From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsExamining a variety of topics related to athletic performance. Focusing on how to effectively build athletic performance through differing training methodologies. If you are looking to grow and continue to learn from a variety of viewpoints in relation to athletic development this podcast is for you!
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Ankoor Bhattacharjee Fractal Biomechanics Episode 26 "The Body as an Integrated mover, Compression/Expansion, PRI"
September 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBOn Episode 24, I sat down with Ankoor Bhattacharjee of Fractal Biomechanics. Much of our conversation is centered around locomotion, so naturally we begin our discussion by talking about positioning and how joint angles encourage or hinder movement. Ankoor also discusses how breathing can impact the ability to effectively find differing ROM. Ankoor spends much of his time picking through the area of the body between the pelvis and sternum, and examining how these different areas interlock a...
Ryan Banta Episode 25 " Part II Utilizing Tempos and the Weight room to build Resilient well prepared athletes and View on modern T&F"
September 21, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MBOn episode 23 I continue my conversation with Coach Banta by talking about the role of tempo training within his system and how he uses it to facilitate proper dosage of training especially after his day 1 high CNS session. Coach Banta discusses his rationale on including a high CNS day to start the week, and how tempos help to facilitate and builds towards desired adaptations for later periods of competition. Tempos help to build the buffering capacity and requirements for given competition...
Ryan Banta Episode 24 "part I Embracing the Chaos and the ins and outs of the Critical Mass System"
September 14, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 41.1 MBOn Episode 22 I sit down with Coach Ryan Banta, Head Track and field coach, author, and podcaster. Coach Banta starts out by sharing his experiences in coaching , especially early ones and how they helped to set him up for growth down the road and ultimately becoming a better coach. Part I of my conversation really focuses on the Critical Mass system that coach Banta uses to prepare his athletes. Coach Banta provides the rationale behind the system and discusses how he divides workouts in wh...
23 Cal Dietz " Finding Optimal Solutions for prep, Triphasic, Rationale for foot training, Performance Cycling"
September 07, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 47.5 MBOn this episode I sat down with Cal Dietz, strength and conditioning coach at the University of Minnesota as well as author of Triphasic Training. I've mentioned many different aspects of Triphasic training on this podcast with other guest on the podcast and on today's episode Cal provides rationale for certain points within his preparatory methods. We start by discussing one of Cal's emphasis the floating heel and his rationale for utilizing different foot positions throughout prep. We disc...
Troy Mchugh TMAthleticDevelopment Episode 21 " Utilizing Neurological Elements to guide training, Speed Development, and Triphasic"
August 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBOn Episode 21 I sit down with Troy Mchugh of TMAthleticDevelopment to discuss a variety of topics mostly centered around the neurological approach to training, speed development, and Triphasic Methodologies. We start our conversation with one of the guiding Principles of Troy's development system Neurological considerations. This naturally steers the conversation to how he effectively utilizes RPR to help prepare athletes for the rigors of training and their sport. One of the things that stu...
Joel Reinhardt Episode 20 " Letting the sport build the proper profile, speed development, and isometrics"
August 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBOn episode 20 I sat down with the assistant director of sports performance at UMass Joel Reinhardt. We start our conversation by examining Joel's views on athletic development, this provided a really nice summary of what the remainder of the conversation would focus on. Joel immediately emphasized the importance of understanding the needs of sports, and how he spends as much time as possible at the practices of the sports that he serves. A really good line of logic that he presents is that i...
Zach Dechant " Movement Matters, Building athletes through thoughtful Speed and Power Development"
August 17, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 36 MBOn Episode 20 I sit down with The assistant director of Strength and Conditioning at TCU baseball Zach Dechant. I was really excited to get someone on from a baseball background to hear some of their rationale behind building effective players and in my opinion Zach is one of the best. Zach has a great book out titled "movement over maxes" and we begin our conversation by discussing why he prizes movement over maximum intensity firstly. Zach Highlights how plyometrics or jumping is a quality...
Markus Schreyer of neuroperformance.academy Episode 19 "Examining the various input systems of the body and brain based solutions for movement,strength, and pain"
August 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBOn Episode 19 I sat down with Markus Schreyer of Neuroperformance academy. The episode offers a lot of great insights into different input systems, their role, and how they can affect performance. We begin our discussion by examining the eye and discussing its role in performance, Markus also details convergence and Divergence as well as methods for testing these vital functions. Markus discusses the role of different muscles in the eye and gives reasoning for often finding irregularities in...
