The Youth Fitness Podcast™

Jeff, Keegan and Mikki are back to talk about how to get kids to move more throughout the day. Parents are provided with some solid and specific ideas to get their kids on a path to more movement more often.

Show notes /Highlights:

3:12 Sedentary is the new normal

3:45 Is One hour a day of movement good?

6:29 Competence breeds confidence, Confidence breeds motivation

8:45 Tips for Parents- Add home workouts, Parent involvement is key, Create Habits, Use Popular Challenges, Movement Based Tasks that are repeatable

Links and Hashtags



Brand X At Home

www.thebrandxmethod.com

Find the Athlete Coach Network in the Apple Store

#AthleteCoachNetwork

#BrandXAtHome

#HomeInTimeToPlayOutside

#MovementSnacks

#MovementBreaks

#MovementThroughoutTheDay

Tony Randall (of Tony and Kris) joins Jeff and Mikki to talk about his experiences being part of the early "Shenanigans" crew at Brand X® The Lab, in Ramona, CA. As expected, he brings humourous insights from 30+ years of expertise in the entertainment industry and a decade of training with Jeff. We touch on music in the gym environment and his fantastic work with and for kids via two decades fundraising for St. Judes. 

Episode Highlights:

5:40 Shenanigans at Brand X® testing

methods, the benefits of novelty, camaraderie and engagement

10:20 Trust and building programs

19:12 Making Use of Music

28:13 Tony and Kris, two decades

fundraising for St. Jude Childrens Hospital 

Links

TonyandKris.com

on IG @TonyandKrisShow, 

TikTok and facebook @TonyandKris

stjude.org

Donate to St. Jude

Brand X® Youth Athletic Development

Athlete Coach Network in the Apple Store

Hashtags

#fitnessandmusic #TonyandKris #StJude

#thebrandxmethod #BrandX® #youthfitness #youthdevelopment

#youthfunctionalfitness 

Connor joins us again to further discuss Youth Fitness Competition. This time we dig into how and what that should look like for both competitive top level athletes versus youth wanting to begin that path. Programming, challenging skill, volume, strategies, with a lifetime of competition in mind, and defining success.

Show notes/Highlights:

2:28 What should training look like for functional fitness focused competitive youth?

3:45 Building an athlete for now and down the line

4:10 Training Elite level competitive youth

4:54 Youth Specific via motor patterns, skill focus and position

8:20 Longevity and avoiding burnout

10:52 What should Youth Fitness Competition look like?

14:24 What does success look like?

Links and Hashtags:

[email protected]

[email protected]

IG @ben_cole24

IG @amatomazzoccas

#youthfitnesscompetition

#youthfitnessprogramming

#youthperformance

#youthhealth

#youthsport

#teenfitnesscompetitions

Keegan, Jeff and Mikki discuss a process for identifying and addressing movement faults in kids and teens fitness and strength programs. This process forms the basis for taking the appropriate steps towards and creating strong remedies to provide long term health and athleticism. What is observed to be happening, How important is it, and what actually needs work (fixing). 

Episode Highlights:

1:09 Identification of 3 major types

5:55 Pacing, triage and positive patterning

7:16 3 Major Reasons faults occur

10:50 Brand X® Movement Skills, control, tempo and pauses

2:00 A Roadmap for guiding the fix or correction

Links:

IG @thebrandxmethod

IG @theacn.app

www.thebrandxmethod.com

athletecoachnetwork.app

Hashtags

#youthathleticdevelopment

#youthhealth

#youthfitness

#youthfunctionalfitness

#motorpatterntraining

#strengthandconditioning

When and How do PE programs translate to real life? Jeff and Mikki talk with International School Physical Education expert, James Dowling and the path to making meaningful programs and curriculum.

Episode Highlights:

5:19 Functional Fitness "An aha moment"

9:43 Really Serving our kids best

12:29 Recognize those who can and those who cannot

16:47 Tools to solve Movement Riddles in sport or out

18:14 Observations on implementation in International Schools in Asia and Europe

24:33 "Adaptability comes from Opportunity" 

30:38 "Generally at its worst PE is not serving and in many cases is even damaging the people it seeks to serve"

31:18 Be brave in looking at what PE is or could be

34:15 The differences in teaching in a gym vs. PE at school, assessment, benchmarking and testing terms and application

40:28 Play History

Links and Hashtags:

physedjames.com

athletecoachnetwork.app

thebrandxmethod.com

#physedjames

#athletecoachnetwork.app

#thebrandxmethod.com

#BrandX

#PhysicalLiteracy

#Physicaleducation

#youthfitness

#FunctionalFitness

#IdoPortal #KellyStarrett

#DavidKirk

#MovementSolutions

#MovementRiddles

In part 2 of 3 Connor, Jeff and Mikki discuss observations on Youth Fitness Competition and the multitude of differences between youth and adult competition. The conversation focuses on the differences in opportunity and therefore motivation, as well as future expansion and sustainability. 

