Historic Performance

In the 70th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Matthew Van Dyke. Matt is the Associate Director of Sports Performance at the University of Denver. Recently, Matthew wrote and published an excellent performance manual titled the Triphasic Lacrosse Manual, which is available on Cal Dietz's website, XL Athlete. Throughout the manual, Matthew discusses how he has utilized Cal's triphasic principles with his lacrosse athletes, how he creates a needs analysis by breaking down the sport into six distinct physical performance qualities, and how he subsequently uses that needs analysis to create a periodized program using block training. In this episode, Matt talks about the catalyst for his latest triphasic manual, the glute layering injury mitigation model, reflexive performance resets, multi-dimensional training and the importance of residual training effects when creating a program.

In the 69th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Jason Laird. Jason is the Lead Physiotherapist for British Judo. Since March 2014, Jason has been involved with British Judo. As the only full-time medical staff, he oversees athlete load monitoring, injury audits, athlete profiling, rehabilitation, and return to play to ensure that all the individuals involved with British Judo are able to remain healthy and deliver an optimal performance. In this episode, Jason talks about his annual injury audit, athlete profiling, athlete load monitoring, and using rehabilitation as an opportunity.

In the 68th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Shawn Myszka. Shawn is a Personal Performance Adviser & Movement Coach for NFL players & consults with NFL teams. Through his frequent presentations at sport conferences nationwide, Shawn has become a sought-after clinician and leader in the field of sport-specific power development, the transfer of training to sport performance, and the development of mastery in the movement of athletes at all levels of qualification. In this episode, Shawn talks about "movement" in the context of sport, motor control + motor learning theories, creating a movement philosophy, and structuring movement practice.

In the 67th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Allan Macdonald. Allan is the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Great Britain Judo. For the past several years, Allan has worked as the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for British Judo. British Judo has never been widely respected within the sport for their technical abilities. As such, they have focused since the previous London Olympics to establish a positive quality about them. The quality of emphasis over the last years has been to be the strongest & best conditioned Judo athletes in the world, which led them to have better overall success in Rio. In this episode, Allan talks about deterministic modelling + rate limiters, judo-specific strength assessments, and energy system development using Dr, Anatoliy Bondarchuk's exercise classification model.

In the 66th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Cameron Josse. Cameron is the Director of Sports Performance - DeFranco's Gym at the Onnit Academy. At DeFranco's gym, he is in charge of evolving the training methodology and principles used by all clients at the facility. In this episode, Cameron talks about DeFranco's training methodology & principles, training mobility as a bio-motor ability utilizing Functional Range Conditioning, performance profiling, and integrating 1080 Quantum in his athlete's programming.

In the 65th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Brijesh Patel. Brijesh is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Quinnipiac University. At Quinnipiac University, Brijesh spearheads a department whose primary focus is to improve the movement skills of student-athletes by utilizing Fitts/Posner's model motor skill learning, focusing on internal cues, and long duration isometrics. In this episode, Brijesh talks Fitts/Posner stages of motor skill learning, his movement philosophy, long duration isometrics, and PRI.

In the 64th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Dan Lewindon. Dan is the Head of High Performance Science & Medicine at the Lawn Tennis Association. Prior to taking up his role with the LTA, he served as the senior physiotherapist for English Rugby Football Union for a period of 7 years. During his time as a physio with English Rugby, he helped co-edit an internationally published high performance book along with David Joyce titled High-Performance Training for Sports. In this episode, Dan talks about stabilizing & strengthening the core, his definition of posture, return to performance, and blood flow restriction.

In the 63rd episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Donnell Boucher. Donnell is the Assistant Athletic Director/Head of Strength & Conditioning at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Throughout the last 9 years, Donnell has served as the Head of S&C overseeing 14 varsity sports and molding thousands of student-athletes. In this episode, Donnell talks about energy system development, the tier system, and speed + agility development for American Football.

In the 62nd episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with James Baker. James is a Strength & Conditioning Coach and Physical Education Teacher at St. Peter's Roman Catholic High School in Gloucester, England. At St. Peter’s R.C. High School, he has created and integrated a long term athlete development system – the Elite Performance Pathway (EPP) – into the state school Physical Education curriculum. In this episode, James talks about the EPP philosophy, performance testing for development stage athletes ranging from 14 to 16 years of age, and annual strength & conditioning planning.

In the 61st episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Ryan Faer. Ryan is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at DeLand High School in Florida. He is one of the few full-time strength & conditioning coaches in that state and one of the first in the public school sector. In this episode, Ryan talks about starting a high school strength & conditioning program, the importance of building relative strength, and nutrition for the high school athlete.

In the 60th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Patrick Ward. Patrick is a Sports Scientist for the Seattle Seahawks. Throughout the last couple of years, he has emerged as a key player and influential figure in the field, highly regarded by peers and professional organizations. He is often invited to speak and lead hands-on workshops at industry events by NSCA, Boston Sports Medicine & Performance Group, Okanagan Strength & Conditioning, Seattle Sounders, and various other universities and professional teams. In this episode, Patrick talks about creating a successful high performance team, utilizing data to select draft picks, and networking.

In the 59th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Gary Schofield. Gary is the Director of Sports Performance Training at Greater Atlanta Christian School. He is the 2012 NSCA High School Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year and a constant innovator. He strives every single day to better his athletes and grow the HS S&C progression. In this episode, Gary talks about monitoring athletes at the high school level to prescribe exercise dosage, 3 stage simple movement screening system, and speed & agility progressions for the HS athlete.

In the 58th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Dr. Brandon Marcello. Dr. Marcello is a High Performance consultant whose clients currently include the United States Department of Defense, Chinese Olympic Committee, and San Jose Sharks. Prior to his current role, he helped co-found EXOS, served as the Director of Sports Performance for both USA Softball and Stanford University. In this episode, Dr. Marcello talks about why Calories are an archaic form of energy measurement, handling team nutrition while on the road, and his thoughts about various supplements for enhanced sports performance.

In the 57th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Carl Valle. Carl is the Director of Innovation at InsideTracker & a Performance Data Expert. Throughout his long career, Carl has coached Track and Field at every level, from high school to the Olympic level in the sprints and hurdles. Currently, he focuses his time on testing elite athletes and clearing up fallacies regarding sports science technology. In this episode, Carl talks about the future of IMU sensors in professional athletics, wearable sleep monitoring technology, and lessons learned throughout his career as a performance coach and performance data expert.

In the 56th episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Dr. Mike McGuigan. Dr. McGuigan is a Professor at the Sports Performance Research Institute of New Zealand at AUT University. His research interests are strength & power development and monitoring of training in high performance athletes. In this episode, Dr. McGuigan talks about strength & power research, strength & power profiling, performance testing, and decay rates of strength, power, and speed.