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More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete

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Mar 3, 2025 • 1h 3min

S5E15: Lance Goyke on Gorillas, Kangaroos, and Debugging Humans

Back almost 3 years after his first appearance on More Train, Less Pain, Lance Goyke rejoins Tim to talk simplifying velocity based-training, designing workouts for busy people, leaving the (full time) fitness industry, and *most importantly* best pop punk albums of the 2000s. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Feb 24, 2025 • 51min

S5E14: Ryan Patrick on Speed Training Strategies for All

On today’s episode Michelle gets PEAK FAST with Ryan Patrick, owner of Peak Fitness & Sports Training in Erlanger, Kentucky. On today’s episode, expect to learn how Ryan realized that max strength wasn’t translating into speed, why you shouldn’t rush progress with youth athletes, how to avoid drill surfing by having a decision making framework, how to use bodyweight movements for assessment, and strategies for speed development using sleds. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Feb 17, 2025 • 1h 6min

S5E13: David Grey on Curiosity, “What Tends to Work”, & Accuracy of Movement

Michelle steals David Grey as a guest on the podcast from Tim’s lineup and talks about his curiosity, decision making, and how he prescribes his knowledge. On today’s episode expect to learn how David helps his clients interpret their problems, the best strategies for learning, why simplicity is driven from complexity, the best questions to ask clients, the difference between variety and variability, and why accuracy is more important than range of movement. Sit down, kick up your feet, and get out your notebook for this one. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Feb 10, 2025 • 1h 5min

S5E12: Coaching Cues We Hate

Michelle and Tim discuss their top three most hated coaching cues. Coaching cues are meant to anchor an exercise, provide a focal point, and represent intent. Cues aren’t meant to be applied to all, so Michelle and Tim dial in on when and why to use specific cues. In this episode expect to learn why “squeezing your glutes” is ineffective for cueing the deadlift, why you should be mindful about over-tucking your hips and over-reaching, why shin angles matter, cueing mistakes Michelle & Tim have made, and why word choice is key to positive outcomes. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Feb 3, 2025 • 36min

S5E11: 100 Mile Ultramarathon Plan with Michelle Boland

Michelle sits down with…herself and takes you through her 100 mile ultramarathon goal. In this episode, she discusses why she is pursuing this goal, her nine-month macro programming plan, her pre-race schedule, training considerations and variables, and why comparing yourself to an elite athlete is a bad training strategy. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Jan 27, 2025 • 56min

S5E10: Angus Bradley on GPP, the BPS Model, and Creating Lifelong Fitness Enthusiasts

Angus Bradley, an Australian educator and coach, dives into General Physical Preparedness and the balance between biomechanics and movement quality. He discusses the shift from 'movement nihilism' to 'movement optimism' and emphasizes the importance of personalized coaching. Angus critiques current fitness trends, pushing for a focus on lifelong enjoyment in physical activities. The conversation also touches on the impact of social media on coaching. With a playful approach, Angus encourages rekindling the joy of movement over perfectionism.
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Jan 20, 2025 • 1h

S5E9: Joel Smith on Building Elastic Runners and Maintaining the Stoke

Joel Smith, a strength and conditioning coach and host of the Just Fly Sports Performance podcast, joins Tim to dive into the science of running performance. They discuss innovative methods to enhance endurance without extra mileage by focusing on elasticity. Joel shares insights on balancing biomechanical knowledge with fostering a love for training. The conversation also touches on innovative movement techniques, advanced isometric exercises, and the role of explosiveness in boosting running efficiency, making for an enlightening listen for athletes and coaches alike!
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Jan 15, 2025 • 1h 16min

S5E8: Chris Wicus on Hucking Discs, Restoring Hip Extension, & Translating Billspeak

Chris Wicus is a health and performance professional with 18 years of experience, a former professional ultimate frisbee player, and a 2nd degree black belt in karate. He’s coached a wide variety of athletes across 17 sports and has been mentored by many top experts in the field, including Bill Hartman, with whom he runs the Unified Health and Performance Network, a place for practitioners to learn Bill’s UHPC model and its applications. In this episode, Tim and Chris dive into how Chris convinced Bill that the network ought to be created, what problems they’re trying to solve with the UHPC model, the utility of breaking down barriers between rehab/fitness/performance, updated strategies for restoring hip extension, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Jan 6, 2025 • 1h 4min

S5E7: Foot Training Keys with Tim & Michelle

Tim takes the interview seat and answers questions from Michelle about all things foot training; normal foot mechanics, when things go wrong, solutions, and practical strategies for different foot presentations. In this episode expect to learn normal mechanics of the foot during each phase of gait, how the foot changes shape during gait, interventions for rigid and flatter feet, weight room considerations and cues, strategies to improve the squat from the ground up, footwear recommendations, and when to try barefoot training. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt
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Dec 30, 2024 • 40min

S5E6: Marathon Running: Applying the Science with Jonah Rosner

Michelle sits down with Jonah Rosner, to put science over hype. Jonah and Michelle have known each other for many years and recently, both have swallowed the running pill. In this episode they discuss lessons from their practical experiences, the biggest factors in successful marathon training, coaches being ahead of the science, weight room training for runners, mistakes runners make in the weight room, ground contact training, tendon stiffness, the importance of variation in intensity, and much more.  Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Jonah's guest blog post on Michelle Boland Training: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/blog/the-power-of-words-by-jonah-rosner Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

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