Jochum Strength Podcast

Austin Jochum
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This is the Jochum Strength Podcast where we look to uncover what high performance really is with our guests! Take the journey down some rabbit holes with us! Keep Chopping Wood

  1. Sep 29

    Program For The Field Not The White Board - Small Sided Games And Contact Prep Programming With Scott Leech

    Insider Program: https://www.jochumstrength.com Jochum Strength Gear: https://www.bonfire.com/store/jochum-strength/ 1:1 Consults: https://calendly.com/jochumstrength/consult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinjochum/ Rival Nutrition: Use code JST20 for 20% off at https://rstr.co/rivalnutrition/jst Scott Leech joins the podcast to talk about contact prep, small-sided games, football strength and conditioning, and why training has to actually transfer to the field. We start by squashing the old snapdown beef, then dive into where Scott’s ideas came from and why traditional football S&C can miss the mark when everything is built for the whiteboard instead of the field. Scott breaks down how contact prep started for him, why linemen need more than tempo runs and weight room numbers, and how moving another human is its own skill. We also cover his controlled, combative, and competitive progression for contact prep, how he programs rolling, crawling, wrestling, short-sided games, and how to expose athletes to contact without just throwing them into chaos. This episode gets into the real coaching questions: how to program contact prep, how to split drills between bigs, mids, and skill players, how to use coach’s eye as a KPI, how to build better decision makers, and how to create football practices that give athletes more realistic reps. We also talk about after-action reviews, why coaches should ask if drills actually show up on game day, and how to tie field work, contact prep, small-sided games, speed days, and the weight room together with a high-low model. 00:00 Squashing the snapdown beef 02:00 Questioning traditional football S&C 06:30 Why contact prep started 10:30 Controlled, combative, competitive 15:00 Soft tissue prep and impact soreness 18:00 Programming contact prep year-round 21:00 Bigs, mids, skills, and station logistics 24:00 Drill selection and small-sided games 27:00 KPIs and coach’s eye 35:00 Better football practice and high-low integration Extras: Stop building weight room warriors. Build athletes who can move, think, collide, compete, and actually play the game.

  2. Sep 8

    Hunger Is A Part Of The Game - How High Performers Need To Be Eating With Jon Heck

    Insider Program: https://www.jochumstrength.com Jochum Strength Gear: https://www.bonfire.com/store/jochum-strength/ 1:1 Consults: https://calendly.com/jochumstrength/consult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinjochum/ Rival Nutrition: Use code JST20 for 20% off at https://rstr.co/rivalnutrition/jst Jon Heck joins the podcast to talk nutrition, getting jacked, building muscle, football athletes, and why food needs to be viewed as a weapon for performance. We start with Jon’s background in football, training, nutrition, and how he found the middle ground between the pure academic nutrition crowd and the extreme bodybuilding world. Jon breaks down how he went from being a 315-pound offensive lineman to dieting down, getting lean, rebuilding his body, and realizing that nutrition could drive both physique and performance. From there, we get into why most athletes tune out nutrition talks, how to make food simple for college football players, why linemen should not chase arbitrary scale numbers, and how to think about gaining weight without just dirty bulking and getting slower. Jon also covers “kill it, pick it, grow it” foods, quality versus quantity, meal frequency, food journaling, cafeteria eating, cooking basics, hunger management, cravings, and why getting lean before getting big can unlock a much better long-term body composition plan. 00:00 Welcome to the podcast 01:00 Jon Heck and Will Rattel training together 04:30 Making nutrition cool again 06:30 Jon’s nutrition origin story 11:30 Learning from bodybuilding-style nutrition 16:00 Nutrition is 20% plan and 80% psychology 21:00 Stacking diet wins and staying consistent 26:00 Football linemen and arbitrary scale weight 33:00 Cafeteria eating and kill-it-pick-it-grow-it foods 53:30 Hunger management and cravings Extras: Nutrition is not just about looking better. Done right, it is a weapon for getting bigger, leaner, stronger, and harder to kill.

  3. Aug 18

    Why Powerlifters Need More Than Squat Bench Deadlift Ft: Stuart Locke

    Insider Program: https://www.jochumstrength.com Jochum Strength Gear: https://www.bonfire.com/store/jochum-strength/ 1:1 Consults: https://calendly.com/jochumstrength/consult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinjochum/ Rival Nutrition: Use code JST20 for 20% off at https://rstr.co/rivalnutrition/jst Stuart Locke from Kodiak Barbell joins the podcast to talk powerlifting, coaching, online business, movement variety, and what it actually takes to build a product people stay with. We start with Stuart’s path from college football and rugby into personal training, coaching coaches, building the Barbell Course with Prescript, and eventually turning online coaching into a real business. From there, we get into programming for powerlifters versus athletes, why big powerlifters need movement variety, how to use frontal and transverse work without turning the program into circus training, and why dynamic effort days need actual caps instead of slowly becoming another max effort day. Stuart also breaks down conditioning for powerlifting, stopwatch workouts, redefining wins for long-term athletes, the psychology of high-level lifters, how to build client retention, why young coaches need more reps before rushing to be thought leaders, and how to develop original ideas without abandoning the basic principles that actually work. 00:00 Welcome to the podcast 02:00 Building a coaching business through social media 05:00 From football and rugby to personal training 10:00 Coaching athletes versus powerlifters 16:00 Movement variety for big powerlifters 22:30 Dynamic effort days and time restrictions 26:45 Conditioning for powerlifting 30:30 Redefining wins for long-term progress 36:00 The mental side of elite powerlifting 45:30 Business, retention, and building real value Extras: Do not compete on being cheaper. Get better, solve problems faster, and build a product worth staying for.

