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The Sam Portland Podcast — 126 episodes

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Most Coaches are Underpaid (Here's why)

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Jeff Moyer on Yessis, Play and the Future of Strength Coaching

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Why Most Private Coaches Plateau at £2K–£4K Months

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The ACL Prevention Lie Coaches Keep Pushing with Erica Mulholland

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How to Progress Speed Exercises Without Breaking Athletes

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Why 90% of Coaches Are Trapped Trading Time for Money

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How to Use Overspeed Training Without Breaking Your Athletes

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Why Great Coaches Leave Pro Sport (And Don’t Look Back) with Andy McKenzie

9

Why Pro Footballers Hire Coaches Outside the Club (And What They’re Not Getting In-House)

10

The Soviet Method Still Winning in Speed Training (Conjugate Sequencing)

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The Most Misunderstood Principle in Speed Training (Specificity vs General Work)

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From Ranger Regiment to Speed Coach: Judd Linhard on Strength, Skill and Real Performance

13

Stop Trying to Be an S&C Hero — Build a Coaching Business That Actually Works

14

Dorothy Hummel Reveals the Neurogenetics Secret Elite Performers Don't Talk About

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Rewiring Your Coaching Brain: Neuroscience, Business & Legacy with Chris Mattice

16

How to Coach Transfer: Key Movements, RFD & Drill Stacking (In-Season & Off-Season)

17

From Pro Rugby to 700K Followers: How Ben John Built The Rugby Trainer

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Most Coaches Charge Too Little — And It’s Killing You | The Psychology of Pricing for Coaches

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How to Apply The Sports Speed System Daily | In-Season Programming for Team Sport Athletes

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From Rugby to Netflix to Business School | Dave Birtwistle on Reinvention, Ego Death & Growth

21

This Isn’t a Career — It’s a Conveyor Belt | The Harsh Truth About Strength & Conditioning

22

How to Coach Non-Linear Sprinting | Learn Load Execute Framework for Change of Direction Speed

23

The Truth About Strength & Conditioning | Why Most S&C Coaches Get It Wrong – with Matt Vickery

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Most Coaches Burn Out Before They Break Through | The Truth About Coaching, Money & Freedom

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Supercharge your Max Speed with Learn Load Execute

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Building a Personal Brand as a Coach | With Alex Preece

27

Clients Don’t Fall From the Sky: How to Actually Get Athletes Outside Pro Sport

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Accelerate your first steps with this framework

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Life vs Coaching Coaching: Nate’s Story of Strength, Family & Finding Purpose

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Cert Inflation Is Costing S&C Coaches | Build Skills That Pay

31

How to Program Speed Training Across a Week

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Why Howard Packman Fights Coaching Rigidity: A Pro’s Bold Take

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Stop Chasing Jobs: How S&C Coaches Can Build a Side Hustle That Pays

34

From Football Pitches to Motorsport Tracks: Rory Winters’ Search for Growth

35

I was brain washed by my therapist

36

The Things I HATE most S&C Coaches Do!!!

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Jared Wallace did this to get a job...would you?

38

No BS Rehab Advice with Joe VDM

39

Playing Rugby in South Africa is Better than England - Ed Coulsen

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Chris Duffin: Rise to S&C Stardom, writing a book and the cost of it!

41

Wasps Paid for my Gym and they didn't know - Positives of Pro Sport

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How to EXIT Pro Sport and Get PAID!!!!

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Mike West: Work Full Time with Athletes but not in pro sport!

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Hamstring Return to Speed Process

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Adaptation is your Job! DO IT!

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SAM PORTLAND IS BACK!!!!

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Scott Livingston THE KING OF PAIN!!!

48

Legacy Retreat Round Table Podcast

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Molly Wheeler - How to use your experience to drive your future and Open a GYM!!!

50

Max Honigsbaum's - The jewgler who is dominating high performance rowing!!!

51

Robin Arkell - Running a high performance program at 23, winning an Olympic Medal and dealing with "Whats Next"?

52

Coach Mike Boyle - Make the most with what you've got...a masterclass in efficiency!!!

