SPORT and TRAINING is 💖 EMOTION! Dr Marco Cardinale wants you to understand that you need to be EMOTIONALLY connected to the PEOPLE you are working with. They are NOT machines, and every emotion that you could possibly imagine are going on inside of them. And remember that you are ALLOWED to have them too. It is rather a 🎯 STRENGTH of our field over many others but the principle applies to all. In the 109th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Marco discuss: 🚀 Career “GROWTH” whi...
Apr 18, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Getting MORE 💪 done with the sessions you are already doing! Frank Kuhn wants you to understand that you can LOTS 🏆 done as a professional team in ONE DAY. There is no “MUST train 2x/day”. In the 108th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Frank discuss: 💪🏽 Coach-coach relationship - especially between specialists and the head coach. ⚡ Managing loads in basketball. 🚀 Having a more SYNCED human relationship with your staff and players. _____________________ Today’s speakers: Dr...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 108
PEOPLE 🎯 are the BIGGEST super weapon of your team - NOT TECH! Stephanie Mocks wants you to understand that you need to BUILD TRUST in PEOPLE and their SKILLS - although some cool gadgets and toys are useful in exercise and sport science, you cannot work with your team if they are an “extension of yourself”. In the 107th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Steph discuss: 💼 Starting & SUPPORTING a career of EARLY CAREER COACHES, SPORTS EXPERTS & SCIENTISTS; ✔️ MICROdosin...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Sometimes it may be GOOD to feel SLOW & BAD 😬! Hard training should not all be flowers, ponies & “smart” tools. Phil Sesemann wants you to understand that it is OK to feel tired and keep training. If you are doing HEAPS of long or hard sessions, at some point in the next few weeks it will get harder. But you will rebound 🚀 if you structure your training well! In the 106th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Phil discuss: 🥇 how he qualified for the Olympic marathon race b...
Mar 20, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 106
START right in the middle of NUTRITION & FOOD 🌮🍕🥪! Gordo Bryn wants you to understand that there is a significant difference between what WORKS FOR YOU as a normal, or even average, human being - and what works on the fringes. Remember that there are such things as OUTLIERS. In the 105th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Gordo discuss: 📶 choosing your ENDURANCE SPECTRUM based on your STRENGTHS; 🛠️ how to LEVERAGE your coach to the best of YOUR ability; 🤸♂️ why monito...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Are you a TALL POPPY 🌹? Or more of a small ego 😎? IT MATTERS! David Lipman wants you to understand that it is a necessity to adjust your attitude, language and behavior as a coach or consultant depending on WHERE you are - the culture of each place has very specific and SUBTLE KEY aspects that you need to consider. In the 105th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & David discuss: 🤷🏻 The WHY of what we do as coaches, and the TIMING of WHEN to do what in your career; 📈 REAL-TIME...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Movement assessment with your EYES 👀 - maybe NOT THE BEST IDEA?! Christopher Chapman wants you to understand that your eyes are NOT THAT good at analyzing movement. When you are looking at large measurement errors through your eyes, you want to make sure to have other tools and processes in place to get around that. In the 103rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Chris discuss: 📈 How to APPLY biomechanics & movement analysis to acrobatic sports; ⚽ Finding your coaching NICHE...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 103
What is 👉THIS for? What is THAT👈 for? HOW are you ENGAGING your players?! Anthony Couderc wants you to consider that you ALWAYS need to EXPLAIN with patience WHY your athletes are doing what you are asking them to do. As long as it has APPLICATION for their sport, they will likely happily do it 💯- they just need to know! In the 102nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Anthony discuss: 🔥 how good INTEGRATED SPORTS research & experience can be; ✅ why being ACCURATE, CURIOU...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 102
ALL TRAINING is a POTENTIAL THREAT! What are YOU 😲 going to do about it?! Scott Livingston wants you to understand that in the context of neurology, all types of INPUTS could be PERCEIVED as DANGER to your athletes - they do not need to be injured for it either. In the 101st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Scott discuss: 🧊 The PROGRESS of S&C in North American hockey; 🎨 How to teach athletes to PAINT THE PICTURE of their movement; ✅ Why FEAR and THREAT matters in the con...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 101
HOLY MOLY! ONE HUNDRED EPISODES 🤩! Find out what Martin & Paul think the HIGHLIGHTS ✨ were so far! Thank YOU to all LISTENERS & GUESTS ❤️! It would not be possible to continue without YOU. We enjoy these talks so much, and hope that everyone listening gets at least ONE tidbit for themselves per episode. In the 100th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Paul discuss: 🧮 NUMBERS, STATS & most POPULAR EPISODES! ✔️ THEIR PERSONAL LEARNINGS and how it made them change thei...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 100
What is the MEANING & ROLE of RUNNING 🏃♀️ in FOOTBALL?! Raymond Verheijen wants you to understand that you need to FIRST build a basic outline of the CORE factors that make the game of football happen - and RUNNING is just a symptom ✅ of EVERYTHING else you do in football. In the 99th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Raymon discuss: ⭕ Football FITNESS and how works as a UNIT with everything else; ⚽ how RUNNING in football is the symptom and NOT the cause; 🏟 dealing with...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 99
EVERYTHING is connected! Working TOGETHER will always result in a NET WIN-WIN-WIN! Especially at high level FOOTBALL ⚽! Johan Lundberg-Svensson wants you to understand that COMMUNICATION and COLLABORATION between different levels of TEAMS, coaches & organizations is ESSENTIAL ✅ for success - and NOT JUST for “smaller” football countries. In the 98th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Johan discuss: 🎯 how multidisciplinary backgrounds can TRANSFER BEST into leadership positi...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 98
