In this episode we talk about how to calculate total calorie goals as well as how to determine each goal for the macronutrients we discussed in the last episode. I was hesitant to make this episode as we try not to get too hung up on numbers in the pediatric and adolescent athlete's diet, but many families want this information. So, I though it at least best to address. Importantly, we shed a light on how variable these numbers can be and focus in on making sure we are using caloric ranges as a ...
Apr 26, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This is the beginnings of our conversation on sports dietetics with a focus on the pediatrics and adolescent athlete.
Apr 24, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today we will wrap up our conversation on sleep discussing sleep quality and sleep hygiene. References - Driller MW, Dunican IC, Omond SET, Boukhris O, Stevenson S, Lambing K, Bender AM. Pyjamas, Polysomnography and Professional Athletes: The Role of Sleep Tracking Technology in Sport. Sports. 2023; 11(1):14. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11010014 - Jaiswal, S.J., Pawelek, J.B., Warshawsky, S. et al. Using New Technologies and Wearables for Characterizing Sleep in Population-based Studies. Curr ...
May 13, 2024•21 min
Today, we'll begin to discuss sleep and it's impact on the pediatric and adolescent athlete. We'll start with a review of what sleep is and then move to discussing how it impacts recovery, athletic performance, injury, and illness. Sources abbreviated - Arora T,Broglia E, Pushpakumar D, Lodhi T, Taheri S. An investigation into the strengthof the association and agreement levels between subjective and objective sleep duration in adolescents. PLoS One. 2013 - Blumert PA, et al. The acute effects o...
Apr 29, 2024•28 min•Ep. 7
So you're putting in the physical work via exercise training to get active and become a better athlete, but are you maximizing your beneficial adaptations? Learn how to today when we begin to discuss recovery and periodization. Sources Periodization and Rest/Recovery - González-Ravé, J.M., González-Mohino, F., Rodrigo-Carranza, V. et al. Reverse Periodization for Improving Sports Performance: A Systematic Review. Sports Med - Open 8, 56 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00445-8 - Lorenz...
Apr 15, 2024•28 min•Ep. 6
In today's podcast we'll move further into exercise training discussing plyometrics, dynamic stabilization, proprioception, and injury resistance. We'll then wrap it up by returning to resistance training and focusing in on how to advance to a more specialized and individualized approach after mastering the 1-2 sets of 8-12 reps. Sources (abbreviated due to character restraints) Plyometrics - Behm DG, et al. Effectiveness of Traditional Strength vs. Power Training on MuscleStrength, Power and Sp...
Apr 01, 2024•22 min•Ep. 5
In this episode we begin to shine a light on how to build a proper exercise training program for the young athlete. We define important terms involved in exercise training and start to understand how to apply these terms to a an exercise training routine. Sources Integrative neuromuscular training - Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, Azahara PhD; Romero-Rodriguez, Daniel PhD; Montalvo, Alicia M. MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS; Kiefer, Adam W. PhD; Lloyd, Rhodri S. PhD, CSCS*D; Myer, Gregory D. PhD, CSCS*D. Integrative Neu...
Mar 17, 2024•19 min•Ep. 4
Nature vs nurture? Find out more in terms of the pediatrics and adolescent athlete. Sources - Baltazar-Martins G, Gutiérrez-Hellín J, Aguilar-Navarro M, Ruiz-Moreno C, Moreno-Pérez V, López-Samanes Á, Domínguez R, Del Coso J. Effect of ACTN3 Genotype on Sports Performance, Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage, and Injury Epidemiology. Sports (Basel). 2020 Jul 13;8(7):99. doi: 10.3390/sports8070099. PMID: 32668587; PMCID: PMC7404684. - De Moor MH, Spector TD, Cherkas LF, Falchi M, Hottenga JJ, Boomsma ...
Mar 04, 2024•20 min•Ep. 3
How can we promote life long physical literacy? What can I do to help support my young athlete become the best they an be? What is the long-term athlete development model? Find some answers to these questions and more in the episode today. Sources - From Flag to Friday Night—Long-Term Athlete Development in Youth American Football by Joe Eisenmann, PhD and Clive J. Brewer, MS, CSCS. NSCA Coach February 2019 - LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 3.0. Colin Higgs, PhD Richard Way,...
Feb 19, 2024•15 min•Ep. 2
In this episode, we'll review what the general physical activity recommendations are in the pediatric and adolescent athlete, we'll review how we are doing as a nation in terms of meeting these recommendations, and we'll start building a foundation on how to improve our physical activity grade. Sources for the episode - Brockman R,Jago R, Fox KR. Children's active play: self-reported motivators, barriers and facilitators. BMC Public Health. 2011;11:461-461. -Huang TTK, Borowski LA, Liu B, et al....
Feb 03, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1
This is an introduction episode to the series providing an insight on what this podcast entails and letting the listener know a little bit about the person running the podcast. Hope you enjoy!
Feb 02, 2024•8 min
