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Ian Jeffreys PhD, FNSCA, FUKSCA, RSCC*E, PGCE, CSCS*D, ASCC, NSCA-CPT*D.Ian is an internationally renowned and award winning coach, educator and author and is regarded as a world authority in the development of speed & agility and conditioning for team sports, where his unique Gamespeed system and RAMP warm-up protocols have been adopted by a wide range of coaches and organisations. He is currently the Academic Director of Setanta College a world-renowned sports education provider based in Ireland and the owner of All-Pro Performance based in Brecon Wales. He is an Emeritus Professor in strength and conditoning and consults extensively with several professional sports organisations. Ian has worked with athletes, clubs and sports organisations in over 20 countries around the world.Ian is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and has been re-certified with Distinction (*D) in both categories. He is an Emeritus Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC*E). He was the NSCA's High School Professional of the Year in 2006, the first time the award had ever been presented to a coach working outside the United States. This was awarded for his pioneering work in developing a Performance Academy for youth athletes which produced numerous international performers and championship teams. In July 2009 Ian was awarded a Fellowship by the NSCA, for his outstanding contributions to the industry. He was on the Board of Directors of the NSCA between 2016 and 2019 and was the organisation's Vice President between 2018 and 2019.Ian is a Founder member of the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and was a member of the Board of Directors from the organisation's inception in 2004 through to 2013 being Vice Chairman for part of that time. He was made a fellow of the UKSCA in recognition of his services to the organisation and is also an Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCC), an assessor and a tutor for the UKSCA. He is on the advisory board to the Korean Strength and Conditioning Association, the Polish Strength and Conditioning Association and the Shanghai Sports Institute. Ian has authored ten books Total Soccer Fitness, A Coaches Guide to Enhancing Recovery - The Performance Lifestyle, Gamespeed first and second editions, Developing Speed, Soccer Speed, Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance first and second editions, the Warm-Up and Effective Coaching in Strength and Conditioning. He has authored over 25 book chapters and numerous strength and conditioning articles which have featured in the leading international Journals. He is the Editor of the UKSCA Journal, “Professional Strength and Conditioning” and is on the Editorial Board for the NSCA's Strength and Conditioning Journal, and the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning. Ian is a much sought-after Conference Presenter and has given keynote presentations and hosted high performance workshops at a host of major conferences around the world.

After 15 years as Head Physiotherapist for the Manly Sea Eagles from 2003-2018,  Andre Rickenbach was in charge of managing the top 30 players with injury diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for return to training and match play. This included the development of tailored prehab and rehab programmes.Andre is a wealth of knowledge. In his time with the club he had the opportunity to develop strong relationships with the top sports doctors, orthopaedic surgeons and radiologists in Australia. Andre played a significant role in the pathways programs for junior physiotherapists in the Harold Matthews, SG Ball and Jersey Flegg competitions. And played a ciritical role in Manly Warringah Sea Eagle Premierships in 2008 against the Melbourne storm and 2011 against the new Zealand warriors.Throughout the podcast Andre talks about some of the most stressful periods throughout his career. Including rehabilitating Brett Stewarts chronic knee injury, a bizzare pre match incident with Steven Bell and the infamous dummie spit where Des Hasler slammed the door, which feel off at Brookvale oval almost taking our star five-eigth Jamie Lyon after loosing to Parramatta Eels in 2010.Aside from the sea eagles Andre has worked with a number of sports teams and associations including New Zealand rugby league, NSW rugby league, the junior kangaroos rugby league, Surfing Australia, Northern Spirit Soccer, Curl Curl Mens Premier football, NSW volleyball and Pacheco Jiu Jitsu.Prior to working with the Sea Eagles Andre managed a back rehabilitation clinic in New Jersey, USA where the focus was on exercise rehabilitation for chronic back conditions and returning the client to work. Aside from a Masters degree in Physiotherapy, Andre also holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a level 2 Australian Strength and Conditioning (ASCA) certificate. Since his tenure at the sea eagles has come to a close, Andre has now returned to private practice with his business Sports and Spines in Brookvale on Sydney's Northern Beaches. ________________Follow us on social media!Instagram: @normlesspodcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@normlessFacebook: www.facebook.com/normlesspodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/norm...TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@normlesspodcastWebsite: normlesspodcast.simplecast.com________________Hayden Kelly, ESSAM, AES, AEP, MHPSHost of the NORMLESS podcastConnect with me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn ________________Want to support the show?The best way to show your support is by providing a review on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify or via our facebook page.You can also stay in the loop with the latest podcast updates, news and information by subscribing to our mailing list.

In this BFR Radio episode, I reflect on the recent Australian Strength and Conditioning Conference (ASCA) where TheBFR.co had an exhibition stand. I had lots of great discussions on BFR training and I can definitely tell the awareness is definitely increasing. This episode is my reflections on the conference (BFR related of course) and I go through the common questions I got asked. In particular I talk about how to calculate the  pressure for BFR training, how BFR works with respect to mechanical stress and metabolic stress, and the benefits of using BFR in practical training scenarios - including improve bone reformation and decreasing joint and tendon pain. I also talk abut the shift in thinking about BFR, progressing from a rehab focus to considering its potential benefits for athletic performance improvement.  For this episode I am actually recording in my car on the drive to work. I have a few of these episodes lined up as I answer questions I get from time to time. Let me know if you like this format. And if you do have a question, let me know and I'll answer it for you.   Enjoy this episode.   Chris   00:00 Introduction  02:53 Reflections on the ASCA Conference 07:53 Understanding BFR and its Application 17:14 BFR for Athletic Performance Enhancement 22:16 BFR for Pain Reduction and Joint Health 32:08 BFR in Pre and Post Operative Care 34:07 Conclusion and Contact Information

In today's podcast, we welcome Nick Lumley to discuss nutrition, athlete performance, muscle growth, and his diverse experience and knowledge in sports.   Nick Lumley, the Head of Performance for NSW Waratahs Rugby, brings a wealth of diverse experience to his role. He has previously worked with the Scottish Rugby Union, coached both 7s and 15s formats, and served as the Head of Strength and Conditioning for Edinburgh Rugby. Lumley has also contributed to the Welsh Rugby Union and Gloucester Rugby Club. His academic qualifications are equally impressive, including a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Bath, an MSc in Strength and Conditioning from St Mary's, and accreditations from the UK and Australian Strength & Conditioning associations. Additionally, he holds a diploma in sports nutrition from the Institute of Performance Nutrition in the UK. Lumley's extensive experience spans multiple sports, including judo, track and field, and bobsleigh, making him a versatile expert in the field of sports performance. His knowledge goes well beyond rugby, allowing him to optimize performance across a wide range of sports.   Want to connect with Nick?   Instagram: nick_lumley   Listen to any of the Body Science podcasts at https://www.bodyscience.com.au/podcast  To be notified when a new podcast goes live, head over to our Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud , or iTunes channel and subscribe. 

In today's episode, we welcome Lachlan Wilmot to discuss athlete nutrition, women in sport, mental health, working with the NSW Swifts, the Netball World Cup, and his co-owned business, Athlete's Authority.   Lachlan has an impressive 17 years of experience in Strength and Conditioning working with individuals ranging from fitness enthusiasts to elite-level athletes. Lachlan completed his Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science as well as his Honor's thesis in Sports Science. Lachlan started his career with the AIS-AFL Academy and NSW/ACT AFL Academy, laying a solid foundation before holding a position at GWS Giants AFL Club as the Senior Athletic Performance Coach for 7 years, specializing in strength and power. Lachlan has also worked as Head of Athletic Performance at the Parramatta Eels and is currently Head of Physical Preparation at NSW Swifts Netball. Lachlan is also a Co-Owner/Director of Coaching and Performance at Athletes Authority and a board member of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA).    Want to connect with Lachlan?   Instagram: performancecoach_wilmot   Listen to any of the Body Science podcasts at https://www.bodyscience.com.au/podcast  To be notified when a new podcast goes live, head over to our Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud or iTunes channel and subscribe. 

In today's episode, we welcome Selwyn Griffith to discuss the importance of performance management in the AFL, how a team adapts to the AFL draw, psychological stress, athlete nutrition, and career challenges.   Selwyn Griffith is the performance manager at the Melbourne Demons Football Club. He holds master's degrees in Osteopathy and High-Performance Sports and is an accredited High-Performance Manager with Exercise Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and a Level 3 Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA).    Want to connect with Selwyn?   Instagram: athleticapproach   Listen to any of the Body Science podcasts at https://www.bodyscience.com.au/podcast  To be notified when a new podcast goes live, head over to our Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud or iTunes channel and subscribe.   

Alex Calder is the Head of Sports Science with Houston Dynamo, competing in the Major League Soccer (MLS). He is an accredited Level 3-Elite Coach with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA), as well as holding accreditations through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa). Having worked in a variety of sports, he has coached at different levels of competition worldwide for the past decade. He has published several articles in relation to physical preparation and analysis. QUOTES “I've found my niche in helping to transition players form the treatment table to the field” “Using a pain threshold approach is just as effective, if not more effective in certain parameters, when returning players to sport” “I'd be more concerned if a player's absolute outputs are low compared to what their asymmetries are doing” “I have to be careful of what is coming in a week with RTP because the last thing I want to do is clear a player on one day and then pull them out the next day” SHOWNOTES 1) Alex's backstory from collegiate soccer player to becoming Head of Sport Science at an MLS club 2) Return to play and the controlled chaos continuum 3) The differences in rehabilitation/medical staffing structures across different countries 4) Hamstring rehab and using the pain threshold approach 5) The influence of Askling hamstring protocols (diver, glider and extender) 6) The use of technology and markers to help determine if players are ready to return to sport 7) Asymmetry and its relevance in rehabilitation and return to sport 8) A typical week for an athlete returning to sport at Houston Dynamo and matching the theme of the team 9) Gym and running markers for returning to play along with positional considerations 10) Tips for S&C coaches wanting to work overseas PEOPLE MENTIONED Matt Taberner Jack Hickey Carl Askling

In episode 160, Dan Baker, Strength & Conditioning Coach, joins us. Specifically Dan will be looking at: The biggest mistakes athletes make in their training His most important advice to all athletes at all levels About Dan: "PhD in Sports and Biomedial Science. More than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles in S&C. Worked at the Brisbane Broncos Rugby league team for 19-yrs as a S&C coach. Also worked as a S&C coach and trained teams in national league in soccer and netball and at international level in diving, rugby union, powerlifting, MMA and track & field. President of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Assocation from 2004 to 2021 (still a board member). Member of the ASCA since inception in 1991, member of the NSCA since 1987." Website: https://www.danbakerstrength.com/ Instagram: @danbakerstrength_ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode160 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research

In this episode, Sam talks with one of the greatest strength coaches of our time, Sebastian Oreb. Sebastian has trained some of the strongest people on the planet, including Hafthor Bjornsson. He not only trains his athletes, but he is also capable of lifting with them too. He has competed in a dozen events of the past decade, winning a third of them and only missing the podium a single time. This was a truly inspiring conversation and an insight into the great mind of the Australian Strength Coach. If you enjoyed, please feel free to leave that rating and review! 

Spanning a great friendship over 8 years ,Sebastian Oreb has had a huge impact on Hattie's life as a Mentor, Athlete and Close Friend. Best known as 'The Australian Strength Coach' Hattie dives deeper into 'Who is Sebastian Oreb' and asks questions 'that no one has ever asked me before'. Not just your usual podcast! Get ready for a great listen! https://instagram.com/australianstrengthcoach?igshid=NDRkN2NkYzU= https://hattieboydle.com.au/seminars/ https://strengthsystem.com/

In this week's Strength Chat, it was a pleasure to be joined by one of the worlds leading authorities on strength and power training for sports athletes, as well as the former President of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association, Dan Baker. To be able to chat with someone of Dans experience, knowledge, and success was awesome. From working with a variety of sports to the success he then had at the Brisbane Broncos, it was great to hear his thoughts on implementing and progressing strength and conditioning strategies. As such, in this episode, we chatted about getting buy in from the athletes and coaches, training loads, and his role in developing education for coaches of the future. You can follow Dan via the following links: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/danbakerstrength_/?hl=en          Website: https://www.danbakerstrength.com/        You can follow myself, Coach Cuthbert, via the following links; Website: https://www.coachcuthberttrainingsystems.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_cuthbert/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachcuthbert/   Check out the podcast affiliates: https://www.coachcuthberttrainingsystems.co.uk/affiliates

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GetGoing PT Careers: www.getgoingpt.com.au/careers Metric VBT App: http://metric.coach?utm_campaign=culture22 Ready to make some progress with your training?: https://www.melbournestrengthculture.com/coaching-services Seb's IG: https://www.instagram.com/australianstrengthcoach Seb's Website: https://strengthsystem.com/ 0:00 Number 1 in the charts, number 1 in the charts 1:03 Charlie loves Seb and Bruz loves the toilets at Base Gym 3:20 How did Base Gym come to reality? 9:53 Using social media to grow the brand 12:36 The build up to training Thor, the World's Strongest Man 19:30 How to train super heavy weight lifters like Alex “Godly Strong” Simon 28:30 Thor, the Hollywood star living in Iceland 31:00 Do coaches need to train? 34:57 Seb Oreb's strength mentors and initial programming strategies 43:00 Training children with barbells and team sport 48:26 Consistency, enjoyment and long term mindset 50:08 Liver King eats nutz for clout Instagram: ➽ Strength Culture - www.instagram.com/melbournestrengthculture ➽ Jamie S - www.instagram.com/j.smith.culture ➽ Charlie - www.instagram.com/quantum_lifting ➽ Jamie B - www.instagram.com/jamiebouz ➽ Didier - www.instagram.com/didiervassou Please don't forget to subscribe on YouTube and rate us 5 stars on both Spotify and Apple!

