The Strength Game

May 06 2024
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The Strength Game is a weekly podcast dedicated to discussing all things physical culture with the coaches, athletes, iron enthusiasts, and experts deeply imbedded in the strength game on both sides of the profession; as coaches and as competitive athletes. Hosted by Nick O’Brien, each episode we discuss, rant and dive deep into all things related to strength and conditioning, high performance and training lifestyle. Join us in The Strength Game!

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#108 - Michelle Pifer

May 06 2024 78 mins  
Michelle Pifer is an Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning at Rutgers University where she works with the field hockey and women’s rowing programs. Pifer was promoted from her assistant strength coach role in 2023 and served in a similar capacity at the University of Pennsylvania from 2019-2021 before arriving at Rutgers. Pifer began her career as an intern coach at Buc

#107 - Scott Leech

Apr 22 2024 81 mins  
Scott Leech is the Associate AD for Strength and Conditioning at the University of Rhode Island. In his current position he leads the training for Rams football, women’s Tennis and women’s Lacrosse in addition to overseeing all areas of the strength and conditioning department. First arriving to URI in 2020 as an assistant he has previously worked with the baseball, volleyball

#106 - Scott Caulfield

Apr 08 2024 83 mins  
Scott Caulfied is the Director of Strength & Conditioning at Norwich University. Joining Vermont’s Military College in 2021, he is their first Director of Strength and Conditioning in university history. Caulfield has been in the strength and conditioning profession for nearly 30 years and has coached at nearly every level from the private sector, college, professional level

#105 - Nick Cidado

Mar 25 2024 72 mins  
Nick Cidado is an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Boston College. Cidado arrived at BC in 2018 where he began working as an intern before being promoted to graduate assistant coach in 2019 and then full-time assistant coach in 2020. Over his tenure at BC he’s assisted with all 31 Olympic sports teams and now leads the performance training for the Eagles women’s l

#104 - John Grundy

Mar 11 2024 74 mins  
John Grundy is the Assistant Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Missouri. Grundy joined the staff in 2023 and directly works with the Mizzou baseball, cheer and track and field sprinters. He spent the previous two years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Memphis where he designed and implemented strength and conditioning programs

#103 - Joe Kenn

Feb 26 2024 115 mins  
Joe Kenn is the Vice President of Performance Education at Dynamic Fitness and Strength, where he leads the development and delivery of cutting-edge fitness and strength training programs and resources for athletes, coaches, and trainers. Coach Kenn has over 30 years of experience as a performance specialist and strength and conditioning coach. He has worked with athletes at all le

#102 - DJ Melgar

Feb 12 2024 61 mins  
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 from 2018-2021 prior to him beginning his coaching career as a intern wi

#101 - Zach Even-Esh

Jan 29 2024 86 mins  
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 over the more than two decades he opened the doors to his facility. There are currently

#100 - Nick O'Brien

Jan 15 2024 19 mins  
Nick O’Brien is a college strength and conditioning coach, national level Strongman competitor and Highland games athlete, as well as an Officer in the United States Army. In addition to his coaching and athletic experience, O’Brien is a committee member of the NSCA Strongman SIG, columnist for Samson Equipment, and the Host of “The Strength Game” Podcast. With more than 14

#099 - Connor Agnew

Jan 01 2024 71 mins  
Connor Agnew is the Director of Basketball Performance at App State. Joining the App State staff in July 2022, Agnew works with the 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 primarily with the women’s basketball program for two years. Agnew began his career as a sports pe