The SHIFT Show

This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Nick Ruddock. Nick is a high-performance consultant who has worked with over 22 nations around the world from club level all the way up to the Olympic level. He will be presenting on Day 2 of the symposium, giving 2 lectures, one on Font and Back Handsprings to Layouts and a second discussing everything you need to know about Front and Back Twisting Progressions.   Also a reminder this is your final chance to get early bird pricing for the 2022 Shift Symposium ending today, 31st March 11:59 pm EST! From June 10 to June 12 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 on early bird tickets. 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 is part two of the lectures I was asked to present by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, to all of the NCAA coaches on strength conditioning for gymnasts.   Part two is focused on the exact weightlifting exercises you should be doing with your gymnasts, balanced and blended with the traditional model of gymnastic specific conditioning of shaping, core work, rope climbs, and handstands.   I get into the nitty-gritty details of planning strength and conditioning programs throughout the seasons, including the most effective amount of sets and reps and how best to build cardio endurance for gymnasts.   WE DISCUSS; What does off-season max strength training look like?   How to train the core in the weight room in the offseason.    The most effective amount of sets and reps for general strength and lifting including an example of a Collegiate Gymnast’s program.   How to build the general aerobic base for gymnast's cardio.   Should gymnasts be doing long-distance runs in the summer?   How to train and use shoulders in different ways to express high force safety and effectively.    The preseason Plyometric Ramp-up.   Q&A Question from Melissa - What are your thoughts on isometric training for gymnasts?   And…   Q&A Question - Where do you stand on conditioning before the workout?   If you missed last week's lecture, you can find it here:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/ncaastrengthlecture1/     I hope you guys enjoy listening to this lecture, the full video version is available on YouTube if you want to see the actual exercises and watch me go through them:   https://youtu.be/1RtSESUPaww   All the articles, research papers, and books mentioned can be found here:   https://shiftmovementscience.com/library/#strength-and-conditioning   Also a reminder this is your final chance to get early bird pricing for the 2022 Shift Symposium ending this Thursday 31st March 11:59 pm EST!  From June 10 to June 12 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 on early bird tickets. Head over to:   httWe 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, Dr. Mike Reinold DPT, ATC, SCS, OCS, CSCS. My friend, mentor, and Co-Founder of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Mike is a physical therapist, athletic trainer, strength and conditioning coach, and performance enhancement specialist and has worked for prestigious organizations such as The Boston Red Sox, The American Sports Medicine Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital. He will be presenting on Day 1 of the symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Building Dynamic Stability in Overhead Athletes.  Don’t forget early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.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 was asked by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, to give lectures to all of the NCAA coaches on strength conditioning for gymnasts. A blended model, which is gymnastic specific, rope climbs and handstands, balanced with weight training and proper exercises is the most effective way to build explosive power in gymnasts.  Reducing injury risk and increasing performance which is: strength conditioning.  We discuss: What is power and how do we increase force? Examples of what movement patterns gymnastics skills use and exercise that replicate them and can be trained and improved outside the gym. But doesn’t lifting weights make gymnasts bulky? How to avoid losing flexibility doing weight training. Understanding periodization, dosing athletes correctly, and examples of yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily programs for athletes. Where should you place your weight training during the week in order to get the most out of it without sacrificing the effectiveness of technical gymnastic practice due to soreness and fatigue?  A substitute for rope climbs. And… Will gymnastics ever be able to use objective external metrics to monitor athlete workloads?   All the articles, research papers, and books mentioned can be found here: https://shiftmovementscience.com/library/#strength-and-conditioning   Also, a reminder that early bird pricing for the 2022 Shift Symposium is ending soon!  From June 10 to June 12 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 on early bird tickets. Head over to: https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/ to find out more.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, Diwesh Poudyal. My good friend and co-worker from Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Diwesh is Head of Strength and Conditioning and Director of Fitness. He will be presenting on Day 3 of the symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Plyometrics.  Early bird tickets are still available till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.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’s podcast is a great one, I sit down and have an incredible discussion with Kim Shore, who was part of Gymnastics Canada’s Safe Sport which I did a series of webinars for on gymnastics culture.   We have talked a lot behind the scenes on this subject and I wanted to get Kim on the podcast to have an in-depth discussion about the reasons why some coaches or gyms become toxic, examples of people who are doing the right thing. Why there are still so many kids who are unhappy with their experience in the sport? Why are there so many burnt-out coaches? Why are there so many gym owners frustrated with finances or their staff?    We dig in deep, and for the first time in a podcast, I share my honest thoughts on what I think are the real core issues.    As well as that, I talk openly about when I was really struggling as a younger coach and what I went through to crawl myself out of depression and burnout due to a lot of these cultural issues in our gym.    So what can you do to crawl through some of these really challenging problems, that a lot of people deal with culturally?    And how can you as a listener, right now in your car, on your run, at home, doing dishes, how can you change things to make positive progress towards your goals, what you want out of gymnastics, to make others happy, and most importantly for you to be happier as well?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 with one of the Shift Symposium guest speakers, Cale Robinson former NNCA athlete and now Ascend Gymnastics Coach. He will be presenting on Day 2 of the symposium, discussing what you need to know about Yurchenko's and Tsuks.  Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.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/

