The SHIFT Show

Today on the podcast I am joined by Megan Skaggs a recently graduated student-athlete at the University of Florida,  where she competed for the Gators.   A former US National Gymnastics Team member, Megan represented the US internationally including helping team US win Gold at the 2015 Pan American Games.   Most recently Megan won the 2022 Athlete Advocate of the Year at INFLCR NIL Summit.   As well as having an outstanding career and 5 years of studying and competing at College, Megan has done some amazing things inside the gymnastics community with charity efforts through her Tiny Bow Project, which promoted several great causes.    We discuss:   How Megan Skaggs maintained her athletic training, academics, a charity side project, and personal life during college.   How to improve your competition performance.    What you need to do to build confidence and positive self-talk.   Megan’s top tip for the college recruiting process.   The Tiny Bow Project.   Megan’s thoughts on NIL (name, image, and likeness) and the positive and negative aspects for student-athletes.      The importance of being a mentally fit athlete not just physical.    And…   The best thing Megan’s parents did for her as an athlete.         Also don’t miss out on the Heroblab 2.0 Relaunch.    A brand new look, with a website that’s now more user-friendly to help coaches easily locate and access the tools to change gymnasts' lives.   Save time and money with 30+ hours of lectures from gymnastics experts gymnastics on flexibility, strength, nutrition, mental blocks, skills, and more from the comfort of your home.   As well as the revamp we will be releasing NEW monthly gymnastics lectures, so don’t miss out!    You can check it all out here:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today on the podcast I'm very excited to bring you a conversation with Jill Hicks who is a consultant advisor helping athletes and parents with the college recruiting process.   A former elite gymnast and college gymnast at Oregon State University, she moved into the role of student coach which led to a 20-year career as an NCAA college coach and choreographer.   Navigating recruiting can be complex, but in this episode, Jill breaks down the process into easy-to-follow steps along with some essential advice for gymnasts, coaches, and parents.     We discuss:   Why you shouldn’t just focus on one dream school.   The biggest mistake people make when applying.   Parent's role in the recruiting process.   What age should you start having a discussion about recruiting?   The only three skills college recruiters look at.   Advice for coaches helping their athletes in the recruiting process.   What to do if you’ve not heard back from schools.   And…   How to promote yourself and stand out to recruiters on Instagram.We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today we have a quick, very high value, very actionable item podcast.   I have been very fortunate to travel and talk with many college coaches and elite coaches from around the world consulting about summer training and the year ahead.   Instead of waiting and making this into a long-form podcast with a very thought-out, step-by-step of precisely what you should do, I figured I would just do a quick 15-minute podcast to summarize exactly what I'm sharing with them.    After spending time with multiple different programs, looking at their strength program, drills, etc, I have put my advice into five easy bullet points.   If you're in gymnastics this is what should you be thinking about right now for the offseason if you want to be super successful. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today on the podcast, we are bringing back one of our most popular episodes with Chris Hinshaw one of the most world-renowned endurance coaches in the world.   Founder of aerobiccapacity.com, Chris is an ex Ironman Competitor and expert in energy systems and aerobic capacity work.    I met him through Power Monkey Camp and in the last six years, I have learned so much from this gentleman that I cannot say his praises enough.    He has extensive knowledge and practical experience in developing aerobic capacity in athletes of all experience levels using his comprehensive, cutting-edge approach to training.   Plus coaching 32 Crossfit Games Champions.    I wanted to reshare this podcast as it's close to summer now and a lot of people are trying to plan what to do for S&C, cardio circuits, and workouts to build gymnasts' energy systems in their Offseason training.    He has great ideas about what gymnasts should be doing for cardio and energy systems training.   We discuss:     Understanding your athletes to get faster adaptations.   How to create a more well-rounded athlete   Lactate clearance workouts.   Fatigue not fear.   The routine between routines. How to use that time to maximize the performance of your next routine.   Why recovery might be your biggest weakness.   And…   How to train recovery with workouts.   We are also 10 days away from the 2022 shift symposium, which is mind-boggling.    This is the final week that you can sign up for tickets, so do not miss out! Head over to:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/   Registrations close June 5thWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Introducing The Shift Symposium Guest Speakers: Sarah Korngold   This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Sarah Korngold another member of the Ascend Gymnastics Team.   With Elite and NCAA success, Sarah has achieved this with her nurturing and progressive philosophy.      Sarah will be presenting on Day 2 of the Symposium, sharing her fantastic knowledge of Beam. Discussing everything you need to know about Active Flexibiltiy & Series Connections.   