Leadership & Career, page 2

Building an Internship Program in S&C

Transform your internship programs with actionable strategies for alignment, teaching, communication, and feedback culture.

Case Study: Retention Isn’t Luck, It’s Coaching Consistencyopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

Learn the strategies you need to keep your coaches consistent and your members returning.

TeamBuildr · 18 February 2026

CSCS Study Course

Self-paced study course to help you prepare for your CSCS exam.

Delivering Pizzas, Dropping Gems: How Gym Sessions Was Born | Built Different Ep. 7

In Episode 7 of the TeamBuildr Built Different Docuseries, we sit down with Justin Ochoa, basketball development coach and founder of Gym Sessions in Indianapolis — a company built on the belief that skill development and strength and conditioning belong together under one roof.

5 December 2025

Developing Strength & Conditioning Systems for Tactical Athletes & First Responders

Moving from the sport side to tactical work. Six parts on reading the environment, translating what you already know, and programming for people whose schedule and workload you do not control.

Dominando el CSCS en Español

Curso completo de preparación para el CSCS en español, con un plan de estudio de 12 semanas. Empieza por estructura y función de los sistemas corporales; los primeros capítulos están disponibles como vista previa gratuita.

Episode 1: Iron Builds Iron

The people behind the programs. First in a short documentary series on strength coaches: the early mornings, the comeback stories, and building confidence and discipline alongside the physical work.

Episode #15: Inclusivity in CrossFit and Lessons from Gym Ownership with Alyssa Royse

Alyssa Royse of Rocket Community Fitness in Seattle on leaving CrossFit affiliation in 2020, running an onboarding that never talks about weight loss, paying staff through lockdown, and sharing classes with partner gyms. For gym owners thinking about who feels welcome in their space.

Episode #21: Empowering the High School Strength Coach with Gary Schofield

Gary Schofield on high school strength and conditioning: building a programme that survives budget cycles and staff turnover, and making the case for the role to people who have never had one.

Episode #23: Using TeamBuildr to Leverage your Online Training and Cater to your Audience with Erica Suter

Erica Suter on running online training as a real business. Using the payments portal, keeping remote athletes accountable, and building an audience that converts.

Episode #34: Using Strength & Conditioning Internships to Boost Your Career Path With Hunter Lakey

Hunter Lakey interned at Elon for all four years of college, then at TCU and Texas A&M, before Mississippi State hired him. Carrying a notebook to copy other coaches' cues, the risk of becoming a copy of your mentor, and the social post that led to his job.

Episode 4: Roots in Resilience

A program built and rebuilt through hard years. Part of the series on the coaches who hold athletic departments together without much recognition.

Episode 6: The House They Built

What a coach leaves behind. A look at a program's culture years on, and the staff who created something that outlasted them.

Episode 9: Performance Meets Purpose

What does it take to develop complete athletes and leaders at the collegiate level? This documentary explores how UC San Diego Athletics brings collaboration, mentorship, and innovation together to support athlete growth beyond the weight room.

14 January 2026

From the GA's Desk: Standing by Your Femininity as a Female Strength and Conditioning Coachopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

In this blog post, coach Makena Ohlmaier explains ways female strength and conditioning coaches can express their femininity and use it to their advantage.

Springfield College Staff · 20 July 2023

Funding for Fitness

Learn how to obtain funding through grants

Gallaudet University School for the Deaf Makes D-III Football Playoff Debutopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

Gallaudet University School for the Deaf Makes D-III Football Playoff Debut

TeamBuildr · 22 November 2013

Getting Back in the Game: Helping Athletes Mentally Prepare After an Injuryopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

Get tips for helping athletes mentally prepare after an injury. Getting back in the game can be tough, and most of the battle is mental.

Justin Ochoa · 28 September 2017