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One of the best young high jumpers in Australia, Nicola McDermott uses her drive and motivation to leap over obstacles in her way. The successful Australian athlete has three times qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and manages to study Biochemistry in her spare time. 

 

We discuss her close relationship with long term coach, Matt Horsenll, her use of cues in training and competition to ensure high performance every time she approaches the bar, and the excitement of competing at the Olympics. Nicola also talks us through her travel preparations and tips of advice for any other athletes looking to improve their travel routine.

 

One of the kindest people you’ll ever meet, we’re going to be looking out for Nicola in green and gold at Tokyo in August. Be sure to follow her progress and join us in cheering her on from back here in Australia as she attempts to become the first Australian lady to jump over 2 metres!

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https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete-profiles-directory/nicola-mcdermott-nsw/

https://www.facebook.com/nicolamcdermotthighjump/

https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/nicola-mcdermott-jumps-to-new-heights-in-ostrava/

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Jen Fleeton joins us on today’s episode. Jen is a strength and conditioning specialist and current PhD candidate at the University of Sydney who has managed the S&C for the range of parathletes from the amatuer all the way up to paralympians who brought home gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympics.

 

Jen and Mark discuss how working with para-athletes differs from able bodies athletes, and the considerations that come into play when working with CP athletes in particular. Most importantly, which Jen mentions a few times is the ability to have honest conversations with your para-athlete and the willingness to admit that something hasn’t worked for your adaptation, then move on and try another method. With such a diverse range of specificities CP athletes can experience, there is no one-size fits all method, and this challenge although difficult, is incredibly rewarding.

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https://twitter.com/jflee_83

 

 

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Selwyn Griffith joins Mark on today’s episode. The two discuss accelerated hamstring reconditioning in team sport athletes. Selwyn, who has been with the Brisbane Lions Football Club for 8 years, has worked in a number of roles from osteopathy in the medical team, before transitioning to the performance department to work with the strength and conditioning coaches, and then head of rehab before finally landing in his current role as Performance coach. 

 

Selwyn and Mark discuss a more aggressive approach to reconditioning for his athletes who compete at the highest level in the AFL. Selwyn, who believes that athletes “aren’t going to get stronger lying on a table” has endorsed the prevention process in the gym setting to build robustness.

 

The statistics have proved Selwyn and his team are on the right track, with far lower rates of injury and reinjury for the players at the Lions, and he is confident in the system to build trust and bring the players into the process by getting them back on the training track as early as possible.

 

A true leader of industry who is aiding the Brisbane Lions, but also the wider sports science community in its drive forward with scientific based strength and conditioning programs. If only every club were lucky enough to have their own Selwyn!

 

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/selwyn-griffith-83466439

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Today’s guest is Ben Haines - PhD, who to Mark about the importance of setting up a sporting academy the right way to enable your athletes to flourish. Ben gives us an overview of how to do so from his extensive academy experience in Australia and around the world, and his proven track record of developing younger athletes into powerhouses of their sport.

 

Editors pick: Ben touches on building relationships both up and down the hierarchy of a sport to bring cohesion through the athlete development process from a physical stand-point, which enables the coaches to use best practices within the budgetary constraints.

 

A kind of king-maker in Australian sport, having produced a handful of the top AFL picks in recent years, Ben was kind enough to spare his time to chat to us about his career and experiences in the sports science industry.

 

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Before we get to the show notes please consider donating to Australian charities and organisations as a show of support for the disaster relief. The Australian bushfires have significantly eclipsed the environmental effect of both the recent Californian and Amazon fires. The relief effort will take years and the environment in the affected areas may never be the same. More than one hundred fires still burn around the country, as both people and wildlife are displaced or killed.

 

Below are the links for RFS NSW and the Red Cross if you’d like to learn more about the situation or have the capacity to donate - it all counts.

 

RFS - https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/support-your-local-brigade

Red Cross - https://fundraise.redcross.org.au/drr

 

Thank you for the support, from all over the world!

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Today’s episode features the gut health whizz, Dr Orla O’Sullivan. Orla is a Research Fellow in Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark and graduated from UCC with a BSc in Biochemistry and subsequently a PhD in Bioinformatics. Her research focuses on elucidating the microbiome from various environments including human gut and lung, rumen and food. Of particular interest to her is the role of exercise and diet, specifically whey protein, on the human gut microbiome both in healthy and diseased cohorts. Orla also has a keen interest in Science communication and sits on the education and outreach committee of the APC.

