Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this special episode, Brodie releases a previously patron-only AMA, answering a wide range of listener questions across injury rehab, running technique, strength training, and recovery tools. Even if you don’t struggle with th...
Nov 16, 2025•49 min•Ep. 415
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In today’s episode, Brodie is featured as a guest on The Rambling Runner podcast to break down what the science REALLY says about strength training for runners. We dive deep into the research around how lifting makes runners fast...
Nov 09, 2025•42 min•Ep. 414
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this episode, I’m joined by elite running coach and host of the Strength Running Podcast, Jason Fitzgerald, to unpack one of the most confusing parts of training: how to structure your taper and recovery weeks. Whether you're ...
Nov 02, 2025•54 min•Ep. 413
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In today’s episode, we explore three brand new running research studies that shed light on how to run faster across different terrains, optimize your fueling strategy, and understand how hormones influence tendon health. Whether ...
Oct 26, 2025•52 min•Ep. 412
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ Topics Covered Managing Multiple Injuries (e.g., Plantar Fasciitis & PHT) How to prioritize the most debilitating injury using key factors: Severity Duration Irritability Predictability Why you should focus on “bang for your ...
Oct 19, 2025•42 min•Ep. 411
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this listener Q&A episode, Brodie dives into four fascinating research-backed topics that every runner should understand — from aging performance to tendon rehab science: How running performance declines with age — and the...
Oct 12, 2025•35 min•Ep. 410
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ Marathon PB Tactics & Strategy with Brian Hanley Most runners spend months focusing on training plans, mileage, and workouts… but when race day comes, they often just “wing it” when it comes to pacing. In this episode, we div...
Oct 05, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 409
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this episode of the Run Smarter Podcast , Brodie dives into the latest running research released over the past month. As always, the goal is to cut through the myths and confusion to bring you evidence-based strategies to impr...
Sep 28, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 408
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ On this Q&A episode of the Run Smarter Podcast , Brodie tackles a range of listener-submitted running questions—covering everything from calf pain management to the best time to reintroduce speed work during tendon rehab. Dra...
Sep 21, 2025•32 min•Ep. 407
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this episode, Brodie Sharpe sits down with Sara to share her inspiring journey of overcoming Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy (PHT) after struggling with it for several years. Sara's story is filled with ups and downs, from nav...
Sep 14, 2025•51 min•Ep. 406
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ O₂ max is often thrown around as the holy grail of endurance performance—but how much does it really matter, and how can you train it effectively? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Will O’Connor, exercise physiologist, endurance...
Sep 07, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 405
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this episode, Brodie chats with Dr. Phil Hayes — senior lecturer at Northumbria University, sports scientist, and highly experienced running coach — about his role as co-editor of The Science and Practice of Middle and Long-Di...
Aug 31, 2025•53 min•Ep. 404
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this month’s research breakdown, Brodie dives into four fascinating studies every runner should know about. From bone health and marathon pacing to hamstring flexibility and recovery tools, these findings reveal how science ca...
Aug 24, 2025•56 min•Ep. 403
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this powerful conversation, Brodie Sharpe sits down with physical therapist, running coach, and lifelong runner Steph Mundt to explore her remarkable journey from repeated bone stress injuries and dangerously low bone density ...
Aug 17, 2025•54 min•Ep. 402
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode, Brodie dives into a newly published paper titled “Female Tendons are from Venus and Male Tendons are from Mars: But Does it Matter for Tendon Health?” by Gerard McMahon and Jill Cook. The paper...
Aug 10, 2025•25 min•Ep. 401
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ To celebrate 400 episodes of the Run Smarter Podcast, Brodie brings on his sister Zoe for a heartfelt and relatable conversation about one of the most transformative shifts in her running journey: learning to truly slow down. Aft...
Aug 03, 2025•33 min•Ep. 400
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ Struggling with running during illness, lingering muscle pain, or training for a faster marathon? In this special Ask Me Anything episode, Brodie dives into listener-submitted questions to cover a range of critical topics—from wh...
Jul 27, 2025•46 min•Ep. 399
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this episode, Brodie explores the latest research on vitamin D and its role in tendon health , diving into a 2024 comprehensive review that examines both cell-based and animal studies. You’ll learn how vitamin D influences ten...
Jul 20, 2025•17 min•Ep. 398
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ In this mind-expanding episode, I’m joined by sports scientist and biomechanics researcher Gustavo Leporace , who unpacks the findings from his newly published paper: “The Search for the Holy Grail of Running Biomechanics – Is Th...
