The Physical Performance Show

Episode 180 of The Physical Performance show features Australian Distance Running Star, Milly Clark.    Milly’s running career spans a decade plus and Milly ran her first official marathon in 2015 in Amsterdam where she qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games representing Australia, this has lead to her running in the recent Gold Coast Marathon to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic games with 2:28:08. Milly completed a Master's Degree in Nutrition from the University of Sydney and during this episode shares some fantastic insights around fuelling for marathons, the challenges with disordered eating amongst recreational competitors and Elite distance runners, we continue the conversation having started from several episodes to go around energy availability for endurance athletes. In addition to Milly sharing her careers highs, lows and learnings we also discuss Milly's Profession as a Dietitian, working at Physio TAS in Tasmania. Milly brings a great mix of professional athlete insights and also a health professionals insights to all things physical best performance, health, and well-being. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Clare Minahan is an Associate Professor and Accredited Exercise Physiologist residing at Griffith University Sport Physiology and Performance Centre on the Gold Coast. Clare is a Prolific Researcher and sought out expert when it comes to all considerations for the female athlete. Clare consults with the Queensland Academy of Sport, Swimming Australia, the Gold Coast Suns AFL Football Club and has worked with numerous world and national champion athletes. On this expert edition Clare shares around the relative lack of knowledge regarding female athlete considerations. Clare shares around the potential effects of a female athlete’s menstrual cycle, hormonal contraception, effective pregnancy on performance injury and illness. Clare speaks about relative energy deficiency in sports for female athletes, key information for coaches and health professionals in working with the female athlete and outlines key performance strategies for getting the best performance as a female. This is not to be missed regardless of your gender so get ready to learn and enjoy from Dr Clare Monahan on this expert edition. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Dr Trent Stellingwerff is an experienced researcher having published more than 40 peer reviewed scientific publications. Trent is currently on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance along with the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Trent has co-authored 6 book chapters focusing on the role that nutrition can play in supporting elite athletes performance including a chapter on Nutrition for the endurance Athlete for the newest version for the IOC Sports Nutrition Encyclopedia. During this episode, Trent shares around fuelling for the endurance athlete, current best practices, the differences required for the elite vs. recreational runner athlete, ketogenic vs carbohydrate-based fuelling, intake strategies for optimising endurance performance whilst racing and training, the concept of body composition periodisation in the all-important topic of energy availability for the athlete and the consequences on both the health of the athlete and also the performance of the athlete when energy availability is deficient. We discuss the emerging awareness of the condition known as REDS (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports) it's pertinent information for every listener who is trying to pursue their own best physical performance. Trent also shares around getting the energy balance right as an athlete can really set an athlete up for success. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

On this Expert Edition we take a deep dive into all things Foot orthosis or Orthotics. When it comes to foot orthosis it seems that everyone has an opinion, some people believe that everyone needs orthotics, others believe that no one needs orthotics. Some say that orthotics or orthosis weaken the foot, many maintained that orthosis re-align or reposition the skeleton and others believe that once you've got foot orthosis you have them for life. These are just some of the myths that we tackle and Ian Griffiths provides accurate information on this episode. We discuss the history of and definition of and mechanisms by which foot orthosis are known to have an effect. Ian shares an intriguing concept around foot orthosis as medication and Ian lays down a fun physical challenge. Ian Griffiths is a foot, ankle and lower limb specialist. Ian is the Head of Podiatry at the prestigious pure Sports Medicine Practice in London. In addition Ian provides Sports Physiotherapy services to the PGA European tour, England Rugby Sevens, Surrey County Cricket Club and numerous football clubs and has provided services at the 2012 London Olympic games.  