Taylor McKeown is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games Medallist who lays claim to be Australia’s premiere female breaststroker. Having medalled in the 200m breaststroke at the Australian open champions consecutively since 2011. Taylor is also highly competitive in the 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley. Taylor picked up a silver medal in 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the 4x100m Medley swimming the breaststroke leg alongside her Australian team mates including Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell. In addition Taylor has picked up a Bronze Medal in the 2015 world swimming championships once again as a member of the 4x100m Medley Relay Team and Taylor pick up the Gold in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the 200m Breaststroke event. During this episode Taylor shares her swimming highs, lows and learnings to date. There’s some great takeaways in this episode and Taylor shares around what it means to be dig deep in recent times with her swimming as she heads towards Tokyo 2020 for her Father who in late 2018 was diagnosed with Brain cancer.   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.  

These guests could not be better profiled to share around this all important topic. Dr Paul Griffin - Sports Podiatrist, has a Sports Podiatry career spanning 20 years. Paul has provided services to the Perth Glory Football Club and the Western Australian Branch of the Australasian Podiatry Council. Paul’s, Bartold clinical colleague Simon Bartold likewise has a very impressive career. Across Simon’s career to date, Simon has been a consultant at the Australian Institute of Sport Cricket Academy, the British Cricket Academy and the Indian Cricket Team as well as a number of other National Sporting Teams. Simon was a Deputy Director of Podiatry Services at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 and then again chosen for Medical Teams at the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Games. Simon went on to attend his 4th Olympic Games in London in 2012, he’s been a Consultant Podiatrist to Port Power in the AFL and he’s been an editorial Board Member for the Journal of Science and medicine in Sport and the Australasian Physiotherapy Journal as well as being the review of the Australasian Journal of Podiatric Medicine and the British Journal of Sports Medicine. During this episode, we discuss the modern running shoe.  How the features of the modern running shoe came about, does running shoe segmentation or categorisation have a place in today’s running shoe landscape, reducing injury and preventing injury through running footwear. The role of maximalist and minimalist footwear, knowing when to replace your current running shoe, knowing whether to trial another pair of running shoes and of course selecting the best shoe for you. We discuss contemporary trends in running shoe manufacturing and the very exciting future of what the running shoe market holds. 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.  

Stewart McSweyn is an athlete on the rise, he is a Melbourne Track Club Athlete under the tutelage of Nic Bideau. Stewart is a dual Australian 10,000m Track Champion having won back to back Zatopek classics. He recently became the second fastest Australian ever across the 5000m distance clocking a remarkable 13:05:23 in a race which actually saw the four fastest 5000m runa in history. Just prior to this recording with Stewart McSweyn, Stewy Mac as he is affectionately known set the Australian indoor 1500m record with a blistering 3:35:10 at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix meet where he finished third in the Stellar Field. Stewy boasts PB’s of 28:03 on the road for 10k’s and 27:50 for 10,000m on the track. Stewy was an Australian Representative at the World Cross Country Championships and also in 2018 at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast where Stewy finished 5th in the 5000m and 11th in the 10000m. During this episode, you’ll share Stewy’s highs, lows and the learnings from his remarkable career to date.   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.  

Dr Tim Gabbett has over 20 years experience working as an Applied Sports Scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports. He holds a PhD in Human Physiology and has completed a second PhD in Applied Science of professional football. Tim has worked with elite international athletes over the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006 and Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Tim continues to work as a Sports Scientist and Coaching Consultant for several high performance teams around the world. Some of the teams being the biggest sporting franchises on the planet including the Chicago Bulls, Liverpool Football Club, Chelsea and Arsenal Football Club, Manchester United, Australian Rugby Union, San Francisco Giants, British Athletics, USA Olympic Committee and the list goes on and on. During this episode Dr Gabbett shares why training harder might actually be training smarter. We explore some of the factors that determine what training load you can handle at any given point in time. Tim shares a great analogy with our capacity building as athletes that involves the floor, the ceiling and the basement. Tim shares around some of the problems with spiking training loads or trying to get there too quick too soon. We talk about the pursuit of the unbreakable athlete, is it achievable or is that a eutopia? Tim shares around why the harder you work the easier it gets. This is an episode I’ve been very excited to bring you, it is super practical and you’ll take so much from this world leader authority on all things pursuing our physical best through load management. 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.  

In episode 150 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Commando Steve. Commando Steve Willis is well known for his career on The Biggest Loser.  Steve started his career serving in the military over a 10 year career culminating and completing work in the Second Commando regimen before exiting the military.  Then with his personal training qualification quickly becoming one of the most loved personal trainers on Australia’s Biggest Loser. On The Biggest Loser, Steve featured for 10 consecutive seasons and in more recent times Steve featured on Australian Survivor Champions vs. Contenders. Along the way, Steve is prolific with his involvement across a variety of health, wellness, and fitness endeavours including Commando Kids, Commando Camps, Workouts and Warriors, along with book publications including Commando Steve No Excuses, Get Commando Fit and Get Commando Fit Cookbook.  Steve is really in so many ways a great role model particularly for men, he is someone that can get the job done but in a compassionate way. 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.  