“You can't just go out there and try to be a marathon runner, you need to become someone who runs” - Hayden EgertonSummaryDo you want to improve and optimize your training performance?Do you want to know the methods and evidence-based stuff to help fix your problem?If you're ready to take your health and performance to the next level then this episode is for you.Hayden Egerton is an Exercise Physiologist and is the founder of Resilience Rehab & Performance and The Resilience Institute. He has also completed his Level 1 accreditation with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association.Check out this episode's highlights:1:10 - What is Resilience Rehab and how did it start?3:29 - Hayden's biggest dislikes about fitness influencers.5:19 - What practices are being used when helping and rehabbing people7:49 - What are the current fads that people should be careful of.12:05 - Advice for someone that wants to get fit and wants to get a plan in place for their fitness journey.17:43 - How often should we be training and how much volume should we be doing?24:20 - What you need to do to repair your body.26:56 - What is the latest and greatest evidence that supports some really good recovery techniques that we can use31:24 - What's a good way for us to know our limits and make sure that we're not going too hard as well?Tune in to learn more values from this episode!Follow Hayden onWebsite: https://www.resiliencerehab.com.auInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/haydenegerton_rrp/Tiktok : https://www.tiktok.com/@haydenegerton_rrpPodcast : https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-resilience-institute-hayden-egerton-xZ8C6vw4hpc/Follow James onhttps://www.instagram.com/jamesweyler/

Associate Professor Stephen Bird is an international award-winning performance scientist, researcher, and speaker with expertise in athlete preparation, strength and conditioning, and sport science. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, an Honours research degree in Chronobiology and a Bachelor degree in Human Movement. His works in the area spanning more than 20 years, with an extensive publication record. He currently hold the positions of Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Southern Queensland, Athlete Health and Performance Lead for Basketball New Zealand Women's Senior National Team (Tall Ferns), Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association Journal. During his ten year span as Director of Strength and Conditioning at the Western Region of Sport (WRAS), the program was four-time winner of the National Strength and Conditioning Association Strength of America Award in the USA, following which Stephen was recognised with the WRAS Life Membership Award and Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Mentor Coach of the Year. Stephen's international experience as an innovative performance science consultant is impressive. His previous clients include the Indonesian Olympic Committee, Basketball Scotland, British Basketball League, Basketball New Zealand, Scotland Rugby League, Poland Rugby League, Team UR Racing, Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation and the Solomon Islands Performance Institute. Working with the highest-performing athletes from around the world, Birdy has attended two Olympic Games (2008 Beijing and 2016 Rio), World Championships, World Cups, Commonwealth Games, Southeast Asian and Asian Games, along with multiple international pre-competition training camps. Closer to home, Stephen has worked within championship-winning teams across the National Basketball League, Women's National Basketball League, and National Rugby League. He teaches proven strategies to successfully embed integrated performance frameworks, translating scientific data into practical and applied performance strategies. Communicating complex performance issues through a simplified contextual unpacking process allows key personnel to fully understand the benefits to improve organisational performance.  Working elite sport since 2000, “Birdy” as he is affectionately known, has implemented high-performance frameworks all around the world for developing youth athletes to elite juniors, through to World Champions and Olympic Games medallists.

Today I'm joined by friend, mentor and peer Sebastian Oreb. We talk all things from Boxing, Steroids & important training principles.

Dr. Duncan French has over 20 years' experience working with elite professional and Olympic athletes. Prior to joining the UFC, French was the Director of Performance Science at the University of Notre Dame. From 2005 – 2015, French was a Technical Lead for Strength and Conditioning at the English Institute of Sport. He has worked three Olympic cycles as the national lead for strength and conditioning to Great Britain Basketball and more recently Great Britain Taekwondo Olympic programs.French earned his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 2004 and has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. He is a fully accredited strength and conditioning coach with the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA), and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). French is a former Chairman of the UKSCA and received an Honorary Fellowship in 2014 for his services to the strength and conditioning industry.

Paudie Roche is the Head Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Arsenal Football Club. Prior to this he was the Lead U9-U.6 coach and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Physical Development Framework for the Academy. Currently he leads the physical development programme for the U18 and U23 squads and works alongside 3 Strength & Conditioning coaches to implement an industry leading programme. Prior to working at Arsenal Paudie gained considerable experience in a number of sports and in 2008 began work for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) as the Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Munster Rugby. During his time at Munster he held the position of Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the National Team and prepared players for the 2011 6 Nations andRugby World Cup. In his last season with the IRFU he was awarded the title of Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Irish U.20 Squad whom competed in the 2013 6 Nations and Junior World Cup Competitions. Paudie holds a Master's Degree from Edith Cowan University, as well as accreditations from the National Strength and Conditioning Association of America (NSCA), the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) and the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA).  He is currently a Director on the Board for the UKSCA. In 2015 for his work in Youth Sport, Paudie was awarded the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for Youth Sport by the UKSCA. In this episode Paudie discusses: An insight into their the Arsenal Academy staffing structure and locations. An in depth overview of the delivery of physical development within the Arsenal FC Academy from U9 - U23 squads. Why assessing maturation forms an integral part of the Arsenal academy program. How they use their traffic light system to manage different stages of maturation. How they utilise biobanding fixtures and the importance of increasing the number of biobanding opportunities. How involving parents is important in load management of young athletes. You can keep up to date with Paudie via Twitter: @coach_roche_ . To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk , Instagram: @athleticevouk and Twitter: @athleticevouk .

Lachlan Wilmot has been working in the fitness industry going on 17 years, working with both the general population and elite level athletes. After completing a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, Lachlan continued his education, completing his Honours thesis in Sports Science. Lachlan spent 8 years as the Senior Athletic Performance Coach specialising in strength and power at the GWS Giants AFL Club based in Sydney, after previous involvement with the AIS-AFL Academy and NSW/ACT AFL Academy. Lachlan then moved across to the Parramatta Eels NRL Club to take on the role of High-Performance Manager. After 2 seasons at the club he made the decision to transition into his private company Athletes Authority. Lachlan is currently the Director of Coaching and Performance at Athletes Authority in Sydney, a company that specialises in athlete development and coach education. Lachlan also currently sits on the board of directors for the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. In this episode Lachlan discusses: His very unique job interview for the GWS Giants role. His Presuasion, Persuasion and Prosuasion model for networking and building your career. How they built Athlete's Authority. An overview of the oustanding facility and services they offer. Why individualised programming may not be as beneficial as we think. How connection and community is at the heart of what they do. Why the discriminate on an athlete's attitude rather than performance level. You can follow Athletes Authority via their website: www.athletesauthority.com.au and via their Instagram: @athletesauthority . You can follow Lachlan on Instagram: @performancecoach_wilmot and Twitter: @lachlan_wilmot. To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk , Instagram: @athleticevouk and Twitter: @athleticevouk .

My guest today is Nick Longhurst, Nick is a professional strength and conditioning coach, crossfit athlete and founder of his own fitness and performance company, Realm Fitness. As an experienced coach and business owner, Nick uses his expertise to empower the lives of others through health and fitness. He has had the privilege of coaching some of Australia'a elite FFA football referees, AFL and NRL players, in addition to experience working within the heart of Melbourne's sporting precinct at AAMI Park Stadium. In 2021, Nick placed within the top 5% of athletes competing in the CrossFit Open in the Oceania region, making Nick one of the fittest athletes out of thousands competing internationally. Nick graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science. He is also a member of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA) where he holds a level 1 coaching accreditation. Social Links for Nick: Instagram @nicklonghurst https://www.instagram.com/nicklonghurst/ + @realm.fitness https://www.instagram.com/Realm.Fitness/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-longhurst-1611b8112/ Email nick@realmfitness.com.au Website: www.realmfitness.com.au If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe and leave a short review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen? It takes less than 60 seconds and it really helps. If you enjoyed this episode buy me a cup of coffee, make it a large: I'm trying to keep this episode free of advertisements and could use your help with the cost of bringing your this fun and entertaining podcast. Anything you can donate to the cause is greatly appreciated. To donate go to: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sifuRafael Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-call/id1546026323 Please leave a star rating and a review here Follow Coaching Call: Facebook: facebook.com/coachingcall Instagram: instagram.com/coachingcall Email: maxfitness@optonline.net LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maxfitness Youtube: https://bit.ly/coachingcallYoutube to watch the full interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachingcall/message

Glenn Corcoran is the manager of the Bond University High Performance Training Centre and holds a Master Exercise Science (S&C). He is an ASCA Level 3 and PCAS-Master coach, and NSCA CSCS and RSCC*Emeritus. Glenn is a Life member of the ASCA, and was the 2019 ASCA Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Glenn has over 30 years of experience as a strength and conditioning coach in team sports: especially with rugby including the Australian National Womens' Rugby Union “Wallaroos” and Premier Club Rugby. He is also on the Advisory Board for the IUSCA. Dr. Stephen Bird is an Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise at the University of Southern Queensland. Stephen is currently the Athlete Health and Performance Lead for Basketball New Zealand Senior National Teams, Associate Editor of the Journal of Australian Strength & Conditioning, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Strength & Conditioning. He has worked with many teams attending major sporting events, including Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Rugby League World Cup, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and World Championships, and FIBA Asia Cup. Stephen has worked in High Performance roles with teams in the NRL, NBL, WNBL, Suncorp Super Netball, and PNG High Performance Program. Rick Martin is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Bond University High Performance Training Centre. Prior to that, he was the Head Performance Coach for The Philippine Olympic Committee preparing athletes from 22 different sports for the 2013 South East Asian Games and also lived and worked full time (2010-2012) in China as Head Performance Coach for WCBA team Guangdong Dolphin and CBA Junior Men's Basketball Team in preparation for the 2012 World Junior Championships. Rick has also coached elite, national and international athletes in Basketball (NBL 9 years) with Gold Coast Rollers, Brisbane Bullets and Gold Coast Blaze. Men's and Women's Olympic Sprint Kayak (AIS and QAS), Professional Boxing, Beach Volleyball, Women's Rugby 7's, Olympic Swimming and Beach/Track Sprinting. Rick is an accredited Level 3 PCAS Master Coach with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association and is the ASCA Gold Coast SIG (Special Interest Group) Coordinator. QUOTES “The first impression that teams or squads get is what you deliver on the field” “It is what you walk past, you accept as a standard” “Know your floor, know your equipment and have contingencies ready to go with any session” “In large groups, it can be more about managing people than coaching during sessions” “You don't want to go overboard with having an extra friend during the workout, there is work that needs to be done but once that work is done, all good and well to be social” SHOWNOTES 1) How Glenn, Rick and Stephen got started in strength and conditioning and their pathway 2) The logistics around dealing with large squads of athletes and making the right first impression 3) Safety considerations and utilizing the equipment you've got in a weight room 4) Dealing with peer pressure in S&C session amongst athletes and setting up groups within sessions 5) Having a separation between coach and athletes in the weight room 6) Practical advice for getting across every athlete in large groups and dealing with sports coaches in setting a good weight room culture 7) Balls, bands and having contingencies if session logistics change at a moment's notice 8) The differences between learning from science and from other practitioners 9) Training loads, strength and power advances and female health focus groups PEOPLE MENTIONED Will Kraemer Dan Baker Brett Robinson Rob Beveridge Brianna Larson Kylie Cox Tracey Kolbe-Alexander Meeta Singh Pero Cameron

Grant Jenkins is the Director of Propel Perform, as well as a Strength & Conditioning Coach & an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Grant specialises in coaching developmental athletes with a long list of demonstrated success: 2 Athletes selected as Queensland State Junior Sports Stars of the Year; a Wimbledon Junior Champion; State Powerlifting Champion; age-group BMX World Champions; age-group Triathlon World Champion; over 20 National Tennis Champions. In 2017 he received the distinguished recognition of being awarded ‘Master Coach' by the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association - the highest level of qualification in Australia. Additionally he holds: Bachelor of Science (Hons) with Sport Science & Rehabilitation. Level 3 Strength & Conditioning Coach (Australian Strength & Conditioning Association). Accredited Exercise Physiologist (Exercise & Sport Science Association) State Level Sports Power Coach (Australian Weightlifting Federation).. You can often hear him on the Australian ABC Radio giving his insight to the world of high performance and health. He has appeared on ESPN's series ‘Search for Hurt' , as well as contributed interviews in Men's Health magazine. In this episode Grant discusses: The influence his father had in driving his entrepreneurship. The various "lucky" breaks he had in his developing career. The red ocean vs blue ocean strategy applied in S&C. Some of the opportunities S&C Coaches are overlooking when they set sights on the "pros". How he teaches his interns to "get lucky" in their interactions and careers. The skills required to set up a successful coaching business. The disconnect between LTAD theory and real world application. You can follow Grant on Twitter via: @grant_jenkins and on Instagram via: @grant_jenkins . You can sign up to Grant's newsletter here: www.grantjenkins.info . You can learn more about Propel Perform here: www.propelperform.com . To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk , Instagram: @athleticevouk and Twitter: @athleticevouk .

James Baker is a coach, educator and researcher that is passionate about helping people achieve their potential as athletes and coaches. He is one of the co-founders of the LTAD Network, previously known as Proformance Strength & Conditioning, and brings a unique blend of skills and experience as a S&C coach, PE teacher, sport scientist and researcher. He is currently a Strength & Conditioning coach and Performance Support Lead at the Aspire Academy in Doha, Qatar. Alongside his coaching responsibilities he is leading a research project on the impact of growth and maturation in youth track and field. In 2020, he received the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association's Senior Research Award on behalf of the Aspire Academy research team. Prior to arriving at Aspire, James established a number of school based LTAD programmes in the UK, including St. Peter's R.C. High School in Gloucester. He created and integrated a 7-year LTAD pathway into the state school Physical Education curriculum, redefining what could be offered by state secondary schools in terms of support for “Gifted and Talented” pupils. In 2017, James was awarded the United Kingdom Strength & Conditioning Associations' S&C Coach of the Year Award for Youth Sport for his work at the school. In this episode James discusses: • The aim to make the application of LTAD coaching easy to understand and apply in a simple and practical way. • How the model has been tested in a variety of environments including the private, education and academy sectors. • Why training age/competency trumps chronological or biological age. • Differences between the female and male models. • How the model maps across to schools and sport academies. • How the model can benefit both individual coaches and organisations. • How to access the model for free here: https://education.ltadnetwork.com/course/free-resources To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk , Instagram: @athleticevouk and Twitter: @athleticevouk .

