Camp 4 Performance Podcast

In this episode I return with Christina Gonzalez. If you missed the previous episode, check it out! Christina is one of my great friends, and one of the best coaches and humans you will ever meet. She helps people move better through intelligent strength training.

She is one of the assistant instructors for the Functional Range Systems. This system is helping lead that critical thinking movement on how to best prepare your body for whatever it is that you want to do. We talk about the trainings application to all types of people and then focus on its application to the sport of Jiu Jitsu. We then talk about her feelings towards the female image and strength. Her hashtag #StrongIsFeminine says it all and is a fantastic message to all female athletes and females engaging in any physical activity.

Find her on instagram at @coach_christinamarie or in the Long Beach, CA area. If you are not local to the sunshine state, her online services are coming soon!

On this episode I speak with one of my favorite people and great friends, Christina Gonzalez.

Christina is an avid athlete and coach working with a wide demographic of clients. She is also a Functional Range Systems Instructor helping educate the world on one of the leading thought processes in the fitness industry today. And I cannot think of anyone better for the job! 

There are few people who dedicate themselves to their craft and career like Christina does. She is an exemplary coach and instructor for the system and her clients couldn't be luckier to have her. She is also one of the nicest people you will ever meet with an infectious personality to match!

In part 1 of a 2 part series conversation we talk about her journey to where she is today and the obstacles she's overcome and achievements she has collected. This is a conversation for any coach, or anyone in any field, who is grinding through the process to achieve the career doing what they love. It is not a easy path and takes much time and sacrifice. However, like in Christina's story, the reward is a great one in success and true happiness.

On the episode I talk with Kyle Brennan, Player Development Coach for the Huston Astros.

Kyle and I first met playing summer baseball together in Allentown, PA. We were both catchers and had a mind towards exercise and nutrition. Fast forward a few years and now we are both in the exercise field trying to pay it forward so that athlete's can have brighter futures.

Kyle's passion for the sport and intelligence is evident in the conversation as well as his light personality! In this episode we talk about:

• Why there is a disconnect between sports skill coaches (like your head coach) and your exercise coaches (like your strength coach).
• Why it is sooooo important for the skills coach to better understand the exercise component
• How Individual Player Assessment will lead to less injury, better performance on the field, and allow the skill coaches to coach the player more effectively and individually.
• Why player development, and physical development (athletes are playing too much and training too little...) are overlooked in the growth years of athletes and how it can lead to more harm than good for the athlete's success at getting into college or playing at the professional level.
• And more!!

You can reach out to Kyle with any questions through his instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/catchingmachine_performance/

Kyle and I will also be releasing a mini-webinar on what all of this joint assessment, training and coaching looks like next week on my website in the Move Well TV section. Stay tuned!

Move Well TV: https://movewellwithmcgee.teachable.com/p/the-move-well-videocast

The Move Well Mini Series consists of short, about 10 minutes long, episodes dedicated to teasing out some topics or principles that I feel are really important and need to be address thoroughly or more often.

In this episode I talk about the Load vs. Capacity Principle that is foundational to understanding exercise, or movement task, success or injury. It is a pretty simple concept but often is forgotten or overlooked by products, services, or fancy techniques promising miracles. Understanding this principle will help you filter through false fitness claims and also help you better understand your injury history for a better future.

Occupational Therapists deal with a wide variety of patients and circumstances. Overall, they help people return to their daily or occupational lives after a health issue. It is not uncommon to see a therapy model that seems to be more focused on productivity standards and patients seen per day than actually providing the care that the patients need.

In this episode I speak with Hannah Corbacio, OT, about the current state of the therapy world and what its limitations are to the practitioner's quality of service and the results of care to the patient. We talk about her views on how occupational therapy needs to advance into a more individualized model so that the quality of care can be maximized as the patient become the entire focus.

You can contact Hannah through her website: http://hcorbaciofitness.com/rehabilitation/ or instagram @corbacio_fitness

She is open for booking in-person at the Alliance Fitness Center in Reading, PA and is also taking online clients! She is currently offering 15% off everyone's first session as well. 

