Breaking Muscle Radio

Dr. John Rusin is a physical therapist, but he's not one of those physical therapists who's going to tell you not to work too hard at the gym. In fact, he's worked with a lot of hardcore athletes - from major league baseball players, to Olympians, to powerlifters. Hard work in the gym is not something his clients avoid.

But, they do avoid pain and injury, and Dr. John helps them do that. 

00:00 - New happenings at Breaking Muscle

02:50 - Introduction to Dr. John Rusin

03:31 - Combining high performance with a pain-free methodology

04:39 - Combining training for aesthetics and performance

05:43 - Training based on individual needs

06:30 - Why Olympians are the hardest type of athlete to work with

08:21 - Taking a step back to move forwards

09:26 - What the Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale is and who should use it

11:35 - How to shift from a percentage-based program to using an RPE scale

14:18 - How lifestyle factors such as sleep play into RPE

15:57 - The purpose of the warm up for the strength athlete

18:15 - Dr. John's free hypertrophy program on the Breaking Muscle forums

21:00 - The conundrum of gaining muscle and losing fat simultaneously

22:50 - What drove John to become a high performance physical therapist

28:58 - Why back injuries are unpreventable for most people

31:56 - How to improve your daily functional movement patterns

35:58 - How to perform hands-on myofascial release on yourself

40:00 - John and Kalli's upcoming Hypertrophy and Fat Loss Program

41:29 - Who the program is for and how they will benefit

42:20 - Differences in the program for men and women

43:58 - How to find Dr. John Rusin online

Full article: http://breakingmuscle.com/breaking-muscle-radio/pain-free-high-performance-with-dr-john-rusin-ep-14

Dr. Levi Harrison is one of a kind. A orthopedic surgeon who also believes in alternative medicine. A medical professional who believes the point of being healthy is so we can volunteer and give back. A self-admitted outlier among his peers.

 

Dr. Levi has developed his skills and standpoint over more than two decades of education and training. He is guided by three core values - commitment, compassion, and service - and he shares these in his life and daily practice

 

In this episode, Dr. Levi talks with Managing Editor Becca Borawski Jenkins and Coach Chet Morjaria about expanding human potential, connecting movement and medicine, and integrating spirituality into fitness - plus much more.

 

00:00 - New things at Breaking Muscle

03:07 - Introduction to Dr. Levi Harrison

03:43 - Dr. Levi's roles and responsibilities

04:45 - What made Dr. Levi want to become a surgeon

06:00 - Giving back through volunteer work

07:33 - Details on Dr. Levi's volunteer work

09:15 - Facilitating and expanding human potential

10:13 - Being an outlier in the medical profession

11:53 - Advice for those connecting movement and medicine

14:15 - Breaking Muscle as a balanced fitness resource

16:27 - Fitness fads and the radicalization of fitness

20:09 - Integrating spirituality into fitness

23:12 - Training while injured

24:52 - Helping people to differentiate good pain and bad pain

27:23 - The most common and preventable injuries

30:30 - Advice on common injuries in the gaming generation

32:42 - The difference between rest and recovery

35:00 - The role of nutrition in recovery

40:05 - How to find Dr. Levi online

Jill Miller is one of the world's leading experts on yoga, massage, and pain management. She is the industry's go-to person for everything from chronic pain, to mobility limitations, to improving performance.

Jill is the creator of Yoga Tune Up and author of The Roll Model. And, along with mobilityWOD guru Kelly Starrett, she put together a combination of self-care tools and DVDs called Treat While You Train.

In this episode, Jill talks with Managing Editor Becca Borawski Jenkins and Coach Chet Morjaria about good pain versus bad pain, myths about fascia, and how you can actually do too much rolling.

00:00 - New things at Breaking Muscle

02:39 - Introduction to Jill Miller

03:16 - Jill's yoga background

06:03 - Finding the balance between too little and too much rolling

08:06 - How an athlete can properly self-manage dosages of rolling

11:52 - When injuries are related to an acute problem versus lifestyle

18:48 - Being a bridge between yoga, massage, and pain management

25:58 - Fascia as a new concept and the definition of fascia

30:09 - Fascia in the mainstream and its relationship with the rest of the body

33:46 - What makes Jill's products and methods unique

38:43 - How the tool you use to roll impacts your rolling mechanics

43:38 - Learning how to gauge pain: good pain versus bad pain

46:40 - Differences in opinion with Kelly Starrett

49:10 - How Treat While You Train is different to Jill's other work

54:39 - Jill's websites, seminars, and product retailers

Donnie "Super D" Thompson knows a thing or two about lifting heavy weights. He earned himself the nickname "Mr. 3000" by being the first human to total 3000lbs in powerlifting back in 2011.

