The Youth Fitness Podcast™

Coach Jeff, Keegan and Mikki discuss Maximizing Performance for Youth Sport, maximizing potential and enhancing the sport experience through a focus on Movement Skills & Quality, Positional consistency, Injury prevention, Skill acquisition and power production. Starting at the Foundation in Base and Building mobility alongside Stability.

Episode Highlights:

1:17 Sport IS Performance and the focus of performance is how we are doing in our sport.

2:25 Maximizing Potential in the Boost Phase and Enhanced sport experience

3:54 TIP - Teach youth to move better to express more for improved sport performance

4:40 Positional Consistency "Athletes need enough mobility to get there (on the field) and then be stable for the amount of time needed"

5:00 The ability to reproduce Movement Skills increases Movement Vocabulary and translates to Fluency on the field

7:14 Detracting from performance trajectory through skipped foundations and subsequent injury

9:02 How "Poor Position bleeds power" even in Pro and World Class Athletes

10:21 TIP - Athlete Safety "Do no Harm" through intervention or lack of intervention

11:08 TIP - Start with the Base, Strengthening the Feet

12:17 Striking a Balance, supporting performance through precise application of High skill Low skill protocols to make weaknesses strengths.

Hashtags and links:

#SportPerformance

#YouthSport

#YouthPhysicalEducation

#Physicalliteracy

#YouthHealth

#YouthPerformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#functionalfitnessyouth

#poorpositionbleedspower

#athletesafety

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

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Keegan, Jeff and Mikki talk simple straightforward strategies to foster a physical culture at home.

Episode Highlights:

2:31 Consciously fostering a culture where kids want to move

3;10 Daily modeling & scheduling of physical activities

6:45 Seeing the family moving motivates kids to join and copy

7:28 Incorporate things they already enjoy

8:25 Move together as a family, let them lead and stay playful

10:25 Leverage sport interests through playful skill practice

10:58 Choosing within family scope and boundaries

12:13 What is screen time replacing?

13:30 Utilize screen time as earned and not expected

16:05 Active modeling and conscious behaviors

Hashtags and links:

#activekids

#Youthfitnessgames

#YouthPhysicalEducation

#Physicalliteracy

#youthhealth

#youthperformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#youthsport

#functionalfitnessyouth

#BrandXatHome

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

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Description: Jeff and Mikki are joined by NYT best selling Author Dr. Cate Shanahan who explains and discusses why all humans (especially parents!) need to be aware of the "profound and powerful" effects of seed oils, and understand just how toxic they are to our health. She acknowleges the science of nutrition having become very controversial and gives some history and ideas about why that may be. Dr. Cate advises all of us to pay attention to "The Hateful 8" and provides lots of tips for families to avoid the "metabolic hijacking" they leave in their wake.

Episode Highlights:

2:08 Seed oils and sugar addicts

4:18 "I was a medical mystery" as an athlete and turned to the science of nutrition 

5:24 The Hateful 8 and "The Fatburn Fix"

7:44 99% of Americans over 18 show early signs of type 2 diabetes (pre-diabetic)

11:40 Treating the symptoms "I want more sugar"

13:41 "The Hateful 8" are Corn, Canola, Cotton, Soy, Sunflower, Safflower, Grapeseed and Rice Bran

14:50 Burning off the stored seed oils and the fallacy of short term studies

16:58 Pro Tip- . A path and tips for parents to rid children's diets of "The Hateful 8"

19:56 Pro-Tip - Why you need to be your own ( and your children's) Health Advocate

22:22 Clarifying the primary driver of heart disease

23:16 La Sierra HS, Body composition, Fitness and the common perception of exercise as the only solution for body composition change

26:40 Fatigue and Vegetable Oils and damaged mitochondria

27:22 Most Americans are "Skinny Fat" 

30:15 The perfect storm of poor health Movement Gaps, Movement Voids and diet induced Fatigue

31:23 Youth are losing the internal feeling of "I want to move"

34:19 Medical Science ignores Vegetable Oils as the root cause of anything bad

37:35 Pro Tip- Read these books! The Fatburn Fix" and "Deep Nutrition"

Hashtags and Links



#TheHateful8

#TheFatburnFix

#DrCateShanahan

#Youthnutrition

#youthhealth

#YouthPhysicalEducation

#Physicalliteracy

#youthperformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#youthsport

#functionalfitnessyouth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

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https://www.instagram.com/drcateshanahan/

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Jennifer Broxterman Registered Dietician and Founder of Prosper Nutrition Coaching joins 

Mikki and Jeff in a lively metaphor-rich conversation to talk Nutrition Coaching for Coaches and gives excellent advice concerning youth and nutrition discussions. 

