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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Spina sits down for a conversation with elite performance coach Dewey Nielsen.  Dewey has lectured world-wide on the topics of human movement optimization, mobility development, endurance training, and more.  He has also worked with and consulted for a number of professional sports organizations in the MLB, NBA, NFL, UFC, etc., and is highly sought out by professional athletes.  In addition, Dewey is a long time Brazillian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt instructor, and experienced rock/mountain climber and Alpinist, endurance gravel cyclist…former touring musician…and one hell of a knowledgeable coffee enthusiast.

The number of topics covered on this podcast are too many mention but include – programming for elite endurance athletes, the physiology of endurance conditioning, the evolution of sapiens as an endurance dependent species, creating a suitable aerobic base, training recovery strategies, teaching philosophies and training principles in BJJ, verbal and tactile cueing for enhancing motor learning, the pitfalls of human consciousness, and many, many more.

In this white-board session, Dr. Spina sits down to discuss a question that is vital to the understanding of any process but especially as it pertains to human optimization - What are your training goals?  Do you want to build tissue/muscle? Increase power? Develop greater strength? Are you rehabbing an injury? Do you want to get better at a particular task? Regardless of the answer, we then have to ask - Where should I begin? Listen as Dre explains why the specificity of your answer will directly influence your ability to create lasting biological and neurological change in the bodies of clients, patients, or yourselves. Topics covered in this episode include; understanding Max effort vs Dynamic effort inputs, the pitfalls of pattern training, the anatomy and physiology of muscular contraction, the all-or-none principal of contraction, programming desires vs time constraints, programming for combat sport athletes, and many more.

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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Spina sits down to speak with Sports Specialist Chiropractor, and lead Functional Range Systems instructor Dr. Michael D. Chivers.  Dr. Chivers has lectured world-wide on a variety of topics pertaining to human health, performance, and optimization. He has worked with countless professional sports teams and organizations in the MLB, NBA, NHL, MLB, UFC, etc., and is a highly sought out manual therapist for professional athletes. 

The conversation touches on multiple topics related to joint health & physiology, human movement optimization, dynamic systems theory, complex systems, chaos theory, ‘normal science’ vs ‘revolutionary science,’ sports biomechanics, soft tissue treatment applications, and many more.  Of note, this episode includes an incredibly detailed discussion on range of motion including how it is defined, what people think it is, what it actually is….and why that vitally matters to manual practitioners, athletes, patients, clients… and everyone else.

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Spina speaks with Sports Specialist Chiropractor, Triathlete and FRS Instructor, Dr. Roger Menta on a number of topics including the current state of the literature pertaining to soft tissue therapy, the science of mechanotransduction, force propagation in human tissue, how to effectively consume literature, sport specific programming, managing the endurance athlete, injury prevention, and many more. 

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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Spina speaks with professional Bodybuilding experts Seth Shaw, and John Quint. Seth is the Mens Bodybuilding overall winner at the 2017 IFBB North American Championships and is an active competing professional bodybuilder in the IFBB.  John is a former bodybuilder, a Neuromuscular Therapist, Manual medicine consultant for Westside Barbell, and an Instructor for Dr. Spina’s Functional Range Systems. Discussed is a variety of topics on current bodybuilding science including exercise selection, the force-velocity relationship, competition nutrition, the incorporation Functional Range Conditioning & Kinstretch into professional bodybuilding, tissue growth and adaptation, muscle physiology, increasing muscle mass, the Conjugate methodology, and many more.

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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Spina sits down with his long time Jiu-Jitsu coach Joel Gerson, owner of Revolution Mixed Martial Arts with locations in the Greater Toronto Area (Canada). Joel is one of the pioneers of MMA in Canada and an expert in hand-to-hand combat/MMA instruction with over 25 years of experience. He is a 5 time Canadian Jiu Jitsu Champion and 3 time Ontario Judo Champion. He was also the first man to defeat former champion and Japanese Shoot Fighting legend, Rumina Sato by arm bar submission in his Mixed Martial Arts debut! Topics discussed range from MMA strength and conditioning methodology, a historical view of martial arts pedagogy, training philosophy, keys to motor learning and body control, training and management of the aging athlete, injury prevention for fighters, preparation for grappling competition and many more.  

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In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Spina sits down with his friend and colleague Dr. Shawn Thistle, founder of RRS Education to discuss a number of topics including the philosophy of science, the application of scientific literature to daily clinical practice, the consequences of misinformation, how to consume research, and other topics. The also touch on the current state of literature on a number of topics including musculoskeletal medicine, strength & conditioning, posture, joint health, soft-tissue treatment application, pain science, and many more. 

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