The Athletic Development Show

We are so pumped to be back on the air, bring you season two of the Random Thoughts Show, the official Core Advantage Podcast!

After a longer than expected delay we are now back on the air twice a week and with a brand new set up, studio and a sponsor.

Iron Edge training (ironedge.com.au) @ironedge is the Australian industry leading gym equipment and fit out experts. The team at Iron Edge helped us re-design our gym to create a truly state of the art facility built for athletes to work hard and maximise their athletic potential.

Some links from the show:

Ironedge.com.au

The Strength Culture Congress

https://www.melbournestrengthculture.com/seminars/2019-strength-culture-congress

Athletes Authority on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/athletesauthority/

As always if you want to reach us and engage with the show it's easiest to do so via instagram, by commenting on the episode snippet or shooting us a DM.

The end of season one. :( Random Thoughts will be taking a short break, while our team puts in the finishing touches work on some exciting projects. Thanks to everyone who has listened, given us feedback and joined in the discussion. We love making Random Thoughts and we love that you give us your time to listen, learn and share our passion for improving athletic performance. Random thoughts will be back better than ever in four to six weeks, along with an exciting announcement!

Olympic Lifting can be challenging to coach, challenge to learn and down right hard to do well.

In this episode Jacob and Durham dig deep into the pros and cons, some of Core Advantage's favourite break downs and derivatives, and the use cases for when to and when not to use Olympic lifts with athletes of different demographics.

Here is the amazing video of the Korean Olympic Lifters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qKY6JLm-3s

EP.118 - Training for AFL Football Part 2: Speed, Agility, Strength and Fitness. What it takes to perform in Australian Rules Football

If you missed part one, check it out here:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2019/podcast-afl-part1-injuries

Resources for this episode:

Our vertical leap article series starts with this one:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/the-science-of-vertical-jumping

For our videos on speed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vldfypMgcyY&list=PLLGwYUBXVGQWj1XlIIw__u-Q-jq2m_FLj

Agility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZNbVLL9GI0&list=PLLGwYUBXVGQVquwkQIj4SRhG7fWS14hkA

And Durham's article about sport specific fitness:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2015/sports-specific-fitness

EP.117 - Training for AFL Football Part 1: Injury Prevention and Tissue Quality

AFL is such an incredibly demanding sport, athletes are required to be fit, strong, flexible, able to tackle, be tackled, sprint, change direction and have incredible skills and tactical knowledge.

With so many factors to consider in training, Durham and Jacob will spend the next two episodes discussing the training demands for Aussie Rules. In this part 1 they focus in on common injuries, how to prevent them and what to do if you do suffer an injury.

Plenty of extra links for this episode, from head to toe:

Our episode on concussion:

#1 https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/podcast-concussion

#2 https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2018/podcast-concussion-josh-plante

Some tips and tricks for chin ups, and Reverse Shrugs:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/a-quick-chin-up-pull-up-tip

Glute Med for hip stability:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2016/anti-valgus-training-tips

Glute max for hip strength:

https://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2013/3/25/one-muscle-to-rule-them-all-gluteus-maximus

Hip flexor stretching for pelvic alignment:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/the-worlds-greatest-most-important-best-stretch-ever

Our episode on adductors:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2018/podcast-groin-strains

Hamstrings: part 1, Part 2 & Part 3:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/podcast-hamstrings-injury

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2018/podcast-hamstring-injuries

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/podcast-hamstrings-nordics-rebalitation

Ankle Sprains:

https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2016/anklesprainprevention

And to download our warm up 2.0 guidelines head to this link:

https://www.coreadvantage.training/?page_id=1554

An athlete of ours wanted us to explore a discussion he had with a friend recently who said that foam rolling reduces performance.

So Luke, here it is. A discussion around nuance, the importance of context, the big picture and considering everything within a given topic.

Some resources for this one:

Tim Minchin's commencement speach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc

Our episode on foam rolling: https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2018/podcast-foam-rolling

Our episode on static stretching: https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2018/podcast-static-stretching?rq=stretching

And if you liked this discussion you will also enjoy our deep dive into media and clickbait titles: https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2018/podcast-ice-baths-good-or-bad?rq=ice%20baths

Our strength and conditioning internship has always been the heart of our business. Now it is available online for everyone.

Learn more here: https://www.coreadvantage.training/?page_id=1426

The first intake starts on February 17th 2019, take advantage of our early bird discount offer before Feb 1st.

EP.114 - Sports Science Helpful or harmful? Sports science is the back bone of what we do as strength and conditioning and athletic performance specialists. But it's not without it's flaws, check out the video (or podcast) to learn about the up and down sides of the scientific method. You can find the links and resources on our blog, check out this link for details. https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2019/podcast-sports-science

EP.114 - Sports Science Helpful or harmful? Sports science is the back bone of what we do as strength and conditioning and athletic performance specialists. But it's not without it's flaws, check out the video (or podcast) to learn about the up and down sides of the scientific method. You can find the links and resources on our blog, check out this link for details. https://coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2019/podcast-sports-science

The adductors are an all too often neglected muscle group in the gym. And yet they can be a serious area for concern for a whole range of sports. In this episode we lift the lid on the importance the the adductors for hip stability, some revolutionary Adductor Magnus anatomy and why every athlete should be adding some Copenhagens to their training week. Resources: AIS study: Athletes who completed 80% or more of their training were 7x more likely to reach their pre-season performance goals https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839047 Groin squeeze strength to predict injury (one of many studies in this area) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1466853X1630058X For a video of how to do the Magnus Bridge and the Copenhagen check out our blog www.coreadvantage.com.au/groin-strains