Garrett Mueller Episode 18 "Meaningful Metrics and Speed is King"
August 03, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 46.2 MBOn Episode 18 I sat down with the head coach of Stewartsville Football Garrett Mueller. We begin our discussion by examining the biggest shifts in philosophy he has had during his time as a coach. We discuss the areas that he feels are important to start with in regards to athletic development, this lends itself nicely to most of the remaining conversation as Garrett points out the development of speed, coordination, and spatial awareness are important early metrics for his program. We discu...
Mark Hoover Episode 17 "Know Your why and VBT Principles"
July 27, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutes - 44.9 MBOn Episode 18 I Sat down with Mark Hoover Director of Strength and Conditioning at York Comprehensive School. Mark first shares his background and in doing so shares many of the ways in which he has grown and adapted over time. One of the main areas that was covered in almost every conversation piece was utilizing evidence based practices and knowing your why behind everything that you prescribe in training. Mark does a great job of describing that evidence based could mean research or anecd...
Jordan Terry Adaptable Polarity Episode 16 "The Law of polarity/ macro and micro"
July 20, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 41.8 MBOn episode 16 I sat down with Jordan Terry of Adaptable Polarity. We had a very intriguing conversation based around they system he's built at adaptable polarity. We start out by talking about the law of polarity and dual existence. The idea of neural availability is another major conversation piece that flows throughout the entire interview. The ability to connect and disconnect are major components of our human existence and transfers to multiple areas of our lives. We talk about compensat...
Keith Ferrara Episode 15 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast ""Purposeful assessment for sensible development"
July 13, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 42.7 MBOn this episode I sit down with Keith Ferrara of Adelphi University. Keith puts a lot of great content and ideas on social media, so many of the concepts that we covered today came from his twitter. Keith starts by sharing his background and the incredible story that got him into sports science and S&C. We discuss speed development and how he would arrange a week of offseason speed work, he takes us through a 3 day split and talks about all of his considerations along the way. We discuss wha...
James Earls Episode 14 "Anatomy is movement/movement is Anatomy"
July 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBOn Episode 14 I had the pleasure of sitting down with author of Born to Walk James Earls. We begin our discussion by defining and analyzing the role of Fascia within the body, this naturally leads us to the concept of tensegrity and how it shifts the central focus away from the bone and joint structure and examines the tensioning mechanisms of soft tissues. We discuss the different influencers of locomotion and focus mostly on the visceral and emotional early in the conversation, later more ...
Raj Chaudhari Episode 13 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast "Synapse CCR, Eccentric overload benefits and new solutions"
June 29, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 38.1 MBOn Episode 13 I sit down with Raj Chaudhari the creator of the Synapse CCR, a custom calibrated pulley system that allows for individuals to perform eccentric overloads in positions and in methods that would have been previously impossible or dangerous. He spent many years involved with the tennis community, so naturally we do cover some considerations when preparing tennis and overhead athletes. We discuss the needs of the sport, lateral movement, rotational abilities, Running and weight t...
Dan Fichter Episode 12 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast "Neurology,Reflexes,and Performance"
June 22, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 32.8 MBOn this episode I sit down with Dan Fichter of Irondequoit high School and Wannagetfast. We cover a lot of topics relating to Neurology and how to effectively utilize brain based solutions to drive effective training and aid with recovery. Our first topic is based around where he likes to start athletic development. We discuss his rationale for utilizing isometrics to help develop postural and positional awareness in his athletes and the benefits derived from that. We spend time covering how...
Alex Effer Episode 11 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast " Examining the body and movement solutions"
June 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBOn this episode I sit down with Alex Effer of resilient education to talk all things movement related. We cover a ton of territory and topics related to the body and movement. We start our discussion by examining some of the nuances related to the overall conception of movement as well as the planes movements occur in. We discuss how movement is not simply biomechanical but a reflection of the integration of multiple systems. We also discuss misconceptions about planes and how movement acros...
Mat Boule Episode 10 "Ip institut Movement patterning and its compounding effect" From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast
June 08, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 35 MBOn todays Episode I sit down with Mat Boule of IP institut, we take a dive into his perspective of motor output and how it is built through early sensory information derived from early formative stages. We discuss the pyramid of Williams and Shellenberger, which details the development of reflexes, posture, locomotion, and motor learning. We discuss methods to that can be utilized to intervene when faulty patterning has been created in early developmental stages. We examine how traditional m...