This episode features an amazing Australian performance professional, Lachlan Wilmot. Lach has been working in the fitness industry going on 17 years, working with both the general population and elite-level athletes.  After completing a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, Lachlan continued his education, completing his Honours thesis in Sports Science. Lach spent 8 years as the Senior Athletic Performance Coach specializing in strength and power at the GWS Giants AFL Club based in Sydney, Australia after previous involvement with the AIS-AFL Academy and NSW/ACT AFL Academy.  Lachlan then moved across to the Parramatta Eels NRL Club to take on the role of High-Performance Manager, after 2 seasons at the club he made the decision to transition into his private company Athletes Authority. Lach is currently the Director of Coaching and Performance at Athletes Authority in Sydney, a company that specializes in athlete development and coach education. He also currently sits on the board of directors for the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. 

Dan served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League team for 19 years, winning the NRL champions title four times. He also worked with the professional rugby union, including the 2015 World Cup 2nd placed Australian national team. Previously he has worked with national league or international level athletes in the following sports ~ soccer, field hockey, netball, Olympic diving, MMA, track & field, and power-lifting. He has been President of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association since 2004 and a member of the ASCA since its inception in 1991. He has a Ph.D. in sports science from Edith Cowan University (ECU), and is an Adjunct lecturer in the Masters of Strength & Conditioning program at ECU as well as St. Marys University. Dan’s services as a presenter are in high demand and he regularly lectures in Australia and many locations internationally. Enjoy!

None of us want to be fragile. Especially not when it comes to running. So what's the opposite of fragile? "If a glass is fragile, give me an example of something that is not fragile". When Dr Travers asked me I replied "a diamond". If you drop a diamond on the ground, it won't break, but it won't be any stronger for the experience. It's strong, or resilient. However, when we train, we stress our bodies and become stronger for the experience. We're not fragile, we're not even just strong or resilient, we're Anti-Fragile. This is an important concept to grasp when it comes to training for performance, as well as rehabilitation from injury. It's also a vital concept to understand for health and longevity. On the show today, Dr Merv Travers joins me to help us understand this counter-intuitive idea, and it's far-reaching implications for performance and rehabilitation. Dr Merv Travers is a Senior Research Scholar working in the area of low back pain, tendon pain and exercise rehabilitation at the School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia. He completed his PhD at Curtin University where he also maintains an Adjunct Research Fellow role. His teaching areas include anatomy and exercise rehabilitation. He has a Masters of Manipulative Therapy and is a qualified strength & conditioning coach (Australian Strength and Conditioning Association – Level 2). Merv's clinical background includes working in professional rugby union and he provides clinical consultation for complex musculoskeletal conditions at Star Physio. Merv guest lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of strength and conditioning for physiotherapists and tendinopathy rehabilitation. Click here to read the full show notes Would you like your running or triathlon questions featured in a future episode? Just click here to leave me a voicemail. Follow Dr Merv Travers: OptimiseRehab.com Twitter @MervTravers Facebook @optimiserehab Instagram @optimise_rehab Linked In Merv Travers Cool stuff mentioned in the show: The Pelvic Health Podcast episode with Dr Travers: Basics of Strength Training with Dr. Merv Travers The JOSPT Podcast episode with Dr Travers Ep 15: An anti-fragile outlook on chronic pain, with Dr Merv Travers (Part 2) Music By The Passion HiFi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theadaptivezone/message

Jeremy is a Director of Performance Solutions with the Canadian Sport Institute (CSI), in partnership with Canada Snowboard, where he works in the daily training environment as Off Snow Coach for the Slopestyle and Big Air teams, and is accountable for the Sport Science/Medicine of the 5 Olympic snowboard disciplines. He is also a member of the CSI leadership and strategy group, and mentors the discipline leads of Strength and Conditioning. Prior to this he was the Head of Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science Manager for Surfing Australia. He's held positions as strength and conditioning coach and sport scientist at Queensland Academy of Sport, Australian Institute of Sport, and Canadian Sport Center. He has been fortunate to have worked with numerous national, world, commonwealth, and Olympic medalists, with consultations to professional teams in the NRL, NFL, and AFL. He is an active consultant to Hurley and Nike on performance matters. Jeremy is a graduate of the Canadian National Coaching Institute, and is also certified by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) as a Level 3 and Master coach, and Life Member. He is certified in level 2 Olympic Weightlifting, Medical Exercise, Performance Nutrition, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and a Coach Emeritus with the NSCA. Jeremy has conducted numerous research projects with >100 peer-reviewed research manuscripts and abstracts, as well as 13 book chapters on strength and conditioning. He has presented on strength and conditioning in Canada, the USA, UK, Europe, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia. QUOTES “In a population that is jumping a lot (e.g. volleyball), more jumping does nothing” “You don’t have to fix it, you just have to make it better” “Does everyone understand what winning looks like in the performance team?” “The preparation framework must serve the performance model” “Ankle range is really key to produce more force in the lower body and has this protective effect on injury” “Connect the dots between what you are doing with the athlete and their performance” “Sport is about making shapes and changing shapes” “It is no point doing micro-dosing, if you have not met the demon at some stage in your preparation” SHOWNOTES 1) Jeremy’s origin story and the impact of a car crash on his journey 2) The background on jumping research and interventions to improve jumping like eccentric accentuation 3) Working with surfers, snowboarders and the unique nature of action sports 4) Performance models, sharing an objective and a mutual understanding of what success looks like 5) The current performance model for Canadian snowboard 6) Working on hardware/software issues for mobility and extremity (hand/foot) function 7) A “typical” week for Canadian snowboard athlete and time allocations for strength/power and mobility PEOPLE MENTIONED Warren Young Rob Newton Mike McGuigan Andrew Stark Jason Patchell Damian Farrow

Today we're talking to Sebastian Oreb, better known online as Australian Strength Coach. Sebastian has trained athletes from professional rugby players to elite powerlifters, and he’s also the strength coach of 2018 World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson. Sebastian joins us to talk about his unconventional path in strength, the ways in which personal strength goals impact how you coach, and why building personal relationships with athletes is so important in establishing trust. We also talk about how a single day and a bench press cue was what convinced Hafthor to hire Sebastian as his coach.

Mr. Albert Ang, PTRP, MSPT, PTRP earned his Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy with an Orthopedic track from the University of Santo Tomas. He is a Level 2 Fascial Manipulation - Stecco Method practitioner, a Level 1 Certified Strength and Condition Coach from the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA), a Fellow of the Radiology Course for Physical Therapist and a basic Vodder method practitioner. In this episode, we talked about ACL injuries from mechanism of injury, conservative/non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, prehab prior to surgery, and rehabilitation to return to play. If you're a physical therapy student learning about ACL injuries, or someone who's recovering from an ACL injury, this might be something worth listening to. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ptmealpodcast/support

There's a lot of bad that came with this pandemic, but that doesn't mean there aren't good side effects. One of those side effects is people taking their health more seriously. One way to do that is with exercise.   With that in mind, I talked to Coach Pio Solon. He is the Program Director of Epic Performance and Fitness. He graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Sports Science from the University of the Philippines Diliman.   Coach Pio is a member of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association and currently also serves as the Athletic Director of Southwestern University PHINMA. He also sits as a member of the Technical Panel for Sports and Exercise Science and Physical Education with the Commission on Higher Education as well as a member of its Regional Quality Assurance Team.   In this conversation, we talked about how to make kids do sport, lifestyle disease, sports science, the minimum dose of exercise, and his experience in Epic Performance and Fitness.   Enjoy!     SHOWNOTES Australian Strength and Conditioning AssociationPeter Attia and Iñigo San Millán podcastStrava SunStar Team Sky (Team Ineos)     Where can you find Coach Pio? https://www.facebook.com/coachpiosolon https://www.instagram.com/bodybyepic/ https://www.facebook.com/bodybyepic Music in the podcast Piano March by Audionautix Support the show: (1) Become a Patreon subscriber – https://www.patreon.com/zerothreetwo (2) Share this episode on social media. More: http://zerothreetwo.com/monday  

Associate Professor Stephen Bird is an international award-winning performance scientist, researcher, and speaker with expertise in athlete preparation, strength and conditioning, and sport science. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, an Honours research degree in Chronobiology and a Bachelor degree in Human Movement. His works in the area spanning more than 20 years, with an extensive publication record. He currently hold the positions of Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Southern Queensland, Athlete Health and Performance Lead for Basketball New Zealand Women's Senior National Team (Tall Ferns), Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association Journal. During his ten year span as Director of Strength and Conditioning at the Western Region of Sport (WRAS), the program was four-time winner of the National Strength and Conditioning Association Strength of America Award in the USA, following which Stephen was recognised with the WRAS Life Membership Award and Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Mentor Coach of the Year. Stephen's international experience as an innovative performance science consultant is impressive. His previous clients include the Indonesian Olympic Committee, Basketball Scotland, British Basketball League, Basketball New Zealand, Scotland Rugby League, Poland Rugby League, Team UR Racing, Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation and the Solomon Islands Performance Institute. Working with the highest-performing athletes from around the world, Birdy has attended two Olympic Games (2008 Beijing and 2016 Rio), World Championships, World Cups, Commonwealth Games, Southeast Asian and Asian Games, along with multiple international pre-competition training camps. Closer to home, Stephen has worked within championship-winning teams across the National Basketball League, Women's National Basketball League, and National Rugby League. He teaches proven strategies to successfully embed integrated performance frameworks, translating scientific data into practical and applied performance strategies. Communicating complex performance issues through a simplified contextual unpacking process allows key personnel to fully understand the benefits to improve organisational performance.  Working elite sport since 2000, “Birdy” as he is affectionately known, has implemented high-performance frameworks all around the world for developing youth athletes to elite juniors, through to World Champions and Olympic Games medallists.

Daniel Kadlec is currently the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Softball Western Australia and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Claremont WFC in collaboration with Edith Cowan University while completing a PhD in Sports Science sponsored by VALD Performance. Daniel was previously a strength and conditioning coach in a private facility (PlusD Sports) in Solingen, Germany for the past seven years. He has worked with various teams, including Professional Handball, Germans Women's Rugby 7s, and the centralised women's Judo athletes. In addition to being an Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Professional Coach Accreditation Scheme - Professional (PCAS-P) coach, he is a certified sports physiotherapist. His areas of research interest are biomechanics and coaching science. QUOTES “Athlete rely on certain movement strategies when changing direction but when they can't use those strategies, the best case is they get beaten by an opponent, the worst case is the rupture an ACL” “To figure out an athlete's joint dominance, get them to move or jump and get an idea of which joints go through big ranges of motion. This will give you an idea of where they are generating torque.“ “Gym strong athletes seem to be more hip dominant when changing direction whereas weaker athletes in the gym seem to rely on their knee extensors which might influence ACL injury risk” “I used to try and solve all my movement problems with gym solutions” “Make athletes anti-fragile so they can experience as much technical training as possible” “You are doing your field sport athletes a disservice if you are not programming linear speed weekly” SHOWNOTES 1) Daniel’s journey from Germany to UK to Australia 2) Daniel's research on isolated and multi-joint capacities and how they affect movement strategies in planned/unplanned change of direction tasks 3) Using a constraint-based approach to alter movement strategies around hip, knee or ankle for change of direction 4) Practical recommendations for planned/unplanned change of direction and the contribution of medial/lateral hip 5) Daniel's approach to speed development and the use of running drills (e.g. A skips versus sprinting 6) A sample speed/COD session and how to manipulate entry speed, cutting angle and reaction within a session PEOPLE MENTIONED 1) Sophia Nimphius 2) Jackie Alderson 3) Matt Jordan

Subscribe & Review on : Apple Podcasts | Stitcher Theo Pickles is the High Performance Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Netherlands Rowing Team. You may recognize Theo as he was a guest on the podcast way back at the beginning, Episode 30 to be exact. In this interview, Theo and I catch up after our last interview which was four years ago! We discuss how he has implemented velocity based training for the Netherlands Rowing Team and how this allows him to implement autoregulation with these athletes. In addition, we also discuss educational opportunities for strength and conditioning coaches through the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association and how he has fine tuned the warm up for his athletes. Enjoy the show! Part 1 Updates from 1st Interview Any solid program has these three lifts! Power sessions structure: 2 power exercises, 2 strength (1 push, 1 pull); 45 minutes or so Training in afternoons, rowing in AM. Sync up intensity based on rowing session. Revisiting the interference effect. Why power/strength training alters motor patterns the following day? Part 2 Model for return to sport from injury. Exercise selection. VBT - why have you gone to this and how has it helped? Are you also tracking RPE and RIR? Fascicle length and pennation angles Individualization of programs by decreasing structure and having an ongoing conversation with the athlete,  changes in emphasis on coaching cues to come more into line with what the coaches want in the boat.  Men's team's periodization strategy Bosco strength continuum, force velocity profile, Gym Aware DL not a good choice Integrated over a year  Reactive Strength Index Athletes must be very proficient in movement; not for novice athlete Use mean velocity not peak velocity Show Notes: Moving the Bar Fast! Theo's Instagram Theo's Twitter

Thomas and John chat with Sebastian Oreb, AKA Australian Strength Coach on his journey to becoming a world renown strength coach and notably coaching Hafþór Björnsson (Thor/The Mountain) who recently achieved a 501kg deadlift. 

