My guest this month is Coach Kevin Vanderbush. Coach Vanderbush recently retired after an incredible 40 year career at Ben Davis High School, located in Indianopolis Indiana. Under his guidance, Ben Davis saw incredible atheltic success which resulted in 25 state titles and multiple national champions. Kevin was also one of the original four founding members of the NHSSCA. We discuss his beginings into high school strength and conditioning, and what the landscape of high school strength and conditioning looked like at the time. Coach then tells us what the beginning of the NHSSCA looked like. Coach Vanderbush shared so much experience and wisdom in this episode, you're guarenteed to take something away. Enjoy!

Coach Vanderbush on X :https://twitter.com/coachvanderbush?lang=en

Here is a great article by the IndyStar discussing his retirement.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/05/31/ben-davis-strength-coach-pioneer-kevin-vanderbush-retires-after-40-years-high-school-indiana/73914744007/

Hour Long Presentation by Kevin Vanderbush on HS S&C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec5Q3XWNR4k

My guest this month is Steven Thompson. Coach Thompson is a private strength coach located outside of Kansas City Missouri. He is the owner of Voodoo Power and host a podcast, The Voodoo Power Podcast. I had a great time sitting down and talking shot with Coach Thompson. We talk about his journey into becoming a strength coach, the decision making process from a business standpoint in regards to budget and more! Check out his podcast and enjoy the episdoe!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voodoo4power/

X: https://x.com/Voodoo4Power

Voodoo Power Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gadnm2msXKVqb8rOQiIqN

Voodoo Power Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voodoo-power/id1644608223

Voodoo Power Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@platesandpancakes4593

Steve's Book "Stacking Losses" : https://www.amazon.com/Stacking-Losses-Steven-Thompson/dp/B0DCMH6HD2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OQDZUBTFUHU4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wnyh5gTf0qS0bAVYw_6a2Cv9iGoTloe1z6sdd6iMk4HgCByI0SpxjdVOXP9vaFsHw_4w2sXE-9lxqhpysh2nE22pfu2WptqkB-1spLX_7fOwewLgl02OLdS6SvpQA73fIGTLPvBz7pghly54UntNbxcQYSdPH1s-J5j0IoCR9FPYbi0hrGZTNIxo7Tz0rupYqnsPbSubXgWj6ZdX36Dl4IcMRfbE19qEucmAOOvyTHA.YkLM-BwjVj5b7LNP0TySoeo-asJLA5LXqczyIZmvv7Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=stacking+losses&qid=1725223085&sprefix=stacking+loss%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1

My guest this month is Adam Vogel. Coach Vogel works at Homewood Flossmoor High School, which is a southern suburb of Chicago. At HF he is in charge of not only strength and conditioning, but is also the department chair for PE, health, and drivers Ed. He is also the Illinois state director for the NHSSCA. We sit down and talk about his transition from his previous school Bradley-Bourbannais, to his current role at HF. Coach Vogel then gives us some great insight into his multi-layered programming. Other topics we discussed include how he makes choices on technologies to add, as well as how he manages his large workload and schedule. Enjoy!

Coach Vogel's on X : https://x.com/CoachAVogel

HF Athletic Performance Training on X: https://x.com/HFAPT

HF APT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hfapt/

HF APT TikTok Handle: @HFAPT

This month's episode consist of multiple mini interviews I was able to conduct while at the 2024 NHSSCA National Conference at Rock Hill High School in Frisco Texas. What an incredible experience it was! Nonstop learning and networking Thurs-Saturday. If you've never been, there is nothing quite like a NatCon. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to share the experience over the weekend, and I can't wait to do this next year in Memphis for NatCon 2025! Enjoy!

