Andrew dives into key concepts that help him, and his athletes correct movement patterns, learn how to move properly, and move better. The more that we focus our training on specific details and being able to feel motor patterns, the more our brain and body will improve with those movements.Andrew talks about concepts and his approach to learning or relearning movements. In the early stages, it really boils down to breaking down movements and performing quality reps more often than not. He share...
Dec 13, 2022•19 min•Ep. 152
Andrew shares valuable information about percussion therapy and massage guns in this episode. Although there is limited evidence and research currently, there is a lot of anecdotal information that helps us to apply this tool in athletics. He talks about the theory of percussion therapy and what kind of impact using a massage gun has on our tissue and performance.Listen in as Andrew talks about the practical application of how to use massage guns. Most importantly, once you understand what it is...
Dec 06, 2022•21 min•Ep. 151
Welcome Chris Mirabile, the Co-Founder & CEO of NOVOS, to the HNL Movement Podcast! This is an extremely informative episode about longevity and how to stay younger for longer. He shares his personal journey that led him to his passion in learning about biology and long-term health. He shares the life changing experience he went through at 15 years old, undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumor. Although he was always interested in health and fitness, this sparked his curiosity in wondering...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 150
Can you believe it’s already Thanksgiving?! Andrew talks about being thankful for health, wellness, and all the things that you can do. When you appreciate the things you can do, it helps to make progress and improve at what you set your efforts towards. As you keep making progress, you will build habits over time that help you to reach your goals and live the lifestyle that you want. Embrace the growth process and keep striving to achieve more.Listen in as Andrew shares how to focus on and prio...
Nov 22, 2022•22 min•Ep. 149
Andrew shares an update with his PhD in Biomechanics journey. He gives a little insight in his area of study, his research responsibilities, and future projects that he is looking forward to working on. He also shares his growth as he reflects to where he was a year ago during his first semester. For all of us, looking back can show us how our consistent practices and habits helped us grow over time.Andrew also talks about how research contributes to the bigger picture and improves our understan...
Nov 15, 2022•24 min•Ep. 148
Welcome Max Newlon, the President of BrainCo, to the HNL Movement Podcast! This episode discusses how you are in the driver’s seat when it comes to training your brain. BrainCo develops technology that measures brain activity and helps to improve how we are connecting with the world around us. All our interactions, experiences, habits, and so on influence how we live and perform in life. Training our minds is arguably just as, if not more important than all the physical training we do to elevate...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 147
Keeping your knees healthy and performing optimally goes well beyond just working on quad and hamstring strength. In fact, healthy knees are highly dependent on all the functioning parts of the lower leg. Listen in as Andrew breaks down fundamental concepts with how important core, hip, and ankle function are to overall knee health.Andrew gives a brief overview of anatomy and function of the knee. More importantly, he shares 3 key points that helps to emphasize how interconnected the knee is wit...
Nov 01, 2022•24 min•Ep. 146
Will more training lead to better performance? That’s a loaded question that is very complex to answer. Andrew dives into the important concept of lifestyle outside of training that may make or break your results from training. Listen in as this episode revisits the fundamental concept of the general adaption syndrome and how you can apply this to optimize your performance.Andrew breaks this down and provides perspective to how important overall lifestyle is to optimize performance. We all have ...
Oct 25, 2022•20 min•Ep. 145
Let’s welcome Ryne Sullivan to the HNL Movement Podcast! Ryne grew up in New Orleans and has been around sports and training for nearly his entire life. While growing up, he played organized soccer and baseball, and other backyard sports with the kids in his neighborhood. Listen in to all his experiences through playing sports, strength & conditioning, and currently training athletes at Training Think Tank.Ryne looks back on his journey that led him to what he is doing today. Early on he rea...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 144
Andrew talks about key points to get started and taking action steps immediately. We are all guilty of putting things off in life, and that may be involving physical activities, health, nutrition, fitness goals. When you take that first step, that will help you to be on your way to make improvements and grow. Andrew discusses 5 key points to take action immediately, if not today, then tomorrow. 1. Start with an appropriate/realistic volume 2. Progress gradually 3. Take interest in improving 4. E...
