The Exercise Intervention

Episode 32 - How to manage time to fit exercise in.

A common issue that arises when people are first looking to start exercise is  - How am I going to fit it in?
In this episode, we go through some common time restrictions such as having kids, work schedule and travelling. We also delve into some strategies to help manage time better such as:
1. Organization
2. Convenience
3. Routine
BONUS: Habit pairing & designing a time efficient workout.

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We are excited to welcome Madeleine Fonteyne to the podcast. Maddie is a physiotherapist practicing at Kieser Ascot. She studied a Bachelor of Kinesiology at the University of Alberta and a Masters in Physiotherapy at UQ. At Kieser, her primary work is in the musculoskeletal physiotherapy space. She also works with the senior women's football team at Wynnum Wolves Football Club.

A few topics we delve into in this episode:

• Are manual therapy interventions useful without a strength training intervention at the same time?
  
  
• Is there any time you would not recommend an exercise intervention for anyone? Any specific pathologies?
  
  
• How valuable is getting a diagnosis for an injury? When can we get away without a diagnosis and when it is more crucial?
  
  
• How might getting a diagnosis positively or negatively affect someone’s perception of pain throughout the healing process and beyond?
  
  
• How can we as health practitioners change our language used when diagnosing or addressing someone’s painful pathology to reduce the negative affects of the psychological and social aspects of the Biopsychosocial model regarding chronic pain?
  
  
• What is one key piece of advice you would like to give to the listeners to take from this episode?

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We welcome Dr Mitchell Gibbs on the podcast for the first time. Dr Mitchell Gibbs is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Health Sciences. Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Exercise Science, a Master of Research, and a PhD from Western Sydney University. Mitchell’s research focuses on back pain, mainly, the use of active interventions (exercise and education) under a biopsychosocial framework. Mitchell teaches musculoskeletal rehabilitation and strength and conditioning for Exercise Science/Physiology students at UNSW. Mitchell is an Accredited Exercise Scientist and Strength Coach with 10-years in the industry. Mitchell continues to consult on complex pain cases and in some pro-sport settings. 

In this episode we discuss several articles of research with Mitch, as well as:

• Exercise snacks. 
• Specific vs non-specific exercises for chronic lower-back pain.
• Implementation of evidence-based practice with chronic lower back pain.

And much more. 

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With 2 new exciting guests coming onto the podcast to discuss the nuances of acute and chronic pain and treatment strategies for both, Ben and Len provide some beginner level context around the different types of pain and frameworks that surround them in the literature.

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In episode 28, we discuss intensity of exercise as it relates to:

Resistance Training:

1. Training for Power 
2. Training for Strength
3. Training for Muscle Hypertrophy (Muscle Building)
4. Training for Endurance

Cardiovascular Conditioning:

1. Training for Short-Duration Events
2. Training for Long-Duration Events

Additionally, we discuss one of our listener's questions for the week:
Are Mobile Exercise Services REALLY Helping Anyone?

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A big welcome to Morgan Nelson on the podcast. Morgan Nelson's success lies outside of the health and fitness industry. As such, he provides a unique perspective to most guests we have had on. Morgan's success lies in his ability to influence people, behaviour change and breaking down self-limiting beliefs.

In this episode, we discuss all things revolving around human behaviour, what makes a strong mindset, procrastinating versus taking action, goal setting, breaking down self-limiting beliefs and much much more.

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• Could velocity-based training be the new best way to track intensity for athletes, patients and the general population?
• Should coaches be implementing velocity-based training methods instead of calculating 1-rep-max percentages?
• Why do females seem to have more ACL ruptures than males?
• Does Q-angle or the menstrual cycle increase risk of injury?
• Why doesn't strength training seem to reduce the risk of ACL injuries in AFL?

Find out all the answers and more when tuning into this episode!

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In this episode, Len and Ben discuss how they are reformatting the structure of their future episodes - including an introduction into their own training regime for the week, 1 of their listener's questions answered, and 1-2 hot topics of interest to discuss and breakdown to see whether it holds up with science.

Find out more in this episode about:

• Grunting in the gym. Do grunters and groaners have a strength advantage?
• Carbon-plated running shoes - How much spring do they really bring?
• WHOOP - the newest trending activity tracker. Is it really what its made out to be?

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We welcome Olivia (Liv) on the podcast for the first time. Liv is an accredited Dietitian, PhD student, personal trainer and triathlon coach. 

In this episode, we discuss all things endurance sports and nutrition. We touch on:

• Liv's story - including injuries, training and work experience.
• Energy stores and energy depletion with endurance sports.
• What is "bonking?" and how can you identify it?
• Fuelling coming up to race/competition day.
• Supplements.
• Protein intake.
• Calorie counting. Is there a better method?
• Cupcakes. The cake, icing and sprinkles of nutrition.

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In this shorter episode Ben and Lenny discuss the recent social media trend that is Hybrid Training! 

We answer the following: 

What is hybrid training?
Who might this type of training suit? 
What are our thoughts on the trend and is it a good or bad way to train?
How to go about hybrid training if you have never tried it before!