Danelle Warner might be one of the BEST manual therapists I know in the country. There are very few people who are as passionate, knowledgeable, and skilled as she is. On top of all of that, she is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet.

She is a Licensed Massage Therapist and owner of Antidote Functional Therapies located in Cleveland, OH where she specializes in mobility restoration.

She is also a completely certified Functional Range Release Practitioner. She has covered every course the education has to offer and it is evident in this podcast.

In this Episode we cover:

• Manual therapy and a little about the science of touch
• Massage Therapy
• Functional Range Release (FR) and how it differs from the aforementioned
• Active vs. Passive Inputs
• Why Movement Problems Require Movement Solutions (strength, active participations, etc.)
• Long-term solutions to avoid cyclically returning to the therapist
• Advice to the upcoming therapist when pursuing a career
• A special offer at the end from Danelle :)

Find Danelle through her website: http://www.antidote-therapies.com/

or through her instagram: @antidotetherapies

Breathing? Don't we just do that naturally? The answer is yes. However, that passive mentality towards breathing has probably led to more harm than good. Nick Hair, returns for part 2 to enlighten us on a topic we overlook everyday. But, it is one foundational of life itself and perhaps the key to improving the quality of our lives.

In this Episode we cover:

• Breathing and the difference between breathing through the nose vs. the mouth
• The importance of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide, and how bastardizing CO2 has led us down the wrong path...
• The physiological changes that each breathing style elicit and why one vs. the other might be beneficial
• The neurological changes that each breathing style elicit and how breathing through your nose might be the step in the right direction towards fighting your high stress lifestyle
• How to assess our ability to tolerate CO2, a marker on the state of our respiration or breathing
• Simple ways to start improving the way you breath today
• and more!

The references from the episode and books Nick is currently reading:

1. The Oxygen Advantage
2. Respiratory Physiology

The Oxygen Advantage website: https://oxygenadvantage.com/

Nick Hair is one of the best trainers and humans I have ever met. His passion for his calling is second to none and you won't find a nicer, kinder person behind eyes with such fire. Nick is preparing for the Marines and we talk about the detail in the preparation process. We challenge some "traditional" training that tends to leave potential candidates more broken than healthy and prepared.

In this Episode, we cover:

• Nick's athletic background and how it guided him to become a Trainer
• Kinstretch and the Functional Range Systems training methodology and how it has changed the way he approaches training himself and his clients
• Why Nick is pursuing the Marines and his strong familial tie to it
• His ambitions for the future of military fitness and helping future candidates be better prepared
• What "better prepared" looks like regarding strength and the conditioning aspects
• Progress vs. just getting sweaty and tired
• and much more!

Part 2 will be coming soon with Nick! Stay tuned!

You can find Nick at the Alliance Fitness Center in Reading, PA, or at Next Play Sports in Auburn, PA. If you have any questions or want to train with Nick, please reach out to him via the AFC facility email: [email protected]

References and Books that Nick is currently reading:

1. Extreme Ownership: How the U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
2. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
3. Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual 
4. Warrior Ethos
5. The Power of Habit
6. Nudge
7. Atomic Habits

For my first guest episode I am super happy to have on Matt Ulawski.

Matt and I connected over instagram and through the Functional Range Systems education. One of the things that I love about FRS, and my coaching journey, is the people I meet and friends I make. I have truly been blessed to have met and stayed in touch with people like Matt who are among the most brilliant and progressive minds of our time. What strikes me hardest though, as you will come to find out, is how human these individuals are.  They are just like you and I. And they are some of the most genuine people I have ever known.

In this episode we discuss:

• What Matt does for his profession
• His "WHY", the most important foundation for anyone's career
• The important relationship between physical and mental health
• The Functional Range Systems training system and philosophy
• What FRS has done for us and the bumps in the road we have encountered
• The evolution of our own training style and philosophy
• Something he wished the fitness consumers would better understand
• Advice for the upcoming Coach and fitness professional
• And a interesting concept that fitness professionals are humans too...

You can get ahold of Matt through instagram at @mindset4movement and keep an eye out for big things coming from him!