E 09 | Conjugate U With Nate Harvey

0:00 – Show Intro 3:32 – Podcast begins 4:39 – How Conjugate U started 8:33 – The hurdles Nate had to overcome with implementing the conjugate system at the collegiate level 11:56 – How Nate come up with the “lanes” in his programming style 15:56 – How to phase in freshman into the Conjugate U system 19:01 – The benefits to the box…

E 07 | The Science Behind HRV And Individualized Training Responses With Justin DeBlauw

0:00 – Show Intro 4:20 – Podcast begins 5:49 – What Justin does at Kansas State University 10:52 – What is heart rate variability (HRV)? 15:00 – What is the research saying about HRV with endurance athletes? 27:05 – How Justin’s practical background influenced his research and understanding of academic papers 34:27– Finding limitations of data and research 46:20 – What Justin plans to…

E 06 | Return To Play Protocols For Youth Athletes After COVID-19

0:00 – Show Intro 2:42 – Podcast begins 4:07 – Brandon’s recommendations for sport coaches 29:45 – Looking at a modified training season, and is the conditioning test for football worth it? 35:44 – What we have done at THIRST to help aid our athletes back into the facility 46:09 – Programming running into training programs 49:46– “Please do not kill your kids…

E 05 | COVID-19, TPS Method, and Bull Shittin’ With C.J. Murphy of TPS

0:00 – Show Intro 3:15 – Podcast begins 3:32 – Murph’s plan to lobby for gyms like his in Massachusetts 11:40 – “Culture coaches when you’re not around” 26:35 – “There will be another lock down” 30:51 – The history of Total Performance Sports 41:45– Murph discusses how personal training moved to group and semi-private training 48:01 – What is the TPS Method? 50:40 –…

E 04 | Navigating High School Strength And Conditioning With Jason Nunn

0:00 – Show Intro 2:26 – Podcast begins 4:45 – How Jason is working with his high school athletes during COVID-19 11:17 – Phasing athletes back into training post COVID-19 16:07 – The differences between working with high school athletes versus collegiate athletes in a team setting 22:48 – How Jason controls particular training variables within the sport calendar 29:26– How Jason runs…

E 02 | Bringing High Quality Juice With Strength Coach Lucas White

0:00 – Show Intro 1:46 – Podcast begins 3:16 – What got Lucas into collegiate strength and conditioning 13:52 – How Lucas uses his experience under the bar to relate with his athletes 18:33 – Why Lucas chooses to train at strength sport gyms 31:42 – How the conjugate system has influenced Lucas’s training philosophy and coaching 46:00 – Lucas’s yearly plan with collegiate…

E 01 | Welcome To The THIRST For More Podcast feat. Brandon Smitley

0:00 – Show Intro 1:26 – Podcast begins 2:19 – Who is your host Brandon Smitley and what is the goal with the THIRST For More Podcast? 4:09 – How Brandon got into the fitness industry and powerlifting 12:31 – Brandon’s role of personal training at Indiana State University 14:48 – Creating the capital to start Terre Haute Intensity Resistance and Sports Training…