More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete

Oscillatory isometrics, curtsy lunges, load placement, and asymmetrical respiratory cueing- Oh My! In this episode, Michelle leaves Tim behind and goes SOLO to get into the real nitty gritty with her coach and Director of Performance at IFast, Erik Huddleston. Erik answers specific questions about programming for Michelle and they dive into four phases of training. They discuss the benefits of coaches having coaches, how question prompting is an opportunity to learn, overall views towards program design, and specific exercise execution. You are going to dig this episode! Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends...

Michelle and Tim here! On this episode Tim flies solo AGAIN with the man, the legend, the LARGEST of Z’s, Dr. Zac Cupples. Tim and Zac discuss how improving movement options is legit, but at what cost? We know that this breathing stuff works, but are there drawbacks to this approach? Can we really make the changes “stick?” Tim and Zac also sift through, How Zac structures his own training, What's better, time management or energy management?, What is Zac’s biggest failure?, The dichotomy of the type A personality, Movement behaviors: How do we get them to "stick", The dark side of internal cueing, AND the best way to communicate effectively to clients. Get ready to enter the darkside to all this movement stuff…Subscribe, download, listen, and learn!

Michelle and Tim are joined by THE Fergus Connolly, expert in all things team performance, consultant to professional sports organizations and tech companies alike, and author of 59 Lessons, The Happiness Handbook, and Game Changer. They discuss Fergus’s personal exercise habits, the importance of choosing the RIGHT key performance indicators, the pitfalls of being overly “objective” with sport metric tracking, sustaining success in sport and life, and the value of “safe-to-fail” learning environments. If you’re a movement professional looking to better understand WHICH data matters, this is the episode for you. If you’re a member of an organization looking to inspire cultural change for the better, this is the episode for you. If you’re simply a human looking to interact better with your fellow humans, THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU.  This is also the episode for you if you enjoy Irish accents (who doesn’t?). Subscribe, download, listen, and learn!

Dr. Michael Camporini, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and innovative strength coach, shares his insights on movement and athletic training. He challenges the stigma against back squats, emphasizing their context-dependent benefits. The discussion dives into the intricacies of hip internal rotation, presenting personalized rehabilitation strategies for mobility issues. With a humorous twist, they explore how individual biomechanics affect performance, encouraging a flexible approach to movement. Listen to discover Dr. Camporini's next exciting career pivot!

Michelle and Tim are joined by none other than runner-turned-powerlifter, ACL-rehab-encylopedia, youth-injury-management-expert, and PT with the most trained solei on the east coast, the one, the only, DR. STEPH ALLEN! They pow-wow about her own training practices, Tim’s inability to understand how “show notes” work, the variable response to heavy barbell training of different genders and populations, objective strength testing as return-to-sport criteria, and frustration with the academic institution at large. If you’re looking to level up (pun-intended) as a coach or clinician, this is the episode for you!

Michelle and Tim are joined by expert human, decent predator, and mediocre pack mule, Todd Bumgardner to chat about getting winded walking up the hills of Central Pennsylvania, disappearing into the Alaskan bush for weeks at a time, and designing training programs for hunters and tactical athletes. Along the way, they foray into topics like; How most backcountry athletes “mess up” their physical preparation Learning to “let go” of strength goals to develop a more well-rounded human The immense and understated value of low level aerobic training Pack your water purification tablets and compass, because this is one intellectual journey you WON’T want to miss.

We’re lucky enough to be joined by soccer-injury-management authority and rear-foot-elevated-split squat aficionado Dr. Nicole Surdyka! We talk about her own training amongst her move into professional soccer, the optimization of risk/reward in both programming and exercise selection for athletes, and count things down with all the ways we see people mess up “return to sport” scenarios.  This one’s a doozy. Tell work you’ll be in late, brew a nice cup of tea, slap your headphones on, learn, and enjoy!

Michelle and Tim get schooled by Eric Schmitt, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for THE Memphis Grizzlies, on all things strength endurance, movement screens, energy system development, continued learning, and MORE. If you’re a coach or trainer looking to use the lessons of an NBA S&C professional to further develop your own practice, this is the episode for YOU.

They’ve done it again!!! Strength and rehab dream team Michelle and Tim bring on Dr. Seth Oberst; THE authority on all things self-regulation, variability, and defense responses. They chat about managing both OVER and UNDER-stressed athletes, the magic of attunement, and how Seth structures his own training. If you’re a human who works with other humans that either train OR are in pain (or both), this show is for YOU. Give it a listen, and enjoy! If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to subscribe to your podcast player. It helps us appear more prominently in the search function, and that’ll help us continue to grow the show.

Join Michelle and Tim as they venture out of the proverbial podcasting womb and record their FIRST guest episode recording with none other than truth-bomb-dropper and tendon rehab superstar, Dr. Jarred Boyd of the Memphis Grizzlies. They talk Jarred’s own workouts. They talk dynamic correspondence. They talk psychological profiles and emotionally variable states of the performance elite. You’re gonna like the way they sound, I guarantee it.  If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to subscribe in your podcast player. It helps us appear more prominently in the search function, and that’ll help us continue to grow the show