The Strength Game Podcast Episode #102: DJ Melgar DJ Melgar is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Hofstra University where he works with the Pride’s men’s soccer, wrestling, men’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s tennis programs. While in undergraduate at Hofstra he was the President of the “Exercise is Medicine Club” for three years […]

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #101: Zach Even-Esh Zach Even-Esh is a Sports Performance Coach, Life Coach, Business Consultant, gym owner, Speaker, Author, and Family Man. Zach Even-Esh is the Strength Coach & Founder of THE Underground Strength Gym. He established the gym in 2002 in his parent’s garage and backyard, and has seen it grown

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #100: Nick O’Brien The Strength Game Podcast is a show dedicated to sharing experience, advice, and lessons learned from the individuals who best personify the physical culture of strength sports, performance and coaching within the iron profession.  Each week The Strength Game brings you some of the best information and

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #099: Connor Agnew Connor Agnew is the Director of Basketball Performance at App State. Joining the App State staff in July 2022, Agnew works with both the men’s and women’s basketball as well as women’s golf team. Most recently, he was a strength and conditioning coach at Texas Tech working

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #098: Matt Mitcheroney Matt Mitcheroney is the Associate Director of Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning Coach at James Madison University working directly with the baseball and softball programs. Mitcheroney joined the staff in 2022 after serving as an assistant coach for three years at the United States Military Academy working

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #097: Andy Brown Andy Brown is a Sports Performance Coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he overseas training for the men’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, and tennis programs. Prior to arriving at UMass, Andy was a strength and conditioning coach at American University from 2019-2022.

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #096: Gio Grassi Gio Grassi is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning at Monmouth University where he is responsible for optimizing player readiness and performance through load management as well as implementing, analyzing, and interpreting all technology used with the Monmouth Football team. He is also the head for programming strength,

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #095: Anthony Paradis Anthony Paradis is the Performance Dietitian for the US Army at Fort Jackson, SC. Paradis has spent time in multiple sectors of the sport nutrition space. Prior to taking his current role with the US Army’s H2F program in early 2023 he was the director of Olympic

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #094: Jimmy Stitz Jimmy Stitz is the Head Olympic Strength and Conditioning Coach at Utah State University. Stitz joined Utah State in 2021 after spending the previous eight seasons as an athletic performance coach for USA Volleyball Women’s Senior National Team. He began his first season with the program as

The Strength Game Podcast Episode #093: Ryan Metzger Ryan Metzger is the Assistant Director of Olympic Sports Performance at the University of Tennessee where she is directly responsible for the strength and conditioning efforts for women’s soccer and women’s tennis as well as having direct oversight of all volunteer interns. Metzger arrived at Tennessee in