Episode Highlights:

2:59 Becoming a better coach

4:07 Elevating skills, complex to simple as a behavior change facilitator

5:25 Sherpas, climbing mountains and a clients definition of success

7:26 Planting seeds, youth and the power of words

8:06 Dinner Parties and Childhood feeding Practices, Ellyn Satter and the Division of Responsibility (DOR)

11:04 On Rewards, bribes and punishments

12:20 Fun Fact: It takes kids 20 exposures to "like or try" new food

13:50 What if we take terms away? and we just offer foods

Hashtags and links:

#ProsperNutrition

#JenniferBroxterman

#prospernutritioncoaching

#ellynsatter

#Youthfitnessgames

#YouthPhysicalEducation

#Physicalliteracy

#youthhealth

#youthperformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#youthsport

#functionalfitnessyouth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

https://prospernutritioncoaching.com

https://prospernutritioncoaching.com/LiftOff

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https://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/

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Jeff and Mikki Martin discuss the development of youth fitness games in the early functional fitness days, misinterpretations and missed opportunities.

They lay out how and why SuperGames can deliver so much more. Games + Functional Movement, Games + Physical Literacy, Games + Positional Strength, Games + Elements of Free Play, Games + Neurological training in agility, balance, coordination and accuracy, Games + Current Cultural Context.

Episode Highlights:

1:15: Misinterpreting Fun, Kids Fitness Games and History

3:01 How to develop opportunities to offer more than running + tag, Games + Functional Fitness "Musical Medicine Ball", Games + Physical Literacy "Skipping Rocks"

7:29 Games + Positional Strength "Stinky Feets"

10:25 Games + Elements of Free Play "Legomania"

13:18 Teens + Elements of Free Play, Cooperation and Creating Rules "HillBilly Basketball"

15:23 Games + Neurological training, agility, balance, coordination and accuracy Race + target, Balance + throw, "Hoover Ball"

17:19 Games + Current Cultural Context "Frogger" 2006 to "RideShare Uber/Lyft" 2021

19:22 Coaches Prep and explaining the Rules

Hashtags and links:

#Youthfitnessgames

#YouthPhysicalEducation

#Physicalliteracy

#youthhealth

#youthperformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#youthsport

#trainingpositionalstrength

#functionalfitnessyouth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

Jonny Smyth hops on for friendly conversation concerning the needs of youth beyond simply physical performance. Jonny, Jeff and Mikki discuss how to apply these concepts within a gym and why they are so very important to building amazing and fully healthy, capable humans.

Episode Highlights:

3:20 One for learning, plus a "wee bit of background"

7:53 Fitness silos and the need for better integration of Practicum and Manualized learning 

Ideas on advancing the Novice to Expert Coaching path

14:53 Resilience and the basis of trust, safety and support both physically and mentally.

24:47 Rough & Tumble Play and how it provides key physical and social skills for life.

28:32 Risk and learning to Recognize Assess and Manage for confident problem solving.

36:00 Increasing & Supporting the "Imagination, Challenge and Play Voids"

38:40 Trauma Informed Coaching, how gyms can build a safe environment and the absolute necessity of long term engagement

Hashtags and links:

#Youthmentalhealth

#Youthresilience

#traumainformedcoaching

#youthhealth

#youthperformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#functionalfitnessyouth

#jonnysmyth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

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The third in a series on Brand X® methodology, Base- Build- Boost

The Martins cover how to BOOST performance and autonomy for a healthy movement-rich life.

