Coach Em Up Podcast

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"If you're going to go down this road, you better be prepared to be on it for life."

Tim Riley sits down with elite strength coach and former D1 football player Jon Heck to break down the real science behind PEDs, covering anabolic and androgenic steroids, TRT, growth hormone, insulin, fat burners, and peptides. John Heck gives a no-BS, medically grounded take on who actually uses this stuff, what it does to your body long-term, and why PEDs in sports performance are wildly misunderstood.

This episode covers why pro athletes actually don't use steroids (99% of users are recreational gym bros), how side effects of oral vs injectable steroids differ drastically, why kidney health is the silent killer, and the terrifying reality of insulin risks in bodybuilding and DNP fat burner dangers. Jon also walks through growth hormone hyperplasia bodybuilding, the peptide recovery benefits debate, gray market loopholes, and why steroids ruining athletic performance is especially true for team sport athletes relying on connective tissue elasticity.

The Q&A at the end gets practical fast: reverse dieting, budget nutrition, potassium targets, and phasic diets laid out step by step.

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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:00 - PEDs in Sports Performance
00:07:50 - Who Actually Uses Steroids? Pro Athlete Misconceptions
00:10:45 - Anabolic vs Androgenic Steroids
00:22:20 - Jon's First Testosterone Cycle
00:29:45 - Lifetime Commitment, Fertility Risks, and the Endocrine Shutdown
00:35:55 - Estrogen Management, Gyno, and Kidney Health
00:44:00 - Roid Rage Myth, Side Effects of Oral vs Injectable Steroids, Health Timelines
00:54:35 - TREN: Origin and Side Effects
00:59:20 - Diminishing Returns, Counterfeit Gear, and Infection Risks
01:07:00 - Youth Steroid Use in High School Football
01:11:30 - Growth Hormone Hyperplasia Bodybuilding
01:17:20 - Insulin Risks in Bodybuilding
01:21:05 - DNP Fat Burner Dangers, Clenbuterol explained
01:25:30 - Peptide Recovery Benefits and Risks
01:32:10 - Reverse Dieting and Budget Nutrition
01:45:05 - Jon's Phasic Dieting Protocol
01:48:00 - TRT vs Anabolic Steroids for Real Life
01:51:15 - Nutrition Travel Hack

#CoachEmUpPodcast #PEDsInSports #AnabolicSteroids #TRTvsAnabolicSteroids #JohnHeck #StrengthCoach #BodybuildingPodcast #SportsPerformance #Peptides #DNPDangers

Check out Erica and Ashley on socials! @ericalowreystrength @ashleykowalewski

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Erica Lowrey and Ashley Kowalewski join Tim Riley on the coach em up podcast to break down how to increase vertical jump, fix jumper's knee, and survive the grind of collegiate athletics. The group goes deep on patellar tendinopathy in volleyball players, isometric exercises for tendon stiffness, eccentric overloading, and strength training for female volleyball players. They also tackle the real conversation around female athlete body composition coaching. And if you are a strength and conditioning intern or a young coach figuring out how to navigate your first role, the Q&A and intern advice segments in this episode are required listening.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:26 - Erica's Volleyball Background
00:09:24 - Liberty University & Exercise Science
00:12:08 - Pillars for Strength and Conditioning Internship Success
00:20:08 - Eccentrics and Isometrics for Tissue Longevity
00:23:20 - Recap of the Coach Em Up Conference
00:26:26 - Tackling Body Composition in Female Athletes
00:32:02 - Ashley's Road Back from 98 Pounds
00:37:58 - Body Image Talks with Female Athletes
00:44:44 - Erica's Coaching Journey and USA Bobsled Recruitment
00:52:20 - Ashley's Academic Background and Mentorship Path to LSU
00:59:33 - The Mental Demands of Strength Coaching
01:16:04 - Assessing Incoming Freshman Athletes
01:21:24 - Tendon Stiffness and How to Fix Jumper's Knee
01:31:00 - Overcoming Dumb Athlete Beliefs and Building Exercise Systems
01:33:40 - How to Increase Vertical Jump, Shoulder Stability, and Coaching Autonomy
01:46:01 - Most Impressive Female Athletic Feats and Handling Difficult Sport Coaches
01:58:03 - Overrated vs. Underrated in Athletic Performance
02:02:06 - Final Advice for Interns

#CoachEmUpPodcas #StrengthCoachPodcast #EccentriOverload #JumpersKnee #FemaleStrengthCoach #VerticalJumpTraining #TriphasicTraining #CollegiateStrengthCoaching #EricaLowrey #AshleyKowalewski

Check out Ben on socials! @drbenhouse

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Dr. Ben House returns to the internet to drop some hard truths: baseline testosterone does not predict hypertrophy, the TRT industry is largely built on noise, and your environment matters more than your willpower. Tim Riley and Zack Zillner dig into Ben's wild journey — from MCAT prep and Teach for America, to building a volcano compound in Costa Rica, farming through COVID, and working in the NBA — before landing on his new venture, Biomolecular Athlete. In this episode, he dismantles some of the most pervasive myths in the performance world — testosterone optimization, biohacking culture, and the obsession with chasing biological mechanisms over real output.

