The Physical Performance Show

Physical Performance Show – Episode 383 Show Notes In episode 383 of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer sits down with Professor Franco Impellizzeri, one of the most influential and outspoken voices in athlete load management research, for a wide-ranging conversation on why "load management" is an old concept dressed up in new data, why the acute to chronic workload ratio (ACWR) never held up to scrutiny, and why context — not more metrics — is what separates good decision-making from noise. Show Sponsor: Pillar Performance continues to lead the way in sports nutrition through micro-nutrition innovation, now expanding into the Performance Health range. One of their newest releases, Collagen Repair, was developed with Gelita Laboratories (Germany) using a clinically trialled collagen peptide (Tendofort) to support tendon and ligament health in conditions like hamstring tendinopathy, Achilles tendonitis, shin splints, and patellofemoral pain. Head to pillarperformance.shop (or thefeed.com for North American listeners) and use code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE for 15% off your first purchase. Pogo Physio also offers online Telehealth Consultations for endurance athletes managing bone, tendon, or joint issues — book online at pogophysio.com.au.   Professor Franco Impellizzeri's work can be explored here: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Franco.Impellizzeri And... https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=z35F1WAAAAAJ&hl=en   Listen in as we delve into the following: What "load management" actually means, and why it's a relabelling of concepts coaches have wrestled with since the 1930s–40s The double-edged sword of the data revolution: from heart rate monitors to today's GPS, wearables, and AI-driven analytics Commercial and career incentives behind pushing metrics — both from tech companies and researchers Confirmation bias and why interpreting data without a theoretical framework is "like reading tarot" The case against the acute to chronic workload ratio (ACWR): its lack of scientific support despite IOC endorsement A landmark runners' study showing the opposite relationship between ACWR and injury risk — and what that reveals about the field Why meta-analyses and systematic reviews in load research can be manipulated to "find whatever you like" The difference between using a metric personally versus promoting it as scientifically validated Why the most skilled clinicians tend to hold their conclusions with the least certainty A real-world case study: a soccer training drill "failure" that was actually a video-monitoring blind spot, not a bad drill The expanding role of data scientists in sport, and why interpretation — not collection — is the real skill gap Whether AI and machine learning can (or should) replace the sports scientist's judgement Individualised and personalised training approaches — and why even these are still built on group-level generalisations Distinguishing signal from noise, and why one "failed" intervention doesn't mean an athlete won't respond next time Practical advice for coaches and practitioners: accept uncertainty, treat training like a "trial of therapy," and reassess If he could track only one metric: heart rate (or perceived effort) over power The push for more honest scientific debate — including a proposed on-air "intellectual sparring" series with dissenting researchers   Quotes: "Understanding the quantity of training for athletes has been a hot topic since training methodology started... managing load is not new." — Professor Franco Impellizzeri "When you don't have a theoretical framework and an a priori idea strong and supported, it's like reading tarot, to be honest." — Professor Franco Impellizzeri "There's zero evidence that this metric can either help or can actually reflect some sort of mechanism." — Professor Franco Impellizzeri, on the acute to chronic workload ratio "Don't take yourself too seriously." — Professor Franco Impellizzeri   Timeline: 00:00 – Introduction: host's specialist physio training and the load management "viva" question 01:04 – What is load management? An old concept, relabelled 02:31 – From heart rate monitors to GPS: the rise of training data 06:14 – Commercial interests and the risk of becoming "slaves of data" 08:05 – Why load management matters: the drug-dosing analogy 09:24 – Load management as a decades-old coaching concern 10:23 – Confirmation bias and interpreting data "like reading tarot" 13:17 – Championing methodological rigor in sports science 16:33 – Meta-research, honesty, and acknowledging uncertainty 18:22 – Why the most skilled clinicians express the least certainty 19:18 – Origins of the critique of the acute to chronic workload ratio (ACWR) 20:09 – Takeaways for contemporary practitioners on load management models 21:34 – Why the ACWR lacked scientific and conceptual support 23:02 – Training load, time-at-risk, and reframing injury risk 24:24 – The contradictory runners' study and what it implies 26:43 – Cherry-picking and overfitting in load-injury meta-analyses 28:34 – Taking a stronger public stance on social media 30:34 – Science as a self-correcting process 31:31 – The discipline required to properly read and critique research 33:58 – Why data alone can't tell you what to do 34:24 – Case study: the soccer drill that "failed" — until the video told the real story 36:49 – The role (and limits) of data scientists in sport 38:46 – Could AI replace the sports scientist's job? 40:42 – Advice for coaches and practitioners: accept uncertainty 42:09 – Individualised approaches are still a form of generalisation 44:31 – Separating signal from noise — and why not to give up early 46:56 – If only one metric: heart rate over power 48:21 – One piece of advice: "don't take yourself too seriously" 48:51 – This week's physical challenge: swimming without pain 50:16 – What's next: meta-research projects and replication studies 51:43 – A proposal for public scientific debate, and Ian Shrier's work on consensus 56:32 – Why genuine debate is hard to find in science communication today 57:59 – Episode close THE TEAM: Join The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best. 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Physical Performance Show – Episode 382 Show Notes In this episode of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer sits down with Pogo Physio's Tim Studley for Part 2 of their two-part mini-series on shin pain and tibial bone stress injuries. Having covered diagnosis and differentiation between MTSS and tibial bone stress injuries in Part 1, this episode shifts focus to management — mechanics, return-to-run programming, strength and conditioning, footwear, and terrain considerations for runners recovering from (or trying to prevent) tibial bone stress injury. Show Sponsor: Pillar Performance continues to lead the way in sports nutrition through micro-nutrition innovation, now expanding into the Performance Health range. One of their newest releases, Collagen Repair, was developed with Gelita Laboratories (Germany) using a clinically trialled collagen peptide (Tendofort) to support tendon and ligament health in conditions like hamstring tendinopathy, Achilles tendonitis, shin splints, and patellofemoral pain. Head to pillarperformance.shop (or thefeed.com for North American listeners) and use code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE for 15% off your first purchase. Pogo Physio also offers online Telehealth Consultations for endurance athletes managing bone, tendon, or joint issues — book online at pogophysio.com.au. Listen in as we delve into the following: Biomechanical vs. biological risk factors, and why running intensity matters more than mileage for bone Cadence, overstriding, and how a heel-strike pattern increases tibial loading Foot pressure distribution, lateralised loading, and how footwear/orthotics can help A case study: how cadence cueing, orthotics, heel raises, and calf strengthening resolved recurrent tibial bone stress injury Managing anterior tibial cortex injuries: why they're high-risk, slow to heal, and often need surgery Moving from time-based to symptom-led (optimal load) management for posterior-medial tibial bone stress injuries The five evidence-based criteria for returning to running after a tibial bone stress injury Why a 10% increase in pace can cut a bone's fatigue threshold by 50% Structuring intensity and volume in a return-to-run program to avoid a "double whammy" of risk Strength and conditioning phases: contralateral leg work, weight-bearing progressions, and pre-running plyometrics Clinical strength benchmarks for calf raises, leg press, hamstring curls, and hip abduction Footwear considerations: heel wedges, rocker-bottom shoes, and the debate around carbon plates Surface and terrain: why stiffer surfaces and flat terrain are preferred during return-to-run Treadmill running and its effect on distal loading What's next: an upcoming Q&A episode, and future instalments covering the femur, sacrum, tarsal bones, and calcaneus Quotes "Muscle loads bone." — Brad Beer "That runner doesn't need to be strong. They need to be uber strong." — Brad Beer, quoting tendon researcher Ebonie Rio "A 10% increase in pace reduces the fatigue threshold of a bone by 50%." — Brad Beer Timeline 00:00 – Introduction & sponsor: Pillar Performance 02:26 – Running mechanics and tibial bone stress injury risk 03:18 – Cadence, overstriding, and heel-strike patterns 05:43 – Foot pressure distribution and medial tibial bending 07:39 – Case study: footwear, orthotics, and cadence cueing 08:37 – Overview of bone stress injury management complexity 09:35 – Anterior tibial cortex injuries: high risk, slow healing, surgery 11:30 – Shift from time-based to symptom-led management 14:49 – Balancing speed of return with recurrence risk 15:48 – Five evidence-based return-to-run criteria (Sheeran & Reid, 2024) 18:11 – Why intensity is a greater risk factor than volume 20:35 – Strength and conditioning: matching capacity to running demands 22:29 – Three-phase strength progression: pre-, during-, and post-weight bearing 24:52 – Clinical strength benchmarks for return to running 26:16 – Return-to-run walking milestones and symptom monitoring 27:16 – Pain tolerance guidelines: the "any pain, stop" rule for bone 27:45 – Footwear considerations: heel wedges, rocker-bottom shoes, carbon plates 28:42 – Surface and terrain considerations 29:40 – Treadmill running and distal loading effects 30:39 – What's next: Q&A episode and future bone stress injury series 33:01 – Episode close & sponsor mentions THE TEAM: Join The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best. Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online at pogophysio.com.au. Your Hosts:

