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Strength Coaching News

September 14, 2026·31 min
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Strength Coaching News: Why Every High School Needs a Qualified Strength CoachCoach Phil Stevens, Dr. Mike T. Nelson, and Dr. Lonnie Lowery discuss a high school strength program that celebrates a dangerously sloppy clean and use it as a springboard to examine coaching quality, injury prevention, long-term development, strength versus speed and power, transfer to the field, and affordable ways schools can bring qualified strength and conditioning expertise to every sport.00:00 Welcome and Hosts01:45 Sloppy Cleans and High School Strength Programs05:10 Numbers, Injury Rates, and Coaching Quality08:00 The Case for a School-Wide Strength Coach11:20 Team Building and Safe Training Alternatives14:00 Standards, Norms, and Four-Year Athlete Development17:25 Freshmen, Long-Term Planning, and Biological Reality20:15 Strength Coach Responsibilities and Sport Transfer23:10 Strength, Speed, Power, and Rate of Force Development26:15 Youth Athletes, Resilience, and Athletic Development28:20 Funding and Contracting Qualified Coaching30:05 Wrap and DisclaimerDonate to the show via PayPal HERE.You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you!Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie Donate to the show via PayPal HERE.You can also join Dr Mike's Insider Newsletter for more info on how to add muscle, improve your performance and body comp - all without destroying your health, go to www.ironradiodrmike.com Thank you!Phil, Jerrell, Mike T, and Lonnie

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