Ben breaks down why obesity is the number one driver of low testosterone, why androgen receptor sensitivity matters far more than serum testosterone levels, and why women can build comparable relative muscle mass to men despite having a fraction of the hormone. He also shares his evolution from authoritarian coach to 'Sherpa', how Self-Determination Theory explains the gap between knowledge and action, and why the best coaching often means doing less.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:41 - How Dr. Ben House Changed Tim's Coaching Career
00:07:00 - Ben's Origin Story: Sports, MCAT & Hating Clinical Medicine
00:10:45 - Teach for America, Austin, and Finding the Fitness World
00:16:19 - Biohacking Skepticism & What Actually Drives Adaptation
00:19:10 - The Costa Rica Volcano Compound & Farming Through COVID
00:30:00 - Memphis Grizzlies Tenure & Leaving the Internet
00:42:25 - Coaching Philosophy Evolution
00:49:22 - Sobriety, Obsession & the Gap Between Knowledge and Action
00:56:50 - Building Ecosystems Over Willpower
01:12:56 - Testosterone & TRT Reality Check
01:21:57 - Obesity, Leptin Resistance & Why Your Testicles Are Inflamed
01:30:42 - Sleep Myths & Why Women Can Match Men's Gains
01:44:41 - Chasing Mechanisms
01:50:35 - Unsolicited Advice

#CoachEmUpPodcast #DrBenHouse #TestosteroneMyths #Hypertrophy #StrengthCoaching #NutritionalScience #BiomolecularAthlete #AndyGalpin #FunctionalMedicine #Podcast

Check out Dylan on socials! @dylan_shannon @_dylanshannon

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Dylan Shannon is back and he's built different. Tim Riley and Zack Zillner chop it up with the PowerJacked creator about his move to Boston, prepping for Apex, and why your perfect program is probably the one you're already sleeping on. Plus, Dylan reveals the WWE actually slid in his DMs — and he said no.

Dylan Shannon went from a part-time strength coach with zero online presence to one of the most engaged creators in the fitness space. In this reunion, Dylan breaks down his training philosophy, why science based lifting is quietly ruining young lifters, and why he finally got serious about fixing his hormones and his relationship with food.

The listener Q&A goes deep: body dysmorphia, TRT, junk volume myths, bench press mastery, content creation strategy, and how to build a training business from the ground up.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:46 - Why Dylan Moved to Boston
00:05:05 - Training for Apex Boston & the Fitness Scene
00:08:22 - How One Podcast Episode Changed Dylan's Life
00:11:16 - PowerJacked Program & Chalk Performance
00:15:35 - 10-Year Plans & Why Rigid Goals Kill Momentum
00:20:17 - Peaking for Apex & Mile Strategy
00:26:08 - Binge Eating, Body Dysmorphia & Getting on TRT
00:32:28 - Performance Bulking, 550 lb Squats & High School Beef
00:35:54 - How to Build a Personal Training Business from Scratch
00:39:31 - Midbod Freak Athlete vs. Mr. Olympia Trashlete
00:42:22 - The Truth About Junk Volume
00:46:06 - Top 3 DM Questions Dylan Gets Every Day
00:48:02 - Lifetime Lift Goals & Top 3 Exercises
00:50:51 - How to Build a Freakishly Big Bench Press
00:52:08 - Dylan's Foolproof Content Strategy
00:55:11 - The WWE Slides Into Dylan's DMs
01:00:16 - From Self-Doubt to Self-Belief
01:06:01 - Overrated vs. Underrated in Athletic Performance
01:08:48 - The #1 Piece of Advice for Coaches Who Want to Create Content

#DylanShannon #PowerJacked #CoachEmUpPodcast #StrengthCoach, #FitnessPodcast #AthleteTraining #BenchPress #TRT #ContentCreation

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Oklahoma University strength coach Joe Pedulla is back on Coach 'Em Up, and he's not holding back. He digs into VBT, identity-based branding, in-season periodization, and why your athletes might be getting slower because of how you're training them. Plus Joe drops some of the most quotable lines in Coach Em Up history.

He opens up about coaching female athletes at OU and how it completely reshaped his character — patience, temperance, the whole deal. He also breaks down why personal brands that win aren't selling information — they're selling identity, feeling, and community. If you coach and you're trying to build something online, this section alone is worth the full episode.

On the training side, Joe goes deep on Velocity-Based Training. He explains the difference between effort and exertion, breaks down minimal voluntary thresholds for squats, bench, deadlifts, and more, and explains exactly why letting your athletes train at high exertion levels converts fast-twitch Type 2X fibers to Type 2A. He also covers his king metrics — Propulsive Net Impulse and Peak Relative Propulsive Power — and why usable strength is the only strength that matters.

Throw in Daily Undulating Periodization for in-season, a critique of program hopping, audience Q&A, and a hilarious urinal story involving Joe Girardi, and we've got a great episode on our hands!

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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:30 - Coaching Female Athletes & Life Transitions
00:07:33 - Personal Brands Sell Identity, Not Information
00:12:13 - Time Management, Capacity & Business Systems
00:19:33 - Mentorship & Belief Systems
00:25:44 - Evaluating New Training Methods & Volume Load
00:30:47 - Velocity-Based Training
00:39:03 - Velocity Loss & Fast-Twitch Fiber Conversion
00:43:36 - In-Season Training & Daily Undulating Periodization
00:50:08 - Usable Strength & King Metrics
00:53:10 - Stop Program Hopping
01:00:40 - Q&A: Dictator Mode, Social Media & Elbow Issues
01:04:09 - Pro vs. College Coaching & Building an Online Brand
01:09:02 - Faith, Introspection & Business Foundations
01:11:07 - The Coach's Frame
01:14:15 - What's Next for Joe Pedulla
01:17:36 - Three Things, Rant & Rave
01:24:53 - Resisted Sprints & Submax Training
01:28:12 - Urinal Advice

#CoachEmUp #StrengthCoach #VelocityBasedTraining #JoePadulla #StrengthAndConditioning #AthleticPerformance #SportScience #OnlineCoaching #PodcastForCoaches #Podcast