In episode 381 of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer — sports and exercise physiotherapist — sits down with Pogo physiotherapist Tim Studley for the first instalment of a two-part mini-series on shin pain and tibial bone stress injuries, following on from their earlier three-part bone stress injury series. This episode is essential listening for runners, coaches, and clinicians alike, unpacking how to tell the difference between medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS/shin splints) and a true tibial bone stress injury — two conditions that can feel identical but require completely different management. Brad and Tim walk through the physiology of bone loading, the palpation tests that separate a "safe to keep running" diagnosis from one requiring an MRI, and the loading tests used to stress-test the tibia safely in clinic. Show Sponsor: Pillar Performance continues to lead the way in sports nutrition through micro-nutrition innovation, now expanding into the Performance Health range. One of their newest releases, Collagen Repair, was developed with Gelita Laboratories (Germany) using a clinically trialled collagen peptide (Tendofort) to support tendon and ligament health in conditions like hamstring tendinopathy, Achilles tendonitis, shin splints, and patellofemoral pain. Head to pillarperformance.shop (or thefeed.com for North American listeners) and use code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE for 15% off your first purchase. Pogo Physio also offers online Telehealth Consultations for endurance athletes managing bone, tendon, or joint issues — book online at https://pogophysio.com.au. Listen in as we delve into the following: The prevalence of tibial bone stress injuries and why the shin is the most common bone stress site in runners Why bone stress injuries occur: workload errors, loading frequency vs. magnitude, and individualised risk factors The continuum from "happy bone" to stress reaction to frank stress fracture Why pain magnitude doesn't reliably predict injury severity The heterogeneity of bone innervation and why the periosteum is key to understanding pain Differentiating MTSS from tibial bone stress injury — and why the management is entirely different The 10cm palpation rule: a clinical prediction rule for when to suspect bone vs. soft tissue Why the anterior (front) shin is a higher-risk, non-union-prone injury site The loading-test ladder: double leg calf raise → single leg calf raise → single leg hop → side-to-side hop → forward hop The role of muscle-bone synergy: how calf strength and girth influence tibial bone stress risk Recovery timelines by injury grade, and why MRI matters for prognosis and athlete buy-in A real case study: a triathlete's navicular injury, deconditioning, and return to tibial bone stress injuries Quotes "You can go from hero to zero really quickly with bone."  "Higher levels of pain don't necessarily mean a worse injury."  "Muscle loads bone."  Timeline 00:00 – Introduction & sponsor: Pillar Performance 02:15 – Introduction to Tim and Brad's conversation 02:27 – Prevalence of tibial bone stress injuries 03:56 – Why bone stress injuries occur: workload and biomechanics 05:22 – Symptom patterns: bone stress injury vs. other shin pain 07:42 – Heterogeneity of bone innervation and pain variability 10:10 – Why pain severity doesn't predict injury severity 11:07 – MTSS vs. bone stress injury: two schools of thought 12:06 – Brad's clinical experience and personal injury history 13:59 – Cardinal signs and symptom progression in MTSS 15:23 – The three-legged stool: history, physical exam, imaging 16:19 – The 10cm palpation rule explained 19:43 – Applying the rule in practice 20:42 – Anterior shin pain: a higher-risk presentation 21:39 – Loading tests: from calf raises to forward hopping 24:07 – Individualising the loading-test progression 26:03 – Does the 10cm rule apply anteriorly? 26:55 – History as the biggest predictor of reinjury 27:53 – MRI, prognosis, and grading via the Fredericksons scale 29:15 – Reading hesitancy and movement quality in loading tests 31:10 – Why bone stress injuries aren't purely about vertical impact 33:03 – Calf girth and bone stress risk correlation 34:56 – Case study: a triathlete's navicular injury and recovery 35:58 – Episode close & sponsor mentions THE TEAM: Join The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best. Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online at pogophysio.com.au. Your Hosts:

In episode 380 of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer and Pogo Physio physiotherapist Tim Studley conclude their three-part expert series on bone stress injuries by focusing on what happens after diagnosis. From imaging and prognosis to rehabilitation, return to running, and long-term prevention, this episode provides a practical roadmap for athletes, coaches, and clinicians managing these complex injuries. Brad explains why identifying the underlying causes of a bone stress injury is just as important as healing the bone itself. The discussion covers deloading, progressive reloading, strength and conditioning, bone-building exercise, and the simple but powerful strategies that can dramatically reduce the risk of recurrence. Show Sponsor: PILLAR Performance is leading a new frontier in sports nutrition through micronutrition innovation. Their new Collagen Repair formula, developed in collaboration with Gelita Laboratories, is designed to support tendon and ligament health while promoting collagen synthesis to help athletes stay healthy and perform at their best. For 15% off your first order, visit pillarperformance.shop (or thefeed.com for North American listeners) and use the discount code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE (one word, capitals) at checkout. In this episode, you'll hear Why MRI remains the gold standard for diagnosing bone stress injuries and guiding treatment When a clinical diagnosis may be sufficient—and why imaging usually provides better certainty and prognosis The three-step rehabilitation framework: identify risk factors, deload appropriately, then progressively reload Why treating the underlying cause is essential to preventing repeat bone stress injuries How rehabilitation differs depending on injury severity and high-risk versus low-risk bone sites Practical principles for returning to running, including restoring volume before introducing intensity Why the opposite limb also requires strength and bone loading during rehabilitation The role of strength training, plyometrics and osteogenic exercise in rebuilding bone capacity Why bone responds best to short, novel loading sessions rather than long continuous exercise The concept that "bone cells get bored easily" and how to optimise bone adaptation Why multidirectional movement remains important long after returning to sport The impact of childhood sport participation and bone geometry on lifelong injury risk Brad's personal journey with osteoporosis and what it taught him about endurance athlete health Three practical strategies every endurance athlete can implement to reduce bone stress injury risk Why recovery—not just training—is where adaptation actually occurs Quotes / takeaways "Treat the cause—not just the injury." "Restore volume before you restore intensity." "Bone cells get bored easily." "It's not the training you adapt to—it's the recovery from the training." "Eat more than you think you need." Partners / links mentioned Show Sponsor: PILLAR Performance — 15% off your first order using code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE at checkout. North America: thefeed.com Timeline 00:00 – Introduction, sponsor and final episode of the Bone Stress Injury mini-series 02:27 – Clinical testing for femoral neck bone stress injuries 03:26 – Clinical diagnosis versus MRI: when imaging is essential 05:14 – Why MRI improves prognosis and return-to-sport planning 07:03 – The three-step rehabilitation framework: risk factors, deload, reload 08:58 – Deloading strategies for high-risk bone stress injuries 09:50 – Progressive tissue loading and returning to running 10:46 – Why training volume should return before intensity 11:45 – Reloading the unaffected limb during rehabilitation 12:44 – Strength training, muscle function and long-term bone health 14:30 – Why bone cells "get bored" and how osteogenic exercise works 15:56 – Novel loading strategies, multidirectional movement and chaos hopping 17:23 – Childhood sport participation and building stronger bones 19:14 – Brad's personal experience with osteoporosis as an endurance athlete 21:40 – Three practical strategies to reduce bone stress injury risk 24:29 – Skeletal deload weeks and cross-training alternatives 25:27 – Recovery as the key driver of adaptation 26:26 – Final advice for athletes and clinicians 27:49 – Brad's top performance tip: "Eat more than you think you need" 28:18 – Listener challenge: fuel immediately before and after every training session this week 28:56 – Episode close and conclusion of the Bone Stress Injury mini-series THE TEAM: Join The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best. Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Your Host:

