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You Can Be Fast & Fit at Any Age & for Any Performance, Just Make Sure You Have Patience – With Bas Van Hooren
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes World record holding age group runners were observed to barely miss any training sessions, and one of them did not even train with a “smart” device - how about that hey? An overly heavy...
Specific Training for Women Is a Must Nowadays: How Can We Optimize It?! – With Lauren Colenso-Semple
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes You CANNOT just assume that every woman has a 28 day cycle and pretend like you are doing “PHASE based training” just this easily. If you want to do it properly, do it properly: get blood or...
Power Models, Tech Gadgets & the Macro & Micro Scale of Professional Cycling – With Dr Teun Van Erp
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Just because SOMETHING in your daily routine, especially if it is a quantifiable measure, is low (e.g. HRV), it does not mean that you have to abandon your whole play for that day. Adapt,...
Diversity: Increase Outcomes, Counter Groupthink & Build Athlete Connection. And Be Intentional – With Jo Clubb
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes You don’t know what you don’t know, and that is ok. If you have no clue how to reach more women in your sport science “insert here” (conferences, team, group, research group etc.), then...
From Basics, to Fancy, to Reimagined & Integrated Football Fitness – With Benjamin Kugel
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Don’t be afraid to TRIAL & ERROR, even at the HIGH PERFORMANCE levels. You don’t know what you don’t know. Find the MULTIPLICATORS and EARLY ADOPTERS in every team to spread what you...
Train What You NEED for Your Sport and Not Just for the Gainz – With Matt Nichol
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Remember what the main point of the strength and conditioning practitioner is in your sport (it is ALWAYS a supplement - but what for exactly!): you don’t need to focus a lot on classical...
360 Degree Approach to Performance & Technology Is Not What You Think It Is – With Chris Tombs
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Develop an environment where EVERYONE knows that they can and DO voice their opinion, and then you work TOGETHER towards a solution. Within this environment try to WORK towards a space where...
The ROAD TO PRO: The Road to Pro: Balancing Long-Term Development Versus Short-Term Performance – With Paul White
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes It does not pay off to have too many “copies of yourself” - look for SPECIALISTS that you can rely on, and who you can also give more RESPONSIBILITY. Such greater expertise in specific...
Strength & Endurance: Impossible to Train Together?! Are All the Hybrid YouTube Athletes Wrong?! – With Dr Jackson Fyfe
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes When unsure, try to prioritize the key session (most often the strength training) for your athlete to lower the effect of the potential “interference” effect. Neuromuscular fatigue and load...
20+ Years of Football: Applying the Intricate Science to Human Players – with Dr Miguel Angel Campos
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Adapting yourself to a new club or team requires you to try to understand the PHILOSOPHY and METHODOLOGY of the coach - and then SUPPORT it as much as possible. Trying to change that, you...
Fiber Types Ain’t Just for Geeks & Nerds -> Use It Right Now to Optimize Your Athletes Everything – With Dr Phil Bellinger
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes There is likely to be slow, intermediate and fast typology athletes in the larger group of people you are looking after. Thus, you have at least 3 DIFFERENT CLUSTERS of athletes that you...
Rehab Like a Pro While Working With Everyone in Your Team – With Alain Sola
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Always work with all the data you can find, but make sure not to OVERDO it. It is essential that you have ENOUGH data to work with your athlete, so that YOU KNOW what they are saying is...