High Intensity Interview of the Month #1: Tom Kelso
Heres’ our first (of three) High Intensity Interview for this month, with Strength and Conditioning expert Tom Kelso.
Tom Kelso is currently a strength and conditioning specialist with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Additionally, he trains clients at Sante Health & Wellness in the Chase Park Plaza, a preferred luxury hotel in St. Louis and does one-on-one training through Pinnacle Personal & Performance Training in Chesterfield, MO. A 23-year veteran of the collegiate ranks, he served as the Head Coach for Strength and Conditioning at Saint Louis University (2004-2008), the University of Illinois at Chicago (2001-2004), Southeast Missouri State University (1991-2001–where I was his assistant in 1999-2000) and the University of Florida (1988-1990). He first started in the strength and conditioning field as an Assistant Strength Coach at Florida in 1984, where he was also a weight training instructor for the Department of Physical Education from 1985 to 1988.
Kelso has also worked with athletes at the Olympic and professional levels, including Emmitt Smith and Errict Rhett of the NFL, Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, and 800 meter World Track Champion Mark Everett.
A strong advocate of safe, practical and time-efficient training, he has published numerous periodical articles and book chapters promoting such. His two solo projects, The Interval Training Manual and The Strength Training Workout Encyclopedia, are one-of-a-kind references for anyone seeking guidelines to improve fitness and strength.
Listen in as Coach Kelso shares his knowledge and experience with us about:
- His early training influences (both people and periodicals)
- The role of genetics in athletics and training
- His take on how to apply variety to your training, “muscle confusion”, and different types of equipment
- Overtraining vs. under-recovering
- AN ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING DISCUSSION ON RECOVERY
- How he introduces people to the concept of intensity
- The East German swimming thing that still makes him shake his head
- And much, much more!
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Check out this highlight video of Coach Kelso crushing this guy for half an hour (3 minute video).
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Dave, another trully excellent informative and very enjoyable interview! Everyone will learn from this! Tom Kelso is a really top trainer and we are very lucky to have such a man in the Fitness Industry, giving the sanity and truth as he talks about in the interview! Also, hope this is ok but Tom also has an excellent ebook Truth,Myth And Reality: What can and cannot be done in a Strength&Conditioning program! Excellent work Dave, good on you!
Nuther great interview. As far as strength training goes, Tom Kelso is one of the best kept secrets in the country. He’s an outstanding strength professional with a wealth of knowledge.