The Symposium runs from June 10 to June 12 where learn everything you need to know about Gymnastics Medical Care, Gymnastics Coaching, and Gymnastic Strength and Conditioning.   The lineup of 30 speakers is ridiculous, giving incredible lectures over three days, and there’s only 10 days left to sign up.   So do not miss out! Head over to:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/   Registrations close June 5thWe appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today on the podcast I am excited to bring back an episode we actually did three years ago.    I wanted to share this episode again now with Becky Downie, due to the recent podcast with her younger sister Ellie.    Becky now 30 is a double Olympian for Great Britain becoming Commonwealth Champion on bars not once but twice, European Champion on bars, and World silver medalist on bars.   I was really fortunate to sit down and interview Becky back in 2019 and talk about overcoming adversity in her career, injuries, the ups and downs, and how she continues to work hard and be positive given her long career.    We also talk about her sister and given how popular the episode with Ellie was, I wanted to reshare this episode with Becky as a lot of people who are new to the podcast might not realize that we have this fantastic episode with Becky.   I also wanted to bring it back and tie these two episodes together because they both have so much incredibly valuable information that coaches, gymnasts, medical providers, and particularly parents should study and learn from.   To really understand how to get the best out of athletes and help them with their performance, increase the longevity of their career whilst staying as healthy and happy as possible.    We discuss:   What would Becky do differently now looking back on her gymnastics journey?   How to deal with stress as a gymnast.   The secret to Becky’s long and successful career.   Overcoming injuries and sets backs, advice from an Olympian.   And…   How Becky balances adult life, the Doubledownies Company, alongside being a full-time elite athlete. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Brett Wargo from Ascend Gymnastics Seattle.   Brett will be presenting on Day 2 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about bar Releases.   The Symposium runs from June 10 to June 12 where learn everything you need to know about Gymnastics Medical Care, Gymnastics Coaching, and Gymnastic Strength and Conditioning.   The lineup of 30 speakers is ridiculous, giving incredible lectures over three days, so do not miss out! Head over to:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today on the podcast, I'm very excited to bring to you a presentation from one of my recent students, Alea Penner, a former gymnast who has just graduated from Duke Physical Therapy School.   She did a phenomenal, inservice lecture on bracing gymnasts with back-related injuries.    “Discussing bracing treatment for spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in athletes. Summarizing the current available research that supports or contradicts current treatment standards and discuss topics of future research that are demanded by lack of current literature.”   The use of braces is controversial, so it's really important for us to understand the current research on bracing.   Alea wonderfully took on the big task of reviewing the literature and doing an inservice on bracing versus not bracing.    She discusses:   Does bracing limit gross motion and/or spinal segmental motion during ADL’s (activities of daily living) or sport-specific activity?   Does bracing lead to decreased strength and/or changes in posture/gait with prolonged use?   Does limited motion prevent the progression of a fracture or slippage?    Does bracing improved bone union? And is bony union predictive of a better return to sports outcomes and subjective pain?We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers,  Lindsey Stancil, Owner of X-Cel Gymnastics, and the Head Coach of the Xquisite competitive team.   Lindsey will be presenting on Day 2 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Cast Handstands/Giants, & Pirouettes.   The Symposium runs from June 10 to June 12 where learn everything you need to know about Gymnastics Medical Care, Gymnastics Coaching, and Gymnastic Strength and Conditioning.   The lineup of 30 speakers is ridiculous, giving incredible lectures over three days, so do not miss out! Head over to:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today in the podcast, I'm very excited to bring to you an interview I was asked to do with Nicole Farrier on her podcast.    Nicole is a fitness professional with a bachelor's in exercise science and nutrition, a certified personal trainer, competitor, and online coach.    We had an important and informative conversation about some of the cultural issues in gymnastics related to body image, nutrition, and changing the approach to strength and conditioning.   Nicole and I talked a lot about these issues and some of the stigmas around aesthetics versus performance.   We explored the need for culture change in the sport so we can best support and help athletes to be healthy, happy, and high performing for the next 10, 15, 20 years.   We discuss:   Injury prevention issues in gymnastics.   How to communicate with younger athletes especially when their skill level is at the level of an adult.   Food is fuel.   There's a time and a place for conditioning.    Why we need to teach kids how to use technology as a tool and not as a vice.   OCD elbow research paper; from the moment you start to have pain, to the moment you are fully back to gymnastics, what does that entire process look like?   And...   Should parents be allowed to watch training sessions?We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/