"Intensity is the sport of mechanics, so it is our job as coaches to make sure our athletes understand the rules of the sport before they play it."- Keegan Martin

Episode Highlights:

1:30 BOOST = Accelerating growth, performance and training autonomy

2:49 Maximizing potential, volume, load and the continued use of pause and tempo strategies for strength gains

4:36 Complexity, Olympic Lifting, loading and testing

5:40 Base Build BOOST concepts, apply to bodyweight, calisthenics and gymnastics too

7:55 Considering transferability of positions athletes are repeating, appropriate progressions excellence and expansion in the BOOST phase.

10:32 Healthspan, longevity and the potential to maximize training and outcomes

11:58 The Ultimate goal, taking the long view - making sure young athletes understand "the rules of movement before playing the game"

13:37 Magically this long view and the Base Build Boost process not only aligns with What is Best for Kids™ but feeds retention and longevity in youth programs as well.

Hashtags and links:

#youthhealth

#youthperformance

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#functionalfitnessyouth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

https://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/

Jeff and Mikki continue the discussion of how to build on the base to solidify a foundation for great movers in fitness, sport and all of life's adventures. 

Listen in to hear strategies for testing, experimenting, expanding competency to promote broad physical literacy through exposure and why they are important.

Episode Highlights:

1:40 Build on lessons learned in Base while testing and experimenting

3:22 Guiding youth to solve and self correct movement challenges while "moving the goal posts"

6:30 Expanding competency in the six primal patterns and use of Brand X® Global Movement Strategies

11:32 Coaching volume, intensity and load in the build phase

12:04 Teaching tactics and strategies for self-correction

13:30 Prioritizing positive patterns and embedding (mylenate) good pathways 

14:30 Broad experience and learning Fast & Slow (see D.Epstein "Range" link below)

Hashtags and links:

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#functionalfitnessyouth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

#DavidEpstein

#Range

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https://davidepstein.com/the-range/

Jeff and Mikki discuss how to provide the foundation for great movers in fitness, sport and all of life's adventures. Repetition is good, creativity is necessary, errorless learning builds confidence, how to mix things up for strong workouts while developing foundational positions (Brand X® Movement Skills). 

Episode Highlights:

1:36 Base begins with Starting points assumed and actual

3:06 Brand X® Movement Skills & Global Strategies

6:05 Brand X® Base and Tier 1 Movements

8:21 Quality First, especially for developing youth

10:05 Don't bore the children! Great athletes in any sport return to basics regularly

12:05 Give youth permission to slow down when focusing on high skill movements, go all out on low skill

Hashtags and links:



#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#youthathleticdevelopment

#functionalfitnessyouth

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

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https://www.instagram.com/ae.jr/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ThqpwEp49HODF4vmCCxAC

Four time Brazilian National Kung Fu Champion, Boxing champion and CrossFit Coach, Cristiano Starling talks with Jeff and Mikki about Youth Training, his project working with Ukrainian youth war refugees, safe spaces, social relevance and the very basis for the development of a community. Cristiano is the energetic, engaging founder and co-owner of Starling Performance in Berlin Germany. "For a kid the only way that you create value is from development!"

Episode Highlights:

1:29 The journey from Brazilian National Champion to Youth Coach

6:10 Life Changing mentors and gratitude

7:42 Creating a safe space for Youth

12:55 How fitness can be like Martial Arts by transmitting the learning of long term goals, discipline, perseverance, resilience and other character traits that transcend the gym.

14:10 Social Value in translated in economic value and social relevance

20:48 A focus on youth beyond "fitness+ fun" with Long term progressive programming and mastery of skill development

23:35 Progression & Development "For a kid the only way you create value is from development!"

25:00 The vision for Starling Performance trust and the effort of a team

Hashtags and links:

#theyouthfitnesspodcast

#youthfitness

#functionalfitnessyouth

#brandxstockholm

#starlingperformance

#projectaid

#coachescongress

#thebrandxmethod

#theathletecoachnetwork

#jeffandmikkimartin

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

https://www.instagram.com/theacn.app/

https://www.instagram.com/cristianostarlingdiniz/