List of guest in the order they appear on the episode

Tucker Platt: Wilber-Clatonia High School, X-@WC_Strength23 Insta- @tuckerplatt

Michaela Bubak: Casteel High School Insta-@michaelabubak

NHSSCA Hall of Famers Rich Lansky (X and Insta @coachrichlansky) and Mike Srock

Ronnie Jankovich: Roswell High School X-@ronniejankovich

Nic Summerfield(X- @nicosummerfield) /Brian Smith: Rock Hill High School

Steve Kiely: Boston College High School Insta-@coachstevekiely

Steven Thompson: Voodoo Power X/Insta-@Voodoo4Power

Sam Wentz: Perkins High School X-@CoachWentz_ Insta-@sam.wenz

John Beerbower: McHenry High School X-@johnbeerbower insta-@beerbowerjohn

Doug Ludolph: Sacred Heart-Griffin High School X-@shgstrength

Summer is here and with it another great episode to listen to. My guest this month is coach Matt Cates, strength coach at Penn High School located in Mishawaka Indiana. Coach Cates is the NHSSCA's National Coach of the Year award recipient. We kick things off with a little background information. After that we dive into the nuts and bolts of all things Penn Strength and Conditioning. Including what it's like managing over a thousand athletes, progressions through programs, their KPIs and so much more. It was truly a great experience for me getting to sit down with one of the very best in our industry and I know you'll get a ton of value out of it as well. Enjoy!

Coach Cates on X- https://x.com/PennStrength

Interview on Joe Kenn's podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ33wzLwhso

NHSSCA Natcon Link: https://nhssca.us/event/2024-national-conference-texas/

Episode 12! It's been such an amazing journey this past year putting out great content for you, the NHSSCA members. Running it back this month with another fantastic episode. My guest this month is coach Scott Pherson, director of fitness and performance for Concord High School in Elkhurt Indiana. Coach Pherson also serves on the Indiana state advisory board for the NHSSCA. We kick things off going through his incredible journey on how he got to Concord. We then go through what his summer program looks like and finish off talking about his podcast "Caffeinated Coaches". Coach Pherson provides a ton of value for us and does an incredible job of providing us a look at his programming in Concord in. Enjoy!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachPherson

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skottiedoesntno/

Concord Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/concord_strong/

Link for information on the Griffen Scott Pherson Scholarship: https://nhssca.us/griffin-scott-pherson-educational-scholarship/

Video breakdown of 2024 summer training at Concord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64eoDgVHifI&t=11s

This episode is brought to you by Intek Strength and Iron Neck

Intek Strength: https://www.intekstrength.com/

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Link to Natcon registration: https://nhssca.us/event/2024-national-conference-texas/

My guest this month is arguably the strongest high school strength coach in the country-Monte Sparkman. Monte is an athletic performance coach at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville Texas. We sit down and discuss his journey from powerlifter to high school strength coach. Coach Sparkman discusses how he separates his own personal powerlifting training from how he programs for and trains his athletes. Don't worry, Monte gives us a little insight into his own personal training as well. Lastly we also get into the topic of coaches taking care of our own personal health. Enjoy!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonteSparkman

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montesparkman/

Articles Monte has written

https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/montesparkman/

https://www.elitefts.com/author/monte-sparkman/

Episode 10! We hit the double digit episode mark with coach Jonmarc Rasberry of Dyer County High School located in Newbern Tennessee. Coach Rasberry is an incredible up and coming strength coach who has been absolutely crushing it the past few years. We sit down and discuss is journey from Tennessee to Illinois, to back to Tennessee where he began his teaching and coaching career. We talk about some of the things required to get into the field such as teaching licensure, certifications and more. He discusses his current role at Dyer County, how he's worked to build trust and buy in and what he envisions the program looking like down the road. Lastly, we discuss how and why he started his own podcast "Conjugate Chats". Enjoy!

Find Coach Rasberry on X- https://twitter.com/CoachRasberry

Find Coach Rasberry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachrasberry/

Conjugate Chats

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3sJplorDBNGTtgWFzvQImA

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conjugate-chats-podcast/id1633912070

Gumroad products: https://jmrstrengthscience.gumroad.com/