Hop On The Poddy

Lots of recaps reflections and more

Some great discussion from Jake Tuuras recent rip on his podcast

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Light and Medium Tier plyos might be something you hear about a lot when it comes to dynamic training. Matt breaks down things down even further with relation to a poston instagram on training stiffness. - https://www.instagram.com/p/DFxr5CqxyCu/?img_index=1

This too was all part of an upcoming podcast on Jake Tuuras Jacked athlete podcast, where Matt and Jake go deep into whether plyos achieve structural changes to tendons and tissue.

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This episode takes a change of gears. Originally intended to focus on reactivity, Matt was swayed by social media to shift his attention to the barefoot shoe discussion after being flooded with questions and comments suggesting a lack of understanding of plyometrics due to the shoes he wore while coaching in an Instagram post.

Matt dives into the technical details of footwear considerations for training, exploring the ideas behind ancestral movement, modern urban flooring, and his experiences in the Middle East—further shaping his views on unshod movement and training.

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Hop on the poddy is back!

This time with a different twist. Matt McInnes Watson takes you through the last year without the podcast, what he's been up to and his recent move to Knoxville Tennessee.

The topic for this podcast goes into dynamic movement and plyometric considerations for bigger athletes, those that weigh more and are potentially taller.

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Episode number 40 of Hop on the Poddy brings our first female guest, Dr Jill Zimmerman and what a great first episode this was!

Rehab and movement specialist, Jill, brings her wealth of experience as a Physical Therapist, teacher and mentor to make this a really valuable and informative episode for coaches who feel they have gaps in anatomical and postural knowledge. Covered in this episode:

• How the pelvic floor may affect performance and EVERYTHING else
• Key focuses for health longevity
• How injuries aren't always biomechanics issues
• Seeing past industry forced postures and positions

Links for this episode:

Find Jill on Instagram, here

Check out Jill's app, here

& as always, visit plusplyos.com for the best plyometric and dynamic movement training out there.

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I got the boys back together to go over our hottest topic of 2023 - the Achilles tendon.

Our original chat all about the Achilles on Jake's Jacked Athlete podcast is one of his top episodes of the year, so what better way to start 2024 than to hop on the poddy together to provide some new takes from our collective experiences.

Covered in the episode:

• Trying to understand achilles ruptures
• The analgesic effect - Is it all it's made up to be?
• How our opinions have changed on Achilles rehab
• Calf raises - being overdone and not executed properly

Links for the this episode:

Check out David Grey's work, here

Check out Jake Tuura's work, here

& as always check out Plus Plyos for the best plyometric and dynamic movement programs: plusplyos.com

Connect with us on socials: Matt's Instagram | Plus Plyos Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

This episode was recorded at the end of 2023 and marks the last podcast of a big year! I'm joined by my buddy Brandon Accardi to chat over the highlights and look ahead to what 2024 has in store for us. Covered in the episode:

• What LTAD looks like to us - Is it a sequence of experiences rather than just physical development?
• Moments that shape maturity for athletes and coaches
• Recap of my time with the Atlanta Braves and throughout the year in general
• 2024 projects

Links for this episode:

Check Brandon out, here

Check out Plus Plyos, here

Connect with us on socials:

Matt's Instagram | Plus Plyos Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn

We're back with a bang this week with Coach and Physical Therapist Jonny Stahl. Jonny specialises in helping runners rehabilitation into performance and is someone with a fantastic lens on how to get the body moving effectively and efficiently.

Jonny shares some incredible insights in this podcast around the nervous system response when putting people into positions they struggle with and how to move this into comfort, especially mid-stance! This ones full of thought provoking gems, so don't miss it.

Covered in this episode:

• Are feet the missing link in runners' rehab, or is it much bigger than this?
• Nervous system responses to max propulsive stances - How a client started sweating and elevating their HR with just a simple split stance position
• Fulfilment through the things you love, rather than the things that are being pushed upon us online - as the "optimised" life

Links for this episode:

Follow Jonny on Insta, here.

Check out Jonny's new 'Runner's Pain to Performance Blueprint', here.

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Enroll in our Introduction to Coaching Plyometrics course, here.

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This week's podcast is with world renowned Speed Coach, Jonas Dodoo. We spoke about our upcoming joint upcoming venture - a plyometrics biomechanics course, using the Speedworks framework and vuemotion technology to track data.

Covered in the episode:

• PSR - projection, switching & reactivity and it's crossover from sprinting to plyos
• Agile coaching - why one of your athletes ran fast but another didn't
• How hyper focusing on a world class acceleration can often dent your max velocity

Links for this episode:

Check out Jonas on Instagram, here.

Check out Speedworks' instagram, here.

Visit the Speedworks website, here.

As always, go to plusplyos.com for the best plyometric training out there. Join thousands of athletes and coaches using our systems on our brand new app!

Enroll in the Introduction to Coaching Plyometrics course, here.

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We're going full circle this week with my first ever guest, Angus Bradley, back on the poddy to deliver his awesome insight into the sport and performance world. Covered in this episode:

• Angus' next athletic challenge and building a community that can take on any athletic endeavour
• Angus' lens of plyometrics through compression and expansion models
• A little rant on French contrast training

Links for this episode: Check out Angus' work, here. Visit plusplyos.com to join the +FAM Enroll in my Introduction to Coaching Plyometrics Course, here. Connect with us on socials: Matt's Instagram | Plus Plyos Instagram | Facebook | YouTube