We Do the Heavy Lifting

Today we have a very special guest, Rachel Van Hollebeke (née Buehler) from the US Women's National Team! After hanging up the boots from her professional and international soccer career, Van Hollebeke picked up her doctorate program where she left off to continue her education and research. We look into some of her playing career and research in this podcast you won't want to miss! 

 This week’s guest, Dr. Jay Hertel, is the Joe H. Gieck Professor of Sports Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Hertel directs UVA's graduate programs in Athletic Training & Sports Medicine and is an expert in the field of ankle injury and stability!

Dr. Jack Raglin is a kinesiology professor from Indiana University Bloomington and was recently featured in the ACSM spotlight! His work is primarily focussed on sports psychology and today we discuss his recent work with the placebo effect and how it can be used in exercise! 

Today's guest, Dr. Troy Hornberger, is a physiology professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with research focussing on factors that impact skeletal muscle mass. Dr. Hornberger shares his latest research with phosphoproteomics and his experience with bioinformatics tools and data processing with exercise physiology!

Today's guest, Dr. Matthew Kostek, is the founder and current director of the Laboratory of Muscle and Translational Therapeutics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh! Dr. Kostek is an associate professor in their Department of Physical Therapy here to discuss his work with exercise as an adjuvant to contemporary dystrophy treatments! 

Today we have another interesting guest from the world of sports medicine and human performance! Dr. Matt Jensen is a former professional rower with several World Championship and World Cup medals for Canada who recently published a study on the effects of a carbohydrate mouth rinse! The study focusses on cycling time trials and how something as simple as a mouthwash can actually marginally improve results, which can be the difference in 1st or 15th place on the professional stage for high-performance athletes! 

Today we have a special guest slightly different than usual, Dr. Reuben Buford May is a professor of sociology at Texas A&M with expertise in race and culture, urban sociology, and sociology of sport. Dr. May was recently awarded the Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence award, the most prestigious faculty honor bestowed by Texas A&M University for his work in the classroom. Outside of the classroom, however, he is a rapper by the name of Reginald S. Stuckey often seen performing on street corners and around campus! 

Today we have a special guest from the world of Sports Medicine, Dr. Donato Rivas! Dr. Rivas discusses sarcopenia and the role of microRNA on age and contraction-induced skeletal muscle growth. If you're interested in how to prevent muscle mass loss with aging and the science behind it then this is the podcast for you! 

With all eyes on soccer and the World Cup right now, we've got a special podcast with Texas A&M's own Sports Performance and Strength and Conditioning specialist Coach Tom Milroy! 

It's World Cup time! To kick-off the largest sporting event in the world this week, we've got a special podcast with Texas A&M women's soccer Coach G Guerrieri!