

More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete
Dr. Michelle Boland & Dr. Tim Richardt
The More Train, Less Pain podcast is hosted by Dr. Michelle Boland and Dr. Tim Richardt and is specifically designed around engineering the adaptable athlete. The podcast will bring you the most knowledgeable guests in the fields of strength and conditioning and physical therapy, as well as episodes consisting of topic “deep-dives”. Our aim is to elevate YOUR understanding as a movement professional, to give you the knowledge, and the tools to deliver an even better service to your people, whoever they may be.
Episodes
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Feb 21, 2022 • 1h 5min
S2E3: Programmapalooza: Michelle Goes SOLO with Dr. Campo
Dive into a whirlwind of exercise techniques like ninja rolling and bunny hops! Discover the nitty-gritty of personalized fitness programming, emphasizing patience and adaptation. Explore the complexities of pain management and effective coaching strategies. Learn the differences between chin-ups and pull-ups, plus advanced weight training techniques to enhance performance. With a sprinkle of humor and fitness banter, this conversation is packed with insights for athletes eager to diversify their training!
Feb 14, 2022 • 1h 14min
S2E2: David Grey on “Feet Out”, Sensorimotor Training, and Sausage Dogs
Join David Grey and Tim as they hop on the magic biomechanical school bus of learning to attempt to parse out exactly how important straight feet are with running, the silliness of the “knees out” cue with squatting, integrating floor-based respiration drills with serious weight room s^%t, and a deep dive into the Standard Irish diet.
Show notes
0:00 Portugal Holidays, wiener dogs, and the angry doge
2:55 Does foot turn out give you diabetes?
12:30 Remote client assessment and the prioritization of treatment strategies
22:00 “Straight feet” is “knees out” and “knees out” is “straight feet”
30:00 Integrating strength/power drills with sensorimotor activities
40:00 Comprehensive program design
47:30 The tradeoff of weight room strength
51:00 NOT plugging lower body basics
59:36 The secrets of IG marketing for rehab pros
65:00 Just kidding, it’s consistency
66:45 The Irish food pyramid
David Grey IG @davidgreyrehab David Grey website https://davidgreyrehab.com/
Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt
Feb 7, 2022 • 53min
S2E1: The Random Show Season 2 Kickoff
We are BACK! Season 2 kicks off with Michelle and Tim running through some random topics such as huge life changes since Season 1 ended, new interests, thoughts on micro dosing, and all things to get you training more in less pain. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Related Content: Dr. Mike Camporini, Eric Schmitt, Quadrant System by Daniel Bove, Cory Schlesinger, & Joel Smith Just Fly Performance Podcast Episode #280. Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt
May 30, 2021 • 60min
S1E16: Tequilathon: Season One Throughlines & Takeaways
Shed a tear and drink a tequila along with Michelle and Tim as they bid farewell to Season One of More Train, Less Pain. They’ll each count down their Top 3 “Throughlines and Takeaways” from the incredible guests they’ve been joined by thus far, as well as inject the usual degree of nonsense in the form of “Season One Superlatives”.
What habits, tactics, and thought-processes got repeated over and over by multiple leaders in the fields of S&C and PT? What topics were most impactful to Michelle and Tim’s respective practices? What Season One guest would they LEAST like to face in an impromptu, back-alley powerlifting meet? All these questions (and MORE) answered on the FINAL episode of Season 1 of More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete.
May 24, 2021 • 58min
S1E15: Total Request (not) Live; Listener Q&A
Get ready for some MUCH anticipated Q&A. Fine listeners from all over the world have submitted excellent Q’s. Michelle and Tim do their damndest to A ‘em. On this episode they’ll tackle such topics as;
K-tape
Overdoing fitness
Making rehab fun (again!)