Oct 11, 2022•18 min•Ep. 143
How physically literate are you? Let’s break that down in this episode. Our bodies crave movement to improve fitness, mental state, moods, reduce stress levels, and so on. Movement is integrated in our lives from daily routine tasks to playing sports. Learning how to move well in a variety of ways is essential to improve our physical literacy.Andrew dives into the importance and value of expanding our movement practices. Practicing a wide range of movements throughout the year, through various a...
Oct 04, 2022•17 min•Ep. 142
How physically literate are you? Let’s break that down in this episode. Our bodies crave movement to improve fitness, mental state, moods, reduce stress levels, and so on. Movement is integrated in our lives from daily routine tasks to playing sports. Learning how to move well in a variety of ways is essential to improve our physical literacy. Andrew dives into the importance and value of expanding our movement practices. Practicing a wide range of movements throughout the year, through various ...
Oct 04, 2022•16 min•Ep. 142
This week features Cody Collins on the HNL Movement Podcast! Cody grew up working out, training, and excelling in baseball. He shares many lessons learned throughout his baseball career and beyond that we can all take something away from. Stay tuned for this jam-packed episode where we discuss strength & conditioning, training for baseball, facing the “yips,” overcoming injuries, and how he stays in shape and finds his purpose in being a firefighter. Cody shares how he began training for bas...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 141
Have you heard about anatomy trains? Did you know that your myofascial system creates direct connections and seamless integrations between individual muscles. This episode is all about understanding the various myofascial meridians that travel the body from head to toe. The myofascial system contains countless nerve endings, provides sensory information, and stores mechanical information as we move. Knowledge of these integrated lines will add to your understanding of human movement, training, a...
Sep 20, 2022•24 min•Ep. 140
Have you heard about anatomy trains? Did you know that your myofascial system creates direct connections and seamless integrations between individual muscles. This episode is all about understanding the various myofascial meridians that travel the body from head to toe. The myofascial system contains countless nerve endings, provides sensory information, and stores mechanical information as we move. Knowledge of these integrated lines will add to your understanding of human movement, training, a...
Sep 13, 2022•24 min•Ep. 139
Let’s welcome Guysen Terai to the HNL Movement Podcast! Guysen recently moved back to Hawaii after being a strength & conditioning coach at Oregon. This episode discusses many topics related to strength & conditioning, coaching strategies, navigating through your career, and finding your purpose to make a positive impact on those around you. Guysen talks about growing up in Hilo and playing sports year-round from a young age. He has learned valuable lessons through sports that has helped...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 138
Do you suffer from nagging and annoying knee pain that is preventing you from doing activities? Even if you are pushing through the pain, your performance will slowly declining with any type of knee pain. This episode is all about understanding the wide range of potential causes of knee pain, how to eliminate your pain, and most importantly train to improve your knee health and performance. Andrew shares this comprehensive perspective to break down the possible causes of knee pain. Be sure to li...
Aug 30, 2022•20 min•Ep. 137
Summer is over and Andrew is starting his 2nd year in his PhD program! This episode is a brief update on his PhD journey as well as the upcoming HNL Movement content. Like with any endeavor, it’s about utilizing your experiences and growing along the way. With a year under his belt, he is excited to get started with his 2nd year. Andrew shares valuable insights for everyone to apply to their journey. Focus on maintaining balance in life and trust the growth process. This is something that can be...
Aug 23, 2022•18 min•Ep. 136
Welcome Ed Gibbins, the Co-Owner and Chief Product Officer at Rewire Fitness, to the HNL Movement Podcast! For everyone out there, especially athletes, how do you train and recover mentally and cognitively? There is evidence and proven strategies that help to enhance physical readiness and performance, however, many of us don’t have the tools or experience to apply these mental and cognitive strategies to our training regimen. Ed shares his experiences growing up playing rugby, overcoming obstac...
Aug 16, 2022•59 min•Ep. 135
This episode is all about how to implement an effective warmup strategies to help you better prepare for your training sessions and activities that you are jumping into. This is a great general overview of key components that are included in effective components. The components Andrew mentions are (1) increasing circulation/metabolism, (2) progressing mechanics and movements, (3) warming up the nervous system, and (4) prepping your mental state as well. Collectively, all these areas will help yo...