Jul 13, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 397
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃♂️📚 - Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓 - The Run Smarter Book 📖 - Access to Research Papers 📄🔍 - & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟 👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨ Is it safe to exercise while fasting? What if you're a recreational runner? A woman? Or trying to lose weight? In this episode, I’m joined by the brilliant Kira Sutherland , a naturopath and sports nutritionist with over 25 years...
Jul 06, 2025•53 min•Ep. 396
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 In this episode, Brodie dives into three new studies aimed at helping runners prevent injury and understand how tech and biomechanics affect performance. Whether you're a recreational runner or an aspiring marathoner, these findings offer practical, science-backed takeaways. Featured Studies & Key Insights Asymmetry & Bone Stress Injuries Study Title: Can biomechanical variables and asymmetry predict bone stress injuries...
Jun 29, 2025•36 min•Ep. 395
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 In this episode of the Run Smarter Podcast , Brodie sits down with world-renowned sports dietitian and researcher Professor Louise Burke to clear the air on one of the most debated topics in endurance sport: low-carb vs high-carb diets . After receiving listener pushback from a previous episode on low-carb nutrition, Brodie brings in Louise — who has decades of elite-level experience and research — to explore: The theory behind ...
Jun 22, 2025•52 min•Ep. 394
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 In this listener Q&A episode, Brodie tackles a wide range of questions from the Run Smarter community. From race-day fueling strategies and minimalist footwear to the nuances of tendon vs muscle rehab, this episode delivers practical, evidence-based advice to help you train smarter and reduce your injury risk. ❓ Questions Answered in This Episode: What’s the optimal fueling strategy for long runs and race day? How can I avoi...
Jun 15, 2025•41 min•Ep. 393
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 In this listener Q&A episode, Brodie answers your submitted questions on a range of running topics—from biomechanics and nutrition to recovery strategies and age-related changes in performance. Packed with science-backed insights and practical takeaways, this is part one of a two-part Q&A series. 🔍 What’s Covered in This Episode: 🥤 Is Beetroot a Performance Enhancer? A listener asks why WADA might ban beetroot suppleme...
Jun 08, 2025•46 min•Ep. 392
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 Episode 391 – Running is Rehab: When Doing is the Fixing with Greg Lehman Is complete rest the answer to running injuries? Or is movement—specifically running—itself the medicine? In this powerful episode, I’m joined by Greg Lehman , renowned physiotherapist, biomechanist, and educator, to challenge long-standing rehab dogmas. We dive into why running itself should often be the primary rehab tool and how to safely navigate pain,...
Jun 01, 2025•52 min•Ep. 391
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 🧠 What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Join Brodie as he breaks down the latest running research from May 2025 , giving you science-backed insights to run smarter, reduce injury risk, and boost performance. In this episode, you’ll explore: 📌 Featured Research Summaries: 1. Biomechanical Strategies to Improve Running How increasing your cadence by 10% can reduce knee pain — especially patellofemoral pain. Why combining cadence, f...
May 25, 2025•52 min•Ep. 390
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 In this episode, Brodie Sharpe sits down with Sara to share her inspiring journey of overcoming Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy (PHT) after struggling with it for several years. Sara's story is filled with ups and downs, from navigating misdiagnoses and passive treatments to discovering the power of strength training and the mind-body connection. Whether you’re currently battling PHT or looking for guidance on chronic pain, this...
May 18, 2025•51 min•Ep. 389
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 Guest: Dr. Ian Seels | Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist 🧠 Episode Summary In this thought-provoking episode, Brodie chats with Dr. Ian Seels, a private musculoskeletal physiotherapist with over 35 years of experience and a co-author of the paper The Relevance of Diet in Musculoskeletal Clinical Practice – A Narrative Review . Together, they explore the emerging science behind how diet influences inflammation, pain, an...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 388
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 🎙️ The Safest Way for Runners to Lose Weight (w/ Dr. Nick Fuller) Run Smarter Podcast Are you running to lose weight but finding the kilos just won’t budge—or worse, keep creeping back on? In this mind-opening episode, I sit down with Dr. Nick Fuller, obesity researcher, former elite hurdler, and creator of the Interval Weight Loss (IWL) program, to expose why most diets fail and how runners can finally lose weight sustainably—...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 387
Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍 📌 Episode Summary: Welcome back, Run Smarter Scholars! In this special research roundup episode, Brodie dives into three fascinating new studies released in April that could change the way you train, recover, and stay injury-free. Recording from a beachside getaway, Brodie filters through over a dozen newly published papers and handpicks the most actionable and interesting ones for runners like you. 📚 Papers Covered: 1. Shin S...
Apr 27, 2025•49 min•Ep. 386
