NSCA Podcasts

Interview with a Member
Mark Roozen, MEd, CSCS,*D

Mark discusses the benefits of balance training.

Mark is currently an NSCA Board Member and is the Owner of Performance Zone, a Fitness and Training Center in Granbury, Texas. He has been an active member of the NSCA since 1987. Mark is the former Texas State Director and has served on a number of NSCA committees including: Membership, Conference, Nominating, By-Laws, and was the Chair for the Sport-Specific Conference Committee.

Interview with a Member
Lori Tubbs, MS, RD

Lori briefly discusses nutrition programs for military personnel

Lori Tubbs is a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics. Lori has been working with military commands over the past 9 years with a wide scope of experience ranging from providing nutrition support to special operations commands, training fitness command leaders on aircraft carriers, submarines and within the aviation community, and developing performance nutrition training programs. She is currently co-writing the Special Operations Nutrition Handbook which will be published next summer. Lori is an adjunct professor in sports nutrition at Norfolk State University and owns a private consulting business working with marathoners, triathletes and ultra distance racers. She runs for the Clif Bar Marathon Pace Team and is currently training for the Lake Placid Ironman Competition in July 2007.

Interview with a Member
Steve Plisk, MS, CSCS,*D

Steve discusses the integration of Speed, Plyometrics, and Agility.

Steve is the Proprietor & Director of Excelsior Sports; a consulting firm specializing in multidisciplinary approach to athlete preparation. Steve has over two decades in the trenches as a Sports Performance and Strength & Conditioning professional. He earned his BS in Sport & Exercise Science at SUNY Buffalo, and his MS in Kinesiology at the University of Colorado. Currently, he is an Associate Editor for Strength & Conditioning Journal and lead author of the NSCA Strength & Conditioning Professional Standards and Guidelines.

Interview with a Member
Karyn Gallivan, CSCS, NSCA-CPT

Karyn discusses training those with special exercise considerations..

Karyn is a certified Athletic Trainer with 20 years of experience in all applications of Sports Medicine including traditional athletic training in the university, high school and clinical settings, personal fitness training and strength and conditioning. She is currently part of the management team at S.T.E.P.S. Personal Training gym in Nashville, TN (the largest personal training only gym in the world). Karyn believes in training and educating the whole person and works with each client to design safe and effective programs that will strengthen "weak links" and lead to an enhanced level of health and fitness. In addition to her hands-on work with clients, she oversees the training student interns in the area of personal training and provides continuing education seminars for rehabilitation and fitness professionals. She brings a passion and enthusiasm to her presentations and keeps the day moving with "hands-on" activities.

Interview with a Member
Mark Roozen, MEd, CSCS,*D

Mark discusses strength training for Golf with the Education Director at the NSCA, Jay Dawes, MS, CSCS, NSCA-CPT,*D.

Mark is currently an NSCA Board Member and is the Owner of Performance Zone, a Fitness and Training Center in Granbury, Texas. He has been an active member of the NSCA since 1987. Mark is the former Texas State Director and has served on a number of NSCA committees including: Membership, Conference, Nominating, By-Laws, and was the Chair for the Sport-Specific Conference Committee.

Interview with a Member
Mark Stephenson, ATC, CSCS,*D

Mark discusses the new Tactical Strength and Conditioning (TSAC) program he developed at the NSCA.

Mark Stephenson is the Director/Head Coach for the NSCA Human Performance Center. He has over 16 years of experience working with elite, professional, collegiate, and high school athletes. Coach Stephenson has worked in the private, professional, and Division I arenas. Prior to coming to the NSCA, he served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Providence College where he worked primarily with Men's Basketball and Men's and Women's Ice Hockey. Coach Stephenson is a Certified Athletic Trainer, Certified Strength and Conditoning Specialist, USA track and Field & Level I, and USA Weightlifting & Club Coach.

Interview with a Member
Jeff Segal, CSCS, NSCA-CPT

Jeff discusses his triumph over MS through strength and Conditioning.

Currently Jeff is the owner of Balanced Personal Training, Inc, as well as co-owner of Personalize Your Fitness, LLC. His companies are based in south Florida where he is a personal trainer and motivational speaker. Jeff is also the 2007 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year.

At the age of 25, Jeffrey Segal was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Within two years, he was spending the better part of his days in a wheelchair due to balance difficulties, partial paralysis, visual impairment, chronic fatigue, and a host of other symptoms common to those with MS. Jeff was unwilling to yield to the disease, and instead, launched his own wellness and rehabilitation program.

Interview with a Member
Lee E. Brown, EdD, CSCS,*D, FNSCA

Dr. Brown briefly discusses variable velocity training.

Dr. Brown is a longtime National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) member and currently serves as the President. He is a Professor of Strength and Conditioning in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton where he performs research into the human neuromuscular adaptations to high velocity exercise. His extensive and impressive professional resume includes a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Florida Atlantic University and a Master's in Exercise Science from Florida Atlantic University.

Interview with a Member
Lori Tubbs, MS, RD

Lori briefly discusses nutrition for clients.

Lori Tubbs is a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics. Lori has been working with military commands over the past 9 years with a wide scope of experience ranging from providing nutrition support to special operations commands, training fitness command leaders on aircraft carriers, submarines and within the aviation community, and developing performance nutrition training programs. She is currently co-writing the Special Operations Nutrition Handbook which will be published next summer. Lori is an adjunct professor in sports nutrition at Norfolk State University and owns a private consulting business working with marathoners, triathletes and ultra distance racers. She runs for the Clif Bar Marathon Pace Team and is currently training for the Lake Placid Ironman Competition in July 2007.

Interview with a Member
Jay Hoffman, PhD, CSCS, *D

Dr. Hoffman briefly discusses illegal substance abuse in professional, collegiate, and High School sports.

Dr. Hoffman is currently a Professor and Department Head of Health and Exercise Science at the College of New Jersey. He was a recipient of the NSCA's “Outstanding Junior Investigator Award” and just completed his term as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the NSCA.

Interview with a Member
John Graham, MS, CSCS *D

John briefly discusses his philosophy on training high school athletes.

John Graham is the President of Power, Agility, Speed, and Graham Medical Fitness Consulting in Allentown, Pennsylvania. John has been heavily involved with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) for many years within the following areas: Conference Committee, Speaker at national, regional, and local NSCA conferences, Column Editor for the Exercise Technique Column in Strength and Conditioning Journal, Member of the NSCA Board of Directors 2001 - 2004. John served as the Vice President of the NSCA from July 2002 - July 2003, Secretary/Treasurer of the NSCA from July 2003 - July 2004. John has earned a BS from the University of Pittsburgh in Exercise Science and his MS in Health and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg University.