53

How 2 broken legs and 2 ruptured ACL's Built an amazing training system - James Crichton

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Do you put your athletes first? Conal Duffy does...we can learn alot from this man.

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The guy thats changing Crossfit for the better and it applies to you...

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Lewis Parry - From Lidl to Coaching International Athletes!!!

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How to become a successful Coach! My intention for the podcast!!!!

58

Adam Lubbock - Building a gym business and living a great life - PART 2

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Adam Lubbock - Building a gym business and living a great life - PART 1

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My Story Part 2!!! How I got my job at Wasps!!!

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Peter Wright of Petey Performance - A journey of coaching and mental health!

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My Story Part 1 - How it all started and why the name change....

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Why you should be using Long Accelerations to create easy speed gains with your athletes.

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How to ensure your wall drills are having the impact they should be...

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Aleks Salkin - Fundamental Movement Neurology, 80s Action Movies and Picking up Chicks as a teenager

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My Current training splits and how i've overcome some really bad injuries!!!

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Will the S&C industry ever prioritize self care? Instagram Q&A Solo Cast

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My thoughts on Worcester Rugby and a message for all the staff.

69

England and Great Britain 7's Star Emma Uren talks us through her journey!!!

70

How to train max velocity sprinting in team sports. You've probably never thought of this...

71

Mike Kurkowski on the forgotten art of Kettlebell Training, mindset and spirituality

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The Legacy Retreat Round Table

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The journey to professional golfer and now Strength and Conditioning Coach with Miles Collins

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How to reverse engineer movement in sport

75

Don't Be like this S&C Coach

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When I first started coaching speed I didn't have a clue....

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Why drawing on sprinting videos is a waste of time

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Louie Simmons...We don't know what we just lost.

79

Don't Let your clients suffer because you don't put yourself first.

80

S&C Culture...He had everything he wanted and wasn't happy!!!

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Acceleration KPI's - How to make a difference in the field!!!

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Acceleration curves will change the way you coach speed forever!!!

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Why fitness testing is Dumb...Stack your metrics instead!!!

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Speed Gate Golf: Origin Story

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Conditioning for Speed Part 2: What do we do with 80% work?

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What I learned from NFL Player Alex Gray

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How my mentorship program started and what it has transformed into...

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Lateral Speed Essentials... MUST LISTEN

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What Netflix and Training have in Common

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Good Coaches make you feel something...Here is my story!!!

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Conditioning for Speed Part 1.

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Why you should have an out of office on Whats App

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The number one mental barrier you need to break with your speed training!

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How to Start Coaching Speed

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Episode 30: Oli Reading - The challenges of being a coach. Private Sector Vs Pro Sport and not wanting to live in london...

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Episode 32: Owen Satterley - Corporate wellbeing and high performance coach.

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Episode 31: Louis Flynn - Rugby Player (Super Sevens and Cyprus) & Rugby Coach

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Episode 29: Josh Fletcher - Career Periodisation

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Episode 28: Danny Speirs

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Episode 27 – Hewitt Tomlin Co-CEO TeamBuildr

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Episode #26 Dr Phil Price

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Episode #25 Derek Hansen

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Episode #24: Joe Warwick

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Episode 23# Christian Woodford

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Episode 23# Warren Abrahams

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Episode 22# Dr Bryan Mann

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Episode 21# Matt Van Dyke

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Episode 20# TK Too Smooth!!!

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Episode #18 Lance Brooks – The Sports Science Guy

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Episode #17 – Will Wayland of Powering Through

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Episode #16 – Coach Sportland Update

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Episode #15 Joanne Batten

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Episode 14# Jeff Moyer

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Episode #13: Buddy Morris – 38 years in the game!

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Episode #12: Zach Even-esh THE UNDERGROUND STRENGTH COACH

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Episode #11 – Ian Taplin

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Episode #10 Zoran Dubiac – 10 year Gym Owner

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Episode #9: Brett Bartholomew

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Episode #8 Dash Bunjter

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Episode #7 Mike Guadango

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Episode #6 Jack Leaning

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Episode #5: Jenifer Hewson

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Episode #4 Jack Green

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Episode #3: Tom Farrow

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Episode #2: Marc Stevenson

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