HMMR Podcast

Most sports you work against gravity. In others, you work with gravity. In downhill mountain biking, gravity helps take you from the top of the hill to the bottom. Gravity can still abuse riders, but the best turn the tables and use it to their advantage. Chris Kilmurray joins us on this week's podcast to discuss the sport, what drives performance, and training methods. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/09/hmmr-podcast-206-abusing-gravity-with-chris-kilmurray/

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More notes:

• For more details on our upcoming one-day downhill and enduro camp with Chris Kilmurray, download our flyer or find out more. It will take place on October 12 in Bellwald, Switzerland.
• This month’s site theme is the reflective coaching, a topic we also covered in this episode. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• You can find out more about Kilmurray and Point1Athletic by heading to point1athletic.com, or by following Chris on Instagram (@point1ahtletic), Facebook (@Point1athletic) and Twitter (@Point1_Athletic).
• We also discussed training for action sports on Episode 125 with Tracy Fober and

After every season, Nick and Martin informally look back on how training has gone, what went went well, and what didn't. In this year's debrief we look at changes to our warm ups, integrating specific strength, better implementing the Bondarchuk system, lessons on remote coaching, and more. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/09/hmmr-podcast-episode-205-the-2019-debrief/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the reflective coaching, with some great content lined up for the coming weeks. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• This isn't the first time we've looked back at our own coaching. You can hear our other debriefs on HMMR Podcast 169, HMMR Podcast 117 HMMR Podcast 110 and HMMR Podcast 71.

After every season, Nick and Martin informally look back on how training has gone, what went went well, and what didn't. In this year's debrief we look at changes to our warm ups, integrating specific strength, better implementing the Bondarchuk system, lessons on remote coaching, and more. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/09/hmmr-podcast-episode-205-the-2019-debrief/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the reflective coaching, with some great content lined up for the coming weeks. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• This isn't the first time we've looked back at our own coaching. You can hear our other debriefs on HMMR Podcast 169, HMMR Podcast 117 HMMR Podcast 110 and HMMR Podcast 71.

Healing an injury is only one step in the complex process to return an injured athlete to the field. Being on the sidelines can have a large impact on the physical and psychological condition of an athlete, which also needs to be addressed in the return to play process. In other words, we need to recondition the athlete. Physiotherapist, athletic development coach, and footballer Leigh Egger joins this week's podcast to talk about the process of reconditioning and helping injured athletes. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/08/hmmr-podcast-episode-204-reconditioning-with-leigh-egger/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the conditioning, with some great content lined up for the coming weeks. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media. Already we've put up new videos on circuit training and wrestling for conditioning.
• Egger is also the co-founder of SpeedPowerPlay. You can follow him on social media via both Twitter (@LeighEgger) and Instagram (@LeighEgger).
• Egger also contributes to HMMR Media. You can find his articles here. His first post for the site also dealt with rehabilitation and looked at the use of plyometrics in the rehabilitation process.
• Frans Bosch and Egger did a video lesson last year on hip lock. You can find additional resources from Bosch and John Pryor here, including multiple videos, articles, podcasts, and more.
• Bill Knowles was also referenced several times on the episode. We had him as a guest on Episode 124 and he dove into the reconditioning topic on GAINcast 49.

Healing an injury is only one step in the complex process to return an injured athlete to the field. Being on the sidelines can have a large impact on the physical and psychological condition of an athlete, which also needs to be addressed in the return to play process. In other words, we need to recondition the athlete. Physiotherapist, athletic development coach, and footballer Leigh Egger joins this week's podcast to talk about the process of reconditioning and helping injured athletes. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/08/hmmr-podcast-episode-204-reconditioning-with-leigh-egger/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the conditioning, with some great content lined up for the coming weeks. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media. Already we've put up new videos on circuit training and wrestling for conditioning.
• Egger is also the co-founder of SpeedPowerPlay. You can follow him on social media via both Twitter (@LeighEgger) and Instagram (@LeighEgger).
• Egger also contributes to HMMR Media. You can find his articles here. His first post for the site also dealt with rehabilitation and looked at the use of plyometrics in the rehabilitation process.
• Frans Bosch and Egger did a video lesson last year on hip lock. You can find additional resources from Bosch and John Pryor here, including multiple videos, articles, podcasts, and more.
• Bill Knowles was also referenced several times on the episode. We had him as a guest on Episode 124 and he dove into the reconditioning topic on GAINcast 49.