Estudios: Educacion en Australia. - Maestría en Fuerza y acondicionamiento físico en Edith Cowan University en Perth, Australia - Grado en Ciencias del deporte en la Australian Catholic University - Miembro de la Australian Strength and Conditioning Association como pro coach - Licencia de acondicionamiento físico por la federacion australiana de futbol Trayectoria: Actual preparador físico del Hebei Elite en China de segunda división 2017 Preparador físico de la Selección Masculina de India Absoluta 2016 Preparador físico de la Selección Femenina U17 de Australia 2012 - 2016 Preparador físico en Clubes de segunda en Australia: Canberra FC, Cooma FC, Sydney United FC --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/entreprofes/message

Thanks for tuning into our first ever podcast episode! On today's show we have Sam Willis, an Australian Strength & Conditioning Coach, Entrepreneur & EVOSSI Ambassador. Sam shares knowledge on his interest in biomechanics & how it led him to becoming an S&C coach. There's loads of insight, with Sam discussing the importance of ‘form' as a runner, nutrition & how his sports have evolved over time. Excuse a couple of glitchy tech moments & enjoy the listen! Follow Sam Instagram: @samcwillis Strava: The Zero to 100 Run Club

As promised we will now be releasing an extra episode at the end of the week. These will be past episodes that were made before we started releasing them as a podcast. Some will be quite old when we didn't have such a high-quality recording set up so please excuse the sound. In celebration of the team at Base HQ starting their own podcast - Back To Base http://www.backtobasepodcast.com/ we are making the interview with Sebastian Oreb (@australianstrengthcoach) the first release from the vaults. Sebastian is one of the strongest men in Australia and he trains the strongest man in the world Thor Bjornsson - The Mountain from Game Of Thrones. To ask questions in the live show, join us as at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/umsmovementmastermind/ To subscribe and see everything we do on youtube head to https://www.youtube.com/UnityGymNorthSydney For more physio related content from Phil, head to ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOTMBYREZ_YlSsHBLYujGXw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soundofmovement/message

Alex Makin Hanover College Instagram-amakinstrengthcoach. - BS in physical education Saint Joseph’s College (05/11) - MS Liberty U human performance (completed 06/20) - Australian Strength and Conditioning level 2 -NSCA-CSCS Alex Makin BS CSCS is Currently the Director of Sports Performance at Hanover. Alex began at Hanover as a volunteer at the end of 2017, working with in season programs for women’s basketball and on field work with men’s soccer. Since then he has officially created the Hanover Sports Performance Program and has escalated to working with all 14 varsity sports (23 teams) with year round programming. In addition to this, he has assisted in achieving the first male national indoor track participant, individual national qualifiers for track and field and national tournament appearances for football, basketball and soccer in the previous 2 years. Prior to Hanover, Alex has worked back in Australia with Randwick Rugby Club and in the Private sector at Performance Personal training where he was in charge of team session program, group strongman sessions and individual clientele. He was certified in Reflexive Performance Reset in November 2017.

Australian strength coach Meer Awny shares his experiences training combat athletes, collaborating with other coaches, putting a team together, traveling to learn from other coaches and effective ways to prepare fighters for competition. Meer works with a wide variety of fighters including youth, pro MMA fighters, boxers, judo athletes and more. Follow Meer on Instagram […] The post Australian Strength Coach Meer Awny Discusses Developing a Support Team for His Fighters appeared first on Fight Camp Conditioning.

Dr. Merv Travers is a Senior Research Scholar working in the area of low back pain, tendon pain and exercise rehabilitation at the School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia. In today's episode, Merv discusses what exactly strength training is, why it’s important for all of our bodies and how physiotherapists can get their patients started and progressing. And of course my son, Rylan, had to compete with his sister in podcast recording (and special blooper takes at the end). Check out the reference list below Merv kindly put together for us! More about Merv...he completed his PhD at Curtin University where he also maintains an Adjunct Research Fellow role. His teaching areas include anatomy and exercise rehabilitation. He has a Masters of Manipulative Therapy and is a qualified strength & conditioning coach (Australian Strength and Conditioning Association – Level 2). Merv’s clinical background includes working in professional rugby union and he provides clinical consultation for complex musculoskeletal conditions at Star Physio, WA. Merv guest lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of strength and conditioning for physiotherapists and tendinopathy rehabilitation, as well as runs an international strength conditioning course for physiotherapists. Optimise Rehab - courses for Strength and Conditioning courses for physios Some key references pertaining to some of this things we spoke about: Public Health and strength training: Steele, J., Fisher, J., Skivington, M., Dunn, C., Arnold, J., Tew, G., . . . Winett, R. (2017). A higher effort-based paradigm in physical activity and exercise for public health: making the case for a greater emphasis on resistance training. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 300. Dankel, S. J., Loenneke, J. P., & Loprinzi, P. D. (2016). Determining the Importance of Meeting Muscle-Strengthening Activity Guidelines: Is the Behavior or the Outcome of the Behavior (Strength) a More Important Determinant of All-Cause Mortality? Mayo Clin Proc, 91(2), 166-174. Strain, T., Fitzsimons, C., Kelly, P., & Mutrie, N. (2016). The forgotten guidelines: cross-sectional analysis of participation in muscle strengthening and balance & co-ordination activities by adults and older adults in Scotland. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1108. Physio knowledge of guidelines: Lowe, A., Littlewood, C., McLean, S., & Kilner, K. (2017). Physiotherapy and physical activity: a cross-sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK physiotherapists. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 3(1) Lifting with a neutral spine: Saraceni, N., Kent, P., Ng, L., Campbell, A., Straker, L., & O'Sullivan, P. (2019). To Flex or Not to Flex? Is There a Relationship Between Lumbar Spine Flexion During Lifting and Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 1-50 Achilles tendon pain and loading: Murphy, M., Travers, M., Gibson, W., Chivers, P., Debenham, J., Docking, S., & Rio, E. (2018). Rate of Improvement of Pain and Function in Mid-Portion Achilles Tendinopathy with Loading Protocols: A Systematic Review and Longitudinal Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine. Placebo and Exercise: Crum, A. J., & Langer, E. J. (2007). Mind-set matters: exercise and the placebo effect. Psychol Sci, 18(2), 165-171. Minimum strength dosage: Androulakis-Korakakis, P., Fisher, J. P., & Steele, J. (2019). The Minimum Effective Training Dose Required to Increase 1RM Strength in Resistance-Trained Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine.  

This episodes guest is Paudie Roche! Paudie Roche is the Head Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Arsenal Football club, a position he has held for the past 3 seasons. For 3 years prior to this he was the Lead U.9-U.16 coach and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Physical Development Framework for the Academy. Currently he leads the physical development programme for the U.18 and U.23 squads and works alongside 3 Strength & Conditioning coaches to implement an industry leading programme. Prior to working at Arsenal Paudie gained considerable experience in a number of sports and in 2008 began work for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) as the Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach for Munster Rugby. During his time at Munster he was fortunate to also hold the position of Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the National Team and prepared players for the 2011 RBS 6 Nations and the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In his last season with the IRFU he was awarded the title of Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Irish U.20 Squad whom competed in the 2013 6 Nations and Junior World Cup Competitions. Paudie holds a Master’s Degree from Edith Cowan University as well as accreditations from the National Strength and Conditioning Association of America, the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association and the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. In 2015 for his work in Youth Sport, Paudie was awarded the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for Youth Sport by the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association  On this episode Paudie and I discuss: Paudies background I ask Paudie if he would like to do a PhD? I ask Paudie to describe the day to day process at Arsenal's academy I ask Paudie how he communicates and works with the technical and tactical coaches at the academy I ask Paudie about monitoring  We discuss the importance of making the process stimulating I ask Paudie about Arsenals LTAD model -The Arsenal Arrow I ask Paudie about his own self-management I ask Paudie for his top and current book recommendations Paudie and I discuss the importance of mental training I ask Paudie if he only had one year left on planet earth, how would he spend that year and why? I ask Paudie about his learning process I ask Paudie, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why? This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: Website - Linkedin Twitter - @coach_roche_ Facebook - Padraig Roche Email - proche@arsenal.co.uk   Podcasts Mentioned: Pacey Performance Podcast #228 - Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal FC) Pacey Performance Podcast #235 - Paudie Roche (Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach at Arsenal Football Club) Mind Muscle Project - EP 181 - DO YOU HAVE TO COUNT YOUR MACROS FOREVER? WITH ADEE CAZAYOUX FROM WAG   Videos Mentioned: Bruce Arians A Football Life Books Mentioned: The Organized MindShoedog  First man in James Pattern Books High Performance Training for SportsThe Strength & Conditioning Coach's Guide to Microsoft Excel   People and Resources Mentioned: Arsenal Football Club Munster Rugby Des Ryan Mark McManus Fergal O'Callaghan Aidan O'Connell Edith Cowan UniversityCork Institute of Technology  ASCANSCAUKSCA Setanta College David HowarthAaron Coutts Liam Hennessy Greg Lincoln Ken Gillard Niall O'Connor Steve Bould Noel Carroll Per Mertesacker Dan Pfaff Declan Kidney Phil Morrow Functional Movement Systems Krystian Bielik Perry Stewart Sean Cummings Gary SchofieldBruce AriansJoe Gibbs Leonardo di Vinci Adee Cazayoux Mladen Jovanovic Excel Tricks for Sports John Lythe Morgan Freeman  David AttenboroughGraham Norton   Show Sponsors: Ultimate Performance Online MentorshipTo get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com ALTIS ALTIS 360ALTIS Education   Ultimate Athlete Concepts Ultimate Athlete Concepts is a multi faceted company, providing the most sophisticated scientific material in sport science. UAC is the worlds leading resource for translated sport preparation educational material.    National Sports Performance Association Certified Program Design Specialist Certified Speed and Agility CoachCerfitied Weightlifting Performance Coach Certified Sports Nutrition Coach   Athletes AccelerationComplete Warm UpComplete Speed Training Complete Speed GamesComplete Jumps TrainingComplete Olympic Lifting Complete Youth TrainingComplete Guide to Training the Female Athlete Complete Core Complete Sports Conditioning Complete Sports Nutrition Complete Program Design Sports Camp Empire   Patreon Help support the podcast by becoming a Patreon to the show here - Patreon 