In episode 379 of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer and Pogo Physio physiotherapist Tim Studley continue their three-part expert series on bone stress injuries by shifting the focus from training errors to the biological factors that determine whether an athlete's skeleton can tolerate training demands. This episode explores the critical role of energy availability, bone health, recovery, and risk stratification in both preventing and diagnosing bone stress injuries. Brad shares practical screening strategies developed over two decades of clinical practice, explaining why identifying the underlying cause—not just treating the injury—is essential for long-term athletic performance and injury prevention. Show Sponsor: PILLAR Performance is leading a new frontier in sports nutrition through micronutrition innovation. Their new Collagen Repair formula, developed in collaboration with Gelita Laboratories, is designed to support tendon and ligament health while promoting collagen synthesis to help athletes stay healthy and perform at their best. For 15% off your first order, visit pillarperformance.shop (or thefeed.com for North American listeners) and use the discount code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE (one word, capitals) at checkout. In this episode, you'll hear Why biological factors may contribute more to bone stress injuries than training load alone The long-term consequences of early sport specialisation and why multi-sport participation builds a stronger skeleton Medical conditions and medications that can compromise bone health and increase injury risk Why low energy availability (RED-S) is one of the biggest contributors to bone stress injuries Practical screening questions clinicians should ask to identify athletes who may be under-fuelling The relationship between training volume, mood, gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep, life stress and bone health Female-specific indicators including menstrual irregularities and amenorrhoea Male-specific indicators including reduced libido and changes in morning erectile function Why blood tests, iron status, vitamin D and hormone profiles provide valuable clues to athlete health The importance of working with sports dietitians to optimise energy availability and performance Common locations of bone stress injuries throughout the lower limb and pelvis How injury location can provide clues to whether biomechanics or under-fuelling is the primary driver Understanding high-risk versus low-risk bone stress injury sites and why blood supply matters Practical assessment strategies including observation, palpation and functional loading tests When hop testing is appropriate—and when it should be avoided Clinical pearls for distinguishing bone stress injuries from other common running injuries Quotes / takeaways "Training loads the skeleton—but biology determines whether the skeleton can cope." "Eat more than you think you need." "The biggest driver of bone stress injuries is often invisible." "Above the knee, think fuelling. Below the knee, think biomechanics." "Treat the cause—not just the bone." Partners / links mentioned Show Sponsor: PILLAR Performance — 15% off your first order using code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE at checkout. North America: thefeed.com Timeline 00:00 – Introduction, sponsor and recap of the Bone Stress Injury mini-series 02:27 – Why biological risk factors deserve greater attention than ever before 03:51 – Early sport specialisation and athletic history as risk factors 04:50 – Medical conditions, medications and bone health 05:45 – Sleep, stress and the biological contributors to bone stress injuries 07:08 – Understanding low energy availability (RED-S) 08:32 – Practical screening questions for under-fuelling 09:02 – Female athlete indicators: menstrual health and amenorrhoea 10:29 – Male athlete indicators: libido and morning erectile function 11:51 – Blood tests, iron studies, vitamin D and hormone profiles 13:18 – Why even small daily energy deficits accumulate over time 14:16 – Working with sports dietitians and estimating energy requirements 15:40 – Brad's number one recommendation: "Eat more than you think you need" 16:08 – Common sites of bone stress injuries throughout the body 18:00 – Using injury location to distinguish biomechanics from under-fuelling 18:48 – High-risk versus low-risk bone stress injury locations 21:12 – The most commonly missed bone stress injuries in runners 22:37 – Clinical examination: observation, palpation and localisation of symptoms 24:19 – Differentiating shin splints from bone stress injuries through palpation 25:14 – Functional loading tests and when hop testing is appropriate 26:31 – Hop testing, femoral neck injuries and clinical safety considerations 27:24 – Differential diagnosis and key assessment principles 28:25 – Episode wrap-up and preview of Part 3 THE TEAM: Join The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best. 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In episode 378 of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer is joined by Pogo physiotherapist Tim Studley for the first instalment of a three-part expert series exploring bone stress injuries. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the latest research, Brad unpacks the mechanisms behind one of the most common and misunderstood injuries affecting endurance athletes. This episode explains how bone stress injuries develop, why they occur, and why they're often missed until they become more serious. Brad and Tim discuss the relationship between training load, bone physiology, symptom progression, and risk factors, while providing practical insights for athletes, coaches, and clinicians seeking to identify problems before they become stress fractures. Show Sponsor: PILLAR Performance is leading a new frontier in sports nutrition through micronutrition innovation. Their new Collagen Repair formula, developed in collaboration with Gelita Laboratories, is designed to support tendon and ligament health while promoting collagen synthesis to help athletes stay healthy and perform at their best. For 15% off your first order, visit pillarperformance.shop (or thefeed.com for North American listeners) and use the discount code PHYSICALPERFORMANCE (one word, capitals) at checkout. In this episode, you'll hear Why bone stress injuries exist on a continuum—from healthy bone through stress reactions to true stress fractures The biology of bone remodelling: osteoclasts, osteoblasts, microcracks, and why recovery is essential Why running intensity has a far greater impact on bone stress injury risk than training volume alone How a 10% increase in running pace can dramatically reduce the bone's fatigue threshold Why many athletes mistakenly blame the "last run" rather than the workload accumulated four weeks earlier The importance of deload weeks and allowing the skeleton time to repair accumulated microdamage Understanding the Fredericson grading system and what distinguishes stress reactions from stress fractures Why shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome) are not the same as a bone stress injury How pain location and symptom behaviour provide more valuable diagnostic information than pain intensity Why serious bone stress injuries can sometimes hurt less than relatively minor periosteal injuries The progression of symptoms from post-run discomfort to persistent and night pain How clinicians assess training history, workload, Strava data, intensity distribution, terrain, and footwear The major biomechanical and biological risk factors that contribute to bone stress injuries Previous bone stress injuries as one of the strongest predictors of future injury The emerging discussion around performance footwear ("super shoes") and potential changes in bone loading Why muscle strength and tissue capacity remain important contributors to skeletal resilience Quotes / takeaways "A bone stress injury is simply stress of a bone." "It's not usually the kilometres that catch people out—it's the intensity." "Don't judge the severity of a bone injury by how painful it is." "Symptoms often appear around four weeks after the training error—not the day after." "If it's really obvious, it's probably important." Show Sponsor PILLAR Performance creates evidence-based sports micronutrition products designed to support recovery, sleep, health, and performance for athletes and active people. For all your PILLAR products visit https://PillarPerformance.shop, or for our North American listeners, head to https://TheFeed.com. 

In episode 377 of The Physical Performance Show, Sports Physiotherapist Nick Kane joins host Brad Beer to unpack the rehabilitation of hamstring strain injuries. Nick is the founder and director of SportsMap, one of Australia's leading professional development platforms for sports medicine clinicians. Drawing on more than a decade working in elite sport, including ten years with the Essendon Football Club in the AFL and five years as lead physiotherapist, Nick shares practical, evidence-informed insights into managing one of sport's most common and frustrating injuries. This episode explores the common mistakes athletes and practitioners make during rehabilitation, the critical role of high-speed running exposure, how to assess injury severity, key risk factors for recurrence, and the practical steps required for a successful return to sport. Nick also discusses eccentric strength training, fascicle length, T-junction injuries, and the characteristics that separate great clinicians from average ones. Whether you're an athlete, coach, physiotherapist, or sports medicine practitioner, this episode delivers practical takeaways you can immediately apply.   Show Sponsor PILLAR Performance creates evidence-based sports micronutrition products designed to support recovery, sleep, health, and performance for athletes and active people. For all your PILLAR products visit https://PillarPerformance.shop, or for North American listeners, head to https://TheFeed.com.  For 15% off your first purchase enter PHYSICALPERFORMANCE at the checkout.    How To Check: LinkedIn - Nick Kane SportsMap – https://sportsmap.com.au Listen in as we delve into the following: • The three most common mistakes in hamstring rehabilitation • Why maximum speed exposure is essential for successful recovery • The dangers of over-prescribing and under-prescribing sprint work • Understanding hamstring injury pathology and injury mechanisms • Key clinical assessment findings for hamstring strain injuries • Risk factors including eccentric strength, fascicle length, and running mechanics • The "push and pull of strain" concept • Practical strength benchmarks for rehabilitation progressions • The role of Nordic hamstring exercises and eccentric loading • Monitoring recovery using objective clinical markers • Criteria-based return-to-play decision making • Preventing recurrence following return to sport • Why regular exposure to high-speed running matters • Understanding T-junction hamstring injuries • What differentiates great clinicians from average practitioners • The value of curiosity, continual learning, and athlete-centred communication Quotes "Preparing to sprint is preparing to play." — Nick Kane "The highest strain you can apply to the hamstring is sprinting." — Nick Kane "Consistency is key." — Nick Kane "If you stop training eccentrically for two weeks, those fascicles shorten." — Nick Kane "The person who stays curious and continues learning is the one who keeps improving." — Nick Kane Timeline 00:00 – Introduction and sponsor messages 01:20 – Introduction to Nick Kane and SportsMap 04:08 – The three biggest mistakes in hamstring rehabilitation 05:35 – Over-prescribing and under-prescribing high-speed running 09:16 – Why sprint exposure is critical for recovery 10:34 – Understanding hamstring injury pathology 13:54 – Key risk factors for hamstring strain injuries 16:12 – The push and pull of strain concept 18:29 – Eccentric strength and fascicle length 20:22 – Practical strength assessment benchmarks 23:13 – Essential clinical assessment tools 27:20 – Using objective markers to guide return-to-play timelines 29:21 – Sponsor messages 31:14 – Return-to-play criteria and rehabilitation progressions 34:41 – Preventing hamstring injury recurrence 37:29 – Understanding T-junction hamstring injuries 41:41 – What separates great clinicians from average clinicians 44:25 – Nick Kane's one piece of performance advice 45:53 – The weekly physical challenge: 10 minutes of stillness 46:51 – Where to find Nick Kane and SportsMap 48:27 – Episode wrap-up and upcoming shows Your Host Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts  here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Your Host: 