Episode Highlights:

2:39 Opportunity to compete, and at multiple levels/divisions

3:09 Extremely low number of competition spots available

4:16 Why and how this discourages athletes

5:16 Room to cast a wider net?

5:43 Age-appropriate formats and expansion to collegiate age division

112:50  Other factors of change: NCAA rule changes

14:22 Pushing boundaries, longevity, and sustainability

Links and hashtags:

[email protected]

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/collections

#BrandX®

#TheBrandXMethod

#YouthFitnessCompetition

#TeenFitnessLeague

#Competeelitehq

Jeff and Mikki Martin speak with Dr. Amy Saltzman and discuss her system for teaching youth to recognize potential predators and abusers, the obvious ones and the sneaky ones. Recent highly publicized events only reinforce the need to make sure youth are protected from abuse in athletic and competitive environments. Listen in to learn more about accessing needed resources.

Show Notes & Highlights

4:14 What is "Spot a Spider"?

7:25 The missing piece is to actually teach the kids 

8:07 Coach & Parental awareness

9:23 Empowering kids to tell adults

10:59 Misperceptions about who abuses and targets for abuse

13:37 Understanding The Safe Adult Concept

15:48 3 Things parents can do to help kids and teens to "Spot a Spider"

Links & hashtags:



#protectingyouth 

#thebrandxmethod

#athletecoachnetwork

#dramysaltzman

#spotaspider

Spot a Spider

Brand X

ACN

In part 1 of 2 U18 Episodes, Connor Martin looks back on 15 years of youth functional fitness competition, starting as the OG kid at age 11, competing as a teen at 15 and now as a teen competitor coach. The Martin family discusses the growth and change within the sport, including capacity, larger sample sizes, recovery pioneers, common characteristics of top level teen competitors.

Episode Highlights

3:11 A 15 year retrospective on Youth Fitness Competition 2006 - present

4:59 Fitness pioneers and developing models, defining a new paradigm for fitness limitations and potential

8:08 The impact of growth and larger sample sizes

9:39 Mallory O'Brien age 18 youngest individual to podium 2nd place 2022

10:17 Historical differences in metabolic, gymnastic, strength, technical ability and stamina over time for the Teen Category

12:39 How has the rise of recovery protocols affected the rate of change in the sport?

17:59 Key observations of common characteristics of Teens Connor Coached to 5 of the last 8 CF Games 

Links:

The Ready State

Shift- Adapt 

@malobrien_

The Athlete Coach Network

The Brand X® Method

Hashtags:

#youthfitnesscompetition

#teenfitnesscompetition

#functionalfitnesscompetition

#internationalfunctionalfitnessfederation

#theathletecoachnetwork #thebrandxmethod

#malobrien #thereadystate #shift-adapt

"The Legend" Jason Khalipa joins the Martin family to talk about training his own children in fitness and youth sport, and offers valuable insights, takeaways and strategies for instilling long-term healthy habits, and above all "Meeting them where they are at."

Episode Highlights:

4:24 How training everyday with your kids looks, nurturing perspectives and personality

7:18 Consistency and allowing the kids to ask when it's time for more

11:02 With his daughter, listening and giving her what she wants with a little of what she needs

12:40 Focusing on what is important, they had fun and they moved today

13:39 The kids recognize that when they move, they feel better

14:36 Jasons' Helpful Tips: (1) Human movement is critical (2) Do what you want but you've got to move (3) Use fitness as a tool to de-stress and learn how to overcome adversity

16:50 Motivation & Goals will differ, fitness as a supplement to everything else they do, group sports are critically important

18:33 Strength and Conditioning should be used to fill in the gaps that sport cannot

22:00 Adding dynamic work between/during sport skill sessions

22:15 Self Defense Sundays and Bullying

24:50 Talking Strategies with your kids

29:04 Childhood Leukemia, Joy Jars, NEGU and Ava's Kitchen

32:35 Fun Reasons (for Jason) to train, Rogue Invitational "Legends, and Jiu Jitsu

35:40 For those parents struggling to get their kids moving, "It didn't happen overnight"

38:55 "Meeting them where they are at" Forcing it won't help build long term habits

Links and hashtags:

NCFIT

NEGU

Avas Kitchen

Brand X

ACN

TheRogueInvitational

#NCFIT

#NEGU

#AVASKITCHEN

#TheBrandXMethod #BrandX

#TheAthleteCoachNetwork

#TheRogueInvitational

The Martins discuss simple tips and easy steps to take to increase your child or teens success and durability in sport. 

Episode Highlights:

2:34 Where Youth sport is today and defining differences from the past

3:34 Tip #1- Find Time for Strength Training, Strength as the foundation for speed, explosive movement and sport success

4:25 How to find the right Strength and Conditioning coach, specifically trained to work with youth 

5:43 Using Low Skill Strength Moves at Home

6:29 Additional Resources

9:12 Tip #2- Taking breaks, adding Complimentary sport and Contrasting sport practice

Links:

[email protected]

[email protected]

https://thebrandxmethod.thinkific.com/courses/Parents

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