RESPONSIBILITY, AGENCY and CHOICE 🤔 - essential for your players! Can also WORK for strength & conditioning! João Ribeiro wants you to understand that even for SPRINT sessions you can give the CONTROl and CHOICE back to your players - they will likely pick right ✅ for the day! In the 97th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and João discuss: 💪🏽 protocols, assessments & MORE across academy -> first team PROGRESSION; ⚡ implementing INDIVIDUAL work across MIXED with TACTIC...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 97
IMAGINE ALL the things you would like to MEASURE 👉🏼 before, during and after training? How MANY sensors would you need for ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING? Dr Martin O’Reilly wants you to understand that even if you just find A BIT of OBJECTIVE 💯 data, you can have MASSIVE GAINS 👌 to your training - ESPECIALLY for all the strength and conditioning work that usually is tough to get extra info on. In the 96th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Martin discuss: 💪🏽 how the Output tool ca...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 96
WOMEN as coaches, trainers or sport scientists need to be 💪🏼 TOUGH?! Maria Burova wants you to consider that sometimes it can be an ADVANTAGE 🔥 to be more EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT, to LISTEN MORE and navigate GENTLY within professional sports. In the 95th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Maria discuss: 💪🏽 how to START in the SPORTS and PERFORMANCE world as a WOMAN; 🤸 the significance of COMMUNICATION with players & coaches (especially as a woman!); 👩🏫 working with ...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 95
HYPOXIA does NOT work for you? ARE YOU SURE?! Dr Iñigo Mujika wants you to understand that there is much more than its1999 Tour de France pretending that all that matters is hemoglobin mass! In the 94th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Iñigo discuss: 💪🏽 HEAT adaptation and how you can make it work IN ONLY 2 WEEKS; 🤸 all the ATHLETE ASPECTS that you NEVER THOUGHT you could PERIODIZE; 👩🏫 while also introducing Iñigo’s NEW BOOK! _____________________ Today’s speakers: Prof. P...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 94
If you are NOT CLEAR on what YOU WANT as a PERFORMANCE TEAM, you will run into COMMUNICATION ISSUES! Shane Malone wants you to understand that the TEAM BEHIND THE TEAM must also work as an actual TEAM! Make sure that you are working together with all parties, INCLUDING THE COACH to get where you need to go. In the 93rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Shane discuss: 💪🏽 how to train AND practice when you have LIMITED windows of opportunity for it; 🤸 how to build a FRUITFUL &...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 93
PLAY needs to be PART of your STRENGTH & CONDITIONING - YES, you read that correctly 🤓! Erin Carson wants you to understand that a lot of sports (especially LINEAR endurance sports) require us to continuously repeat the same patterns over and over again. And then you go and give the SAME LOAD to your athletes again in the gym?! Yeah, nah. In the 92nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Erin discuss: 💪🏽 how STRENGTH training for ENDURANCE is SO MUCH MORE than just strength! �...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Running on angles, curves or CHANGING directions requires BIG force! You need to prepare for that SPECIFICALLY! Andrew Gray would like you to understand that there are large differences between the various degree of curves and angles that you may be running at. And if you are doing full 180 degree turns or changes of direction, then they’ll be EVEN BIGGER! In the 91st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Andrew discuss: 🙌 how you can INTEGRATE ALL types of GPS systems; ⚡ what “se...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 91
There is only SO MUCH 🤔 you can do every day as a COACH or ATHLETE - but what is your NET PERFORMANCE IMPACT ✔️? Dr Ben Sporer, author of @outputbook, wants you to understand that you CANNOT get EVERYTHING 📋 done to perfection in all time frames, and then magically expect “performance” to happen. Now, to avoid overthinking and overdoing, it is essential for you to consider which parts are important to do, and also, when is it necessary to “STOP” doing some something - sometimes the best thing ...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 90
DEBRIEF and REFLECT as much as you can - but START with what went REALLY WELL 👍🏼! Dr David Joyce wants you to understand that people are generally somewhat SCARED of feedback. So, especially for the LEADERS 👨🏻💼 out there, model it yourself for everyone else. Ask what went well, ADMIT where you messed up, and ASK for help 🙌. In the 89th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and David discuss: 💓 how being VULNERABLE and applying PSYCHOLOGICAL safety is essential for high performa...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 89
“BEST” practice likely does not exist - not only is there MANY ways to design training, but athletes are also PEOPLE 😊, and their life will change their training DAILY! Prof Billy Sperlich wants you to understand that any system 🌐 you might design, independent of what training intensity distribution or philosophy it follows, will always fail to meet any predictions a priori. He wants you to think and APPLY more to each individual athlete’s LIFE when considering long-term training adaptations -...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 88
COMMUNICATION 💬 is the key to most aspects of successful coaching in SPORTS - BUT HOW?! Prof Igor Jukić wants you to understand that communication should be centered around a mindset of 3 pillars: EMPATHY , ego control 😈 and DIPLOMACY (aka soft skills). In the 87th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Igor discuss: 📅 how small and “poor” countries do performance pathways differently; 📜 maintaining success between player “generations” - play the long game! 🥇 what the future fo...