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In episode 376 of The Physical Performance Show, professional triathlete Ellie Salthouse joins Hugh Darnell and Brad Beer for a deeply honest conversation about resilience, pressure, and longevity in elite endurance sport. Recorded following knee surgery and a strong return to racing, this episode unpacks what it truly takes to rebuild confidence, performance, and belief when the path back to the start line is anything but straightforward. Ellie reflects on her Wollongong T100 performance, the physical and mental demands of injury rehabilitation, and the systems that now support her consistency at the pointy end of the sport. From working with specialist coaches and reshaping her mental game, to mastering race-day execution, fueling, recovery, and decision-making under pressure, Ellie shares the frameworks that continue to sustain her elite career. Show Sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics offers Simple Tools and Real Results. Easy fixes for your feet with a massive impact. For 20% off all The Rehab Mechanics products. Go to www.therehabmechanics.com.au Enter discount code TPPS20 at checkout. In this episode, you'll hear Wollongong T100 debrief: executing the plan, racing at home, and handling the "always want the podium" competitor mindset Race-week routines: keeping things consistent, arriving a week early, and why Ellie doesn't taper heavily The injury story: severe knee pain pre-70.3 Worlds, major swelling post-race, scan results, and surgery timing (Feb) Rehab timeline & milestones: back on bike + pool at ~10 days, building trainer time, returning to road riding, quad activation challenges, strength work, and a ~6-month return to start line The mental toll of injury: identity, motivation, sponsor pressure vs internal pressure, and staying process-driven with "small controllables" Return-to-racing lessons: Vancouver as the first race back, managing expectations, and surprising run performance with minimal prep Mental performance breakthrough: building a "toolbox" with a sports psych, handling pressure, thoughts, and race-week spirals Tools that work: "a thought is just a thought," bus analogy, and the "monsters in the boat" approach to sitting with emotions Coaching structure shift: moving from one coach (8 years with Siri) to specialists (swim/cycle/run/strength) + managing training load Training with data: the steep learning curve of power/metrics and why it took ~12 months to truly click Partner + coach dynamic: boundaries between "boyfriend Zach" and "coach Zach," and why switching off matters Race-day execution: whiteboard cues, focusing on controllables, and adapting plans on the fly Fueling evolution: from "a few gels and Gatorade" to calculated carbs/sodium/fluid + planned recovery Recovery essentials: movement-based recovery, boots, protein targets, sauna/ice baths, sleep, magnesium, and tracking what actually works Filtering the '1%ers': ease of use, time cost, measurability, and avoiding noise What's next: 70.3 World Champs (Marbella) then camp in the Canary Islands and T100 World Champs (Qatar, Dec 13) Ellie's advice: stay disciplined, stay hungry, trust your instincts Listener challenge: 20 x 3 min tempo / 3 min endurance on the bike (yes… brutal) Quotes / takeaways "A feeling is just a feeling. A thought is just a thought." "If it's a chore or doesn't integrate into your life, it's probably not the right 1%er." "Who's willing to suffer the most — that's the name of the game." Partners / links mentioned Show sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics — 20% off with code TPPS20 at checkout (therehabmechanics.com.au) Follow Ellie: @elliesalthouse (Instagram) Timeline 00:00 – Introduction & sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics + TPPS20 discount 01:13 – Hugh introduces featured performer: Ellie "Salty" Salthouse + Wollongong T100 context 02:43 – Ellie joins: quick bio + why this conversation has been a long time coming 03:42 – Wollongong T100 debrief: home-race energy, execution, 4th place 05:04 – Race-week process: keeping routine consistent + days leading into race 06:21 – "Pressure in the athlete hotel": being around competitors all week 07:43 – Knee injury origin: severe pain pre-70.3 Worlds, race week adjustments 09:03 – Post-Worlds swelling + scan findings: missing cartilage + floating fragments 10:17 – Surgery timing (early Feb) + season disruption + finding positives 11:43 – "Blessing in disguise": freshness late season + only 5 races so far 12:37 – Rehab milestones: back on bike & in pool ~10 days post-op 13:59 – Quad shutdown challenge: stim/BFR + "it finally clicked" 14:28 – Return-to-racing timeline: ~6 months off the start line 14:57 – Mental toll of injury: motivation, identity, checklist of controllables 16:20 – Sponsor pressure vs internal pressure: clauses, but mostly self-driven 17:14 – First race back: Vancouver expectations + rebuilding run fitness 19:02 – Surprise outcome: 11th place + faster-than-expected run execution 19:31 – The "low expectations / low pressure" effect when returning 20:48 – Key win: testing the knee under race stress (sand, mounts/dismounts) 21:48 – Perspective from Jan Frodeno: same surgery took him a year 22:44 – Mental performance shift: why big races used to unravel 24:07 – Working with a sports psych: building a toolbox for pressure + thoughts 25:28 – Why mental coaching should be "the 4th discipline" 26:54 – Advice for athletes who didn't gel with a sports psych before 27:47 – Readiness + openness: why it clicked this time 29:54 – Practical tools: "thoughts on a bus" + "monsters in the boat" analogy 33:26 – Coaching evolution: leaving Siri after 8 years + hard "breakup" conversation 36:10 – Why specialists: swim/cycle/run/strength + being great at all three 39:42 – Adjustment year: results dipped before training began correlating again 40:08 – Learning to train with data: cadence/speed → full power metrics 42:32 – When it clicked: 12 months to understand, 18 months to see new numbers 43:30 – Negatives of multi-coach model: communication + squad consistency when travelling 44:47 – Partner + coach dynamic: boundaries, downtime, and early arguments 47:35 – Race-day execution: Zach's whiteboard cues, focus, and adapting plans 50:16 – Discipline vs instincts: sticking to plan without getting dragged into racing emotions 52:14 – The "ability to suffer": born with it + learned deeper over time 55:33 – Hard sessions nerves: nothing to lose vs race-day stakes 57:23 – Fueling shift: from "whatever felt right" to calculated carbs/sodium/fluid 59:47 – Recovery pillars: movement, boots, protein targets, sauna/ice baths 01:01:33 – Sleep & performance: 8+ hours, magnesium, investing in a great bed 01:03:21 – Filtering "1%ers": track it, keep it easy, avoid time-wasting noise 01:07:27 – What's next: 70.3 Worlds (Marbella) + Canary Islands camp + T100 Worlds (Qatar) 01:08:20 – Ellie's advice: stay disciplined, stay hungry, trust your instincts 01:08:49 – Listener challenge: 20 x 3 min tempo / 3 min endurance on the bike 01:10:14 – Episode close, credits, and sponsor reminder

