Ep: 110 USAPL Raw Nationals Atlanta
Demarco, Carmen, and Coach Pherson recap of our trip down to Atlanta, Georgia for USAPL Raw Nationals!
Jun 28, 2025•40 min
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Ep: 109 ~ Pivot for success: Coaching, Training, Parenting, etc.
Jumping on Sundaze to keep rolling with the podcast. No plan but dove into the concept of pivoting without realizing that was a central theme for our success! Also could be some dominoes falling in Indiana HS S&C as there are some big time job openings! “Failure as a husband and father is unacceptable”
Jun 08, 2025•54 min
Ep: 108 - Coaching Coaches and Room Design
Coach Justin Loudon and Coach Demarco Henry join yours truly Coach Scott Pherson on this episode. What’s pretty awesome is these 2 are members of Team GSP and get programmed by me so I get to listen to them both complain and you do too lol! The fact that these 2 high level coaches trust me means everything to me! Also this week had several coaches reach out about episode ideas so we did our best to address the need and I hope these coaches get some good info out of this episode! This one definit...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Ep: 107 - Lots of Ground covered!
Demarco and I answered questions from Instagram! Also little update for where Coach is at! Noticed on the new App I gotta quit clicking remove background noise, because I don’t hear the can crack! Conjugate talk. Youth Sports Experiences. Why we coach or rather how we somewhat got into it. Destined to be coaches!
May 26, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Ep: 106 - VBT & Sustaining Durability
Brad Trosper, Demarco Henry, and Scott Pherson representing Team GSP jump on this episode to answer 2 instagram questions! First was VBT in powerlifting and the second was sustaining durability in powerlifting / athletes! As always we tell some stories and share some experiences. Please reach out to any of and continue to support CAFFEINATED COACHES! If you would like featured or want to suggest a topic please DM @CoachPherson
May 12, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Ep: 105 Trio of Erin Booher, Demarco, and Pherson
Erin got her voice back!!! So we had to jump on together for the final Renegade recap! See what’s new in the Rising Star / eCLIPSE universe! Demarco begins his prep for RAW NATIONALS! Check it out!
May 01, 2025•56 min
Ep: 104 post Renegade w/ Demarco
Demarco and I record a quick conversation talk some life stuff and powerlifting - looking forward to getting Erin on for the full recap and the return of Spidey soon too! Time to bring this back! Enjoy!
Apr 29, 2025•29 min
Ep: 103 Centre College Recap with Loudon
Justin Loudon and yours truly got to present at Centre College in Kentucky thanks to Jeremy Carlson for the invite and AMAZING JOB HOSTING!!!
Apr 26, 2025•59 min
Ep: 102 - NHSSCA Indiana State Clinic Recap
Demarco and I tried out a new app so we could podcast and give a recap of how we felt our State Clinic went! Hoping for solid sound quality as we used our phones instead of the usual in person with the iPad and a mic! Going to keep this rolling and look into a logo change too! Thank you for listening and reach out for anything you would like to hear about on the podcast!
Mar 19, 2025•57 min
Ep: 101 Programming and Curriculum Mapping
Out of town for the weekend and made a promise to get back to doing this weekly! Joined by my wife Lauren an award winning teacher and our oldest Phoenix the future coach (Ember fell asleep 😴) I had a question come in about programming so we discussed programming and curriculum mapping: hope you enjoy! Hit the DM to let’s us know how we did!
Feb 17, 2025•37 min
Episode 100! What’s Next…
Wow! Updates on all kinds of things! Coach Demarco Henry, Coach Chris Smith, and yours truly! Extremely excited for the State Clinic at Mooresville on March 15th! Lots of mental talk! Episode 100 has been a long time coming and here we are! Please give us feedback! DM any of us any time!
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Ep 99 PRE-LIFT strategy RAMP
Back on the mic! Episode 99 is here! Little bit of an update and then we dive into the new pre-lift protocol and thought process to making it all work! Being back in the room with Spidey and Thomas is awesome! GO IRISH! ☘️
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Ep: 98 in Bloomington, IN for Winter eCLIPSE
Demarco, Spidey, and I sitting at La Quinta after day 1 of Winter eCLPISE! Excited to get after it again tomorrow then we both got MAX OUT week to look forward to!
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Ep: 97 Demarco and Alex - USAPL
Quick episode! Team GSP rolling! Demarco and Alex roll through we got some lifts in on Demarco final heavy lifting day! WE had an awesome time! December 22 will be the 100th episode! JOIN US!
Nov 30, 2024•36 min
Ep: 96 OG Leti came to hang with Spidey and I
Leti left the cave!!! We got a solid session in then jumped on the mic for an episode! The countdown to episode 100 is coming! Going be awesome!
Nov 23, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Ep: 95 Programming w/ Spidey 🕷️
Spidey and I all by ourselves again… don’t be scared of the Spider! We jump into programming to answer some questions! Some good info in this one! Reach out to ask any questions or give us ideas for the next episode… better yet come join us!
