
Chelsea Allie tore her ACL her senior year, couldn’t play, and credits it as the best thing that ever happened to her. Now she’s the first-ever Director of Strength and Conditioning at Thomas Jefferson University — four...


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Raw, unfiltered conversations with some of the sharpest minds in strength & conditioning, sports science, and sports coaching. From elite training rooms to grassroots sport, we dive deep into the principles, stories, and methods that drive real athlete success. No fluff, no recycled soundbites — just honest discussions that bridge the gap between research and real-world coaching, giving you the tools, ideas, and hard truths to think sharper, coach better, and lead athletes to peak performance.Enquiries:mannysilveira@primitiveathletix.comFollow Us:@_coachmanny_
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PA CHALK UP is hosted by Manny Silveira. The show has published 162 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "CREATING AN ATHLETIC PROGRAMME FROM SCRATCH - CHELSEA ALLIE #157" (28 October 2026, 80 minutes), "CORPORATE WELLNESS - JUAN MAYO #156" (21 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "INTENT IN SPORTS PERFORMANCE - KAINON CLARK #154" (7 October 2026, 26 minutes).
PA CHALK UP publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 66 minutes across 162 episodes.
Booking probability for PA CHALK UP is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. PA CHALK UP requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. PA CHALK UP's contact route on record: verified email.
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Manny Silveira hosts PA CHALK UP, a health podcast with 162 episodes published.
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Chelsea Allie tore her ACL her senior year, couldn’t play, and credits it as the best thing that ever happened to her. Now she’s the first-ever Director of Strength and Conditioning at Thomas Jefferson University — four...

Episode #156
Juan Mayo went from training athletes under Coach McKeefy at the University of Washington to managing a 15,000 sq ft corporate gym in Orlando in a button-down shirt. It’s a complete 180, and he’s here to tell you...

We sit down with Kainon Clark — returning guest, strength coach at Washington State, and eight-year veteran of the field — to dig into speed work, accommodating resistance, and why the most important variable in a lift...

We sit down with Brittany VanderGroef — strength and conditioning coach at Fordham University, powerlifter, and specialist in rotational athletes — to talk about building relationships that outlast burnout, why coaching...

We sit down with Dave McDowell — sport performance coach at Brock University, creator of the DSM Strength YouTube channel, and the coach who quietly helped a generation of S&C coaches learn Excel — to talk about AI as a...

We sit down with Mike DiClementi — Assistant Strength Coach at UIC, formerly at Northwestern and Augustana, known online as Coach Mad Dog — to talk about building relationships that make athletes coachable, manipulating...

Episode #150
We sit down with Erica Lowery — S&C coach at South Alabama working with women's volleyball, soccer, and cross country, former collegiate volleyball player, and active competitor in the new Apex events — to talk about...

Tim Suchomel is back for round three — researcher, author of The Science and Development of Muscular Strength , and one of the sharpest minds working at the intersection of eccentric loading and athletic performance...

Episode #148
We sit down with Anthony Adams — sports performance coach in Fort Worth, former TCU baseball and women's tennis coach, and one of the sharper young minds in the field — to talk about motor learning, why axial loading...

Episode #147
There's a bill in the US Congress right now with our job title in it — and most coaches have no idea it exists. After two years of asking, I finally got Rachel Newman in front of a camera. Former strength & conditioning...

Episode #146
We sit down with Conor Cantwell — Associate Director for Sports Performance at William & Mary, working with women's basketball, volleyball, and tennis, and PhD candidate researching heart rate monitoring in collegiate...

AK is back — and she came with receipts. AK, S&C Coach at LSU working with volleyball and women's tennis, returns to the show fresh off a summer where her athletes touched 11 feet half an inch and nobody missed a single...

We sit down with Morgan Flaharty — S&C Coach for the Chinese Olympic Wrestling Team, former USA Wrestling national team coach, and a man who got his start being caught sneaking into the weight room as a sophomore — to...

For years I’ve heard the same frustration from coaches at every level. We learn the science. We read the research. We earn the qualifications. But nobody really teaches us how to coach. That’s exactly why I’ve spent the...

We sit down with Federick "Fed" Brooks — CSCS, Master's in Kinesiology, Marine Corps veteran of 10 years, and founder of Sound Sports Performance and Training in Washington State — to talk about building a coaching...

We sit down with Tucker Bachand — Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Westfield State University, the first ever to hold the role there — to talk about what it actually takes to build something from scratch, coach 18...

Episode #140
We sit down with Bree Vaughn — aspiring strength and conditioning coach, University of Louisville student, former football performance intern, and mum — to talk about what it actually takes to stay the course in this...

Episode #139
We sit down with Silas Newby — Athletics Performance Coach at Baylor University, working with Equestrian, Track & Field, and Softball, and formerly at West Point — to talk about building athletes from the ground up...

Episode #138
We sit down with Mesa McNely — former strength and conditioning coach turned studio manager at Body Rock Lexington, a hybrid reformer Pilates studio — to talk about what happens when you leave elite sport, trust your...

We sit down with Michelle Boateng — Assistant Strength Coach at Howard University working with women's soccer, volleyball, softball, and football — to talk about reading the room before you coach it, the injury...
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Sports Science Master’s Program Director, Pitt Athletics / University of Pittsburgh
Marketing Manager for Customers and Community, Universidad de California
Strength & Conditioning Coach & Department Chair for Physical Education, FIBA Europe Cup Teams Ludwigsburg
Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Performance
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