In episode 375 of The Physical Performance Show, Coach Lino Holler and Exercise Physiologist Alex Butchies—founders of The Breath Room—join hosts Hugh Darnell and Brad Beer to unpack the science, the soul, and the surprising simplicity behind breathwork. Known for blending physiological precision with deep nervous-system awareness, Lino and Alex explain how breath training can radically influence performance, recovery, emotional regulation, and everyday resilience. They share the models they've built for athletes, clinicians and everyday performers—equipping listeners to understand when to activate, when to regulate, when to release, and how to stay composed under pressure. This episode explores breathwork as a foundational human movement—right alongside gait—and highlights how poor breathing mechanics echo into every body system. From apnea training to flow-state access, from nervous-system overload to psychological clarity, Hugh, Lino, and Alex guide listeners through practical tools and principles that can reshape life, training, and mental wellbeing.   On instagram checkout: Lino @coachhola  AB @butschies  TBR @thebreatheroomglobal Consulting @ab_physiology   To get the TBR Master Your Breath: Personal Development course head to  https://cleanhealth.edu.au/product/online-courses/master-your-breath/   To get the Level 1 TBR Certified Breathwork Coaching course head to  https://cleanhealth.edu.au/product/online-courses/the-breathe-room-level-1/   To get 20% of either course use promo code 'AB20' at checkout   Listen in as we delve into the following: Lino & Alex's backgrounds and the origin story of The Breath Room Why breathwork is both universal and wildly misunderstood The "science and soul" model: activate, regulate, release How breath patterns influence physiology, psychology, posture, and performance Understanding flow state and how breath helps athletes access it What inefficient breathing looks and sounds like—and why it matters Nasal breathing, LSD breathing, and the dangers of skipping the basics Apnea training, CO₂ tolerance & performance crossover Assessing breathing in athletes: practical tests and markers Nervous system burnout, emotional load & modern stress physiology Training resilience: why athletes must learn to perform under pressure How to help clients (and yourself) find the "middle zone" Why 5 minutes of daily breathwork is the minimum effective dose Two practical breathwork protocols listeners can start today Quotes "If you can master your breath, you can master your life." — Lino Holler "Seek balance, not perfection. A well-balanced nervous system can go fast, slow, and always find its way back to centre." — Alex Butchies "Most people breathe all day, but not efficiently. Awareness is the gateway." "When your breath is compromised, your body will sacrifice everything else to get it back." "Breathwork is the universal tool to shift your state—faster than anything else." Timeline 00:00 – Introduction & sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics 01:15 – Hugh & Brad introduce the Breath Room founders 01:40 – The "science and soul" of breathwork 02:31 – Why breathwork is misunderstood and undervalued 03:26 – Alex's journey: connecting physiology, sport & nervous-system regulation 05:19 – Clinical insights from veterans, trauma, anxiety & PTSD 06:42 – Lino's story: sickness, burnout & finding regulation 09:41 – Breathwork, performance and the nervous system 11:03 – Breathwork for flow state: accessing presence under pressure 12:32 – Jiu-jitsu, endurance sports & composure under stress 14:39 – Everyday breathwork: LSD breathing, nasal breathing & awareness 17:02 – "Don't sit like a croissant or breathe like a French bulldog" 18:30 – Nasal breathing red flags & the mouth-taping debate 19:56 – Using breath to control transitions & race composure 21:15 – The Breath Room model: activate, regulate, release 23:40 – How the system works in training & everyday life 28:33 – Assessing breathing: tests, observations, retention walks 31:27 – CO₂ tolerance, awareness, and common pitfalls 36:31 – Life stress, emotional load & the body keeping score 38:48 – Mental performance: head noise, pressure, and elite sport 42:01 – Self-consciousness, overthinking & performance breakdown 47:12 – Training resilience: don't flee stress—learn to stay in it 48:35 – Robust versus fragile nervous systems 50:20 – Why endurance athletes must train breath 51:15 – Apnea training, head noise & physiological adaptation 53:06 – The psychology of pressure: young athletes & emotional load 56:13 – Balance, HRV & the "pendulum" model 58:05 – Minimum effective dose: 5 minutes/day 59:01 – The "brakes" metaphor: learning to shift state 01:00:29 – Two breathwork protocols listeners can apply today 01:06:11 – Final messages from Lino & Alex 01:09:12 – Listener challenge: 7-7-7 breathing & nasal-only warm-ups 01:11:02 – Breath Room Global: building a system for all people 01:17:17 – Guided 15-breath practice to close the episode 01:21:40 – Episode close & credits THE TEAM: Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts  here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. 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Running technique coach Paul Mackinnon (The Balanced Runner) unpacks why most runners "force outcomes" (cadence, foot strike, knee drive) instead of changing the inputs that actually reshape movement. Paul explains his top-down approach—starting at the arms and torso to influence what happens below—so athletes can reduce ground contact time, improve rhythm, and shift along the continuum from rehab to performance. Across an engaging conversation in episode 374 of The Physical Performance Show, with hosts Brad Beer and Huw Darnell, Paul challenges the idea that "technique doesn't matter," arguing that how you move determines how you load. He distinguishes economy from efficiency, shows why arm swing and thoracic control set the timing for the legs, and shares practical cues to build self-awareness, symmetry, and lift—without derailing training volume. Clinicians and athletes alike will gain a clearer roadmap for translating S&C work to the road, coaching more effectively, and making durable technique change. To Follow Paul Mackinnon (The Balanced Runner): Website: TBrunner.com Instagram: @thebalancedrunner   Show Sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics offers Simple Tools and Real Results. Easy fixes for your feet with a massive impact. For 20% off all The Rehab Mechanics products. Go to www.therehabmechanics.com.au Enter discount code TPPS20 at checkout.     TIMELINE: 00:00 Forcing outcomes: the #1 running mistake 03:19 Inputs over outcomes; changing the whole system without losing training 04:32 Knee drive, ground time, and why top-down coaching works 07:28 Midline crossover: finding the true driver of the pattern 09:35 Physics → biomechanics → the individual: three coaching silos 11:11 Do mechanics matter? Why the debate misses the point 14:11 Lessons from swimming: skill, workload, and injury risk 16:27 Breaking-2 insight: efficiency beating raw physiology 18:09 Economy vs efficiency; cost per step explained 21:07 Two paths to change: full-pattern reset vs detailed top-down 23:05 New-way/old-way contrasts to build self-awareness 26:06 Feel, timing, rhythm: enlarging the athlete's "sweet spot" 32:29 What good running looks like: rhythm, symmetry, flight 36:37 Coaching language, listening, and athlete buy-in 43:22 Mental health: running as a lifeline 44:43 Humerus–femur coupling: why arms and thighs must sync 49:17 Simple buy-in: reduce ground time & ground reaction force 50:18 Paul's top three: Awareness • Symmetry • Lift 52:50 Why S&C often doesn't transfer—and how to fix it 59:35 One piece of advice: self-awareness—know where you are now 1:00:27 Listener Challenge: film your running, build your baseline   LISTEN IN AS WE DELVE INTO THE FOLLOWING: The #1 mistake runners make: forcing outcomes vs changing inputs Why technique, capacity, and rehab are independent—but interlinked—puzzle pieces The injury ↔ performance continuum and coaching before athletes break Top-down mechanics: how arms/torso shape leg action and knee drive Midline "tight-rope" running: finding the driver (ribcage, arms, rotation) Physics → biomechanics → individual: the three silos that govern change "You can't outrun physics": mechanics as applied physics, not opinion Efficiency vs economy: cost per step, flight time, ground contact time Why research lags coaching—and what to change (and not change) first Translating S&C and plyos to running: when good gym work fails to show up Coaching language, storytelling, and athlete-led awareness (new vs old way) Rhythm vs being rhythmic: symmetry, timing, and longer flight Mental health, identity, and why running is a lifeline for many athletes Three practical cues: Awareness • Symmetry • Get off the ground The week's challenge: Film your running and build an honest baseline QUOTES: "You can't outrun physics." "How you move determines how you load." "Stop forcing outcomes—change the inputs." "Awareness, symmetry, get off the ground. Every step costs—know what you're paying for."   PEOPLE MENTIONED: Ellie Salthouse – Triathlete Enda King – Hip & groin specialist (Aspetar) Rich Willy – Running biomechanics researcher Alec McKenzie, Stephen Doohig – Swimming biomechanics researchers Jenny Alcorn – Triathlon coach (historical reference)   THE TEAM: Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts  here: https://www.patreon.com/TPPShow Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Your Hosts: 