Mike Whiteman Episode 9 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast "building bounce and sustainability"
June 01, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutes - 48.8 MBOn episode 9 I sit down to chat with Mike Whiteman of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Development Academy. We discuss a lot of great topics pertaining to athletic development and how to do it in an organic and sustainable manner. We discuss where he starts his athletes and how he progresses them through a number of modalities. We discuss how he Utilizes plyometric progression to deal with the needs of his sporting population. We discuss how strength training can be stacked in order to benefit and...
Scott Meier Episode 8 From The Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast " All Things Triphasic"
May 25, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 41 MBOn Episode 8 I sit down with Scott Meier of Farmington High School. We discuss a lot of different factors surrounding the effective development of athletes. We discussed his starting point and things that he looks to develop early. We also talked about the role of specificity in training with his various athletic teams that he serves. We discuss the traditional lay out of Triphasic training, how he implements differing auxiliary movements during that time, and how he implements speed and agi...
Andrew Pichardo Episode 7 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast " Progressing competency through a well rounded approach and having fun"
May 18, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBOn this episode I sit down to discuss athletic development with Andrew Pichardo PhD, strength and conditioning coach at Tyler Legacy high school in Tyler, Texas. We talk about the variety of of methods that he utilizes to develop athletes from middle school all the way up to secondary populations. We discuss the nuts and bolts of his programming and how he best makes use of his time throughout a session. We discuss how he advances speed and sports skills on the field as well. We also look at...
John Garrish Episode 6 From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast "Being fluid, productive and involved"
May 11, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutes - 52.7 MBOn episode 6 of the podcast I sit down to talk athletic development with John Garrish of North Broward Preparatory school located in Coconut Creek, Florida. John is the head track and field coach at the school, he is also the head of athletic development. We discuss his creation and involvement in Speed school, a free athletic and speed development session he runs with youth from surrounding neighborhoods. We discuss his view on speed development as well as the methods that he employs to adv...
Andrew McGhghy Episode 5 From the ground up athletic performance podcast "Less is more and finding the needs of your athletic population"
May 04, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBOn this weeks episode I sit down to talk to Andrew McGhghy of Macomb High School. Andrew is the head track and field coach at the high school. He is also an assistant football coach and his newest role he just stepped into this year is that of head of strength and conditioning. We discuss his transition into this new role especially in light of the chaotic transition back to competitive sporting events due to Covid. We discuss the nuts and bolts of his programming and spend time discussing t...
From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast Episode 4 Shawn Sherman of square 1 systems "input/output and movement solutions by square 1
April 27, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 43.6 MBWelcome to episode 4 of From the Ground Up Athletic performance podcast. On this episode I sit down to discuss neural aspects with Shawn Sherman of Square 1 Systems. We discuss a variety of topics we begin the podcast by focusing the discussion on the neural lens and discuss rudimentary patterns and how they pertain to locomotion and his system. We define motor control and discuss how it can erode overtime. We discuss how compensation creeps into movement patterns and the effect it can have ...
From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast Episode 3 Tony Holler "Quality over Quantity"
April 20, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 44.8 MBWelcome to Episode 3 of from the ground up, on todays episode I had the pleasure of setting down with Coach Tony Holler. Coach Holler is best known for his system Feed the Cats, that he developed while serving as a head track and field coach. Coach Holler is also cofounder of the Track Football consortium a yearly gathering of individuals from the worlds of football, track, S&C and beyond. We discuss how to naturally foster a love for sprinting and how this is often distorted to make kids l...
From the Ground Up Athletic Performance Podcast Episode 2 Chris Romano "Athletic development and all things clean"
April 13, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 36 MBOn episode 2 I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Romano, a former competitive Olympic weightlifter and veteran strength and conditioning coach. Chris is currently the head strength and conditioning coach and sports scientist at Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia. We begin by discussing how to effectively develop athletes in a sensible manner and focus on how to utilize differing methods to keep athletes healthy. We examine how to effectively progress programming throughout a y...
Episode 1 Tyler Rathke "movement matters"
April 06, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 35.5 MBOn this episode of From the Ground Up Podcast, I sit down with Tyler Rathke. Tyler is the head track coach at William Chrisman High School, he is also involved in strength and conditioning at the school. We discuss a variety of topics on the episode. We start by analyzing the foundational principles that he utilizes to build an effective base with his population. We then discuss how that foundation moves or advances over time. We discuss his usage of unilateral exercises and how he views mov...
From the Ground up Athletic Performance Podcast Trailer
March 26, 2021 20:48 - 1 minute - 2.67 MBA brief introduction of things to come at From the Ground up. From the ground up is a podcast examining all things athletic performance. If your interested in athletic performance and wish to learn more about authentic athletic development, then From the Ground up is the podcast for you!