Movement Fix Podcast

Dave Tilley, physical therapist, author, researcher, and gymnastics coach guests on this episode of The Movement Fix Podcast. In this episode we get into the following topics: Stretching myths Strengthening for gymnastics Controversies in the sport of gymnastics Epigenetics and stress

Dan Pope, DPT, discuss knee health, including how much squatting is required for a recreational vs competitive athlete and how to get back to training after a knee injury.

Chris Hinshaw, owner of Aerobic Capacity, discusses running, pacing, programming, and training smarter.

Rika is an incredible athlete born and raised in South Africa. She grew up running hurdles, barefoot, before moving to Kansas to run hurdles in college. Her dream as a child was to run hurdles in the olympics for her country. After several back to back injuries, likely resulting from having to run in shoes on a track (vs barefoot on grass in South Africa), she made the transition to rowing. The story of how that transition occurred is incredible. Rika was able to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in rowing after discovering her incredible abilities and work ethic paid off at the highest level in that sport.

Chad Vaughn, owner of vaughnweightlifting.com, is a 2-time Olympian, 9-time National Champion, Mulit-Time International medalist including the overall gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and the American Record Holder in the Clean and Jerk for the 77kg weight class in the sport of Weightlifting.

ave Durante attended Stanford University where he competed in gymnastics. In 2008 he was on the USA men's gymnastics team at the Beijing Olympics. He is the co-founder and co-owner of Power Monkey Fitness, which offers incredible resources for human movement, gymnastics, olympic lifting, and education.

Brian Alexander, owner of Illumine Fitness & Nutrition and business coach for Two Brain Business. Brian is a very thoughtful leader and business owner. He began his formal career path in sales for CDW, working his way up to a top sales position before realizing his heart was elsewhere: transforming the lives of others by utilizing fitness to demonstrate the power of daily habits and discipline to all areas of life. In this episode Brian shares his story, how he lost a $200,000 loan from his parents, his time spent as a bouncer at clubs, the rise at CDW, and then going for it to build CrossFit Illumine.

Mario Novo, DPT, discusses movement sensors, emerging technologies, and how that will affect movement assessment and rehab.

Jay Dicharry, DPT, discusses running performance, running research, and how to select the right shoe.

Phillip Snell, DC, discusses low back pain, disc herniations, healing times, and his clinical strategies.