Over-complicating strength and conditioning
The SFMA
Managing contradictory treatment models
Desert island exercise(s)
How to MENTOR
Michelle’s bench press numbers
If you’ve liked Season 1 of More Train, Less Pain thus far, you’ll LOVE this episode. Tune in next week for the SEASON ONE FINALE, which will be the premier of both “Boozy Podcasting” AND “Season Superlatives”.
May 17, 2021 • 1h 13min
S1E14: Programmapalooza! Michelle goes SOLO with Erik Huddleston
Oscillatory isometrics, curtsy lunges, load placement, and asymmetrical respiratory cueing- Oh My!
In this episode, Michelle leaves Tim behind and goes SOLO to get into the real nitty gritty with her coach and Director of Performance at IFast, Erik Huddleston.
Erik answers specific questions about programming for Michelle and they dive into four phases of training. They discuss the benefits of coaches having coaches, how question prompting is an opportunity to learn, overall views towards program design, and specific exercise execution. You are going to dig this episode!
Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends...
May 10, 2021 • 53min
S1E13: Darkside of the Movement Profession, Tim SOLO with Zac Cupples on THE Zac Cupples Show
Michelle and Tim here! On this episode Tim flies solo AGAIN with the man, the legend, the LARGEST of Z’s, Dr. Zac Cupples. Tim and Zac discuss how improving movement options is legit, but at what cost? We know that this breathing stuff works, but are there drawbacks to this approach? Can we really make the changes “stick?”
Tim and Zac also sift through, How Zac structures his own training, What's better, time management or energy management?, What is Zac’s biggest failure?, The dichotomy of the type A personality, Movement behaviors: How do we get them to "stick", The dark side of internal cueing, AND the best way to communicate effectively to clients.
Get ready to enter the darkside to all this movement stuff…Subscribe, download, listen, and learn!
May 3, 2021 • 1h 8min
S1E12: Sustaining Success and Engineering Optimal Development with Dr. Fergus Connolly
Michelle and Tim are joined by THE Fergus Connolly, expert in all things team performance, consultant to professional sports organizations and tech companies alike, and author of 59 Lessons, The Happiness Handbook, and Game Changer.
They discuss Fergus’s personal exercise habits, the importance of choosing the RIGHT key performance indicators, the pitfalls of being overly “objective” with sport metric tracking, sustaining success in sport and life, and the value of “safe-to-fail” learning environments.
If you’re a movement professional looking to better understand WHICH data matters, this is the episode for you. If you’re a member of an organization looking to inspire cultural change for the better, this is the episode for you. If you’re simply a human looking to interact better with your fellow humans, THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU.
This is also the episode for you if you enjoy Irish accents (who doesn’t?). Subscribe, download, listen, and learn!
Apr 26, 2021 • 1h 20min
S1E11: Tim goes SOLO with Dr. Mike Camporini: Back Squats are NOT the Devil, and Hip Internal Rotation is so Much MORE than What’s Taught in School
Dr. Michael Camporini, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and innovative strength coach, shares his insights on movement and athletic training. He challenges the stigma against back squats, emphasizing their context-dependent benefits. The discussion dives into the intricacies of hip internal rotation, presenting personalized rehabilitation strategies for mobility issues. With a humorous twist, they explore how individual biomechanics affect performance, encouraging a flexible approach to movement. Listen to discover Dr. Camporini's next exciting career pivot!
Apr 19, 2021 • 1h 17min
S1E10: Flywheels, Barbellphobia, and Defending the Supple Leopard with Dr. Steph Allen
Michelle and Tim are joined by none other than runner-turned-powerlifter, ACL-rehab-encylopedia, youth-injury-management-expert, and PT with the most trained solei on the east coast, the one, the only, DR. STEPH ALLEN!
They pow-wow about her own training practices, Tim’s inability to understand how “show notes” work, the variable response to heavy barbell training of different genders and populations, objective strength testing as return-to-sport criteria, and frustration with the academic institution at large.
If you’re looking to level up (pun-intended) as a coach or clinician, this is the episode for you!