  4. Aug 10

    Small Sided Games - Contact Prep And The OODA Loop - Building Out A Real Agility Program For D1 Football Players With Sam Crain

    Insider Program: https://www.jochumstrength.com Jochum Strength Gear: https://www.bonfire.com/store/jochum-strength/ 1:1 Consults: https://calendly.com/jochumstrength/consult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinjochum/ Rival Nutrition: Use code JST20 for 20% off at https://rstr.co/rivalnutrition/jst Sam Crain joins the podcast to talk small-sided games, contact prep, football performance, and building a training environment that actually looks and feels like sport. Sam breaks down how his time at Rhode Island with Coach Leach changed the way he viewed agility, contact prep, and offseason football training. Instead of running dead 5-10-5s and L-drills forever, he started using competitive, alive, game-based drills that force athletes to react, solve problems, and compete. We get into how to progress small-sided games, when to add more people or more decisions, how to use the OODA loop in training, why tracking wins and losses changes intensity, and how these drills build confidence in second- and third-string players. Sam also explains JMU’s contact prep progressions, how they use Catapult data, fly 10s, approach jumps, VBT, Perch, Zurcher competitions, quarterback training, system-specific football prep, and how to think about Devo athletes in season. 00:00 Sam Crain joins the podcast 03:00 The red-pill moment with small-sided games 09:00 Progressing football movement drills 12:30 OODA loop and decision-making 16:00 Tracking wins and publishing matchups 20:00 Catapult data and weekly running demands 22:30 Contact prep progressions 32:00 Blending traditional lifting with creative training 39:00 KPIs, fly 10s, jumps, and sprint work 54:30 In-season training and Devo athletes Extras: Make training competitive, make it alive, and give athletes problems worth solving.

  5. Aug 5

    Conjugate For Olympic Weightlifting Why Variations Are The Key To Continual Progress Ft Ivan Escott

    Insider Program: https://www.jochumstrength.com Jochum Strength Gear: https://www.bonfire.com/store/jochum-strength/ 1:1 Consults: https://calendly.com/jochumstrength/consult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinjochum/ Rival Nutrition: Use code JST20 for 20% off at https://rstr.co/rivalnutrition/jst Ivan Escott joins the podcast to talk Olympic weightlifting, Garage Strength, skill acquisition, athleticism, and the long-term game of actually loving training. Ivan breaks down his journey from Division I swimming to building a garage gym during COVID, learning Olympic lifts from Garage Strength YouTube videos, moving close to the gym, investing in coaching, and eventually becoming part of the Garage Strength team. We get into the quest to clean and jerk 405, why Olympic lifts can transfer so well to sprint swimming, how to use Olympic lifts for athletes versus Olympic lifters, VBT for pulls and strength work, and why variation keeps training fun and productive. Ivan also talks about late-start Olympic lifters, building realistic goals, finding limiting factors, choosing the right variations, and what it is actually like training inside the Garage Strength culture. 00:00 Welcome to the podcast 02:00 Quest to clean and jerk 405 03:15 From Division I swimming to Olympic lifting 09:00 Going all in at Garage Strength 13:30 Olympic lifting for sprint swimming 17:45 Olympic lifts for athletes vs Olympic lifters 22:30 VBT, pulls, and minimum velocity 28:00 Building technique through variation 34:00 Athlete days, jumps, and athleticism 40:30 Coaching late-start Olympic lifters 55:30 Garage Strength culture Extras: Keep the training fun, chase new variations, and stay a student of the game.

  6. Jul 20

    Stephanie Grubbs: MLB Strength and Conditioning

    This week we had the opportunity to bring on Coach Stephanie Grubbs a strength and conditioning coach for the Houston Astros. Coach Grubbs has years of experience working in the collegiate setting at multiple Division One Universities and is now at the professional level. Throughout the episode we talked about the chaos that is professional sports, the importance of consistent language within an organization, and how at the end of the day winning is what matters. This is a great episode that provides insights into just how demanding, and rewarding, life can be in professional sports. As always thanks for listening and enjoy the episode.

    Stephanie Grubbs: MLB Strength and Conditioning

  7. Jul 13

    Pragmatic Approach to PT with Dr. Xingchun Hector Wang

    Dr. Xingchun “Hector” Wang is a sports physical therapist, strength and conditioning coach, and former fighter specializing in rehabilitation and performance for combat-sport and explosive athletes. His physics-informed approach combines biomechanics, objective testing, and practical strength programming to help athletes return from injury, develop power, and build long-term resilience. Hector has worked with athletes ranging from the high school and Division I levels to professional fighters competing in Thailand. You can follow him on Instagram at @hector.wangphysio.

  8. Jun 22

    Aaron DuVall: Informing Coaches What They Are Doing Not What To Do

    This week on the Jochum Strength Podcast we had the pleasure of speaking with one my previous mentors Aaron DuVall. Aaron is the assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance at the University of Pittsburgh. Throughout the episode we talked about relationship building with sport coaches, using sports science to highlight positives, and why one year is a still a long time to help develop an athlete in the NIL landscape. This was an awesome episode that showcased a lot of positivity and experience. As always thank you for listening and enjoy the episode.

    Aaron DuVall: Informing Coaches What They Are Doing Not What To Do
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This is the Jochum Strength Podcast where we look to uncover what high performance really is with our guests! Take the journey down some rabbit holes with us! Keep Chopping Wood

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  • Creator
    Austin Jochum
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    248
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Austin Jochum
  • Show Website
    Jochum Strength Podcast

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