The SHIFT Show

In this episode, I cover one of the most common topics I get asked about which is how to plan for the entire competitive year, how I apply periodization concepts, and how I teach people to break down chunks of the year to keep gymnasts at optimal performance and health. Hope it helps!We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

In Part 2 of this episode, I  build off of the first episode and move on to talk about the shoulder, elbow, and wrist injuries in gymnastics. After chatting about how they tend to occur, I offer some thoughts on how to help. Hope it's useful!We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

In this first Part 1 of this episode, I cover a very requested topic which is to break down why common hip, knee, and ankle injuries occur in gymnastics. I talk about why they tend to happen, and my thoughts on how to help out. Enjoy!We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

In this episode which is an extension of Part 1, I sit down with Kiefer Lammi again to talk about the nitty gritty for building new school gymnastics strength and conditioning programs. We discuss breaking up the offseason, how to build a well-balanced program, set/rep schemes we like, and practical implication for everyday coaches and medical providers. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Gymnasts using general strength training and external weight lifting is continuing to become gold standard in gymnastics. However, many people are overwhelmed by how to start. In this first Part 1 of this episode series, our director of Strength and Conditioning at Champion  Kiefer Lammi talks about how and why we build Gymnastics Performance Programs. He talks about the approach we take, exercise categories we find useful and how gymnasts can use these programs as a piece of their overall strength program, not in replacement of it, to increase strength, power, performance, and reduce injury risk. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

In this episode, I share a recorded lecture on all of my current thoughts on gymnastics flexibility. I have been fortunate to give at many congresses and meetings around the world, and people always seem to enjoy the information. I discuss mistakes I've made, the complexes I use, the research behind the approach take, and then answer a lot of questions from the audience that I thought were really great. Hope it helps!We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

In this episode, I sit down with Jake Dalton and Dave Durante to discuss the current landscape of men's gymnastics. We talk about NCAA programs being dropped, how the sport can help gymnasts have longevity and health with better strength and conditioning and medical care, the role that parents and coaches play for young male gymnasts, and much more. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Last weekend I carved out 2 hours on the weekend to answer every question I could that I have gotten from email or my online educational group, The Hero Lab, and it ended up being fantastic. We talked about - Addressing chronically bent knees in gymnastics - Dealing with ankle/hamstring injuries in gymnasts - How to change training before a big weekend competition - How to address culture changes needed in toxic training gymnast - How to implement better cardio training for better performance - Screening asymmetries in gymnastics and if they matter   Hope you like it!We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

In this amazing episode, I talk with Dr. Stuart McGill who is an internationally renowned expert on spinal biomechanics. We discuss a huge range of topics related to stress fractures in athletes, bone healing, sport specificity, and much more. This is a must listen for coaches and medical providers who help people with lower back pain!We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Chris Hinshaw is one of the most sought after endurance coaches in the world, with a background competing in 10 Ironmans, having worked with hundreds of endurance athletes, and now having coached some of CrossFit's most elite athletes. In this episode, we talk about all that I have learned from Chris for energy systems as it applies to traditional domains of gymnastics. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/