Wendy Sterling, MS, RD, CSSD, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Approved Supervisor through the International Eating Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics in the Bay Area in California. She specializes in sports nutrition, eating disorders, and utilizes a non-diet, Health at Every Size® approach in her practice. Wendy maintains a private practice in the Menlo Park and Los Altos. She is now seeing...

Dylan Hough, Head Beach Volleyball coach at Jacksonville University is going into his second year as the head coach. He has spent a good amount of time coaching volleyball from the club level all the way up to the professional level in the AVP. He was awarded the AVCA Thirty under 30 award which is given to coaches who are on the rise in the industry.   Topics Discussed: -       Favorite coaching moments -       Coaching in the 2021 Manhattan Open -       Gratitude and the role it plays with...

Jenny is a communication and presentation skills coach, gym owner, personal trainer, and educator. She is obsessed with communication and has dedicated her career to exploring, practicing, and teaching what she knows. Episode Details: Communication and Effectiveness  How can fitness professionals and coaches alike be more intentional with their communication? How do we make GREAT first impressions? Presence - Verbal and Non-Verbal Skills In person vs. VirtuallyActive Listening Asking...

Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Old Dominion University, coach Wayne Adams Joins the show to talk all things performance at the collegiate level. Previous Director at Catawba, previous Associate Director at Sacred Heart, and ALSO one of my first mentors as a young professional in the field.  Topics of Discussion: -  Managing a weight room at the collegiate level - Training College Baseball Players - Communicating early and coaching on the fly  - The High/Low Model -  Rotational...

Angie Asche is a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sports dietetics. She realized her passion for sports nutrition and working with athletes early on in her career, which led her to launch her private practice, Eleat Sports Nutrition. Since founding her company, she has worked with hundreds of high school, college, and professional athletes nationwide. She is also the author of the book Fuel Your Body, which was just released on May 11th.     During this episode Angie...

Jason Pryor is an American épée fencer. He earned two individual bronze medals and a team gold medal at the Pan American Fencing Championships in 2014 and 2015, as well as an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. He represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Jason’s first sport was soccer. He took up fencing when he was 11 after hearing about the sport from a friend. He was taught by coach Bill Reith at the Alcazar...

Shelton Stevens has over 13 years of coaching experience and currently serves as a Human Performance Specialist for the United States Special Operations Command.  Prior to his position with our United States Military he has worked with several Division I institutions as a strength and conditioning specialist. Some of his stops include Florida State University, Louisiana State University, Nova Southeastern University, University of Southern Mississippi, Mercer University, Arkansas State...

Matt Ibrahim leans in this week to give us a better understanding of what it is like to be a great coach that communicates well. Matthew’s background lies in performance coaching and also in the rehab sector. He has been mentored by and worked with some amazing coaches in the Boston area including Mike Boyle and Tim DiFrancesco (formerly LA Lakers). Currently, he's finishing his PhD with a focus on hamstring injury reduction & deceleration training; working as a professor creating the...

Do you want to create an environment that values questions? Is your team honest with you? Do your employees give you and the organization honest feedback?  How can we create an environment where asking the difficult questions and  giving transparent...

So you want to be a Strength & Conditioning coach?  The road to working in collegiate or professional athletics is always a glamorous one. There are times where you are dead set on what you want, how it is going to happen, and when it is going to...

We are built to compete. Some more so than others but it is in our nature to compete against each other and within ourselves. Being active in sports brings this competition out of us in positive and negative ways. BUT sports will always have a humbling...

The most important attribute for a leader is their time and energy. What consumes most of your time? If you were to log your time for an entire week, would you be surprised where you are putting your energy?  As a leader I want you to understand that...

How many of you have ever been in need of a personal trainer? A fitness instructor? Somebody to tell you what to do when you go to the gym? Us humans are busy people. The last thing we want to do after we get off work, pick the kids up from school, drop...

Have you ever been in a position where you needed to start from the ground up? You needed to do a total transformation from the inside out? When put in situations like this, it takes deep courage and a lot of searching within. If you are ever planning...

This week we  were lucky enough to have the crew from The Built To Last Podcast come on the show! This crew involves Charlie Rhea, Justin Bentivegna, and Andrew Slay. Built to Last is a sports performance coaching community founded on the principles:...

Luka is an entrepreneur, business man, and most importantly, a coach. Crediting a lot of his success to the adversity he pushed through at a young age, he started this life in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he credits basketball, fitness and coaching for...

How do you handle feelings of extreme self doubt?Despite the notable successes within your life and your overall competency within your given field, you still feel this way?Don't panic. You aren't alone. Almost 2/3 of the world feels this way. Check out...

There is a lot of talk about building and creating a system when it comes to having a centralized approach to an organization. With many companies and organizations, you have principles in which you want to follow. These are your basic guidelines that...

Olympic Sports Performance Coach for the University of Tennessee, Coach Greg Adamson sat down with us to give the big picture about leadership, the myth about servant leadership, and his journey through faith and how that has impacted his leadership....

MLB Hitting Coach for the Boston Red Sox, Pete Fatse comes on to chat about some of his experiences and concepts that he has learned within his time coaching and leading. Fatse played baseball at UCONN before he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers....

Founder and CEO of Athelo Group, Andrew Stallings joins the show to educate us on the idea of a brand. In the very short, Athelo Group is a sports agency but they go way deeper than the surface of just an agency. Within Athelo, they pride themselves on...

USA Beach Volleyball sports performance coach, Christian Hartford goes in on the nitty gritty of how to be successful as a coach. As I have said before, I use coach as a synonym for mentor, leader, and influencer. Christian gives examples and...

Professional Beach Volleyball Athlete and Wholistic Health Coach, Kim Hildreth sits down to discuss with us about Health Coaching and being a professional athlete. Kim is consistently playing at a high level and in order to do so, she has to put her...