In episode 373 of The Physical Performance Show, sports medicine expert Dr Jay Hertel shares an in-depth exploration of chronic ankle instability in athletes. Drawing on his extensive clinical and research experience, Dr Hertel discusses the prevalence, consequences, and complex rehabilitation of ankle sprains. The conversation covers the patho-mechanical, sensory-perceptual, and motor-behavioral impacts of repeated ankle injuries, including early onset osteoarthritis, proprioceptive deficits, and the psychological hurdles faced by patients—such as loss of confidence and fear of re-injury. Dr Hertel explains the evolution of clinical models for assessing and treating chronic ankle instability, emphasising individualised care that considers not just the structural and neuromuscular factors, but also personal and environmental influences on recovery. The episode includes practical wisdom and a holistic approach and leaves athletes, clinicians, and listeners with a greater appreciation for the complexity of ankle injuries and a roadmap for improving outcomes both physically and mentally.   Show Sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics offers Simple Tools and Real Results. Easy fixes for your feet with a massive impact. For 20% off all The Rehab Mechanics products. Go to www.therehabmechanics.com.au Enter discount code TPPS20 at checkout. -- POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter Huw Darnell — Exercise Physiologist & Performance Coach Helping athletes move from pain and injury to peak performance. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au and follow on Instagram @huwdarnell. The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In episode 372 of the Physical Performance Show, Brad Beer and Huw Darnell host a live event featuring dual Olympic triathlon medalist Hayden Wilde. Hayden shares his athletic journey, from his early days in multi-sport and the influence of family and personal adversity, through his path to Olympic success. He details the highs and lows of elite sport, including the physical and mental challenges of coming back from a significant injury sustained in a cycling accident, with unique insights into his rehabilitation, mindset, and the role of his multi-disciplinary support team. Haydene discusses his training philosophies, coaching changes, and the importance of maintaining humility amid professional success. The episode explores balancing ambition with self-care, adapting to setbacks, and the power of community in sport.  Show Sponsor: The Rehab Mechanics offers Simple Tools and Real Results. Easy fixes for your feet with a massive impact. For 20% off all The Rehab Mechanics products. Go to www.therehabmechanics.com.au Enter discount code TPPS20 at checkout. -- POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter Huw Darnell — Exercise Physiologist & Performance Coach Helping athletes move from pain and injury to peak performance. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au and follow on Instagram @huwdarnell. The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In episode 371 of the Physical Performance Show, Charlie Clements, a first contact physiotherapist and specialist in musculoskeletal care based in the UK shares his expertise on the topic of sciatica, particularly as it affects athletes, discussing the prevalence, causes, and different types of leg pain associated with the condition. Charlie explains the role of disc injuries, inflammation, and nerve root irritation, and provides practical advice on when imaging and interventions like nerve root blocks may be appropriate. Charlie emphasises the importance of patience, staying active through alternative forms of exercise, and seeking qualified healthcare support when needed. This episode also offers guidance for clinicians on managing sciatica and highlights the value of reassurance and a holistic approach to care.  Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter Huw Darnell — Exercise Physiologist & Performance Coach Helping athletes move from pain and injury to peak performance. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au and follow on Instagram @huwdarnell. The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In episode 370 of The Physical Performance Show, Dr. Jen Hamer—researcher, consultant, and former elite athlete—delivers a powerful exploration of physique considerations, body image, and the risks of low energy availability in sport. Drawing from her own journey as a high-performing endurance runner who battled an eating disorder, Dr. Hamer shares both personal and professional insights into the complex interplay between athletic culture, health, and performance. This episode delves into Dr. Hamer's PhD research on supporting coaches to manage the risks of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) among developing athletes. She discusses the challenges of shifting deeply ingrained beliefs and behaviours in sports environments, the impact of coach and practitioner language on athlete well-being, and the importance of systemic education that goes beyond awareness to drive real change. You will hear practical examples from Dr. Hamer's work with national sports organizations, including Swimming Australia and Triathlon Australia, and learn actionable strategies for coaches, parents, and practitioners.  Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter Huw Darnell — Exercise Physiologist & Performance Coach Helping athletes move from pain and injury to peak performance. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au and follow on Instagram @huwdarnell. The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In episode 369 of The Physical Performance Show, sports physiotherapist Victor Popov shares insights from his four-decade career working with elite athletes across Olympic Games, Tour de France cycling, AFL premiership teams, and international swimming. He recounts his journey from early days in Sydney's top sports medicine clinics to supporting champions like Robbie McEwen, Susie O'Neill, and Shane Watson, emphasising the value of multidisciplinary collaboration and continuous learning. This episode delves into the critical role of the nervous system in athletic performance, with Victor Popov explaining how heart rate variability, sleep, nutrition, and even ice baths can be used to assess and optimise recovery and resilience. He introduces his Neural Engagement Therapy and Training (NET) program, designed to help clinicians and athletes better understand and improve nervous system function. Victor Popov also offers practical advice for both aspiring professionals and athletes, highlighting the importance of self-belief, teamwork, and the ability to train consistently without injury.  Special High Performance Seminar Event with Victor Popov on 30th August - register here.   Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter Huw Darnell — Exercise Physiologist & Performance Coach Helping athletes move from pain and injury to peak performance. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au and follow on Instagram @huwdarnell. The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In episode 368 of The Physical Performance Show, the podcast enters a new era as accredited exercise physiologist Huw Darnell joins as co-host alongside Brad Beer. With over a decade of experience in the endurance sports industry, Huw brings a fresh perspective to the show, sharing his journey from a sport-obsessed youth through injury setbacks to becoming a leading strength and conditioning coach for runners and triathletes. This episode explores Huw's personal and professional evolution, including the pivotal injuries that shaped his approach to athlete rehabilitation and performance. Huw and Brad discuss the importance of psychological support for injured athletes, the barriers endurance athletes face in adopting strength and conditioning, and practical strategies for integrating effective training into busy schedules. Listeners are introduced to a new show format, Uncovering Injuries, which will feature deep dives into common endurance sports injuries from both physiotherapy and exercise physiology perspectives. The episode is rich with actionable advice, including Huw's “four pillars of performance”—movement, recovery, mindset, and nutrition—and a weekly physical challenge encouraging barefoot training to build foot strength. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au Follow Huw on Instagram: @huwdarnell   Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter Huw Darnell — Exercise Physiologist & Performance Coach Helping athletes move from pain and injury to peak performance. Learn more at huwdarnell.com.au and follow on Instagram @huwdarnell. The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In episode 367 of The Physical Performance Show, sports physiotherapist Sue Mayes shares her expertise in foot and ankle injury management. With over 30 years of experience leading physiotherapy at the Australian Ballet and now a senior lecturer at La Trobe University, Sue provides groundbreaking insights into injury prevention and rehabilitation. Sue discusses her innovative research on ballet dancers and athletes, highlighting the importance of calf strength, strategic exercise implementation, and challenging traditional approaches to stretching. She reveals how implementing targeted calf raises reduced injury rates in professional dancers, and explains why prolonged stretching can be counterproductive. This episode offers a masterclass in foot and ankle assessment. Her practical advice spans from managing bone stress injuries to developing comprehensive rehabilitation strategies that support athletes' long-term performance and recovery.

In this episode, Olympic triathlete Hayden Wilde shares a powerful 2025 update. Just days after running a blistering 27:38 10K in Tokyo — one of the fastest ever by a triathlete — Hayden was involved in a high-speed cycling crash that left him with a fractured scapula, five broken ribs, and a punctured lung. Hayden shares the emotional and physical rollercoaster of his injury, including emergency support from his sponsors, a medical evacuation, and career-saving surgery in Belgium. Now deep in rehab, he opens up about the mindset, team effort, and small wins guiding his return to racing. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in elite performance, resilience, and the real journey behind recovery at the highest level.   Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In this episode we welcome back renowned tendinopathy expert, Professor Peter Malliaras, for a 2025 Tendinopathy Rehabilitation Update.  As a leading physiotherapist, researcher, and director at Monash University's Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Peter shares the latest advancements in managing and rehabilitating tendon injuries. Peter continues to provide cutting-edge insights into evidence-based treatments for persistent tendon symptoms. Whether you're an athlete dealing with tendinopathy or a practitioner looking to refine your approach, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways to help you stay at the forefront of tendon rehabilitation. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In this episode we're syndicating a conversation originally recorded for the Physio Network podcast with Dr Rich Willy and host Sarah Yule. We delve into the art and science of injury prevention and recovery for runners. With a focus on mastering running injuries, this conversation is packed with actionable insights tailored for endurance athletes. Dr Rich Willy, Associate Professor at the University of Montana and Director of the Montana Running Lab shares his expertise on managing persistent running injuries, the critical role of education and load management in treatment, and the impact of footwear—including clinical insights on "super shoes." We also explore the challenges of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and effective strategies for managing bone stress injuries in runners. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Alec Mackenzie is a PhD scholar with Griffith University, the Queensland Academy of Sport, and Swimming Australia. Alec dives into the prevention of shoulder injuries in swimmers, sharing insights from his ground-breaking research. His recent systematic review, "Identifying Evidence-Practice Gaps for Shoulder Injury Risk Factors in Competitive Swimmers," has made waves in the sports medicine world by bridging literature and expert opinion to better manage swimmer's shoulder. In this episode Alec unpacks the top three statistically significant factors contributing to shoulder pain in swimmers, offering invaluable advice for athletes, coaches, and triathletes. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dr Kieran Richardson is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist who advocates for physiotherapy rehabilitation to address ACL injuries. He completed the rigorous two-year specialist training program conferred by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2016. With a research-based, individualised approach, Kieran aims to achieve significant long-term outcomes. He has a keen interest in non-surgical ACL management, running national workshops and lectures on the subject. As the Director of Global Specialist Physio, Kieran shares his expertise online. In this episode, we delve into the conservative management of ACL injuries, the what, why, and how of non-surgical ACL injury management. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

David Butler has been a pivotal Physiotherapist figure in the field of pain management since the mid-1980s, with a career spanning clinical practice, research, and education. As the director of the Neuro Orthopedic Institute (NOI), David leads numerous biopsychosocially-based seminars worldwide, educating both practitioners and patients about pain. In this episode, David delves into the intricacies of pain, discussing its mechanisms, significance, and impact on our health and well-being. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about Telehealth Consultations and book online. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dr Alison Grimaldi, Principal Physiotherapist at PhysioTec in Brisbane, Australia, adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland with over 30 years of professional clinical experience joins us to explore diagnosis assessment and management of the tricky musculoskeletal condition that can affect many endurance athletes, gluteal tendinopathy. Gluteal tendinopathy is pain on the outside and lateral aspect of the hip. Dr Grimaldi is one of the world's preeminent experts when it comes to the rehabilitation of hip related injuries. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about telehealth consultations and book online. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dane Baker works with elite athletes and active people helping to resolve low energy availability and Red-S or relative energy deficiency in sport. He studied Nutrition at the University of Otago graduating in 2003 and now works at the University as a Professional Fellow and Lecturer. Dane consults out of the AXIS Sports Medicine Clinic and when he's not there, he's educating New Zealand's elite coaches as the Lead Nutrition provider for High Performance Sport New Zealand. After nearly 20 years in sports nutrition, Dane's developed a depth of experience and expertise that comes through in everything that he does. In this episode Dane shares information around how an athlete can get themselves out of a state of low energy availability, it's the how, what and why of overcoming low energy availability or relative energy deficiency in sport. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about telehealth consultations and book online. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

“TRIGGER WARNING” This is a deep conversation - if you need mental health support please seek help Distance runner and former Featured Performer guest of The Physical Performance Show Zane Robertson has been banned from all sport for 8 years following a positive test for Erythropoietin (EPO) and providing false documentation in his defence. Zane was tested at the UK's Great Manchester Run in May 2022. His sample returned a positive result for EPO, which was later confirmed through B-sample testing. An additional charge of Tampering with Doping Control was added when documents submitted by Mr Robertson in his defence were found to be fraudulent. Show host @brad_beer sat down to learn more about the situation. Please visit physicalperformanceshow.com  @physicalperformanceshow Instagram

In early 2022 Sam finished a very credible 8th place at the Ironman World Championships held in St. George. By year's end, Sam came out and did what many thought was almost impossible, he took it to the Norwegian train of Kristian Blummenfelt current Olympic Triathlon Champion and Gustav Iden, both dominant Norwegian triathletes in the long course space, Sam picked up a silver medal at the Kona 2022 Ironman World Triathlon championships, and along the way obliterated the bike course record. It was a stunning performance, one that I rate as one of the greatest I've seen in my 30 years in endurance sport. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about telehealth consultations and book online. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.  