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Ep: 94 Justin Loudon (NSCA COY): modalities, kids, and blocks
Wow! We went in on a 2nd episode! Justin Loudon the NSCA Coach of the Year High School division staying up here this weekend! Pretty cool driving up to check out the facility in person, the youth meet, and lifting with us at 9am tomorrow! Demarco makes the trip up with Carmen again and we got to chat about the meet a little bit then dive into High School strength and conditioning. The CAFFEINE was absolutely flowing! We have been here since 6am and it’s 5pm still going strong!
Nov 09, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Ep: 93 Welcome to STRONG! Youth Meet Recap!
Quick recap of an absolutely amazing event! So thankful to Erin’s mentorship with USAPL and friendship! eCLIPSE has been amazing to learn from and I’m very thankful that we were able to offer such a fantastic meet for USAPL Youth Powerlifting!
Nov 09, 2024•35 min
Ep: 92 Demarco in the house! Journey + Leadership
You get to listen in while Demarco and I discuss some great content. Spidey and Carmen have a great time too! Demarco smashed some awesome lifts in here before we jumped on the pod… we got here at 9am it’s 230pm … still here, but that’s because we are having an awesome time! Youth USAPL meet next week!
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Ep: 91 NHSSCA Family Day / Bands & Chains / Intent
A little Saturday recap. NHSSCA Family Day was absolutely fantastic! Spidey and I get into a discussion on bands and chains! Some science talk with Bosco index, rate of force development, and other cool science words. Check it out DM us leave a review or better yet make your way out to hang with us and get better!
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Ep 90: Tournament Success / GAMEDAY lifting / Leti Countdown is on!
As the title stats the Minutemen are rolling right now. Excited for our upcoming Family Day in Avon! Spidey and I are on the mic again talking powerlifting and success! The Leti countdown is on after losing the bet and Demarco is planning to come back up soon as well so that day will be electric in here!
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Ep: 89 Youth Programming, Collaboration, Demarco Journey
Spidey and I are on our journey of building elite athletes from youth to adult! Talk about some ways to train in various settings. FAMILY DAY 10/26 at Avon - ITS FREE SO BE THERE! Will Demarco qualify for Nationals? Keep tuning in to find out!
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr
Ep: 88 Programming brainstorm w/ Spidey - Demarco 610x4 Squat - Northridge Job Open
Well halfway through Spidey and I program for this upcoming cycle for Concord! We were excited for our guy Demarco to come to our Team GSP practice on Saturday to put up some awesome lifts while the kids were there! Winter eCLIPSE is going to be epic! Big time bet with Coach Leti is on the books! Northridge job is open!
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Ep: 87 - Box Squats, Conjugate, & Winning!
Spidey and I jump into some awesome Conjugate Information! Discuss the Google Meet I hosted for NHSSCA September. We are rolling with the Minutemen Football team! Jumped into the box squat debate and went down some rabbit holes!
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Ep: 86 - Taylor back! Nutrition Paper done! USAPL ref! Google Meet soon! Tangents…
Taylor Grim makes his way back to the podcast! Life updates for our guy! Robin may or may not still be concussed! I got my paper done, took my USAPL practical exam, and will be hosting a Google Meet this Wednesday! Got on a soapbox about being Neutral and once again the life changing book: IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES Coach Spidey was chilling with me too and Team GSP keeps growing!
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Ep: 85 ~ Getting work done!
Spidey and I recap how powerlifting is going for Team GSP. Little talk about using my Masters projects from Setanta College and getting results! A few name drops and getting ready for our 11/9 youth meet! Still time to register on liftingcast.com NHSSCA Indiana talk coming up possibly this week! Conjugate training for Athletes! Other topics discussed and mentioned for anyone that would like to take one!
Sep 15, 2024•46 min
Ep: 84 - Demarco, Robin, and Me: WE can’t control wins and losses, but this is what we do
My VP Demarco Henry drove up to hit a lift and join Team GSP! Robin Berghoff our ATC came in to help us podcast too! Topics: Replacing a legend at Ben Davis Nutrition Mental toughness And lots of tangents … gotta listen to catch them all
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Ep: 83 Cramps - Nutrition - Youth Meet - Sports!
Lots of information during this episode! Alex and I get into some USAPL information and topics! Started off with some information about cramping and our PERFORMANCE TEAM here at Concord (yeah I made that up but our ATC Robin and I are on the same page and it truly feels like a team!) Team GSP info and our YOUTH ONLY MEET is sanctioned by USAPL! IN-2024-11 https://liftingcast.com/meets/mtc2r12ternt/registration Link to register above! Thanks for checking out the Podcast! Come train with us next S...
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Ep: 82 YOUTH (Parent or Coach listen!)
What a powerful episode! I’m typing this and we are still talking in the office! Our sister club of eCLIPSE and owners of Rising Star Gymnastics in Bloomington, Indiana. Erin Booher & Bianca Louise drive all the way up to check out our spot and jump in on the podcast! We take a solid dive into powerlifting and youth sports. Give this a listen and share it as we are both so excited to be a part of USAPL and grow this sport as well as youth culture!
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Ep: 81 Getting to “PAYDAY” - STANDARDS - Club Starting
Coach Spidey joined for another awesome session and we are ready to get our Team GSP rolling here at Concord! Start off talking about how we are planning to Coach together and how working together for the common goal will benefit all of our athletes!
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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