Byrds Sports Performance Podcast

Brandon Byrd
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Byrds Nest Podcast is a Sports Performance podcast. We will discuss happening at the gym, Sport Performance methods and Phylosophy. We will interview athletes as well as trainers

  1. 10/29/2025

    Episode 49 Ray Zingler Hammers Only

    In this episode we talk to conjugate coach Ray Zingler of Zingler Strength in Georgia.  Ray has been putting out monster athletes out of his garage on is property in Georgia.  He tells us how he was inspired to start training, how he trains and his philosophy  Support the show

    2h 16m

  2. 10/09/2025

    Episode 48 Plus 2 University Pt. 1 with Eric Licter

    In this episode we talk with Plus 2 University owner and coach Eric Licter.  We discuss how his football career led him to go into strength and conditioning instead of law enforcement.  He opened up a gym in Cleveland training Ted Ginn and NBA basketball draft picks including Labron James. Enjoy Support the show

    1h 32m

  3. 10/04/2025

    Episode 47 Dan Ficter of Wanna Get Fast Pt. 1

    In this episode we discuss training with Wanna get fast owner Dan Ficter.  Ficter is a high school coach and performance coach in Rochester NY.  He was an American football player who played college and Arena football.  Ficter began by helping hockey players make the NHL. He is heavily influenced by DB Hammer and Jay Schroeder who trained Adam Archuletta Support the show

    1h 37m

  4. 10/02/2025

    Episode 46 Florida State Baseball Jamie Burleson

    In this episode we talk with Florida State Seminole baseball Strength and conditioning coach Jamie Burleson.  Jamie is the 1st NCAA coach to appear on the Byrd Sports Performance podcast.  Jamie has been training FSU since 2018.  He's had stops at Florida, Penn State and Central Florida.  Burleson goes over how he uses the conjugate philosophy to train FSU baseball.  He's helped FSU to go to back to back berths in the college World Series and has helped put 11 in the MLB just last year alone.  He talks on his yearly plan for fall ball, in season and summer ball.  How he develops swing, and throwing velocity and fast base stealer.  Support the show

    2h 36m

  5. 08/19/2023

    Episode 45 Feeding the Cats with Tony Holler

    In this episode we talk with Tony Holler, head track coach of Plainfield North high School in Illinois.  Coach Holler created his Feed the cats training system which emphasizes low volume sprints at high intensity.  He preaches tired is the enemy and is anti conditioning.  He trained Illinois 100m Record Holder Macellus Moore who ran 10.31.  Holler speaks all across the world and consults with various NCAA teams and professional teams such as the Yankees and Princeton Lacrosse Support the show

    3h 4m

  6. 08/17/2023

    Episode 44 Enhancing Speed with Derek Hansen

    In this episode we talk with Derek Hansen Speed Consultant and owner of SprintCoach.com.  Hansen worked with Charlie Francis for some time training elite sprinters.  He consults many professional teams across the world such as Super Bowl champs Kansas City Cheifs  Support the show

    1h 56m

  7. 07/29/2023

    Episode 43 Eliminating Junk reps with Athletics West Chesters Dominic Zenot

    In this episode we talk with Dominic of Athletics West Chester.  He is the track coach at Iona Prep in New Rochelle NY.  He runs North East Speed summit in the fall and Speed camps twice a week in the summer.  He is responsible for bringing professional track athletes to the Armory track camps.  Dominic has some of the fastest kids in the NY metropolitan area. He routinely helps his athletes get scholarships to D1 universities  Support the show

    2h 32m

  8. 07/27/2023

    Episode 42 Good to Great with Zac Goodman

    In this Episode we chat with Rising star in the sports performance game.  23 year old Zac Goodman.  In fact he just finishing up college.  He already is a performance coach at John Glenn High school in Bay City Michigan.  He has some of strongest explosive athletes in all of Michigan. Goodman is well read and relentless in his quest for knowledge.  He puts out great content and also runs his own experiments Support the show

    4h 4m
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Byrds Nest Podcast is a Sports Performance podcast. We will discuss happening at the gym, Sport Performance methods and Phylosophy. We will interview athletes as well as trainers

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  • Creator
    Brandon Byrd
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Byrds Sports Performance Podcast
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    Byrds Sports Performance Podcast