Nov 08, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 87
If you still think that sport science CANNOT be about FAITH and TRUST because it is some weird “touchy softy” 🤦♂️ thing, then you are likely to FAIL 😥. Prof. John Kiely wants you to understand that BELIEFS 🤩 are a building block of all training sessions. You need to INTEGRATE everything around what YOU and your ATHLETES believe to be true (placebo effects), or not to be true (nocebo effects). In the 86th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and John discuss: 📅 how your HEAD & B...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 86
ENERGY ⚡ will get your TEAM and/or TRAINING GROUP much further than any ultra-specific programming! Jonathan Parouty wants you to understand that every group of people (not just athletes!) will build up some sort of UNIQUE energy. These DIFFER🤝🏻 significantly from group to group, and can have a major impact on how people perform. AND usually it is NOT just a top-down process - EVERYONE 🙋🏽♂️ can get involved. Martin is BACK! In the 85th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Jon...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 85
ALL athletes are HUMANS and PEOPLE first 🥇 - TREAT them that way first and foremost! Jorge Carvajal would like you to understand that athletes have emotions, feelings, thoughts 🤗 and REAL LIFE problems outside of their sport too. They are NOT some sort of machine 🤖❌ that is without any substance behind their athleticism. In the 84th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Jorge discuss: 📊 how S&C is all about LOAD MANAGEMENT; 🤕 that CONCUSSIONS are so much more than we think -...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 84
DMAX, MLSS, CP, FTP,... 😵💫 - WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO MEASURE?! Dr Peter Leo wants you to understand that INDEPENDENT of WHAT parameters for training monitoring are being used, you simply NEED to be CONSISTENT 📈. It is NOT THAT important to have the newest and shiniest 💎 measurements, if you can fall back on years of data from previous metrics. In the 83rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Peter discuss: 💻 how to MAKE SENSE & UTILIZE all the different lactate, ventil...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 83
WHAT matters the most for THE NEXT training session 🚀? Is it ALWAYS necessarily the OUTPUT? Or maybe YOU should talk directly with your ATHLETE about it? Joel Filliol wants you to understand that you need to have a BACK and FORTH with your athletes often to figure out between you WHAT is going to make a DIFFERENCE 🤔 - and HOW! In the 82nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Joel discuss: 💻 the resurgence of OLD tech & rather well known sport science methods in triathlon; 💡 ...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 82
It is TOUGH & likely DAMAGING to your HEALTH & WELLBEING if you only obsess about that 24/7 elite grind - and YOU AREN’T EVEN THE ATHLETE😖! Richard wants you to understand that YOU are NOT DEFINED 🛑 by your working hours, your job title, or your regular career moves. And if you feel like you are, oh boy, you are either already in trouble, or you will get there soon. In the 81st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Richard discuss: 🚴 how something called the DEFAULT MODE N...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 81
HIIT + 🍭SUGAR = GUT INFLAMMATION 🔥?! Trevor Connor wants you to understand that WHAT YOU EAT might be directly messing with your immune system - and making it a CHRONIC issue that won’t just influence your long-term health, but ALSO YOUR PERFORMANCE😱! In the 80th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Trevor discuss: 🚴 how he himself DID NOT BELIEVE that eating LOW CARB would help his cycling; 💪🏽 how you can THINK about your IMMUNE SYSTEM, particularly in the gut, as an ESSENTIA...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 80
