PA CHALK UP Podcast
1) KENNA SMOAK-MINNICI & JARED WOODS - S&C @ ARMY WEST POINT #122
Jump testing without the faff. Manny sits down with West Point’s Jared Woods and Kenna Smoak-Minnici to get real about force plates vs. jump mats, which metrics actually move programming, and how to b...Show More
2) KOSTA TELEGADAS - TACTICAL S&C COACH #121
Kosta (tactical S&C, based in Italy) went from banged-up high-school hooper to the guy tactical units trust to get strong, stay healthy, and still have a life. He’s blunt about the college grind, ruth...Show More
3) DAVE SNYDER - ATHLETIC TRAINER @ BAYLOR #120
Dave Snyder (Baylor Basketball) is an athletic trainer with two decades in the trenches—football to hoops—who turns injuries into clear, fast return-to-play plans. He’s a systems guy: objective data, ...Show More
4) TIM SUCHOMEL - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR @ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH #119
Tim Suchomel is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a rare research-meets-weight-room operator—equal parts lab brain and barbell coach. He builds stronger, faster athletes by tu...Show More
5) MICHAEL STEGEMOELLER - S&C COACH @ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH #118
Michael “Coach Steg” Stegemoeller is the strength & conditioning coach at the University of Pittsburgh, leading Women’s Lacrosse and Swim & Dive. A former undersized soccer kid turned performance nerd...Show More
6) RETT LARON - S&C COACH @ ECZACIBAşI DYNAVIT #117
Rett Larson is an Olympic and pro volleyball S&C coach who turns warm-ups into real training and intent into horsepower. He gamifies everything—measured jumps, landmine throws, reverse treadmill sprin...Show More
7) CHRISTINA BERNAL - S&C COACH @ U of PENN #116
Christina Bernal (Penn S&C) sits down for a raw, no-BS deep dive on building buy-in in the Ivy League, coaching rowers and jumpers in the same room, and why the team-around-the-team matters most when ...Show More
8) STEPH GRUBBS - S&C @ HOUSTON ASTROS MLB #115
Steph Grubbs (formerly Steph Mock) is a performance coach with the Houston Astros. In this one, we go line-by-line through her MLB program and unpack microdosing—how tiny, high-quality hits of strengt...Show More
9) ALEX BORGS - SOCCER S&C COACH @ ETSU #114
Alex Borg is a German-born performance coach and sport scientist now working stateside, building fast, durable athletes with a clean blend of research and real coaching. We get into what actually tran...Show More
10) GLEN CASTRO - NUTRITIONIST @ UFC PI #113
Glen Castro is a performance nutritionist at the UFC Performance Institute, helping fighters make weight the right way—and show up with pop on fight night. We get into the real playbook from camp to c...Show More