This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Brett Wargo from Ascend Gymnastics Seattle. Brett will be presenting on Day 2 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about bar Releases. The Symposium runs from June 10 to June 12 where learn everything you need to know about Gymnastics Medical Care, Gymnastics Coaching, and Gymnastic Strength and Conditioning. The lineup of 30 speakers is ridiculous, giving incredible lectures over three da...
May 19, 2022•18 min
Today on the podcast, I'm very excited to bring to you a presentation from one of my recent students, Alea Penner, a former gymnast who has just graduated from Duke Physical Therapy School. She did a phenomenal, inservice lecture on bracing gymnasts with back-related injuries. “Discussing bracing treatment for spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in athletes. Summarizing the current available research that supports or contradicts current treatment standards and discuss topics of future research t...
May 17, 2022•42 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Lindsey Stancil, Owner of X-Cel Gymnastics, and the Head Coach of the Xquisite competitive team. Lindsey will be presenting on Day 2 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Cast Handstands/Giants, & Pirouettes. The Symposium runs from June 10 to June 12 where learn everything you need to know about Gymnastics Medical Care, Gymnastics Coaching, and Gymnastic Strength and Conditioning...
May 12, 2022•21 min
Today in the podcast, I'm very excited to bring to you an interview I was asked to do with Nicole Farrier on her podcast. Nicole is a fitness professional with a bachelor's in exercise science and nutrition, a certified personal trainer, competitor, and online coach. We had an important and informative conversation about some of the cultural issues in gymnastics related to body image, nutrition, and changing the approach to strength and conditioning. Nicole and I talked a lot about these issues ...
May 10, 2022•54 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Dan Lonsdale, Gymnastics Strength and Conditioning Consultant ASCC from England. Dan will be presenting on Day 3 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Upper Body Strength & Power Development. The Symposium runs from June 10 to June 12 where learn everything you need to know about Gymnastics Medical Care, Gymnastics Coaching, and Gymnastic Strength and Conditioning. The lineup of 3...
May 05, 2022•16 min
Today on the podcast I am super flattered to welcome back Chellsie Memmel for another epic episode. The 2005 World All-Around Champion, the third American woman to achieve this feat, and Beijing Olympic Team member. Chellsie now 33 years of age and mom of 2, made a phenomenal gymnastic comeback in 2020 documenting her inspiring journey on her YouTube channel, and competed again after 9 years at the U.S. Classic and National Championships in 2021. I wanted to have Chellsie back on the show to hav...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 12 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Tom Meadows, one of the most highly respected coaches in the US, of Cypress Academy. Tom has one of the most impressive journeys in gymnastics, with multiple junior and senior national team members, as well as World and Olympic team members. Some of the most notable athletes that Tom has coached include Jon Horton and Chris Brooks. Tom will be presenting on Day 2 of the Symposium, discussing everything you ne...
Apr 28, 2022•29 min
Today in the podcast, I am excited to have senior British artistic gymnast Ellie Downie. Ellie from Notts Gymnastics Club has won multiple international medals and titles and is the All-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first British gymnast to win a major all-around title. I love talking to athletes about their experiences in gymnastics, trying to learn from them, and pulling out some value for parents, coaches, or gymnasts that are still active in the sport. There's so much that we...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Lenny Macrina MSPT, SCS, CSCS, C-PS my friend, mentor, and Co-Founder of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Lenny is a board-certified sports physical therapist and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He participates in clinical research with the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, AL, and has co-authored several current concept papers, book chapters, and research papers wh...
Apr 21, 2022•25 min
Today on the podcast, we are bringing you part two of our Hip Medical Inservice. Which is training I provide for doctoral students at Champion Physical Therapy clinic in Boston to educate medical providers on different injuries in gymnastics. Last week was a pretty in-depth episode looking at the anatomy and the biomechanics of the hip, assessments, and radiology findings. In part two, this week, I bridge together the sections of part one and talk about testing and what can you do for assessment...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 20 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Victoria Cunningham. Victoria owns Flight Athletics Academy in Tennessee. She is highly successful at the compulsory and beginner gymnastics levels and shares great content of her drills and physical preparation. She will be presenting on Day 1 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Front Handsprings. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmove...
Apr 14, 2022•17 min
Today on the podcast we are taking a little bit of a detour and bringing you some medical information. As many people know, I'm a Physical Therapist and a Sports PT that works with a lot of athletes and treats a lot of different injuries. One thing I see a lot of is hip injuries. As part of my job role, I do a lot of work on educating medical providers on different injuries in gymnastics. I run inservice training for doctoral students at Champion Physical Therapy clinic in Boston teaching anatom...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 22 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Scott Willgrass. Scott is one of the strength and conditioning coaches working with Gymnastics Canada and Ellie Black. He is one of many who is pushing the narrative and changing how we approach strength and conditioning in the sport of gymnastics. He will be presenting on Day 3 of the Symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Upper Body Strength & Power Development. The Symposium runs from ...
Apr 07, 2022•17 min
Today on the podcast, we are bringing you the second installment of our monthly Office Hours, a free Zoom meeting for Hero Lab members to ask questions, talk about various problems they’re dealing with and also discuss current trends happening inside the sport. WE DISCUSS: How to help gymnasts be safe and healthy during the championship season, avoiding burnout and niggling injuries. Planning ahead, getting ready for the offseason, and making the most of summer gains. Why you should be doing yea...
Apr 06, 2022•31 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Nick Ruddock. Nick is a high-performance consultant who has worked with over 22 nations around the world from club level all the way up to the Olympic level. He will be presenting on Day 2 of the symposium, giving 2 lectures, one on Font and Back Handsprings to Layouts and a second discussing everything you need to know about Front and Back Twisting Progressions. Also a reminder this is your final chance to g...
