Emmet Louis is a renowned flexibility and movement coach, known for his Modern Methods of Mobility system. He integrates principles from various disciplines like gymnastics and martial arts to help people express their physical potential. Emmet is both a friend and mentor who I have learnt a lot from through the years and I am excited to share this conversation with you.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmetlouis/

Website: https://emmetlouis.com/

YouTube:  @EmmetLouisM3 

 

 

David McGettigan is a pain and movement specialist focused on restoring the bodies ability to move freely and overcome chronic issues. Drawing from his education of sports rehabilitation, anatomy in motion, PDTR and more, we discuss the response to pain, pain and injuries, the psychology of injury, lifestyle habits and more.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/painandmovementspecialist/

Website: https://davidmcgettiganclinic.com/

 

 

Rhys McClenaghan is an artistic gymnast competing internationally for both Northern Ireland and Ireland. He is a double world champion on pommel horse, having won gold in 2022 and 2023, the first Irish artistic gymnast ever to win world championship gold. We catch up with Rhys as he prepares for the 2024 Paris Olympics to complete his collection of gold medals.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhysmcc1/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RhysMcclenaghanGymnast

 

 

Morgan Rose Moroney is an Australian National gymnast turned fitness model. She shares her acrobatics, handstands and training to inspire people to move, learn new skills, and have fun training.

Instagram: https://instagram.com/morganrosemoroney/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorganRoseMoroney

 

 

Erdi Babili aka Learning To Human is a coach helping people across the world working on handstands, bodyweight strength, and flexibility. With over a decade of experience training people, Erdi focuses on practical advice that is tried and tested to give results to all abilities.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningtohuman

Website: https://www.learningtohuman.co.uk/online-coaching

 

 

Adam Sinicki aka The Bioneer is dedicated to human performance: going beyond fitness and functionality to become super functional. He creates video essays focusing on functional training, brain training, productivity, the human body, and more.

Adam's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBioneer/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebioneer/

Website: https://www.thebioneer.com/

 

 

Episode 5 of the Bodyweight Warrior Podcast, I am joined by the smooth talking Daniel Vadnal aka FitnessFAQs.

Daniel is a physiotherapist, calisthenics specialist, and OG in the YouTube fitness space. He's known for his no-nonsense, common sense approach to developing bodyweight strength, skills, flexibility and more. It was a real pleasure to sit down with Dan for this casual chat and I hope you enjoy the conversation.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fitnessfaqs

Website: https://fitnessfaqs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FitnessFAQs/

You can also listen and watch this conversation over on the Bodyweight Warrior YouTube channel.

 

Timothy Shieff is an English freerunner, winning the Barclaycard World Freerun Championship in 2009. He had been a vegan since 2012 due to ethical and health reasons. In 2018, while trying to heal some gut problems, he had a meal of salmon and raw eggs, but said it wasn't something he'd do again.  As a result, vegan clothing company ETHCS dropped him from their label. Tim later explained his decision to abolish veganism due to health reasons.

LINKS TO TIM:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humantimothy/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/99timshi

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumanTimothy/

 

Episode 4 of the Bodyweight Warrior Podcast, I am joined by the straight talking Adam Meakins.

Adam Meakins is a physiotherapist, a strength and conditioning specialist, and an extended scope practitioner with an interest in the management of the shoulder and upper limb working in the NHS and private practice in Hertfordshire, England. He's known for his no-nonsense, common sense approach to injury rehabilitation sharing it around the world through podcasts and workshops.

ADAM MEAKINS:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdamMeakins/

Website: https://thesports.physio/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammeakins/

NAF Physio Podcast: https://ptpodcast.com/podcasts/naf-physio-podcast/

TIME STAMPS:

• Intro: 0:05

• Background: 1:15

• Expectations around injury rehab: 4:10

• Self-efficacy and injury: 7:32

• Injuries in calisthenics: 9:20

• Why Adam uses handstands: 13:41

• Instability in the shoulder: 16:50

• Being fragile sucks: 19:05

• Your body is stronger than you think: 21:58

• Prehab isn’t what you think: 23:38

• Warming up properly: 25:00

• Soft Tissue BS: 27:20

• Stretching and pain: 30:19

• Trigger points: 31:38

• Are painful areas the issues?: 34:28

• Can you self diagnose injuries: 37:23

• How to find a good physio: 40:57

• Emotional management of injuries: 43:30

• Is pain part of rehab?: 46:00

• Where to find Adam: 48:13

You can also listen and watch this conversation over on the Bodyweight Warrior YouTube channel.

 

 

Episode 3 of the Bodyweight Warrior Podcast, I am joined by the incredibly knowledgable Dr Jennifer Crane.

Ever since I stumbled across Jen on Instagram a while back I’ve been dying to have a proper conversation. Jen is a physical therapist, athletic trainer, board-certified orthopaedic specialist and published author. She has worked with many different athletes but most recently she worked with the Chinese Olympic teams in preparation for Rio 2016, so kind of a badass. She is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to mobility, flexibility, injury prevention and training for performing artists.

DR JEN CRANE:
Buy Jen's Flexibility Programs: https://goo.gl/nQHaQF
Website: http://www.cirquephysio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cirque_physio/

TIME STAMPS:

Intro: 1:12
Training and coaching background: 1:49
Inspiration for starting performing arts: 5:03
Were you always flexible?: 7:05
Flexibility and genetics: 8:53
How flexible should you be?: 10:00
Does stretching reduce injuries?: 12:00
Active vs passive flexibility: 13:15
Reducing injury risk: 14:30
Tips for recovery: 16:30
Quickfire questions: 20:00
Why use a peanut?: 24:38
Stretching with resistance bands: 27:58
Nerve gliding: 30:50
Hamstring flexibility and nerves: 35:28
How to nerve glide: 37:20
1 piece of actionable advice: 39:40
Where to find Jen: 41:10

You can also listen and watch this conversation over on the Bodyweight Warrior YouTube channel.