gagliardi Trophy winner (where he led the entire NCAA in receptions) and played professional football overseas for the Vienna Vikings. I’m really excited to have Michael on this podcast as he is a fellow D3 athlete and has experience in both the private and collegiate sector. Today we talked about Creating Environments, the importance of play and Michael's Goal of Creating Happy, Healthy and Confident Athletes!

Nick DiMarco - Why Not to Olympic Lift, Aerobic Reserves and If Your Life Sucks You Suck In this episode we welcome our guest, Nick DiMarco, on to the podcast. We had the opportunity to talk about skill development for athletes, how to lead other and get everyone on the same page, and finally the mindset of "If your life sucks, then you suck". This episode is filled with amazing nuggets that you will really enjoy. 

Nugget Of The Day: "The next time you want to withhold your help from another, for any reason ask yourself a simple question "Does the reason for withholding this help reflect more on them or you and what do you want defining your life?" This quote leads us into our guest, Tim Kelly, who is a sports performance coach at Virginia High Performance. Tim was recommended to us by past guest Danny Foley and he didn't let us down! Today Tim dove into the importance of training overhead athletes holistically and ways to implement that into your programming. He also goes into working with and communicating with clients that have suffered spinal cord injuries. Finally Tim discusses the importance of living your life to serve! I hope you guys get alot out of this podcast! Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “Confident but not cocky; courageous but not foolheartedly; competitive but a gracious loser; attentive to details but not obsessed by them… This quote leads us into our guest Carter Schmitz today! Carter was a teammate of mine at the University of St.Thomas. He has written blogs for the Jochum Strength website and is one of the smartest and most underrated strength coaches out there. Currently an accountant Carter has an interesting perspective on the Sports performance world and is know for his experiments and constant questioning!  Today we discussed the Gray area and how we can take two opposing ideas and mold them together. The mindset of a kicker and how that has helped Carter grow and Carters why behind Empowering Growth and how that has allowed him to take the world of accounting and apply it to the world of Sports Performance. I hope you guys get alot of nuggets out of this one!  Keep Chopping Wood

Nugget Of the Day: “The limiting factor is not resources, for they are plentiful, but knowledge, which is scarce” This quote leads us into our guest Jordan Nieuwsma! Jordan is currently a sports performance coach at Elon University and has spent time at the University of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Concordia St.Paul as well as other spots. I found Jordan through a power point that was sent to me on a NSCA conference talk he gave on “Sports Movement through the eyes of an athlete” which does an amazing job of breaking down the sport and questioning if what a lot of traditional weight room programs is doing are correct.  Today we tried to dive deep into the world of the constraints led approach, small sided games and how to bridge the gap between the weight room and what is actually going on, on the field. Jordan talked alot about some of his small sided games and he has a ton of examples on his Youtube which can be found here  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYfwPuzm4RkKiz0TD-TGLwA Let me know if you h

Nugget Of The Day: "Life is one big test, don't fail" On this episode of the podcast we have Sean Neubauer, a Chiropractor and owner of Health Source of Chanhassen. I met Sean through previous podcast guest Logan Scholla, who has been worked on for awhile by Sean and was a key clog in Logans National Power Lifting Prep. This podcast we had an awesome conversation about mindset and movement and how these two things, if used correctly, can have a huge impact on your life! I Hope you enjoy!

Nugget Of the Day: “By wisdom a house is built; and through understanding it is established” This quote leads into our guest perfectly. Danny Foley is Co-Founder of Rude-Rock Strength and Head Strength Coach at Virgina High Performance where he specializes in working with  U.S. Special Operations Command personnel and tactical athletes. I first found Danny when I read one of his articles on Off-Set training and instantly knew we had very similar thoughts on how to train an athlete to be an athlete. I’m really excited for this conversation and I hope you guys get something out of it. You can find Danny's Website and Hip Manual here! https://www.ruderockstrength.com/

Nugget Of the Day: “Men become builders by building houses, musicians by playing music and professors by being life long students” This quote leads us into our guest today, Dr. Adam Korak, a biomechanics professor at the University of St. Thomas, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach head of the St.Thomas strength and conditioning club and die hard Alabama fan, he is always looking for ways to learn and teach in life. I have the pleasure of working with Dr.Korak at UST and one of my favorite things about talking with him is the different lenses he sees things through as an academic and how we are able to bump thoughts back and forth from what actually goes on in the weight room and what is happening in the research. Today we talked about the mindset behind keeping doors open, how biomechanics can help with athletic development and what your role as a leader is.  I’m really excited for you guys to listen!

Nugget Of the Day: It’s not about what you do, its about who you do it for and who you do it with that matters. That’s how success will come Leads into our guest perfectly. Hunter Warner is a Professional Hockey player for the Iowa Wild, he was a 2013 USA Hockey All-American and Host of the Truth and Love Podcast where his goal is to share the journeys of inspirational and influential people and the battles they go through every day. I have followed Hunter for awhile now and we have a very similar mindset on life and what you can do with it and I’m super pumped to have him in studio today!

Nugget Of the Day: The manager accepts the status quo, the leader challenges it. - Warren G Bennis This quote leads us into our guest perfectly today, Adarian Barr, who does not believe in accepting the status quo of speed training. Adarian is a USATF Level II coach and a speed consultant for many teams and athletes, a speed product inventor and owner of Barrunning. He believes in the very same mindset that Jurgen Grobler’s (Gold Metal Winning Rowing Coach) has of “Will it make the boat go faster?”. Keep the goal the goal and get there anyway possible. Today we dive into torque and what it means for athletics, levers and their importance in sport, Adarians philosophy on run simple to run fast and many more things. I had to go back and take a bunch of notes on the knowledge bombs coach was dropping so Id have your paper and pencil ready.

"The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it" - Jordan Peterson This quote leads perfectly into our guest Logan Scholla, president and founder of the UST  Strength and conditioning club, national level power lifter, engineering  student  and  a  Jochum strength athlete, Logan is taking the burden and bearing it.   Logan discuses his journey into power lifting and how he benched 405, how he put on 90 lbs in 4 years, the relentless pursuit big goals need and his love for poptarts. This was a really awesome conversation that I enjoyed and I hope you are able to take something away from it. If you have any questions or feedback just let me know! Keep Chopping Wood

Jake Tuura is the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Youngstown State University a D1 school is Ohio. Today Jake talks about his journey on becoming a D1 strength coach and some of the lessons he learned. He also breaks down how he trains his athletes, how to keep an open mind and the importance of communication! I hope you enjoy!