Ian maintains an active interest in research having published work in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, The Journal of Foot and Ankle Research and The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Ian also is a manuscript reviewer of the Civil Sport Injury in Physical Therapy Journals and Ian speaks internationally on all things Sports Podiatry. Furthermore Ian was awarded Fellowships for both the College of Podiatry in Podiatric Medicine and also the Faculty of Podiatry Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Scott Douglas features in this weeks Interest Edition of the Physical Performance Show. Scott is a Veteran Running, Fitness and Health Journalist, former Senior Editor of Runner's World Magazine, Current Runner's World Online contributor and Best-Selling Author. Scott is the Author of 6 Fantastic Running Books including the Little Red Book of Running, Advanced Marathoning with Pete Pfitzinger, Meb for Mortals and 26 Marathons with none other than episode 165 featured performer, US Great Meb Keflezighi Marathoner and most recently Scott gave birth to the book that he'd been wanting to write from more than two decades “Running is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier”. Scott himself is a lifelong Runner having clocked more than a 110,000 miles on his running odometer. During this episode, Scott takes us behind the scenes of what it takes to produce a book like Running is My Therapy, the hours of research, the hours of preparation, the hours of labour. Scott also openly shares his own struggles throughout his life with low grade depression and the fascinating story of how Scott came to realise that he needed to seek assistance. If you ever wondered why you feel so good after a run or conversely why you feel so miserable, irritated or frustrated when you are unable to run then this is an episode you are going to really enjoy.  We discuss all things running for anxiety, depression and mood and the science that underpins just what is happening. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Braden Currie’s story starts with growing up on a farm in a small rural community in New Zealand. Braden had hard working parents who taught him that success in life requires relentless commitment through the good times and the bad. At school Braden didn't fit into the typical education system being diagnosed with dyslexia. Braden was often made to feel isolated and inferior to his classmates. It was a teacher who recognised Braden’s passion and gift for Multisport who directed Braden’s energies and efforts into Multisport.  Braden is currently one of the most respected endurance athletes on the planet. Braden Currie is the dual Asia Pacific Ironman Triathlon Champion, winning the title in 2018, beating one of history's greatest triathletes on his Ironman Debut; Javier Gomez and taking the Asia Pacific Title once more in 2019. Braden is a Red Bull athlete, New Zealand off and on road Triathlon Champion, 3x World Multisport Champion, 3x Consecutive Coast to Coast New Zealand Multisport Racing Champion and a loving father and adventurer at heart. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Chloe McLeod is an Advanced Sports Dietitian who sits on the Board for Sports Dietitians Australia. Chloe is the Author of the recipe book Anti-Inflammatory Eating, the Founder of the FODMAP Challenge, Co-Owner of Health Performance Collective and a Parramatta Eels Australia Rugby League Team Sports Dietitian. During this episode we cover all things Gut Health, FODMAPs, what they are and why they’re important for athletes and for those of us who are seeking to be at our Physical Best. We talk about Anti - Inflammatory foods, the role of pre and probiotics in optimal health and performance and we talk about food allergies and intolerance’s along with what is behind IB S- Irritable Bowel Syndrome. There’s something in this episode for everyone, whether you’re looking to perform at an elite level or just be at your physical best. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Dr Jo Lukins has a PhD as well as 25 years of Clinical Psychology experience. Dr Jo is the founding Sports Psychologist for the Australian Rugby League Team North Queensland Cowboys and the Townsville Fire Basketball Team. Dr Jo regularly delivers programs in resilience and expert performance for the Australian Defence Force and has just recently released her first book titled “The Elite: Think like an Athlete, Succeed like a Champion - 10 Things the Elite do Differently”. The book includes chapter titles such as Take your Mark, Mindset Master Plan, the Bannister Effect, Systems in Place, Tell it Straight, In your Corner, The Gratitude Attitude, Enjoy the Ride plus two Chapters that we touch on during this episode, The Concepts Embracing the Suck, Being comfortable with the uncomfortable and from The Elite; Chapter 8, Life Balance BS in which Jo shares around the concept that chasing balance is a myth and why in fact it may cause stress when seeking to pursue your own Physical Best or your best in any area in life. In addition to touching on two of the chapters in Jo’s recently released book, Jo also shares around the role of psychology in injury rehabilitation, why people who are optimistic tend to do better in life but in what situations optimism may in fact not be favourable. Dr Jo challenges us to evaluate success, we also touch on the concept of effort and why enhancing self-esteem through the right coaching queues is so paramount. This is a terrific psychological deep dive so jump in, take notes with Dr Jo Lukins on this expert edition. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Dr Stephen Seiler is an American Sports Scientist who now resides in Norway. Stephen has been the past Dean of Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences at the University of Agder in Norway, a former Research and Senior Consultant for the Norwegian Olympic Federation and an Executive Board Member of Directus for the European College of Sports Science. Stephen is acclaimed worldwide amongst Coaches, Researchers, Athletes and Health Professionals for his work into Optimising Endurance Training. Stephen is perhaps best known for his work on Polarised Training. Over 2 decades of Research, Stephen and his team discovered that most endurance athletes spent the majority of their training time at very low intensities. And intensity Stephen claims as Zone 1. The majority of the remaining training time is spent at High Intensity or Zone 3 and quite surprisingly, the world’s best endurance athletes, Cyclists, Rowers, Cross Country Skiers and Distant Runners may spend only 4% at threshold level. Yet as recreational athletes, myself included it is so tempting to feel like we need to make our training sessions harder than likely what is required. And it is this training intensity distribution that has become popularised largely by Dr. Stephen Seiler and known worldwide as the Polarised Training Method. In other terms it has been referred to as 80:20 Training. During this episode, Stephen covers some fascinating topics including why we are wise to avoid what Stephen refers to as the training intensity blackhole. Why we should be confident in ourself and stick to our plan? Why it maybe wise to do hard workouts with others and easy workouts by ourselves, why simply training at a higher intensity may not get the results we are after as opposed to lengthening out some of our training sessions. The concept of heart rate max and how to calculate this as opposed to heart rate peak, how to determine what training zone you are in, Zone 1, 2 or 3 without lactate testing equipment. Tune in now to hear the many decades of scientific forefront thinking for the acclaimed Sports Scientist Dr. Stephen Seiler on all things optimising training for peak performance and the Polarised Training Approach. SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.

Neil Meigh graduated as a mature age student in 2012 from Bond University on the Gold Coast with a Bachelor of Exercise Science and a Doctor of Physiotherapy. Neil was first introduced to Kettlebell Hardstyle Training towards the end of 2012 where he then went on to complete the RKC Instructor Training Course. Neil has been strength training since 1991, he is a Certified Personal Trainer and he has been using Kettlebells exclusively for more than 6 years in his work as a Physiotherapist and now a Researcher. Neil’s professional focus is on Healthcare, not sick-care and Neil believes in the maxim that prevention is better than cure. Neil is due to complete his PhD at Bond University in early 2021 with the project being titled “Investigating the Effects of Pragmatic Hardstyle Kettlebell Training on the Measures of Health Related Physical Fitness and Psycho Social Well-being in Sedentary Older Athletes”. Neil describes the Kettlebell as being no better than anything else but a small, portable, inexpensive relatively easy to learn and really fun to use once you know how. Neil likens the Kettlebell to the swiss army knife of exercise options. During this episode, we discuss all things Kettlebell training.  Neil shares the history on kettlebell, the anatomy of the kettlebell, the insight regarding the best use of kettlebells and his 6 main exercises.  If you’ve ever wondered how to use a kettlebell and incorporate it into your training, then tune in now.  SUBSCRIBE NOW! This episode is sponsored by fisiocrem fisiocrem is a topical massage cream containing natural plant based ingredients, ideal for the temporary relief of muscular aches and pains. If you’re conscious of what you put on your body, you’ll be happy to know that fisiocrem does not contain parabens or hydroxybenzoates. fisiocrem can be found Australia-wide at your local Coles, chemist or health store, as well as on their online shop. fisiocrem are offering a 20% discount to listeners of The Physical Performance Show. Use the coupon code POGO when you shop at fisiocrem.com.au to redeem this special offer. Hurting sucks, and fisiocrem has got your back!   _____ 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.