  What role does psychology play in fitness training? A significant role, and our guest, Benjamin Siong, today explains why. I recently met Benjamin at Canfitpro 2019 conference in Toronto. Canfitpro is a professional event where world-renowned experts on health, fitness, performance speak. He was one of those speakers and as the founder of Australia's premiere fitness brand it isn't hard to see why! Benjamin's journey is where we begin Awesome Health Podcast today, but we also talk about how to train properly for fitness competitions and the importance of taking care of your body and mind in the process. We dig into the hormonal disruptions that can occur, especially for women. Women's hormones are particularly sensitive versus a man's. When you also factor in the false estrogens and other chemicals people are taking into their bodies you can see why the body's natural mechanisms may get suppressed. This can show up as extra fat storage in the body and is something that should be addressed before competing. The body needs to detox these false estrogens and other chemical compounds. If someone doesn't do that and they add strenous workouts to their lifestyle they are going to complicate matters. For example, their cortisol levels can go through the roof as a result of those tough workouts - Benjamin says when you add all of this together you're basically creating an "atomic bomb" within the body. But all of this can be avoided with the proper coaching, training and mindset. Ben walks us through what he would do in this scenario, and why proper coaching, training and mindset are key elements. We also discuss the importance of addressing the psychology of training his clients. Benjamin and I finish the episode with his views on sharing information. Now he shares generously, but he didn't start out that way. Over the years he learned the more he gave, the more was given to him, and it ultimately led to his work today which takes him around the world speaking and sharing his knowledge. You can hear Ben's philosophy in greater detail plus a lot more on this exciting episode of the Awesome Health show! Episode Resources Benjamin Siong's web site Benjamin's courses Australian Strength Performance on Instagram Benjamin Siong on Instagram Read the Episode Transcript : Wade Lightheart: Good morning. Good afternoon and good evening. I'm Wade T Lightheart from the Awesome Health Podcast and I am delighted today to share with you a fellow I just met at the Canfitpro in Toronto. It's a professional event where uh, the world's best experts on health, fitness, performance in the industry get to speak. And Ben was one of the featured speakers, like flew in all the way from Australia. They stocked in with some crazy amount of speeches, but I had the good fortune to actually listen to one, particularly on physique competition, contest preparation. A lot of the mistakes that people make, the voodoo that people get involved with and how do they stay away from that. Uh, and he just had so much sensibility and so much experience that I really, really resonated. So I want to welcome to the show Ben Siong. How are you doing buddy? Benjamin Siong: I am very well thank you so much for having me on. Wade Lightheart: So for our listeners who's listening, who have maybe thought about physique preparation or have done it and maybe had some challenges or they wanted to get involved in this and don't know where to go. Let's just start about, we'll get into that in a minute, but I want to get your background of how did you end up in this space and become such an expert. Of course, tell us all about Australia and what you're up to and all that sort of stuff. So give us the whole kind of enchilada before we dive into the details. Benjamin Siong: I got into the industry out, uh, w w it was my quest basically to, uh, to look better more than anything else. So purely for aesthetic reasons, I wouldn't try to cover it to say for health or anything. I wanted to look better. Um, I was a fat kid growing up, uh, in, uh, in Singapore actually, and growing up there, um, because the Asian society has such small bills, I was classified as an obese child growing up. So throughout my whole childhood, all the way into my teens, I was obese and I never had the chance to kind of shoot up tall, you know, and lose that excess weight on me. And so for me it was a conscious effort to have to, a, to lose all the extra fat in order to get down. And so I remember, um, basically in my own quest to, to look better. Benjamin Siong: That was what I did. I, uh, I did what I knew how to, uh, uh, I guess what, what I knew how to do, which was to cut my calories. Uh, and I put myself in a situation where I was just doing a lot of cardio, uh, and I lost a, a good amount of weight, roughly about 25 kilos. I mean, it just really recall the kilos. So probably what, 50 or 60 pounds of water weight within a period of three months. Uh, and within a period of time, it wasn't unhealthy sort of journey, but I got to where I wanted to be and spend, you know, the next two years living in this sort of an emotional cycle with food. And as you know, a lot of people are very emotionally with food and I was very much the same of going through periods of trying to dig food out and, and you know, and, and, and get it off to you've eaten and then starve yourself and in and out. Benjamin Siong: So I, I was fluctuating within that for two years. And then after that I decided, no, I want it to chase health. I want it to look better, but I also want it to be healthy. And that kind of sparked my journey on seeking information. And, uh, the more you seek, the dumber you feel. And that was really it. That was, that was what kinda got me started. And that was a good 20 years, 30 years ago, you know. So now I've, I'm blessed in the position where I, I do what I love and that is continue to teach people my passion. And my passion continues to seek out information. You know, I'm, I'm always the student. I'm always looking at ways to get myself healthy but leaner at the same time. I will always try to push body composition and that's exactly why I'm in this unique space where I work with competitors and a lot of the competitors that I worked with, are carried by the competition process, particularly those in general that have framed by coaches that have taught them a method of preparation and methodology that often stress us out their adrenal system completely. Benjamin Siong: Rex, uh, have, uh, and the hormones and the hormonal system. Uh, and they, when they see me that their body's a disarray. You're not having your periods, this whole range of things going on with their metabolic syndrome. And so what I tend to do is work backwards to try to restore health about also the process. Give them an understanding of self love. Yeah. I'll give them an understanding on how to bring their body into an optimal body composition. Uh, but also we want to look at things like maintaining energy levels, maintaining hormonal balance, uh, and teaching them to have a much better relationship with food. So it has that emotional connection with food and, and that's, that's my journey. Yes. Wade Lightheart: Yeah. That's a, it's a good point. I want to dive into this cause I, when you were giving your presentation, you were kind of showing a lot of the nuances are a lot of the patterns and stuff, and I've seen this myself where you go around to the competitions and you see a ladies who are listening to someone, usually the biggest guy in the gym or the someone who has a couple of titles or whatever it is, they might have a background in science or nutrition or whatever, or they might be blessed genetically or they might be enhancing themselves with a variety of pharmacological agents. And a lot of girls desperate, I would say for a cosmetic ideal or what they've determined and and or, and maybe the acknowledgement that it comes from being a fitness competitor or a bodybuilding champion or a figure competitor, whatever that happens to be, that that adulation or that acknowledgement that you're worthy, that you're valuable, that you're pretty, that you're fit, that you're whatever that is. And there's a lot of people attracted that, especially in today's social media world where you know the presentation is worth everything and then you see them after the show. Wade Lightheart: The, the ones that haven't done this well thought out and most people don't. It's impossible to think and you kind of, you're kind of in that age where you think, Oh, I can just do anything I want. I'm, I'm, I'm different than everybody. Then you see them, the same girls coming back to the shows later on, only their 20 to 30 pounds heavier. Sometimes even more than that. They can't get the weight off. They're stuck at this. They're wearing the baggy sweats and everything. You can literally see them suffering inside as they're maybe encouraging their friends or whatever. And meanwhile they're on the struggle cycle. Wade Lightheart: How does that happen? Wade Lightheart: Like what's going on? Can you explain from your experience as a coach and someone who preps people from shows and helps people recover from bad preps, Wade Lightheart: how does that happen for competitors out there? Benjamin Siong: I think a lot of competitors, a lot of ladies in particular jump into a competition because they like what they see as the end product. So they're look at him on stage, she carries herself well, she looks amazing and that becomes a goal. So you start to see that you've got, I want to be there, but I don't think, uh, they actually have an understanding of the journey of what it actually takes to get to that goal. Now once they throw themselves into the equation, they go, okay, I've got a goal and I'm gonna work myself there. They start to realize that it becomes more like a means to an end. So standing on stage, the purpose that they want to stand on stage could be, could represent anything. It could be, you know, self-confidence. Uh, it could be a goal that they want to achieve through their lifetime. Benjamin Siong: It kind of a tick the box sort of thing. It could be anything, but I don't think the pool of the goal itself is strong enough for them. And so when they hop into the process of prepping, it becomes a means to an end. They just want to get there. And in the process of doing that, the coach will probably tell them, cut the calories. You've got to stick to your chicken breast and broccoli and Brown rice. You've got to do X amount of cardio a day, you've got to stop posing. You have to do a whole range of different things. Uh, now the more you get into it, the closer you are to the goal, the more desperate you are to get to a particular shape. So they can, uh, from the advice of the coach, obviously, because they're following blindly and then they get to stage and then they compete. Benjamin Siong: But a lot of them actually hate the process. They resent the process of getting to stage. They like the final product. But during that time when you stand on stage, remember you are probably dehydrated. So you feel horrendous. You're a low, you don't, I look the way you want to look. You feel horrendous there. And so you would think that's the ultimate goal. That's great. But the ultimate is actually once they stand on stage eating the sugar that comes after standing on stage. So everyone to that. Wade Lightheart: Yeah. Let's talk about that for a second. Cause this is kind of like the deep dark secret, uh, of the sport is I've seen so many people and I had been there myself, I was a former competitor that they're literally planning out the binge after the contest, like detail by detail, day by day, meal by meal ream about it. Wade Lightheart: So what's that about? Benjamin Siong: That is, well you tell me. I mean at the end of the day it's something they look forward to. So from a mental point of view, because they've kept themselves so strict on a nutrition plan, which has really regimented, that obviously represents a mental ease for them. So it's something else. They call it a cheat meal where they go out there and they eat whatever they want to eat. So it's a relaxing sort of a environment. They don't have to be regimented any more. So mentally it helps them for one a, but also on the other side of things is a social thing for them. They can go out and eat. Now we're all emotionally connected to food. And in any society, food represents something where you, if you're, you have, you eat. If you are sad, you eat. You know, if you, if you've got your board, you eat [inaudible] so social connections, you're going family events, holidays. Benjamin Siong: That's right. And so food is connected with so many different things. A lot of the times if you kind of look at it, a lot of the times where we feel elated, happy is associated with sugar because that's exactly what sugar does. She go, gives you a dopamine high. Uh, and what we don't understand, and what science has actually shown us nowadays is that sugars, particularly refined sugar, white sugar itself, what it actually does is it alters the chemical structure of the brain. In fact, what it does is it changes the receptor sites, the dopamine receptor sites in the brain. So much so that your brain now says sugar is the main source of dopamine. I want to take it in any other form of dopamine coming in, any other form of, uh, rewards that come in does not cut it. I don't want any other form of rewards. Benjamin Siong: I just want sugar. So sugar literally alters the form of that receptor site. So your brain specifically looks for it. The more you take sugar, the more it feeds back into that. So you want sugar, you don't, and so we built up this sort of emotional connection, uh, from a hormonal point of view, but also from a physiological point of view that we need sugar. Yes. So now that if you're competing and you're stopping, sugar, you're not taking in sugar. Nobody created. You've already looked for it. Right. The longer you stay off it, the more you want it. The grass is always greener, isn't it? So these people did deprive themselves of sugar because it's the forbidden fruit. And then the competition, you get a chance to eat all the sugar you want, and this is exactly what happens. You start tasting the first bite, and when that sugar hit comes in that you had been craving for all this time, remember your brain is already altered waiting for the sugar to come through, you're going to snap. Benjamin Siong: At that point of time, you have no control over your emotions, your body or logical thought. You go with the flow and instinctively that's where you let loose you. You just eat and eat and eat. By the time you know it. And this is exactly what you mentioned at the start of our conversation, that these girls, for example, over a span of two weeks off to come, they tend to put on 30 pounds, 40 pounds, and you can't recognize them. Yes, and that becomes a problem because it's not just the fat that they put on, it's the body sayng after a competition where they, they're deprived of nutrients - let's absorb and keep the nutrients for one, but that's also hold onto the water because there's a lot of inflammation going on. Yeah. So they're, they're a lot heavier. They're puffy. This is where they look themselves in the mirror and they go, I can't accept the person that I see right now because now I competed to look good, but now I'm looking worse than I did before. Benjamin Siong: And they can't accept it. There is a massive conflict down there. They go through waves looking at themselves, not being able to accept themselves looking that way and feeling that way. Um, and typically this is where everything stuffs up. So mentally they're not doing well physiologically. The cells are not doing well because they inflamed and they go keep going through that cycle. Throughout the period of a year, they tend to lose the period as well. And this is kind of the time where I see them. So when they come to me, a lot of the times they come to me without their period. They come to me with a lot of nutritional deficiencies. So bear in mind they're eating a lot, but they're not actually digesting or breaking down, absorbing the nutrients, hence all the eating. But under nourish. Wade Lightheart: Yeah. I, you know, I have this whole theory that, that, that obesity is actually a, it's a disease of deficiency. Yeah. Yeah. I like the fact that you're diving in, particularly in, in, in the female situation here because we see, you know, like if a female, particularly their indoctrine system in in-system is, is far more sensitive influctuates that have much greater level than say, a male system. And then also when you look at the, a lot of girls are in they're young, you know, they're relatively young, they're early twenties or early thirties, and they're getting into these competitions where they normally have high estrogen levels, high body fat levels as a natural state for childbearing, but they're kind of suppressing the body's natural mechanisms. What, can you talk a little bit about what you've seen happen for a lot of these girls or, or what, or can kind of the recipe of what's going on and then what, what gets compromised beyond just to the food cravings? Benjamin Siong: Sure. Now to start off with, I think if you, if you kind of look at society nowadays, the, the estrogen levels of the female is already falsified. So typically we have an optimal amount of estrogen and progesterone within a female itself. Now amidst that, there's a whole range of other hormones and organizing hormone and FSH and so forth. But when you look at sort of estrogen levels, a lot of the environmental factors that we look around us fit into folds estrogen. We call those Xenoestrogens, right? So the foods that we take in from the VPA now, cans from the parfumes you spray, uh, the chemicals in our water, these are false forms of estrogens that are already taken in, into the body. And so the body has an overload of estrogens. Okay. So for females, for example, when they have an overload of estrogens they start to store fat selectively in parts of their body. Benjamin Siong: We call that estrogenic profile. So they will start storing fat more on the thighs. Uh, some of them will say it's genetic, so sure it can be genetic to a degree in and but the, the genetic part comes with the fact that they cannot detoxify these estrogens of it that they take it. Right, right. So that is from a societal point of view that already builds up. Yeah, no. On top of that, you've got other hormones such as insulin that play a big part in affecting how the body stores fat and influence is obviously the storage hormone for sugar. No, we've taken so much sugar from everywhere. All foods are loaded with sugar, a lot of hidden sugars in there too. Right? And we don't take that into account. In fact, whatever you think is great for us, say for example, you take in fruits and fruits, maybe great. A lot of fruits are also crossed nowadays to produce a high sugar content because it suits the palate, isn't it? Nowadays the more sugar we take, the less, uh, the more the food, the more food becomes blend. So we want to take foods that are sweeter. Wade Lightheart: Correct. So that's the, yeah, the sweetness scale keeps scaling up. Scaling up. Scaling up or even like healthy sugars from natural sources that don't taste good anymore. You want more. Benjamin Siong: Yup. So when we are, when we are driven by high estrogen levels and compounding initial and fluctuations, the body itself is in a, in a state of unrest. It's not optimal anymore. No, this is, I'm talking about all this because this is the starting point of a female that I'm seeing. This is not even the end point. This is a starting point, right. Wade Lightheart: They are just walking in the door, haven't stepped on stage, haven't gotten a gym, nothing. They're there already compromise from environmental conditions. Benjamin Siong: Absolutely. And lifestyle conditions. And then imagine if they get a coach that then strains them on the workouts. Their the cortisol now level goes through the roof. Yup. Overdoing something. Uh, he's telling them to eat certain foods or cut their calories and that he mucks around with their bodies even more. You creating basically an atomic bomb. Yeah. There were a whole range of a unrest within the system from a hormonal basis that they are creating. And so the end product is something which is really diverse. Every female will go through, uh, a, you know, if the hormonal system is disrupted, is very selectively disrupted. So every female is different. And so this becomes the problem. This becomes the problem because when a coach sees them, he takes them as a blank slate and goes, okay, this is what we're going to do. But a lot of the times they're not considering the original lifestyle factors that the female sees you with, which is elevated estrogen levels from the environment, disrupted insulin levels or disrupted cortisol levels. Uh, and, and then there's a range of other things. The androgens that we need to look at as well. So I think it's important to understand the context of which, uh, we deal with. Wade Lightheart: Yeah. So, so here comes this lady, she, she walks into your place, she's dealing with all this stuff. What happens, uh, what happens in, what do you do to kind of get people on the truck or what? And then I want to also want to think what are, what are some telltale signs if they're going off looking for a coach or they want to do one of these things, what are the telltale times that they're there dancing with the devil so to speak. Benjamin Siong: Sure. I think for me, when, when I see someone, the main thing that I want to get out from them is their Why. Right? And that's very, very important. So if you want to compete, no problem. Let's not talk about anything that's physical or physiological. Let's understand your why. Why are you wanting to compete? First and foremost, if you have a very strong Why , regardless of what that is, it can be aesthetic, it can be confidence, it can be, you know, it can be anything and there's no judgment here and your Why's, very individual. But if your why is strong enough, your goal is strong enough, then you know that your, your sight towards the goal can be fixed. And this allows you do to chip away to get to your goal. A lot of people have a very poor way, so they want to look a certain way, but they don't want to put in the work to get there and this became a problem because then the whole journey itself becomes arduous. Benjamin Siong: If I do the green now let's say someone comes in as a strong Why, this is ideal. I know a Why, I want to get down there and maybe aesthetic reasons and maybe confidence reasons, but I'm going to do it and it's strong and I'm emotionally connected to it. Then that's a good starting platform for me. Once I understand their Why, then I work out what goes on on a physiological basis, so let's understand the lifestyle. Let's understand what they're doing from a nutritional point of view. Let's understand what they do from a training point of view. My philosophy is the longer the time I have to prep them, the better and the more enjoyable this journey becomes. I remember I used the word journey because this is not a quick fix and there's a lot of things to an end [inaudible] something that they will learn along the way about themselves. The emotion with food and how to maintain an optimal body composition, keeping optimal health. Wade Lightheart: So, so let's talk about that for a second. Wade Lightheart: Typically how long do you think is it for most people at say, quote on quote average body fat levels in LA? I hate that word average, but you know, a typical woman that comes in to you, how long typically do you like to have to prepare them on a minimum side and then kind of an optimal side? Benjamin Siong: Uh, one question I tend to ask is whether there had been fat a big before at cells have a memory. Uh, unfortunately you don't lose fat cells. Not many fat cells die as you start to age. If you have X amount of fat cells, they expand in size and they shrink in size, right? So if you have a bit of fat before mature fat cells have a memory, that means the ability for you to get fat again is very easy. So if you've been fat before, you need a longer period of time to get lean. If you've always been lean, it's going to be a lot easier. So that forms my basis of how long a I prep you for. Typically for a female, uh, including what I, what I like to