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#385 Why The Best Strength Coaches Are GHOSTS | Colton Razo & Michael Silbernagel

Dave Tate's Table Talk

Dave Tate

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9586 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On episode 385 of Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast Dave sits down with Strength & Conditioning Coaches Colton Razo and Michael Silbernagel. 

Colton Razo — Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for Track & Field at The Ohio State University. Formerly University of Houston, Bemidji State, SD Mines, Kansas (GA). Frequent presenter at USTFCCCA and T&F education events.

Michael Silbernagel — Manager at Sanford Sports (Bismarck) and adjunct professor (University of Mary). Former Head S&C at UMary (built the department), MSCC (CSCCa), USAPL Raw National Champion.

 
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0:00.0

In the private sector, that parent or that athlete chose you in college, they don't get to choose me.

0:05.6

They're not making their recruiting decision on coming to my institution because I'm the strand coach for that sport.

0:11.2

There's so many coaches that write this program.

0:13.2

Did you try that program yet?

0:15.0

No, it's not that hard.

0:16.5

Try it.

0:17.0

You're working with a high school swim team that has zero training age.

0:19.7

Try your program.

0:20.4

How'd you feel the next day? Well, I was a little tight. What do you think they're going to feel like?

0:23.4

All right. It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit. Welcome to Table Talk. All right. So how did you guys meet?

0:41.7

How do we mean? Yeah. Do you want to tell the story? Yeah, no, absolutely. So I was actually

0:48.1

an athlete, a college athlete, and Coach Sleberneggel was my strength conditioning coach.

0:54.6

Yeah.

0:55.3

Um, in college.

0:56.4

And so my, my recruiting visit would have been, I guess the first time that we actually

1:01.2

seen each other met.

1:02.7

I think my freshman year was your second year at University of Mary.

1:06.6

And he was the first strain coach, head strain coach, basically started that department.

1:12.0

Yes.

1:12.3

And so even just from there.

1:15.3

And so then my first interaction would have been my first 5 a.m. lift, first true interaction.

1:21.3

Yes.

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