Catching Up With 2022 NSCA Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Ryan Metzger: 1 - a podcast by Charles J. Infurna, EdD

This week I had the chance to catch up the 2022 NSCA Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Ryan Metzger.  Ryan is currently on staff at the University of Tennessee.  Before Tennessee she had stops at Clemson and VCU.  She began her strength and conditioning career at the University of Kentucky as an intern and then graduate assistant.  In Part I of our interview, Ryan and I discussed: 

1. Her start in Olympic Weightlifting 

2. Gymnastics (the start, the break, and high school) 

3. Competing at Wisconsin-Oshkosh 

4. Training at the collegiate level 

5. How mentors influenced her decision to complete an internship at the University of Kentucky 

6. A graduate assistant and Olympic weightlifter - yeah sure 

7. Qualifying for the American Open in her first weightlifting competition 

8. Ryan's mindset as she approaches Olympic weightlifting

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