Strength Roots Podcast

Joey Salgado and Josh Moreali are the owners of Progressive Motion Physiotherapy, a progressive health and wellness physiotherapy clinic that focuses on the chain of mind, body and spirit to build up all individuals.Their journey began with a lot of unanswered questions about their purpose and callings. They had a passion to serve but didn’t know how they wanted to use it. Their passion to serve led to a partnership to help people of all ages and all backgrounds.Their mission statement, Move ...

Dr. Ramsey Nijem is the current Director of Sport Performance for the University of Kansas Men's Basketball program, and Former Head Strength Coach of the Sacramento Kings. He holds a Doctorate of Science degree in Human and Sport Performance as well as Health Promotion and Wellness. Ramsey is one of the most intelligent, charismatic, and effective coaches we have ever been around, and his abilities as a coach are almost shadowed by his sincerity, humility, and passion for uplifting his commu...

Shane Wallen is the Head Major League Strength & Conditioning coach of the Chicago Cubs, a great leader and outstanding human!Prior to getting hired by the Chicago Cubs, Shane was intern with the Cleveland Browns and an assistant strength coach with the San Francisco 49ers. While attending Oregon State University and interning with the strength and conditioning team, the head football coach invited him to walk on to the team and earned a roster spot.Shane has battled adversity all his lif...

Gabe Lemon is a former D1 athlete who started for 3 years as a Safety for the Aztecs at San Diego State University. In high school, Gabe was awarded High School All-County and named 2nd team All-State player. After graduating from SDSU, Gabe ventured into performance training. He is the founder and head coach at G6 Performance Training which specializes in speed development and strength & conditioning.Gabe lemon is one of our good friends and someone we have an immense amount of respect f...

Dr. Joyce Mikal-Flynn is a nurse practitioner, a Doctor of education, a professor at CSU Sacramento in the school of nursing, an author and an expert in post traumatic growth.In 1990 Joyce Mikal-Flynn survived a death event requiring 22 minutes of CPR to come back to life. After her experience and the proceeding recovery, she set out on a journey to research how individuals and communities uniquely use traumas and challenges to move beyond survival and become stronger, more resilient people. ...

Derek Teel is the owner of Dialed Health, an in-person and online fitness resource for mountain bikers and cyclists. His background and journey into the fitness realm began with a passion for downhill mountain biking. That passion led to him competing professionally in downhill mountain biking at an extremely high level.One of Derek’s mission statements for dialed health is start moving forward and discover your path. In this episode we talk about how Derek’s ability to start moving forward a...

Brandon McDaniel is in his 12th year in professional baseball including the last two as the Director of Player Performance for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Before that he served 5 years as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Dodgers, 3 years as a Performance Specialist for EXOS working with the Department of Defense preparing soldiers to better handle their duties within the Army, and 3 years as a minor league strength coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Brandon’s leadership qualities...

Paul Fabritz is a strength coach, NBA level skills coach, vertical jump specialist and an entrepreneur. Paul’s athlete roster includes top NBA stars such as James Harden, Joel Embiid, Mo Bamba and 30+ other NBA players. He’s also helped 1000’s of basketball players around the world become better athletes and increase their vertical jump through his online program, The Vert Code. His high quality content and growth strategy has helped him amass over 450K followers on Instagram. In this episode...

Randall Pich is a designer, creative director, entrepreneur and founder/CEO of multiple brands including Live Fit Apparel, Top Threads and Skylab Prints. Randall comes from very humble beginnings as an immigrant kid growing up in poverty in the East side of Long Beach, CA. His childhood influences of art, music, skate culture and fitness all culminated in turning a $300 investment into multimillion dollar company (Live Fit Apparel). In this episode we dissect how Randall was able to overcome ...

Kyle graduated from NCAA DII Belmont Abbey College in 2014 where he was a pitcher. He spent 3 years working as the Pitching and Strength Coordinator at Diamond Sports Training Center in Sumner, WA before taking a job as a Throwing and Strength Trainer at Driveline Baseball in February of 2017. In the Summer of 2017, he transitioned to a full time Strength Trainer and was named the Lead Strength Trainer in February of 2018. In 2019 he took the Director of Athletic Performance role at CSU North...

CJ Appenzeller is the head strength coach and owner at Appenzeller Training Systems in West Berlin, New Jersey. He specializes in baseball and softball training for youth, high school, college and pro athletes.⚡️Show Highlights:— The big rocks/goals of in-season strength training and what to stay away from.— How to schedule your training within the structure school, practice, games and skill work.— Nutrition tips to optimize on field performance and maintain bodyweight during season.— Post ou...

Danielle Martin is motivational speaker, expert in personal protection, Pan American & National Champion in Jiu Jitsu, former pro-surfer, UCLA graduate and softball alumni, television personality, and mental skills coach to some of the world’s top athlete and military personnel! Her story and background are truly amazing!⁣⁣Show Highlights:⁣— Danielle tells her story of growing up in Hawaii and California, surfing professionally, and her early television career.⁣— When hosting a TV show tu...

Braden Bishop is a Major League Baseball player with the Seattle Mariners and founder of the 4MOM charity which raises awareness and money for research in the fight to cure Alzheimer’s.Show Highlights:— Braden‘s childhood growing up between Southern California, Vancouver, and the bay area California.— How watching the preparation and work ethic of NHL players behind the scenes at 10 years old made a big impact on the way Braden viewed what separated average from elite performers, and changed ...