look at is the, the emotional mindset behind getting to a comp typically six months. Yup. Because the first three months is to work on the mindset. Yep. To make them understand the process accept the process and kind of learn to love the process. Right. And then, and then we get them into it again, if you have been a bit bigger before it might be up to a year to get ready for competition. Yeah. If you have always been someone who is very athletic and very, very lean, that period is a lot shorter. It could take for 12 to 14 weeks to start you off for your first comp. Wade Lightheart: Yup. Okay. So then what does that look like when you, like what does that look like from a diet and training side and how do you make those assessments for people? Benjamin Siong: I take a very minimalistic approach. The less changes I make, the better it's going to be because then you don't realize you are actually making a sacrifice for the process. So for me, what I'll do is I'll chop the end point. I know how you need to look like and I want to find out where you are now. That's the start point. I need to know how many changes I need to make to the end point. Then I make one change at the time. It's as simple as that. Now people like expect big dramatic changes with nutrition. Give me, you know, six meals a day and eat doesn't need to eat that. I need to know. It's not about that. It's about what you can do. Now this is very individualistic. Some people may need six meals, some people may do really well with two meals, some people do two meals and two big meals. Benjamin Siong: Some people don't. So physiology plays a big role in this. And then this is, I guess this comes down to the skill of the coach. This other, these are the questions. Um, but what I tend to do is to make small changes. If, let's say they make, they have been three meals a day, then the change will be maybe to the types of foods that I want to put in their meal. Um, I might change breakfast and keep lunch, dinner, every other snack. Exactly the same to start off with. The smaller the change, the less they feel they have to sacrifice. Let them implement the change, put that in place for a week or two. They come back, they start to see some results, right. And then they go, great, this is good. Once they have implemented the changes and they can keep it, we move onto the next change. If they haven't been able to keep it, we don't change anything. So that's how I play around with it. Now. The more that they can change, the shorter the timeframe that we have to prep them because they following changes, they're committing to it. Correct. The less they want to commit to it, which means the less that they put the changes in, the longer the prep process will be because they're not ready to change. Wade Lightheart: Right. Right. And what are some of the things that you see that where say with coaches that you see ladies get in trouble with or other athletes? Like what, what's some telltale signs that you might not be with the right coach? Benjamin Siong: Uh, most of the time you will find that the coach, what they do is that they turn up the workload very, very fast. So typically they expect a competitive train to our state. Um, when they first join, I mean a starting workouts at 12 workout. I mean man if you haven't trained at the gym before, 20 minutes, maybe half an hour. Two hours to start off with? Firstly it's, it's quite insane. And then they expect, you know, two hours, five days a week on top of that you need to do cardio on top of that, you need to get some policy and they throw a female competitor in the mix straight away from zero to a hundred percent. Which is pretty crazy. Yeah. So you know, the moment you get a coach like that, probably not the best coach for you. Because what happens is yes you will, you see a change. Absolutely. But they'll burn out your adrenal system. Wade Lightheart: Yeah. It's not sustained. It's not sustained. These are radical results shortly in a quick period of time. But then there's no, there's no ceiling there. There's only the way to go downwards. Benjamin Siong: And once you see a change, your body adapts, which means that now if your body has adapted 12 weeks out from competition and you're already doing maximal amount of workload and you are in trouble. Wade Lightheart: And, and I see that, I see that happen with a lot of girls and that's when they start resorting to chemicals and drugs and things like that to get the calories. Yeah. Everything stuffs up. Benjamin Siong: you know, so real quick, too fast, that becomes a problem. So if your coach gives you something too quick, too fast, you probably need to ask why. Yeah. Now when it comes to drugs and cuts and all that kind of stuff, look to each his own. Uh, if you are an athlete needing to compete in a competition in a level where aids are being used, bio needs, but you need to understand how to use it from a chemical point of view, whether it suits your body, whether you can detoxify stuff, and whether your system, uh, has the, the amount of optimal optimal health to kind of handle whatever you're putting in. Wade Lightheart: what are some of the things that you see people making mistakes around that, like with chemical agents and using that not, not no knowledge or just hearsay evidence or just random shotgunning or taking too much product or just listening to the wrong people. What are the things that you've noticed most often? Benjamin Siong: Basically all of what you're saying. So a lot of them don't have any medical background behind it. They will ask a fellow competitor who has done it before and all have the exact same dosage for the fellow competitor first and foremost. So you don't know. You'd kind of individualize those suggests that you're going, I'm going to follow you because they look good and so I assume I'll do good. Secondly, you don't know where the products from. Wade Lightheart: Yup. Benjamin Siong: So the source of the product is extremely important. You will get someone that they, that they have recommended, but where's that someone got it from, you know what product is being diluted with a whole range of other chemicals. You don't know what you put into your system. Next, remember you are assuming your body works in the same physiological basis as the competitor. What if your liver doesn't have the capacity to detoxify like the other competitor is? Nowadays it's the survival of the liver that allows you to look a certain way. If your liver in trouble - you're in trouble. Wade Lightheart: Yeah. People talk about physical genetics, but there's the, I would call it the organ genetics. What is your capacity for tolerance of toxicity from the cascade of chemicals. Okay, let's move to the competitor who is just competed. They finished the competition, they've achieved their goal. What happens then? What like, cause that's a very precarious time. I feel for people, some people just get right back on the train again and go to the next competition and the next and kind of get on a cycle until they'd burn out. Some people go off the reservation as I like to say you're off the train and then they just start eating everything and blown up. So can you share what do you do with your competitors when they come pleat? Uh, in those cases where they want to continue competing or they want to get off competing or they're not really sure. How do you handle situations? Benjamin Siong: And the first thing I would tell them is when I train someone to compete, I train someone for medal. I don't train someone just to stand the stage. So I know my competitors for a fact. I've got a very good track record of everyone coming in or standing on the podium - the second, third, fourth, fifth, period. So I will prep them before they stand up on stage or when they compete with me and I'll let them know, look, you will stand up on stage and you will, you will place. Cause that's how I trained you to place. Now you got to decide what you want to do after your place and think about this even before you stand on stage. Do you want to continue competing or is this the end all be all for you? You may not know until you stand on stage. Correct. And once you stand on stage, you will know whether you love the limelight. You want to keep going or this is the end for you. Make the decision fast because once you finished the comp, this is what determines what you're going to do now. Wade Lightheart: almost nobody talks about that stuff. You know that it's kind of, it's just a contest and that's it. There's the end. Benjamin Siong: they would need to know what goes on, which is important. So for those that that that's the end point for them - great. Then you need to find out from them if that's the end point, what do you want to do? You understand that your body will not look like this because this is a one time thing. Now after that, what is your ideal body fat that you want to get up to? So then they need to understand within that period of a week where their body is extremely susceptible to drawing in fluids for inflammation, taking sugar, this is where I need to pace them, go, well, if this is the case, then I'll write down a plan and what they need to do. Now typically in the industry we call this reverse dieting, right? I think reverse dieting is a very orthodox way of kind of looking at it, right? Benjamin Siong: Because yes, it has a methodology of putting in food slowly so you slowly increase the calorie count, but sometimes it's more than just increasing the calorie count as increasing the absorbability of what they can actually take it and the types of foods they can actually take in as well. So it is a reverse of some sort. I will call it dieting per se, but it's definitely a reverse of of a nutritional plan of sorts. All of them are add in more fat. Some of them would be more carbed, some of them be less carbs, more fat, more protein. Just depends on the individual own for each to slowly get out of the um, the do the nutrition that actually got them to come will not be their nutrition moving forward. So we've got all that. Wade Lightheart: And then how long typically do you find it takes? Uh, someone to kind of, I would say regulate to their optimal body weight afterwards. Are there, you know, cosmetic ideal afterwards of kind of walking around state. Benjamin Siong: So the longer I take to prep the competitor into competition, the leaner they can maintain after competition because it becomes for them. Yeah. The shorter the preppers, the more mandatory rebounds. Yeah. So that's that. Wade Lightheart: It's going to vary between the person in that thing. Benjamin Siong: Yeah, absolutely. So my competitor takes one year to train with me. Their mindset towards food and energy levels and training is completely different. It becomes a lifestyle for them. They walk on a much leaner levels on a much leaner scale and feeling healthy. So to get to, to prep for them to, to, to go to the competition could mean, you know, losing four kilos. Yeah. So postcom if they put on four kilos, they're back at where they weren't normal living healthy, happy. Yeah, no problem. Most people though, don't do that. When we quickly, you know, 15 kilos as a drop, now expect that 15 kilos to come back just as fast as you've dropped it because you haven't prepped your body for it physically and mentally, you know, ready for it. Yeah. Wade Lightheart: Can you talk about, let's go into the, the lady that shows up with the metabolic damage that she's messed herself up, she's taken hormones or she's gone the yoyo dieting, she's struggling. She can't come out of it. She doesn't know what to do. They come into your office, what do you, what do you do with that particular individual or what can they do? Benjamin Siong: The main thing is to find out how long they have a had this particular damage for now. Metabolic damage, no metabolic metabolic damage. I think it's a, it's a disease that we've created on ourselves and is a name that is given to a particular syndrome. Remember the body is very malleable and adaptable. The body can reverse that. So yes, it is severe. However you, because you brought yourself into it, you can also get yourself out of it right longer, you will have been in that the hotter it is obviously to reverse that particular syndrome, which means that it has to be a conscious lifestyle decision to do that. So I find that metabolic syndrome is actually physically, physiologically it's a, it's an issue of the cells. But from a holistic perspective it's actually issue of the brain, the fact that you want to stay in that position because you want to look a certain way and your brain says I want to eat more and you signal. So you continue to put yourself in that particular syndrome. Right. And you gave me what it needs you get out of it. Wade Lightheart: So you're finding that you have to treat almost the psychology as much as the physiology Benjamin Siong: if not more. Absolutely. Uh huh. Uh huh. Wade Lightheart: And so, um, the next step is I guess, so what are some of the things that you currently do and how you get people, like what's your whole process now? Cause I know you've got a lot of courses, you're teaching all over the world, you run your own company. You want to talk a bit about those things and what your mission is, uh, in the world. Benjamin Siong: Sure. Or I'm, I'm passionate about this, you know, I'm passionate about it because I've been through it. Uh, and my objective right now, uh, my goal is really to bring information out to the masses. I mean, we're talking about trainers down here who need to understand the body in more depth. I think like, I come from a science background. I've, I've, uh, I've, I've done a bachelor of science, a, uh, uh, and psychology as well. Uh, so my background is actually in psychology. I've done a, uh, two, two main degrees, but science, if you look at science, science is very isolated in the sense that when it looks at information, it looks like information through a straw. So you kind of, you only see the small area in front of you. You don't kinda consider the bigger picture and then becomes a problem. Benjamin Siong: And I think that science is extremely important, but we need to step back and look at the bigger picture. So my, I find that my passion isn't teaching trainers to look at signs, but also to consider it with regards to the bigger picture. You want to understand the body and how to get it down in terms of body composition. Great. But you need to also look at the emotions. You need to look at hormones, you need to look at understanding a nutrient absorption. You need to look at understanding, you know, uh, uh, your, your gut bacteria in a whole range of different things. So I'm passionate about teaching trainers how to draw the dots, make the links between the body itself, uh, to simplify a lot of these complex concepts and to make it applicable for their clients to get results immediately, basically. So I, I do, I travel a lot to teach. Benjamin Siong: I've got six courses, uh, that I have created and I bring around to different countries to teach. So far we're in 12 countries. We're looking to bring it to an extra three next year, take it up to 15. Uh, Canada. Obviously I was in Canada. This year's my first year at Canfitpro. Thoroughly enjoyed myself, but I want to bring my courses in the Canfitpro. Uh, and funny enough, I'm talking to you right now in a couple of days I'll be in Bangkok at fitness conference, which is the largest conference in Asia speaking. And prior to that in uh, in Singapore, Singapore and Bangkok teaching my courses as well. So these six courses are out there. This course is focused on topics such as fat loss, fat and fat loss colonization. We talk about hypertrophy, which is enabling your body to put on muscle the fastest. So these are the individual courses. Wade Lightheart: So feel free to share what each, like the name of the course, and then what it is. Benjamin Siong: Oh, sure. So we've got three categories of courses. One of them is based on fat loss and body transformation. That's one category. The next category is putting on muscle, which is comes in level one, two. And the third category of courses is what we call international coach qualifications, which means we teach trainers to be better coaches. This includes everything from program puritization to you know, how to understand nutrition better and how to talk to your clients and implement compliance, put one thing at the time, how to make sure they adhere to it, how to understand the psychology behind it. So it's a, it's a coaching course. So we've got two to three levels of the culture courses. Wade Lightheart: And then this is all available to your company. You want to talk about your company? Benjamin Siong: Absolutely. So my company's called Australian Strength performance and uh, we're based in Melbourne, Australia. The courses are through Australia, strength performance. Uh, and you can definitely check us out on a website. And we'll give you a whole range of, um, I guess a better understanding of the range of courses that we actually carry. The six courses where they're being held and uh, you know, the qualifications that come with that. Wade Lightheart: That's great. And then, um, I guess the other thing I was wondering about, so what, what's, what's the future look like for you? What do you see happening for yourself? What do you see happening in the industry? What's the, the whole mandate and mission as moving forward from here? Benjamin Siong: You know, at the end of the day I think we all have a higher purpose, uh, and everyone has to find what their high purpose is. I think for me it's, I want to be a blessing to people around me. I want to impact people around me. To me it's sharing information that I already know. Now I'm, I'm not your best speaker out there. I'm not the most knowledgeable person. I keep wanting to learn and whatever I can learn, I believe people can learn as well. So I'm wanting to share more. My goal is to be able to learn more for myself and to take that information to the masses out there to the trainers out there. I want my courses to be the vehicle to be able to do that and I want to be able to move into more countries to speak to them. Uh, more, uh, synergies very much like what I'm doing with you. Podcasts, talking with individuals you influenced to be able to bring information out there and we all have a message to share, you know, and big or small. It's a message that can make an impact. If I could make an impact to one person, just one person, I think I've done what I needed to do. So sometimes it really just starts with one. Wade Lightheart: Got it. Now, do you, when you're coaching like people do though than on an online basis, is it a one-on-one meetup? How do you handle that side of the business side. Benjamin Siong: right now? Uh, yes, I definitely do one-on-one a sort of training. Uh, so I mean if they wanted to do a one on one training with me to look into a website and have a look at to see what we do. Uh, we do one on one physical training and my center in Melbourne, but obviously if they want to work with me on an international basis, if you're a competitor or you to know more about health, we just sweet. We definitely do one on ones as well. That's great. Wade Lightheart: And then where can they find you or where can they reach out to you? Benjamin Siong: Yeah, so on the website that's trainasp.com.au you can see information on our online, uh, modules in terms of one on one training, in terms of courses, uh, in terms of if you are in Australia for example, you want to hop into our center, you definitely can find that as well. Benjamin Siong: But also on Instagram you can check us out on 'trainasp' on Instagram or my Instagram is 'benperformancecoach'. And this is where you get to see a lot more about the stuff that I talk about. Uh, you get to see me a little bit more passionate I guess, in, in, in my little us to, uh, streams where I actually talk to two crowds, uh, and see, see what the information is all about and whether it actually resonates with you. I think that's the main thing. You've got to find something that resonates with you. Wade Lightheart: That's great. And then, so before we wrap it all up, any messages that you'd like to share out to our audience or things that you'd like to communicate as a signing off? Benjamin Siong: So, yeah, absolutely. You know what I want, one thing I would like to say is if there are any coaches or trainers actually hear this. Benjamin Siong: It's very important to give and give an a, I mean, give in terms of being generous with information. I remember in my earlier days as a coach, I was very selfish with information and I learned a lot from courses and stuff and I decided to keep it to myself because I felt that I was unique and this would make me different. And the one thing I realized is that the more I kept to myself, uh, the more I repelled cultures away from me. And, uh, I had a paradigm shift and I decided to become someone who gave information away. The more I gave, the more it was given unto me. The more I learned, the more I learned, the more empowered I am, the more I want to empower. I mean, this brought me around the world to be able to teach and to be able to give. Benjamin Siong: And right now my philosophy is in giving. I love to give, you know, the more you ask, the more I can give, the more I will. And I think that's important because we all eat to learn. There is no use taking information to your grave. The more you learn, the more you can empower. Um, and as so many people out there that listen to a lot of information out there but they don't know the truth and the truth is being hidden from us, from marketing. The truth is hidden from us, from, you know, corporate organizations and stuff. And a large degree of what we need to understand as individuals, as parents teaching our children is actually what is pertinent to our health. And so if there is a level of understanding that I can give, I want to be able to do that. And if there are coaches that are listening to this who feel that they take information away that they can give away, do so because it will come back. Yeah. Wade Lightheart: No, it's great. I'm glad that they said that because I've always found that uh, by providing those little tidbits or those moments of inspiration or those, those, those insights out in the world, it's amazing how all of a sudden you get, accepted as a professional and understanding people see it like, wow, that guy is really generous with his information. He's telling me this. I really want to find out what else does he know as opposed to the person that's kind of guarding and not really singing their music. And I think it's almost the reverse psychology of what some people think they get to hide the secrets or the hide to things. But actually the more open and genuine they spread it, the bigger the message goes, the more people get it. And ultimately the more people respond to it. Benjamin Siong: Sin. I mean, what I'm speaking, like I said, I have not. I'm definitely not your best speaker. I'm not your best Electra. I'm not the most knowledgeable person out there. What I know is not new. What I know is out there in Google, you go Google it, you know you'd be able to find it. But what I believe is unique is I'm able to take information with my own life experience and actually give it. That's what makes a difference to people because people relate to that. So I've never been afraid to share information. Information exists out there. It's already there. You're not inventing anything. You are repackaging it because you are an individual interpreting it and then giving it to someone who will take that interpretation and be blessed with it. And so I think people need to look at that. Wade Lightheart: I think that's a beautiful way to sum up the coaching experience, is synthesizing the information that's available into a way that people can digest it, absorb it, and utilize it inside of their life. And of course, that's what we are at the Awesome Health program. We're all about that. So I want to thank you, Ben, for joining us all the way from Australia. We tried to do this episode before it got messed up and the recordings are really appreciate that you came back to the well and and went it again. Thank you so much, sir. Benjamin Siong: It's been a pleasure talking to you. Thank you so much for inviting me back. Wade Lightheart: You bet. Thanks, Ben. Benjamin Siong: Thank you, sir. Thank you.