Daniel Lorang is the Head of Performance and Head Coach at Bora–Hansgrohe, Professional Cycling Team, and Lead Endurance Coach Sports Scientist. In 2019 Dan became the first coach to have ever coached both the male and female winners, in the same year, at the Kona World Ironman Triathlon Championships with Jan Frodeno and Anne Haug respectively. Alongside Jan and Annie, Dan is also the coach of Lucy Charles Barclay. Show Sponsor: POGO Physio Telehealth Consultations believe that everyone deserves access to complete and remarkable physiotherapy services. Our goal is to get you back to your Physical Best.  Find out more about telehealth consultations and book online. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Harry Garside, Olympic Bronze Lightweight Boxing Medallist's career achievements are impressive: • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medalist in the lightweight division • 2018 Commonwealth Games champion • 2018 Commonwealth Games lightweight champion • 7 x Australian National Boxing Champion This episode is an uplifting, inspiring and informative conversation. Harry outlines some top tips to see you perform at your physical best, he lays down a physical challenge and outlines some career highs lows and learnings. In recent times, Harry undertook some rigorous physical challenges including taking part in endurance events such as a 70.3 Triathlon. Show Sponsor: If you are looking for a gift this Christmas, do check out Polar's Gift Guide which will help take get you or a loved ones' health, fitness and training to it's best. As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at  Polar.com Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

We've looked straight at the data, that is, the number of downloads per episode and today we review the top 10 most downloaded episodes of 2022. It's been a big year! We've had over 1 million downloads across the 52 week cycle to take the show's overall downloads to more than 4 million. In addition, we were thrilled to pick up third place, a bronze medal if you like, at the Australian Podcast Awards in the sports category. Our YouTube channel has grown and our social media following, so for that we are incredibly thankful and proud! A big shout out to Polar who have generously offered up an amazing Polar Ignite 3 Fitness and Wellness Watch worth $499AUD to one lucky listener of the show today. Listen in to find out the three things you need to do to go into the draw to win this stunning watch….. Show Sponsor: As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at  Polar.com Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Kevin Wernli recently completed his PhD looking at the relationship between posture, fear, and movement when it comes to lower back pain and chances are, yourself, or someone in your close circle is either going through an episode of back pain or has recently gone through it! Kevin takes us through the concept of nonconscious non-protection, where people forget about their back and they get back to living. Show Sponsor: As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at  Polar.com Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dr Dan Plews is a World Acclaimed Scientist, Applied Exercise Physiologist and Long-Course Triathlon Coach, he recently coached the current 2022 Ironman World Champion Chelsea Sodaro to victory. Scientifically, Dr Plews has over 30 peer reviewed publications to his name and has worked with more than 25 world and Olympic title winning athletes across a variety of sports. I spent time with Dr Dan Plews in New Zealand at the Endure IQ Headquarters alongside his athlete Javier Gomez, and we discussed ‘How does a long course triathlete best optimise their fat oxidation whilst doing it safely to ensure daily energy requirements are met and what are the upsides to this approach?'. I watched Dan train in person, he lives and breathes this and the results speak for themselves. Show Sponsor: As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at  Polar.com Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In this rewired episode Dr David Cannington, Sleep Specialist, Medical Doctor and co-Director of the Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre debunks the concept of ‘rise and grind' and explains why replacing it with ‘sleep in and win' is a better approach. Dr Cannington disregards the idea that there's such a thing as sleep hygiene, talks through restless leg syndrome, discusses the causes of insomnia and provides evidence-based information around how we can optimise our sleep. Show Sponsor: The BIG Polar Sale is on NOW! Up to 33% off selected GPS sports/fitness watches and heart rate monitors from November 21st to 30th As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at Polar.com to Shop at POLAR. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Back on episode 344 we featured Phil Sutherland, who shared the backstory of continuous glucose monitoring in the formation of Super Sapiens. Many of us now recognise the black disks now being worn on the back of the triceps of many of the planet's greatest endurance athletes, that is the Super Sapiens (CGM) continuous glucose monitoring device. In this episode Dr Howard Zisser and his Super Sapiens colleague Kristina Skroce, Sports Physiologist, dive deeper and explain how this technology and science has morphed from the world of health care into the world of performance, and what CGM may look like in the decade ahead for both healthcare and sporting performance. Show Sponsor: POLAR'S BIGGEST SALE EVENT coming soon....November 21st to 28th!! As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at Polar.com to Shop at POLAR.   Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In this episode we are rewiring one of our classic Expert Editions featuring Professor Shona Halson, World Acclaimed Expert, Senior Exercise Physiologist and Researcher exploring athletic recovery for optimal performance. Shona is a Professor at the Australian Catholic University's School of Behavioural and Health Sciences on the Sunshine Coast, and formally Shona was the Head Recovery Physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport from 2002 - 2018 having been part of three Olympic campaigns with the Australian Olympic Committee. Professor Halson was named as one of Exercise and Sport Sciences Australia's three female leaders in Exercise and Sport Science on International Women's Day in 2019. Shona has over 130 peer reviewed articles and multiple book chapters to her professional name and consults to the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, Nike, as part of the Nike Performance Council, alongside being a trusted adviser to countless elite teams and athletes both in Australia and internationally. Show Sponsor: As we very well know, everyone is different, but we all get the same 24 hours to make the most of each day. We know it can be so tough to squeeze in that training session or get the optimal amount of sleep into our busy schedule. But it does not have to be this way! Polar are very excited to announce a solution, launching their new fitness and wellness watch the Polar Ignite 3! If you or a loved one feel that you haven't been able to be at your best … then it's time to start living a life more in tune with our body's natural rhythm! If you're keen to find out how you can get the most out of each day, simply check out Polar's latest fitness and wellness watch at Polar.com to Shop at POLAR. Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Non Stanford was the 2013 World Triathlon Series Champion and in 2022 just months before her final professional race, she became the European Triathlon Champion. Two weeks prior, Non picked up a silver medal representing Wales in the mixed team triathlon at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Across Non's professional triathlon career she has been a 13x medalist on the World Triathlon Series Circuit taking line honours in World Triathlon Series races such as Hamburg, London, and Madrid. Non is transitioning into an assistant coaching role with British Triathlon at the Leeds Triathlon Centre, you'd be hard pressed to find a more affable, generous and better ambassador for sport and all that it brings. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart.  to Shop at POLAR Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dr Jessica Orchard is a Sports Cardiology and Screening Researcher, a Heart Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow and the Associate Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, widely published across cardiac screening in athletes.  In this episode Dr Jessica Orchard sheds light on many of the key topics that endurance athletes want to know about their cardiac health including a listener Q&A session. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart.  to Shop at POLAR Commercial Partner SAYSKY was established in Copenhagen in 2013, with a mission to create high performance running wear with an urban and casual attitude. We're athletes at heart and in life. Our style is Scandinavian, metropolitan, minimalistic, and we have a penchant for urban colours. The team have generously offered up 15% off running apparel simply by using the code TPPS15. CLICK HERE to shop at SAYSKY Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Jess Cunningham, Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist and Author of “POP - when sports brings us to our knees”, a book that chronicles the journeys of 13 Australian athletes who share around their ACL injury rehabilitation. It's a book that aims to raise more questions than it answers, shining a unique lens on ACL injuries and their management. POP reflects on the unique experiences of each of the featured athletes providing valuable insights and advice to anyone working through their own ACL injury learn from the successes, as well as the mistakes that the athletes made in returning to sport and life post ACL rupture. As Jess states, the book aims to be a conversation starter opening up the necessary dialogue between patients, surgeons and therapists to ensure that the best decisions are made with regard to ACL treatment and outcomes. Jess's professional experience is extensive having worked both in Australia and abroad with high performance sport. Jess's clients have included numerous freestyle ski and snowboard winter Olympians, X Games champions from Australia, New Zealand and USA, Olympic sailors and professional footballers alongside a host of recreational and aspiring athletes. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Commercial Partner SAYSKY was established in Copenhagen in 2013, with a mission to create high performance running wear with an urban and casual attitude. We're athletes at heart and in life. Our style is Scandinavian, metropolitan, minimalistic, and we have a penchant for urban colours. The team have generously offered up 15% off running apparel simply by using the code TPPS15. CLICK HERE to shop at SAYSKY Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Patrick is the author of “The Athlete's Gut - The Inside Science of digesting nutrition and stomach distress”, a must read and resource for all practitioners, athletes and coaches working in the field of endurance sports. In this episode Patrick shares around gut anatomy and physiology, he touches on the remarkable trainability of our gut and discusses in detail common gut issues, the signs or symptoms, what goes wrong and why, and the influence that our psychology has on the athlete's gut function. Patrick also shares around hydration, fuelling, energy availability, hydrogel technology, FODMAPs and salt & sodium loading. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Commercial Partner SAYSKY was established in Copenhagen in 2013, with a mission to create high performance running wear with an urban and casual attitude. We're athletes at heart and in life. Our style is Scandinavian, metropolitan, minimalistic, and we have a penchant for urban colours. The team have generously offered up 15% off running apparel simply by using the code TPPS15. CLICK HERE to shop at SAYSKY Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Some of the planet's best endurance athletes are wearing the Supersapiens proprietary device, a circular sensor on the back of their tricep, the world's first continuous blood glucose monitoring system. It has been successfully integrated into the training and performance outcomes of the best endurance athletes, Eliud Kipchoge, Kristian Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden, and recently Tobias Foss became the time trial World Champion with Jumbo-Visma, professional road cycling team, having long adopted the Supersapiens technology. In this episode Phil shares around Wout van Aert and Chris Froome's integration of Supersapiens into their training and performance, the backstory of product development, and how it shifted from being a medical device to one of the planet's hottest and 'must have' sports performance devices. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Jack March is the founder of Rheumatology.Physio and the Director of the Physio Matters ecosystem. Jack graduated in 2008 from Plymouth University before settling into a specialty in Rheumatology. Jack is a teacher at heart offering full day courses on rheumatology, alongside his clinical work and his extensive work with Physio Matters podcast and ecosystem. In this episode Jack outlines what rheumatology is, the incidence and prevalence of Rheumatology amongst athletes and the greater population, key rheumatological conditions that athletes may hear about or come across or perhaps even be experiencing themselves including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and much more. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dick Telford was the first Sports Scientist appointed by the Australian Institute of Sport, he also worked alongside the Australian swim team and the Australian canoeing team as an Exercise Physiologist. Dick left the AIS Physiology Department to take up distance run coaching with the AIS track and field team. Dick was appointed the Australian athletics distance running coach in both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, coaching Lisa Ondieki to the silver medal in the women's marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Australia's only Olympic Marathon medal to date. Dick has been the coach of Bonita Willis Australian Marathon National Record Holder and former World Cross Country Champion, Michael Shelley dual Commonwealth Games marathon champion and Lisa Weightman, multi–Commonwealth Games marathon medalist. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Livestream Event "ON DEMAND" The recent Livestream was a great success and we are excited to now offer those that missed the Livestream event access to the sessions via a post event purchasable recording. Click HERE>> to purchase the post event recording. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.    