Mar 31, 2022•12 min
Today on the podcast is part two of the lectures I was asked to present by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, to all of the NCAA coaches on strength conditioning for gymnasts. Part two is focused on the exact weightlifting exercises you should be doing with your gymnasts, balanced and blended with the traditional model of gymnastic specific conditioning of shaping, core work, rope climbs, and handstands. I get into the nitty-gritty details of planning strength and conditioning progra...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 24 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Dr. Mike Reinold DPT, ATC, SCS, OCS, CSCS. My friend, mentor, and Co-Founder of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Mike is a physical therapist, athletic trainer, strength and conditioning coach, and performance enhancement specialist and has worked for prestigious organizations such as The Boston Red Sox, The American Sports Medicine Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital. He will be presentin...
Mar 24, 2022•37 min
Today on the podcast I was asked by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, to give lectures to all of the NCAA coaches on strength conditioning for gymnasts. A blended model, which is gymnastic specific, rope climbs and handstands, balanced with weight training and proper exercises is the most effective way to build explosive power in gymnasts. Reducing injury risk and increasing performance which is: strength conditioning. We discuss: What is power and how do we increase force? Examples...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 38 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Diwesh Poudyal. My good friend and co-worker from Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Diwesh is Head of Strength and Conditioning and Director of Fitness. He will be presenting on Day 3 of the symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Plyometrics. Early bird tickets are still available till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be fo...
Mar 17, 2022•17 min
Today’s podcast is a great one, I sit down and have an incredible discussion with Kim Shore, who was part of Gymnastics Canada’s Safe Sport which I did a series of webinars for on gymnastics culture. We have talked a lot behind the scenes on this subject and I wanted to get Kim on the podcast to have an in-depth discussion about the reasons why some coaches or gyms become toxic, examples of people who are doing the right thing. Why there are still so many kids who are unhappy with their experien...
Mar 15, 2022•2 hr 11 min
This week's mini-podcast episode is with one of the Shift Symposium guest speakers, Cale Robinson former NNCA athlete and now Ascend Gymnastics Coach. He will be presenting on Day 2 of the symposium, discussing what you need to know about Yurchenko's and Tsuks. Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium We appreciate you listening! To le...
Mar 10, 2022•18 min
If you've ever had questions about back pain or injuries in gymnastics, this podcast is for you. Lower back pain is something so many gymnasts struggle with. Depending on the research study you read, between 71% - 96.6% of all the injuries reported are to the lower back. Most literature puts lower back pain as the second or third most common injury in gymnastics, just behind ankle sprains and knee injuries. Sadly, knowing the culture of gymnastics and the stoic nature of many athletes, I believe...
Mar 08, 2022•2 hr 20 min
In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave explains everything you need to know about the 2022 Shift Symposium. Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium 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.shiftmoveme...
Mar 03, 2022•28 min
Today on the podcast is my good friend and crowd favorite Eva Shute Director of Gymnastics Operations who provides awesome information to help parents wrap their heads around competitive gymnastics. We share ideas and things we have done in our gym that have been extremely successful to help build better parent communication relationships and when someone's really having a tough time or there may be a nightmare parent or coach, we explain what have we done practically to successfully fix these t...
Mar 01, 2022•2 hr 16 min
In this week's mini-podcast episode is all about advice for gymnasts, coaches, and parents on overcoming fears, mental blocks, and competition preparation. Coming from not one but three gymnastics experts; Ascend Gymnastics Team Coaches Sarah Korngold and Cale Robinson and licensed Mental Health and Nationally Certified Counsellor Rebecca Grady. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/ To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website ...
Feb 24, 2022•26 min
Recently we started doing a monthly Office Hours, which is essentially a free Zoom meeting for Shift HQ members to ask questions, talk about various problems they’re dealing with and also discuss current trends happening inside the sport. We hosted the first one last week, and it went very well and so I wanted to share it with everyone because the conversations were fantastic and if you're interested in broadening your gymnastics education gymnastics this is a great thing you can do. We DISCUSS;...
Feb 22, 2022•56 min
In gymnasts, the knee joint has the highest rate of "severe" injuries . Unfortunately, this refers to injuries tending to cause the most tissue damage and pain when they occur. Alongside this, knee injuries also tend to create the most missed time from training and competition . Lastly, as long-term studies have suggested , there is a concerning trend for athletes who suffer injuries like ACL tears having long-term issues related to knee injuries they experienced when younger. Due to these conce...
Feb 15, 2022•2 hr 17 min
In this weeks mini podcast episode Dave is joined by #GymnastAlliance founder Jennifer Pinches and her co-founder for Gymnast4Change Claire Heafford. They discuss the harsh reality of Gymnastics Culture change including the impact of Athlete A, and how we can move forward. 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 rat...
Feb 10, 2022•15 min
Today on the podcast, is a lecture that I gave to all of the College Gymnastics Coaches last year when our research paper on Achilles studies, Achilles tears, and NCAA gymnastics was being published. I wasn't able to share this as a podcast because we had not yet published our paper, but now that it's out, and many people have read it and have talked about it, I can share this lecture. Obviously, there is a huge issue with Achilles tears in NCAA gymnastics and this is a problem that has been goi...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 33 min
In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave sits down with Dr. Emily Sweeney to discuss why youth concussions in all sports, but particularly gymnastics, are a huge 'elephant in the room' issue that we need to do a better job at addressing. 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 podc...
Feb 03, 2022•13 min