The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the last part of the roundtable, we examine monitoring for the semi-professional and amateur athlete, the best technology on a budget and the best books/courses the roundtable members recommend. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney University as the senior strength and conditioning coach working with multiple sports including swimming, athletics, rugby, rugby 7’s, water polo and soccer. She also works as the Head S&C for the NSW Women’s State of Origin team. Nicolai has been coaching as an S&C for 12 years working across private, schools, professional sport and university environments. SAM JOSEPH | Sam is the Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at St Edmund's College, Ipswich and the Physical Performance Coach for QUT Wildcats in the Hart Sapphire Series Netball Competition. He holds a Masters in Sport Science, is a Level 2 ASCA Coach & an Level 1 Sport Scientist. He has previously worked at the UQ Sport Academy and at Wynnum-Manly Seagulls RLFC and has a large interest in developmental/adolescent Strength & Conditioning. KURT VOGEL | Kurt is currently a private consultant for athletes and teams across a variety of sports, in addition to working at USQ in the Sport Exercise Science department. He has worked for over a decade in over 20 different sports from amateur to elite and professional for athletes in more than six different nations. He has a strong interest in developing systems for those without resources. Kurt is an ASCA Level 2 PCAS: Elite Coach.

The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the third part of the roundtable, we examine prehabilitation and rehabilitation for the semi-professional and amateur athlete. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney University as the senior strength and conditioning coach working with multiple sports including swimming, athletics, rugby, rugby 7’s, water polo and soccer. She also works as the Head S&C for the NSW Women’s State of Origin team. Nicolai has been coaching as an S&C for 12 years working across private, schools, professional sport and university environments. SAM JOSEPH | Sam is the Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at St Edmund's College, Ipswich and the Physical Performance Coach for QUT Wildcats in the Hart Sapphire Series Netball Competition. He holds a Masters in Sport Science, is a Level 2 ASCA Coach & an Level 1 Sport Scientist. He has previously worked at the UQ Sport Academy and at Wynnum-Manly Seagulls RLFC and has a large interest in developmental/adolescent Strength & Conditioning. KURT VOGEL | Kurt is currently a private consultant for athletes and teams across a variety of sports, in addition to working at USQ in the Sport Exercise Science department. He has worked for over a decade in over 20 different sports from amateur to elite and professional for athletes in more than six different nations. He has a strong interest in developing systems for those without resources. Kurt is an ASCA Level 2 PCAS: Elite Coach.

The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the second part of the roundtable, we examine energy system training, assessment and development for the semi-professional and amateur athlete. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney University as the senior strength and conditioning coach working with multiple sports including swimming, athletics, rugby, rugby 7’s, water polo and soccer. She also works as the Head S&C for the NSW Women’s State of Origin team. Nicolai has been coaching as an S&C for 12 years working across private, schools, professional sport and university environments. SAM JOSEPH | Sam is the Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at St Edmund's College, Ipswich and the Physical Performance Coach for QUT Wildcats in the Hart Sapphire Series Netball Competition. He holds a Masters in Sport Science, is a Level 2 ASCA Coach & an Level 1 Sport Scientist. He has previously worked at the UQ Sport Academy and at Wynnum-Manly Seagulls RLFC and has a large interest in developmental/adolescent Strength & Conditioning. KURT VOGEL | Kurt is currently a private consultant for athletes and teams across a variety of sports, in addition to working at USQ in the Sport Exercise Science department. He has worked for over a decade in over 20 different sports from amateur to elite and professional for athletes in more than six different nations. He has a strong interest in developing systems for those without resources. Kurt is an ASCA Level 2 PCAS: Elite Coach.

The 2019 Roundtable focuses on strength & conditioning in semi-professional, high school and university settings. The roundtable features three emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Nicolai Morris, Kurt Vogel & Sam Joseph. In the first part of the roundtable, we examine strength & power development for the semi-professional and amateur athlete. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE NICOLAI MORRIS | Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney University as the senior strength and conditioning coach working with multiple sports including swimming, athletics, rugby, rugby 7’s, water polo and soccer. She also works as the Head S&C for the NSW Women’s State of Origin team. Nicolai has been coaching as an S&C for 12 years working across private, schools, professional sport and university environments. SAM JOSEPH | Sam is the Strength & Conditioning Coordinator at St Edmund's College, Ipswich and the Physical Performance Coach for QUT Wildcats in the Hart Sapphire Series Netball Competition. He holds a Masters in Sport Science, is a Level 2 ASCA Coach & an Level 1 Sport Scientist. He has previously worked at the UQ Sport Academy and at Wynnum-Manly Seagulls RLFC and has a large interest in developmental/adolescent Strength & Conditioning. KURT VOGEL | Kurt is currently a private consultant for athletes and teams across a variety of sports, in addition to working at USQ in the Sport Exercise Science department. He has worked for over a decade in over 20 different sports from amateur to elite and professional for athletes in more than six different nations. He has a strong interest in developing systems for those without resources. Kurt is an ASCA Level 2 PCAS: Elite Coach.

This week, we have Craig Soley from the Royal Perth Hospital who has agreed to interview with us. He is a registered Physiotherapist and an Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) accredited strength and conditioning coach, with a Master of Musculoskeletal & Sports Physiotherapy. Craig, a Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, is committed to ongoing continuing education both in strength & conditioning and physiotherapy.  He is also a pioneer in functional movement training in WA having founded PhysioFit training in 1996, and then later combining the smarts of physiotherapy with the strength of functional movement training. Years as a world-champion athlete and a distinguished career as a detective in the WA Police Force give Craig a unique perspective on his physiotherapy qualifications. His approach addresses the real-world demands we make on our bodies and has applications from fitness training and rehabilitation, to workplace safety and injury prevention. 

Jan Legg has been the lead strength and conditioning coach for the Australian Women’s basketball team, the Opals since 2013 as well as the working with Basketball Australia’s development squad at the Centre of Excellence in Canberra. Jan is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) accredited Level 3 and Master Pro-Structure coach at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. QUOTES “All these basketball players have a dominant leg and what is an acceptable asymmetry? 10%? 15%? 20%?” “At least 1 to 2 warm ups a week will be barefoot” “Our athletes only have an offseason when they get hurt so my strength levels are all designed to make them robust enough and especially for female athletes we have to make sure the hamstrings are strong enough” “Most of the year I train full body” “Any rehabilitation should be making the overall athlete better than they were before” “While you are studying, volunteer your time and get to know people” SHOWNOTES 1) Jan's background in S&C 2) Benchmarking Physical standards for world class performances in womens basketball 3) Variability in jump kinematics over a season and how jump height does not tell complete story 4) How Jan's warm ups are structured and the benefits of barefoot work 5) What does a strength & conditioning session look like for an international level basketball 6) Programming ESD for court sports and considerations for tall heavy athletes 7) The AIS rehabilitation program 8) What did Jan learn on previous international study tours 9) Females in S&C, differences in coaching male and female athletes and career paths for any S&C coach PEOPLE MENTIONED John Mitchell Martin Bucheitt Matt Wenning Julian Jones Ross Smith

Hi there, Following exercise, neutrophils are the first immune cells to initiate the tissue remodeling process via several mechanisms including an increased production of cytokines and recruitment of monocytes/macrophages, which facilitate the phagocytosis of foreign particles, the differentiation of myoblasts, and the formation of new myotubes. This review discusses the mechanisms through which metabolic stress and immune cell recruitment may induce skeletal muscle remodeling following BFR strength training. This is a fascinating concept to consider when trying to provide a thorough robust rehab model and also provides consideration around including Blood Flow Restriction as a valuable addition to any rehab program.  The Role of Inflammation and Immune Cells in Blood Flow Restriction Training Adaptation: A Review (Front Physiol. 2018; 9: 1376.) Authors: Fabrício Eduardo Rossi,1Marcelo Conrado de Freitas,2Nelo Eidy Zanchi,3Fábio Santos Lira,1,* and Jason M. Cholewa4 "How you do BFR" guest is Nicolai Morris. Nicolai is an Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at Sydney University as the senior strength and conditioning coach working with multiple sports including swimming, athletics, rugby, rugby 7’s, water polo and soccer.  Nicolai has been coaching as an S&C for 12 years working across private, schools, professional and university sport environments. Nicolai discusses how she uses BFR in her own training and competition as an elite swimmer as well as the different scenarios with her athletes that she trains.  She is also very active on social media providing great insight into the great work that she does.  Make sure you follow her as I am sure you will gain a lot from her.  Social Media @Nicolai_morris (Instagram and twitter) @susfstrengthandconditioning (work Instagram)   And thank you for listening to the podcast.  To purchase your own set of BFR cuffs please visit my website at www.sportsrehab.com.au

Joseph Coyne is an exercise physiologist, sports scientist and performance coach.  Joseph has been the Physical Preparation Coach for the Chinese Athletics Association, Jump and Sprint Athletes. He then went on to be the Performance Manager for the Chinese Olympic Committees National Sports Training Centre in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Joseph is currently completing a PhD at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas and Joseph has been sort out by individual athletes including some of Australia's rugby league players and also surfers. And Joseph is also the host of the ASCA Podcast, The Australian Strength and Conditioning Podcast which is a must listen for any health professional or individual looking to get the most out of their strength and conditioning training. During this episode we explore strength and conditioning including concepts of high and low neural drive, the importance of subjective feedback in tracking and progressing training, why Joseph believes it's important to change our mindset from a weight based model to a power based model, how to incorporate speed work into your strength and conditioning program, the top mistakes that recreational athletes make in the gym and Joseph also shares around his grandmother's filter test. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by the Gold Coast Marathon. Like the Physical Performance Show, the Gold Coast Marathon encourages runners of all ages and abilities to push their boundaries and strive to complete a personal challenge. The Gold Coast Marathon is held annually on the first weekend in July and is a must do event for any budding athlete, weekend warrior or family looking for a challenge to complete together. Run for the good times at the Gold Coast Marathon. Visit the Gold Coast Marathon here. _____ 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 POGO Physio - www.pogophysio.com.au for more details Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.com Now Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMei Pick up your copy of Coach McKeefery's #1 Amazon International Bestseller "CEO Strength Coach" - http://www.CEOStrengthCoach.com Please “Thank” our sponsor who bring this show to you for free:PLAE - http://plae.us/Train Heroic - http://trainheroic.com/ In my Seventh season at NRL club the Newcastle Knights but my first year in a new role as the Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach after previously having held the role of Elite Pathways Physical Performance Manager. I also spent two seasons as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Wyong Roos in the NSW Cup. A graduate of the University of Newcastle, I also completed my Masters through Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. I’m a Level 2 S&C coach through the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) and a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA.   In This Episode We Discuss:What experience in his journey impacted him the most, and Why. Biggest mistake he has made and how he learned from it. Going from an intern to the National Rugby League. Challenges and benefits of working with the Academy System. Benefits of International Professional Development. Best piece of coaching advice he has ever received. His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.com Now Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMei Pick up your copy of Coach McKeefery's #1 Amazon International Bestseller "CEO Strength Coach" - http://www.CEOStrengthCoach.com Please “Thank” our sponsor who bring this show to you for free:PLAE - http://plae.us/Train Heroic - http://trainheroic.com/ In my Seventh season at NRL club the Newcastle Knights but my first year in a new role as the Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach after previously having held the role of Elite Pathways Physical Performance Manager. I also spent two seasons as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Wyong Roos in the NSW Cup. A graduate of the University of Newcastle, I also completed my Masters through Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. I’m a Level 2 S&C coach through the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) and a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA.   In This Episode We Discuss:What experience in his journey impacted him the most, and Why. Biggest mistake he has made and how he learned from it. Going from an intern to the National Rugby League. Challenges and benefits of working with the Academy System. Benefits of International Professional Development. Best piece of coaching advice he has ever received. His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

