More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete

Tim and Michelle calf raise their way through the TOP 3 MISTAKES RUNNERS make with foot training. In this episode you can expect to learn why calf raises are overrated, why toe gripping should be avoided, why balance training and unstable surfaces should be thrown out with the bathwater, how to better appreciate the nuances of hopping and plyometrics, the importance of footwear, how lower body exercises always need to be coached at the foot, and the difference between injury prevention and performance 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

Michelle sits down with podcast king himself, Mike Robertson to talk about the difference between training high performance athletes and gen pop clients. In this episode, they discuss coaching as educating, creating your own timelines for progression, management strategies for athletes, defining sport specificity, applying the person to the weight room, 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

Michelle sits down with Dr. Sarah Coulombe, DPT, CSCS, CPT to talk about central nervous system and organ mobility influences on movement. In this episode, they discuss Sarah’s approach to assessment, identifying tension, creating a state of awareness in clients, structural changes during pregnancy, hormonal and connective tissue influences on movement, practical strategies for training women during pregnancy, 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

In this discussion, Dr. Mike Camporini, a physical therapist renowned for his work with professional baseball players, dives into the nuances of training adaptations and sport specificity. He contrasts training specificity with transfer, offering practical strategies to optimize performance through personalized approaches. Topics include the intricacies of the force-velocity curve and the importance of understanding neural adaptations. Camporini also emphasizes the need for tailored training based on individual goals, all while sharing insights into the environment's effect on performance.

Michelle and Tim CRUNCH our way into Season 5 with a big hitting topic - core training for runners. In this episode, we discuss the following topics - why you should include the diaphragm and pelvic floor in your definition of the CORE, athletes needing gradients of tension, the definition of stability, isolated exercises vs. multi-joint, too much concentric core training leading to poor running technique, the core as a conduit for energy transfer, practical training strategies for runners, 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

Sit down with Michelle and Tim as they discuss their biggest takeaways from Season 4, exploring specific preparation strategies for specific activities. In this episode, they discuss gym work for injury prevention, how the magic of programming is in the feedback, the value of unstructured activity, sport vs. individual analysis, 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

Discover the secrets to optimizing physical preparation for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athletes through enhanced mobility, strength, and injury prevention. Uncover the importance of balancing training intensity for better performance and recovery. Learn about adaptable coaching strategies tailored for unique BJJ requirements, from Gi to no Gi. Delve into essential techniques for hip rotation and spinal flexibility. Plus, explore the critical role of aerobic fitness and how to fit it into busy training schedules!

Tim welcomes his second guest of More Train, Less Pain’s arc on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; Jon Pope of Building the Elite. Jon is a former competitive BJJ player with a wealth of knowledge in program design. They get into the 3 basic archetypes of BJJ players and how to train each in the gym, the role of gym work in a BJJ player’s physical preparation strategy, the need to “own the middle” of the intensity continuum, how developing energy systems in this population looks an awful lot like training a miler, why a coach may choose a rower or an elliptical for certain energy system goals, and the silliness of “specificity” in training elite BJJ athletes. 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

Tim sits down (on the gym floor, literally) with Margaret Randolph, owner of Ethos Colorado Training Center; Brazilian Jiu Jitsu player and coach of numerous BJJ athletes of all levels to continue More Train, Less Pain’s deep dive into the fine art of grappling, arm bars, and wrestling pajamas. They get into the worst gym advice for BJJ players, which strength movements are most important for this population, and the unique challenges of bolstering fitness attributes in the context of nonstop training and competition. If you’ve read it this far, go ahead and leave MTLP a review in your pod player of choice, and Michelle and Tim appreciate you listening! 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

Our final 4 episode arc of Season 4 is here, this time focusing on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu! After a brief life/travel/learning recap, Tim dives right in to the topic du jour, covering sundry jiu jitsu content such as what the deal is with BJJ pajamas (the “Gi”), what is means to “pass someone’s guard”, the unique positional demands of competitive BJJ, the common problems a BJJ player may face with their mobility profile/energy system development/strength development, and what gym exercises may be obvious solutions. 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