Often the key to progression is making sure you tick the boxes of mastering the basics.

We are wired to chase progress and as a result we often move to quickly through exercises progression chasing the more complex variations thinking we will get more benefit from them.

Something I often say is, harder isn't better, better is better.

In this weeks episode I rub through why regressing exercises can actually be really helpful long term. How this can make you better at more complex exercise and get you better results in the gym.

At the end of the day we all want to get a great return on time and resources spent training and staying healthy. So instead of chasing new and exciting, chase mastering the basics as it will always return great results.

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When it comes to training adaptations and making sure you achieve great outcome, you have to follow the principle SAID (Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands).

Simply put:

• If you want to build muscle you need to spend time training volume and intensity,
• If you want to get stronger, you need to essentially add more weight to the bar over time
• When it comes to the actual skill side of lifting heavy we need to apply this same logic, you need to practice the skill under load

In this weeks podcast episode, I run through some important considerations for someone wanting to improve strength and ability to hold great technique and position under heavy loads.

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The world that we live in is largely set up for comfort and convenience over anything else.

The problem with comfort and convenience is we end up working within a small percentage of our available capacity and range.

This over time will compound and as a result we will develop compensatory movement patterns and a decrease in overall health. These patterns need to be offset as part of your daily movement, training program or prehab and the reality is it needs to be more than a 30 second stretch or small walk around the block 2 x per day. 

In this weeks podcast episode, I run through strategies that will help you identify and then address these compensatory movement patterns.

There is a saying movement is medicine, we should all be doing more.

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Getting clear on your goals sounds simple right? The reality is many are not entirely sure what they really want. In todays episode I go over conversations that I have with clients over and over again regarding goals and clarity around them.

A lot of the time we place value on an outcome which is usually transient or isn't really our real goal such as squatting 200kg.

Enjoying the process and person you are becoming along the way is arguably the more important component of training (alongside all the health benefits and feels).

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What you really want from training is results. You want a return for all the hard work and resource that is put into training. The more results you get in training the more you realise that it is less about flashy and exciting and more about perfecting the basics and showing up consistently.

Episode 37 of my podcast I run through three of the most popular training methods. How to use them, why they are so effective and examples of how it would look year round in your training programs.

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If you train hard enough for a long enough period of time it is inevitable that you will run into an injury that slows down or limits your progression.

Training has a honeymoon period where everything feels good as a result of getting stronger, building more muscle and improving on your health. The double edged sword here is the thing that helps you progress in your training journey can often come full circle and cause you pain.

Episode 36 of my podcast episode I talk through real life ways to navigate your training when coming back from an injury.

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When it comes to working with lifters, adding in some drills and hoping for the best likely isn't the most efficient approach.

I prefer to really pressure test my ideas so that when you add in mobility and control drills are very targeted. That last thing you want to do is add unnecessary clutter to a lifters training programs.

When you start to think not only about the restrictions you are assessing and start thinking of the opposing side, assisting muscles and the entire system you will start to be more accurate with your assessments.

In order to do this you need to be a killer with your diagnosis and pressure test your ideas!

Episode 35 of my podcast "A smart way to assess and diagnose patients: Pressure test your diagnosis with treatment and drills to solidify diagnosis" is now live on all platforms.

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Imagine if told you that training your claves would help you squat and deadlift more. Well in todays episode I want to delve into how and why this can be the case.

Your first response is likely how would that even be possible, I get it but hear me out.

The calves play a large role in stability, power generation and creating stability at the knee and ankle. Your feet are the only contact point with the ground.

Surely we need to put some thought into our lower leg if we are looking at long term development?

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Episode 33 of my Podcast "The Tommy Brideson Show"

Recently I have ben asked if I am worried about the emergence of AI and technology for both coaching and physiotherapy as a service.

I am not worried in the slightest as the reality is there will always be a need for in person services. Using these developments in other areas of my business could actually be very useful.

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Episode 32 of my Podcast "The Tommy Brideson Show"

Outside of technique and time served, really there are two main drivers that will push forward your training progress.

Coaches like to wrap training up in a term called periodisation, then break it down into small manageable chunks.

The reality is there will be times where you work sub-maximally using volume as a driver for progress and there will be periods where you drop off training volume and use intensity as a driver for progress.

In this episode I run through the specifics of how and when it should be used.

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