Aug 09, 2022•18 min•Ep. 134
Do you have rotator cuff problems? Are you looking to prevent shoulder injuries in overhead sports? Listen in to this episode where Andrew breaks down key concepts for optimal shoulder health. This episode is all about the rotator cuff: anatomy, function, and key training considerations to elevate your shoulder performance. This episode is a must to understand the importance of the rotator cuff. The rotator cuff is made up of 4 muscles, the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapu...
Aug 02, 2022•13 min•Ep. 133
Welcome Takahiro (Taka) Uchida to the podcast this week! Taka is an assistant athletic trainer with the Atlanta Hawks. He shares his journey of moving from Japan to the United States, working to become a Certified Athletic Trainer, and making the most of the opportunities in front of him. From the time he moved from Japan, he had dreams and aspirations of working in the NBA one day. He is now living his dream working the past 3 seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. Taka talks about playing basketball ...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 132
Listen in to this informative and educational episode on all things pertaining to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Andrew has a wealth of experience in clinical practice and research when it comes to ACL injuries. This episode covers many key points including: · ACL anatomy · Function of the ACL · Mechanism of ACL injuries · How do you know if you injured your ACL · ACL injury statistics · Treatment options · Rehab/strength & conditioning process · Long-term concerns following ACL ...
Jul 19, 2022•18 min•Ep. 131
Andrew shares 5 key areas to focus on that will greatly improve the quality of how you move. These fundamental concepts will apply to all different types of training and movements. The 5 areas to improve your movement quality that Andrew dives into are: 1. Mobility 2. Stability 3. Posture/alignment 4. Muscle activation 5. Tempo/speed of movement Andrew shares great information and examples of how these basic concepts will help to tune up your movement. There will always be ways to improve in the...
Jul 12, 2022•16 min•Ep. 130
Let’s welcome Sheera Goren to the HNL Movement Podcast! She is the Co-Founder of Zygo, an innovative and revolutionary product that streams audio underwater. Growing up playing soccer as well as other sports, Sheera discovered ways to continue living an active style after playing collegiate soccer. This led to discovering boutique fitness classes, fun outlets of being active, and eventually wondering how some of these experiences can be applied to swimming. Sheera and her high school classmate, ...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 129
Andrew provides a great overview of what biomechanics is. Biomechanics is a subdiscipline of kinesiology and one of the key tools to analyze human movement. It entails studying how the body moves using physics and mechanical engineering strategies. Biomechanics answers questions that help to prevent injuries, rehab injuries, train better, and improve performance. In this episode, Andrew explains key terms in biomechanics such as kinematics and kinetics to analyze human movement. He also goes ove...
Jun 28, 2022•13 min•Ep. 128
Recovery is a big topic, but how do you effectively apply recovery strategies to match your training demands? Everyone doesn’t respond the same to training stimuli because of individual differences, and therefore we don’t recover the same following physical activities. The basic aspects of effective recovery are adequate sleep, stress management, nutrition, hydration, and getting rid of inflammation and waste products following exercise. However, more importantly, Andrew discusses how to be more...
Jun 21, 2022•20 min•Ep. 127
Welcome Harrison Kuroda to the HNL Movement Podcast! There’s many great insights he shares from his experiences as an athlete and a coach. He talks about how baseball grew into his primary sport that led him to play at the University of Hawaii. His road wasn’t without obstacles and adversity as he persevered to return after shoulder surgery during his collegiate career. He talks about suffering multiple shoulder dislocations on his throwing shoulder. The first incident happened while playing soc...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 126
Andrew discusses five tips to help you train like how you want to perform. These tips will help you to maximize your training benefits, improve your progress, and execute and perform with more consistency. Apply these five tips below to your training regimen and keep working toward your goals. 1. Have a positive attitude and mindset 2. Focus on improving training quality 3. Make every rep count 4. Focus on the end of sets/workout 5. Focus on being consistent with training This episode is a great...
Jun 07, 2022•18 min•Ep. 125
Andrew shares a key tip to help athletes to be powerful and explosive on gameday: relax and stay loose. Once all the training and preparation work has been done, switch gears to focus on giving your body the best chance to execute what you have practiced in training. Excessive stiffness, tension, and tightness takes away from our power production and performance. This can be influenced by many factors such as physical tension, nerves, and mental or emotional stressors. The contributing factors m...
May 31, 2022•14 min•Ep. 124
