The TeamBuildr Podcast

Episode #24: Producing a Powerful P.E. Program and Coaching High School Strength with Military Veteran Amanda Berg

Good friend Amanda Berg joins us on this edition of the TeamBuildr Podcast. Amanda has been a High School teacher, Physical Education Department Head and strength coach in Minnesota for over 15 years. She served overseas in Iraq with the Army National Guard, and is a huge fan of the NHSSCA. Don’t let her mild-mannered Mid-Western demeanor fool you, Amanda Berg means business!

Episode #23: Using TeamBuildr to Leverage your Online Training and Cater to your Audience with Erica Suter

We brought Erica Suter back onto The TeamBuildr Podcast to talk to us about how she uses TeamBuildr and the Online Payments Portal to leverage her business.

Episode #22: Embracing Weight Room Tech with Tom Newman

Tom Newman joins us on this episode of the TeamBuildr Podcast. Tom is the Chief Innovation Officer at weight room hardware & data company Hawkin Dynamics, and former Director of Performance at Yale University.

Episode #21: Empowering the High School Strength Coach with Gary Schofield

Our good friend Gary Schofield joins the podcast to talk about all things High School strength. Gary is a highly regarded speaker in the S&C industry, and was one of the founding fathers of the National High School Strength Coaches Association (NHSSCA).

Episode #20: Let's Talk About Athlete Recovery with Joel Jamieson

Joel is widely considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength and conditioning for combat sports and is the new-age godfather in energy system training. In addition to influencing and improving coaches in a multitude of sports around the world, Joel has personally trained over a dozen world champion athletes as well as consulting and working with many elite organizations ranging from the Navy SEALS to professional sports teams. He is the best-selling author of Ultimate MMA Conditioning and creator of the BioForce HRV system.

Episode #19: From D1 to the Military, Talking Tactical Strength & Conditioning with Shelton Stevens

On this week’s TeamBuildr Podcast, we are proud to be joined by Shelton Stevens. Shelton is entering his third year as a Human Performance Specialist at US Special Operations Command, where he is a strength coach for elite tactical soldiers in the military. Before making the jump to tactical, he coached at college strength programs for over 10 years, most recently as Director of S&C at Liberty University. Shelton is also a business owner, and runs an online tactical training business.

Episode #18: Perspectives from a Career in Strength with Liane Blyn

Joining us on The TeamBuildr Podcast this week is Liane Blyn. Liane is currently the Director of Sports Performance & Olympic Sports at Arizona State University but she is the game for about 20 years now as a strength coach, athletic trainer, business owner and international competitor. In this episode, we touch on the salary gap between assistant coaches and strength coaches, how she feels about being recognized as being a 'woman in the field', and her emphasis on the value of building relationships with all of her athletes.

Episode #17: Transitioning from Athlete to Coach, Starting Brute Strength, and Coaching High Schoolers with Matt Bruce

Matt Bruce is an Olympic Weightlifting National Champion, Co-Founder of the online training program powerhouse Brute Strength, and a High School strength and conditioning coach. In this episode Matt tells us his journey of becoming a coach after retiring as an athlete at the age of 28 and how he saw an opportunity in CrossFit to share his weightlifting expertise through online programming.  

Episode #16: Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) and Sustainable Training with J.L. Holdsworth

This week we welcome the strongest strength coach in the industry, J.L. Holdsworth who is a champion powerlifter, an international speaker, and the founder/head coach at his training facility in Ohio, The Spot Athletics. With a hulk-like frame and many success, he can be intimidating but once you start talking to him you witness his vulnerable side about the mistakes he’s made along the way but also his passion to serve his coaches and his clients.

Episode #15: Inclusivity in CrossFit and Lessons from Gym Ownership with Alyssa Royse

Alyssa is the owner of Rocket Community Fitness in Seattle, a social justice-oriented fitness community that prides itself on its inclusivity. As a supporter of both the CrossFit methodology and the communities it cultivates, found herself at the forefront of CrossFit’s leadership upheaval this summer when an email exchange between her and former CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman garnered media attention.