If you've ever had questions about back pain or injuries in gymnastics, this podcast is for you.   Lower back pain is something so many gymnasts struggle with. Depending on the research study you read, between 71% - 96.6% of all the injuries reported are to the lower back. Most literature puts lower back pain as the second or third most common injury in gymnastics, just behind ankle sprains and knee injuries. Sadly, knowing the culture of gymnastics and the stoic nature of many athletes, I believe the research doesn't accurately reflect just how bad the rates and severity of lower back pain are in gymnastics. We break down everything you need to know about common back injuries including Contributing factors to back pain and injuries Basic anatomy of the back Specific injuries and how to best evaluate, treat and understand from a movement category  Accurate diagnosis and treatment plans Timelines for injuries  How to safely get back to gymnastics after a back injury What can be done to reduce the risk of injuries in gymnastics What to do if someone isn't getting better 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/

In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave explains everything you need to know about the 2022 Shift Symposium. Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.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 is my good friend and crowd favorite Eva Shute Director of Gymnastics Operations who provides awesome information to help parents wrap their heads around competitive gymnastics.   We share ideas and things we have done in our gym that have been extremely successful to help build better parent communication relationships and when someone's really having a tough time or there may be a nightmare parent or coach, we explain what have we done practically to successfully fix these things.    I really believe that this parent episode is super important to get better long-term outcomes for everyone's happiness the coaches, the parents, and most importantly the gymnasts.   We DISCUSS; how to navigate the culture and the craziness that is competitive gymnastics.   My daughter is 5 years old why does she need to compete?   The time commitment, what can parents expect?   Why moving up gymnastics levels is not like moving up a grade in school.   Three do's and don'ts of meet etiquette.    The difference between optional and compulsory levels.   And…   How puberty affects gymnasts in their optional years of training and competing and what parents can do to help support.     Incase you missed it, I am ridiculously excited to finally share that The 2022 SHIFT Symposium Registration Page is LIVE.   https://shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium/     The SHIFT Symposium is a 3 day, world class virtual gymnastics education event hosted by SHIFT.   It has always been my dream to create an incredible, affordable, never before seen educational event for gymnastics professionals that provides insane amounts of value from high caliber speakers.   Finally, after years of work and hundreds of hours of planning, it is here.   It will take place from Friday, June 10th, 2022 - Sunday, June 12th, 2022   We have not one, not two, but THREE jam packed days of gymnastics content.   You can view each individual days, the lecture topics, and speakers for those lectures below or on the SHIFT Symposium website!   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/