The Impact Show

Gary Schofield is not only a high school strength coach, he is an entrepreneur, father, husband and the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Greater Atlanta Christian School where he has been making a difference for nearly 20 years.  In this episode, he talks about his crazy daily schedule, and some of the situations […]

Election Day is here!  Finally!!!  This election cycle has been absolutely crazy, but it got me thinking about parallels between how we make political decisions and how we make decisions about strength & conditioning and business. First things first, this episode is NOT about politics.  It’s all about exploring the ways in which we make […]

Mark Watts is one of those rare guys who has been a college coach, worked in a business setting, and eventually realized what he was born to do – teach and coach youth sports.  Mark spent years paying his dues, surviving on low wages and learning from great coaches before he finally got his chance […]

How much strength is enough?  This question has probably been discussed by every strength coach in the world, yet there still isn’t a definitive answer.  West Virginia University Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Football, Darl Bauer, and I have talked about this dozens of times, so we thought it would be great to […]

Lon Record has been a college strength & conditioning coach at the highest levels (Notre Dame, Villanova, etc.) and is now the National Athletics Manager for Hammer Strength/Life Fitness.  He has been able to utilize his knowledge and experience as a strength coach in more of a sales/consultant role to help schools create outstanding facilities.  […]

High-quality strength & conditioning coaches and personal trainers have always tried to separate themselves from low-quality professionals.  For years, there have been discussions about creating a government-regulated license that would keep poorly qualified or uneducated people out of the profession.  There has never been a great way to make this happen, but it has become […]

When it comes to Olympic Lifting, Wil Fleming has pretty much done it all.  He has competed at the National level, coached at the Olympic training center and has produced multiple products that teach performance coaches how to use the lifts.  He has even created a course called The Certified Weightlifting Performance Coach that will […]

Episode 20 is a 2-part show that opens with Jim giving you his thoughts on how much to charge for your services.  This applies to just about any industry, but specifically to sports performance, personal training and sports training. Part 2 of the show features Michigan State strength & conditioning coaches Red Wakeham and Molli […]

Cliff Avril of the Seattle Seahawks joins us to discuss his journey from an 0-16 season to Super Bowl Champion.  We talk about the people in his life that helped him achieve massive success, and the people he is impacting through his foundation www.CliffAvrilFamilyFoundation.org. Cliff talks about the difference between his experiences with the Detroit […]

Episode 18 is a 3-part show with the following segments:  Jim on hard conversations coming from NFL cuts Ryan Ketchum of Fitness Consulting Group on Building a List Red Wakeham of Michigan State sharing his favorite non-standard, pieces of training equipment Here are some the links to products Red talked about on the show: Free […]

Episode 17 features Dr. Laura Miranda, and there are A LOT of firsts on this show.  Laura is the FIRST FEMALE on the show.  She is the FIRST PHYSICAL THERAPIST on the show.  She is the FIRST DOCTOR (DPT – Doctor of Physical Therapy) on the show.  She is the FIRST FITNESS-FOCUSED guest on the […]

The star of this episode is Darl Bauer, the Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Football at West Virginia University, discussing how much we should incorporate science into coaching vs. using good-old-fashioned instinctual coaching.  Darl is a great person to discuss this because he both values science and holds instinctual coaching dear to him.  […]

Bret Contreras has quickly become one of the most popular professionals in the fitness industry.  His passion for finding the best ways to train the glutes has earned him the nickname “The Glute Guy” which has given rise to an entire training niche that he essentially created.  In this interview, Bret talks about how he […]

Episode 14 of the show features Ron McKeefery discussing how it’s possible to create a ripple effect through business.  Ron recently left his post as Head S & C Coach at Eastern Michigan to take on a new challenge as Director of Education for PLAE USA.  Ron has impacted countless lives through his role as […]

In this edition of The Impact Show, baseball performance coach Eric Cressey explains how he has dominated his niche of training elite level baseball players.  It started off by being a great coach, but it goes far beyond just training. Every year, hundreds of elite-level baseball players migrate to Eric’s facility for off-season training, and […]