The Lion's Mane Podcast

Coach Britt Wiebe joins us today to school us about training with a long-term focus. She explains the developmental league system within American baseball, and we compare structures and training approaches between US Baseball and EU Soccer. For anyone who has ever worked, played, or wished work/play in one of those leagues, this episode is well worth your time! We talk all things long-term development, what is important in S&C for young adult athletes, and how the Houston Astros structure their Latin American teams and trainings.

Connect with Britt on Instagram!

Vanessa Kara is a professional soccer player for Racing Louisville FC in the NWSL. Today she shares her process, and why THAT was the purpose for her, not necessarily the outcome. Through multiple major injuries, playing at two D1 schools, her three shots at the NWSL, playing in Europe, and many other hurdles, Vanessa found her way home: to herself. Whether you are an athletes looking to "make it" or just a human trying to develop in this life, sit back, grab a notebook, and get ready for this authentic, open conversation about the process.

Find Vanessa on Instagram or on the Louisville Homepage! Be sure to follow the next part of Vanessa's journey in the NWSL this season!!

In this episode, Bill Miller coaches us up on the importance of training rotation in and out of the gym. But it is not just about the rotation itself; it's about intensity, velocity, energy running through the kinetic chain, and teaching some body parts to rotate together while others must remain stiff for maximal power... don't know what any of that means? Cool. Listen to Bill break it down simply in this episode!

Find Bill on Instagram and Twitter, and check out his book "Swing Fast" here!

Let's talk about sexism, homophobia, and racism in sport! Many people like to gesticulate toward America and believe that only they can be so blatantly discriminatory - that would never happen in Germany! Right...?

Wrong! Let's talk about the "women's jobs" in pro sports, what coaches and athletes can do to support more women working in their teams or clubs, experiences of homophobia and outings, and what our responsibility is as white people to amplify BIPOC platforms, voices, and people into positions of influence in a white-washed industry that profits from athlete bodies.

Disclaimer: This episode is unedited. Even though I talk about anti-racism on my platform a lot, I am learning a ton and I want it to be clear that I fumble the language, that not all the work is done. Keep going!!

Find Lorena on Instagram or Twitter!

Paulina ist Physiotherapeutin, Athletiktrainerin, Profi-Sportlerin und Mutter. Wir reden heute über die Entscheidungsprozess, Schwangerschaft, Mutterschaft, und warum es nicht nur 9 Monate dauert!

Du kannst Paulina Online via Instagram und per Homepage finden.

Ashley Pardo is NOT a dietician; she's a nutritional therapist with a life's worth of experience with food struggles, food's deliciousness, and food's freedom. She gives us the insider look at what is going on behind our societal and personal relationships with food, and how, by giving up our need for control with our substance of choice (food, drugs, alcohol, pain, training, etc.), we actually gain control.

To connect with Ashley online, visit her website or follow her on Instagram.

Also, did you know we have merch? Treat yo self in time for summer with White Lion Lifestyle.

This is a foot-friendly podcast!!! For most of us, our feet play major roles in how we play our sport. So... how do we treat them like they are important?

Luckily, Conor Harris is here to save the day (again) and share his expert movement science knowledge about the function of the feet, tips for training them, picking the right shoes, common issues, and the role of the foot in sprinting, weightlifting, and ball striking. Come get some brain candy; you won't regret it!

Find Conor on Instagram, Twitter, or via his Website!

Josh Smith works as a strength & conditioning coach and, well, pretty much everything else to professional athletes in Adelaide, Australia. He is also a performance consultant for professional teams and owns all things Mitise Fitness & Health, his own training facility. Josh joins us today to talk load management: what it is, why it is a vital part of planning, how to measure it, the menstrual cycle's role in load management, and how to communicate better, whether as a coach with your athletes or as an athlete with your coaching staff - for YOUR benefit!

Josh can be found on Twitter and on Instagram. You can find his Podcast, The Murph & Mitise Show, on Apple Pod, Spotify, and Youtube.

Let's talk about periods!!! Jan Schröder ist Physiotherapeut und Athletiktrainer bei TCP Concept und Team Canada Snowboarding. Dieses Gespräch geht um das Thema Belastungssteuerung und ob/wie Athlete Monitoring für weibliche Athletinnen anders und angepasst sein soll.  My apologies for my terrible audio!

Jan ist auf Instagram und Online zu finden.

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Let's talk about Shiny New Object Syndrome and why we love that NEWNEW because it saves us time or energy. Coach Joe Aratari gives us some tips on how to detect what's real and what's just great marketing around an average idea (or service). Let's go!

Follow Joe on Twitter and Instagram!