 

Orla was recently awarded the early career researcher of the year award from the Science Foundation of Ireland, and today Mark talks to Orla about the benefits to high performance athletes of promoting diversity in microbiome for gut health.

 

A fascinating discussion including real world examples from her work with the Irish Rugby Union team. Let us know what you think or if you’d like to hear more about gut health from another expert around the world!

 

Train Smarter with Science is brought to you by Velocity Performance. Visit www.velocityperformance.com.au to learn more.

 

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Strength and conditioning specialist at High Performance New Zealand, Nicolai Morris joins Mark for the first episode of 2020. Today we focus on the use of social media in the fitness industry, the stakeholders it affects (athletes, coaches, researchers), and how we can use it to create a strong progressive community of exercise science individuals all over the world. The second topic revolves around women in the industry and they're underrepresentation in positions that matter.

 

Nicolai is a champion of women holding the positions they deserve, as we are here at Train Smarter with Science. Mark and Nic both agree during the show that a coach should be chosen because they’re a good fit, not because they’re buddies with an existing member of an organisation. We’re heading in the right direction as an industry, and it was refreshing to hear some great names who were highlighted as both Nicolai’s and Mark’s professional inspirations. Great women who have helped develop and nurture both Nic and Mark as they progress in their careers. 

 

If you’re heading to a conference and see Nicolai’s name on the schedule, make sure to reserve a seat and listen to what she has to say, it’ll be worth it!

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolai-morris-68596464

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Just a quick message to wish all of our fans a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please enjoy some down time after a huge 2019!

 

We're taking a short break to unwind, but fear not - we're ready to rock for our first episode back on the 8th Jan with Nicolai Morris!

 

We're so glad to see you here each and every fortnight. The support we've received has been incredible throughout 2019 and we look forward to continuing the strong growth of our show through 2020!

 

If you have any feedback please send us an email or drop us a review on your preferred podcast platform, and of course any guest recommendations or contacts are much appreciated!

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Former professional basketballer turned strength and conditioning coach, Duncan Ogilvie joins us on the show today. Mark and Duncan were classmates back at university where they both completed a Masters in Sports and Exercise Science, and have both coached and worked closely with elite athletes around the world.

With over 10 years working in the industry, Duncan now sits as Director of strength and conditioning firm Do Training and performance and Director of strength and conditioning at the University of East London. In both roles Duncan supports a variety of programs and individual athletes throughout the United Kingdom.

 

In this episode, we focus on one special athlete under his tutelage who aims to one day to win a world championship boxing title. We discuss the training regime and how a training camp is put together in the lead up to a big fight. 

 

FYI: Toward the end of the discussion, Duncan mentions the Athlete monitoring system First Beat. To find out more information about First Beat, follow the link below:

https://www.firstbeat.com/en/

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Phone: +44 (0) 7754201682

Email: [email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dotraining/

https://www.dotraining.co.uk/dotraining/duncan-ogilvie/

https://twitter.com/dotraining?lang=en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta_bZVpRxkk

 

 

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Kieran Maguire joins Mark on the show to talk myofascial and extracellular matrix edit influence on strength and performance.

 

Kieran, a qualified and ESSA registered exercise scientist who holds a Masters in strength and conditioning has developed his skills across the broad study of ‘movement’. Having studied under industry leaders including Ido Portal, Dmitri Klokov and currently Prof Gregory Haff, Kieran works with both elite and sub-elite athletes to promote strong, sound bodies.

 

We loved having Kieran on, and you can tell her just loves to nerd out on this dense topic. If you have any follow up questions or want to pick his brain over a coffee in Brisbane, drop by Science of Fitness, or get in contact with him via the details below!

Train Smarter with Science is brought to you by Velocity Performance, and Stick Mobility. Visit www.velocityperformance.com.au and www.stickmobility.com.au to learn more and receive a 10% off your course with the code TSWS.

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https://www.scienceoffitness.com.au/about-us

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Grab a hold, we’re going double dyno on today’s episode with lawyer turned world class climber, Anna Davey. Anna chats to Mark about the pressures of big competition, her journey from the corporate world, into the rapidly expanding climbing scene, and the strenuous training regime that demands the best from those willing to sacrifice.

Anna, who is based in Perth, Australia can be seen regularly at one of the local bouldering gyms working hard on strength and conditioning, technique and strategy and from the whole team here at TSWS we wish Anna all the best in the upcoming competitions!

 

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https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?option=com_ifsc&view=athlete&id=76567&cat=5

 

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