Michael has been a dual Australian Olympic Marathon Representative at the London Olympic Games in 2012 and at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 and a 3x Commonwealth Games marathon medalist. He won silver at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games running his 2nd ever marathon. Fast forward 4 years to 2014 at Glasgow, Michael became the Commonwealth Games marathon champion and in 2018 at the Gold Coast he defended his Commonwealth Games title to be a coveted dual Commonwealth Games marathon champion. Michael boasted career bests across his running career of 2:11:5 in the marathon, 1:01:27 for the half marathon, 27:59 across 10,000m and 13:38 across 5,000m, he started his career middle distance with a 3:39 across the 1500m.  Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Livestream Event Positive Sports Psychology: Cultivating deep well-being featuring RORY DARKINS 3PM AEST Saturday 10 September 2022 to register Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In May, Jordan lost his beloved father to a brain aneurysm followed by a period in an induced coma, which saw Jordan return from his daily training environment in Colorado with Tinman Elite back to Australia to support his family. In this episode, Jordan reflects on the impact his father Steve and grandfather Frank had on his development and running career. Show Sponsor: For over 40 years, Polar has been a global leader in fitness and GPS sports watches, and heart rate monitors. Their heart rate tracking technology is world-famous for being the most reliable and accurate in the industry. Over decades, they've spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science. They believe the most important thing you can do … is listen to your heart. What Polar does helps to improve the health, fitness and quality of millions of lives around the world – and that is what drives them. But what is driving you? If you are interested in the next step for your fitness and health tracking do take a moment to check out our friends at Polar.com. If you are looking for the latest in running watches they have the all new Pacer range, for multisport it's the Vantage V2 or if you are getting off the beaten track and need a premium outdoor GPS watch look no further than the stunning and tough Grit X Pro watches. If you need to get the most out of your training and racing, take a beat to grab the gold standard in heart rate monitors - the Polar H10, or for an even more flexible heart rate monitor the Verity Sense which also tracks your heart rate for swimming. Their range starts at $129, but what's most important is that whatever you are doing, do it with heart. to Shop at POLAR Livestream Event Positive Sports Psychology: Cultivating deep well-being featuring RORY DARKINS 3PM AEST Saturday 10 September 2022 to register Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Dr Richard Blagrove is a strength and conditioning coach, exercise physiologist, researcher and author of Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Running. In 2017 Richard and his research team published a landmark systematic review which explored the effects of strength training on the physiological determinants of middle and long-distance running performance. Richard's research interests lie in the use of strength-based exercise as a tool to improve the metabolic cost of running. Recently Richard has begun to investigate the consequences of low energy availability on physical performance and health biomarkers in endurance athletes. In this episode we re-learn and revise around the how, what and scientific whys behind ‘why runners and endurance athletes need and will benefit from strength training'. Show Sponsor: Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Livestream Event Positive Sports Psychology: Cultivating deep well-being featuring RORY DARKINS 3PM AEST Saturday 10 September 2022 to register Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

In this rewired episode, we focused discussions on the needs of the Master's runner and explored the physiology, biomechanics, injury risk and rehabilitation of the Master's running athlete. Rich shares around why we slow down as we age, the principles that underpin the changes that we see, why our tendons tend to lose stiffness as we age, what happens to our calves as propulsive elements as we mature as runners. Why strength training is such a critical component of the ageing runners training program and how to structure strength training around the week's running volume. Rich answers the age old question, is running bad for our knees? He explains why a fast walking pace can be correlated with great longevity in life and touches on the role of footwear and shoe selection for the ageing or master's runner. Show Sponsor: Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Livestream Event Positive Sports Psychology: Cultivating deep well-being featuring RORY DARKINS 3PM AEST Saturday 10 September 2022 to register Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Jan began his sporting career with a 10-year stint in the German national swim team between 1990 - 2000, whilst simultaneously completing studies at Harvard University with a degree in Economics. He then ventured into the investment banking world, however, his true calling drew him back to the sporting arena to the world of Triathlon. Between 2001 and 2004, Jan went on to achieve four ‘first out of the water' titles at the Ironman Hawaii World Championships and in 2004 Jan set the world record Ironman swim time of 42:17 at Ironman Germany in Frankfurt. Jan continued to compete professionally in the global triathlon circuit until 2007 when he founded Sailfish. The company expanded internationally and continues to set global standards as one of the world's best Triathlon brands, amongst both professionals and amateurs. In 2018, Jan was unsettled with missing the fastest KONA swim time by just 6 seconds in 2003, so he launched a two-year comeback to finally break the Ironman World Championship swim record. At the age of 43, 17 years after his first appearance at the Hawaii Ironman Jan swam a blistering 46:29, of which the record still stands today. Between 2015 and 2019, Jan ran the Triathlon Convention Europe and between 2016 and 2021 Jan managed Patrick Langer 2x Ironman World Triathlon Champion. Show Sponsor: Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Livestream Event Positive Sports Psychology: Cultivating deep well-being featuring RORY DARKINS 3PM AEST Saturday 10 September 2022 During the 3 hour event acclaimed expert Rory Darkins covers what is well-being & how do we measure it, the links between well-being & performance, practical strategies for optimising well-being plus Q&A . to register Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

After an incredible weekend of Australian marathon performances at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, we thought it was timely we ‘rewired' Australian Running Coach Adam Didyk to revisit some of his coaching philosophies that he shared with us previously. Adam is the coach to Jessica Stenson who just won gold at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Adam is Head Coach of Team Tempo Run, an elite running squad based in South Australia. Adam has been an Athletics Australia Coach of the Year nominee in 2016 and 2017 and the Athletic South Australia Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Show Sponsor: Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Rory is a positive psychology academic and mental skills coach to Olympic athletes and the brains behind the "What's Right Within" Podcast. Rory is a regular speaker at global conferences including the World Congress on Positive Psychology. Rory translates the best of the research into practical and easy to understand strategies that anyone can take home and apply to life and thrive We are just weeks away from our next live stream event featuring Rory Darkins on 10th September 2022, we felt it timely to warm you up for some mental skills training by re-batching and re-releasing Rory Darkins, Expert Edition Episode. Show Sponsor: Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Jeff competed across 4 Olympics, Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo, he has been a 6 x National Champion across 800m and 1500m and holds the 1000m Oceanic National Record of 2:16:09. Jeff's PBS include: 1 mile 3:51 800m 1:44.4 400m 48:26 1500m 3:32.93 When Jeff went to his 4th Olympic Games, he joined a select group of only 9 other track and field athletes to have been selected in 4 Olympic Games. At 34 years old, Jeff had a career best season, including being a semi-finalist at the Tokyo Olympics and running 4 of his top 10 fastest 800m performances. In this episode Jeff shares his top tips for longevity in the sport, his career highlights and the mental health challenges faced during his darkest moments. Show Sponsor: Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. Polar are very excited to announce that they are launching two stunning new-generation running watches, the Polar Pacer and Polar Pacer Pro. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.