Along the way, Donnie has had his fair share of ups and downs. However he has an infectious positive attitude, a passion for helping people, and an unquenchable thirst for learning. These elements make for a conversation that is educational, entertaining, and full of life lessons whether you are a lifter or not.

In this episode, Super D shares his learnings and philosophies with Managing Editor Becca Borawski Jenkins and Coach Chet Morjaria.

These days Donnie is co-owner of a gym called The Compound, and helps athletes to reach better performance through mobility, performance therapy and lifting heavy weights - all with the help of a few of his own evil tools and inventions.

00:00 - Introduction to Breaking Muscle Radio

01:36 - Introduction to Donnie Thompson

03:55 - Where the nickname "Super D" came from

06:14 - Donnie's powerlifting records

08:40 - Balancing life and focusing on your goals

13:18 - Getting the body to work properly

15:50 - An explanation of body tempering

21:32 - What you need to perform body tempering on yourself

23:52 - Donnie's daughter

24:35 - Donnie' s recent inventions and intellectual property theft

31:17 - Donnie's current focus, looking after the body

34:27 - Using powerlifting techniques to get people ready for different sports

38:10 - The marriage mistake - doing the same thing all the time

40:27 - Advice on avoiding training fads and traps

44:51 - Why you need to think for yourself

47:02 - Donnie's seminars and products

When it comes to weightlifting coaches, they don't come better than our three panelists for this podcast - Bob Takano, Greg Everett, and Ursula Garza Papandrea. 

These three icons of the sport have paved the way for the weightlifting coach of today. Through trial, error, and experience, they have not only set the standards but more than that, they have carved out the role of what a weightlifting coach should be.

In this episode, these three world-leading coaches share their experiences and expertise with Managing Editor Becca Borawski Jenkins and Coach Chet Morjaria.

00:33 - Introduction to guests

01:43 - Background and athletic careers of guests

12:03 - Advice for those wanting to be a weightlifting coach

18:30 - How coaching works in the Eastern bloc versus USA

24:37 - How to put better systems in place for coaches and athletes 

31:51 - CrossFit and the increasing number of coaches and athletes

33:30 - Using the Olympic lifts to do conditioning work

34:45 - Weightlifting from an early age

37:52 - The simplicity of coaching weightlifting

41:17 - The evolution of weightlifting coaching

47:00 - How someone with competitive aspirations can source a good coach

58:12 - Balancing performance of the lifts with mobility work

1:03:10 - Internal or external rotation in the snatch receive

1:08:01 - Websites and other details

Meet our panel of experts:

 

Kevin Cann - Many of you know Kevin from his writing on Breaking Muscle..

Hayden-William Courtland - Hayden runs a well-known blog called Science for Fitness. 

Shea Robison - Shea runs a website called the Nexus of Epigenetics.

00:43 - Introduction to guests

01:30 - The definition(s) of epigenetics

04:51 - What makes a gene express itself

07:06 - Gene inheritability in the context of politics and policy

08:40 - How the fitness enthusiast can use epigenetics to help him or herself improve

12:50 - Making as many good choices as possible to enhance positive gene expression

14:00 - Nutrition and epigenetics - individuality and food quality

16:18 - Epigenetics versus phenotype within fitness and exercise

21:07 - Caution is required - the limitations of the correlational human studies

23:56 - An example of a specific gene and it's expression - The Agouti gene

27:22 - Research on Huntington's disease

31:05 - Limitations of the research on Huntington's disease

32:33 - Research on Type 2 Diabetes and leptin dysfunction

33:44 - The developmental window -  the Dutch famine and the Överkalix study

37:25 - Epigenetics as a major player - it's not just about genetics

38:22 - Reversal of the effects of previous generations

39:30 - Narratives that come from genetics and epigenetics and which will win out

42:15 - Social responsibility and political implications of epigenetics

43:44 - Difficulty of separating out genetics and epigenetics

45:54 - Fears and concerning aspects of epigenetics

48:55 - Most positive possible outcomes of epigenetics

51:59 - Which aspects require more research

59:22 - Websites and other details