Mike McGuigan is a Professor of Strength and Conditioning at Auckland University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University. He is currently Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning. Mike worked for several years as a Sport Scientist with different sports and he regularly consults for elite sports in the areas of strength and power assessment and athlete monitoring. He is also a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction. QUOTES “Decide what you are trying to answer and then develop your needs analysis for that sport” “We started off with a lot of tests and then reduced it down to what was required” “We moved to a model where the testing is embedded in the program” “If you’re not doing it (testing) on a systematic and regular basis then there’s pretty big gaps where you’re not getting information and things can change very quickly” ‘For athletes, there is enough anxiety and pressure associated with the sport anyway and sometimes if you can remove that by embedding it in the program, you get better information” “In sport science, we tend to overreport data” “There are probably not many methods that are as user friendly (as sRPE) that gives useful information to act upon” SHOWNOTES 1) Mike’s journey from NZ to Australia to US to Australia to NZ 2) Profiling of athletes 3) Examples of profile – court sport (netball) versus field sport (rugby) 4) Logistics around profiling and embedding it in your program 5) Fundamental concepts for establishing what is meaningful and useful in testing 6) Reporting to coaches and athletes and their preferences 7) Mike’s big rocks for strength & power development 8) Focusing on strengths and weaknesses – when to do what? 9) The murky window of getting transfer to sport 10) Peak power load and how you should use it 11) Practical considerations for strength & power work after needs analysis? 12) Monitoring of players (sRPE, wellness, VBT) 13) Next areas of research for Mike – eccentric training, how do people interpret information for presentation and action 14) Getting information from outside the s&C / sport science field e.g. “Genius at Play” PEOPLE MENTIONED Tony Shield Anthony Blazevich Nic Gill Rob Newton Bill Kraemer Jeff Volek Carl Foster Travis Triplet Will Hopkins John Lythe (Excel Tricks For Sport) Angus Ross Jacqui Tran Valerie Adams Werner Gunthor Jon Conway (“Genius at Play”)

The boys had Strength and Conditioning coach Jarrad Kay, the owner and founder of the Sixth Principle on for this epsiode. The boys discussed preparation, mindset and the difference between American and Australian Strength and Conditioning. 

What have you heard about strength and conditioning?Myth: I don't want to get big, so I'll just lift lighter weight.Myth: You can spot reduce the abdominal region by doing sit-ups or crunches.Myth: I should run to get fit. Myth: Squats are bad for your knees and lower back.You would be right not to trust any of these statements!We kick episode eleven off with Elliot to squash some of these myths and set the bar straight on what strength and conditioning is for fighters.Elliot Taylor has had a long career in high performance sport, as a strength and conditioning coach to professional fighters, rugby league players and other athletes. He was also recognised as the best assistant coaches of 2018 by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association.I bumped into him after a training session at Athletes Authority and thought we had better get him on this podcast to draw attention to some of the misconceptions, myths and old traditions that need addressing in fight sport.

Ian is an internationally renowned coach, educator and author and is regarded as a world authority in the development of speed & agility for team sports, where his unique Gamespeed system and RAMP warm-up protocols have been adopted by a wide range of coaches and organisations. He is currently Professor of strength and conditioning at the University of South Wales, where he co-ordinates all of the University’s strength and conditioning activities. He also consults extensively with several professional sports organisations. Ian is currently on the Board of Directors of the NSCA and is the international representative on the NSCA Certification Committee. A fellow of the NSCA he was awarded the NSCA’s High School Professional of the Year in 2006, the first time the award had ever been presented to a coach working outside the United States.Ian was a Founder member of the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association, and was a member of the Board of Directors from the organisations inception in 2004 through to 2013. He is an honorary fellow of the UKSCSA. Ian has authored seven books and 15 book chapters. He is the Editor of the UKSCA Journal, “Professional Strength and Conditioning” and is on the Editorial Board for the NSCA’s Strength and Conditioning Journal, and the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning. Ian is a much sought after Conference Presenter and has given keynote presentations, and hosted high performance workshops at a host of major conferences around the world. Quotes "Track & field training is great in certain aspects of game, but doesn’t dictate abilities in other elements of the sport" "Great athletes are constantly manipulating – it’s a battle for control" "I have not yet seen an agility test that gives me the necessary information that changes my coaching approach" "Any data I collect has to inform practice!" "We’ve always viewed warm up in the short term… if we step back and think what athletic qualities can we put in that develop not just for immediate session but for the long term it’s transformational" "I always like to put the applied work in there as it gives context" "What have they (great charismatic leaders) got and how do we borrow a bit of it to use for ourselves?" "My future is making sure more and more of what we do is relevant to the sport" Shownotes 1) What is GameSpeed? 9:42 2) Defensive and offensive agilities, frequent versus one off decisions, the OODA loop and why maneuverability trumps bigger and faster 22:34 3) The challenge of where does speed/agility work stop and where does team coaches work begin 30:30 4) Assessing change of direction and agility with a coach’s eye and using a movement syllabus 34:32 5) The RAMP system for warm ups 42:01 6) Fitting Gamespeed into the week based on intensities and volumes in other training 48:51 7) Setting up a typical Gamespeed session in practice and making it focus around technical training and a specific movement need 53:16 8) Making yourself indispensible as a coach and not just demonstrating how your work impacts physical performance 1:01:17 9) Differences in Gamespeed prescription between different field and court sports and how to use a movement syllabus to decide on what to focus on 1:10:03 10) How Ian’s changed his practice over the years and the value of patience 1:15:17 11) The big rocks in GameSpeed 1:20:43 12) The value of coaches making athletes feel valued 1:29:32 People mentioned 1) Shane Williams 2) Wayne Gretzky 3) Vern Gambetta 4) Gray Cook 5) Ian McKeown

For Show Notes and Coach McKeefery's Website - http://www.RonMcKeefery.com Now Available on iTunes http://bit.ly/1bPlMei Pick up your copy of Coach McKeefery's #1 Amazon International Bestseller "CEO Strength Coach" - http://www.CEOStrengthCoach.com Please “Thank” our sponsors who bring this show to you for free:PLAE - http://plae.us/Samson - https://www.samsonequipment.comIron Grip - http://www.irongrip.com/Intek - https://intekstrength.com/Train Heroic - http://trainheroic.com/Gym Aware - https://kinetic.com.au/gymaware.htmlWoodway - http://www.woodway.com/Versa Pulley - http://versaclimber.com/vp-versapulley/ International Strength and Conditioning Coach Mike McGurn has the prestigious honour of training three National Senior Irish Teams in different codes and winning two World Titles in two different sports. McGurn competed for Ulster and Ireland in cross country and athletics events. For his efforts was awarded a scholarship to study Sports Science in the USA for four years. Once graduated and while lecturing in Workington, he became fitness coach for the local Rugby League club. He quickly became sought after by the cream of Rugby League. Known for his no-nonsense, hard working attitude, McGurn helped guide St Helens to the elusive treble - Challenge Cup, Super League and World Club Champions in the 2000/2001 season. 2002 saw him make the move back to Ireland after being head-hunted by Eddie O’Sullivan to join the national Rugby Union team as Head of Strength and Conditioning. In his tenure of 8 years he totally revolutionised the training structures and systems of the squad laying the foundations for what has become the most successful Irish Team ever. In 2008 he took up the position of Head of Strength and Conditioning for Ospreys Rugby Union club in South Wales. He also began working with boxer Bernard Dunne, helping the Dubliner become Super Bantam-Weight Champion of the World. In November 2008 he enjoyed more success, this time with the Irish Compromise Rules team when they won the series beating Austrailia in both tests. McGurn consults teams and individuals and is currently lead Strength and Conditioning Coach at Queens University Belfast, responsible for all of the Strength and Conditioning for rugby football gaelic hurling camogie and rowing teams at the university.. In 2010 and 2011 McGurn became National Fitness Coach to the Irish International Rules Team who played against their Australian counterparts in the AFL. Mike is a member of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) and International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA)In This Episode We Discuss: What experience in his journey impacted him the most, and Why.Biggest mistake he has made and how he learned from it.How he maximizes cognitive training in a session.  Sport specific training, what is it and is it possible. How to implement change in a program that does not have a good history.  Best piece of coaching advice he has ever received.His favorite quote, Book/App/Website recommendation.

Dan Baker is a strength and power coach, researcher, and educator. Dan has a PhD in sport science specializing in velocity based training, and strength and power training. Dan was the strength coach for the Brisbane Broncos for nearly 20 years and won league titles in 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2006. Dan also serves as the president of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. This podcast will discuss many aspects of velocity based training protocols and his experiences with the technology over the course 20 plus years.

My DNA Coach Podcast Episode 27: - Sebastian oreb My DNA Coach, Jonny Deacon, interviews Sebastian Oreb who is known in the industry as one of the most sought after and leading strength coaches for Australia’s elite athletes and trainers. In part 2 we chat about working with Seb, his youth mentorships and his detailed equipment recommendations for getting strong!    Show Notes: 01:40 - Hunk of a guy 04:55 - The industry is flooded with not as good coaches (being honest) 08:20 - The ripple effect 10:00 - Mentorships 15:00 - Working with Seb 18.36 - Knee wraps recommendations 21.15 - Wrist straps recommendations 22:02 - Why use knee wraps? 25:00 - Should a client use weight lifting belt? 31:37 - What are the best weightlifting shoes? 34:00 - Closing thoughts Links: Follow Seb on instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/australianstrengthcoach/ Seb's wife and sister - https://www.instagram.com/basebodybabes/ Base Gym - https://www.instagram.com/basegym/ Train with Seb - http://www.australianstrengthcoach.com/ "The God" - https://www.instagram.com/godlystrong/ The animal kid - https://www.instagram.com/theanimalkid1/ http://mydnacoach.com

My DNA Coach Podcast Episode 26: - Sebastian oreb My DNA Coach, Jonny Deacon, interviews Sebastian Oreb who is known in the industry as one of the most sought after and leading strength coaches for Australia’s elite athletes and trainers. With an impressive list of names to add to his repertoire of clients, Sebastian has helped his athletes achieve outstanding results to take them to the next level in their chosen sports. From the worlds strongest man Thor Björnsson to WBFF World Champion Hattie Boydle, Seb has taken raw talent in all areas of sport to the world stage.    Show Notes: 02:40 – Introduction of Seb 04:20 - How Seb started 06:07 - I grew a strength training culture  11:06 - My vision was make belief 15:00 - How strong is Seb? 17.19 - Working with the World's strongest man 21.15 - Coaching the world's #1 WBFF Champion Hattie Boydle 26:45 - Have you made strength training sexy and mainstream? 29:45 - Girls squattng 145kg 30:20 - Closing thoughts Links: Follow Seb on instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/australianstrengthcoach/ Seb's wife and sister - https://www.instagram.com/basebodybabes/ Base Gym - https://www.instagram.com/basegym/ Train with Seb - http://www.australianstrengthcoach.com/ http://mydnacoach.com

Dan Baker of danbakerstrength.com and formerlly of the Brisbane Broncos Topics Covered in This Podcast: 1. Coach Baker's transition from professional coaching 2. Wave-Cycling for In-Season training 3. Neuarl deload vs. Volumbe deload 4. Maintaining intesity in-season 5. Coach Baker's go-to lifts 6. Reflection of strength vs. building strength 7. Weekly in-season training schedule 8. Training for rugby vs. other sports 9. monitoring strength & power during the season 10. The PSychological aspect of training in-season 11. The state of strength & conditioning in Australia vs. the rest of the world 12. The biggest mistake when conditinign team sports 13. The biggest issues of LSD conditionign & circuit training 14. Integrating the Technical & tactical development with physical development 15. The best lessons Coach Baker got in the profession Dan Baker is one of the worlds leading authorities upon strength and power training for sports athletes. A PhD in sports science specializing in the testing and training of strength and power, he has the scientific knowledge and practical know how to implement effective strength and power training for sports athletes. Unlike most Phd’s he does not work as a full-time lecturer or in a laboratory – he trains athletes. No science bullshit – just the stuff that works. Some things about Dan Baker As a strength & conditioning coach Strength and power training coach of the Brisbane Broncos Rugby league team since 1995 (title winners 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006) Former champion powerlifter and powerlifting coach Strength and Conditioning Coach to elite international and national level athletes in the following sports – rugby league, rugby union, powerlifting, diving, soccer, track & field, netball, mixed martial arts to name a few A Level 3 Strength and Conditioning Coach and Master Coach of Strength and Conditioning as recognized by the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association As an Educator and Mentor for strength & conditioning coaches Dan is the National President of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA) which is the not-for-profit body recognized by the Australian Federal Government to educate and accredit strength & conditioning coaches within Australia. Dan continues to lecture to all levels of ASCA coaches, from Level 1 beginner Coaches through to the Level 3 Elite Athlete Coaches. Dan is a sought after Educator of Strength & Conditioning Coaches because he makes the science easy and tells it straight. The practical implementation is what it is all about. Life memberships In Australian sport and social life, the “Club” is important. Dedicated club members are sometimes bestowed an honour titled “Life Member” for endless hours of dedicated work on behalf of the Club or Organization. Dan has three Life Memberships. Dan is a Life Member of the ASCA. Dan is a Life Member of North Kirra Surf_Lifesaving Club Dan is a Life Member of the University of Queensland Powerlifting & Weightlifting Club. Some cross-training workouts to enhance your energy system fitness Recent trends in high-intensity aerobic training