Strength and conditioning coaches normally understand what the S stands for in S&C. But how do you define the C? On this episode of the podcast we look into the often overlooked part of our job, as well as getting a few rants off our chest, and discussing the current state of American throwing. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/08/hmmr-podcast-episode-203-conditioning-ranting-and-throwing/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the conditioning, with some great content lined up for the coming weeks. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• On the conditioning topic, we recommend checking out our Video Lesson 13: Leg circuits for some conditioning ideas as well as Episode 146.
• Our most recent rant episode was on Episode 164. You can also check out rants on Episode 103, Episode 80, and Episode 60.

Strength and conditioning coaches normally understand what the S stands for in S&C. But how do you define the C? On this episode of the podcast we look into the often overlooked part of our job, as well as getting a few rants off our chest, and discussing the current state of American throwing. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/08/hmmr-podcast-episode-203-conditioning-ranting-and-throwing/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the conditioning, with some great content lined up for the coming weeks. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• On the conditioning topic, we recommend checking out our Video Lesson 13: Leg circuits for some conditioning ideas as well as Episode 146.
• Our most recent rant episode was on Episode 164. You can also check out rants on Episode 103, Episode 80, and Episode 60.

High intensity training can have a massive training effect, but at a certain point intensity alone is not what drives adaptation. You have to be more creative. Stuart McMillan has confronted this issue first hand in working with post-collegiate sprinters at Altis and joins the podcast this week to discuss how he searches for adaptation and his thoughts on many more topics. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/07/hmmr-podcast-episode-202-beyond-intensity-with-stuart-mcmillan/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the speed. We kicked off the month with a new member video on total speed with Vern Gambetta, plus lots of podcast episodes and articles. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• You can follow McMillan on Twitter (@StuartMcMillan1) and Instagram (@fingermash).
• You can learn more from McMillan at Altis and their various in-person and digital education platforms. His personal blog also contains some great content over the years, including his coaches guide to strength development (which I also contributed a piece for).
• We referenced the recent GAINcast

High intensity training can have a massive training effect, but at a certain point intensity alone is not what drives adaptation. You have to be more creative. Stuart McMillan has confronted this issue first hand in working with post-collegiate sprinters at Altis and joins the podcast this week to discuss how he searches for adaptation and his thoughts on many more topics. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/07/hmmr-podcast-episode-202-beyond-intensity-with-stuart-mcmillan/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the speed. We kicked off the month with a new member video on total speed with Vern Gambetta, plus lots of podcast episodes and articles. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full archive and resource library here on HMMR Media.
• You can follow McMillan on Twitter (@StuartMcMillan1) and Instagram (@fingermash).
• You can learn more from McMillan at Altis and their various in-person and digital education platforms. His personal blog also contains some great content over the years, including his coaches guide to strength development (which I also contributed a piece for).
• We referenced the recent GAINcast interview with Tony Holler on this episode and Holler's critique of sub-maximal training.

We often talking about sprinting and jumping as separate components of training, but when you look at the training of the world's best sprinters and jumpers, there is more in common than different. Randy Huntington has worked with athletes ranging from world long jump record holder Mike Powell to Chinese 100-meter record holder Su Bingtian. He joins the podcast this week to discuss how he conceptualizes the two events and what his experience has been working in a new culture. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/07/hmmr-podcast-episode-201-sprinting-and-jumping-with-randy-huntington/

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More notes:

• This month’s site theme is the speed. We kicked off the month with a great GAINcast on team speed and a new member video on total speed with Vern Gambetta. Join HMMR Plus so that you don’t miss out and get full access to our video, article, and podcast archive here on HMMR Media.
• We recently celebrated our 200th episode. We looked back on our favorite quotes from our first 100 and second 100 episodes last week.
• For more from Randy, check out his interview with the Just Fly Performance Podcast from last year.
• We have lots of resources on speed, including basic speed exercises and drills in HMMR Classroom Lesson 6 with Joe McNab. For more advanced concepts, watch Lesson 7 on robust running with John Pryor and Lesson 15 on hip lock with Frans Bosch.