Mick Hughes is a Physiotherapist and Exercise Physiologist consulting at the Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre. Mick has an expertise in all things relating to ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) injury. Mick’s consulted with various elite sporting teams across his career and is also the co-Author of the Melbourne ACL Rehabilitation Guide 2.0. The guide is extensively used by clinicians worldwide and also people who have undergone a surgical reconstruction of their ACL ligament to help them get back to sports successfully. During this episode Mick Hughes shares about all things ACL rehabilitation, certain groups of individuals that are more at risk of an ACL injury, we touch on general rehabilitation principles along with an interesting conversation around blood flow restriction training. 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.  

Richard is a Post Graduate Researcher, the Course Leader for Sport and Exercise Science at Birmingham City University, he has been a strength and conditioning Coach to multiple Olympic Athletes, has overseen strength and conditioning formally at The Royal Ballet Company in London and has previously been the Director of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association. In addition Richard is a well loaded Researcher having published multiple papers on all things strength and conditioning for the distance runner. One of his more recent systematic reviews being the effects of strength training on the physiological determinants of middle and long distance running performance. In 2015 Richard authored ‘Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Running’ and inside the pages of Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Running Richard provides the arguments, the evidence and the answers. It contains everything that you need to develop your own strength and conditioning routine. Most runners are aware that strength and conditioning work can help their running but the majority are unsure of the finer details on exactly why and how. During this episode we dive deep into the world of the how, the what and the why of all things strength and conditioning for runners. 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.  

Jono Hall is a renowned Coach in the world of Triathlon however Jono was also a top level athlete winning the 1997 Australian Road Cycling Championships.  Jono went on to ride professionally being trained at the Australian Institute of Sport for many years and also later with the Festina Professional Road Cycling Team. Jono went on to finish 8th in the World Cycling Championships and also gained selection for the 1994 Commonwealth Games representing Australia. But it was in the sport of Duathlon that Jono really excelled. In 1997 Jono took the World ITU Duathlon title in convincing fashion. Jono now works as a coach with some of the World’s best triathlon competitors and during this episode we discuss the philosophies that underpin Jono Hall’s success as a Head Coach for Triathlon Canada, we touch on when to intervene and when not to intervene as a coach, the concept of a 4 day weekly training cycle. Jono shares what he believes constitutes good coaching and also his top 3 characteristics of athletes seeking to reach their physical best, we talk about why the fundamentals cannot be neglected for the one percenters and how Jono builds trust with his athletes. 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.  

In episode 146 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Dr Dan Pronk - Ex Army Special Forces Doctor (Interest Edition) Dr Dan Pronk was a former doctor within the Australian Special Operations Command. Dr Pronk was deployed on operations on 5 occasions with the Army including one time to Timor and 4 times to Afghanistan. In serving as a Medical Doctor for the Australian Elite Combat, Dr Pronk required to navigate, survive and think in extremely high stakes life or death situations. During this episode Dr Dan Pronk shares around mindset in high stakes environments but also in terms of his journey in completing medical school, the rigors of applying and successfully gaining entry into the SAS and then also the learnings he has taken from his 5 deployments in the Australian Defense Force. Recently Dr. Pronk authored his first publication titled “Not your Average 70kg D***head: Motivational Lessons from an ex Army Special Forces Doctor”. You will also hear Dan outline 3 of those 17 principles including the power of persistence, ignoring criticism and competing with only yourself along with the highs, lows and many learnings of his remarkable career. Subscribe NOW and listen in to this episode. This episode is sponsored by Sanitarium PB. Looking to achieve your personal best? Sanitarium PB can help. This refreshing drink contains 32g of protein per serve to help with muscle recovery, when included as part of a balanced diet.   Find Sanitarium PB in delicious chocolate or vanilla flavours at your local petrol station. Be your personal best – recover and refuel with Sanitarium PB. _____ 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.  

Listen in to episode 145 of The Physical Performance Show as we recap the year that was 2018! In this episode you will enjoy some of the highlights from the 52 guests that were featured across the 2018 calendar year. What a year it was, 2018 saw the Physical Performance Show regularly sitting inside the iTunes Top 20 for Health and Fitness and it has passed 400,000 downloads of the show since inception, so a huge thank you for your support. This episode features  Lionel Sanders - Professional Triathlete & 2017 ITU Long Course Triathlon Champion, Episode 92 of The Physical Performance Show Matt Fitzgerald - Best Selling Author ‘How Bad Do You Want It?’, Episode 109 of The Physical Performance Show Prof Stuart McGill – Biomechanist & Lower Back Pain Expert, Episode 108 of The Physical Performance Show Lee Troop  – 3x Olympic Marathoner, Former 5000m AUS record holder, Episode 101 of The Physical Performance Show Matt Fox - Sweat Elite – Train Like the World’s Best (ft Matt Fox), Episode 136 of The Physical Performance Show Alex Hutchinson - Author New York Times Bestseller ENDURE, Episode 123 of The Physical Performance Show Tim Don - Ironman Triathlon World Record Holder, 3x Olympian, 4x World Champion (Featured Performer), Episode 130 of The Physical Performance Show Dan Smith – AUS Olympic Swimmer, Episode 137 of The Physical Performance Show Mark Allen – 6-Time IRONMAN World Champion, Episode 139 of The Physical Performance Show Subscribe NOW and listen in to this episode. This episode is sponsored by Sanitarium PB. Looking to achieve your personal best? Sanitarium PB can help. This refreshing drink contains 32g of protein per serve to help with muscle recovery, when included as part of a balanced diet.   Find Sanitarium PB in delicious chocolate or vanilla flavours at your local petrol station. Be your personal best – recover and refuel with Sanitarium PB. _____ 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.